JP2016076107A - Post browsing system, information processing device, method for controlling posting display, program, and terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display a post in an appropriate manner conforming to an actual relation between a contributor and a reader of the post.SOLUTION: In a post browsing system, a user can be a contributor as well as a reader of a post. Also, an organization chart is defined for the user. The organization chart classifies users into groups by a four-level hierarchy (a first hierarchy to a fourth hierarchy). Whether or not a post is displayed by a real name is determined on the basis of the relationship of contributor and reader groups. Specifically, an example is indicated in which a post is displayed by a real name when a group to which the contributor belongs and a group to which the reader belongs are common in up to the fourth hierarchy. On the other hand, the post is not displayed by the real name when the fourth hierarchies of the group to which the contributor belongs and the group to which the reader belongs are different.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present disclosure relates to a posting browsing system, an information processing device, a posting display control method, a program, and a terminal device, and in particular, a posting browsing system for displaying a posting on a terminal device, an information processing device, and control of posting display. The present invention relates to a method, a program, and a terminal device.

  Conventionally, a system such as an electronic bulletin board (Bulletin Board System) in which a certain user uploads a post on a network and another user can view the post is used. According to such a system, many users can easily share knowledge possessed by one user. Therefore, such a system is significant from the viewpoint of knowledge accumulation.

  In systems such as the above, posts can be displayed anonymously or by real name. However, in a system in which posts are displayed anonymously, a user can post without knowing that the user is the source. Thereby, in the system, the credibility of the content of the posting may be reduced.

  On the other hand, in a system in which a post is displayed with a real name, it is assumed that a user is hesitant to receive a criticism or indication regarding the post of the user. This may hinder knowledge accumulation.

  As an example of a technique for setting whether to display a post anonymously or with a real name, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-236264 (Patent Document 1), communication management capable of controlling anonymity according to a communication partner A device has been proposed. The management device transmits a message posted from the first terminal to a second terminal different from the first terminal. More specifically, the management apparatus processes the message according to the posting and reply history between the first terminal and the second terminal, and after processing at least the information about the first terminal, To your device.

JP 2006-236264 A

  However, when the posting is displayed anonymously as disclosed in Patent Document 1, the user can post with a relatively easy feeling. However, there is a problem that the information posted under such circumstances is not reliable and is difficult to lead to continuous communication with a specific person.

  On the other hand, when a post is displayed with a real name, the user can easily feel responsibility for the act of posting. For this reason, it is considered that the reliability of posted information is increased. However, under these circumstances, the user tends to hesitate to write or post to only a private group with a limited number of people who see the post because it is embarrassed that others can see the post. Is expected to be high. As a result, there is a problem that the knowledge is not sufficiently shared.

  The present disclosure has been conceived in view of such a situation, and the purpose thereof is to eliminate a habit of posting, and to avoid a decrease in reliability of posted information, information processing system, and information processing An apparatus, a display display control method, a program, and a terminal device are provided.

  According to one aspect, a first storage means for storing information associating one or more contributors with one or more groups in the first group of groups and a second one or more viewers with a second A second storage means for storing information associated with one or more groups in the group of groups, a terminal device for displaying a post, and a group and a terminal device associated with a post contributor Based on a relationship with a group associated with a reader who views a post, the terminal device includes a determining unit for determining whether to display the post together with the name of the poster who posted the post. A post browsing system is provided.

  Preferably, the first group and the second group form a single hierarchical structure, and the determining means determines the relationship between the group associated with the poster and the group associated with the viewer as a hierarchy. Identify based on relationships between groups in the structure.

  Preferably, the relationship between the group associated with the poster and the group associated with the viewer includes a relationship related to the frequency of communication between users belonging to each group.

  Preferably, the posting browsing system further includes third storage means for storing respective attributes of the first group and the second group, and the determination means includes a group associated with the poster. And the group associated with the viewer are identified based on the attribute relationship between the groups.

  Preferably, even if the determination means determines not to display the post together with the poster based on the relationship between the group associated with the poster and the group associated with the viewer, When the relationship with the viewer satisfies a specific condition, it is determined to display the post together with the name of the poster.

  Preferably, the posting browsing system further includes history storage means for storing a history of transmission / reception of information between users for two or more users, and the specific condition is a user who is a contributor and a viewer It includes that the frequency of transmission and reception of information with a certain user is equal to or higher than a specific frequency.

  Preferably, the specific condition includes that the posting is a posting associated with the posting of the viewer.

Preferably, the specific condition includes that the characteristics of the viewer satisfy a certain condition.
Preferably, the specific condition includes that the poster specifies that the posting is displayed together with the name of the poster.

  Preferably, when the determination unit determines not to display the post together with the name of the poster, the determination unit determines to display the post together with the name of the group associated with the poster.

  Preferably, the group of the first group constitutes a hierarchical structure, and the determining means uses the name of the group associated with the contributor of the post as the name of the group of at least one of the groups associated with the contributor. Decide to display the name.

  Preferably, the deciding means displays the name of the group located in the next layer of the layer where the group in which the poster and the viewer are common in the hierarchical structure as the name of the group associated with the contributor of the post. Decide that.

  Preferably, the determination means determines to display different information for each user together with the name of the group.

  Preferably, when it is determined that the posting is not displayed together with the name of the poster, the determining unit determines to display the posting along with the attribute of the poster.

  Preferably, when the deciding means decides not to display the post together with the name of the contributor, the place where the name of the contributor of the post should be displayed when it is decided to display the post together with the name of the contributor. It is decided not to display the information specifying the poster in step.

  According to another aspect, first information associating one or more contributors with one or more groups in the first group of groups and one or more viewers in the second group of groups Between the group associated with the posted poster displayed by referring to the second information associated with the one or more groups of and the group associated with the viewer in the device displaying the post An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a determination unit for determining whether or not a post is displayed together with the name of the poster.

  According to yet another aspect, a method for controlling the display of posts, the first information associating one or more contributors with one or more groups in the first group of groups, Displaying the group associated with the poster of the displayed post and the post by referring to the second information that associates more than one viewer with one or more groups in the group of the second group Provided is a method for controlling the display of a post, comprising determining whether a post is displayed together with the name of the contributor of the post based on a relationship with a group associated with a viewer in the device Is done.

  According to yet another aspect, a program executed by a computer for controlling the display of posts is provided. The program causes the computer to function as a determining means, wherein the determining means includes first information that associates one or more contributors with one or more groups in the first group of groups and one or more browsing. A group associated with the poster of the displayed post and a browsing on the device that displays the post by referring to the second information that associates the poster with one or more groups in the group of the second group Based on the relationship with the group associated with the poster, it is determined whether the post is displayed with the name of the poster of the post.

  According to yet another aspect, a terminal device for displaying posts, depending on the relationship between the group associated with the contributor of the post and the group associated with the viewer on the terminal device, A terminal device is provided that includes display control means for displaying a post with the name of the post or without the name of the poster.

  According to yet another aspect, a program executed by a computer for displaying posts is provided. The program causes the computer to function as a display control unit, and the display control unit determines whether the poster is based on the relationship between the group associated with the poster who posted the post and the group associated with the viewer on the terminal device. Posts are displayed with the name of the contributor or without the name of the contributor.

  According to the present disclosure, the posting is displayed anonymously depending on the relationship of the group to which the poster and the viewer belong. As a result, it is possible to eliminate the wrinkle. On the other hand, a post is displayed with a real name depending on the relationship of the group to which the contributor and the viewer belong. Thereby, it can avoid that the reliability of the posted information falls.

It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the aspect of a classification | category of the group of two or more users in the contribution browsing system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the change of the display mode of the posting accompanying the change of the said relationship in the contribution browsing system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows roughly an example of a structure of the posting browsing system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of a server apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of a function structure of the terminal device and server apparatus in the posting browsing system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the content of user DB (database) stored in the user information storage part. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the content of terminal DB stored in the terminal information storage part. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the content of contribution DB stored in the contribution information storage part. It is a figure which shows the flow of the process performed in order to display a posting in a posting browsing system. It is a figure which shows the flow of the process performed in order to display a posting in the terminal device of a posting browsing system. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the display of a contribution in the contribution browsing system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically an example of a function structure of the terminal device and server apparatus in the posting browsing system of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the information stored in a communication information storage part. It is a flowchart of the subroutine of the display content edit process performed in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically an example of a function structure of the terminal device and server apparatus in the posting browsing system of 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the information stored in a group attribute information storage part. It is a flowchart of the subroutine of the display content edit process performed in 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically an example of a function structure of the terminal device and server apparatus in the posting browsing system of 4th Embodiment. It is a flowchart of the subroutine of the display content edit process performed in 4th Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the mode of a display in the contribution browsing system of 5th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state of contribution DB registered in the contribution information storage part of 5th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state of contribution DB registered in the contribution information storage part of 5th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state of contribution DB registered in the contribution information storage part of 5th Embodiment. It is a flowchart of the subroutine of the display content edit process performed in 5th Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the mode of a display in the contribution browsing system in 6th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically an example of user DB in 7th Embodiment. It is a flowchart of the subroutine of the display content edit process performed in 7th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically an example of a function structure of the terminal device and server apparatus in the posting browsing system of 8th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flow of the process performed in the terminal device and server apparatus in the posting browsing system of 8th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the other example of the organization chart utilized for a user's grouping in a contribution browsing system. It is a figure which shows the further another example of the organization chart utilized for a user's grouping in a contribution browsing system. It is a figure which shows the further another example of the organization chart utilized for a user's grouping in a contribution browsing system.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

[First Embodiment]
In the posting browsing system of the present disclosure, the user can be a contributor and a browsing person regarding the posting. Each user belongs to a group. “Contributor” is a user who created information displayed by another device, such as a message. “Post” is information shared with other users, such as a transmitted message. A “viewer” is a user who operates a terminal device that displays posts. In the present embodiment, whether a post is displayed with a real name or anonymous is determined based on the relationship between the group to which the poster belongs and the group to which the viewer belongs.

<1. Overview of post display>
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an example of an aspect of grouping two or more users in the posting browsing system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a change in the display mode of the post accompanying the change in the relationship in the post browsing system according to the first embodiment. With reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the outline | summary of the display of the posting in the posting browsing system of 1st Embodiment is demonstrated.

