JP2007328723A - Information providing device and information providing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To promote construction of new human relationship on a social network service. <P>SOLUTION: When a desired second user is specified from an exclusive image plane of a first user, an introduction image plane including a list 60 of communities to which the first user and the second user commonly belong to, is provided to a terminal 11 of the first user. The first user can learn, via the list 60 of the communities, about topics and interests in common with the unacquainted second user having accessed to one's introduction image plane, with whom friendship has not yet been constructed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for providing information about a user in a social network service.

  In recent years, a service called a social network service (SNS) has become widespread. The SNS is a website opened for the purpose of expanding new friendships by introducing friends to each other. The SNS forms a group called a community where users with the same interests and interests gather, and on the community website, community members exchange information on common topics and share information.

Patent Documents 1 and 2 are examples of such techniques. According to Patent Document 1, a user can move a group from one activity to another. According to Patent Document 2, public data including an input user name is searched to obtain the number of hits, whether or not the number of hits exceeds a predetermined value, and between user names that are determined to exceed the predetermined value By setting the human relation data in, the human relation is grasped.
JP 2004-164599 A JP 2004-348179 A

  The techniques of Patent Documents 1 and 2 are all intended to increase the value of communication by developing existing human relationships on a network, and are insufficient as functions for creating new human relationships.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and promotes the establishment of a new human relationship on a social network service even between users whose human relationship has not yet been established. For the purpose.

  An information providing apparatus according to the present invention is an information providing apparatus in a social network service system that provides a social network service to a user of each terminal via a network, and includes a profile of a user of each terminal and other user information. User information storage unit to be registered, belonging community information storage unit to register information of the user's belonging community registered in the user information storage unit, and specified in advance from a specific terminal among users registered in the user information storage unit Information of a common community which is a community belonging to the second user other than the first user arbitrarily designated from the specified first user and the specific terminal is extracted from the community information storage unit For the common community extractor and a specific terminal, with the second user's information , And a information providing section that provides information common community extracted common community extractor.

  According to the present invention, if a specific first user registered in a social network service arbitrarily designates a second user, the first user and the second user together with the second user's profile and other information can be specified. The information of the community to which the user belongs is provided to the terminal of the first user.

  Since the first user can refer to the information of the community to which he / she belongs in common with the profile of the second user, etc., it is common to the second user who has not yet established a human relationship. You can know your interests and interests. If the first user refers to the common community together with the profile of the second user, etc. and has any interest in the second user, the opportunity to build a new human relationship between the users in the social network service It becomes.

  An information providing apparatus according to the present invention is an information providing apparatus in a social network service system that provides a social network service to a user of each terminal via a network, and includes a profile of a user of each terminal and other user information. User information storage unit to be registered, belonging community information storage unit to register information of the user's belonging community registered in the user information storage unit, and specified in advance from a specific terminal among users registered in the user information storage unit An extraction unit that extracts information on a common community, which is a community belonging to a specific user and an unspecified user other than the specific user, from the belonging community information storage unit for each unspecified user; The total number of common communities for each unspecified user extracted by the extraction unit The totaling unit to be counted and the information of unspecified users are listed according to the order according to the total number of common communities for each unspecified user totaled by the totaling unit, and the information of the unspecified users listed is specified by the specific terminal And an information providing unit to be provided.

  According to the present invention, the profile of the second user or the like in the order (preferably in descending order) according to the total number of affiliation communities that are common between a specific user and an unspecified user registered in the social network service. The information is listed, and the unspecified user information listed is provided to the terminal of the specific user.

  A specific user can refer to his / her profile, etc., in order of the number of affiliations shared between the unspecified user and himself / herself. Therefore, among the unspecified unidentified users who have not yet established human relationships, Users who have a lot of common interests and interests can refer to them with priority. If a specific user can find even one user who is interested or interested from among the unspecified users listed, it will trigger the creation of a new human relationship between users in the social network service.

