JP2016035734A - System and method for providing thread according to degree of interest of user - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To select a thread matching with the interest of a user from a plurality of threads without requiring the user to input evaluation of the threads.SOLUTION: A system includes one or more computer processors, and a storage 15 that stores a plurality of quiz contents and a plurality of threads. The plurality of quiz contents and the plurality of threads are each associated with at least one of a plurality of categories. The storage 15 further stores a score for evaluating the degree of interest of a predetermined user to each of the plurality of categories. One or more selected threads are selected from the plurality of threads on the basis of the score, and the selected threads are provided to the predetermined user.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The disclosure herein relates to a system and method for providing a thread to a user, and more specifically to a system and method for providing a thread according to the degree of interest of the user.

  Various electronic bulletin board services and social networking services (SNS) provided with electronic bulletin boards are provided. An example of such an electronic bulletin board is a thread float type bulletin board that creates a thread for each specific theme and receives a comment on the thread from a user. The user can select a thread of interest from a large number of threads, view a comment posted to the thread, and post a comment to the thread.

  A popular electronic bulletin board may provide a very large number of threads on a particular theme. In this case, there are too many threads, and the user may not be able to easily select a thread that matches his interest. Therefore, a method for supporting selection of a thread that matches the user's interest has been proposed. For example, Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2008-102645 (Patent Document 1) proposes a method for determining the rank of threads based on user evaluations of threads.

JP 2008-102645 A

  However, inputting an evaluation for a thread is cumbersome for the user. In addition, when the number of evaluations is not sufficiently large, even if the threads are ranked based on the evaluations, the rankings are unlikely to correctly reflect the user's interest. Therefore, it is desirable to be able to select a thread that matches the user's interest without depending on the evaluation input by the user.

  One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a system and method that can select a thread that matches a user's interest from a large number of threads without requiring the user to input an evaluation for the thread. Other objects of the present invention will become apparent by referring to the entire specification.

  A system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes one or a plurality of computer processors, a storage for storing a plurality of quiz contents, a plurality of threads, and a plurality of scores. In one embodiment of the present invention, each of the plurality of quiz contents and each of the plurality of threads is associated with at least one of a plurality of categories. The storage according to an embodiment of the present invention further stores a score for evaluating the degree of interest of a predetermined user for each of the plurality of categories.

  One or a plurality of processors according to an embodiment of the present invention execute at least a computer-readable instruction, and at least one selected from the plurality of quiz contents in response to a request from the predetermined user. Providing one selected quiz content to the predetermined user, updating the score so that the predetermined user's interest in the category with which the selected quiz content is associated is highly evaluated, and based on the score One or more selected threads are selected from the plurality of threads, and the selected threads are provided to the predetermined user.

  According to the embodiment, one or a plurality of selection threads provided to the user are selected from a plurality of threads based on a score for evaluating the degree of interest of the user for each category. This score is not determined based on the user's evaluation of the thread, but is updated from time to time depending on which category the selected quiz content provided to the user is associated with in response to a request for quiz content from the user. Is. Since the user tries to acquire quiz content that matches his interest, the selection thread presented to the user as described above also matches the user's interest. Therefore, according to this embodiment, a thread that matches a user's interest among a large number of threads without requiring the user to input an evaluation for the thread only by making a request for using the quiz content by the user. Can be selected.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, the score for evaluating the degree of interest of a predetermined user for each of the plurality of categories includes a score value indicating the degree of interest of the predetermined user for each of the plurality of categories. The score value for a predetermined category is an index for evaluating the degree of interest of the user with respect to the predetermined category. For example, a score value associated with a category having a high degree of interest of the user takes a high value.

  In one embodiment of the invention, multiple selection threads are provided to the user. At this time, based on the score, a selection category that is evaluated as having the highest degree of interest of the predetermined user is selected from the plurality of categories, and the largest selection thread is selected from the selection category. it can. For example, the score values associated with each category can be compared with each other and the most selection threads can be selected from the categories associated with the highest value score. For example, when there are three categories of the first category, the second category, and the third category, and the score values associated with each of the categories are “10”, “5”, and “1”, The most threads are selected from the first category associated with a high score of “10”. For example, three threads are selected as the selected thread from the plurality of threads associated with the first category, and one thread is selected as the selected thread from the plurality of threads associated with the second category. No thread is selected from among a plurality of threads associated with, and a total of four selected threads selected in this way can be provided to the user.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, the request includes category information for specifying a predetermined category from the plurality of categories, and the selected quiz content is based on the category information among the plurality of quiz contents. It may be associated with the predetermined category to be identified. According to the embodiment, the user can update the score so as to increase the degree of interest in the category by specifying the category in which the user is interested in the request for acquiring the quiz content. This makes it easier to select a thread that matches the interest of the user.

