JP2003316692A - Method for realizing bulletin board, bulletin board device and program thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a bulletin board device which can be referred to without using a special terminal and to which the terminal at hand can input data. <P>SOLUTION: When a user writes a message on a bulletin board realized by the bulletin board device 100, the user designates the address of the bulletin board and transmits the message to the bulletin board device 100 from a user's terminal 200 through a network 50. A bulletin board preparing 120 of the bulletin board device 100 prepares contents for the bulletin board on the basis of the received message, and a bulletin board outputting part 130 and an address outputting part 140 output the bulletin board contents and the bulletin board address respectively to present them to people around the device 100. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bulletin board realizing method, a bulletin board device and a program thereof, and more particularly to a bulletin board realizing method, a bulletin board device and a program thereof for supporting communication between users.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional bulletin board is realized by, for example, a whiteboard installed in a station. In this case, people around the bulletin board can recognize the bulletin board and refer to the content written on the bulletin board.

It is also possible for a user to directly write a message on a whiteboard with a pen or the like to present the message to people near the whiteboard.

As described above, in the conventional bulletin board realized by the whiteboard, it becomes possible for people around the bulletin board to provide information and communicate with each other. Further, as another example of the conventional bulletin board, there is a bulletin board system virtually realized by using the Web on the Internet.

In the case of a bulletin board system using the Web, a user connects to the Internet using a terminal such as a personal computer, and uses software in the terminal to use a uniform resource locator (URL) which is an identifier of the bulletin board server on the Internet. ), It is possible to connect to the bulletin board server and refer to the contents of the bulletin board provided by the bulletin board server.

When a user's message is entered on the bulletin board using software in the terminal, the message is displayed on the bulletin board, so that a user who refers to the same bulletin board using another terminal can read the message. It is possible to refer.

As described above, in the conventional bulletin board realized by the bulletin board server, it becomes possible for people connected to the same bulletin board to provide information and communicate with each other.

As another example of the conventional bulletin board, there is a chat system realized by using the Internet.

In the case of a chat system, a user connects to a chat server on the Internet by using chat client software in a terminal such as a personal computer and designates an identifier of a virtual room for chat. It is possible to connect to the room.

When a user connected to a virtual room for chat uses the chat client to input a message to the room, the chat server causes the chat server to send the message to another chat client connected to the same room. The message can be received by a user who is connected to the same room by using another terminal.

As described above, in the conventional bulletin board realized by the chat server, people connected to the same room can provide information and communicate with each other.

In recent years, since it is possible to connect to the Internet with a mobile phone terminal, a user can use these virtual bulletin boards with the mobile phone terminal regardless of the current position.

[0013]

A conventional bulletin board realized by a device (whiteboard or the like) that can be visually recognized by a plurality of people is "a user does not need to use a specific terminal. It is possible to know the existence and contents "and" It is possible to communicate with people who have a positional commonality such as being in a place where the bulletin board can be referred to ".

However, when writing a message on such a bulletin board, it is necessary for the user to move close to the bulletin board and directly enter the message, and a user who is far from the bulletin board needs to write the message. You cannot post a message on the bulletin board at a place.

Therefore, it is difficult for many people to write a message on the bulletin board and to use a huge bulletin board larger than the person's height.

On the other hand, a conventional virtual bulletin board (bulletin board system, chat system, etc.) using the Internet has a message that "a user inputs a message to the bulletin board using a terminal such as a personal computer or a mobile phone terminal. Is possible ”.

However, in order for the user to know the existence of such a virtual bulletin board, it is necessary to first check the bulletin board identifier by some method. Also, when the user refers to the contents of the bulletin board, it is necessary to use a terminal such as a personal computer or a mobile phone terminal.

Therefore, it is impossible to recognize the existence and contents of the bulletin board without using the terminal. In addition, it is difficult to communicate among people who have similar points in position.

The object of the present invention is to be able to know the existence and contents of the bulletin board without using a specific terminal, to input a message from a remote place, and to connect between people who have a positional commonality. To provide a bulletin board realizing method, a bulletin board device, and a program therefor capable of communicating with each other.

[0020]

A bulletin board realization method according to the present invention comprises a step of setting a bulletin board address which is a mail address corresponding to a bulletin board, a step of presenting the bulletin board address to a user, and a bulletin board from the user. The method is characterized by including the steps of creating the contents of the bulletin board from the mail sent to the address and the step of presenting the contents of the bulletin board to the user.

