JP2003177999A - Method for calculating point indicating degree of importance of original remark on electronic bulletin board - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make which original remark is important easy-to-see on an electronic bulletin board. <P>SOLUTION: An idea development support device 1 is provided with a material collection part 2, a remark acceptance part 3 and a point calculation part 4. The material collection part 2 collects information from a collecting origin as materials and counts the number of materials including a prescribed keyword. The remark acceptance part 3 has a function of the electronic bulletin board, outputs a list picture of original remarks to a terminal T of a participant and accepts a remark from the participant. There are two kinds of remarks; the original remark and a comment. The original remark is the remark to be an origin of a discussion on the electronic bulletin board and the comment is the remark regarding the original remark or other comments. The point calculation part 4 calculates points indicating degrees of importance of the original remark based on the number of materials including the prescribed keyword to be included in the original remark and the number of comments inputted regarding the original remark directly or indirectly and attachs the calculated points to the original remark. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic bulletin board system, and more particularly, to a statement which is the basis of a plurality of discussions.
The present invention relates to an electronic bulletin board system suitable when a plurality of speakers have a discussion.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The idea obtained by inspiration is
Unlike planned product development, etc., it is created suddenly without any time or space restrictions. The fate of such an idea depends on the individual who created it, because it is unconstrained. In other words, unless the individual records and develops the idea, it often disappears.

After a person who has created an idea records the idea on paper or a personal computer, and when a plurality of people try to develop the idea jointly, the people are actually convened in one place. Therefore, there are time and financial constraints.

In such a case, the electronic bulletin board is adopted, and the idea is registered on the electronic bulletin board as an original utterance that is a basis for discussion, and a plurality of participants of the electronic bulletin board discuss the original utterance. Good. As a result, it is possible to eliminate the time and financial restrictions that occur when actually calling a plurality of people.

[0005]

However, in the conventional electronic bulletin board, the utterances are displayed in the order of posting and the utterances are displayed in the order of the tree relation of each utterance. Therefore, when a plurality of original utterances are registered on the electronic bulletin board, there is a problem that it is difficult for the participant to immediately determine which original utterance is important.

In view of the above problems, it is a problem to be solved by the present invention that the participants of the electronic bulletin board can easily understand which original utterance is important.

[0007]

In order to solve the above problems, according to one aspect of the present invention, a computer connected to a terminal determines the degree of importance of an original message that is a source of discussion on an electronic bulletin board. In the point calculation method for calculating the points shown, information is collected as a material from a collection source, the number of the materials including the keyword included in the original statement is counted, a comment regarding the original statement is accepted from the terminal, and the keyword Calculating points based on the number of the materials including the above and the number of comments regarding the original utterance, and adding the calculated points to the original utterance.

It is presumed that original utterances including keywords used in most of the collected information and original utterances to which many comments are given are important.
Therefore, it is possible to indicate the degree of importance of the original utterance by adding points calculated based on the number of materials including the keywords included in the original utterance and the number of comments regarding the original utterance to the original utterance. In addition, it becomes possible to solve the above-mentioned problem that the participants of the electronic bulletin board can easily understand the important original speech.

In the above method, further, information regarding the evaluation of the original message is received from the terminal, and an original message evaluation value is calculated based on the information regarding the evaluation of the original message,
The method may further include adding the original speech evaluation value to the points.

The information about the evaluation of the original message from the participants who browsed the original message is considered to be useful as information indicating the degree of importance of the original message. Therefore,
By adding the original utterance evaluation value based on the information regarding the evaluation of the original utterance to the point indicating the degree of importance of the original utterance, it is possible to reflect the evaluation by the participants in the degree of importance of the original utterance. Become.

Further, in the above method, when the comment is received, information regarding the evaluation of the comment is received, a comment evaluation value is calculated based on the information regarding the evaluation of the comment, and the comment evaluation value is added to the points. This may be further included.

A comment about an original message can add further value to the original message. Therefore, it is considered that the information about the evaluation of the comment is useful as the information indicating the degree of importance of the original utterance related to the comment. Therefore, by adding the comment evaluation value based on the information about the comment evaluation to the point indicating the degree of importance of the original remark, the value given to the original remark by the discussion about the original remark can be calculated. It can be reflected in the degree.

In the above method, the number of times an original utterance including the keyword or a comment relating to the original utterance is received is counted for each input person, and based on the counted number, a new original utterance is selected from among the input persons. It may further include extracting a request destination for requesting a comment and transmitting a comment request for the new original comment to the extracted request destination.

The keyword included in the original message can be used as information indicating the field to which the original message is related. Therefore, it is presumed that the participant who frequently inputs the original utterance including a certain keyword or the comment about the original utterance including a certain keyword is familiar with the field to which the keyword belongs. Therefore, the original statement containing a certain keyword,
Count the number of times you entered a comment about the original statement,
For example, if a request for a comment regarding a new original comment is made to a person who has a large number of times of counting, it can be estimated that there is a high possibility that a useful comment can be obtained from that person. As a result, it becomes possible to promote the development of the discussion on the original message on the electronic bulletin board.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in a point calculation device for calculating points indicating the degree of importance of the original utterance, information is collected as a material from a collection source,
A material collecting unit that counts the number of the material including a predetermined keyword, a comment receiving unit that receives a comment regarding the original comment from the terminal, and a number of the material that includes the predetermined keyword included in the original comment, Point calculation means for calculating points based on the number of comments relating to the original message, and adding the calculated points to the original message. With such a configuration, it is possible to obtain the same operation and effect as the above point calculation method, and it is possible to solve the above-mentioned problems.

