JP5055519B2 - Information processing apparatus, information processing system, program, and information processing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing system.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a network system in which a communication partner is displayed on a personal computer desktop with an icon that can identify the communication partner, and the communication partner can be easily specified by operating the icon.
JP 11-259393 A

  The present invention has been made from the above-described background, and an object thereof is to provide an information processing system that promotes communication between participants participating in a community.

  In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention, based on attribute information of each participant belonging to a predetermined group, an arrangement determining unit that determines the arrangement of a plurality of icons representing each of these participants. And display means for displaying a plurality of icons in a predetermined display area based on the arrangement determined by the arrangement determining means.

  Preferably, the apparatus further includes background storage means for storing a background image of a display area in which an icon is displayed in association with a group, and the display means includes a background image corresponding to the group selected by the operator, Displays icons of participants belonging to the group.

  Preferably, there is further provided background storage means for storing a plurality of background images displayed as icon backgrounds and position determination information for determining the arrangement of icons in each of these background images in association with each other. The placement determining means determines the placement of each participant's icon based on the position determination information corresponding to the background image selected by the operator and the attribute information of each participant, and the display means Icons are displayed on the background image selected by the operator in the layout determined by the layout determining means.

  Preferably, the information processing apparatus further includes attribute generation means for generating attribute information of each participant based on communication contents between the participants, and the arrangement determination means is configured so that each of the participants generated by the attribute generation means Based on the attribute information, an icon arrangement corresponding to each participant is determined.

  Preferably, it further includes communication storage means for storing communication contents between participants belonging to any group in association with these groups, and the attribute generation means is stored by the communication storage means. Based on the communication contents within the same group, the attribute information of the participants belonging to this group is generated.

  Preferably, the attribute information storage means for storing the attribute information of each participant, and the attribute information stored by the attribute information storage means when an operation for moving the displayed icon is performed by the operator, There is further provided attribute changing means for changing the attribute information of the participant corresponding to the icon according to the position of the destination of the icon.

  The information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a background storage unit that stores a plurality of background images displayed as icon backgrounds in association with a search purpose, attribute information of each participant belonging to a predetermined group, Based on the search purpose selected by the operator, an arrangement determining means for determining the arrangement of a plurality of icons representing each of these participants, and on the background image corresponding to the search purpose selected by the operator, Display means for displaying a plurality of icons in an arrangement determined by the arrangement determining means.

  Further, an information processing system according to the present invention is an information processing system including a plurality of client devices and a server device, the communication content storing means for storing the communication content between the client devices in the server device, and the server Based on the communication content stored in the device, attribute information generating means for generating attribute information of each operator operating each client device, and based on the attribute information of each operator generated by the attribute information generating means , Arrangement determining means for determining the arrangement of a plurality of icons representing each of these operators, and display means for displaying a plurality of icons on the client terminal based on the arrangement determined by the arrangement determining means.

  The program according to the present invention is determined by an arrangement determination function for determining the arrangement of a plurality of icons representing each of the participants based on the attribute information of each participant belonging to a predetermined group, and the arrangement determination function. Based on the arrangement, the computer is realized with a display function for displaying a plurality of icons in a default display area.

  Further, in the information processing method according to the present invention, the computer determines the arrangement of a plurality of icons representing each of these participants based on the attribute information of each participant belonging to the predetermined group, and the computer includes: And displaying a plurality of icons in a predetermined display area based on the determined arrangement.

  According to the present invention, communication between participants participating in a community can be promoted.

[System configuration]
First, the overall configuration of the information processing system 1 will be described.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the overall configuration of the information processing system 1.
As illustrated in FIG. 1, the information processing system 1 includes a server device 10 and a user terminal 20.
The server device 10 is an example of an information processing device and is a computer device. For example, the server device 10 is a web server, and provides a communication tool to the user via the web browser of the user terminal 20.

  The user terminal 20 is a computer device operated by a user (operator). For example, the user terminal 20 accesses the server device 10 via a web browser, and communicates with other user terminals via the server device 10.

