JP2013246528A - Message management device and message management method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reflect the actual evaluation of a contribution content, and to transmit the contribution content to an unknown user.SOLUTION: A contribution content contributed by a contribution user is provided to users concerned whose relationship with the contribution user has been constructed so as to be browsed, and an evaluation value is determined on the basis of evaluation from the users concerned with respect to the contribution content. When the evaluation value satisfies a predetermined reference, the contribution content is provided to users other than the users concerned so as to be browsed.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for allowing a plurality of users to view posted contents and the like.

  In recent years, services that allow browsing, sharing, and exchange of various messages by sites using the Internet have become widespread. In such a service, a technique is known in which a message transmission destination is selected based on a link strength that is a degree of connection between a plurality of users regarding a predetermined subject (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2005-92579 A

By the way, in the above technique, the transmission destination of the message is selected based on the link strength, but the feeling when the message is actually browsed varies depending on the person.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and one of its purposes is to reflect the actual evaluation of the posted content such as a message and transmit the posted content to an unknown user. It is to provide a technology that can be used.

  Means employed by the present invention to solve the above problems will be described. In order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, reference numerals in the drawings are appended in parentheses for convenience in the following, but the present invention is not intended to be limited to the illustrated forms.

The message management device (10, 20) according to the present invention includes a providing unit (125) that provides a posted content posted by a posting user to a related user whose relationship with the posting user is established, and the posting An evaluation unit (122) that determines an evaluation value based on an evaluation from the related user with respect to the content, and when the evaluation value satisfies a predetermined standard, the posted content is viewed by other users than the related user And a re-providing unit (126) that provides it as possible.
The posted content is a concept including not only character information such as text but also audio, link destination information, and video. Various evaluation values and criteria are assumed as will be described later.

  In the present invention, the other users include a part or all of users who have established relationships with the related users. For example, among related users, a user who has a relationship with a user who has responded with a positive evaluation to the posted content may be a user, or a relationship with the related user is established regardless of the evaluation of the posted content. It may be all users.

Further, in the present invention, the providing unit (125) provides the display unit (215) with a response button (216, 217) that can be operated by a viewable user along with the post posted by the posting user. And the said evaluation part (122) is good also as a structure which receives the operation of the said button for response (216, 217) with respect to the said content of a posting, and determines an evaluation value based on the received frequency | count.
Here, the response button includes an affirmative response button (216) indicating affirmation with respect to the posted content, and a negative response button (217) indicating negative, and the re-providing unit (126) The evaluation value may be determined based on the number of operations of the acknowledgment button (216) and the number of operations of the negative response button (217).

In the present invention, the re-providing unit (126) may limit the number of people who can view the posted content according to the evaluation value.
On the other hand, when a new user is added as a related user whose relationship is established with the posting user, the re-providing unit (126) has a predetermined evaluation value out of past posting contents posted by the posting user. A part or all of the posted contents satisfying the above criteria may be provided to the new user so as to be viewable.

The present invention is not limited to a message management device, and a message management method, a program that functions as a computer as a server (10), or a program that functions as a computer as a terminal device (20) that can communicate with the server Can also be conceptualized.
The program may be stored in a recording medium. If this recording medium is used, the program can be installed in the computer, for example. Here, the recording medium storing the program may be a non-transitory recording medium such as a CD-ROM.

It is a figure which shows the outline | summary operation | movement of the system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the system which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the management server in the system. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the terminal device in the system. It is a functional block diagram constructed | assembled at the time of browsing the content of posting in the same system. It is a figure which shows an example of a user registration table. It is a figure which shows an example of a friend registration table. It is a figure which shows an example of the friend relationship between users. It is a figure which shows an example of a contribution data table. It is a figure which shows an example of an evaluation data table. It is a flowchart which shows the provision operation | movement of contribution content. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of evaluation and re-provision of contribution content. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal device. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of receiving an invitation acceptance notification. It is a figure which shows the example in the case of restrict | limiting the number of persons who provide again. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the friend invitation of the system which concerns on an application example.

<Outline of Embodiment>
First, an outline of the operation of the message management apparatus according to the embodiment will be described.
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the operation. In the system shown in this figure, the management server is a message management device and can communicate with a plurality of terminal devices.
In the system, when a certain user (posting user) posts an article such as his / her recent situation or event via the terminal device, the posting content is transmitted to the management server 10 together with a user ID for identifying the posting user. In the management server, friend relationships between users are stored in advance as a table. When the management server receives the posted content from the posting user, the related user who has a friend relationship with the posting user is identified with reference to the above table, and the response for evaluating the posted content and the posted content For example, it is provided to the terminal device of the related user so that a user button can be browsed. Thereby, the related user can browse the article posted by the posting user.

