JP2007058644A - Work place providing system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for presenting, when a plurality of users communicate while sharing information, information shared with a communication partner without complicated operation by the users. <P>SOLUTION: When users establishes communications using a communication means 11, a communication partner report means 12 reports communication partner information to a relevant object determination part 13. The relevant object determination part 13 determines the community in which the communicating users participate and the information shared by the users in reference to a community information storage part 14, and presents a relevant object to the users through a relevant object presentation part 15. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a computer system that provides a workplace (work environment) for performing communication while sharing information among a plurality of users.

  Conventionally, as a computer system for collaborative work between multiple users (called collaboration), groupware for sharing information such as files and schedules among multiple users using a computer and a network The so-called information sharing means is widespread. Groupware can share information by accessing files saved on a common file server from the terminals used by each user, or it can share information by direct communication between user terminals. Yes. For example, the prior art described in Patent Document 1 (referred to as prior art 1) is an example of a system that shares information among a plurality of specified users.

  Referring briefly to FIG. 11 that briefly describes the prior art 1, in this prior art, the file sharing management system 1101 manages a list of files and community information held by each of the user terminals 1102a to 1102d. In response to the request of 1102a, a file list that can be referred to in the community to which the user of the user terminal belongs is distributed. When the requesting user terminal 1102a selects a file to be acquired from the list, the file sharing management system 1101 notifies the user terminal 1102c that holds the target file, and the user terminal 1102c transmits the file to the user terminal 1102a. Thus, information is shared between user terminals belonging to the same community.

  Groupware using such technology is very convenient for general work, and it is widely used for sharing files as collaborative work products and checking common schedules. is doing.

  However, in collaborations such as actual business, information sharing alone is insufficient as a work environment, such as verbally requesting business and making decisions and consultations at meetings, and communication methods are also required. .

  In recent years, with the evolution of the network environment and the improvement of computer processing capacity, not only sharing information but also means for communicating in real time from the computer, such as IP telephony and web conferencing, are becoming widespread. Forms of performing collaborative work using an environment in which information sharing means and communication means are combined are becoming widespread.

  However, in many cases, the conventional information sharing means and communication means are provided as separate systems, and the user uses them in their own environment. When you want to open a file that you want to share with you, you need to find the file in the shared file list or shared file management directory with your own hands, making it difficult to collaborate quickly and efficiently was there.

  An example of a conventional technique (conventional technique 2) for integrating information sharing and communication in collaboration is described in Patent Document 2. Referring to FIG. 12 for explaining the prior art 2, this prior art includes a server unit 2100 and a client unit 2200. The client unit 2200 includes a message operation unit 1221, a content operation unit 1222, a related content presentation unit 1223, and the like. The server unit 2100 includes a message transmission / reception unit 1211, a message storage unit 1212, a message operation history storage unit 1213, a content operation history storage unit 1214, and an association degree derivation unit 1215, and a client unit 2200. Is connected to the computer network 2300. In this prior art, when exchanging messages such as e-mails transmitted and received between a plurality of users, the message operation history of the user is acquired by the message operation unit 1221 and stored in the message operation history storage unit 1213. In addition, operations such as creation / browsing / editing on various information contents performed by a plurality of users are stored in the content operation history storage unit 1214 for each user. The relevance degree deriving unit 1215 refers to the message operation history and the content operation history, and calculates the relevance degree between the content and the message based on the proximity of the operation time and the relationship such as attachment / quotation. Based on this relevance level, the related content presentation unit 1223 has a mechanism for presenting related content when the user operates a message, or for displaying a related message when the user operates the content. The method of Prior Art 2 is irrelevant when it is not possible to present valid related content when the temporal proximity of the operation history of the message and content is low, or when the message and content are operated by chance in the near future There is a problem that it presents various contents.

JP 2004-172818 A JP 2004-118737 A

  The first problem is that, when performing communications such as telephone calls and electronic conferences between users, files shared with each other cannot be easily referred to. The reason is that many of the conventional information sharing technologies are provided completely separated from communication means such as a telephone, and thus it is necessary to search for necessary files by the user's own operation.

  The second problem is that it is not possible to easily communicate with users related to shared information. The reason is that many conventional information sharing technologies are provided completely separated from communication means such as telephones. This is because the operation to be performed was necessary.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide information to be shared with a communication partner without complicated operations by a plurality of users when performing real-time communication by telephone or electronic conference while sharing information such as files and schedules. It is to provide a system to present.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a system capable of easily starting communication with a communication partner without performing complicated operations by a user when performing real-time communication with a user related to shared information. It is to provide.

  A first workplace provision system of the present invention is a workplace provision system for performing communication while sharing information among a plurality of users, and a communication means for performing communication among a plurality of users, A community information storage unit that holds community information related to community members and community information formed by users, a communication partner notification unit that acquires communication partner information by the communication unit, and a notification from the communication partner notification unit Based on the other party information of the communication and the community information held in the community information storage unit. A related object determining unit that determines shared information that is present, a related object presenting unit that presents the shared information determined by the related object determining unit to a user, an object operating unit for operating the presented shared information, It is characterized by comprising.

  A second workplace provision system of the present invention is a workplace provision system for performing communication while sharing information among a plurality of users, and relates to a member configuration and shared information of a community formed by a plurality of users. A community information storage unit that holds community information, an object operation unit that operates shared information according to an instruction from a user, an operation target object notification unit that acquires an identifier of the shared information operated by the object operation unit, Based on the identifier of the shared information notified from the operation target object notifying means and the community information held in the community information storage unit, a sharing partner sharing the operated shared information with the user is determined. A related user determination unit and the related user And related user presentation unit that presents the share with determined by The determination unit to the user, characterized by comprising: a communication means for performing communication between the presented shared with.

  A third workplace provision system of the present invention is a workplace provision system for performing communication while sharing information among a plurality of users, and a communication means for performing communication among a plurality of users, A community information storage unit that holds community information related to community members and community information formed by users, a communication partner notification unit that acquires communication partner information by the communication unit, and a notification from the communication partner notification unit Based on the communication partner information and the community information stored in the community information storage unit. A related object determining unit that determines information to be displayed, a related object presenting unit that presents shared information determined by the related object determining unit to a user, and an object operating unit for the user to operate the presented shared information And an operation target object notification means for acquiring an identifier of the shared information operated by the object operation section, and an identifier of the shared information notified from the operation target object notification means and the community information storage section. Based on community information, a related user determination unit that determines a sharing partner that shares the operated shared information with the user, and a related user presentation that presents the sharing partner determined by the related user determination unit And a portion.

  According to a fourth workplace provision system of the present invention, in the first or third workplace provision system, the related object determination unit prioritizes information shared by users based on an operation history of shared information. It is characterized by giving a degree.

  The 5th workplace provision system of this invention. In the second or third workplace provision system, the related user determination unit gives a priority to a sharing partner sharing the operated shared information based on an operation history of the shared information. And

  According to a sixth workplace providing system of the present invention, in the first workplace providing system, one or more user terminals and a collaboration controller are communicably connected to each other through a communication network, and the communication means is connected to the user terminal. And the communication partner notifying unit, the related object presenting unit, and the object operation unit, and the collaboration controller including the community information storage unit and the related object determining unit.

  According to a seventh workplace provision system of the present invention, in the second workplace provision system, one or more user terminals and a collaboration controller are connected to be able to communicate with each other through a communication network, and the object operation is performed on the user terminal. And an operation target object notifying unit, the related user presenting unit, and the communication unit, and the collaboration controller includes the community information storage unit and the related user determining unit.

  According to an eighth workplace providing system of the present invention, in the third workplace providing system, one or more user terminals and a collaboration controller are connected to be able to communicate with each other through a communication network, and the communication means is connected to the user terminal. The communication partner notifying unit, the related object presenting unit, the object operation unit, the operation target object notifying unit, and the related user presenting unit, and the collaboration controller including the community information storage unit and the related object determining unit. And the related user determination unit.

