JP2012160111A - Message display system, message display device, and message display program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attract a user to a message compared with a conventional art.SOLUTION: A message display system S has a Twitter management server B for storing a message and a message display device A that is capable of communicating with the Twitter management server B, that makes the Twitter management server B retrieve the message by keyword, that acquires the retrieved message (retrieval message) from the Twitter management server B, and that displays the retrieval message in chronological order for a first predetermined period with a predetermined pattern.

Description

  The present invention relates to a message display system, a message display device, and a message display program.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a communication tool called Twitter (registered trademark) has become widespread, which enables posting of messages (within 140 characters) called tweets on the Internet and making the messages available to an unspecified number of users. In Twitter, messages of each user are displayed in a list form in chronological order on a user-dedicated site (home) assigned to each user account. When a keyword is searched for a message, a message including the keyword is searched from messages posted to each user, and the messages are displayed in a list form in chronological order. For example, in Twitter, each message can be grouped based on a character string composed of “#” + “English character string” called a hash tag, and if the hash tag is searched as a keyword, The messages that it contains are displayed in a list.

  By the way, in the above prior art, a message searched for a keyword is simply displayed in a text format. In other words, text-type messages with no visual features are simply displayed in a list in chronological order. For this reason, the above-described conventional technology lacks the ability to make the user visually recognize the message, and it has been difficult for the user to pay attention to the message.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to make a user pay attention to a message conventionally.

  In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, as a first solution means for a message display system, a server for storing messages and communication with the server are possible. And a message display device that obtains the retrieved message (search message) from the server and displays the search message together with a predetermined picture over a predetermined first time in order of time series.

  In the present invention, as the second solving means relating to the message display system, in the first solving means, the message display device adopts means for moving the search message over the first time.

  In the present invention, as the third solving means related to the message display system, in the second solving means, the message display device adopts means for moving the search message from right to left.

  In the present invention, as a fourth solving means related to the message display system, in any one of the first to third solving means, the message display device may include the remaining search message in the search message acquired from the server. A means for changing the first time according to the number of search messages is adopted.

  In the present invention, as a fifth solving means related to the message display system, in any one of the first to fourth solving means, the message display device sends the search message and an attached file of the search message to the predetermined message. The method of displaying with the picture of is adopted.

  In the present invention, as a sixth solving means relating to the message display system, in any one of the first to fifth solving means, the message display device sends the message to the server based on a preset search keyword. Use a keyword search method.

  In the present invention, as a seventh solving means related to the message display system, in any one of the first to fifth solving means, the message display device sends the server to the server based on an inputted search keyword. Use a keyword search method.

  In the present invention, as an eighth solving means according to the message display system, in any one of the first to seventh solving means, the message display device sends the message to the server every predetermined second time. Adopting a keyword search method.

  Further, in the present invention, as a first solving means related to the message display device, a message display device capable of communicating with a server that stores messages, a display unit that displays a screen, and keyword search for the message in the server Search control means for acquiring the searched message (search message) from the server, and display control means for displaying the search message on the display unit in a time-series order over a predetermined time together with a predetermined pattern. Adopt the means to do.

  According to the present invention, as a first solving means related to the message display program, there is provided a message display program that can be executed by a computer that is communicable with a server that accumulates messages and that includes a display unit. Search control processing for obtaining a searched message (search message) from the server, and display control processing for displaying the search message on the display unit in a chronological order over a predetermined time together with a predetermined picture The method of comprising is adopted.

  According to the present invention, the search message is displayed together with a predetermined picture, so that the search message is very conspicuous as compared with the conventional simple text format message, and is easily noticed by the user.

It is a system configuration figure of message display system S concerning an embodiment of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram of message display device A in an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the main routine of the message display apparatus A in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the config loader of the message display apparatus A in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the background loader of the message display apparatus A in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the search control process of the message display apparatus A in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the message loader of the message display apparatus A in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the message drawing process of the message display apparatus A in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen in the message display apparatus A in embodiment of this invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
The message display system S according to the present embodiment is a system that searches for a keyword in a message on Twitter and displays the searched message. For example, an unspecified number of employees can search for a message searched using a company name or a product name as a keyword. This is useful for having a company check in a company break room. Such a message display system S includes a message display device A, a Twitter management server B, client computers C1 to Cn, and a communication network D as shown in FIG. The client computers C1 to Cn indicate that a plurality of client computers are connected to the communication network D.

  The message display device A is an electronic signage device equipped with a display function using a liquid crystal color display or the like and an arithmetic processing function. The message display device A is installed in a break room in the company and confirms the message on Twitter to employees who visit the place. It is provided for the purpose of Such a message display device A is connected to the Twitter management server B via the communication network D. The message display device A causes the Twitter management server B to perform a keyword search for a message (tweet) on Twitter based on a preset search keyword, acquires the searched message (search message) from the Twitter management server B, The search messages are displayed in chronological order.

