JP3341971B2 - Communication partner introduction method and device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication service using a communication terminal such as a telephone or a computer terminal connected to a network device such as an exchange or a LAN. And an apparatus for introducing a communication partner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been a concept called hypertext in which a creator or user of information records a relationship between information (or server terminals) as a link.

[0003] World Wide, which uses this concept of hypertext to search for a communication partner (or walk around the communication partner)
In a communication partner introduction device such as the Web, specific information (or a server terminal) is designated as a search condition, and information (or a server terminal) linked to the information (or the server terminal) is introduced.

In this communication partner introduction device, the number of times of access from specific information (or a server terminal) to another specific information (or a server terminal) is counted, and higher-level information (the number of times of access from the past to the present) is counted. Or server terminal)
Was to be introduced.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION However, the conventional
With a communication partner introduction device such as the World Wide Web, it was not possible to predict the number of accesses in the future and to introduce information (or a server terminal) that would be a higher rank.

An object of the present invention is to provide the number of communications between communication terminals,
By analyzing communication information such as communication time and amount of communication information, it is possible to predict future communication trends including the number of accesses and to introduce server terminals (or communication terminals) that will become effective. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus therefor.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication partner introduction method for introducing another specific information or terminal from a specific information or terminal. A short-term and long-term communication relationship value between a source and a destination from the device is stored, and a high-frequency call from a destination whose long-term communication relationship with the entire source is equal to or greater than a first threshold value A source group that detects a group of destinations and that has a number equal to or greater than a second threshold value and equal to or greater than a third threshold value among long-term communication relationship values with each destination belonging to the high-frequency destination group; A communication relation information collecting step of extracting a reference transmission source group consisting of: a communication relation update processing step of updating the communication relation value of a transmission source and a reception destination; and Short term communication relationship value with each source belonging to A communication destination introduction process for introducing a destination that does not belong to the high-frequency destination group among destinations whose number that is equal to or greater than the fourth threshold is equal to or greater than the fifth threshold. Suggest a way to introduce others.

[0008] According to the above configuration, in the communication-related information collecting step, the source having a large communication relationship with the high-frequency destination group having a long-term communication relationship with the entire source, that is, active communication is continued. Extract a reference source group consisting of typical sources, and a destination that has a large short-term communication relationship value in the reference source group and does not belong to the high-frequency destination group in the communication partner introduction processing step, that is, It is possible to introduce a destination whose communication has been increasing recently, and to introduce a server terminal or a communication terminal that is promising in the future.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication partner introduction method for introducing another specific information or terminal from a specific information or terminal. And the long-term communication relationship values are stored.
A high-frequency destination group consisting of destinations that are equal to or greater than the threshold value, and a long-term communication relationship value with a destination belonging to the high-frequency destination group that is equal to or greater than a second threshold value And collecting the number of times equal to or greater than the second threshold value in a high frequency destination list for each source, and updating the communication relationship value between the source and the destination. A relation update processing step, upon receiving a communication partner introduction request from a user, searching for a reference source group consisting of sources whose count value of the high-frequency destination list is greater than or equal to a third threshold,
Detecting a destination whose short-term communication relationship value with a source belonging to the reference source group is equal to or greater than a fourth threshold value;
Are stored in the candidate number of destinations list for each destination, and among the destinations whose number of times in the candidate number of destinations list is equal to or greater than the fifth threshold, a long-term A communication partner introduction method comprising: a communication partner introduction processing step of introducing a destination having a communication relationship value over a first threshold value.

According to the above configuration, in the communication-related information collecting step, a source having a large communication relation value with a high-frequency destination group having a long-term communication relation value with the entire transmission source, that is, active communication is continued. Detects a reference source group consisting of typical sources, creates a high-frequency destination list, and detects a destination having a large short-term communication relationship value in the reference source group in the communication partner introduction processing step. Then, a destination candidate count list is created, and a destination that does not belong to the high-frequency destination group, that is, a destination whose communication has recently increased, is extracted and introduced from the list. It is possible to introduce server terminals and communication terminals that are promising in the future.

