JP2005122279A - Comment intensive display support device and comment intensive display support program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize comment intensive display allowing meaningful use of a comment. <P>SOLUTION: A mail acquisition part 13 acquires an electronic mail with a specific mail address as a destination. A mail extraction part 18 extracts an electronic mail of a title coinciding with a predesignated character string from all the electronic mails acquired by the mail acquisition part 13 and stored in a mail storage part 14. A comment list production part 19 produces comment list image information for list-displaying a body of the electronic mail extracted by the mail extraction part 18. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention is intended to support questions and answers and exchanges of opinions such as speakers (speakers) and listeners (students) in, for example, one scene in lectures, symposiums, and education (including public education and in-house education). The present invention relates to a comment aggregation display support apparatus and a comment aggregation display support program.

  To collect comments on opinions, questions, questions, etc. from students and students at educational sites and lectures so far, (1) let students and students speak, (2) let them fill out paper, (3) The technique of sending by e-mail is used.

Teachers and lecturers listen to the content of the statement in (1) above and take notes as needed.In (2) above, read the content on paper. Display and read. Regarding (3) above, use a mobile phone to send an e-mail, the instructor will receive the above e-mail with a normal mailer, and copy and paste the contents manually into spreadsheet software etc. Thus, Non-Patent Document 1 describes that e-mail can be used for education.
Hiroshi Tamura, Masami Choi, Akika Kamiuchi, 2003, Trial of mobile correspondence education in university education, Symposium “Effectiveness and ergonomics of mobile car navigation”

  However, the above (1) has the following problems. Only some selected people who have the right to speak monopolize the limited time, so there is no time for others to speak. Since the content is unknown until the content of the speech from the speaker is heard, it is necessary to take time for comments that do not fit in the place.

  The above (2) has the following problems. It takes time to submit / consolidate after entry. Many of the comments submitted were not visible at the same time, and the students and students were unable to learn many others' comments. Some of the characters on the paper are ambiguous and difficult to decipher.

  The above (3) has the following problems. The mailer for reading e-mails could only read one by one, and could not format and display only the text. If there were multiple teachers and speakers, the number of addresses to be sent was required for the number of speakers.

  For these reasons, it is difficult to efficiently collect comments in any of the methods, and it is difficult to conduct classes and lectures using the comments in a meaningful way.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to realize a comment aggregation display that makes it possible to use comments meaningfully.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an acquisition unit that acquires an e-mail addressed to a specific e-mail address, and a character string that is specified in advance from all the e-mails acquired by the acquisition unit. Extraction means for extracting an electronic mail having a matching subject, and generation means for generating information for displaying a list of body texts of the electronic mail extracted by the extraction means.

  By taking such measures, emails sent with a specific email address as a destination with comments in the text are collected, and the subject line that matches the character string specified in advance in these emails Information for displaying a list of body texts of the e-mails is generated. Therefore, by displaying a list of e-mail texts based on the generated information, a list of comments is displayed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily read the contents of a large number of comments by the list display, and it is possible to realize a comment aggregation display that makes it possible to use comments meaningfully.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a server apparatus 1 to which a comment aggregation display support apparatus according to the present invention is applied.
The server device 1 can communicate with the mail server 3 and the personal computer 4 via the LAN 2. The mail server 3 receives an electronic mail transmitted from the mail terminal 5 to a predetermined mail address via the Internet 6. The mail server 3 stores the received electronic mail. In response to a request from the server device 1, the mail server 3 transfers an email addressed to a mail address assigned to the server device 1 among the stored emails to the server device 1 via the LAN 2.

  The personal computer 4 is equipped with a web browser. The personal computer 4 can access the server device 1 via the LAN 2. When the personal computer 4 accesses the server device 1, the above-described web browser is used.

The server device 1 includes a network interface 11, a user authentication unit 12, a mail acquisition unit 13, a mail storage unit 14, a subject list generation unit 15, a subject designation reception unit 16, an inappropriate phrase storage unit 17, a mail extraction unit 18, and a comment list. A generation unit 19 is included.
The network interface 11 performs communication via the LAN 2.

  When receiving access from the personal computer 4, the user authentication unit 12 authenticates a user who operates the personal computer 4 and accepts a new acquisition request from a user who has succeeded in authentication. The user authentication unit 12 notifies the mail acquisition unit 12 and the subject list generation unit 15 of the presence or absence of a new acquisition request.