A related user who browses this article on the terminal apparatus evaluates the quality of the article by operating a response button or the like. When the evaluation is performed by the related user, the evaluation content is transmitted from the terminal device to the management server. The management server aggregates evaluations from related users, and determines whether or not the evaluation value indicating the evaluation satisfies the criterion. When the criteria are satisfied, the management server, for example, the related user of the posting user to other users other than the related user of the posting user so that the posted content satisfying the criterion, that is, the highly evaluated posted content can be viewed. To the terminal device of the user who has a friend relationship.
This makes it possible to automatically spread the posted content that is actually highly evaluated to the community in which the friend relationship is established between the users.

  Next, details of the embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Overall configuration>
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the overall configuration of the system according to the embodiment.
As shown in this figure, in the system 1, a plurality of terminal devices 20-1, 20-2, 20-3,... Are connected to the management server 10 via the mobile communication network Nb, the gateway 15, and the Internet Na. It becomes the composition.
In the following, since the terminal devices 20-1, 20-2, 20-3,... Are generally described without specifying the terminal devices, “− (hyphen)” in the reference numerals are omitted. It is simply “20”.

  The management server 10 manages the friend relationship between users, manages the posted content and evaluation received from the terminal device 20, and has a specific relationship with the user's posted content that satisfies a predetermined standard. Or sent to related users. Therefore, the management server 10 manages various information in a table.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the management server 10. As shown in this figure, the management server 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101 that controls the entire apparatus, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 102 that functions as a main memory of the CPU 101, and a ROM that stores a boot program and the like. (Read Only Memory) 103, an interface (I / F) 105 for communicating via a network, an RTC (Real Time Clock) 106 for outputting time information, and a storage unit 108 for storing various programs and data And including. In the storage unit 108, a database 118 is constructed and managed by the CPU 101.

Details of various tables managed by the database 118 will be described later.
In addition, the management server 10 is constructed as a single unit in FIG. 1, but may be configured to be distributed to two or more units and viewed as if it is virtually one unit when viewed from the outside. On the other hand, some functions of the management server 10 may be constructed by a server that provides other services. Moreover, you may comprise so that the management server 10 may connect with the terminal device 20 via a relay server.

  The terminal device 20 is a mobile phone operated by a user, for example. The terminal device 20 includes a touch panel 220 superimposed on the display panel 210, and a user performs a touch operation on the screen displayed on the display panel 210 to give input of necessary information and various instructions. It has a configuration that can be.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the terminal device 20. As shown in this figure, the terminal device 20 includes a CPU 201, a memory 202, a communication unit 204, an RTC 206, a display panel 210, and a touch panel 220.

  Among these, the CPU 201 controls the entire terminal device 20, and the memory 202 stores a basic program, application programs for receiving provision of various services from the management server 10, various data, and the like. The application program here executes functions such as transmission, browsing, and evaluation of posted content, and is downloaded from a specific site and installed in the terminal device 20. The communication unit 204 communicates with the management server 10 via a mobile communication network Nb, a wireless LAN network, or the like. The RTC 206 outputs time information of the current time.

The display panel 210 is a display such as a liquid crystal display device or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) device. Although not described in detail, the touch panel 220 detects the touch position (XY coordinate value) of the screen displayed by the display panel 210 and supplies the CPU 201 with position information indicating the detected touch position. Based on the position information from the touch panel 220, the CPU 201 detects the moving direction of the touch position, the moving speed, the type of touch operation, and the like.
Here, the types of touch operations that can be detected include, for example, tap, flick, drag, pinch and the like. Of these, tapping is an operation of tapping the display screen with a finger. Flicking is an operation in which the object displayed on the screen is gently touched with a finger. Dragging is an operation of moving an object displayed on the screen in contact with a finger. Pinch is an operation of expanding or narrowing a display screen with two fingers in contact with each other.

  The terminal device 20 is not limited to the mobile communication network Nb, and may be configured to be connected to a wireless LAN (Local Area Network). When connected to a wireless LAN, the terminal device 20 is connected to the management server 10 via a wireless base station (access point) and the Internet Nb. The terminal device 20 is not limited to a mobile phone, and may be a tablet computer or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant).

