JP2017152032A - Control method for information processor, information processor, control program, control method for terminal, and terminal control program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To share message history information stored in an information processor or an opposite party terminal with which the information processor exchanges a message.SOLUTION: A control method for an information processor includes: a storage step of storing first talk room information; a first reception step of receiving a first talk room sharing request for requesting sharing of at least a part of the first talk room information from a first user terminal; a first transmission step of specifying at least one or more users included in the first talk room information on the basis of the first talk room sharing request, and transmitting a second talk room sharing request for requesting sharing of at least a part of second talk room information related to the first talk room information to the terminal of the specified user; a second reception step of receiving at least a part of the second talk room information stored by the terminal of the specified user corresponding to the second talk room sharing request; and a second transmission step of transmitting at least a part of the second talk room information to the first user terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing device control method, an information processing device and a control program, and a terminal control method and a terminal control program, and more particularly to an information processing device control method, an information processing device and a control program for acquiring a user's message history, and The present invention relates to a terminal control method and a terminal control program.

  In recent years, with IT, services related to data sharing among users as seen in cloud services and data sharing in the case where a user holds a plurality of terminals have become widespread.

  In such a data sharing service, in order to share a large amount of data, for example, when using the file transfer service, the file to be shared is once uploaded to the server, the transfer destination is designated by the sharing destination terminal. There is a problem that it takes more time to upload and specify the more sharing destinations and the more data to be shared.

  As a technique for solving such a problem, for example, in Patent Literature 1, terminals that make a match request within a predetermined time or within a predetermined position range are matched, and application information is matched between the matched terminals. A technique for sharing is disclosed.

  In Patent Document 2, an application acquired from an online store is uploaded to a repository such as a cloud storage from a local device, and the uploaded application is downloaded by another local device and transferred between the local devices. Techniques to do this are disclosed.

JP, 2014-523054, A JP 2014-518410 A

  However, in the inventions described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, sharing of the application is disclosed in any of the inventions, but sharing of data related to the application is not disclosed, and the terminal model is changed. Even if it is easy to install the same application as that used before, the data related to the application is not shared, and the user himself / herself temporarily stores it in another recording medium, cloud storage, etc. After the application installation was completed, the data had to be stored again.

  In addition, when storing and re-storing, the user needs to select from the data that needs to be shared among the data stored in the original terminal, and record or upload it to a recording medium or cloud storage. there were. For example, in the case of an application of a messaging service, such a recording operation has to be selected from a large amount of message history information, which is not always convenient for the user.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and in the case where it is desired to restore talk room information and message history information including past text and contents when the terminal model is changed, the information processing apparatus. Or a service system that can extract and share talk room information (including message history information) to be shared from talk room information (including message history information) stored in the terminal of the other party that was exchanging messages It is an object of the present invention to provide a control method for an information processing apparatus, an information processing apparatus and a control program, a terminal control method, and a terminal control program.

  A method for controlling an information processing apparatus according to the present invention is a method for controlling an information processing apparatus connected to a user terminal via a network, and stores first talk room information related to message exchange between users. Receiving a first talk room sharing request for sharing at least a part of the first talk room information from the first user terminal, and a first talk room based on the first talk room sharing request. Specify at least one or more users included in the information, and send a second talk room sharing request for sharing at least a part of the second talk room information related to the first talk room information to the terminal of the specified user. The terminal of the identified user corresponding to the first transmission step and the second talk room sharing request. Including a second receiving step of receiving at least a portion of the second talk room information, and a second transmission step of transmitting at least a portion of the second talk room information to said first user terminal.

  Furthermore, in the control method of the information processing device according to the present invention, the first talk room sharing request is at least one of the information processing device or the second user terminal so as to share the talk room information not held in the first user terminal. Any one may be required.

  Furthermore, the control method for the information processing apparatus according to the present invention searches and extracts the first talk room information from the talk room information stored in the information processing apparatus based on the first talk room sharing request. An extraction step; and a determination step of determining whether or not at least a part of the first talk room information for which sharing is requested exists in the extracted first talk room information, wherein the first transmission step is a determination As a result, when at least a part of the first talk room information exists, at least a part of the first talk room information is transmitted to the first user terminal, and at least a part of the first talk room information does not exist. In this case, the second talk room sharing request may be transmitted to the identified user terminal.

  Furthermore, in the method for controlling the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the second reception step receives sharing permission information indicating whether to permit or reject the sharing of the message from the identified user terminal, and performs the second transmission. In the step, the second talk room information may be transmitted based on the sharing permission information when the sharing is permitted, and the rejected notification may be transmitted when the sharing is rejected.

  Furthermore, in the method for controlling the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the first talk room sharing request is further held by the first user terminal and the participation date and time information when the first user terminal joined the talk room. It includes at least one of the transmission date / time information and the reception date / time information of the oldest message among the talk room information subject to sharing request, and the determination step further includes the transmission date / time of the message after the participation date / time of the participation date / time information. The message history information transmitted / received before the date / time of the information or the reception date / time information may be used as talk room information to be shared.

  Furthermore, in the method for controlling an information processing device according to the present invention, the determination step further determines as message sharing candidate messages for determining whether to share message history information transmitted / received before the participation date / time based on the sharing permission information. In the second transmission step, if sharing is permitted from at least one user terminal among the identified user terminals based on the sharing permission information, the message history information of the sharing candidate message is displayed. You may transmit.

  Furthermore, in the information processing apparatus control method according to the present invention, the first transmission step further includes, among the specified users, a target to be shared after the participation date / time of the participation date information and before the date / time of the message transmission / reception date / time information The user who has participated in the range talk may be a transmission destination for transmitting the second message sharing request.

  The information processing apparatus control method according to the present invention further includes a generation step of generating display information for displaying an area for displaying information indicating the sharing request range of the second talk room information on the display unit of the identified user terminal. The first transmission step may further transmit display information to the user.

