JP2023082829A - Virtual conference system and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a virtual conference system and a program capable of relaxing time and place constraints and supporting a flexible conference proceeding.SOLUTION: A virtual conference system 1 includes: a communication control unit 11; a storage unit 30; a posted information saving unit 13 that saves posted information in the storage unit 30 when the communication control unit 11 receives the posted information transmitted from a participant terminal; and a terminal display control unit 16 that, when the communication control unit 11 receives viewing request information transmitted from a representative terminal 62, transmits talk room display information for displaying a talk room screen 200 displaying a virtual sticky note indicating contents of the posted information saved in the storage unit 30 before receiving the viewing request information to the representative terminal 62 by the communication control unit 11, and displays the talk room screen 200 on the display of representative terminal 62.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a virtual conference system and program.

Conventionally, information provided by participants can be shared by communicating via a server between the electronic blackboard placed in the conference room and the terminals used by the participants. An electronic conferencing system has been proposed (see Patent Document 1, for example). In the electronic conference system, an idea stock area and a work board area are displayed on the electronic blackboard. Then, the sticky note information transmitted from the terminal device is sequentially displayed in the idea stock area, and the progress of the meeting using the work area is supported for the sticky note information transferred from the idea stock area to the work area.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2019-96080

Since the background art described above supports progress of a conference being held in a conference room, its application is limited to conferences held in the same place during the same time period. Therefore, in recent years when the use of web conferencing tools has progressed, there is room for improvement so as to support the flexible progress of meetings by alleviating restrictions on time and place.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a virtual conference system and a program that can support the flexible progress of conferences by alleviating time and place restrictions.

As a first aspect for achieving the above object, a representative terminal used by a representative of a talk room, which is a virtual conference space, and a plurality of terminals individually used by a plurality of participants in the talk room a communication control unit for controlling communication with a participant terminal; a storage unit; and a post for storing the posted information in the storage unit when the communication control unit receives the posted information transmitted from the participant terminal. an information storage unit, and, when the communication control unit receives the viewing request information transmitted from the representative terminal, indicating the contents of the posted information stored in the storage unit before the viewing request information is received; Terminal display control for transmitting talk room display information for displaying a talk room screen displaying a virtual sticky note to the representative terminal by the communication control unit and displaying the talk room screen on the display of the representative terminal. and a virtual conference system.

In the virtual conference system, the posted information storage unit classifies the posted information into one of a plurality of talk themes set in the talk room, stores the posted information in the storage unit, and stores the posted information in the storage unit. classifies the communication control unit into the talk theme designated by the talk theme designation information when the communication control unit receives talk theme designation information designating one of the plurality of talk themes transmitted from the representative terminal; The communication control unit transmits to the representative terminal the talk room display information for displaying the talk room screen that displays only the virtual sticky note indicating the content of the posted information in a predetermined work area. may be

The virtual conference system includes a talk theme-related information acquisition unit that acquires information related to the talk theme, and a talk theme-related information provision unit that transmits the related information to the participant terminal by the communication control unit. may be configured.

In the virtual conference system, the talk theme related information acquisition unit acquires the related information transmitted from the information providing terminal, which is one of the representative terminal and the plurality of participant terminals, by the communication control unit. The talk theme related information providing unit acquires the related information by receiving , the related information may be transmitted by the communication control unit.

In the virtual conference system, when the communication control unit receives all posted information display request information requesting display of all the posted information transmitted from the representative terminal, the terminal display control unit is configured to: To display the talk room screen that displays post icons individually corresponding to all the post information stored in the storage unit in different modes for each of the talk themes into which the corresponding post information is classified. may be configured to transmit the talk room display information to the representative terminal.

In the virtual conference system, the terminal display control unit, when the communication control unit receives the viewing request information from the representative terminal, displays the representative terminal in response to the previous reception of the viewing request information. When the display of the talk room screen is finished, the continuous virtual sticky note that is the virtual sticky note indicating the content of the posted information saved in the storage unit, and the continuation virtual sticky note that corresponds to the reception of the previous viewing request information. After the display of the talk room screen on the display of the representative terminal is finished, the new virtual sticky note that is the virtual sticky note indicating the content of the posted information saved in the storage unit is displayed in a different display mode. The talk room display information for displaying the talk room screen may be transmitted to the representative terminal.

In the virtual conference system, the communication control unit in the terminal display control unit receives virtual sticky note position change information indicating that the position of the virtual sticky note on the talk room screen has been changed from the representative terminal. Sometimes, the virtual sticky note position information indicating the changed position of the virtual sticky note on the talk room screen recognized from the virtual sticky note position change information is stored in the storage unit, and then the viewing is performed from the representative terminal. When the request information is received, the communication control unit transmits the talk room display information for displaying the talk room screen displaying the virtual sticky note at the position indicated by the virtual sticky note position information to the representative terminal. It is good also as a structure which transmits.

