JP2018010186A - Learning support system, server, and terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a learning support system capable of supporting efficient word learning suitable for a school of choice of a user of a terminal device.SOLUTION: A terminal device of a learning support system receives an input of user related information, receives an input of narrowing down conditions including an object period and school of choice conditions designated by a user, and transmits the user related information, a word book, and the narrowing down conditions to a server. The server transmits an extraction result including a registered word included in a word book corresponding to one or more users satisfying the school of choice conditions on the basis of a registration word database to the terminal device. The terminal device notifies the user of the extraction result.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10

Description

  The present disclosure relates to a learning support system including a plurality of learning terminal devices and a server, the server, and the terminal device.

  Conventionally, an electronic dictionary as a learning terminal displays words (headwords) included in content (English-Japanese dictionaries, national language dictionaries, etc.) and explanation information of the words. Such electronic dictionaries generally have a word registration function for registering searched words. For example, a user (learner) who uses an electronic dictionary searches for a word he / she wants to memorize for studying various tests and registers it in the word book. As described above, a technique for using information stored in an electronic dictionary owned by each user is known.

  For example, Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2004-62228 (Patent Document 1) discloses a dictionary information totaling apparatus that totals dictionary search information in a terminal incorporating a dictionary. This device acquires from the terminal search information for unrecorded words in the dictionary in association with the search date information, stores the acquired search information for unrecorded words together with the search date information, and stores the stored information. Search information of unrecorded words is aggregated and displayed for each period in association with the search date information.

JP 2004-62228 A

  By the way, in order for a learner to pass his / her desired school, it is necessary to get a better score than others in the entrance examination of the desired school. For example, in an English test, if the number of memorized English words is less than that of others, there is a high possibility that the score will be lower than that of others, and as a result, there is a high possibility that the school will be rejected. Therefore, there is a need to know which word should be learned at which timing in order to pass the school of choice.

  Here, as in Patent Document 1, if the dictionary information of each user's electronic dictionary is aggregated into a database, it is possible to grasp which word has been searched. However, even if the database is referred to, it is impossible to grasp which word should be learned at which timing in order to pass the desired school. That is, Patent Document 1 does not teach or suggest any technique for satisfying the above needs.

  An object of some aspects of the present disclosure is to provide a learning support system, a server, and a terminal device that can support efficient word learning suitable for a school desired by a user of a terminal device.

  According to an embodiment, a learning support system including a server and a learning terminal device configured to be able to communicate with the server is provided. The terminal device includes a user-related information input unit that accepts input of user-related information including identification information of the user of the terminal device and a user's desired school, a target period specified by the user, and a narrowing-down including a desired school condition regarding the desired school A condition input unit that receives an input of a condition; a user-related information; a word book that has a registered word in the terminal device and a registration date and time of the registered word; and an information transmission unit that transmits a narrowing condition to the server. The server includes, for each of the plurality of terminal devices, a registered word database that is transmitted by the terminal device in association with the word book and the user-related information, and at least one satisfying the desired school condition based on the registered word database An extraction processing unit that transmits an extraction result having registered words included in a word book corresponding to the user to the terminal device. The terminal device further includes a notification unit that notifies the user of the extraction result transmitted from the result transmission unit.

  According to the present disclosure, it is possible to support efficient word learning suitable for a school desired by the user of the terminal device.

It is the schematic which shows the whole structure of the learning assistance system according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure showing the external appearance of the electronic dictionary according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of an electronic dictionary according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the input screen of the user relevant information according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the word book according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the log | history of the user relevant information according to Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a screen for setting refinement conditions according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the total result according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the other example of the total result according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a functional block diagram of an electronic dictionary and a server according to the first embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process sequence of the electronic dictionary and server according to Embodiment 1. It is a figure which shows the search history table according to Embodiment 2. It is a functional block diagram of the electronic dictionary and server according to Embodiment 2. It is a figure which shows an example of the total result according to Embodiment 2. FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention 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.

  Below, an electronic dictionary is demonstrated as an example of a terminal device. However, the terminal device is not limited to the electronic dictionary, and may be any device that stores dictionary content and has a word search function and a word registration function. For example, the terminal device may be various devices such as a smartphone and a tablet having these functions.

[Embodiment 1]
<System overview>
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of a learning support system 1 according to the first embodiment. Referring to FIG. 1, a learning support system 1 is a system for supporting word learning of each user who owns each electronic dictionary 10. Specifically, the learning support system 1 includes a plurality of electronic dictionaries 10A, 10B, 10C. For ease of explanation, in the following, when the configuration and function common to each of the electronic dictionaries 10A, 10B, and 10C are described, they are also collectively referred to as “electronic dictionary 10”. Typically, the number of electronic dictionaries 10 is defined by the number of users who use the service of the learning support system 1.

  The electronic dictionary 10 is configured to be able to communicate with the server 20 via the network 30. For example, the electronic dictionary 10 is configured to be connected to a wireless base station (not shown) such as a router using a wireless local area network (LAN) or a wired LAN, and to communicate with the server 20 via the network 30. . Note that the electronic dictionary 10 may be configured to be able to communicate with the server 20 via the network 30 by its own wireless communication connection function.