A computer program that causes a computer to perform the same control as the procedure performed in the above point calculation method can also solve the above-mentioned problems by causing the computer to execute the program. Further, a computer-readable recording medium recording the above computer program,
The above-mentioned problem can be solved by causing the computer to read the program from the recording medium and execute the program.

[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same reference numerals are given to the same devices and the like, and description thereof will be omitted. In the following, it is assumed that the idea relates to the invention, but it is not intended to limit the invention.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an idea development support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1,
The idea development support device 1
Or directly, the terminal T, another device from which the material is collected,
And a server that provides a mail service. The network N may be one network or a combination of a plurality of networks.
As the network N, the Internet, telephone line network,
WAN (Wide Area Network) such as wireless network and LA
N (Local Area Network) or the like can be considered. Note that FIG.
In the above, although the idea development support device 1 is connected to the terminal T and the material collection source via the network N, this does not mean that the connection form between the idea development support device 1 and the terminal T or the like is limited.

The user of the terminal T is a participant in the idea development work in the idea development support apparatus 1. Participants can access the idea development support device 1 to browse the comments and register the comments in the idea development support device 1. The participant who registered the statement is called the speaker. As the terminal T, for example, a desktop computer, a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)
e), laptop computer, etc. are conceivable.

The idea development support device 1 has as a basic function the function of an electronic bulletin board for accepting a comment from a participant and posting the accepted comment on an electronic bulletin board. As shown in FIG. 1, the idea development support device 1 includes a material collection unit 2, a statement reception unit 3, a point calculation unit 4, a speaker total 5, a request destination extraction unit 6, a request notification unit 7, a category table 10, and materials. Database (hereinafter database is called DB) 1
1, idea notice table 12, speaker total table 1
3 is provided.

The material collecting unit 2 collects material information from another device, such as a computer or a database, which is directly or indirectly connected to the idea development supporting apparatus 1 via a network. For example, the material collecting unit 2 may collect information from a server owned by a company such as a maker or a vendor via the Internet. Also,
For example, the material collecting unit 2 may collect information via the Internet using a mail service provided by a mass media such as a newspaper company.

When a new material is collected, the material collecting section 2 creates material data relating to the collected material and registers it in the material DB 11. The material data includes a check column indicating whether or not the material includes each category keyword registered in the category table 10 (described later).
The material collecting unit 2 determines whether or not the collected material includes each category keyword, and stores a check mark (or flag) in the check box corresponding to the category keyword included in the material based on the determination result. . By examining the category keywords included in the material in this way, it is possible to know the topic or related field of each material.

Further, the material collecting unit 2 acquires a category record relating to the category keyword contained in the material from the category table 10 and increments the number of contents in the record by 1. The number of contents indicates the number of materials including the category keyword corresponding to the category record. By counting the number of contents, it is possible to know how much topic each category keyword is talking about at the material collection source.

The comment reception unit 3 has a function of an electronic bulletin board, outputs a list display screen of original comments to the participant's terminal T,
Accept statements from participants. There are two types of remarks: original remarks and comments. The original remark is a remark on the electronic bulletin board that is a source of discussion, and is, for example, a remark regarding a new idea. When registering the original utterance in the idea development support device 1, the participant inputs the content of the original utterance and the e-mail address of the advice requester regarding the original utterance. When the original message is received, the message receiving unit 3 creates an original message record relating to the original message based on the received information and registers it in the original message table in the idea posting table 12.

Like the material data, the original utterance record includes a check column indicating whether or not the content of the original utterance includes each category keyword registered in the category table 10 (described later). The utterance receiving unit 3 stores a check mark (or flag) in the check box corresponding to the category keyword included in the content of the received original utterance, as in the case of collecting the material.

The comment is a comment that is input with respect to a certain original comment or another comment. When registering a comment in the idea development support device 1, the participant specifies which comment the comment is about, and, together with the content of the comment, the information indicating the evaluation of the original comment and the email address of the advice requester for the comment. Enter. When the comment is accepted, the comment accepting section 3 creates a comment record relating to the comment based on the accepted information and registers it in the comment table in the idea posting table 12. Further, when a comment regarding a certain comment is registered, the comment accepting unit 3 acquires the comment record or the original comment record of the previously registered comment from the idea notice table 12, and sets it in the comment link item of the acquired record. , The comment ID of the newly registered comment
To store. As a result, it becomes possible to manage the reference relationship between the utterances.

The point calculation unit 4 calculates points indicating the degree of importance of the original message and attaches the points to each original message. The point calculation unit 4 calculates points based on the number of contents of the category keyword included in the original utterance, the number of comments regarding the original utterance, and information indicating the evaluation of the original utterance. The utterance accepting unit 3 may set a screen for listing the original utterances based on the points calculated by the point calculating unit 4 and / or the date and time when the latest comment was registered.

The speaker totaling unit 5 counts the number of times each speaker has made a statement regarding each category keyword, and registers the count result in the speaker totaling table 13. The request destination extraction unit 6 determines, based on the number of remarks regarding each category keyword counted by the speaker totalization unit 5,
The request destination to which the newly received advice regarding the original comment should be requested is extracted from the speakers registered in the speaker total table 13. When a new original utterance is registered, the request notifying unit 7 notifies the request destination input by the speaker when the original utterance is accepted and the request destination extracted by the request destination extracting unit 6 to the original utterance. To do. On the other hand, when a new comment is registered, the request notification unit 7 notifies the requestee input by the comment speaker of the comment. The requestee who has received the request for advice registers, in the idea development support device 1, a comment about the original statement, if necessary.