  FIG. 1 shows an organization chart representing groups to which employees in a company organization belong. The organization chart includes four layers. In the first hierarchy, as indicated by the box 1000, the company (AAA Corporation) is located. In the second hierarchy, as shown in box 1100 and box 1200, two names of a large group of employees, “R & D Department” and “Applied Technology Development Department” are located. .

  The third tier below the second tier shown in box 1100 is for employees named “Technology Development Center” and “Technology Research Institute” as shown in boxes 1110 and 1120, respectively. Two names of the middle classification of the group are shown. On the other hand, in the third hierarchy below the second hierarchy shown in the box 1200, as shown in the box 1210, the name of the medium classification of the employee group “solution division” is shown. ing.

  The fourth tier below the third tier shown in box 1110 is for employees named “first development room” and “second development room” as shown in boxes 1111 and 1112 respectively. Two names of the small group classification are shown. The employee (name “Saburo Tanaka”) shown in the box 1111A belongs to the “first development room” (box 1111). Further, the employee (name “Taro Suzuki”) shown in the box 1112A and the employee (name “Jiro Sato”) shown in the box 1112B belong to the “second development room” (box 1112). doing.

  In the fourth hierarchy below the third hierarchy shown in box 1120, as shown in box 1121, the name of the subgroup of employees is shown as “Network Technology Laboratory”. . The employee (name “Shiro Nakamura”) shown in box 1121A belongs to “Network Technology Laboratory” (box 1121).

  In the fourth hierarchy below the third hierarchy shown in box 1210, as shown in box 1211, the name of a small group of employees is shown as “Network Solution Promotion Department”. . The employee (name “Hanako Yamamoto”) shown in box 1211A belongs to the “network solution promotion department” (box 1211).

  In the present embodiment, each employee is an example of a user. Each employee can be both a contributor and a viewer. A group to which each employee belongs is an example of a group associated with each employee. For example, the group associated with the employee “Taro Suzuki” shown in box 1112A includes the second development room (box 1112), the technology development center (box 1110), the research and development department (box 1100), and AAA shares. Company (box 1000).

  FIG. 2 shows a display mode on a terminal device operated by another employee for posting by the employee “Taro Suzuki” (box 1112A). More specifically, in FIG. 2, an image IM001 is an example of an image displayed by a terminal device operated by an employee “Jiro Sato” (box 1112B). Image IM002 is an example of an image displayed by the terminal device operated by employee “Saburo Tanaka” (box 1111A). The image IM003 is an example of an image displayed by the terminal device operated by the employee “Shiro Nakamura” (box 1121A). Each of the images IM001, IM002, and IM003 includes columns NA001, NA002, and NA003 that display the origin of the posting.

  In the first embodiment, an example is shown in which a post is displayed with a real name when a group to which a poster belongs and a group to which a viewer belongs are common up to the fourth hierarchy. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the contributor is an employee “Taro Suzuki” who belongs to the second development room. When the viewer is “Jiro Sato”, the groups to which the poster and the viewer belong belong to the fourth hierarchy. Therefore, the name “Taro Suzuki” of the contributor is displayed in the column NA001 of the image IM001.

  In addition, when the viewer is the employee “Saburo Tanaka” (belonging to the first development room), the groups to which the contributor and the viewer belong belong to the third level but do not match in the fourth level. . Therefore, the name “Taro Suzuki” of the poster is not displayed in the column NA002 of the image IM002. In the column NA002, the name of the group to which the poster belongs (second development room (box 1112)) is displayed instead of the name of the poster.

  In addition, when the viewer is an employee “Shiro Nakamura” (belonging to the network technology laboratory), the groups to which the poster and the viewer belong belong to the second level, but the third and subsequent levels match. do not do. Therefore, the name “Taro Suzuki” of the poster is not displayed in the column NA003 of the image IM003. In the column NA003, the name of the group to which the poster belongs (Technology Development Center (Box 1110)) is displayed instead of the name of the poster.

<2. Configuration of Post Reading System>
FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of the configuration of the posting browsing system according to the first embodiment. With reference to FIG. 3, the posting browsing system 1 includes a terminal device 10 and a server device 20. The server device 20 is connected to one or more terminal devices 10 via a network N. The terminal device 10 is an information processing device such as a tablet computer, a desktop computer, or a smartphone. The server device 20 is a general-purpose computer configured to realize a server function, for example.

<3. Server device hardware configuration>
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the server device 20.

  Referring to FIG. 4, server device 20 includes, as main components, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 251 that executes a program, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 252 that stores data in a nonvolatile manner, and a program executed by CPU 251. RAM (Random Access Memory) 253 that stores data generated by execution or data input via an input device in a volatile manner, HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 254 that stores data in a nonvolatile manner, LED ( Light Emitting Diode) 255, a switch 256, a communication IF (Interface) 257, a power supply circuit 258, a display 259, and an operation key 260. Each component is connected to each other by a data bus.

  The power supply circuit 258 is a circuit that steps down the voltage of the commercial power received via the outlet and supplies power to each part of the server device 20. The switch 256 is a main power switch for switching whether or not to supply power to the power circuit 258 and other various push button switches. The display 259 is a device for displaying various data.

  The communication IF 257 performs processing for transmitting data to the terminal device 10 and processing for receiving data transmitted from the terminal device 10.

  The LED 255 is various display lamps that indicate the operating state of the server device 20. For example, the LED 255 represents an on or off state of the main power supply of the server device 20 and a read or write state to the HDD 254. The operation key 260 is a key (keyboard) used for the user of the server device 20 to input data to the server device 20.

  The processing in the server device 20 is realized by each hardware and software executed by the CPU 251. Such software may be stored in the HDD 254 in advance. The software may be stored in other storage media and distributed as a program product. Alternatively, the software may be provided as a program product that can be downloaded by an information provider connected to the so-called Internet. Such software is read from the storage medium by a reading device or downloaded via the communication IF 257 or the like and then temporarily stored in the HDD 254. The software is read from the HDD 254 by the CPU 251 and stored in the RAM 253 in the form of an executable program. The CPU 251 executes the program.

  Each component which comprises the server apparatus 20 shown by FIG. 4 is a general thing. Therefore, it can be said that the essential part of the present invention is RAM 253, HDD 254, software stored in a storage medium, or software that can be downloaded via a network. Since the operation of each hardware of server device 20 is well known, detailed description will not be repeated.

  The recording medium is not limited to a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) -RAM, but is a DVD-ROM, CD (Compact Disk) -ROM, FD (Flexible Disk), hard disk, magnetic tape, cassette tape, optical disk, EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), a semiconductor memory such as a flash ROM, or the like may be a medium that carries a fixed program. The recording medium is a non-temporary medium that can be read by the computer. The program here includes not only a program directly executable by the CPU but also a program in a source program format, a compressed program, an encrypted program, and the like.

<4. Hardware configuration of terminal device>
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the terminal device 10. With reference to FIG. 5, the hardware configuration of the terminal device 10 will be described in detail.

  As a main component, the terminal device 10 volatilizes a CPU 151 that executes a program, a ROM 152 that stores data in a nonvolatile manner, data generated by execution of the program by the CPU 151, or data that is input via an input device. RAM 153 for storing data, storage device 154 for storing data in a nonvolatile manner, LED 155, switch 156, communication IF (Interface) 157, power supply circuit 158, touch screen 159, operation keys 160, camera 161. Each component is connected to each other by a data bus. The storage device 154 is configured by a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, for example. The touch screen includes a display 1591 and a touch panel 1592.

  The power supply circuit 158 is a circuit that steps down the voltage of the commercial power received via the outlet and supplies power to each part of the terminal device 10. The switch 156 is a main power switch for switching whether or not to supply power to the power circuit 158 and other various push button switches.

  The touch screen 159 is a device for displaying various data and receiving input. The display 1591 includes a screen for displaying an image.

  The communication IF 157 performs processing for transmitting data to the server device 20 and processing for receiving data transmitted from the server device 20. The LED 155 is various display lamps that indicate the operation state of the terminal device 10. For example, the LED 155 represents an on or off state of the main power supply of the terminal device 10, a read or write state to the storage device 154, and the like. The operation key 160 is a key (operation button) for the user of the terminal device 10 to turn on or off the main power.

  The processing in the terminal device 10 is realized by each hardware and software executed by the CPU 151. Such software may be stored in advance in the storage device 154. The software may be stored in other storage media and distributed as a program product. Alternatively, the software may be provided as a program product that can be downloaded by an information provider connected to the so-called Internet. Such software is read from the storage medium by the reading device or downloaded via the communication IF 157 or the like and then temporarily stored in the storage device 154. The software is read from the storage device 154 by the CPU 151 and stored in the RAM 153 in the form of an executable program. CPU 151 executes the program.

  Each component which comprises the terminal device 10 shown by the figure is general. Therefore, it can be said that the essential part of the present invention is the RAM 153, the storage device 154, software stored in a storage medium, or software downloadable via a network. In addition, since the operation | movement of each hardware of the terminal device 10 is known, detailed description is not repeated.

  The recording medium is not limited to a DVD-RAM, and a fixed program such as a semiconductor memory such as a DVD-ROM, a CD-ROM, an FD, a hard disk, a magnetic tape, a cassette tape, an optical disk, an EEPROM, and a flash ROM is supported. It may be a medium to be used. The recording medium is a non-temporary medium that can be read by the computer. The program here includes not only a program directly executable by the CPU but also a program in a source program format, a compressed program, an encrypted program, and the like.

<5. Functional configuration>
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional configurations of the terminal device 10 and the server device 20 in the posting browsing system according to the first embodiment.

(Terminal device 10)
First, the functional configuration of the terminal device 10 will be described. The terminal device 10 includes a control unit 100, a communication IF unit 110, an input processing unit 114, a display unit 116, and a storage unit 120.

  The control unit 100 includes a request unit 102 that requests post data to be displayed to the server device 100, and a display control unit 104 that displays a post on the display unit 116 based on the data received from the server device 100. Including. The control unit 100 is realized, for example, when the CPU 151 executes an appropriate program. In particular, the display control unit 104 is realized by the CPU 151 executing a program (for example, an application program for displaying an electronic bulletin board) for displaying a post. That is, the display control unit 104 can be realized by cooperation of hardware (CPU 151) and software (application program).

