JP2003006118A - Information transmission system and information- providing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information transmission system, etc., capable of transmitting only the information that is valuable to each user. SOLUTION: A computer 1 as an information transmission device of this invention is provided with a transmission destination database 11a where an information transmission destination is registered, on the basis of authentication of the transmission destination, and is also provided with cut-off filtering 13, a priority calculating means 14 and a value decision data display means 17a. The cutoff filtering 13 discards predefined fixed information among pieces of transmitted information. The priority-calculating means 14 calculates a priority as value decision data for deciding the reading value of each piece of information. A user can read information that he considers to have a high value for browsing in user's own judgment, in such a manner that the value decision data display means 17a displays the priority before displaying the information contents; and if the reader decides that the information has a readable value and interesting as a result of reading, the computer 1 automatically transmits the information to a transmission destination registered in the transmission destination database 11a, on the basis of the decision.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information transmission system and the like, and more particularly to an information transmission system and the like for transmitting information performed via a communication network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the spread of the Internet today, a user can search out and browse interesting information or desired information from a large amount of information posted on a web page, for example. However, whether or not the information found out of the large amount of information is worth viewing for the user himself must be understood by browsing the contents of the information. Therefore, the user finds out the information he or she wants from a large amount of information and browses the content each time. If the browsed information is of no value, it must be searched again for another piece of information and the content is read again, which is a problem that the user needs a lot of effort. .

On the other hand, there is also a method of forcibly delivering specific information to a user by delivering e-mail, for example.

However, even in this method, unnecessary information for the user arrives, and the user must see the unnecessary information.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an information transmission system or the like capable of transmitting only valuable information to each user. .

[0006]

The first invention of the present application is an information transmission system comprising a plurality of computers communicably connected to each other through a communication network, wherein each computer is an information transmission system. Is provided with a database in which at least one communication address is registered as a transmission destination, and this transmission destination becomes a transmission source or a transmission destination from either the transmission destination or a transmission source that transmits information to the transmission destination. Based on the other authentication requested to become, the one computer is registered in the database, and one computer responds to the input of the judgment data of the necessity of information transmission made by the user who uses the one computer. Decide whether to send or not, and based on the decision, send to the communication address registered in the database of one computer, and The information has been sent to, and is characterized in that the user receives for using other computer.

A second invention of the present application is an information transmitting apparatus for transmitting information, comprising a database in which at least one destination for transmitting information is registered, and is used for the determination data of the necessity of information transmission performed by a user. According to the input, whether or not to transmit the information is determined, and based on the determination, the information is transmitted to the transmission destination registered in the database.

The third invention of the present application is a program for causing a computer having a database in which at least one destination for transmitting information is registered to function as an information transmitting device for transmitting information, the information being transmitted by a user. It is characterized in that whether or not to transmit information is determined according to input of determination data regarding whether transmission is necessary, and based on the determination, a process for transmitting to a destination registered in the database is executed. is there.

The fourth invention of the present application is a computer-readable recording medium in which a program for causing a computer having a database in which at least one destination for transmitting information is registered to function as an information transmitting device for transmitting information is recorded. Then, in response to the user's input of the determination data as to whether or not to transmit the information, it is determined whether or not to transmit the information, and based on the determination, the process of transmitting to the destination registered in the database is performed. It is characterized by being executed.

A fifth invention of the present application is the information transmission device according to any one of the second invention to the fourth invention, the program or the recording medium having the program recorded therein, in which the transmission destination transmits information to the transmission destination. It is characterized by being addressed to a user who shares the same value judgment as the original user with the information.

A sixth invention of the present application is the information transmission device, the program or the recording medium recording the program according to any one of the second invention to the fifth invention, wherein the destination is either the destination or the source. Is registered in the database on the basis of the other authentication requested to become the transmission source or the transmission destination.

In a seventh invention of the present application, in the information transmission device, the program or the recording medium recording the program according to any of the second to sixth inventions of the present application, the information transmission device is transmitted from another information transmission device. The information identifier that identifies the received information and the value judgment data that allows the user to judge the importance of the value of viewing the information. Further, a database in which the information identifier and the value judgment data registered in this database are further provided, and the generated information data is generated based on the information identifier and the value judgment data registered in the database. It is characterized in that it can be displayed prior to displaying the content of information.

In the eighth invention of the present application, in the information transmission device, the program, or the recording medium recording the program according to the seventh invention of the present application, the value judgment data is a priority indicating the importance of the browsing value of the information by a numerical value. It is characterized by that.

In the ninth invention of the present application, in the information transmission device, the program or the recording medium recording the program according to the seventh invention or the eighth invention of the present application, the priority is a transit user who has passed by the time information is transmitted. And the set value set in advance for the transit user.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the information transmission device, the program or the recording medium recording the program according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the setting value set for the transit user is set for the attribute of the information associated with the transit user. The priority is the attribute of the information to be transmitted, the transit user who has passed through until the information is transmitted, and the setting value set for the attribute of the information previously associated with the transit user. It is characterized in that it is calculated based on.

The eleventh invention of the present application is the information transmission device according to any one of the seventh to tenth inventions of the present application, the program, or the recording medium having the program recorded therein, by the information transmission device until the information is transmitted. The database further includes a database in which the transit user who has passed through and the attribute of the information are associated with each other, and among the transmitted information, the information that has passed through the transit user registered in the database, and
It is characterized in that the information regarding the attribute associated with the transit user is discarded, and the information data is generated for the information after the discard.

The twelfth invention of the present application is an information transmission method for transmitting information using a computer, wherein at least one communication address is transmitted as a transmission destination for transmitting the information, and the information is transmitted to the transmission destination or the transmission destination. Prepare a plurality of computers with databases registered based on the authentication of one of the senders that is requested to be the sender or the destination, and one computer uses one computer. The user decides whether to send the information or not according to the input of the data whether or not to send the information. Based on the decision, the information is sent to the communication address registered in the database of one computer. However, the information sent to the communication address is received by a user using another computer, and the information is sequentially processed. A method characterized by transmitting information to send the data.

