JP2008077335A - Apparatus and program for automatically creating abbreviation - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily, quickly and automatically create an abbreviation 13 that corresponds to each user out of an official name 12. <P>SOLUTION: An abbreviation rule database 8 is provided for storing one kind or a plurality of kinds of abbreviation rules 10 for each word. The abbreviation rule 10 stored in the abbreviation rule database 8 is designated according to a user's direction. When the official name 12 specifying the user is input under these conditions, the official name 12 is separated into a plurality of words. Based on the abbreviation rule 10 designated by the user (user ID) stored in the abbreviation rule database 8, unit abbreviations in word units are created out of the plurality of words separated. Finally, the unit abbreviations created are combined to form the abbreviation 13 of the official name 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic abbreviation creation apparatus and an automatic abbreviation creation program for automatically creating an abbreviation having a small number of characters from a formal name having a large number of characters, such as the name of an organization such as a company or organization, the name of a product, a title, or a title.

  When there are many characters such as names of organizations such as companies and organizations, names of products, titles, titles, etc., they may be called abbreviated names instead of official names with many characters. In this case, the minimum condition is that one formal name can be specified accurately from the abbreviations described or called.

  In the past, the management department decided the abbreviation so that the official name would not be duplicated based on experience and intuition and contacted the employee, or the official name of the organization to which the employee belonging to the organization belongs without permission The abbreviation was given.

However, such a state may cause confusion because there is no standard for abbreviations. Therefore, in Patent Document 1, the name display character string to be abbreviated is divided into a plurality of words using a word dictionary, and the meaning of each divided word is not a single word but adjacent words before and after the word. Determined in relation to the meaning of Then, an abbreviation display character string is obtained from a word indicating the central meaning of the name display character string to be abbreviated.
JP 2002-183118 A

  In such a method, for one name display character string as an abbreviation target, for one name display character string, one abbreviation display character string that most accurately represents the meaning of this name display character string. It is uniquely determined.

  However, in large corporations and organizations, the organization has become larger and more complex, and the official names of the organizations have become longer, and there are many similar official names. There are many cases of numbers only as in Section 2.

  In addition, companies and organizations have their own basic policy when abbreviating the official name of an organization, and while maintaining this basic policy, many complex and similar official names can be quickly created. Therefore, it is required to determine abbreviations so that formal names do not overlap.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances. For example, for each user represented by a company or organization, an abbreviation rule can be set when an abbreviation is created from an official name. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic abbreviation creation apparatus and an automatic abbreviation creation program that can automatically create abbreviations corresponding to the above in a short time.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides an automatic abbreviation creation apparatus for creating an abbreviation consisting of a number of characters less than the number of characters of the formal name from a formal name composed of several characters. When an abbreviation rule database that stores types of abbreviation rules, an abbreviation rule designation means that designates abbreviation rules stored in the abbreviation rule database based on a user's instruction, and an official name that identifies the user are input, A unit for decomposing the formal name into a plurality of words and a unit for creating a unit abbreviation in units of words based on the abbreviation rules designated by the user stored in the abbreviation rule database for the plurality of decomposed words An abbreviation creation means and an abbreviation creation means that combines the created unit abbreviations to form an abbreviated formal name.

  In the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus configured as described above, one or more types of abbreviation rules for each word are stored in the abbreviation rule database. Then, for example, a user of a company or organization that issues a request for creating an abbreviation designates an abbreviation rule corresponding to its basic policy in the abbreviation rule database.

  After that, when the user inputs the formal name that identifies the user to the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus, the entered formal name is decomposed into a plurality of words, and the abbreviated name in which the plurality of decomposed words are designated by the user. Unit abbreviations in units of words are created based on the rules, and these are combined to obtain abbreviations corresponding to the basic policy of the user.

