JP2014071817A - Management system and management program for social network service - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to dynamically create a place in which the user can communicate with a user of another group beyond the frame of a group in which the user registers according to the intention of the user without creating a dedicated shared community apart from the existing group.SOLUTION: A user is allowed to set the presence/absence of participation authority required to perform communication beyond the frames of communities about communities A, B and C. By controlling the permission/rejection of the user's participation in communication among communities on the basis of authority information about the participation authority, communication between arbitrary communities can be performed, and the communication cannot be performed between arbitrary communities.

Description

  The present invention relates to a management system and management program for a social network service, and more particularly, to a social network service in which a group that is a place for communication is hierarchically formed and used for a system that manages whether or not a user is allowed to participate in different groups. And suitable.

  In recent years, so-called social network services (SNS) that promote and support connections between people through networks such as the Internet have been widely provided. SNS has a profile function that introduces a user's profile, a user search function that searches for a desired user, a communication function such as comments and trackbacks, a blog function that spells out personal experiences, diaries, specific topics, etc. There are many cases.

  Many SNSs also provide a mechanism in which hobbies, preferences, residential areas, schools of origin, etc. that have common attributes gather together to form a group and allow communication within the group. Groups may be formed hierarchically. For example, a service is provided in which a plurality of circles are set in one corporate community provided by a certain company, and a registered user of the corporate community can register and communicate with any of the circles.

  Basically, a user can register in a desired group, but there are many cases where a certain condition is imposed on the registration or participation authority is set. For example, a typical example of setting conditions is that only those who have a specific profile are allowed to register in a group. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various systems having a function for managing conditions and participation authority for a user to register in a group have been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  In the community management system described in Patent Literature 1, based on management information stored in a plurality of SNS centralized management databases, setting of a shared community across different SNSs, setting of local communities within a single SNS, and use of different SNSs It is made to be able to manage the person. For example, regarding participation in a shared community that includes users of different SNSs as participants, the SNS system administrator invites users to the shared community, thereby giving the user the authority to participate in the shared community.

JP 2010-39871 A

  However, in the system described in Patent Document 1, in order to allow users registered in individual local communities to communicate with each other beyond the local community, separate from the local community. There was a problem that a dedicated shared community had to be set up. In addition, the shared community to be set is fixed, and there is a problem that a shared community that spans an arbitrary local community cannot be dynamically created.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and without creating a dedicated shared community separately from the existing group, the group other than the group registered by the user can be changed to other groups. The purpose is to be able to communicate with other users. Another object of the present invention is to enable a user to dynamically create a desired place for such communication.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, in the social network service management system according to the present invention, the group definition relating to the first layer group defined as a place for communication in the social network service and the second layer group belonging to the first layer group. Information and user information related to users registered for each group in each hierarchy are stored. In addition, regarding the first level group, it is possible to set the presence / absence of participation authority necessary for the user to communicate beyond the group frame through data input to a predetermined setting screen. The authority information related to the presence or absence of authority is also stored. Based on the group definition information, the user information, and the authority information, permission / inhibition of user participation in communication between groups is controlled.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, if the presence / absence of participation authority is arbitrarily set for a group in the first layer, communication between arbitrary groups in the first layer can be performed, or any group It is possible to prevent communication between them. Furthermore, according to the present invention, since a plurality of groups that originally exist can communicate with each other for the registered users of each group, it is not necessary to create a dedicated shared community separately from the existing groups.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to communicate with users of other groups beyond the group frame registered by the user without creating a dedicated shared community separately from the existing group. . Also, according to the present invention, a desired place for such communication can be dynamically created with the intention of the user.

It is a functional block diagram which shows the structural example of the management system of the social network service by this embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically the concept of the group of the 1st hierarchy by this embodiment, and the group of a 2nd hierarchy. It is a figure which shows an example of the search screen by this embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration example of a social network service management system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a social network service management system (hereinafter referred to as a management system 100) according to the present embodiment is configured by a server connected to a communication network 300 such as the Internet. The management system 100 of this embodiment is configured to be connectable to a plurality of user terminals 200 via a communication network 300.