  An information providing method according to the present invention is an information providing method in a social network service system that provides a social network service to a user of each terminal via a network, and includes a profile of a user of each terminal and other user information. A step of registering, a step of registering information of a community to which the registered user belongs, and a first user specified in advance from a specific terminal and a first specified arbitrarily from a specific terminal among the registered users A step of extracting information on a common community which is a community belonging to a second user other than one user, and information on the extracted common community together with information on the second user for a specific terminal. Providing.

  An information providing method according to the present invention is an information providing method in a social network service system that provides a social network service to a user of each terminal via a network, and includes a profile of a user of each terminal and other user information. A step of registering, a step of registering information on the user's affiliation community registered in the user information storage unit, and among registered users, a specific user specified in advance from a specific terminal and an error other than the specific user A step of extracting, for each unspecified user, information on a common community that is a community belonging to each of the specific users, a step of counting the total number of common communities for each extracted unspecified user, According to the total number of common communities for each unspecified user List the information of unspecified users according turn, and providing a user information unspecified listed to a particular terminal.

  According to the present invention, if a specific first user registered in a social network service arbitrarily designates a second user, the first user and the second user together with the second user's profile and other information can be specified. The information of the community to which the user belongs is provided to the terminal of the first user.

  Since the first user can refer to the information of the community to which he / she belongs in common with the profile of the second user, etc., it is common to the second user who has not yet established a human relationship. You can know your interests and interests. If the first user refers to the common community together with the profile of the second user, etc. and has any interest in the second user, the opportunity to build a new human relationship between the users in the social network service It becomes.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the profiles of the second user in the order (preferably in descending order) according to the total number of affiliation communities common to a specific user and an unspecified user registered in the social network service. Other information is listed, and the unspecified user information listed is provided to the terminal of the specific user.

  A specific user can refer to his / her profile, etc., in order of the number of affiliations shared between the unspecified user and himself / herself. Therefore, among the unspecified unidentified users who have not yet established human relationships, Users who have a lot of common interests and interests can refer to them with priority. If a specific user can find even one user who is interested or interested from among the unspecified users listed, it will trigger the creation of a new human relationship between users in the social network service.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a social network service (SNS) system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. In this system, when a plurality of terminals 11 composed of personal computers, mobile phones, PDAs, and the like access the server 30 via the network 5 such as the Internet, information can be exchanged with each other through the mediation of the server 30.

  The server 30 includes a storage unit 20, a Web server 31, a user relationship processing unit 34, a user registration unit 35, a common community search unit 36, a communication unit 37, and the like.

  The storage unit 20 includes a user data storage unit 21, a belonging community storage unit 22, a user relationship storage unit 23, a Web data storage unit 25, and a history storage unit 27, and is configured by a large-capacity storage medium.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the user data storage unit 21 stores user ID, user name, profile and other information (user information) relating to the user, which is identification information of the user of the terminal 11. Information exchange by the mediation of the server 30 is possible only between users (registrants) whose user information is registered in the user data storage unit 21.

  When the user registration unit 35 receives a notification from the terminal 11 of a certain registrant to introduce the other party (registration applicant) seeking to become a new registrant, the user registration unit 35 accepts the registration accordingly. A notification to that effect is transmitted to the terminal 11 of the applicant for registration by e-mail or the like. The e-mail address of the applicant who wants to register is previously taught to a specific registrant (introducer) who requests introduction from the applicant who wants to register, and this is notified to the user registration unit 35 from the terminal 11 of the introducer.

  When the terminal 11 of the applicant for registration receives the electronic mail from the user registration unit 35, the user information of the applicant for registration is transmitted to the user registration unit 35 in accordance with the registration method specified therein. When the user registration unit 35 receives the user information of the applicant for registration, the user registration unit 35 registers it in the user data storage unit 21. At this point, the applicant for registration becomes a registrant. Hereinafter, a registrant is simply represented by a user.

