JP2006031216A - Community site providing device and community site system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a community site which ensures a stable income by operating a site and activates an actual local community via the Internet. <P>SOLUTION: A community site providing device is provided with; an electronic bulletin board system which manages bulletin board information relating to a local area; a directory system which classifies stores, enterprises and public facilities, which all relate to the local area, according to their use conditions, and classifies publication information publishing public information into publication information accompanying charge and publication information accompanying no charge, and manages them as directory information; and an information transmission system which manages transmission information, which a community site manager side produces, concerning items relating closely to the local area. In this case, system information, which each of these three systems manages, is linked between information elements, provided with a system attribute for each information element, and then stored in a database. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a community site providing apparatus and a community site system that limit a region, and in particular, a plurality of user information terminals connected via the Internet and a community site that exchanges information with each other. Although it is limited, it relates to the technology to be constructed.

  In recent years, computing technologies such as information processing and information communication have improved dramatically, and computer systems have become widespread. In addition, there is an increasing demand for computing technology that makes computers more interconnected and highly interconnected.

  In particular, by exchanging information between computers via the internet, it is possible to smoothly share computer resources and share, distribute, distribute, and exchange information. Recently, a set box used by connecting to a mobile phone or a television receiver is used as a user information terminal in addition to a personal computer.

  The Internet is a computer network system that has spread worldwide as a result of repeated interconnections between networks, and various paid and free service information is provided on the Internet. Typical examples are the World Wide Web (WWW) and Bulletin Board System.

  The WWW is a wide area information retrieval system that provides an information space with a hyperlink structure. On the other hand, an electronic bulletin board stores bulletin information computerized on a server on a network, and other users can use the user information terminal to send the bulletin information. This is a browsing system. Posted information stored in a server connected to the Internet can be centrally managed on the server, and information can also be exchanged in real time between users spread over a wide area (Patent Documents 1 and 2, etc.).

  In Patent Document 1, it is necessary to prevent a message that is slandering or slandering another person or a message that is not suitable for being posted on an electronic bulletin board, which degrades the quality of the electronic bulletin board system. Therefore, an electronic bulletin board system having a function of automatically inspecting the content of a message to be posted on the electronic bulletin board has been proposed.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a community service providing apparatus and a community system that can appropriately charge a user for a service constructed and provided on a computer network such as the Internet.

The community service providing apparatus and the community system described in Patent Literature 2 do not charge the login to the community system itself, but charge the user-specific virtual space for granting privileges to the user in the community service. Like to do. According to the invention described in Patent Document 2, it is used for a user who receives paid service information while absorbing many users regardless of free / paid service information and maintaining activities in the community. There is an advantage that a charge according to the situation can be charged.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-259389 JP 2001-105002 A

  However, since the community service providing apparatus and the community system described in Patent Document 2 build a community without limiting the area, the construction and maintenance cost is enormous.

  Therefore, for example, there is a website called a regional portal site (the entity that operates the regional portal site), and a wide area website that covers countries such as Japan and a narrower target area. There is a regional website limited to a specific area.

  However, service information constructed and provided by wide-area websites is a mixture of transmission information and wide-area information closely related to prefectures and narrower areas, so the service information provided by such wide-area websites There is a problem that it is unclear whether or not the actual local community can be activated.

  On the other hand, service information constructed and provided by regional websites is often operated by individuals hosted by hobbies, and because it cannot secure stable site operation revenue, it is narrower than the country. It is difficult to provide users with information that is closely related to local areas such as cities and districts, and there is also a problem with the continuity of the website.

  Therefore, the latter cannot be expected to revitalize the actual local community.

  Therefore, the present invention aims to provide a community site that solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, can secure stable site operation revenue, and can be expected to activate an actual local community via the Internet. To do.