  Each electronic dictionary 10 periodically (for example, every day) transmits user-related information and a word book, which will be described later, to server 20 (sequence SQ2). Server 20 associates the user-related information and the word book transmitted from each electronic dictionary 10 with each other and stores them in the internal memory (registered word database) (sequence SQ4).

  Electronic dictionary 10A accepts an input of a narrowing condition for narrowing down words that are important (to be memorized) for the user, and transmits the narrowing condition to server 20 (sequence SQ6). Server 20 performs a predetermined tabulation process based on the registered word database and the narrow-down conditions (sequence SQ8). Server 20 transmits the counting result obtained by the counting process to electronic dictionary 10A (sequence SQ10). Electronic dictionary 10A displays the count result on the display (sequence SQ12).

<Hardware configuration>
(Electronic dictionary 10)
FIG. 2 shows an appearance of electronic dictionary 10 according to the first embodiment. Referring to FIG. 2, electronic dictionary 10 includes a touch screen 105 and a plurality of operation keys. The touch screen 105 includes a display and a touch panel. The touch panel accepts input from the user's finger, stylus pen 9 and the like.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of electronic dictionary 10 according to the first embodiment. Referring to FIG. 3, an electronic dictionary 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101 for executing a program, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 102 for storing data in a nonvolatile manner, and a RAM (for storing data in a volatile manner). Random Access Memory) 103, flash memory 104, touch screen 105, speaker 106, operation key 107 for receiving instructions from the user of the electronic dictionary 10, communication IF (Interface) 108, and IC (Integrated Circuit) A card reader / writer 109 and a power supply unit 110 are included.

  The touch screen 105 includes a display 1051 as a display device and a touch panel 1052 as an input device. Specifically, the touch screen 105 is realized by positioning and fixing a touch panel 1052 on a display 1051 (for example, a liquid crystal display). The touch screen is also referred to as a touch panel display, a display with a touch panel, or a touch panel monitor. In the touch screen 105, for example, a resistance film method or a capacitance method can be used as a touch position detection method.

  The flash memory 104 is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory. The flash memory 104 stores an operating system executed by the CPU 101, various programs, various contents, and data. The flash memory 104 stores various data such as data generated by the electronic dictionary 10 and data acquired from an external device of the electronic dictionary 10 in a volatile manner.

  The flash memory 104 stores, for example, a dictionary (dictionary) relating to various subjects (subjects) such as an English-Japanese dictionary, a Japanese-English dictionary, a Japanese history dictionary, and a world history dictionary as the content. Further, the flash memory 104 stores, for example, a word book described later as the data.

  The speaker 106 generates a sound in response to a command from the CPU 101. The communication IF 108 is an interface used for communicating with other devices. Communication IF 108 performs processing for transmitting data wirelessly and / or by wire.

  The touch panel 1052 is an input device that accepts input (touch input) using a user's finger, the stylus pen 9, and the like. The CPU 101 specifies an input position based on the output from the touch panel 1052, and performs screen display based on the specified input position.

  Each component 101-110 is mutually connected by the data bus. A memory card 1091 is attached to the IC card reader / writer 109.

  Each component which comprises the electronic dictionary 10 shown by FIG. 3 is a common thing. Therefore, it can be said that the essential part of the present invention is the software stored in the flash memory 104, the memory card 1091 and other storage media, or the software downloadable via the network.

  The recording media are not limited to DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, FD (Flexible Disk), and hard disk, but are magnetic tape, cassette tape, optical disk (MO (Magnetic Optical Disc) / MD (Mini Disc) / DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), optical card, mask ROM, EPROM (Electronically Programmable Read-Only Memory), EEPROM (Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), flash ROM, etc. . The recording medium is a non-temporary medium that can be read by the computer.

(Server 20)
The server 20 only needs to provide information processing as described below as a whole, and a known hardware configuration can be adopted. Therefore, a detailed description of the hardware configuration of the server 20 will not be given. For example, the server 20 includes a CPU for executing various processes, a memory for storing programs executed by the CPU, data, and the like, and a communication interface for transmitting and receiving various data to and from the electronic dictionary 10.

<Outline of processing>
Below, the outline | summary of the process in the learning assistance system 1 is demonstrated.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for describing a user-related information input screen 400 according to the first embodiment. Specifically, when the electronic dictionary 10 receives a user-related information registration instruction operation via the touch panel 1052, the electronic dictionary 10 displays the input screen 400 shown in FIG.