In the information providing system of the first invention of the present application and the information providing method of the twelfth invention of the present invention configured as described above, it is judged by the user who uses one computer whether or not to transmit information. It is determined whether or not to transmit the information in accordance with the input of, and based on the determination, the information is sequentially transmitted to the transmission destinations registered in the database of the computer. As a result, the user at the transmission destination can receive and browse only the information that is valuable to him or herself, and it is not necessary to browse the information that is not worth browsing in order to see the information that he or she wants. Also, at that time, the destination becomes the destination, for example, because the destination is registered in the database based on the authentication of the other that is requested to be the source or the destination from the destination or the source. A person can refuse authentication if he or she thinks the sender is less likely to send information of high browsing value, and only if he or she thinks that the information of high browsing value is sent frequently. Authentication is sufficient, and it is possible to reliably prevent the transmission of information with low browsing value. Further, since the information is sequentially transmitted only based on the judgment of the user who transmits the information to the destination, the information can be transmitted quickly and smoothly.

In the information transmission device of the second invention of the present application, the program of the third invention of the present application, and the recording medium recording the program of the fourth invention of the present application, it is possible to determine whether or not information transmission by a user using one computer is required. Depending on the input of judgment data, decide whether to send information,
Based on that decision, the information is sent to the recipients that are registered in the computer's database in sequence, so only the information that the user who sends to the recipients has determined to be worthwhile is sent to the recipients, and the information is transmitted sequentially. Will be done. As a result, the user can receive and browse only the information that is valuable for him / herself, and need not browse the information that is not valuable for him / herself to see the information he / she wants. Further, since the information is sequentially transmitted only based on the judgment of the user who transmits the information to the destination, the information can be transmitted quickly and smoothly.

In the information transmission device, the program or the recording medium having the program recorded thereon according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the transmission destination is addressed to the user who is related to the transmission source user who transmits information to the transmission destination. I shall. The value judgment for the information differs depending on each user, and as a result, even if the information is judged to be worth browsing by the user of the transmission source like the above-mentioned second invention of the present application,
In some cases, the browsing value is low for the destination user. Therefore, as in the case of the fifth invention of the present application, for example, by transmitting the information to a user who shares the same value judgment for information as the transmission source user,
It is possible for the source user and the destination user to judge the value of information to be the same or close to each other. It can be something that has a high probability. As a result, only the information having a high browsing value is transmitted to the transmission destination user more efficiently, and the transmission destination user can browse only the information having a browsing value for himself.

In the information transmission device, the program or the recording medium recording the program according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the transmission destination is requested to be the transmission source or the transmission destination from either the transmission destination or the transmission source. It shall be registered in the database based on the other certificate. For example, if the user who is the source specifies the destination without the user who is the destination knowing it, the user who is the destination is the information that has high browsing value for the user who is the source. It may happen that you think that the frequency of sending me is low. In such a case, even the information sent by the user who is the transmission source after determining that the user has the browsing value has low browsing value for the destination user. Therefore, as in the sixth invention of the present application, from either the destination or the source,
If you register in the database based on the other authentication requested to be the sender or destination, the recipient will send the information that the sender has high browsing value. If the frequency is low, the authentication can be refused, and the authentication can be performed only when the frequency that the high browsing value is sent is high, and the information with a low browsing value can be prevented from being sent. As a result, the information transmitted from the source user to the destination user can be made more valuable to the destination user.

In the information transmission device, the program, or the recording medium recording the program of the seventh invention of the present application, prior to displaying the content of the transmitted information, the information identifier for identifying the information and the user for the information Displays value judgment data that allows you to judge the importance of the value of browsing the content, so even if the transmitted information contains some that are not worth browsing for the user himself, the content of the information By viewing the value judgment data before browsing, it is possible to judge by itself whether the transmitted information has a browsing value. As a result, even if the transmitted information includes information that is not worth browsing for itself, it is possible to select and browse only the information having browsing value at the user's discretion.

In the information transmission device, the program, or the recording medium having the program recorded thereon according to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the value judgment data is a priority indicating the importance of the browsing value of the information as a numerical value. If you look at it, you can instantly determine whether the browsing value of information is high or low, and it is easy to judge.

In the information transmission device, the program or the recording medium having the program recorded thereon according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the priority includes a transit user who has passed by the time information is transmitted, and a set value preset for the transit user. It shall be calculated based on For example, among the transit users who have passed information by the time the information is sent,
In some cases, there are users who are likely to pass information with a high browsing value to themselves, and conversely, there are users who are likely to pass information with a low browsing value to themselves. Considering transit users has become an important factor in determining the value of information. Therefore, as in the ninth invention of the present application, if the priority is calculated based on the transit user through which the information is transmitted and the set value set in advance for the transit user, The calculated priority can be calculated according to the transit user, and the importance of the browsing value can be made reliable as a numerical value.

In the information transmission device, the program, or the recording medium recording the program of the tenth invention of the present application, the setting value set for the transit user is set for the transit user with respect to the attribute of the information associated with the transit user. The priority is based on the attribute of the information to be transmitted, the transit user who has passed through until the information is transmitted, and the setting value set for the attribute of the information previously associated with the transit user. It shall be calculated based on Even in the information sent by a certain transit user, the information regarding a specific attribute is particularly valuable for himself, but the information regarding other attributes may not be so much. Therefore, as in the tenth invention of the present application, the priority is calculated based on the attribute of the transmitted information, the transit user, and the setting value set for the attribute of the information previously associated with the transit user. By doing so, the priority can be calculated according to the transit user and the attribute of the information,
Further, it can be made highly reliable as a numerical value indicating the importance of browsing value.

In the information transmission device, the program or the recording medium recording the program of the eleventh invention of the present application, among the transmitted information, the information that has passed through the transit user registered in the database and is associated with the transit user. The information regarding the attribute is discarded, and the information data is created for the information after the discard. For example, it may be possible to determine that information regarding a specific attribute that a specific user sends has a low browsing value for the user who is the transmission destination. Therefore, as in the present invention, for example, a specific user who is considered to have a low browsing value is set as a transit user, and the transit user and a specific attribute are registered in advance in association with each other. If it is sent and discarded, the sent information can be organized by excluding those with a low browsing value in advance, making it easy to create information data and browsing the information data. It is not necessary to post low-value information, and information data can be used easily.