In the information processing system 1 of this example, the server device 10 provides the user terminal 20 with an environment in which intra-group communication tools such as SNS (social networking service) and groupware are integrated, and realizes promotion of communication in each group. . More specifically, in the information processing system 1, SNS, groupware, and the like (hereinafter referred to as “community”) are switched by switching a background image (hereinafter referred to as a wallpaper image) that is an icon display area. In these wallpaper images, icons (hereinafter referred to as user icons) of users (that is, participants) participating in each community are arranged.
In the information processing system 1 of this example, meaning is set at a position on the wallpaper, and the arrangement of the user icon is determined based on the user attribute and meaning.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the information management program 5.
As illustrated in FIG. 2, the information management program 5 includes a communication log collection unit 500, an attribute generation unit 505, a search unit 510, an arrangement determination unit 515, a wallpaper selection unit 520, an attribute change unit 525, a movement detection unit 530, and A display portion 535 is provided.
The information management program 5 of this example is installed in the server device 10. Further, the recording device of the server device 10 is provided with a communication log database 100 (communication log DB 100), an attribute database 102 (attribute DB 102), and a wallpaper database 104 (wallpaper DB 104).
The information management program 5 is recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, for example, and is installed in the server device 10 (FIG. 1) via this recording medium. A part or all of the information management program 5 may be installed in the server device 10 via a network. Further, all or part of the information management program 5 and the database illustrated in FIG. 2 may be installed in the user terminal 20, or may be realized by hardware such as ASIC.

In the information management program 5, the communication log collection unit 500 stores the content of communication performed between the user terminals 20 (FIG. 1) in the communication log DB 100. For example, the communication log collection unit 500 stores the contents of communication (e-mail, instant message, writing to an electronic bulletin board, etc.) performed between the user terminals 20 in each community in the communication log DB 100 in association with the community. .
As illustrated in FIG. 3A, the communication log collection unit 500 of this example displays the contents (communication contents) of emails transmitted and received in the community as the sender and receiver of the emails, and the electronic The message is stored in the communication log DB 100 in association with the community in which the mail is transmitted / received.

The attribute generation unit 505 generates the attribute information of the user based on the content of communication of the user (content such as e-mail, instant message, and writing on the electronic bulletin board). For example, the attribute generation unit 505 generates attribute information of each user in this community based on communication contents between users participating in the community. User attribute information is information about each user, such as the user's gender, age, affiliation, birthplace, blood type, years of service, and skills (such as field of expertise). That is, the attribute generation unit 505 generates attribute information of a user who has performed communication based on the content of communication performed within each community.
The attribute generation unit 505 of this example generates attribute information of the user who sent and received this e-mail based on the contents of the e-mail stored in the communication log DB 100, and stores the generated attribute information in the attribute DB 102.

The search unit 510 searches for user icons to be displayed. For example, the search unit 510 searches for a user that matches the search condition from the user icons displayed on the wallpaper.
The search unit 510 of this example searches for a user that matches the search purpose selected by the user from among the communities selected by the user, for example.

The arrangement determining unit 515 determines the arrangement of icons representing the respective users (that is, user icons) based on the user attribute information. For example, the arrangement determination unit 515 determines the arrangement of user icons for each user based on attribute information of users belonging to the community and position determination information associated with the wallpaper.
When the community display wallpaper is selected, the layout determination unit 515 of this example displays the attribute information of each user belonging to the selected community and the position determination information associated with the selected wallpaper. Based on (the layout determination file of FIG. 4 or the layout determination rule of FIG. 8), the layout of user icons representing each user is determined. In addition, when a search wallpaper is selected, the layout determination unit 515 includes attribute information of each user included in the search target user group and position determination information associated with the selected wallpaper. Based on the above, the arrangement of user icons for each user is determined.