  The mail acquisition unit 13 acquires an email addressed to the general-purpose mail address assigned to the server device 1 from the mail server 3 in response to a notification from the user authentication unit 12 that a new acquisition request has been made. The mail acquisition unit 13 notifies the subject list generation unit 15 of the subject of the acquired electronic mail. The mail acquisition unit 13 writes, in the mail storage unit 14, only the email whose subject matches the specified subject notified from the subject designation receiving unit 16 as described later. The mail storage unit 14 stores the electronic mail written by the mail acquisition unit 13.

  The subject list generation unit 15, when notified from the user authentication unit 12 that a new acquisition request has been made, includes information indicating a list image of the subject of the email notified from the mail acquisition unit 13 (hereinafter, subject list image) (Referred to as information). The subject list generation unit 15, when notified from the user authentication unit 12 that a new acquisition request has not been made, includes subject list image information indicating a list image of the subject of the email stored in the mail storage unit 14. Is generated. The subject list generation unit 15 transmits subject list image information to the personal computer 4.

  The subject designation accepting unit 16 accepts designation of a subject performed by the personal computer 4 based on the list image indicated by the subject list image information. The subject designation receiving unit 16 notifies the designated subject (hereinafter referred to as a designated subject) to the mail acquisition unit 13 and the mail extraction unit 18.

  The unsuitable word / phrase storage unit 17 stores unsuitable words / phrases registered in advance. The e-mail extraction unit 18 includes an e-mail whose subject matches the specified subject out of all e-mails accumulated in the e-mail accumulation unit 14 and does not include an inappropriate phrase stored in the inappropriate phrase storage unit 17 in the text. Extract mail. The mail extraction unit 18 outputs the extracted electronic mail to the comment list generation unit 19. The comment list generation unit 19 generates information (hereinafter referred to as comment list image information) indicating a list image of the body text of the e-mail output from the mail extraction unit 18. The comment list generation unit 19 transmits comment list image information to the personal computer 4.

  The server device 1 can use, for example, a general-purpose server computer device or a personal computer device as basic hardware. The user authentication unit 12, mail acquisition unit 13, subject list generation unit 15, subject designation reception unit 16, mail extraction unit 18, and comment list generation unit 19 are programmed (comment aggregation display) in the processor mounted on the computer device. This can be realized by executing a support program. At this time, the server apparatus 1 may be realized by installing the above-described comment aggregation display support program in the computer apparatus in advance, or may be recorded on a removable recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a network It may be realized by distributing the comment aggregation display support program via the above and installing the comment aggregation display support program in the computer device as appropriate. As a description language of the comment aggregation display support program, for example, a PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) script can be used. If described in PHP script, the computer apparatus may be of any type as long as the PHP script can be executed.

  The mail storage unit 14 and the inappropriate phrase storage unit 17 include a storage device such as a memory and a hard disk device built in the computer device, a storage device such as a memory and a hard disk device externally attached to the server device and the computer device, Further, it can be realized by appropriately using a removable recording medium such as a floppy (R) disk.

Next, the operation of the server device 1 configured as described above will be described.
Here, the case where the server apparatus 1 is used to realize a student participation type lesson at an educational site is taken as an example. In this case, the personal computer 4 becomes a terminal operated by the teacher. The mail terminal 5 is a terminal operated by the student. As the mail terminal 5 at this time, it is optimal to use a mobile phone with an electronic mail function owned by a student. However, the mail terminal 5 may be any type of device such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or a personal computer as long as it is a device capable of sending mail.

  When a student taking a class has an opinion, a question, a question, etc., the server apparatus 1 is assigned an e-mail with a comment indicating the content of the opinion, question, question, etc. as the text. A general-purpose mail address is sent as a destination. On the other hand, when the teacher wants to confirm the comment of the student, the teacher activates the web browser of the personal computer 4 and accesses the server device 1 through the web browser.

  The electronic mail transmitted from the mail terminal 5 is received by the mail server 3 via the Internet 6 and stored in the mail server 3. Since the mail server 3 also receives e-mails addressed to other e-mail addresses, e-mails of such various destinations are stored in the mail server 3.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the server apparatus 1.
The server device 1 executes the process shown in FIG. 2 based on the comment aggregation display support program in response to the request for execution of the comment aggregation display support program.

  In step ST1, the user authentication unit 12 waits for access from the personal computer 4. If the personal computer 4 accesses the server apparatus 1 under the operation of the teacher, the server apparatus 1 proceeds from step ST1 to step ST2. In step ST2, the user authentication unit 12 requests the user name and password from the personal computer 4. This is realized by, for example, receiving an input of a user name and password and transmitting an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) file describing processing for transmitting the input user name and password to the server device 1 to the personal computer 4. it can. In step ST <b> 3, if the user name and password are transmitted from the personal computer 4, the user authentication unit 12 acquires the user name and password. In step ST4, the user authentication unit 12 authenticates whether the operator of the personal computer 4 is a teacher permitted to access using the acquired user name and password, and whether or not the authentication is successful. Confirm. If the authentication fails, the user authentication unit 12 proceeds from step ST4 to step ST5. In step ST5, the user authentication unit 12 notifies the personal computer 4 that access is denied. And the server apparatus 1 returns to the standby state of step ST1.