  In another invention, in the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus of the above invention, a dictionary database is provided for storing each word created in the past, a unit abbreviation, and user identification information. The unit abbreviation creation means uses the unit abbreviation stored in the dictionary database for the words stored in the dictionary database among the words decomposed by the decomposition means. Further, the unit abbreviation created by the unit abbreviation creation means using the abbreviation rule stored in the abbreviation rule database is additionally written in the dictionary database with the word and user information.

  In the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus configured in this way, once created unit abbreviations are registered in the dictionary database with a word and user information attached, so abbreviations are created from the official names that will be input next time. The processing burden in case is reduced.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, in the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus of the above invention, a unique abbreviation rule database for storing a unique abbreviation rule for each user-specific word designated by each user is provided, and the unit abbreviation creation means includes: The unit abbreviation is created by giving priority to the abbreviation rule of the original abbreviation rule database over the abbreviation rule of the general abbreviation rule database.

  In the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus configured as described above, each user can select and specify the abbreviation rules prepared in advance in the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus in the abbreviation rule database, and the user can uniquely specify the unique abbreviation rules. Since it can be registered in the rule database, each user can obtain an abbreviation customized for himself / herself.

  Another invention is an automatic abbreviation creation program. This automatic abbreviation creation program is an abbreviation that stores one or more kinds of abbreviation rules for each word in a computer that creates an abbreviation consisting of a number of characters smaller than the number of characters of the official name from a formal name composed of a plurality of characters. Abbreviation rule designating means for designating the abbreviation rules stored in the rule database based on the user's instruction, the decomposing means for decomposing the formal name into a plurality of words when the formal name specifying the user is input, Unit abbreviation creation means for creating unit abbreviations of word units based on abbreviation rules specified by the user stored in the abbreviation rule database for a plurality of decomposed words, and combining the created unit abbreviations It functions as an abbreviation creation means that abbreviates the official name.

  The automatic abbreviation creation program configured as described above can achieve substantially the same effect as the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus of the previous invention.

  Furthermore, an automatic abbreviation program of another invention causes a computer to function as means for storing a unique abbreviation rule for each user-specific word designated by each user in a unique abbreviation rule database. Further, the unit abbreviation creation means that causes the computer to function creates unit abbreviations by giving priority to the abbreviation rules in the unique abbreviation rule database over the abbreviation rules in the abbreviation rule database.

  The automatic abbreviation program configured as described above can achieve substantially the same operational effects as the automatic abbreviation creation described above.

  In the present invention, it is possible to set an abbreviation rule for creating an abbreviation from an official name for each user represented by, for example, a company or an organization, and an abbreviation corresponding to each user can be automatically and quickly Can be created.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a network system in which an automatic abbreviation creation apparatus in which an automatic abbreviation creation program according to the first embodiment of the present invention is incorporated is incorporated.

  One automatic abbreviation creation apparatus 2 and a plurality of user apparatuses 3a, 3b, and 3c according to the embodiment are connected to the Internet 1. For example, the user device 3a is incorporated in the computer system 4 of each company or group together with the personnel salary system 5a, the production management system 5b, and the sales system 5c, and the organization of the company or group to which the user belongs is changed. When a formal name indicating a large number of departments is generated, a request for creating an abbreviation corresponding to the formal name is sent to the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus 2 via the Internet 1.

  Other user devices 3b and 3c are also incorporated in a computer system of a company or organization in the same manner as the previous user device 3a. Then, an abbreviation creation request is sent to the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus 2. Each of the user devices 3a to 3c is assigned a user ID that identifies the user.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus 2 according to the first embodiment configured by, for example, a computer system. The automatic abbreviation creation apparatus 2 includes a client 6, a name management server 7, an abbreviation rule database 8, and a name database 9 connected to the user apparatuses 3a to 3c via the Internet 1.

  In the client 6, an interface, a display device, and an operation unit are incorporated, and a computer that implements software for inputting a formal name and abbreviation from the user devices 3a to 3c and displaying a registered formal name and abbreviation. A configured PC terminal or the like is conceivable.