  The system according to an embodiment of the present invention provides information for acquiring quiz content associated with the same category as the category with which the one or more selection threads are associated together with the one or more selection threads. It can be provided to the predetermined user. For example, when the selected thread is a thread classified as “overseas travel”, information for acquiring the same quiz content classified as “overseas travel” can be provided to the user. The information for acquiring the quiz content is, for example, link information including a URL indicating the storage location of the quiz content. Thereby, when providing a selection thread | sled, a user can be guide | induced to utilize the quiz content linked | related with the same category as the said selection thread | sled. Since the category associated with the selected thread is a category that matches the user's interest, quiz content that matches the user's interest can also be provided to the user.

  A method according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method realized by one or more processors executing predetermined computer-readable instructions, and is associated with at least one of a plurality of categories, Storing a plurality of quiz contents and a plurality of threads, storing a score for evaluating a degree of interest of a predetermined user for each of the plurality of categories, and in response to a request from the predetermined user, Providing at least one selected quiz content of the plurality of quiz contents to the predetermined user, and the degree of interest of the predetermined user with respect to a category associated with the selected quiz content is highly evaluated. Updating the score; and selecting one of the plurality of threads based on the score. Comprises selecting a plurality of selected threads, comprising: providing the selected thread to the predetermined user.

  Thus, various embodiments of the present invention allow a thread that matches a user's interest to be selected from a number of threads without requiring the user to enter an evaluation for the thread.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows the example of the quiz management table which manages a quiz content in one Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the example of the score management table which manages a score in one Embodiment of this invention The figure which shows the example of the thread management table which manages a thread in one Embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows the flow of the process which updates a score according to one Embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows the flow of the process which provides a thread | sled with respect to a user according to one Embodiment of this invention, and receives the posting of a comment from the said user. The figure which shows an example of the display screen of the quiz game in one Embodiment of this invention The figure which shows an example of the display screen of the quiz game in one Embodiment of this invention The figure which shows an example of the display screen of the quiz game in one Embodiment of this invention The figure which shows an example of the display screen containing the thread | sled list in one Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows an example of the display screen containing the thread | sled in one Embodiment of this invention

  Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings as appropriate. In addition, the same referential mark is attached | subjected to the component which is common in several drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated, a system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a server 10 and a client terminal 30. Although only one client terminal 30 is illustrated in FIG. 1, two or more client terminals can be connected to the server 10 so as to communicate with each other.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the server 10 is communicably connected to the client terminal 30 via the network 20 such as the Internet, and provides various online game services and electronic bulletin board services to the client terminal 30. be able to. For example, the server 10 can process the game message received from the client terminal 30 in accordance with a predetermined game logic (or a program for realizing the game logic) and transmit the processing result to the client terminal 30. Further, the server 10 can provide the client terminal 30 with various game data necessary for the progress of the game. The server 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention can provide an online quiz game and an electronic bulletin board service that provide quiz content to the client terminal 30 to the client terminal 30. Specific functions for providing an online quiz game and an electronic bulletin board service will be described later.

  An exemplary configuration of the server 10 will be described. As illustrated, the server 10 includes a processor 11, a main memory 12, a user I / F 13, a communication I / F 14, and a storage 15. These components are electrically connected to each other via a bus (not shown). The processor 11 loads instructions included in various programs for realizing an operating system and game logic from the storage 15 into the main memory 12, and executes the instructions included in the loaded program. The main memory 12 is used for storing instructions to be executed by the processor 11, and is constituted by, for example, a DRAM.

  The user I / F 13 includes, for example, an information input device such as a keyboard and a mouse that accepts an operator's input, and an information output device such as a liquid crystal display that outputs the calculation result of the processor 11. The communication I / F 14 is implemented as hardware, firmware, communication software such as a TCP / IP driver or a PPP driver, or a combination thereof, and is configured to be able to communicate with the client terminal 30 via the network 20.

  The storage 15 is composed of a magnetic disk drive, for example, and stores various programs such as a game control program for realizing a game logic. The storage 15 can also store various data used in the game and post data posted by the user on the electronic bulletin board. Various data that can be stored in the storage 15 may be stored in a storage (for example, the storage 25) or a database server that is physically separate from the server 10 that is communicably connected to the server 10. In FIG. 1, the storage 15 is illustrated as a single unit, but the storage 15 may be a collection of a plurality of physically separate storages. That is, in this specification, the data stored in the storage 15 may be stored in a single storage or may be distributed and stored in a plurality of storages. Further, in the present specification and claims, the term “storage” may indicate either a single storage or a set of a plurality of storages as long as the context allows.