  The Twitter management server B is connected to the message display device A and the client computers C1 to Cn via the communication network D, and is a server provided for the purpose of providing Twitter and managing messages on Twitter. For example, the Twitter management server B accumulates the messages registered from the client computers C1 to Cn, searches the message based on keywords input from an external device such as the message display device A, and searches for the searched message. Has a function to output to an external device.

Each of the client computers C1 to Cn is a desktop or notebook personal computer, and is a computer for a speaker to input a message on Twitter, and receives a message based on input characters received by an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse. When the registration instruction is received from the user, the message is transmitted to the Twitter management server B.
The communication network D includes a local area network and the Internet, and connects the message display device A and the Twitter management server B, and connects the Twitter management server B and the client computers C1 to Cn.

Next, the functional configuration of the message display device A will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the message display device A includes a communication unit 1, a display unit 2, an auxiliary storage unit 3, a main storage unit 4, and a CPU 5. The auxiliary storage unit 3, the main storage unit 4, and the CPU 5 constitute search control means and display control means.

The communication unit 1 is a communication interface that transmits and receives signals to the Twitter management server B, and is connected to the communication network D.
The display unit 2 is a liquid crystal color display, for example, and displays various screens based on a control command of the CPU 5.

 The auxiliary storage unit 3 is an auxiliary storage device such as a flash memory or a hard disk, and stores control programs such as a search control program 3a, a background generation program 3b, a message generation program 3c, and a display program 3d executed by the CPU 5. In addition, the auxiliary storage unit 3 stores an XML (Extensible Markup Language) setting file 3e in which setting values when a keyword search for a message in the Twitter is executed are described. In this embodiment, the keyword search is executed based on the XML setting file 3e described in the XML format. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) format other than the XML format, A setting file described in other formats such as HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) format may be used.

 For example, in the XML setting file 3e, a search keyword, a search target user, a search range (a search target range centered on the search target area), and a search interval (second time) are registered as set values. Therefore, the user can change the setting value in the keyword search by rewriting the XML setting file 3e. Further, the auxiliary storage unit 3 stores a background image when displaying a message of Twitter and image set data 3f in which a plurality of message patterns displayed together with the message are registered.

 The main storage unit 4 is a main storage device composed of a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a RAM (Random Access Memory). When the CPU 5 executes the control program, the main storage unit 4 is based on the control command of the CPU 5, and the search control program 3a, the background generation program 3b, the message generation program 3c, the display program 3d, etc. stored in the auxiliary storage unit 3 Control program, XML setting file 3e, and image set data 3f are stored.

 The CPU 5 displays a message display device based on a search control program 3a, a background generation program 3b, a control program such as a message generation program 3c and a display program 3d, an XML setting file 3e, and image set data 3f stored in the main storage unit 4. Controls the overall operation of A. That is, the CPU 5 reads the control program from the main storage unit 4 and executes the control program, and controls the overall operation of the message display device A by using the XML setting file 3e and the image set data 3f as appropriate.

Next, the operation of the message display device A configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, as an outline of the operation, the CPU 5 of the message display device A causes the Twitter management server B to search for a keyword for a message, acquires the searched message (search message) from the Twitter management server B, and the search message together with a predetermined message pattern. The data is displayed on the display unit 2 in chronological order while moving from right to left over a predetermined time (first time).

Details of the operation are as follows.
As shown in FIG. 3, the CPU 5 executes a config loader (subroutine) in accordance with the search control program 3a (step S1). Details of the config loader will be described with reference to FIG. The CPU 5 reads the character string information from the XML setting file 3e stored in the main storage unit 4 and confirms it (step S11).

 After step 11, the CPU 5 determines whether or not the XML setting file 3e has been successfully read (step S12). If it is determined “YES” in step S12, that is, the XML setting file 3e has been successfully read. If it is, the character string information read from the XML setting file 3e is acquired as a setting value (search keyword, search target user, search range, and search interval) in the keyword search (step S13), and the config loader is terminated. If the CPU 5 determines “NO” in step S12, that is, if reading of the XML setting file 3e fails, the CPU 5 terminates the configuration loader without executing step S13.

 Returning to FIG. 3, when the CPU 5 ends the configuration loader in step S <b> 1, the CPU 5 determines whether or not the configuration loader has successfully acquired the setting value (step S <b> 2). That is, if the setting value acquisition fails, the process returns to step S1 and the config loader is executed again. On the other hand, when it is determined “YES” in step S2, that is, when the setting value is successfully acquired, the CPU 5 executes a background loader (subroutine) according to the background generation program 3b (step S3). .