In the virtual conference system, talk transmitting talk theme selection information indicating, to the representative terminal, talk theme selection information indicating a specific talk theme that has already been set as a talk theme a predetermined number of times or more as a talk theme candidate for the talk room. A configuration including a room setting unit may be employed.

In the virtual conference system described above, the terminal display control unit causes the communication control unit to transmit the talk room display information for displaying the talk room screen displaying the division lines for sorting the virtual sticky notes to the representative terminal. , and the virtual sticky note position information indicating the relative position of the virtual sticky note with respect to the partition line may be stored in the storage unit as the position of the virtual sticky note on the talk room screen.

In the above virtual conference system, the terminal display control unit controls the first representative terminal, which is one of the plurality of representative terminals, and the second representative terminal other than the first representative terminal. While the talk room display information is transmitted to the party terminal and the talk room screen is displayed on the display of the first representative terminal, the talk room display information for the second representative terminal is A configuration in which transmission is not performed may be adopted.

As a second aspect for achieving the above object, a computer is used individually by a representative terminal used by a representative of a talk room, which is a virtual conference space, and by a plurality of participants in the talk room. a communication control unit for controlling communication with a plurality of participant terminals, and when the communication control unit receives posted information transmitted from the participant terminals, stores the posted information in a storage provided in the computer; a posting information storage unit for storing posted information in a department, and when the communication control unit receives viewing request information transmitted from the representative terminal, the posting stored in the storage unit before receiving the viewing request information. The communication control unit transmits talk room display information for displaying a talk room screen displaying a virtual sticky note indicating information content to the representative terminal, and the talk room screen is displayed on the display of the representative terminal. A terminal display control unit for displaying and a program for functioning as a terminal display control unit are included.

According to the above virtual conference system, the participants in the talk room can operate the participant terminals at any place to post ideas that they conceived at any time before the virtual conference is held. Therefore, based on ideas posted in advance, restrictions on time and place can be relaxed to support flexible proceedings of meetings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration of a virtual conference system and a support mode of a web conference by the virtual conference system. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a posting screen and a detailed information screen on a participant terminal. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a posted information list. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of display control processing of the talk room screen by the terminal display control unit. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the talk room screen in the idea mode. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the talk room screen in the two-axis organizing mode. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the talk room screen in the posted information list mode.

[1. Configuration of virtual conference system]
With reference to FIG. 1, the configuration of the virtual conference system 1 of the present disclosure and the support aspect of the web conference by the virtual conference system will be described. The virtual conference system 1 supports utilization of talk rooms, which are virtual conference spaces used in web conferences. FIG. 1 illustrates a web conference between a web conference representative H and participants Pa and Pb.

A representative H holds a web conference using a web conference application using a representative PC (personal computer) 62 at a workspace 60 such as at home or at work. Participant Pa participates in a web conference using a web conference application using participant PC 52a in workspace 50a. Similarly, participant Pb participates in the web conference in workspace 50b using participant PC 52b.

The representative PC 62 and the participant PCs 52a and 52b are desktop PCs, notebook PCs, tablet PCs, smartphones, and the like. The representative PC 62 corresponds to the representative terminal of the present disclosure. The web conference is held using a talk room, and the representative H accesses the talk room site provided by the virtual conference system 1 with a web browser, while browsing and editing the talk room screen 200. conduct the meeting.

The talk room screen 200 is shared among the representative PC 62, the participant PCs 52a, and the participant PCs 52b by the screen sharing function of the web conference application. The representative H, the participant Pa, and the participant Pb have a discussion while viewing the talk room screen 200 displayed on the displays of the PCs 62, 52a, and 52b. On the talk room screen 200, a virtual sticky note 210 indicating the content of the posted information Cni transmitted to the virtual conference system 1 by the participant Pa using the posting application on the participant mobile terminal 51a is displayed.

The virtual sticky note 210 displays various information such as memos, illustrations, photographs, and graphs. In a conference held in a real-space conference room or the like, the participant Pa sends post information such as an idea to the virtual conference system as if pasting a sticky note or a memo on a whiteboard, and displays the talk room screen 200. can be displayed. Similarly, the participant Pb uses the posting application on the participant mobile terminal 51a, and the representative H uses the posting application on the representative mobile terminal 61 to post the posted information Cni to the virtual conference system. 1 can be sent.

The posting app is dedicated to small terminals such as tablet PCs and smartphones, and the talk room screen display is dedicated to large terminals such as desktop PCs and notebook PCs, giving the feel of sticky notes written by hand on a whiteboard. It is possible to configure an environment close to More specifically, the posting application is provided as an application program that can be installed on terminals such as tablet PCs and smartphones, and the chat room screen is provided as an Internet address (URL) that only the creator of the chat room can know, for example. good.

Here, screen display of the touch panel 53 of the participant portable terminal 51a when using the posting application will be described with reference to FIG. A1 in FIG. 2 shows the posting screen 100. FIG. The post screen 100 includes a talk room number 101 in which the participant Pa is registered, a selection button 102 for a theme (talk theme) on the agenda of the talk room, and a detail display button for requesting display of a detailed explanation of the theme. 103, a work area 106 for writing or pasting information to be posted, a post button 104 for instructing transmission of the contents of the work area 106 as post information Cni, and a post history area 105 for displaying post history by past participants Pa. display.