  Since the registrant itself does not exist when the SNS system is established, in order to secure the registrant to some extent, the registration applicant can freely register the user information without prior notice from the user registration unit 35. Also good.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3, the user relationship storage unit 23 stores the user IDs of other users who have a friendship with a specific user. Here, the user relationship storage unit 23 for the user with the user ID “001” stores the friend user IDs “002”, “003”, and “004”.

  For example, it is assumed that another certain first user desires to have a friendship with a certain second user. The user relationship processing unit 34 provides a page displaying the profile of the second user provided by the Web server 31 to the terminal 11 of the first user. This page is provided with a button for accepting friendships. By pressing this button from the terminal 11 of the first user, an application for friendships from the first user to the second user was made. A notice to that effect is sent by e-mail.

  When the second user accepts the friendship with the first user by the method prescribed in the notification, the user relationship processing unit 34 stores the user information of the second user in the user relationship storage unit 23 of the first user. And the user information of the first user is registered in the user relationship storage unit 23 of the second user. By doing so, the friend relationship between the first user and the second user is defined by the data.

  The user information of the introducer may be registered in the user relationship storage unit 23 of the applicant who wants to register, and the user information of the applicant who wants to register may be registered in the user relationship storage unit 23 of the introducer.

  FIG. 4 illustrates information stored in the affiliated community storage unit 22. The affiliation community storage unit 22 stores information (affiliation community information) that identifies a community to which each user belongs (virtual space on the network for communication between users regarding specific interests and interests).

  According to the information defined in FIG. 4, the user with the user ID “001” is divided into four communities of “person of company A”, “want to eat delicious food”, “preparing for moving”, and “person looking at the sky”. belong to. The user with the user ID “002” belongs to three communities “person of company A”, “single noble” and “want to eat delicious food”. The user with the user ID “003” belongs to four communities of “A company person”, “I live in Setagaya-ku”, “I am from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences”, and “High Income Group”. Each user can belong to his favorite community by arbitrarily updating the information in the belonging community storage unit 22.

  The Web server 31 acquires Web page data corresponding to the request content of the terminal 11 from the data stored in the Web data storage unit 25 and sends it to the terminal 11.

  FIG. 5 is a dedicated screen that is a Web page provided for each terminal 11 of a specific user (user ID, password, or other authentication information transmitted from a specific terminal 11) by a Web server 31. Is a display example. On this screen, a trigger 41 for starting confirmation and change of a specific user's own profile, a list 42 of friends who are friends with the user, and a list 43 of communities to which the user belongs are displayed.

  When the trigger 41 on the dedicated screen is clicked, user information such as a profile of a specific user is read from the user data storage unit 21, and a Web page including this information is read from the Web server 31 by the specific user. It is transmitted to the terminal 11.

  The friend list 42 includes user information of other users already stored in the user relationship storage unit 23 of the specific user (such as a friend's user name, a friend's image, and the total number of friends' belonging communities).

  The community list 43 includes information about communities to which the specific user belongs (for example, the name of the community, the number of users belonging to the community, etc.) defined in the belonging community storage unit 22 dedicated to the specific user.

  The access history 44 includes information (history information) that identifies other users who have accessed a specific user introduction screen (see FIG. 6 described later). The history information is stored in the history storage unit 27 that is distinguished for each user, and is updated by the user relation processing unit 34 every time there is an access. The history information in the history storage unit 27 may be information specifying a user who has accessed a diary or community established by a specific user, in addition to the introduction screen of the specific user.

  When an arbitrary user is specified from the access history 44 on a dedicated screen of a specific user (referred to as a first user), the profile of the specified user (referred to as a second user) and other user information are described. The web page (introduction screen) is transmitted from the web server 31 to the terminal 11 of the first user.

  FIG. 6 is a display example of the introduction screen. The introduction screen includes a second user profile (name, address, age, date of birth, blood type, birthplace, hobby, occupation, self-introduction, and other information) arbitrarily specified from the access history 44. Information is displayed. In addition, the friendship and the community to which the second user belongs are also displayed on the introduction screen.