  Referring to FIG. 4, the user related information 41 includes the user's date of birth, age, school year, school (enrolled) school to which he / she is graduated, school (graduate school), gender, address, desired school (junior high school, high school, university) Etc.), deviation value, user ID, and device ID of the electronic dictionary 10. In the example of FIG. 4, the date of birth of the user is “1996/10 / **”, the age is “18 years old”, the school year is “high school 3”, the enrolled school is “H high school”, Is "F Junior High School", the gender is "Male", the address is "** Prefecture ** City", the first school is "Z University", the second school is "Y University", and the deviation is " 60 ”, the user ID is set to“ U1 ”, and the device ID is set to“ ab12 ”. The last update date of the user related information is “March 2015 **”. The electronic dictionary 10 stores the user related information 41 in the flash memory 104 when the selection of the registration button 43 is accepted.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the word book according to the first embodiment. Specifically, the word book 51 is data stored in the flash memory 104 by the word registration function in the electronic dictionary 10. Referring to FIG. 5, in one aspect, electronic dictionary 10 stores a word book 51 of English words by a word registration operation in the user's word book. Note that the word book 51 is typically created based on a user operation during browsing of an English-Japanese dictionary.

  In the word book 51, typically, identification information (word ID) of a registered word (headword), a registered word, a registration date and time of a registered word, a memorization status of the registered word, and a memorized registered word. The date and time are stored in association with each other. If the memorization status is set to “done”, it indicates that the user has memorized the registered word. If the memorization status is set to “not yet”, the user has not yet memorized the registered word. Indicates not. That is, the memorization situation is memorization identification information indicating whether or not the user memorizes the registered word. The memorization date and time is the date and time when the user memorizes the registered word and sets the memorization status to “done”. Therefore, the memorization date / time is not registered for a registered word whose memorization status is “not yet”. The electronic dictionary 10 can uniquely specify the registered word by the word ID.

  The electronic dictionary 10 periodically transmits the user related information 41 and the word book 51 to the server 20 (corresponding to the sequence SQ2 in FIG. 1). The electronic dictionary 10 may transmit the user-related information 41 and the word book 51 when at least one of the user-related information 41 and the word book 51 is updated not regularly. Further, the electronic dictionary 10 may transmit the user ID and the updated information to the server 20 instead of transmitting all the information of the user related information 41 every time.

  The server 20 associates the user related information 41 and the word book 51 and stores them in the registered word database (corresponding to the sequence SQ4 in FIG. 1). That is, the number of sets of the user related information 41 and the word book 51 stored in the registered word database of the server 20 is the same as the number of users (electronic dictionary 10). Typically, for the word book 51, the server 20 updates the word book 51 stored in the registered word database to the latest word book 51 received from the electronic dictionary 10 (overwrites it). On the other hand, the server 20 does not update the user related information 41 with the latest user related information 41 received from the electronic dictionary 10, but instead of the user related information 41 for the past predetermined years (for example, for 10 years). The history is memorized.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for describing a history of user-related information according to the first embodiment. Referring to FIG. 6, a user with a user ID “U1” (hereinafter simply referred to as “user U1”) periodically stores user-related information 41 and a word book 51 after “2012/4 / **”. 20 continues to be transmitted.

  The first and second schools of user U1 have not changed from the first year to the second year of high school, but at the beginning of the third year of high school (2014/5 / **), “Y University” and “X University” respectively. ”And at the end of the third year of high school (2015/3 / **), it changed to“ Z University ”and“ Y University ”. Note that the update date “2015/3 / **” next to the update date “2015/3 / **” is that the user U1 is in the first year of university, so the update date “2015/3 / **”. Will be the last update date of the third year of high school. From this, the final first school is identified as “University Z” and the second school is identified as “Y University”. Further, since the enrolled school is “Z University”, it can be seen that the user U1 has passed the first desired school.

  The server 20 does not need to store all the history of user-related information periodically transmitted from the electronic dictionary 10, but stores the history for each reference period (for example, every week). It may be configured.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a narrowing-down condition setting screen 600 according to the first embodiment. Specifically, when the electronic dictionary 10 receives a setting instruction operation for a condition (squeezing condition) for narrowing down words to be memorized by the user via the touch panel 1052, the electronic dictionary 10 displays the setting screen 600 shown in FIG. To display. Here, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that a narrowing condition is set according to an instruction from the user A of the electronic dictionary 10 </ b> A, and the narrowing condition is transmitted to the server 20. Further, it is assumed that the user A is currently in a second year of high school and uses a service provided by the learning support system 1 for managing a word learning schedule for the university entrance examination.

  With reference to FIG. 7, the narrowing-down conditions are conditions for narrowing down words that are important for user A. Specifically, the narrowing-down conditions include at least a target period specified by the user and conditions regarding the desired school (hereinafter simply referred to as “desired school conditions”). The target period is a period indicating in which period a word registered as a word to be memorized by the user A is a target. The narrowing-down conditions include a condition relating to the number of registered users, a condition relating to the memorization rate, a display condition for registered words in the word book, and a display condition for memorized words. The setting screen 600 displays the current date and the elapsed time from the reference time. Specifically, it is displayed that the current date is “2016/7 / **” and the elapsed time is “16th month”. In this example, the user A sets the reference time to April of the first year of high school (that is, April 2015 is “the first month”). Therefore, the elapsed time is displayed as “16th month”.

