JP2020135354A - Server control method, server, and server control program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a menu generation system that provides users with replacement templates appropriately generated from a template based on additional terms designated by the users.SOLUTION: A server 2 connectable to a terminal 4 and a storage unit 3 storing a template master defining a template including a plurality of variable elements made up of one or more terms and a term master associating the degree of association with each other term for each of a plurality of terms is controlled to transmit the template to the terminal in response to a request from the terminal, receive an additional term from the terminal, identify a variable element having a large degree of association with the received additional term as a replacement candidate variable element in the term master among the plurality of variable elements included in the template, generate a replacement template by replacing the replacement candidate variable element included in the template with the additional term, and transmit the generated replacement template to the terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a server control method, a server, and a server control program.

There is known a menu generation system that makes it possible to easily generate a menu name in a foreign language so that the restaurant can provide the menu in the restaurant in a foreign language to foreigners who use the restaurant.

For example, in Patent Document 1, a menu is specified by selecting a genre, an ingredient, and a seasoning, and a foreign language name corresponding to the specified genre, the ingredient, and the seasoning is combined to accurately describe the menu in a foreign language. It is stated that the text information of the menu attribute is provided.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2017-182355

In the menu generation system exemplified in Patent Document 1, a part of the stored template is defined as a variable element, and by replacing this variable element, a new menu name or translation of the menu description can be created. In some cases. For example, suppose that "beef" is defined as a variable element in the template "thick sliced beef grilled dish" corresponding to the menu name "beef steak". By changing the variable element "beef" of this template to "Agu pork", the description "Thick sliced Agu pork roasted dish" can be generated.

However, for example, in the explanation template "Cooking thinly sliced meat or fish dipped in boiling water or soup stock and eating with sauce", "meat or fish" and "hot water or soup stock" corresponding to the menu name "Shabu-shabu" Is defined as a variable element. At this time, the menu generation system cannot appropriately determine which of the plurality of defined variable elements should be changed by simply adding the term "Agu pig".

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a server control method, a server, and a server control program capable of providing a user with a replacement template appropriately generated from a template based on additional terms specified by the user. And.

The server control method according to the present invention is a control method for a server that can be connected to a storage unit and a terminal, and the storage unit defines a template including a plurality of variable elements composed of one or more terms. The template master and the term master that associates the degree of association with each other term based on the degree of similarity of the concept with each other term for each of the plurality of terms are stored, and the server responds to the request from the terminal. The template specified in the template master is sent to the terminal, additional terms for replacing the variable elements included in the template are received from the terminal, and among the multiple variable elements included in the template, the additional terms received in the term master. A variable element that has a high degree of relevance to is specified as a replacement candidate variable element, a replacement template is generated by replacing the replacement candidate variable element included in the template with an additional term, and the generated replacement template is sent to the terminal. including.

Further, in the control method according to the present invention, the degree of relevance is preferably a value determined for each of a plurality of terms according to the order in which the other terms are arranged based on the degree of similarity of the concepts.

Further, in the control method according to the present invention, the degree of relevance is preferably a value determined for each of a plurality of terms according to the distance in the concept of each of the other terms.

Further, in the control method according to the present invention, the term master associates a plurality of terms with a plurality of categories which are a group defined based on the degree of similarity of concepts, and the server specifically associates a plurality of categories with which additional terms are associated. It is preferable to determine that a variable element associated with the same category as is a variable element that is more relevant to the additional term than a variable element that is not associated with the same category as the category to which the additional term is associated.

Further, in the control method according to the present invention, the server determines, in particular, a variable element associated with more categories among the categories to which the additional term is associated is a variable element having a greater degree of association with the additional term. Is preferable.

Further, in the control method according to the present invention, it is preferable that a plurality of categories are positioned in any one of two or more layers forming a tree structure in the term master.

Further, in the control method according to the present invention, the server specifically makes a variable element associated with a category located in a higher or lower hierarchy of a category to which an additional term is associated than a variable element associated with another category. It is preferable to determine that the degree of relevance to the additional term is large.

Further, in the control method according to the present invention, the server determines that the variable element associated with the category having a smaller number of hierarchies when tracing from the category to which the additional term is associated has a greater degree of association with the additional term. It is preferable to do so.

Further, in the control method according to the present invention, the server identifies a plurality of substitution candidate variable elements, generates a plurality of substitution templates in which each of the plurality of substitution candidate conversion elements is replaced by additional terms, and a plurality of generated substitution templates. Is sent to the terminal, the replacement candidate variable element selection information corresponding to any one of the plurality of replacement templates is received from the terminal, and based on the received replacement candidate variable element selection information, the replacement candidate variable element selection information is used. It is preferable to vary the degree of association between the corresponding term and the additional term.