  If the authentication is successful, the server apparatus 1 proceeds from step ST4 to step ST6. In step ST <b> 6, the user authentication unit 12 confirms whether or not the teacher requests acquisition of a new e-mail. When new acquisition is requested, the user authentication unit 12 notifies the mail acquisition unit 13 and the subject list generation unit 15 of this fact. Thereby, the server apparatus 1 progresses from step ST6 to step ST7.

  In step ST <b> 7, the mail acquisition unit 13 acquires an email addressed to the general-purpose mail address assigned to the server device 1 from the mail server 3. The mail acquisition unit 13 notifies the subject list generation unit 15 of the subject of the acquired electronic mail. In step ST <b> 8, the subject list generation unit 15 generates subject list image information indicating a list of subjects notified from the mail acquisition unit 13, i.e., a list image of subject names of e-mails newly acquired by the mail acquisition unit 13. . In step ST <b> 9, the subject list generation unit 15 transmits the generated subject list image information to the personal computer 4. The subject list image information can be realized by, for example, an HTML file. If a hyperlink is set in the character string indicating each subject, the subject can be identified when a desired subject in the list of subjects displayed by the web browser of the personal computer 4 is clicked by the teacher. It is possible to transmit various information from the personal computer 4.

  In step ST <b> 10, the subject designation receiving unit 16 acquires from the personal computer 4 a subject (designated subject) designated by an operation performed by the teacher on the personal computer 4. Then, the subject designation receiving unit 16 notifies the mail obtaining unit 13 of the designated subject. In step ST11, the mail acquisition unit 13 writes only the email whose subject matches the specified subject among the emails acquired in step ST7 to the mail storage unit 14. Thereafter, the server apparatus 1 proceeds to step ST15.

  When new acquisition is not requested, the user authentication unit 12 notifies the mail acquisition unit 13 and the subject list generation unit 15 of this fact. Thereby, the server apparatus 1 progresses from step ST6 to step ST12. In step ST <b> 12, the subject list generation unit 15 generates subject list image information indicating a list image of the subject of the email stored in the mail storage unit 14. In step ST <b> 13, the subject list generation unit 15 transmits the generated subject list image information to the personal computer 4. In step ST <b> 11, the subject designation receiving unit 16 acquires from the personal computer 4 a subject (designated subject) designated by an operation performed by the teacher on the personal computer 4. The subject designation receiving unit 16 notifies the email extracting unit 18 of the designated subject. Thereafter, the server apparatus 1 proceeds to step 15.

  In step ST15, the mail extraction unit 18 matches the specified subject acquired in step ST10 or ST14 from all the electronic mails stored in the mail storage unit 14, and stores inappropriate words in the text. The e-mail that does not include the inappropriate words stored in the unit 17 is extracted. The mail extraction unit 18 outputs the extracted electronic mail to the comment list generation unit 19. Then, in step ST16, the comment list generation unit 19 generates comment list image information indicating a list image of the body text of the e-mail output from the mail extraction unit 18. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a comment list image. The comment list image information can be realized by, for example, an HTML file. In step ST <b> 17, the comment list generation unit 19 transmits the generated comment list image information to the personal computer 4. After this, the server device 1 returns to the standby state of step ST1.

  In the personal computer 4, when the comment list image information transmitted from the server device 1 is received, the comment list image is displayed according to the comment list image information by the web browser. It is arbitrary what display device is used to display the comment list image. In other words, the comment list image can be presented only to a teacher who is operating the personal computer 4 by displaying it using a display built in or attached to the personal computer 4, or projected onto a screen or the like by a projector. It is also possible to present comment list images to many teachers or students.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the student can transmit a comment to the teacher by sending an e-mail. Therefore, only some selected persons who have been given the right to speak to the teacher will not monopolize the limited time and students will fill out the paper and the teacher will collect it Since no time is required, it is possible to save time. In addition, since the teacher can read the contents of the comment from the comment list image displayed in the font built in the personal computer 4, the user can easily and quickly read the comment without being bothered by the handwritten character of the student. Can grasp.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, since a large number of comments are displayed as a comment list image as shown in FIG. 3, for example, there is no need to perform an e-mail selection operation or an e-mail change operation to be displayed. The operation for confirming the content of the comment is greatly simplified as compared with the case of using an existing mailer. In addition, by projecting the comment list image onto the screen or the like as described above, the student can quickly know the comments of other students.

