JP2001350687A - Information retrieving/sender specifying and linking method, its executing device, and recording media with its processing program recorded thereon - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique capable of improving the efficiency from the retrieval of a specific information satisfying prescribed conditions on an electronic bulletin board or the like where many unspecified users send information to the dealing with the specific information. SOLUTION: This information retrieving/sender specifying and linking method retrieving an information satisfying prescribed conditions and specifying its sender includes a step for transmitting the transmission information added with sender information for identifying the sender, a step for receiving the transmission information transmitted from the sender and recording the sender information added to the transmission information, a step for retrieving the specific information satisfying the prescribed conditions from the received transmission information, a step for inquiring the sender of the handling of the specific information in reference to the sender information added to the retrieved specific information, a step for answering the handling of the specific information to the inquiry, and a step for conducting a prescribed process against the specific information according to the contents of the reply.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information retrieval / source identification cooperative system for searching for information satisfying a predetermined condition and identifying its source, and more particularly to an electronic bulletin board in which an unspecified number of users participate. The present invention relates to a technology effective when applied to an information search / source identification cooperative system for searching for inappropriate information, identifying the source of the information, and deleting the inappropriate information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various information has been written on an electronic bulletin board in which an unspecified number of users participate via a network such as the Internet, among which information such as slanderous information, obscenity information, and stimulant sales and purchases are included. There have been cases where inappropriate information such as information is provided to many people for viewing.

[0003] When searching for the above-mentioned improper information, a method has been adopted in which an administrator of the provider checks information transmitted to the provider one by one. There has also been proposed a method of analyzing character information and image information stored in an apparatus at high speed and automatically searching for inappropriate information.

[0004] Further, as a method of searching for information stored in a provider and specifying the source when the above-mentioned inappropriate information is found, the inappropriate information is received by the destination provider. In some cases, the communication log recorded in each provider that has passed through is traced in order from the source provider to identify the source of the inappropriate information. That is, when specifying the source of the retrieved incorrect information, the incorrect information is referred to the receiving provider by referring to a communication log corresponding to the time when the incorrect information was received by the receiving provider. The task of identifying the provider who transmitted the message and then identifying the provider who transmitted the message to the provider is repeated to reach the sender.

[0005]

When the source of the inappropriate information retrieved by the conventional method is specified, the inappropriate information and the communication log are not clearly associated with each other, and which communication log is It may be difficult to identify whether it indicates communication of inappropriate information, and this may require relying on the knowledge of experienced professionals. For this reason, there is a problem that it is difficult to cooperate the search for the inappropriate information and the identification of the transmission source.

In the conventional method, when improper information is transmitted via a plurality of providers, a large number of communication logs have to be tracked, and it takes time to identify the source, There is a problem in that the communication log is not stored in the provider and it is impossible to specify the transmission source.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above problem and improve the efficiency from searching for specific information satisfying a predetermined condition to handling the specific information on an electronic bulletin board or the like to which an unspecified number of users transmit information. It is an object of the present invention to provide a technology that can be used.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided an information search / retrieval system for retrieving information which satisfies a predetermined condition and specifying a source of the information.
In the sender-specific cooperation system, specific information that satisfies a predetermined condition is searched for, the source is inquired about the handling of the specific information, and predetermined processing is performed on the specific information according to the content of the answer.

In the information search / source identification system of the present invention, when a sender sends information to an electronic bulletin board or the like on which an unspecified number of users write information, the originator first sends the information. The source provider adds the source information for identifying the source to the source information and transmits the information to the destination provider.