A first invention is a community site providing apparatus that exchanges information with a plurality of user information terminals connected via the Internet,
An electronic bulletin board system that manages bulletin board information related to the area, and stores, businesses, and public facilities related to the area according to the form of use, and the posted information that publishes the publicity is not posted. And a directory system that is managed as directory information by dividing it into posted information to be paid, and an information transmission system that manages transmission information created by the community site operator for matters closely related to the area. Is a community site providing apparatus characterized in that system information managed by each is linked between information elements, and system attributes are assigned to each information element and stored in a database.

The second invention is a community site system in which a plurality of user information terminals connected via the Internet and a community site providing apparatus can exchange information with each other, wherein the community site providing apparatus includes:
An electronic bulletin board system that manages bulletin board information related to the area, and stores, businesses, and public facilities related to the area according to the form of use, and the posted information that publishes the publicity is not posted. And a directory system that is managed as directory information by dividing it into posted information to be paid, and an information transmission system that manages transmission information created by the community site operator for matters closely related to the area. System information managed by each is linked between information elements, system attributes are assigned to each information element and stored in the database,
The user information terminal can receive, for free, posted information on publicity of stores, businesses and public facilities related to the area, and outgoing information on matters closely related to the area. System.

  In the community site providing apparatus or community site system according to the present invention, a link is set to a predetermined information element of the bulletin board information in the database, and the predetermined information element of the bulletin board information to which the link is set is set. It is preferable that posted information on publicity of stores, businesses and public facilities related to the area and outgoing information on matters closely related to the area can be displayed on the user information terminal.

  Further, in the community site providing apparatus or the community site system according to the present invention, when a plurality of community sites in different districts are constructed in the database, the database includes each information element of system information managed by each of the three systems. In addition to the system attribute, it is preferable that the district attribute is added and stored.

  According to the first and second inventions, when a community is formed through bulletin board information posted on the electronic bulletin board by the electronic bulletin board system, service information provided from the community site operator side to the user side, that is, store, business operator A local community can be formed by using posted information that lists public facilities and the like, or information that is created by the community site operator as information on matters closely related to the area.

  In addition, according to the first and second inventions, the community site operator posts the topic closely related to the area as the title of the electronic bulletin board, so that the community to be formed is limited to the area and the community is actively activated. It is also possible to do. The bulletin board information posted on these electronic bulletin boards is collectively managed by the electronic bulletin board system and stored in a database.

  Further, according to the first and second inventions, the stores, businesses and public facilities related to the area are classified according to the form of use, and the posted information in which the public information is posted is not posted. Since it has a directory system that stores it in a database while managing it as directory information that is divided into posted information that gets compensation, the compensation for posted information that gets stored in the database using this directory system By accumulating, you can clarify the site operating revenue entering the community site operator side.

  Furthermore, according to the first and second inventions, since the information transmission system for managing the transmission information created by the community site operator and storing it in the database is provided, the information transmission system is used to store the information in the database. , By accumulating the expenses required to create the outgoing information, it is possible to clarify the expenses that will be generated as outgoing information creation costs from the community site operator side, excluding server depreciation costs and maintenance costs .

  In the first and second inventions, system information managed by each of these three systems is linked between information elements, and system attributes are assigned to each information element and stored in the database. Therefore, the user can receive the service information easily and frequently by the user information terminal.

  In addition, in the second invention, the user information terminal provides service information including posted information on publicity of stores, businesses and public facilities related to the area, and transmission information on matters closely related to the area. Can be received free of charge as such, which leads to the continued use of community sites that are limited in area.

  Therefore, according to the first and second inventions, stores, businesses and public facilities related to the area can be efficiently heard from users in the area, and stable site operation revenue can be secured. It can be expected to revitalize the local community through the Internet.

  A community site providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a user information terminal also called a browser, and a plurality of user information terminals 1 are connected to the Internet 3.

  1 shows only one user personal computer 1A, portable terminal (such as a mobile phone) 1B, and home appliance information terminal 1C connected to the Internet 3, but the Internet 3 includes a plurality of user personal computers (not shown). Needless to say, mobile terminals such as a plurality of mobile phones and a plurality of home appliance information terminals are connected.