  Furthermore, in the method for controlling the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the generating step may further generate an input display that limits a target to be shared among the second talk room information in the area. .

  Furthermore, in the method for controlling the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the first talk room sharing request is generated at the first user terminal when the oldest message is displayed on the talk room displayed on the first user terminal. The first talk room sharing request may further include user information of users who participate in the talk room.

  In the control method for an information processing device according to the present invention, the first talk room sharing request is generated at the first user terminal when a predetermined application related to the information processing device is installed in the first user terminal. The one talk room sharing request may further include user information of a user who is a talk partner candidate.

  An information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus connected to a user terminal via a network, and a storage unit that stores first talk room information related to message exchange between users and the first user terminal Receiving a first talk room sharing request for sharing at least a part of the first talk room information, and at least one user included in the first talk room information based on the first talk room sharing request. A transmission unit that identifies and transmits a second talk room sharing request for requesting sharing of at least a part of the second talk room information related to the first talk room information to the identified user terminal; Response information including at least a part of the second talk room information held by the identified user terminal corresponding to the second message sharing request Receiving, transmitting unit transmits at least a portion of the second talk room information to the first user terminal.

  A control program according to the present invention is a program for controlling a computer connected to a user terminal via a network, and a storage function for storing first talk room information related to message exchange between users and the first user terminal Receiving a first talk room sharing request for sharing at least a part of the first talk room information, and at least one user included in the first talk room information based on the first talk room sharing request. A control program that identifies and transmits, by a computer, a transmission function for transmitting a second talk room sharing request for requesting sharing of at least a part of the second talk room information related to the first talk room information to the identified user terminal And the reception function corresponds to the second talk room sharing request, Receiving at least a portion of the second talk room information user's terminal is holding, transmission function transmits at least a portion of the second talk room information to said first user terminal.

  A terminal control method according to the present invention is a method for controlling a terminal connected to at least one of an information processing apparatus and one or more terminals via a network, and includes a first talk relating to message exchange between users. A storage step for storing room information; a receiving step for receiving a talk room sharing request for sharing at least a part of the first talk room information; and at least one second talk room information corresponding to the talk room sharing request. A transmitting step of transmitting the unit.

A terminal control program according to the present invention is a program for controlling a terminal connected to at least one of an information processing apparatus or one or more terminals via a network, and is a first talk room information relating to message exchange between users. And a reception function for receiving a talk room sharing request for sharing at least a part of the first talk room information, and at least a part of the second talk room information corresponding to the talk room sharing request is transmitted. The transmission function is realized by a computer.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to extract and share talk room information (including information such as message history information) to be shared from talk room information stored in the information processing apparatus or the partner terminal with which the message was exchanged. An information processing apparatus control method, an information processing apparatus, and a control program according to a service system that can be provided can be provided, and a highly convenient service can be provided.

System diagram showing service system configuration Block diagram showing functional configurations of server (information processing device) and terminal Data conceptual diagram showing a data configuration example of talk room information and message history information Schematic diagram for explaining an example of sharing talk room information Schematic diagram showing an example of permission request for sharing talk room information in a group The flowchart figure which shows operation | movement of the server (information processing apparatus) which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing information exchange and processing flow between the server (information processing apparatus) and the terminal according to the first embodiment. The block diagram which shows the function structure of the server (information processing apparatus) and terminal which concern on a reference example. The flowchart figure which shows operation | movement of the terminal which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
<Overview>
FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing a service system configuration.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the service system includes a server (information processing apparatus) 100 and a plurality of user terminals 200A and 200B. Server (information processing apparatus) 100 is connected to user terminals 200 </ b> A and 200 </ b> B via network 400. In FIG. 1, only two user terminals are shown for ease of explanation, but it goes without saying that there may be more user terminals. Moreover, the specific apparatus of the user terminal 200 is not limited to a smart phone as illustrated, and may be a mobile terminal, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, or other electronic apparatus, for example. In the following description, the user terminals are collectively described as the user terminal 200 when there is no need for distinction.

  The user terminals 200 </ b> A to 200 </ b> B are equipped with a messaging app provided by the service side and chat using the installed app, as part of a service according to an embodiment of the present invention. The user terminal 200A can form a group together with the user terminal 200B and a plurality of other user terminals (not shown), and can exchange messages between the groups.

  The terminal device 200A may belong to a group that does not include the terminal device 200B. That is, each terminal device can form a plurality of groups together with other terminal devices.

  The service system according to the present invention can extract and share information to be shared from talk room information stored in a server (information processing apparatus) or a partner terminal with which a message is exchanged. Here, as an example, an example will be described in which the service system according to the present invention shares talk room information (including message history information) stored in a partner terminal in FIG. Note that the details of the talk room information and the message history information will be described in <Data> described later.

  For example, when the user (whose user is user C) changes the model of the mobile terminal, the “Let's go! Let ’s go! Good shop” sent at 9:30 as shown in FIG. If you do not have the message history information sent / received before the message “Do you know?”, Swiping the talk room screen where the message was exchanged triggers the operation. A message sharing request is transmitted to the user terminal of the other user (referred to as user A) shown in FIG. Based on the sharing request, the other user terminal obtains the message history information before the latest message history information (message history information transmitted at 9:30) held in the terminal of the user C by the server (information processing Device) 100 and transmits it to user C's terminal. With the transmitted message history information, the message history information that has not been held can be held again and displayed as shown in the dotted frame in FIG. Here, the talk room refers to a virtual space in which messages are exchanged between users using a chat function provided by a messaging app installed in the user terminal 200.

  Thus, even if the past message history information lost due to the terminal model change or the like is not stored in the server (information processing device), it can be acquired and displayed again if it is stored in the terminal of the talk partner. It is possible to provide a highly convenient service for the user.