In this case, in the communication relation update processing step, the short-term communication relation value between the source and the destination is updated every week, and the long-term communication relation value between the source and the destination is updated for one month. It may be updated every time. As the communication-related value, the number of times of communication from the source to the destination, the communication time between the source and the destination, and the amount of communication information between the source and the destination can be used.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in a communication partner introduction device for introducing another specific information or terminal from a specific information or terminal, a short-term communication relation value between a source and a destination is stored. The latest communication-related data storage means,
Communication-related data storage means for storing a long-term communication relation value between a caller and a destination; and a high-frequency incoming call comprising a destination having a long-term communication relation value with the entire source equal to or greater than a first threshold value A source group that detects a group of destinations and that has a number equal to or greater than a second threshold value and equal to or greater than a third threshold value among long-term communication relationship values with each destination belonging to the high-frequency destination group; And a high-frequency destination count storage unit for extracting a reference source group consisting of: and a short-term communication relationship value between each source belonging to the reference source group, the number of which is equal to or more than a fourth threshold value. Destination candidate storage means for storing destinations that do not belong to the high-frequency destination group among destinations that are equal to or greater than a fifth threshold value, the latest communication-related data storage means, and the communication-related data storage means A relation information update timer means for managing an update interval of a communication relation value of A communication-related data storage means, a control means for controlling transmission and reception of information between the communication-related data storage means, the high-frequency destination number storage means, and the destination candidate storage means, a request input from a user and a processing result We propose a communication partner introduction device consisting of an input / output means for outputting a message.

[0013] According to the above-mentioned structure, the communication relation value with the high-frequency call destination group having a large long-term communication relation value with the entire transmission source is stored by the high-frequency call destination number storage means from the storage contents of the communication-related data storage means. A large source, that is, a reference source group consisting of sources that are continuously active in communication is extracted, and
From the storage contents of the latest communication-related data storage means, the destination candidate storage means has a large short-term communication relation value in the reference source group and a destination that does not belong to the high-frequency destination group, that is, communication has recently been performed. It is possible to introduce an increasing number of destinations, and to introduce server terminals and communication terminals that are promising in the future.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in a communication partner introduction device for introducing another specific information or terminal from a specific information or terminal, a short-term communication relationship value between a source and a destination is stored. The latest communication-related data storage means,
Communication-related data storage means for storing a long-term communication relation value between a transmission source and a destination, and a high-frequency communication destination including a destination whose long-term communication relation values with all transmission sources are equal to or greater than a first threshold value A destination group is detected, and a source whose long-term communication relationship value with a destination belonging to the high-frequency destination group is equal to or more than a second threshold is detected. A high-frequency call destination number storage means for storing a certain number of times in a high-frequency call destination number list for each caller; and a third threshold for counting the high-frequency call destination number list when a communication partner introduction request is received from a user. Search for a reference source group consisting of sources that are greater than or equal to the value,
A destination whose short-term communication relationship value with a source belonging to the reference source group is equal to or more than a fourth threshold is detected, and the number of times that the number of times is equal to or greater than the fourth threshold is received for each destination. The long-term communication relationship value with the source is less than the first threshold among the destinations that are stored in the first candidate count list and whose number in the destination candidate count list is equal to or greater than the fifth threshold. Destination candidate storage means for introducing a destination, relation information update timer means for managing an update interval of a communication relation value of the latest communication relation data storage means and the communication relation data storage means, and the latest communication relation Control means for controlling the transmission and reception of information between the data storage means and the communication-related data storage means, the high-frequency destination number storage means and the destination candidate storage means,
We propose a communication partner introduction device including input / output means for inputting a request from a user and outputting a processing result.

According to the above configuration, the communication relation value with the high-frequency call destination group having a large long-term communication relation value with the entire transmission source is determined by the high-frequency call destination number storage means from the storage contents of the communication-related data storage means. A large source, that is, a reference source group consisting of sources that are continuously active in communication, is detected and stored in a high-frequency destination list, and a destination candidate is stored in the latest communication-related data storage means. The storage means detects a destination having a large short-term communication relation value in the reference source group, stores the destination in a destination candidate count list, and further determines, from the list, destinations not belonging to the high-frequency destination group, As a result, it is possible to extract and introduce a called party whose communication is increasing, and to introduce a server terminal or a communication terminal that is promising in the future.

[0016] At this time, the latest communication-related data storage means manages the communication-related values of the source and the destination on a weekly basis and stores the values for a plurality of weeks. The communication relation value between the transmission source and the destination may be managed in units of one month, and may be stored for a plurality of months. As the communication-related value, the number of times of communication from the source to the destination, the communication time between the source and the destination, and the amount of communication information between the source and the destination can be used.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The apparatus of the present invention numerically expresses a communication relationship between communication terminals from communication information such as the number of communication times, communication time, and communication information amount obtained from a network device such as a switching device. And memorize it. Hereinafter, a value obtained by quantifying the communication relationship between the communication terminals will be referred to as a communication relationship value.