The server according to the present invention is a server that can be connected to a storage unit and a terminal, and the storage unit includes a template master in which a template containing a plurality of terms as variable elements is defined, and another term for each of the plurality of terms. A term master that associates the degree of relevance of other terms based on the degree of similarity of the concept with each term, and a template transmitter that stores the template specified in the template master in response to a request from the terminal and sends the template to the terminal. An additional term receiver that receives additional terms to replace the variable elements included in the template from the terminal, and a variable element that has a high degree of relevance to the received additional terms in the term master among the multiple variable elements included in the template. The replacement candidate variable element identification part that specifies the replacement candidate variable element, the replacement template generation part that generates a replacement template by replacing the replacement candidate variable element included in the template with additional terms, and the generated replacement template to the terminal. It includes a replacement template transmission unit for transmission.

The server control program according to the present invention is a server control program that can be connected to a storage unit and a terminal, and the storage unit includes a template master in which a template containing a plurality of terms as variable elements is defined, and a plurality of templates. For each term, a term master that associates the relevance of each other term based on the degree of similarity of the concept with each other term is stored, and the template specified in the template master in response to the request from the terminal is stored in the server. To the terminal, receive additional terms from the terminal to replace the variable elements included in the template, and of the multiple variable elements included in the template, the variable that has a high degree of relevance to the received additional terms in the term master. The element is specified as a replacement candidate variable element, a replacement template is generated by replacing the replacement candidate variable element included in the template with an additional term, and the generated replacement template is sent to the terminal to execute the process.

According to the present invention, the server can be controlled to provide the user with a replacement template appropriately generated from the template based on the additional term specified by the user.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the operation outline of the menu generation system. It is a schematic diagram which shows the schematic structure of the menu generation system. It is a schematic diagram which shows the schematic structure of a server. It is a schematic diagram which shows the schematic structure of the storage device. It is a figure which shows the example of the template master. It is a figure which shows the example of the term master. It is a figure which shows the example of associating a term with a category in a term master. It is a figure which shows the example of the tree structure of a category. It is a schematic diagram which shows the schematic structure of the terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the additional term designation screen. It is a figure which shows the example of the replacement template display screen. It is an operation sequence diagram of a menu generation system.

Hereinafter, the server control method, the server, and the server control program will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the drawings or embodiments described below.

In the menu generation system of the present disclosure, the server transmits a template including a plurality of variable elements composed of one or more terms to the terminal. The terminal accepts input of additional terms from the user who referred to the template and sends the additional terms to the server. When the server receives the additional term from the terminal, the server identifies the replacement candidate variable element from the plurality of variable elements included in the template. Then, the server generates a replacement template by replacing the replacement candidate variable element with an additional term and sends it to the terminal. Thereby, the menu generation system of the present disclosure can provide the user with a replacement template appropriately generated from the template based on the additional term specified by the user.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an outline of operation of the menu generation system 1.

The menu generation system 1 includes a server 2, a storage device 3, a terminal 4, and a network 5. In the menu generation system 1, the server 2 is connected to the storage device 3 and is connected to the terminal 4 via the network 5.

The template master and the term master are stored in the storage device 3 connected to the server 2. The template master is defined by a template that includes a plurality of variable elements composed of one or more terms. The term master associates a plurality of terms with each other term based on the degree of concept similarity with each other term.

In the present specification, the template is a description of the dish. The description of a dish includes elements such as ingredients, seasonings, and cooking method. By substituting these elements with other terms, new cooking descriptions can be generated based on existing templates.

The server 2 first transmits the template to the terminal 4. The server 2 may transmit the template to the terminal in response to the template transmission request received from the terminal 4. In the example of FIG. 1, the server 2 transmits, as a template, "a dish in which thinly sliced [meat or fish] is quickly passed through [hot water or soup stock] and eaten with sauce" to the terminal 4. This template contains two variable elements [meat and fish] and [hot water and soup stock].

The terminal 4 that has received the template displays the additional term designation screen 100 and accepts the input of the additional term by the user. In the example of FIG. 1, when the user who has input the additional term "Agu pig" operates the send button, the terminal 4 transmits the additional term "Agu pig" to the server 2.

When the server 2 receives the additional term, among the variable elements included in the template, the term master specifies the variable element having a high degree of relevance to the received additional term as the replacement candidate variable element. In the example of FIG. 1, in the term master, the degree of association between the additional term “Agu pork” and the variable element “meat and fish” is 90, and the relationship between the additional term “Agu pork” and the variable element “hot water and soup stock”. The degree is 20. In the example of FIG. 1, the degree of relevance is a numerical value from 0 to 100, and a large numerical value of the degree of relevance indicates that the relevance is strong. Since the degree of association between the additional term "Agu pig" and the variable element "meat and fish" is greater than the degree of association between the additional term "Agu pig" and the variable element "hot water and soup stock", the variable element "meat and fish" Is specified as a replacement candidate variable element.