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating functional blocks constructed by the management server 10 and the terminal device 20 when functions such as provision, evaluation, and re-provision of posted content are executed in the system 1.
This functional block is constructed by executing a predetermined program in the management server 10 and executing the application program installed in the terminal device 20 in advance.
Note that the Internet Na, the gateway 15, the mobile communication network Nb in FIG. 2, the I / F 105 in FIG. 3, the communication unit 204 in FIG. 4, and the like are only transmission paths for data and information. In FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5, on the management server 10 side, together with the database 118, a management unit 121 that manages the database 118, an evaluation unit 122 that determines the evaluation value of the posted content, and the posted content by the posting user are related to the user. A providing unit 125 that transmits to a related user, and a re-providing unit 126 that transmits the posted content to a user other than the related user when the evaluation value of the posted content by the posting user satisfies a predetermined criterion. Each is built. Among these, in the database 118, a user registration table TB1, a friend registration table TB2, a posting data table TB3, and an evaluation data table TB4 are constructed. Details of these tables will be described later.

  Note that the management server 10 transmits data, information, and the like to the plurality of terminal devices 20, and conversely receives information and the like from the plurality of terminal devices 20. In FIG. 5, an arrow heading from the providing unit 125 or the re-providing unit 126 to other than the terminal device 20 indicates that information is also output to a terminal device other than the terminal device 20. The heading arrow indicates that information is also input from another terminal device.

On the other hand, on the terminal device 20 side, the operation detection unit 231 and the display control unit 232 are constructed by the CPU 201 executing the application program. The display area of the display panel 210 is divided into an input unit 211 and a display unit 215.
Among these, on the display unit 215, the posted content provided or re-provided from the management server 10 is displayed, and an affirmative response button 216 and a negative response button 217 are displayed as described later.
The operation detection unit 231 detects and outputs the touch position, the moving direction, the moving speed, the type of touch operation, and the like based on the position information from the touch panel 220.
The display control unit 232 controls display in the display area of the display panel 210 based on information from the operation detection unit 231, the providing unit 125, and the re-providing unit 126.

  By the way, the posted content transmitted from the terminal device 20, the evaluation of the posted content, and the friend relationship between users are managed in the database 118 on the management server 10 side. Next, a table managed by the database 118 will be described.

<User registration table>
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the user registration table TB1.
The user registration table TB1 is a table that stores information about users, and stores a user ID, user name information, and a profile image in association with each user, as shown in the figure.
Among these, the user ID uniquely identifies the user in the system 1. The user name information indicates a name identified by users in the community, and a real name or a nickname is used. The profile image information indicates an image indicating the user, and is registered, selected, edited, or the like by the user. This profile image is displayed in the vicinity of the posted content so that it is possible to understand at a glance who the poster is. The profile image information is not necessarily registered, and the user can also select not to register. When it is selected not to register, an image prepared by the system may be displayed, or nothing may be displayed. Further, the profile image information may be the link destination (reference destination) of the entity, not the entity itself. In any case, it is only necessary to provide a means for acquiring profile image information from the user ID or the like.

<Friend registration table>
In the present embodiment, the content posted by the posting user is provided so as to be viewable to related users who have a friend relationship with the user. In addition, when the evaluation value of the posted content by the posting user satisfies a predetermined criterion, the posted content is provided so as to be viewable to other users other than the related users. In this manner, the friend registration table TB2 manages the relationship between users.
In this embodiment, when a certain user invites to a community that allows another user to view a post so that the posting can be viewed, and when the other user accepts the invitation, the user sees it from another user to another user. It is assumed that the friendship of is established.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the friend registration table TB2. As shown in this figure, the friend registration table TB2 includes a user ID indicating an invitee user, a user ID indicating an invitee (partner) user, and registration date / time information (year / month / (Day, hour: minute: second) are stored in association with each other.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing what kind of friend relationship the users have in the friend registration table TB2 shown in FIG.
In the example of FIGS. 7 and 8, a friend relationship is established with the user whose user ID is “xx93”, “xx93”, “x124”,..., “X253” as viewed from the user whose user ID is “xx11”. Further, when viewed from the user whose user ID is “xx93”, a friend relationship is established with the user whose user ID is “x113”, “x346”,..., “X517”. Similarly, when viewed from the user whose user ID is “x113”, a friend relationship is established with the user whose user ID is “x219”, “x459”,..., “X563”.
Here, for example, when viewed from the user whose user ID is “xx11”, the user whose user ID is “x113” does not have a direct friend relationship, but the user whose user ID is “xx93”. It can also be said that they are connected through.

