JP3437913B2 - Electronic conference system - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic conference system, and more particularly to an electronic conference system for exchanging opinions with a plurality of users via a network and information storage storing files used for realizing the system. Regarding the medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, electronic conferencing systems have been widely used to support exchange of opinions and meetings between individuals or companies that are located apart from each other by using a plurality of computers connected to a network. It's starting. Especially in recent years, as the application of Internet technology has become popular, the server operation has been simplified and the operability of the client browser has been improved.
Abbreviated as “WWW”. ) As the desire to introduce a new electronic conferencing system that realizes an electronic conference room such as storing and browsing asynchronous information of the server push method increases, the operating modes of the electronic conference system that is already in operation are diversifying. is there.

One of the functions required for such an electronic conferencing system is a function of efficiently accumulating and classifying information obtained in the above-mentioned opinion exchange and meetings. In many electronic conferencing systems currently in widespread use, when registering an opinion, it is common to specify the opinion registration date and time and the opinion item such as the opinion speaker along with the content of the opinion, so the registered opinion is browsed. At that time, the opinions can be rearranged and searched based on such opinion items. Further, according to the "electronic conference system" disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-84144, the group computer specifies where in the conference content the content of the self-speaking belongs belongs in response to the speaker's instruction. Since the heading position information is input, the master computer analyzes the heading position information, stores it as a chain of heading level information organized by common points based on the speaker's instruction, and returns the stored contents to the group computer. There is. Therefore, it is possible to accumulate and classify the content of each statement for each common issue.

[0004]

Many of the widely used electronic conferencing systems described above do not have means for classifying each opinion according to the content of the opinion. For this reason,
For example, when it becomes necessary to classify multiple opinions registered for a proposal into two types, a pros and cons,
It becomes necessary for the person in charge of operation of the relevant conference room to read the contents of the registered opinions one by one and classify them manually afterwards.
There is a problem that the work load required for the operation management of the conference room is increased.

On the other hand, in the case of the electronic conference system described in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-84144, since each speaker will instruct the input of the heading position information that seems appropriate when registering an opinion, each comment Depending on the subject's subjectivity and proficiency in operating the system, it may be necessary for the person in charge of operation of the corresponding conference room to manually classify the registered opinions afterwards as described above. There is a problem that the work load required for management may increase.

Further, in any of the above electronic conference systems,
It is premised that an opinion is registered for each conference room, and no consideration is given to the cross-post (a speech method for registering the same opinion in different conference rooms) which has been spreading in recent years. Therefore, when cross-posting an opinion, it is necessary to duplicate the opinion registration operation for each conference room of the speaking destination, and the response opinion to the first cross-posted opinion is also the conference room of the speaking destination. Since it is registered for each, the speaker of the first opinion needs to perform the operation of viewing the response opinion in all of the conference rooms to which the speaker is speaking in order to grasp each response opinion. However, there is a problem that the work load of the above is increased.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, so that the operator in charge of the conference room does not have to manually classify the registered opinions afterwards, and the electronic post in consideration of the cross post is also taken into consideration. To provide a conference system.

[0008]

To achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 of the electronic conference system of the present invention is an electronic conference system for exchanging opinions with a plurality of users via a network, A conference room information management table in which information unique to the conference room is preset for each conference room where opinions are exchanged on a given agenda item, and a plurality of opinion keywords for classifying newly registered opinions from a given viewpoint And an opinion keyword management table that presets, and a management table storage unit that stores and holds an opinion information management table in which opinion information unique to each opinion registered in the meeting room is stored, and a predetermined progress management According to a management instruction operation given by a person, the conference room information management table and the opinion keyword management table A conference room definition processing unit for defining information to be set in a conference room, and a conference room progress processing unit for proceeding with the exchange of opinions in the conference room according to a progress instruction operation given by a predetermined general user. .

Further, in the invention according to claim 1 , the conference room progress processing unit is a progress operation operation for registering a new opinion from the general user in any one of the conference rooms. When given, the registration guide information including the keyword selection guide for guiding the selection of at least one of the opinion keywords corresponding to the gist of the new opinion is provided to the general public based on the setting contents of the opinion keyword management table. After presenting to the user, according to the opinion specifying operation given by the general user according to the registration guide information, the opinion information corresponding to the new opinion including the specified information of the opinion keyword is added to the opinion information management table. To be set to.