  The communication IF unit 110 performs transmission / reception processing of information with various devices on the network N. The communication IF unit 110 is realized by the communication IF 157, for example.

  The input processing unit 114 inputs information from the outside to the control unit 100. The control unit 100 executes the program based on the information input from the input processing unit 114. The input processing unit 114 includes, for example, a switch 156, a touch panel 1592, and operation keys 160.

  The display unit 116 displays information based on an instruction from the control unit 100. The display part 116 is comprised by the display 1591, for example.

  The storage unit 120 includes a program storage unit 122 and a data storage unit 124. The program storage unit 122 stores a program executed by the CPU 151 constituting the control unit 100. The data storage unit 124 stores data used for executing the program. The storage unit 120 is configured by a storage device 154, for example.

(Server device 20)
Next, the functional configuration of the server device 20 will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, the server device 20 includes a control unit 200, a communication IF unit 210, and a storage unit 220. The control unit 200 includes an authentication unit 201 and a determination unit 202. The authentication unit 201 executes user authentication processing in the posting browsing system. The determination unit 202 determines whether or not to display a post that transmits data to the terminal device 10 together with the name of the poster.

  The communication IF unit 210 receives information from other devices including the terminal device 10 (communication IF unit 110), and transmits information to other devices. Communication IF unit 210 is realized by communication IF 257, for example.

  The storage unit 220 includes a program storage unit 221, a data storage unit 222, a user information storage unit 223, a terminal information storage unit 224, and a posting information storage unit 225. The storage unit 220 can be used as online storage. In the storage unit 220, the program storage unit 221 stores a program executed by the CPU 251. The data storage unit 222 stores various data used for executing the program.

  The user information storage unit 223 stores a user DB (database) including information on one or more users of the posting browsing system. The terminal information storage unit 224 stores a terminal DB including information related to the terminal device 10 used in the posting browsing system. The posting information storage unit 225 stores a posting DB including information related to postings displayed in the posting browsing system. The contents of each of the user DB, terminal DB, and posting DB will be described later.

<6. User DB>
FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of the contents of the user DB stored in the user information storage unit 223. The contents of the user DB will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the user DB associates a user name, a password, and a group name for each user ID. The user name is the name of each user. The password is used for authentication when each user logs in to the posting browsing system. The group names in FIG. 7 include the names of the groups in the first to fourth layers constituting the organization chart described with reference to FIG. 1 and the like.

<7. Terminal DB>
FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of the contents of the terminal DB stored in the terminal information storage unit 224. The contents of the terminal DB will be described with reference to FIG.

  As illustrated in FIG. 8, the terminal DB associates an address with a user ID for each terminal ID. In the posting browsing system, when a user logs in using the terminal device 10, the address of the terminal device 10 used for login is associated with the user ID of the logged-in user. Note that the association is canceled when the target user logs out, for example.

<8. Post DB>
FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of the content of the posting DB stored in the posting information storage unit 225. An example of the contents of the posting DB will be described with reference to FIG.

  As illustrated in FIG. 9, the posting DB associates a poster ID, a real name range, a posting date, a title, and contents for each posting ID.

  In the posting browsing system, a user registers a posting to the server device 20 from an information processing device such as the terminal device 10. The server device 20 stores registered posts. Then, for example, in response to a request from the terminal device 10, the server device 20 transmits data for displaying the stored post to the terminal device 10.

  When a post is transmitted to the server device 20, the server device 20 assigns a post ID to the post. Then, the server device 20 associates the posting ID of the poster who has transmitted the posting, the posting date and time, the title of the posting, and the content (text) of the posting with the posting ID. The contributor ID is, for example, a user ID associated with the address of the information processing apparatus that is the transmission source of the posting in the terminal DB (see FIG. 8).

<9. Process flow>
FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 are diagrams showing a flow of processing executed to display a post on the terminal device 10 of the post browsing system. First, the flow of processing executed in the terminal device 10 and the server device 20 in the posting browsing system shown in FIG. 10 will be described. In FIG. 10, a flowchart of processing executed in the terminal device 10 is described on the left side, and a flowchart of processing executed in the server device 20 is described on the right side.

(Processing of terminal device 10 and server device 20)
Referring to FIG. 10, in step SA <b> 10, request unit 102 of terminal device 10 requests server device 20 for user authentication. In the request, the request unit 102 transmits, for example, the password input to the input processing unit 114 to the server device 20.

  In response to a user authentication request from the terminal device 10, in step S100, the authentication unit 201 of the server device 20 authenticates the user using the password of the user DB (see FIG. 7). When the user authentication is completed, the authentication unit 201 notifies the terminal device 10 of the completion. Thereby, in the terminal device 10, control is advanced to step SA20.

  In step SA20, the request unit 102 requests the server device 20 to display a post. Specifically, the request unit 102 requests the server device 20 for data for displaying a post. The control in step SA20 is executed, for example, on the condition that information specifying the display of the electronic bulletin board is input in the input processing unit 114.

  In response to a post display request from the terminal device 10, in step S <b> 200, the determination unit 202 of the server device 20 edits data to be transmitted to the terminal device 10 and used to display a post. The contents of step S200 will be described later with reference to FIG. Control then proceeds to step S300.

  In step S300, the determination unit 202 transmits the data edited in step S200 to the terminal device 10.

  In response to this, the display control unit 104 of the terminal device 10 receives the data and displays a post on the display unit 116 in step SA30.

(Display content editing subroutine)
Next, the process of step S200 (display content editing process) in FIG. 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 shows a flowchart of the subroutine of the processing.

  When step S200 is executed, first in step S202, the determination unit 202 of the server device 20 extracts the “real name range” of the posting to be displayed from the posting DB (see FIG. 9). Then, control proceeds to step S204.

  In step S204, the determination unit 202 extracts the “poster ID” of the posting to be displayed from the posting DB (see FIG. 9). Then, control proceeds to step S206.

  In step S206, the determination unit 202 identifies a group real name display group in which a post to be displayed is displayed with a real name. Then, control proceeds to step S208.

  Here, as an example in the case where the post with the post ID “CON0001” is a post to be displayed, the contents of the control in steps S202 to S206 will be described more specifically.

  In this example, in step S202, the determination unit 202 extracts the condition set in the “real name range” of the posting to be displayed from the posting DB. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the real name range of the post ID “CON0001” is set to “common to the fourth hierarchy”. This means that the range in which the posting is displayed with the real name is a range in which the condition that the group to which the viewer belongs is common to the group to which the poster belongs to the fourth hierarchy is satisfied.

  In step S204, the determination unit 202 extracts the poster ID “US1112A” of the posting to be displayed (post ID “CON0001”) from the posting DB.

  In step S206, the determination unit 202 first extracts a group to which the contributor ID “US1112A” extracted in step S204 belongs from the user DB. The extracted groups are AAA Corporation (first layer), R & D Department (second layer), Technology Development Center (third layer), and Second Development Room (fourth layer). In step S206, the determination unit 202 identifies a combination of these groups as a real name display group.

  Returning to FIG. 11, in step S <b> 208, the determination unit 202 extracts the user ID of the user who operates the terminal device 10 that is the transmission source of the posting display request (hereinafter referred to as “browsing user”). For example, in the terminal DB (see FIG. 8), the determination unit 202 extracts the user ID of the viewing user by extracting the user ID associated with the address of the terminal that is the transmission source of the posting display request. Then, control proceeds to step S210.

  In step S210, the determination unit 202 determines whether the group to which the viewing user belongs is within the real name range. More specifically, the determination unit 202 extracts a group combination associated with the user ID extracted in step S208 in the user DB (see FIG. 7), and the extracted group combination is a step. It is determined whether or not it matches the combination of groups specified in S206.

  If determining unit 202 determines that the group to which the viewing user belongs is within the real name range (YES in step S210), control proceeds to step S212. On the other hand, when determining unit 202 determines that the group to which the viewing user belongs is outside the real name range (NO in step S210), control proceeds to step S214.

  In step S212, the determination unit 202 replaces the contributor ID with the user name corresponding to the contributor ID in the data constituting the post, and returns control to step S200 of FIG. Thereby, the data transmitted to the terminal device 10 in step S300 includes the poster name (poster's real name). Thereby, in the terminal device 10, the posting is displayed together with the poster name.

  On the other hand, in step S214, the determination unit 202 replaces the contributor ID with the name of the group to which the contributor belongs in the data constituting the post, and returns the control to step S200 in FIG. Thereby, the data transmitted to the terminal device 10 in step S300 includes the group name to which the poster belongs, not the poster name (the poster's real name). Thereby, in the terminal device 10, the posting is displayed together with the group name to which the poster belongs instead of the poster name.

<10. Specific example of posting display>
In the first embodiment described above, whether a post is displayed as a poster name based on whether the group to which the viewer belongs is within the “real name range” for the group to which the poster belongs. No is determined. Here, with reference to FIG. 2 again, and with reference to FIG. 12, the display of the posting according to the first embodiment will be described more specifically. The description includes four examples. The four examples follow the following conditions A and B.

  A: The contributor belongs to AAA Corporation (first level), R & D Department (second level), Technology Development Center (third level), and second development room (fourth level). Taro ".

  B: “Real name range” means that the group to which the viewer belongs is common to the groups to which the poster belongs to the first to fourth layers. In other words, in order for a post to be displayed with a real name, the combination of groups to which the viewer belongs is AAA Corporation (first level), Research and Development Department (second level), Technology Development Center (third level), and The condition of the second development room (fourth hierarchy) needs to be satisfied.

  The first example relates to the image IM001 in FIG. In the first example, the viewer is “Jiro Sato” (user ID “US1112B”). According to the user DB (FIG. 7), the group combinations to which “Jiro Sato” belongs are AAA Corporation (first level), Research and Development Department (second level), Technology Development Center (third level), and The second development room (fourth level). Therefore, the combination of groups to which the viewer “Jiro Sato” belongs matches the combination of groups to which the poster “Taro Suzuki” belongs. Therefore, as shown as an image IM001 in FIG. 2, on the terminal device 10 operated by “Jiro Sato”, the real name (“Taro Suzuki” in column NA001) is displayed.