  On the other hand, the name management server 7 is a computer connected to the client 6 and may be a PC server or the like. In the name management server 7, an abbreviation rule setting / reference unit 14, an abbreviation creation / reference unit 15, and a formal name input / reference unit 16 are provided as program modules formed on the application program.

  In the abbreviation rule database 8, as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of abbreviation rules 10 for creating unit abbreviations corresponding to the words from the words generally included in the formal names are included in the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus. It is preset by 2 designers or managers. Specifically, an abbreviation rule 10, character classification, application target, priority, setting, and user ID are stored for each rule number.

  The character classification indicates the character classification of the word to which the abbreviation rule 10 is applied, such as Kanji [Kan], Katakana [Kana], Hiragana [Kana], Alphanumeric [English], All characters [All], etc. It is set in advance by the designer of the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus 2. Furthermore, the application target indicates the type of formal name to which this abbreviation rule is applied. For example, an organization, a product, an individual (title) is set.

  The priority means that an important abbreviation rule 10 is preferentially used on the assumption that a plurality of abbreviation rules 10 can be applied to one word. The setting means that each user of the company or organization described above is used when the user device 3a to 3c creates the abbreviation 13 from the official name 12 thereof. The user ID 11 is a user who has selected the abbreviation rule 10. Therefore, a plurality of user IDs 11 may be set for one abbreviation rule 10.

  For example, in the abbreviation rule 10 of rule number 1 “omitted by the X letter at the beginning of the word”, when X = 2, the word “system” is expressed by the two letters “SYS” at the beginning of the sentence. “Sys” is the unit abbreviation created for the word “system”.

  Also, the rule number 2 “Kanji is abbreviated after reading” is abbreviated rule 10 for example, after the word “sales” is converted to the Kana character “Eiyo”, then the two-letter abbreviation “A”. It becomes. For example, the abbreviation rule 10 for “numbers are changed to Arabic numerals” in rule number 3 and the abbreviation rule 10 for “numbers and sections are omitted” in rule number 4 are “unit 1” for “first section”. It becomes.

  Therefore, by using the four abbreviation rules 10 of the rule numbers 1 to 4, for example, the formal name 12 of “System Sales Section 1” is changed to the three words “System”, “Sales”, “First Section”. And the unit abbreviations “cis”, “A”, and “1” for each word are combined to obtain the abbreviation 13 of “SYS A1”.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the name database 9 stores the formal name 12 with the data ID, the abbreviated name 13, and the user ID 11 of the user created and registered by the automatic abbreviation creation device 2. ing.

  Next, the operation of each unit 14, 15, 16 of the management server 7 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When an abbreviated rule setting reference request designating the user ID 11 from each of the user devices 3a to 3c is input via the network 1 and the client 6 (step S1), the abbreviated rule setting / reference unit 14 is shown in FIG. The rule setting reference process shown is executed (S2).

  Then, when the rule setting reference process is started, in the case of an abbreviation rule reference request (S2-1), the abbreviation rule 10 of the specified user ID 11 in the abbreviation rule database 8 is read out via the client 6 It transmits to the requesting user devices 3a to 3c (S2-2).

  In the case of an abbreviation rule setting request (S2-1), the user ID 11 of the requesting user is set for the abbreviation rule 10 designated by the user devices 3a to 3c (S2-3). It is also possible to send all the abbreviation rules 10 stored in the abbreviation rule database 8 to the requesting user devices 3a to 3c and allow the user to select them.

  In S3 of FIG. 5, when a formal name reference input request designating the user ID 11 is input from each of the user devices 3a to 3c, the formal name input / reference unit 16 refers to the formal name input shown in FIG. Processing is performed (S4). When the formal name input reference process is started, in the case of a formal name reference request from each of the user devices 3a to 3c (S4-1), the designated user ID 11 stored in the name database 9 is set. All the official names 12 are read out and sent to the requesting user apparatuses 3a to 3c (S4-2). In the case of a registration request for a new formal name 12 from each of the user devices 3a to 3c (S4-1), the entered formal name 12 is added to the name database 9 with a new data ID and user ID. sign up. Note that the abbreviation 13 has not yet been set for the newly registered official name 12.