A1 of FIG. 2 shows a state in which theme 1 out of themes 1 to 4 is selected by the selection button 102, and the theme 1 portion of the selection button 102 is highlighted. When the participant Pa touches the detailed display button 103, the screen display of the participant portable terminal 51a switches to the detailed information screen 110 shown in A2. The detailed information screen 110 displays a display 111 of theme 1, which is the name of the theme being selected, an explanation 112 of theme 1, and an explanatory diagram 113 of an application example of the business model of theme 1. FIG.

The information in the explanation 112 of theme 1 and the explanation diagram 113 of the application example is sent from the virtual conference system 1 to the participant mobile terminal 61a in response to the detailed information request information transmitted from the participant mobile terminal 61a to the virtual conference system 1. sent to. As for the participant mobile terminal 51b and the representative mobile terminal 61, it is possible to send the posted information Cni and browse the detailed information of the talk theme by the same operation. The participant mobile terminals 51a and 51b and the representative mobile terminal 61 are smart phones, mobile phones, tablet terminals, and the like. The participant mobile terminals 51a and 51b correspond to participant terminals of the present disclosure.

A virtual conference system 1 is a computer system including a processor 10, a memory 30, a communication unit 40, and the like. The communication unit 40 communicates with the participant mobile terminal 51a, the participant PC 52a, the participant mobile terminal 51b, the participant PC 52b, the representative mobile terminal 61, the representative PC 62, the information providing server 510, etc. via the communication network 500. I do.

The memory 30 contains a program 21 for controlling the operation of the virtual conference system 1, a registered member list 32 in which registration data of users who use the talk room are recorded, and talk room data 33 in which information about the talk room is recorded. , and posted information Cni are stored. The talk room data 33 records talk themes registered in the talk room, materials related to the talk themes, and the like. The program 21 may be downloaded from an external server or the like via the communication network 500, or may be read from the recording medium 20 (magnetic disk, optical disk, flash memory, etc.).

In the posted information list 34, as shown in FIG. 3, posted information No. is displayed for each posted information. , posted content, date and time of posting (date and time of receipt of posted information), most recent viewing date and time, belonging talk theme, screen absolute position, and axis relative position are recorded. The screen absolute position is the display position of the virtual tag and post icon on the talk room screen in the idea mode, which will be described later. The axis relative position is the position relative to the axis (X axis, Y axis) of the virtual sticky note and post icon on the talk room screen in the two-axis organization mode, which will be described later. The posted icon is an icon corresponding to posted information displayed on a talk room screen (see FIG. 7) in a posted information list mode, which will be described later.

By reading and executing the program 31, the processor 10 controls the communication control unit 11, the talk room setting unit 12, the posted information storage unit 13, the talk theme related information acquisition unit 14, the talk theme related information provision unit 15, and the terminal display. It functions as the control unit 16 . The communication control unit 11 uses the communication unit 40 to exchange information with the participant mobile terminal 51a, the participant PC 52a, the participant mobile terminal 51b, the participant PC 52b, the representative mobile terminal 61, the representative PC 62, the information providing server 510, and the like. Control sending and receiving.

The talk room setting unit 12 performs processing for creating a new talk room in accordance with the representative H's setting operation for the talk room. The representative H creates a new talk room by accessing the website (talk room site) of the virtual conference system 1 using the representative PC 62 or the representative portable terminal 61 . In this case, the representative portable terminal 61 corresponds to the representative terminal of the present disclosure.

On the talk room site, a plurality of setting methods such as "choose from recommendations", "choose from list", "choose at random", and "input theme" are presented for how to set talk themes. When the representative H selects "choose at random", a menu for selecting the number of chat rooms to be created is displayed, and the representative H can specify the number of chat rooms to be created at random. The talk room setting unit 12 sets an ID to the created talk room, and each talk room is managed by the ID. The talk room setting unit 12 records the ID of each talk room, the talk theme, etc. in the talk room data 33 .

In addition, as a method of setting the talk theme, the talk room setting unit 12 presents a specific talk theme that has already been set as a talk theme more than a predetermined number of times as a talk theme candidate for the talk room, and the representative H. may transmit to the representative's PC 62 or the representative's portable terminal 61 talk theme selection information for displaying a screen that allows the user to easily select a specific talk theme. More specifically, for example, for talk themes that have been selected or input and set in the past by "select from list" or "input theme" described above, a plurality of Extract talk themes, generate a group of candidates that automatically combine the extracted talk themes, and use the generated candidate group as a recommended talk theme when the chat room owner selects "Select from recommended" , may be displayed on the representative's PC 62 or the representative's mobile terminal 61 .