  A first workplace provision method of the present invention is a workplace provision method for performing communication while sharing information among a plurality of users, and a) a communication means starts communication between a plurality of users. Step, b) A communication partner notifying unit acquires partner information of communication by the communication unit, c) A related object determining unit holds community information regarding community member configuration and shared information formed by a plurality of users The communication is performed based on the community information held in the community information storage unit and the communication partner information notified from the communication partner notification means. Determining shared information shared by users; d) a related object presenting unit presenting shared information determined by the related object determining unit to a user; e) an object operating unit being presented Operating the shared information.

  A second workplace provision method of the present invention is a workplace provision method for performing communication while sharing information among a plurality of users, and a) an object operation unit is shared according to an instruction from the user. A step of manipulating information, b) a step in which the object-to-be-operated notification means obtains an identifier of the shared information operated by the object operation unit, and c) a member of a community formed by a plurality of users Based on the community information held in the community information storage unit that holds community information related to the configuration and shared information, and the shared information identifier notified from the operation target object notification means, the operated shared information is Determining a sharing partner shared with the user, d) A continuous user presenting unit presenting a sharing partner determined by the related user determining unit to the user, and e) a communication means starting communication with the presented sharing partner. Features.

  The first user terminal of the present invention includes a communication unit for communicating with a user of another terminal, a community information storage unit that holds community information regarding a member configuration and shared information of a community in which the user is participating, Based on communication partner notification means for acquiring communication partner information by communication means, communication partner information notified from the communication partner notification means and community information stored in the community information storage unit, the communication is performed. Related object determination unit that determines shared information shared with other users who are performing, and presents the shared information determined by the related object determination unit to the user of the terminal That the related objects presenting unit, characterized by comprising, an object operation unit for operating the shared information the presented.

  A second user terminal according to the present invention includes a community information storage unit that holds community information related to a member configuration and shared information of a community in which the user participates, and an object operation unit that operates the shared information according to an instruction from the user And an operation target object notifying unit that acquires an identifier of the shared information operated by the object operation unit, and an identifier of the shared information notified from the operation target object notifying unit and the community held in the community information storage unit And a related user determining unit that determines a sharing partner that shares the operated shared information with the user of the terminal, and a related user that presents the sharing partner determined by the related user determining unit. Communication between the user presentation unit and the presented sharing partner Characterized in that it comprises a and a communication means for performing.

  A third user terminal according to the present invention includes a communication unit for communicating with a user of another terminal, a community information storage unit that holds community information regarding a member configuration and shared information of a community in which the user participates, Based on communication partner notification means for acquiring communication partner information by communication means, communication partner information notified from the communication partner notification means and community information stored in the community information storage unit, the communication is performed. A related object determination unit that determines information shared by the users who are performing, and a related object that presents the shared information determined by the related object determination unit to the user An object operation unit for the user to operate the presented shared information, an operation target object notifying unit for obtaining an identifier of the shared information operated by the object operation unit, and the operation target Based on the identifier of the shared information notified from the object notification means and the community information held in the community information storage unit, a sharing partner who shares the operated shared information with the user of the own terminal is determined. And a related user presenting unit for presenting a sharing partner determined by the related user determining unit to the user.

  A first collaboration controller of the present invention is a collaboration controller connected to one or more user terminals through a communication network, and holds community information related to community member configuration and shared information formed by users of the user terminals. The user information and communication partner information are received from the community information storage unit and the user terminal, and based on the received information and the community information held in the community information storage unit, the user of the user terminal A related object determination unit that determines shared information shared with a user who performs communication and transmits the shared information to the user terminal.

  The second collaboration controller of the present invention is a collaboration controller connected to one or more user terminals through a communication network, and holds community information related to community members and shared information formed by users of the user terminals. The community information storage unit and the user information from the user terminal and the identifier of the operated shared information are received, and the operation is performed based on the received information and the community information held in the community information storage unit. And a related user determining unit that determines a sharing partner sharing the shared information with the user and transmits the shared information to the user terminal.

  A third collaboration controller according to the present invention is a collaboration controller connected to one or more user terminals through a communication network, and holds community information regarding community member configuration and shared information formed by users of the user terminals. The user information and communication partner information are received from the community information storage unit and the user terminal, and based on the received information and the community information held in the community information storage unit, the user of the user terminal Determines shared information shared with a user who is performing communication, receives an associated object determination unit that transmits the shared information to the user terminal, receives the user information and the identifier of the operated shared information from the user terminal, and receives the received information Information and said A related user determination unit that determines a sharing partner that shares the operated shared information with the user based on community information held in a community information storage unit, and transmits the shared partner to the user terminal. It is characterized by doing.

  A first user terminal suitable in combination with the collaboration controller of the present invention is a user terminal connected to the collaboration controller through a communication network, and communication means for communicating with users of other terminals, and the communication means Communication partner notification means for acquiring communication partner information and transmitting the acquired communication partner information and user terminal user information to the collaboration controller; and from the collaboration controller to another user performing the communication A related object presenting unit that receives shared information shared between users and presents it to a user, and an object operation unit for operating the presented shared information Characterized by including the.

  A second user terminal suitable in combination with the collaboration controller of the present invention is a user terminal connected to the collaboration controller through a communication network, the object operation unit operating the shared information in accordance with an instruction from the user, An identifier of the shared information operated by the object operation unit is acquired, an operation target object notifying means for transmitting the acquired identifier of the shared information and the user information of the own terminal to the collaboration controller, and the operation from the collaboration controller Receiving the information of the sharing partner who shares the shared information and presenting it to the user, and a communication means for communicating between the presented sharing partner Features.

  A third user terminal suitable for combination with the collaboration controller of the present invention is a user terminal connected to the collaboration controller through a communication network, and communication means for communicating with users of other terminals, and the communication means Communication partner notification means for acquiring communication partner information and transmitting the acquired communication partner information and user terminal user information to the collaboration controller; and from the collaboration controller to another user performing the communication A related object presenting unit that receives shared information shared between users and presents it to a user, and an object operation unit for operating the presented shared information An identifier of the shared information operated by the object operation unit is acquired, an operation target object notification means for transmitting the acquired identifier of the shared information and information of the user of the own terminal to the collaboration controller, from the collaboration controller, And a related user presenting unit that receives information on a sharing partner who shares the operated shared information and presents the information to the user.

"Action"
The present invention determines the information to be shared with the communication partner at the start of communication based on the information of the communication partner and the community information indicating what members the community is composed of and what information is shared. It operates to present it to the user, and when operating the shared information, it operates to present information about who in which community the information is shared with.

  The first effect is that a complex operation by the user is performed when performing real-time communication by telephone or electronic conference in a situation where a plurality of users form a community and share information such as files and schedules. It is possible to use the information shared with the communication partner without communication. The reason is that information to be shared with the communication partner is determined and presented to the user based on the information of the communication partner and the community information indicating what kind of members the community is composed of and what information is shared. Because.

  A second effect is that when performing real-time communication with a user related to the operated shared information, communication can be easily started with the communication partner without performing complicated operations by the user. The reason is that the user automatically presents information on who the information is shared with in which community, so that the user can easily grasp the other party sharing the information and can easily start communication.

“First Embodiment”
Next, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  Referring to FIG. 1, in the first embodiment of the present invention, a communication means 11 for performing communication between users and a related object determining unit 13 for determining shared information related to users communicating with each other. A communication partner notifying unit 12 that acquires information about the communication partner from the communication unit 11 and notifies the related object determining unit 13; and a participating community information storage unit 14 that holds information about the community in which the user is participating. , Related object presentation unit 15 for presenting information shared by users participating in communication, object operation unit 16 for operating shared information, and identification of shared information operated by object operation unit 16 Operation target object notifying means 17 for acquiring the information, the shared information operated based on the identifier of the shared information notified from the operation target object notifying means 17 and the participating community information held in the participating community information storage unit 14. Related user determination unit 18 that determines a sharing partner who shares the information, a related user presentation unit 19 that presents the sharing partner determined by the related user determination unit 18, an output device such as a keyboard and a mouse, and an output such as a display The user terminal 10 is provided with an input / output device 1 </ b> A constituted by a device. The user terminal 10 is connected to a communication network 20 such as the Internet, and is connected to another user terminal having the same configuration as the user terminal 10 through the communication network 20.

