JP4878534B2 - Information provision system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing system, and more particularly to an information providing system for cultivated farmers.

  There are many leaf tobacco farmers in Japan who are responsible for leaf tobacco production and tobacco business. Unions to which each farm belongs are also scattered throughout Japan. Some unions or farmers are building and publishing websites.

A community service providing system that provides community services on a computer network such as the Internet is described in Patent Document 1.
JP 2003-58484 A

  By the way, in recent years, a social networking site (SNS) which is a community type website has appeared. SNS provides functions such as self-profile publication, address book, calendar and schedule function, search, web log that only members can view, bulletin board and chat that only members can participate in.

  In recent years, the progress of agricultural technology has been remarkable, and there is a great need for a place where information can be exchanged quickly on these specialized knowledge and experiences. However, at present, there is no mechanism to connect individual farmers and activate information exchange, and farming is done through trial and error based on individual experience and knowledge.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and the object of the present invention is to easily provide timely information provision for farming farmers and information exchange between farmers, and to produce crops in production technology and productivity. It is to provide an information providing system that improves the quality of information.

According to the present invention, an information providing system for a plurality of farming farmers,
A terminal device operated by a member user of the farmer;
A community management server connected to the terminal device via a network and forming and managing a community site accessible from the terminal device of the member user;
A file server connected to the terminal device and the community management server via a network and storing contents and information related to cultivation ;
A weblog site management server that creates and manages a weblog site that can be made public for each member user , and
The community management server
A storage unit that receives content and information related to the cultivation provided from the terminal device of the member user via the community site, and stores the content and information in the file server;
In response to a request from the terminal device received via the community site, an information providing unit that accesses the file server, reads content and information related to the cultivation, and provides the terminal device via the community site; ,
Only including,
The terminal device of the member user is
An editorial department for editing articles;
A posting unit that accesses the weblog site management server via the network and posts the article to the weblog site;
A browsing section for browsing the weblog site;
A comment sending unit for sending a comment to the article;
A trackback portion that forms a trackback to other articles, and
The article posted to the weblog site includes a farming diary,
The weblog site management server
An article storage unit that stores the article posted from the terminal device for each member user in association with the posting date of the article;
A registration item receiving unit that receives an instruction to associate a work item of cultivation from the terminal device of the member user to the article;
A registration unit that registers the work item received by the registration item reception unit in association with the article;
For each member user, a multi-year journal creation unit that creates a multi-year calendar that presents a list of the articles stored over a plurality of years for each same date in different years; and
Including
The multi-year journal creation unit of the weblog site management server presents the multi-year calendar including the title of the article and the work item associated with the article,
The terminal device
An annual journal reading instruction receiving unit that receives designation of a member user who browses the multi-year calendar;
The weblog access to the site management server, and a multi-year calendar viewing unit for viewing the multi-year calendar of the member user of the year magazine reading instruction receiving unit has received, it is the including information providing system is provided.

Here, the member users of the farmer can include the farmer's association and the individual bearer. The terminal device can include a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, and the web log site management server can include a server that creates and manages a so-called blog that can be posted and browsed from the mobile terminal.

  According to the present invention, various information transmitted from member users of a large number of cultivated farmers scattered throughout the country via the community site are accumulated, and a large number of cultivated farmers scattered throughout the country based on the community site. Information can be instantly provided to member users, and can be shared among member users, collaboration and information exchange among member users can be activated, and crop production technology and productivity can be improved. be able to.

Furthermore, according to this configuration, the member user can form a weblog site, and can exchange information and exchanges by exchanging comments with other member users, thereby activating the farmer. Furthermore, according to this structure, it becomes possible to confirm the work schedule of cultivation of a normal year by a multi-year calendar, and it becomes possible to look back and refer to the past.

In the information providing system, the weblog site management server includes a narrowed item receiving unit that receives a work item for narrowing down the article from the terminal device of the member user, and a work item received by the narrowed item receiving unit. And a providing unit that narrows down the associated articles and provides the member users so as to be browseable on the terminal device .

According to this configuration, by registering a work item for each article, when browsing the article, it is possible to browse the article by comparing the work items, and it is easy to find the article on the day when the specific work was performed. Become. Moreover, articles that focus on work items can be managed, and can be used for various analyzes such as the relationship between work items and work days, and the relationship between work items and work areas. The range of use as a work diary for cultivation is expanded.

In the information providing system, the weblog site management server narrows down the articles associated with the work items received by the narrowed item receiving unit, and causes the multi-year journal creating unit to create the multi-year calendar. Can be included.
In the information providing system, the weblog site management server can include a weather information acquisition unit that acquires weather information for each region, and a weather information storage unit that stores the acquired weather information. The multi-year journal creation unit may further include a weather information recording unit that reads the weather information corresponding to the region of the member user and records the weather information on a corresponding date of the multi-year calendar. The weather information may include weather or weather forecast, forecast or actual maximum temperature, forecast or actual minimum temperature, and the like. By displaying it on a multi-year calendar, weather information, which is an important factor in the work schedule, becomes clear at a glance, improving usability.

In the information providing system, the web log site management server includes a calendar creation unit that creates a calendar for a predetermined period for presenting the title of the article on a date corresponding to the posting date of the article for each member user. The terminal device can receive a designation of a member user who browses the calendar, a browsing instruction reception unit that accesses the web log site management server, and the member user's calendar received by the browsing instruction reception unit. And a calendar browsing unit for browsing .

According to this configuration, since the articles recorded as the work diary are displayed in a list in a calendar format and the work items can be registered, it is easy to find the day on which the specific work was performed. In addition, by printing the calendar using the print function of the browser, the calendar can be used as it is to write a schedule or a memo, which is convenient.

In the information providing system, the title of the article of the multi-year calendar presented by the multi-year journal creation unit of the weblog site management server can constitute a link button to the article, and the terminal device May further include an operation accepting unit that accepts an operation of the link button to the article of the multi-year calendar, and the browsing unit of the terminal device is configured so that the operation accepting unit includes the link button to the article. When an operation is accepted, the article corresponding to the link button that accepted the operation can be downloaded from the article storage unit of the weblog site management server and viewed.

  In the information providing system, a search unit connected to the file server via the network, accessing the file server via the network according to a request from the terminal device, and searching for content and information relating to the cultivation And an information management server including a download unit for downloading to the terminal device.

  According to this structure, the content and information regarding the latest cultivation accumulate | stored in the file server can be provided to a member user at any time.

  In the information providing system, the contents and information relating to the cultivation include pest diagnosis and control information such as a pest picture book, pesticide use standard information, literature relating to crop research, crop technical information literature, and information provided by the member users. Can be included.

  According to this structure, the information regarding cultivation can be shared among a plurality of member users, and the production technology of the cultivated crop can be transmitted to each member user, and the productivity of the cultivated crop can be improved.

  In the information providing system, the terminal device may further include a management terminal device operated by an administrator of the system and a cultivation expert, and the weblog site management server is connected to the management terminal device. The management terminal device creates and manages a web log site that can be made public by the administrator and the expert, and the management terminal device includes special articles, news, information, and external links regarding cultivation on the web log site. A management editing unit for editing information including site information and the like can be included.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to quickly provide a plurality of member users with cutting-edge technology such as specialists related to cultivation, and it is possible to improve the production technology and productivity of cultivated crops.

  In the information providing system, the web log site management server receives a profile of the member user from the terminal device, and receives a profile reception unit that registers the profile in a profile storage unit, and a search condition of another member user from the member user. And a search unit that searches for member users that meet the search conditions, and a profile disclosure unit that discloses the profile of the searched member user.