<Posted Data Table>
In the system 1, content posted by a posting user is provided so that it can be viewed by related users, and the content of the posted content whose evaluation value satisfies a predetermined standard is re-provided so that it can be viewed by other users. . The post data table TB3 manages the post contents for the provision and re-provision.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of stored contents in the posting data table TB3. As shown in this figure, the posting data table TB3 includes a posting ID that uniquely identifies posted content, a poster ID that uniquely identifies a poster (user), and a posting date and time indicating the date and time of posting. The information, the type information, the original posting ID, the original poster ID, and the provision frequency information are stored in association with each post. The main body of the posted content (text, image, link destination, etc.) is managed and stored in a separate table (not shown) in association with the posted ID.

Strictly speaking, there are two types of postings by the user in this embodiment: “posting” in a narrow sense and “response”. Among these, “posting” in a narrow sense means a case where an article that is the basis of a topic is transmitted. “Response” means that another user replies with a comment to a “post”. Therefore, the “response” always has a basic “post”. In the present embodiment, the system may re-provide a post satisfying a predetermined standard so that it can be viewed by other users. This case is referred to as “retransmission” in order to distinguish it from “post” and “response”.
In the posting data table TB3, information indicating whether the posting is “posting” in a narrow sense, “response”, or “retransmission” is registered in the type information.
Also, in the poster ID, when the type information is “post” or “response”, the user ID of the posted user is registered. However, in the case of “retransmission”, information indicating that the system is provided is registered.

When the type information is “response”, the original post ID is registered with the post ID of the post that is the basis, and when the type information is “retransmit”, the post ID of the post provided by retransmission is be registered. For the original contributor ID, when the type information is “response”, the contributor ID of the post as the basis is registered, and when the type information is “resend”, the post of the post provided by retransmission A person ID is registered.
In this way, in the posting data table TB3, “response” is sequentially associated with one “posting”. Of course, there is no “response” for “post”.

  In the provision number information, information indicating the number of times the user has provided posts and responses is registered. In the present embodiment, the content of the “post” by the posting user and the content of the “response” to the “post” are provided so as to be viewable to related users who have a friend relationship with the posting user. In this case, the provision count information is “1”. Since the posted content satisfying the predetermined standard is provided so as to be viewable to other users other than the related users, the provision frequency information is incremented by “1” at that time.

In the following description, “post”, “response”, and “retransmission” are simply expressed as posts unless it is necessary to distinguish them. For example, in the posting data table TB3 shown in FIG. 9, the posting ID, poster ID, and posting date / time information includes “response” and “retransmission”, but they are not distinguished here.
Further, the post content body is managed and stored in a separate table in association with the post ID, but the post content body item may be added and registered in the table shown in FIG.

<Evaluation data table>
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of stored contents in the evaluation data table TB4. As shown in this figure, the evaluation data table TB4 includes positive evaluation value information, negative evaluation value information, and update date / time information for a post ID whose type information is “post” in the post data table TB3 of FIG. Store in association with each other.
Among these, the positive evaluation value information and the negative evaluation value information are information indicating a positive evaluation value and a negative evaluation value, respectively, of the posting content related to the posting ID. In the present embodiment, the evaluation value is, for example, a value obtained by subtracting the negative evaluation value from the positive evaluation value for the posted content. The update date / time information is the latest date / time information whose evaluation value has been updated, and the time information acquired from the RTC 206 is registered.

  Next, processing when functions such as provision, evaluation, and re-provision of posted contents are executed in the system 1 will be described.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an operation until the content posted from the terminal device 20 is provided to a related user.
First, in the management server 10, the management unit 121 determines whether or not the posted content has been received from any of the terminal devices 20 (step Sa11).
The posting on the terminal device 20 is executed by the display control unit 232 on a displayed screen as shown in FIG. In detail, the posting user inputs text to the input unit 211 by using a software keyboard or the like, and performs an operation such as touching a display portion of the software button 273.
A display example of a response to a post will be described later.
In addition, when posting including an image and a link destination, a separate predetermined operation is performed although not particularly illustrated.
When posting is instructed from the terminal device 20 in this way, in addition to the main body of the posted content, the user ID, type information, etc. of the terminal device 20 are attached.

  If a post has not been received (if the determination result in step Sa11 is “No”), the processing procedure returns to step Sa11. For this reason, the management unit 121 waits until the posted content is received from the terminal device 20 here.

Next, when the posted content is received from any of the terminal devices 20 (when the determination result in step Sa11 is “Yes”), the management unit 121 registers the posted content in the posted data table TB3 (step Sa12). .
Specifically, first, the management unit 121 registers a user ID incidental to the posting as a poster ID for the uniquely generated posting ID, and second, the time information at the time of reception from the RTC 206. Acquire and register the time information as post date information, and thirdly, register the identification information incidental to the post. If the identification information is a response, the management unit 121 also registers the original post ID and the original poster ID.