The data structure of each table and DB will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 7. FIG. 2 shows an example of the data structure of the category table 10. The category table 10 stores category records. As shown in FIG. 2, the category record includes, as items, a category ID identifying a category, a category keyword, and the number of contents. The category ID and the category keyword are based on the input of the user or the administrator of the electronic bulletin board system. The number of contents indicates the number of materials including the category keyword among the materials stored in the material DB 11. The number of contents is counted by the material collecting unit 2,
It is stored in the category table 10. In FIG. 2, it can be seen that the category keyword “Internet” whose category ID is 01 is included in 120 materials.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the data structure of the material DB 11. The material DB 11 stores material data. Figure 3
As shown in, the material data includes, as items, a material ID for identifying a material, a content, a date registered in the material DB 11, and a check box for a category keyword included in the content.
The material data is created by the material collecting unit 2 when the material is collected and registered in the material DB 11. In FIG. 3, the category ID of each category keyword is listed in the check box, and the column of the category ID corresponding to the category keyword included in the content of the material is marked with a check mark. For example, in FIG. 3, in the case of the material having the material ID 01, it can be seen that the category keyword “ADSL” having the category ID 02 is included in the content of the material. Needless to say, a flag may be used instead of the check mark.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show the idea posting table 1
An example of the data structure of 2 is shown. Idea notice table 1
2 stores information about the utterance. As described above, since the utterance includes the original utterance and the comment, the idea posting table 12 also includes the original utterance table that stores the original utterance record regarding the original utterance and the comment table that stores the comment record regarding the comment. .

FIG. 4 shows an example of the data structure of the original message table. The original statement table stores the original statement record. The original utterance record includes, as items, an original utterance ID for identifying the original utterance, a speaker name, an e-mail ID of the speaker, a title, the content of the original utterance, an e-mail ID of the advice requestee input by the speaker, and a registration date. , A check box for category keywords included in the content of the original remark, a comment link, and points are included. The check column is the same as that of the material DB 11, and therefore its explanation is omitted.

The original message record is created by the message receiving unit 3 when a new original message is received, and is registered in the original message table. Among the items of the original message record, the speaker name, the speaker's mail ID, the title, the content of the original message, and the requester's mail ID are based on the input of the speaker. The original utterance ID and the registration date are attached to the utterance record by the utterance receiving unit 3. Items other than the comment link and the point are stored by the utterance receiving unit 3 when the original utterance record is registered.

The comment link is a comment ID of a comment regarding the original comment, and is stored or updated by the comment receiving unit 3 when the comment regarding the original comment is registered. The points are calculated by the point calculation unit 4 when the list screen of the original utterances is output,
Stored / updated.

For example, in FIG. 4, the original message ID is 01.
, The category keyword “ADSL” whose category ID is 02 is included in the content of the original utterance, and the comments whose comment IDs are 01, 03, etc. are the comments entered for the original utterance. It can be seen that it is registered and the point of the original statement is 950.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the data structure of the comment table. The comment table stores comment records. The comment record includes, as items, a comment ID for identifying the comment, a speaker name, and a speaker's mail I.
D, the content of the comment, the mail ID of the advice requestee input by the speaker, the registration date, the information indicating the evaluation of the original comment, and the comment link.

The comment record is created by the comment accepting unit 3 when a new comment is accepted and registered in the comment table. Among the items included in the comment record, the speaker name, the speaker's mail ID, the content of the comment, the requester's mail ID, and the information regarding the evaluation of the original comment are input by the speaker by the comment accepting unit 3. Is stored. The comment reception unit 3 adds the comment ID and the registration date to the comment record.

FIG. 5 shows, as an example, a data structure in the idea development support apparatus 1 for discussing the patentability of an idea. Therefore, novelty and inventive step are shown as the information regarding the evaluation of the original statement. Note that this exemplification is not intended to limit the present invention.
The comment link is a comment ID of another comment related to the comment, and is stored or updated by the comment reception unit 3 when the other comment is received.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the data structure of the speaker totaling table 13. The speaker total table 13 stores speaker records. The speaker record is an item
It includes a speaker ID for identifying a speaker, a speaker name, a mail ID of the speaker, and a category speech number registration field. The category ID of each category keyword is listed in the category comment number registration field, and the number of times the speaker has made a statement about the category keyword is registered in the field corresponding to each category ID. The speaker record is created by the comment receiving unit 3 when the speaker first inputs a comment to the idea development supporting apparatus 1, and the speaker total table 1
Registered in 3.

The name and mail ID of the speaker are stored by the comment receiving unit 3 based on the information input by the speaker. The speaker ID is added to the speaker record when the speaker is registered by the comment receiving unit 3. The number of utterances in a category is stored when the utterance accepting unit 3 registers a speaker record, and is updated every time the utterer inputs a utterance. In FIG. 6, it can be seen that Yamaxxro whose speaker ID is 01 has made three statements regarding the category keyword “Internet” whose category ID is 01.