  When the community site providing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is a general-purpose server 2 having a web server (Web-Server), a mail server (Mail-Server), and a database, the Internet 3 is used. Any user information terminal 1 (user personal computer 1A, mobile terminal 1B such as a mobile phone, home appliance information terminal 1C) can exchange information with each other.

  However, the user information terminal 1 that can exchange information with each other can post a message on the electronic bulletin board provided by the electronic bulletin board system 4 provided in the server 2 via the Internet 3. It has a function to display bulletin board information already posted on the electronic bulletin board on the terminal screen of the user side, and through the linked bulletin board information to be described later, posted information on publicity related to the area, and It shall have the function to display the transmission information about the matter which adhered to the area on the terminal screen of the user information terminal.

  In order for a user having the user information terminal 1 connected via the Internet 3 to participate in the community site provided by the community site providing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the address name of the community site, for example, www You can log in simply by entering .aaa.jp into the user information terminal 1 and accessing the website. Once logged in, the user information terminal 1 sends / receives bulletin board information from the server 2 until logging off, and also posts information on publicity related to the area and information transmitted to the area. The server 2 is connected in a so-called online state. At the same time, the number of user information terminals 1 that can be connected to the server 2 in the online state is determined by the server 2, and even if the number of user information terminals 1 connected in the online state is large, the user information terminal 1 is connected to the area. Depending on the transmission method, it is necessary to increase the processing speed of the server 2 in order to quickly display the posted information on the related public information and the transmission information about the matters closely related to the area. Therefore, in an environment where the user information terminal 1 can be used without stress, if the number of user information terminals 1 that can be connected to the server 2 online at the same time is increased, the equipment fee for the server 2 and the like increases, and the subsequent maintenance is also expensive. It takes.

  Here, the Internet 3 as shown in FIG. 1 is a worldwide computer network system, and the Internet 3 is connected to computers such as the server 2 and the servers 20 and 30. The server 20 represents a computer of an internet / connection provider, and the server 30 represents a computer owned by another community site operator who provides paid / free service information.

  Here, the community site providing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the electronic bulletin board system 4, the directory system 5, and the information transmission system 6 although the computer itself is the general-purpose server 2 as described above. System information managed by each of the four systems 4, 5 and 6 is linked between information elements, and a system attribute is assigned to each information element and stored in the database 7.

  This electronic bulletin board system 4 collectively manages bulletin board information related to the region, and adds and accumulates system attributes for each information element as system information computerized in the database 7. This is a system that allows other logged-in users to browse the user information terminal 1.

  In addition, the directory system 5 classifies stores, businesses, and public facilities related to the area according to the usage form, and publishes the information posted on the public information, the posted information that does not receive compensation, and the posted information that receives the compensation. This is a system that is classified into directory information and managed as directory information.

  An example of the directory information managed by the directory system 5 of the community site providing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the directory information classification. The posting information on the public relations of the stores and businesses related to the area is divided into the posting information that does not receive compensation and the posting information that receives compensation. The case where it is classified according to the amount of information is shown. In this case, the compensation consists of the initial cost required when creating the public information posted information, the maintenance cost per month, and the cost of changing the content of the public information posted information. Are small, medium and large according to the amount of information. On the other hand, when the contents of the information are basic information and registration information, the information is not posted. In addition, what classified the store, business operator, and public facility related to the area according to the use form is a so-called phone book generally called a yellow page.

  The information transmission system 6 of the three information systems manages transmission information created by the community site operator for matters closely related to the area, and system information for each information element as system information computerized in the database 7 Assign and accumulate attributes.

  FIG. 5 illustrates a part of the stored information in the database 7 stored by the electronic bulletin board system 4, the directory system 5, and the information transmission system 6.