  The second example relates to the image IM002 in FIG. In the second example, the viewer is “Saburo Tanaka” (user ID “US1111A”). According to the user DB (FIG. 7), the group to which “Saburo Tanaka” belongs is AAA Corporation (first level), Research and Development Department (second level), Technology Development Center (third level), and One development room (4th floor). Therefore, the combination of the groups to which the viewer “Saburo Tanaka” belongs is the same in the first to third layers as compared to the combination of the groups to which the poster “Taro Suzuki” belongs, but in the fourth layer It does not match. Therefore, as shown as an image IM002 in FIG. 2, in the terminal device 10 operated by “Saburo Tanaka”, the post is not displayed with the real name, but the name of the group to which “Taro Suzuki” belongs (the “second” in the column NA002). Development room ") is displayed.

  In the first embodiment, the determination unit 202 positions the group to which the poster and the viewer belong in common among the four groups to which the poster belongs as the group whose name is displayed. Set the group that is located in the next level of the target level. Therefore, in the second example, the determination unit 202 positions the group to which the poster and the viewer belong in common among the four groups to which the poster belongs as the group whose name is displayed. A group located in the hierarchy (fourth hierarchy) next to the hierarchy (third hierarchy) is set.

  The third example relates to the image IM003 in FIG. In the third example, the viewer is “Shiro Nakamura” (user ID “US1121A”). According to the user DB (FIG. 7), the group combinations to which “Shiro Nakamura” belongs are AAA Corporation (first level), Research and Development Department (second level), National Institute of Advanced Technology (third level), And it is a network technology laboratory (4th hierarchy). Therefore, the group to which the viewer “Shiro Nakamura” belongs matches the group to which the poster “Taro Suzuki” belongs in the first to second layers, but does not match in the third to fourth layers. Therefore, as shown as an image IM003 in FIG. 2, in the terminal device 10 operated by “Shiro Nakamura”, the post is not displayed with the real name, but the name of the group to which “Taro Suzuki” belongs (“Technical Development” in the column NA003). Center ") is displayed.

  In the third example, the determination unit 202 positions a group to which the contributor and the viewer belong in common among the four groups to which the contributor belongs as the group whose name is displayed. A group located in the hierarchy (third hierarchy) next to the hierarchy (second hierarchy) is set.

  The fourth example relates to the image IM004 of FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining an example of posting display in the posting browsing system according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 12, an image IM004 shows an example of posting display. Image IM004 includes a column NA004.

  In the fourth example, the viewer is “Yamamoto Hanako” (user ID “US1211A”). According to the user DB (FIG. 7), the group combinations to which “Yamamoto Hanako” belongs are AAA Co., Ltd. (first tier), Applied Technology Development Department (second tier), Solution Business Department (third tier), And it is a network solution promotion part (4th hierarchy). Therefore, the group to which the viewer “Hanako Yamamoto” belongs matches the group to which the poster “Taro Suzuki” belongs in the first, but does not match in the second to fourth layers. Accordingly, as shown as an image IM004 in FIG. 12, in the terminal device 10 operated by “Yamamoto Hanako”, the post is not displayed with the real name, but the name of the group to which “Taro Suzuki” belongs (“R & D in column NA004”). Part ") is displayed.

  In the fourth example, the determination unit 202 positions a group to which the poster and the viewer belong in common among the four groups to which the poster belongs as the group whose name is displayed. A group located in a hierarchy (second hierarchy) next to the hierarchy (first hierarchy) is set.

<11. Modification>
(Scope of the viewer's group to display posts by real name)
In the first embodiment, each post includes a “real name range”. The “real name range” can be specified by the contributor. The contributor can set a range in which the post is displayed with the real name, and can also set a “real name range” so that the post is displayed with the real name for all the viewers.

  Note that the “real name range” does not have to be set for each post. For example, it may be set for all posts in common, or specified based on the post attributes (post time, group to which the poster belongs, post title, post content, etc.) May be set.

(Anonymous display)
In the first embodiment, when the determination unit 202 determines not to display a post with a real name, the determination unit 202 determines to display the name of the group to which the poster belongs instead of the real name. Note that the decision unit 202 may decide to display information other than the name of the group when not displaying the post with the real name, or not display any information in the column of the contributor (for example, padded with blanks). ) May be determined, or it may be determined to display information unrelated to the identification of the poster (for example, an image of a specific character).

  It is preferable that the information other than the group name displayed as described above is information that helps the viewer to infer the relationship between the viewer and the poster. An example of the information is user attribute information (gender, age, occupation, etc.).

(Associating users with groups)
In the first embodiment, the group to which the user belongs is the same information (the user DB in FIG. 7) regardless of whether the user is a contributor or the user is a viewer. Judgment based on. That is, the user DB stored in the user information storage unit 223 includes the first information that associates one or more contributors with one or more groups in the group of the first group, and one or more browsing. And second information that associates a person with one or more groups in the second group of groups.

[Second Embodiment]
The posting browsing system of each embodiment after 2nd Embodiment contains the terminal device 10 and the server apparatus 20 similarly to 1st Embodiment. The hardware configurations of the terminal device 10 and the server device 20 can be the same as those of the first embodiment. Therefore, the description of the hardware configuration will not be repeated.

<1. Overview>
In the posting browsing system according to the second embodiment, whether or not a posting is displayed with a real name is determined based on the frequency of communication between the group to which the poster belongs and the group to which the viewer belongs. . That is, instead of the “relationship between groups in the hierarchical structure” in the first embodiment, in the second embodiment, posts are displayed with real names based on the frequency of communication between users belonging to the group. It is determined whether or not.

<2. Functional configuration>
FIG. 13 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of functional configurations of the terminal device 10 and the server device 20 in the posting browsing system according to the second embodiment. Comparing FIG. 13 with FIG. 6, the server device 20 of the second embodiment further includes a communication information storage unit 226 in addition to the configuration of the server device 20 of the first embodiment.

  The communication information storage unit 226 stores information (communication information) about communication between users of the posting browsing system. More specifically, the communication information storage unit 226 stores communication information for each of the fourth layer groups. The communication information is information that specifies the number of times a user belonging to the target group communicates with a user belonging to another group.

<3. Communication information>
FIG. 14 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of information (communication information) stored in the communication information storage unit 226. FIG. 14 shows communication information about the group “second development room”. The second development room is the name of the fourth level group. The upper layers for the second development room are the Technology Development Center (third layer), the Research and Development Department (second layer), and AAA Corporation (first layer).

  In the communication information shown in FIG. 14, the number of times information is transmitted from the users belonging to the second development room (the group targeted by the communication information) to the users in other groups (“transmission” in FIG. 14). ") And the number of times information is received from other groups (" Reception "in FIG. 14). According to FIG. 14, for example, the number of times that the user of the second development room has transmitted information to the user of the first development room is 19 times. Further, the number of times the user of the second development room has received information from the user of the first development room is 1030 times. In the second embodiment, at least one of the number of transmissions and the number of receptions is an example of the frequency of communication between users in the group.

  An example of transmission / reception of information between users in the posting browsing system is transmission / reception of electronic mail in groupware used in the posting browsing system. The server device 20 creates the communication information described above for each group by specifying the number of times of transmission / reception of electronic mail in the groupware and the user of the transmission source and reception destination.

<4. Process flow>
FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a subroutine of display content editing processing (step S200 in FIG. 10) executed in the second embodiment. Compared with the process shown in FIG. 11, the process of FIG. 15 includes the control of steps S204A and S206A instead of the control of steps S204 and S206.

  After the control in step S202, in step S204A, the determination unit 202 identifies target communication information from the communication information of each group stored in the communication information storage unit 226. The specified communication information is communication information of the group to which the poster belongs.

  In step S206A, the determination unit 202 identifies a group of viewers (real name display group) that displays the poster name based on the communication information identified in step S204A. In the second embodiment, the determination unit 202 specifies, as the real name display group, a group in which information is transmitted with a frequency equal to or higher than a specific frequency from the group to which the poster belongs, for example.

  Then, after identifying the user ID of the viewing user in step S208, in step S210, the determination unit 202 determines whether the viewing user belongs to the group identified as the real name display group in step S206A. More specifically, if the viewing user belongs to the group specified in the real name range (YES in step S210), the control proceeds to step S212. As a result, the post is displayed with the real name.

  On the other hand, if the viewing user does not belong to the group specified as the real name display group (NO in step S210), the control proceeds to step S214. As a result, posts are not displayed with their real names. The post is displayed together with the name of the group to which the contributor belongs, for example, instead of the contributor name.

  The frequency of communication can be updated in real time. Therefore, in the second embodiment, whether or not a post is displayed with a real name can be determined according to a change in a real-time relationship between groups.

[Third Embodiment]
<1. Overview>
In the posting browsing system according to the third embodiment, whether or not a posting is displayed with a real name is determined based on a relationship between attributes of a group to which the poster belongs and a group to which the browsing user belongs. That is, instead of the “relationship between groups in the hierarchical structure” in the first embodiment, in the third embodiment, whether or not a post is displayed with a real name based on the attribute relationship between groups Is determined.

<2. Functional configuration>
FIG. 16 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of functional configurations of the terminal device 10 and the server device 20 in the posting browsing system according to the third embodiment. When comparing FIG. 16 with FIG. 6, the server apparatus 20 of the third embodiment further includes a group attribute information storage unit 227 in addition to the configuration of the server apparatus 20 of the first embodiment.

  The group attribute information storage unit 227 stores information (group attribute information) indicating the attribute of each group. More specifically, the group attribute information storage unit 227 stores the attribute of each group of the fourth layer group. An example of group attributes in the third embodiment is a project in which each group is associated.

<3. Group attribute information>
FIG. 17 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of information (group attribute information) stored in the group attribute information storage unit 227. In FIG. 17, the name of the project with which each group is associated is described in the “project name” column of FIG. For example, the projects associated with the group “first development room” are “A” and “B”. The group attribute information is generated and updated based on information input by, for example, an administrator of the posting browsing system operating the terminal device 10.

<4. Process flow>
FIG. 18 is a flowchart of a subroutine of display content editing processing (step S200 in FIG. 10) executed in the third embodiment. Compared with the process shown in FIG. 11, the process of FIG. 18 omits step S202, adds step S204B, and includes the control of step S206B instead of the control of step S206.

