JP2002189713A - Method and system for supporting document creation - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a system for supporting document creation which can obtain accurate information from information made open to the public on the Internet and support the creation of a document. SOLUTION: A keyword extracting device 12 extracts a keyword for specifying similar reports from reports and a search engine 13 retrieves related articles (Web page) according to the extracted keyword.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creation support method and system, and more particularly, to a document creation support method and system using related articles published on the Internet when a document is created.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when creating a document, various information is often referred to. The information referenced includes:
Although there are specialized information and non-disclosed information, instantaneous information published in newspapers or the like is often used effectively.

[0003] For example, analysts in the securities industry sometimes create reports and the like by referring not only to specialized information but also to newspaper articles and the like. This is because the disclosure of certain information on newspapers often leads to fluctuations in stock prices.

[0004] However, the amount of information in newspapers and the like is enormous, and recently, new information is released every moment using the Internet, and documents are created by referring to all of this information. It's getting harder to do.

[0005] Further, when browsing information published on the Internet, it is common to browse desired information by search. In this search, if the designation of a keyword is not accurate, It is not possible to obtain the desired information, and it takes a lot of trouble to obtain the desired information because, for example, many low-value information is searched even when the keyword is specified accurately. Was.

[0006]

As described above, recently, a lot of information is disclosed on the Internet, but it takes much time and effort to obtain accurate information from the information.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a document creation support method and system capable of acquiring accurate information from information published on the Internet and supporting creation of a document.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document creation support method for supporting creation of a document, wherein contents similar to the document are specified from a created document. A keyword is extracted, and a web page including the keyword is searched for from web pages published on the Internet.

A second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the first aspect of the present invention, the search is performed on a web page automatically collected in advance via the Internet.

A third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the first aspect of the invention, the searched web pages are displayed in descending order of the degree of relevance determined based on the keyword.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the document is one or more registered documents of a designated type among a plurality of registered documents registered in advance. And

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the document is a designated registered document among a plurality of registered documents registered in advance.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the document is a document immediately after registration after being created.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the sixth aspect of the invention, the document is registered with the searched web page attached thereto.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the document is a report created by an analyst.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in a document creation support system for supporting creation of a document, keyword extraction means for extracting a keyword for specifying a content similar to the document from a created document, A search unit configured to search for a web page including the keyword extracted by the keyword extraction unit from a published web page.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a collection unit for automatically collecting a predetermined web page among web pages published on the Internet, and There is further provided a page storage unit for storing a web page, wherein the search unit searches for the web page stored in the page storage unit.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the ninth aspect of the present invention, the relevancy determining means for determining the relevancy of the web page searched by the search means based on the keyword, and the relevancy determining means Display means for displaying web pages corresponding to the order of relevance determined by the means.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the ninth aspect of the present invention, there is further provided a document storing means for storing a plurality of created documents, and the keyword extracting means is stored in the document storing means. A keyword is extracted from one or more documents of a specified type among a plurality of documents.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the ninth aspect of the present invention, there is further provided a document storing means for storing a plurality of created documents, and the keyword extracting means is stored in the document storing means. A keyword is extracted from a designated document among a plurality of documents.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the ninth aspect of the present invention, there is further provided a document storing means for storing a plurality of created documents, wherein the keyword extracting means is provided for storing the plurality of documents just before storing in the document storing means. It is characterized by extracting a keyword from a document.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the fourteenth aspect, a web page retrieved by the retrieval means is attached to the document and stored in the storage means.

According to a sixteenth aspect, in the ninth aspect, the document is a report created by an analyst.

[0024]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a document creation support method and system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a connection configuration between a document creation support system to which the present invention is applied and the Internet. As shown in FIG. 1, the document creation support system 1 is connected to the Internet 2 and transmits various information published from a Web server 3 (3-1 to 3-n) via the Internet 2. get.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the document creation support system 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the document creation support system 1 includes a gateway 10 and a browsing robot 1.
1, a keyword extracting device 12, a search engine 13, a mail server 14, a web page database 15, a report database 16, a web server 17, and a client 18 (18-1 to 18-m). It is connected via LAN19.