The invention according to claim 2 is the above-mentioned claim.
In the invention according to 1, when the conference room definition processing unit is given an opinion keyword setting operation, which is a management instruction operation for setting the opinion keyword for any of the conference rooms, from the progress manager. Based on the setting contents of the opinion keyword management table, after presenting to the progress manager setting guide information including at least keyword setting guide for guiding additional setting of new opinion keywords, according to the setting guide information According to the keyword setting operation given by the progress manager, the opinion keywords set in the opinion keyword management table are defined.

The invention according to claim 3 is the same as the invention according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the management table storage section discloses the opinion for each of the opinions registered in the conference room. crossposting management table set the conference are stored and held, the conference progress processing unit, when the registration operation is given, on the basis of the opinion keyword management table and the cross-post management table, the keyword After presenting the registration guide information including the selection guide and the cross post selection guide for guiding the selection of the other conference room where the new opinion is disclosed to the general user, the general use is performed according to the registration guide information. According to the opinion designation operation given by the person, the new keyword including the opinion keyword and the specified information of the other conference room in which the new opinion is disclosed. An opinion information corresponding to Do opinion is to set the feedback information management table.

Further, the invention according to claim 4 is the above-mentioned claim.
In the invention according to No. 3 , peculiar information including a disclosure permission / prohibition flag designating permission / prohibition of disclosure of a registered opinion among different conference rooms is set in advance in the conference room information management table. Conference room definition processing unit
However , when a progress permission change operation, which is a management instruction operation for changing the designation of the disclosure permission flag, is given from the progress manager, based on the setting content of the conference room information management table, the corresponding After presenting the setting guide information including the flag specifying guide for guiding the change of the specification of the disclosure permission flag to the progress manager, according to the flag specifying operation given from the progress manager according to the setting guide information, The disclosure permission / prohibition flag set in the conference room information management table is defined.

The invention according to claim 5 is the opinion according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the conference room progress processing section is registered or published in any of the conference rooms. When a browsing operation, which is a progress instruction operation for browsing, is given from the general user, it is registered or published in this conference room based on the setting contents of the opinion keyword management table and the opinion information management table. Each of the opinions is listed in a display form suitable for browsing.

The invention according to claim 6 is the above-mentioned claim.
In the invention according to 5 , the display mode is a mode in which each of the opinions registered or published in the conference room designated by the browsing operation is classified for each of the opinion keywords preset in the opinion keyword management table. To do.

[0015] The invention according to claim 7, in the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 6, set in the opinion information management table corresponding to each of the registered opinion the meeting room The provided opinion information includes association opinion information designating association between the opinion and another opinion.

The invention according to claim 8 of the information storage medium used for realizing the electronic conference system of the present invention is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 7 , wherein the management table is stored. A data file for realizing various management tables stored and held by the unit and a program file for realizing the conference room definition processing unit and the conference room progress processing unit are respectively recorded.

[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of an electronic conference system of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a device configuration of an embodiment of an electronic conference system of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a server computer that stores data related to the electronic conference room,
Reference numerals 21 to 24 are client computers used by users to access the electronic conference room, 2 is a user operation screen displayed on the client computers 21 to 24, and 3 is a server computer 1 and client computers 21 to 24. Networks that connect to each other,
Reference numeral 4 is a CD-RO, which is an information storage medium storing files used to realize the electronic conference system of the present invention.
M and 5, like the CD-ROM 4, are floppy disks which are information storage media storing files used for realizing the electronic conference system of the present invention. CD-ROM
4 or files stored in the floppy disk 5, a program file portion to be described later is installed in the server computer 1 or the client computers 21 to 24 as needed and executed.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the electronic conferencing system of the present invention from the functional viewpoint. In the figure, 7 is a conference room information management table in which information unique to the conference room is preset for each of the conference rooms, which are places for exchanging opinions on a predetermined agenda item, and 8 is a newly registered opinion. Opinion keyword management table in which a plurality of opinion keywords classified according to viewpoints are preset, 9
Is an opinion information management table in which opinion information specific to each opinion registered in the meeting room is set, and 10 is another meeting room in which the opinion is disclosed for each opinion registered in the meeting room Cross post management table,
Reference numeral 6 is a management table storage unit that stores and holds these conference room information management table 7, opinion keyword management table 8, opinion information management table 9, and cross-post management table 10, and 11 is a management instruction operation given by a predetermined progress manager. In accordance with the above, the conference room definition processing unit 12 for defining the information set in the conference room information management table 7 and the opinion keyword management table 8 advances the exchange of opinions in the conference room in accordance with the progress instruction operation given by a predetermined general user. The conference room progress processing unit 2a is a conference room definition processing unit 1
A conference for presenting setting guidance information including a keyword setting guidance for guiding the additional setting of a new opinion keyword and a flag designation guiding for changing the specification of the disclosure permission flag to the progress manager when the information is defined by 1. Room definition screen, 2b is a conference room browsing screen that lists each of the opinions registered or published in the conference room in a display form suitable for browsing,
2c presents registration guidance information including keyword selection guidance for guiding selection of at least one opinion keyword corresponding to the gist of the new opinion to the general user when the conference room progress processing unit 12 registers the new opinion. It is an opinion registration screen to do.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of specific setting contents of various tables stored and held in the management table storage unit 6 in FIG.