  Subsequently, the management unit 121 reads the user ID (invitation destination) for the posted user ID (invitation source) with reference to the friend registration table TB2, identifies the related user for the posting user, and notifies the providing unit 125 of it. (Step Sa13). For example, if the poster ID of the posting user is “xx11”, the users with the user IDs “xx93”, “x124”,..., “X253” are specified as related users for the posting user (see FIG. 7). In addition to the posted content, the management unit 121 supplies a profile image corresponding to the user ID of the posting user, name information, and posting date / time information to the providing unit 125. Since the related user (user ID) specified at this time may be used again later, the management unit 121 records it in the database 118 in association with the posting ID.

The providing unit 125 provides information such as the posted content supplied from the management unit 121 to the terminal device 20 (display control unit 232) of the notified related user (step Sa14).
Along with this provision, the management unit 121 sets an initial value “1” as the provision number information corresponding to the posting registered in the posting data table TB3 (step Sa15).
Thereafter, the processing procedure returns to step Sa11 again. For this reason, the management part 121 will perform the process of step Sa11-Sa15, every time the content of posting is received from the terminal device 20.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an operation from receiving the evaluation of the posted content from the related user to re-providing the posted content satisfying the condition to other users.
First, in the management server 10, the management unit 121 determines whether or not an evaluation of the posted content has been received from any terminal device 20 (step Sb11). When the affirmative response button 216 or the negative response button 217 is operated in the terminal device 20, information indicating which button has been operated, a post ID to be evaluated, and the like are notified.
If no evaluation has been received (if the determination result in step Sb11 is “No”), the processing procedure returns to step Sb11. For this reason, the management part 121 waits until it receives evaluation of the content of posting from the terminal device 20 here.

When the evaluation of the posted content is received from any of the terminal devices 20 (when the determination result in step Sb11 is “Yes”), the management unit 121 accesses the evaluation data table TB4 and determines the positive evaluation value corresponding to the posted ID. The information and the negative evaluation value information are acquired and transferred to the evaluation unit 122. If the affirmative response button 216 is operated, the evaluation unit 122 uses the acquired value of the positive evaluation value information (positive evaluation value). If “1” is added and the negative response button 217 is operated, the value of the acquired negative evaluation value information (negative evaluation value) is added by “1”, and the value after the addition is managed by the management unit 121. Notify The management unit 121 writes back the added positive evaluation value or negative evaluation value, and updates the evaluation data table TB4 (step Sb12). Thereby, the evaluation of the posted content is reflected in the evaluation data table TB4.
When the evaluation data table TB4 is updated, the management unit 121 provides the providing unit 125 with a related user who has provided the posted content together with the updated positive evaluation value information or negative evaluation value information and the evaluation target post ID. Notice. The providing unit 125 provides the information supplied from the management unit 121 to the terminal device 20 (the display control unit 232) of the notified related user. Thereby, in the terminal device 20 of the related user, when the affirmative evaluation value and the negative evaluation value are displayed together with the posted content, the positive evaluation value and the negative evaluation value are updated to the latest value every time the evaluation is performed. Can do.

  Next, the evaluation unit 122 determines whether or not the updated evaluation value satisfies a predetermined standard, and notifies the management unit 121 of the determination result (step Sb13). Here, the predetermined standard is when an evaluation value obtained by subtracting a negative evaluation value from an affirmative evaluation value becomes, for example, a threshold value or more, specifically, when it becomes “10” or more. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the updated evaluation value is “10” or more. In addition to the above, various standards are assumed as described later.

If the evaluation value does not satisfy the predetermined criterion (if the determination result in step Sb13 is “No”), the processing procedure returns to step Sb11. For this reason, the management part 121 waits until it receives the evaluation of contribution content again from the terminal device 20 here.
If the evaluation value satisfies a predetermined criterion (if the determination result in step Sb13 is “Yes”), the management unit 121 associates a post ID that satisfies the criterion with the post ID in the past. The user, i.e., the related user who provided the posting content to be evaluated is specified, and the user (other user) who has established the friend relationship in view of the related user is specified with reference to the friend registration table TB2. Then, the re-providing unit 126 is notified (step Sb14). For example, if the posting ID satisfying the criterion is “yyyy81”, the related users associated with the posting ID are user IDs “xx93”, “x124”,..., “X253”. For this reason, a user who has a friend relationship as viewed from each of the user IDs “xx93”, “x124”,..., “X253” is specified as another user. At this time, if the related user is included in the other specified users, the management unit 121 may exclude the user from being notified to the re-providing unit 126.
The management unit 121 also supplies the profile image corresponding to the user ID of the posting user who satisfies the criteria, name information, and posting date / time information to the re-providing unit 126 in addition to the posted content that satisfies the criteria.