The bulletin board realizing method according to the present invention includes the steps of setting a bulletin board address which is an identifier corresponding to a bulletin board in a specific communication means, presenting the bulletin board address to a user, and using the communication means. It is characterized by including the steps of creating the contents of the bulletin board from the information transmitted from the person to the bulletin board address, and presenting the contents of the bulletin board to the user.

A bulletin board device according to the present invention is a bulletin board device for supporting communication between users, and receives an electronic mail addressed to a bulletin board address which is a mail address corresponding to the bulletin board device and sends the electronic mail to the bulletin board. A mail processing means having a function of transferring to the creating means,
A bulletin board creating means having a function of creating a bulletin board content from the content of the mail received from the mail processing means, a bulletin board outputting means having a function of outputting the bulletin board content created by the bulletin board creating means, and the bulletin board address are output. It is characterized by including an address output means having a function and a storage means having a function of storing the information of the bulletin board address.

A bulletin board device according to the present invention is a bulletin board device for supporting communication between users, and receives information addressed to a bulletin board address which is an identifier corresponding to the bulletin board device in a specific communication means, A communication processing means having a function of transferring information source information and contents to the bulletin board creating means; a bulletin board creating means having a function of creating bulletin board contents from the sender information and contents received from the communication processing means; A bulletin board output means having a function of outputting the bulletin board contents created by the bulletin board creating means, an address output means having a function of outputting the bulletin board address, and a storage means having a function of storing the information of the bulletin board address. It is characterized by including.

The operation of the present invention is as follows. A message written on a bulletin board realized by the bulletin board device is input from the terminal to the bulletin board device via the communication network. Also, the bulletin board content created based on the message,
The bulletin board device outputs the bulletin board address required when the terminal sends a message and provides it to the people around the device.

[0025]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a bulletin board system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 1, a bulletin board system according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes a bulletin board device 100, a plurality of terminals 200, and a bulletin board device 10.
0 and a communication network 50 that realizes communication between the terminal 200. The communication network 50 is
For example, it is a telephone network, a mobile telephone network, the Internet, or the like.

The terminal 200 is, for example, a mobile phone terminal or a personal computer, and is a terminal connectable to the communication network 50. The terminal 200 is the bulletin board device 10
It is operated by 0 users. The terminal 200 has a function of communicating with the bulletin board device 100 via the network 50 and transmitting a user's message to the bulletin board device 100.

A message is sent by the user to the bulletin board device 100.
This is information to be input to the bulletin board realized by.
The terminal 200, when transmitting a message to the bulletin board device 100, implements a predetermined communication method for realizing communication with the bulletin board device 100 via the network 50 (for example, e-mail, telephone or short message service (SMS)).
Etc.) to send the message.

In communication via the network 50,
The information for identifying the source and destination of communication is called an address. Examples of the address include a mail address for electronic mail, a telephone number for a telephone, and a telephone number for a short message service.

The bulletin board device 100 has an address (bulletin board address, address corresponding to the bulletin board) for identifying the bulletin board device 100 in communication via the network 50. Further, the terminal 200 has an address for identifying the terminal 200 in the communication via the network 50. In the first embodiment of this invention, since an electronic mail is used for sending a message, the bulletin board address and the address of the terminal 200 are mail addresses.

In FIG. 1, the bulletin board device 100 connected to the network 50 has a function of receiving and processing an electronic mail transmitted from the terminal 200 and having a bulletin board address set as a destination address via the network 50. The processing unit 110, the bulletin board creation unit 120 having a function of creating the contents of the bulletin board based on the received mail output from the mail processing unit 110, and the bulletin board creation unit 12
The bulletin board output unit 130 having a function of outputting the contents of the bulletin board created by 0, the address output unit 140 having a function of outputting a bulletin board address stored in the storage unit 160, and management processing of the bulletin board apparatus 100 are performed. A management unit 150 having a function and a storage unit 160 having a function of storing various data used by the bulletin board device 100 such as a bulletin board address are configured.

When an electronic mail in which the bulletin board address is set as the destination address is transmitted to the network 50, the electronic mail is received by the mail processing unit 110 via the network 50.

FIG. 2 shows an example of information stored in the storage unit 160 shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 2, "miyazakidai@station.board.zzz" is stored as the bulletin board address.