The gateway 10 connects the Internet 2 and the LAN 19, and includes functions as a firewall and a proxy server as needed. The browsing robot 11 sequentially accesses the Web server 3 in a predetermined range (all can be specified as a range) and acquires a published web page. Keyword extraction device 12
Extracts a keyword or the like useful for specifying the specified document (file) from the specified document (file). Search engine 1
3 retrieves a document containing the specified keyword from a plurality of documents. The mail server 14 sends and receives electronic mail. The web page database 15 stores and saves web pages acquired by the viewing robot 12. The report database 16 stores and saves documents (files) such as reports. The Web server 17 plays a role of a user interface such as creating a page for displaying information necessary for a user (document creator) of the system and performing other operations. The client 18 is operated by a user to access the Web server 17, the mail server 14, and the like.

The components other than the gateway 10 do not necessarily need to be directly connected to the LAN 19, but may be distributed via another LAN or the Internet. In addition, gateway 10, browsing robot 1
1. Each of the keyword extracting device 12, the search engine 13, the mail server 14, the Web page database 15, the report database 16, and the Web server 17 does not need to be an independent device, and is constituted by one or a plurality of devices (computers). It is possible to

Next, the operation of the browsing robot 11 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the flow of the operation of the viewing robot 11.

The browsing robot 11 operates independently of the Web server 17 and the like, waits for a specified time (NO in step 101), and when the specified time is reached (YES in step 101), specifies The user browses (acquires) a Web page published by the Web server 3 in the specified range (Step 103), and stores the Web page in the Web page database 15 (Step 103).

Next, with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6, the keyword extraction device 12 and the search engine 1 when browsing related articles
3. The operation of the Web server 17 will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation flow of the keyword extraction device 12, the search engine 13, and the Web server 17. FIGS. 5 and 6 show examples of screens (displayed by the client 18) provided by the Web server 17. FIG.

First, the client 18 is connected to the Web server 1
When accessing Web server 7, Web server 17 provides screen 50 to client 18 (step 201). Here, when the “automatic search” of the item 51 is specified in the client 18 and the type of the target report (document to be created) is selected in the target report selection field 52, and then the search execution button 53 is pressed, Web from client 18
The type of the target report is passed to the server 17 as an article browsing instruction (step 202). The type of the target report is an arbitrary company name or industry name. And We
The b server 17 redirects the type of the target report to the keyword extraction device 12 (Step 203).

Next, the keyword extracting device 12 obtains a report corresponding to (similar to) the type of the target report passed from the Web server 17 from the report database 16 (step 204), and from the obtained report, similar to these. A keyword for specifying an article is extracted (step 205). Various methods can be used to extract keywords. For example, words that frequently appear in the obtained report are used as keywords. However, words that frequently appear in ordinary documents such as common nouns are excluded from the keywords. Then, the keyword extracting device 12 redirects the extracted keywords to the search engine 13 (Step 206).

Next, the search engine 13 searches the Web page in which the keyword exists from the Web page stored in the Web page database 15 based on the keyword passed from the keyword extraction device 12 (step 207). . Then, based on the search result, W
The display order of the web pages is determined (step 208), and the determined display order is redirected to the Web server 17 (step 209). The display order may be determined by any method. For example, the display order is determined based on the number of appearances of a keyword in a Web page.

The Web server 17 having received the display order generates a search result page 60 to be provided to the client 18 based on the order (step 210), and transmits the page to the client 18 for display (step 2).
11). The search result page 60 displays the W obtained as a result of the search.
List 61 displaying eb pages according to their ranking
Is displayed, and a desired Web is displayed on the client 18 side.
A page can be selected and browsed.

On the screen 50 shown in FIG. 5, in addition to the item 51 "automatic search", the item 54 "manual search (report specification)" and the item 56 "manual search (keyword specification)" are searched. can do. Therefore, item 54
Alternatively, a search / browsing operation of a related article when the item 56 is selected will be described.

In the manual search by designating a report, a report for extracting a keyword is specified on the client 18 side, and a prepared report is designated.

FIG. 7 shows a keyword extracting device 12 and a search engine 13 for performing a manual search by designating a report.
6 is a flowchart showing the flow of the operation of the Web server 17;

First, the Web server 17 provides a screen 50, which is a search screen, to the client 18 (step 3).
01). Here, after the client 18 specifies the item 54 “manual search (report specification)” and the target report specification column 55 specifies the target report (created document), the search execution button 53 is pressed. Then, the file name of the target report is passed from the client 18 to the Web server 17 as an instruction to browse the article (step 3).
02). The Web server 17 that has received the browse instruction redirects the file name of the target report to the keyword extraction device 12 (Step 303).