  Here, as the search conditions, for example, the nickname of the member user, the affiliated association, the type of cigarettes produced, the contracted area producing the cultivated crop, the profile of the member user, any arbitrary items included in the blog title or article Includes keywords.

According to this structure, the exchange between member users can be made active, and the exchange between farming farms scattered in many places in the whole country and the activation of farming farms can be aimed at. In the above information providing system,
The plurality of farming farmers may be leaf tobacco and cereal farming farmers.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements and a conversion of the expression of the present invention between a method, an apparatus, a system, a recording medium, a computer program, etc. are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the information provision system which implements the information provision for farming farmers and information exchange between farmers easily and timely, and improves the production technique and productivity of farming crops is provided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In all the drawings, the same reference numerals are given to the same components, and the description will be omitted as appropriate.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of an information providing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. An information providing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is an information providing system 1 for a plurality of farming farmers, and is a terminal device (personal computer (PC)) operated by a member user 3 of the farming farmer. 5 and mobile terminal 7), and a terminal device (PC 5 and mobile terminal 7) connected to the terminal device (PC 5 and mobile terminal 7) of the member user 3 through a network (Internet 9). A community management server (management server 15) that manages and manages the content, and content related to cultivation, connected to the terminal device (PC 5 and mobile terminal 7) and the community management server (management server 15) via the network (network 13 and the Internet 9) File server that stores information (NAS (Network Att ached Storage) 17), and the community management server (management server 15) receives content and information related to cultivation provided from the terminal device (PC 5 and mobile terminal 7) of the member user 3 via the community site. , Accepts requests from the terminal device (PC 5 and portable terminal 7) via the storage unit that accumulates in the file server (NAS 17) and the community site, and accesses the file server (NAS 17) in response to this request, and And an information providing unit that reads content and information and provides the content to the terminal device (PC 5 and mobile terminal 7) via the community site.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment is a system in which a member user ID and a password are issued to a member user 3 registered in advance as a target for a plurality of leaf tobacco farms, and user authentication is performed. Can be used. That is, the information providing system 1 provides a so-called social network service (SNS) in which a service is provided only to a member user 3 registered in advance. In each of the drawings shown below, the configuration of parts not related to the essence of the present invention is omitted.

  The information providing system 1 includes a PC 5 or a portable terminal 7 that can be connected to the Internet 9 used by each member user 3, a management server 15 that is connected to each other via a network 13, a NAS 17, a blog server 19, and a moblog server. 21. Each device on the network 13 can be connected to the Internet 9 via the firewall 11. By connecting to the Internet 9 via the firewall 11, unauthorized access to the network 13 from the outside via the Internet 9 can be prevented.

  Furthermore, the information providing system 1 includes a PC 25 or a portable terminal 27 that can be connected to the Internet 9 used by the staff 23, and a PC 35 or a portable terminal 37 that can be connected to the Internet 9 used by the expert 33.

  The PC 5, PC 25, and PC 35 are, for example, personal computers, workstations, and the like. A memory (not shown) that stores a program and a CPU (not shown) that executes the program to realize a predetermined function and control the entire apparatus. And). In the present embodiment, the PC 5, PC 25, and PC 35 have a predetermined browser installed in advance, and can access the management server 15 and the blog server 19 via the Internet 9.

  The mobile terminal 7, the mobile terminal 27, and the mobile terminal 37 are, for example, a mobile phone, a PDA, etc., and a device (not shown) that stores a program, executes the program, realizes a predetermined function, and an apparatus. CPU (not shown) which controls the whole. The mobile terminal 7, the mobile terminal 27, and the mobile terminal 37 have a browser function, can connect to the Internet 9, and can access the management server 15 and the moblog server 21.

  The management server 15 is connected to the PC 5, the mobile terminal 7, the PC 25, the mobile terminal 27, the PC 35, or the mobile terminal 37 via the Internet 9, and is accessible from the member user 3, the staff 23, or the expert 33. Form and manage sites.

  The NAS 17 is a file server that accumulates content and information related to leaf tobacco cultivation that can be provided to the PC 5 or the like. In the present embodiment, NAS is used, but the present invention is not limited to this. The contents and information stored in the NAS 17 include, for example, pest diagnosis and control information such as leaf tobacco pests, pesticide use standard information, literature on leaf tobacco research, leaf tobacco technical information literature, and information provided by the member user 3 be able to. An HTML file, a PDF file, a word processor document file, a text file, a spreadsheet software file, an image file, a moving image file, an audio file, a drawing file, a database, and the like describing a web page can be stored.

  The blog server 19 creates and manages a web log site that can be made public for each member user 3. The blog server 19 further creates and manages a web log site that the staff 23 and the expert 33 can publish. The moblog server 21 creates and manages a moblog site that can be made public for each member user 3. The moblog is a weblog that can post and browse articles from the mobile terminal 7. If the camera-equipped mobile terminal 7 is used, it is also possible to easily upload an article and post the image taken by the mobile terminal 7 as it is. Details of the weblog site and moblog site will be described later.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the “leaf tobacco community site” provided by the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment. The leaf tobacco community site 40 of this embodiment includes a portal page 42. As shown in FIG. 3, the portal page 42 includes a menu 101, a central information transmission page 103, a local information transmission page 107, a notification 109, a recommendation page 111, an article search 113, a new article 119, a favorite A ranking 127, an access ranking 129, useful information 131 for cultivation, a literature database 137, and a management menu 151 are included.

  The menu 101 includes various links. In the example of FIG. 3, the link to the top page, the link to the explanation page of the site, the link to the usage page, the link to the friend search page, the link to the inquiry page, and Includes links to site map pages.

  The central information transmission page 103 includes various central information and links, and a banner 106 of related page links 105. The local information transmission page 107 includes a banner 108 of a link to the information transmission page for each region. In the notification 109, notification information from the operation staff of the leaf tobacco community site 40 is displayed in the order of arrival, and information up to now can be displayed in the notification history display 110.

  The recommended page 111 includes information and links of recommended pages. The article search 113 includes a search key input field 115 and a search button 117. Based on the search key input in the search key input field 115, the content search 113 stores the content stored in the NAS 17 in response to the pressing of the search button 117. Information and information managed by the management server 15, articles and comments in the blog server 19 and moblog server 21 can be searched, and the results can be provided to the member user 3. Details will be described later.

  The new arrival article 119 is a list of new arrival articles, and includes an article posting time 121, an article title 123, a blog title, and a user name 125. The favorite ranking 127 is a ranking of the blog that the member user 3 has registered as a favorite on My Page, and the ranking of the fourth or lower rank can be displayed on the favorite ranking continued display 128. The access ranking 129 is a ranking of the number of accesses to the article, and the ranking of the fourth or lower rank can be displayed on the access ranking continued display 130.

  The useful information 131 for cultivation includes various links to information pages effective for leaf tobacco cultivation, for example, the agricultural chemical use standard link 133 and the picture book link 135. The literature database 137 includes links to various literature, content, and information regarding leaf tobacco, for example, the tobacco newspaper article database 139 and the leaf tobacco research database 141.

  The management menu 151 is a management menu for the leaf tobacco community site 40, and displays the current time and the name of the logged-in user, and includes an article edit button 153, a my page button 155, a setting button 157, and a logout button 159.

  The article edit button 153 is a link button to an article edit page. The member user 3 can edit an article on the edit page, specify an image and a link, and post it for publication. Alternatively, you can save the created article as a private draft article. The my page button 155 is a link button to a my page where the blog of the member user 3 can be viewed. My page will be described later. The setting button 157 is a link button to a setting page for editing various settings of My Page and user information of the member user 3. On the setting page, for example, it is possible to edit the profile such as the selection of the skin of my page, the setting of the sidebar, the favorite registration, the nickname of the member user 3, the image, the blog title, and the introduction sentence. The logout button 159 is a button for the logged-in member user 3 to issue a logout instruction from the leaf tobacco community site 40.