The mail processing unit 110 uses the network 50.
When an electronic mail is received via, the destination address set in the received mail and the bulletin board address stored in the storage unit 160 are compared. Then, the mail processing unit 110 has a function of transferring the received mail to the bulletin board creating unit 120 if the destination address set in the received mail is the bulletin board address.

The bulletin board creating section 120 is a mail processing section 11
It has a function of treating the contents information of the mail from 0 as a message from the sender and creating the contents of the bulletin board from the sender information and the message included in the mail.

FIG. 3 shows an example of an electronic mail received by the mail processing unit 110 shown in FIG. In FIG.
"Kazu@ddd.eee.fff" is the sender address of the mail (the address of the terminal 200), and the bulletin board creating unit 120 recognizes this as the sender information of the mail. Also, "The train doesn't come easily." Is the text of the email, and the bulletin board creating unit 120 recognizes this as the message of the sender.

An example of a method of creating the contents of the bulletin board by the bulletin board creating unit 120 is, for example, "a delimiter is added after the sender information of a message, and a character string in which the message content is continued after this delimiter is generated. Then, it is added to the current bulletin board contents. "

In the case of this method, for example, the mail shown in FIG. 3 is displayed by the bulletin board creating unit 120 as "<kazu@ddd.eee.
fff>: The train doesn't come easily. Is converted into a character string ", and this character string is the content of the bulletin board (bulletin board creating section 1
20 holds or is stored in the storage unit 160).

An example of the contents of the bulletin board created by the bulletin board creating unit 120 according to this method is shown in FIG.

The method of creating the bulletin board contents is not limited to the above method, and any method may be used as long as the bulletin board contents can be created uniquely from the received message. For example, in addition to the sender information and the content of the message, the time when the message is received may be used to create the bulletin board content. Also, the number of messages displayed at one time may be set within a fixed number.

The bulletin board creating unit 120 internally holds the contents of the created bulletin board for subsequent processing. Or
The bulletin board creating unit 120 may store the contents of the created bulletin board in the storage unit 160.

The bulletin board output unit 130 is a bulletin board creation unit 12
The contents of the bulletin board created by 0 are output and presented to the people around the bulletin board device 100. Address output unit 140
Outputs the bulletin board address stored in the storage unit 160 to display people around the bulletin board apparatus 100 or the bulletin board apparatus 1
00 Present to terminals around.

Bulletin board output unit 130 and address output unit 1
40 is a plasma display panel (P
It is realized by an output device such as a DP), a liquid crystal display device, a projector device, and the like that allow people in the vicinity to recognize the bulletin board contents.

As the address output section 140, an output device using a communication means that can be used by peripheral terminals may be used. In this case, the address output unit 140 outputs the wireless signal,
The bulletin board contents are transmitted to peripheral terminals using infrared rays or the like.
Note that any device other than these examples may be used as the output device.

The address output unit 140 may present supplementary information such as how to use the bulletin board together with the bulletin board address. FIG. 5 shows an example of bulletin board address information output by the address output unit 140 of FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the bulletin board address "miyazakidai @ st
"ation.board.zzz" is output together with the explanation of the bulletin board address.

Further, the bulletin board output unit 130 and the address output unit 140 are constituted by one output device, and the bulletin board contents and the bulletin board address are used by the device 100 by using this output device.
You may show it to the people around you. FIG. 6 shows an example of the information presented by the bulletin board output unit 130 and the address output unit 140 when the output unit is constituted by one output device.

The management unit 150 provides a function for the administrator of the bulletin board device 100 to manage the bulletin board device 100. Functions provided by the management unit 150 include setting of a bulletin board address and setting of a bulletin board content creation method. In addition to this, for example, the management unit 150 may be able to clear the bulletin board contents and stop the operation of the bulletin board apparatus 100.

Next, the operation of the bulletin board device 100 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the bulletin board device 100 shown in FIG.
In the bulletin board device 100, the bulletin board address is set in advance by the administrator. In addition, the bulletin board address is presented to the people around the bulletin board device 100 by the address output unit 140. This allows the user who has acquired the bulletin board address to send a message to the bulletin board device 100 using his / her terminal 200.

In FIGS. 1 and 7, first, when the terminal 200 sends an electronic mail in which the bulletin board address is set as the destination address to the network 50, the bulletin board device 1
The mail processing unit 110 of 00 receives the electronic mail from the terminal 200 via the network 50 (step S).
11).