The posted information storage unit 13 adds the posted information Cni to the posted information list 34 when the communication control unit 11 receives the posted information Cni transmitted from the participant mobile terminals 51a and 51b or the representative mobile terminal 61. to save. Posted information storage unit 13 records the posted date and time of posted information Cni in posted information list 34 as described above.

The talk theme-related information acquisition unit 14 acquires talk theme-related information from the information providing server 510 or the like, and records it in the talk room data 33 . The related information of the talk theme may be the data of the related information itself, or may be link information to the storage location of the data of the related information. In addition, the participants Pa, Pb or the representative H transmits related information to the virtual conference system 1 from the information providing terminal, which is either the participant mobile terminals 51a, 51b or the representative mobile terminal 61, using the posting application. Also, the talk theme related information acquisition unit 14 records the related information transmitted by the posting application in the talk room data 33 .

As described above with reference to FIG. 2, the talk theme-related information providing unit 15 provides talk theme-related information (in FIG. theme) to the request source (information receiving terminal). The terminal display control unit 16 controls the display contents of the talk room screen 200 according to the operation of the representative PC 62 by the representative H. FIG. That is, the talk theme-related information is configured to be viewable from the posting application. In this way, the participants can come up with ideas while referring to the talk theme-related information on their terminals.

[2. Display control processing of talk room screen]
Display control processing for the talk room screen 200 executed by the terminal display control unit 16 will be described according to the flowchart shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the talk room screen will be referred to as a talk room screen 200 when describing the talk room screens in general, and the talk room screens 200a, 200b, and 200c when describing the talk room screens by display mode. In addition, the virtual sticky notes will be referred to as a virtual sticky note 210 when the virtual sticky notes are collectively described, and the virtual sticky notes 210a to 210f will be referred to when the virtual sticky notes are described individually.

When the communication control unit 11 receives the viewing request information transmitted from the representative PC 62 in step S1 of FIG. 4, the terminal display control unit 16 advances the processing to step S2. In step S2, the terminal display control unit 16 refers to the talk room data 33 and the posted information list 34 to determine whether the talk theme recorded in the talk room data 33, the posted information Cni recorded in the posted information list 34, or the to the representative PC 62 .

The representative PC 62 displays a talk room screen 200a on the display 63 as shown in FIG. 5 based on the talk room display information Sci. A talk room screen 200a shows a display screen in the idea mode. On the talk room screen 200a, a select all button 201 for instructing screen display in a post information list mode, which will be described later, a talk theme selection button 202 for selecting a talk theme to be handled, and an instruction for screen display in an idea mode. 2-axis organization button 204 for instructing screen display in a 2-axis organization mode, which will be described later, an enlarge button 205 for instructing screen enlargement, and a reduce button 206 for instructing screen reduction. is included.

In FIG. 5, theme 1 is selected in the idea mode, the "theme 1" portion of the talk theme selection button 202 is highlighted, and the idea button 203 is highlighted. In the idea mode, virtual sticky notes 210a to 210f indicating the contents of the posted information Cni classified into the selected theme 1 are displayed. The identification information 211 (name, nickname, ID, etc.) of the participant or representative who sent the corresponding virtual information is displayed on the virtual sticky notes 210a to 210f. The virtual sticky notes 210a to 210c are displayed at the screen absolute positions recorded in the posted information list 34 at the end of the previous web conference (at the end of viewing the talk room screen).

The virtual sticky notes 210d to 210f are virtual sticky notes ( A new virtual sticky note). In FIG. 5, the new virtual sticky notes 210d to 210f are collectively displayed in the upper left corner of the screen, different from the existing virtual sticky notes (continuous virtual sticky notes) 210a to 210c. Pb makes it easy to visually recognize that the new virtual sticky notes 210d-210f have been added. The display colors, display sizes, etc. of the continued virtual sticky notes 210a to 210c and the new virtual sticky notes 210d to 210f may be changed so that both can be easily distinguished. The representative H can arbitrarily move the positions of the virtual sticky notes 210a to 210f within the work area 250 by a drag-and-drop operation to proceed with the web conference.

The following loop processing of steps S3 to S5, steps S10 to S11, and steps S20 to S21 is processing for changing the display of the talk room screen 200 according to the operation of the representative PC 62 by the representative H. In step S<b>3 , the terminal display control unit 16 determines whether or not the communication control unit 11 has received virtual sticky note position change information indicating that the position of the virtual sticky note 210 has been changed from the representative PC 62 . Then, the terminal display control unit 16 advances the process to step S4 when the communication control unit 11 receives the virtual sticky position change information, and proceeds to step S10 when the communication control unit 11 does not receive the virtual sticky position change information. Proceed with processing.

In step S<b>4 , the terminal display control unit 16 records the position of the virtual sticky indicated by the virtual sticky note position change information in the posted information list 34 . In subsequent step S<b>5 , the terminal display control section 16 determines whether or not the communication control section 11 has received browsing end information transmitted from the representative PC 62 . Then, when the viewing end information is received, the terminal display control unit 16 advances the process to step S6 and ends the display control process of the talk room screen. On the other hand, when the communication control unit 11 does not receive the browsing end information, the terminal display control unit 16 advances the processing to step S3 and executes the processing after step S3 again.