The communication relation value is a function F which receives communication information such as the number of times of communication between communication terminals, communication time, and communication information amount.
It is calculated from (number of times of communication, communication time, amount of communication information).

For example, when calculating from only the number of times of communication, the function of the communication-related value is:

Further, the apparatus of the present invention stores a communication direction from a source communication terminal to a destination communication terminal.

The apparatus of the present invention evaluates communication-related values each time communication information is collected from a network device such as a switching device, and extracts destinations whose communication-related values from the entire transmission source exceed a fixed value C1. And memorize. The extracted destination group is referred to as a high-frequency destination group.

Further, the number of destinations whose communication relation value with the destinations belonging to the high-frequency destination group exceeds a certain value C2 is counted and stored for each source. At a certain point in time, the above-mentioned source whose count value for each source is a certain number C3 or more becomes a source serving as a reference for introducing a communication partner, and is referred to as a reference source group.

When introducing a communication partner, a destination having a recent communication-related value equal to or more than a predetermined value C4 is extracted from destinations with which the reference source group communicates, and C4 is extracted for each destination.
The number of times that the above is counted is counted, and the destination whose count value is equal to or more than the predetermined value C5 is referred to as a candidate for introducing a communication partner (a destination candidate).
And

[0024] From the destinations that have become candidates for introducing the communication partner, a destination that does not belong to the high-frequency destination group is extracted, and this is the final target of the communication partner.

FIG. 1 shows the relationship among the high-frequency destination group, the reference source group, the destination candidate group, and the destination to be introduced.

For example, in a communication partner introduction device that determines a communication-related value only based on the number of times of communication, the destinations that the entire source frequently calls are the high-frequency destination groups, and the source that frequently calls the high-frequency destination group is It is a reference source group. Among the destinations that the reference source group frequently calls recently (candidates to introduce the communication partner), the destinations that do not belong to the high-frequency destination group are targets of the communication partner.

That is, the number of times of communication between communication terminals, communication time,
By analyzing communication information such as the amount of communication information, a future communication tendency including the number of communication times is predicted, and a server terminal (or a server terminal that will be effective in the future based on a difference from the communication tendency including the number of communication times up to the present) (or Communication terminal).

Here, the method of the present invention will be described with a simple concrete example.

FIG. 2 shows the communication-related data which is the total of the number of communications in the past several months, and FIG. 3 shows the latest communication-related data which is the total of the number of communications in the past several weeks. Here, the source is S1 to S8, and the destination is D1 to D8.

(1) First, in the communication-related data (FIG. 2) obtained by collecting the past number of times of communication, if a total destination (C1) of the number of times of communication with all the transmission sources (15) is obtained, D
1, D3, D4, D6, and D8 correspond to the destinations belonging to the high-frequency destination group.

(2) Next, the number of destinations (D2, D3, D4, D6, D8) belonging to this high-frequency destination group whose number of transmissions (C2) is 3 or more (high Frequency (number of access to destinations) is calculated for each source, and the number (C3)
When a source belonging to the reference source group whose number is four or more times is obtained, S1, S2, S6, and S7 correspond to this.

(3) This time, in the latest communication-related data (FIG. 3) obtained by collecting the number of recent communications, the number of transmissions (C4) from S1, S2, S6, and S7, which are the transmission sources of the reference transmission source group. Is obtained more than six times, and the number of times that the number is six or more (number of destination candidates) is counted for each destination,
If the number of destinations (C5) is three or more, D1, D2, and D5 correspond to this.

(4) When a destination that does not belong to the above-mentioned high-frequency destination group is obtained from D1, D2, and D5, the destination becomes D2 and D5, and D2 and D5 become destinations to be introduced as communication partners. .

FIG. 4 shows an example of an embodiment of the communication partner introduction device of the present invention. In the drawing, reference numeral 10 denotes a communication partner introduction device, which includes an input unit 11, an output unit 12, a communication-related data storage unit 13, a latest communication-related data storage unit 14, a destination candidate storage unit 15, and a frequently-accessed destination access count storage unit. 1
6, a related information update timer unit 17 and a control unit 18 are provided. Reference numeral 20 denotes a network device.

