JP2002014896A - Time limit type electronic notice board device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a time limit type electronic notice board device capable of properly performing the time limit control of the inserting time of a message to be inserted in an electronic notice board according to a request from a person who wants to insert a message. SOLUTION: In this electronic notice board device constituted of a server computer which communicates through a network with a user computer, a time setting column for selecting or writing time information for specifying an insertion end period is arranged on a message registration picture, and a message to be inserted and the information of the time setting column are obtained from a user computer, and the message and time setting information are stored so as to be made correspond to each other, and when the insertion end period specified by the time setting information corresponding to a certain message passes since the message is inserted in the electronic notice board, the message is erased from the electronic notice board.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic bulletin board device comprising a server computer which communicates with a user computer through a network, and more particularly to a timed electronic bulletin board capable of timely managing posted messages.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art According to various surveys in recent years, the number of Internet users has been increasing remarkably, and its speed is accelerating. At the individual level, most Internet users have a major purpose of using communication tools such as chat and electronic bulletin boards. Among these, in communication on the Internet using an electronic bulletin board, for example, an unspecified number of user computers connected to the Internet transmit a posting request message to a server computer that provides an electronic bulletin board service.
The server computer receives the message and
It is posted on the web, and another person views the message published on the Web and returns various reactions to the server computer.

[0003] When a chat is used in the same manner, messages can be exchanged between Internet users almost in real time, and the user can feel as if he or she is having a conversation as usual. Internet users may make event announcements, recruit like-minded friends, or seek various encounters through the exchange of such messages via a server computer.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned conventional electronic bulletin boards and chats have not been provided with a function for controlling the message posting time. For example, in an electronic bulletin board, no matter how meaningless a message is, the message will be posted semipermanently unless the administrator of the electronic bulletin board deletes the message. Also, even a useful message that a user of an electronic bulletin board wants to keep posted for a certain period of time may be deleted due to server capacity or administrator's convenience unless otherwise specified. There was also. On the other hand, in chat, due to the nature of the communication,
Each time a message was sent, the message was updated, and it was difficult to reread and confirm the old message. In any case, the message posting time was not properly timed according to the request of the message posting applicants.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and a time period in which the time of posting a message to be posted on an electronic bulletin board can be appropriately managed in accordance with the request of the person who wants to post the message. An electronic bulletin board device is provided.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a server computer configured to communicate with a user computer through a network.
Means for transmitting the configuration data of the message registration screen in response to a request from the user computer; obtaining information entered in the message registration screen in the user computer; An electronic bulletin board device comprising means for posting and means for allowing a user computer to browse a message posted on the electronic bulletin board, and selects or writes time information for defining a posting end time on the message registration screen. A time setting column for the information is provided, the information in the time setting column is acquired from the user computer together with the message to be posted, and these messages are stored and managed in association with the time setting information. Defined in the time setting information corresponding to the message after posting on the bulletin board If it reached the posted ending time,
The message is deleted from the electronic bulletin board.

[0007] A second invention is the time-limit electronic bulletin board device according to the first invention, wherein time information defining a posting start time can be selected or entered in the time setting column on the message registration screen. The information of the time setting column is acquired from the user computer together with the message desired to be posted, and these messages and the time setting information are stored and managed in association with each other, and after a certain message is received, the message corresponding to the message is received. The message is posted on the electronic bulletin board when the posting start time specified by the time setting information is reached.

[0008] A third invention is the time-limit electronic bulletin board device according to the first or second invention, wherein an accounting database for storing and managing the identifier of the message poster and the message publication fee in association with each other; Means for directly or indirectly determining the posting time of each message based on the time setting information of each message, and deciding a message posting fee according to the posting time; And a billing means for filling in the corresponding column.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS === Basic Configuration of Network =
== FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a network configuration including a timed electronic bulletin board device of the present invention. As the network, any network such as a LAN line can be adopted as appropriate, but the Internet is taken as an example here. Through this Internet, a server computer 10 as a WWW server and a user computer 20 such as a personal computer used by an unspecified number of users are network-connected. The user computer 20 may be, for example, a mobile phone with an Internet connection function, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a TV with a Web browsing function, a game machine, or the like, in addition to the personal computer.