  The management system 100 includes a communication interface unit 10, a group registration unit 11, a user registration unit 12, a participation authority setting unit 13, a management database 14, a communication management unit 15, and a group search unit 16 as functional configurations. Here, the management database 14 includes a group information storage unit 14a, a user information storage unit 14b, an authority information storage unit 14c, and an activity information storage unit 14d. Moreover, the communication management part 15 is provided with the participation control part 15a and the group display part 15b as the specific function structure.

  The functional configurations 11, 12, 13, 15, and 16 included in the management system 100 can be realized by any of a hardware configuration, a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), and software. For example, when realized by software, the above functional configuration is actually configured by including a server CPU or MPU, RAM, ROM, etc., and stored in the RAM or ROM (the management program for the social network service according to the present invention). It can be realized by operating).

  Therefore, it can be realized by recording a program that causes the server to perform the above functions on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM and causing the server to read the program. As a recording medium for recording the program, a flexible disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a DVD, a nonvolatile memory card, and the like can be used in addition to the CD-ROM. It can also be realized by downloading the program to a server via the communication network 300.

  Hereinafter, each functional configuration shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail. The communication interface unit 10 communicates various data with a plurality of user terminals 200 via the communication network 300.

  The group registration unit 11 registers a group as a place where users communicate with each other in the SNS. The group registration can be performed, for example, by an administrator of the management system 100 operating a server operation unit (keyboard, mouse, etc.). In addition, a registration screen is provided from the management system 100 to the user terminal 200 via the communication network 300, and the user registers the group by operating the operation unit of the user terminal 200 and inputting data on the registration screen. Is also possible.

  In the present embodiment, the group registration unit 11 includes first layer group definition information that defines a first layer group, and second layer group definition information that defines a second layer group that is subordinate to the first layer. sign up. The group information storage unit 14a of the management database 14 stores the first layer group definition information and the second layer group definition information generated by the group registration unit 11.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating the concept of the first layer group and the second layer group. As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of communities A, B, and C are registered in a mall that is a place for communication provided by the management system 100, and a plurality of circles a1, B, and C are registered in each of the communities A, B, and C. a2, b1, b2, c1, c2, c3 are registered. Communities A, B, and C are first-level groups, and circles a1, a2, b1, b2, c1, c2, and c3 are second-level groups.

  Here, the circles a1 and a2 belong to the subordinate of the community A, the circles b1 and b2 belong to the subordinate of the community B, and the circles c1 to c3 belong to the subordinate of the community C. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the communities A and B are a group (corporate community) provided by a company, and the community C is a group (general community) provided by an administrator of the management system 100. Further, it is assumed that the circles a1 to c3 are bulletin boards in which communication between users is performed.

  In this embodiment, there are two types of circles. One is an official circle, which is an official circle created by the managers of the corporate communities A and B. The other is an informal user circle, which is a circle freely created by users registered in the communities A, B, and C. For example, it is assumed that the circles a1 and b1 are official circles, and the circles a2, b2, c1 to c3 are user circles.

  The first layer group definition information that defines communities A, B, and C is information for indicating what community is registered. For example, information such as a community ID, a community name, a provider company name, and a registration date is included as the first layer group definition information.

  As for the community name and the provider company name, the group name registered by the user by operating the operation unit of the user terminal 200 through the registration screen provided from the management system 100 to the user terminal 200 via the communication network 300 is registered as a group. Part 11 accepts. On the other hand, the group registration unit 11 automatically issues a community ID and registration date and time.

  The second hierarchy group definition information that defines the circles a1 to c3 is information for indicating what kind of circle is registered. For example, information such as a circle ID, a circle name, a registration date and time, a belonging community ID, a circle type flag indicating whether it is an official circle or a user circle, and an icon representing each circle with a graphic are included as the second hierarchy group definition information.