  The server 10 in an embodiment of the present invention is a web server that manages a website composed of a plurality of web pages having a hierarchical structure. The client terminal 30 can acquire HTML data for displaying the web page from the server 10 and display a game screen obtained by analyzing the acquired HTML data on the display of the client terminal 30. By providing various inputs to the client terminal 30 via the game screen, the player can make an operation instruction to the player character or select a menu to advance the game. The storage 15 can store HTML data to be provided to the client 30. The HTML data consists of HTML codes written in a markup language such as HTML. Various images are associated with the HTML code. A program written in a script language such as ActionScript or Javascript (registered trademark) can be embedded in the HTML data. As described above, the server 10 manages the website that provides the game service, and can advance the game by distributing the web pages constituting the website in response to a request from the client terminal 30. . A game provided through such a web page may be referred to as a browser game.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, the game application program and the server 10 cooperate to provide an online game by executing the game application program on an execution environment such as an OS or middleware on the client terminal 30. Can do. The game application program is stored in the storage 15 or the storage 25, for example, and is downloaded to the client terminal 30 in response to a request from the client terminal 30. This game application program includes an instruction set for processing game data provided from the server 10 when executed on the client terminal 30. Various data such as image data referred to when the instruction set is executed is also downloaded to the client terminal 30. The game application program may be stored in a storage (not shown) other than the storage 15 and the external storage 25. By executing this game application program on the client terminal 30, a predetermined quiz sequence is executed, and a quiz game is provided to the user. This game application program may execute a quiz sequence as a part of another game such as an action game, a role playing game, or a baseball game. For example, by executing a game application program for a baseball game, a quiz relating to a real baseball player appearing in the baseball game can be provided to the user. The types of games realized by the server 10 and the client terminal 30 (or the game application program executed on the client terminal 30) are not limited to those specified in this specification.

  As described above, by executing the game application program (or an instruction included in the program) on the client terminal 30, the game can proceed by linking the functions of the game application program and the functions of the server 10. A game provided using such a game application program may be referred to as an application game. The present invention is applicable to both browser games and application games.

  As described above, the server 10 can provide an electronic bulletin board service. For example, the server 10 stores a comment posted by a predetermined user so that it can be viewed by other users. For example, the user can view comments posted by other users using a browser or an application program of the client terminal 30. In one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to view posts from other users on the electronic bulletin board service using the function of the game application program for the quiz game. The user can create comments in various data formats. For example, the user's comment is text data, image data, moving image data, and / or a data format combining these.

  Although FIG. 1 shows the server 10 as a single unit, the server 10 may be a collection of a plurality of physically separate servers. That is, in FIG. 1, the configuration of the server 10 may be distributed and provided in a plurality of different servers. Further, the functions described as being executed by the server 10 may be executed in a distributed manner by a plurality of servers. As described above, the server 10 is not limited to a server having a physically single configuration, but can also refer to a collection of physically separate servers. Further, at least part of the functions of the server 10 may be executed by the client terminal 30.

  Next, the client terminal 30 will be described. The client terminal 30 according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured to execute a browser game execution environment for displaying a web page of a game website acquired from the server 10 on a web browser or an application execution for executing a game application program. An arbitrary information processing apparatus in which an environment is implemented, including but not limited to, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, an electronic book reader, a wearable computer, and a game console.

  A client terminal 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a processor 31, a main memory 32, a user I / F 33, a communication I / F 34, and a storage 35 as shown in the figure, and each of these components. Are electrically connected to each other via a bus (not shown).

  The processor 31 loads various programs such as an operating system from the storage 35 into the main memory 32 and executes instructions included in the loaded program. The main memory 32 is used for storing instructions to be executed by the processor 31, and is composed of, for example, a DRAM.

  The user I / F 33 is an information input device that receives input from the player and an information output device that outputs the calculation result of the processor 31A, and includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display including a touch screen. The communication I / F 34A is implemented as hardware, firmware, communication software such as a TCP / IP driver or a PPP driver, or a combination thereof, and is configured to be able to communicate with the server 10 via the network 20.

  The storage 35 is composed of, for example, a magnetic disk drive, a flash memory, or the like, and stores various programs such as an operating system. Further, when the game application program is received from the server 10 via the communication I / F 34, the storage 35 can store the received game application program.

  The client terminal 30 generates a display screen by interpreting an HTML format file (HTML data) using a browser function, and displays the generated display screen on a display unit such as a touch panel provided in the client terminal. Can do. Further, the browser can interpret a script described in the HTML data and execute processing according to the script.