  Returning to FIG. 2, in the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment, the member user 3 accesses the leaf tobacco community site 40 using the browser of the PC 5 or the mobile terminal 7, and the portal page 42 is displayed on the display unit of the PC 5 or the mobile terminal 7. Can be displayed on the screen.

  In addition, the staff 23 can access the leaf tobacco community site 40 using the browser of the PC 25 or the portable terminal 27 and display the portal page 42 on the display unit of the PC 25 or the portable terminal 27. Furthermore, the expert 33 can access the leaf tobacco community site 40 using the browser of the PC 35 or the portable terminal 37 and display the portal page 42 on the display unit of the PC 35 or the portable terminal 37. The member user 3 posts an article on the member blog 50 (S1), and the member blog 50 is posted on the leaf tobacco community site 40 (S3). Similarly, the staff 23 posts an article to the staff blog 52 (S5), the expert 33 posts an article to the expert blog 54 (S7), and the staff blog 52 and the expert blog 54 are leaf tobacco community sites. 40 (S9 and S11).

  Articles posted on the member blog 50, the staff blog 52, and the expert blog 54 are the portal user 42, staff 23, and expert 33 PC 5, mobile terminal 7, PC 25, mobile terminal 27, It can be viewed from the PC 35 and the portable terminal 37, and a comment can be transmitted (S13 and S15). It also has a function of creating a related article and designating so-called trackback.

  Moreover, the member user 3 can transmit information to the leaf tobacco community site 40 (S17). Information sent from the member user 3 and various contents and information registered in the database are displayed on the portal page 42 as new arrival information and links, notified to other member users 3, and the notified link is selected. Alternatively, the information can be registered in the NAS 17 (FIG. 1) of the information providing system 1 and searched from the portal page 42. In this way, the member user 3 can acquire various information stored in the information providing system 1 (S19). The staff 23 and the expert 33 can register and edit external site information such as feature articles, news, announcements, links and antennas (S21).

  Moreover, the member user 3 forms an arbitrary group and can communicate with the member user 3 who has joined the group. For example, opinions can be exchanged through an electronic bulletin board or chat.

  Thus, in the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment, through the leaf tobacco community site 40, skills and know-how related to leaf tobacco cultivation, so-called knowledge, links information between the member user 3, the staff 23, and the expert 33, It can be expanded with instantaneousness and expandability. Moreover, the state-of-the-art technology such as the expert 33 regarding leaf tobacco cultivation can be promptly provided to the plurality of member users 3, and the leaf tobacco production technology and productivity can be improved.

  FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment. In the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment, the PC 5 or the portable terminal 7 includes an operation unit 60, a display unit 62, a memory 64, an interface unit 66, an instruction receiving unit 68, an authentication requesting unit 70, and an information receiving unit. A unit 72, an upload unit 74, a search condition reception unit 76, a transmission unit 78, a download unit 80, and a display control unit 82 are included.

  In addition, although PC5 and the portable terminal 7 are demonstrated here, since it is the same also about PC25, the portable terminal 27, PC35, and the portable terminal 37, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted. It is assumed that the blog server 19, the mobile terminal 7, the mobile terminal 27, and the mobile terminal 37 correspond to the PC 5, PC 25, and PC 35, respectively. In the following description, the portions described only about the PC 5 and the blog server 19 can be read as the mobile terminal 7 and the moblog server 21, respectively.

  The management server 15 includes an interface unit 84, a user information storage unit (shown as “user information” in the figure) 86, an authentication unit 88, an information reception unit 90, a first transfer unit 92, and a search condition reception unit. 94, a search unit 96, and a second transfer unit 98.

  Each component of the PC 5, the portable terminal 7, and the management server 15 of the information providing system 1 stores a program that realizes the components shown in the figure loaded in the CPU, memory, and memory of an arbitrary computer. It is realized by an arbitrary combination of hardware and software, mainly a storage unit such as a hard disk and a network connection interface. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that there are various modifications to the implementation method and apparatus. Each drawing described below shows a functional unit block, not a hardware unit configuration.

  The PC 5 and the portable terminal 7 include a control unit (not shown). The control unit executes the program stored in the memory 64 to control the entire apparatus together with each element of each apparatus. The management server 15 includes a control unit, a memory, an operation unit, and a display unit not shown. The control unit controls the entire apparatus together with each element of the management server 15 by executing a program stored in the memory.

  First, the PC 5 or the mobile terminal 7 will be described. The operation unit 60 receives operation instructions and inputs from the member user 3. For example, in the case of the PC 5, the operation unit 60 is a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, a trackball, or the like. In the case of the mobile terminal 7, the operation unit 60 is an operation key, an operation button, a switch, or the like. The display unit 62 is, for example, a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, or a CRT monitor.

  The memory 64 stores a program executed by the control unit, and is input from data necessary for program execution, the operation unit 60 or various input means (for example, a document reading means, a recording medium reading means, an infrared communication means, etc.). An area for storing information, information downloaded via the interface unit 66, and the like, and a work area during program execution are included.

  The interface unit 66 communicates with each device on the Internet 9. The connection to the Internet 9 may be either wireless or wired.

  The instruction receiving unit 68 receives a login request or a logout request to the leaf tobacco community site 40 of the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a login screen in the information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment. When the member user 3 inputs and designates a predetermined URL address for logging in to the leaf tobacco community site 40 in the browser address field using the PC 5 or the portable terminal 7, the login screen 180 is displayed on the display unit 62 of the PC 5 or the portable terminal 7. Is displayed.

  The login screen 180 includes a user ID input field 182, a password input field 184, and a login button 186. When the member user 3 operates the operation unit 60 to input a user ID and a password in the user ID input field 182 and the password input field 184 and presses the login button 186, the user ID input field 182 and the password input field 184 enter. The instruction receiving unit 68 receives the input user ID and password. The user ID and password received by the instruction receiving unit 68 are notified to the authentication requesting unit 70.

  The authentication unit 88 performs user authentication in the management server 15, and the authenticated member user 3 can log in to the leaf tobacco community site 40. After the authentication unit 88 authenticates the member user 3, as described above, on the PC 5, the portal page 42 of FIG. 3 is displayed on the display unit 62, and the user name of the logged-in member user 3 is displayed on the management menu 151. To do.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the authentication request unit 70 transmits the member user ID and password received by the instruction receiving unit 68 to the management server 15 via the interface unit 66. When the login procedure is completed in the management server 15, the portal page 42 of FIG. 3 is displayed on the display unit 62 on the PC 5. 3, when the member user 3 presses the logout button 159, the instruction receiving unit 68 receives a logout instruction, and the authentication requesting unit 70 logs out to the management server 15 via the interface unit 66. Notify instructions. The management server 15 receives a logout instruction from the PC 5 and performs logout processing.

  The information receiving unit 72 receives an upload instruction input by the member user 3 via the operation unit 60 and issues an upload instruction to the upload unit 74. The upload instruction can include, for example, a storage folder name and file name of the content to be uploaded, a blog article, a comment, and writing on a bulletin board. The upload unit 74 uploads content, blog articles, comments, bulletin board writing, and the like to the management server 15 on the Internet 9 via the interface unit 66 in accordance with the upload instruction from the information receiving unit 72. As will be described later, the management server 15 transfers various uploaded data to the NAS 17, the blog server 19, or the moblog server 21 and stores it.