  Further, the common screen (common community) 60 of the community to which the first user belongs and the community to which the second user belongs is displayed on the introduction screen. Here, “community B” and “community D” are displayed as common communities.

  FIG. 7 conceptually shows a community common to the first user and the second user. Here, as an example, the first user belongs to three communities of “community A”, “community B”, and “community D”, and the second user is “community B”, “community C”, It is assumed that belonging to four communities “community D” and “community E” is stored in the belonging community storage unit 22.

  The common community search unit 36 refers to the belonging community storage unit 22 and searches for a community (here, “community B” and “community D”) that is common between a certain first user and a second user.

  FIG. 8 shows the flow of common community search processing by the server 30.

  In S <b> 1, the common community search unit 36 receives the designation of the first user from the terminal 11.

  In S <b> 2, the common community search unit 36 reads the belonging community of the first user from the belonging community storage unit 22.

  In S <b> 3, the common community search unit 36 receives the designation of the second user from the terminal 11.

  In S <b> 4, the common community search unit 36 reads the belonging community of the second user from the belonging community storage unit 22.

  In S5, the common community search unit 36 matches the community to which the first user belongs and the community to which the second user belongs, and extracts only the matching community as a common community.

  In S <b> 6, the common community search unit 36 outputs information on the common community to the Web server 31. The Web server 31 transmits a Web page including common community information to the terminal 11.

  In this embodiment, in S1 and S3, a user who is authenticated to access a specific screen of a specific user is a first user, and a user specified in the access history 44 of the first user's dedicated screen is a first user. It is assumed that there are two users. In S6, the Web page including the information on the common community is transmitted to the terminal 11 of the first user.

  However, the first user and the second user may be any number as long as they are at least different users, and what kind of user is designated as the first user or the second user is information on a common community between different users. It is not essential for the search.

  As shown in FIG. 6, when a desired second user is designated from the dedicated screen of the first user, a list 60 of the communities to which the first user and the second user belong is shared. An introductory screen including this is provided to the terminal 11 of the first user. The first user can learn from the community list 60 topics and interests that are common to an unknown second user who has accessed the introduction screen and has not yet established a friendship.

  If the first user likes the second user by looking at the common community 60 and other user information, the user relationship processing unit 34 sends a notification that the friendship relationship is desired. The friend relationship between the first registrant and the second registrant is defined on the data in the user relationship storage unit 23.

  In this way, since the affiliated community that is common to the user is displayed for the unknown user, it is possible to grasp at a glance the topics and interests that are common to the user, and the construction of new friendships on the SNS is promoted.

Second Embodiment
There is a case in which a specific user wants to know a user who belongs to a large number of other unspecified users and who has a common community. In this embodiment, the SNS system of 1st Embodiment is applied and the function which searches for such a user from an unspecified user is provided.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 9, a button 80 for instructing a search for a user belonging to a community common to the user is provided on a dedicated screen of a specific first user.

  FIG. 10 shows the flow of the community common user search process by the server 30. This process starts when the button 80 is pressed.

  In S11, in response to the button 80 being pressed, the common community search unit 36 sequentially designates each search target user who is a user other than the first user as the second user, and is common to the first embodiment. Similar to the community search process, information on the community belonging to the first user and the second user is extracted for each search target user that is sequentially designated.

  In S12, a search target user from which at least one common community is extracted is set as a total target user, and the total number of common communities for each total target user is totaled.

  In S <b> 13, the common community search unit 36 sequentially outputs the user information of the aggregation target users with the large total number of common communities to the Web server 31. The Web server 31 transmits a search result screen, which is a Web page in which user information is arranged in the output order from the common community search unit 36, to the first user terminal 11. Note that the user information of the user already stored in the user relationship storage unit 23 of the first user may be excluded from the search result screen.

