JP3025479B2 - Related information providing apparatus, related information providing method, and recording medium - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a related information providing apparatus and a related information providing method, and more particularly to a related information providing apparatus and a related information providing method for analyzing data having a master-slave relationship.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in sales activities, particularly in sales jumping-in and telephone appointment, a sales person generally conducts sales activities based on a list created by randomly extracting regions or the like. Examples of such interpersonal activities that rely on lists include election campaigns.

[0003] In such interpersonal activities, in order to achieve a higher probability of achieving the purpose of the interpersonal activity (for example, selling a product or voting on a candidate for the own camp), a person who is likely to achieve the purpose is required. It is necessary to list as many as possible.

[0004] When selecting a person who is likely to achieve the purpose, it is effective to use the presence or absence of a personal relationship with a person known to him as a criterion for selection. Specifically, for example, in business activities, by first taking out the introduction of a known person as a topic, the alertness is relaxed, and subsequent negotiations etc. will be carried out amicably It is known that it is general. In addition, jump-in sales and telephone appointments may not only be unsuccessful due to the circumstances and timing of the target customer at the time of business, or persistent negotiations,
There is also a risk that business negotiations will be impossible semipermanently, harming the emotions of customers. Even in such a case, by presenting the topic of the introducer in advance, it is expected that the general risk of the jump-in business as described above can be significantly suppressed.

As a method for providing such a personal relationship, there is a method disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-250398. In this method, a person having a blood relationship with a specific customer is searched for using a "blood code" as a key, and the retrieved information is provided.

[0006]

However, the above-described method using the blood-related code can only grasp the personal relationship with a very small number of persons related by the blood-related code. On the other hand, in the business activities and election activities exemplified above, human relationships formed by various social relationships such as business relationships are much more important than blood relationships, and such social relationships are , Are formed in a much wider range than blood relationships. For this reason, the above-mentioned method hardly provides effective information for achieving purposes such as sales activities and election activities.

[0007] In addition, social relationships such as business relationships have high utility value indirect relationships through third parties, and have high utility values rather than direct relationships through the mediation of trusted third parties. It can even be.

However, in the above-described method of providing information of a person who can directly follow using the blood-related code, it is almost impossible to grasp the above-mentioned indirect relationship, and therefore, the above-described method is not available. The method is not a useful method to achieve the purpose such as sales activities and election activities.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and has a relational information providing apparatus and a relational information providing apparatus for efficiently providing information representing a wide range of human relations including not only direct but also indirect ones. The purpose is to provide an information provision method.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a related information providing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention measures a distance between a specific person and a person who introduced the person.
Introduce a specific person and the person who introduced the person
The distance to the person who made the call is 2
The distance increases as the number of persons increases.
The person specified by the information acquired by the object input unit
Distance to the person indicated by the person data searched by the search processing unit
Are the same in each other
The person data belonging to each layer among the person data searched out by the search processing unit.
An output unit that outputs the number of data, the search processing unit outputs, from the person database unit, the person data associated with the introducer data representing the person represented by the retrieved person data. Further, a search means for searching is provided.

According to the related information providing device, when a person is specified by the person input unit, the person introduced by the person is searched for by the search processing unit. Further, the person introduced by the found person is further found by the search means. In this way, not only the second person directly introduced by the specific first person, but also the third person introduced by the second person, and further the fourth person introduced by the third person , Etc. are retrieved as information of a person indirectly introduced by the specified specific person. Found
The number of identified person data is related to the identified person.
Is output after being aggregated for each layer indicating the directness of the
It is. The tabulated output result is specified by the person input section.
Of the personal connection chain of the identified person or the network of the person
Represents the intensity of Therefore, in such a related information providing device,
According to the report, extensive, indirect as well as direct
This personal relationship is evaluated after the human relationship including
Is efficiently provided.

The additional information is associated with the additional information.
Are classified according to predetermined criteria.
May include rank information indicating the rank. This place
In the case, the output unit performs the search based on the rank information.
The number of the person data retrieved by the processing unit is classified by the hierarchy and
There is a means to create and output information that represents each rank
It may be. This allows, for example,
Achieve objectives such as sales and election activities using people
Each person set according to any criteria, such as the size of the possibility of
Information indicating the rank of an object is also provided efficiently.

[0013] The related information providing device may include the additional information in the additional information.
Based on the person data associated with the additional information.
Determine the rank of the data, and
Link information to the additional information.
You may. This will automatically determine your rank,
Users no longer need to set their own rank
Therefore, the operation required to receive the information is omitted.
As a result, information acquisition becomes more efficient.

[0014] The search processing unit is configured to execute the person database.
Section stores the person data in the person data
Search for itself when it is assumed that the person input unit has acquired
The number of the person data for each of the same
List work that creates a list that represents the list of associated items
Generating means, and the output unit is configured to generate the list
Means for outputting the created list to the outside
There may be. This allows the user to introduce each person
Efficiently obtain information that can list the number of people who Follow
Thus, the strength of the personal connections of each person is quickly determined.

[0015] The list creation means may include the person database.
The person data stored in the
When the person input section obtains it,
That belong to the same hierarchical level
The data associated with each person is sorted in descending order of the number of the person data.
Is a means to create a list representing a list arranged in ascending order
If provided, the strength of the network of each person
Weak decisions are made more quickly.

The range specification information for specifying the range of the hierarchy is
Specify by the range input means to be acquired and the range specification information
The person data belonging to the hierarchy and the person data
List the additional information associated with the data
Selection output means for outputting an image,
Is also good. As a result, individual information of persons at each level is provided.
Business activities, election activities, etc.
The person who should be an elephant is easily narrowed down,
Activities become more efficient.

[0017] The selection output means may output the range designation information.
The person data belonging to the hierarchy specified by
One of the additional information associated with the person data
And print the entry fields associated with the person data
May be provided. This allows the floor
Individual information of each person in each layer is portable and
In a form that can be filled in by filling in predetermined items such as fruits
Provided. Therefore, activities to achieve the objectives are more efficient
Become

[0018] The information providing device is described in the entry box.
Information that has been read, and
Reading means for specifying person data; and the reader
Reading the information based on the information read by the step
Of the person data identified by the reading means
Rank information, and rank information representing the determined rank,
Add to the additional information associated with the person data
Means, if any
The information provided will be reflected in the determination of the rank,
Automatically determine more relevant ranks based on results
Is made. Therefore, activities to achieve the objectives are more efficient
Become

[0019] The search processing section is obtained by the person input section.
The person data representing the person specified by the information
The associated introducer data is stored in the person database.
And means for searches out from the scan section, said introducer de self has retrieved
Data associated with the person data representing the person represented by the data.
Means for further searching for the introducer data.
It may be. This allows a specific first person to be directly
Introduce not only the second person introduced to, but also the second person
The third person who introduced, and the fourth person who introduced the third person
Information about a person, etc., indirectly introduces a specified person.
It is retrieved as information of the person who passed through. And found
The number of persons by rank is also clear.