  However, FIG. 5 does not show the arrangement of information elements in the hard disk, which is a storage location of information provided in the server 2, but the electronic bulletin board system 4, the directory system 5 and the information transmission system 6 shown in FIG. System attributes are clearly specified to indicate that each information element is stored.

  That is, in FIG. 5, bulletin board information (title, poster name, date with link) is an information element stored in the database 7 by the electronic bulletin board system 4, and directory information (name, TEL, last update). Date) is an information element stored in the database 7 by the directory system 5. The transmission information (title, article creator, article creation cost, last update date) is an information element stored in the database 7 by the information transmission system 6.

  Normally, in the hard disk of the server 2, numbers are assigned to the information elements in the order in which they are stored by the server 2, and the information is appropriately recorded in a vacant place. At that time, in the community site providing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the bulletin board information managed collectively by the electronic bulletin board system 4 is assigned a system attribute to that effect and is managed collectively by the directory system 5. The directory attribute is given a system attribute to that effect, and the transmission information managed collectively by the information sending system 6 is given a system attribute to that effect and stored in the database 7. What is necessary is just to provide a system attribute so that the server 2 can recognize.

  In this way, the system information managed by the three systems 4, 5, and 6 is stored in the database 7 with the system attribute assigned so that the server 2 can recognize each information element. By using the directory system 5 and accumulating the consideration for the posted information that is stored in the database, it is possible to clarify the site management revenue that enters the community site operator side, and the information transmission system 6 is used. By accumulating the cost required to create outgoing information stored in the database, it will come out as outgoing information creation cost from the community site operator side, excluding the depreciation cost and maintenance cost of server 2 etc. Expenditure can be clarified. Of course, the management method can be changed according to the system attribute of the stored information stored in the database 7.

  Here, in the database 7, information is related to a predetermined information element of the bulletin board information, that is, a link is set and stored, whereby the predetermined information element of the bulletin board information to which the link is set is stored. Accordingly, information posted on the publicity of stores, businesses, and public facilities related to the area, and transmission information on matters closely related to the area can be displayed on the user information terminal 1. Setting a link for an information element means, for example, associating information with a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). When a predetermined information element with this link is clicked with a mouse pointer, the information is related. The link destination information can be displayed on the screen of the user information terminal 1 instantaneously.

  That is, FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating an example of bulletin board information in which links are set for information elements managed by the directory system 5. FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating an example of bulletin board information in which links are set for information elements managed by the information transmission system 6.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, by setting a link to a predetermined information element of the bulletin board information, “A store” or “I store” as shown in FIG. Is read from the database 7 and displayed on the screen of the user information terminal 1. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3-1, when the predetermined information element of the bulletin board information is system information managed by the information transmission system 6, as shown in FIG. 3-2 or FIG. An introductory article of “XX Zoo Report” or “About Dumplings at U Store near OO Zoo”, which is the transmission information managed by the transmission system 6, is read from the database 7 and displayed on the screen of the user information terminal 1 Is done.

  At this time, since the bulletin board information that is increasing every moment is managed by the bulletin board system 4 in the server 2, when the predetermined time has elapsed, the bulletin board information that has increased in the meantime is known. By collating the information elements of the information with the information elements of the directory information stored in the database 7 and the information elements of the outgoing information stored in the database 7, the related information elements are linked. As shown in FIG. 5, system attributes may be assigned and stored in the database 7 as saved information.

  According to the community site providing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, when a predetermined time elapses, the bulletin board system 4 gives the latest update date and time as shown in FIG. Can be easily identified. Specifically, the information elements of the increased bulletin board information are collated with the information elements of the directory information stored in the database 7 and the information elements of the outgoing information stored in the database 7, and FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, in order to set a link to the information element of the bulletin board information, the link generation can be performed using the URL generation function of the server 2.

  In that case, the information element of the directory information stored in the database 7 and the information element of the transmission information stored in the database 7 as shown in FIG. 5 are used.