  The search condition receiving unit 76 receives a search condition for searching for various types of information of the information providing system 1. The search condition receiving unit 76 receives the search condition input by the member user 3 via the operation unit 60 and passes it to the transmission unit 78. Although the search condition varies depending on the search target, for example, in the case of searching for a blog article or a comment, the search can be performed by a free keyword or a logical sum or logical product of a plurality of keywords.

  The transmission unit 78 transmits the search condition received from the search condition reception unit 76 to the management server 15 via the interface unit 66. The download unit 80 downloads information and content transferred from the management server 15 via the interface unit 66, stores the information and content in the memory 64, and issues a display instruction to the display control unit 82. The display control unit 82 displays the downloaded information and content on the display unit 62 in accordance with a display instruction from the download unit 80.

  Next, the management server 15 will be described. The interface unit 84 communicates with each device on the Internet 9. The connection to the Internet 9 may be either wireless or wired.

  The user information storage unit 86 stores the member user ID and password of the member user 3 of the leaf tobacco community site 40 in association with each other. The authentication unit 88 receives a login request or a logout request from the PC 5 or the portable terminal 7 via the interface unit 84 and performs an authentication process. When a login request is made, the member user ID and password transmitted from the PC 5 or the portable terminal 7 and the member user ID and password stored in the user information storage unit 86 are inquired to perform user authentication processing.

  The information receiving unit 90 receives content or information uploaded from the PC 5 or the portable terminal 7 via the interface unit 84. The received content or information is temporarily stored in a reception buffer (not shown). The first transfer unit 92 transfers the content or information temporarily stored in the reception buffer of the information receiving unit 90 to the corresponding device among the NAS 17, the blog server 19, or the moblog server 21 via the interface unit 84.

  The search condition receiving unit 94 receives the search condition transmitted from the PC 5 or the portable terminal 7 via the interface unit 84 and passes it to the search unit 96. The search unit 96 uses the search condition received from the search condition receiving unit 94 as a search target device, for example, the blog server 19 in the case of blog article search, and the NAS 17 in the case of information search regarding leaf tobacco pests. As a search. The search unit 96 temporarily stores the obtained search result in a transmission buffer (not shown). The second transfer unit 98 transfers the search result stored in the transmission buffer of the search unit 96 to the corresponding PC 5 or mobile terminal 7 via the interface unit 84.

  The function of the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described below.

(1) Blog Function The information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment has a function of creating a web log for each member user 3. Here, the web log of the member user 3 will be described, but the staff 23 and the expert 33 are the same, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. In this embodiment, the member user 3 of a leaf tobacco farmer can record a work log of leaf tobacco cultivation in, for example, a web log.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a My Page of the web log in the information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration for realizing the article editing / posting function of the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the article edit page 280 of the present embodiment. In the following description, FIG. 3 and FIG.

  The terminal device (PC 5 or mobile terminal 7) of the present embodiment accesses the editing unit 160 for editing articles and the weblog site management server (blog server 19 or moblog server 21) via the network (Internet 9). A posting section 164 for posting an article on a web blog site, a browsing section 166 for browsing a weblog site, a comment transmitting section (not shown) for sending a comment to an article, and a trackback for forming a trackback to other articles Part (not shown).

  Further, in the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment, the articles posted to the weblog site include farming work diaries, and the weblog site management server (blog server 19, moblog server 21) is the terminal of the member user 3. A registration item receiving unit (registered item receiving unit 174) that receives an instruction to associate an cultivation work item with an article from the device (PC5, portable terminal 7), and a work item received by the registered item receiving unit (registered item receiving unit 174). The registration item 176 registered in association with the article, the narrowed item receiving unit (viewing request receiving unit 190) for receiving the work item for narrowing down the articles from the terminal device of the member user 3, and the work items received by the narrowed item receiving unit A providing unit (extracting unit 192, article transmitting unit 194) that narrows down the associated articles and provides them so that they can be viewed on the terminal device of the member user. No.

  As illustrated in FIG. 7, the PC 5 or the mobile terminal 7 includes an editing unit 160, a registration item receiving unit 162, a posting unit 164, and a browsing unit 166 in addition to the configuration of FIG. 4. Further, the blog server 19 or the moblog server 21 includes an interface unit 170, an article receiving unit 172, a registration item receiving unit 174, a registration unit 176, and an article storage unit 178.

  In the PC 5 or the mobile terminal 7, the editing unit 160 accepts an operation on the article editing page 280 (FIG. 8) for the member user 3 to edit the article, temporarily stores the operation in the memory 64, and the posting unit 164. Instruct to post. The article edit page 280 in FIG. 8 will be described later. The registered item receiving unit 162 receives the registered work item specified on the article editing page 280 and associates it with the article.

  The posting unit 164 posts the article edited by the editing unit 160 and the registration work item received by the registration item receiving unit 162 to the blog server 19 or the moblog server 21. The posted article is transmitted to the blog server 19 or the moblog server 21 via the upload unit 74 and the interface unit 66.

  In the blog server 19 and the moblog server 21, the interface unit 170 communicates with the PC 5 and the mobile terminal 7 via the Internet 9. The article receiving unit 172 receives an article posted from the PC 5 or the mobile terminal 7 via the interface unit 170. The registration item receiving unit 174 receives a registration work item transmitted from the PC 5 or the portable terminal 7. The registration unit 176 stores the article for each member user 3 by associating the article received by the article receiving unit 172 with the registration work item received by the registration item receiving unit 174. The article is stored together with information such as a posting date and a category.

  The browsing request receiving unit 190 receives an article browsing request from the PC 5 or the mobile terminal 7 via the interface unit 170. The browsing request includes the identification information of the member user 3, date information that can specify the posting date of the article, the category of the article, and the like. The extraction unit 192 extracts a corresponding article from the article storage unit 178 in response to the browsing request. The article transmission unit 194 transmits the article extracted by the extraction unit 192 to the PC 5 or the portable terminal 7 via the interface unit 170. For example, the extraction unit 192 extracts an article of an arbitrary category for an arbitrary month of an arbitrary member user 3, and the article transmission unit 194 transmits the extracted article.

  As illustrated in FIG. 6, the My Page 200 includes a profile field 201, a posted article 203, a calendar 209, an article category 211, a My Page search 213, a link site list 219, and an access count 221. , Weather information 223. The my page is a web log page provided for each member user 3. In response to pressing of the My Page button 155 of the portal page 42 in FIG. 3, the My Page 200 is displayed on the screen of the display unit 62 of the PC 5 or the portable terminal 7.

  The profile column 201 includes a nickname 230 of the member user 3, an arbitrary image 232, a name 234, an affiliated association 236, a cigarette type 238, a contract area 240, and a self-introduction 242.

  The blog server 19 has a profile reception unit (not shown) that receives a nickname, an arbitrary image, a name, a blog title, a affiliation association, a cigarette type, a contract area, and a self-introduction sentence as a profile of the member user 3 and a received profile. And a profile storage unit (not shown) for storing. The information in the profile column 201, that is, the profile stored in the profile storage unit can be edited on a profile edit page (not shown) displayed by pressing the setting button 157 in FIG.

  The affiliated association 236, the cigarette type 238, and the contract area 240 are keys when the member user 3 searches for another member user 3 (referred to as "friend search"). It is preferable to select and set from the list. The friend search will be described later.

  When the article 203 is displayed for the first time on the My Page 200, articles for a predetermined number of days from the newly arrived article are displayed. A previous article and a subsequent article move button 205 and a subsequent article movement button 207 respectively display previous and subsequent articles for a predetermined number of days.