Hereinafter, the procedure of the process performed by the idea development support apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 15. In the following description, the idea development support device 1 is G
The description may be made assuming that a UI (Graphic User Interface) is adopted, but this does not limit the present invention. First, the procedure of the process for accepting the original message will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.

When registering the original message, the speaker first inputs the information necessary for registering the original message according to the instruction on the screen displayed on the terminal T. The comment reception unit 3 of the idea development support device 1 creates an original message record based on the information input by the speaker, and adds the original message ID and the registration date to the created original message record to generate the idea posting table 12
It is stored in the original speech table in (step S10).

Subsequently, the comment accepting section 3 extracts each category keyword stored in the category table 10 from the accepted original comment (step S11). As a result of the extraction, when there is a category keyword included in the original message (step S12: Yes), the message receiving unit 3
Is the category I of the category keyword included in the original statement in the check box of the original statement record of the original statement.
A check mark is stored in the column D (step S1)
3). As a result of extraction, when there is no category keyword included in the original message (step S12: No), the process proceeds to step S14.

Subsequently, the request notification unit 7 determines whether or not the original utterance record includes the mail ID of the advice request destination (step S14). When the mail ID of the advice request destination is included (step S14: Y
es), the request notification unit 7 creates an e-mail requesting advice on the content including the content of the original statement, and transmits the e-mail created using the mail ID to the advice request destination (step). S15). When the email ID of the advice request destination is not included (step S14: Yes), the process proceeds to step S16.

As will be described later, the request destination extraction unit 6 extracts, as a request destination, a speaker who is presumed to be suitable for requesting advice on the original utterance based on the contents of the utterance of the past utterance. Therefore, it is not always necessary for the speaker to input the mail ID of the advice request destination in order to register the original comment. However, if the former speaker has a requestee who wants to actively request advice, he / she can develop ideas more efficiently by inputting the mail ID of the requestee and obtaining advice from the requestee. become.

Subsequently, the request destination extraction unit 6 performs processing for extracting the advice request destination for the accepted original utterance, based on the data stored in the speaker total table 13. Therefore, first, the request destination extraction unit 6 sets n = 0 as an initial value (step S16). Where n
Is the speaker ID of the speaker registered in the speaker total table 13. In step S16, n is set as the initial value.
After setting = 0, n is incremented by 1 in the next step S17, so that the process from step S18 is performed from the speaker record whose speaker ID is 01 in the speaker total table 13.

The request destination extraction unit 6 acquires the speaker record whose speaker ID is n from the speaker total table 13. Then, it is determined whether or not the number of category utterances of the speaker record is greater than or equal to a predetermined value regarding the category keyword included in the original utterance (step S18). The request destination extraction unit 6 can acquire the category keyword included in the original message based on the original message record registered in the original message table in the idea posting table 12.

When the number of messages relating to the category keyword included in the original message is equal to or more than a predetermined value, the speaker is
Since he made a relatively large number of comments in the fields related to his former remarks, it can be inferred that there is a high possibility that valid comments can be obtained by requesting advice. Therefore, the request destination extraction unit 6 extracts the speaker as the advice request destination (step S19). When the number of remarks regarding the category keyword included in the original remark is less than the predetermined value (step S18: No), the request destination extraction unit 6 does not extract the speaker as the request destination of the advice, and the step S2
Go to 0.

Subsequently, the request destination extraction unit 6 determines whether or not the processes of steps S18 and S19 have been performed for all the speaker records registered in the speaker totaling table 13 (step S20). If there is a speaker record that has not been processed yet (step S20: N
o), the process returns to step S17. When processing has been performed for all speaker records (step S20: Yes),
The request destination extraction unit 6 notifies all the extracted request destinations to the speaker who has input the original message, and waits for an instruction from the speaker (step S21).

The speaker selects, from the extracted request destinations, a request destination to which the advice request is to be notified, and inputs the selection result to the terminal T. When the speaker inputs the selection result, the request notification unit 7 creates an e-mail requesting advice on the original message, and uses the mail ID registered in the speaker total table 13 to select the requested request destination. The electronic mail is transmitted to (step S22).

The requestee of the advice who has received the e-mail inputs a comment regarding the original utterance into the idea development supporting apparatus 1 if necessary (described later). In this way, by sending an e-mail to the advice request destination,
You can get advice on new ideas from third parties.

Finally, the speaker totaling section 5 performs a process of registering or updating the speaker record of the speaker who input the original message. For that purpose, first, the speaker counting unit 5
Is the name or email ID of the speaker who entered the original message
Is used to refer to the speaker total table 13, and it is determined whether or not the speaker is already registered in the speaker total table 13 (step S23).

If the speaker is registered in the speaker totaling table 13 (step S23: Yes), the process proceeds to step S25. The speaker is the speaker total table 13
If not registered (step S23: No), the speaker totaling unit 5 creates a speaker record for the speaker and registers the speaker record in the speaker totaling table 13 (step S24).

Subsequently, the speaker totaling unit 5 increments the number of category utterances for the category keyword included in the original utterance by 1 for the speaker record of the speaker who inputs the original utterance (step S25), and executes the processing. finish. The category keywords included in the original statement are
It can be acquired from the original message record registered in the original message table in the idea posting table 12.