  Each of these means generally operates as follows.

  The communication unit 11 is a unit for performing real-time communication such as conversation and conference. The communication unit 11 performs an electronic conference with another user terminal connected via the communication network 20 or performs a telephone call or an IP phone call. Has a function to call.

  The communication partner notifying unit 12 has a function of acquiring information (referred to as communication partner information) for specifying a communication partner from the communication unit 11 and notifying the related object determining unit 13 of the information.

  The participating community information storage unit 14 holds information regarding a community in which the user U of the user terminal 10 is participating. The information related to the community includes information related to members participating in the community and information shared in the community.

  Referring to FIG. 2A, the community information storage unit 14 stores community information 141 and 142 for each community in which the user U holding the user terminal 10 is participating. Each community information 141 and 142 includes participation member information 1411 and 1421 describing information of members participating in the community, and sharing describing what information is shared among the participants of the community. Object information 1412 and 1422. Reference numerals 1413 and 1423 denote objects that are entities of shared information, which may be held in the shared object information 1412 or may be held in another location such as a server. Reference numerals 1414 and 1424 denote operation history information of shared information. In the operation history information of certain shared information, user information, operation time, and the like for operations such as browsing and editing on the shared information are recorded.

  In addition, in the participating member information 1411 and 1421, referring to FIG. 2B, for example, the telephone number of each member is registered as an identifier. Of course, in addition to the telephone number, the member identifier only needs to describe information corresponding to an identifier used in the communication unit 11 such as a user ID for electronic conference and a user ID for chat. Also, considering the convenience for the user, it is desirable to retain the member name included in the participating member information as in the example of FIG.

  Referring again to FIG. 1, the related object determination unit 13 determines who is a member who is performing communication from the communication partner information received from the communication partner notification unit 12, and holds it in the participating community information storage unit 14. The community information is referred to, the community in which the communicating member is participating is specified, and a list of information shared by the community (referred to as related object information) is displayed as the related object presentation unit 15. It has a function to notify.

  The related object presentation unit 15 has a function of presenting a list of related object information notified from the related object determination unit 13 to the user U through the input / output device 1A.

  The object operation unit 16 has a function of performing operations such as browsing and editing on the shared information in accordance with an instruction input from the user U through the input / output device 1A.

  The operation object notification means 17 has a function of acquiring the identifier of the shared information operated by the object operation unit 16 and notifying the related user determination unit 18.

  The related user determining unit 18 shares the operated shared information based on the identifier of the shared information notified from the operation target object notifying unit 17 and the participating community information held in the participating community information storage unit 14. It has a function of determining a shared partner and notifying the related user presentation unit 19.

  The related user presentation unit 19 has a function of presenting the sharing partner determined by the related user determination unit 18 to the user U through the input / output device 1A.

  Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  First, when the user U communicates with another user, the operation | movement which calls the information shared with the other party simply is demonstrated in detail.

  First, the user U uses the communication means 11 to start communication with other users (step S101 in FIG. 3). The communication means 11 is a means for carrying out a dialogue that can be used from the computer constituting the user terminal 10. For example, the communication means 11 is a system that enables voice conversation such as an electronic conference system or an IP telephone, or text such as a chat. It is also possible to use a system that performs the above dialogue.

  Next, the communication partner notifying unit 12 acquires identifier information related to the conversation partner with whom the user U is communicating from the communication unit 11 (step S102). The identifier information related to the conversation partner refers to a telephone number in an IP phone, a personal ID for calling a partner in an electronic conference, a personal ID for chatting, or the like. Next, the communication partner notification unit 12 notifies the related object determination unit 13 of the identifier information about the acquired conversation partner (step S103). When there are a plurality of conversation partners, all the identifier information related to the conversation partners is passed in a list format.

  Next, the related object determination unit 13 searches the community information stored in the participating community information storage unit 14, and participates in common with the user having the identifier information (partner information) regarding the notified conversation partner. Is searched (step S104). Specifically, for each community information 141 and 142 in FIG. 2, it is checked whether or not the notified conversation partner identifier exists among the member identifiers recorded in the participating member information 1411 and 1421.

  As a result of the search in step S104, if there is no community in which the conversation partner is participating, the process of presenting the shared information is terminated, and only communication is continued (step S110).

  As a result of the search in step S104, if a community in which the conversation partner participates is searched, then the related object determination unit 13 searches the participating community information storage unit 14 for information shared in the community. (Step S105). Specifically, information regarding shared information is acquired from shared object information 1412 and 1422 in community information corresponding to the community in which the conversation partner participates in the community information 141 and 142 in FIG.

  As a result of the search in step S105, if there is no information shared in the community, the process of presenting the shared information is terminated, and only communication is continued (step S110).

  If information shared in the community is searched as a result of the search in step S105, the related object determination unit 13 next notifies the related object presenting unit 15 of the identifier (called object identifier) of the searched shared information. (Step S106). When there are a plurality of pieces of shared information searched, all the object identifiers of the shared information are passed in a list format or the like. At this time, with reference to the operation history 1414 and 1424 of the searched shared information, the identifier of the object operated at the nearest time point is preferentially notified, or the identifier of the object with high operation frequency is preferentially notified. You may do it.

  Next, the related object presentation unit 15 presents the list of object identifiers of the shared information notified from the related object determination unit 13 to the user U through the input / output device 1A (step S107). At this time, the related object presentation unit 15 searches the participation community information storage unit 14 for an object corresponding to the object identifier of the shared information, and presents it to the user U as shared object list information through the input / output device 1A. You may do it.

  The user U selects a desired object from the presented list of shared object identifiers and list information (step S108), and performs operations such as browsing and editing using the object operation unit 16 (step S109). The object operation unit 16 is a means for operating information on a computer, and is realized by a general application program that operates shared information, such as an application program for creating materials and an application program for sharing a schedule. Is done.

  With the above operation, the user U can easily call information shared with the other party when communicating with other users.

  Next, an operation for easily communicating with related members when operating information shared with others will be described in detail.

  First, the user U operates the information shared with other members stored in the participating community information storage unit 14 using the object operation unit 16 (step 201 in FIG. 4). At this time, the operation target object notifying unit 17 acquires the identifier of the object operated by the object operation unit 16 (step S202), and notifies the related user determination unit 18 (step S203).

  The related user determination unit 18 searches the participating community information storage unit 14 based on the notified identifier information of the object, and searches for a participating community in which the object is shared (step S204). Specifically, for each community information 141 and 142 in FIG. 2, it is checked whether or not the notified object identifier information exists in the shared object information 1412 and 1422.

  If there is no participating community where the object is shared, the communication operation is terminated, and only the operation of the object is continued (S210 in FIG. 4).

  As a result of the search in step S204, when a participating community in which the object is shared is searched, next, the related user determination unit 18 stores the identifier of the participating member of the participating community in the participating community information storage unit 14. It searches from the participating member information currently searched (step S205), and notifies the searched community member identifier to the related user presentation part 19 (step S206). At this time, the operation history information for the object of the searched member is detected from the operation histories 1414 and 1424 of the object, and the identifier of the user who operated at the nearest time is preferentially notified, or the user who has a high operation frequency is detected. The identifier may be notified preferentially.

  The related user presenting unit 19 presents the notified member identifier information to the user U through the input / output device 1A (step S207). At this time, together with member identifier information, the member name information of the members held in the participating member information 1411 and 1421 may be presented to the user.

  Next, the user U selects an appropriate part or all members from the member information presented by the related user presentation unit 19 (step S208), and uses the communication means 11 to make a telephone call, an electronic conference, or the like. A communication operation such as is performed (step S209).