  A selection window 62 is displayed as the user A selects the target period in the input field 61. The user A selects any one of the current month, next month, this year, and graduation from the selection window 62 as the target period. The past period, for example, last month, last month, last year, or the like may be selected as the target period, or April in the first year of high school, one year in the second year of high school, or the like. It may be. Alternatively, the user A may directly input a desired target period (for example, January to March in the third year of high school) in the input field 65.

  Further, the selection window 64 is displayed in accordance with the selection operation to the input column 63 of the final desired school by the user A. From the selection window 64, the user A selects the users who are “same” as the user A for the final school or the users who are “same level” as the user A for the final school. Select whether or not. The “same level” school refers to a school having a deviation value within a predetermined range based on the deviation value of the school desired by the user A by using deviation value information of each school determined in advance. is there. For example, when the deviation value of the school desired by the user A is “55” and the predetermined range is “within 1”, the school whose deviation value is “54 to 56” is the “same level” school.

  In addition, the user A inputs a condition input field 71 for the number of registered users, a condition input field 73 for a memorization rate, a condition input field 75 for displaying registered words, and a condition input field 77 for displaying memorized words. To do. Then, when the user A selects the setting button 69, the electronic dictionary 10A transmits a narrowing condition to the server 20 (corresponding to the sequence SQ6 in FIG. 1).

  When the server 20 narrows down words to be memorized by the user A based on the narrowing-down conditions, the server 20 first extracts users who satisfy the desired school condition. Referring to FIG. 7, when the target period is “this month” and the final desired school is “same”, the server 20 refers to the history of each user related information stored in the registered word database, A user whose final desired school is “same” as the desired school of user A is extracted. Specifically, referring to the history of each user-related information, the desired school included in the user-related information 41 updated at the end of the third year of high school (for example, “Z University” in the case of the user U1, see FIG. 6) However, the user who is “same” as the user A's desired school is extracted.

  For example, assuming that 700 users are extracted, the server 20 determines each registered word (words T1 to Tn) included in each word book corresponding to the 700 users at the 16th month (7 years in high school 2nd year). The number of users who registered the registered word is counted in (month).

  In addition, the server 20 memorized the registered word in the 16th month (July 2nd year of high school) with reference to the memorized date and time for each registered word included in each word book corresponding to the 700 users. The number of users (number of memorized users in FIG. 8 described later) is also counted. Furthermore, the server 20 also calculates the ratio of users who memorize each registered word to the users who registered each registered word in the 16th month (the memorization rate in FIG. 8 described later). Then, server 20 transmits the counting result to electronic dictionary 10A (corresponding to sequence SQ10 in FIG. 1).

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a tabulation result according to the first embodiment. Referring to FIG. 8, words Tk1, Tk2, Tk3, Tk4, etc. are registered in April of the second year of high school. For example, for the word Tk1, the number of people who registered the word (registered number) is “500”, the number of people who memorized the word (memorized number) is “25”, and the memorization rate of the word is “5”. % ".

  Further, the server 20 determines whether the number of registered users included in the narrowing-down condition, the memorization rate condition, the registered word display condition, and the memorized word display condition are the 16th month (7 years in high school 2nd year). The total result for each registered word registered during the month is transmitted.

  In the narrowing-down condition shown in FIG. 7, the plurality of words Tk1 to Tk4 (hereinafter, word group G) satisfy the condition that the registered number is “50” or more and the memorization rate is “5%” or more. In addition, the display conditions of the registered word and the memorized word are both set to “display”. Therefore, the server 20 transmits the count result of the word group G to the electronic dictionary 10A. For example, if the registered number of the word Tk3 is “30”, the above condition is not satisfied, and therefore the total result for a plurality of words Tk1, Tk2, Tk4 other than the word Tk3 is transmitted to the electronic dictionary 10A. Is done.

  If the display condition of the registered word (and the memorized word) is set to “non-display”, the server 20 refers to the word book 51 corresponding to the electronic dictionary 10A (user A). Then, it is determined whether or not each word in the word group G has been registered (and memorized), and the result of counting the words that are not registered (memorized) in the word group G is transmitted to the electronic dictionary 10A. .

  Further, when the display condition of the registered word (and memorized word) is set to “display mode change”, the server 20 is registered with the registered (memorized) word (not memorized). A flag that can be distinguished from a word) is associated with each word of the word group G, and the total result of each word is transmitted to the electronic dictionary 10A. Thus, the electronic dictionary 10A can change the display form (font, color, etc.) of each word according to whether or not each word has been registered (memorized), and display the counting result on the display 1051. it can.

  As described above, the user A confirms the aggregation result transmitted from the server 20, so that a past user whose final school is the same school (or the same level) as his / her own school is confirmed in April of the second year of high school. You can see what words are mainly registered and memorized. In the example of FIG. 8, it is recommended that the user A registers words Tk1 to Tk4 having a relatively large number of registered persons at least during this month (in July of the second year of high school).