FIG. 9A shows an example of the original comment posting screen.
FIG. 9B shows an example of the output screen of the request destination extraction result.
The original utterance posting screen is displayed on the speaker's terminal when the speaker selects a new idea registration process. Figure 9
As shown in (a), in the original comment posting screen, the speaker name,
Input fields are displayed for entering the speaker's mail ID, the title of the original message (idea) to be registered, the content of the original message, and the request recipient's mail ID for which the speaker wants to request advice. A registration button for instructing to register the created idea in the idea development support device 1 is displayed. After the speaker has entered the information in the fields,
When the registration button is pressed using a pointing device or the like, the input information is output (or transmitted) to idea development supporting apparatus 1.

The idea development support device 1 registers the original utterance record based on the input information, and
The advice request destination is extracted, and the output screen of the extraction result of the advice request destination is displayed on the speaker's terminal. As shown in FIG. 9B, on the output screen of the extraction result of the request destination, an input field for instructing the necessity of the request together with the mail ID of the request destination extracted by the request destination extraction unit 6 and the name of the request destination. , And a send button for instructing to send the request mail to the request destination.

In FIG. 9B, as an example, a radio button is displayed as an input field for instructing the necessity of the request. In this screen, all radio buttons are checked as default values, and all request destinations are instructed to make a request. By removing the check mark from the radio button, the speaker can prevent him / her from requesting advice to an unnecessary request destination.

Next, the procedure of the process for accepting a comment will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11. This process is common in the case of accepting a comment on an original comment and the case of accepting a comment on another comment. 10 and 11, as an example, it is assumed that the idea development support device 1 is used to support the development of an idea according to the invention. It is explained that each comment is attached with the result of the gradual evaluation of the original remarks in terms of sex and inventive step. However, this exemplification is not intended to limit the present invention. Idea development support device 1
It goes without saying that can be used to help develop ideas on other topics.

When registering a comment, the speaker who has viewed the comment on the electronic bulletin board or received the advice request notice first specifies which original comment or what comment the comment is. . Then, the speaker inputs the information necessary for registering the comment according to the instruction on the screen displayed on the terminal T.
The comment receiving unit 3 of the idea development supporting apparatus 1 creates a comment record in which the comment content entered by the speaker, the comment ID, and the registration date are created and stored in the comment table in the idea posting table 12 (step S3).
0).

Subsequently, the utterance receiving unit 3 stores a numerical value in the comment record based on the result of stepwise evaluation of the inventive step of the original utterance (step S31). For example, as shown in FIG. 10, it is assumed that the comment speaker evaluates the inventive step in three levels of “large”, “medium”, and “small”. When the speaker of the comment evaluates the inventive step of the original statement as “large” (step S31: Large), the comment receiving unit 3 sets the numerical value based on the above-described three-step evaluation in the inventive step of the comment record. The largest numerical value, for example, "5" is stored (step S32). Similarly, when the speaker of the comment evaluates the inventive step of the original statement as "medium" or "small" (step S31: medium and small), the comment receiving unit 3 sets the inventive step of the comment record to "3" or "1" is stored, respectively (steps S33 and S34).

Further, the comment accepting section 3 stores a numerical value in the comment record based on the result of stepwise evaluation of the originality of the original comment (step S35). For example, as shown in FIG. 10, it is assumed that the commenter evaluates the originality of the original comment in two levels, “yes” and “no”. When the speaker of the comment evaluates the novelty of the original comment as “present” (step S35: present), the comment receiver 3
Stores a numerical value, for example, "3" in the item of novelty of the comment record (step S36). On the other hand, when the speaker of the comment evaluates the novelty of the original utterance as “none” (step S35: none), the utterance receiving unit 3 does not store a numerical value in the item of novelty of the comment record, and proceeds to step S37. Proceed to.

As described above, when the points indicating the degree of importance of the original utterance are calculated by changing the numerical value stored in the comment record according to the degree of evaluation of the original utterance (described later), It is possible to reflect the high evaluation of the original statement.

Next, when the comment speaker is inputting the mail ID of the advice request destination (step S3)
7: Yes), the comment reception unit 3 includes the content of the comment,
An e-mail requesting advice regarding the comment is created, and the e-mail is transmitted to the request destination using the input mail ID (step S38).

Further, the utterance accepting section 3 sets the comment link item of the original utterance record of the designated original utterance or the comment record of the designated comment based on the designation by the speaker of the comment when inputting the comment. The comment ID of the newly accepted comment is stored in (step S39).

Finally, steps S40 to S4
In 2, the utterance receiving unit 3 performs a process of registering or updating the speaker record of the speaker who inputs the comment. From step S40 to step S42
The process is similar to the process for the speaker record for the speaker who inputs the original message described in step S23 to step S25 of FIG.

FIG. 12 shows an example of the comment posting screen. The comment posting screen is displayed on the speaker's terminal when the speaker selects the new idea registration process. As shown in FIG. 12, on the comment posting screen, a display field for the title of the original comment and the content of the original comment is displayed, and the speaker name of the comment, the mail ID of the speaker, the content of the comment, and the comment speaker are displayed. An input field for inputting each of the mail ID of the request destination to which the advice is requested and information regarding the evaluation of the original comment is displayed, and a registration button for instructing to register the input comment in the idea development supporting apparatus 1. Is displayed.

In FIG. 12, a check box for inputting a result of stepwise evaluation of the original message as an input field of information relating to the evaluation of the original message, for example, in view of novelty and inventive step under the Patent Law. It is shown. When the speaker presses a registration button using a pointing device or the like after the speaker inputs information, the input information is output to idea development supporting apparatus 1.