  FIG. 11 shows an example of the search result screen. As shown in this figure, the search result screen includes user information 82 including the name of each aggregation target user and a profile such as self-introduction, as well as the community belonging to the common user between the aggregation target user and the first user. A total number 81 is displayed. The user information 82 is arranged and displayed in descending order of the total number of affiliated communities 81. If there is a user who likes the first user, the first user may designate the user and display information on the community to which the user is common. Or you may transfer to the screen which applies the friend relation to the designated user.

  According to the search result screen of the present embodiment, it can be seen at a glance how much of the unspecified user whose friendship has not been established yet has interests and interests in common with him. In addition, users who have many common communities can preferentially browse, so even strangers can efficiently find users with similar preferences that seem to be compatible, and build new friendships within the SNS. Is promoted.

Schematic configuration diagram of social network service (SNS) system Conceptual explanatory diagram of information in user data storage unit Conceptual explanatory diagram of information in the user relationship storage unit Conceptual explanatory diagram of information in the affiliation community storage Figure showing a display example of a dedicated screen Figure showing a display example of the introduction screen The figure which shows notionally the community common to a 1st user and a 2nd user Flow chart showing the flow of common community search processing The figure which shows the example of a display of the exclusive screen where the button which instruct | indicates the search of the user who belongs to a community common with me was provided Flow chart showing the flow of community common user search processing Figure showing an example of the search result screen

Explanation of symbols

11: Terminal, 21: User data storage unit, 22: Affiliated community storage unit, 23: User relationship storage unit, 30: Server, 34: User relationship processing unit, 36: Common community search unit

Claims (4)

An information providing device in a social network service system that provides a social network service to a user of each terminal via a network,
A user information storage unit for registering the user profile of each terminal and other user information;
An affiliation community information storage unit for registering information of the affiliation community of the user registered in the user information storage unit;
Among the users registered in the user information storage unit, between a first user specified in advance from a specific terminal and a second user other than the first user arbitrarily specified from the specific terminal A common community extraction unit that extracts information of a common community that is a common community in the affiliation community information storage unit;
An information providing unit for providing information on the common community extracted by the common community extracting unit together with information on the second user to the specific terminal;
An information providing apparatus comprising: An information providing device in a social network service system that provides a social network service to a user of each terminal via a network,
A user information storage unit for registering the user profile of each terminal and other user information;
An affiliation community information storage unit for registering information of the affiliation community of the user registered in the user information storage unit;
Among the users registered in the user information storage unit, a common community that is a community belonging to a specific user specified in advance from a specific terminal and an unspecified user other than the specific user. An extraction unit for extracting information from the belonging community information storage unit for each unspecified user;
A totaling unit that counts the total number of common communities for each unspecified user extracted by the extraction unit;
The information of the unspecified user is listed according to the order according to the total number of common communities for the unspecified users counted by the counting unit, and the information of the unspecified user listed is stored in the specific terminal. An information provider to provide,
An information providing apparatus comprising: An information providing method in a social network service system that provides a social network service to a user of each terminal via a network,
Registering the user profile of each terminal and other user information;
Registering the information of the registered user's community,
Among the registered users, a community that is common between a first user specified in advance from a specific terminal and a second user other than the first user arbitrarily specified from the specific terminal Extracting information about a common community;
Providing the extracted common community information together with the second user information to the specific terminal;
Information providing method including An information providing method in a social network service system that provides a social network service to a user of each terminal via a network,
Registering the user profile of each terminal and other user information;
Registering information of the user's affiliation community registered in the user information storage unit;
Among the registered users, information on a common community, which is a community belonging to a specific user specified in advance from a specific terminal, and an unspecified user other than the specific user, Extracting for each of the users,
Totaling the total number of common communities for each unspecified user extracted;
Step of listing the information of the unspecified user according to the order according to the total number of common communities for each unspecified user that has been aggregated, and providing the specified information of the unspecified user to the specific terminal When,
Information providing method including

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