[0027]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an information providing system having an information providing apparatus of the present invention.

The information providing system of this embodiment includes a computer 1 used by a user as an information providing device.
1 and a mail server 2.

The mail server 2 is communicatively connected to each of the computers 1 ... 1 via the Internet 10 as a communication network, and is transmitted from each computer 1 ... 1 to another computer 1 ... 1 as a transmission destination. At the same time as receiving the email, the email server 2 sends the email to another computer that has been accessed to receive the email. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the information is transmitted in the form of electronic mail between the users who use the computers 1 ... 1 via the mail server 2. In addition, in FIG. 1, one mail server 2 is provided, but the present invention is not limited to this form, and for example, each computer 1 ... 1 is connected to the mail server 2 via the Internet 10 so as to be communicable. A plurality of computers are provided, and the mail servers 2 are communicably connected to each other via the Internet 10.
The email server 2 connected to one computer receives the email sent from the other computer 1 of the destination to the email server 2 connected to the other computer 1 of the destination to send the email. The electronic mail may be transmitted to another computer that is the transmission destination that has accessed the server 2, and may be appropriately changed.

The computers 1 ... 1 are used by each user and are composed of a plurality of computers. These computers 1 ... 1 are communicably connected to each other via the Internet 10 as a communication network and a mail server 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, each computer 1 includes a database 11, a destination registration unit 12, a cutoff filtering unit 13, a priority calculation unit 14, a value judgment data display unit 15, and a set value change unit. 16, display means 17a, input means 17b, and transmission determination means 20
And a receiving means 19 and a transmitting means 18.

The database 11 includes a destination database 11a, an information database 11b, a cut target database 11c, and a set value database 11d.

The transmission destination database 11a registers a transmission destination which is a destination to which information is transmitted. In this embodiment,
As shown in FIG. 11, the e-mail address as the communication address of the user who is the destination and the name of the user are registered.

Further, the transmission destination is designed to be transmitted to a user who shares the same value judgment as the transmission source user who transmits information to the transmission destination. A user who shares the same value judgment with the sender user as the value judgment for all information, for example, both the sender user and the destination user have the same or similar value judgments for all information, It also includes the case where the value judgments on the information match or approximate. Specifically, for example, when the user of the transmission source and the user of the transmission destination have a common hobby, the value judgment for the information regarding the common hobby is the same or similar.

The information database 11 registers the transmitted information or the information data described later.

The cut target database 11c registers a cut target to be a target of information to be discarded in the received information by the cutoff filtering 13 described later. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, a cut target information element is set as a cut target via user to be cut and an element of information to be cut. The transit user is a user who has passed through until the information is transmitted to the computer 1. For example, when the information is transmitted from the user Y via the user X and the user E, the user X, the user E, and the user. Each of Y becomes a transit user X, a transit user E, and a transit user Y for the information. In addition, attributes and keywords of specific information are set as cut target information elements, and the attributes and keywords of the set information are registered as cut target attributes and cut target keywords in association with transit users.

The setting value database 11d registers setting values used when the priority is calculated by the priority calculating means 14 which will be described later. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, a transit user who is a target for setting a setting value, an attribute and a keyword of information are respectively set as priority target transit users,
Priority target attribute and priority target keyword are set, setting values are set for each priority target attribute and priority target keyword, and the priority target transit user and priority target attribute and priority target keyword are registered in association with each other. By doing so, it is registered as a setting value for the priority target attribute and priority target keyword for each priority target transit user. The setting values set for the priority target attribute and the priority target keyword are integer values of 1 to 100. In addition, this setting value is based on whether the value of the browsing value is high or low for the destination user with respect to the information regarding the priority target attribute transmitted by the priority target via user or the information including the priority target keyword, Those with high browsing value are set to high values, and those with low browsing value are set to low values. Therefore, for example, regarding the information coming through the user X registered as the priority target passing user in the setting value database 11d, the attribute "5" is more than the attribute "4" and the attribute "6". Since the value is high, the attribute "5" is attribute "4" and attribute "6".
It means that it has a higher browsing value than that of.

The transmission destination registration means 12 is, in this embodiment,
When one user requests another user as a transmission source to become a transmission destination, and receives authentication from the other user that the transmission destination will be the transmission destination, the transmission destination database 11a becomes the transmission destination of the other user. To register automatically. Therefore, in this embodiment, even if the user who is the transmission source specifies it as the transmission destination, it is not registered unless the user who is the transmission destination authenticates. Also, in this embodiment,
If another user who is the source sends a request to specify a user to be the destination, and sends authentication to the other user to the destination, the other user who sent the request will be sent. Destination database 11a as destination
To register automatically. Therefore, in this embodiment, the user who is the transmission source is registered as the transmission destination in the computer 1 used by the user of the transmission destination registered in the transmission destination database 11a. Note that the registration of the transmission destination by the transmission destination registration means 12 is not limited to the above-described form, but may be performed based on the authentication of the user who is requested by the transmission destination user to become the transmission source user. good.

The cut-off filtering 13 is for automatically discarding, from the received information, information which is considered to have no browsing value for the user before the user browses the content, and has been transmitted. Of the information,
The information matching the cut target registered in the cut target information element database 11c is discarded. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, since the target attribute “1”, the target attribute “3”, and the target keyword “1” are set for the transit user M, the transmitted information is routed through the transit user M in which the registered information is registered. If the information corresponds to the attribute “1”, it comes through the transit user M, and if the information corresponds to the attribute “2”,
Alternatively, if the information has passed through the transit user M and the information includes the keyword “1”, the information is automatically discarded by the cutoff filtering 13.