In FIG. 3, the conference room information management table 7
Is a column 7a for setting a conference room identifier for identifying the conference room from others, a column 7b for setting the name of the conference room, and the disclosure of the opinions registered in the conference room to other conference rooms, that is, the cross. Column 7c for setting cross-post permission designation that specifies whether or not to allow posting, disclosure of opinions registered in other conference rooms to that conference room, that is, whether or not to allow cross-posting. It includes a field 7d for setting cross post permission designation. Here, the cross-post permission designation and the cross-post permission designation correspond to the disclosure permission / prohibition flag in the claims, and can be changed by the progress manager during the conference, as will be described later. In the case of the conference room information management table 7 of this embodiment, the first conference room indicated by reference numeral 71 (conference room identifier “1”, conference room name “meeting room A”) and the second conference room indicated by reference numeral 72. (Meeting room identifier “2”, meeting room name “meeting room B”), a third meeting room denoted by reference numeral 73 (meeting room identifier “3”, meeting room name “meeting room C”), and reference numeral 74 Specific information is set in advance for four types of conference rooms, that is, the fourth conference room (meeting room identifier “4”, conference room name “meeting room D”) shown.

In FIG. 3, the opinion keyword management table 8 includes a column 8a for setting an opinion keyword identifier for distinguishing the opinion keyword from others, and a meeting room identifier for specifying a meeting room to which the opinion keyword is applied. A field 8b for setting and a field 8c for setting a character string representing the opinion keyword are included. Note that different opinion keywords with overlapping meeting room identifiers can be set so that a plurality of opinion keywords can be defined in the same meeting room. In the case of the opinion keyword management table 8 of this embodiment, reference numeral 81
And the second opinion keyword (opinion keyword identifier “2”, meeting room identifier) denoted by reference numeral 82 “2”, opinion keyword “opposite”), a third opinion keyword indicated by reference numeral 83 (opinion keyword identifier “3”, meeting room identifier “2”, opinion keyword “neither”) and reference numeral 84 A fourth opinion keyword (opinion keyword identifier “4”, meeting room identifier “4”, opinion keyword “yes”) and a fifth opinion keyword indicated by reference numeral 85 (opinion keyword identifier “5”, meeting room identifier “4”) “, Opinion keyword“ No ”), specific information is preset for five types of opinion keywords.

In FIG. 3, the opinion information management table 9
Is a column 9a for setting an opinion identifier for distinguishing the opinion from others, a column 9b for setting an opinion title which is the title of the opinion, and a field for setting a conference room identifier for specifying a conference room in which the opinion is registered. 9c, a column 9d for setting an opinion keyword identifier that specifies an opinion keyword corresponding to the gist of the opinion, a column 9e for setting a cross-post discriminator indicating whether or not the opinion is disclosed to another conference room, and the opinion 9f includes a field 9f for setting a response opinion identifier that specifies the presence or absence of a response destination and the opinion of the response destination. Here, the cross-post discriminator is either a value "Y" indicating that the opinion is disclosed to another conference room or a value "N" indicating that the opinion is not disclosed. Further, the value of the response opinion identifier corresponding to the “coordinated opinion information” in the claim is set to the value “0” when there is no opinion of the respondent of the opinion, and the value of the respondent opinion when there is the respondent of the opinion. The value of the response opinion identifier to be specified. In the case of the opinion information management table 9 of this embodiment, the first reference numeral 91 indicates
Types of opinions registered in the conference room No. 6, six types of opinions registered in the second conference room indicated by reference numeral 92, five types of opinions registered in the third conference room indicated by reference numeral 93, reference numeral 94 Unique opinion information is set for each of a total of 14 kinds of opinions registered in the fourth conference room indicated by.