  Note that, depending on the user, in order to obtain a more accurate tabulation result, the final desired school is the same (or the same level) and not the user's word book where the final desired school is the same (or the same level), and actually In addition, there may be a need to confirm the total result for the word book of the user who has passed the final desired school. Therefore, the server 20 refers to the history of each user-related information, the final school is the same as the enrolled school (that is, the final school is passed), and the final school is the same (or the same as the user A's school). Level)) may be extracted. Then, for each registered word included in each word book corresponding to each extracted user, the server 20 counts the number of users who have registered the registered word within the target period.

  In addition, in order to plan a word learning schedule for high school three years, I want to check the results for every predetermined period (for example, one month) within the period from April in the first year of high school to March in the third year of high school. The needs can also be considered. In this case, the server 20 executes a totaling process of the number of users who registered the registered words within the target period for each period. For example, the tabulation results for each month from April in the first year of high school to March in the third year of high school are expressed as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 9 shows another example of the tabulation result according to the first embodiment. Here, for ease of explanation, it is assumed that only the total number of registered persons of each word T1 to Tn is shown. As shown in FIG. 8, it goes without saying that the total number of memorized numbers and the memorized rate of each word T1 to Tn may be shown.

  The server 20 refers to the history of each user-related information, and extracts users whose final desired school is “same” as the user A's desired school. For each registered word (words T1 to Tn) included in each word book corresponding to each extracted user, the server 20 stores the registered word from April 1st high school to March 3rd high school (target period). The number of registered users is tabulated every month. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the word T1 has a registered number of “2000” in April of the first year of high school, but gradually decreases to “100” in April of the third year of high school. It has become. From this, by confirming the tabulation results, the user A can grasp that the word T1 is a relatively simple word that should be learned (registered and memorized) at the beginning of the first year of high school.

  On the other hand, for example, for the word Tn, the number of registered people is “1” in April of the first year of high school, but the number of registered people is “400” in April of the third year of high school. It is increasing. From this, the user A can grasp that the word Tn is a relatively difficult word to be learned around the beginning of the third year of high school.

<Functional configuration>
FIG. 10 is a functional block diagram of electronic dictionary 10 and server 20 according to the first embodiment. Referring to FIG. 10, electronic dictionary 10 includes a user-related information input unit 202, a condition input unit 206, a terminal transmission unit 208, a terminal reception unit 210, and a notification unit 212 as main functional configurations. . These functions are typically realized by the CPU 101 of the electronic dictionary 10 executing a program stored in the flash memory 104 (or ROM 102). Note that some or all of these functional configurations may be realized by hardware. The electronic dictionary 10 further includes a word book storage unit 204 realized by the flash memory 104.

  The server 20 includes an extraction processing unit 301 and a server reception unit 302 as main functional configurations. These functions are typically realized by the CPU of the server 20 executing a program stored in a memory (ROM, hard disk, etc.). Note that some or all of these functional configurations may be realized by hardware. The server 20 further includes a registered word database 304 realized by a memory.

  The user related information input unit 202 of the electronic dictionary 10 receives input of user related information via an input device (touch panel 1052 or operation key 107). Specifically, the user related information input unit 202 receives input of various types of information from the user on the user related information input screen 400 (see FIG. 4). The user-related information includes at least user identification information (user ID) in the electronic dictionary 10 and the user's desired school.

The word book storage unit 204 stores the word book 51 as shown in FIG.
The condition input unit 206 receives input of a narrowing condition for narrowing down words that are important for the user of the electronic dictionary 10 via the input device. Specifically, the condition input unit 206 accepts input of various conditions by the user on the narrow-down condition setting screen 600 (see FIG. 7). The narrowing-down condition includes at least a target period specified by the user and a desired school condition related to the desired school.

  The terminal transmission unit 208 transmits user-related information, a word book, and a narrowing condition to the server 20 via the communication IF 108. Specifically, the terminal transmission unit 208 transmits user-related information and a word book regularly (or when information is updated). Further, the terminal transmission unit 208 transmits the narrowing-down conditions when setting conditions (when the setting button 69 is selected on the setting screen 600). Note that the terminal transmission unit 208 may be configured to simultaneously transmit user-related information, a word book, and a narrowing-down condition to the server 20.

  The server reception unit 302 of the server 20 receives user-related information, a word book, and a narrowing-down condition from each electronic dictionary 10 via the communication IF. The server reception unit 302 stores the user-related information received from each electronic dictionary 10 and the word book in the registered word database 304 in association with each other. That is, the word book is managed by the server 20 for each user (electronic dictionary 10).

  Typically, the server receiving unit 302 updates each word book 51 corresponding to each electronic dictionary 10 stored in the registered word database 304 to the latest word book 51 received from each electronic dictionary 10. The server reception unit 302 sequentially stores each user related information 41 in time series. Thereby, the registered word database 304 stores the history data of the user related information 41 for the past predetermined years (for example, for 10 years). In addition, the server reception unit 302 outputs the narrow-down condition received from the electronic dictionary 10 to the extraction processing unit 301.

  Based on the registered word database 304, the extraction processing unit 301 transmits an extraction result having registered words included in a word book corresponding to one or more users who satisfy the desired school condition to the electronic dictionary 10. Specifically, the extraction processing unit 301 includes an extraction unit 303, a totaling unit 306, and a server transmission unit 308.

