JP2003058561A - Program for receiving, displaying and operating message - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program that is provided with a means for grasping a trend about a message sender, a compactly integrated user interface and a receiving means for extracting a message from data of various formats, and receives, displays and operates the message. SOLUTION: A plurality of panels for performing display and operation about a message are united as a switchable user interface without state change. Processing that extracts a message from received data is performed while classified with data showing a pattern of a network address being a distribution source of the message and data showing extraction procedures and attributes to correspond to diversity of data distributed through a network. Furthermore, a keyword is extracted from the message and stored, and a list classified based on senders is prepared and displayed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a program for receiving a message distributed via a network using a computer and displaying and operating the message.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a message is received and browsed via a network, it is general to display it in a list format. To narrow down or search for a desired message, another method is used. It is necessary to follow complicated operation procedures with separated states. However, when actually browsing many messages, it is often the case that the operation of narrowing down the messages of interest or performing a search operation is performed frequently.

Further, in networks such as the Internet, anonymity is high, and many users carry out active opinions, information, and discussions by exchanging messages by giving various names and sending messages. , Messages with various characteristics are exchanged via the network.

By the way, in general, the nature of these messages is often understood by the sender to some extent. Therefore, if a means for extracting and grasping the tendency of the sender of a message is provided, it is useful for deep understanding of the message, understanding of the sender, and organizing many messages. The operation system generally lacks a means for extracting such a tendency of the sender.

In addition, data of various standards and formats containing messages are scattered in a network such as the Internet, and when a message is acquired from such data, at present, a means for individually acquiring those messages. However, it is not uniform to acquire the messages scattered on the network by such a method, the operation is complicated, and it is difficult to manage the acquired messages consistently. .

[0006]

Therefore, the present invention has a simple and integrated operability in view of the above-mentioned problems relating to a program for receiving, displaying, and operating a message via a conventional network. (EN) Provided is a program for receiving, displaying, and operating a message, which includes a user interface, a means for receiving a message that can correspond to various data, and a means for grasping a tendency regarding a sender of the message.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a panel for analyzing and displaying information on a tendency of a sender of a message by a simple operation procedure and a search condition often used when browsing many messages are input. A panel that displays search results, a panel that displays search results, a panel that displays messages in a general list format, and a panel that lists and displays reply messages for selected messages, and can easily switch without transitioning to another state. Provide a possible user interface.

Further, in order to extract a message from data of various formats and standards existing on a network, network addresses are classified according to network address patterns according to the data formats and standards, and the classified network As a pre-stage of message extraction, the data received from the address is structured into an intermediate format, and the message extraction process is performed by referring to the data indicating the procedure and attributes for extracting the target message.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A plurality of data structures composed of records having fields shown in FIGS. 4A to 4F are used as a means for storing a message and information related to the message. ID shown in this figure
Is an identifier for uniquely identifying a record.
An index necessary to quickly identify a predetermined record is added to the field holding the name and ID.

FIG. 4 referred to when extracting a message
In the data structure of (f), the data regarding the type of topic is held. As a concrete example of the network address pattern of the data structure of FIG. 4F, a character string of a regular expression for identifying the network address,
Specific examples of the message extraction procedure and the data indicating the attribute include script text that describes a procedure for receiving a message and a data structure containing the message as an argument and extracting the message and its related information.

Here, the topic refers to a delivery source of a message delivered by a predetermined network address.

The network address of the topic receiving the message is held in the data structure of FIG. 4 (e).

As a procedure for the message receiving means to receive the message transmitted via the network, the data containing the message is received from the network address stored in the data structure of FIG. Before the message is extracted from the received data, it is converted into structured data in an intermediate format, and the converted data corresponds to the network address pattern held in the data structure of FIG. 4 (f). The message and related information are extracted with reference to the message extraction procedure and the data indicating the attribute.

The message extracted by the above procedure and its related information are stored in (a) and (d) of the data structure of FIG. Here the sender is indicated in the message,
If the caller is not included in (d),
A record newly holding the information of the caller is added to (d), and an ID for identifying the record is included. If the caller is included in (d), an ID for identifying a record indicating the caller. Is stored as the sender ID in (a).

The contents of the message are decomposed into word units by a method such as morphological analysis to extract keywords,
These keywords are stored in the data structure of FIGS. 4B and 4C. If the keyword extracted from the message already exists in the data structure of FIG. 4B, I that identifies the record having the keyword is identified.
D, if it does not exist, a new record is added to the data structure of FIG. 4B, and the ID for identifying the added record and the record added to the data structure of FIG. 4A are added. A combination of identifying IDs is added to the data structure of FIG.

A series of processes shown in the above paragraphs 0013 to 0015 are repeated to perform a process of receiving a message having the network address of FIG. 4E as a delivery source.

As a result of these reception processes, the data structure of FIG. 4 is stored in a state where the sender information, the message, and the keyword extracted from the message are associated with each other.

Next, an outline of a user interface for browsing a series of information related to these messages is shown in FIGS.