The mail processing unit 110 uses the network 50.
When the destination of the mail received through the is the bulletin board address, the mail is transferred to the bulletin board creating unit 120. Upon receiving the mail transferred from the mail processing unit 110, the bulletin board creating unit 120 creates the contents of the bulletin board based on the mail (step S12).

The bulletin board output unit 130 is a bulletin board creation unit 12
The bulletin board contents created by 0 are output and presented to the people around the apparatus 100 (step S13).

Therefore, people around the bulletin board device 100 can know the bulletin board contents and the bulletin board address of the bulletin board device 100 without using a specific terminal. Moreover, since the input of the message to the bulletin board realized by the bulletin board apparatus 100 is performed by using an electronic mail, the message can be written on the bulletin board even from a place away from the bulletin board apparatus 100.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the first embodiment,
The message from the user to the bulletin board device 100 has been transmitted by electronic mail. However, the communication method used when a user sends a message is not limited to e-mail, and any communication method can be used as long as the user can specify a specific identifier using a terminal and send a message. It doesn't matter.

For example, when the terminal is a mobile phone terminal,
Available communication methods include voice calls and short message services. Further, when the terminal is a terminal that can be connected to the Internet, various communication methods on the Internet can be used. An example of the identifier in this case is IP (Internet Protocol).
address), URL, etc.

Therefore, in the bulletin board system according to the second embodiment of the present invention, a telephone is used to send a message. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of a bulletin board system according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and the same parts as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, a telephone network such as a public telephone network is used as the network 50. The bulletin board address and the address of the terminal 200 are telephone numbers. Further, the message of the user has a content in which the user uses the terminal 200 to call a telephone number, which is a bulletin board address, and speaks.

The bulletin board device 100 shown in FIG. 8 has a communication processing unit 170 instead of the mail processing unit 110 shown in FIG.
Furthermore, it has a voice recognition unit 175. Communication processing unit 1
Reference numeral 70 has a function of receiving a call made to a telephone number, which is a bulletin board address, via the network 50, and transferring the received voice information, which is a message, to the voice recognition unit 175.

The voice recognition unit 175 has a function of converting the voice information from the communication processing unit 170 into a character string. The communication processing unit 170 has a function of transferring the character string converted by the voice recognition unit 175, which is a message, to the bulletin board creating unit 120 together with the caller source information. The call originator information is notified when an incoming call is received, and the terminal 200
Is the telephone number of.

When the terminal 200 makes a call to the telephone number, which is the bulletin board address, the communication processing unit 170 can receive the voice, which is the message of the user of the terminal 200.

The functions and operations of the other parts of the bulletin board device 100 are similar to those of the first embodiment.
0 indicates the bulletin board address and the bulletin board contents created by the bulletin board creating unit 120 based on the information from the communication processing unit 170 by the same processing as in the first embodiment. Is used to present it to people around the apparatus 100.

Therefore, people around the bulletin board device 100 can know the bulletin board contents and the bulletin board address of the bulletin board device 100 without using a specific terminal. Moreover, since the input of the message to the bulletin board realized by the bulletin board apparatus 100 is performed by using an electronic mail, the message can be written on the bulletin board even from a place away from the bulletin board apparatus 100.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, the case where the communication processing unit 170 uses the telephone as the communication system has been described. However, the communication processing unit 170 uses the short message service or the communication system on the Internet. It is obvious that the same effect can be obtained by using any other communication method.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The bulletin board device according to the third embodiment of the present invention is exchanged not only for messages sent to the bulletin board device by the user, but also for other communication systems such as a bulletin board system for providing a virtual bulletin board using the Internet. The displayed message to people around the bulletin board device.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the configuration of a bulletin board system according to the third embodiment of the present invention, and the same parts as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals. In FIG. 9, the bulletin board system according to the third embodiment of the present invention further includes a bulletin board server 300 connected to the network 50.

The bulletin board server 300 is the network 50.
The contents of the virtual bulletin board created by the bulletin board server 300 are provided to the terminal of the user who is connected to the bulletin board server 300 via the network 50, and
Accepts the input of messages from the terminal. The message input from the user's terminal to the bulletin board server 300 via the network 50 is reflected in the contents of the virtual bulletin board and presented to the user.