The wallpaper selection unit 520 selects a wallpaper image to be applied from the wallpaper images stored in the wallpaper DB 104 in accordance with a user operation.
When the user selects a community, the wallpaper selection unit 520 of this example reads a wallpaper image corresponding to the selected community (group) from the wallpaper DB 104 in FIG. 4A, and reads the read wallpaper image. The data is output to the display unit 535. In addition, when the user selects a search purpose, the wallpaper selection unit 520 of this example reads a wallpaper image corresponding to the selected search purpose from the wallpaper DB 104 in FIG. 8, and displays the read wallpaper image. Output to 535.

  When an operation for moving the user icon is performed by the user, the attribute change unit 525 changes the attribute information of the user corresponding to the user icon according to the position of the destination of the user icon. For example, the attribute changing unit 525 updates the attribute information stored in the attribute DB 102 based on the meaning (attribute) set for the wallpaper and the position of the movement destination on the wallpaper.

The movement detection unit 530 detects the movement of the user icon displayed on the wallpaper.
When the movement detection unit 530 of this example detects a drag operation of the user icon displayed on the wallpaper, the attribute change unit 525 converts the user name corresponding to the dragged user icon and the coordinates of the movement destination of the user icon. Notify

The display unit 535 displays the user icons of users belonging to the community on the wallpaper image selected by the wallpaper selection unit 520 in the layout determined by the layout determination unit 515.
The display unit 535 of this example transmits, as a web server, a web page in which a user icon is arranged on the wallpaper to the user terminal 20 and displays the web page on the user terminal 20.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3A, the communication log DB 100 indicates the contents (communication contents) of an email sent and received between users, the sender and receiver of the email, and the email sent and received. Record in association with the community (group). Note that the communication log DB 100 may record the transmission time and reception time of an electronic mail in addition to the communication content, the sender, the receiver, and the community.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3B, the attribute DB 102 records user attribute information (affiliation, birthplace, field of expertise, etc.) in association with users and communities. The user attribute information includes information input by the user via the user terminal 20 (for example, affiliation, birthplace, blood type, current address, etc.) and information generated by the attribute generation unit 505 (for example, specialty fields). And are included. For example, the attribute generation unit 505 analyzes the content of the e-mail, and based on the number of appearances of a keyword such as “Java (registered trademark)”, the language used in the e-mail, etc. Registered trademark) or foreign language). The attribute generation unit 505 may also generate the affiliation, hometown, blood type, and the like by analyzing the contents of the e-mail.

The attribute DB 102 records attribute information in association with a community because each user shows a different attribute depending on the community. For example, if the community is “Company”, the user shows attributes related to work (programming, foreign languages, accounting, sales, etc.), and if the community is “Hobby Circle”, the user Indicates the attributes (golf, soccer, shogi, etc.) related to. The attribute DB 102 records the attribute information of the user in each community in association with the community so that the personality of the user in each community can be taken into account.
The attribute generation unit 505 also generates user attribute information in each community based on e-mails transmitted and received in each community. Specifically, the special fields “JAVA (registered trademark)” and “HTML” in FIG. 3B are based on the contents of the e-mail sent and received by the user “AAA” in the community “XYZ”. “Shogi” and “Soccer” are based on the contents of e-mails sent and received by the same user “AAAA” in different communities “ABC”.

  As illustrated in FIG. 4A, the wallpaper DB 104 records a wallpaper image that represents the community and a layout determination file for determining the layout of user icons in the wallpaper, in association with the community. As illustrated in FIG. 4B, the arrangement determination file of this example is a table that associates the coordinates indicating the position on the wallpaper and the user with each other. In this example, the user affiliation is further associated with the user.

  The wallpaper image recorded in the wallpaper DB 104 is displayed on the user terminal 20 as the wallpaper 900 as illustrated in FIG. Meaning is set at each position of the wallpaper 900. Specifically, the wallpaper 900 of this example shows a seating chart of users belonging to the community. The coordinates of each seat on the wallpaper 900 are associated with each user by the arrangement determination file shown in FIG. That is, when the wallpaper 900 in FIG. 5A is selected, the layout determining unit 515 (FIG. 2) refers to the layout determination file (FIG. 4B) associated with the wallpaper 900. Determine the placement of each user icon. As a result, as illustrated in FIG. 5B, user icons 910 </ b> A and 910 </ b> B of users belonging to this community are arranged on the wallpaper 900.