  In S5 of FIG. 5, when an abbreviation creation reference request designating the own user ID 11 is input from each of the user devices 3a to 3c, the abbreviation creation / reference unit 15 performs the abbreviation creation reference process shown in FIG. Implement (S6). When the abbreviation creation reference process is started, in the case of an abbreviation reference request from each of the user devices 3a to 3c (S6-1), all of the designated user IDs 11 stored in the name database 9 are set. Is sent to the requesting user devices 3a to 3c (S6-2). In the case of an abbreviation creation request (S6-1), the official name 12 of the corresponding user ID that has not yet been created and stored in the name database 9 is read (S6-3).

  Next, the read formal name 12 is divided into a plurality of words (S6-4). Various methods have already been put to practical use for dividing a series of character strings composed of a plurality of characters into a plurality of meaningful words. Here, the formal name 12 is one character at a time from the beginning. When the number of characters is increased and a search is performed in the dictionary, and the corresponding word is described in the dictionary, the corresponding character string is set as one word. If not applicable, one word is used when the word ends or when the kana-kanji classification changes. In addition, character classification (kanji, katakana, hiragana) is determined in units of words.

  For example, the formal name “System Sales Section 1” can be divided into three words “System”, “Sales”, and “First Section”. Note that the last “First Section” may not be registered in the dictionary.

  Next, for each obtained word, the abbreviation rule 10 to which the user ID of the creation request source is attached is read from the abbreviation rule database 8, and each read word is used to correspond from each word. A unit abbreviation is created (S6-5). More specifically, the corresponding abbreviation rule database 8 is called up from the abbreviation rule database 8 and is applied in the order of priority numbers.

  For example, the word “system” among the three words “system”, “sales”, and “first section” constituting the official name “system sales first section” is “first two letters of rule number 1”. The unit abbreviation of “Sys” is obtained using “summarized by”, application target “organization”, character category “all”, and priority “100”. Similarly, the word “sales” is a unit abbreviation of “Ying”, and “Section 1” is a unit abbreviation of “1” by using the abbreviation rule 10 of “section and section are omitted”. .

The unit abbreviations for the respective words thus obtained are combined into an abbreviation 13 for the formal name 12. Then, the newly created abbreviation 13 is written in the corresponding formal name 12 field of the name database 9 (S6-6).
For example, in the official name “System Sales Section 1”, three unit abbreviations “Sys”, “Operating”, “1” are combined to create “System Management Section 1” for the official name “System Sales Section 1”. Abbreviation 13 of “1”.

  Further, when the official name 12 designating the user ID 11 is inputted from each of the user devices 3a to 3c in S7 of FIG. 5, it corresponds to the official name 12 stored in the name database 9. The abbreviation 13 is read and returned to the requesting user devices 3a to 3c (S8).

  5, when an abbreviation 13 specifying the user ID 11 is input from each of the user devices 3a to 3c, an official name corresponding to the abbreviation 13 stored in the name database 9 is obtained. 12 is read and returned to the requesting user apparatuses 3a to 3c.

  In the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus 2 of the first embodiment configured as described above, in the abbreviation rule database 8, as shown in FIG. 3, one or more kinds of abbreviations for each word constituting the formal name 12. Rule 10 is stored.

  Then, the user who issues a request for creating the abbreviation 13 operates his / her own user devices 3 a to 3 c to specify the abbreviation rule 10 corresponding to his basic policy in the abbreviation rule database 8. Thereafter, when the user instructs the creation request of the abbreviation 13 for the official name 12 specifying the user, the official name 12 is decomposed into a plurality of words, and the plurality of decomposed words are designated by the user. Based on the abbreviation rules, unit abbreviations in units of words are created, and these are combined to obtain the abbreviation 13 corresponding to the basic policy of the user.