The priority calculating means 14 is for calculating the priority. The priority is a numerical value indicating the importance of browsing value for information. The priority calculation means 14 in this embodiment has transmitted the setting values set for the priority target attributes and the priority target keywords registered in association with the priority target transit users registered in the setting value database 11d. The priority is calculated using the priority calculation formula shown in FIG. 18 based on the attribute of the information, the keyword, and the transit user through whom the information has passed. The first term of this priority calculation formula calculates the attribute priority for the priority subject attribute for all the priority subject transit users, and the second term is the keyword for the priority subject keyword for all the priority subject transit users. The priority is calculated, and the priority for the information can be calculated by summing the attribute priority and the keyword priority.

The value judgment data display means 15 displays, for each information, value judgment data when the user judges the value of browsing the contents before the user browses the contents. The value judgment data display means 15 in this embodiment includes a title as an information identifier for distinguishing information from other information, and the priority calculation means 14 described above.
Information data as shown in FIG. 15 in which the priority calculated by the above is posted is created, and this information data is displayed as value judgment data prior to displaying the content of the information.

The set value changing means 16 changes the set value recorded in the set value database 11d each time in accordance with the content evaluation of the information of the user who browsed the information. In this embodiment, when the user who browsed the information is interested in the content of the information and determines that the information is interesting and valuable, it is each transit user who has passed through the information, and the attribute of the information and The setting value of the priority target attribute and the priority target keyword for the priority target transit user corresponding to the keyword included in the information is increased. On the other hand, if the user who browsed the information is not interested in the content of the information and determines that it is not worth browsing, it is each transit user who has passed the information, and the attributes and information of the information. The setting value of the priority target attribute and the priority target keyword for the priority target transit user corresponding to the keyword included in is reduced.

The transmission deciding means 20 decides whether or not to transmit the information in accordance with the input of the judgment data of the necessity of transmitting the information made by the user who uses this computer.

The transmitting means 18 sends the information, which the transmission determining means 20 has determined to transmit, to the destination users registered in the destination database 11a via the Internet 10 and the mail server 2. Send to.

The receiving means 19 receives from the other computer 1 via the Internet 10 and the mail server 2 the information which is judged to be interesting and worth browsing by the user of the transmission source.

Further, the computer 1 is provided with a display means 17a for displaying information and an input means 17b for inputting data in addition to the above means.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the computer 1 used in the information transmission system shown in FIG.

The computer 1 is a recording device, a hard disk 50 which is a recording medium recording a program for causing the computer 1 to function as an information transmission device, a CPU 51 which is a control device for executing the program recorded in the hard disk 50, and a display. Device CRT52,
A keyboard 54 and a mouse 55 which are input devices,
1, and a communication interface 53 for communicating with each of the other computers 1 ... 1 and the mail server via the Internet 10.

In the hard disk 50 of the computer 1, in addition to the above-mentioned programs, the data that constitutes each database 11 is recorded. That is, the hard disk 50 corresponds to the destination database 11a, the information database 11b, the cut information database 11c, and the setting value database 11d in FIG.

Further, the CPU 51 of the computer 1 has the destination registration means 12 and the cutoff filtering 1 of FIG.
3, priority calculation means 14, value judgment data display means 1
5, the set value changing unit 16, the transmission determining unit 20, the display unit 17a, and the input unit 17b.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described from the case of registering the destination user. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing in which the computer 1 registers a destination user. In the following description, when an electronic mail is sent from one computer 1 to another computer 1, the other computer 1 will receive it via the mail server 2, but the mail server 2 simply relays the electronic mail. Mail server 2 just to do
The operation of is omitted.

For example, when user A who uses one computer 1 is a requester and user B who uses another computer 1 is requested to user B as a requestee to be the destination, FIG. In the destination registration request input screen 100 as shown in FIG. 2, enter the e-mail address of the user B, the fact that the user wants to be the destination, etc., and the send button 100 provided at the bottom of the destination registration request input screen 100.
Click a and send it via the mail server 2 (FIG. 4, step S1).

The other computer 1 received via the mail server 2 displays a destination registration request screen 101 as shown in FIG. On the destination registration request screen 101, the e-mail address of the user A who made the request, the fact that the user wants to be the destination, etc. are posted, and the user B
Seeing this screen 101, if he does not authenticate himself as the destination for user A, he selects and clicks the reject button 101b provided in the lower right part of the destination registration request screen 101, while To authenticate, reject button 1
The authentication button 101a provided on the left side of 01b is selected and clicked (FIG. 4, step S2).

When the authentication button 101a is clicked, the other computer 1 used by the user B indicates that the user B has clicked the authentication button 101a.
Is detected by a detection means (not shown) provided in another computer 1 used by the user B, and the user B is sent back an authentication indicating that the user B has been approved as a destination, and the user B is sent to its own destination database 11a. The name of A and the e-mail address of user A are registered as destinations (FIG. 4, step S3).

The one computer 1 used by the user A, which has received the authentication reply from the user B, confirms that the name of the user B and the electronic mail address of the user B are stored in the destination database 11a as shown in FIG. Is registered as the transmission destination (FIG. 4, step S4). In this way, the destination databases 1 of both computers 1
By mutually registering in 1a, the user A and the user B have a relationship of the source and the destination, and the information transmitted from the one computer 1 used by the user A is the same as the user B. Information transmitted from the other computer 1 used by the user B while being transmitted to the e-mail address of the user A is transmitted to the e-mail address of the user A.

Next, a case will be described in which the computer 1 receives, as a transmission destination, the information transmitted from another computer 1 which is the transmission source of the information. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing when the computer 1 receives information.

First, the computer 1 receives the information transmitted from another computer 1 which is the transmission source (FIG. 5, step S11). The reception in this case is also received via the mail server 2, but the operation of the mail server is omitted. Information is actually transmitted or received in the form of electronic mail, but is simply referred to as transmission or reception of information.

The computer 1 that has received the information discards the information that matches the cut target registered in the cut target database 11c by the cutoff filtering 13 (step S12 in FIG. 5). Information is discarded by the cutoff filtering 13 as follows.