  The information element of the bulletin board information to which this link is set is accessed when the user information terminal 1 is logged in to the server 2 and is in an online state, and the information element recorded in the hard disk is instantaneously retrieved. Information posted on public relations related to the area or outgoing information that is closely related to the area is frequently and easily provided to the user as service information free of charge.

  Therefore, in the community site system according to the present invention, in which a plurality of user information terminals connected via the Internet and a community site providing apparatus can exchange information with each other, the user information terminal 1 is: Community-specific communities, where you can receive both posted information on the publicity of stores, businesses, and public facilities related to the area, as well as information on matters closely related to the area, as service information, free of charge. This leads to continued use of the site.

  Therefore, the community site providing apparatus or the community site system according to the present invention can efficiently share the stores, businesses and public facilities related to the area with the users in the area, and stable site operation revenue. Can be secured, and it can be expected to revitalize the actual local community via the Internet. The user can easily and frequently access the directory information classified according to the usage pattern, and the outgoing information created by the community site operator, which are classified into stores, businesses and public facilities related to the area.

  In addition, it is preferable that the transmission information created by the community site operator is information closely related to the area, such as reports on zoos in the area, articles on delicious food at stores in the area, and information on the area. It is preferable to create an article that interests a user living in the area, such as an introduction article of a famous place, as outgoing information, paying a predetermined cost to a person familiar with the road.

  In the community site providing apparatus or the community site system according to the present invention described above, when a plurality of community sites in different districts are constructed in the database 7, each information element of the system information managed by each of the three systems is stored in the database 7. In addition to the system attribute, it is preferable that the district attribute is added and stored.

  The reason for this is that in addition to system attributes, by adding district attributes and storing them in the database 7, when building multiple community sites in different districts in the database 7, duplicate storage of system information is eliminated. Because you can.

  A bulletin board system 4, a directory system 5, an information transmission system 6, and a database 7 as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 are configured in the server 2 having a CPU of 2.5 GHz, a hard disk capacity of 80 GB, and a memory capacity of 512 MB. Thus, a community site providing apparatus according to the invention example was obtained. Initially, a XX community site with a population of 140,000 was established.

  However, in FIG. 5, the three districts are in “Chi” prefecture, the XX districts and the Δ △ districts are both A city in “Chi” prefecture, and the □□ district is B city in “Chi” prefecture. △△ Regional community sites are being prepared, and □□ district has a community site plan.

  In such a case, the service information regarding “Chi” prefecture is not stored redundantly as the storage information of each of the three districts, but is stored in the database 7 with a regional attribute indicating that it is common to the three districts. Similarly, the service information related to A city is not stored redundantly as the storage information for each of XX and △△ areas, but is given a regional attribute indicating that it is common to XX and △△ areas. The service information relating to □□ is stored in the database 7 with a regional attribute indicating that only the □□ area is concerned. In this way, the hard disk storage location was used efficiently. The server 2 is a computer having a web server (Web-Server), a mail server (Mail-Server), a database system, and a network connection port.

  FIG. 6 shows the screen structure of the established XX community site.

  After opening a community site for a △△ or □□ district, you can move to that community site by clicking on “Go to the community here” or “□□” displayed next to “XX Community Site”. When the mouse pointer is moved to "From here to the community" and clicked, it is possible to move to the [Delta] [Delta] community site or the [□] community site by the URL link structure.

  In order for a user to participate in the XX community site, there is no particular qualification or restriction on participation, so that the user can log in to the server 2 by entering www.aaa.jp as the address of the user information terminal 1. Then, in the online state in which information can be exchanged between the plurality of user information terminals 1 connected via the Internet 3 and the server 2 which is a community site providing device, the user can access the screen shown in FIG. You can thread a list of threaded bulletin boards, browse the titles, and post messages on topics you are interested in.

  In the community site providing apparatus according to the present invention, the increased information elements of the bulletin board information are compared with the names of the information elements of the directory information stored in the database 7 and the titles of the information elements of the outgoing information stored in the database 7. Then, using the URL generation function of the server 2, a link is set in the information element of the bulletin board information as shown in FIG.