Next, the keyword extracting device 12 acquires a report of the file name passed from the Web server 17 from the report database 16 (step 304), and from the acquired report, a keyword for specifying an article similar to the report is obtained. Is extracted (step 305). The extraction of the keyword is the same as in the above-described automatic search. Then, the keyword extracting device 12 redirects the extracted keywords to the search engine 13 (Step 30).
6).

Subsequently, based on the keyword passed from the keyword extracting device 12, the search engine 13 searches for a Web page in which the keyword exists from the Web pages stored in the Web page database 15 (Step 307). . Then, based on the search result,
The display order of page b is determined (step 308), and the determined display order is redirected to the Web server 17 (step 309).

The Web server 17 having received the display order generates a search result page 60 to be provided to the client 18 based on the order (step 310), and transmits the page to the client 18 for display (step 3).
11).

On the other hand, a manual search by specifying a keyword
In some cases, a keyword for searching for articles is specified on the client 18 side. Therefore, the keyword extracting device 12 is not used in the manual search by specifying the keyword.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation flow of the search engine 13 and the Web server 17 when performing a manual search by specifying a keyword.

First, the Web server 17 provides a screen 50, which is a search screen, to the client 18 (step 4).
01). Here, when the item “manual search (keyword specification)” of the item 56 is specified on the client 18 and the keyword is specified in the target report specification field 57, and then the search execution button 53 is pressed, the client 18 transmits the Web server 17. The keyword is passed to the user as an instruction to browse the article (step 402). And the Web that received the browsing instruction
The server 17 redirects the keyword to the search engine 13 (Step 403).

Subsequently, based on the keyword passed from the Web server 17, the search engine 13 searches for a Web page in which the keyword exists from the Web pages stored in the Web page database 15 (Step 404). Then, the display order of the Web pages is determined based on the search result (Step 405), and the determined display order is redirected to the Web server 17 (Step 406).

The Web server 17 having received the display order generates a search result page 60 to be provided to the client 18 based on the display order (step 407), and transmits the page to the client 18 for display (step 4).
08).

In the above description, when a document is created on the client, for example, when an analyst browses an article when creating a report, the document creation support system 1 uses the created report. Search for articles related to, and deliver the articles obtained as a result of the search attached to the report.

Attachment of an article related to a report is performed when the report is registered in the report database 16. The report registered in the report database 16 is distributed as mail from the mail server 14 or is published as a Web page on the Web server 17.

FIG. 9 shows the Web server 1 when registering a report.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a registration screen for registering a client 7 in a client 18.

When registering a report, the client 18
On the side, the title of the report and the name of the analyst who is the creator of the report are respectively input in the title input field 71 and the analyst input field 72 of the screen 70, and the type of the report to be registered is selected in the report type selection field 73. You.

Here, when it is desired to attach an article related to the report to be registered, the user selects “related article automatic attachment” indicated by the item 74 and presses a new registration button 75.

FIG. 10 shows a keyword extracting device 12 and a search engine 13 when a related article is attached at the time of document registration.
6 is a flowchart showing the flow of the operation of the Web server 17;

First, the Web server 17 provides a screen 70 that is a registration screen to the client 18 (step 5).
01). Here, after “related article automatic attachment” of item 74 is designated on the client 18, a new registration button 75
Is pressed, the client 18 sends the Web server 1
7, a report file to be registered as an instruction for document registration and automatic article attachment is passed (step 502). The Web server 17 that has received the automatic attachment instruction redirects the target report to the keyword extraction device 12 (Step 503).

Next, the keyword extracting device 12 extracts keywords for specifying articles similar to the reports from the reports passed from the Web server 17 (step 504). The extraction of the keyword is the same as in the above-described automatic search. Then, the keyword extracting device 12 redirects the extracted keywords to the search engine 13 (Step 505).

Subsequently, based on the keyword passed from the keyword extracting device 12, the search engine 13 searches for a Web page in which the keyword exists from the Web pages stored in the Web page database 15 (step 506). . Then, based on the search result,
The priority of page b is determined (step 507), and the determined priority is redirected to the Web server 17 (step 508). Note that the priority order is determined in the same manner as the display order described above.

The Web server 17 having received the priority generates an attached page to be attached to the report based on the priority (step 509), and registers the page with the report in the report database 16 (step 51).
0).

