JP5066441B2 - Community formation support system, community formation support method, community formation support program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a system, method, and program for supporting the formation of a community in which users having a common interest gather and exchange information in a network composed of a server and a plurality of user terminals connected to the server.

  Some services provided by providers on the Internet provide a community for exchanging information between users, such as blogs and social network services. To form a community, the user (creating user) who wants to form a community sets the theme that is the subject of the community, opens a bulletin board, website, etc., and waits for the access of other users who are interested in this theme. Alternatively, it is necessary to invite an acquaintance of the creating user or a user who is acquainted through other network services or the like to encourage participation.

  However, community creation by the method as described above is a burden on the creating user, which has been an obstacle to forming a community.

On the other hand, Patent Document 1 discloses an apparatus that supports the formation of a community that extracts unexpected information and shares the unexpected information.
JP 2007-241754 A

  However, although the community formation support apparatus of patent document 1 is automated in terms of extracting unexpected information as the subject of the community, the community formation support apparatus mainly focuses on the formation of a community among previously grouped users. It is not enough as a means to encourage participation.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the problem is not only the setting of the subject of the community but also the user who creates the community when soliciting users as members of the community. The purpose is to provide a community formation support system, method and program capable of reducing the burden.

In order to solve the above-described problem, a community formation support system according to the present invention is a network composed of a server and a plurality of user terminals connected to the server, and each user is arranged in the server via the user terminal. Recording means for recording words included in a search keyword when a search is performed by accessing a search engine and a user profile database for each user, and any user accesses the server to select a community A community creating means for reading N words (N is an integer of 2 or more) frequently used by the user from the user profile database and creating a community based on the read words; Search keywords used by other users recorded in the database Is a score calculated on the basis of the extraction means for reading out the words contained in the word and extracting the users who used the N words that are the subject of the community, and the use frequency and the use period of the N words that are the subject of the community Graph generating means for setting an N-dimensional coordinate system with the axis as an axis and generating a graph in which the user's mark extracted by the extracting means is arranged at a position corresponding to the score combination for each word of the user in the coordinate system And a graph information transmitting means for transmitting and displaying the graph to the terminal of the user who has selected the formation of the community, and when the user who has selected the formation of the community clicks any mark on the displayed graph, Inviting information transmitting means for transmitting soliciting information to the community to a user terminal corresponding to the mark is provided.

The server can also include a friend list in which each user's network friends and their interests are registered. In this case, the extracting means extracts a friend whose interest is a word that is the subject of the community to be formed from the friends registered in the friend list, and the solicitation information transmitting means is for the friend extracted from the friend list. Can send solicitation information to the community.

  Furthermore, a predetermined point may be added to the score of a word every time a search by a search engine is executed, and a predetermined point may be subtracted every time a certain time elapses.

  According to the community formation support system of the present invention, when setting the theme of a community, the user frequently searches based on the search history on the network of the user who wants to create the community. Since it is automatically set based on this, the burden on the creating user is small. In addition, solicitation of other users who should become members of the community is created by obtaining the degree of interest of other users with respect to the subject word from the search history and displaying it in a graph on the creating user's terminal The user can easily solicit while confirming the degree of interest in the subject of other users. Therefore, from creation of a community to solicitation of a user who becomes a member, the burden on the creation user is reduced as compared with the conventional case, and anyone can easily form a community that suits their hobbies.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a community formation support system according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network system including a community formation support system according to an embodiment.

  This network system includes a provider A server 10A, a provider B server 10B, and a large number of user terminals 20 connected to each other via a network N such as the Internet. Here, the provider A server 10A is a server constituting the community support system of the embodiment.

  The provider A server 10A supports the formation of a community by a search engine 11 that collects information from websites on the Internet, a user profile database (DB) 12 that stores information about users who use the provider A server 10A, and a community. , A community program 13 for managing the formed community, and a friend list 14a in which friends on the network of each user and their interests are registered. In the actual configuration, the provider A server 10A is configured by a plurality of computers each including a CPU, a memory, a hard disk, an input / output device, and a communication adapter. However, in FIG. Is shown.