The received information is, for example, as shown in FIG. 16, each transit user name through which the information is transmitted to the computer 1 (in this FIG. 16, user X and user E are displayed). And the attribute of the information described by the sender of the information (in this FIG. 16, the attribute “4” and the attribute “5” are displayed), and the computer 1 displays the attribute as shown in FIG. First, a transit user who has passed through the received information is detected, and it is detected whether the detected transit user corresponds to the cut target transit user registered in the cut target database 11 (see FIG. 12) (FIG. 6, Step S21). When it corresponds, it is detected whether the attribute of the information described in the information corresponds to the cutting target attribute registered in the cutting target database 11c, or whether the information includes the cutting target keyword (FIG. 6, step). S22). When the attribute has the attribute corresponding to the target attribute or the target keyword is included, the information is discarded (FIG. 6, step S23). More specifically,
For example, if the information comes through the transit user M and the information corresponds to the attribute “1” or the information includes the keyword “1”, the cutoff filtering 13
Be discarded by As described above, the source user and the destination user have a relationship in which the value judgment for information is common to each other, and in the information sent from the source user, the destination user is included in the information. Although it is possible to make the information that is not likely to include browsing value to the user have a low probability, it is not possible to completely exclude information that is not browsing value to the user. Therefore, the attribute and the specific keyword of the specific information are set in advance in association with the specific transit user who is considered to have a low browsing value, and the cut-off filtering 13 makes it possible to set certain information that is considered to have no browsing value in advance. By automatically discarding the matching information, it is possible to further reduce the probability that the information contains information that is not worth browsing for the user.

For the information not discarded by the cutoff filtering 13, the priority of the information is calculated by the priority calculating means 14 as shown in FIG. 5 (FIG. 5, step S13). The calculation of this priority is performed as follows.

As shown in FIG. 7, the computer 1 calculates the priority for each transit user and sums them to calculate the priority for the information. For example, the information includes the keyword “3” (not shown) as shown in FIG. 16, and is related to the attribute “4” and the attribute “5”, and includes the transit user X, the transit user E, and the transit user Y (not shown). ), The computer 1 first detects whether or not the priority calculation has been completed for the transit user X, transit user E, and transit user Y (FIG. 7, step S31). Then, when it is detected that the transit user X, transit user E, and transit user Y have not ended, first, it is determined whether the transit user X corresponds to a transit user who is a priority subject registered in the setting value database 11d. It is detected (FIG. 7, step S32), and if it is not applicable, the process proceeds to the next transit user (FIG. 7, step S33). In this case, it is applicable. It is detected whether or not it corresponds to the priority target attribute registered in the database 11d, and whether or not the information includes the priority target keyword registered in the setting value database 11d (FIG. 7, step S34). The attribute of this information is detected from the attribute described by the user who sent the information in the transmitted information. For example, as shown in FIG. 16, detection is performed based on the attribute “4” / attribute “5” described in the transmitted information. In addition, the computer 1 detects the number of attributes during this detection. For example, when the attributes described in the information transmitted as shown in FIG. 16 are attribute “4” and attribute “5”, it is detected that the number of attributes is two. In the above case, the attribute of the detected information corresponds to the registered priority target attribute.
The priority is calculated using the priority calculation formula shown in.

Specifically, in the above case, the priority calculation formula is
J of the first item in_kDetected attribute "4" and attribute "5"
Therefore, it is 1 for the attribute "4" and the attribute "5".
Therefore, the attribute “6” is not detected, so
And becomes 0. Also, Wj_kIs the setting value database 11
The attribute setting value of the attribute registered in d.
30 for the attribute, 70 for the attribute “5”, and 6 for the attribute “6”
It is 50. Also, the CC in the formula has been transmitted.
It is the number of attributes of the information that has been set, and is 2 in the above case. these
Substitute the numerical value into the first term of the priority calculation formula shown in FIG.
And 100x (1x30 + 1x70 + 0x50) / (3
0 + 50 + 70) x2, which allows transit users
The attribute priority for X is calculated as 33. or,
K of the second term in the priority calculation formula_kIs via user X
, The keyword “3” is detected.
-It becomes 1 for the word "3" and becomes the keyword "4"
Since it is not detected, the keyword "4"
And becomes 0. Also, Ww _kIs the setting value database 1
The keyword attribute setting value registered in 1d
30 for "3" and "4" for keyword
80. Substitute these into the second term of the priority calculation formula
And 100x (1x30 + 0x80) / (30 + 80)
Therefore, the password for transit user X is
The priority is calculated as 27. And combine these
Calculate priority 60 for transit user X
(FIG. 7, step S35). The information attribute is the set value.
Corresponds to the priority target attribute registered in the database 11d
Without, and in the information, in the setting value database 11d
When the registered priority target keyword is not included
Proceeds to step S33.

Thereafter, the computer 1, as the next transit user, performs the same operation on the transit user E as in the case of the transit user X. Specifically, it is detected whether the transit user E corresponds to the registered priority target transit user (FIG. 7, step S32). In the above case, since the transit user E is not registered as the priority target transit user, the process proceeds to step S33. If the transit user does not correspond to the registered priority target transit user, the priority of the transit user is 0.

Similarly, the computer 1 calculates the priority of the transit user Y as the next transit user. The transit user Y is registered as a transit user having priority, and the attribute setting value for the attribute “4” is 80 and the attribute setting value for the attribute “5” is 6
Since it is registered as 5, the value is substituted into the first term of the priority calculation formula, and 100x (1x80 + 1x65 + 0x20) /
As (80 + 65 + 20) × 2, the attribute priority for transit user Y is calculated as 44. Further, since the keyword “3” for the transit user Y is not registered, the priority for the keyword for the transit user Y is set to 0 for calculation. Therefore, the priority of the transit user Y is calculated as 44 (step S in FIG. 7).
35).