The bulletin board device 100 is a bulletin board server 300.
The service coordinating unit 180 has a function of coordinating messages with the service coordinator 180. The service cooperation unit 180
When a message is input to the bulletin board server 300,
The contents of the message and the information of the sender are displayed on the bulletin board server 3
00, and has a function of transferring to the bulletin board creating unit 120.

Further, the service cooperation section 180 has a function of transmitting, when a new message is added to the bulletin board content in the bulletin board creation section 120, the message content and sender information to the bulletin board server 300.

The bulletin board creation unit 120 is the service cooperation unit 1.
When the contents of the message and the information of the sender of the message are received from 80, the contents of the bulletin board are updated and the contents of the bulletin board output unit 130 output the contents of the bulletin board in the same manner as when the mail is received from the mail processing unit 110. That is, the bulletin board creation unit 1
A character 20 is a character in a format in which, for example, a delimiter is added after the source information and the message content is continued after the delimiter based on the content of the message from the service cooperation unit 180 and the information of the source. The bulletin board content is created by creating a column and adding it to the current bulletin board content.

As a result, the bulletin board apparatus 100 and the bulletin board server 300 can share the content of the message addressed to the bulletin board apparatus 100 and the content of the message addressed to the bulletin board server 300 with each other and operate in cooperation with each other.

Therefore, the users around the bulletin board device 100 and the users connected to the bulletin board server 300 via the network 50 can communicate with each other.

In the third embodiment of the present invention, the case where the other communication system to be linked is a bulletin board system that provides a virtual bulletin board has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The communication system to be linked may be any communication system such as a chat system. In the case of the chat system, the service cooperation unit 180 is connected to the chat server (connected to the network 50) in the chat system and performs the same operation as when connected to the bulletin board server 300.

In the first to third embodiments of the present invention, the bulletin board address is presented by the address output unit 140 of the bulletin board device 100. However, the bulletin board address may be presented without using the address output unit 140. That is, the administrator of the bulletin board device 100 presents the bulletin board address by means different from the bulletin board device 100.

As an example of the method of presenting the bulletin board address without using the address output unit 140, the bulletin board device 100
A method of writing a bulletin board address on the outer surface of the casing of the device, a method of installing a signboard with a bulletin board address written around the bulletin board output unit 130, a method of distributing a paper with a bulletin board address written around the bulletin board device 100, etc. There is. That is, the bulletin board address may be presented using any method as long as the people around the bulletin board device 100 can recognize the bulletin board address.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, the message received by the mail processing section 110 is used only by the bulletin board creating section 120 to create the bulletin board contents. However, the mail processing unit 110 may perform a process of delivering the received message to a specific address.

In this case, the storage unit 160 stores a list of distribution destinations of received messages. An example of the distribution destination list stored in the storage unit 160 is shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 10, "kazu@ddd.eee.fff" and "saito @"
Three addresses, "aaa.bbb.ccc" and "momo@jjj.kkk.lll", are set as distribution destinations of received messages.
This setting is performed by the administrator using the management unit 150. Note that this setting may be performed by the user. The mail processing unit 110 sends the received mail to the bulletin board creating unit 120.
In addition to transferring the message to the network 50, the address registered in the storage unit 160 as the message distribution destination is set as the destination address of the message, and the message is transmitted to the network 50.

As a result, by registering the address of the user's own terminal in the distribution destination list, the user can check the contents of the bulletin board using the terminal even when the user is not around the bulletin board.

Of course, the process of transferring the received message to a predetermined distribution destination may be applied to the second and third embodiments of the present invention.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, the mail processing section 110 uses the sender's address as the sender information of the message. That is, the bulletin board creating unit 120 created the bulletin board contents by adding the received message and the sender address to the bulletin board contents.

However, as the sender information of the message,
Information other than the sender address may be used. For example, in the case of electronic mail, it is possible to add sender information other than the address to a predetermined portion (for example, a line representing the sender address) in the electronic mail. Therefore, the mail processing unit 110 may refer to a predetermined portion in the electronic mail and, if sender information other than the address is added, use this as sender information of the message. That is, the bulletin board creating unit 120 creates the bulletin board contents by adding the received message and the sender information other than the sender address to the bulletin board contents.