  The user profile DB 12 records a word included in a search keyword and a score for each user when each user accesses the search engine 11 via the user terminal 20 and performs a search. The word score is calculated based on the use frequency and use period of the word in order to weight the latest interest. That is, a predetermined point is added every time a search by the search engine 11 is executed, and the predetermined point is subtracted every time a certain time elapses. Specifically, in this example, a score of 1.0 is set by the first search, becomes 0.8 when 1 hour elapses, and decreases by 0.05 every time 1 hour elapses thereafter. If the same word is searched again in the middle, 1.0 is added at that time. For example, if a keyword is searched once and then searched again after 1 hour, the score is 1.8. Even if the score becomes 0 with the passage of time, the searched history remains.

  The community program 13 of the provider A server 10A includes a community creation module 13a for creating a community, a graph creation module 13b for creating a graph used to invite other users when creating the community, And a community management module 13c for managing the designated community. The function of each module will be described later.

  The friend lists 14a and 14b are tables that are defined for each user and store information related to users registered as friends by the user. The friend list includes fields of ID, usage provider, usage service, online information (whether or not currently online), interest tag, and community list for each record. In the interest tag field, a plurality of keywords of interest to each user can be registered. Interest tags include those registered by the user himself and those automatically registered by participation in other communities. The community list is recorded for the number of registered communities for each user. In the community list, for each registered community, a community name and a flag indicating whether or not the user participates in the community (participation: 1, non-participation: 0), user attributes in the community (administrator: H, creation user) Invited: S, automatically invited: J) is registered.

  The provider B server 10B is a server of another company connected to the network N and does not include a community formation support system, but includes a friend list 14b similar to the above. In an open ID service that has been used recently, an ID provided by a specific provider can be used as it is by other providers as well. In the embodiment, in consideration of such an open ID concept, it is assumed that the provider B server 10B is used by the ID provided by the provider A, or vice versa, and the provider B server 10B is used for the explanation. Is included.

  The user terminal 20 is an information terminal such as a personal computer or a mobile phone, and can be connected to each server via the network N. In this example, each terminal includes an input device such as a CPU, a display, a keyboard, and a mouse.

  Next, the function of the community program 13 of the provider A server 10A will be described based on the flowcharts shown in FIGS. FIG. 2 shows the function of the community creation module 13a, and FIG. 3 shows the function of the graph creation module 13b. The community management module 13c has a bulletin board management function equivalent to that of the existing system, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted.

  A community creation button is displayed on the front page, for example, displayed when the user accesses the provider A server 10A. When the user clicks this creation button, the provider A server 10A starts the community creation module 13a shown in FIG. In step S001 of the community creation module 13a, the community creation module 13a displays an input field for inputting a community name on the terminal 20 of the user who is trying to create a community. When the community name is input (S002, Yes), the community creation module 13a searches the user profile DB 12 (S003), morphologically analyzes the search keyword of the created user, and calculates a score for each system (S004). Here, not only the target word itself but also related words are counted as words of the same system. Then, the top N frequently used by the creating user, here two words are selected (S005).

  Subsequently, the community creation module 13a creates a bulletin board for a new community (S006), and adds a tag characteristic to the created community to this bulletin board (S007). Then, the community creation module 13a searches the friend list 14a, 14b of the creation user, extracts a friend whose interest tag includes one of the words selected in S005 (S008), and invites the extracted friend Information is transmitted (S009). The solicitation information may be, for example, guidance by e-mail, or a tag with a hyperlink to the created community may be displayed on the front page when accessing the friend's provider A server 10A.

  Next, the community creation module 13a calls and executes the graph creation module 13b. As shown in FIG. 3, the graph creation module 12b sets a two-dimensional coordinate system with the scores of the two words selected in S005 as the X axis and Y axis, respectively (S101), and is recorded in the user profile DB 12 The search keywords used by other users are morphologically analyzed to extract users who use either of the two words that are the subject of the community (S102).