  Note that the group registration unit 11 accepts a circle name and a circle type flag that are input by the user operating the operation unit of the user terminal 200. On the other hand, the group registration unit 11 automatically issues a circle ID, registration date and time, and belonging community ID. However, the community belongs to which circle belongs to the user by operating the operation unit of the user terminal 200.

  The user registration unit 12 registers user information related to users registered in the communities A, B, and C and users registered in the circles a1 to c3. The user information storage unit 14 b of the management database 14 stores user information generated by the user registration unit 12.

  Here, the user information is information for indicating the user's profile, affiliation group, and the like. For example, a user ID that uniquely identifies a user, a login password, an e-mail address, a date of birth, a gender, a self-introduction, and a group ID that uniquely identifies a group registered by the user (registered community ID and registered circle ID) Information such as nicknames used by users in a plurality of groups is included as user information. The user ID is used as a login ID when the user logs in to the mall and performs communication.

  Note that the user ID, login password, e-mail address, date of birth, gender, self-introduction, and nickname are displayed on the user terminal through the registration screen provided from the management system 100 to the user terminal 200 via the communication network 300. The user registration unit 12 receives an input by operating the operation unit 200. On the other hand, the user registration unit 12 automatically issues a group ID. However, which community is registered and which circle is registered is specified by the user operating the operation unit of the user terminal 200.

  In this embodiment, the user can register in one community, and can arbitrarily register in one or more circles as long as the circle is in the registered community. When the user registers in one or more circles, the user information stored in the user information storage unit 14b by the user registration unit 12 includes one or more registered circle IDs in association with the user ID.

  In this embodiment, the user can register one or more nicknames, and can enjoy communication using different nicknames for each circle. When the user registers one or more nicknames, the user information stored in the user information storage unit 14b by the user registration unit 12 includes one or more nicknames in association with the user ID. Here, the one or more nicknames are stored in the user information storage unit 14b in association with the registered circle ID so that the circle in which the nickname is used can be identified.

  The communication management unit 15 manages communication between users on the circles a1 to c3. For example, the communication management unit 15 stores various activity information transmitted from the user terminal 200 in the activity information storage unit 14d for management. Further, the communication management unit 15 reads out activity information from the activity information storage unit 14 d and provides it to the user terminal 200 in response to a browsing request sent from the user terminal 200.

  The activity information storage unit 14d stores activity information regarding communication performed by the user for each group in association with the user ID and the group ID. This activity information includes speech information, applause information, participation information, and the like.

  The comment information is comment information written by posting or the like, and is stored in the activity information storage unit 14d together with the date / time information and the comment ID when the writing is performed. The applause information is information indicating that the user who viewed the remark information pressed the applause button in sympathy with the content. It is stored in the information storage unit 14d.

  The participation information is information related to communication performed when the user tries to participate in an unregistered circle. Basically, activities such as speech, applause, and browsing can be freely performed in a circle registered by the user. On the other hand, regarding a circle that is not registered by the user, it is possible to browse other people's remark information but not remark and applause.

  However, if you apply for participation in an unregistered circle and it is approved, you will be able to speak and applaud in an unregistered circle. Participation information specifically refers to information related to application and approval of participation, information about which users are applying to participate in which circles, and which users are approved to participate in which circles. It is information that. Whether or not to accept the participation is set by a participation authority setting unit 13 described below.

  The participation authority setting unit 13 allows the user to communicate, such as remarks and applause, beyond the group frame through data input to a predetermined setting screen regarding the communities A, B, and C that are groups in the first hierarchy. Set whether to have the necessary participation authority. In the following description, “communication” means remarks and applause.

  The setting of the participation authority can be performed by an administrator of the management system 100 operating the operation unit of the server and inputting data on a setting screen provided on the server. It is also possible for the user to set the participation authority by operating the operation unit of the user terminal 200 and inputting data through the setting screen provided from the management system 100 to the user terminal 200 via the communication network 300. It is.