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a report in which the searched related articles are automatically attached. As shown in the figure, an article 82 related to the report content 81 is attached to the report 80 in addition to the report content 81 created by the analyst. The article 82 is attached to the same page as the report content 81 as shown in FIG.
It can be attached as another page or another file.

[0059]

As described above, according to the present invention, the keyword extracting apparatus extracts a keyword for specifying a similar report from a report, and a search engine relates to an article (Web) based on the extracted keyword.
Page), it is possible to easily obtain an article to be referred to when creating a document, an article attached to the created document, and the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a connection configuration between a document creation support system to which the present invention is applied and the Internet.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a document creation support system 1.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of the operation of the viewing robot 11;

FIG. 4 shows a keyword extraction device 12 and a search engine 13,
6 is a flowchart showing the flow of the operation of the Web server 17;

FIG. 5 is a diagram (1) illustrating an example of a screen (displayed by a client 18) provided by a Web server 17;

FIG. 6 is a diagram (2) illustrating an example of a screen (displayed by the client 18) provided by the Web server 17;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of operations of the keyword extraction device 12, the search engine 13, and the Web server 17 when performing a manual search by designating a report.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a flow of operation of the search engine 13 and the Web server 17 when performing a manual search by specifying a keyword.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a registration screen in which the Web server 17 registers a client 18 when registering a report.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a flow of operation of the keyword extraction device 12, the search engine 13, and the Web server 17 when a related article is attached at the time of document registration.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a report to which a searched related article is automatically attached.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Document Creation Support System 2 Internet 3-1-3-n Web Server 10 Gateway 11 Browsing Robot 12 Keyword Extractor 13 Search Engine 14 Mail Server 15 Web Page Database 16 Report Database 17 Web Server 18-1 to 18-m Client 50 Screen 51 Item 52 Target report selection field 53 Search execution button 54 Item 55 Target report specification field 56 Item 57 Target report specification field 60 Search result page 61 List 70 Screen 71 Title input field 72 Analyst input field 73 Report type selection field 74 Item 75 New registration button 80 Report 81 Report contents 82 Article

Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. A document creation supporting method for supporting creation of a document, comprising extracting a keyword specifying contents similar to the document from a created document, and including the keyword from a web page published on the Internet. A document creation support method characterized by searching a web page. 2. The document creation support method according to claim 1, wherein the search is performed for web pages automatically collected in advance via the Internet. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the searched web pages are displayed in descending order of relevance determined based on the keyword. 4. The document creation support method according to claim 1, wherein the document is one or more registered documents of a designated type among a plurality of registered documents registered in advance. 5. The document creation supporting method according to claim 1, wherein the document is a designated registered document among a plurality of registered documents registered in advance. 6. The document creation support method according to claim 1, wherein the document is a document immediately after registration after being created. 7. The document creation support method according to claim 6, wherein the document is registered with the searched web page attached thereto. 8. The document creation support method according to claim 1, wherein the document is a report created by an analyst. 9. A document creation support system for supporting creation of a document, comprising: keyword extraction means for extracting a keyword for specifying a content similar to the document from a created document; A document creation support system comprising: a search unit for searching for a web page including the keyword extracted by the keyword extraction unit. 10. A system further comprising: a collection unit for automatically collecting a predetermined web page among web pages published on the Internet; and a page storage unit for storing the web page collected by the collection unit. 10. The document creation support system according to claim 9, wherein the search unit performs a search on a web page stored in the page storage unit. 11. A relevance determiner for determining a relevance of a web page searched by the searcher based on the keyword, and a web page corresponding to a higher relevance determined by the relevance determiner. 10. The document creation support system according to claim 9, further comprising a display unit for displaying a message. 12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a document storage unit configured to store a plurality of created documents.
10. The document creation support system according to claim 9, wherein a keyword is extracted from one or more documents of a specified type. 13. A document storing means for storing a plurality of created documents, wherein the keyword extracting means includes a plurality of documents stored in the document storing means.
The document creation support system according to claim 9, wherein a keyword is extracted from the designated document. 14. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising document storage means for storing a plurality of created documents, wherein said keyword extraction means extracts a keyword from a document immediately before storage in said document storage means. Document writing support system. 15. The document creation support system according to claim 14, wherein the web page searched by the search unit is attached to the document and stored in the storage unit. 16. The document creation support system according to claim 9, wherein the document is a report created by an analyst.