<Embodiment 1>
<Configuration>
Hereinafter, configurations of the server (information processing apparatus) 100 and the user terminal 200 according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating functional configurations of the server 100 and the user terminal 200. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the server 100 includes a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, and a storage unit 130.

  The communication unit 110 includes a reception unit 111 and a transmission unit 112, and has a function of executing communication (various data, message transmission / reception, etc.) with the user terminal 200 via the network 400. The communication may be either wired or wireless, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication can be performed. Here, the message is not limited to a text message, but includes an image, a sound, a moving image, a stamp (digital sticker), and the like.

  The receiving unit 111 has a function of receiving a message from each user terminal 200 via the network 400 and transmitting data included in the message to the control unit 120. Specifically, for example, the receiving unit 111 includes a talk room information sharing request (hereinafter referred to as “talk room sharing request”) from the user terminal 200 and talk room information corresponding to the talk room sharing request (including message history information). ) And sharing permission information.

  The transmission unit 112 has a function of transmitting a message to each user terminal 200 through the network 400 under the control of the control unit 120. Specifically, for example, the transmission unit 112 sends the user terminal 200 at least a part of the talk room sharing request corresponding to the talk room sharing request and the talk room sharing request, the sharing permission information, and the sharing request received from the other user terminal 200. Send a rejection notice.

  The control unit 120 is a processor that includes an extraction unit 121, a determination unit 122, and a generation unit 123 and has a function of controlling each unit of the server 100.

  Based on the data relating to the talk room sharing request transmitted from the receiving unit 111 (hereinafter referred to as “sharing request data”), the extracting unit 121 uses the talk room information stored in the storage unit 130 as a request target of the data. Has a function to extract data.

  Specifically, the extraction unit 121 provides information used as a search key for extraction included in the sharing request data from the stored talk room information, for example, talk room ID information (to identify the talk room). Unique identification information), user ID information (user-specific identification information given to identify a user), group ID information (group-specific identification given to identify a group in which one or more users are grouped) Information) is searched using at least one of the information as a single key or a composite key, and talk room information matching the key information is extracted. The extraction unit 121 transmits the extracted talk room information and sharing request data to the determination unit as a result of the extraction.

  Based on the talk room information and the sharing request data transmitted from the extracting unit 121, the determining unit 122 has a function of determining whether or not there is information requested to be shared in the talk room information. Specifically, the determination unit 122 includes message ID information (unique identification information given for identifying a message by the server 100 or the user terminal 200 for each talk room information) included in the sharing request data, or a user terminal. 200 based on the oldest transmission date and time information (information indicating the date and time when the user terminal transmitted the message) or reception date and time information (information indicating the date and time when the user terminal received the message) If it is message ID information, message history information having ID information given before the ID information, if it is transmission date information or reception date information, all message history information sent and received before that It is determined that the information is requested for sharing. Here, a sharing request for each message history information has been described as an example, but a sharing request for each talk room information may be used.

  Further, the determination unit 122 can further limit the message history information after the participation date and time based on the date and time information on the user's request for sharing included in the talk room information stored in the storage unit 130. This makes it possible to provide necessary and sufficient range of talk room information to a user who requests sharing of the information without sharing the message history information of the talk room that is not actually participating.

  If the determination unit 122 determines that the information requested to be shared exists as a result of the determination, in order to transmit at least a part of the extracted talk room information to the user terminal 200, the determination result and the talk room information Is transmitted to the transmission unit 112. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no information to request sharing, based on the user ID information included in the talk room information, a user other than the user who transmitted the sharing request data (user of the sharing request partner) is specified, In order to transmit the talk room sharing request to the user terminal 200 of the identified user, the result of the extraction, the result of the determination and the sharing request data are transmitted to the transmission unit 112, and the result of the extraction, the result of the determination The sharing request data is transmitted to the generation unit 123.

  When the determination unit 122 specifies a user other than the user who transmitted the shared data based on the user ID information included in the talk room information, the determination unit 122 further adds the date and time information that participated in the talk of the sharing request partner user. Based on the user's talk participation date / time of the sharing request, and before the message transmission / reception date / time information, the user who participated in the talk in the sharing target range can be limited. As a result, it is possible to make a request for sharing a talk room only to a partner within a necessary and sufficient range without making a request for sharing the talk room to a user who does not actually participate in the talk.

  Conversely, the determination unit 122 also transmits a talk room sharing request to users who participated in the talk before the participation date and time, and transmitted and received messages before the participation date and time (hereinafter, “share candidate message”). The message history information of the sharing candidate message is also requested to be shared if all the users who participated based on the sharing permission information or at least one or more of the users permitted sharing. The message history information can be transmitted to the transmission unit 112. Thus, if the permission of the user who has participated in the talk is obtained, the talk information before joining the talk can be shared.

  Based on the extraction result, the determination result, and the sharing request data transmitted from the determination unit 122, the generation unit 123 generates information indicating the message to be shared, and the user terminal of the user who is the sharing request partner Display information to be displayed on 200 display units 210 is generated. Here, the information indicating the message of the sharing request target is, for example, a display area indicating the sharing request range by surrounding the target message with a rectangular dotted frame as shown in FIG. Information that clearly indicates the target by highlighting the message balloon frame or character color. The generation unit 123 transmits the generated display information to the transmission unit 112 so as to be included in the message sharing request message and transmitted to the user terminal 200. Thereby, the user of the sharing request partner can visually recognize which message is the target of the sharing request.

  Moreover, the production | generation part 123 can also produce | generate the input display which limits the object which permits sharing among the messages in the said display area. More specifically, for example, the message “Let's go to eat on Saturday at the end of the month!” Sent by user B in FIG. 5B at 18:05 and the dog stamp representing OK sent by user A at 20:00 Is a message to be shared, a check box is provided on the right side of the message, and an input display or the like is limited by selecting a target to be shared. This allows the user of the sharing request partner to allow and reject some messages as well as to allow or reject all of the talk room information requested to be shared, allowing flexible selection Can do.