Further , the relationship according to the second aspect of the present invention
The information providing device includes person data representing a person, and the person
Associating introducer data representing the person who introduced the object with each other
And a specific person.
A person inputting section for acquiring that information, the person inputting section acquires
The person data representing the person specified by the information
The associated introducer data is stored in the person database.
The upstream search processing unit retrieved from the
The distance to the person who introduced the person is set to 1, and a specific person
And the distance between the person who introduced the person
2, and similarly, as the number of intervening introducers increases
Therefore, if the distance increases, the person input unit acquires
The person specified by the information and the search processing unit found out
Person data whose distance to the person indicated by the person data is the same
Data represent persons belonging to the same hierarchy.
In the case, the person data retrieved by the upstream search processing unit
Output the number of the person data belonging to each layer.
A relational information providing device comprising:
The upstream search processing unit receives the referrer data
The introduction associated with the person data representing the person to represent
Further comprising means for searches out the intervention's data, and characterized in that
I do.

According to such a related information providing device,
Not limited to the second person who introduced the first person directly,
A third person who introduced the second person, and a third person
Information such as the fourth person who introduced the person is
Is found as information of the person who indirectly introduced a certain person
You. It is also clear that the number of persons found
You. Therefore, according to such a related information providing apparatus, a wide area
Human, including indirect as well as direct
Information that expresses this personal relationship after the relationship has been precisely evaluated
Is provided efficiently.

Further , a relation according to a third aspect of the present invention.
The information providing device transmits a plurality of data having a master-slave relationship to each other.
A database unit for storing in association with each said data
An input unit for acquiring information designating one of the above, and the input unit
Associated with the data specified by the acquired information
Search for the retrieved data from the database unit
Search processing unit, specific data, data
The distance to the data is 1 and the specific data and the data
The distance to the data belonging to the data to which it belongs is 2, and the following
Similarly, the distance increases as the number of intervening data increases.
If the number of data retrieved by the search
That is, data specified by the information acquired by the input unit
Are the same level when the distance between them is the same
, Before searching by the search processing unit.
Output the number of data belonging to each layer among the above data
An output unit, a related information providing device composed of, said analyzing
The search processing unit is associated with the data searched by the search processing unit.
Other than the data that the user has already found.
Retrieval means for further retrieving objects from the database unit
Comprises, characterized in that.

According to such a related information providing device,
Second data subordinate to the first fixed data, the second data
Data such as third data that depends on the data,
Fifth data on which the fourth data depends, and the fifth data
Data such as the sixth data to which the
Found as data that is indirectly associated with the data
You. It is also clear that the number of retrieved data by hierarchy is clear.
Become. Therefore, according to such a related information providing device,
Extensive, not only direct but also indirect
The relationship between multiple data, such as
Then, information representing this relationship is efficiently provided.

Further , a relation according to a fourth aspect of the present invention.
Information provision method acquires information specifying a specific person
Introduced the person input step, multiple people, and each person
By associating with additional information including introducer data representing a person
The person input unit obtains from the stored person database
The referrer data representing the person specified by the information
Search processing step to find the assigned person data
Distance and flop, and specific person, and the person who introduced the person
1 and introduce a specific person and the person who introduced the person
The distance between the person and the intervening person is set to 2.
As the distance increases as the number of intermediaries increases,
Specified by the information obtained in the person input step
And the person data retrieved in the search processing step.
Data with the same distance to the person indicated by the data
Are people who belong to the same level as each other
The person data searched out in the search processing step
Output the number of the person data belonging to each layer.
Output step, and a relation information providing method comprising:
In the search processing step, the retrieved person data is
The said person associated with the introducer data representing the person to represent
Further comprising a search step of searches out the person data, it
It is characterized by.

According to such a related information providing method,
Not limited to the second person directly introduced by the first person,
The third person introduced by the second person, and the third person
The information such as the fourth person introduced by the person is
Search for information of a person indirectly introduced by a certain person
Is done. And the search processing step finds the
The number of person data by hierarchy is also clear. Therefore, this
According to such a method for providing relational information,
Human relationships, including indirect ones, are precisely evaluated
Information that expresses this personal relationship is provided efficiently.
It is.

A computer according to a fifth aspect of the present invention.
The computer-readable recording medium stores the computer
Introductory data representing multiple people and the person who introduced each person
Data that is stored in association with additional information including
Source part, person input to obtain information specifying a specific person
Unit, a person specified by the information obtained by the person input unit
Person data associated with the introducer data representing the object
Searching for data from the person database unit
Department, the distance between a specific person and the person who introduced the person
Introduce a specific person and the person who introduced the person
The distance to the person who made the call is 2
The distance increases as the number of persons increases.
The person specified by the information acquired by the object input unit
Distance to the person indicated by the person data searched by the search processing unit
Are the same in each other
The search processing unit has searched for
The person data belonging to each layer of the person data.
Output section for outputting the number of data, to function as, the search processing
Represents the person represented by the retrieved person data.
Person data associated with the referrer data
Search means for further searching from the person database unit
To function Te, that records a program for
Features.

The professional media recorded on such a recording medium
The computer that executes the gram is a specific first person
Not only the second person introduced directly, but also the second person
The third person introduced, and the third person introduced by the third person
4 information, etc., by the specified specific person
Find out information of the person who was directly introduced. And rope
The number of the outputted person data for each layer is clarified . Obedience
Is broad and not only direct but also indirect
After the human relationships including
The information to represent is provided efficiently.

[0028]

[0029]

[0030]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A relation information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to a personal connection management system for extracting a personal connection as an example.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows a physical configuration of a personal connection management system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown, this personal connection management system
Control unit 1, main storage unit 2, external storage unit 3, input unit 4
And a display unit 5. The control unit 1 is connected to the main storage unit 2, the external storage unit 3, the input unit 4, and the display unit 5.

The control unit 1 has a CPU (Central Processing).
Unit) and the like, and a main program 51 described later,
The extraction program 52 and the tallying program 53 are executed. The main storage unit 2 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory) and the like, and is used as a work area of the control unit 1.

The external storage unit 3 is composed of a hard disk device or the like, and includes program data representing a main program 51, an extraction program 52, and an aggregation program 53, and a master table 61, an intermediate table 62, an extraction result table 63, and an aggregation table 64, which will be described later. Is stored. Then, in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 1, the control unit 1 supplies data stored therein to the control unit 1.

The input unit 4 includes a mouse, a keyboard, and the like, and supplies data having contents according to the operation of the operator to the control unit 1. The display unit 5 includes a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube),
It is composed of an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or the like, and displays characters, figures, and the like under the control of the control unit 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, this personal connection management system logically includes a main program 51, an extraction program 52, an aggregation program 53, a master table 61, an intermediate table 62, and an extraction result. Table 6
3 and an aggregation table 64.

Main program 51, extraction program 5
2 and the tallying program 53 are programs executed by the control unit 1. Main program 51
In order to obtain the name supplied by the user operating the input unit 4 and calculate the number of persons directly and indirectly introduced by a person having the name (hereinafter referred to as “analysis subject”), The extraction program 52 is started.

