JP2007323622A - Researcher support system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To support user's research by integrally using a user profile, arguments between researchers, a transaction history, etc. <P>SOLUTION: A participating researcher stores his or her user profile in a user profile database 13, and books are recommended and traded by a business transaction mechanism 15, and opinions are exchanged for joint research or the like between researchers by an information exchanging argument part 19, and a user group profile database 13a is updated on the basis of information of groups formed through exchange of opinions, and analysis and processing results of contents of arguments are stored in an argument database 18, and information in the argument database 18 is integrally used, and a group interesting to the user and user's taste are used to update the user profile, and feedback is always performed in this cycle, whereby information useful for the user is provided in real time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention provides information on research related to books and research, as well as to promote research by recommending collaborators as well as promoting and promoting research by online discussion and introduction among researchers. In addition to the user profile creation and management functions, the user profiles, discussions between researchers, and transaction histories are provided. Researcher support system that can support user's research by using such as integrated.

When users collaborate in a network-configured environment between terminals, it is not a simple communication like conventional messenger software, but the specialized knowledge held by the user is effective for other users. It is desirable for the user to operate as a system in which the user holds a profile related to his / her specialized knowledge, and it is desirable in the progress of research activities and research development, and can contribute to the development of science.

Creating a record of what a user group discusses about a specific study, and determining the relationship with other groups and the relationship with other users, can broaden the relationship between researchers. This leads to the progress of research from a different perspective, and such is desirable.

Researchers have different knowledge and motivation for research on a specific research theme, and in addition to the amount of knowledge in related fields owned by users, Given the fact that the amount of utterances can be different, and that the discussion will be dilutive for the user if it deviates from the technical part even a little, the book or discussion suitable for the user is provided. Etc. are desirable.

It is desirable to deepen researcher exchanges by providing a system with book exchange, provision, and trading functions. For this purpose, a system with a function such as a user profile that allows detailed management of user properties. However, there are no existing systems that utilize them in an integrated manner, and existing systems cannot be expected to be effective enough to support research.

In order to recommend discussion groups based on information that represents the user's characteristics, such as user profiles, or to recommend appropriate books, the profile is updated as needed, including the history of discussions, history of remarks, participation in groups, etc. It is desirable to integrate and introduce functions that provide information and research support required by the user according to time as a result, as determined based on the behavior history, transaction history, browsing history, initial input information, and the like.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-44643 is a patent relating to a research work support apparatus and a research work execution method for the purpose of supporting researchers, but it is simply a system for quickly providing newly created documents to researchers. The system here is not related to collaborative research and has no relationship with transactions of books, etc., and it is the fact that the technical division of JP-A-2003-44643 is divided and the documents in the field belonging thereto are provided. It is impossible to realize creative inventions such as JP2003-44643, which obstructs creative activities, integrates recommendations such as this application, and introduces researchers.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-86533 is an invention that promotes the distribution and use of academic documents for the purpose of revitalizing research, and the document management apparatus seen here is variously used in research. Considering the characteristics of academic documents that data acquisition is difficult, recording and reuse by free registration of data has been realized. However, it is possible to expand the research of specific researchers and to exchange and discuss between researchers. Furthermore, no recommendation of academic information is taken into consideration, and it is impossible to effectively carry out cooperative research activities according to the invention as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-44643.

Therefore, it is related to the researcher support system, in particular, the creation of a user profile characterized by the research content, interests and preferences of the researcher, joint research support between users, researcher introduction and recommendation, and researcher needs A researcher support system for supporting research in which exchange, sale, and recommendation of books are realized in an integrated manner and the user profile can be updated every time is desired for the user.

Problems to be solved by the invention

The present invention has been made in view of the above points. The creation of a user profile characterized by the research contents, interests, and preferences of a researcher, joint research support between users, researcher introduction and recommendation, and researcher It is an object of the present invention to provide a researcher support system for supporting research in which a user profile can be updated every time by exchanging, selling, and recommending necessary books in an integrated manner.

Means for solving the problem

Such a technical problem can be effectively solved by the present invention. In one example of a researcher support system according to the present invention, a discussion information memory storing a document in which a collection of knowledge owned by a plurality of users and a collection of opinions on already expressed knowledge are regarded as a knowledge group, and a user User profile information management unit and user profile data management unit that manage integratedly, such as the history of remarks and participation in groups, and the buying and selling and exchange of books and browsing history of web pages, As a data set representing features, the user profile can introduce new researchers, recommend research, recommend and introduce books, etc., and the user profile of initial input can be updated sequentially, Various information related to research that is preferably introduced to users in real time can be provided and discussed. Researchers system that summarizes the history of the technology, such as natural language processing, research activities by researchers to view it is promoted.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a researcher support system according to the present invention. First, the user profile data management unit 11 forms information that can be stored in the database by the user profile information and characteristics input by the user from the terminal 10 and stores the data in the user profile database 13.