Next, the server 2 replaces the replacement candidate variable element included in the template with additional terms to generate a replacement template. In the example of FIG. 1, the server 2 adds the replacement candidate variable element "meat and fish" in the template "a dish in which thinly sliced [meat and fish] are quickly passed through [hot water and soup stock] and eaten with sauce". Replaced by the term "Agu pig". As a result, a replacement template "a dish in which thinly sliced Agu pork is quickly dipped in boiling water or soup stock and eaten with sauce" is generated.

The server 2 transmits the generated replacement template to the terminal 4. The terminal 4 that has received the replacement template displays the replacement template.

As described above, the menu generation system 1 including the server 2 according to the present embodiment can provide the user with a replacement template appropriately generated from the template based on the additional term specified by the user.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of the menu generation system 1.

The menu generation system 1 includes a server 2, a storage device 3, a terminal 4, and a network 5. In the menu generation system 1, the server 2 is connected to the storage device 3 and is connected to the terminal 4 via the network 5.

The network 5 connects the server 2 and the terminal 4 so as to be communicable. The network 5 is, for example, the Internet on which communication by TCP / IP (Transport Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) is performed. Devices that communicate via network 5 are connected by wire or wirelessly. The wireless connection may be, for example, a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) connection such as IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11ac. The wireless connection may also be a wireless WAN (Wide Area Network) connection such as a 4G (4th Generation) line.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of the server 2.

The server 2 connects to the storage device 3 and the terminal 4, generates a replacement template based on the additional term received from the terminal 4, and transmits the replacement template to the terminal 4. Therefore, the server 2 includes a server communication unit 21, a server storage unit 22, and a server processing unit 23.

The server communication unit 21 has a communication interface circuit for connecting the server 2 to the network 5. The server communication unit 21 supplies the data received from the terminal 4 to the server processing unit 23. Further, the server communication unit 21 transmits the data supplied from the server processing unit 23 to the terminal 4 or the like.

The server storage unit 22 has, for example, at least one of a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk device, and an optical disk device. The server storage unit 22 stores driver programs, operating system programs, application programs, data, and the like used for processing by the server processing unit 23. For example, the server storage unit 22 stores a communication device driver program or the like that controls the server communication unit 21 as a driver program. The various programs may be installed in the server storage unit 22 from a computer-readable portable recording medium using a known setup program or the like. The computer-readable portable recording medium is, for example, a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory), a DVD-ROM (DVD Read-Only Memory), or the like.

The server processing unit 23 includes one or more processors and peripheral circuits thereof. The server processing unit 23 comprehensively controls the overall operation of the server 2, and is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The server processing unit 23 controls the operation of the server communication unit 21 and the like so that various processes of the server 2 are executed by appropriate means based on the program and the like stored in the server storage unit 22. The server processing unit 23 executes processing based on a program (operating system program, driver program, application program, etc.) stored in the server storage unit 22. Further, the server processing unit 23 can execute a plurality of programs (application programs and the like) in parallel.

The server processing unit 23 includes a template transmission unit 231, an additional term reception unit 232, a replacement candidate variable element identification unit 233, a replacement template generation unit 234, and a replacement template transmission unit 235. Each of these units included in the server processing unit 23 is a functional module implemented by a program executed on the processor included in the server processing unit 23. Alternatively, each of these units included in the server processing unit 23 may be mounted on the server 2 as an independent integrated circuit, microprocessor, or firmware.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of the storage device 3.

The storage device 3 is an example of a storage unit. The storage device 3 stores the input data and outputs the stored data as requested. Therefore, the storage device 3 includes a storage communication unit 31, a storage storage unit 32, and a storage processing unit 33.

The storage communication unit 31 has a communication interface circuit for connecting the storage device 3 to the server 2. The storage communication unit 31 supplies the data received from the server 2 to the storage processing unit 33. Further, the storage communication unit 31 transmits the data supplied from the storage processing unit 33 to the server 2.

The storage storage unit 32 has, for example, at least one of a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk device, and an optical disk device. The storage storage unit 32 stores data and the like received from the server 2.

The storage processing unit 33 includes one or more processors and peripheral circuits thereof. The storage processing unit 33 comprehensively controls the overall operation of the storage device 3, and is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The storage processing unit 33 controls the operations of the storage communication unit 31 and the storage storage unit 32.

The storage device 3 does not have to have the storage communication unit 31 and the storage processing unit 33. In this case, the storage storage unit 32 of the storage device 3 is directly connected to the server 2, and the storage storage unit 32 is controlled by the server processing unit 23 of the server 2.

The storage device 3 stores the genre table and the attribute table in the storage storage unit 32.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a template master.

A template master is a master in which a template including a plurality of variable elements composed of one or more terms is defined. One or more templates are stored in the template master.