 Details of the background loader will be described with reference to FIG. The CPU 5 reads a background image of a predetermined pattern from the image set data 3f stored in the main storage unit 4 (step S31), and causes the display unit 2 to display a background based on the background image according to the display program 3d (step S32). . In step S32, for example, the CPU 5 displays the screen background Bk shown in FIG.

 The CPU 5 determines whether or not one hour has elapsed after step S32 (step S33). If it is determined “YES” in step S33, that is, if one hour has elapsed, the CPU 5 starts from the image set data 3f. A background image having a different pattern is read out, and the display unit 2 is updated to a background based on the background image according to the display program 3d (step S34). That is, the CPU 5 updates the background every hour, for example, updates the background with a different color or pattern.

 If it is determined “NO” in step S33, that is, if one hour has not elapsed, the CPU 5 determines whether one minute has elapsed (step S35). If the CPU 5 determines “YES” in step S35, that is, if one minute has elapsed, the CPU 5 causes the display unit 2 to update the time of the clock drawn on the background according to the display program 3d (step S36). Exit the background loader. On the other hand, if it is determined “NO” in step S35, that is, if one minute has not elapsed, the CPU 5 terminates the background loader without executing step S36. In step S36, for example, the CPU 5 updates the time of the clock Tm drawn on the background Bk of the screen shown in FIG.

 Returning to FIG. 3, when the background loader is terminated in step S3, the CPU 5 executes a search control process (subroutine) according to the search control program 3a (step S4). Details of the search control processing will be described with reference to FIG. The CPU 5 causes the communication unit 1 to transmit a search instruction signal to the Twitter management server B in order to cause the Twitter management server B to search for a keyword based on the setting value acquired in step S1 (config loader) (step S41). ).

 After step S41, the CPU 5 acquires a database (message DB (Data Base)) of the searched message (search message) from the Twitter management server B via the communication unit 1, and stores the message DB in the main storage unit 4. Store (step S42), and the search control process ends. The CPU 5 executes this search control process at every set value search interval (second time).

 Further, the CPU 5 acquires the message DB as an XML format file. This message DB also includes a speaker name, a speech time, and an attached file reference destination associated with the search message. In the present embodiment, the message DB is an XML format file. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the SGDB (Standard Generalized Markup Language) format other than the XML format, the HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) format, etc. A message DB described in another format may be used.

 Returning to FIG. 3, when the CPU 5 finishes the search control process in step S4, it executes a message loader (subroutine) according to the message generation program 3c (step S5). Details of the message loader will be described with reference to FIG. The CPU 5 checks the number of search messages registered in the message DB acquired in step S4 (search control process) (step S51), and determines whether or not there are one or more search messages (step S52). If the CPU 5 determines “NO” in step S 52, that is, if there are no search messages, the CPU 5 ends the message loader.

 On the other hand, if the CPU 5 determines “YES” in step S52, that is, if one or more search messages are registered in the message DB, one search message from the message DB in chronological order. (Step S53), and the acquired search message is deleted from the message DB (step S54). After step S54, the CPU 5 acquires the number-of-characters information of the search message acquired in step S53, the type information of the search message, and the number of remaining search messages (remaining number information) in the message DB (step 55). Then, the message drawing process (subroutine) is executed with the number of characters information, the type information and the number of remaining information as arguments (step S56). The search message type is a type of hash tag included in the search message.

 Details of the message drawing process will be described with reference to FIG. The CPU 5 recognizes the number of characters and the type of the search message based on the number of characters information and the type information, and determines a message pattern according to the number of characters and the type (step S61). That is, the CPU 5 selectively changes the color and shape of the message picture according to the number and type of characters of the search message. As shown in FIG. 9, the message picture Pc is a cloud-like picture on which the search message Mg is superimposed.

 After step S61, the CPU 5 reads the determined message pattern from the image set data 3f stored in the main storage unit 4 (step S62), and superimposes the search message on the message pattern to generate a message image (step S62). Step S63). As shown in FIG. 9, the message image Mp is obtained by superimposing a search message on a message picture Pc. Further, in this message image Mp, the speaker name Sn, the message time St, and the attached file Af are superimposed.

 After step S63, the CPU 5 determines the moving speed of the message image based on the remaining number information (step S64). That is, in step S64, a predetermined time (first time) required for moving the message image is determined. In step S64, the CPU 5 increases the moving speed as the number of remaining search messages remaining in the message DB increases, and decreases the moving speed as the remaining number decreases.

 After step S64, the CPU 5 moves the message image Mp to the right or left of the screen at the moving speed determined in step S64 (see FIG. 9) according to the display program (step S65). After step S65, the CPU 5 determines whether or not the message image has exceeded a predetermined position in the horizontal direction (step S66). The predetermined position is a reference position in the horizontal direction of the screen for displaying the next message image. If the CPU 5 determines “YES” in step S66, that is, if the message image exceeds a predetermined position in the horizontal direction, the CPU 5 proceeds to step S51 to generate the next message image ( (See FIG. 7).