  In the client terminal 30, a game application program is activated in accordance with the player's operation and is executed on the platform installed in the client terminal 30. When the game application program is executed on the client terminal 30, for example, an animation or an operation icon instructed by the program is displayed on the screen of the client terminal 30. The player can input an instruction to advance the game using the user I / F 33A of the client terminal 30.

  Next, quiz contents, scores, and threads stored in the storage 15 or other storage in the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, quiz content is managed using the management table shown in FIG. FIG. 2 shows an example of a quiz management table for managing quiz contents in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the quiz management table according to the embodiment of the present invention is a text format that indicates a question of each quiz in association with an ID (quiz ID) for identifying each quiz for each of a plurality of quiz contents. Question information, option information indicating a plurality of options for answering the question, correct answer information indicating a correct answer to the question, and category information indicating a category to which the quiz belongs are stored. The management table according to the embodiment includes, for each of a plurality of quizzes, text information indicating the question of the quiz in association with an ID (quiz ID) for identifying each quiz, and a plurality of options for answering the question , Quiz package information for causing the client terminal 30 to execute a quiz sequence of quizzes, category information indicating a category to which each quiz is associated (classified), The link information including the URL indicating the storage location is stored. In one embodiment of the present invention, the quiz package information for a predetermined quiz is described in, for example, JavaScript, and when executed by an application or browser of the client terminal 30, the question information of the predetermined quiz is displayed. This is information described so as to receive an answer to the question information and present correct answer information included in the package information.

  Each of the plurality of quiz contents is stored in the quiz management table in association with at least one of the plurality of categories. This category is a classification for sorting quiz contents (and threads as will be described later) according to the user's interest. In the example of FIG. 2, “overseas travel” is set as the category information of the quiz content with the quiz ID “0001”. Applicable categories of the present invention include various categories such as sports, games, movies, music, history, literature, and overseas travel. In addition, the category in this specification includes a lower category obtained by subdividing a category and an upper category including a plurality of categories. For example, the subcategory of the sports category can include soccer, baseball, basketball, and the like. Moreover, it can be grouped into a higher category “hobby” including movies, music, and overseas travel categories. In the quiz management table, an arbitrary number of quiz contents can be managed. The information managed in the management table is not limited to that illustrated in FIG. 2, and for example, the number of distributions of quiz content distributed to the client terminal 30, the correct answer rate of the quiz content, and the like can be managed. When a part or all of the quiz questions, options, or correct answers are expressed using images, an image file corresponding to the image is also stored. The management table can also store quiz contents created by the user.

  In an embodiment of the present invention, the storage 15 stores a score for evaluating the degree of interest of each user with respect to each of the plurality of categories described above. This score is managed using, for example, a score management table shown in FIG. FIG. 3 shows an example of a score management table for managing the score for each user in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, in the score management table in one embodiment of the present invention, the degree of interest of each user for each of a plurality of categories is associated with the user ID of each user of the online service provided by the server 10. The indicated score value is stored. In the score management table of FIG. 3, for example, a score value “3” indicating the degree of interest in the category 1 (sports) of the user specified by the user ID in association with the user ID “000001”, the category 2 of the user A score value “10” indicating the interest level for (overseas travel) and a score value “5” indicating the interest level of the user for category 3 (novel) are stored. In one embodiment, the greater the score value for a given category, the higher the user's interest in that given category. In this specification, the score value of each category may be collectively referred to as “score”. In other words, the “score” for a given user consists of the “score value” of each category.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, threads are managed using the management table shown in FIG. FIG. 4 shows an example of a thread management table for managing threads in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the thread management table according to the embodiment of the present invention is associated with an ID (thread ID) for identifying each thread, category information indicating a category to which the thread belongs, and a title indicating the title of the thread. Information and comments posted by various users on the thread are stored. In one embodiment, the category information for classifying threads is the same as the category information for classifying quiz content. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, up to 1000 posts can be managed for each thread in the thread management table. The upper limit of the number of posts for each thread can be arbitrarily determined. Moreover, it is not necessary to set the upper limit of the number of posts for each thread.

  Next, functions of the server 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The server 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention can implement functions related to the embodiments of the present invention described below by executing various instruction sets by the processor 11. In this embodiment of the present invention, the instruction set executed by the processor 11 includes a quiz content providing module 41, a score management module 42, a thread providing module 43, a posting receiving module 44, and a game control module 45. , Is included.

  The quiz content providing module 41 according to an embodiment of the present invention selects, for example, one or a plurality of quiz contents from a plurality of quiz contents stored in the storage 15, and provides the selected quiz contents to the client terminal 30. can do. The quiz content providing module 41 may be configured to provide quiz content to the client terminal 30 in response to a request (quiz content request) from the client terminal 30, for example. This request can include, for example, category information that identifies a predetermined category. When the category information is included in the request, the quiz content providing module 41 is classified into a category specified based on the category information from a plurality of quiz contents stored in the storage 15. The quiz content can be selected and the selected quiz content can be provided to the client terminal 30.