A template is textual information that contains multiple terms. In the template master, one or more words included in the text information are defined as variable elements. The template contains multiple variable elements.

In the example of the template master shown in FIG. 5, the variable elements included in the template are stored as items. Also, in the template, the variable elements are shown in square brackets. However, the template rules in the template master are not limited to this. For example, when the variable element included in the template is stored as an item, the variable element in the template may not be enclosed in square brackets. On the contrary, when the variable element in the template is enclosed in square brackets, the variable element included in the template may not be stored as an item. At this time, the box of the variable element in the template may be another symbol or code instead of the square brackets.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a term master.

The term master is a master that associates the degree of association with each of the other terms based on the degree of similarity of the concept with each of the other terms for each of the plurality of the terms.

In the example of FIG. 6, in the term master, the degree of association between the term "meat and fish" and the term "Agu pork" is 90, and the degree of association between the term "meat and fish" and the term "hot water and soup stock" is 20. It shows that the degree of association between the term "Agu pork" and the term "hot water and soup stock" is 20. In the example of FIG. 6, the same terms are arranged in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. Therefore, the columns on the diagonal line from the upper left to the lower right correspond to the degree of association with the same term (for example, the term "meat or fish" and the term "meat or fish"), and the degree of association is 100. Further, since the values on the upper right side and the lower left side are symmetrical with respect to this diagonal line, it is possible to store the values in only one and omit the other.

The degree of relevance to each of the other terms stored in the term master may be determined according to the order in which the other terms are arranged based on the degree of similarity of the concept with each of the other terms. By determining the degree of relevance according to the order of the degree of similarity, the amount of information handled can be reduced and processing can be executed more efficiently.

For example, it is assumed that the degree of similarity with the term "meat or fish" is 90 for the term "Agu pork" and 20 for the term "hot water or soup stock". At this time, the term "Agu pork" is ranked first, and the term "hot water and soup stock" is ranked second. By setting the degree of relevance of terms to (total rank-rank of terms) / total of rank x 100, the degree of relevance of terms can be determined according to the rank. The total rank is a value of 1 + 2 + ... + N when the number of other terms is n.

In the example of FIG. 6, the degree of association between the term “meat or fish” and the term “Agu pork” is (1 + 2-1) / (1 + 2) × 100 = 67. The degree of association between the term "meat and fish" and the term "hot water and soup stock" is (1 + 2-2) / (1 + 2) × 100 = 33.

The degree of relevance may be determined according to the order by a calculation formula other than the above.

Further, the degree of relevance may be a value determined for each of a plurality of terms according to the distance in the concept of each of the other terms. By determining the degree of relevance according to the distance in the concept, the menu generation system 1 can execute the process using the degree of relevance that more appropriately reflects the relationship between terms.

First, the concept of each term is mapped to a predetermined coordinate space. Then, the distance between the coordinates corresponding to the concept of the term and the coordinates corresponding to the concept of each other term is calculated. In the term master, a value corresponding to the calculated distance is stored as the degree of relevance.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of associating terms with categories in the term master.

The term master shown in FIG. 7 associates each of a plurality of terms with a category in addition to the degree of association with other terms. A category is a group defined based on the degree of similarity of concepts. The category may be artificially determined by the operator of the menu generation system 1, or the concepts mapped in the coordinate space that are close in distance may be extracted as a group. When the category is artificially defined, the correspondence between the concept of the term and the category is artificially set.

In the menu generation system 1 using a term master in which a term is associated with a category, the replacement candidate variable element identification unit 232 can obtain the degree of relevance of the term based on the category associated with the term. For example, the term "Agu pork" is associated with the categories "foodstuff", "animal" and "pork". The terms "meat and fish" are also associated with the categories "ingredients," "animals," and "pork." On the other hand, the term "hot water and soup stock" is not associated with the categories "ingredients", "animal" and "pork", but with other categories "seasoning" and "umami". In this case, the term "meat and fish" associated with the same category as the term "Agu pork" is referred to as the term "Agu pork" rather than the term "hot water and soup stock" associated with the term "Agu pork". It is judged that the degree of relevance is high. In this way, by using the information of the category associated with the term, the substitution candidate variable element specifying unit 232 can more efficiently determine the degree of relevance between the terms.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a tree structure of categories.

The tree structure of FIG. 8 corresponds to the categories in the term master shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the categories form a tree structure and are positioned at any layer in the tree structure having three layers L1 to L3. That is, the category "foodstuff" is positioned in the hierarchy L1. Further, the category "animal" is a subordinate of the category "foodstuff" and is positioned in the hierarchy L2. Similarly, the category "pork" is subordinate to the category "animal" and is positioned in the hierarchy L3. By locating each category in one of the two or more hierarchies forming the tree structure in this way, the replacement candidate variable element identification unit 232 efficiently obtains the relevance of terms based on the tree structure. Can be done.