  Therefore, the information element of the bulletin board information to which this link is set is displayed when the user information terminal 1 is logged in to the server 2 and is in an online state. Stored information is instantly retrieved from the database 7, and posted information that is public information related to the area or transmission information that is closely related to the area is frequently and easily provided to the user as service information free of charge. .

  For this reason, the community site providing apparatus or the community site system according to the invention example can efficiently share the stores, businesses and public facilities related to the area with the users in the area, and stable site operation revenue. Can be secured, and it can be expected to revitalize the actual local community via the Internet.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the whole structure of the community site system which limited the area. It is a figure which shows an example of the bulletin board information which performed link formation with respect to the information which the directory system 5 manages. It is the figure which illustrated the information which can be displayed by linking to the bulletin board information shown in FIG. It is the figure which illustrated other information which can be linked and displayed on bulletin board information shown in Drawing 2-1. It is a figure which shows an example of the bulletin board information which performed link formation with respect to the transmission information which the information transmission system 6 manages. It is a figure which shows an example of the transmission information which can be linked and displayed on the bulletin board information shown to FIGS. It is a figure which shows an example of the other transmission information which can be linked and displayed on the bulletin board information shown to FIGS. It is a figure which shows an example of the division of directory information. It is a figure which shows the attribute of database storage information. It is the screen composition of the community site which limited the area.

Explanation of symbols

1 User information terminal 1A User personal computer 1B Mobile terminal (cell phone etc.)
1C Home Appliance Information Terminal 2, 20, 30 Server 3 Internet 4 Electronic Bulletin Board System 5 Directory System 6 Information Transmission System 7 Database

Claims (6)

A community site providing apparatus that exchanges information with a plurality of user information terminals connected via the Internet,
An electronic bulletin board system that manages bulletin board information related to the area, and stores, businesses, and public facilities related to the area according to the form of use, and the posted information that publishes the publicity is not posted. And a directory system that is managed as directory information by dividing it into posted information to be paid, and an information transmission system that manages transmission information created by the community site operator for matters closely related to the area. A system for providing a community site, wherein the system information managed by each is linked between information elements, and system attributes are assigned to each information element and stored in a database.   In the database, a link is set to a predetermined information element of the bulletin board information, and through the predetermined information element of the bulletin board information to which the link is set, stores, businesses, and public facilities related to the area are stored. The community site providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein posted information on public information and outgoing information on matters closely related to the area can be displayed on a user information terminal.   When constructing a plurality of community sites in different districts in the database, in addition to system attributes, each database element is stored with a district attribute for each information element of system information managed by each of the three systems. The community site providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the community site providing apparatus is provided. In a community site system that can exchange information between a plurality of user information terminals connected via the Internet and a community site providing device,
The community site providing device includes:
An electronic bulletin board system that manages bulletin board information related to the area, and stores, businesses, and public facilities related to the area according to the form of use, and the posted information that publishes the publicity is not posted. And a directory system that is managed as directory information by dividing it into posted information to be paid, and an information transmission system that manages transmission information created by the community site operator for matters closely related to the area. System information managed by each is linked between information elements, system attributes are assigned to each information element and stored in the database,
The user information terminal can receive, for free, posted information on publicity of stores, businesses and public facilities related to the area, and outgoing information on matters closely related to the area. system.   In the database, a link is set to a predetermined information element of the bulletin board information, and through the predetermined information element of the bulletin board information to which the link is set, stores, businesses, and public facilities related to the area are stored. 5. The community site system according to claim 4, wherein posted information on public information and outgoing information on matters closely related to the area can be displayed on a user information terminal.   When constructing a plurality of community sites in different districts in the database, in addition to system attributes, each database element is stored with a district attribute for each information element of system information managed by each of the three systems. The community site system according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the community site system is provided.

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