[0010] The receiving provider operating the electronic bulletin board or the like receives the transmitting information transmitted from the transmitting source and records the transmitting information added to the transmitting information,
Post the transmission information on bulletin boards and the like. Further, the destination provider searches the contents of the received transmission information to check whether or not the transmission information includes specific information such as inappropriate information that satisfies a predetermined condition. As a result of the search, when specific information that satisfies the predetermined condition is found, the source information added to the searched specific information is referred to, and the source of the specific information is handled by the source of the specific information. Inquire about

When the source provider receives an inquiry about the handling of the specific information, the provider refers to the information of the user who transmitted the specific information to the source provider, and the handling of such specific information is determined in advance by a contract or the like. It is checked whether or not there is handling information indicating the handled handling. If there is handling information, the content is read.
Then, according to the content of the read handling information,
The handling of the specific information in response to the inquiry, such as deleting the specific information, is answered. For the recipient provider,
A predetermined process such as deleting the specific information is performed according to the content of the answer transmitted from the transmission source provider.

As described above, according to the information search / source identification coordination system of the present invention, specific information that satisfies a predetermined condition is searched, and the source is inquired about the handling of the specific information. The specified information is processed in response to the specified information, so that the efficiency from searching for specific information that satisfies predetermined conditions to handling the specific information on an electronic bulletin board or the like to which an unspecified number of users send information can be reduced. It is possible to improve.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A description will now be given of an information retrieval / source identification cooperative system according to an embodiment for searching for inappropriate information, identifying the source of the information, and coping with the inappropriate information.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information search / source identification system in this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the information search / source identification cooperation system of the present embodiment
Sender's device 101 and sender provider's device 102
, Recipient provider device 103 and recipient device 1
04.

The sender's device 101 is a user's device that sends information to a sender provider. The sender-provider-side device 102 is a device that adds sender information for identifying the sender provider to the sender information sent by the sender and transmits the information to the receiver provider.

The destination provider side device 103 receives the transmission information transmitted from the transmission source provider and posts it on its electronic bulletin board or the like, and searches the received transmission information for specific information such as improper information. It is a device that identifies the source of the situation and deals with it. The receiver device 104 is a device on the receiver side that browses outgoing information received by the receiver provider.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the source provider apparatus 102 of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the source provider apparatus 102 of the present embodiment includes a CPU 2
01, a memory 202, a magnetic disk device 203,
Input device 204, output device 205, CD-ROM device 206, user information DB 207, and sender information DB
208.

The CPU 201 is a device for controlling the operation of the source provider device 102 as a whole. Memory 202
Is a storage device for loading various processing programs and data for controlling the operation of the entire source provider apparatus 102.

The magnetic disk device 203 is a storage device for storing the various processing programs and data. The input device 204 is a device that performs various inputs for managing the transmission source information for identifying the transmission source of the transmission information. The output device 205 is a device that performs various outputs associated with management of the transmission source information.

The CD-ROM device 206 is a device for reading the contents of a CD-ROM in which the various processing programs are recorded. The user information DB 207 is a database that stores user information of the sender provider. The sender information DB 208 is a database that stores information for identifying the sender of the sender information.

The source provider apparatus 102 has an information transmission processing unit 210 and a response processing unit 211. The information transmission processing unit 210 is a processing unit that adds transmission source information for identifying the transmission source provider to transmission information transmitted by the caller and transmits the transmission information to the destination provider side device 103. The answer processing unit 211 is a device of the destination provider side 1
This is a processing unit that responds to the inquiry for the specific information transmitted from the server 03 about the handling of the specific information.

A program for causing the source provider apparatus 102 to function as the information transmission processing unit 210 and the response processing unit 211 is recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, stored on a magnetic disk or the like, and then loaded into the memory. And executed. The recording medium for recording the program may be a recording medium other than the CD-ROM.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the destination provider apparatus 103 of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the destination provider side device 103 of the present embodiment
01, a memory 302, a magnetic disk device 303,
Input device 304, output device 305, CD-ROM device 306, receiving side information DB 307, transmission information DB 3
08.

The CPU 301 is a device that controls the entire operation of the destination provider device 103. Memory 302
Is a storage device for loading various processing programs and data for controlling the overall operation of the destination provider apparatus 103.