The re-providing unit 126 provides information such as the posted content supplied from the management unit 121 to the terminal device 20 (display control unit 232) of the notified other user (step Sb15). Accordingly, the provided terminal device 20 provides the posted content so that it can be viewed.
The management unit 121 additionally registers post data related to re-provision in the post data table TB3 (step Sb16). Specifically, the management unit 121 retransmits the type information, sets the poster ID as the system, registers the re-provided time information in the posting date information, and satisfies the criteria for the original posting ID and the original poster ID. Post ID and contributor ID are registered, and “2” indicating that it is the next highest offer after the first offer is set in the number-of-provisions information. For example, in FIG. 9, (1) is data when the posting of (2) whose posting ID is “yyyy81” satisfies the condition and is re-provided and registered.
Thereafter, the processing procedure returns to step Sb11 again. For this reason, whenever the management part 121 receives evaluation from the terminal device 20, it will perform the process of step Sb11-Sb16.

Next, a specific example of a screen displayed on the terminal device 20 when functions such as provision of posted content, evaluation, and re-provision are executed in the system 1 will be described.
Since the screen for posting is already illustrated in FIG. 13, other cases will be described here.

FIG. 14 illustrates an example (part) of a screen displayed on the display unit 215 of the related user's terminal device 20 for a posting user when the posting user posts content as shown in FIG. .
As shown in this figure, in the display unit 215, an affirmative response button 216 for making a positive evaluation and a negative evaluation are given together with the posted content, the profile image of the poster, the name, and the posting date and time. Button 217 for negative response, content based on the positive evaluation value, and content based on the negative evaluation value are displayed. In other words, the display control unit 232 having received the information from the providing unit 125 causes the display unit 215 to display the profile content, the name, and the posting date and time as well as the posted content as shown in the figure.

Among the display screens, the content based on the positive evaluation value is a fixed sentence created including the positive evaluation value for the posting. Further, the content based on the negative evaluation value is a fixed sentence created including the negative evaluation value for the posting. The content based on the positive evaluation value and the content based on the negative evaluation value are both created with reference to the positive evaluation value and the negative evaluation value provided from the providing unit 125 in step Sb12. Note that FIG. 14 assumes an example of a screen displayed on the terminal device 20 of the related user immediately after posting by the posting user, so that no one is evaluating, that is, a positive evaluation value, a negative evaluation value Both are “0”.
Also, on this display screen, “response” to “post” in (1) is performed by inputting text or the like into the comment input unit 218 and touching the display part of the software button 275 or the like. Executed.
On this display screen, if an operation such as flicking is performed, for example, posting and response are scrolled up and down.

  FIG. 15 is an example of a display screen, and is a display example when “response” is received in response to “post” shown in FIG. 14. In this display screen, (2) and (3) are “responses” to “post” in (1). The “response” in (2) and (3) is displayed indented below the “post” in (1). The “response” in (2) is an example made earlier in time than the “response” in (3). Further, the posting in (4) is an example that is made earlier in time than the “posting” in (1).

FIG. 16 is a display example when there are a large number of “responses” to “posts”. In this display example, up to three “responses” are displayed and the others are omitted, but all the “responses” omitted by touching the software button 219 or the like are displayed.
Further, this display example shows a case where the positive evaluation value is “54” and the negative evaluation value is “3”. In this case, the evaluation value for “post” is “51”, which is a high evaluation that is equal to or higher than the threshold value “10”, and is therefore provided again to other users.

FIG. 17 is a display example when “post” satisfying the criterion is re-provided to the terminal device 20 of another user.
In this example, since the posted content was highly evaluated, it is displayed with a proviso that it is re-provided by the system (management server 10), that is, it is displayed so that it can be seen that it is a quotation. . The date and time of posting may be the date and time when the posting user first posted or the date and time when the system retransmitted.

  By the way, in this embodiment, as mentioned above, when another user who is an invitation destination accepts an invitation by a certain user, a friendship relationship with another user is established when viewed from the certain user. Yes. For this reason, when the friend relationship is established, the highly-reviewed posting content by the posting user has already been re-provided to other users, and for a user who has established a friend relationship after re-providing, the highly-reviewed posting content is Inconvenient that cannot be viewed. Therefore, a configuration for eliminating this inconvenience will be described below.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of this configuration.
When an invitee user accepts an invitation by a certain user, a notification of acceptance of accepting the invitation is notified from the terminal device 20 of the invitee user to the management server 10. In the management server 10, the management unit 121 determines whether or not an acceptance notification has been received from any of the terminal devices 20 (step Sc11).
If the acceptance notification is not received (if the determination result in step Sc11 is “No”), the processing procedure returns to step Sb11, whereby the management unit 121 waits until receiving the acceptance notification.
When the acceptance notification is received (when the determination result in step Sc11 is “Yes”), the management unit 121 sends the invitation source user ID that has become the basis for the acceptance notification and the invitation that transmitted the acceptance notification to the friend registration table TB2. The friend relationship established with the previous user ID is additionally registered (step Sc12). At this time, the time information acquired from the RTC 206 is registered as registration date information.