The replacement candidate variable element identification unit 232 makes the term associated with the category located in the upper or lower hierarchy of the category to which one term is associated more related to one term than the term associated with other categories. May be determined to be large. In the example of FIG. 8, it is assumed that one term is associated with the category "vegetable" belonging to the hierarchy L2. In this case, the substitution candidate variable element identification unit 232 puts the terms associated with the upper category "foodstuff" or the lower category "cereal" of the category "vegetable" into other categories such as "animal" and "seasoning". It is determined that the degree of relevance to one term is greater than that of the related term. As a result, the replacement candidate variable element identification unit 232 can appropriately determine the degree of relevance of terms based on the tree structure.

Further, even if the replacement candidate variable element identification unit 232 determines that the variable element associated with the category having a smaller number of layers when tracing from the category to which one term is associated has a greater degree of association with one term. Good.

In the example of FIG. 8, consider the term "Yonezawa beef" associated with the category "beef". The category "pork" to which the term "Agu pork" is associated can be traced in two levels from the category "beef": "beef"-> "animal"-> "pork". On the other hand, the category "root vegetables" to which the term "Shogoin radish" is associated is "beef"-> "animal"-> "ingredients"-> "vegetables"-> "root vegetables", and there are four levels from the category "beef". Can be traced. Therefore, the substitution candidate variable element identification unit 232 determines that the degree of association between the term "Yonezawa beef" and the term "Agu pig" is greater than the degree of association between the term "Yonezawa beef" and the term "Shogoin radish". As a result, the replacement candidate variable element identification unit 232 can appropriately determine the degree of relevance of terms based on the tree structure.

The storage storage unit 32 may store a term master having no tree structure. In the term master having no tree structure, the hierarchical relationship between the categories shown in FIG. 8 is not defined. In a term master that does not have a tree structure, it is possible to define the relationship between terms and categories by assigning categories to each term as tags.

The replacement candidate variable element identification unit 233 may determine the variable element associated with more categories among the categories to which the additional term is associated as the variable element having a greater association with the additional term.

For example, the additional term "Agu pork" is associated with the categories "ingredients" and "pork". The variable element "meat and fish" is associated with two categories, "foodstuff" and "pork", to which the additional term "Agu pork" is associated. On the other hand, the variable element "hot water and soup stock" is not associated with the category to which the additional term "Agu pork" is associated.

Substitution candidate variable element identification unit 233 transfers the variable element "meat and fish" associated with more of the categories to which the additional term "Agu pork" is associated from "hot water and soup stock" associated with less categories. However, it is judged that the degree of relevance to the additional term "Agu pig" is high.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of the terminal 4.

The terminal 4 connects to the server 2 via the network 5 and communicates with the server 2. The terminal 4 displays the template and accepts the input of additional terms according to the input operation of the user. Therefore, the terminal 4 includes a terminal communication unit 41, a terminal storage unit 42, a terminal operation unit 43, a terminal display unit 44, and a terminal processing unit 45.

In the present embodiment, a personal computer (PC) is assumed as the terminal 4, but the embodiment is not limited to this. The terminal 4 is, for example, a multifunctional mobile phone (so-called “smartphone”), a mobile phone (so-called “feature phone”), a mobile information terminal (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a portable game machine, a portable music player, a tablet terminal, or a tablet. It may be an information processing device such as a PC or a notebook PC. Further, the terminal 4 may be a store terminal installed in the restaurant and operated by a person concerned with the restaurant.

The terminal communication unit 41 includes a communication interface circuit and connects the terminal 4 to the network 5. The terminal communication unit 41 transmits the data supplied from the terminal processing unit 45 to the server 2 or the like via the network. Further, the terminal communication unit 41 supplies the data received from the server 2 or the like to the terminal processing unit 45 via the network.

The terminal storage unit 42 includes, for example, a semiconductor memory device. The terminal storage unit 42 stores operating system programs, driver programs, application programs, data, and the like used for processing in the terminal processing unit 45. For example, the terminal storage unit 42 stores, as a driver program, an input device driver program that controls the terminal operation unit 43, an output device driver program that controls the terminal display unit 44, and the like. Further, the terminal storage unit 42 stores, as an application program, a screen display program or the like for displaying the additional term designation screen that receives the received template and accepts the input of the additional term. Further, the terminal storage unit 42 may temporarily store temporary data related to a predetermined process.

The terminal operation unit 43 may be any device as long as the terminal 4 can be operated, such as a keyboard and a mouse. The user can input characters, numbers, symbols and the like using the terminal operation unit 43. When the terminal operation unit 43 is operated by the user, the terminal operation unit 43 generates a signal corresponding to the operation. Then, the generated signal is supplied to the terminal processing unit 45 as a user's instruction.