Then, the priorities of the transit user Y calculated in this way are prioritized between the transit user X and the transit user E (in the above case, the priority of the transit user E is calculated). Is 0, it is added to (calculated for transit user X) to calculate the priority for the information (FIG. 7, step S36). In the above case, the priority 60 for the transit user X and the priority 44 for the transit user Y are summed. And
The computer 1 detects that the priority calculation has been completed for all the transit users (FIG. 7, step S3).
1), the priority for the information transmitted via transit user X, transit user E, and transit user Y is 10
Calculated as 4. The higher the calculated priority is, the higher the importance of information is. The priority calculated in this way is a numerical value calculated based on all transit users and information attributes and keywords that constitute the user communication route that has passed through the user before the information is transmitted. It is highly reliable as an indicator of the importance of the browsing value of. Further, in the attribute priority of the first term in the priority calculation formula shown in FIG. 18, when there are a plurality of attributes of the information described in the information, the calculation is performed by dividing the number by the number of attributes. It is possible to prevent the numerical value from increasing as the number increases. Moreover, even if the attribute of the same information is grasped by the sender as information regarding various attributes and is described together with other attributes as one of a plurality of attributes, it is clear as information regarding one attribute by the sender. In the case where only one attribute of the information is grasped and described, the attribute priority for the information can be calculated higher, and the attribute can be treated as having a high degree of importance. However, in the keyword priority of the second term in the priority calculation formula, when a plurality of priority target keywords are included, even if there are a plurality of attributes like the above attribute priority, the number of keywords is the same. The keyword priority is set to a high value without being divided, and the importance is set to be that high.

Then, the computer 1, as shown in FIG. 14, shows the contents of the information whose priority has been calculated, the title of the information as an information identifier for identifying the information, the user transmission route, and the priority. Are associated and registered in the information database 11b. Further, the computer 1 generates the information data 105 as shown in FIG. 15 which represents the information in the list format based on the title and the priority of the information registered in the information database 11b, and the information database 11
Register with information in b. The information data 105 in this embodiment is provided with a plurality of information columns 105a ... 105a, and the user name of the transmission source, the information title, and the priority are described in each information column 105a.

Next, a case where the user browses information will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing when a user browses information.

When the user operates the computer 1 to call up the information recorded in the information database 11b, the computer 1 first sets the information data 105 shown in FIG.
Is displayed on the CRT 52 (FIG. 8, step S41). Since the information data 105 includes a numerical priority indicating the importance of the value of the information, the user can immediately determine the importance of the value of the information before browsing the details of the information. it can. For example, it becomes possible to browse from information having a high priority value indicating that the browsing value has a high importance, and browsing information having a low priority value indicating that the browsing value has a low importance value. It is possible to dispose of the information without the user's discretion, and the user can easily determine the browsing value, and determine the order of browsing, whether or not to browse.

Then, the user selects, for example, the information data 1
When browsing the information posted in 05, the information column 105a of any information to be browsed, for example, the information column 105a at the top is selected by clicking once, and is selected below the information data 105. Detail button 105
Click b (FIG. 8, step S42).

As a result, the computer 1 has the CRT 5
2, the information detail display screen 106 as shown in FIG. 16 is displayed (FIG. 8, step S43). The information details display screen 106 displays the details of the information, and at the top, the user X as the user name who originally transmitted the information, the title of the information described by the user X,
The attributes of the information and the text as the information are posted respectively. Further, on the lower side, the user X who originally transmitted the information is the sender, and the user name of the destination user is the user E, the title of the information, and a postscript to the content of the information body received by the user E. The user E
It is posted as information. Similarly, although not shown,
On the lower side of the page, the name of the user to whom the email was sent and additional notes written by the user are posted. In addition, each user listed in these shows the transit user from whom the information has passed. When the user who uses the computer 1 who has browsed the information detail display screen 106 determines that the content has a browsing value, the “interesting” button 106 provided at the lower left of the information detail display screen 106.
When it is determined that a is not worth browsing, the user clicks the "boring" button 106b provided at the lower right of the information detail display screen 106 (FIG. 8, step S4).
4).

When the "interesting" button 106a is clicked, the computer 1 detects it and the CRT5
In 2, a screen having a button of “additional writing” and a button of “not additional writing” is displayed (not shown). Then, the user clicks the "not additional write" button when not additionally writing, and clicks the "additional write" button when additionally writing (FIG. 8, step S45). If you click the "Do not add" button, computer 1
Since a screen (not shown) having a "call" button is displayed (Fig. 8, step S46), the user clicks this "call" button (Fig. 8, step S47).
If the user clicks the "Do not add" button, the screen may be sent without displaying a screen (not shown) having a "call" button.

On the other hand, when the user clicks the "additional write" button, the computer 1 displays the additional write screen 107 as shown in FIG. 17 on the CRT 52 (FIG. 8, FIG. 8).
Step S48). The user can add this additional screen 107
After additional writing is performed on the additional writing section 107a provided in the above, the "call" button 107b provided at the bottom of the additional writing screen 107 is clicked (FIG. 8, step S49).

When the "call" button 107b is clicked, the computer 1 causes the additional recording section 10 of the additional recording screen 107 to be displayed.
Information added to item 7a is created at the bottom of the information details display screen 106 shown in FIG. 16 together with the user name of the user who uses this computer 1 as a transit user. In addition, when the button of "not add" is clicked, the information details in which only the user name of the user who uses this computer 1 as a transit user is added at the bottom is created. Then, the information details are registered in the destination database 11a as a destination.
Send to each user shown in. Further, at that time, since the transmission source transmitted to the computer 1 is also registered as the transmission destination in the transmission destination database 11a, it is also returned to the transmission source. In this way, by sending the information to the sender as well, the user who was the sender found out that the information that he / she found interesting was also interesting at the destination, depending on the number of replies sent. It can be used as a reference to judge the browsing value of information. or,
In the returned information, the postscript of the user who was the destination can be viewed as a part of the added information, which can also be used as a reference for determining the browsing value of future information.