The magnetic disk device 303 is a storage device for storing the various processing programs and data. The input device 304 is a device that performs various inputs for managing transmission source information for identifying the transmission source of transmission information as reception side information.

The output device 305 is a device that performs various outputs in accordance with the management of the receiving side information. CD-ROM device 306
Is a device for reading the contents of a CD-ROM in which the various processing programs are recorded. The receiving side information DB 307
This is a database that stores transmission source information for identifying a transmission source of transmission information as reception side information. Outgoing information DB3
Reference numeral 08 denotes a database that stores transmission information together with identification information of reception-side information.

The destination provider apparatus 103 has an information reception processing unit 310, an information search processing unit 311, a transmission source identification processing unit 312, and a specific information processing unit 313.

The information reception processing unit 310 is a processing unit that receives transmission information transmitted from the transmission source provider apparatus 102 and records the transmission source information added to the transmission information as reception side information. The information search processing unit 311 is a processing unit that searches for improper information such as slander information, obscenity information, stimulant sales information, etc. from the received transmission information as specific information satisfying a predetermined condition.

The transmission source identification processing unit 312 is a processing unit that refers to the transmission source information added to the retrieved specific information and inquires the transmission source provider apparatus 102 about the handling of the specific information. The specific information processing unit 313 is a processing unit that performs a predetermined process, such as deletion, on the specific information in accordance with the content of the response to the inquiry from the source provider apparatus 102.

A program for causing the destination provider apparatus 103 to function as the information reception processing unit 310, the information search processing unit 311, the transmission source identification processing unit 312, and the specific information processing unit 313 is stored in a recording medium such as a CD-ROM. After being recorded and stored on a magnetic disk or the like, it is assumed that the program is loaded into a memory and executed. The recording medium for recording the program may be a recording medium other than the CD-ROM.

FIG. 4 shows an information transmission processing unit 210 according to this embodiment.
6 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the information transmission processing unit 21 of the source provider apparatus 102
0 performs a process of transmitting the transmission information by adding the transmission source information for identifying the transmission source.

In step 401, the information transmission processing section 210 of the originating provider side apparatus 102
It is checked whether or not the information M, which is the transmission information, is received from the server. If the information M is received, the process proceeds to step 402.

In step 402, the user information DB 20
7, it is checked whether or not UsrInfo, which is information for identifying the sender, is set in the sender provider for the sender who transmitted the received information M, and UsrInfo is set. If yes, step 403
The process proceeds to step 404 if UsrInfo is not set. In step 403, the UsrInfo is read out, and in step 404, a hash value is generated using the user ID and personal information of the sender to set UsrInfo.

FIG. 5 shows the user information DB 207 of this embodiment.
It is a figure showing an example of. As shown in FIG. 5, in the user information DB 207 of the source provider apparatus 102, UsrInfo for identifying the user using the source provider is used.
And handling information determined in accordance with a contract at the start of use for handling when inappropriate information is retrieved.

In step 405, the SendIn which is the source information for identifying the source provider is set as SendInfo.
It generates SendID as an identifier for identifying the fo, a time stamp indicating the transmission date and time of the transmission information, and provider information for identifying the transmission source provider.

In step 406, the received information M
In step 406, the generated SendID and transmission date and time are stored in the sender information DB 208 together with the information M in step 406.

FIG. 6 shows the sender information DB 208 of the present embodiment.
It is a figure showing an example of. As shown in FIG. 5, the sender information DB 208 of the sender provider apparatus 102 stores sender information for identifying the sender of the sender information.

In step 408, the UsrInfo and Sen
The information M to which the dInfo is added is transmitted to the destination provider side device 10.
Send to 3.

FIG. 7 shows an information reception processing unit 310 according to this embodiment.
6 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the information reception processing unit 31 of the destination provider apparatus 103
No. 0 performs a process of receiving the transmission information transmitted from the transmission source and recording the transmission source information added to the transmission information as the receiving side information.