In step S<b>10 , the terminal display control unit 16 determines whether or not the communication control unit 11 has received the display mode switching information transmitted from the representative PC 62 . Then, the terminal display control unit 16 advances the process to step S11 when the communication control unit 11 receives the display mode switching information, and advances the process to step S20 when the communication control unit 11 does not receive the display mode switching information. proceed.

In step S<b>11 , the terminal display control unit 16 transmits to the representative PC 62 talk room display information Sci for displaying the talk room screen 200 in the display mode designated by the display mode switching information. As a result, the display of the talk room screen 200 on the representative PC 62 that received the talk room display information Sci is switched.

Here, FIG. 6 shows a state in which the representative H selects the 2-axis organization button 204 and the talk room screen 200b in the 2-axis organization mode is displayed on the display 63 of the representative PC 62. FIG. On the talk room screen 200b in the two-axis organization mode, two orthogonal axes (X-axis 207 and Y-axis 208, corresponding to the division lines of the present disclosure) are displayed, and the representative H moves virtual sticky notes 210a to 210d. Then, the virtual sticky notes 210a to 210d can be sorted and arranged according to their relative positions from the two axes 207 and 208. FIG.

When the representative H selects and operates the name button 207a of the X-axis 207 or the name button 208a of the Y-axis, a pop-up screen 209 for changing the name of the axis is displayed, and the representative H selects the X-axis 207 and the Y-axis A name for the axis 208 can be entered. It should be noted that the pop-up screen 209 may display previously prepared candidates for the name of the axis so that the representative H can select one. Information on the name of the axis set by the representative H is transmitted from the representative PC 62 to the virtual conference system 1 , and the talk room setting unit 12 records the name of the axis in the talk room data 33 . Accordingly, when the talk room screen 200b is browsed next time, the name of the set axis is displayed.

FIG. 7 shows a state in which the representative H selects the select all button 201, and the talk room screen 200c in the posted information list mode and the two-axis organization mode is displayed on the display 63 of the representative PC 62. ing. In the talk room screen 200c, the name of the X-axis 207 is set to customer value, and the name of the Y-axis is set to practicality. On the chat room screen 200c in the posted information list mode, circular posted icons 221a to 221c, 222, 223, 224a to 224b, and 225 individually corresponding to all posted information Cni recorded in the posted information list 34 are displayed. It is displayed in a different display mode for each talk theme.

On the talk room screen 200c, the post icons 221a-221c are classified into theme 1, the post icon 222 into theme 2, the post icon 223 into theme 3, the post icons 224a-224b into theme 4, and the post icon 225 into theme 5. Supports posted information. The representative H and the participants Pa and Pb can easily check the status of the posted information received so far for each talk theme by viewing the talk room screen 200c. Further, when the representative H or the like selects the post icon 221b, a pop-up screen 231 showing the content of the post information corresponding to the post icon 221b is displayed, and the representative H or the like selects the post information corresponding to the post icon 221b. You can check the contents. The same applies to other post icons 221a, 221c, 222, 223, 224a, 224b, and 225.

In step S<b>20 , the terminal display control unit 16 determines whether or not the communication control unit 11 has received the posted information Cni from the participant mobile terminal 51 a , the participant mobile terminal 51 b , or the representative mobile terminal 61 . Then, the terminal display control unit 16 advances the process to step S21 when the communication control unit 11 receives the posted information Cni, and advances the process to step S5 when the communication control unit 11 does not receive the posted information Cni.

In step S21, the terminal display control unit 16 displays the talk room display information Sci to which the new posted information Cni received by the communication control unit 11 and added to the posted information list 34 by the posted information storage unit 13 is added to the representative. Send to PC 62 . As a result, the display 63 of the representative PC 62 displays the talk room screen 200 to which the new virtual tags are added, such as the new virtual tags 210d to 210f of the talk room screen 200a shown in FIG.

Here, the representative PC 62 or the representative portable terminal 61 performs input operations related to the display on the talk room screen 200, such as the display of the dividing line on the talk room screen 200 and the position change of the virtual sticky note, according to the processing according to the flowchart shown in FIG. However, the participant PCs 52a and 52b and the participant mobile terminals 51a and 51b may not be allowed to execute these input operations. As a result, the relationship (facilitator and participants) in the actual discussion can be distinguished even online, so it can be expected that the meeting in the talk room will proceed smoothly.

[3. Other embodiments]
In the above-described embodiment, the representative PC 62, the participant PCs 52a, and the participant PCs 52b use a web conference application to hold a web conference between the representative H and the participants Pa and Pb. A web conference may be held using a web conference application on the terminal 61 and the participant mobile terminals 51a and 51b.

In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the virtual conference system of the present disclosure is configured by the computer system 1 that communicates with the representative PC 62 via the communication network. As another configuration, all or part of the configuration of the virtual conference system of the present disclosure may be configured by the representative PC 62 or the representative mobile terminal 61 . For example, the posting information storage unit 13 may be provided in the computer system 1 and the terminal display control unit 16 may be provided in the representative PC 62 . In this case, the representative PC 62 receives the post information Cni from the computer system 1, the terminal display control unit 16 generates the talk room display information Sci, and displays the talk room screen 200 on the display 63 of the representative PC 62. It is configured to be displayed.

In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the terminal display control unit 16 displays the X-axis 207 and Y-axis 208, which are two orthogonal axes, on the talk room screen 200b as division lines for organizing the virtual sticky notes 210. Although displayed, the dividing line displayed on the talk room screen 200b is not limited to this, and may be, for example, a uniaxial dividing line or a diagonal line.

In the above embodiment, the talk theme-related information acquisition unit 14 and the talk theme-related information provision unit 15 are provided, and as shown in FIG. Provided detailed information about the talk theme. As another embodiment, the talk-theme-related information acquiring unit 14 and the talk-theme-related information providing unit 15 may be omitted.

In addition, FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the virtual conference system 1 divided according to the main processing contents in order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention. It may be configured by division. Also, the processing of each component may be executed by one hardware unit or may be executed by a plurality of hardware units. Further, the processing of each component according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 may be executed by one program or may be executed by a plurality of programs.

[5. Configuration supported by the above embodiment]
The above embodiment supports the following configurations.
(Configuration 1) Control communication with a representative terminal used by a representative of a talk room, which is a virtual conference space, and a plurality of participant terminals individually used by a plurality of participants in the said talk room a storage unit; a posted information storage unit that stores the posted information in the storage unit when the communication control unit receives the posted information transmitted from the participant terminal; and the communication control unit a talk room screen displaying, when the department receives the viewing request information transmitted from the representative terminal, a virtual sticky note indicating the content of the posted information stored in the storage module before receiving the viewing request information; a terminal display control unit that causes the communication control unit to transmit talk room display information for displaying to the representative terminal, and displays the talk room screen on the display of the representative terminal. .
According to the virtual conference system of configuration 1, the participants in the talk room can operate the participant terminals at any place without missing any ideas or the like conceived at any time before the virtual conference is held. Therefore, it is possible to support the flexible progress of meetings by relaxing restrictions on time and place based on ideas posted in advance.

(Configuration 2) The posted information storage unit classifies the posted information into one of a plurality of talk themes set in the talk room and stores the posted information in the storage unit; When the communication control unit receives talk theme designation information designating one of the plurality of talk themes transmitted from the representative terminal, the talk theme is classified into the talk theme designated by the talk theme designation information. In the configuration 1, the communication control unit transmits to the representative terminal the talk room display information for displaying the talk room screen displaying only the virtual sticky note indicating the content of the post information in a predetermined work area. A virtual conferencing system as described.
According to the virtual conference system of configuration 2, in response to a request from the representative of the talk room, a talk room screen that displays only virtual sticky notes related to the talk theme specified by the representative in the work area is displayed on the display of the representative terminal. can be displayed.

(Configuration 3) Configuration 2 comprising: a talk theme related information acquiring unit that acquires information related to the talk theme; and a talk theme related information providing unit that transmits the related information to the participant terminal by the communication control unit. The virtual conference system described in .
According to the virtual conference system of configuration 3, it is possible to provide the participants of the talk room with information related to the talk theme handled in the talk room.

(Configuration 4) The talk theme related information acquisition unit receives the related information transmitted from the information providing terminal, which is one of the representative terminal and the plurality of participant terminals, by the communication control unit. By acquiring the related information, the talk theme related information providing unit supplies the information receiving terminal, which is a terminal other than the information providing terminal among the representative terminal and the plurality of participant terminals, to the The virtual conference system according to configuration 3, wherein the communication control unit transmits the related information.
According to the virtual conference system of configuration 4, information related to the talk theme provided by the representative or participants of the talk room can be shared and referenced between the representative and the participants.

(Arrangement 5) The terminal display control unit, when the communication control unit receives all posted information display request information requesting display of all the posted information, transmitted from the representative terminal, for displaying the talk room screen displaying post icons individually corresponding to all the post information stored in the department in different modes for each of the talk themes into which the corresponding post information is classified; The virtual conference system according to any one of configurations 2 to 4, wherein the talk room display information is transmitted to the representative terminal.
According to the virtual conference system of configuration 5, in response to a request from a representative of a talk room, post icons corresponding to all post information stored in the storage unit are displayed as talk themes into which the corresponding post information is classified. It is possible to display a list of talk room screens displayed in different manners for each event on the display of the representative's terminal.

(Configuration 6) Talk room setting for transmitting, to the representative terminal, talk theme selection information indicating a specific talk theme that has already been set as a talk theme a predetermined number of times or more as a talk theme candidate for the talk room. 6. The virtual conferencing system of any one of configurations 1 through 5, comprising:
According to the virtual conference system of configuration 6, it is possible to propose to the representative to further discuss the talk theme that has already been dealt with many times in the talk room.

(Configuration 7) When the communication control unit receives the viewing request information from the representative terminal, the terminal display control unit controls the display of the representative terminal in response to the previous reception of the viewing request information. When the display of the talk room screen ends, the continuous virtual sticky note that is the virtual sticky note indicating the content of the posted information saved in the storage unit, and the representative who responded to the reception of the previous viewing request information. After the display of the talk room screen on the display of the terminal ends, the talk room displays the new virtual sticky note that is the virtual sticky note indicating the content of the posted information saved in the storage unit in a different display mode. The virtual conference system according to any one of configurations 1 to 6, wherein the talk room display information for displaying a screen is transmitted to the representative terminal.
According to the virtual conference system of configuration 7, a continuation virtual sticky note indicating the content of the post information saved in the storage unit when the discussion in the previous talk room ended, and the discussion in the previous talk room ended. A talk room screen that can be visually distinguished from a new virtual sticky note that shows the content of posted information that has been posted and saved in the storage unit between It can be displayed on the terminal display.

(Arrangement 8) When the communication control unit receives, from the representative terminal, virtual sticky note position change information indicating that the position of the virtual sticky note on the talk room screen has been changed, the terminal display control unit storing virtual sticky note position information indicating the changed position of the virtual sticky note on the talk room screen recognized from the virtual sticky note position change information in the storage unit; is received, the communication control unit transmits to the representative terminal the talk room display information for displaying the talk room screen displaying the virtual sticky note at the position indicated by the virtual sticky note position information. The virtual conference system according to any one of configurations 1 to 7.
According to the virtual conference system of configuration 8, when an operation is performed on the representative terminal to change the position of the virtual sticky on the talk room screen, virtual sticky position information indicating the position of the virtual sticky after the change is stored in the storage unit. Saved. As a result, next time the communication control unit receives the viewing request information from the representative terminal, the terminal display control unit displays the talk room screen displaying the virtual sticky note at the post-change position on the display of the representative terminal. can be displayed.

(Arrangement 9) The terminal display control unit transmits the talk room display information for displaying the talk room screen displaying the dividing line for sorting the virtual sticky notes to the representative terminal by the communication control unit. 9. The virtual conference system according to configuration 8, wherein the virtual sticky note position information indicating the relative position of the virtual sticky note with respect to the partition line is stored in the storage unit as the position of the virtual sticky note on the talk room screen.
According to the virtual conference system of configuration 9, the terminal display control unit saves the virtual sticky note position information indicating the position of the virtual sticky note by the relative position with respect to the partition line in the storage unit. When the viewing request information is received from the terminal of the representative, the talk room screen displaying the virtual sticky note at the position after the change to the division line can be reproduced and displayed on the display of the terminal of the representative.

(Arrangement 10) The terminal display control unit controls the first representative terminal, which is one of the plurality of representative terminals, and the second representative terminal other than the first representative terminal. while transmitting the talk room display information and displaying the talk room screen on the display of the first representative terminal, transmitting the talk room display information to the second representative terminal The virtual conferencing system according to any one of configurations 1 to 9 that are not performed.
According to the virtual conference system of configuration 10, when one of the representatives is browsing the talk room screen displayed on the display of the first representative terminal, the other representative displays the display of the second representative terminal It is possible to prevent that the talk room screen of the same talk room is displayed by mistake and the talk room screen is edited.

(Configuration 11) A computer is used by a representative terminal used by a representative of a talk room, which is a virtual conference space, and a plurality of participant terminals individually used by a plurality of participants in the talk room. a communication control unit that controls communication; and a posted information storage unit that, when the communication control unit receives posted information transmitted from the participant terminal, stores the posted information in a storage unit provided in the computer. and, when the communication control unit receives the viewing request information transmitted from the representative terminal, a virtual sticky note indicating the content of the posted information saved in the storage unit before receiving the viewing request information. a terminal display control unit for transmitting talk room display information for displaying the talk room screen to be displayed to the representative terminal by the communication control unit and displaying the talk room screen on the display of the representative terminal; program to function as
By causing a computer to execute the program of configuration 11, the configuration of the virtual conference system of configuration 1 can be realized.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Virtual meeting system 10... Processor 11... Communication control part 12... Talk room setting part 13... Posted information storage part 14... Talk theme related information acquisition part 15... Talk theme related information provision part 16... Terminal display information control unit 30 Memory 31 Program 32 Registered member list 33 Talk room data 34 Posted information list 40 Communication unit 51a, 51b Participant portable terminal 52a, 52b Participant PC 61 Representative mobile terminal 62 Representative PC 100 Posting screen 110 Detailed information screen 200, 200a to 200c Talk room screen 210, 210a to 210f Virtual sticky note 250 Work Area, 207, 208...axis (division line), H...representative, Pa, Pb...participant.

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A communication control unit that controls communication between a representative terminal used by a representative of a talk room, which is a virtual conference space, and a plurality of participant terminals individually used by a plurality of participants in the talk room. and,
a storage unit;
a posted information storage unit configured to store the posted information in the storage unit when the communication control unit receives the posted information transmitted from the participant terminal;
When the communication control unit receives the viewing request information transmitted from the representative terminal, it displays a virtual sticky note indicating the content of the posted information saved in the storage unit before receiving the viewing request information. a terminal display control unit for transmitting talk room display information for displaying a talk room screen to the representative terminal by the communication control unit, and displaying the talk room screen on the display of the representative terminal;
A virtual conference system with The posted information storage unit classifies the posted information into one of a plurality of talk themes set in the talk room and stores the posted information in the storage unit;
When the communication control unit receives talk theme designation information that designates one of the plurality of talk themes transmitted from the representative terminal, the terminal display control unit is configured to select the talk theme designated by the talk theme designation information. The communication control unit transmits the talk room display information for displaying the talk room screen that displays only the virtual sticky notes indicating the contents of the posted information classified into the respective talk themes within a predetermined work area to the representative. The virtual conference system according to claim 1, wherein the virtual conference system transmits to a terminal. a talk theme related information acquisition unit that acquires information related to the talk theme;
a talk theme related information providing unit that transmits the related information to the participant terminal by the communication control unit;
The virtual conferencing system of claim 2, comprising: The talk theme related information acquisition unit receives the related information transmitted from the information providing terminal, which is one of the representative terminal and the plurality of participant terminals, by the communication control unit. Get relevant information,
The talk theme related information providing unit transmits the related information by the communication control unit to information receiving terminals which are terminals other than the information providing terminal among the representative terminal and the plurality of participant terminals. The virtual conference system according to claim 3. The terminal display control unit saves in the storage unit when the communication control unit receives all posted information display request information requesting display of all the posted information, which is transmitted from the representative terminal. said talk room display information for displaying said talk room screen in which post icons individually corresponding to all said posted information are displayed in different manners for each said talk theme into which said corresponding posted information is classified; is transmitted to the representative terminal. The virtual conference system according to any one of claims 2 to 4. A talk room setting unit that transmits talk theme selection information indicating, to the representative terminal, a specific talk theme that has been set as a talk theme a predetermined number of times or more as a talk theme candidate for the talk room. A virtual conference system according to any one of claims 1 to 5. When the communication control unit receives the viewing request information from the representative terminal, the terminal display control unit displays the talk room screen on the display of the representative terminal in response to the previous reception of the viewing request information. When the display of is finished, on the display of the representative terminal in response to the reception of the previous viewing request information and the continuous virtual sticky note that is the virtual sticky note indicating the content of the posted information saved in the storage unit after the display of the talk room screen of is completed, the talk room screen is displayed in a different display mode from the new virtual sticky note that is the virtual sticky note indicating the content of the posted information saved in the storage unit. The virtual conference system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the talk room display information for the purpose is transmitted to the representative terminal. The terminal display control unit
When the communication control unit receives virtual sticky note position change information indicating that the position of the virtual sticky note on the talk room screen has been changed from the representative terminal, it recognizes from the virtual sticky note position change information, storing virtual sticky note position information indicating the position of the virtual sticky note after the change on the talk room screen in the storage unit;
Next, the talk room display information for displaying the talk room screen displaying the virtual sticky note at the position indicated by the virtual sticky note position information when the viewing request information is received from the representative terminal, The virtual conference system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the communication control unit transmits to the representative terminal. The terminal display control unit
The communication control unit transmits to the representative terminal the talk room display information for displaying the talk room screen displaying the division lines for sorting the virtual sticky notes, and the virtual sticky notes on the talk room screen are displayed. 9. The virtual conference system according to claim 8, wherein, as the position, the virtual sticky note position information indicating the relative position of the virtual sticky note with respect to the partition line is stored in the storage unit. The terminal display control unit, for a first representative terminal, which is one of the plurality of representative terminals, and a second representative terminal other than the first representative terminal, for the first representative terminal, While the talk room display information is transmitted and the talk room screen is displayed on the display of the first representative terminal, the talk room display information is not transmitted to the second representative terminal. 10. A virtual conferencing system according to any one of claims 1-9. the computer,
A communication control unit that controls communication between a representative terminal used by a representative of a talk room, which is a virtual conference space, and a plurality of participant terminals individually used by a plurality of participants in the talk room. and,
a posted information storage unit that stores the posted information in a storage unit provided in the computer when the communication control unit receives the posted information transmitted from the participant terminal;
When the communication control unit receives the viewing request information transmitted from the representative terminal, it displays a virtual sticky note indicating the content of the posted information saved in the storage unit before receiving the viewing request information. a terminal display control unit for transmitting talk room display information for displaying a talk room screen to the representative terminal by the communication control unit and displaying the talk room screen on the display of the representative terminal;
program to function as

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