  The score management module 42 according to an embodiment of the present invention is stored in the score management table of FIG. 3 in response to, for example, a predetermined quiz content provided to a predetermined user by the quiz content providing module 41. It is configured to update the score for a given user. In one embodiment, the score of the predetermined user is updated so that the score value of the category to which the quiz content provided to the user belongs increases. In this way, the score for a predetermined user stored in the score management table indicates that the user's interest in the category to which the quiz content is associated when the quiz content is provided to the predetermined user. Updated to be higher.

  The thread providing module 43 according to the embodiment of the present invention can select one or a plurality of threads from a plurality of threads stored in the storage 15 and provide the selected threads to a predetermined user. The thread may be provided to the user in response to a request from the user, or may be provided to the user at a predetermined timing according to the progress of the game without a request from the user. The thread provided to the client terminal 30 may include information (for example, link information in FIG. 2) for acquiring quiz content belonging to the same category as the category to which the thread belongs.

  For example, when a thread acquisition request is received from the user with the user ID “000001”, the thread to be provided to the user is selected based on the score of the user managed using the score management table of FIG. To do. More specifically, the thread providing module 43 refers to the score value for the category stored in the score management table shown in FIG. 3 for the user, for example, and based on the score value of each category, A category with a high degree of interest is selected, and a thread to be provided to the user is selected from threads belonging to the category. For example, in the example of FIG. 3, for the user specified by the user ID “000001”, the score value of category 1 (sports) is “3”, the score value of category 2 (travel abroad) is “10”, and category 3 ( Since the score value of “Novel” is “5”, the thread providing module 43 selects the category 2 (overseas travel) having the highest score value among them, and this category 2 (overseas) in the thread management table of FIG. The thread associated with (travel) is selected as the selection thread to be provided to the user.

  In the thread management table of FIG. 4, a plurality of threads may be associated with each category. When a plurality of threads are associated with each category, the thread providing module 43 may select one thread or a plurality of threads. For example, in the thread management table of FIG. 4, 100 threads can be stored in association with the category of category 2 (overseas travel). In this case, the thread providing module 43 can select one or a plurality of threads from the 100 threads and provide the selected one or a plurality of threads to the user.

  As described above, in one embodiment of the present invention, the thread providing module 43 selects a thread to be provided to a predetermined user from a category in which the predetermined user is most interested (the score value is highest for the predetermined user). High category) can be selected.

  The thread providing module 43 can select a thread to be provided to the user using various selection rules other than those described above. For example, the thread providing module 43 according to another embodiment of the present invention can select the number of threads according to the score value of each category from each category. For example, in the example of FIG. 3, for the user specified by the user ID “000001”, the score value of category 1 (sports) is “3”, the score value of category 2 (travel abroad) is “10”, and category 3 ( Since the score value of “Novel” is “5”, the ratio of the number N1 of threads selected from category 1, the number N2 of threads selected from category 2, and the number N3 of threads selected from category 3 Is set to a ratio represented by N1: N2: N3 = 3: 10: 5 or a ratio close thereto. For example, when a total of seven threads are provided to the user, one thread is selected from a plurality of threads associated with category 1, and a plurality of threads associated with category 2 are selected. 4 threads can be selected, and two threads can be selected from a plurality of threads associated with category 3. In this case, the ratio of the number of threads selected from each category is N1: N2: N3 = 1: 4: 2, which is close to the score ratio of 3: 10: 5. It is not always necessary to select threads from all categories, and it is not necessary to select threads from some categories.

  According to the embodiment, it is possible to select the number of threads corresponding to the ratio of the interest level of each category of the user.

  The posting accepting module 44 according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured such that, for example, the thread providing module 43 provides a thread and accepts postings on the thread from a user or other users. The user can generate a comment for a predetermined thread using the client terminal 30 and post the comment to the server 10. This comment is composed of, for example, text data, image data, moving image data, or a combination thereof. The posting reception module 44 receives a comment posted from the client terminal 30 and stores the received comment in, for example, a predetermined area of the thread management table in FIG. For example, when the third comment for the thread identified by the thread ID “000001” is received, the received comment is stored in the “post 3” column of the record with the thread ID “000001”.