Further, in the computer 1, the setting value changing means 16 stores the setting value database 11d in which the information judged to be interesting by browsing matches the attribute of the viewed information for each transit user in the user transmission route. The setting value for the priority target keyword included in the priority target attribute and information is increased (FIG. 8, step S).
50). For example, as described above, the attribute "4" and the attribute "5"
Information, including the keyword “3”, and the transit user X,
In the case of the user transmission route information of the transit user E and the transit user Y, the priority target attribute “4”, the priority target attribute “5”, and the priority of the priority target transit user X registered in the setting value database 11d The setting value of the priority target keyword “3”, the priority target attribute “4”, and the priority target attribute “5” of the priority target transit user Y are increased and re-registered. In this embodiment, the numerical value is increased by 5 and changed, but the increasing value is not particularly limited and can be changed as appropriate. Therefore, after that, the priority of information that includes the same keyword and has the same attribute and that has been transmitted through the same transit user is calculated higher than the current numerical value.

On the other hand, the user who has browsed the information detail display screen 106 is "boring" on the information detail display screen 106.
When the button 106b of is clicked, for each transit user in the information transmission route of the information, the setting is made for the priority target attribute of the setting value database 11d that matches the attribute of the browsed information and the priority target keyword included in the information. Decrease the value by 5 (FIG. 8, step S5)
1). For example, as described above, the information of the attribute “4” and the attribute “5” includes the keyword “3”, and the user X,
In the case of the user transmission route information of the user E and the user Y, the attribute “4”, the attribute “5” and the setting value of the keyword “3” for the user X registered in the setting value database 11d, the attribute for the user Y Decrease the set values of "4" and attribute "5" by 5 and register again. Therefore, after that, the priority of information that includes the same keyword and has the same attribute and that is transmitted via the same user communication route is calculated to be lower than the current value.

In this way, the judgment of the result of browsing by the user is detected, and it is fed back to the setting value database 11d to change the priority value, so that the reliability of the priority can be enhanced each time the user browses. it can. still,
When the "boring" button 106b is clicked, the computer 1 does not transmit to the destination.

In the present embodiment, the registration of the transmission destination in the transmission destination database 11a can be automatically registered by the transmission destination registration means 12 based on the authentication of the requested side. The user may input the destination and register. Further, even if the user who is the sender does not register based on the authentication of the requested party, the destination database 11a is set so that the user who is the sender is addressed to the designated user.
The information may be registered in, and may be changed appropriately.

Further, in the present embodiment, the numerical judgment priority is displayed as the value judgment data.
For example, as value judgment data, the user communication paths that represent the order in which each information user has passed through are displayed, and the importance of the browsing value of information is judged from each user who is displayed in the user communication path. You may do it. Further, in the present embodiment, a transit user,
A set value database 11d in which a certain information attribute and a certain keyword associated with the transit user and a set value set for the certain information attribute and a certain keyword are registered is provided until the information is transmitted. The attributes of each transit user and information that have passed through are detected, and the detected attributes of each transit user and information are set value database 1
It is detected whether or not it corresponds to the attribute of the information registered in 1d, and whether or not the transmitted information includes the keyword registered in the setting value database 11d, and the attribute of the registered information is detected. The priority for information is calculated by calculating the priority for each transit user based on the set value set and the set value set for the registered keyword, and adding the calculated priorities for each transit user. However, it is also possible to set the setting value only to one of the attribute of information or the keyword, and to calculate using the priority calculation formula based on the setting value. When the priority is calculated from the setting value set in only one of the information attribute or the keyword, the priority calculation formula is as shown in FIG.
It can be calculated using only the first term or the second term in the priority calculation formula shown in FIG. Further, the priority may be calculated by simply setting a preset value for the transit user and using a suitable formula based on the preset value, which can be appropriately changed.

Further, in this embodiment, among the information transmitted by the cutoff filtering 13, for the transit user registered in the cut target database 11c, the information and the keyword corresponding to the attribute associated with the transit user are included. Although the information is discarded, the cutoff filtering 13 is not limited to this form, and for example, in the cut target database 11c,
A certain attribute or a certain keyword is registered in association with the transit user, and either one of the information corresponding to the registered attribute or the information including the registered keyword is discarded, or the information is specified in the cut target database 11c. Register only transit users, discard all information that has passed through the registered transit users, and further, regardless of the transit users, information regarding certain fixed attributes and information including certain keywords. Either one or both of them may be registered in the cut target database 11c, and both information of the corresponding one or both may be discarded. Further, the cutoff filtering 13 may not be provided and can be appropriately changed.

Further, in this embodiment, the computer 1
By the setting value changing means provided in, when the judgment data of the browsing value of the information made by the user who has browsed the information is detected, and when the judgment data that the information has the browsing value is detected, When the setting value of the setting value database 11d used when calculating the priority is increased and it is detected that the information has no browsing value, the setting value used when calculating the priority for the information. The set value of the database 11d is changed so as to be decreased, and the set value after the change is registered. However, the set value changing means is not limited to the form in which it is provided, and may not be provided. .

Further, in the present embodiment, the information transmitted by each user is the item itself input by the user, but the information is not limited to this form, and is information such as information for teaching a specific web page. May be. For example, as shown in FIG. 19, the information 110 displaying the address of a specific web page is transmitted to the destination, and the user of the received destination receives the information 110 of the web page address.
If a is clicked, the contents of the web page may be browsed by linking to the web page. still,
When the information displaying the address of the specific web page is transmitted, the content of the specific web page becomes part of the information. Further, along with the address of a specific web page, additional information by the user as a result of browsing the web page may be included as part of the information.

Further, in the present embodiment, the user determines whether or not the information needs to be transmitted after the user browses the contents, but the present invention is not limited to this form, and for example, the transmitted information is always If you come through a specific user who thinks that you will send information that is worth browsing, you decide that you want to send the information because you think that the information is worth browsing without having to browse. The computer 1 may determine whether or not to transmit the information in accordance with the input of the determination data, and based on the determination, the information may be transmitted to the communication address registered in the database, which may be appropriately changed. Further, the buttons 106a and 106b are clicked as input of the judgment data as to whether or not the user needs to transmit the information. However, for example, a predetermined number, characters,
Alternatively, it may be performed by inputting a symbol or the like, and the transmission determining means 20 may determine whether or not the computer 1 transmits information based on the input number, character, symbol or the like, and is appropriately changed. You can

Further, in the present embodiment, one or a plurality of mail servers 2 are provided, and information is transmitted by transmitting / receiving information in the form of electronic mail via the Internet and the mail server 2. , Mail server 2
Alternatively, the computer of the transmission source and the computer of the transmission destination may be directly connected via the Internet as a communication network or by a connection, and may be appropriately changed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining an outline of an information transmission system having an information transmission device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a computer as an information transmission device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a computer as an information transmission device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing flow when registering a transmission destination in the present system.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing flow when a computer receives transmitted information in the present system.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing flow when information corresponding to a cut target is discarded from the information transmitted by the cut-off filtering in the present system.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing in the case of calculating the priority of information in this system.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing flow when a user browses transmitted information in the present system.