The user interface shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is divided into an upper part and a lower part. The upper part is used for displaying a list of messages, inputting search conditions, and other information and operations related to the message. The user interface is displayed with the contents of the message at the bottom.

Here, a user who can display and set the evaluation for the message between the character strings "interested" and "not interested" at the top of the panel displaying the contents of the message at the bottom of FIGS. 1 to 3. An interface is provided, which allows you to easily refer to it later by setting a high rating on impressive messages, highly sought-after messages, and important messages.

Here, in the lower panel displaying the content of the message in the state of FIG. 1, the portion displaying the name of the caller is selected using a pointing device such as a mouse. The sender's information is converted to the data structure (a), (b), (c) of FIG.
Using (d), only the record having the ID of the caller corresponding to the caller from (d) is used in the data structure (a) of FIG.
Internally integrated via the IDs of (b), (c), and (d), the internally integrated data structure is classified by the ID for identifying the record of (b), and the number of the classified records is used as a reference. Sorted in descending order to the number of records and (b)
A list of keywords corresponding to the ID for identifying the record is created, analyzed and displayed, and the state shown in FIG. 3 is obtained.

The above-mentioned series of data structures (a) of FIG. 4,
The analysis using (b), (c), and (d) applies the classification, combination, and aggregation means of the relational database system used as a storage means of data having a general data structure. It can be done by

In the upper panel for displaying sender information shown in FIG. 3, buttons for displaying a list of all messages sent by a predetermined sender and a list of messages containing a specific keyword are prepared. Has been done.
By selecting these buttons, it is possible to display a list of messages by a predetermined caller and a list of messages including a predetermined keyword by a predetermined caller.

Further, since the keywords used by the sender and the frequency of use thereof can be instantly listed by the upper panel of FIG. 3, it becomes possible to easily grasp the tendency of the message by the sender.

At the top of FIGS. 1 to 3, "List, Reply, Search,
A tab for selecting a panel for performing an operation related to the message labeled with "search result, history, sender information" is displayed. By selecting one of these tabs using a pointing device such as a mouse, you can switch the panel for browsing and operating messages and information related to messages without changing the user interface to another state, and perform the desired operation. It becomes possible to do.

On the panel displayed by selecting the above-mentioned history tab, it is possible to list the history concerning the messages displayed in the past. With this history panel, it is possible to answer the request to display the previously displayed message again.

If the user feels that this message is important while browsing the message in the state shown in FIG. 1, he / she can operate the user interface indicating the degree of interest at the upper part of the lower panel. , You can set the degree of interest. If the degree of interest is set, it becomes possible to easily browse only the messages of interest later by operating the search panel or the like at the top of FIG.
The degree of interest here corresponds to “evaluation and attribute” in claim 2.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to provide a unified and highly convenient operability with respect to a system for receiving, displaying, and operating a message.

Further, according to the present invention, a means for easily grasping and browsing the tendency of the message for each sender is provided.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, it is possible to receive data of various standards and formats distributed via a network by means of a unified and easily extensible means.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a panel of message contents and a list of messages.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a panel for inputting message contents and message search conditions.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a panel displaying the content of a message and analysis information of a sender.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure used by a program of the present invention.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A receiving means for receiving a message delivered via a network, a keyword extracting means for extracting a keyword from a message received by the receiving means, and a keyword extracted by the keyword extracting means. Keyword storage means, message received by the receiving means, message and keyword related information storage means for storing related information of keywords included in the message, and sender information for storing sender information of the message A program for realizing creation and display of a list of keywords used by the sender by designating the sender in the message receiving unit including the storage unit. 2. A panel having an operation for selecting a desired message from a set of messages, and a plurality of panels for displaying and operating information about the message. Of a message having a user interface that can be switched without any action, and a user interface that displays the content of the message selected by operating the user interface and the panel, and that evaluates the message and sets attributes. A program for displaying and operating. 3. A field for holding data indicating pattern information of a network address for classifying a character string indicating an address of the network in a message receiving means distributed through the network, and the pattern classified by the pattern. Hold the data containing the message delivered from the network address and the data indicating the procedure and attributes for extracting the message from the data converted from the data into the intermediate format data structure as a pre-stage for performing the message extraction process. A program for realizing a process of extracting a message and related information of the message by receiving data distributed from a predetermined network address and having a data structure composed of records having fields. 4. A program for realizing message display and operation according to claim 2, which is a user interface capable of switching between panels without making a state transition, and is a user who performs a switching operation of each panel by selecting a tab. A program that includes an interface. 5. A regular expression character string is adopted as the data indicating the network address pattern information according to claim 3, and a hypertext data is used as an intermediate data structure.
Markup Language (HTML) and Extendable Markup Language (XML) document object models are adopted, and script text is adopted as data indicating the procedure and attributes for extracting the message. A program for realizing extraction processing. 6. A program for realizing display and operation of a message according to claim 4, which is one of panels for displaying and operating information related to the message.
A message receiving function including a function for displaying a list of keywords used by a sender by the program described in claim 5, and a message extracting function including the message extracting function according to the program according to claim 5 as a means for receiving a message distributed via a network. And a program for displaying and operating.