  With the above operation, when the user U operates certain information by the object operation unit 16, the user U can immediately recognize the information of other users who share the information, and share the information as necessary. Communication with the person by the communication means 11 can be started.

  Next, the effect of this embodiment will be described.

  In the present embodiment, when the user U of the user terminal 10 communicates with someone else, the system automatically searches for community information in which the parties are participating in common, and the system automatically detects the information shared there. Therefore, the user U can easily access information related to the conversation with the communication partner.

  In the present embodiment, when the user U of the user terminal 10 operates on information shared with someone else, the user U searches for community information in which the object is shared, and participates in the community. Since the system is configured to automatically present the member information that is being operated, communication with the member related to the information (object) operated by the user can be easily performed.

  Next, examples of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

  Referring to FIG. 5, in this embodiment, the user terminal 10 includes a computer main body 105 having a CPU 101, a memory 102, a hard disk 103 and a network interface 104, a display device 106 connected to the computer main body 105, and a microphone 107. , A speaker 108, a camera 109, and an input device 110. The input device 110 includes a keyboard 111 and a mouse 112. The microphone 107 and the speaker 108 are used for voice communication and can be replaced with a headset. The camera 109 is used for a TV conference or the like.

  In this embodiment, a soft phone capable of talking with another person on the computer is used as the communication unit 11, and a program for realizing the soft phone is stored in the memory 102. In addition, an appropriate application program for operating the shared information is used as the object operation unit 16, and these are also stored in the memory 102. In addition, a program for realizing the communication partner notifying unit 12, the related object determining unit 13, the related object presenting unit 15, the operation target object notifying unit 17, the related user determining unit 18 and the related user presenting unit 19 on the computer is the memory 102. Is remembered. Further, the participating community information storage unit 14 having the contents described with reference to FIG. 2 is stored in the hard disk 103.

  When the user U starts a call using the soft phone as the communication means 11, the communication partner notifying means 12 acquires the other party's telephone number as information for identifying the other party of communication and notifies the related object determining unit 13. To do.

  The related object determination unit 13 holds the destination telephone number acquired from the communication partner notification unit 12 and the participating member information 1411 and 1421 in the community information 141 and 142 of the participating community information storage unit 14 (FIG. 2). The information described in the member identifier in the information of b) is compared, and a community having a match is specified as a community in which a user who is making a call participates. Then, the related object presentation unit 15 is notified of a list of information shared in the community. Information notified at this time is a list of file names shared by the community, a list of event information of schedules shared by the community, or the like.

  The related object presentation unit 15 presents the notified list of shared information to the user U through a pop-up screen or the like.

  The user U selects an appropriate object from the pop-up screen displayed by the related object presentation unit 15, and starts an operation such as browsing / editing by the object operation unit 16. Here, if the object selected by the user is, for example, a file edited by the document creation software, the object operation unit 16 corresponds to the object creation unit 16 if the corresponding document creation software is a file edited by the spreadsheet software. Corresponding spreadsheet software is started as an application program associated with the shared object on the computer.

  On the other hand, when an object is operated, an operation for starting communication with a user related to the object is as follows.

  When the object operation unit 16 operates an object shared with another user stored in the participating community information storage unit 14, the operation target object notification unit 17 notifies the related user determination unit 18 of the identifier of the object. To do. For example, when a shared file is operated as a shared object, an identifier such as a file name or a unique ID of the file is notified to the related user determination unit 18.

  The related user determination unit 18 checks the shared object information 1412 and 1422 in the community information 141 and 142 of the participating community information storage unit 14 using the notified object identifier, and in which community the object is shared. Detect if it is information. Next, the identifiers of the members participating in the detected community are acquired from the participating member information 1411 and 1421 and notified to the related user presentation unit 19. At this time, in this embodiment, the member's telephone number is notified as the member identifier information.

  The related user presentation unit 19 presents the telephone number of the member as the notified member identifier information to the user U by a pop-up screen or the like. At this time, for the convenience of the user, not only the telephone number but also the name of the member is displayed together, or only the member's name is displayed without displaying the telephone number. An embodiment is also conceivable in which a telephone number corresponding to the member name is notified to the softphone serving as the communication means 11 as member identifier information when selecting.

  When the user U selects from the member information displayed on the pop-up screen or the like by the related user presentation unit 19 a part of members or all the members who want to have a conversation at that time, the related user presentation unit 19 communicates with the communication means 11. The identifier information of the selected member, that is, the telephone number is notified to the softphone.

  The soft phone which is the communication means 11 calls the notified telephone number and starts communication.

  In the embodiment, the related user presenting unit 19 directly notifies the member identifier information to the communication means 11 without performing the pop-up display, and the user U omits the step of selecting the member that he / she wishes to talk to and starts the communication immediately. Conceivable.

  In the first embodiment and the example described above, when communication by the communication unit 11 is started, the processing after step S102 in FIG. 3 is automatically started, and the operation on the shared information by the object operation unit 16 is performed. When started, the processing after step S202 in FIG. 4 is automatically started. As a result, a chained state such as the start of communication → search for shared information related to communication → operation for it → search for other users who share the operated shared information → start of communication with other users is actively performed. Can be triggered. For this reason, when the user A starts communication with the user B and operates the shared information X shared between them, the other user C sharing the shared information with the A is searched, and the user A A chain that starts communication with can be realized. In addition, when the user A operates the certain shared information Y and the user D sharing the shared information Y with the user A is searched, and the user A starts communication with the user D, the user A shares it with both A and D. A chain in which other shared information Z is searched can be realized. However, according to the present invention, even when communication by the communication means 11 is started, for example, if the “shared object search button” provided on the user terminal is not pressed, the process cannot proceed to step S102 and after in FIG. Even if the operation on the shared information by the operation unit 16 is started, for example, if the “community member search button” provided on the user terminal is not pressed, the process cannot proceed to step S202 and subsequent steps in FIG. It is possible to intentionally prevent such a chain state.

“Second Embodiment”
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  Referring to FIG. 6, in the second embodiment of the present invention, a user terminal 30 and a collaboration controller 50 are connected to a communication network 40 such as the Internet, and communication for performing communication between users with the user terminal 30 is performed. Means 31, communication partner notifying means 32 for obtaining information about the communication partner from the communication means 31 and notifying the collaboration controller 50, and receiving information from the collaboration controller 50 that is shared by users participating in the communication. The related object presentation unit 35 to be presented to the user, the object operation unit 36 for operating the shared information on the collaboration controller 50, and the object operation unit 36. The operation target object notification means 37 that acquires the identifier of the shared information obtained and notifies the collaboration controller 50, the related user presentation unit 39 that presents the sharing partner determined by the collaboration controller 50 to the user, a keyboard, a mouse, and the like An input device and an input / output device 3A composed of an output device such as a display, and the collaboration controller 50 holds information about the community in which the user is participating, Based on the notified information about the communication partner and the community information held in the community information storage unit 54, the shared information related to the communicating users is determined and notified to the user terminal 30. Sharing sharing information operated by the user terminal 30 based on the object determination unit 53, the shared information identifier notified from the user terminal 30, and the community information held in the community information storage unit 54 And a related user determination unit 58 that determines a partner and notifies the user terminal 30 of the partner. One or more user terminals 60 similar to the user terminal 30 are connected to the communication network 40.

  Each of these means generally operates as follows.

  The communication means 31 of the user terminal 30 is a means for performing real-time communication such as a conversation or a conference. For example, an electronic conference can be held with another user terminal 60 connected via the communication network 40, or a telephone call can be made. And the ability to make IP phone calls.

  The communication partner notifying unit 32 of the user terminal 30 has a function of acquiring information (referred to as communication partner information) for specifying a communication partner from the communication unit 31 and notifying the related object determining unit 53 of the collaboration controller 50.

  The community information storage unit 54 of the collaboration controller 50 holds information about all communities in which all users participate. The information related to the community includes information related to members participating in the community and information shared in the community.