Next, the management unit 121 refers to the posting data table TB3, the user ID of the invitation source is the original posting ID, the type information is retransmission (the poster ID is the system), and the posting date and time The posting ID whose information is before the friend registration date and time information is specified (step Sc13). The posting IDs specified at this time may be all those satisfying the conditions, or may be a part of the three satisfying the conditions, such as three that are new in time (old).
Then, the management unit 121 notifies the re-providing unit 126 of the posting content corresponding to the specified posting ID together with the user ID of the invitation destination.
Thereby, the re-providing unit 126 provides information such as the posted contents supplied from the management unit 121 to the terminal device 20 (the display control unit 232) of the user who accepted the invitation (Step Sc14). Accordingly, the provided terminal device 20 provides the posted content so that it can be viewed.
Thereafter, the processing procedure returns to step Sa11 again. For this reason, the management part 121 will perform the process of step Sc11-Sc14, every time it receives the invitation acceptance notification from the terminal device 20.
According to this configuration, the user who accepted the invitation can view highly-posted content posted by the invitation source before the friend relationship is established.

  In the embodiment, since two types of buttons, ie, an affirmative response button 216 and a negative response button 217 are assumed as response buttons, an evaluation value that once exceeds a threshold value of 10 is indicated by the negative response button 217. After the value becomes lower than the threshold value by the operation, there is a case where the threshold value becomes 10 or more again by the operation of the acknowledgment button 216. In this case, determining the determination result of step Sb13 as “Yes” again leads to the same post content being repeatedly provided to the same user. For this reason, a flag is set for the post ID whose determination result in step Sb13 is “Yes”. Thereafter, if the flag is set even if the evaluation value is equal to or greater than the threshold in the determination in step Sb14, The procedure may return to step Sb11 without shifting to the subsequent step Sb14, that is, the determination result of step Sb13 may be “Yes” for the same posting ID only once.

<Application and modification>
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various applications and modifications as described below are possible, for example. Note that one or a plurality of arbitrarily selected aspects of application / deformation described below can be appropriately combined.

<SNS etc.>
It is good also as a structure which limits the place of the community which browses the content of contribution to a SNS (Social Networking Service) member. That is, the user may browse the posted contents as an SNS service after logging in such as inputting a pre-registered account or password.

<Response buttons, standards, etc.>
In the embodiment, two types of response buttons, that is, an affirmative response button 216 and a negative response button 217 are used, but either one may be used. That is, if only the acknowledgment button 216 is provided, it can be seen that the evaluation is highly evaluated according to the number of times of operation, and even if only the negative response button 217 is provided, it can be understood that it is highly evaluated by not being operated. Because.
The calculation of the evaluation value corresponding to these operations may be performed not by simple addition / subtraction but by calculation such as weighting.
Further, for example, the degree of evaluation is subdivided into “+2”, “+1”, “0”, “−1”, “−2”, and buttons corresponding to the respective degrees are displayed and The evaluation value may be calculated accordingly.

Regarding the evaluation value, not only the concept of the number of button operations but also a temporal concept may be used together. For example, you may discriminate | determine by whether the average raise degree of the evaluation value with respect to the elapsed time from posting exceeded a predetermined value.
Further, it may be determined whether or not the ratio of the number of people who responded with the affirmative response button 216 (negative response button 217) to the total number of related users exceeds a predetermined value.

<Related users and other users>
In the embodiment, the content of highly evaluated postings is a user who has a friend relationship with respect to a related user who has a friend relationship as viewed from the posting user, but the other user is selected at random. A user may be selected, or a user having the same or similar attributes (such as gender, age, and residence) of the posting user may be selected.

  In the embodiment, the content of highly rated posts has been re-provided so that it can be viewed by all users (other users) who are in a friendship relationship with related users, but limited to a part of other users. May be.