The terminal display unit 44 may be any device as long as it can display an image, an image, or the like, such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display. The terminal display unit 44 displays an image corresponding to the image data supplied from the terminal processing unit 45, an image corresponding to the image data, and the like.

The terminal processing unit 45 includes one or more processors and peripheral circuits thereof. The terminal processing unit 45 controls the overall operation of the terminal 4 in an integrated manner, and is, for example, a CPU. The terminal processing unit 45 is a terminal communication unit 41 or a terminal so that various processes of the terminal 4 are executed by appropriate means based on a program stored in the terminal storage unit 42, an operation on the terminal operation unit 43, or the like. It controls the operation of the display unit 44 and the like. The terminal processing unit 45 executes processing based on a program (operating system program, driver program, application program, etc.) stored in the terminal storage unit 42. Further, the terminal processing unit 45 can execute a plurality of programs (application programs and the like) in parallel.

The terminal processing unit 45 includes at least a browsing execution unit 451 and a terminal transmission unit 452. Each of these parts is a functional module realized by a program executed by the processor included in the terminal processing unit 45. Alternatively, each of these parts may be mounted on the terminal 4 as firmware.

The menu generation system 1 of the present disclosure adopts the above-mentioned hardware configuration, and provides a server to the user to provide a replacement template generated by replacing the variable elements included in the template with additional terms specified by the user. Control. According to the menu generation system 1 of the present disclosure, it is possible to reduce the amount of communication between the server 2 and the terminal 4 and the processing time in the server 2 required to obtain a desired replacement template, so that efficient information processing is possible. It becomes.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11, an example of each display screen displayed on the terminal display unit 44 by the display function of the terminal 4 connected to the server 2 will be described.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of an additional term designation screen.

The terminal 4 displays the additional term designation screen 100 shown in FIG. 10 on the terminal display unit 44 based on the additional term designation screen display data including the template transmitted by the server 2. The user of the terminal 4 refers to the additional term designation screen 100 and inputs an additional term.

The additional term designation screen 100 includes a template display field 101, a template list display request field 102, an additional term input field 103, an additional term list display request field 104, and an additional term transmission button 105.

The template display field 101 is a field for displaying the template received from the server 2. The user refers to the template displayed in the template display field 101 and specifies additional terms.

The template list display request column 102 is a column for requesting the display of the template list. When a predetermined operation (for example, positioning the cursor and left-clicking) on the template list display request field 102 is detected, the terminal 4 sends a template list display request to the server 2 and displays the received template list on the terminal display unit 44. To do. In the template list, the templates stored in the template master are listed. The template selected from the template list is displayed in the template display field 101.

The additional term input field 103 is a field in which additional terms that have been input by the user are displayed. FIG. 10 shows a state in which the user has input “Agu pig” as an additional term.

The additional term list display request column 104 is a column for requesting the display of the additional term list. When the terminal 4 detects a predetermined operation on the additional term list display request field 104, the terminal 4 transmits an additional term list display request to the server 2 and displays the received additional term list on the terminal display unit 44. The additional term list lists the terms stored in the term master. At this time, the terms may be displayed for each category in the additional term list. Further, the input of the search keyword may be accepted, and the terms including the search keyword or related to the search keyword may be displayed. The additional term selected from the additional term display list is displayed in the additional term input field 103.

The additional term transmission button 105 is a button for instructing the transmission of the additional term. When the terminal operation unit 43 detects a predetermined operation of the user with respect to the additional term transmission button 105, the terminal 4 transmits the designated term input in the additional term input field 103 to the server 2 via the terminal communication unit 41.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a replacement template display screen.

The terminal 4 displays the replacement template display screen 110 shown in FIG. 11 on the terminal display unit 44 based on the replacement template display screen display data including the replacement template transmitted by the server 2. The user of the terminal 4 refers to the replacement template display screen 110 and confirms whether or not the replacement template is properly generated.

The replacement template display screen 110 includes a replacement template display field 111, a replacement template determination button 112, and a replacement template modification button 113.

The replacement template display field 111 is a field for displaying the replacement template received from the server 2. In the replacement template display field 111, the replacement template is displayed in a different display mode from the portion of the template replaced by the additional term and the other portion. This allows the user to easily see the replaced portion. In the example of FIG. 11, the replaced portion is underlined and displayed.

The replacement template determination button 112 is a button for instructing the determination of the content of the replacement template displayed in the replacement template display field 111. When the terminal operation unit 43 detects a predetermined operation of the user with respect to the replacement template determination button 112, the terminal 4 transmits a replacement template determination instruction request for instructing the determination of the replacement template to the server 2 via the terminal communication unit 41. .. The server 2 that has received the replacement template determination instruction request stores the determined replacement template in a predetermined area of the server storage unit 22 so that it can be used for other purposes.