  Subsequently, the graph creation module 12b generates a graph by displaying the user's mark extracted in S102 at a position corresponding to the score of the user's word in the coordinate system (S103). If it is not necessary to change the axis (S104, No), the created graph is transmitted to the creating user's terminal (S105), and the process returns to S011 in FIG. If it is necessary to change the axis (S104, Yes), the words extracted from the search keyword used on the creation user's terminal are displayed in a list in order of score, and the word that becomes the new axis is selected (S106). Repeat the process.

  Returning to FIG. 2, the community creation module 13a waits for the creation user to click the mark of another user on the displayed graph (S011, No), and when clicked (S011, Yes), the community creation module 13a is clicked. The solicitation information is transmitted to the user corresponding to the mark (S012). The processes of S011 and S012 are repeatedly executed until the user's selection is completed (S013, No), and when the selection is completed (S013, Yes), the process is terminated. The solicitation information may be, for example, guidance by e-mail, or a tag with a hyperlink to the created community may be displayed on the front page when the user accesses the provider A server 10A.

  Recording means (step) for recording the word included in the search keyword in the user profile database for each user is executed as a premise of the above flowchart. S001 to S007 correspond to community creation means (step), S008 and S102 correspond to extraction means (step), S101 to S103 correspond to graph generation means, and S105 corresponds to graph information transmission means (step). , S009, S012 correspond to solicitation information transmission means.

  FIG. 4 is an example of a screen displayed on a terminal of a user (creating user) who wants to create a community. Here, in order from the top of the screen, a title 101 when creating a community, a graph 102 displaying other users at positions corresponding to the scores of words that are the subject of the community, a community creation button 103, and a creation user And a community list 104 displaying the communities to which is invited.

  For example, in the illustrated example, the title of the screen title is “a user similar to you who is interested in Super Rocket War”. In the graph 102, each user's mark is displayed at a position corresponding to the score for each word on the two selected words, in this example, “Gumdam” and “Super Rocket” as two axes. Yes. Note that the shading of the mark depends on the search frequency of the user. Regardless of the content of the search keyword, the mark of the user with a high search frequency is displayed in a dark color, and the user with a low search frequency is in a light color. Is displayed. In the community list 104, the solicitation source community name and the number of participating users are displayed as hyperlinks.

  According to the above-described embodiment, the subject of the community can be automatically set based on the keyword used by the user for the search, and other users to be invited are automatically listed on the system side. The user can easily send solicitation information while confirming the degree of interest of the users listed on the graph, and the burden on the creating user is lightened.

  In the above embodiment, the selection condition is set to two words, and a graph using a two-dimensional coordinate system is generated. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a graph is generated using a one-dimensional coordinate system. Alternatively, a graph may be created using a three-dimensional coordinate system with three words.

  In addition, in selecting a word, only search keywords are targeted, but other sites browsing history, bookmarks, RSS acquisition history, blog writing content, browsing advertisement content, purchased product name, etc. May be included.

  Furthermore, with regard to user management, if user management is performed at the cookie level in addition to identification based on an ID acquired from a provider, solicitation can be made for anonymous users. In this case, in order to increase anonymity, it is desirable to convert the cookie into a unique ID with an expiration date. Such an ID is deleted when the cookie expires.

  Moreover, in said embodiment, the user who corresponds to either of 2 words is extracted by OR condition. When the number of users is small, it is possible to secure the number of corresponding users by extracting with the OR condition, but when the number of users is large, only the users corresponding to both two words are extracted with the AND condition. As a result, it becomes possible to extract a user that more closely matches the taste of the creating user. The conditions for extraction may be selected by the creating user, or may be set on the provider side according to the number of users.