  Further, as illustrated in FIG. 5A, the generation unit 123 requests the sharing request partner user terminal 200 to share the talk room, and displays whether to permit or reject the sharing of the request. Can also be generated. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5B, it is possible to select to allow only messages limited to the input display that limits the objects to be shared. Thereby, the talk room information memorize | stored in the terminal of the user of a share other party is not shared without permission, but the said talk room information can be shared with the permission of the said user. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5C, it is possible to display whether the other user is permitted, not answered, or rejected in addition to the input display. Thereby, it is possible to select whether to permit or reject sharing based on the opinions of other users.

The storage unit 130 has a function of storing various programs, data, and parameters necessary for the operation of the server 100. Specifically, the storage unit 130 includes, for example, talk room information (including message history information) and user information (user ID information and user address information (identification information for transmitting a message to the user terminal 200). , Etc. (which may include identification information unique to the terminal of the user terminal 200). The storage unit 130 is typically realized by various recording media such as an HDD (Hard Disc Drive), an SSD (Solid State Drive), and a flash memory.
The above is the configuration of the server (information processing apparatus) 100 according to the first embodiment.

Next, the configuration of the user terminal 200 according to the first embodiment will be described.
As illustrated in FIG. 2, the user terminal 200 includes a display unit 210, a control unit 220, a communication unit 230, and a storage unit 240.

  The display unit 210 has a function of receiving input from the user. Typically, it is realized by a soft key or a hard key such as a touch panel. The display unit 210 is a monitor having a function of displaying display information, input display, and the like transmitted from the server 100 and the user terminal 200 under the control of the control unit 220. Specifically, for example, the display unit 210 displays a talk room based on the transmitted talk room information, displays a message on the talk room, and the like, and displays a sharing request range on the talk room. Display and so on. Typically, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) display, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) display, an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display, or the like may be used.

  The control unit 220 is a processor having a function of controlling each unit of the user terminal 200. The control unit 220 has a function of transmitting information received from the server 100 transmitted from the communication unit 230 to the display unit 210 and displaying the information. Further, the control unit 220 has a function of transmitting and transmitting to the communication unit 230 so as to transmit to the server 100 based on information input from the display unit 210. Furthermore, the control unit 220 has a function of updating (adding, changing, and deleting) information stored in the storage unit 240 based on the transmitted various information. Specifically, for example, when the receiving unit 231 receives a talk room sharing request from the server 100 and is transmitted to the control unit 220, the control unit 220 permits the sharing request and the sharing transmitted from the display unit 210. Based on the input information to be transmitted, the transmission unit 232 is notified so that at least a part of the talk room information stored in the storage unit 240 is transmitted to the server 100. When the input information for refusing the display unit sharing is transmitted, the control unit 220 transmits the notification of the sharing refusal to the server 100 to be transmitted to the transmission unit 232.

  In addition, the control unit 220 displays the oldest message on the talk room to be saved in the storage unit 240 on the screen of the sharing request target talk room by using, for example, a swipe operation of the screen of the talk room targeted for sharing as a trigger. Triggered by this, or triggered by the installation of the messaging app provided by the server 100, a request for sharing the talk room information can be generated and transmitted to the server 232 to be transmitted to the server 100.

  When installing and triggering the messaging app, user information that is a candidate for a talk partner in the talk room at the time of installation (for example, a user of a user who is recognized as a friend of the user) ID information or the like) or group information that is a candidate for talk participation (for example, group ID information or the like of a group that has participated so far) may be included in the sharing request message. As a result, even if the display unit 210 does not have an input display for executing a talk room sharing request, and there is no user input operation associated therewith, a sharing request can be automatically made. Even when the talk is not started at the time of re-installation, the talk room information to be shared by the server 100 can be searched based on the user information of the talk partner and a sharing request can be made.

  The communication unit 230 includes a reception unit 231 and a transmission unit 232, and has a function of executing communication (various data, message transmission / reception, etc.) with the server 100 via the network 400. The communication may be either wired or wireless, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication can be performed. Here, the message is not limited to a text message, but includes an image, a sound, a moving image, a stamp (digital sticker), and the like.

The receiving unit 231 has a function of receiving a message from the server 100 or each user terminal 200 via the network 400 and transmitting data included in the message to the control unit 220. Specifically, for example, the receiving unit 231 receives a talk room sharing request (including display information), sharing permission information, and the like from the server 100.

  The transmission unit 232 has a function of transmitting a message to the server 100 or each user terminal 200 through the network 400 according to the control of the control unit 220. Specifically, for example, the transmission unit 232 transmits to the server 100 a talk room sharing request, at least a part of talk room information (including message history information) for the talk room sharing request, sharing permission information, and the like.

The storage unit 240 has a function of storing various programs, data, and parameters necessary for the operation of the server 100. Specifically, the storage unit 240 stores, for example, a messaging application, talk room information (including message history information), user information (including user address information), and the like. The storage unit 240 is typically realized by various recording media such as a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), and a flash memory.
The above is the configuration of the user terminal 200 according to the first embodiment.

<Embodiment 2>
<Configuration>
Hereinafter, configurations of the server (information processing apparatus) 100 and the user terminal 200 according to the second embodiment will be described. In the second embodiment, unlike the first embodiment, the server 100 performs only the relay between the user terminals 200, or the talk rooms transmitted from one user terminal 200 directly between the user terminals 200 without passing through the server 100. Based on the sharing request, the other user terminal 200 side of the requesting party extracts the talk room information, determines the presence / absence of information to be shared, and the like. By using the second embodiment, it is possible to share the talk room between the user terminals without performing the determination process and the extraction process in the server 100, and without applying a load due to these processes. Even if the communication is impossible, the talk room can be shared between the user terminals. The service system according to the present invention can use at least one of the first and second embodiments. As shown in FIG. 2, the server (information processing apparatus) 100 includes a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, and a storage unit 130.