 If the CPU 5 determines “NO” in step S66, that is, if the message image does not exceed the predetermined position in the horizontal direction, the message image that moves from right to left is still on the screen. It is determined whether or not it is displayed (step S67). If it is determined "NO" in step S67, that is, if the message image is not displayed on the screen, the message image is deleted (step S68). If CPU 5 determines “YES” in step S68, that is, if a message image is displayed in the screen, it returns to step S65.

 As described above, the message display device A causes the Twitter management server B to search for a keyword, acquires the search message from the Twitter management server B, and superimposes the search message on a predetermined message pattern for a predetermined time (first time). Time) and moving from right to left and displaying on the display unit 2 in chronological order.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the search message is displayed together with the message picture, so that the search message is very conspicuous as compared with the conventional simple text message, and is easily noticed by the user. For example, if the message display device A is installed in a break room in the company, a message retrieved using a company name or a product name as a keyword can be noticed by an employee visiting the break room and confirmed. it can. Further, if the message display device A is installed in a shopping center and used for displaying messages of each store, the product information of each store can be introduced to the customer as a message.

As mentioned above, although one Embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, For example, the following modifications can be considered.
(1) In the above embodiment, the keyword search is executed based on the preset setting value described in the XML setting file 3e. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the message display device A includes an operation unit such as a keyboard, the keyword search may be executed based on the search keyword input by the operation of the operation unit by the user.

(2) In the above embodiment, the message image that moves for a predetermined time is displayed, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, instead of moving the message image over a predetermined time, the message image is displayed in chronological order, and the message image is shrunk over a predetermined time without changing the position. It may be.

(3) In the above embodiment, the search message is superimposed on the message pattern to generate a message image. The present invention is not limited to this. For example, a search message may be displayed above the message pattern, and the search message may be moved together with the message pattern. In FIG. 9, a cloud-like message pattern is used. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other message patterns such as a car message pattern may be used. Further, such a message pattern and background may be changed based on a user change instruction.

(4) In the above embodiment, the message display device A includes the search control program 3a, the background generation program 3b, the message generation program 3c, the display program 3d, the XML setting file 3e, and the image set data 3f in the digital signage device. However, these files may be installed in a computer, and the computer may be used as the message display device A.

(5) Although the above embodiment displays a message on Twitter, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, if a function that allows an employee to post a message is installed on an in-house homepage that can be viewed only within the company, the message posted by the employee may be displayed on the message display device A. Specifically, a dedicated management server that provides an in-house homepage and manages messages is installed in place of the Twitter management server B. The message display device A causes the dedicated management server to perform keyword search for the message, acquires the searched message (search message) from the dedicated management server, and displays the search message together with a predetermined message pattern as described above.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS S ... Message display system, A ... Message display apparatus, B ... Twitter management server, C1-Cn ... Client computer, D ... Communication network, 1 ... Communication part, 2 ... Display part, 3 ... Auxiliary memory part, 4 ... Main memory Part, 5 ... CPU, 3a ... search control program, 3b ... background generation program, 3c ... message generation program, 3d ... display program, 3e ... XML setting file, 3f ... image set data, Bk ... background, Tm ... clock, message Picture Pc, Mp ... Message image, Sn ... Speaker name, St ... Speak time, Af ... Attached file

Claims (10)

A server for storing messages;
The server can communicate with the server, and the server searches the message for the keyword, the retrieved message (search message) is acquired from the server, and the search message is multiplied by a predetermined first time together with a predetermined pattern. A message display system comprising: a message display device that displays in time series order.   The message display system according to claim 1, wherein the message display device moves the search message over the first time.   The message display system according to claim 2, wherein the message display device moves the search message from right to left.   The said message display apparatus changes the said 1st time according to the number of the remaining search messages of the search messages acquired from the said server, The Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. Message display system.   The message display system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the message display device displays the search message and an attached file of the search message together with the predetermined picture.   The message display system according to claim 1, wherein the message display device causes the server to search for the keyword based on a preset search keyword.   The message display system according to claim 1, wherein the message display device causes the server to search for the keyword based on an input search keyword.   The message display system according to claim 1, wherein the message display device causes the server to perform a keyword search for the message at every predetermined second time. A message display device capable of communicating with a server for storing messages,
A display for displaying a screen;
Search control means for causing the server to perform keyword search for the message and acquiring the searched message (search message) from the server;
A message display device, comprising: a display control unit configured to display the search message on the display unit in a time-series order with a predetermined pattern over a predetermined time. A message display program that can be executed by a computer that can communicate with a server that stores messages and that has a display unit,
A search control process for causing the server to perform a keyword search for the message and acquiring the searched message (search message) from the server;
A message display program comprising: a display control process for displaying the search message on the display unit in chronological order over a predetermined time together with a predetermined pattern.

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