In FIG. 3, the cross-post management table 10 is an opinion identifier for identifying the opinion for which the disclosure to the other conference room, that is, the cross-post is designated by the cross-post discriminator in the opinion information management table 9. And a column 10b for setting a conference room identifier that identifies another conference room to which the opinion is disclosed. It should be noted that it is allowed to set different conference room identifiers with overlapping opinion identifiers so that the same opinion can be published or cross-posted to a plurality of conference rooms. In the case of the cross-post management table 10 of the present embodiment, as indicated by reference numerals 101 and 102, the first and third conference rooms are designated by reference numeral 10 as the disclosure destinations of the opinions specified by the opinion identifier “3”.
As shown in 3, the second conference room is set as the disclosure destination of the opinion specified by the opinion identifier “9”.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram schematically showing the association between the conference rooms and opinions according to the example of the setting contents of FIG. In the figure, "meeting room A", which is marked in the frame line 41,
The "meeting room B", "meeting room C", and "meeting room D" correspond to the four types of meeting rooms preset in the meeting room information management table 7 described above, and the "opinion 1" indicated in the frame line 42. ",
“Opinion 2”, ..., “Opinion 14” correspond to the 14 types of opinion information set in the above-mentioned opinion information management table 9. The solid line connecting the "meeting room" in the frame line 41 and the "opinion" in the frame line 42 indicates that this "opinion" is registered in the "meeting room", and the dotted line also indicates It means that the "opinion" is open to the "meeting room", that is, cross-posted. A solid line connecting the "opinions" in the frame line 42 indicates that the "opinion" written below the solid line is registered as a response to the "opinion" also written above.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the conference room definition screen 2a presented by the conference room definition processing unit 11 in FIG. 2, and this conference room definition screen 2a is "setting guide information" in the claims. Is equivalent to In the figure, reference numeral 211 designates a conference room designating box for designating a conference room which is a target of the management instruction operation, 21
2 is a cross-post designation selection button for designating whether or not cross-posting of the opinion registered in this conference room to another conference room is allowed, and 213 is the opinion of the opinion registered in another conference room to this conference room Cross-posted designation selection button for designating whether or not to permit cross-posting, 214 is an opinion keyword list enumerating opinion keywords that can be designated by a general user when registering a new opinion in this conference room, Reference numeral 215 is an addition instruction button 216 for instructing addition of a new opinion keyword to the opinion keyword list 214.
Is a deletion instruction button for instructing to delete the opinion keyword in the opinion keyword list 214, 217 is an update instruction button for instructing to update the opinion keyword in the opinion keyword list 214, and 218 is a character string of the opinion keyword An opinion keyword edit box 219 for editing is an area used for other settings. Of these, opinion keyword list 214, addition instruction button 215, deletion instruction button 216, update instruction button 2
17. The opinion keyword edit box 218 corresponds to the “keyword setting guide” in the claims, and the crosspost designation selection button 212 and the crosspost designation selection button 21.
3 corresponds to "flag designation guide" in the claims.