  The game control module 45 according to an embodiment of the present invention can provide the client terminal 30 with various game data for executing a quiz game other than the quiz content provided by the quiz content providing module 41. The game data provided to the predetermined user by the game control module 45 includes various data relating to the quiz game such as correct answer rate information indicating the correct answer rate of the predetermined user. Further, when the quiz game is a battle format between users, data related to the opponent (correct answer rate, etc.), data related to the battle history, and the like may be included. The game control module 41 can also provide a chat function and a messaging function in order to promote communication between players.

  Subsequently, functions executed in the client terminal 30 will be described. The client terminal 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention can implement functions related to the embodiments of the present invention described below by executing various instruction sets by the processor 31. In the embodiment of the present invention, the instruction set executed by the processor 31 includes a quiz sequence module 61, a thread acquisition module 62, and a posting module 63.

  The quiz sequence module 61 according to an embodiment of the present invention can acquire quiz package information related to a predetermined quiz content from the server 10 and execute a quiz sequence based on the quiz package information. In one embodiment, the quiz sequence for the predetermined quiz content includes a process of presenting a question of the predetermined quiz content to the user, a process of receiving an answer to the question, a process of determining whether the received answer is a correct answer, And a process of presenting a correct answer to the question of the predetermined quiz content.

  The thread acquisition module 62 according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured to acquire, for example, a thread selected by the thread providing module 43 from the server 10 and display the acquired thread on the display of the client terminal 30.

  The posting module 63 according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured to post to the server 10 comments input from the user for a predetermined thread. For example, when a thread is displayed on the display of the client terminal 30, the posting module 63 displays a dialog screen for generating a comment for the thread, and based on information input via the dialog screen Comments about the thread can be generated.

  Next, referring to FIG. 5A, according to an embodiment of the present invention, by providing a user with quiz content classified by category, a score for evaluating the interest level of each category of the user is obtained. A flow of processing to generate and update will be described.

  First, in step S <b> 102, when a request for acquiring quiz content transmitted from the client terminal 30 by the user is received, predetermined quiz content among a plurality of quiz contents stored in the storage is provided to the client terminal 30. Is done. The request from the client terminal 30 is transmitted to the server 10 as follows, for example. First, when a game application program is started on the client terminal 30, a display screen showing a category list is generated, and the display screen is displayed on the display unit of the client terminal 30. The client terminal 30 includes, for example, a touch panel, and can display a display screen on the touch panel. When a desired category is selected by the user from the categories shown on the display screen displayed in this way, a request including category information for specifying the selected category is transmitted to the server 10. In the server 10, a category is specified based on the category information included in the request, a predetermined quiz content is selected from a plurality of quiz contents classified into the specified category, and the selection is performed. The quiz content is provided to the client terminal 30. The quiz content is provided to the client terminal 30 in the form of the quiz package information described above, for example. The process of providing the above quiz content is executed by, for example, the quiz content providing module 41 described above.

  The client terminal 30 that has acquired the quiz content can execute a quiz sequence for a predetermined quiz based on the quiz content. For example, when quiz package information related to a predetermined quiz content is provided from the server 10, based on the quiz package information, a process of presenting a question of the predetermined quiz content to the user, a process of receiving an answer to the question, and receiving A quiz sequence including a process for determining whether the answer is a correct answer and a process for presenting a correct answer to the question of the predetermined quiz content is executed. The process of executing this quiz sequence is executed by the quiz sequence module 61 described above.

  6 to 8 show an example of a display screen when a quiz sequence is executed in the client terminal 30. FIG. For example, when the quiz content (quiz package information) stored in association with the quiz ID “0001” in the quiz management table is provided to the client terminal 30, the quiz sequence is executed for the quiz content at the client terminal 30. Is done. Specifically, first, as shown in FIG. 6, a display screen 80 including a question 81 included in the acquired quiz content and options 82a to 82d for the question 81 is generated, and the generated display screen 80 is generated. Is displayed on the display unit of the client terminal 30. In the example shown in FIG. 6, a question 81 “What is a tourist attraction in Singapore?” Is displayed, and options 82 a to 82 d including correct answers to the question 81 are displayed.

  The user can select, as an answer, an option that he considers to be a correct answer from the options 82a to 82d. For example, the client terminal 30 includes a touch screen, and the display screen 80 is displayed on the touch screen. The touch screen can detect a position touched by the user, and can determine which of the options 82a to 82d is selected by the user according to the touch position.

  When one of the choices 82a to 82d is selected as an answer by the user, it is determined whether or not the answer of the user is a correct answer. For example, when the user selects the option 82d (“Merlion”) for the question 81 shown in FIG. 6, the answer is determined to be a correct answer, and as shown in FIG. A message 83 indicating that the answer is correct is displayed. On the other hand, when the user selects the option 82b ("Goddess of Liberty"), since the answer is incorrect, as shown in FIG. 8, a message 84 (" "Incorrect.") Is displayed. The message 84 may include information indicating a correct answer (for example, “correct answer is Merlion”).