  The communication unit 110 is the same as that in the first embodiment.

  The receiving unit 111 is the same as that in the first embodiment.

  The transmission unit 112 is the same as that in the first embodiment.

  The control unit 120 is a processor having a function of controlling each unit of the server 100. Specifically, the control unit 120 collates the user ID information included in the talk room sharing request transmitted from the reception unit 111 with the user address information stored in the storage unit 130, and the user of the collated address information. The talk room sharing request or the like is transmitted to the transmission unit 112 so that the talk room sharing request or the like is transmitted to the terminal 200.

The storage unit 130 is the same as that in the first embodiment.
The above is the configuration of the server (information processing apparatus) 100 according to the second embodiment.

Next, the configuration of the user terminal 200 according to the second embodiment will be described.
As illustrated in FIG. 2, the user terminal 200 includes a display unit 210, a control unit 220, a communication unit 230, and a storage unit 240.

  The display unit 210 is the same as that in the first embodiment.

  The control unit 220 is a processor having a function of controlling each unit of the user terminal 200. The control unit 220 has a function of transmitting information received from the server 100 transmitted from the communication unit 230 to the display unit 210 and displaying the information. Further, the control unit 220 has a function of transmitting and transmitting to the communication unit 230 so as to transmit to the server 100 based on information input from the display unit 210. Furthermore, the control unit 220 has a function of updating (adding, changing, and deleting) information stored in the storage unit 240 based on the transmitted various information. Specifically, for example, when the receiving unit 231 receives a talk room sharing request from the server 100 and is transmitted to the control unit 220, the control unit 220 permits the sharing request and the sharing transmitted from the display unit 210. Based on the input information to be transmitted, the transmission unit 232 is notified so that at least a part of the talk room information stored in the storage unit 240 is transmitted to the server 100. When the input information for refusing the display unit sharing is transmitted, the control unit 220 transmits the notification of the sharing refusal to the server 100 to be transmitted to the transmission unit 232.

  In addition, the control unit 220 displays the oldest message on the talk room to be saved in the storage unit 240 on the screen of the sharing request target talk room by using, for example, a swipe operation of the screen of the talk room targeted for sharing as a trigger. Triggered by this, or triggered by the installation of the messaging app provided by the server 100, a request for sharing the talk room information can be generated and transmitted to the server 232 to be transmitted to the server 100.

  When installing and triggering the messaging app, user information that is a candidate for a talk partner in the talk room at the time of installation (for example, a user of a user who is recognized as a friend of the user) ID information or the like) or group information that is a candidate for talk participation (for example, group ID information or the like of a group that has participated so far) may be included in the sharing request message. As a result, even if the display unit 210 does not have an input display for executing a talk room sharing request, and there is no user input operation associated therewith, a sharing request can be automatically made. Even when the talk is not started at the time of re-installation, the talk room information to be shared by the server 100 can be searched based on the user information of the talk partner and a sharing request can be made.

  Furthermore, the control unit 220 requests the request for the data from the talk room information stored in the storage unit 240 based on the data related to the toe crew sharing request transmitted from the receiving unit 231 (hereinafter referred to as “sharing request data”). It has a function to extract the data.

  Specifically, the control unit 220 gives information used as a search key for extraction included in the sharing request data from the stored talk room information, for example, talk room ID information (to identify the talk room). Unique identification information), user ID information (user-specific identification information given to identify a user), group ID information (group-specific identification given to identify a group in which one or more users are grouped) Information) is searched using at least one of the information as a single key or a composite key, and talk room information matching the key information is extracted. If the corresponding talk room information cannot be extracted as a result of the extraction, the determination result and the sharing request data are transmitted to the transmission unit 232 in order to transmit a sharing impossible notification to the user terminal 200 that requests the sharing of the talk room. To do.

  The control unit 220 has a function of determining whether there is information to be shared in the talk room information based on the extraction result. Specifically, the determination unit 122 is message ID information based on the message ID information included in the sharing request data or the oldest transmission date / time information or reception date / time information on the talk room held by the user terminal 200. If the message history information having the ID information given before the ID information is transmission date / time information or reception date / time information, all the message history information transmitted / received before that is determined as the information to request sharing. . Here, a sharing request for each message history information has been described as an example, but a sharing request for each talk room information may be used.

  If it is determined as a result of the determination that there is information to request sharing, the control unit 220 transmits the extracted talk room information or the like to the user terminal 200 that requests sharing. At least part of the information is transmitted to the transmission unit 232. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no information to request sharing, the sharing result notification and the sharing request data are transmitted to the transmission unit 232 in order to transmit a sharing impossible notification to the user terminal 200.

  Based on the extraction result and the sharing request data, the control unit 220 generates display information that causes the display unit 210 to display information indicating the message to be shared. Here, the information indicating the message of the sharing request target is, for example, a display area indicating the sharing request range by surrounding the target message with a rectangular dotted frame as shown in FIG. Information that clearly indicates the target by highlighting the message balloon frame or character color. The control unit 220 transmits the generated display information to the display unit 210. As a result, the user can visually recognize which message is the target of the sharing request.

  In addition, the control unit 220 can also generate an input display that limits the objects that are allowed to be shared among the messages in the display area. More specifically, for example, the message “Let's go to eat on Saturday at the end of the month!” Sent by user B in FIG. 5B at 18:05 and the dog stamp representing OK sent by user A at 20:00 Is a message to be shared, a check box is provided on the right side of the message, and an input display or the like is limited by selecting a target to be shared. This allows the user of the sharing request partner to allow and reject some messages as well as to allow or reject all of the talk room information requested to be shared, allowing flexible selection Can do.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5A, the control unit 220 can also generate an input display as to whether or not to allow sharing to be displayed on the display unit 210. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5B, it is possible to select to allow only messages limited to the input display that limits the objects to be shared. Accordingly, the talk room information stored in the user terminal can be shared without permission, and the talk room information can be shared with the permission of the user held with the user terminal. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5C, it is possible to display whether the other user is permitted, not answered, or rejected in addition to the input display. Thereby, it is possible to select whether to permit or reject sharing based on the opinions of other users.