The user discusses with other researchers using the information exchange discussion mechanism 19, and information about the group is stored in the user group profile database 13a.

The discussion data is transmitted to the discussion data processing unit 17, and the processed and shaped data is stored in the discussion database 18.

Based on the content of the discussion in the discussion data processing unit 17, a data set such as group characteristics is stored in the user group profile database 13a.

The information in the user group profile database 13a is classified by the researcher relationship construction mechanism 14 and the preference information processing unit 16, and the user profile data in the user profile database 13 is updated based on the data representing the characteristics.

In the discussion data processing unit, when there are a large number of discussions in one theme or group, by analyzing the discussion using natural language processing technology such as collaborative filtering, the similar parts are put together and surprising to the group. Discover a part.

The data obtained as a result of the above processing is linked to the discussion data set, and the discussion data, the information processed by the discussion data processing unit 17 and the summary of the discussion are combined into one set as a discussion database 18. Stored in

Of the data stored in the discussion database, words closely related to the user are stored in the user profile database.

User profile input in advance in the user profile database, information related to the user profile generated as a result of discussion, information processed by the user group profile information processing unit 12 and processed by the user profile information processing unit 11a The information about the user in the user profile database 13 is updated using the information comprehensively.

The commercial transaction mechanism 15 is for the user to actually exchange information related to research such as books, and books are recommended to the user by user profile information and user group profile information.

The commercial transaction mechanism 15 is capable of supporting commercial transactions such as auctions and reverse auctions, matching, etc., and if appropriate sellers and buyers are found, they are matched.

Regarding the transactions performed in the commercial transaction mechanism 15, the history is transmitted to the user profile information processing unit 11a and the user group profile information processing unit 12, and information on the user profile database is updated based on the history. Updated.

FIG. 2 briefly shows an example of the inside of the commercial transaction mechanism 15. In the transaction, the seller inputs product information from the product information input unit 21, which is stored in the product information database 20.

Based on the information stored in the merchandise information database 20, whether or not an appropriate user exists is searched by the matching rule 22a of the matching unit 22, and if an appropriate user exists, the product is recommended to the user.

The product information stored in the product information database 20 can be referred to by each user, and in addition, the user recommended above purchases the desired product by an auction or reverse auction method.

FIG. 3 briefly shows an example of the inside of the information exchange discussion unit 19, and each user inputs a discussion from the discussion input unit 30.

Discussions input from the discussion input unit 30 are stored in the discussion database of FIG. 1 as they are, and are organized based on the organization rules 32 a of the discussion information organization unit 32.

Of the information organized by the discussion information organizing unit 32, it is calculated by the calculation rule 31a of the relevance calculating unit 31 in order to determine whether it is important for the user group and the user.

The data calculated by the relevance calculation unit 31 is stored in the discussion database 18 via the discussion data processing unit 17, the relevance is stored in the user group profile database 13a, processed by the researcher relationship building mechanism 14, and so on. Feedback is applied to the user group profile as well as the user profile.

The invention's effect

As described above, the researcher support system according to the present invention is not a simple communication such as messenger software existing as a conventional technology when the user jointly researches in an environment where terminals are configured by a network. Effectively communicating the expertise held by the user to other users and operating the system as a system that holds profiles related to the user's own expertise supports the progress of research activities and the development of research. Can contribute to the development of science.

Creating a record of what a user group discusses about a specific study, and determining the relationship with other groups and the relationship with other users, can broaden the relationship between researchers. Leads to the progress of research from a different perspective.

Researchers have different knowledge and motivation for research on a specific research theme, and in addition to the amount of knowledge in related fields owned by users, Given the fact that the amount of utterances can be different, and that the discussion will be dilutive for the user if it deviates from the technical part even a little, the book or discussion suitable for the user is provided. Etc. can be provided.

In order to recommend discussion groups based on information that represents the user's characteristics, such as user profiles, or to recommend appropriate books, the profile is updated as needed, including the history of discussions, history of remarks, participation in groups, etc. It is determined based on the action history, transaction history, browsing history, initial input information, and the like, and as a result, it is possible to integrate the functions for providing information and research support required by the user according to time.