In step 701, the information reception processing section 310 of the destination provider apparatus 103 checks whether or not information M, which is transmission information, has been received from the source provider apparatus 102. To step 702.

At step 702, UsrInfo and SendInfo added to the information M are added with a time stamp indicating the date and time of reception of the information M, thereby forming RecvInfo, which is information on the receiving side, and are identifiers for identifying the RecvInfo. Generate RecvID. In step 703, RecvInfo is stored in the receiver information DB 307 together with the generated RecvID.

FIG. 8 shows the receiving side information DB 307 of this embodiment.
It is a figure showing an example of. As shown in FIG. 8, the receiver information DB 307 of the receiver provider apparatus 103 stores the sender information for identifying the sender of the sender information as receiver information.

In step 704, the received information M
After removing UsrInfo and SendInfo from, the generated RecvID is added and stored in the transmission information DB 308.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the transmission information DB 308 of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 9, the transmission information DB 308 of the destination provider apparatus 103 stores transmission information together with identification information of the reception side information.

In step 705, the transmission information DB 308
And the information M is posted on an electronic bulletin board or the like, and the receiver device 104 accesses the destination provider device 103 and browses the information M posted on the electronic bulletin board.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the information search / originator specifying cooperation processing of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 10, the destination provider apparatus 103 searches the received transmission information for specific information that satisfies a predetermined condition, and refers to the transmission source information added to the searched specific information. After inquiring of the source about the handling of the specific information, a predetermined process is performed on the specific information according to the content of the answer.

In step 1001, the information search processing unit 311 of the destination provider apparatus 103 checks the received information
Character information, still image information, and the like in the transmission information DB 308 that stores M are searched, and in the information, inappropriate information such as slander information, obscenity information, stimulant sales information, etc. Check if there is. Step 100
In step 2, the search result is referred to, and if there is improper information, the process proceeds to step 1003; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 1009.

At step 1003, the source identification processing unit 312 of the destination provider side apparatus 103 reads the RecvID added to the searched information M, and proceeds to step 1
In 004, RecvInfo corresponding to the read RecvId is read from the receiving side information DB 307. And step 1
In 005, provider information indicating the source of the information M is read by referring to SendInfo in the read RecvInfo.

In step 1006, the source provider side device 102 of the source provider indicated by the read provider information is inquired about the handling of the information M. In step 1007, the response to the inquiry is transmitted from the source provider side device 102. The received information is passed to the specific information processing unit 313.

In step 1008, the specific information processing unit 313 of the destination provider side device 103 sends information according to the content of the answer received from the source provider side device 102.
A predetermined process such as deletion of M is performed. In step 1009, it is checked whether or not the processing has been completed for all the information M in the transmission information DB 308. If unprocessed information M still exists, the process returns to step 1001; Ends the processing.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the answer processing unit 211 of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 11, the response processing unit 211 of the source provider apparatus 102
Performs a process of responding to the inquiry about the handling of the specific information.

In step 1101, the response processing unit 211 of the source provider apparatus 102 checks whether or not an inquiry regarding the handling of the information M has been received from the destination provider apparatus 103. If the inquiry has been received, Proceed to step 1102.

In step 1102, UsrInfo corresponding to the received SendID in the inquiry is transmitted to the sender information DB.
Then, the user information DB 207 searches the user information DB 207 for handling information corresponding to the read UsrInfo.

In step 1103, it is checked whether or not the handling information is searched by referring to the search result. If the handling information is found, the process proceeds to step 1104. If the handling information is not found, step 1105 is performed. Proceed to.

In step 1104, the contents of the searched question handling information are referred to, and the inquired information M is referred to.
A response indicating the handling content, such as agreeing to the deletion of, is generated. In step 1105, it is determined that there is no particular agreement with the user regarding the handling of the inappropriate information, and the handling contents such as agreeing to the deletion of the inquired information M with reference to the internal rules of the transmission source provider are determined. Generate the answer shown.