  The communication unit 230 includes a reception unit 231 and a transmission unit 232, and has a function of executing communication (various data, message transmission / reception, etc.) with the server 100 via the network 400. The communication may be either wired or wireless, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication can be performed. Here, the message is not limited to a text message, but includes an image, a sound, a moving image, a stamp (digital sticker), and the like.

  The receiving unit 231 has a function of receiving a message from the server 100 or each user terminal 200 via the network 400 and transmitting data included in the message to the control unit 220. Specifically, for example, the receiving unit 231 receives a talk room sharing request (including display information), sharing permission information, and the like from the server 100 and another user terminal 200.

  The transmission unit 232 has a function of transmitting a message to the server 100 or each user terminal 200 through the network 400 according to the control of the control unit 220. Specifically, for example, the transmission unit 232 sends a talk room sharing request to the server 100 and other user terminals 200, at least a part of talk room information (including message history information) for the talk room sharing request, sharing permission information, and Sends a sharing impossible notification.

The storage unit 240 is the same as that in the first embodiment.
The above is the configuration of the user terminal 200 according to the second embodiment.

<Data>
Here, FIG. 3 shows a data configuration example of the talk room information stored in the storage unit 130 in the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a data conceptual diagram showing a data configuration example of talk room information.

  The talk room information is exchanged between users in a specific talk room stored in the storage unit 130 of the server 100 or the storage unit 210 of the user terminal 200, group information, and users in the talk room 1 The above-described message history information (here, “N” in “× N” in FIG. 3 indicates a number of 1 or more). The talk room information is not limited as long as it includes all items shown in the data structure shown in FIG. The talk room information stored in the server 100 and the user terminal 200 may be associated with identification information such as a talk room ID, or may not be associated with the identification information. Furthermore, even if the association is made, the information of other items may be different (for example, even if the same talk room ID and the same message ID are used, the contents of the message text and the like are different). ).

  The talk room ID is unique identification information given by the server 100 to identify a talk room talk. The user ID is unique identification information given by the server 100 to identify the user. The group ID is unique identification information given by the server 100 to identify the group.

  Message history information includes message ID information, message text, stamp ID information (unique identification information given to identify the stamp), image data of the stamp, image data, transmission user ID information (the target message has been transmitted) User ID information of users), transmission date information (date and time information when the target message was transmitted), reception user ID information (user ID information of all users who received the target message), reception date information (received) Information on the date and time when the target message is received for each user. The message history information is stored for one message exchanged in the talk in one talk room information. Further, the message history information can include a MAC (Message Authentication Code) value of each message data. Furthermore, the message once transmitted can be corrected later, and the storage unit 130 can also store message history information (including the MAC value) for each correction.

  Further, when all or part of the message history information cannot be stored in the server 100 due to various circumstances such as security, protection of personal information and capacity of the storage unit 130, the message history information is stored after a predetermined period. The unit 130 may delete the target message history information. For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, with respect to the message IDs “Msg0011” and “Msg0012” that are initially stored, data other than the message ID is deleted as shown in FIG. May be. When a message sharing request for the message history information is received in a state where the message history information of “Msg0011” and “Msg0012” is erased, the user ID “User0022”, “User0101” or “User0078” The message history information held in the user terminal 200 of the user is requested to be shared.

  Further, when the message history information to be shared is corrected, the generation unit 123 displays at least one of a display indicating that the message is corrected or an input display for selecting which message to be shared before or after the correction. In order to transmit display information including two or more to the user terminal 200 of the user who requests sharing, the display information is generated, the generated display information is transmitted to the transmission unit 112, and the transmission unit 112 transmits the displayed display information. Can be transmitted to the user terminal 200. As a result, the user who requests sharing can know the correction when the message has been corrected later, and also selects the message before and after the correction and restores (acquires) the message history information. )be able to.

Furthermore, when erasing the message history information stored in the storage unit 130 of the server 100, the MAC value of each message can be left. If the message history information for each correction is not held, the determination unit 122 Can compare the MAC value of the message history information to be shared received from the user terminal 200 with the MAC value left in the storage unit 130 of the server 100 to determine whether the message has been modified. Specifically, the determination unit 122 compares whether or not these MAC values match. If the MAC values match as a result of the comparison, the determination unit 122 determines that the message has not been modified, and the MAC values do not match. Can determine that the message has been modified. When it is determined that the message has been modified, the unmodified message history information received from other user terminals may be preferentially shared (sent to the user terminal 200 of the user who requests sharing), or The unit 122 transmits the result of the determination to the generation unit 123, and the generation unit 123 that has received the determination result shares a message indicating that the message has been corrected or which message before or after the correction is shared. In order to generate display information including at least one or more input displays to be selected and transmit the generated display information to the user terminal 200 of the user who requests sharing, the display information is transmitted to the transmission unit 112 and the transmission unit 112 May transmit the transmitted display information to the user terminal 200. As a result, even if a part of the message history information to be shared is deleted in the server 100, the user who requests sharing can know the correction when the message has been corrected later, and before the correction. And the message history information can be restored (obtained) by selecting the corrected message.
The above is an example of the data structure of talk room information.