The "person indirectly introduced by the person to be analyzed" specifically refers to the person who introduced the person, the person who introduced the person, and so on. Refers to a person who can reach the person directly introduced by the person. In other words, a person who can be regarded as a person introduced by the analysis subject when the person introduced by the analysis subject is regarded as the analysis subject himself.

The persons introduced directly or indirectly by the person to be analyzed form a hierarchy having a mutual rank relationship. Specifically, a set of persons directly introduced by the analysis subject forms a hierarchical level # 1, a set of persons introduced by persons belonging to the hierarchical level # 1 forms a hierarchical level # 2, and hereinafter, a higher hierarchical level The lower hierarchy is sequentially formed such that the set of persons introduced by the belongings forms the lower hierarchy closest to the hierarchy.

The extraction program 52 is provided in the master table 6
From 1, an extraction result table 63 is created by extracting a portion including information on a person directly and indirectly introduced by the analysis subject. The main program 51 calculates the number of persons directly or indirectly introduced by the analysis subject for each layer based on the contents of the extraction result table 63, and displays the calculation result on the display unit 5.

The processing of the extraction program (that is, processing of steps S201 to S209 described later) can call itself recursively. In other words, the process of the extraction program 52 can call the substantially same process as its own, independently of itself, and transfer control to the called process. Substantially the same processing can be called.

The totalizing program 53 is provided in the master table 6
From step 1, information on persons directly and indirectly introduced by each of the persons who can be the analysis target is tabulated as described below to create a tabulation table 64, and the contents of the tabulation table 64 are displayed on the display unit 5.

The master table 61 contains information (for example, for each person who can be an analysis target) that specifies that person.
Name), optional information about the person, and information identifying the introducer who introduced the person (eg, the name of the introducer)
And is stored in the storage area of the external storage unit 3 in advance.

More specifically, the master table 61 has, for example, a data structure shown in FIG. That is, the master table 61 is made up of a plurality of records, and at the beginning of each record, there is a name field storing the name of a person who can be an analysis target. An area following the name field includes an introducer name field storing the name of the introducer who introduced the person whose name is stored in the name field. In an area following the introducer name field, there is an address field storing the address of the person whose name is stored in the name field, and further, a telephone number field storing the telephone number of the person. Note that the number of the introducer name fields does not need to be one per record, but may be plural.

The extraction result table 63 includes, for each person directly and indirectly introduced by the analysis subject, information for specifying the person, information indicating the hierarchy to which the person belongs, arbitrary information on the person, This is data including information for specifying an introducer who introduced a person. The extraction result table 63 is created by the processing of the extraction program 52,
It is stored in the storage area of the main storage unit 2.

The intermediate table 62 stores the extraction result table 6
3 is data that is created by the extraction program 52 to create 3 and is stored in the storage area of the main storage unit 2. The intermediate table 62 includes, for each person directly and indirectly introduced by the analysis subject, information on a person belonging to the same hierarchy, information specifying the person, information indicating the hierarchy to which the person belongs, and information on the person. Includes arbitrary information and information identifying the introducer who introduced the person.

Intermediate table 62 and extraction result table 6
The data structure of No. 3 is, for example, substantially the same as the master table 61, as shown in FIG. However, in the name field of each record of the intermediate table 62 and the extraction result table 63, the name of the person directly or indirectly introduced by the analysis subject is stored. As shown in the figure, the area at the end of each record contains information indicating the hierarchy to which the person whose name is stored in the name field belongs (for example, if the person belongs to the above-described hierarchy # 2, the value “ 2 ").

The tallying table 64 is data including information indicating the result of tallying the number of persons directly and indirectly introduced by each person for each person who can be an analysis target. The tallying table 64 is created by the processing of the tallying program 53 and stored in the storage area of the main storage unit 2.

The aggregation table 64 has a data structure shown in FIG. 5, for example. That is, the aggregation table 64 is composed of a plurality of records, and at the beginning of each record, there is a name field storing the names of persons who can be analyzed. In an area following the name field, there is a hierarchy # 1 field storing information indicating the number of persons belonging to the hierarchy # 1 as viewed from the person whose name is stored in the name field.
In an area following the layer # 1 field, there are a layer # 2 field storing information indicating the number of persons belonging to the layer # 2 as viewed from the person whose name is stored in the name field, and a layer # 3 as viewed from the person. There is a hierarchy # 3 field that stores information indicating the number of members. At the end of each record, there is a total field storing information indicating the total number of persons belonging to layers # 1 to # 3.

(Operation of First Embodiment) Next, the operation of this personal connection management system will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing of the main program 51. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing of the extraction program 52. FIG. 9 shows an aggregation program 5
7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of No. 3;

(Processing of Main Program and Extraction Program) After the personal network management system is activated, when the user of the personal network management system operates the input unit 4 to instruct the main program 51 to be activated, the control of the personal network management system is performed. The unit 1 reads program data representing the main program 51 from the external storage unit 3 in response to the instruction. Then, the processing shown in FIG. 6 is executed according to the read program data.

When the process of FIG. 6 is started, the control unit 1 causes the display unit 5 to display an image prompting the user to input the name of the analysis subject (FIG. 6, step S101). Then, the control unit 1 determines whether or not the user operates the input unit 4 to supply the data representing the name to the user (step S).
102), if it is determined that it has not been supplied, step S1
02 is repeated.

If it is determined in step S102 that the data representing the name has been supplied to itself, the control unit 1 deletes all the contents of the extraction result table 63 stored in the external storage unit 3 (step S103). However, if the extraction result table 63 has not yet been stored in the external storage unit 3, a new extraction result table 63 having empty contents is created.

Next, the control unit 1 starts the processing of the extraction program 52 shown in FIG.
As the second parameter, the data representing the name supplied in step S102 is delivered, and the value “1” is delivered as the second parameter (step S104).

The above-mentioned first parameter passed to the processing of the extraction program 52 represents the name of the person whose object is to be extracted by the extraction program 52 (that is, the person who has been introduced directly and indirectly is specified). Things. Further, the second parameter is for holding information indicating the number of hierarchies of the person to be found (at S203) with the analysis subject.

When the processing of the extraction program 52 is started,
The control unit 1 declares the use of the variable W1 (that is, secures a portion for storing the value of the variable W1 in the storage area of the main storage unit 2), and receives the first parameter passed from the main program 51. Then, the received value of the first parameter is substituted for the variable W1 (FIG. 7, step S20).
1). Further, the control unit 1 declares the use of the variable R1, receives the second parameter passed from the main program 51, and substitutes the value of the received second parameter for the variable R1 (step S202).

Next, the control unit 1 accesses the master table 61, and among the records of the master table 61,
A record whose name stored in the variable W1 is stored in the introducer name field is searched, and an intermediate table 62 storing the contents of the searched record is created (step S203).

Next, the control unit 1 writes the value indicated by the variable R1 into the hierarchy field of each record of the intermediate table 62 created in step S203,
2 is added to the extraction result table 63 (step S204).