Based on the above, it is related to the researcher support system, in particular, the creation of a user profile characterized by the research content, interests and preferences of the researcher, joint research support between users, researcher introduction and recommendation, and researcher needs It is possible to support research that allows the user profile to be updated every time by exchanging, selling, and recommending books.

The circuit block diagram which shows the researcher assistance system which concerns on this invention. The circuit block diagram which shows the detail of the input information processing mechanism of the researcher assistance system which concerns on this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Terminal 11 ... User profile data management 11a ... User profile information processing part 12 ... User group profile information processing part 13 ... User profile database 13a ... User group profile database 14 ... Research Person relationship construction mechanism 15 ... Commerce transaction mechanism 16 ... Preference information processing unit 17 ... Discussion data processing unit 18 ... Discussion database 19 ... Information exchange discussion mechanism 20 ... Product information database 21 ... Product information input unit 22 ... Matching unit 22a ... Matching rule 23 ... Commercial transaction unit 23a ... Trading rules 30 ... Discussion input unit 31 ... Relevance calculation unit 31a ... Calculation rule 32 ...・ Discussion information organizing part 32a ・ ・ Organization rules

Claims (10)

Users with multiple specialized knowledge can acquire their own knowledge, mainly multiple users can share opinions on the subject of professional discussion, and connect the relationships between users created through their exchanges, Researcher relationship building mechanism that can support creating new relationships,
The user group profile information processing unit that processes new knowledge and data obtained from them and the relationship between users, the user group profile database for storing processed data, and the storage mechanism data and data chunks to other users A multifunctional preference information processing unit that can be referred to according to user's preference,
Information exchange discussion mechanism that allows users connected online to exchange opinions by exchanging character data, a database for storing all of the discussion history, and discussion data processing for processing and managing the database information And
A commerce mechanism for enabling exchange, recommendation, and buying and selling of the book according to a user profile that describes user preferences for enabling exchange and recommendation and buying and selling of books with researchers with whom the user interacts;
Information input unit for user profiles used by the above mechanism and user profile database for storing input information, formats and data sets available to users with specialized knowledge, and ranking and selection automatically A user profile information processing unit for
A researcher support system comprising at least a user profile data management unit for processing and managing data by clustering or statistical methods in the function of the user profile information processing unit. The history discussed by the user can be referred to by a plurality of users as a document data set, the metadata that summarizes the data can be managed, the specialized field can be specified, and the research development is comprehensively supported The researcher support system according to claim 1, wherein: The user can be introduced on-line to have a relationship with a user in a specialized field characterized by the metadata of claim 2 in the researcher relationship building mechanism of claim 1,
A user group profile database in which data about user groups is stored as a database for describing those introductions as data;
A researcher capable of establishing a researcher relationship and enabling a researcher relationship according to claim 1, wherein a space for exchanging information such as an online website that can be browsed only by those users is maintained in order to maintain the relationship between the introduced users. Support system. Support for newly recommending information unknown to the user based on the user profile information according to claim 1 in order to classify or refer to the data set generated by the discussion between the users. And
The research according to claim 1, characterized in that it verifies whether or not the recommended user can use the truly recommended data and information, and the system allows the system to analyze the accuracy and learn an appropriate recommendation method. Support system. According to the user's preference, the data and data set of the information exchange discussion mechanism and specialized information can be referred to by selection based on the preference information processing unit, and the reference information itself is further overwritten on the user profile. The researcher support system according to claim 1. In order to provide information that is processed and managed by the discussion data processing unit as meaningful information for the user, the discussion data that is appropriately divided into continuous information is characterized by a procedure such as collaborative filtering, and the history is roughly summarized. The researcher support system according to claim 1, wherein a simple flow can be easily grasped. The user for the business transaction function according to claim 1, who recommends or sells a book provided by another user based on the user profile and exchanges books between users whose preferences are matched. The researcher support system according to claim 1, further comprising an early-stage user profile information processing unit for managing, processing, and deleting data. In order to process the user profile so that it can be easily used, the user profile can be characterized using the transaction history, the discussion history, and the information obtained by the researcher relation building mechanism,
8. The user profile information processing unit and the user profile data management unit according to claim 7, which can be processed and modified into a user profile used in subsequent transactions. The commerce function according to claim 7, wherein data generated, processed, and added by the user profile information processing unit and the user profile data management unit can be used in an integrated and effective manner. The research according to claim 1, wherein the user profile information processing unit, the user profile data management unit, and the preference information processing unit are characterized by user expertise and preferences, and can be used comprehensively and effectively for researcher support. Support system.

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