  For these reasons, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide effective support for efficiently performing question-and-answer and exchange of opinions.

  Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, only e-mails whose subject is the designated subject are extracted from e-mails sent to the general-purpose e-mail address assigned to the server apparatus 1, and a list of the body texts of the extracted e-mails is extracted. The comment list image information indicating is generated. Therefore, it is possible to use a general-purpose mail address in common by changing the subject of the e-mail for each of a plurality of classes and a plurality of teachers. For this reason, it is not necessary to assign a large number of mail addresses to the server apparatus 1, and limited address resources can be used effectively. In addition, since the same e-mail address can be used in various classes, it is not necessary for the student to use a large number of e-mail addresses, and operations for sending comments are simplified.

  According to the present embodiment, the subject list image information is given to the personal computer 4, and the subject selected from the subject included in the subject list image information is used as the designated subject. There is no need to enter the, and the operation for entering the specified subject is simplified.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, since the e-mail including the inappropriate word / phrase stored in the inappropriate word / phrase storage unit 17 is not extracted, a comment that is not suitable for the place is not included in the subject list image. Can do. As a result, a person who has seen the subject list image can quickly read meaningful comments without being bothered by unnecessary comments.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, when a new e-mail is acquired from the mail server 3, only the acquired e-mail whose subject matches the specified subject is stored in the mail storage unit 14. The mail storage unit 14 can be used more effectively than when all electronic mails are stored.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the comment aggregation display support program may be described in a language other than a PHP script such as Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language) or Java language.
The subject designation accepting unit 16 may accept the designated subject by another method such as accepting an operation for designating a character string. Further, the subject designation receiving unit 16 may receive an operation performed on a user interface provided in the server device 1.
The mail extraction unit 18 may fix the subject to be extracted.
The mail extraction unit 18 may extract an electronic mail based only on the subject. In this case, the inappropriate phrase storage unit 17 is not necessary.
The server device 1 and the mail server 3 or the personal computer 4 may be connected via another communication network such as the Internet 6.
A display device for displaying the comment list image may be provided in the server device 1.
The operation form of the server apparatus 1 is arbitrary, and any person who sends a comment (operator of the mail terminal 5) or operator of the personal computer 4 may be used.
That is, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention.

The figure which shows the structure of the server apparatus 1 to which the comment integrated display assistance apparatus which concerns on this invention is applied. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the server device 1. The figure which shows an example of a comment list image.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Server apparatus, 2 ... LAN, 3 ... Mail server, 4 ... Personal computer, 5 ... Mail terminal, 6 ... Internet, 11 ... Network interface, 12 ... User authentication part, 13 ... Mail acquisition part, 14 ... Mail storage part 15 ... Subject list generation unit, 16 ... Subject designation reception unit, 17 ... Inappropriate word storage unit, 18 ... Mail extraction unit, 19 ... Comment list generation unit.

Claims (5)

An acquisition means for acquiring an e-mail addressed to a specific e-mail address;
Extraction means for extracting e-mails with a subject that matches a character string designated in advance from all e-mails acquired by the acquisition means;
A comment aggregation display support apparatus, comprising: generating means for generating information for displaying a list of texts of the e-mail extracted by the extracting means. Computer
An acquisition means for acquiring an e-mail addressed to a specific e-mail address;
Extraction means for extracting e-mails with a subject that matches a character string designated in advance from all e-mails acquired by the acquisition means;
A comment aggregation display support program which functions as means for generating first display information for displaying a list of texts of e-mails extracted by the extraction means. And further causing the computer to function as a receiving unit that accepts an artificial operation for designating one of the subject lines of the email acquired by the acquiring unit,
3. The comment aggregation display support program according to claim 2, wherein the extraction unit causes the e-mail having a subject that matches the subject specified by the operation accepted by the accepting unit to be extracted. And further causing the computer to function as means for generating second display information for displaying a list of subject names of e-mails acquired by the acquiring means,
4. The comment aggregation display support program according to claim 3, wherein the accepting unit is configured to accept an artificial operation for selecting and specifying one of the subjects displayed in a list based on the second display information. The computer accessible to a storage medium for storing pre-registered words,
The extraction means is characterized in that an e-mail whose subject matches the character string and does not include a phrase stored in the storage medium in the text is extracted from all the e-mails acquired by the acquisition means. The comment aggregation display support program according to claim 2.

Images