The timed electronic bulletin board apparatus according to the present invention is one of the server computers 10 and is provided with various databases, and is used by a user computer 20 accessed by designating a URL, such as message registration screen data of a Web page. It performs functions such as sending important data. The electronic bulletin board is a message in which a posting request message posted from the user computer 20 is described in a predetermined format as a posting message, and is provided as one of web pages. Further, the server computer 10 acquires and processes various data obtained through data communication with the user computer 20 and updates a database or the like storing messages at any time. In the present invention, in particular, the posting time of the posting message on the electronic bulletin board is time-controlled according to the user's request.

The server computer 10 includes a message storage database 11, a user information storage database 12, and a billing database 13 as databases. Of course, these databases may be provided in separate storage devices connected to the network as separate databases, or may be combined as appropriate or provided collectively in one storage device. The message storage database 11 is a database that stores and manages a publishing request message sent from the user computer 20 to the server computer 10 in chronological order in connection with publishing desired time information (time setting information).

The user information storage database 12 is a database for storing and managing information on users who have registered as users on an electronic bulletin board implemented by the server computer 10. The charging database 13 is a database that stores and manages the identifier of the message poster and the message posting fee in association with each other. Procedures and functions for extracting and processing various types of data from the databases 11, 12, and 13 in the server computer 10, which is the timed electronic bulletin board device of the present invention, will be described below.

=== Operation Procedure of Timed Electronic Bulletin Board Device =
== Server computer 1 as a timed electronic bulletin board device
The procedure for posting the posting request message posted by the user computer 20 on the electronic bulletin board and executing the time limit management will be described below. Figure 2 shows the message registration screen 3
It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of 0. First, the server computer 10 specifies the URL and
To the user computer 20 who has accessed the nickname column 31 and the mail address column 3
2. Each entry column such as a subject column 34 and a message body (posting desired message) column 35, and a time setting column 33 for selecting or entering time setting information including a desired posting start date and time 33a and a desired end date and time 33b of the message. The standard message registration screen data 30 (form) including the message is sent.

The server computer 10 receives from the user computer 20 the form 30 in which required items are entered in each column. At this time, the server computer 10 acquires the entry information for each column of the completed form 30. In particular, the message to be posted and the time setting information are associated with each other and stored in the message storage database 11. I do. At the time of storage, the server computer 10 inquires of the OS or the like included in the server computer 10 about the current time and acquires this as the posting date and time. Also, the IP (Internet Protocol) of the user computer 20 is used.
l) Obtain the address. In this way, the server computer 10 associates the message desired for publication with its origin and the date and time of posting, and stores the message
Is stored in

On the other hand, the information of the poster, such as the poster name and the mail address, which is the other information entered in the form 30, is defined in the user information storage database 12 in correspondence with the message desired to be posted. Stored. The above-mentioned poster information is stored on the Web that operates the electronic bulletin board.
It can be executed by making the user perform user registration in advance. In this case, login of the user computer 20 to the server computer 10 may be premised on the use of the electronic bulletin board so that only a person who has performed the user registration can post or view a message.

The publication request message stored in the message storage database 11 as described above is appropriately formatted by the server computer 10 in accordance with the publication rules such as the number of lines and fonts. The publication request message after this processing is published as a publication message on a Web page corresponding to an electronic bulletin board. On the other hand, those who try to read these posted messages posted on electronic bulletin boards,
That is, the browsing applicant uses the Web browser software on the user computer 20 to access the server computer 10.
And browse the Web page.

The server computer 10 confirms the current time accessed by the user computer 20 by inquiring of its own OS, and compares the current time with the time setting information of each posted message in the message storage database 11. I do. As a result, the server computer 10 extracts from the message storage database 11 the posted messages within the expiration date that can be displayed at present.
The information of the extracted posted message is inserted into a template file (a template described in HTML) of the electronic bulletin board by the server computer 10 and transmitted to the user computer 20. The user who wants to view the posted message can receive the information of the posted message sent from the server computer 10 at the user computer 20 and can arbitrarily view the posted message that can be viewed at the time of the desired browsing.