The replacement template modification button 113 is a button for instructing modification of the content of the replacement template displayed in the replacement template display field 111. When the terminal operation unit 43 detects a predetermined operation of the user on the replacement template modification button 113, the terminal 4 displays a replacement template modification screen for modifying the replacement template on the terminal display unit 44. When the modification on the replacement template modification screen is completed, the modified replacement template is displayed in the replacement template display field 111. Further, the replacement template may be displayed in the replacement template display field 111 so as to be modifiable. In this case, the replacement template modification button 113 can be omitted.

FIG. 12 is an operation sequence diagram of the menu generation system 1.

First, the terminal 4 transmits a template request via the network 5 (step S1). The template request is transmitted by selecting a template from the template list displayed in response to the operation of the template list display request field 102 of the additional term designation screen 100. The template request contains a template identifier corresponding to the target template.

The template transmission unit 231 of the server 2 that has received the template request via the server communication unit 21 reads the corresponding template from the template master stored in the storage storage unit 32 and transmits the corresponding template to the terminal 4 via the server communication unit 21. (Step S2).

The terminal 4 that has received the template displays the received template on the terminal display unit 44 (step S3). The user refers to the displayed template and specifies additional terms.

The terminal 4 accepts the designation of additional terms by the user via the terminal operation unit 43 (step S4). Then, the terminal 4 transmits the received additional term to the server 2 (step S5).

When the additional term receiving unit 232 of the server 2 receives the additional term via the server communication unit 21, the replacement candidate variable element specifying unit 233 specifies the replacement candidate conversion element (step S6). The replacement candidate variable element identification unit 233 refers to the term master stored in the storage storage unit 32, and acquires the degree of relevance of the plurality of variable elements included in the target template with the received additional terms. Then, the replacement candidate variable element specifying unit 233 compares the degree of relevance with the additional term for the plurality of variable elements, and identifies the variable element having a large degree of relevance as the replacement candidate variable element.

Next, the replacement template generation unit 234 of the server 2 generates a replacement template by replacing the replacement candidate variable elements included in the template with additional terms (step S7).

Subsequently, the replacement template transmission unit 235 of the server 2 transmits the generated replacement template to the terminal 4 via the server communication unit 21 (step S8).

The terminal 4 that has received the replacement template displays the replacement template on the terminal display unit 44 (step S9).

As described in detail above, the menu generation system 1 provides the user with a replacement template appropriately generated from the template based on additional terms specified by the user.

A menu generation system that is a modification of this embodiment can also be implemented.

For example, in a modification of the menu generation system, in step S6 of the operation sequence, the replacement candidate variable element specifying unit 233 may specify a plurality of replacement candidate variable elements. In this case, in step S7, the replacement template generation unit 234 replaces each of the plurality of replacement candidate variable elements with additional terms to generate a plurality of replacement templates. Then, in step S8, the replacement template transmission unit 235 transmits the generated replacement template to the terminal 4.

The terminal 4 that has received the plurality of replacement templates displays the received plurality of replacement templates on the terminal display unit 44 in step S9. Then, the terminal 4 accepts the user's selection of the replacement template. The terminal 4 transmits the replacement candidate variable element selection information corresponding to the selection of the replacement template by the user received via the terminal operation unit 43 to the server 2.

The server 2 that has received the replacement candidate variable element selection information via the server communication unit 21 has the terms corresponding to the replacement candidate variable element selection information in the term master and additional terms based on the received replacement candidate variable element selection information. Change the degree of relevance.

In such a menu generation system, the degree of relevance between terms in the term master can be updated based on the user's selection. At this time, it is preferable that the server 2 is changed so that the degree of relevance between the term corresponding to the replacement candidate variable element selection information and the additional term becomes large. This is because the term selected by the user to be replaced with the additional term is highly relevant to the additional term.

Further, in another modification of the menu generation system, the template master associates the template of the first language with the template of the second language, and the storage storage unit 32 associates the terms of the first language with the terms of the second language. The term translation master may be stored.

In this case, the template transmission unit 231 of the server 2 transmits the template of the first language in step S2. Then, the additional term receiving unit of the server 2 receives the additional term of the first language from the terminal 4 in step S5.

In step S7, the replacement template generation unit 234 of the server 2 uses the replacement candidate variable element of the template of the second language associated with the template of the first language as a term of the second language associated with the additional term of the first language. Replace with. Then, the replacement template transmission unit 235 of the server 2 transmits the generated replacement template to the terminal 4.

According to such a menu generation system, the user can obtain a properly generated replacement template for the second language by specifying the template and additional terms in the first language.

In the embodiments described so far, the server 2 generates a replacement template based on the template for the menu or description of the dish provided at the restaurant. However, in the server according to the present application, the template stored in the storage unit is not limited to that related to the menu or description of the dish.

For example, the server 2 may generate a replacement template based on a template for product information provided on the store or the web. The present invention can be applied as long as the description relates to items other than goods.