  In the present embodiment, after specifying an arbitrary community from among the communities A, B, and C as the local community and the other community, the presence / absence of the user's participation authority between the local community and the other community is set. Specifically, for the corporate communities A and B, the manager sets whether or not the user has authority to participate in other communities from his own community. In addition, for the general community C, the administrator of the management system 100 sets whether or not the user has authority to participate in other communities from his own community.

  In the present embodiment, communication between the communities A, B, and C is permitted in the default state. On the other hand, when the managers of the corporate communities A and B want to refuse the user's participation in the other communities from their own communities, the manager can set the user through the setting screen provided from the management system 100 to the user terminal 200. By operating the operation unit of the terminal 200, it is possible to set so that the user's participation authority for the other community is not given from the own community.

  When the administrator of the general community C (the administrator of the management system 100) wants to refuse the user's participation in the other community from the own community, the administrator can manage the management system through the setting screen provided in the management system 100. By operating 100 operation units, it is possible to set so that the user's participation authority for the other community is not given from the own community.

  For example, the administrator of the corporate community A can specify his own corporate community A and the other corporate community B, and can set the local community A so as not to give the right to participate in the other community B. In this case, registered users of the corporate community A can participate in the circles c1 to c3 of the general community C, but cannot participate in the circles b1 and b2 of the corporate community B. Here, although the administrator of the corporate community A operates the operation unit of the user terminal 200 to identify the own community A, it may be automatically identified by the management system 100.

  Here, the manager of corporate community A identifies another corporate community B and refuses to participate, because corporate communities A and B are provided by the enterprise, so it is free between competitors' communities. This is because it may hinder communication. Of course, if the manager of the corporate community A desires, it is possible to specify the general community C and set to reject the participation authority.

  Similarly, the administrator of the corporate community B can be set not to give the right to participate in another corporate community A. In this case, the registered user of the corporate community B can participate in the circles c1 to c3 of the general community C, but cannot participate in the circles a1 and a2 of the corporate community A.

  Here, an example has been described in which, for example, when the company community B is specified and set so as not to be given the authority to participate, the participation in all the circles b1 and b2 belonging to the company community B is rejected. The invention is not limited to this. For example, only participation in the official circle b1 of the corporate community B may be rejected, and permission to participate in the user circle b2 may be maintained.

  The authority information storage unit 14 c of the management database 14 stores the authority information set by the participation authority setting unit 13. The authority information is information indicating which community is refusing to participate in which community. In addition, although the structure provided separately with the group information storage part 14a and the authority information storage part 14c was demonstrated here, this invention is not limited to this. For example, the authority information may be stored in the group information storage unit 14a as one of the first hierarchy group definition information. In this case, the authority information storage unit 14c is not necessary.

  The participation control unit 15a of the communication management unit 15 controls permission / prohibition of user participation between communities based on respective information stored in the group information storage unit 14a, the user information storage unit 14b, and the authority information storage unit 14c. To do. Specifically, the participation control unit 15a, when the authority information indicates that a certain community (own community) identifies another community and refuses the participation authority, from the own community to the other community The user's participation in is rejected, and the user's participation is allowed between other communities.

  In the present embodiment, the rejection of the user's participation in the community means that only the information of the circle belonging to the community in which a certain user can participate is displayed on the user terminal 200 of the user, and the user belongs to the community incapable of participating. This means that the information about the circle to be displayed is not displayed.

  That is, by preventing the user terminal 200 from showing information about a community circle in which a certain user cannot participate, the user is not given an opportunity to participate in the community circle. Such display control is performed by the group display unit 15b of the communication management unit 15 under the control of the participation control unit 15a.

  The group search unit 16 searches for circles in which the user can participate in the circles a <b> 1 to c <b> 3 according to the operation by the user on the operation unit of the user terminal 200. After logging in to the mall, the user of the user terminal 200 can perform communication by selecting a desired circle on a predetermined screen displayed on the user terminal 200. At this time, a function for searching for a circle in which the user can participate is the group search unit 16.