The progress manager who manages the progress of the conference room gives a management instruction operation (opinion keyword setting operation and disclosure permission / denial change operation) to the conference room definition screen 2a, whereby the above-mentioned conference room information management table is displayed. 7 and the information set in the opinion keyword management table 8 can be defined. For example, in the case of FIG. 5, the progress manager performs the disclosure permission / prohibition change operation when defining “meeting room B”, and “permits” the crosspost designation selection button 212 and “does not permit” the crosspost designation selection button 213. , Respectively. This is a specification that allows the public disclosure of the opinions from the "meeting room B" to other conference rooms, that is, the cross-posting, and the cross-posting of the opinions from the other conference room to the "meeting room B". Also, the opinion keyword list 214
Two types of opinion keywords, "agreement" and "opposition", are already listed in the inside, and a new opinion keyword (an example in the figure is "neither") in the opinion keyword edit box 218. Can be edited. The progress manager can arbitrarily set the character strings of the respective opinion keywords by the opinion keyword setting operation, and set the desired number of opinion keywords. And the progress manager
Even during the progress of the conference room, the definition of the information set in the conference room information management table 7 and the opinion keyword management table 8 can be changed by the management instruction operation on the conference room definition screen 2a.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the conference room browsing screen 2b presented by the conference room progress processing unit 12 in FIG. In the figure, 221 is a speech button for instructing registration of a new opinion in the conference room, 222 is a reply button for instructing registration of a new opinion in response to the previously registered opinion, and 223 is a conference. A list display button 224 for giving an instruction to display a summary of opinions registered or cross-posted in the room in a normal display form is designated by the speaker at 224. An opinion automatic distribution button 225 for giving an instruction to display a list in a display form classified according to the opinion keyword is displayed with a summary of each opinion in accordance with an operation on one of these list display button 223 and automatic opinion distribution button 224. Opinion list view 226 displays detailed contents of the opinion specified in the opinion list view 225. It is a view. Of these, the comment button 221 and the reply button 222 are targets of the "browsing operation" in the claims, and the list display button 223 and the automatic opinion allocation button 224 are targets of the "registration operation" in the claims.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a concrete display example of the opinion list view 225 in FIG. 6, and corresponds to “meeting room B” set in the meeting room information management table 7 in FIG. The display example of the opinion list view 225 is shown. In addition, FIG.
Is a display example of an opinion list view 225a in which a summary of each opinion is displayed in a list in response to the operation on the list display button 223 described above, and FIG. 7B shows each of the opinions according to the operation on the automatic opinion distribution button 224 described above. The display examples of the opinion list view 225b in which the outlines are listed are shown.

In the opinion list view 225a of FIG. 7A, the opinion title of the opinion is displayed in the column 13a in the column 13a.
The date and time of the opinion is displayed in b, the speaker name of the opinion is displayed in the column 13c, and the conference room name to which the opinion is registered is displayed in the column 13d. Among these, in the opinion title, an opinion and an opinion of a response to the opinion are stepped down and continuously displayed. For example, if "Opinion 4" is an opinion of a response to "Opinion 3" and "Opinion 5" is an opinion of a response to "Opinion 4", these "Opinion 3", "Opinion 4", and "Opinion 5""Is continuously displayed with one step down. Further, when the opinion registered in another conference room is cross-posted, the opinion title of that opinion is also displayed together with the name of the conference room of the cross-posting source. For example, if "opinion 9" registered in "meeting room C" is cross-posted to "meeting room B", this opinion title "opinion 9" is also displayed. Furthermore, "Meeting Room C"
"Opinion 10" and "Opinion 11" are "Opinion 9"
"Opinion 12" is "opinion 1"
If the opinion is the response to “1”, these “Opinion 1”
"0", "opinion 11", and "opinion 12" are also displayed in the same manner.
Therefore, the opinion of the response to the cross-posted “Opinion 9” can be referred to in the “meeting room B”. The list display described above corresponds to the meeting room information management table 7, the opinion information management table 9, the cross post management table 10 and the opinion identifier set in the opinion information management table 9 shown in FIG. Based on an opinion content table (not shown) in which the date and time of speech, the name of the speaker, and the like are registered.