  Referring to FIG. 18, when step S200 is started, in step S204, the determination unit 202 extracts a contributor ID. Control then proceeds to step S204B.

  In step S204B, the determination unit 202 identifies the group associated with the posting unit ID identified in step S204 in the user DB (see FIG. 7) as the “target group”. That is, the “target group” is a group to which the poster belongs. Then, control proceeds to step S206B.

  In step S206B, the determination unit 202 determines the range of viewers who display the poster name based on the “target group” specified in step S206B. More specifically, for example, in the group attribute information (FIG. 17), the determination unit 202 selects a viewer who belongs to a group having a specific relationship with the attribute of “target group” as a poster name ( (Real name) is specified as the range of viewers to display. In the third embodiment, the specific relationship refers to, for example, browsing to display a poster name of a user who belongs to a group associated with the same project to which the “target group” is associated. Specified as a person's scope.

  After the control in step S202, in step S204B, the determination unit 202 identifies the target project name from the project names of each group stored in the group attribute information storage unit 227. The specified project name is the project name of the group to which the contributor belongs.

  In step S206B, the determination unit 202 determines the range of viewers who display the poster name based on the project name specified in step S204B. More specifically, the determination unit 202 specifies a group of viewers (real name display group) that displays the poster name. The group specified as the real name display group in the third embodiment is a group associated with the same project as the group to which the poster belongs, for example.

  Then, after extracting the user ID of the viewing user in step S208, in step S210, the determination unit 202 determines whether or not the viewing user belongs to the real name display group specified in step S206B. If the viewing user belongs to the group specified in the real name range (YES in step S210), the control proceeds to step S212. As a result, the post is displayed with the real name. On the other hand, if the viewing user does not belong to the group specified in the real name range (NO in step S210), the control proceeds to step S214. As a result, posts are not displayed with their real names. The post is displayed together with the name of the group to which the contributor belongs, for example, instead of the contributor name.

[Fourth Embodiment]
<1. Overview>
In the post browsing system according to the fourth embodiment, even if it is determined that a post is not displayed with a real name based on the relationship between the group to which the poster belongs and the group to which the viewer belongs, the poster and the viewer If the frequency of communication between and satisfies a specific condition, the post is displayed with a real name.

<2. Functional configuration>
FIG. 19 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of functional configurations of the terminal device 10 and the server device 20 in the posting browsing system according to the fourth embodiment. When FIG. 19 is compared with FIG. 6, the server device 20 according to the fourth embodiment further includes a communication information storage unit 226 </ b> A in addition to the configuration of the server device 20 according to the first embodiment.

  The communication information storage unit 226A stores information (communication information) about communication between users of the posting browsing system. More specifically, the communication information storage unit 226A stores communication information between individual users in the posting browsing system. While the communication information in the second embodiment records the number of transmissions and receptions of information for each group, the communication information in the fourth embodiment is different for each user (for each user ID). The number of times information is transmitted to other users (other user IDs) and the number of times information is received from other users (other user IDs) are recorded.

  At least one of the number of transmissions of information to other users and the number of receptions of information from other users recorded in the communication information is an example of the frequency of communication between users in the fourth embodiment.

<3. Process flow>
FIG. 20 is a flowchart of a subroutine of display content editing processing (step S200 in FIG. 10) executed in the fourth embodiment. Compared with the process shown in FIG. 11, the process of FIG. 20 further includes the control of step S210C.

  More specifically, in the process of FIG. 20, if it is determined in step S210 that the group to which the browsing user belongs is within or outside the real name range, the control proceeds to step S210C.

  In step S210C, the determination unit 202 determines whether the communication frequency between the viewing user and the posting user is equal to or higher than a certain frequency. More specifically, the determination unit 202 extracts the communication information of the viewing user's user ID extracted in step S208 from the communication information of two or more user IDs in the communication information storage unit 226A. And the determination part 202 judges whether the frequency | count of reception of the information from the user ID extracted by step S204 is more than a fixed frequency in the extracted communication information.

  If determining unit 202 determines that the number of receptions is equal to or greater than a certain number, control proceeds to step S212. Thus, the post is displayed with a real name.

  On the other hand, if the determination unit 202 determines that the number of receptions is less than a certain number, the control proceeds to step S214. As a result, the post is not displayed with the real name. In this case, the post is displayed together with the name of the group to which the contributor belongs instead of the contributor name, for example.

  In the fourth embodiment described above, since it is determined whether or not a post is displayed with a real name, the relationship between groups is determined, and further, personal communication between the poster and the viewer Is determined. Thereby, it is determined whether or not the post is displayed with the real name in a mode that is more surely compliant with the specific relationship between the poster and the viewer.

[Fifth Embodiment]
<1. Overview>
In the posting browsing system according to the fifth embodiment, postings are associated with each other. And in the said post browsing system, even if it is determined that the post is not displayed with the real name based on the relationship between the group to which the poster belongs and the group to which the viewer belongs, If the post is associated with the post, the post is displayed with the real name. In addition, if it is determined that at least one of the posts by the same user is displayed with the real name, the remaining posts are also displayed with the real name.

  In the fifth embodiment, the description that “a post is associated with another post” is used in a unilateral sense, and is distinguished from a bidirectional meaning. That is, even if the first post is associated with the second post, the second post is not associated with the first post by itself. In order for the second post to be associated with the first post, it is necessary that the second post be associated with the first post independently of being associated with the second post. .

  In this specification, as a specific example of such an embodiment, an example in which two or more posts are associated in the form of posts (answers) in a thread with respect to one “question” will be described. More specifically, in the thread, an answer from another person is posted to the own post, and the answer from the other person is associated with the own post. In the fifth embodiment, the fact that a certain post is associated with another post is also indicated by an arrow (→) as appropriate. For example, that an answer from another person is associated with his / her own post can be expressed as follows.

"Answer from others-> Post your own"
Note that the mode of associating two or more posts is not limited to being in the same thread and being in the relationship of a question and an answer, and may be in any other form.

<2. Display mode>
FIG. 21 is a diagram for explaining an example of a display mode in the posting browsing system according to the fifth embodiment. In FIG. 21, an image IM011, an image IM012, and an image IM013 arranged on the left side are images displayed on the terminal device 10 operated by the employee “Taro Suzuki”. “Taro Suzuki”, as explained in the first embodiment, is AAA Corporation (first layer), Research and Development Department (second layer), Technology Development Center (third layer), and Belongs to the 2nd development room (4th hierarchy).

  In FIG. 21, an image IM021, an image IM022, and an image IM023 arranged in the center are images displayed on the terminal device 10 operated by the employee “Shiro Nakamura”. As described in the first embodiment, “Shiro Nakamura” includes AAA Co., Ltd. (first layer), R & D department (second layer), National Institute for Advanced Technology (third layer), and Belongs to the Network Technology Laboratory (4th layer).

  In FIG. 21, an image IM031, an image IM032, and an image IM033 arranged on the right side are images displayed on the terminal device 10 operated by the employee “Hanako Yamamoto”. As described in the first embodiment, “Hanako Yamamoto” includes AAA Corporation (first level), Applied Technology Development Department (second level), Solution Division (third level), and Belongs to the Network Solution Promotion Department (4th layer).

  In addition, an image IM011, an image IM021, and an image IM031 arranged in the upper row in FIG. 21 are images displayed on each terminal device 10 when a question from “Taro Suzuki” is posted.

  In FIG. 21, the image IM012, the image IM022, and the image IM032 arranged in the middle row are displayed on each terminal device 10 when an answer from “Shiro Nakamura” is posted to the question from “Taro Suzuki”. It is an image.

  In FIG. 21, the image IM013, the image IM023, and the image IM033 arranged in the lower row are displayed on each terminal device 10 when an answer from “Taro Suzuki” is posted in addition to the above answer from “Shiro Nakamura”. It is an image to be.

  In the fifth embodiment, whether or not the real name is displayed based on the relationship between groups is determined based on the same criteria as in the first embodiment, for example. That is, based on only the relationship between groups, if the group to which the poster belongs and the group to which the viewer belongs match up to the first to fourth layers, the post is displayed with a real name. Also, if the group to which the poster belongs and the group to which the viewer belongs do not match at least one of the first to fourth layers, the post is not displayed with the real name.

(Display of upper image)
The image IM011, the image IM021, and the image IM031 displayed when the question from “Taro Suzuki” is posted will be described.

  When a question from “Taro Suzuki” is posted, the question is not associated with other posts. For this reason, whether or not the posting of the question is displayed with a real name is determined based only on the relationship between the groups.

  In the terminal device 10 operated by “Taro Suzuki”, the posting of the question is displayed with a real name, as shown in the image IM011. This is because the groups of the first to fourth layers of the poster and the viewer match.

  On the other hand, in the terminal device 10 operated by “Shiro Nakamura”, as shown as the image IM021, the posting of the question is not displayed with the real name. This is because at least the fourth level group of the viewer “Shiro Nakamura” is different from the fourth level group of the poster “Taro Suzuki”. In the image IM021, the name “Technology Development Center” of the group to which the poster “Taro Suzuki” belongs is shown as the questioner.

  Also, in the terminal device 10 operated by “Hanako Yamamoto”, as shown as the image IM031, the posting of the question is not displayed with the real name. This is because at least the fourth level group of the viewer “Hanako Yamamoto” is different from the fourth level group of the poster “Taro Suzuki”. In the image IM031, the name “Research and Development Department” of the group to which the contributor “Taro Suzuki” belongs is shown as the questioner.

(Display of middle image)
The image IM012, the image IM022, and the image IM032 displayed when the answer from “Shiro Nakamura” to the question of “Taro Suzuki” is posted will be described.

  When an answer from “Shiro Nakamura” is posted to a question from “Taro Suzuki”, a question from “Taro Suzuki” and an answer from “Shiro Nakamura” are posted in the same thread. The answer of “Shiro Nakamura” is associated with the question of “Taro Suzuki”. The relationship between the two posts can be expressed as:

“Answer of Shiro Nakamura → Question of Taro Suzuki”
In the terminal device 10 operated by “Taro Suzuki”, the question “Taro Suzuki” is displayed with a real name as shown as an image IM012. This is because the groups of the first to fourth layers of the poster and the viewer match. In addition, the answer of “Shiro Nakamura” is also displayed with a real name as shown as an image IM012. This is because the answer of “Shiro Nakamura” is associated with the question of “Taro Suzuki”. In other words, the answer of “Shiro Nakamura” is not displayed in the real name based only on the relationship between the groups, but the terminal operated by the viewer “Taro Suzuki” by being associated with the question of the viewer “Taro Suzuki” The real name is displayed on the device 10.