  Referring to FIG. 7A, the community information storage unit 54 stores community information 541 and 542 for each community. Each community information 541 and 542 includes participation member information 5411 and 5421 describing information of members participating in the community, and sharing describing what information is shared among the participants of the community. Object information 5412 and 5422. Reference numerals 5413 and 5423 denote objects that are entities of shared information, which may be held in the shared object information 5412 or may be held in another location such as a server. 5414 and 5424 are operation history information of shared information. In the operation history information of certain shared information, user information, operation time, and the like for operations such as browsing and editing on the shared information are recorded.

  In addition, with reference to FIG. 7B, for example, the telephone numbers of the members are registered as identifiers in the participating member information 5411 and 5421. Of course, in addition to the telephone number, the member identifier only needs to describe information corresponding to an identifier used in the communication means 31, such as a user ID for electronic conference and a user ID for chat. Also, considering the convenience for the user, it is desirable to retain the member name included in the participating member information as in the example of FIG. 7B.

  Referring again to FIG. 6, the related object determination unit 53 of the collaboration controller 50 determines who is a member who is performing communication from the communication partner information received from the communication partner notification unit 32 of the user terminal 30. Referring to the community information held in the community information storage unit 54, the community in which the communicating member is participating is specified, and information shared with the community (referred to as related object information) It has a function of notifying the list to the related object presentation unit 35 of the user terminal 30.

  The related object presentation unit 35 of the user terminal 30 has a function of presenting a list of related object information notified from the related object determination unit 53 of the collaboration controller 50 to the user U through the input / output device 3A.

  The object operation unit 36 of the user terminal 30 has a function of performing operations such as browsing and editing on the shared information on the collaboration controller 50 in accordance with an instruction input from the user U through the input / output device 3A.

  The operation object notification means 37 of the user terminal 30 acquires the identifier of the shared information operated by the object operation unit 36 and notifies the related user determination unit 58 of the collaboration controller 50 together with the member identifier of the user of the own user terminal 30. Has function.

  The related user determination unit 58 of the collaboration controller 50 is based on the shared information identifier and member identifier notified from the operation target object notification unit 37 of the user terminal 30 and the participating community information held in the participating community information storage unit 14. Thus, it has a function of determining a sharing partner sharing the operated shared information and notifying the related user presenting unit 39 of the user terminal 30.

  The related user presentation unit 39 of the user terminal 30 has a function of presenting the sharing partner determined by the related user determination unit 58 of the collaboration controller 50 to the user U through the input / output device 3A.

  Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  First, when the user U of the user terminal 30 communicates with other users, an operation for simply calling information shared with the other party will be described in detail.

  First, the user U starts communication with other users using the communication means 31 (step S301 in FIG. 8). The communication means 31 is a means for carrying out a dialogue that can be used from the computer constituting the user terminal 30. For example, the communication means 31 is a system that enables voice conversation such as an electronic conference system or an IP telephone, or text such as a chat. It is also possible to use a system that performs the above dialogue.

  Next, the communication partner notification unit 32 acquires identifier information related to the conversation partner with whom the user U is communicating from the communication unit 31 (step S302). The identifier information related to the conversation partner refers to a telephone number for an IP phone, a personal ID for calling a partner in an electronic conference, a personal ID for chatting, and the like. Next, the communication partner notification unit 32 notifies the related object determination unit 53 of the collaboration controller 50 via the communication network 40 of the acquired identifier information about the conversation partner and similar identifier information about the user U (step S303). When there are a plurality of conversation partners, all the identifier information related to the conversation partners is passed in a list format.

  Next, the related object determination unit 53 of the collaboration controller 50 searches the community information stored in the community information storage unit 54, and searches for a community in which the interlocutors having the notified identifier information participate in common. (Step S304). Specifically, for each community information 541 and 542 in FIG. 7, both the identifier of the notified user U and the identifier of the conversation partner are present in the member identifiers recorded in the participating member information 5411 and 5421. Find out if you want to.

  As a result of the search in step S304, if there is no community in which the interlocutors participate in common, the collaboration controller 50 notifies the user terminal 30 of that fact (step S310) and presents shared information in the user terminal 30. The processing to be completed is ended, and only communication is continued (step S311).

  As a result of the search in step S304, when a community in which the interlocutors participate in common is searched, the related object determination unit 53 next searches the community information storage unit 54 for information shared in the community. (Step S305). Specifically, information regarding shared information is acquired from shared object information 5412 and 5422 in the community information corresponding to the community in which the interlocutors participate in common among the community information 541 and 542 in FIG. 7.

  If there is no information shared in the community as a result of the search in step S305, the collaboration controller 50 notifies the user terminal 30 to that effect (step S310), and the process of presenting the shared information in the user terminal 30 is as follows. The communication is terminated and only communication is continued (step S311).

  If the information shared in the community is searched as a result of the search in step S305, the related object determination unit 53 next presents the identifier of the searched shared information (referred to as object identifier) to the related object of the user terminal 30. The unit 35 is notified (step S306). When there are a plurality of pieces of shared information searched, all the object identifiers of the shared information are passed in a list format or the like. At this time, with reference to the operation history 5414 and 5424 of the searched shared information, the identifier of the object operated at the nearest time point is preferentially notified, or the identifier of the object with high operation frequency is preferentially notified. You may do it.

  Next, the related object presentation unit 35 of the user terminal 30 presents the list of object identifiers of the shared information notified from the related object determination unit 53 of the collaboration controller 50 to the user U through the input / output device 3A (step S307). At this time, the related object determination unit 53 may search the community information storage unit 54 for an object corresponding to the object identifier and notify the related object presentation unit 35 of the object. The related object presentation unit 35 searches the community information storage unit 54 for an object corresponding to the object identifier of the shared information, and presents it to the user U as the shared object list information through the input / output device 3A. Also good.

  The user U selects a desired object from the presented list of shared object identifiers and list information (step S308), and performs operations such as browsing and editing using the object operation unit 36 (step S309). The object operation unit 36 is a means for operating information on a computer, and is realized by a general application program that operates shared information, such as an application program for creating materials and an application program for sharing a schedule. Is done.

  With the above operation, the user U of the user terminal 30 can easily call information shared with the other party when communicating with other users.

  Next, an operation for easily communicating with related members when operating information shared with others will be described in detail.

  First, the user U of the user terminal 30 operates the information shared with other members stored in the community information storage unit 54 of the collaboration controller 50 using the object operation unit 36 (step of FIG. 9). 401). At this time, the operation target object notifying unit 37 acquires the identifier of the object operated by the object operation unit 36 (step S402), and adds the user identifier information of the user terminal 30 of the user, and the related user determination unit of the collaboration controller 50. 58 (step S403).

  The related user determination unit 58 searches the community information storage unit 54 based on the notified identifier information of the object and the user identifier information of the user U, and searches for a participating community in which the object is shared (step S404). . Specifically, the identifier information of the notified object exists in the shared object information 212 and 222 for each of the community information 541 and 542 in FIG. 7, and the user identifier information of the user U in the participating member information 5411 Check whether matching member information exists.

  When there is no participating community in which the object is shared, the collaboration controller 50 notifies the user terminal 30 of that fact (step S410), and the operation for performing communication in the user terminal 30 ends, and only the operation of the object is continued. (Step S411).

  As a result of the search in step S404, when a participating community in which the object is shared is searched, next, the related user determining unit 58 uses an identifier of a participating member other than the user U in the participating community as a community information storage unit. 14 (step S405), and the related member determination unit 39 of the user terminal 30 is notified of the searched member identifier (step S406). At this time, the operation history information for the object of the searched member is detected from the operation histories 5414 and 5424 of the object, and the identifier of the user who has operated at the nearest time is preferentially notified, or the user with high operation frequency is detected. The identifier may be notified preferentially. In addition to the member identifier information, the member name information of the members held in the participating member information 5411 and 5421 may be notified.

  The related user presenting unit 39 presents the notified member identifier information to the user U through the input / output device 3A (step S407). At this time, when the member name information of the member is notified together with the member identifier information, the member name information may also be presented to the user.