  Each article 203 includes at least one article for each date, and when a plurality of articles are posted on the same day, the articles 203 are sequentially displayed in the order of arrival. The article 203 includes a title 250, a body 252, a link 254, an image 256, a comment count and link 258, a related article count and link 260, and a related article creation link 262.

  Title 250 can also include article categories and work items. The number of comments and the link 258 indicate the number of comments posted in the article 203 and are a link to the comment input field. When the number of comments and the link 258 are pressed using the operation unit 60, a comment viewing / posting screen (not shown) including posted comments and a posted comment editing field is displayed on the display unit 62, and comments can be viewed and posted. it can.

  For example, in the comment posted to the article 203 of the member user A, the nickname of the other member user B who posted the comment, the title of my page, etc. are displayed, and these are links to the member page of the member user B Also serves. Thereby, the member user A can easily move to the member user B's My Page that posted the comment and browse the member user B's article 203.

  The related article creation link 262 is a so-called trackback function, and other member users C can create articles that trackback to the article 203 of the member user A. For the related articles created in this way, the number of related articles and the number of the articles are displayed in the link 260 column. The related article number and the link 260 also serve as a link to the related article list created in this way.

  The article 203 can be created by the member user 3 pressing the article edit button 153 in FIG. When the operation unit 60 accepts pressing of the article editing button 153, the editing unit 160 accesses the blog server 19 or the moblog server 21 via the download unit 80, and downloads the article editing page 280 of FIG. The editing unit 160 displays the downloaded article editing page 280 on the display unit 62, and causes the member user 3 to perform editing work.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the article edit page 280 includes a posting date / time field 281, a time button 282, a category selection list 283, a title input field 284, a work item selection list 285, an article storage button 286, an article publication button 287, and a publication method. A selection check box 288 and an article edit field 290 are included.

  The posting date / time column 281 is a column in which the member user 3 inputs the posting date / time of the article. When the time button 282 is pressed, the current time is automatically entered in the posting date / time field 281. In the category selection list 283, categories selected by the member user 3 are displayed in a pull-down list, and the member user 3 determines and selects a category of an article to be posted from the list. The title input field 284 is a text box in which the member user 3 inputs the title of the article.

  The article edit column 290 is a column in which the member user 3 edits the text of the article. The article edit field 290 includes an edit operation button 292, a text input field 293, an attached image designation field 294, a reference button 295, an attached image 296, and an image delete button 297. The edit operation button 292 is a button for performing operations such as bolding, italicizing, or underlining the text font input to the text input field 293, and text of the text input to the text input field 293. Includes buttons to link the columns and enter pictograms in the text.

  The text input field 293 is a text box for the member user 3 to input the text. The attached image designation column 294 is a column in which the member user 3 designates an image to be attached to the article. When the member button 3 is pressed by the member user 3, the folder structure of the PC 5 or the portable terminal 7 is displayed, and the member user 3 can select any file in any folder while referring to the folder structure. . The attached image 296 displays the image file designated in the attached image designation field 294. The image deletion button 297 cancels the selection of the image designated in the attached image designation field 294. In the present embodiment, the image file is configured to designate one image for one paragraph of the article. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of image files can be designated. In the case of an article recorded as a work diary, it is also possible to visually record a leaf tobacco growth observation record or the like by an image. In other embodiments, not only images but also moving images, audio files, and the like can be designated. The add button 298 is a button that the member user 3 presses when adding a paragraph to the text and separating articles.

  The work item selection list 285 displays a list for the member user 3 to select a pull-down work item of a work item to be registered when creating a work diary for leaf tobacco cultivation. The work item selection list 285 includes, for example, “seeding / replanting / ridge making / transplanting / earthing / carding / harvesting / drying / remaining stem processing / packaging / shipping / deep cultivation” as work items for tobacco. be able to. By registering work items for each article in this way, when viewing articles in a calendar list display or biennial journal display, which will be described later, it is possible to view articles by comparison by work item, and specific work Makes it easier to find articles on the day of In addition, the work items can be distinguished by an image such as a mark or color coding, and can be further easily identified.

  In the present embodiment, one work item is registered for one article, but the present invention is not limited to this. A plurality of items may be registered for one article. In the present embodiment, articles are narrowed down by work items only in calendar list display or biennial journal display, but the present invention is not limited to this. It may be configured to narrow down articles by work items in My Page 200 or to narrow down by work items in a friend search described later.

  The article save button 286 is pressed when the article edited in the article edit field 290 is stored in the article storage unit 178 as a draft. The article publication button 287 is pressed when the article edited in the article editing field 290 is published. At the same time, the article is stored in the article storage unit 178. At this time, in addition to the body of the article, the identification information, the date and time of writing, the category, and the title of the member user 3 who posted the article are associated.

  The publication method selection check box 288 selects whether or not to publish an article to the newly arrived article 119 on the portal page 42 of the leaf tobacco community site 40 when the article edited on the article editing page 280 is published.

  The article edited by the article editing page 280 is temporarily stored in the memory 64, and the posting unit 164 responds to the pressing of the article saving button 286 or the article publishing button 287 on the article editing page 280. Post to 21.

  The article 203 uploaded from the PC 5 is once received by the information receiving unit 90 in the management server 15. Then, the first transfer unit 92 transfers to the blog server 19. In this way, the article 203 created by the member user 3 is uploaded to the blog server 19, and is published so that the plurality of member users 3, the staff 23, and the expert 33 registered in the leaf tobacco community site 40 can view. The Rukoto.

  Returning to FIG. 6, in the calendar 209, a link to an article corresponding to the date portion of the article posted on the calendar of the current month is inserted. In addition, a link to the year and month in which past articles exist is also inserted. The article category 211 is a list of categories of the article 203 arbitrarily set by the member user 3 for each blog. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of articles 203 included in the category. My page search 213 performs a search when the search button 217 is pressed with the keyword input in the search key input field 215 as a search condition.

  Specifically, the keyword input in the search key input field 215 is received by the search condition receiving unit 76 in FIG. 4, and in response to pressing of the search button 217, the transmission unit 78 inputs it as a search condition in the search key input field 215. The keyword is transmitted to the management server 15. In the management server 15, the search condition receiving unit 94 receives the search condition, the search unit 96 accesses the blog server 19 according to the search condition, and extracts the corresponding article 203 from the articles included in My Page. The second transfer unit 98 transfers to the PC 5. In the PC 5, the download unit 80 downloads the search result, and the display control unit 82 causes the display unit 62 to display a my page including the searched article 203.

  Returning to FIG. 6, the link site list 219 is a list of link sites arbitrarily set by the member user 3. Alternatively, it can be a list provided in common with the system. As the number of accesses 221, the number of accesses to my page is counted as yesterday, today, and the total number up to now. Specifically, a counter (not shown) is installed in the management server 15 and the value is displayed on my page.

  The weather information 223 displays the weather information of the area set by the member user 3. Specifically, the management server 15 has a weather information acquisition unit (not shown) that acquires weather information for each region, and a weather information storage unit (not shown) that stores the acquired weather information. Read the weather information and display it on My Page. The weather information 223 includes the day's weather or weather forecast, the predicted or actual maximum temperature, the predicted or actual minimum temperature, and the like.

(2) Calendar (Work Diary) Function The information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment has a function of registering work items in association with articles posted using the blog function and displaying a list in a calendar format. There are two types of calendar display, including a monthly calendar display and a multi-year, here, biennial calendar display. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the list calendar display screen 400 in the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the biennial journal display screen 430 in the information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration for realizing a calendar function in the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment.