<Embodiment 1>
<Operation>
Hereinafter, the operation of the server (information processing apparatus) 100 according to the first embodiment and the flow of messages and the like between the server (information processing apparatus) 100 and the user terminal 200 will be described. The operation of the server 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the server 100 according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 6, talk room information (the talk room information is referred to as “first talk room information”, which is the same in the first embodiment) is stored in the storage unit 130 (step S11). The receiving unit 111 receives a request for sharing the first talk room information transmitted from the user terminal 200 (the sharing request is referred to as “first talk room sharing request”, hereinafter the same) (step S12). Based on the received first talk room sharing request, the extraction unit 121 extracts first talk room information from the talk room information stored in the storage unit 130 (step S13). The extraction result is transmitted to the determination unit 122. The determination unit 122 determines whether there is information to be shared in the first talk room information extracted by the extraction unit 121. As a result of the determination, the corresponding sharing is determined. If the requested information exists (YES in step S14), the transmission unit 112 indicates the result of the extraction (including at least one part of the first talk room information) and the result of the determination (including information requested to be shared). The transmission unit 112 transmits the extraction result and the like to the user terminal 200 (step S21). On the other hand, when there is no information to request sharing (NO in step S14), the determination unit 122 transmits the extraction result and the determination result to the generation unit 123, and the generation unit 123 is transmitted. Based on the extraction result and the like, display information to be displayed on the display unit 210 of the user terminal 200 of the share requesting partner user is generated (step S15).

  The generation unit 123 transmits the generated display information to the transmission unit 112, and the transmission unit 112 includes the extraction result (including at least part of the first talk room information), the determination result (including message history information), and The transmitted display information is transmitted as a talk room sharing request (the sharing request is referred to as a “second talk room sharing request”, hereinafter the same) to the user terminal 200 of the user specified as the sharing request partner (step S15). . Thereafter, talk room information stored in the storage unit 240 corresponding to the second talk room sharing request from the user terminal 200 of the identified user (the talk room information is referred to as “second talk room information”. The same applies in the first embodiment. ) Or at least part of the sharing permission information (response information from the user who has permitted or denied sharing) (step S17), and if sharing is permitted (YES in step S18), The transmission unit 112 transmits at least a part of the second talk room information to the user terminal 200 of the user who requests sharing, and when the sharing is rejected (NO in step S20), the transmission unit 112 requests sharing. A notification that sharing is rejected is transmitted to the user terminal 200 of the user.

  Next, the exchange of information such as messages between the server 100 and the user terminal 200 and the flow of processing will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing the exchange of information such as messages and the flow of processing from the application installation of the user terminal to the transmission of message history information between the server 100 and the user terminal 200 according to the first embodiment. Here, regarding the user terminal 200 in FIG. 7, a user who performs a talk room sharing request (first talk room sharing request) is a user 1, and the user terminal 200 owned by the user 1 is the first user terminal and the request. The user who is the partner of the message exchange that participates in the talk room is the user 2, the user terminal 200 owned by the user 2 is the second user terminal, and the partner of the message exchange that also participates in the requested talk room. Another user is a user 3, and a user terminal 200 owned by the user 3 is a third user terminal.

First, when the first user terminal installs an application of a messaging application (step S31), the first user terminal transmits a first talk room sharing request message to the server 100 triggered by the installation or the like (step S32). . The server 100 extracts the first talk room information based on the received first talk room sharing request message (step S33), and determines whether there is information to request sharing from the extracted first talk room information (step S33). S34). As a result of the determination, if there is information to request sharing, the server 100 executes message exchange and processing in the area above the broken line in the area of the alt (Alternative) tag. Specifically, the server 100 transmits the extraction result and the determination result such as the first talk room information to the first user terminal (step S35). On the other hand, when there is no information to request sharing, the server 100 and the second user terminal execute message exchange and processing in the area below the broken line in the area of the al1 tag. Specifically, the server 100 generates display information to be displayed on the second user terminal of the user 2 and the user 3 and the display unit 210 of the third user terminal (step S36), and includes the generated display information. The second talk room sharing request is transmitted to the second user terminal and the third user terminal (steps S37 and S38). The second user terminal and the third user terminal respond at least one of the second talk room information and the sharing permission information held by the user terminal corresponding to the sharing request. Information is transmitted to the server 100 (steps S39 and S40), and the server 100 notifies the first user terminal of at least part of the second talk room information or sharing refusal based on the transmitted second talk room information and the like. One of the messages is transmitted (step S41).
The above is the operation of the server (information processing apparatus) 100 according to the first embodiment and the flow of messages and the like between the server (information processing apparatus) 100 and the user terminal 200.

<Embodiment 2>
<Operation>
Hereinafter, the operation of the user terminal 200 according to the second embodiment will be described. The operation of the user terminal 200 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the user terminal 200 according to Embodiment 2.

As shown in FIG. 9, talk room information (the talk room information is referred to as “first talk room information”. The same applies in the second embodiment) is stored in the storage unit 240 (step S51). The receiving unit 231 receives the request for sharing the first talk room information transmitted from the other user terminal 200 (the sharing request is referred to as “talk room sharing request”, which is the same in the second embodiment) (step S52). Based on the received talk room sharing request, the control unit 220 obtains the talk room information corresponding to the talk room sharing request (the second talk room information from the first talk room information stored in the storage unit 240). The same applies to the second embodiment) (step S53). The control unit 220 determines whether or not at least a part of the second talk room information has been extracted. If the determination result shows that the second talk room information has been extracted (YES in step S54), the control unit 220 shares the extracted second talk room information. It is determined whether the requested information exists (step S55). As a result of the determination, if there is information to request sharing (YES in step S55), at least a part of the determination result, the determination result, and the second talk room information is transmitted to the transmission unit 232. The transmitting unit 232 transmits the extraction result or the like to another user terminal 200 that requests sharing (step S56). On the other hand, when there is no information to request the sharing (NO in step S55), the control unit 220 transmits a sharing impossible notification to the transmitting unit 232, and the transmitting unit 232 transmits another request for sharing the sharing disabled notification. It transmits to the user terminal 200 (step S57).
On the other hand, when at least a part of the second talk room information cannot be extracted (NO in step S54), the control unit 220 transmits a sharing impossible notification to the transmitting unit 232, and the transmitting unit 232 transmits the sharing disabled notification. It transmits to the other user terminal 200 which requests sharing (step S58).
The above is the operation of the user terminal 200 according to the second embodiment.