  The extraction unit 303 refers to the history (for example, FIG. 6) of each user related information 41 stored in the registered word database 304, and extracts one or more users that satisfy the desired school condition.

  More specifically, the extraction unit 303 specifies the final desired school of each user corresponding to each user related information 41 based on the history of each user related information 41, and the desired school of the user of the electronic dictionary 10 is the final desired school as the desired school conditions. One or more users that satisfy the condition of matching are extracted. Here, the final desired school is a desired school included in the user-related information last updated in a predetermined period. The predetermined period includes one year of an academic year in preparation for an entrance examination at a high school, a university, etc. (for example, one year at the third year of high school, one year at the third year of middle school, etc.).

  Further, the extraction unit 303 identifies the final desired school of each user corresponding to each user related information and the current school (current school) based on the history of each user related information, and the final desired school is registered as a desired school condition. One or more users may be extracted that match the school (that is, pass the final desired school) and satisfy the condition that the user's desired school of the electronic dictionary 10 matches the final desired school.

  The counting unit 306 counts the number of users who registered the registered word within the target period among the one or more users for each registered word included in each word book corresponding to the extracted one or more users. Execute. Further, the totaling unit 306 further executes a totaling process of the number of users who memorized the registered word within the target period based on the memorized date and time of each registered word included in each word book corresponding to one or more users. To do. Note that the totaling unit 306 may total the number of users who have registered (memorized) the registered word within the target period for each predetermined period.

  The server transmission unit 308 transmits the aggregation result of the aggregation unit 306 (corresponding to the extraction result by the extraction processing unit 301) to the electronic dictionary 10. In one aspect, for each registered word included in each word book corresponding to the one or more users, the server transmission unit 308 determines that the number of users who registered the registered word within the target period is equal to or greater than the reference number. The count result for the registered word is transmitted to the electronic dictionary 10. The reference number of people corresponds to the number of registered users on the narrow-down condition setting screen 600 and is determined by the user.

  The terminal reception unit 210 of the electronic dictionary 10 receives the aggregation result transmitted from the server 20 via the communication IF 108.

  The notification unit 212 notifies the user of the electronic dictionary 10 of the aggregation result received by the terminal reception unit 210 (extraction result by the extraction processing unit 301). Specifically, the notification unit 212 causes the display 1051 to display the counting result. Or the alerting | reporting part 212 outputs an audio | voice as a total result via the speaker 106. FIG.

<Processing procedure>
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing procedure of electronic dictionary 10 and server 20 according to the first embodiment. The following steps of the electronic dictionary 10 are realized by the CPU 101 of the electronic dictionary 10 executing a program stored in the memory. The following steps executed by the server 20 are realized by the CPU of the server 20 executing a program stored in the memory.

  Referring to FIG. 11, electronic dictionary 10 receives input of user-related information 41 via touch panel 1052 (step S10). The electronic dictionary 10 transmits the user related information 41 and the word book 51 to the server 20 via the communication IF 108 (step S12).

  The server 20 receives the user related information 41 and the word book 51 from the electronic dictionary 10 via the communication IF (step S50). The server 20 stores the user related information 41 and the word book 51 in a memory (registered word database) in association with each other.

  The electronic dictionary 10 determines whether or not an input of a narrowing condition has been accepted (step S14). If the input is not accepted (NO in step S14), the electronic dictionary 10 repeats the process of step S14. If the input is accepted (YES in step S14), the electronic dictionary 10 transmits the narrowing condition to the server 20 via the communication IF 108 (step S16).

  The server 20 receives the narrow-down condition from the electronic dictionary 10 via the communication IF (step S52). The server 20 executes a counting process for each registered word based on the registered word database and the narrowing-down conditions (step S54). The server 20 transmits the counting result (for example, the counting result as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9) to the electronic dictionary 10 via the communication IF (step S56).

  The electronic dictionary 10 receives the counting result via the communication IF (step S18). The electronic dictionary 10 displays the count result on the display 1051 (step S20), and ends the process.

<Advantages>
According to the first embodiment, it is possible to accurately grasp what word a person who has taken the exam (successful person) who has taken the same aspiring school as his / herself has registered (memorized) at what timing. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately make a word learning plan for passing the school of choice.

[Embodiment 2]
In the first embodiment described above, the configuration in which the server 20 executes the aggregation process for each registered word registered within the target period has been described. In the second embodiment, a configuration will be described in which the server 20 further executes a tabulation process for each search word searched within the target period.

  FIG. 12 shows a search history table according to the second embodiment. Specifically, the search history table 81 is data stored in the flash memory 104 by the word search function in the electronic dictionary 10. Referring to FIG. 12, in one aspect, electronic dictionary 10 stores English word search history table 81 by a user's word search operation. The search history table 81 is typically created based on a user operation during browsing of an English-Japanese dictionary.