  In the terminal device 10 operated by “Shiro Nakamura”, the question “Taro Suzuki” is not displayed with the real name as shown as the image IM022. The fourth level group of “Shiro Nakamura” is different from the fourth level group of Taro Suzuki. Therefore, according to the relationship between the groups, the question “Taro Suzuki” is not displayed with the real name. In this thread, the post of “Taro Suzuki” is not associated with the post of “Shiro Nakamura” who is the viewer. This is because no reply is given to the reply of “Taro Nakamura”. Note that the reply of the viewer “Taro Nakamura” is displayed with a real name as shown as an image IM022.

  In the terminal device 10 operated by “Yamamoto Hanako”, neither the question of “Taro Suzuki” nor the answer of “Shiro Nakamura” is displayed with the real name. This is because the fourth level group of “Yamamoto Hanako” does not match the fourth level group of “Taro Suzuki” and does not match the fourth level group of “Nakamura Shiro”.

(Display of lower image)
The image IM013, the image IM023, and the image IM033 displayed when the answer of “Taro Suzuki” is posted to the answer of “Shiro Nakamura” to the question of “Taro Suzuki” will be described.

  When an answer from “Taro Suzuki” is posted in response to an answer from “Shiro Nakamura”, the answer from “Taro Suzuki” is associated with the answer of “Shiro Nakamura”. The relationship between the two posts can be expressed as:

"Answer of Taro Suzuki → Answer of Shiro Nakamura"
In the terminal device 10 operated by “Taro Suzuki”, all posts (the question “Taro Suzuki”, the response “Shiro Nakamura”, and the response “Taro Suzuki”) have real names, as shown as an image IM013. Is displayed. This is because the answer of “Shiro Nakamura” is associated with the question of the viewer “Taro Suzuki” from the time when the answer of “Shiro Nakamura” is posted, and the answer of “Shiro Nakamura” is displayed with the real name.

  In the terminal device 10 operated by “Shiro Nakamura”, as shown as an image IM023, all posts (the question of “Taro Suzuki”, the response of “Shiro Nakamura”, and the response of “Taro Suzuki”) are real names. Is displayed. When the answer for “Taro Suzuki” is posted, the answer for “Taro Suzuki” is associated with the answer for the viewer “Shiro Nakamura”, and the answer for “Taro Suzuki” is displayed with the real name and the same user This is because the question of “Taro Suzuki”, which is the post of the post, is also displayed with the real name.

  In the terminal device 10 operated by “Yamamoto Hanako”, the question “Taro Suzuki”, the answer “Shiro Nakamura”, and the answer “Taro Suzuki” are not displayed in real names. This is because the fourth level group of “Yamamoto Hanako” does not match the fourth level group of “Taro Suzuki” and does not match the fourth level group of “Nakamura Shiro”.

<3. Changes in submission DB>
In the example shown in FIG. 21, the posting in the thread has changed in three stages. The change will be described as a change in the state of the posting DB. 22-24 is a figure which shows the state of contribution DB registered in the contribution information storage part 225 (refer FIG. 6) of 5th Embodiment. In the fifth embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 22 to 24, each posting ID is further associated with a “related posting ID” as compared to the posting DB shown in FIG. 9. “Related post ID” is an ID of a post associated with a post corresponding to the post ID.

  FIG. 22 shows the state of the posting DB when the question “Taro Suzuki” described with reference to the image IM011, the image IM021, and the image IM031 is posted. The posting ID “CON0001” in the posting DB of FIG. 22 corresponds to the question of “Taro Suzuki” such as the image IM011. At this point, the answer to the question has not yet been posted. For this reason, information is not yet registered in the “related post ID” of the post ID “CON0001”.

  FIG. 23 shows the state of the posting DB when the answer of “Shiro Nakamura” described with reference to the image IM012, the image IM022, and the image IM032 is posted. The posting DB in FIG. 23 includes two posting IDs “CON0001” and “CON0010”. The posting ID “CON0010” in the posting DB of FIG. 23 corresponds to the reply of “Shiro Nakamura” such as the image IM012. The post ID “CON0010” is a reply to the post ID “CON0001”. As a result, the post ID “CON0010” is associated with the post ID “CON0001” to which the reply is attached. This corresponds to the posting ID “CON0001” being registered as the “related posting ID” of the posting ID “CON0010” in FIG.

  FIG. 24 shows the state of the posting DB when the answer of “Taro Suzuki” described with reference to the image IM013, the image IM023, and the image IM033 is posted. The posting DB in FIG. 24 includes three posting IDs “CON0001”, “CON0010”, and “CON0031”. The posting ID “CON0031” in the posting DB of FIG. 24 corresponds to the reply of “Taro Suzuki” such as the image IM013. The post ID “CON0031” is a reply to the post ID “CON0010”. As a result, the post ID “CON0031” is associated with the post ID “CON0010” to which the reply is attached. This corresponds to the posting ID “CON0010” being registered as the “related posting ID” of the posting ID “CON0031” in FIG. In addition, if it is determined that even one of the posted posts by the same user will be displayed with the real name, the related post ID can be traced to display the remaining posts with the real name. For posts with the same poster ID, the same related post ID must be registered. That is, “CON0010” is traced from the related post ID of the post ID “CON0031”, and the post ID of “CON0001” that is the related post ID of “CON0010” is the same as “CON0031”. Register “CON0010” as the ID. This process is repeated until the related post ID is exhausted.

<4. Process flow>
FIG. 25 is a flowchart of a subroutine of display content editing processing (step S200 in FIG. 10) executed in the fifth embodiment. Compared with the process shown in FIG. 11, the process of FIG. 25 further includes the control of step S210D.

  More specifically, in the process of FIG. 25, if it is determined in step S210 that the group to which the browsing user belongs is within or outside the real name range, the control proceeds to step S210D.

  In step S210D, the determination unit 202 extracts the post ID of the related post ID of the post to be displayed, extracts the user ID (poster ID) corresponding to the extracted post ID, and the extracted user It is determined whether at least one of the IDs matches the user ID of the viewing user extracted in step S208.

  If the determination unit 202 determines that the poster ID of the related posting ID matches the user ID of the browsing user, the control proceeds to step S212. Thus, the post is displayed with a real name. This corresponds to, for example, that the question of Taro Suzuki is displayed with a real name in the image IM023 of FIG.

  On the other hand, if the determination unit 202 determines that the poster ID of the related posting ID does not match the user ID of the viewing user, the control proceeds to step S214. As a result, the post is not displayed with the real name. In this case, the post is displayed together with the name of the group to which the contributor belongs instead of the contributor name, for example. This corresponds, for example, to the question of Taro Suzuki being displayed with the group name, not the real name, in the image IM033 of FIG.

  In the fifth embodiment described above, since it is determined whether or not a post is displayed with a real name, the relationship between the groups is determined, and the displayed post is associated with the post of the viewer. It is determined whether or not Thereby, it is determined whether or not the post is displayed with the real name in a mode that is more surely compliant with the specific relationship between the poster and the viewer.

[Sixth Embodiment]
In the posting browsing system of the sixth embodiment, information for identifying each user in the group is added to the display of the group name in the fifth embodiment. More specifically, when postings of two or more users with the same group name are displayed, in the posting browsing system, the group name is displayed with information for identifying each user added. The

  FIG. 26 is a diagram for explaining an example of a display mode in the posting browsing system according to the sixth embodiment. Compared to FIG. 21, in the example shown in FIG. 26, the display of the group names in the image IM032 and the image IM033 arranged on the right side is changed.

  More specifically, in the images IM032 and IM033, three posts corresponding to “Taro Suzuki” in the “Research and Development Department” (posts on the upper side of the image IM032, and top and bottom of the image IM033) Is posted as “Research and Development Department A”. In addition, two posts corresponding to “Shiro Nakamura” in the “Research and Development Department” (the lower post of the image IM032 and the middle post of the image IM033) are displayed as “Research and Development Department B”.

  For the display as shown in FIG. 26, in step S214, the determination unit 202 first replaces the poster ID with the name of the group to which the poster belongs, as described above. Then, the determination unit 202 determines whether or not the name of the same group as the name replaced in step S214 is displayed as the poster in the displayed thread. When determining that the name of the same group as the name replaced in step S214 is displayed as a contributor, the determination unit 202 adds different information for each user to the name of the group obtained as a result of the replacement. . The information to be added is selected based on the number of members of the group in the displayed thread.

  For example, in the example shown in the image IM032 of FIG. 26, the poster “Taro Suzuki” in the upper post is the first user in the group “Research and Development Department” in the thread in the image IM032. Therefore, the determination unit 202 selects the first letter “A” of the alphabet as information to be added about the poster “Taro Suzuki”.

  Also, the contributor “Shiro Nakamura” of the post on the lower side of the image IM032 is the second user of the group “Research and Development Department” in the thread in the image IM032. For this reason, the determination unit 202 selects the second letter “B” of the alphabet as information to be added about the poster “Shiro Nakamura”.

  And the determination part 202 returns control to step S200 of FIG. 10 after control of step S214.

  In the sixth embodiment, “A” in “R & D Department A” and “B” in “R & D Department B” are examples of information that differs for each user. The displayed information may be other than alphabets (numbers, etc.) such as “A” and “B”.

  According to the image IM032 and the image IM033 of the sixth embodiment described above, the poster is displayed anonymously. However, the user can understand whether a plurality of posts are posted by the same user.

[Seventh Embodiment]
<1. Overview>
In the posting browsing system according to the seventh embodiment, the user DB stores the title of each user as an example of the characteristics of each user. And in the said post | mailbox browsing system, even if it determines that a post | mailbox is not displayed by a real name based on the relationship between the group to which a contributor belongs, and the group to which a contributor belongs, the characteristic of a viewer is a fixed condition. If it does, the post will be displayed with its real name.