It is a block diagram which shows the outline | summary of the network system containing the community formation assistance system concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the effect | action of the community creation module in the system of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the effect | action of the graph preparation module in the system of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the display screen containing the graph produced | generated by the system of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

10A Provider A server 10B Provider B server 11 Search engine 12 User profile DB
13 community program 13a community creation module 13b graph creation module 13c community management module 14a, 14b friend list 20 user terminal

Claims (5)

In a community formation support system in a network composed of a server and a plurality of user terminals connected to the server,
Recording means for recording words included in a search keyword when each user accesses a search engine arranged in the server via the user terminal and performs a search in a user profile database for each user;
When any user accesses the server and chooses to form a community, N words (N is an integer of 2 or more) frequently used by the user are read from the user profile database and read. A community creation means for creating a community with themes as words,
An extraction means for reading a word included in a search keyword used by another user recorded in the user profile database and extracting a user who uses N words as a subject of the community;
An N-dimensional coordinate system is set around a score calculated based on the use frequency and use time of N words as the subject of the community, and the user's mark extracted by the extracting means is set as the coordinate A graph generating means for generating a graph arranged at a position corresponding to a score combination for each word of the user in the system;
Graph information transmitting means for transmitting and displaying the graph to a terminal of a user who has selected the formation of the community;
When a user who has selected the formation of the community clicks on any one of the marks displayed on the graph, an invitation information transmission unit is provided for transmitting invitation information to the community to the user terminal corresponding to the mark. A community formation support system characterized by that. The server includes a friend list in which a friend on the network of each user and his / her interest are registered, and the extraction unit selects a word that is a subject of a community to be formed from the friend registered in the friend list. 2. The community formation support system according to claim 1, wherein a friend included in the object of interest is extracted, and the solicitation information transmission means transmits the invitation information to the community to the friend extracted from the friend list.   The score of the word is incremented by a predetermined point each time a search by the search engine is executed, and the predetermined point is subtracted every time a predetermined time elapses. Community formation support system. In a community formation support method in a network composed of a server and a plurality of user terminals connected to the server,
A recording step of recording words included in a search keyword when each user accesses a search engine arranged in the server via the user terminal and performs a search in a user profile database for each user;
When any user accesses the server and chooses to form a community, N words (N is an integer of 2 or more) frequently used by the user are read from the user profile database and read. A community creation step to create a word-themed community;
An extraction step of reading a word included in a search keyword used by another user recorded in the user profile database and extracting a user who uses N words as a subject of the community;
An N-dimensional coordinate system is set with a score calculated based on the use frequency and use time of N words as the subject of the community, and the user's mark extracted by the extraction step is set as the coordinate A graph generation step of generating a graph arranged at a position corresponding to a score combination for each word of the user in the system;
A graph information transmission step of transmitting and displaying the graph to a terminal of a user who has selected the formation of the community;
An invitation information transmission step of transmitting invitation information to the community to a user terminal corresponding to the mark when the user who has selected the formation of the community clicks any mark on the displayed graph. A community formation support method characterized by this. In a community formation support program executed by a server connected to a plurality of user terminals via a network,
The server,
Recording means for recording words included in a search keyword when each user accesses a search engine arranged in the server via the user terminal and performs a search in a user profile database for each user;
When any user accesses the server and chooses to form a community, N words (N is an integer of 2 or more) frequently used by the user are read from the user profile database and read. A community creation means for creating a community with themes as words,
An extraction means for reading a word included in a search keyword used by another user recorded in the user profile database and extracting a user who uses N words as a subject of the community;
An N-dimensional coordinate system is set around a score calculated based on the use frequency and use time of N words as the subject of the community, and the user's mark extracted by the extracting means is set as the coordinate A graph generating means for generating a graph arranged at a position corresponding to a score combination for each word of the user in the system;
Graph information transmitting means for transmitting and displaying the graph to a terminal of a user who has selected the formation of the community;
When a user who has selected the formation of the community clicks on any mark on the displayed graph, the user terminal corresponding to the mark is caused to function as an invitation information transmission unit that transmits the invitation information to the community. Community formation support program characterized by that.