FIG. 9 is an example of a destination registration request input screen displayed on a computer requesting registration when registering a destination.

FIG. 10 is an example of a destination registration request screen displayed on a computer requested to register when registering a destination.

FIG. 11 is a drawing schematically showing a data structure of a destination database.

FIG. 12 is a drawing schematically showing a data structure of a cut target database.

FIG. 13 is a diagram schematically showing a data structure of a setting value database.

FIG. 14 is a diagram schematically showing a data structure of an information database.

FIG. 15 is an example showing information data displayed on the CRT prior to displaying the details of information.

FIG. 16 is an example of an information detail display screen displayed on a CRT.

FIG. 17 is an example of the additional recording screen displayed on the CRT.

FIG. 18 is a priority calculation formula used when calculating a priority.

FIG. 19 is an information detail display screen of another embodiment displayed on the CRT.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Computer 2 ... Mail server 11a ... Destination database 11b ... Information database 11c ... ・ Cut target database 11d ...- Set value database 13: Cutoff filtering 14 Priority calculation means 15 ・ ・ ・ Value judgment data display means

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Shinji Shimojo             3-18-2, Uenohigashi, Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture (72) Inventor Toru Takeuchi             2-12-17 Tarumi-cho, Suita City, Osaka Prefecture (72) Inventor Junzo Kamahara             1-2-13-306 Airport, Ikeda City, Osaka Prefecture

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. An information transmission system comprising a plurality of computers communicably connected to each other via a communication network, wherein each computer registers at least one communication address as a transmission destination for transmitting information. This destination is based on the authentication of the destination or the source that sends information to the destination, based on the authentication of the other that is requested to be the source or the destination. Based on the registered data, one computer determines whether or not to transmit the information in response to the input of the determination data as to whether or not the information needs to be transmitted by the user who uses the one computer, and based on the determination. , Send it to the communication address registered in the database of one computer, and use the information sent to the communication address on another computer. Information transmission system, characterized in that users receive. 2. An information transmitting device for transmitting information, comprising a database in which at least one destination for transmitting information is registered, and in response to a user's input of determination data as to whether or not information needs to be transmitted. An information transmission device characterized by determining whether or not to transmit information, and transmitting to the destination registered in the database based on the determination. 3. A program for causing a computer equipped with a database in which at least one destination for transmitting information is registered to function as an information transmitting device for transmitting information, the information indicating whether or not information transmission by a user is necessary. A program that determines whether or not to transmit information according to input of determination data, and executes a process of transmitting to a transmission destination registered in a database based on the determination. 4. A computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon, which allows a computer having a database in which at least one destination for transmitting information is registered to function as an information transmitting device for transmitting information, to be recorded by a user. It is determined whether or not to transmit the information in accordance with the input of the determination data regarding whether or not the information needs to be transmitted, and based on the determination, the process of transmitting to the destination registered in the database is executed. A computer-readable recording medium in which a characteristic program is recorded. 5. The information transmission device, the program or the recording medium recording the program according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the transmission destination is a user of the transmission source who transmits the information to the transmission destination, and Characterized by being addressed to users who share the same value judgment. 6. The information transmission device, the program or the recording medium recording the program according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the transmission destination is either the transmission destination or the transmission source,
It is characterized in that it is registered in a database based on the other authentication requested to be the sender or the receiver. 7. An information transmission device, a program, or a recording medium having a program recorded thereon according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the information transmission device receives information transmitted from another information transmission device. In addition to making it possible to display the content of information,
The information identifier for identifying the received information and the value judgment data by which the user can judge the importance of the value of the contents for the information are registered in association with the database, and the database is registered in this database. The information data representing the information identifier and the value judgment data is generated based on the information identifier and the value judgment data, and the generated information data can be displayed prior to displaying the content of the information. What to do. 8. The information transmission device, the program, or the recording medium having the program recorded thereon according to claim 7, wherein the value judgment data is a priority that numerically represents the importance of the browsing value of the information. What to do. 9. The information transmission device, the program, or the recording medium recording the program according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the priority is related to a transit user who has passed by the time information is transmitted and a transit user in advance. It is calculated based on the set value that has been set. 10. The information transmission device, the program or the recording medium recording the program according to claim 9, wherein the set value set for the transit user is set for the attribute of the information associated with the transit user, The priority is calculated based on the attributes of the information to be transmitted, the transit user who has passed through until the information is transmitted, and the setting value set for the attribute of the information previously associated with the transit user. Characterized by 11. An information transmission device, a program, or a recording medium having a program recorded thereon according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the information transmission device has a transit user and information which have passed by the time the information is transmitted. The database further includes a database that is registered in association with the attributes of the above, and discards the information that has been transmitted via the transit user registered in the database and that is related to the attributes associated with the transit user. , The information data is generated for the information after the discard. 12. An information transmission method for transmitting information using a computer, wherein at least one communication address is a transmission destination for transmitting information, and the transmission destination is a transmission source for transmitting information to the transmission destination or the transmission destination. Prepare one or more computers with databases registered based on the authentication of the other, which is requested to be the sender or the recipient, and one computer does this by the user who uses the one computer. Whether or not to transmit information is determined according to the input of determination data regarding whether or not to transmit the information, and based on the determination, the information is transmitted to the communication address registered in the database of one computer, and the communication The information sent to the address is received by the user using the other computer, and the information is sequentially sent to the computer. Information transmission method characterized by communicating information.