The communication-related data storage section 13 stores communication-related values over a long period of time as communication-related data 30. For example, in this example, the communication-related values are managed every month.

As shown in detail in FIG. 5, the communication-related data 30 includes a long-term communication-related table in a communication-related map 30-1 in which the source identification number is on the vertical axis and the destination identification number is on the horizontal axis. Store the value. In the communication relationship map 30-1,
The total data 30-1-1 stores a total value of long-term communication-related values. For example, in the communication relation map 30-1, 1
Monthly data 30-1-2, one month ago data 30-1-3, two months ago data 30-1-4, ...
, And the sum of the communication-related values at the same position in each table with the source identification number on the vertical axis and the destination identification number on the horizontal axis is stored in the total data 30-1-1.

The latest communication-related data storage unit 14 stores short-term communication-related values in the latest communication-related data 40. For example, in this example, the communication-related values for each week are managed.

As shown in detail in FIG. 6, the latest communication-related data 40 is a short-term table in the latest communication-related map 40-1 in which the source identification number is on the vertical axis and the destination identification number is on the horizontal axis. The communication related value is stored. In the communication relation map 40-1, the total data 40-1-1 stores the total value of the short-term communication relation values. For example, the communication relation map 40-1
Then, the data for each week is converted to data for this week 40-1-2, 1
Weekly data 40-1-3, 2 weeks ago data 40-1-
.., And the sum of the communication-related values at the same position in each table in which the source identification number is the vertical axis and the destination identification number is the horizontal axis is stored in the total data 40-1-1.

The destination candidate storage unit 15 stores a list 50 of destination identification numbers that are candidates for destinations.

As shown in detail in FIG. 7, the number of destination candidate counts list 50 includes the number of destination candidates 51 for storing how many sources are recommended as destinations, Is stored for each destination identification number (vertical axis).

The high-frequency call destination access count storage unit 16 stores
The number of destinations transmitted to the high frequency destination group is stored in the high frequency destination access count list 60.

The list 60 of frequently accessed destinations is
As shown in detail in FIG. 8, the number of destinations transmitted to the high-frequency destination group is stored for each source identification number.

The related information update timer unit 17 counts the update time of the communication related data storage unit 13 and the latest communication related data storage unit 14 and performs a process for making an update request. For example, in this embodiment, an update request is made to the communication-related data storage unit 13 on a cycle of one month, and an update request is made to the latest communication-related data storage unit 14 on a cycle of one week.

FIG. 9 shows an overall processing flow of the communication partner introducing method of the present invention. The communication partner introduction method of the present invention includes a communication relation information collection process for collecting and editing communication relation information from a network device, a communication relation update process for periodically updating the collected communication relation information, and a request from a user. A communication partner introduction process for processing the edited / updated communication-related information to determine a communication partner to be introduced.

[Communication Related Information Collection Process] FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the communication related information collection process in the communication partner introducing apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG.

When communication occurs between communication terminals in the network device 20 shown in FIG. 4, communication-related information collection processing is started (step 100).

The network device 20 sends the communication information including the transmission source identification number, the destination identification number, the number of times of communication, the communication time, the communication information amount, and the like to the control unit 18 together with the communication information notification (step 110).

Upon receiving the communication information notification, the control unit 18 notifies the latest communication-related data storage unit 14 of the communication information notification together with the communication source notification number, the destination identification number, the number of times of communication, the communication time, the communication information amount, and the like. Send information (step 12
0).

Upon receiving the communication information notification, the latest communication-related data storage unit 14 calculates a communication-related value from the communication information received in the latest communication-related data 40, and identifies the source identification number (vertical) that received the calculated communication-related value. Axis) and the destination identification number (horizontal axis) are written (step 130).

For example, when the communication-related information is composed of only the number of times of communication, in the data 40-1-2 of this week, the identification number of the originator (vertical axis) and the identification number of the destination (the vertical axis) with which the communication was performed. The number of times of communication is written as a communication-related value at the position (horizontal axis), and, in the total data 40-1-1, the position of the source identification number (vertical axis) and the destination identification number (horizontal axis) at which communication was performed The total value of the number of times of communication for each week managed by the latest communication-related data storage unit 14 is written in.

The control unit 18 sends the communication information including the source identification number, the destination identification number, the number of times of communication, the communication time, the communication information amount, etc. to the communication-related data storage unit 13 together with the communication information notification (step 140). .