  In the search history table 81, typically, identification information of the searched word (search word), the search word, and the date and time (search date and time) when the search word was searched are stored in association with each other. Typically, the search date is the date when the search word is searched for the first time. The electronic dictionary 10 can uniquely specify the search word based on the identification information.

  FIG. 13 is a functional block diagram of electronic dictionary 10 and server 20 according to the second embodiment. The functional configuration of electronic dictionary 10 according to the second embodiment is obtained by adding search history table storage unit 214 to the functional configuration of electronic dictionary 10 in FIG. The functional configuration of the server 20 according to the second embodiment is obtained by adding a search history database 310 to the functional configuration of the server 20 shown in FIG. Therefore, detailed description of the functional configurations similar to those of the first embodiment is not repeated among the functional configurations of the electronic dictionary 10 and the server 20 according to the second embodiment.

  The search history table storage unit 214 stores a search history table 81 as shown in FIG.

  The terminal transmission unit 208 transmits the user related information 41, the word book 51, the filtering condition, and the search history table 81 to the server 20 via the communication IF 108. Typically, the terminal transmission unit 208 periodically transmits the search history table 81 to the server 20. Note that the terminal transmission unit 208 may transmit the search history table 81 when the search history table 81 is updated (that is, a word is searched) instead of periodically. Note that the terminal transmission unit 208 may transmit the search history table 81 at different timings with the user-related information 41, the word book 51, and the narrowing-down conditions, or at the same time.

  The server receiving unit 302 stores the user related information 41 received from each electronic dictionary 10 and the search history table 81 in association with each other in the search history database 310. The server reception unit 302 stores each user related information 41 in the search history database 310 sequentially in time series. Thereby, the history data of the user related information 41 for the past predetermined years (for example, for 10 years) is stored in the search history database 310. The search history table 81 is managed by the server 20 for each user (electronic dictionary 10).

  Based on the search history database 310, the extraction processing unit 301 transmits to the electronic dictionary 10 extraction results having search words included in the search history table 81 corresponding to one or more users who satisfy the desired school condition.

  Specifically, the extraction unit 303 refers to the history of each user-related information 41 stored in the search history database 310 and extracts one or more users that satisfy the desired school condition. The extraction method is the same as the method described above in the description of FIG. 10, for example.

  For each search word included in the search history table 81 corresponding to the extracted one or more users, the totaling unit 306 totals the number of users who searched the search word within the target period among the one or more users. Execute the process. For example, when the target period is “this month”, a tabulation result as shown in FIG. 14 is obtained.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the tabulation result according to the second embodiment. Compared with the total result shown in FIG. 8, an item of the number of search persons is added to the total result shown in FIG. Specifically, in July (16th month) of the second year of high school, words Tk1 to Tk4 and the like are registered and searched. For example, for the word Tk1, the registered number is “500”, the memorized number is “25”, the memorized rate is “5%”, and the number of searches is “600”. Typically, when a user searches for a word, the word is automatically registered in the search history table. Thereafter, when the user performs an operation for registering the word in the word book, the word is registered in the word book. Therefore, basically, the number of searchers is greater than the number of registered people.

  By confirming the total results, the user can grasp which words were registered and searched in the second year of high school in July (16th month) by past users who had the same final school. .

<Advantages>
According to the second embodiment, since a word that has been searched but is not registered in the word book can also be grasped, the user can prevent omission of memorizing the word with higher accuracy.

[Embodiment 3]
It is also possible to provide a program that causes a computer to function and execute control as described in the first and second embodiments. Such a program is recorded on a non-temporary computer-readable recording medium such as a flexible disk attached to the computer, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory), a ROM, a RAM, and a memory card as a program product. It can also be provided. Alternatively, the program can be provided by being recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk built in the computer. A program can also be provided by downloading via a network.

  The program may be a program module that is provided as a part of an operating system (OS) of a computer and that calls necessary modules in a predetermined arrangement at a predetermined timing to execute processing. In that case, the program itself does not include the module, and the process is executed in cooperation with the OS. A program that does not include such a module can also be included in the program according to the present embodiment.

  Further, the program according to the present embodiment may be provided by being incorporated in a part of another program. Even in this case, the program itself does not include the module included in the other program, and the process is executed in cooperation with the other program. A program incorporated in such another program can also be included in the program according to the present embodiment.

[Other embodiments]
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the registered word and the search word are English words has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the registered word and the search word may be a Japanese history word, a world history word, or a word in a language other than English.

  In the above-described embodiment, it is explained that the final desired school is the desired school included in the user-related information last updated in a predetermined period (one year of a school year in which high school and university entrance examinations are awaited). However, it is not limited to this. For example, the latest desired school may be defined as the final desired school with reference to the history of user-related information.

  In the above-described embodiment, the date of birth, age, and school year included in the user-related information do not necessarily have to be input all, and may be configured to be partially calculated. For example, the age may be calculated based on the date of birth and the current date and time. Basically, when a certain date (for example, April 1 in Japan) is reached, the school year rises, so the school year is calculated based on the date of birth and the current date and time. Also good.