  Next, the user U selects an appropriate part or all members from the member information presented by the related user presentation unit 39 (step S408), and uses the communication means 31 to make a telephone call, an electronic conference, or the like. A communication operation such as is performed (step S409).

  By the above operation, when the user U of the user terminal 30 operates certain information by the object operation unit 36, the user U can immediately recognize the information of other users who share the information. Thus, communication by the information sharing person and the communication means 31 can be started.

  Next, the effect of this embodiment will be described.

  In this embodiment, when the user U of the user terminal 30 communicates with someone else, the system automatically searches for community information in which the parties are participating in common, and the system automatically determines the information shared there. Therefore, the user U can easily access information related to the conversation with the communication partner.

  In the present embodiment, when the user U operates on information shared with someone else, the community information in which the object is shared is searched, and the member information that participates in the community is searched. Since the system is configured to automatically present information, it is possible to easily communicate with members related to information (objects) operated by the user.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, unlike the first embodiment, the collaboration controller 50 including the community information storage unit 54, the related object determination unit 53, and the related user determination unit 58 can be operated separately from the user terminal 30. Therefore, a service form in which the collaboration controller 50 is operated by a service provider and a communication-linked workplace is provided to an end user who has a contract with the service provider becomes possible. Therefore, the end user can enjoy the service provided by the communication-linked workplace according to the present invention without paying the initial cost or the operation cost for operating the collaboration controller by himself / herself.

  Next, examples of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

  Referring to FIG. 10, in this embodiment, the collaboration controller 50 includes a computer main body 505 including a CPU 501, a memory 502, a hard disk 503, and a network interface 504, a display device 506 connected to the computer main body 505, and a keyboard. This is realized by a server computer composed of an input device 510 including 511 and a mouse 512. The display device 506 and the input device 510 can be omitted. The server computer that implements the collaboration controller 50 is operated by a service provider that provides a communication-linked workplace service. The community information storage unit 54 of the collaboration controller 50 is provided in the hard disk 503, and a program for realizing the related object determination unit 53 and the related user determination unit 58 is stored in the memory 502.

  On the other hand, the user terminal 30 is realized by a personal computer having the configuration shown in FIG. 5 as in the first embodiment. In addition, a soft phone capable of talking with others on the computer is used as the communication unit 31, and a program for realizing the soft phone is stored in the memory 102. In addition, an appropriate application program for operating the shared information is used as the object operation unit 36, and these are also stored in the memory 102. In addition, a program for realizing the communication partner notifying unit 32, the related object presenting unit 35, the operation target object notifying unit 37, and the related user presenting unit 39 on the computer is stored in the memory 102.

  When the user U of the user terminal 30 starts a call using the soft phone as the communication means 31, the communication partner notification means 32 acquires the other party's telephone number as information for identifying the other party of communication, and the own terminal 30 Is added to the related object determination unit 53 of the collaboration controller 50 as communication partner information.

  The related object determination unit 53 holds the telephone number of the user U and the telephone number of the other party acquired from the communication partner notification unit 32 and the participating member information 5411 and 5421 in the community information 541 and 542 of the community information storage unit 54. 7B is compared with the information described in the member identifier, and a community having a match is specified as a community in which users who are making a call participate. . And the related object presentation part 35 of the user terminal 30 is notified of the list of the information shared in the community. Information notified at this time is a list of file names shared by the community, a list of event information of schedules shared by the community, or the like.

  The related object presenting unit 35 of the user terminal 30 presents the notified shared information list to the user U through a pop-up screen or the like.

  The user U selects an appropriate object from the pop-up screen displayed by the related object presentation unit 35, and starts an operation such as browsing / editing by the object operation unit 36. Here, if the object selected by the user is, for example, a file edited by document creation software, the object operation unit 36 corresponds to the object operation unit 36. If the corresponding document creation software is a file edited by spreadsheet software, the object operation unit 36 Corresponding spreadsheet software is started as an application program associated with the shared object on the computer.

  On the other hand, when an object is operated, an operation for starting communication with a user related to the object is as follows.

  When an object shared with another user stored in the community information storage unit 54 of the collaboration controller 50 is operated by the object operation unit 36 of the user terminal 30, the operation target object notification unit 37 displays the identifier of the object. And the identifier of the user U are notified to the related user determination unit 58 of the collaboration controller 50. For example, when a shared file is operated as a shared object, an identifier such as a file name or a unique ID of the file is notified to the related user determination unit 58 together with the user U member identifier.

  The related user determination unit 58 uses the notified object identifier and member identifier to inspect the participating member information 5411 and 5421 and the shared object information 5412 and 5422 in the community information 541 and 542 of the community information storage unit 54, and It is detected in which community the user U participates is shared information. Next, the identifiers of the other members participating in the detected community are acquired from the participating member information 5411 and 5421 and notified to the related user presenting unit 39 of the user terminal 30. At this time, in this embodiment, the member's telephone number is notified as the member identifier information.

  The related user presentation unit 39 of the user terminal 30 presents the member telephone number as the notified member identifier information to the user U by a pop-up screen or the like. At this time, for the convenience of the user, not only the telephone number but also the name of the member is displayed together, or only the member's name is displayed without displaying the telephone number. An embodiment is also conceivable in which a telephone number corresponding to the member name is notified to the softphone as the communication means 31 as member identifier information when selecting the.

  When the user U selects some or all members who want to have a conversation from the member information displayed on the pop-up screen or the like by the related user presentation unit 39, the related user presentation unit 39 communicates with the communication means 31. The identifier information of the selected member, that is, the telephone number is notified to the softphone.

  The soft phone serving as the communication means 31 calls the notified telephone number and starts communication.

  In the embodiment, the related user presentation unit 39 directly notifies the member identifier information to the communication means 31 without performing the pop-up display, and the user U omits the step of selecting the member that he / she wants to talk to and starts the communication immediately. Conceivable.

  In the second embodiment and the example described above, when communication by the communication means 31 is started, the processing after step S302 in FIG. 8 is automatically started, and the operation on the shared information by the object operation unit 36 is performed. When started, the processing after step S402 in FIG. 9 is automatically started. As a result, a chained state such as the start of communication → search for shared information related to communication → operation for it → search for other users who share the operated shared information → start of communication with other users is actively performed. Can be triggered. For this reason, when the user A starts communication with the user B and operates the shared information X shared between them, the other user C sharing the shared information with the A is searched, and the user A A chain that starts communication with can be realized. In addition, when the user A operates the certain shared information Y and the user D sharing the shared information Y with the user A is searched, and the user A starts communication with the user D, the user A shares it with both A and D. A chain in which other shared information Z is searched can be realized. However, in the present invention, even when communication by the communication means 31 is started, for example, if the “shared object search button” provided on the user terminal is not pressed, the processing cannot be advanced to step S302 and after in FIG. Even if the operation on the shared information by the operation unit 36 is started, for example, if the “community member search button” provided on the user terminal is not pressed, the process cannot proceed to step S402 in FIG. It is possible to intentionally prevent such a chain state.

  The present invention can be applied to a computer system for providing a workplace (work environment) for performing communication while sharing information among a plurality of users. Further, the present invention can be applied to a computer system operated by a service provider that provides a workplace for joint work. Further, the present invention can be applied to uses such as an appliance apparatus for collaborative work support. In addition, when a carrier providing a telephone line provides an information sharing function as a value-added service, it can be applied as a function enhancement module to a communication device.