  Further, as illustrated in FIG. 5B, when the user icon 910A is moved on the wallpaper 900 by the user's drag operation, the attribute change unit 525 is moved based on the coordinates of the movement destination. Change the attribute information (in this example, affiliation) of the user corresponding to the user icon. Specifically, the attribute changing unit 525 compares the coordinates of the movement destination of the user icon 910A with the coordinates registered in the arrangement determination file in FIG. 4B, and registers the closest to the movement destination coordinates. The coordinates are selected, the affiliation associated with the selected registered coordinates is specified, and the affiliation of the user of the user icon 910A is changed to the specified affiliation.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation (S10) when the user switches the community.
As shown in FIG. 6, in step 100 (S100), the information management program 5 of the server device 10 stands by until a community selection operation is detected (S100: No), and when a community selection operation is detected (S100). : Yes), the process proceeds to S105.
For example, the user selects a community to be switched by performing a tab switching operation on the user terminal 20.

  In step 105 (S105), the wallpaper selection unit 520 of the information management program 5 (FIG. 2) accesses the wallpaper DB 104 (FIG. 4A) and determines the wallpaper image and arrangement corresponding to the community selected by the user. The file is read, the read wallpaper image is output to the display unit 535, and the read arrangement determination file is output to the arrangement determination unit 515.

  In step 110 (S110), the search unit 510 accesses the attribute DB 102 (FIG. 3B) and searches for users (participants) belonging to the community selected by the user, and the search results (users belonging to the community). ) To the arrangement determining unit 515.

  In step 115 (S115), the placement determination unit 515 refers to the placement determination file (FIG. 4B) input from the wallpaper selection unit 520, and the user notified from the search unit 510 (user belonging to the community). The arrangement of each of the user icons is determined, and the determined arrangement is notified to the display unit 535.

In step 120 (S120), the information management program 5 determines whether there is a user who is sending an e-mail among the users searched by the search unit 510.
The information management program 5 proceeds to the processing of S125 when the user who is sending the e-mail exists in the community, and when the user who is sending the e-mail does not exist in the community, S130 Move on to processing.

  In step 125 (S125), the display unit 535 causes the web browser of the user terminal 20 to display the wallpaper image input from the wallpaper selection unit 520, and then the user icon according to the arrangement notified from the arrangement determination unit 515. Is displayed. At this time, the display unit 535 preferentially displays the user icon of the user who is sending the e-mail (during conversation).

  In step 130 (S130), the display unit 535 causes the web browser of the user terminal 20 to display the wallpaper image input from the wallpaper selection unit 520, and then the user icon according to the arrangement notified from the arrangement determination unit 515. Is displayed.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation (S20) when a drag operation is performed on the user icon.
As shown in FIG. 7, in step 200 (S200), the movement detection unit 530 (FIG. 2) of the server apparatus 10 waits until a drag operation on the user icon is detected (S200: No), and any of the user icons If a drag operation has been performed on (S200: Yes), the process proceeds to S205.
For example, the user drags and drops the user icon 910 </ b> A of the user “AAAAA” to the section head of “B section” on the wallpaper 900 of FIG. As a result, the user icon 910 </ b> A moves to the section manager “B section”.

In step 205 (S205), the movement detection unit 530 specifies the coordinates of the movement destination of the user icon 910A and notifies the attribute change unit 525 of the specified coordinates.
In step 210 (S210), the attribute changing unit 525 determines the coordinates (the coordinates of the movement destination of the user icon 910) notified from the movement detecting unit 530 and the position determination information corresponding to the wallpaper image being displayed (FIG. 4B). ) To determine the attribute (affiliation) corresponding to the coordinates of the movement destination.

  In step 215 (S215), the attribute changing unit 525 accesses the attribute DB 102 and updates the user attribute information (affiliation) corresponding to the moved user icon 910A with the specified attribute (affiliation).