<2. User DB>
The functional configurations of the terminal device 10 and the server device 20 in the posting browsing system of the seventh embodiment can be the same as those of the first embodiment. FIG. 27 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a user DB in the seventh embodiment. As shown in FIG. 27, in the user DB of the seventh embodiment, each user ID is further associated with the title of each user, as compared to the user DB of FIG.

<3. Process flow>
FIG. 28 is a flowchart of a subroutine of display content editing processing (step S200 in FIG. 10) executed in the seventh embodiment. Compared with the process shown in FIG. 11, the process of FIG. 25 further includes the control of step S210E.

  More specifically, in the process of FIG. 28, if it is determined in step S210 that the group to which the viewing user belongs is within or outside the real name range, the control proceeds to step S210E.

  In step S <b> 210 </ b> E, the determination unit 202 determines whether or not the title of the viewing user extracted in step S <b> 208 is “manager” or more.

  If the determining unit 202 determines that the position is greater than or equal to the general manager, the determining unit 202 advances the control to step S212. Thus, the post is displayed with a real name.

  On the other hand, if the determination unit 202 determines that the position is not greater than or equal to the general manager, the determination unit 202 advances the control to step S214. As a result, the post is not displayed with the real name.

  In the seventh embodiment described above, since it is determined whether or not a post is displayed with a real name, the relationship between groups is determined, and the title of the viewer is further determined. Thereby, it is determined whether or not the post is displayed with the real name in a mode in accordance with the characteristics of the user viewing the post, such as the organization configuration.

[Eighth Embodiment]
<1. Overview>
In the posting browsing system according to the eighth embodiment, the terminal device 10 that displays the posting executes the display content editing process that has been executed by the server device 20 in the posting browsing system according to the first embodiment. That is, the device that displays the post determines whether or not to display the post with the real name.

<2. Functional configuration>
FIG. 29 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of functional configurations of the terminal device 10 and the server device 20 in the posting browsing system according to the eighth embodiment.

  Compared with the functional configuration of FIG. 6, in the posting browsing system of the eighth embodiment, the server device 20 includes an extracting unit 204 instead of the determining unit 202. In response to a request from the terminal device 10, the extraction unit 204 transmits to the terminal device 10 data necessary for determining whether to display the posting target data and whether or not to display the posting with a real name. For example, the determination unit 202 uses the post data to be browsed and the data necessary to determine whether or not to display the post with the real name in the processing described in the first to seventh embodiments. Data.

  In addition, the terminal device 10 further includes a determination unit 103. The determination unit 103 performs an operation corresponding to the determination unit 202 in the first embodiment.

<3. Processing of Terminal Device 10 and Server Device 20>
FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating a flow of processing executed in the terminal device 10 and the server device 20 in the posting browsing system according to the eighth embodiment.

  Referring to FIG. 28, in step SA10, request unit 102 of terminal apparatus 10 requests user authentication from server apparatus 20.

  In response to a user authentication request from the terminal device 10, in step S100, the authentication unit 201 of the server device 20 authenticates the user using the password of the user DB (see FIG. 7). When the user authentication is completed, the authentication unit 201 notifies the terminal device 10 of the completion. Thereby, in the terminal device 10, control is advanced to step SA11.

  In step SA11, the request unit 102 requests the server device 20 to display a post. Specifically, the request unit 102 requests the server device 20 for data for displaying a post and information necessary for determining whether or not to display the post with a real name.

  In response to the posting display request from the terminal device 10, in step S <b> 102, the determination unit 202 of the server device 20 extracts the requested data from the storage unit 220 to the terminal device 10. Then, control proceeds to step S104.

  In step S104, the determination unit 202 transmits the data extracted in step S102 to the terminal device 10.

  In response to this, in step SA12, the determination unit 103 generates data for displaying the post by editing the data received from the server device 20. The content of the control in step SA12 can be the same as the content of the control in step S200 of FIG. Then, the control proceeds to step SA30.

  In step SA30, the display control unit 104 displays a post on the display unit 116 based on the data generated in step SA12.

<4. Modification>
In the eighth embodiment, a device that displays a post (terminal device 10) instead of a device that transmits a post (server device 20) determines whether or not to display the post together with the name of the poster. Note that the device that displays the posting may be a device that generates the posting.

  That is, the terminal device 10 generates a post. Then, the terminal device 10 stores the generated posting in the terminal device 10 without transmitting it to the server device 20. Then, in response to a display request from another device, the terminal device 10 transmits data for displaying a post to the other device. The terminal device 10 makes a posting according to the relationship between the group to which the user (contributor) who operates the terminal device 10 belongs and the group to which the user (viewer) who operates another device belongs. Determines whether to display the real name. Then, according to the determination, the terminal device 10 displays, in the data for displaying the posts, data specifying the name of the poster or information displayed instead of the name of the poster (for example, the name of the group to which the poster belongs). ) Data.

[Ninth Embodiment]
The posting browsing system of the ninth embodiment performs grouping of users of the posting browsing system according to an organization chart of an organization of a type different from the company in the first embodiment. Each of FIGS. 31 to 33 shows an example of an organization chart used for grouping according to the ninth embodiment.

  FIG. 31 shows an organization chart of an organization composed of junior high schools in a certain area (Tenri City). The organization chart has four layers. The group included in the first hierarchy identifies all junior high schools in Tenri City. The group included in the second hierarchy specifies each junior high school (such as “Kita junior high school” “Minami junior high school”) in Tenri city. The group included in the third hierarchy specifies each grade (“1st year”, “2nd year”, “3rd year”) of each junior high school in the second hierarchy. The groups included in the fourth hierarchy specify classes (“1 set”, “2 sets”, etc.) included in each grade of the third hierarchy.

  In the organization chart of FIG. 31, the names of students belonging to each fourth hierarchy are shown below the fourth hierarchy. For example, “Saburo Tanaka” belongs to a junior high school (first layer), Kita junior high school (second layer), one year (third layer), and one set (fourth layer) in Tenri City.

  FIG. 32 shows an organization chart of an organization composed of a certain type of site (regional community site). The organization chart has four layers. The group included in the first hierarchy specifies all the types of community sites. The groups included in the second hierarchy specify prefectures (such as “Nara Prefecture” and “Kyoto Prefecture”). The group included in the third hierarchy is the area name of the major classification within each prefecture in the second hierarchy (“Nara City”, “Yamatokoriyama City” in Nara Prefecture, “Uji City” in Kyoto Prefecture, etc.) Is identified. The groups included in the fourth hierarchy are the sub-category area names (“Omiyacho” and “Horencho” in Nara City, “Hironocho” in Uji City, etc.) ).

  In the organization chart of FIG. 32, the names of the members belonging to the site of the area name of each fourth hierarchy are shown below the fourth hierarchy. For example, “Yamamoto Hanako” belongs to a local community site (first hierarchy), Kyoto (second hierarchy), Uji City (third hierarchy), and Hirono-cho (fourth hierarchy). That is, FIG. 32 shows that “Hanako Yamamoto” is a member of the local community site of “Hirono-cho, Uji-shi, Kyoto”.

  FIG. 33 shows an organization chart of an organization composed of certain types of sites (community sites related to diseases). The organization chart has four layers. The group included in the first hierarchy specifies all the types of community sites. A group included in the second hierarchy specifies a broad category subject (such as “internal medicine” or “surgery”) related to a disease. The groups included in the third hierarchy specify sub-category subjects (such as “respiratory medicine” and “digestive medicine”) belonging to each subject in the second hierarchy. A group included in the fourth hierarchy specifies an organ or a part (such as “bronchi” or “lung” in respiratory medicine) belonging to each subject in the third hierarchy.

  In the organization chart of FIG. 33, the names of members belonging to the organs or parts of each fourth hierarchy are shown below the fourth hierarchy. For example, “Saburo Suzuki” and “Jiro Sato” belong to the disease community site (first hierarchy), internal medicine (second hierarchy), respiratory internal medicine (third hierarchy), and lung (fourth hierarchy). That is, FIG. 33 shows that “Saburo Suzuki” and “Jiro Sato” are members of a disease community site related to lungs in internal medicine and respiratory medicine.

  Note that each of the organization charts described in FIGS. 31 to 33 includes four layers. However, the number of user grouping layers in the present disclosure is not limited to “4”. The grouping may be performed according to two or more groups that do not constitute a hierarchical structure.

[Summary]
(1)
According to one aspect, a first storage means (user information storage unit 223) for storing information associating one or more contributors with one or more groups in the first group, and one person Second storage means (terminal information storage unit 224) for storing information associating the above viewers with one or more groups in the group of the second group, and a terminal device for displaying posts ( Based on the relationship between the terminal device 10) and the group associated with the posting contributor and the group associated with the viewer viewing the posting on the terminal device, the terminal device posts the posting A posting browsing system (posting browsing system 1) is provided, which includes determining means (determining units 202 and 103) for determining whether or not to display with the name of the person.

  This determines whether a post will be displayed with the name of the poster based on the relationship between the group of posters and viewers, rather than the history of past posts or replies by posters and viewers. . Accordingly, the post can be displayed in an appropriate manner in accordance with the actual relationship between the post poster and the viewer.

(2)
Preferably, the first group and the second group form a single hierarchical structure (hierarchical structure such as FIG. 1), and the determining means includes a group associated with the poster and a group associated with the viewer. Is identified based on the relationship between the groups in the hierarchical structure (the group to which the user belongs matches up to the fourth layer, etc.).

Thereby, the relationship between groups can be specified easily.
(3)
Preferably, the relationship between the group associated with the poster and the group associated with the viewer includes a relationship related to the frequency of communication (FIG. 14) between users belonging to each group.

  Thereby, according to the change of the real-time relationship between groups, it can be determined whether a post is displayed with a real name.

(4)
Preferably, the posting browsing system further includes third storage means for storing respective attributes of the first group and the second group, and the determination means includes a group associated with the poster. And the group associated with the viewer are specified based on the attribute relationship between the groups (FIG. 17).

  By allowing the group attributes to be reflected in the display of the post, it is possible to determine whether or not to display the real name of the post in a priority order more in line with the actual situation.

(5)
Preferably, the deciding means does not display the post together with the name of the poster based on the relationship between the group associated with the poster and the group associated with the viewer. When the relationship between the poster and the viewer satisfies a specific condition, it is determined to display the post together with the name of the poster (step S210C in FIG. 20).