<Reference example>
Each functional unit of the server (information processing apparatus) 100 and the user terminal 200 is realized by a logic circuit (hardware) or a dedicated circuit formed in an integrated circuit (IC (Integrated Circuit) chip, LSI (Large Scale Integration)) or the like. Alternatively, it may be realized by software using a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a memory. Each functional unit may be realized by one or a plurality of integrated circuits, and the functions of the plurality of functional units may be realized by a single integrated circuit. An LSI may be called a VLSI, a super LSI, an ultra LSI, or the like depending on the degree of integration. FIG. 11 shows an example in which each functional unit of the server (information processing apparatus) 100 and the user terminal 200 is shown as a circuit. Here, the “circuit” may include the meaning of digital processing by a computer, that is, functional processing by software. The circuit may be realized by a reconfigurable circuit (for example, FPGA: Field Programmable Gate Away).

  When the function units of the server (information processing apparatus) 100 and the user terminal 200 are realized by software, the server (information processing apparatus) 100 or the user terminal 200 receives instructions of a display information generation program that is software that realizes each function. CPU to be executed, ROM (Read Only Memory) or storage device (referred to as “recording medium”) in which the search program and various data are recorded so as to be readable by a computer (or CPU), and RAM for expanding the search program (Random Access Memory). The computer (or CPU) reads the search program from the recording medium and executes it to achieve the object of the present invention. As the recording medium, a “non-temporary tangible medium” such as a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. The search program may be supplied to the computer via any transmission medium (such as a communication network or a broadcast wave) that can transmit the search program. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave, in which the search program is embodied by electronic transmission.

  The search program can be implemented using, for example, a script language such as ActionScript or JavaScript (registered trademark), an object-oriented programming language such as Objective-C or Java (registered trademark), or a markup language such as HTML5.

<Others>
As an example of the service system according to the present invention, sharing of history information of talks and messages exchanged in a talk room is taken up. However, the present invention is not limited to the sharing, but the information held in the user terminal It can also be used for other services using, for example, a service in which an expert answers a question from a questioner.

  Specifically, for example, when the server (information processing apparatus) 100 categorizes experts by the server 100 for each specialized field and receives the question information from the user terminal 200 held by the questioner, the category to which the question belongs. To the user terminal 200 owned by the expert. The control unit 220 of the expert user terminal 200 is based on information such as past question and answer talk history stored in the user terminal 200, link information such as favorites, image information, video information, text information, and the like. Search for information similar to the received question and answer. If there is corresponding information as a result of the search, the control unit 220 displays a dialog asking whether the information can be transmitted on the display unit 210. If transmission is selected, the user terminal of the questioner is displayed. 200 transmits the information. Thereby, even if the expert does not consider the answer to the question from the beginning, it is possible to answer efficiently using the past question and answer information stored in the user terminal 200 of the expert. Can be reduced.

100 server (information processing device)
110 communication unit 111 reception unit 112 transmission unit 120 control unit 121 extraction unit 122 determination unit 123 generation unit 130 storage unit 200 user terminal 210 display unit (user terminal)
220 Control unit (user terminal)
230 Communication unit (user terminal)
231 receiver (user terminal)
232 Transmitter (user terminal)
240 Storage unit (user terminal)
400 network

Claims (3)

A method for controlling an information processing apparatus connected to a user terminal via a network,
A storage step of storing first talk room information relating to message exchange between users;
A first receiving step of receiving a first talk room sharing request for sharing at least a part of the first talk room information from the first user terminal;
At least one or more users included in the first talk room information are identified based on the first talk room sharing request, and at least second talk room information related to the first talk room information is specified in the identified user terminal. A first transmission step of transmitting a second talk room sharing request for partial sharing;
A second receiving step of receiving at least a part of the second talk room information held by the identified user terminal corresponding to the second talk room sharing request;
A second transmission step of transmitting at least a part of the second talk room information to the first user terminal;
Including
The first talk room sharing request is generated by the first user terminal when a predetermined application associated with the information processing apparatus is installed in the first user terminal. An information processing apparatus connected to a user terminal via a network,
A storage unit for storing first talk room information related to message exchange between users;
A receiving unit that receives a first talk room sharing request for sharing at least a part of the first talk room information from the first user terminal;
At least one or more users included in the first talk room information are identified based on the first talk room sharing request, and at least second talk room information related to the first talk room information is specified in the identified user terminal. A transmitting unit for transmitting a second talk room sharing request for partial sharing;
With
The receiving unit receives at least a part of the second talk room information held by the identified user terminal corresponding to the second talk room sharing request;
The transmission unit transmits at least a part of the second talk room information to the first user terminal,
The first talk room sharing request is an information processing apparatus that is generated at the first user terminal when a predetermined application associated with the information processing apparatus is installed in the first user terminal. A program for controlling a computer connected to a user terminal via a network,
A storage function for storing first talk room information related to message exchange between users;
A receiving function for receiving a first talk room sharing request for sharing at least a part of the first talk room information from the first user terminal;
At least one or more users included in the first talk room information are identified based on the first talk room sharing request, and at least second talk room information related to the first talk room information is specified in the identified user terminal. A transmission function for transmitting a second talk room sharing request for partial sharing;
Is realized by a computer,
The reception function receives at least a part of the second talk room information held by the identified user terminal corresponding to the second talk room sharing request,
The transmission function transmits at least a part of the second talk room information to the first user terminal,
The first talk room sharing request is a program generated by the first user terminal when a predetermined application related to the information processing apparatus is installed in the first user terminal.

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