  In the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment, the weblog site management server (blog server 19 or moblog server 21) associates an article posted from the terminal device (PC 5 or mobile terminal 7) with the posting date of the article. An article storage unit 178 for storing for each member user 3 and a calendar creation unit 472 for creating a calendar for a predetermined period for presenting the title of the article on a date corresponding to the posting date of the article for each member user 3. The terminal device accesses the browsing instruction receiving unit (the period receiving unit 460 and the work item narrowing receiving unit 462) that receives the designation of the member user who browses the calendar, and the browsing instruction receiving unit receives the web log site management server. Calendar browsing unit (calendar display request unit 464 and calendar) Includes a radical 113 466), the.

  Further, in the information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment, the weblog site management server (blog server 19 or moblog server 21) allows the article associated with the work item received by the narrowed item receiving unit (instruction receiving unit 470) to be displayed. A control unit (calendar creation unit 472) that narrows down and causes the calendar creation unit to create a calendar.

  Specifically, the PC 5 includes a period reception unit 460, a work item narrowing reception unit 462, a calendar display request unit 464, and an article link operation reception unit 468 in addition to the configurations of FIGS. . In addition to the configuration of FIG. 7, the blog server 19 includes an instruction receiving unit 470, a calendar creation unit 472, a calendar storage unit 474, and a calendar transmission unit 476.

  In the PC 5, the period reception unit 460 receives a period for displaying the calendar specified by the member user 3 using the operation unit 60. The work item narrowing receiving unit 462 receives a work item for displaying a calendar specified by the member user 3 using the operation unit 60. The calendar display request unit 464 transmits a calendar display request including the conditions specified by the period reception unit 460 and the work item narrowing reception unit 462 to the blog server 19 via the interface unit 66. The calendar display unit 466 causes the display control unit 82 to display the calendar downloaded by the download unit 80 from the blog server 19 to the memory 64 in accordance with a request from the calendar display request unit 464.

  The article link operation reception unit 468 receives an operation of linking to an article included in the downloaded calendar display. A link to the accepted article is notified to the browsing unit 166, and the browsing unit 166 requests the blog server 19 to download the article via the download unit 80, and displays the article downloaded by the download unit 80 on the display control unit 82. Let

  In the blog server 19, the instruction receiving unit 470 receives a calendar display request from the PC 5 via the interface unit 170 and receives an instruction included in the display request. The calendar creation unit 472 creates a calendar according to the instruction received by the instruction reception unit 470.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of a list calendar display of all categories in August 2006. As shown in FIG. 9, the list calendar display screen 400 includes a display year and month 402, a category selection list 404, a display button 406, a month selection link button 408, a previous year selection link button 410, a next year selection link button 412, and a biennial magazine. A display link button 414, a list calendar display link button 416, a blog display link button 418, an article title display field 420, a date 422, weather information 424, an article title link 426, and a work item 428 are included.

  A display year / month 402 indicates the year / month currently displayed. The category selection list 404 displays a registered category in a pull-down list, and the member user 3 can select a category to be displayed. When it is desired to display only the articles of the category selected in the category selection list 404, only the articles of the selected category can be displayed on the list calendar display screen 400 by pressing the display button 406.

  The month selection link button 408 is a link button to a calendar display page for each month. When the month button displayed by the member user 3 is pressed, the calendar of the selected month is displayed. The previous year selection link button 410 is a link button to a calendar display page of the previous year, and when the member user 3 presses the previous year selection link button 410, a calendar one year before the already displayed month is displayed. The next year selection link button 412 is a link button to a calendar display page for the next year, and when the member user 3 presses the next year selection link button 412, a calendar one year after the already displayed month is displayed. The

  The biennial magazine display link button 414 is a link button to a biennial magazine display page to be described later. A list calendar display link button 416 is a link button to a list calendar display page (list calendar display screen 400 in FIG. 9). The calendar displayed for the current month is displayed first when the list calendar display link button 416 is pressed. The blog display link button 418 is a link button to a blog page (my page 200 in FIG. 6).

  The article title display column 420 is provided for each day, and displays the title of an article having that date as the posting date. A date 422 and weather information 424 are displayed. Weather information 424 indicates the weather or weather forecast for the day, the predicted or actual maximum temperature, and the predicted or actual minimum temperature. This weather information is obtained by the weather information acquisition unit described above acquiring weather information for each region for each day and storing it in the weather information storage unit. The article title link 426 indicates the title of the article and further serves as a link button to the article. When the member user 3 presses the article title link 426, the article can be browsed. The work item 428 indicates a work item registered in the article. It is not displayed when no work item is registered.

  As described above, since the articles recorded as work diaries on the list calendar display screen 400 are displayed as a list in a calendar format and the work items can be registered, it is easy to find the day on which the specific work was performed. Further, by printing the list calendar display screen 400 using the print function of the browser, it can be used as it is to write a schedule or memo as a calendar, which is convenient.

  FIG. 10 shows an example of 2-year journal display. As shown in FIG. 10, the 2-year journal display screen 430 includes a work item selection list 432, a display button 434, an annual display link button 436, a month selection link button 438, a previous year 440, a current year 442, a date 444, and an article title display. A column 446, weather information 448, an article title link 450, a work item 452, and a scroll bar 454 are included.

  The work item selection list 432 displays a pull-down list of work items, and can select a work item displayed by the member user 3. When only the article of the work item selected in the work item selection list 432 is to be displayed, only the selected work item can be displayed on the biennial journal display screen 430 by pressing the display button 434.

  The annual display link button 436 is a link button to a biennial magazine display page for 12 months per year. The month selection link button 438 is a link button to a monthly biennial magazine display page. For example, when August is selected, a list of August of the current year 2006 and August of the previous year 2005 is displayed. In the previous year 440, the year of the previous year is displayed, and in this year 442, the year of this year is displayed. The date 444 displays the date, and the article title display field 446 is provided for each day, and displays the title of an article having that date as the posting date.

  The weather information 448 indicates the day's weather or weather forecast, the highest temperature and the lowest temperature. The article title link 450 indicates the title of the article and further serves as a link button to the article. When the member user 3 presses the article title link 450, the article can be browsed. A work item 452 indicates a work item registered in the article. It is not displayed when no work item is registered. The date to be displayed can be moved by the scroll bar 454.

  In this way, the biennial journal display makes it possible to confirm the work schedule of annual leaf tobacco cultivation, and it is possible to look back and refer to the past. Weather information is also an important factor in the work schedule, and it is easier to use because it is clearly visible in the calendar display.

  In another embodiment, for a plurality of articles posted by a plurality of member users 3, the registered work item is associated with the posting date and time, and the location is associated with the profile information of the member user 3. By connecting the location where the article was posted on the same day for each work item and displaying it on the map of Japan, it is also possible to provide a “work front”. In addition, simply by displaying a list of the date and location of a new article for each work item, the member user 3 may use it as a guideline to know what work is currently being done in Japan. it can.

(3) Friend search function The information providing system 1 of the present embodiment has a function of searching for a member user that meets a predetermined condition from a plurality of member users 3.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the friend search condition input screen 300 of the information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment. By pressing “search for friends” in the menu 101 of the portal page 42 in FIG. 3, the friend search condition input screen 300 is displayed on the display unit 62 of the PC 5 or the mobile terminal 7. In the following description, FIG.

  In the present embodiment, the weblog site management server (management server 15) receives a profile of the member user 3 from the terminal device (PC 5) and registers it in the profile storage unit (blog server 19). The search unit (search unit 96) that receives the search conditions of the other member users 3 from the member user 3 and searches for the member user 3 that matches the search conditions, and the profile disclosure unit (publishes the profile of the searched member user 3) A second transfer unit 98).

  In the blog server 19, the profile of each member user 3 and the blog or moblog article posted by each member user 3 can be stored in association with the user ID of each member user 3. Thereby, it is possible to search from keywords in the blog or moblog article of the member user 3 at the time of the following search.