The bulletin board device 100 manages the nickname corresponding to the address of the sender of the received message,
You may use this. In this case, the storage unit 160 sets and stores a correspondence table showing correspondence between addresses and nicknames as shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 11, for example, "kazu@ddd.eee.fff: kazu" is changed to "kazu @ dd
Indicates that the nickname corresponding to the address "d.eee.fff" is "Kazu". This setting is performed by the administrator using the management unit 150. Note that this setting may be performed by the user.

When the mail processing unit 110 receives a mail addressed to the bulletin board address, the mail processing unit 110 refers to the correspondence table of the storage unit 160, and if there is a nickname corresponding to the sender address of the received mail, sends the nickname. Used as personal information. For example, when the correspondence table shown in FIG. 11 is used, the contents of the bulletin board shown in FIG. 4 become the contents shown in FIG.

As described above, by using the information other than the sender address as the sender information of the received message, the sender's privacy can be protected and the description of the bulletin board contents can be simplified.

Of course, the process of using information other than the sender address as sender information of a received message may be applied to the second and third embodiments of the present invention. Further, in the first embodiment of the present invention, all the received messages are used as they are to create the bulletin board contents. However, the filtering process may be performed according to the content of the message or the attribute such as the sender address of the message.

As an example of the filtering process, "exclude a message included in a message that is inappropriate for a bulletin board or a message itself that includes an inappropriate word for a bulletin board", "a message in which a specific address is a sender address" , Or exclude messages whose originator address is not a specific address ”,
"Send the message contents to the administrator, and the administrator determines whether or not the message contents can be displayed."

The contents of these filtering processes are set by the administrator of the bulletin board device 100. By performing these filtering processes, it becomes possible to limit the content of the bulletin board and the sender to those desired by the administrator.

Of course, the filtering process may be applied to the second and third embodiments of the present invention.

Further, in the first to third embodiments of the present invention, the bulletin board creating unit 120 creates and updates the contents of the bulletin board only when receiving a message. However, the bulletin board content may be created at a timing other than the reception of the message.

For example, the bulletin board creation unit 120 may refer to the contents of the current bulletin board every time a certain period of time elapses, and delete the message posted on the bulletin board and having passed a predetermined time or more from the bulletin board contents. This makes it possible to periodically delete old messages from the bulletin board.

Further, in the first and third embodiments of the present invention, if the received mail is a mail in which the bulletin board address is set as the destination address, the mail processing section 110 takes this. Had been transferred to.

However, when the mail processing unit 110 refers to the content of the received mail and the specific command indicating the processing such as the management processing of the bulletin board device 100 is described in the received mail, the received mail is the destination address. Even if the e-mail has a bulletin board address set, it may be transferred to the management section 150 without being transferred to the bulletin board creation section 120. Then, the management unit 150 executes the process corresponding to the command.

As a result, the administrator or the user can execute various management processes using electronic mail.

Further, in the first to third embodiments of the present invention, the bulletin board device 100 corresponds to only one bulletin board address, but the bulletin board device 100 corresponds to a plurality of bulletin board addresses. May be.

In this case, the bulletin board creating unit 120 performs a process of creating a plurality of bulletin board contents corresponding to each of the messages addressed to the plurality of bulletin board addresses, and the bulletin board output unit 13
0 outputs a plurality of bulletin board contents, and the address output unit 140
Outputs multiple bulletin board addresses.

The bulletin board creating unit 120 may create the contents of one bulletin board from the messages addressed to a plurality of bulletin board addresses, and the bulletin board output unit 130 may output the contents.

As a result, the user can properly use a plurality of bulletin board addresses of the bulletin board device 100.

The processing operation according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 can be realized by causing a computer, which is a CPU (control unit), to read and execute a program stored in advance in a storage medium such as a ROM. Of course.

[0097]

According to the present invention, the contents of the bulletin board are output to the outside by the bulletin board output unit, so that peripheral users can recognize the existence and contents of the bulletin board without a specific terminal or operation. Become.

Further, according to the present invention, since the bulletin board address, which is information necessary for transmitting a message to the bulletin board, is output to the outside by the address output unit, the peripheral users can use the bulletin board address at the terminal at hand. By specifying, it becomes possible to send a message to the bulletin board.

Further, according to the present invention, only users within a range in which the output of the bulletin board output section and the address output section can be referred to participate in the communication on the bulletin board. It becomes possible to do.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a bulletin board system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in a storage unit 160 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an electronic mail received by a mail processing unit 110 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of contents of a bulletin board created by a bulletin board creating unit 120 of FIG.