The opinion list view 225b in FIG. 7B is
An opinion classification view for displaying a list of distribution and aggregation classifications corresponding to the parameter further specified after the progress manager operates the automatic opinion distribution button 224 in FIG.
It is composed of a specific category opinion list view that lists only the opinions that belong to a specific category in this opinion category view. In the present embodiment, when the progress manager operates the opinion automatic distribution button 224 in FIG. 6, a selection screen (not shown) for specifying the distribution and totalization parameters is displayed. Here, parameters such as "meeting room", "opinion keyword", and "speaker" that are effective in classifying the registered opinions are parameters that can be designated. For example, if the progress manager specifies "opinion keyword" as a parameter,
In the opinion classification view described above, the serial number in the column 14a is
The opinion keyword that can be designated for a new opinion registered in the conference room is registered in the column 14b, and the number of opinions for which the opinion keyword corresponding to the column 14c is specified is registered or cross-posted in the conference room in the column 14d. The ratio of the number of cases to the total number of opinions is displayed. Then, in the specific classification opinion list view, only the opinion in which the specific opinion keyword in this opinion classification view is designated is the opinion title of the opinion in which the opinion keyword is designated in the column 14e, and the opinion of the opinion in the column 14f. The name of each speaker is displayed.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the opinion registration screen 2c presented by the conference room progress processing unit 12 in FIG. 2, and this opinion registration screen 2c is referred to as "registration guide information" in the claims. Equivalent to. In the figure, 231 is an opinion title designating box for designating an opinion title that briefly represents the content of the newly registered opinion, 232 is a speaker name designating box for designating a speaker name representing the speaker of this opinion, 233. Is a comment meeting room specification box that specifies a comment meeting room that is a meeting room to register this opinion, and 234 can be specified by a general user when registering in the meeting room specified in the comment meeting room specification box 233 of this opinion. Opinion keyword selection list for enumerating and selecting opinion keywords, 235 is a cross-post selection list for enumerating and selecting the meeting rooms of the cross-post destination to which this opinion is disclosed, and 236 is a specific content of this opinion. It is an input area for inputting into. Of these, the opinion keyword selection list 234 corresponds to “keyword selection guidance” in the claims, and the crosspost selection list 235 corresponds to “crosspost selection guidance” in the claims.
Equivalent to. Then, the above-mentioned opinion keyword selection list 234, cross-post selection list 235, and input area 2
36 is the target of the "opinion designating operation" in the claims.

In FIG. 8, when the general user designates “Opinion 3” in the opinion title designation box 231 and “meeting room B” in the comment conference room designation box 233, respectively, the opinion keyword selection list 234 is displayed in the opinion keyword selection list 234. , According to the setting contents of the opinion keyword management table 8 shown in FIG.
Only three types of opinion keywords, “agree”, “oppose”, and “neither” are listed. Therefore, a general user who wants to register a new opinion in the “meeting room B” can select one of “agree”, “oppose”, and “neither” listed in the opinion keyword selection list 234 described above. By selecting an option, an opinion keyword for “Opinion 3” can be set. Further, in the cross-post selection list 235, among the conference rooms preset in the conference room information management table 7 (excluding the conference room designated in the speaking conference room designation box 233), the cross-post permission designation in the column 7d is specified. Only the conference room names of the conference rooms for which the value of is set to “OK” are listed. That is, in the above case, only two types of conference room names, "meeting room A" and "meeting room C", are listed as selection branches, and the value of the cross-posted permission designation in the column 7d of the conference room information management table 7 is ". “Meeting room D” set to “impossible” is not listed. It should be noted that a plurality of selection branches in the cross-post selection list 235 can be selected at one time so that the same opinion can be disclosed, ie, cross-posted, to a plurality of conference rooms.

According to the electronic conference system of the present embodiment described above, the progress manager, that is, the person in charge of operating the conference room sets an appropriate opinion keyword in advance in the opinion keyword management table according to the agenda of the conference room, and By allowing the speaker of the opinion to select one of the opinion keywords when registering such an opinion, it is not necessary for the progress manager to manually classify the registered opinion afterwards. The work load required for management can be reduced. Also, when a general user browses one of the meeting rooms, the opinions posted in that meeting room as well as the cross-posted opinions and their response opinions are displayed in a list. The opinion of the response can be grasped without performing the browsing operation for all the conference rooms to which the speech is made, and the work load of the speaker who cross-posted can be reduced to improve the efficiency of the opinion registration and browsing by general users. be able to.

[0035]

As described above in detail, according to the invention of the present invention, it is not necessary for the progress manager to manually classify the registered opinions later. Can be reduced.

According to the invention of claim 4, in particular,
The opinion of the response can be grasped without performing the browsing operation for all the conference rooms to which the opinions have been registered and cross-posted so far, and the work load of the speaker who has posted the cross-post can be reduced and the general user It is possible to improve the efficiency of opinion registration and browsing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a device configuration of an embodiment of an electronic conference system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the electronic conference system of the present invention in terms of function.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of specific setting contents of various tables stored and held by a management table storage unit in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram schematically showing the association between each conference room and opinions according to an example of the setting contents of FIG.

5 is a diagram showing an example of a conference room definition screen presented by a conference room definition processing unit in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a conference room browsing screen presented by a conference room progress processing unit in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific display example of an opinion list view in FIG.