  For example, it is good also as a structure which re-provides only with respect to the user who has friend relations with the related user who operated the button 216 for acknowledging led to high evaluation among related users. In general, friend relationships are likely to be established by persons who have similar hobbies and thoughts, and therefore, the posted content is likely to be highly evaluated even for users who have friend relationships with related users who have operated the acknowledgment button 216. Therefore, according to this configuration, the posted content that is highly evaluated can be efficiently re-provided to a user who is considered to have a high tendency to desire the posted content.

Further, for example, the number of people who re-provide the posted content may be limited to the number of people according to the evaluation value.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 19, the evaluation values are ranked in advance in, for example, four levels, and the upper limit of the number of people to be re-provided for each rank is determined. Then, the content of the posting is not immediately re-provided when the standard is satisfied, for example, by determining the rank of the evaluation value in FIG. 19 when one hour has passed since the standard was satisfied, The number of people who re-provide post content is limited to the number corresponding to the rank.
In addition, when restricting the number of people, the rules for selecting other users may be, for example, a lottery or an old (new) order in which friendships are established.

<Push type, pull type>
In the embodiment, every time a “post” or “response” occurs, the content of the post / response is transmitted from the terminal device 20 to the management server 10 to be viewed by the related user's terminal device 20. Although described as a service, on the contrary, in response to a request from the terminal device 20, as a configuration of a pull-type service in which “post”, “response”, and “retransmission” related to itself are pulled out from the management server 10 and viewed. good.

<Web type>
In the embodiment, a so-called native configuration is adopted in which a user is allowed to view the posted content by executing an application program installed in the terminal device 20, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. For example, while creating a web screen describing the display control / mode on the management server 10 side and transmitting it to the terminal device 20, the browser on the terminal device 20 side displays the web screen and operates the web screen (touch panel). It is good also as a web type structure which performs the process according to.

FIG. 20 shows functional blocks constructed by the management server 10 and the terminal device 20 when functions such as provision, evaluation, and re-provision of posted content are executed in the system 1 according to the web-type application example. FIG.
In the terminal device 20, a browser 233 for displaying a web screen on which display control is described on the input unit 211 and the display unit 215 on the display panel 210 is constructed.
On the other hand, on the management server 10 side, the providing unit 125 and the re-providing unit 126 create a web screen based on information supplied from the managing unit 121 and transmit the web screen to the terminal device 20. For this reason, the providing unit 125 and the re-providing unit 126 indirectly display the screen on the display panel 210 via the browser 233.

<Providing unit, re-providing unit, display control unit>
In the embodiment and the application example, the providing unit 125, the re-providing unit 126, and the display control unit 232 are described as separate blocks. However, the contents to be viewed on the terminal device 20 are defined by the providing unit 125, In the re-providing unit 126, the display control unit 232 merely controls the display according to the specifications of the display panel 210. For this reason, it can be said that the providing unit 125 and the re-providing unit 126 provide the posted contents so that they can be viewed.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... System, 10 ... Management server, 20 ... Terminal device, 101, 201 ... CPU, 118 ... Database, 121 ... Management part, 125 ... Providing part, 126 ... Re-providing part, 211 ... Input part, 215 ... Display part, 217 ... Positive response button, 218 ... Negative response button, 231 ... Operation detection unit, 232 ... Display control unit.

Claims (7)

A providing unit that provides posted content posted by a posting user to a related user whose relationship with the posting user is established;
An evaluation unit that determines an evaluation value based on an evaluation from the related user with respect to the posted content;
When the evaluation value satisfies a predetermined criterion, a re-providing unit that provides the post content to be browsed to other users other than the related user;
A message management device comprising: The message management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the other user includes a part or all of users who have a relationship with the related user. The providing unit provides a post button posted by the posting user and a response button that can be operated by a viewable user on the display unit.
The message management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation unit receives an operation of the response button for the posted content, and determines an evaluation value based on the received number of times. The response button includes an affirmative response button indicating affirmation with respect to the posted content and a negative response button indicating negative.
The message management device according to claim 3, wherein the re-providing unit determines the evaluation value based on the number of operations of the acknowledgment button and the number of operations of the negative response button. . The message management device according to claim 1, wherein the re-providing unit limits the number of people who can view the posted content according to the evaluation value. The re-providing unit, when a new user is added as a related user whose relationship is established with the posting user, among the past posting contents posted by the posting user, the evaluation value satisfies a predetermined criterion The message management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein part or all of posted contents are provided so as to be viewable to the new user. Providing the posting content posted by the posting user to a related user whose relationship with the posting user is established;
Determining an evaluation value based on an evaluation from the related user with respect to the posted content;
When the evaluation value satisfies a predetermined standard, the step of providing the post content to be browsed to other users other than the related user;
A message management method comprising:

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