It is a block diagram of a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the participating community information storage part in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a process performed in conjunction with the communication start in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a process performed in response to operation of shared information in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the user terminal in 1st Example of this invention. It is a block diagram of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the community information storage part in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a process performed in conjunction with the communication start in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a process performed in response to operation of shared information in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the collaboration controller in the 2nd Example of this invention. It is a block diagram of the 1st prior art. It is a block diagram of the 2nd prior art.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... User terminal 11 ... Communication means 12 ... Communication partner notification means 13 ... Related object judgment part 14 ... Participation community information storage part 15 ... Related object presentation part 16 ... Object operation part 17 ... Operation object notification part 18 ... Related user judgment Unit 19 ... Related user presentation unit 1A ... Input / output device 20 ... Communication network 30 ... User terminal 31 ... Communication means 32 ... Communication partner notification means 35 ... Related object presentation part 36 ... Object operation part 37 ... Operation target object notification means 39 ... Related user presentation unit 3A ... Input / output device 40 ... Communication network 50 ... Collaboration controller 53 ... Related object determination unit 54 ... Community information storage unit 58 ... Related user determination unit 60 ... Y The terminal 101 ... CPU
102 ... Memory 103 ... Hard disk 104 ... Network interface 105 ... Computer main body 106 ... Display device 107 ... Microphone 108 ... Speaker 109 ... Camera 110 ... Input device 111 ... Keyboard 112 ... Mouse 141 ... Community A information 142 ... Community B information 501 ... CPU
502 ... Memory 503 ... Hard disk 504 ... Network interface 505 ... Computer body 506 ... Display device 510 ... Input device 511 ... Keyboard 512 ... Mouse 541 ... Community A information 542 ... Community N information 1411 ... Participating member information 1412 ... Shared object information 1413 ... Object 1414 ... Operation history information 1421 ... Participating member information 1422 ... Shared object information 1423 ... Object 1424 ... Operation history information 5411 ... Participating member information 5412 ... Shared object information 5413 ... Object 5414 ... Operation history information 5421 ... Participating member information 5422 ... Sharing Object information 5423 ... object 5424 ... operation history information

Claims (28)