Next, with reference to FIG. 13, a process of setting the list display screen of original utterances will be described. The idea development supporting device 1 sets a list display screen in which the received original comments are sorted so as to be easily browsed, and is output to the participants' terminals. At that time, the point calculation unit 4 of the idea development support device 1 adds points to each original utterance, and the utterance receiving unit 3 displays the original utterances in descending order of the points on the list display screen.

First, the point calculation unit 4 extracts one original statement record from the original statement table in the idea posting table 12. Then, in the check boxes in the original utterance record, all the category IDs corresponding to the fields in which the check marks are stored are acquired. Subsequently, the point calculation unit 4 acquires the number of contents of the category keyword corresponding to each acquired category ID from the category table 10 and totals the acquired number of contents (step S50).

For example, when a certain original utterance includes the category keywords "Internet" and "ADSL", the number of contents of the category keywords "Internet" and "ADSL" is acquired from the category table 10 shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, the number of contents of the category keywords “Internet” and “ADSL” is 120 and 200, respectively. Therefore,
The points regarding the category keyword included in the original utterance are 320, which is the sum of 120 and 200.

Further, the point calculation unit 4 counts the number of comments relating to the original utterance, and adds the count result to the points calculated in step S50 (step S5).
1). The comments that are counted as comments regarding the original comment are those that were directly input for the original comment and comments for other comments that were input for the original comment, that is, indirectly for the original comment. Contains comments. The number of comments of the original comment can be counted by tracing the comment IDs stored in the comment link in the original comment table and the comment table in the idea posting table 12.

Further, the point calculation unit 4 sums up the numerical values stored as the information regarding the evaluation of the original comment in the comment records of all the comments regarding the original comment, and the total value is calculated in step S51. To (step S52).

The point calculation unit 4 performs the point calculation processing from step S50 to step S52 for all the original message records stored in the original message table in the idea posting table 12.

From the above calculation method, it can be seen that the point calculation result has the following tendency. -It is considered that the category keywords included in many materials are attracting attention from the material collection source. Then, the higher the original speech including the category keyword contained in such many materials, the higher the point.

The point increases as the original utterance to which more comments are given.・ Points increase as the original comment is highly evaluated by the comment speaker. That is, the higher the point is, the more the original comments are received, the more comments are received on the fields and the like that are often taken up as a topic by the source of material collection, and the contents of the original comments are highly evaluated.

When the point calculation unit 4 calculates points for all original message records, the message reception unit 3 sorts all original messages in descending order of points (step S53). Furthermore, the utterance receiving unit 3 determines whether or not the original utterances to be displayed in the list are set to exclude the original utterances that have not been commented from the display target for a certain period in the past, for example, for one month (step S54). ). In addition,
One month is just an example.

When it is set to be excluded from the display objects that have not been commented for a certain period in the past (step S5)
4: Yes), the comment receiving unit 3 acquires, from all the original comments, the registration date at which the latest comment regarding the original comment is registered from the comment table. Then, the utterance receiving unit 3 excludes the original utterance whose registered date of the latest comment is a certain period or more before, for example, one month or more before, from the display target (step S55). It is considered that the discussion has stopped for the former remarks that have not been commented for a certain period of time in the past. As described above, it is possible to set a list display screen that is easy for participants to use by not displaying the original utterances for which discussion has stopped on the list display screen.

Finally, the utterance accepting section 3 sets a list display screen in which the remaining original utterances are sorted in order of points, outputs the screen to the participants' terminals (step S56), and ends the processing. If it is not set to be excluded from the display targets that have not been commented for a certain period in the past (step S5)
4: No), the utterance receiving unit 3 does not perform the process of step S55.

FIG. 14 shows an example of the list display screen. As shown in FIG. 14, the list display screen displays the original utterance ID, title, registration date, number of comments, and points of the original utterance, and excludes original utterances that have not been commented for a certain period of time from the display target. The instruction button to instruct is displayed. Note that, in FIG. 14, as an example, the fixed period is one month. On this screen, points are added to the original utterances, and the original utterances are sorted in the order of the points. Therefore, the participants can easily determine which original utterance is important.

FIG. 15 shows an example of the original message display screen.
The original message display screen is displayed, for example, when the participant selects (clicks, etc.) the original message ID using a pointing device or the like in the list display screen shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 15, the original utterance display screen displays the name of the speaker of the original utterance, the title of the original utterance, the content, and the category keyword included in the original utterance, and the comment instructing the display of the comment about the original utterance. A browse button and a comment input button for instructing the input of a comment regarding the original comment are displayed. In addition, in FIG. 15, a character string “read a comment” is written in the comment browse button, and a character string “write a comment” is written in the comment input button. When the comment input button is pressed, the comment posting screen shown in FIG. 12 is displayed on the terminal of the participant. An example of the comment display screen displayed when the comment browse button is pressed is omitted.

Various modifications can be considered to the above embodiment. Hereinafter, some modified examples will be illustrated. For example, in the above description, it has been described that the speaker of the comment inputs the information regarding the evaluation of the original statement, but the participant who does not comment may also be able to input the information regarding the evaluation of the original statement. In this case, for example, in the comment posting screen shown in FIG. 12, although the information about the evaluation of the original comment is included, it is also possible to accept the comment not including the content (text) of the comment, and the information about the evaluation of the original comment. A screen (not shown) for inputting may be set.