  The group search unit 16 searches for circles belonging to the community registered by the user who performed the search operation as circles that can participate. In addition to this, the group search unit 16 belongs to a community that is not registered by the user who performed the search operation and to which the participation authority is given by the authority information stored in the authority information storage unit 14c. Search for a circle that you can participate in. The group display unit 15b of the communication management unit 15 controls the user terminal 200 to display the information on the circle searched by the group search unit 16 on the screen.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a search screen capable of searching for a circle. The display example of FIG. 3 shows a user's My Page which belongs to the corporate community B and is registered in the two circles b1 and b2. My page refers to a page in which only activity information relating to the user is extracted and displayed from the activity information stored in the activity information storage unit 14d.

  In FIG. 3, reference numeral 21 denotes a list of activity information, which is displayed in a state where activity information related to communication performed on a plurality of circles b1 and b2 registered by the user is mixed. For example, a plurality of activity information related to a plurality of circles b1 and b2 are displayed in the order of date and time. Each activity information displays a nickname used by the user related to the activity information and a circle name to which the user belongs.

  Reference numeral 22 denotes a list of circle icons, in which a plurality of circles b1 and b2 registered by the user are displayed as icons. By clicking and selecting a desired icon, the user can transition to the selected circle page and perform communication such as speech and applause.

  Reference numeral 23 denotes a circle search area. When a user inputs a desired keyword and presses a search button, a circle having a name that matches the keyword can be searched. The circle searched in this case is a circle whose name matches the keyword and belongs to a community that is allowed to participate from the community to which the user belongs.

  In addition, by pressing a search button without inputting a keyword, it is possible to search all circles in which the user can participate. The circles searched for in this case are all circles belonging to a community that is allowed to participate from the community to which the user belongs.

  For example, it is assumed that the administrator of the corporate community A has made a setting for rejecting the right to participate in another corporate community B. However, it is assumed that the participation authority for the general community C has not been set so as to reject it.

  In this case, for example, it is assumed that after a user registered in the community A logs in to the mall, the user terminal 200 instructs to search for all circles that can participate. In this case, the group search unit 16 that has received this instruction searches the circles a1 and a2 belonging to the community A and the circles c1 to c3 belonging to the community C as joinable circles.

  And the group display part 15b displays on the user terminal 200 the information of these circles a1, a2, c1-c3. Thereby, the user can know that he can participate in the circles c1 to c3 belonging to the community C in addition to the circles a1 and a2 of the community A registered by himself / herself, and can apply for participation. it can. On the other hand, since no information is displayed on the user terminal 200 for the circles b1 and b2 belonging to the community B, the user cannot know the existence of these circles b1 and b2 and cannot participate.

  As described above in detail, in the present embodiment, the communities A, B, and C that are groups in the first hierarchy are moved beyond the community through data input to a predetermined setting screen provided to the user terminal 200. It is possible to set the presence / absence of participation authority necessary for the user to communicate. And based on the authority information regarding the participation authority, the permission of participation in the user's communication between communities is controlled.

  According to this embodiment configured as described above, if the presence / absence of participation authority is arbitrarily set for a community, communication can be performed between arbitrary communities or communication between arbitrary communities can be prevented. You will be able to In addition, according to the present embodiment, since a plurality of originally existing communities A, B, and C can communicate with each registered user of each community, separately from the existing communities A, B, and C. There is no need to create a dedicated shared community.

  Therefore, according to this embodiment, it is possible to communicate with users of other communities beyond the community registered by the user without creating a dedicated shared community separately from the existing community. Become. Also, according to the present embodiment, a desired place for such communication can be dynamically created with the user's intention.

  In the above embodiment, in the default state, the communities A, B, and C are allowed to communicate with each other, and the administrators of the communities A, B, and C have the authority to participate in other communities from their own communities. Although the example which performs the setting to refuse arbitrarily was demonstrated, this invention is not limited to this. For example, the administrator of the communities A, B, and C may make a setting for arbitrarily rejecting the right to participate in the local community from other communities.