  As described above, in the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment, the community is switched by switching the wallpaper, and when the meaning is set in the position of the wallpaper, according to the set meaning. , User icons of users belonging to this community are arranged. Further, when the user icon is moved by the user, the attribute information corresponding to the user icon is updated according to the position of the destination.

Next, a scene where a user is searched for within a predetermined community will be described.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a search wallpaper image recorded by the wallpaper DB 104.
As illustrated in FIG. 8, the wallpaper DB 104 (FIG. 2) records a wallpaper image for each search purpose in addition to the wallpaper image for each community illustrated in FIG. 4. More specifically, the wallpaper DB 104 records wallpaper images and arrangement determination rules in association with search purposes.
The layout determination rule of this example is information for determining the position of the user icon. As illustrated in FIG. 8, the user attribute information (age, years of experience in the specialized field, English test score, electronic English) This is a rule for associating the number of emails (conversations), blood type, and birthplace) with the position on the wallpaper.

The search wallpaper image recorded in the wallpaper DB 104 is, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 9, wallpaper 902 (FIG. 9A) for searching by skill, or wallpaper 904 for searching by hometown ( FIG. 9B).
The wallpaper 902 illustrated in FIG. 9A is a graph with the horizontal direction of the wallpaper as the horizontal axis and the vertical direction of the wallpaper as the vertical axis. In this example, the horizontal axis represents age, and the vertical axis represents years of experience (career) in a specialized field (Java (registered trademark)). When the wallpaper 902 in FIG. 9A is selected in the predetermined community, the arrangement determining unit 515 (FIG. 2) determines the arrangement determination rule (“Skill 1 evaluation” in FIG. 8) associated with the wallpaper 902. Referring to the row), the arrangement of each user icon is determined based on the attribute information (age and years of experience in the specialized field) of users belonging to this community. As a result, as illustrated in FIG. 9A, the user icons 910A to 910D of the users belonging to this community are arranged on the wallpaper 902 at positions corresponding to the attributes.

  Similarly, a map of Japan is displayed on the wallpaper 904 illustrated in FIG. 9B, and when this wallpaper 904 is selected in a predetermined community, the placement determining unit 515 (FIG. 2) displays the wallpaper. With reference to the layout determination rule associated with 904 (the “birthplace” row in FIG. 8), the layout of each user icon is determined based on the attribute information (birthplace) of users belonging to this community. As a result, as illustrated in FIG. 9B, the user icons 910 </ b> A to 910 </ b> C of the users belonging to this community are arranged on the home of each user on the map of the wallpaper 904.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation (S30) when the user selects a search purpose.
As shown in FIG. 10, in step 300 (S300), the information management program 5 of the server device 10 waits until a search purpose is selected by a user in any community (S300: No), and any search is performed. When the purpose is selected (S300: Yes), the process proceeds to S305.
For example, the user terminal 20 displays a list of search objectives by right-clicking on any community wallpaper, and accepts an operation of selecting one of the search objectives from the displayed search objective list. .

  In step 305 (S305), the wallpaper selection unit 520 of the information management program 5 (FIG. 2) accesses the wallpaper DB 104 (FIG. 8), and determines the wallpaper image and arrangement determination rule corresponding to the search purpose selected by the user. The read wallpaper image is output to the display unit 535, and the read arrangement determination rule is output to the arrangement determination unit 515.

  In step 310 (S310), the search unit 510 accesses the attribute DB 102 (FIG. 3B) and selects a user having an attribute necessary for the placement determination rule from users (participants) belonging to the community. Then, the arrangement determination unit 515 is notified of the selection result (a user who can be searched). For example, when Java (registered trademark) years of experience are required in the placement determination rule, only users whose Java (registered trademark) years of experience are registered as attribute information are selected, and Java (registered trademark) Users whose years of experience are not registered as attribute information are excluded.

In step 315 (S315), the arrangement determining unit 515 calculates the attribute value of each user based on the user attribute information notified from the search unit 510 in accordance with the arrangement determining rule input from the wallpaper selecting unit 520.
In step 320 (S320), the layout determination unit 515 determines the layout of each user icon based on the layout determination rule input from the wallpaper selection unit 520 and the calculated attribute value of each user. The display unit 535 is notified of the arrangement.