Further, for example, in the above description, the commenter inputs the information regarding the evaluation of the original comment when inputting the comment. However, the comment speaker may input the information regarding the evaluation of his / her comment instead of the information regarding the evaluation of the original statement. Also, the speaker who made the original statement may input information regarding the evaluation of the original statement. The evaluation in this case is not an objective evaluation by a person other than the speaker,
This is because the speaker himself gives a subjective evaluation, and the subjective evaluation can also be a means for judging the value of the statement. The information regarding the evaluation of the comment and the information regarding the evaluation of the original message by the speaker of the original message are digitized in the same manner as described above, and are used when calculating the points indicating the degree of importance of the original message.

Further, when the speaker inputs information on the evaluation of the utterance by himself / herself, the following modifications are also possible. In this modification, the speaker record whose result is stored in the speaker total table 13 further has speaker points as an item in addition to the above items. The speaker point is the total of the numerical values of the information regarding the evaluation of the comment input by the speaker. In order to calculate the speaker points, the point calculation unit 4 digitizes the information about the evaluation of each new utterance every time it is registered. Subsequently, the point calculation unit 4 acquires the speaker record of the speaker who inputs the message from the speaker total table 13, and adds the digitized result to the speaker point in the speaker record.

Then, the request destination extraction unit 6 extracts the advice request destination based on the speaker points and the number of category comments. Speakers with a high number of speaker points and categories have a lot of knowledge about the fields to which the original speech is related, and it can be inferred that they are highly evaluated. This is because it is highly likely that useful comments will be made even when the advice is requested.

The terminal T and the idea development support device 1 described in the above embodiment can be configured using a computer (information processing device) as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 16, the computer 20 has a CPU 2
1, a memory 22, an input device 23, an output device 24, an external storage device 25, a medium drive device 26, and a network connection device 27, which are connected to each other by a bus 28.

The memory 22 is, for example, a ROM (Read Onl
y Memory), RAM (RandomAccessMemory), etc.
Stores programs and data used for processing. CP
U21 performs a required process by running a program using the memory 22.

Idea development support device 1 according to the embodiment
The material collecting unit 2, the utterance receiving unit 3, the point calculating unit 4, the speaker totaling unit 5, the request destination extracting unit 6, and the request notifying unit 7 configuring the above are respectively stored as programs in a specific program code segment of the memory 22. It Input device 23
Is, for example, a keyboard, a pointing device, a touch panel, etc., and is used for inputting instructions and information from the user. The output device 24 is, for example, a display, a printer, or the like, and is used to inquire the user of the computer 20 and output the processing result and the like.

The external storage device 25 is, for example, a magnetic disk device, an optical disk device, a magneto-optical disk device, or the like. It is also possible to store the above-mentioned program and data in the external storage device 25, and load them into the memory 22 for use as needed.

The medium driving device 26 drives the portable recording medium 29 to access the recorded contents. Portable recording medium 2
9 includes a memory card, a memory stick, a flexible disk, a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read On)
ly Memory), optical disc, magneto-optical disc, DVD (D
Any computer-readable recording medium such as an igital Versatile Disk) is used. This portable recording medium 2
It is also possible to store the above-mentioned program and data in 9 and load them into the memory 22 for use as needed.

The network connection device 27 is a LAN, W
An external device is communicated via an arbitrary network N (line) such as AN to perform data conversion accompanying the communication. Also,
If necessary, the programs and data described above can be received from an external device and loaded into the memory 22 for use.

FIG. 17 shows a computer-readable recording medium capable of supplying a program and data to the computer of FIG. 16 and a transmission signal. It is also possible to cause a general-purpose computer to perform the function corresponding to the idea development support device 1 described in the above embodiment. To this end, in the flowcharts of FIGS. 7, 8, 10, 11, and 13 described in the embodiment, a program that causes a computer to perform the same processing as that performed by the idea development support apparatus 1 is executed by the computer. The program is stored in a readable recording medium 29 in advance, and the program is read from the recording medium 29 by the computer 20 and temporarily stored in the memory 22 or the external storage device 25 of the computer 20 as shown in FIG. , C of the computer 20
The PU 21 may be configured to read and execute the stored program.

Further, instead of causing the computer 20 to read the program from the recording medium 29, the program may be downloaded from the DB of the program (data) provider 30 via the communication line (network) 31. . In this case, for example, in the transmission side computer which the program (data) provider 30 has, the program data expressing the program is converted into a program data signal, and the converted program data signal is used by a modem. A transmission signal is obtained by modulating, and the obtained transmission signal is transmitted to the communication line 31.
(Transmission medium). The computer receiving the program obtains the program data signal by demodulating the received transmission signal using a modem,
Program data is obtained by converting the obtained program data signal. When the communication line 31 (transmission medium) connecting the computer on the transmitting side and the computer on the receiving side is a digital line, it is possible to communicate the program data signal. Further, a computer such as a telephone office may be interposed between the computer that transmits the program and the computer that downloads the program.

Each part of the idea development support device 1,
Each table and database realize a series of business processes by operating in cooperation with each other. Each of these units, each table, and database may be provided in the same server, or may be provided in different servers and cooperate with each other via a network.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and various other modifications can be made. (Supplementary Note 1) A point calculation method in which a computer connected to a terminal calculates points indicating the degree of importance of an original statement, and collects information as a material from a collection source,
The number of the material including the keyword included in the original statement is counted, a comment regarding the original statement is accepted from the terminal, and the point is calculated based on the number of the material including the keyword and the number of comments regarding the original statement. And calculating the calculated points and adding the calculated points to the original utterance.