  Thus, since it is determined whether or not the post is displayed with the real name, the relationship between the groups is determined, and further, the frequency of personal communication between the poster and the viewer is determined. Therefore, it is determined whether or not a post is displayed with a real name in a manner that is more surely compliant with the specific relationship between the poster and the viewer.

(6)
Preferably, the posting browsing system further includes a history storage unit (communication information storage unit 226A in FIG. 19) for storing a history of transmission / reception of information between users for two or more users, and the specific condition is The frequency of transmission / reception of information between the user who is the contributor and the user who is the viewer includes a specific frequency or more.

  Thereby, the frequency of personal communication between the contributor and the viewer can be more reliably reflected in whether or not the real name of the post is displayed.

(7)
Preferably, the specific condition includes that the post is a post associated with the post of the viewer (step S210D in FIG. 25).

  Thereby, the browsing person can recognize a contributor reliably about the posting linked | related with self.

(8)
Preferably, the specific condition includes that the characteristics of the viewer satisfy a certain condition (step S210E in FIG. 28).

  Thereby, when the characteristic of the viewer is a specific characteristic such as the upper layer of the company, a privilege that the name of the poster can be known can be given to the viewer.

(9)
Preferably, the specific condition is that the contributor specifies that the post is displayed together with the name of the contributor (the post DB (see FIG. 9 so that the post is displayed with a real name for all viewers). ) “Real name range”).

Thereby, the intention of the poster's real name display can be reflected in the display.
(10)
Preferably, when the deciding unit decides not to display the post together with the name of the contributor, the name of the group associated with the contributor (“second development” in the column NA002 of the image IM002 in FIG. 2). Room ”).

This makes it easy to understand the origin of the post while avoiding the display of the real name.
(11)
Preferably, the group of the first group constitutes a hierarchical structure, and the determining means uses the name of the group associated with the contributor of the posting as the name of the group of at least one of the groups associated with the poster. It is determined to display the name (“second development room” in the column NA002 of the image IM002 in FIG. 2).

This makes it easy to understand the origin of the post while avoiding the display of the real name.
(12)
Preferably, the deciding means displays the name of the group located in the next layer of the layer where the group in which the poster and the viewer are common in the hierarchical structure as the name of the group associated with the contributor of the post. Decide that.

Thereby, the viewer can easily understand the relationship between the viewer himself and the poster.
(13)
Preferably, the determination unit displays different information for each user (“A” of “Research and Development Department A” and “B” of “Research and Development Department B” in the images IM032 and IM033) together with the name of the group). Decide that.

  Thereby, after anonymity is ensured, a user can recognize whether a plurality of contributions were contributed by the same person.

(14)
Preferably, when the deciding means decides not to display the post together with the name of the contributor, it displays the post together with the attribute of the contributor (user attribute information (gender, age, occupation, etc.)). decide.

  Thereby, the viewer can infer the relationship (whether the situation is close, etc.) between the viewer and the poster based on the attribute of the poster.

(15)
Preferably, when the deciding means decides not to display the post together with the name of the contributor, the place where the name of the contributor of the post should be displayed when it is decided to display the post together with the name of the contributor. It is determined not to display the information specifying the poster in (for example, fill with blanks).

  Thereby, the viewer can understand that the name of the contributor is not displayed by any reason.

(16)
According to another aspect, first information associating one or more contributors with one or more groups in the first group of groups and one or more viewers in the second group of groups Between the group associated with the posted poster displayed by referring to the second information associated with the one or more groups of and the group associated with the viewer in the device displaying the post Information processing apparatus (server apparatus 20 and terminal apparatus 10) is provided, which includes a determination unit for determining whether or not a post is displayed together with the name of the poster.

(17)
According to yet another aspect, a method for controlling the display of posts, the first information associating one or more contributors with one or more groups in the first group of groups, Displaying the group associated with the poster of the displayed post and the post by referring to the second information that associates more than one viewer with one or more groups in the group of the second group Provided is a method for controlling the display of a post, comprising determining whether a post is displayed together with the name of the contributor of the post based on a relationship with a group associated with a viewer in the device Is done.

(18)
According to yet another aspect, a program executed by a computer for controlling the display of posts is provided. The program causes the computer to function as a determining means, wherein the determining means includes first information that associates one or more contributors with one or more groups in the first group of groups and one or more browsing. A group associated with the poster of the displayed post and a browsing on the device that displays the post by referring to the second information that associates the poster with one or more groups in the group of the second group Based on the relationship with the group associated with the poster, it is determined whether the post is displayed with the name of the poster of the post.

(19)
According to yet another aspect, a terminal device for displaying a post (the terminal device 10 when the server device 20 determines whether or not to display a real name), and a group associated with a contributor of the post A terminal device comprising a display control means for displaying a post together with the name of the poster or without the name of the poster depending on the relationship between the group and the group associated with the viewer in the terminal device Provided.

(20)
According to yet another aspect, a program executed by a computer for displaying posts is provided. The program causes the computer to function as a display control unit, and the display control unit determines whether the poster is based on the relationship between the group associated with the poster who posted the post and the group associated with the viewer on the terminal device. Posts are displayed with the name of the contributor or without the name of the contributor.

  It should be thought that embodiment disclosed this time and its modification are illustrations in all the points, and are not restrictive. The scope of the present disclosure is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

  1 Posting browsing system, 10 terminal device, 20 server device, 100, 200 control unit, 104 display control unit, 103, 202 determination unit, 110, 210 communication IF unit, 122, 221 program storage unit, 124, 222 data storage unit 223 user information storage unit, 224 terminal information storage unit, 225 post information storage unit, 226, 226A communication information storage unit, 227 group attribute storage unit.

Claims (20)

First storage means for storing information relating one or more contributors to one or more groups in the first group of groups;
A second storage means for storing information associating one or more viewers with one or more groups of the second group of groups;
A terminal device for displaying posts;
Based on the relationship between the group associated with the contributor of the post and the group associated with the viewer who views the post on the terminal device, the terminal device sends the post to the contributor of the post. A posting browsing system comprising: a determination unit for determining whether to display the name together. The first group and the second group constitute a single hierarchical structure;
The posting according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit specifies a relationship between a group associated with the poster and a group associated with the viewer based on a relationship between the groups in the hierarchical structure. Browsing system.   The relationship between the group associated with the contributor and the group associated with the viewer includes a relationship related to the frequency of communication between users belonging to each group. Post viewing system. Further comprising third storage means for storing respective attributes of the first group of groups and the second group of groups,
The said determination means specifies the relationship between the group linked | related with the said contributor, and the group linked | related with the said viewer based on the attribute relationship between groups, Any of Claims 1-3 The posting browsing system according to item 1.   Even if the determination means determines not to display the post together with the name of the poster based on the relationship between the group associated with the poster and the group associated with the viewer. When the relationship between the contributor and the viewer satisfies a specific condition, it is determined that the post is displayed together with the name of the contributor. Post posting system described. A history storage means for storing a history of information transmission / reception between two or more users is further provided.
The posting browsing system according to claim 5, wherein the specific condition includes that a frequency of transmission / reception of information between the user who is the poster and the user who is the viewer is equal to or higher than a specific frequency.   The posting browsing system according to claim 5, wherein the specific condition includes that the posting is a posting associated with the posting of the viewer.   The posted browsing system according to claim 5, wherein the specific condition includes that a characteristic of the viewer satisfies a certain condition.   The post browsing system according to claim 5, wherein the specific condition includes that the contributor specifies that the post is displayed together with the name of the contributor.   The said determination means determines to display the said posting with the name of the group linked | related with the contributor, when it determines not displaying the said posting with the name of a contributor. The posting browsing system according to any one of the above. The first group of groups constitutes a hierarchical structure;
The said determination means determines to display the name of the group of the at least 1 hierarchy in the group linked | related with the said contributor as a group name linked | related with the contributor of the said posting. Post posting system described.   The determining means, as the name of the group associated with the contributor of the post, the name of the group located in the next layer of the layer where the group common to the contributor and the viewer is located in the hierarchical structure. The posting browsing system according to claim 11, wherein the posting browsing system is determined to be displayed.   The posting browsing system according to claim 10, wherein the determination unit determines to display different information for each user together with the name of the group.   The said determination means determines that the said posting is displayed with an attribute of a contributor, when it determines not to display the said posting with a contributor's name, The any one of Claims 1-9. Post viewing system described in.   If the decision means decides not to display the post together with the name of the contributor, the place where the name of the contributor of the post should be displayed when it is decided to display the post together with the name of the contributor The posting browsing system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein it is determined not to display information for specifying a poster.   First information associating one or more contributors with one or more groups in the first group of groups and one or more groups in the second group of groups with one or more viewers The posting is based on the relationship between the group associated with the poster of the displayed post and the group associated with the viewer in the device that displays the post by referring to the second information associated with the post An information processing apparatus comprising: determining means for determining whether or not is displayed together with the name of the poster. A method for controlling the display of posts,
First information associating one or more contributors with one or more groups in the first group of groups and one or more groups in the second group of groups with one or more viewers By referring to the second information to be associated with, based on the relationship between the group associated with the poster of the displayed post and the group associated with the viewer in the device that displays the post, A method for controlling the display of posts, comprising determining whether a post is displayed with the name of the contributor of the post. A program executed by a computer for controlling the display of posts,
The program causes the computer to function as determination means,
The determining means includes first information associating one or more contributors with one or more groups in the first group of groups, and one or more viewers in the second group of groups. By referring to the second information associated with one or more groups, the relationship between the group associated with the contributor of the displayed post and the group associated with the viewer in the device displaying the post A program for determining whether or not the post is displayed together with the name of the contributor of the post. A terminal device for displaying posts,
Depending on the relationship between the group associated with the contributor of the post and the group associated with the viewer in the terminal device, with the name of the contributor or without the name of the contributor, A terminal device comprising display control means for displaying the post. A program executed by a computer for displaying posts,
The program causes the computer to function as display control means,
The display control means, based on the relationship between the group associated with the contributor of the post and the group associated with the viewer in the terminal device, the post of the contributor together with the name of the contributor Or the program which displays the said contribution without accompanying the name of the said contributor.

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