  In step 325 (S325), as illustrated in FIG. 9, the display unit 535 causes the web browser of the user terminal 20 to display the wallpaper image input from the wallpaper selection unit 520, and subsequently, from the arrangement determination unit 515. The user icon is displayed according to the notified arrangement.

  As described above, in the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment, the wallpaper is switched according to the search purpose, and the position according to the attribute information of each user on the switched wallpaper (that is, the position according to the search result). ), Each user icon is arranged.

[Modification 1]
Next, a modification of the above embodiment will be described.
FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the display function of the time series arrangement log.
As a first modification, as illustrated in FIG. 11, a function of recording user icon arrangements in each community in time series and displaying the recorded user icon arrangements in time series for each community will be described. In this modification, the server apparatus 10 records the user icon arrangements at a plurality of time points from the first time point (April 2000) to the third time point (April 2010) in association with the community. When receiving a request from the user terminal 20, the server device 10 continuously displays the recorded arrangement of user icons in time series. The display method may be a slide method or a moving image method.

[Modification 2]
Next, a second modification will be described.
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating the gap presentation function.
As a second modification, as illustrated in FIG. 12A, when any user icon is moved in the search wallpaper, the attribute gap before and after the movement is changed according to the movement direction and the movement amount. The function of presenting will be described. In this example, as illustrated in FIG. 12B, when the user icon 910B is moved in the horizontal axis direction (the evaluation axis direction related to the English test score), the server device 10 determines the placement determination rule (FIG. 8). Based on the movement direction and the movement amount, a gap of attributes (English test score) is calculated, and the calculated gap (English test score gap) is displayed in the balloon area 920. In the balloon area 920 of the present example, items (study books, listening tapes, etc.) necessary for filling the English test scores are displayed on the user terminal 20 as gaps. Note that the server device 10 may display the excess or deficiency (number of deficiencies) of the attribute on the user terminal 20 as a gap.

[Modification 3]
Next, a third modification will be described.
FIG. 13 is an enlarged view of a part of the wallpaper 900 of FIG.
As illustrated in FIG. 13, the server device 10 may display a communication tool icon on the wallpaper 900. In this example, a telephone icon 930, a computer icon 932, and a facsimile icon 934 are displayed as communication tool icons. The telephone icon 930 is associated with the telephone number of the telephone installed on the seat, and when the user selects and operates the telephone icon 930, the server apparatus 10 makes a call to the telephone number associated with the telephone icon 930. To the user terminal 20 or the user's phone.
The computer icon 932 is associated with an e-mail address or the like of a computer installed on the seat. When the user selects the computer icon 932, the server apparatus 10 performs an e-mail address associated with the computer icon 932. The user terminal 20 is started to create a mail.
Similarly, the facsimile icon 934 is associated with the telephone number of the facsimile installed in the seat. When the user selects the facsimile icon 934, the server apparatus 10 moves to the telephone number associated with the facsimile icon 934. The user terminal 20 starts preparation for facsimile transmission.

[Modification 4]
Next, a fourth modification will be described.
FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining the display function of the time-series arrangement log in the search wallpaper.
In the first modification, the time series arrangement log display function in the wallpaper for community display has been described. In the fourth modification, as shown in FIG. 14, the arrangement of user icons in the search wallpaper is arranged in time series. A function for displaying the arrangement of the recorded user icons for each search wallpaper in time series will be described.
In the wallpaper 900 of FIG. 14, the type of person (behavior type, social group type, expert type or supporter type) is displayed, and an area is assigned to each type. The server device 10 determines the type of this user (behavior type, social group type, expert type or supporter type) based on the result of the self-diagnosis test input by the user, and uses the determined type as an attribute value. A user icon is arranged on the wallpaper 900 of FIG.
Furthermore, the server device 10 records the arrangement of user icons at a plurality of time points from the first time point (April 2000) to the third time point (April 2004) in association with the search wallpaper. When there is a request from the user terminal 20, as shown in FIGS. 14A to 14C, the recorded arrangement of user icons is continuously displayed in time series.
In this way, by displaying the arrangement of user icons in the search wallpaper in time series, for example, changes in the user's personality and ability can be confirmed.