8 is a diagram showing an example of an opinion registration screen presented by a conference room progress processing unit in FIG. 2. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 server computer 21-24 Client computer 2 User operation screen 2a Meeting room definition screen 2b Meeting room browsing screen 2c Opinion registration screen 3 network 4 CD-ROM 5 floppy disks 6 management table storage 7 meeting room information management table 8 opinion keyword management table 9 Opinion information management table 10 Crosspost management table 11 Conference room definition processing section 12 Conference room progress processing section

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Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] 1. In an electronic conferencing system for exchanging opinions with a plurality of users via a network, information unique to the conference room is set in advance for each of the conference rooms, which is a place for exchanging opinions regarding a predetermined agenda item. A conference room information management table, an opinion keyword management table in which a plurality of opinion keywords for classifying newly registered opinions from a predetermined viewpoint are set in advance, and each of the opinions registered in the meeting room is unique to that opinion. A management table storage unit that stores and holds an opinion information management table in which opinion information is set, and information of the information set in the meeting room information management table and the opinion keyword management table according to a management instruction operation given by a predetermined progress manager. The conference room definition processing unit that performs the definition and the progress instruction operation given by a predetermined general user. Accordance created, the advancing exchange opinions in the conference room; and a conference proceeding processing unit, the conference room development processing unit, one of the conference rooms to new views from the general user
A registration operation, which is a progress instruction operation to register to
Content of the opinion keyword management table
Based on at least the gist of this new opinion
Key to guide the selection of one of the above opinion keywords
-Register the registration information including word selection information to the general user
After presenting to the general use according to this registration guide information
According to the opinion designation operation given by the person
Correspond to the new opinion including keyword designation information
Setting the opinion information in the opinion information management table
Characteristic electronic conference system. 2. The meeting room definition processing unit, when the progress manager gives an opinion keyword setting operation, which is a management instruction operation to set the opinion keyword for any of the meeting rooms, Based on the setting contents of the opinion keyword management table, after presenting to the progress manager setting guide information including at least keyword setting guide for guiding the additional setting of a new opinion keyword, according to the setting guide information According to the keyword setting operation given by the progress manager,
Claim 1 Symbol mounting electronic conference system and performing the definition of the opinion keyword to be set to the opinion keyword management table. 3. The management table storage unit stores and holds a cross-post management table in which each of the opinions registered in the meeting room is set with another meeting room in which the opinion is disclosed. When the registration operation is given, the progress processing unit guides the keyword selection guidance and the selection of another conference room in which the new opinion is disclosed, based on the opinion keyword management table and the crosspost management table. After presenting the registration guide information including the cross-post selection guide for the general user, the opinion keyword and the new opinion are displayed in accordance with the opinion specifying operation given by the general user according to the registration guide information. Setting the opinion information corresponding to the new opinion including the designated information of the other conference room to be disclosed in the opinion information management table Claim 1 or
2 Symbol mounting electronic conferencing systems. 4. The conference room information management table is preset with unique information including a disclosure permission flag that specifies whether or not the registered opinion is disclosed between different conference rooms. The room definition processing unit, based on the setting content of the conference room information management table, when the progress manager gives a disclosure permission / prohibition change operation, which is a management instruction operation to change the designation of the disclosure permission / prohibition flag, After presenting the setting guide information including the flag specifying guide for guiding the change of the specification of the applicable disclosure permission flag to the progress manager, the flag designation given from the progress manager according to the setting guide information The electronic conference system according to claim 3, wherein the disclosure permission / prohibition flag set in the conference room information management table is defined according to an operation. 5. The conference room progress processing unit, when a browsing operation, which is a progress instruction operation for browsing an opinion registered or published in any of the conference rooms, is given from the general user, based on the settings of the opinion keyword management table and the opinion information management table, according to claim 1-4, characterized in that a list display mode that each suitable for viewing registration or published opinion in this meeting room The electronic conference system according to any one of claims. 6. The display form is a form in which each of the opinions registered or made public in the conference room designated by the browsing operation is classified for each of the opinion keywords preset in the opinion keyword management table. The electronic conference system according to claim 5, wherein 7. The opinion information set in the opinion information management table corresponding to each of the opinions registered in the conference room includes association opinion information designating association between the opinion and another opinion. electronic conference system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that. 8. A data file for realizing various management tables stored in the management table storage unit and a program file for realizing the conference room definition processing unit and the conference room progress processing unit are recorded. An information storage medium used for realizing the electronic conferencing system according to any one of claims 1 to 8 .