(Supplementary Note 2) Information on the evaluation of the original message is received from the terminal, an original message evaluation value is calculated based on the information on the evaluation of the original message, and the original message evaluation value is added to the point. The point calculation method according to appendix 1, further comprising:

(Supplementary Note 3) When accepting the comment from the terminal, the information regarding the evaluation of the comment is accepted, the comment evaluation value is calculated based on the information regarding the evaluation of the comment, and the comment evaluation value is added to the point. Supplementary Note 1 further comprising:
Alternatively, the point calculation method described in Appendix 2.

(Supplementary Note 4) The method further comprises: calculating the points for a plurality of original utterances, sorting the plurality of original utterances based on the points, and outputting the result of the sorting to the terminal. Appendix 1 to Appendix 3
The point calculation method described in any one of 1.

(Supplementary Note 5) The number of times the original utterance including the keyword or the comment relating to the original utterance is received is counted for each inputter of the original utterance or the comment, and based on the result of the counting, It further comprises: extracting a request destination for requesting a comment regarding a new original comment, and transmitting information requesting a comment regarding the new original comment to the extracted request destination. The point calculation method according to any one of appendices 1 to 4.

(Supplementary Note 6) A computer program which, when executed by a computer, causes a computer to perform control to calculate points indicating the degree of importance of an original utterance, collecting information from a collection source as material, The number of the material including the keyword included in the original statement is counted, the comment regarding the original statement is accepted from the terminal connected to the computer, and the number of the material including the keyword and the comment regarding the original statement are included. A computer characterized by causing the computer to perform control including calculating points based on the number and adding the calculated points to the original message.
program.

(Supplementary Note 7) A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for causing a computer to execute control for calculating a point indicating the degree of importance of an original message by being executed by the computer is provided. , Collecting information from the collection source as material, counting the number of the material including the keyword included in the original statement, accepting a comment regarding the original statement from the terminal connected to the computer, and including the keyword A recording medium recording a program for controlling the computer to calculate points based on the number of materials and the number of comments relating to the original message and attach the calculated points to the original message.

(Supplementary Note 8) A point calculation device for calculating points indicating the degree of importance of an original utterance, which collects information as a material from a collection source and counts the number of the materials including a predetermined keyword. Collecting means, comment accepting means for accepting a comment regarding the original comment from the terminal, number of the materials including the predetermined keyword included in the original comment, and points based on the number of comments regarding the original comment. A point calculating device, comprising: a point calculating unit that calculates and adds the calculated points to the original message.

(Supplementary note 9) A method of acquiring points indicating the degree of importance of an original message from the server via a network, including accessing the server and including a keyword included in the original message. A point acquisition method, wherein points are calculated from the server based on the number of pieces of information collected from the collection source and the number of comments regarding the original message received by the server.

[0103]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the number of pieces of information including terms included in the original utterance among the information collected from the information source, the number of comments relating to the original utterance, and the like. It is possible to easily recognize the important original utterance by calculating the points indicating the degree of importance of the original utterance based on the above and adding the calculated points to the original utterance.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an idea development support system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of a category table.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of a material database.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of an original message table in an idea posting table.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of a comment table in the idea posting table.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of a speaker total table.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart (No. 1) showing a procedure of processing for accepting an original message.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart (No. 2) showing a procedure of processing for accepting an original message.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of an original comment posting screen and an output screen of a request destination extraction result.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart (part 1) showing a procedure of processing for receiving a comment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart (No. 2) showing the procedure of processing for receiving a comment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a comment posting screen.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing for setting a list display screen.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a list display screen.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of an original message display screen.

FIG. 16 is a configuration diagram of a computer.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a recording medium capable of supplying data and programs to a computer and a transmission signal.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Idea development support device 2 Material collection department 3 Speech reception section 4 point calculator 5 Speaker counting section 6 Request extraction unit 7 Request notification section 10 category table 11 Material database 12 Idea notice table 13 Speaker summary table 20 computers 21 CPU 22 memory 23 Input device 24 Output device 25 external storage 26 medium drive 27 Network connection device 28 buses 29 Portable recording medium 30 Program (data) provider 31 lines T terminal N network S step

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A point calculation method in which a computer connected to a terminal calculates points indicating the degree of importance of an original message that is a source of discussion on an electronic bulletin board, and collects information as a material from a collection source. , Counting the number of the material including the keyword included in the original utterance, accepting a comment regarding the original utterance from the terminal, based on the number of the material including the keyword and the number of comments regarding the original utterance A point calculating method comprising: calculating points and adding the calculated points to the original utterance. 2. The information relating to the evaluation of the original utterance is received from the terminal, the information relating to the evaluation of the original utterance is digitized into an original utterance evaluation value, and the original utterance evaluation value is added to the points. The point calculation method according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. A computer program which, when executed by a computer, causes a computer to perform control to calculate a point indicating the degree of importance of an original utterance, which is a source of discussion on an electronic bulletin board, from a collection source. Information is collected as a material, the number of the material including the keyword included in the original statement is counted, a comment regarding the original statement is accepted from the terminal connected to the computer, and the number of the material including the keyword and A computer program that causes the computer to perform control including calculating points based on the number of comments regarding the original message and adding the calculated points to the original message.