Upon receiving the communication information notification, the communication-related data storage unit 13 calculates a communication-related value from the communication information received in the communication-related data 30, and identifies the source identification number (vertical axis) that has received the calculated communication-related value. Is written at the position of the destination identification number (horizontal axis) (step 150).

For example, when the communication-related information is composed of only the number of times of communication, the data 30-1-2 of this month indicates the identification number of the originator of the communication (vertical axis) and the identification number of the destination (the vertical axis). The number of times of communication is written as a communication-related value at the position (horizontal axis), and, in the total data 30-1-1, the position of the source identification number (vertical axis) and the destination identification number (horizontal axis) at which communication was performed The total of the number of times of communication for each month managed by the communication-related data storage unit 13 is written in.

Total data 3 in the communication-related data storage unit 13
At 0-1-1, regarding the destination identification number (horizontal axis) written at step 150, communication-related values with all the source identification numbers (vertical axis) are totaled, and the totaled value is a constant value. It is determined whether the destination is a high-frequency destination that is equal to or greater than C1. If the destination is equal to or greater than the fixed value C1, the source identification number written in step 150 and the destination identification number of the high-frequency destination are determined. Step 170 is executed when the communication relation value is equal to or greater than the constant value C2 (step 16).
0).

In step 160, the communication-related data storage unit 13, which extracts the source identification number determined to have a communication relation value with the destination identification number of the high-frequency call destination equal to or greater than the fixed value C2, Along with the access list update request, the source identification number determined to have the communication-related value equal to or greater than C2 in step 160 is sent to the access count storage unit 16 (step 170).

Upon receiving the access list update request, the high frequency destination access count storage unit 16 increments the number of accesses to the high frequency destinations in the high frequency destination access count list of the received source identification number (step 18).
0).

With the above, the communication-related information collection processing ends (step 190).

[Communication Relationship Updating Process] FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a communication relationship updating process in the communication partner introducing apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG.

When the communication partner introduction device 10 in FIG. 4 is started, a communication relation update process is started (step 20).
0).

The related information update timer unit 17 confirms the update time of the latest communication related data 40 in the latest communication related data storage unit 14, and if not, branches to step 240. If it is time to update, the process branches to step 220 (step 210).

In this example, the latest communication-related data storage unit 14
Update time of the latest communication-related data 40 is one week,
Step 220 is executed every one week.

The relation information update timer unit 17 sends a latest communication relation update request to the latest communication relation data storage unit 14 (step 220).

Upon receiving the latest communication relation update request, the latest communication relation data storage unit 14 updates the latest communication relation list with the latest communication relation data 40 (step 23).
0).

In this example, communication-related values for a maximum of four weeks are stored for each week. At the time of updating, first, the data 4 weeks ago from each communication-related value of the
The communication related value at the same position of 0-1-5 is subtracted. Two weeks ago data 40-1 at the same position as three weeks ago data 40-1-5
-4 is overwritten, and one week ago data 40-1-3 is overwritten at the same position of two weeks ago data 40-1-4, and this week data 40-1 is overwritten at one week ago data 40-1-3. -2 is overwritten, and finally, the communication-related values of the data 40-1-2 this week are deleted.

The relation information update timer unit 17 executing step 210 or step 230 confirms the update time of the communication-related data 30 in the communication-related data storage unit 13, and if not, branches to step 320. If it is the update time, the process branches to step 250 (step 240).

In this example, the update time of the communication-related data 30 in the communication-related data storage unit 13 is one month, and step 250 is executed every one month.

The relation information update timer section 17 sends a communication relation update request to the communication relation data storage section 13 (step 25).
0).

The communication-related data storage unit 13 having received the communication-related update request updates the communication-related list of the communication-related data 30 (step 260).

In this example, communication-related values for a maximum of six months are stored every month. In updating, first, the communication relation value of the same position of the data 30-1-7 of five months ago is subtracted from each communication relation value of the total data 30-1-1. next,
Overwrite the 4-month-old data 30-1-6 at the same position of the 5-month-old data 30-1-7, and write the 4-month-old data 30-1-6
Overwrite the data 30-1-5 three months ago at the same position
Two months ago data 3 in the same position as months ago data 30-1-5
Overwrite 0-1-4 and overwrite one month ago data 30-1-3 at the same position of two months ago data 30-1-4 and overwrite this month data at the same position of one month ago data 30-1-3 30-1
-2 is overwritten, and finally, each communication-related value of the data 30-1-2 is deleted this month.