1 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an information processing system 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of an information management program 5. FIG. It is a figure which illustrates the contents of a communication log database and an attribute database. It is a figure which illustrates the contents of a wallpaper database. It is a figure which illustrates community wallpaper 900. FIG. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement (S10) when a user switches a community. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement (S20) when drag operation is performed with respect to a user icon. It is a figure which illustrates the contents of a wallpaper database. It is a figure which illustrates the wallpaper for a search. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement (S30) when a user selects the search objective. It is a figure explaining the display function of a time series arrangement log. It is a figure explaining a gap presentation function. It is the figure which expanded and displayed a part of wallpaper 900 of FIG. It is a figure explaining the display function of the time series arrangement log in the wallpaper for search.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information processing system 10 ... Server apparatus 100 ... Communication log database 102 ... Attribute database 104 ... Wallpaper database 5 ... Information management program 500 ... Communication log collection part 505 ... Attribute generation unit 510 ... Search unit 515 ... Arrangement determination unit 520 ... Wallpaper selection unit 525 ... Attribute change unit 530 ... Movement detection unit 535 ... Display unit

Claims (10)

An arrangement determining means for determining the arrangement of a plurality of icons representing each of the participants based on attribute information of each of the participants belonging to the predetermined group;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display a plurality of icons in a predetermined display area based on the layout determined by the layout determination unit. A background storage means for storing the background image of the display area in which the icon is displayed in association with the group;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays a background image corresponding to a group selected by an operator and icons of participants belonging to the group. A background storage means for storing a plurality of background images displayed as icon backgrounds and position determination information for determining the arrangement of icons in each of the background images in association with each other;
The arrangement determining means determines the arrangement of each participant's icon based on the position determination information corresponding to the background image selected by the operator and the attribute information of each participant,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays an icon with a layout determined by the layout determination unit on a background image selected by an operator. Further comprising attribute generation means for generating attribute information of each participant based on communication contents between the participants;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the arrangement determining unit determines an icon arrangement corresponding to each participant based on the attribute information of each participant generated by the attribute generating unit. Communication storage means for storing communication contents between participants belonging to any group in association with these groups;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the attribute generation unit generates attribute information of participants belonging to the group based on communication contents of the same group stored by the communication storage unit. Attribute information storage means for storing attribute information of each participant;
When an operation for moving the displayed icon is performed by the operator, among the attribute information stored by the attribute information storage unit, the attribute information of the participant corresponding to the icon is displayed as the position to which the icon is moved. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an attribute changing unit that changes according to. Background storage means for storing a plurality of background images displayed as icon backgrounds in association with search purposes;
An arrangement determining means for determining the arrangement of a plurality of icons representing each of these participants based on the attribute information of each participant belonging to the predetermined group and the search purpose selected by the operator;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display a plurality of icons in a layout determined by the layout determination unit on a background image corresponding to a search purpose selected by an operator. An information processing system including a plurality of client devices and server devices,
Communication content storage means for storing communication content between client devices in a server device;
Attribute information generating means for generating attribute information of each operator operating each client device based on the communication content stored in the server device;
Based on the attribute information of each operator generated by the attribute information generating means, an arrangement determining means for determining the arrangement of a plurality of icons representing each of these operators;
An information processing system comprising: a display unit configured to display a plurality of icons on a client terminal based on the layout determined by the layout determination unit. Based on the attribute information of each participant belonging to a predetermined group, an arrangement determination function that determines the arrangement of a plurality of icons representing each of these participants,
A program that causes a computer to realize a display function for displaying a plurality of icons in a predetermined display area based on the layout determined by the layout determination function. A computer determining placement of a plurality of icons representing each of these participants based on attribute information of each participant belonging to a predetermined group;
A computer displaying a plurality of icons in a predetermined display area based on the determined arrangement.

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