  As described above, in the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus 2 according to the first embodiment, the abbreviation rule 10 for creating the abbreviation 13 from the formal name 12 is arbitrarily selected and set for each user represented by, for example, a company or an organization. It becomes possible, and the service for the user can be greatly improved for each user.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an automatic abbreviation creation apparatus 2a according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The same parts as those in the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus 2 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. Therefore, the detailed description of the overlapping part is omitted.

  The automatic abbreviation creation apparatus 2a of the second embodiment includes a client 6, a name management server 7a, an abbreviation rule database 8, and a name database 9, which are connected to the user apparatuses 3a to 3c via the Internet 1. It consists of a dictionary database 17.

  In the dictionary database 17, as shown in FIG. 10, a unit abbreviation 20 of each word 19 created by the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus 2a is stored with a user ID 11. For example, for the word 19 of “sales”, two types of unit abbreviations 20 are set: a unit abbreviation 20 of “Ying” and a unit abbreviation 20 of “A”. This is because the abbreviation rule 10 applied to the word 19 is different. Therefore, a different user ID 11 is assigned to each unit abbreviation 20.

  In the name management server 7a, an abbreviation rule setting / reference unit 14 as a program module formed on the application program, an abbreviation creation / reference unit 15a, a dictionary registration / reference unit 18, an official name input / reference unit 16 Is provided.

  Next, the operation of each unit 14, 15a, 16, 18 of the management server 7a will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the flowchart of FIG. 11, the same parts as those in the flowchart of the management server 7 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description of the overlapping parts is omitted.

  In step S5 of FIG. 11, when an abbreviation creation reference request designating the user ID 11 of the user is input from each of the user devices 3a to 3c, the abbreviation creation / reference unit 15a performs the abbreviation creation reference process shown in FIG. (S6A). When the abbreviation creation reference process is started, in the case of an abbreviation reference request from each of the user devices 3a to 3c (S6A-1), all of the designated user IDs 11 stored in the name database 9 are set. Is sent to the requesting user apparatuses 3a to 3c (S6A-2).

  In the case of an abbreviation creation request (S6A-1), the official name 12 of the corresponding user ID that has not yet been created and stored in the name database 9 is read (S6A-3).

  Next, the formal name 12 is divided into a plurality of words (S6A-4). In the second embodiment, the formal name 12 is incremented by one character from the beginning, searched for each word 19 in the dictionary database 17, and if applicable, the corresponding word 19 is set as one word. If the word 19 in the dictionary database 17 does not exist, it is set as one word when the word ends or when the kana-kanji classification changes. Character classification (kanji, katakana, hiragana) is determined on a word basis.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 13, each word 19 of “system” and “sales” of the official name 12 of “system sales first section” is registered in the dictionary database 17, but “first section” is Not registered in the dictionary database 17.

  Next, it is determined whether or not each obtained word matches the word 19 with the user ID 11 of the creation request source in the dictionary database 17, and the dictionary database 17 The unit abbreviation 20 stored in is read.

  For words that are not registered in the dictionary database 17, the abbreviation rule 10 with the user ID of the registration creation request source is read from the abbreviation rule database 8, and each abbreviation rule 10 that is read is used to read each abbreviation rule 10. A corresponding unit abbreviation is created from the word (S6A-5). More specifically, the abbreviation rule database 8 is called from the abbreviation rule 10 of the corresponding character classification and application range, and further applied in the order of the priority number.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 13, the words “system” and “sales” among the three words “system”, “sales”, and “first section” that form the official name “system sales section 1” As the unit abbreviation, the unit abbreviation 20 already set in the dictionary database 17 is employed, and the unit abbreviation is created using the abbreviation rule 10 in the abbreviation rule database 8 for the word “first section”.

  The unit abbreviations 20 for the respective words 19 obtained in this way are combined into an abbreviation 13 for the formal name 12. Then, the newly created abbreviation 13 is written into the corresponding formal name 12 column of the name database 9 (S6A-6).

  For example, in the official name “System Sales Section 1”, three unit abbreviations “Sys”, “Operating”, “1” are combined to create “System Management Section 1” for the official name “System Sales Section 1”. The abbreviation 13 of “1” is used.

  When a dictionary registration reference request designating the user ID 11 is input from each of the user devices 3a to 3c in S11 of FIG. 11, the dictionary registration / reference unit 18 performs the dictionary registration reference process shown in FIG. (S12). When the dictionary registration reference process is started, in the case of a reference request for the word 19 and the unit abbreviation 20 from each of the user devices 3a to 3c (S12-1), the designated user ID 11 stored in the dictionary database 17 is stored. Are read and sent to the requesting user devices 3a to 3c (S12-2). In the case of a registration request for a new official name 12 from each of the user devices 3a to 3c (S12-1), the unit abbreviation for the word created using the abbreviation rule 10 in S6A-5 of FIG. 12 is used. A new user ID 11 is added and registered in the dictionary database 17 (S12-3).

  In the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus 2a of the second embodiment configured as described above, the unit abbreviation 20 of each word 19 created by this automatic abbreviation creation apparatus 2a is stored in the dictionary database 17 with the user ID 11 attached. ing. Therefore, since the created unit abbreviation 20 is registered with the word 19 and the user ID information added thereto, the processing burden in creating the abbreviation 13 from the official name 12 input next time is reduced.

(Third embodiment)
FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an automatic abbreviation creation apparatus 2b according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The same parts as those in the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus 2 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. Therefore, the detailed description of the overlapping part is omitted.

  The automatic abbreviation creation apparatus 2b of the third embodiment includes a client 6, a name management server 7ba, an abbreviation rule database 8, and a unique abbreviation rule database 21 connected to the user apparatuses 3a to 3c via the Internet 1. And a name database 9.

  In the unique abbreviation rule database 21, as shown in FIG. 16, the user's own unique abbreviation rule 22 related to the abbreviation rule set by each user using his / her own user devices 3 a to 3 c is displayed as a unique rule number. Application target, character classification, and user ID are added and stored. The unique abbreviation rule 22 is a user-specific detailed abbreviation rule that cannot be supplemented by the abbreviation rule 10 created by the designer or engineer of the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus 2b set in the abbreviation rule database 8. .

  For example, a unique abbreviation rule 22 of “character type after conversion → kana” with a unique rule number = 1 is applied to the divided word character string instead of the abbreviation rule 10 in the abbreviation rule database 8, and the word character string is converted to a kana character. Means to convert. The unique abbreviation rule 22 of “the number of characters after conversion → 3” with the unique rule number = 3 is applied to the divided word character string instead of the abbreviation rule 10 of the abbreviation rule database 8 and means that the number of characters is changed to 3. To do.

  For example, when the “abbreviated by two letters at the beginning of word” in the abbreviation rule 10 of the abbreviation rule database 8 is applied, the word “software” becomes the unit abbreviation 20 of two letters “Sof”. By adopting the unique abbreviation rule 22 of “number of characters → 3”, it is possible to make the unit abbreviation 20 of three characters “soft” that anyone can understand the meaning.

  Therefore, the unique abbreviation rule 22 is set to the highest priority when rules that conflict with each other are selected when a user ID is designated and a word is converted into a unit abbreviation.

  Further, in the name management server 7b, a unique rule creation / reference unit 23 as a program module formed on the application program, an abbreviated rule setting / reference unit 14, an abbreviation creation / reference unit 15b, an official name input / reference unit 16 is provided.

  The specific processing contents of the abbreviation rule setting / reference unit 14 and the formal name input / reference unit 16 are the same as the rule setting reference processing shown in FIG. 6 and the formal name input processing shown in FIG. Is omitted.

  The unique rule creation / reference unit 23 performs a unique rule creation reference process shown in FIG. 17 when a unique rule creation / reference request specifying its own user ID 11 is input from each of the user devices 3a to 3c. When the unique rule creation reference process is started, in the case of a request for referring to the unique abbreviation rule 22 from each user device 3a to 3c (S13), all of the user IDs 11 of the corresponding user in the unique abbreviation rule database 21 are obtained. The unique abbreviation rule 22 is read and sent to the requesting user devices 3a to 3c (S14).

  In the case of a request for setting the unique abbreviation rule 22 from each of the user devices 3a to 3c (S13), the user's own user ID 11 input from the user device 3a to 3c is attached. The unique abbrev rule 22 is written into a new area in the unique abbrev rule database 21 (S15).

  The abbreviation creation / reference unit 15b executes an abbreviation creation reference process shown in FIG. 18 when an abbreviation creation reference request designating its own user ID 11 is input from each of the user devices 3a to 3c. When the abbreviation creation reference processing is started, in the case of an abbreviation reference request from each of the user devices 3a to 3c (S16), all the abbreviations for which the designated user IDs 11 stored in the name database 9 are set. 13 is read out and sent to the requesting user devices 3a to 3c (S17).

  In the case of an abbreviation creation request (S16), the official name 12 of the corresponding user ID for which the abbreviation 13 stored in the name database 9 has not yet been created is read. The official name 12 is divided into a plurality of words, and each word is assigned to the corresponding user ID stored in the abbreviation rule database 8 and the corresponding user ID stored in the unique abbreviation rule database 21. A unit abbreviation is created using the unique abbreviation rule 22. The unit abbreviations for the respective words thus obtained are combined into an abbreviation 13 for the formal name 12. Then, the newly created abbreviation 13 is written in the corresponding formal name 12 column of the name database 9 (S18).

  In the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus 2b of the third embodiment configured as described above, each user uses his / her own user apparatuses 3a to 3c in the unique abbreviation rule database 21 as shown in FIG. The user's own unique abbreviation rule 22 related to the set abbreviation rule is stored and held with the unique rule number, the application target, and the user ID.

  Therefore, each user can create a self-dedicated abbreviation 13 corresponding to his / her purpose with respect to his / her formal name 12, so that the service for the customer as a customer can be further improved.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments. In each embodiment, when each user makes a request to create an abbreviation 13 of a new formal name 12, the formal name 12 is once registered in the name database 9, and then an abbreviation creation request is automatically generated. 2, 2a, 2b. For example, the formal name 12 and the abbreviation creation request can be simultaneously inputted to the automatic abbreviation creation apparatuses 2, 2a, 2b. In this case, the set of the formal name 12 and the abbreviated name 13 is simultaneously written in the name database 9 after being created.

  Further, in each embodiment, the automatic abbreviation creation apparatuses 2, 2a, 2b are connected to the user apparatuses 3a-3c via the Internet 1, but the person in charge receives the request of each user by telephone or the like. It is also possible to input to the client 6 manually.

1 is a schematic diagram showing a network system in which an automatic abbreviation creation apparatus in which an automatic abbreviation program according to the first embodiment of the present invention is incorporated is incorporated. The block diagram which shows schematic structure of the automatic abbreviation preparation apparatus. The figure which shows the memory content of the abbreviation rule database provided in the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus. The figure which shows the memory content of the name database provided in the automatic abbreviation preparation apparatus. The flowchart which shows the whole operation | movement of the automatic abbreviation preparation apparatus. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the abbreviation rule setting and reference part of the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the formal name input and reference part of the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the abbreviation creation and reference part of the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus. The block diagram which shows schematic structure of the automatic abbreviation preparation apparatus concerning 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the memory content of the dictionary database provided in the automatic abbreviation preparation apparatus. The flowchart which shows the whole operation | movement of the automatic abbreviation preparation apparatus. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the abbreviation creation and reference part of the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus. The schematic diagram for demonstrating operation | movement of the abbreviation creation and reference part of the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the dictionary registration and reference part of the automatic abbreviation preparation apparatus. The block diagram which shows schematic structure of the automatic abbreviation preparation apparatus concerning 3rd Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the memory content of the original abbreviation rule database provided in the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the original rule creation and reference part of the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the abbreviation creation and reference part of the automatic abbreviation creation apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Internet, 2, 2a, 2b ... Automatic abbreviation creation apparatus, 3a, 3b, 3c ... User processing apparatus, 6 ... Client, 7, 7a, 7b ... Name management server, 8 ... Abbreviation rule database, 9 ... Name database DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Abbreviation rule, 11 ... User ID, 12 ... Formal name, 13 ... Abbreviation, 14 ... Abbreviation rule setting / reference part, 15 ... Abbreviation creation / reference part, 16 ... Formal name input / reference part, 17 ... Dictionary Database, 18 ... Dictionary registration / acid soup part, 19 ... Word, 20 ... Unit abbreviation, 21 ... Uniform abbrev rule database, 22 ... Uniform abbreviation rule

Claims (5)

In an automatic abbreviation creation device that creates an abbreviation consisting of a smaller number of characters than the number of characters of this official name from an official name composed of multiple characters
An abbreviation rule database storing one or more kinds of abbreviation rules for each word;
Abbreviation rule designating means for designating abbreviation rules stored in the abbreviation rule database based on user instructions;
When a formal name identifying the user is input, a decomposing means for decomposing the formal name into a plurality of words,
A unit abbreviation creation means for creating a unit abbreviation in units of words based on the abbreviation rules designated by the user stored in the abbreviation rule database for the plurality of decomposed words;
An automatic abbreviation creation apparatus comprising: an abbreviation creation means that combines the created unit abbreviations to abbreviate the formal name. It has a dictionary database that stores each word, unit abbreviation and user identification information created in the past,
The unit abbreviation creation means uses the unit abbreviation stored in the dictionary database for the words stored in the dictionary database among the words decomposed by the decomposition means,
Dictionary database updating means for additionally writing to the dictionary database with the corresponding word and user information added to the unit abbreviation created using the abbreviation rules stored in the abbreviation rule database by the unit abbreviation creating means The automatic abbreviation creation apparatus according to claim 1, comprising: Set up a unique abbreviation rule database for storing unique abbreviation rules for each user's own words specified by each user,
3. The automatic abbreviation creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the unit abbreviation creation unit creates unit abbreviations by giving priority to the unique abbreviation rules in the unique abbreviation rule database over the abbreviation rules in the abbreviation rule database. . A computer that creates an abbreviation consisting of a number of characters less than the number of characters of this official name from an official name composed of multiple characters,
An abbreviation rule designating unit for designating an abbreviation rule stored in an abbreviation rule database for storing one or more types of abbreviation rules for each word based on a user instruction;
When a formal name identifying a user is input, a decomposing means for decomposing the formal name into a plurality of words,
A unit abbreviation creation means for creating a unit abbreviation in units of words based on the abbreviation rules designated by the user stored in the abbreviation rule database for the plurality of decomposed words;
An automatic abbreviation creation program for causing the created unit abbreviations to function as abbreviation creation means for abbreviating the formal name. Making the computer function as a means for storing a unique abbreviation rule for each user-specific word designated by each user in a unique abbreviation rule database;
5. The automatic abbreviation creation unit that causes the computer to function creates unit abbreviations by giving priority to the unique abbreviation rules in the unique abbreviation rule database over the abbreviation rules in the abbreviation rule database. Abbreviation creation program.

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