  In the above-described embodiment, as an example of the extraction result, a configuration in which a count result (FIGS. 8, 9 and the like) including a registered word in the target period and the number of users who registered the registered word is transmitted to the electronic dictionary 10 is configured. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration. For example, the extraction processing unit 301 is configured to transmit only the registered words registered in the target period (for example, only the words Tk1 to Tk4) to the electronic dictionary 10 as the extraction result without performing the counting process of the number of persons. Also good. Even in this case, the user of the electronic dictionary 10 confirms the extraction result transmitted from the server 20, so that past users who satisfy the desired school conditions (the same desired school as the final desired school, etc.) You can see what words were registered in

  In the search history table shown in FIG. 12 of the above-described embodiment, in addition to the search word identification information, the search word, and the search date, the memorization situation and the memorization date shown in FIG. 5 may be included. Good. In this case, the user can search for a word and set a memorization situation (whether or not the search word is memorized), and the setting contents are reflected in the memorization situation and the memorization date and time. Accordingly, since the user can set the memorization status of the word without registering the word, the memorization status of the user's word can be accurately reflected.

  The configuration illustrated as the above-described embodiment is an example of the configuration of the present invention, and can be combined with another known technique, and a part of the configuration is omitted without departing from the gist of the present invention. It is also possible to change the configuration.

  In the above-described embodiment, the processing and configuration described in the other embodiments and the processing and configuration described in the modification may be appropriately adopted and implemented.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention 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 learning support system, 10 electronic dictionary, 20 server, 41 user related information, 43 registration button, 30 network, 51 word book, 61, 63, 65 entry field, 62, 64 selection window, 69 setting button, 71, 73, 75, 77 Condition input field, 81 Search history table, 101 CPU, 102 ROM, 104 Flash memory, 105 Touch screen, 106 Speaker, 107 Operation key, 109 Card reader / writer, 110 Power supply unit, 202 User related information input unit, 204 Word book storage unit 206 Condition input unit 208 Terminal transmission unit 210 Terminal reception unit 212 Notification unit 214 Search history table storage unit 301 Extraction processing unit 302 Server reception unit 303 Extraction unit 304 Registered word database 306 total Unit, 308 server transmission unit, 310 search history database, 400 input screen, 600 setting screen, 1051 display, 1052 touch panel, 1091 memory card.

Claims (5)

A learning support system comprising a server and a learning terminal device configured to be able to communicate with the server,
The terminal device
A user-related information input unit that receives input of user-related information including the identification information of the user of the terminal device and the user's desired school;
A condition input unit for receiving an input of a narrowing condition including a target period specified by the user and a desired school condition regarding the desired school;
An information transmission unit that transmits the user related information, a word book having a registration word to the terminal device and a registration date and time of the registration word, and the filtering condition to the server;
The server
For each of the plurality of terminal devices, a registered word database that is transmitted by the terminal device and stores the word book and the user-related information in association with each other,
An extraction processing unit that transmits, based on the registered word database, an extraction result having registered words included in the word book corresponding to one or more users that satisfy the desired school condition, to the terminal device;
The terminal device
The learning support system further includes a notification unit that notifies the user of the extraction result transmitted from the extraction processing unit. A server configured to be able to communicate with a learning terminal device,
Identification information of the user of the terminal device and user related information including the user's desired school, a target period specified by the user and a narrowing condition having a desired school condition regarding the desired school, a registered word and the registration to the terminal device A server receiver for receiving a word book having a registration date and time of the word from the terminal device;
For each of the plurality of terminal devices, a registered word database that is transmitted by the terminal device and stores the word book and the user-related information in association with each other,
A server comprising: an extraction processing unit that transmits an extraction result having registered words included in the word book corresponding to one or more users who satisfy the desired school condition based on the registered word database to the terminal device.   The extraction processing unit specifies a final desired school of each user corresponding to each of the user related information based on a history of each of the user related information, and a condition that the desired school of the user matches the final desired school as the desired school condition The server according to claim 2, wherein the one or more users satisfying the condition are extracted. The user related information further includes a school to which the user belongs,
The extraction processing unit identifies the final desired school and the affiliated school of each user corresponding to each of the user-related information based on the history of each of the user-related information, and the final desired school matches the affiliated school as the desired school condition. 3. The server according to claim 2, wherein the one or more users who satisfy the condition that the school desired by the user matches the final school desired are extracted. A learning terminal device configured to be able to communicate with a server,
A user-related information input unit that receives input of user-related information including the identification information of the user of the terminal device and the user's desired school;
A condition input unit for receiving an input of a narrowing condition including a target period specified by the user and a desired school condition regarding the desired school;
An information transmission unit that transmits the user-related information, a word book having a registration word to the terminal device and a registration date and time of the registration word, and the narrowing condition to the server;
The word corresponding to one or more users that satisfy the desired school condition extracted by the server based on a registered word database that stores the word book and the user-related information associated with each other and transmitted from each of the plurality of terminal devices. An information receiving unit for receiving an extraction result having a registered word included in the word book;
A terminal device comprising: a notification unit that notifies the user of the terminal device of the extraction result.

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