5 is a diagram showing an example of bulletin board address information output by the address output unit 140 of FIG.

6 is a bulletin board output unit 130 and address output unit 1 of FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of information presented by this output device when 40 and 40 are configured by one output device.

7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the bulletin board device 100 of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of a bulletin board system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of a bulletin board system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a distribution destination list stored in a storage unit 160.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a correspondence table showing correspondences between addresses and nicknames stored in the storage unit 160.

12 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of a bulletin board created by the bulletin board creating unit 120 when the correspondence table of FIG. 11 is used.

[Explanation of symbols] 50 communication network 100 bulletin board device 110 Email processing unit 120 Bulletin Board Creation Department 130 Bulletin board output section 140 address output section 150 Management Department 160 storage 170 Communication processing unit 175 Speech recognition unit 180 Service Cooperation Department 200 terminals 300 bulletin board server

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A method for realizing a bulletin board, comprising the steps of setting a bulletin board address that is a mail address corresponding to the bulletin board, presenting the bulletin board address to the user, and transmitting from the user to the bulletin board address. A bulletin board implementation method comprising: a step of creating bulletin board contents from the received mail; and a step of presenting the bulletin board contents to a user. 2. A method for implementing a bulletin board, comprising: setting a bulletin board address that is an identifier corresponding to a bulletin board in a specific communication means; presenting the bulletin board address to a user; A bulletin board realizing method comprising: a step of creating bulletin board contents from information transmitted from the user to the bulletin board address via the user; and a step of presenting the bulletin board contents to the user. 3. The bulletin board realizing method according to claim 2, wherein the communication means is a telephone. 4. The bulletin board realizing method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of creating bulletin board contents from sender information and contents of input information to an external bulletin board system. 5. An output device, such as a plasma display panel, a liquid crystal screen, a projector, etc., which can be visually recognized by people in the vicinity, including the step of presenting the bulletin board address to the user and the step of presenting the bulletin board content to the user. The bulletin board implementation method according to claim 1, wherein the bulletin board implementation method is performed by using the bulletin board. 6. The bulletin board implementation method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of transferring information transmitted to the bulletin board address to a pre-registered address. 7. A bulletin board device for supporting communication between users, which receives an electronic mail addressed to a bulletin board address which is a mail address corresponding to the bulletin board device and transfers the electronic mail to a bulletin board creating means. A mail processing unit having a function, a bulletin board creating unit having a function of creating a bulletin board content from the contents of the mail received from the mail processing unit, and a bulletin board output unit having a function of outputting the bulletin board content created by the bulletin board creating unit A bulletin board device comprising: an address output unit having a function of outputting the bulletin board address; and a storage unit having a function of storing information on the bulletin board address. 8. A bulletin board device for supporting communication between users, wherein information is transmitted to a bulletin board address which is an identifier corresponding to the bulletin board device in a specific communication means, and the sender information of the information is received. Communication processing means having a function of transferring the contents and contents to the bulletin board creating means, a bulletin board creating means having a function of creating bulletin board contents from the sender information and contents received from the communication processing means, and the bulletin board creating means. A bulletin board output unit having a function of outputting the created bulletin board contents; an address output unit having a function of outputting the bulletin board address; and a storage unit having a function of storing information of the bulletin board address. Bulletin board device. 9. The bulletin board device according to claim 8, wherein the communication unit is a telephone. m 10. A function of transferring source information and contents of input information to an external bulletin board system to the bulletin board creating means, and a function of transferring input information to the bulletin board creating means to the external bulletin board system. 10. The bulletin board device according to any one of claims 7 to 9, further comprising: a service coordinating unit having: and a process of creating bulletin board contents from the information received from the service coordinating unit by the bulletin board creating unit. 11. The bulletin board output means and the address output means are a plasma display panel, a liquid crystal screen,
11. The bulletin board device according to claim 7, wherein the information is output by an output device such as a projector that can be visually recognized by people in the vicinity. 12. The information transmitted by the mail processing means or the communication processing means to the bulletin board address,
The bulletin board device according to any one of claims 7 to 11, wherein the bulletin board device transfers the information to a transfer destination set in advance. 13. A program for causing a computer to execute the bulletin board realizing method according to any one of claims 1 to 6.