The template master stored in the storage unit may specify a template for notification of disaster information such as "[earthquake] has occurred in the [Tokyo] district". At this time, the term master is associated with the relevance of terms such as "Tokyo", "Chiba", "earthquake", and "typhoon" based on the similarity of concepts. Then, when the additional term "Chiba" is received, the server identifies the replacement candidate variable element [Tokyo] that is highly relevant to the term "Chiba" according to the above control method, and the appropriate replacement template "Earthquake in the Chiba region". Has occurred. "

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes, substitutions and modifications can be made to this without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

1 Menu generation system 2 Server 231 Template transmitter 232 Additional term receiver 233 Substitution candidate variable element identification unit 234 Replacement template generator 235 Replacement template transmitter 3 Storage device 4 Terminal 5 Network

Claims (11)

A method of controlling a server that can be connected to a storage unit and a terminal.
In the storage unit
A template master that defines a template that includes a plurality of variable elements composed of one or more terms, and
For each of the plurality of terms, a term master that associates the degree of relevance with each of the other terms based on the degree of similarity of the concept with each of the other terms is stored.
The server
In response to a request from the terminal, the template specified in the template master is transmitted to the terminal.
Receiving additional terms from the terminal to replace the variable element contained in the template,
Among the plurality of variable elements included in the template, in the term master, a variable element having a high degree of relevance to the received additional term is specified as a replacement candidate variable element.
A replacement template is generated by replacing the replacement candidate variable element included in the template with the additional term.
Send the generated replacement template to the terminal,
How to control the server, including that. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the degree of relevance is a value determined for each of the plurality of terms according to the order in which the other terms are arranged based on the degree of similarity of the concepts. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the degree of relevance is a value determined for each of the plurality of terms according to a distance in the concept of each of the other terms. The term master associates a plurality of the terms with a plurality of categories, which is a group defined based on the degree of similarity of concepts.
In the particular case, the server refers to a variable element associated with the same category as the category with which the additional term is associated rather than a variable element associated with the same category as the category with which the additional term is associated. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the variable element has a high degree of relevance. The fourth aspect of the present invention, wherein the server determines a variable element associated with more categories among the categories to which the additional term is associated in the identification as a variable element having a higher degree of association with the additional term. Control method. The control method according to claim 4, wherein in the term master, the plurality of the categories are positioned in any one of two or more hierarchies forming a tree structure. In the particular case, the server makes the variable element associated with the category located in the upper or lower hierarchy of the category to which the additional term is associated more related to the additional term than the variable element associated with the other category. The control method according to claim 6, wherein is determined to be large. The server is characterized in that, in the identification, it is determined that a variable element associated with a category having a smaller number of hierarchies when tracing from the category to which the additional term is associated has a greater degree of association with the additional term. , The control method according to claim 6. The server
A plurality of the replacement candidate variable elements are specified, a plurality of the replacement templates in which each of the plurality of replacement candidate variable elements is replaced by the additional term are generated, and the generated plurality of the replacement templates are transmitted to the terminal.
The replacement candidate variable element selection information corresponding to any one of the plurality of replacement templates is received from the terminal, and the replacement candidate variable element selection information is received from the terminal.
The control according to any one of claims 1 to 8, which changes the degree of association between the term corresponding to the replacement candidate variable element selection information and the additional term based on the received replacement candidate variable element selection information. Method. A server that can connect to a storage unit and a terminal.
In the storage unit
A template master that defines a template that contains multiple terms as variable elements,
For each of the plurality of terms, a term master that associates the degree of relevance of other terms based on the degree of concept similarity with each other term is stored.
A template transmission unit that transmits the template specified in the template master to the terminal in response to a request from the terminal.
An additional term receiver that receives additional terms from the terminal to replace the variable element included in the template, and
Among the plurality of variable elements included in the template, a replacement candidate variable element specifying unit that specifies a variable element having a high degree of relevance to the received additional term as a replacement candidate variable element in the term master.
A replacement template generation unit that generates a replacement template by replacing the replacement candidate variable element included in the template with the additional term.
A replacement template transmission unit that transmits the generated replacement template to the terminal,
Server with. A server control program that can connect to a storage unit and a terminal.
In the storage unit
A template master that defines a template that contains multiple terms as variable elements,
For each of the plurality of terms, a term master that associates the degree of relevance of each of the other terms based on the degree of concept similarity with each of the other terms is stored.
To the server
In response to a request from the terminal, the template specified in the template master is transmitted to the terminal.
An additional term for replacing the variable element contained in the template is received from the terminal and
Among the plurality of variable elements included in the template, in the term master, a variable element having a high degree of relevance to the received additional term is specified as a replacement candidate variable element.
A replacement template is generated by replacing the replacement candidate variable element included in the template with the additional term.
Send the generated replacement template to the terminal,
A server control program characterized by executing processing.

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