The communication-related data storage unit 13 sends an access list initialization request to the high-frequency destination access count storage unit 16 (step 270).

Upon receiving the access list initialization request, the high frequency destination access count storage unit 16 initializes the number of accesses to the high frequency destinations of all the source identification numbers in the high frequency destination access count list 60 to zero. (Step 28
0).

The communication-related data storage unit 13 that has sent the access list initialization request in step 270 sequentially searches the total data 30-1-1 of the communication-related data 30 for the destination identification number (horizontal axis), and A high-frequency destination group in which the sum of communication-related values with the source identification number (vertical axis) is equal to or greater than a fixed value C1 is detected. Further, the communication relation value between the detected high-frequency destination group and the destination identification number (horizontal axis) is a constant value C2.
The above-mentioned source identification number (vertical axis) is detected, and step 300 is executed (step 290).

The communication-related data storage unit 13 that has detected the source identification number in step 290 sends the access list update request and the source identification number detected in step 290 to the high-frequency destination access count storage unit 16 (step 290). 300).

Upon receiving the access list update request, the high frequency destination access count storage unit 16 increments the number of accesses to the high frequency destination of the received source identification number (step 310).

The communication related data storage unit 13 stores
Steps 290 to 310 are repeated until the communication relationship values of all the destination identification numbers (horizontal axis) and the source identification numbers (vertical axis) of the total data 30-1-1 in 90 are determined.

Steps 210 to 310 are repeated until the communication partner introduction device 10 stops.

With the above, the communication relation updating process is completed (step 320).

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a communication partner introduction process in the communication partner introduction device shown in FIG.

The communication partner introduction processing is started (step 4).
00), the input unit 11 sends a communication partner introduction request to the control unit 18 (step 410).

The control unit 18 that has received the communication partner introduction request sends a destination candidate request to the high-frequency destination access count storage unit 16 (step 420).

The high frequency destination access count storage unit 16 that has received the destination candidate request stores the source identification number whose value of the high frequency destination access count in the high frequency destination access count list 60 is equal to or greater than the fixed value C3. (This set of source identification numbers is defined as a reference source group.) Is sequentially extracted, and the extracted source identification numbers are sent to the latest communication-related data storage unit 14 together with the destination candidate request (step 430).

Upon receiving the destination candidate request, the latest communication-related data storage unit 14 searches for the received source identification number (vertical axis) in the total data 40-1-1, and determines the source identification number of the reference source group. A destination candidate group consisting of destinations whose communication relationship value with the number is equal to or greater than the fixed value C4 is extracted.

The extracted destination candidate group is sent to the destination candidate storage unit 15 together with the destination candidate notification (step 44).
0).

The destination candidate storage unit 15 that has received the destination candidate notification increments the destination candidate number 51 of the destination identification number (vertical axis) that matches the received destination candidate group (step 450).

Steps 430 to 450 until the extraction of the source identification number in step 430 is completed.
repeat.

High frequency call destination access count storage unit 16 that has finished searching for the caller identification number in step 430
Sends an end destination candidate end notification to the control unit 18 (step 460).

The control unit 18 having received the destination candidate end notification sends an introduction partner selection request to the destination candidate storage unit 15 (step 470).

The destination candidate storage unit 15 that has received the introduction partner selection request sequentially extracts, from the destination candidate number list 50, destination identification numbers whose destination candidate number 51 is equal to or greater than the fixed value C5, and stores communication-related data. The extracted destination identification number is sent to the unit 13 together with the destination candidate comparison request (step 4).
80).

The communication-related data storage unit 13 that has received the destination candidate comparison request stores, in the total data 30-1-1 of the communication-related data storage unit 13, all the transmission sources with respect to the received destination identification number (horizontal axis). It is determined whether or not the total value of the communication relation value with the identification number (vertical axis) is equal to or greater than C1, and if the determined result is less than C1, the destination identification number is to be introduced. It is determined that the information is not to be introduced (step 490).

The communication-related data storage unit 13 for which the determination of the introduction target has been completed sends the determination result (introduction target or non-introduction target) of the destination candidate comparison notification to the destination candidate storage unit 15 (step 500).