A workplace providing system for communicating while sharing information among a plurality of users,
A communication means for communicating between a plurality of users;
A community information storage unit for holding community information regarding community member configuration and shared information formed by a plurality of users;
A communication partner notifying means for acquiring communication partner information by the communication means;
Association that determines shared information shared by users who are performing communication based on communication partner information notified from the communication partner notification means and community information held in the community information storage unit An object determination unit;
A related object presenting unit that presents to the user the shared information determined by the related object determining unit;
An object operation unit for operating the presented shared information;
A workplace providing system comprising: A workplace providing system for communicating while sharing information among a plurality of users,
A community information storage unit for holding community information regarding community member configuration and shared information formed by a plurality of users;
An object operation unit for operating shared information in accordance with an instruction from the user;
An operation object notification means for acquiring an identifier of shared information operated by the object operation unit;
Based on the identifier of the shared information notified from the operation target object notifying means and the community information held in the community information storage unit, a sharing partner sharing the operated shared information with the user is determined. A related user determination unit,
A related user presenting unit that presents to the user the sharing partner determined by the related user determining unit;
A communication means for communicating with the presented sharing partner;
A workplace providing system comprising: A workplace providing system for communicating while sharing information among a plurality of users,
A communication means for communicating between a plurality of users;
A community information storage unit for holding community information regarding community member configuration and shared information formed by a plurality of users;
A communication partner notifying means for acquiring communication partner information by the communication means;
Related object for determining information shared by users who are communicating based on communication partner information notified from the communication partner notification means and community information held in the community information storage unit A determination unit;
A related object presenting unit that presents to the user the shared information determined by the related object determining unit;
An object operation unit for the user to operate the presented shared information;
An operation object notification means for acquiring an identifier of the shared information operated by the object operation unit;
Based on the identifier of the shared information notified from the operation target object notifying unit and the community information held in the community information storage unit, a shared partner sharing the operated shared information with the user A related user determination unit to be determined;
A related user presenting unit for presenting a sharing partner determined by the related user determining unit;
A workplace providing system comprising:   4. The work place providing system according to claim 1, wherein the related object determination unit assigns a priority to information shared by users based on an operation history of shared information. Place offer system.   The workplace providing system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the related user determination unit gives priority to a sharing partner sharing the operated shared information based on an operation history of shared information. A workplace provision system characterized by   One or more user terminals and a collaboration controller are communicably connected to each other through a communication network, and the user terminal includes the communication unit, the communication partner notification unit, the related object presentation unit, and the object operation unit, The workplace provision system according to claim 1, wherein the collaboration controller includes the community information storage unit and the related object determination unit.   One or more user terminals and a collaboration controller are communicably connected to each other through a communication network, and the user terminal includes the object operation unit, the operation target object notification unit, the related user presentation unit, and the communication unit. The workplace providing system according to claim 2, wherein the collaboration controller includes the community information storage unit and the related user determination unit.   One or more user terminals and a collaboration controller are communicably connected to each other through a communication network, and the communication unit, the communication partner notification unit, the related object presentation unit, the object operation unit, and the operation target are connected to the user terminal. 4. The workplace according to claim 3, further comprising an object notification unit and the related user presenting unit, wherein the collaboration controller includes the community information storage unit, the related object determination unit, and the related user determination unit. Offer system. A workplace providing method for communicating while sharing information among a plurality of users,
a) a communication means starting communication between a plurality of users;
b) a communication partner notifying unit acquiring partner information of communication by the communication unit;
c) The related object determination unit is notified from the communication partner notification unit and the community information held in the community information storage unit holding community information related to the community member configuration and shared information formed by a plurality of users. Determining shared information shared among users who are communicating based on the communication partner information
d) a related object presenting unit presenting the shared information determined by the related object determining unit to the user;
e) a step in which the object operation unit operates the presented shared information;
A workplace providing method characterized by including: A workplace providing method for communicating while sharing information among a plurality of users,
a) a step in which the object operation unit operates the shared information in accordance with an instruction from the user;
b) a step in which the operation target object notification means acquires an identifier of the shared information operated by the object operation unit;
c) The related user determination unit is notified from the community information stored in the community information storage unit that holds community information regarding the community member configuration and shared information formed by a plurality of users, and the operation target object notification unit. Determining a sharing partner sharing the operated shared information with the user based on the shared information identifier,
d) a related user presenting unit presenting a sharing partner determined by the related user determining unit to the user;
e) a communication means starting communication with the presented sharing partner;
A workplace providing method characterized by including: A communication means for communicating with users of other terminals;
A community information storage unit that holds community information regarding the member configuration and shared information of the community in which the user is participating;
A communication partner notifying means for acquiring communication partner information by the communication means;
Based on the communication partner information notified from the communication partner notifying means and the community information held in the community information storage unit, shared information shared with other users performing the communication A related object determination unit to be determined;
A related object presentation unit that presents the shared information determined by the related object determination unit to the user of the terminal;
An object operation unit for operating the presented shared information;
A user terminal comprising: A community information storage unit that holds community information regarding the member configuration and shared information of the community in which the user is participating;
An object operation unit for operating shared information in accordance with an instruction from the user;
An operation object notification means for acquiring an identifier of shared information operated by the object operation unit;
A sharing partner sharing the operated shared information with the user of the terminal based on the identifier of the shared information notified from the operation target object notifying unit and the community information held in the community information storage unit A related user determination unit for determining
A related user presenting unit that presents to the user the sharing partner determined by the related user determining unit;
A communication means for communicating with the presented sharing partner;
A user terminal comprising: A communication means for communicating with users of other terminals;
A community information storage unit that holds community information regarding the member configuration and shared information of the community in which the user is participating;
A communication partner notifying means for acquiring communication partner information by the communication means;
Related object for determining information shared by users who are communicating based on communication partner information notified from the communication partner notification means and community information held in the community information storage unit A determination unit;
A related object presenting unit that presents to the user the shared information determined by the related object determining unit;
An object operation unit for the user to operate the presented shared information;
An operation object notification means for acquiring an identifier of the shared information operated by the object operation unit;
Sharing the operated shared information with the user of the own terminal based on the identifier of the shared information notified from the operation target object notifying unit and the community information held in the community information storage unit A related user determination unit that determines a partner;
A related user presenting unit that presents to the user the sharing partner determined by the related user determining unit;
A user terminal comprising: A collaboration controller connected to one or more user terminals through a communication network,
A community information storage unit for holding community information related to community member configuration and shared information formed by the user of the user terminal;
A user who receives user information and communication partner information from the user terminal, and communicates with the user of the user terminal based on the received information and community information stored in the community information storage unit And the related object determination unit that determines the shared information shared with the user terminal and transmits to the user terminal,
The collaboration controller characterized by comprising. A collaboration controller connected to one or more user terminals through a communication network,
A community information storage unit for holding community information related to community member configuration and shared information formed by the user of the user terminal;
The user information and the identifier of the operated shared information are received from the user terminal, and the operated shared information is received from the user based on the received information and the community information stored in the community information storage unit. A related user determination unit that determines a sharing partner to be shared and transmits to the user terminal;
The collaboration controller characterized by comprising. A collaboration controller connected to one or more user terminals through a communication network,
A community information storage unit for holding community information related to community member configuration and shared information formed by the user of the user terminal;
A user who receives user information and communication partner information from the user terminal, and communicates with the user of the user terminal based on the received information and community information stored in the community information storage unit And the related object determination unit that determines the shared information shared with the user terminal and transmits to the user terminal,
The user information and the identifier of the operated shared information are received from the user terminal, and the operated shared information is received from the user based on the received information and the community information stored in the community information storage unit. A related user determination unit that determines a sharing partner to be shared and transmits to the user terminal;
The collaboration controller characterized by comprising. A user terminal connected to a collaboration controller through a communication network,
A communication means for communicating with users of other terminals;
Communication partner notification means for acquiring communication partner information by the communication means, and transmitting the acquired communication partner information and user terminal user information to the collaboration controller;
A related object presentation unit that receives shared information shared with other users performing the communication from the collaboration controller and presents the shared information to the user;
An object operation unit for operating the presented shared information;
A user terminal comprising: A user terminal connected to a collaboration controller through a communication network,
An object operation unit for operating shared information in accordance with an instruction from the user;
An operation target object notification means for acquiring an identifier of the shared information operated by the object operation unit, and transmitting the acquired identifier of the shared information and information of a user of the own terminal to the collaboration controller;
From the collaboration controller, a related user presenting unit that receives information on a sharing partner who shares the operated shared information and presents it to the user;
A communication means for communicating with the presented sharing partner;
A user terminal comprising: A user terminal connected to a collaboration controller through a communication network,
A communication means for communicating with users of other terminals;
Communication partner notification means for acquiring communication partner information by the communication means, and transmitting the acquired communication partner information and user terminal user information to the collaboration controller;
A related object presentation unit that receives shared information shared with other users performing the communication from the collaboration controller and presents the shared information to the user;
An object operation unit for operating the presented shared information;
An operation target object notification means for acquiring an identifier of the shared information operated by the object operation unit, and transmitting the acquired identifier of the shared information and information of a user of the own terminal to the collaboration controller;
From the collaboration controller, a related user presenting unit that receives information on a sharing partner who shares the operated shared information and presents it to the user;
A user terminal comprising: A computer that constitutes a user terminal having a community information storage unit that holds community information related to member configuration and shared information of a community in which a user participates,
Communication means for communicating with users of other terminals,
A communication partner notifying means for acquiring communication partner information by the communication means;
Based on the communication partner information notified from the communication partner notifying means and the community information held in the community information storage unit, shared information shared with other users performing the communication Related object determination section to determine,
A related object presenting unit that presents the shared information determined by the related object determining unit to the user of the terminal;
An object operation unit for operating the presented shared information;
Program to function as. A computer that constitutes a user terminal having a community information storage unit that holds community information related to member configuration and shared information of a community in which a user participates,
An object operation unit for operating shared information in accordance with an instruction from the user;
An operation object notification means for acquiring an identifier of shared information operated by the object operation unit;
A sharing partner sharing the operated shared information with the user of the terminal based on the identifier of the shared information notified from the operation target object notifying unit and the community information held in the community information storage unit Related user determination unit to determine,
A related user presenting unit for presenting a sharing partner determined by the related user determining unit to the user;
A communication means for communicating with the presented sharing partner;
Program to function as. A computer that constitutes a user terminal having a community information storage unit that holds community information related to member configuration and shared information of a community in which a user participates,
Communication means for communicating with users of other terminals,
A communication partner notifying means for acquiring communication partner information by the communication means;
Related object for determining information shared by users who are communicating based on communication partner information notified from the communication partner notification means and community information held in the community information storage unit Judgment part,
A related object presenting unit for presenting shared information determined by the related object determining unit to a user;
An object operation unit for the user to operate the presented shared information;
An operation object notification means for acquiring an identifier of the shared information operated by the object operation unit;
Sharing the operated shared information with the user of the own terminal based on the identifier of the shared information notified from the operation target object notifying unit and the community information held in the community information storage unit Related user determination unit that determines the partner,
A related user presenting unit for presenting a sharing partner determined by the related user determining unit to the user;
Program to function as. A computer that is connected to one or more user terminals through a communication network and constitutes a collaboration controller having a community information storage unit that holds community information related to community member configuration and shared information formed by users of the user terminals.
A user who receives user information and communication partner information from the user terminal, and communicates with the user of the user terminal based on the received information and community information stored in the community information storage unit A program for determining the shared information shared by the user terminal and causing it to function as a related object determination unit that transmits the shared information to the user terminal. A computer that is connected to one or more user terminals through a communication network and constitutes a collaboration controller having a community information storage unit that holds community information related to community member configuration and shared information formed by users of the user terminals.
The user information and the identifier of the operated shared information are received from the user terminal, and the operated shared information is received from the user based on the received information and the community information stored in the community information storage unit. A program for determining a sharing partner to be shared and for causing the user to function as a related user determination unit that transmits to the user terminal. A computer that is connected to one or more user terminals through a communication network and constitutes a collaboration controller having a community information storage unit that holds community information related to community member configuration and shared information formed by users of the user terminals.
A user who receives user information and communication partner information from the user terminal, and communicates with the user of the user terminal based on the received information and community information stored in the community information storage unit And the related object determination unit that determines the shared information shared with the user terminal and transmits the information to the user terminal,
The user information and the identifier of the operated shared information are received from the user terminal, and the operated shared information is received from the user based on the received information and the community information stored in the community information storage unit. A related user determination unit that determines a sharing partner to be shared and transmits the same to the user terminal;
Program to function as. A computer constituting a user terminal connected to the collaboration controller through a communication network
Communication means for communicating with users of other terminals,
Communication partner notification means for acquiring communication partner information by the communication means, and transmitting the acquired communication partner information and user terminal user information to the collaboration controller;
A related object presenting unit that receives shared information shared with other users performing the communication from the collaboration controller and presents the information to the user;
An object operation unit for operating the presented shared information;
Program to function as. A computer constituting a user terminal connected to the collaboration controller through a communication network
An object operation unit for manipulating shared information in accordance with an instruction from the user;
An operation target object notification means for acquiring an identifier of the shared information operated by the object operation unit, and transmitting the acquired identifier of the shared information and information of the user of the own terminal to the collaboration controller;
A related user presenting unit that receives information of a sharing partner who shares the operated shared information from the collaboration controller and presents the information to the user.
A communication means for communicating with the presented sharing partner;
Program to function as. A computer constituting a user terminal connected to the collaboration controller through a communication network
Communication means for communicating with users of other terminals,
Communication partner notification means for acquiring communication partner information by the communication means, and transmitting the acquired communication partner information and user terminal user information to the collaboration controller;
A related object presenting unit that receives shared information shared with other users performing the communication from the collaboration controller and presents the information to the user;
An object operation unit for operating the presented shared information;
An operation target object notification means for acquiring an identifier of the shared information operated by the object operation unit, and transmitting the acquired identifier of the shared information and information of the user of the own terminal to the collaboration controller;
A related user presenting unit that receives information of a sharing partner who shares the operated shared information from the collaboration controller and presents the information to the user.
Program to function as.

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