  The fellow search condition input screen 300 includes a nickname input field 302, an affiliated association selection list field 304, a tobacco type selection list field 306, a contract area selection list field 308, a keyword input field 312 and a search button 314. Including.

  The nickname input field 302 is a field for inputting characters included in the nickname of the member user 3 who wants to search. The affiliated association selection list column 304 is a column for selecting an association to which the member user 3 to be searched belongs. When the affiliated association selection list field 304 is pressed, a pull-down list is displayed, and a list of registered affiliated associations is displayed. From this list, the association to be searched can be selected and specified as a search condition.

  The tobacco type selection list column 306 is a column for selecting the type of tobacco that the member user 3 who wants to search for is cultivating. When the cigarette type selection list field 306 is pressed, a pull-down list is displayed, and a list of registered cigarette types is displayed, so that the type of cigarette searched for can be selected and designated as a search condition. it can.

  The contract area selection list column 308 is a column for selecting the contract area of the searched member user 3. When the contracted area selection list field 308 is pressed, the contracted area selection list 310 is displayed in a pull-down manner, and a list of registered contracted areas is displayed. Select the contracted area searched from among them and specify it as a search condition. be able to.

  The keyword input field 312 is a field for inputting a free keyword used as a search condition. The search button 314 is a button for receiving a search instruction. The search condition receiving unit 76 receives an input or selection instruction for the search condition described above, receives a press of the search button 314, and notifies the transmission unit 78. The transmission unit 78 transmits the search condition received by the search condition reception unit 76 to the management server 15.

  In the management server 15, the search condition receiving unit 94 receives the search condition transmitted from the PC 5. Then, the search unit 96 searches the blog server 19 using the search conditions received. The search unit 96 extracts the member user 3 that meets the search condition and passes it to the second transfer unit 98. The second transfer unit 98 transmits the searched member user 3 information to the PC 5 as a search result.

  In the PC 5, the download unit 80 downloads the search result, passes it to the display control unit 82, and displays it on the display unit 62. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the search result screen 320 in the information providing system 1 of this embodiment. The search result screen 320 includes an image 322, a nickname 324, a blog title 326, an introduction sentence 328, and a last update date / time 330 for each searched member user 3.

  The image 322, the nickname 324, and the blog title 326 also serve as a link to the member user 3's My Page, and can be moved to the member user 3's My Page by pressing them.

  In this way, for example, the member user A collects new information by searching for another member user D who is cultivating the same type of cigarette as himself and browsing the web log of the member user D. You can do that. Then, by commenting or tracking back on the article of the member user D, the presence of the user can be transmitted to the member user D, and the exchange between the member users 3 is thereby performed. In this way, the exchange between the member users 3 can be promoted, and the exchange between the leaf tobacco farming farmers scattered throughout the country and the activation of the leaf tobacco farming farm can be achieved.

(4) Information browsing and search function In the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment, as described above, information on pest diagnosis and control information such as leaf tobacco pest pictorial book, pesticide use standard information, leaf tobacco research literature, leaf tobacco technical information literature, etc. Various types of information are stored in the NAS 17. It has a function to search and browse these contents and information. Thereby, the knowledge regarding leaf tobacco and leaf tobacco cultivation can be shared among a plurality of member users 3, leaf tobacco production technology can be transmitted to each member user 3, and the productivity of leaf tobacco can be improved.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a pest and picture book screen 340 of the information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment. By pressing the picture book link 135 of the portal page 42 in FIG. 3, the pest picture book screen 340 is displayed on the display unit 62 of the PC 5 or the portable terminal 7. In the following description, FIG.

  The pest and picture book screen 340 includes a plurality of articles 342, and each article 342 includes a title 344, a body 346, and an image 348. In addition, if necessary, a more detailed explanation and a link for downloading a PDF file can also be included. In the present embodiment, the text 346 of the tobacco illness article 342 includes, for example, the time of occurrence of the illness, the site of occurrence, the cause of occurrence, and the explanatory text.

  In addition, the pest picture book screen 340 can display only the article 342 obtained as a result of searching for information by the free keyword search 350 and the narrow search 360.

  In the free keyword search 350, the keyword input in the keyword input field 352 is received by the search condition receiving unit 76 in FIG. 4, and in response to pressing of the search button 354, the transmission unit 78 inputs the keyword into the keyword input field 352 as a search condition. The keyword is transmitted to the management server 15.

  In the management server 15, the search condition receiving unit 94 receives the search condition, the search unit 96 searches the NAS 17 according to the search condition, extracts the corresponding article 342, and the second transfer unit 98 transfers it to the PC 5. . In the PC 5, the download unit 80 downloads the search result, and the display control unit 82 causes the display unit 62 to display the pest and picture book screen 340 including the searched article 342.

  Further, in the search refinement 360, it is possible to select a condition to be narrowed down by the radio button 362 according to the classification such as the occurrence time, the occurrence site, the generation factor, and the type of chemical damage. When the search condition accepting unit 76 accepts the selection of the radio button 362, the transmitting unit 78 transmits the selected search condition to the management server 15, and the management server 15 searches the NAS 17 in the same manner as the free keyword search 350, and performs a search. The article 342 obtained as a result is displayed on the pest picture book screen 340.

  Further, in this embodiment, by pressing the pesticide use standard link 133 on the portal page 42 in FIG. 3, the pesticide use standard screen 370 in FIG. 15 is displayed on the display unit 62.

  The pesticide use standard screen 370 includes a plurality of articles 372 regarding pesticide use standards, and each article 372 includes a title 374, a body 376, and a link 378. The link 378 is a link for downloading a PDF file or other document file, a link to a page describing detailed information.

(5) Group formation function The information provision system 1 of this embodiment has a function which supports formation of the group which the member user 3 forms for arbitrary purposes. For example, a group in which member users 3 of farmers who produce any type of leaf tobacco can participate and a place where they can freely speak and exchange opinions on an electronic bulletin board or chat is provided.

  Specifically, the information providing system 1 can further include a bulletin board server (not shown) that provides an electronic bulletin board, an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) server (not shown) that provides a chat system, and the like. The portal page 42 in FIG. 3 is provided with a menu for accepting application for group formation from the member user 3, the management server 15 accepts the application, and the bulletin board server and IRC server provide the bulletin board and chat service to the member user 3. The portal page 42 of FIG. 3 also has a menu for accepting application for participation in the group, and the management server 15 accepts the application for participation, notifies each participating member user 3 to each server, and provides the service to the member user 3.

  As described above, according to the information providing system 1 of the embodiment of the present invention, various kinds of information transmitted from member users of a large number of leaf tobacco farmers distributed throughout the country are accumulated through the community site. At the same time, the accumulated information can be instantly provided to member users of a large number of tobacco farmers who are scattered throughout the country based on the community site, and can be shared among member users. Exchange can be activated and leaf tobacco production technology and productivity can be improved.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described with reference to drawings, these are the illustrations of this invention, Various structures other than the above are also employable.

  For example, in the said embodiment, although the information provision system regarding leaf tobacco cultivation was mentioned, it is not limited to this. The information providing system can be similarly applied to other cultivated crops. In particular, it is preferable to apply the information providing system to the cultivation of cereals (monocots) such as rice and corn.