  When the quiz content is provided to the user (or when the quiz sequence of the provided quiz content is executed by the client terminal 30), the process proceeds to step S104. In step S104, the score stored in the score management table is updated so that the score value of the category to which the quiz content provided to the user in step S102 belongs is increased. For example, when the quiz content stored in association with the quiz ID “0001” is provided to the user (user 1) represented by the user ID “000001”, the user ID is displayed in the score management table. Of the plurality of score values stored in association with “000001”, the score value of “Category 2 (Overseas Travel)” to which the quiz content identified by the quiz ID “0001” belongs is updated. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, when the score value of the category 2 before the quiz content is provided to the user 1 is “10”, the score value can be increased to “12”, for example. The increase range of the score value may be a predetermined increase range, or may be changed depending on whether or not the user has answered the question of the quiz content correctly. For example, in the field of interest, the correct answer rate for the quiz questions is considered high, so by increasing the increase in the score value when the answer is correct than the increase when the answer is incorrect, the score management table It is expected that the score value to be stored more accurately reflects the degree of interest of the user.

  The above process may be repeated each time quiz content is provided to the user. Therefore, when the user uses the quiz content, the score for the user is updated. For example, when a user acquires a large number of quiz contents for a predetermined category and solves the quiz using the quiz contents, the score value of the category increases. Thus, when a user plays a quiz game, the score for the user is updated so that the score value of the category in which the user is interested is increased. Note that the score value of each category can be set to “0” as an initial value. By repeating the process shown in FIG. 5A every time quiz content is provided to the user, the score value of each category can reflect the degree of interest of the user more correctly.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 5B, a flow of processing for providing a thread to a user and receiving a post from the user according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 5B is a flowchart showing a flow of processing for providing a thread to a user and receiving a comment posting from the user according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  When the process shown in FIG. 5B is started, a thread acquisition request is first made from the client terminal 30 of a predetermined user. In step S106, when an acquisition request for the thread is accepted, one or more of a plurality of threads stored in the storage 15, for example, are stored based on the score of the predetermined user stored in the score management table. A thread is selected and the selected thread is provided to the predetermined user. For example, when a thread acquisition request is received from the user 1 specified by the user ID “000001”, the score value of each category stored in association with the user ID “000001” of the user 1 is referred to in the thread management table. One or more categories are selected based on the score value. Then, a predetermined number of threads are selected from the threads associated with the selected category in the thread management table, and the selected threads are provided to the user 1.

  For example, in the score management table of FIG. 3, the score value of each category stored in association with the user ID “000001” is “3” for category 1, “10” for category 2, and for category 3. Since it is “5”, more threads are selected from threads classified into category 2 having the highest score value than threads classified into other categories. At this time, for example, according to the score value of each category, one thread is selected from category 1, four threads are selected from category 2, and two threads are selected from category 3. The thread selected in this way is provided to the client terminal 30. The thread includes a title of the thread, a comment posted from each user regarding the thread, and other information. When a predetermined thread is provided to the client terminal 30, the client terminal 30 generates a display screen including a list of titles of each of the provided threads, and the display screen is displayed on the display unit of the client terminal 30. Is displayed. FIG. 9 shows an example of a display screen including a thread list displayed on the client terminal 30. As shown in FIG. 9, the display screen 90 displayed on the client terminal 30 includes display areas 91a to 91c. The display area 91a includes the titles of the four threads selected from the category 2, and the display area 91b displays the titles of the two threads selected from the category 3. The area 91c includes the title of one thread selected from category 1. As shown in FIG. 9, the display areas 91a to 91c may be arranged from top to bottom in the descending order of the score values of the corresponding categories. In the example of FIG. 9, the display area 91a of category 2 having the highest score value is displayed at the top.

  When one of the thread titles displayed in the display area 91a to the display area 91c of each category is selected by the user, the selected thread is displayed on the display unit of the client terminal 30. When the client terminal 30 does not hold data for displaying a thread (for example, a comment posted by each user), link information including a URL indicating the storage location of the thread is associated with the title of each thread. Thus, when the user selects any of the thread titles displayed in the display area 91a to 91c, the acquisition request for the selected thread can be transmitted to the server 10. In the server 10, a thread is specified based on a thread selection request, and the specified thread is provided to the user.