Upon receiving the destination candidate comparison notification, the destination candidate storage unit 15 receives the destination candidate comparison result 52 of the destination identification number (vertical axis) sent in step 480 in the destination candidate count list 50. The judgment result (introduction target or non-introduction target) is recorded (step 510).

The destination candidate storage section 15 stores the information in step 480.
Steps 480 to 510 are repeated until the extraction of the destination identification number in is completed.

Upon completion of the extraction of the destination identification number in step 480, the destination candidate storage unit 15 extracts a destination identification number group to which the destination candidate comparison result 52 in the destination candidate count list 50 is to be introduced, The extracted destination number group is sent to the control unit 18 together with the communication partner introduction notification (step 520).

The control unit 18 having received the communication partner introduction notification sends the received destination number group together with the communication partner introduction notification to the output unit 12 (step 530).

Thus, the communication partner introduction processing ends (step 540).

In the above description, communication information is collected for all the transmission sources and the communication partner is introduced. However, by collecting the communication information for a single transmission source, The following applications are possible:

By designating the source identification number of the user as a search condition, a communication partner who may be interested in the communication tendency of the user is introduced.

By designating the source identification number of a third party as a search condition, a communication partner that the third party may be interested in is introduced based on the communication tendency of the third party. For example, this is effective when the third party has a deep interest in information and an effective access destination.

[0099]

As described above, according to the present invention, by storing and analyzing communication information such as the number of times of communication between communication terminals, communication time, and communication information amount as communication-related values,
A source group having a large number of accesses to a high-frequency destination group having a large communication relation value from many sources is extracted, and a referral destination candidate is extracted from the recent communication tendency of the source group. By extracting a destination group that is likely to be a new high-frequency destination group from the communication status, the future communication trend including the number of communication times is predicted, and the difference from the communication trend including the current communication number is estimated. Server terminals and communication terminals that will be effective in the future can be introduced.

As a result, the present invention can be applied to a server introduction service for predicting and introducing an information providing server which will become popular in the future in an information providing service on the Internet.

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FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship among a high-frequency destination group, a reference source group, a destination candidate group, and a destination to be introduced.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of communication-related data.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of latest communication-related data.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an embodiment of a communication partner introduction device according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a detailed view of communication-related data.

FIG. 6 is a detailed diagram of the latest communication-related data.

FIG. 7 is a detailed diagram of a destination candidate list.

FIG. 8 is a detailed view of a list of access counts of high-frequency destinations.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a process showing an example of an embodiment of a communication partner introduction method of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of communication-related information collection processing;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a communication relationship update process.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a communication partner introduction process.

[Description of Reference Codes] 10: Communication partner introduction device, 11: Input unit, 12: Output unit, 13: Communication-related data storage unit, 14: Latest communication-related data storage unit, 15: Destination candidate storage unit, 16: High Frequency receiving destination access count storage unit, 17: related information update timer unit, 18: control unit, 20: network device, 30: communication-related data, 40: latest communication-related data, 50: destination candidate count list, 60: high Frequency destination access count list.