In step 1106, the generated response is transmitted to the destination provider side device 103. In step 1107, an e-mail indicating that the information M has been retrieved as inappropriate information is notified to the sender of the information M, and processing such as a warning is performed.

As described above, the information retrieval /
According to the sender identification cooperation system, search for specific information that satisfies a predetermined condition, inquire the handling of the specific information about handling of the specific information, and perform predetermined processing on the specific information according to the content of the answer. Therefore, it is possible to improve the efficiency from searching for specific information that satisfies predetermined conditions on an electronic bulletin board or the like to which an unspecified number of users transmit information to handling the specific information.

[0058]

According to the present invention, specific information that satisfies a predetermined condition is retrieved, an inquiry is made to the source regarding the handling of the specific information, and a predetermined process is performed on the specific information according to the content of the answer. Therefore, it is possible to improve the efficiency from searching for specific information that satisfies predetermined conditions to handling the specific information in an electronic bulletin board or the like to which an unspecified number of users transmit information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an information search / source identification cooperative system according to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a source provider apparatus 102 according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a destination provider apparatus 103 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of an information transmission processing unit 210 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user information DB 207 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sender information DB 208 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of an information reception processing unit 310 of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reception side information DB 307 according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transmission information DB 308 according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of an information search / originator specifying cooperation process according to the embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of an answer processing unit 211 according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

101: sender side device, 102: source provider side device, 103: destination provider side device, 104: receiver side device, 201: CPU, 202: memory, 203: magnetic disk device, 204: input device, 205 ... Output device, 206 ... CD-ROM device, 207 ... User information D
B, 208: source information DB, 210: information transmission processing unit, 211: answer processing unit, 301: CPU, 302: memory, 303: magnetic disk device, 304: input device,
305 output device, 306 CD-ROM device, 307
... Receiving side information DB, 308 ... Sending information DB, 310 ... Information receiving processing unit, 311 ... Information searching processing unit, 312 ... Sending source specifying processing unit, 313 ... Specifying information processing unit.

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An information search / source identification cooperative method for searching for information satisfying a predetermined condition and identifying the source, and transmitting the source information by adding source information for identifying the source. Receiving the transmission information transmitted from the transmission source, and recording the transmission source information added to the transmission information, and searching the received transmission information for specific information satisfying a predetermined condition. Referring to the source information added to the retrieved specific information, inquiring the source about the handling of the specific information, and replying to the inquiry about the handling of the specific information. And performing a predetermined process on the specific information in accordance with the content of the answer. 2. In an information search / source identification cooperative system for searching for information satisfying a predetermined condition and identifying the source, the source information is transmitted by adding source information for identifying the source. An information transmission processing unit for receiving the transmission information transmitted from the transmission source, and recording the transmission source information added to the transmission information; and a predetermined condition from the received transmission information. An information search processing unit that searches for specific information that satisfies, a source identification processing unit that refers to the source information that has been added to the searched specific information, and queries the source about the handling of the specific information; An answer processing unit that answers the handling of the specific information in response to the inquiry, and a specific information processing unit that performs a predetermined process on the specific information according to the content of the response. Information retrieval and source specific cooperation system. 3. A computer-readable recording medium that records a program for causing a computer to function as an information search / source identification cooperative system that searches for information that satisfies predetermined conditions and identifies the source. An information transmission processing unit for adding source information for identifying the source and transmitting the source information, and receiving the source information transmitted from the source and recording the source information added to the source information An information reception processing unit, an information search processing unit that searches for specific information that satisfies predetermined conditions from the received transmission information, and a transmission source that refers to the transmission source information added to the searched specific information and transmits the information. A sender identification processing unit that inquires about the handling of the specific information to the source, an answer processing unit that answers the handling of the specific information to the inquiry, Recording medium characterized by recording a program for causing a computer to function as a specific information processing unit that performs predetermined processing with respect to the specific information according to the content of the answer.