  Further, the contents and information relating to cultivation stored in the NAS 17 may include information relating to leaf tobacco leaf components, grain seed components, and the like. Furthermore, it can also include information on light (sunshine conditions), soil (land) components, environment, nutrition, water quality, and the like.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the information provision system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the outline | summary of the "leaf tobacco community site" which the information provision system of this embodiment provides. It is a figure which shows an example of the portal page of the community site which the information provision system of this embodiment provides. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the information provision system of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the login screen in the information provision system of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of my page of a web log in the information provision system of this embodiment. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure for implement | achieving the article edit contribution function of the information provision system of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the article edit page of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the list calendar display screen in the information provision system of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the biennial magazine display screen in the information provision system of this embodiment. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure for implement | achieving the calendar function in the information provision system of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the friend search condition input screen of the information provision system of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the search result screen in the information provision system of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the pest picture book screen of the information provision system of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the agrochemical use reference | standard screen of the information provision system of this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1 Information Providing System 3 Member User 5 PC
7 Mobile terminal 9 Internet 11 Firewall 13 Network 15 Management server 17 NAS
19 Blog server 21 Moblog server 23 Staff 25 PC
27 Mobile device 33 Expert 35 PC
37 mobile terminal 40 community site 42 portal page 50 member blog 52 staff blog 54 expert blog 60 operation unit 62 display unit 64 memory 66 interface unit 68 instruction reception unit 70 authentication request unit 72 information reception unit 74 upload unit 76 search condition reception unit 78 Transmission unit 80 Download unit 82 Display control unit 84 Interface unit 86 User information storage unit 88 Authentication unit 90 Information reception unit 92 First transfer unit 94 Search condition reception unit 96 Search unit 98 Second transfer unit 101 Menu 103 Central information transmission page 105 Related page link 107 Local information dispatch page 110 News history display 111 Recommended page 113 Article search 119 New article 127 Favorite ranking 129 Access ranking 131 Useful information 133 for agricultural use 137 Literature database 139 Tobacco newspaper article database 141 Tobacco research database 151 Management menu 160 Editing unit 162 Registration item receiving unit 164 Posting unit 166 Viewing unit 170 Interface receiving unit 172 Registered item receiving unit 176 Registering unit 178 Article storing unit 180 Login screen 190 Browsing request reception unit 192 Extraction unit 194 Article transmission unit 200 My page 201 Profile column 203 Article 209 Calendar 211 Category 213 My page search 219 Link site list 221 Access count 223 Weather information 250 Title 280 Article edit page 281 Post date / time column 283 Category selection list 284 Title input field 285 Work item selection list 287 Article release button 290 Article edit field 296 Attached image 300 Buddy search Condition input screen 320 Search result screen 340 Pest picture book screen 350 Free keyword search 370 Pesticide use criteria screen 400 List calendar display screen 404 Category selection list 420 Article title display field 422 Date 424 Weather information 426 Article title link 428 Work item 430 Two-year journal Display screen 432 Work item selection list 444 Date 446 Article title display field 448 Weather information 450 Article title link 452 Work item 460 Period reception unit 462 Work item narrowing reception unit 464 Calendar display request unit 466 Calendar display unit 468 Article link operation reception unit 470 Instruction reception unit 472 Calendar creation unit 474 Calendar storage unit 476 Calendar transmission unit

Claims (11)

An information provision system for multiple farming farmers,
A terminal device operated by a member user of the farmer;
A community management server connected to the terminal device via a network and forming and managing a community site accessible from the terminal device of the member user;
A file server connected to the terminal device and the community management server via a network and storing contents and information related to cultivation ;
A weblog site management server that creates and manages a weblog site that can be made public for each member user , and
The community management server
A storage unit that receives content and information related to the cultivation provided from the terminal device of the member user via the community site, and stores the content and information in the file server;
In response to a request from the terminal device received via the community site, an information providing unit that accesses the file server, reads content and information related to the cultivation, and provides the terminal device via the community site; ,
Only including,
The terminal device of the member user is
An editorial department for editing articles;
A posting unit that accesses the weblog site management server via the network and posts the article to the weblog site;
A browsing section for browsing the weblog site;
A comment sending unit for sending a comment to the article;
A trackback portion that forms a trackback to other articles, and
The article posted to the weblog site includes a farming diary,
The weblog site management server
An article storage unit that stores the article posted from the terminal device for each member user in association with the posting date of the article;
A registration item receiving unit that receives an instruction to associate a work item of cultivation from the terminal device of the member user to the article;
A registration unit that registers the work item received by the registration item reception unit in association with the article;
For each member user, a multi-year journal creation unit that creates a multi-year calendar that presents a list of the articles stored over a plurality of years for each same date in different years; and
Including
The multi-year journal creation unit of the weblog site management server presents the multi-year calendar including the title of the article and the work item associated with the article,
The terminal device
An annual journal reading instruction receiving unit that receives designation of a member user who browses the multi-year calendar;
The Weblog site management server to access, the year magazine reading instruction receiving unit is the member user the multi-year calendar multi-year calendar browsing unit and including information providing system, to view the of the accepted. In the information provision system of Claim 1 ,
The weblog site management server
A refined item accepting unit that accepts work items for narrowing down the articles from the terminal device of the member user;
An information providing system further comprising: a providing unit that narrows down an article associated with the work item received by the narrowed item receiving unit and provides the member user so that the article can be viewed on the terminal device. In the information provision system of Claim 2,
The weblog site management server
An information providing system including a control unit that narrows down articles related to the work item received by the screening item reception unit and causes the multi-year journal generation unit to generate the multi-year calendar. In the information provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3 ,
The weblog site management server
A weather information acquisition unit for acquiring weather information for each region;
A weather information storage unit for storing the acquired weather information,
The information providing system further including a weather information recording unit that reads the weather information corresponding to the region of the member user and records the weather information on a corresponding date of the multi-year calendar. In the information provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4 ,
The Weblog site management server,
A calendar creation unit that creates a calendar for a predetermined period of time for presenting the title of the article on a date corresponding to the posting date of the article for each member user;
The terminal device
A browsing instruction receiving unit that receives designation of a member user who browses the calendar;
And a calendar browsing unit that accesses the weblog site management server and browses the calendar of the member user received by the browsing instruction receiving unit. In the information provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 5 ,
The title of the article of the multi-year calendar presented by the multi-year journal creation unit of the weblog site management server constitutes a link button to the article,
The terminal device
An operation accepting unit that accepts an operation of the link button to the article of the multi-year calendar,
The browsing unit of the terminal device, when the operation receiving unit receives an operation of the link button to the article, displays the article corresponding to the link button that has received the operation of the web log site management server An information provision system that is downloaded from the article storage and viewed . In the information provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 6,
A search unit connected to the file server via the network, accessing the file server via the network in accordance with a request from the terminal device, and searching for content and information related to the cultivation; and downloading to the terminal device An information providing system further comprising an information management server including a download unit. In the information provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 7,
The content and information related to the cultivation includes information on pest diagnosis and control information such as a pest picture book, pesticide use standard information, literature on leaf tobacco research, leaf tobacco technical information literature, and information provided by the member users. In the information provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 8,
The terminal device further includes a management terminal device operated by an administrator of the system and a cultivation expert,
The weblog site management server is connected to the management terminal device via a network, creates and manages a weblog site that can be disclosed by the administrator and the expert,
The management terminal device
An information providing system including an editing unit for management that edits information including special articles on cultivation, news, information, external link site information, etc. on the weblog site. In the information provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 9,
The weblog site management server
A profile accepting unit that accepts the profile of the member user from the terminal device and registers the profile in a profile storage unit;
A search unit that accepts search conditions for other member users from the member user, and searches for member users that meet the search conditions;
A profile publishing unit for publishing the searched profile of the member user;
Information provision system including In the information provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 9,
The information providing system, wherein the plurality of cultivated farmers are cultivated farmers of leaf tobacco and cereals.

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