  Alternatively, in the default state, the community A, B, and C refuse to communicate with each other, and the administrator of the community A, B, and C arbitrarily allows the participation authority to the other community from the own community Or the administrator of the communities A, B, and C may make a setting to arbitrarily permit the participation authority to the own community from other communities.

  Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated the example which refuses participation in a user's community by not displaying the information of the circle which belongs to the community which cannot participate in the user terminal 200, control of denying a user's participation is demonstrated. Examples are not limited to this. For example, when a user who has logged in to a mall has applied for participation in a circle belonging to a community that cannot participate, or when an attempt to speak or applaud is made in a circle that belongs to a community that cannot participate, The user is identified from cookie information. Then, by collating the user information stored in the user information storage unit 14b and the authority information stored in the authority information storage unit 14c with respect to the user, the speech, applause, and participation processes themselves are rejected. May be.

  In addition, each of the above-described embodiments is merely an example of implementation in carrying out the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention should not be construed in a limited manner. That is, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the gist or the main features thereof.

14 Management Database 14a Group Information Storage Unit 14b User Information Storage Unit 14c Authority Information Storage Unit 15 Communication Management Unit 15a Participation Control Unit 15b Group Display Unit 16 Group Search Unit

Claims (6)

A first layer group definition information for defining a first layer group, and a group information storage unit for storing second layer group definition information for defining a second layer group belonging to a lower level of the first layer;
A user information storage unit for storing user information related to users registered in the first layer group and users registered in the second layer group;
A participation authority setting unit for setting presence / absence of participation authority necessary for a user to communicate beyond a group frame through data input to a predetermined setting screen with respect to the first layer group,
An authority information storage unit that stores authority information related to the presence or absence of the participation authority set by the participation authority setting unit;
A participation control unit that controls whether or not the user participates in the communication between the groups based on the information stored in the group information storage unit, the user information storage unit, and the authority information storage unit; A social network service management system characterized by comprising. The participation authority setting unit is configured to set the presence / absence of the user's participation authority between the own group and the other group after identifying the own group and the other group from the first layer group. The social network service management system according to claim 1, wherein: When the participation authority setting unit is configured to identify the own group and the other group from among the groups of the first layer and reject the participation authority, the participation control unit is identified as the other group. 3. The control according to claim 2, wherein all of the groups of the second layer belonging to the group of the first layer are controlled so as to reject the participation of the user from or to the own group. The management system of the described social network service. When the participation authority setting unit is configured to identify the own group and the other group from among the groups of the first layer and reject the participation authority, the participation control unit is identified as the other group. Of the groups of the second hierarchy belonging to the group of the first hierarchy, the official participation created by the manager of the group of the second hierarchy, the participation of the user from or to the own group The social network service management system according to claim 2, wherein control is performed so as to reject the service. A group search unit for searching for a group in which the user can participate among the groups of the second hierarchy according to an operation by the user;
A group display unit for displaying the group searched by the group search unit on a screen;
The group search unit includes the second hierarchy group belonging to the first hierarchy group in which the user who performed the operation is registered, and the first hierarchy in which the user who performed the operation is not registered. The group of the second hierarchy belonging to the group of the first hierarchy to which the participation authority is given by the authority information is searched as the group that can participate. The management system of the social network service of any one of -4. A first hierarchy group definition information that defines a first hierarchy group, a second hierarchy group definition information that defines a second hierarchy group, and a group information storage section that stores the second hierarchy group definition information; A management program applied to a social network service management system comprising a user information storage unit for storing user information relating to a user who is registered in the second layer group and a user registered with the second layer,
For the first level group, through the data input on the predetermined setting screen, set the presence or absence of participation authority necessary for the user to communicate beyond the group frame, and the authority regarding the presence or absence of the set participation authority Based on respective information stored in the group information storage unit, the user information storage unit, and the authority information storage unit, the participation authority setting means for storing information in the authority information storage unit, A management program for a social network service for causing a computer to function as a participation control means for controlling whether or not to participate in the communication.

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