Then, the control unit 1 declares the use of a pointer variable indicating a record of the intermediate table 62, and substitutes a value indicating the first record of the intermediate table 62 into the pointer variable (step S205). Next, the control unit 1 determines whether or not the record of the intermediate table 62 indicated by the pointer variable is the last record (step S206).

If it is determined in step S206 that the record is the last record, the control unit 1 returns to the process that called the extraction program 52. On the other hand, when determining that the record is not the last record in step S206, the control unit 1
Declares the use of the variables W2 and R2, substitutes the name stored in the name field of the record indicated by the pointer variable into the variable W2, and substitutes the value obtained by adding 1 to the value of the variable R1 into the variable R2. (Step S207).

Then, the control unit 1 controls the extraction program 52
Are recursively started, and the value of the variable W2 is passed as the first parameter and the value of the variable R2 is passed as the second parameter to the started extraction program 52 (step S
208).

When the extracted extraction program 52 is terminated, the control unit 1 that has recursively started the extraction program 52 substitutes a value indicating the next record of the intermediate table 62 into a pointer variable (step S209). The process returns to step S206.

In step S206, when the control unit 1 that has determined that the pointer variable points to the last record of the intermediate table 62 returns to the processing that called the extraction program 52, the processing that has returned is the main program 51. If so, the control unit 1 proceeds to the process of step S105 of the main program 51 shown in FIG.

In step S105, the control unit 1
The number of records is counted for each of the values stored in the hierarchy field of each record of the extraction result table 63 that are substantially the same (that is, when the person indicated by the contents of the name field belongs to the same hierarchy). Count the number of records for each). Then, the control unit 1 performs step S1
An image representing the number of records counted in 05 is displayed on the display unit 5 (step S106), and the process ends.

The image displayed on the display unit 5 by the control unit 1 in step S106 is, for example, as shown in FIG. As shown, in step S106, the display unit 5 displays
For example, the number of records in which the value “1” is stored in the hierarchy field is displayed at a position following the word “first stage (direct)” (for example, to the right of the word). This number represents the number of persons (persons who belong to the hierarchy # 1 as viewed from the analysis target) directly introduced by the analysis target specified by the user.

In step S106, the display unit 5
For example, the number of records in which the value “2” is stored in the hierarchy field is displayed at a position following the word “second stage”. This number indicates the total number of persons belonging to the hierarchy # 2 as viewed from the analysis target person specified by the user.

In step S106, the display unit 5
For example, the number of records in which the value “3” is stored in the hierarchy field is displayed at a position following the word “third stage”. This number represents the total number of persons belonging to the hierarchy # 3 as viewed from the analysis target person specified by the user.

In step S106, the display unit 5
For example, the total number of records in the extraction result table 63 is displayed at a position following the word “total”. This number represents the total number of persons directly or indirectly introduced by the analysis target person specified by the user.

(Processing of Tallying Program) The image displayed by the display unit 5 in step S106 includes, for example, a button in which the word "start tallying" is written as shown in FIG. Then, when the user clicks this button using, for example, the mouse of the input unit 4, the control unit 1
Executes the processing of the tallying program shown in FIG.

When the processing of the counting program 53 is started,
The control unit 1 extracts data included in the name field of each record of the master table 61, and creates a list including each extracted data as an element (step S).
301). At the end of the list, an element having a predetermined value indicating the end is added.

Next, the control section 1 deletes the contents of the aggregation table 64 (step S302). However, if the tally table 64 is not yet stored in the external storage unit 3, a new tally table 64 having empty contents is newly created.

Next, the control unit 1 reads the contents of the first element of the list created in step S301 from the list (step S303), and executes steps S303 and S309.
Then, it is determined whether or not the content of the element that has been read out most recently from the list in the processing of (1) represents the end of the list (step S304).

If it is determined that the list does not indicate the end of the list, the control section 1 clears or initializes the contents of the extraction result table 63 (step S305). Then, the control unit 1 activates the extraction program 52, passes the read element value of the list as the first parameter, and passes the value “1” as the second parameter to the activated extraction program 52 (step S306). .

Then, when the processing of the extraction program 52 ends and the processing returns to the counting program 53, the control unit 1
The number of records is counted for each record in which the values stored in the hierarchy field of each record of the extraction result table 63 are substantially the same (step S307).

Then, the control unit 1 writes the contents (name) of the element read most recently in step S303 into the name field of the first record having an empty name field among the records of the tallying table 64. Further, in the layer # 1, field # 2, and layer # 3 fields, of the number of records counted in step S307, the value stored in the layer field is "1", "2", or "3". Write the counted value for each item. Also, in the total field, step S3
The total number of records counted in step 07 is written (step S308).

Next, the control unit 1 reads out the contents of the element next to the most recently read element from the list created in step S301 (step S30).
9) The process returns to step S304.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S304 that the most recently read element indicates the end of the list, the control unit 1 causes the display unit 5 to display an image representing the contents of the aggregation table 64 (step S310). ), The processing of the counting program 53 ends.

The display format in step S310 is arbitrary. For example, the control unit 1
4 may be displayed on the display unit 5 in such a manner that the contents stored in each record in the layer # 1 are arranged in descending order of the value stored in the field # 1. By the above-described processing, the number of persons introduced by each of the persons who can be the analysis target is displayed in a list for each hierarchy.

The configuration of this personal connection management system is not limited to the above. For example, the display unit 5 of the personal connection management system may include a printing device such as a printer, and the printing device may display an image representing the number of records counted by the control unit 1 in step S105, or a display device of the aggregation table 64. An image representing the content may be printed.

Further, the control unit 1 adds data to an arbitrary field of the master table 61, deletes data stored in the master table 61, or deletes data stored in the master table 61 in accordance with the content of an instruction given by the user using the input unit 4. It may be changed. In addition, the control unit 1 controls the input unit 4 by the user.
The master table 61 according to the content of the instruction performed using
Any record or field may be added to the master table 61, or any record or field included in the master table 61 may be deleted.

Further, after performing the processing of step S207 of the extraction program 52, for example,
Before moving the processing to 208, it is determined whether or not the value of the variable R2 exceeds a predetermined value.
You may make it return to the process which called the extraction program 52. Thereby, the personal connections extracted by the extraction program 52 are in the range of the hierarchy represented by the predetermined value (for example, if the predetermined value is 3, the range of the hierarchy # 3 or more).
As a result, the processing time of the control unit 1 executing the extraction program 52 is reduced.

The control unit 1 also controls the extraction result table 63
May be displayed on the display unit 5. Needless to say, the control unit 1 does not need to display the contents of all the records of the extraction result table 63 at one time. What is necessary is just to make the display unit 5 display a portion that matches the content of the instruction given by operating the unit 4.

Specifically, for example, after the control unit 1 displays the image shown in FIG. 8 on the display unit 5 in step S 106, the user (Directly) ",
Wait for clicking on either the number displayed at the position following the word "second stage" or the number displayed at the position following the word "third stage".

When detecting that any one of these numbers is clicked, the control unit 1 determines which hierarchical level the clicked number represents the number of persons belonging to. The determination of the hierarchy may be made based on the display position of the numeral on the display screen of the display unit 5, for example.

Next, the control unit 1 controls the extraction result table 63
And, among the records of the extraction result table 63,
A record in which the value stored in the hierarchy field indicates the above-described determined hierarchy is searched, and the display unit 5 displays the contents of the searched record. As a result, the display unit 5 displays the contents of the record of the extraction result table 63 in which the names of the persons belonging to the hierarchy specified by the user operating the input unit 4 are stored in the name field.

Further, the personal connection management system is not limited to the above-described processing of counting the number of persons introduced by an analysis subject or counting the number of persons introduced by persons who may be analysis subjects.
For example, the number of persons who introduced the analysis subject may be counted.

In this case, for example, in step S203, the control unit 1 executing the extraction program 52 executes step S201 of each record of the master table 61.
A record in which the received name is stored in the name field is searched, and an intermediate table 62 storing the contents of the searched record is created. Then, in step S207, the name stored in the introducer name field of the record indicated by the pointer variable is substituted for the variable W2.

As a result of making the processing of the extraction program 52 as described above, the extraction result table 63 contains, for each person who directly and indirectly introduces the analysis subject, information for specifying the person and information to which the person belongs. Information indicating the hierarchy,
Arbitrary information about the person and information specifying the introducer who introduced the person are stored. However, "the person who indirectly introduced the analysis subject" means, specifically, when the person who introduced the analysis subject is regarded as the analysis subject himself,
A person who can be regarded as a person who introduced the analysis subject.

The persons who directly or indirectly introduce the analysis subject form a hierarchy having a mutual order relationship. Specifically, a set of persons who directly introduce the analysis subject forms a hierarchy # (-1), and a set of persons who introduces persons belonging to the hierarchy # (-1) forms a hierarchy # (-2). Forming
A set of persons who have introduced the persons belonging to the lower hierarchy forms the immediately higher hierarchy of the hierarchy. In the above-described processing of steps S106 and S310, the number displayed as the number of persons belonging to the first to third steps is not the number of persons belonging to layers # 1 to # 3 in this case. This is the number of persons belonging to layers # (-1) to # (-3).

Although the extraction program has been described as being capable of calling itself recursively, the structure of the program is not limited to a recursive one, but may be any configuration that allows repeated searches.

(Second Embodiment) In the first embodiment described above, the presence or absence of a personal connection between two persons (that is, the relation that one of the two persons directly or indirectly introduces the other). Information indicating presence / absence) is the master table 61
And the like, and the extraction of the personal network of the analysis target is performed based on the presence or absence of the personal connection between the analysis target and other persons. However, not only the presence or absence of a personal connection between the two parties, but also the attributes such as the "strength" of the personal connection are defined based on arbitrary criteria,
Personal connections may be extracted based on the defined attributes.
Hereinafter, a personal connection management system according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in which the strength of the personal connections is classified into a plurality of ranks, and the personal connections are extracted based on the ranks.

FIG. 10 shows a physical configuration of a personal connection management system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the display system includes a server 10 and a terminal 20.
a to 20c. Server 10 and terminal 20
Each of a to 20c is associated with a unique address.

The server 10 includes a control unit 11 and a main storage unit 1
2, an external storage unit 13, and a network connection unit 14. The control unit 11 is connected to the main storage unit 12, the external storage unit 13, and the network connection unit 14. The control unit 11, the main storage unit 12, and the external storage unit 13 are substantially the same as the control unit 1, the main storage unit 2, and the external storage unit 3 in the first embodiment.

[0093] The network connection unit 14 comprises a terminal adapter or the like, and connects the control unit 11 to a network in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 11.

The terminals 20a to 20c are substantially the same as each other, and include a control unit 21 and a main storage unit 22 respectively.
, An external storage unit 23, an input unit 24, a display unit 25,
A printing unit 26, a scanner 27, and a network connection unit 2
8. The control unit 21 includes a main storage unit 22, an external storage unit 23, an input unit 24, a display unit 25, a printing unit 26,
It is connected to a scanner 27 and a network connection unit 28.

Control unit 21, main storage unit 22, external storage unit 2
3, the input unit 24 and the display unit 25 are substantially the same as, for example, the control unit 1, the main storage unit 2, the external storage unit 3, the input unit 4 and the display unit 5 in the first embodiment, respectively. is there.

The printing unit 26 is composed of a printer or the like, and prints characters, figures, and the like according to the contents specified by the control unit 21 on paper. The scanner 27 reads an image of a document set in itself, generates image data representing the image,
The generated image data is supplied to the control unit 21. The network connection unit 28 is connected to the network connection unit 1 of the server 10.
4 is connected to the network to which the server 10 is connected.

The logical configuration of this personal connection management system is as follows:
This is substantially the same as the first embodiment. However, in this personal connection management system, the program data of the main program 51 is stored in the external storage unit 2 of the terminals 20a to 20c.
3 and read out and executed by the control unit 21 connected to each external storage unit 23. The program data of the extraction program 52 and the tallying program 53 are stored in the external storage unit 13 of the server 10, and are read and executed by the control unit 10.

The master table 61 is stored in the external storage unit 13 of the server 10 in advance, and the intermediate table 6
2. The extraction result table 63 and the aggregation table 64 are generated by the control unit 11 of the server 10 by a process described later and stored in the external storage unit 13. In addition, the extraction result table 6
3 are terminals 20a to 20a from the server 10 in accordance with processing to be described later.
20c, and stored in the external storage unit 23.

In this personal connection management system, each record of the master table 61 includes, in addition to the information included in the record in the first embodiment, a name at the end thereof in a name field as shown in FIG. There is a rank field for storing information indicating a rank when the stored persons are classified into a plurality of ranks according to a predetermined standard.

An arbitrary number of ranks may be set according to an arbitrary standard. For example, ranks may be classified into three stages of ranks A, B, and C in descending order of transaction volume according to past transaction volumes.

Each record of the intermediate table 62 and the extraction result table 63 includes, in addition to the information included in the record in the first embodiment, the rank field of the master table 61 in the area immediately before the hierarchy field. There are substantially identical rank fields.

The totalizing table 64 is, for example, as shown in FIG.
Has the data structure shown in FIG. That is, the aggregation table 6
4 includes a plurality of records in the same manner as in the first embodiment. Each record includes a name field, a layer # 1 field, a layer # 2 field, a layer # 3 field, and a There is a total field.

The layer # 1, field # 2, and layer # 3 fields are each further divided into three areas: an area aa, an area bb, and an area cc. In the area aa of the layer # 1 field, information indicating the number of persons who belong to rank A among the persons who belong to layer # 1 as viewed from the person whose name is stored in the name field is stored. The area bb of the layer # 1 field stores information indicating the number of persons belonging to rank B among the persons belonging to layer # 1 as viewed from the person. In the area cc of the layer # 1 field, information representing the number of persons belonging to rank C among persons belonging to layer # 1 as viewed from the person is stored.

Similarly, areas aa,
In bb and cc, information indicating the number of persons belonging to rank A, rank B and rank C among persons belonging to the hierarchy # 2 as viewed from persons whose names are stored in the name field is stored. Also, the area aa of the hierarchy # 3 field,
In bb and cc, information indicating the number of persons belonging to rank A, rank B and rank C among persons belonging to hierarchy # 3 as viewed from persons whose names are stored in the name field is stored.

(Operation of Second Embodiment) Next, the operation of this personal connection management system will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the processing of the main program 51. FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating processing for selecting and displaying a record, printing, and updating the rank.

(Connection to Network) When the server 10 is started, the control unit 11 of the server 10 of the personal connection management system instructs the network connection unit 14 to connect the control unit 11 to a network. The network connection unit 14 connects the control unit 11 to a network in response to the instruction. Similarly, when the terminals to which the terminals 20a to 20c belong start up, the control units 21 of the terminals 20a to 20c instruct the network connection unit 28 to connect the control unit 21 to the network, and the network connection unit 28 responds to this instruction. Then, the control unit 21 is connected to the network.

(Processing of Main Program and Extraction Program) After at least one of the terminals 20a to 20c is started, when the user of the started terminal operates the input unit 24 to instruct the main program 51 to be started, In response to this instruction, the control unit 21 reads the program data representing the main program 51 from the external storage unit 23 and executes the main program 51.

When the processing of the main program 51 is started, the control unit 21 controls the control unit 1 in the first embodiment.
Perform substantially the same processing as the processing of steps S101 to S103 (FIG. 13, step S401). However, in the process corresponding to the process of step S103, the control unit 21 deletes the contents of the extraction result table 63 stored in the external storage unit 23 connected thereto.

Next, the control unit 21 combines the name data supplied by the user in step S401, the data representing the value “1”, and the command instructing the execution of the extraction program 52. Then, these data combined with each other are given the address of the server 10 as the destination address, the address of the terminal to which they belong as the source address, and transmitted to the network (step S).
402). The name data and the data representing the value “1” are to be supplied to the extraction program 52 executed by the control unit 11 of the server 10 as first and second parameters.

The control unit 11 of the server 10 includes the terminals 20a to 20a
20c receives data from the network addressed to itself (that is, its own address is given as a destination address and any of the terminals 20a to 20c is given as a source address) from the network. Then, when it is confirmed that the content of the data includes a command instructing execution of the extraction program 52, the processing of the extraction program 52 is started.

The processing of the extraction program 52 is substantially the same as the processing performed by the control unit 1 in the first embodiment. However, in the process corresponding to the process of step S206,
When the control unit 11 returns to the process that called the extraction program 52 and there is no process to return to, the control unit 11 returns to the extraction result table 6 created by itself.
3 is returned to the terminal. That is, the control unit 11 attaches, to the extraction result table 63, the transmission source address attached to the command instructing the execution of the extraction program 52 as the transmission destination address.
To the network.

On the other hand, the control unit 21 of the terminal which has sent the command instructing the server 10 to execute the extraction program 52 to the server 10 in step S402 receives the data addressed to itself from the network, and the data is stored in the extraction result table 63.
Is confirmed, the extraction result table 63
Is stored in the external storage unit 23 connected thereto. Then, the control unit 21 performs substantially the same processing as the processing in step S105 in the first embodiment (step S403).

However, in step S 403, the control unit 21 determines the number of records for each of the records stored in the hierarchy field and the rank field of each record in the extraction result table 63 that are substantially the same. count. Then, the control unit 21 causes the display unit 25 to display an image representing the number of records counted in step S403 (step S404), and ends the processing.

In step S403, the control unit 21 sets the display unit 2
The image displayed on 5 is, for example, as shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, in the display unit 25 in step S403, for example, the number of records in which the value “1” is stored in the hierarchy field and the data indicating the rank A is stored in the rank field is “1st”. Stage (direct) "
Is displayed at the position following the word. This number represents the number of persons who belong to rank A among the persons who belong to the hierarchy # 1 when viewed from the analysis target person specified by the user.

At the subsequent position, for example, the value “1” is stored in the hierarchy field, and the number of records in which data indicating rank A or rank B is stored in the rank field is displayed. The number of records in which the value “1” is stored in the hierarchy field and the data indicating the rank A, rank B or rank C is stored in the rank field is displayed.

Similarly, at the position following the word of “second stage”, for example, for a record in which the value “2” is stored in the hierarchy field, “rank A”, “rank A” and “ Rank A or B "and" Rank A
The number of records in which data indicating “any of C to C” is stored is displayed. Further, at the position following the word of “third stage”, for example, for records in which the value “3” is stored in the hierarchy field, “rank A”, “rank A or B”, and "Rank A ~
The number of records in which data indicating “any of C” is stored is displayed. Note that the total number of records in the extraction result table 63 is displayed at a position following the word “total” as in the first embodiment.

(Selection Display of Records, Printing and Update of Rank) When the image shown in FIG.
The control unit 21 displays, using the mouse of the input unit 24, each number displayed at a position following the word “first stage (direct)” and a position following the word “second stage”. Wait for each digit to be clicked and any of the digits displayed at the position following the word "third stage."

When it is detected that any one of these numbers is clicked (FIG. 15, step S50)
1) The control unit 21 determines which layer and rank the clicked number indicates the number of persons belonging to, based on the display position of the number on the display screen of the display unit 25, for example. I do.

Then, the control unit 21 searches the extraction result table 63, and among the records of the extraction result table 63, the values stored in the hierarchy field and the rank field are used to determine the above-described hierarchy and rank determined. The record which represents is searched for (step S502). And
The content of the found record is displayed on the display unit 25 (step S503). As a result, the display unit 25 displays the contents of the record of the extraction result table 63 in which the names of the persons belonging to the hierarchy and rank specified by the user operating the input unit 24 are stored in the name field.

When the user gives an instruction to print the content displayed on the display unit 25 in step S503 using the input unit 24 (step S504), the control unit 21 responds to the instruction to print the content. 26 prints the content displayed on the display unit 25 in step S503 (step S503).
505).

However, the control unit 21 determines in step S503
On the same page as the page on which the content displayed on the display unit 25 is printed, in addition to the content of each record retrieved in step S502, a frame representing an entry field associated with each record is also printed. .

Then, the user or the like enters predetermined items in the printed entry field, sets the completed sheet on the scanner 27, and enters the input unit 24 belonging to the same terminal as the terminal to which the scanner 27 belongs. Is instructed to read the paper (step S506), the control unit 21 connected to the scanner 27 instructs the scanner 27 to read the paper in response to the instruction. Scanner 27
Responds to the instruction from the control unit 21, reads the image on the paper surface, creates data representing the read image, and supplies the data to the control unit 21 (step S507). Note that the scanner 27 that reads the entry column does not need to belong to the same terminal as the printing unit 26 that has printed the entry column.

The items to be entered in the entry fields may be set arbitrarily. For example, the success or failure of the transaction with the person indicated by the name stored in the name field of the record associated with the entry field and the contract amount are determined. Enter the information to represent.

Then, the control unit 21 supplied with the data representing the image from the scanner 27 performs character recognition on the supplied data, and describes the content of each entry column and the record associated with each entry column. The contents of the name field are specified (step S508). Then, the data representing the specified contents and the command representing the instruction to update the master table 61 are combined with each other, and addressed to the server 10.
The data is transmitted to the network (step S509).

The control unit 11 of the server 10 includes terminals 20a to 20a
Data received from the server 20c to the server 10 is received from the network, and the received data is added to the master table 61.
When it is confirmed that a command representing an instruction to update is included, data representing the content of the name and entry fields included in the received data is obtained (step S51).
0).

Then, based on the acquired data, the rank of the person having the name represented by the acquired data is newly determined (step S511). Then, the information indicating the newly determined rank is written in the rank field of the record in which the name of the person is stored in the name field (step S512).

The criteria and method for determining the rank are arbitrary.
For example, it is assumed that information indicating success or failure of a transaction with a person indicated by a name stored in a name field of a record associated with the entry column and contract amount are entered in each entry column on the paper. In this case, for example, when the acquired data indicates that the information indicating the failure of the transaction is described in the entry field, the control unit 11 stores the information in the name field of the record associated with the entry field. The rank of the person indicated by the name may be C rank. In addition, if it is indicated that the information indicating that a contract of a predetermined amount or less is established is described in the entry column, the corresponding person is ranked B and the information indicating that a contract of a predetermined amount or more is established is described. If so, the rank A may be set.

(Processing of Aggregation Program) The image displayed on the display unit 25 in step S403 is also similar to the image displayed on the display unit 5 in step S106, for example, as shown in FIG. Button is included. When the user clicks this button using, for example, the mouse of the input unit 24, the control unit 21
Generates a command for instructing execution of the tallying program 53, and sends the command to the server 10 to the network.

The control unit 11 of the server 10 includes the terminals 20a to 20a
Upon receiving data addressed to itself from the network 20c from the network and confirming that the content of the data includes a command for instructing execution of the counting program 53, the processing of the counting program 53 is started.

The processing of the tallying program 53 is substantially the same as the processing performed by the control unit 1 in the first embodiment. However, the control unit 11 of the server 10 determines in step S3
07, in the extraction result table 6
The number of records is counted for each record in which the values stored in the hierarchy field and the rank field of each record are substantially the same.

Then, in a process corresponding to the process of step S308, the control unit 11 determines that the area a
In the area a, the area B, and the area C, the number of records counted in the process corresponding to the step S307 and stored in the rank field out of those counted for the value “1” stored in the hierarchy field. The counted data is written for each data representing rank A, rank B and rank C.

The area aa, the area bb, and the area cc of the layer # 2 field indicate the number of records counted in the process corresponding to step S307, and the value stored in the layer field is "2". Of those counted for, the data stored in the rank field is
Write the counted value for each of the ranks A, B and C. Also, the area aa of the hierarchy # 3 field,
In the area bb and the area cc, the number of records counted in the processing corresponding to step S307 and stored in the rank field out of those counted for the value "3" stored in the hierarchy field. Write the counted value for each of the data representing rank A, rank B and rank C.

In the process corresponding to the process of step S310, the control unit 11 attaches the address of the transmission source attached to the command instructing the execution of the aggregation program 53 to the aggregation table 64 as the address of the transmission destination. Up,
The tallying table 64 is sent to the network, and the tallying program 53 ends.

On the other hand, the control unit 21 of the terminal which has sent the command instructing the server 10 to execute the counting program 53,
Receives data addressed to itself from the network,
When the data is confirmed to be the tallying table 64, the tallying table 64 is stored in the external storage unit 23 connected to itself. Then, the control unit 21 causes the display unit 25 connected to the control unit 21 to display an image representing the contents of the aggregation table 64.

The display format of the control unit 21 when displaying an image representing the contents of the aggregation table 64 on the display unit 25 is arbitrary. For example, the control unit 21 stores the image in each record of the aggregation table 64. Content that has been
What is necessary is just to display on the display unit 25 such that the values stored in the field area aa are arranged in descending order of the values. By the above-described processing, the number of persons introduced by each of the persons who can be the analysis target is displayed in a list for each hierarchy and rank.

(Printing of Total Table and Update of Rank)
The control unit 21 causes the display unit 25 to display an image representing the contents of the aggregation table 64, and then the user
When the user instructs to print the contents of the tallying table 64 using the mouse, the printing unit 26 is caused to print the contents of the tallying table 64 in response to the instruction.

[0137] However, the control unit 21 sets the totaling table 64
In addition to the content of each record of the aggregation table 64, a frame representing an entry column associated with each record is printed on the same page as the page on which the content is printed.

Then, the user or the like enters predetermined items in the printed entry field, sets the completed sheet on the scanner 27, and enters the input unit 24 belonging to the same terminal as the terminal to which the scanner 27 belongs. When the reading of the paper is instructed using, the personal connection management system performs substantially the same processing as the above-described processing in steps S507 to S512. As a result, the rank of the person having the name stored in the name field of the record associated with the entry field in which the predetermined item is entered is updated.

The configuration of this personal connection management system is not limited to the above. For example, the number of terminals is not limited to three, and may be two or less, or four or more. Further, the terminals 20a to 20c and the server 10 may be directly connected without going through a network.

The server 10 has terminals 20a to 20c.
May be provided substantially the same as the input unit 24, the display unit 25, the printing unit 26, and the scanner 27, and the server 10 may perform substantially the same function as the terminals 20a to 20c. Good. However, in this case, the control unit 11 does not need to adopt a method of transmitting data addressed to itself to the network as a method of supplying data to itself.

In step S403 described above,
The control unit 21 does not need to count the number of records for each of the values stored in the hierarchy field and the rank field of each record of the extraction result table 63 that are substantially the same. For example, the control unit 21 may count the number of these records for each record that belongs to the same section when each record of the extraction result table 63 is classified into a plurality of sections according to an arbitrary standard. Good. And the factor used when classifying each record according to the criterion is not limited to the value stored in the hierarchical field or rank field of each record, and the value stored in other fields is used as the factor. Is also good.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the related information providing apparatus of the present invention can be realized by using a normal computer system without using a dedicated system. For example, a related information providing apparatus that executes the above-described processing may be configured by installing the program for executing the above-described operation in a personal computer from a medium (a floppy disk, a CD-ROM, or the like) storing the program. Can be.

[0143]

If the OS shares part of the processing,
Alternatively, when the OS constitutes a part of one component of the present invention, a program excluding the part may be stored in the recording medium. Also in this case, in the present invention, it is assumed that the recording medium stores a program for executing each function or step executed by the computer.

[0145]

As described above, according to the present invention, a relation information providing apparatus for efficiently providing information representing a wide range of human relations, including both direct and indirect, is provided. A related information providing method is realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a physical configuration of a personal connection management system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a logical configuration of the personal connection management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a data structure of a master table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing data structures of an intermediate table and an extraction result table.

FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically illustrating a data structure of a tally table.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating processing of a main program.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing of an extraction program.

FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing an image displayed on a display unit by processing of a main program.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the processing of a tallying program.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a physical configuration of a personal connection management system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram schematically showing a data structure of a master table.

FIG. 12 is a diagram schematically illustrating a data structure of a tally table.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating processing of a main program.

FIG. 14 is a diagram schematically showing an image displayed on a display unit by processing of a main program.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a process of selecting and displaying a record, printing, and updating a rank.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 11, 21 control unit 2, 12, 22 main storage unit 3, 13, 23 external storage unit 4, 24 input unit 5, 25 display unit 14, 28 network connection unit 26 printing unit 27 scanner 51 main program 52 extraction program 53 Totaling program 61 Master table 62 Intermediate table 63 Extraction result table 64 Totaling table

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Claims (13)

(57) [Claims] 1. A person database section for storing a plurality of persons in association with additional information including introducer data representing persons who have introduced each person, and a person input section for acquiring information designating a specific person. A search processing unit that searches for personal data associated with the introducer data representing the person specified by the information acquired by the person input unit from the person database unit; a specific person; The distance to the introduced person is 1
And introduced a specific person and the person who introduced the person
The distance to the person is assumed to be 2, and similarly,
As the number increases, the distance increases.
The person specified by the information acquired by the
The distance to the person indicated by the person data
One person data belongs to the same hierarchy
, The search processing unit searches for the person data belonging to each layer among the person data.
An output unit for outputting a number , wherein the search processing unit further searches the person database unit for person data associated with the introducer data representing the person represented by the found person data. A relation information providing device, comprising: a search unit that issues a search. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the additional information includes rank information indicating a rank obtained by classifying the personal data associated with the additional information according to a predetermined criterion, and the output unit performs the search based on the rank information. The number of the person data retrieved by the processing unit is classified by the hierarchy and run.
And means for outputting the generated information representative of the distinction, relationship information providing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that. And means for determining a rank of the person data associated with the additional information based on the additional information, and adding the rank information representing the determined rank to the additional information. The relation information providing device according to claim 2 , wherein: Wherein said retrieval processing section, the person data the person database unit stores the number of the person data by itself to searches out when shall the person data the person inputting section obtains List creation means for creating a list representing a list of items associated with each other belonging to the same hierarchy , wherein the output unit outputs the list created by the list creation means to the outside The relation information providing device according to claim 1, 2, or 3 , further comprising: 5. The list creating means includes, in the person data stored in the person database unit, the number of the person data searched by itself when the person data is obtained by the person input unit. Belonging to the same hierarchy
The relation information providing device according to claim 4 , further comprising: a unit that creates a list representing a list in which the pieces of data are associated with each other in an ascending or descending order of the number of person data. 6. A range input means for acquiring range designation information for designating the range of the hierarchy, the person data belonging to the hierarchy designated by the range designation information, and the additional information associated with the person data. further comprising a selection output unit that outputs an image list information, and that the relationship information providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in. 7. A list of the personal data belonging to the hierarchy specified by the range specifying information and the additional information associated with the personal data, and a selection output unit associated with the personal data. 7. The related information providing device according to claim 6 , further comprising: a unit that prints the entry field. 8. Reading information described in the entry field,
A reading unit that specifies the person data associated with the entry field, based on the information read by the reading unit, determines a rank of the person data specified by the reading unit that reads the information; Means for adding rank information indicating the determined rank to the additional information associated with the personal data, the relationship information providing apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising: 9. The search processing unit: means for searching, from the person database unit, the introducer data associated with the person data representing a person specified by the information obtained by the person input unit; and means for exiting further search the introducer data associated with the person data itself representing a person represented by the introducer data retrieved, and any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that The related information providing device according to claim 1. 10. A person database unit for storing person data representing a person and introducer data representing a person who introduced the person in association with each other, and a person input unit for acquiring information designating a specific person. An upstream search processing unit that searches the introducer data associated with the person data representing the person specified by the information obtained by the person input unit from the person database unit, a specific person, and the person The distance to the person who introduced
And introduced a specific person and the person who introduced the person
The distance to the person is assumed to be 2, and similarly,
As the number increases, the distance increases.
The person specified by the information acquired by the
The distance to the person indicated by the person data
One person data belongs to the same hierarchy
When the representative, was, the person data belonging to the hierarchy of each of said person data which the upstream-search processing unit is retrieved
An output unit that outputs the number of data, the upstream search processing unit, wherein the upstream search processing unit is associated with the person data representing a person represented by the introducer data searched for by itself. A relation information providing device, comprising: means for further searching for introducer data. 11. A database unit for storing a plurality of data having a master-slave relationship in association with each other, an input unit for acquiring information designating one of the data, and a data unit designated by the information acquired by the input unit. A search processing unit that retrieves the data associated with the data from the database unit , and a distance between specific data and data that depends on the data.
1 and specific data and data subordinate to the data
The distance to the data dependent on is set to 2, and similarly,
As the number of data increases, the distance increases
Of the data retrieved by the search processing unit,
Distance from the data specified by the information obtained by the division
Are the same as each other,
The search processing unit retrieves the data
An output unit for outputting the number of items belonging to each hierarchy , wherein the search processing unit is the data associated with the data searched by the self, A relation information providing device, further comprising: a search unit for searching for anything other than those already found from the database unit. 12. A person input step of acquiring information designating a specific person, a plurality of persons, and an introducer data representing a person who introduced each person.
Data that is stored in association with additional information including
Specified by the information obtained by the person input unit from the source.
Person associated with the introducer data representing the person
A search processing step of searching for data, and setting a distance between a specific person and the person who introduced the person to 1
And introduced a specific person and the person who introduced the person
The distance to the person is assumed to be 2, and similarly,
As the number increases, the distance increases.
The person specified by the information obtained by the force step
And the person data retrieved in the search processing step are
Person data with the same distance to the person shown
Represents a person belonging to the same level,
Each of the person data searched out in the search processing step
An output switch for outputting the number of the person data belonging to each layer.
A related information providing method comprising the steps, wherein the retrieval processing step, search step of leaving further search the person data associated with the introducer data representing the person represented by the person data searched out A relation information providing method, comprising: 13. A computer which stores a plurality of persons in association with additional information including introducer data representing the persons who have introduced the persons, a person database unit, and a person who obtains information specifying a specific person. An input unit, a search processing unit that searches the person database unit for person data associated with the introducer data representing a person specified by the information acquired by the person input unit, a specific person, and the person The distance to the person who introduced
And introduced a specific person and the person who introduced the person
The distance to the person is assumed to be 2, and similarly,
As the number increases, the distance increases.
The person specified by the information acquired by the
The distance to the person indicated by the person data
One person data belongs to the same hierarchy
, The search processing unit has searched for
Of the person data belonging to each layer of the person data
The search processing unit further searches the person database unit for person data associated with the introducer data representing the person represented by the retrieved person data. And a computer-readable recording medium that records a program for causing the computer to function as a search unit for outputting.