When the timed electronic bulletin board apparatus is operated so that the above-mentioned message is posted for a fee, the server computer 10 uses the accounting database 13 to determine and manage the posting fee for each message. The server computer 10 determines a publication fee according to the time setting information of the message for each publication request message sent from the user computer 20. The determination of the publication fee is executed by the server computer 10 by means of, for example, comparing the publication fee table prepared in advance with the time setting information, or substituting the time setting information into the fee calculation formula. The determined publication fee is stored in the accounting database 13 in association with the identifier of the poster who transmitted the publication request message (for example, the ID or credit card number set at the time of the user registration). When the posting deadline of the posted message has passed, the posting of the posted message ends, and a predetermined posting fee is deducted from the bank account or credit card debit account designated by the poster. In this way, the settlement of the publication fee is completed, and the publication fee of the message is collected to the operator of the electronic bulletin board. Of course, in the operation of the electronic bulletin board, it is also possible to collect a posting fee before posting a message.

If the timed electronic bulletin board device of the present invention is used, for example, "recruitment of men and women who can gather in front of Shibuya station at 7 o'clock tonight", "waiting at 1ch of XX chat at 20:00 tomorrow", "http: / /shop.ne.jp/ is currently conducting a time sale until midnight today! ", etc., and can precisely and precisely target recruitment of friends and announce various information during a predetermined time (period). In addition, instead of a message board that is provided in a station or the like and has been used in the past, the timed electronic bulletin board device of the present invention (or only a display connected to the server computer 10 via a network) may be installed as a digital message board. Conceivable. Further, the installation location may be not only a station but also a convenience store or a predetermined meeting place.

=== Another Embodiment === An electronic message in which a message is posted in a so-called tree format in which a certain original posted message and a response message to the original message are successively displayed with their context clearly shown. Assume a bulletin board. In this case, the time setting information set in the original publication message may determine the publication time of the subsequent response message. In other words, the posting of the response message ends when the posting time of the original posting message ends. Others
The posting time of the original posting message may be appropriately extended each time the response message is posted.

[0021]

According to the present invention, it becomes possible to appropriately manage the time for posting a message in accordance with the wishes of those who want to post a message. For example, regardless of whether a message posted on an electronic bulletin board is useful,
After a predetermined period of time determined by the message posting applicant, the posted message is deleted. For this reason, meaningless messages will not be posted semipermanently. In addition, if the message is a useful message, the message is continuously posted for a predetermined time without worrying that the message will be accidentally deleted, and the message can be effectively used. Also, within the determined posting time, a user of the electronic bulletin board can later refer to the message at any time.

Thus, it is possible to provide a time-limit electronic bulletin board device in which the time of posting of a message to be posted on the electronic bulletin board can be appropriately time-controlled according to the request of the message posting applicant.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a network configuration including a timed electronic bulletin board device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a message registration screen.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A means for transmitting a configuration data of a message registration screen in response to a request from a user computer, comprising: a server computer that communicates with a user computer via a network; An electronic bulletin board device comprising: means for acquiring written information and posting a message desired to be posted in the information on an electronic bulletin board; and means for causing a user computer to browse the message posted on the electronic bulletin board. In the message registration screen, a time setting column for selecting or writing time information that defines the publication end time is provided, and the information of the time setting column is acquired from the user computer together with the publication request message, and these messages are acquired. And time setting information are stored in association with each other The message is posted on the electronic bulletin board, and when the posting end time defined by the time setting information corresponding to the message has been reached, the message is deleted from the electronic bulletin board. . 2. The time-limit electronic bulletin board device according to claim 1, wherein the time setting field on the message registration screen allows a user to select or enter time information for specifying a start time of posting. The information of the time setting column is acquired together with the message from the user computer, and the message and the time setting information are stored and managed in association with each other. The message is posted on the electronic bulletin board when the posted start time is reached. 3. The time-limit electronic bulletin board device according to claim 1, wherein the accounting database stores and manages an identifier of a message poster and a message publication fee in association with each other, and the message database of each message. A means for directly or indirectly obtaining the posting time of each message based on the time setting information, means for determining the message posting fee according to the posting time, and the message posting fee determined thereby in the corresponding column of the charging database. And a billing means for filling in.