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(57) [Claims] In a communication partner introduction method for introducing another specific information or terminal from a specific information or terminal, a short-term and long-term communication relationship value between a source and a destination from a network information collection device is determined. A high-frequency destination group consisting of destinations having a long-term communication relationship value with the entire transmission source equal to or greater than the first threshold value is detected, and a communication with each destination belonging to the high-frequency destination group is detected. A communication-related information collection step of extracting a reference source group consisting of sources whose number equal to or greater than a second threshold is equal to or greater than a third threshold among long-term communication-related values; A communication relationship update processing step of updating the communication relationship value of the destination; and a fourth communication relationship value among short-term communication relationships with each source belonging to the reference source group when a communication partner introduction request is received from a user. The number exceeding the threshold value is equal to or greater than the fifth threshold value. Among destination communication partner introduction method characterized by comprising a communication partner introduction process for introducing a destination not belonging to said high frequency destination group. 2. A communication partner introduction method for introducing another specific information or terminal from a specific information or terminal, wherein a short-term and a long-term communication relationship value between a source and a destination from a network information collection device is determined. A high-frequency destination group consisting of destinations whose long-term communication relationship values with all the transmission sources are equal to or greater than a first threshold value is detected, and the destinations belonging to the high-frequency destination group are detected. Communication-related information for detecting a source whose long-term communication-related value is greater than or equal to a second threshold and storing the number of times that the value is equal to or greater than the second threshold in a high-frequency destination list for each source A collection step, a communication relation update processing step of updating the communication relation values of a caller and a callee, and when a communication partner introduction request is received from a user, the count value of the high frequency callee list is set to a third threshold value. Search for a reference source group consisting of the above And, detecting the destination of communication relationships value of short-term originating belonging to the reference source unit becomes more fourth threshold, the fourth
The number of times that is equal to or greater than the threshold value is stored in the candidate number of destinations list for each destination. A communication partner introduction processing step of introducing a called party whose communication-related value is less than a first threshold. 3. The communication relationship update processing step includes updating a short-term communication relationship value between the source and the destination every week, and updating a long-term communication relationship value between the source and the destination for one month. 3. The communication partner introduction method according to claim 1, wherein the communication partner introduction method is updated every time. 4. The communication partner introduction method according to claim 1, wherein the communication-related value is the number of times of communication from the source to the destination. 5. The communication partner introduction method according to claim 1, wherein the communication relation value is a communication time between a source and a destination. 6. The communication partner introduction method according to claim 1, wherein the communication relation value is a communication information amount between a source and a destination. 7. A communication partner introduction device for introducing another specific information or terminal from a specific information or terminal, the latest communication relation data storage means for storing a short-term communication relation value between a caller and a receiver. A communication-related data storage means for storing a long-term communication relation value between the transmission source and the destination; and a high-frequency communication destination comprising a long-term communication relation with the entire transmission source being equal to or more than the first threshold value. A destination group is detected, and out of long-term communication relation values with each destination belonging to the frequent destination group, the number of outgoing calls whose number is greater than or equal to a second threshold is greater than or equal to a third threshold. A high-frequency destination number storage means for extracting a reference source group consisting of elements, and a number of short-term communication relation values with each source belonging to the reference source group, the number being not less than a fourth threshold value Among the destinations whose are equal to or greater than a fifth threshold, Destination candidate storage means for storing a destination that does not belong to; a relation information update timer means for managing an update interval of a communication relation value of the latest communication relation data storage means and the communication relation data storage means; A communication-related data storage means, a control means for controlling transmission and reception of information between the communication-related data storage means, the high-frequency destination number storage means, and the destination candidate storage means, a request input from a user and a processing result A communication partner introduction device, comprising: input / output means for outputting the data. 8. A communication partner introduction device for introducing another specific information or terminal from a specific information or terminal, wherein a latest communication relation data storage means for storing a short-term communication relation value between a caller and a receiver. Communication-related data storage means for storing long-term communication-related values between a source and a destination; and a high-level data comprising a destination whose long-term communication-related values with all the sources are equal to or greater than a first threshold value. Detecting a frequency destination group, detecting a source whose long-term communication relationship value with a destination belonging to the high frequency destination group is equal to or greater than a second threshold, and Means for storing the number of times in a high frequency destination list for each source, and when receiving a communication partner introduction request from a user, the count value of the high frequency destination list is the third count. Search for a reference source group consisting of sources that are above the threshold Detecting a destination whose short-term communication relationship value with a source belonging to the reference source group is equal to or greater than a fourth threshold, and counting the number of times equal to or greater than the fourth threshold for each destination; Among the destinations whose number of times in the destination candidate number list is equal to or greater than a fifth threshold value, the long-term communication relationship value with the source is set to the first threshold value. Destination candidate storage means for introducing a destination less than; a relation information update timer means for managing an update interval of a communication relation value of the latest communication relation data storage means and the communication relation data storage means; A communication-related data storage means, a control means for controlling transmission and reception of information between the communication-related data storage means, the high-frequency destination number storage means, and the destination candidate storage means, a request input from a user and a processing result Input / output means for outputting A communication partner introduction device, comprising: 9. The latest communication-related data storage means manages the communication-related values of the source and destination on a weekly basis,
9. The communication related data storage means for a plurality of weeks, wherein the communication-related data storage means manages the communication-related values of the source and the destination on a monthly basis and stores for a plurality of months. Communication partner introduction device. 10. The communication partner introduction device according to claim 7, wherein the communication-related value is the number of times of communication from the source to the destination. 11. The communication partner introduction device according to claim 7, wherein the communication relation value is a communication time between a caller and a receiver. 12. The communication relationship value according to claim 7, wherein the communication relation value is a communication information amount between a transmission source and a destination.
A communication partner introduction device according to any of the above.