  For example, when the user selects a thread titled “Summer vacation trip” in the display area 91a, the thread is displayed on the display unit of the client terminal 30. FIG. 10 shows a display example of the display screen 95 including threads displayed on the display unit of the client terminal 30. As shown in FIG. 10, the display screen 95 includes a display area 96 for displaying the category and title of the displayed thread, a display area 97 for posting, an input area 98, a posting button 99, and a quiz request button. 100. In the display area 96, comments posted by the user for the thread are displayed, for example, in time series. The input area 98 can accept input of comments from the user. The user can send the comment to the server 10 by selecting the post button 99 after inputting the comment in the input area 98. The user may only view the comments of other users without posting a comment.

  When the quiz request button 100 on the display screen 95 is selected by the user, a quiz request that requests acquisition of quiz content belonging to the same category as the displayed thread is transmitted to the server 10.

  When the thread is provided to the client terminal 30 as described above, the process proceeds to step S108. In step S108, when the posting of a comment regarding the predetermined thread is received from the client terminal 30, the process proceeds to step S110, the posted comment is stored in the thread management table, and the thread is updated accordingly. The For example, as shown in FIG. 10, when a comment is posted via the display screen 95 including the thread identified by the thread ID “000001”, the thread ID “000001” is displayed in the thread management table shown in FIG. The comment is stored in association with. The process of posting a comment from the user to the server 10 is executed, for example, by the posting module 63 described above, and the process of updating a thread based on the posted comment is executed, for example, by the post receiving module 44 described above. .

  Next, the process proceeds to step S112. In step S112, it is determined whether or not a quiz request is transmitted from the client terminal 30. When the server 10 receives a quiz request from the client terminal 30, the process proceeds to the processing flow (step S102) shown in FIG. 5A in order to provide quiz content based on the quiz request. On the other hand, if the quiz request has not been accepted, the process returns to step S108 to determine whether or not a comment has been posted again. Hereinafter, the processing from step S108 to step S112 is repeated according to the user's operation until the browsing of the thread is finished.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 1, some or all of the functions executed by the processor 11 may be realized by the processor 31 of the client terminal 30 or the processor of another device. May be executed by the processor 11 of the server 10 or a processor of another device.

  In the processing procedure described in this specification, particularly in the processing procedure described with reference to the flowchart, a part of the steps (steps) constituting the processing procedure is omitted, and the steps constituting the processing procedure are as follows. It is possible to add a process that is not explicitly specified and / or change the order of the process, and the processing procedure in which such omission, addition, or change of the order is made does not depart from the spirit of the present invention. It is included in the scope of the invention.

  In the present specification, when the constituent elements of the invention are described as one or a plurality, or when they are described without being limited to one or a plurality of cases, they should be understood separately in context. The component may be either singular or plural.

10 server 11, 31 processor 15, 25, 35 storage 30 client terminal 41 quiz content providing module 42 score management module 43 thread providing module 44 submission receiving module 45 game control module 61 quiz sequence module 62 thread acquisition module 63 posting module

Claims (6)

One or more computer processors;
Storage for storing multiple quiz content and multiple threads;
With
Each of the plurality of quiz contents and each of the plurality of threads is associated with at least one of a plurality of categories;
The storage further stores a score for evaluating the degree of interest of a predetermined user for each of the plurality of categories.
The one or more processors execute predetermined computer readable instructions,
Providing at least one selected quiz content selected from the plurality of quiz contents to the predetermined user in response to a request from the predetermined user;
Updating the score so that the given user's interest in the category with which the selected quiz content is associated is highly appreciated;
Selecting one or more selected threads from the plurality of threads based on the score, and providing the selected threads to the predetermined user;
A system characterized by being configured as follows.   The request includes category information for specifying a predetermined category from the plurality of categories, and the selected quiz content is selected from the plurality of quiz contents in the predetermined category specified based on the category information. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is associated.   The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to accept a posting of a comment on the one or more selected threads from the predetermined user.   Along with the one or more selection threads, information for obtaining quiz content associated with the same category as the category with which the one or more selection threads are associated is provided to the predetermined user. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The predetermined user is provided with a plurality of selection threads,
The one or more processors select a selected category that is evaluated as having the highest interest level of the predetermined user from the plurality of categories based on the score, and the most selected threads from the selected category The system according to claim 1, wherein the system is configured to select. A method realized by one or more processors executing predetermined computer-readable instructions,
Storing a plurality of quiz content and a plurality of threads in association with at least one of the plurality of categories;
Storing a score for evaluating a predetermined user's interest in each of the plurality of categories;
Providing at least one selected quiz content among the plurality of quiz contents to the predetermined user in response to a request from the predetermined user;
Updating the score such that the predetermined user's interest in the category with which the selected quiz content is associated is highly appreciated;
Selecting one or more selected threads from the plurality of threads based on the score and providing the selected threads to the predetermined user;
A method comprising: