JP2008171349A - Information retrieval system, information retrieval device, information retrieval method, and computer-readable storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information retrieval system, an information retrieval device, and an information retrieval method which realizes effective information sharing among those or organizations which have an interest in prescribed field, and a computer-readable storage medium therefor. <P>SOLUTION: The information retrieval system is an information retrieval system 1 which performs retrieval of information based on prescribed retrieval condition, and the information retrieval system 1 has a retrieval condition storage means 130 which stores retrieval condition designated by a retriever corresponding to identification information of the retriever, and a retriever extraction means 120 which extracts the identification information of the retriever retrieved by the prescribed retrieval condition by searching the retrieval condition storage means 130 using the prescribed retrieval condition as a key. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information search system, an information search device, an information search method, and a computer-readable recording medium.

  Currently, in many systems for managing electronic documents, in addition to a document search function for searching for a document itself to be registered, a KnowWho search function focusing on the document creator is provided. The KnowWho search is a function for searching a specialist for a specific keyword. By being able to search for a specialist for a specific keyword, the user of the system has an opportunity to acquire not only the contents of the registered document but also knowledge not disclosed by the specialist.

  As described above, various inventions have been made for the purpose of realizing effective retrieval in a system for managing electronic documents.

Patent Document 1 discloses an information search system, an information search terminal, and an information search that can acquire information of interest to a user by only specifying one keyword while maintaining a comfortable operating environment of conventional mouse operations. An invention relating to a method, a program, and a recording medium is disclosed. Thereby, the search result intended by the user can be obtained even with one input keyword.
JP 2006-079366 A

  By the way, in the prior art and the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1, sufficient information is not accumulated in the range covered by the system (in the case of an electronic document management system, a group of electronic documents registered and managed). Of course, you can't find a specialist. For example, this can happen in the state of the art. In such a case, a search executor different from the one who searched with the same keyword may not have disclosed information but may have sufficient knowledge as a specialist.

  Also, people who are interested in the same field are often familiar and collecting information in the same way. If such a person can be found, information can be collected efficiently, such as sharing information with each other and sharing the collection activities.

  However, there is a problem that it is difficult to find people or organizations interested in the same field.

  The present invention has been invented to solve this problem in view of the above points, and is an information search system that realizes effective information sharing between persons or organizations interested in a predetermined field, An object is to provide an information search apparatus, an information search method, and a computer-readable recording medium.

  In order to achieve the above object, an information search system of the present invention is an information search system for searching for information based on a predetermined search condition, and the search condition specified by the searcher is changed to the searcher's search condition. Search condition storage means for storing corresponding to identification information, and search for searching the search condition storage means using the predetermined search condition as a key, and extracting identification information of a searcher who has searched for the predetermined search condition A person extraction means.

  Thereby, it is possible to realize effective information sharing between people who are interested in a predetermined field.

  In order to achieve the above object, the information search system of the present invention includes a searcher affiliation information storage means for storing the searcher identification information together with group information to which the searcher belongs, and the searcher extraction means. The searcher affiliation information storage means is searched using the identification information of the searcher extracted as a key, and the group extraction means for extracting the group information to which the searcher belongs can be provided.

  This makes it possible to realize effective information sharing between persons or organizations interested in a predetermined field.

  Moreover, in order to achieve said objective, the group information extracted by the said group extraction means of this invention can be comprised so that the total number of the searchers for every group may be included.

  Thereby, the degree of interest (important diopter) as an organization in a predetermined field can be grasped.

  In order to achieve the above object, the information search system of the present invention outputs the searcher identification information extracted by the searcher extraction means and / or the group information extracted by the group extraction means. It can be configured to have means.

  This allows visualization of people or organizations interested in a given field.

  In order to achieve the above object, an information search apparatus of the present invention is an information search apparatus that searches for information based on a predetermined search condition, and the search condition specified by a searcher is searched for the search condition. Search condition storage means for storing together with the identification information of the searcher, and a searcher for searching the search condition storage means using the predetermined search condition as a key, and extracting the identification information of the searcher searched under the predetermined search condition It can comprise so that it may have an extraction means.

  Accordingly, it is possible to provide an information search apparatus that realizes effective information sharing among persons or organizations interested in a predetermined field.

  In order to achieve the above object, the information search method of the present invention provides an information search system for an information search system having a search condition storage unit that stores a search condition designated by a searcher together with identification information of the searcher. The method includes a searcher extraction step of searching the search condition storage unit using the predetermined search condition as a key and extracting identification information of the searcher searched by the predetermined search condition. be able to.

  Thereby, it is possible to provide an information search method that realizes effective information sharing among persons or organizations interested in a predetermined field.

  In order to achieve the above object, the computer-readable recording medium of the present invention is configured to be a computer-readable recording medium in which an information search program for causing a computer to execute the information search method is recorded. can do.

  Thus, a computer-readable recording medium in which an information search program for causing a computer to execute an information search method for realizing effective information sharing between persons or organizations interested in a predetermined field is provided. be able to.

  According to the information search system, information search apparatus, information search method, and computer-readable recording medium of the present invention, it is possible to realize effective information sharing between persons or organizations interested in a predetermined field.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings in each embodiment. With the contents described below, it becomes possible to realize effective information sharing between persons or organizations interested in a predetermined field.

[Embodiment 1]
First, a first embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

(System configuration)
First, an outline of the information search system according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overview of an information search system according to the first embodiment.

  1, the information retrieval system 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 10, a memory 20, a keyboard 30, a display device 40, a mouse 50, an auxiliary storage device 60, an image forming device 70 and the like interconnected by a bus line 80. Have.

  The CPU 10 is a central processing unit device that performs calculation and processing of data and the like. The memory 20 is a device that stores programs, data, and the like. For example, a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), or the like. The keyboard 30 is a device that inputs programs, data, and the like based on user operations.

  The display device 40 is a device that displays a monitor or the like. For example, the contents of the work request or instruction notified by e-mail or the like are displayed on the screen. The mouse 50 is a pointing device for moving a mark generally called a mouse cursor displayed on the display device 40 based on a user operation and inputting data based on the movement.

  The auxiliary storage device 60 is a device that stores a storage medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk or a hard disk. The image forming apparatus 70 is an apparatus that performs image formation, such as a printer that performs printing.

  With the above configuration, in the information search system 1 according to the first exemplary embodiment, an information search instruction is received by a user operation (input) using an interface such as the keyboard 30 or the mouse 50, and a memory is stored based on the received instruction. 20 and the program for executing the information retrieval method according to the present invention stored in the auxiliary storage device 60 realize the purpose of the present invention, that is, effective information sharing among persons or organizations interested in a predetermined field. Information search processing is performed.

  The information search processing result may be displayed on the image display device 40 or may be printed by the image forming device 70 such as a printer.

  The system configuration according to the present invention is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG. The information search system according to the present invention is also applicable to a system configuration such as a client / server system connected via a network such as the Internet.

(Function structure)
Next, the functional configuration of the information search system according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of functions of the information search system according to the first embodiment.

   In FIG. 2, the information search system 1 includes an input unit 110, a searcher extraction unit 120, a search history storage unit (search condition storage unit) 130, an information storage unit 140, and an information output unit 150.

  The input means 110 inputs a predetermined search condition. For example, a predetermined keyword or the like designated by a user operation (input) such as the keyboard 30 or the mouse 50 is input as a search condition. The searcher extraction means 120 extracts a search performer (searcher) who has executed a search under a predetermined search condition. Further, a list of extracted search performers may be generated. For example, the processing performed by the CPU 10 is performed by searching a search history storage unit 130, which will be described later, using the search condition input by the input unit 110 as a key, and extracting the identification information of the searcher who has searched for the input search condition To do.

  The search history storage unit 130 records a search history (search condition). For example, the memory 20 or the like. The search history is a set of information including information for identifying a search execution person, a search condition such as a keyword specified by the search execution person at the time of search, a search execution date and time, and the like. These pieces of information are sequentially recorded each time a search is performed on the information storage unit 140 described later. The information storage unit 140 stores a plurality of information. The plurality of information refers to, for example, all document information managed by the information search system 1.

  The information output means 150 outputs information such as a list of searcher identification information generated by the searcher extraction means 120. For example, the data is output by being displayed on the display device 40 or printed by the image forming device 70.

  With the above function configuration, in the information search system 1 according to the first embodiment, the search history storage unit 130 stores search histories for a plurality of pieces of information stored in the information storage unit 140. Here, when a predetermined search condition is input by a user operation using the keyboard 30 or the mouse 50, the input unit 110 inputs the predetermined search condition. Subsequently, the searcher extraction means 120 searches the search history storage means 130 (to be described later) using the search condition input by the input means 110 as a key, and provides the identification information of the searcher searched by the input search condition. Extraction is performed, and a list of extracted search performers is generated. The information output unit 150 outputs information such as a generated list of search performers.

  This provides the following advantages. The advantage is that it is possible to realize effective information sharing between persons who are interested in a predetermined field. That is, it is possible to easily find a person who has an interest in a certain field and who has collected information or has just collected information, using a search history as a search record stored in the search history storage unit 130 as a medium. Become.

[Embodiment 2]
Next, a second embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In the information search system 1 according to the first embodiment described above, it is possible to realize effective information sharing between people who are interested in a predetermined field. In addition, a mode for effectively sharing information between groups such as the organization to which the person belongs will be described. First, since the system configuration of the information search system according to the second embodiment is the same as that according to the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted here.

(Function structure)
Next, the functional configuration of the information search system according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of functions of the information search system according to the second embodiment.

  2, the information search system 1 includes an input unit 210, a searcher extraction unit 220, a search history storage unit (search condition storage unit) 230, an information storage unit 240, an information output unit 250, and a user information storage unit (searcher). Affiliation information storage means) 260 and group extraction means 270.

  Since the input unit 210, searcher extraction unit 220, search history storage unit 230, and information storage unit 240 are the same as those according to the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted here. Other information output means 250, user information storage means 260, and group extraction means 270 will be described. For convenience, the information output means 250 will be described last.

  The user information storage unit 260 maintains and manages group information such as organization information to which a user who can execute a search belongs. For example, identification information of users (including searchers) of the information search system 1 is stored as user information together with group information to which the users belong.

The group extraction unit 270 extracts group information such as an organization to which a search performer who has executed a search under a predetermined search condition belongs. A list of extracted group information may be generated. For example, the user information storage unit 260 is searched using the searcher's identification information extracted by the searcher extraction unit 220 as a key, and the group information to which the searcher belongs is extracted.
The information output unit 250 outputs information such as a list of searcher identification information generated by the searcher extraction unit 220 and / or a list of search performer groups generated by the group extraction unit 270. For example, the data is output by being displayed on the display device 4 or printed by the image forming device 7.

  With the configuration of the above function, in the information search system 1 according to the second embodiment, in addition to the information search system 1 according to the first embodiment, the user information storage unit 260 is an organization to which a user who can execute the search belongs. Group information such as information is stored. Here, when a predetermined search condition is input by a user operation using the keyboard 30, the mouse 50, or the like, the input unit 210 inputs the predetermined search condition.

  Subsequently, the searcher extraction unit 220 searches the search history storage unit 130 (to be described later) using the search condition input by the input unit 110 as a key, and obtains the identification information of the searcher searched using the input search condition. Extraction is performed, and a list of extracted search performers is generated. Further, the group extraction unit 270 searches the user information storage unit 260 using the searcher's identification information extracted by the searcher extraction unit 220 as a key, extracts the group information to which the searcher belongs, and the extracted search For example, a list of groups of users is generated. The information output means 250 outputs information such as these lists.

  This provides the following advantages. The advantage is that it is possible to realize effective information sharing among persons or organizations interested in a predetermined field. That is, it is possible to easily find out about persons and organizations that have an interest in a certain field and have collected information or have just collected information by using the information stored in the search history storage unit 230 and the user information storage unit 260 as a medium. It becomes possible.

  In the operation examples shown below, the operation using the information search system according to the second embodiment will be described later with reference to FIG. 4 so that the operations of the searcher extraction unit 220 and the group extraction unit 270 can be understood.

(Operation example)
Next, an operation example using the information search system according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation example using the information search system according to the second embodiment.

  Here, in the information search system according to the second embodiment, a search condition for a registered document group, here, a keyword related to a keyword search, is used as a medium from among users of the information search system. Explain how to find users and organizations interested in keywords.

  First, the searcher extraction unit 220 determines whether or not all search histories stored by the search history storage unit 230 have been processed (S101). If it determines with having processed (S101, YES), a process will be complete | finished. If it is determined that processing has not been performed (NO in S101), the process proceeds to step S102 because there is information to be processed related to the search executor list generation shown in and after step S102.

  When the process proceeds to step S102, the searcher extraction unit 220 determines whether or not the history is a search by a predetermined keyword (S102). If it is determined that the history has been searched with a predetermined keyword (S102, YES), the process proceeds to step S103. If it is determined that the history has not been searched with a predetermined keyword (S102, NO), the process returns to step S101.

  When the process proceeds to step S103, the searcher extraction unit 220 determines whether the searcher history is registered in the searcher list (S103). If it is determined that the history is that of a registered searcher (S103, YES), the process proceeds to step S104, and the searcher extraction unit 220 adds 1 to the number of searches of registered searchers (S104). Subsequently, the process proceeds to step S106.

  If it is determined in step S103 that the history of the registered searcher is not found (S103, NO), the process proceeds to step S105, and the searcher extraction unit 220 newly registers in the searcher list (S105). Subsequently, the process proceeds to step S106.

  In step S106, the group extraction unit 270 determines whether the history of the searcher registered in the organization list is present (S106). If it is determined that the history is that of a registered searcher (S106, YES), the process proceeds to step S107, and the group extracting means 270 adds 1 to the number of searches for registered organizations (S107). Then, it returns to step S101.

  If it is determined in step S106 that the history of the registered searcher is not registered (S106, NO), the process proceeds to step S108, and the group extraction unit 270 newly registers in the organization list (S108). Then, it returns to step S101.

  By repeating the above processing, in the information search system according to the second embodiment, the history of the search condition for the registered document group, here, the keyword related to the keyword search, is used as a mediation of the user of the information search system. An operation for finding out users and organizations interested in a predetermined keyword is performed.

  This provides the following advantages. The advantage is that it is possible to realize effective information sharing among persons or organizations interested in a predetermined field. That is, it becomes possible to easily find out people and organizations who are interested in a certain field and have collected information or have just collected information.

  In particular, by extracting the number of searches in the processes related to step S104 and step S107, it is possible to obtain information about people and organizations that have collected information based on a certain keyword, or that have just been found to be collecting information. The degree (important diopter) can be grasped. When the corresponding organization is displayed, the degree of interest as an organization can be visualized by displaying the total number of members searched by the keyword.

  Although the information retrieval system according to the present invention has been described above, the present invention can also be applied to an electronic document management system or the like. Further, control means (not shown) for controlling the operation of each means shown in FIG. 2 or 3 according to each of the above embodiments may be provided.

  As described above, the present invention has been described based on each embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to the requirements shown here, such as combinations with other elements described in the above embodiment. With respect to these points, the present invention can be changed within a range that does not detract from the gist of the present invention, and can be appropriately determined according to the application form.

The figure which shows the outline | summary of the information search system which concerns on this Embodiment 1. The figure which shows the structural example of the function of the information search system which concerns on this Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows the structural example of the function of the information search system which concerns on this Embodiment 2. The figure which shows the operation example using the information search system which concerns on this Embodiment 2.

Explanation of symbols

1 Information retrieval system 110, 210 Input means 120, 220 Searcher information generation means 130, 230 Search history storage means 140, 240 Search history means 150, 250 Information output means 260 User information storage means 270 Searcher group information generation means

Claims (7)

An information search system for searching information based on a predetermined search condition,
Search condition storage means for storing the search condition designated by the searcher corresponding to the identification information of the searcher;
Searcher extraction means for searching the search condition storage means using the predetermined search condition as a key, and extracting identification information of the searcher searched under the predetermined search condition;
An information retrieval system comprising: Searcher affiliation information storage means for storing identification information of the searcher together with group information to which the searcher belongs;
A group extraction unit that searches the searcher affiliation information storage unit using the identification information of the searcher extracted by the searcher extraction unit as a key, and extracts group information to which the searcher belongs;
The information search system according to claim 1, further comprising:   The information search system according to claim 2, wherein the group information extracted by the group extraction means includes the total number of searchers for each group.   4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an output unit configured to output searcher identification information extracted by the searcher extraction unit and / or group information extracted by the group extraction unit. 5. Information retrieval system described. An information search device for searching for information based on a predetermined search condition,
Search condition storage means for storing the search condition specified by the searcher together with the identification information of the searcher;
Searcher extraction means for searching the search condition storage means using the predetermined search condition as a key, and extracting identification information of the searcher searched under the predetermined search condition;
An information retrieval apparatus comprising: An information search method in an information search system having a search condition storage unit that stores a search condition specified by a searcher together with identification information of the searcher,
An information search method comprising: a searcher extraction step of searching the search condition storage unit using the predetermined search condition as a key and extracting identification information of the searcher searched by the predetermined search condition.   A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon an information search program for causing a computer to execute the information search method according to claim 6.

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