JP5109184B2 - Business card information management device, business card information management method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a business card information management device for managing information on exchanged business cards.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been provided a business card information database in which a plurality of users can share information, and a business card information search device in which business card update information input from any user is shared among all users. Such a business card information search device is a device that can obtain personal connection information by registering together information on who has received a business card from whom (see Patent Document 1).

In addition, the information processing system includes a business card information database, a negotiation destination information table for storing business card information of a negotiating person in charge, a negotiation source information table for storing business card information of a negotiating person in charge, and exchange of business card information First storage means for storing a link table for storing human relations to be constructed as links between business card information, second storage means for storing sales force evaluation values of the person in charge in association with the person in charge, and negotiation Registration means for registering / updating / managing business card information in each table of the first storage means based on the input from the former person in charge; and an individual identified by the business card information based on the link table of the first storage means or And / or an evaluation unit that calculates a sales force evaluation value of the group to which the individual belongs and updates the storage content of the second storage unit. Had (see Patent Document 2).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-66082 (first page, FIG. 1 etc.) Patent No. 3396474 (first page, FIG. 1 etc.)

  However, in the conventional business card information management device, using the business card information, a person who has a personal connection with respect to information corresponding to a specific term, that is, a person who knows well about information corresponding to a specific term, There was a problem that it was difficult to find people who knew well.

  For example, a person holding a business card of a person who specializes in the technology indicated by a technical term is considered to have a personal connection with the person of the relevant company. Although it is highly possible that the person is considered to have the person, the conventional apparatus cannot easily find such a person from the technical terms.

  The business card information management apparatus according to the present invention includes a recipient identifier for identifying a recipient who is a person who has received a business card, and one or more pieces of information described in the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier. A business card exchange information storage unit storing one or more recipient business card exchange information having a business card description information, a term accepting unit that accepts a term, and a business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit A recipient identifier acquisition unit that acquires a recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information from the recipient name card exchange information storage unit, and an output unit that outputs the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit; It is a business card information management device provided with.

  With this configuration, it is possible to detect people who have received many business cards corresponding to the accepted terms, and it is possible to detect people who have a network of people who are familiar with the technology corresponding to the terms.

  The business card information management device of the present invention is a recipient who selects a recipient identifier which is the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit in the business card information management device and whose number is larger than the others. An identifier selection unit is further provided, and the output unit is a business card information management device that outputs a recipient identifier selected by the recipient identifier selection unit among recipient identifiers acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit.

  With this configuration, it is possible to detect a person who has received more business cards corresponding to the accepted terms, and it is possible to detect a person who has a thick network regarding the technology or the like corresponding to the terms.

  In the business card information management device of the present invention, in the business card information management device, the recipient identifier acquisition unit includes business card description information including business card description information including a term that matches the term accepted by the term acceptance unit. It is a business card information management apparatus which acquires the recipient identifier which has.

  With this configuration, it is possible to detect a person who has a personal connection with respect to the technology corresponding to the term.

  In the business card information management device of the present invention, in the business card information management device, one of the business card description information is a URL, and the recipient identifier acquisition unit acquires a URL of the business card description information. A WEB page acquisition unit that acquires information on a WEB page designated by the URL acquired by the URL acquisition unit, and a relevance determination unit that determines a relationship between the term received by the term reception unit from the information on the WEB page And a recipient identifier acquisition unit that acquires a recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the URL of the WEB page that is determined to be related by the association determination unit.

  With this configuration, it is possible to determine whether the person who describes each business card is a person related to the term including information that can be traced from the URL described on the business card. Thereby, it is possible to more accurately extract a person with a personal network related to the term.

  In the business card information management device of the present invention, in the business card information management device, the recipient name card exchange information includes a recipient identified by a recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information, and the recipient name card exchange information. The business card description information has information related to the degree of relevance to the person or organization indicated by the business card description information, and the recipient identifier acquisition unit stores the business card description information corresponding to the term received by the term reception unit. The business card information management apparatus for acquiring the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information, which is the recipient name card exchange information including the association information indicated by the related information higher than others.

  With this configuration, by presenting business card recipients who have a high degree of relevance with the business card reporter, for example, with a large number of contacts, it is not just a business card exchange, but a network with a reporter who has substantial exchanges. Emphasis can be placed on a network of recipients.

  In the business card information management device according to the present invention, in the business card information management device, the recipient name card exchange information is information indicating a receipt time which is a time when a business card corresponding to the recipient name card exchange information is received. The recipient identifier acquisition unit is a recipient name card exchange information having business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit, and presents a receipt time closer to the present than the others. It is a business card information management device for acquiring the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the receipt time information shown.

  With this configuration, a person with a personal connection can be selected and presented based on the latest personal connection.

  In the business card information management device of the present invention, in the business card information management device, the recipient identifier acquisition unit may determine a business card from the time indicated by the receipt time information and the current time for the recipient name card exchange information. It is the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit, acquiring the elapsed period from the receipt time to the present, wherein the elapsed period is within a predetermined period It is a business card information management device for acquiring a recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information.

  With this configuration, a person with a personal connection can be selected and presented based on the latest personal connection.

  In the business card information management device of the present invention, in the business card information management device, recipient information that is information that associates group attribute information that is information indicating a group with a recipient identifier that corresponds to the recipient is stored. A recipient information storage unit, and a group attribute information acquisition unit that acquires the group attribute information of the user who inputs the term, wherein the recipient identifier acquisition unit corresponds to the term accepted by the term acceptance unit Group attribute information corresponding to the recipient identifier obtained from the recipient information, which is the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information to be acquired by the group attribute information acquisition unit The business card information management apparatus acquires a recipient identifier that matches attribute information from the recipient business card exchange information storage unit.

  With this configuration, it is possible to present a person who has received a business card having a description corresponding to the designated term from among recipients having the same group attribute information as the user who designated the term. It is possible to present only those who are easy to contact, for example, only people of the same company. Moreover, the range which can utilize a personal connection can be restrict | limited.

  In the business card information management device of the present invention, in the business card information management device, the recipient name card exchange information includes a recipient identified by a recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information, and the recipient name card exchange information. A recipient name card including the recipient identifier of the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit. A recipient identifier obtained by the recipient identifier acquisition unit, which obtains a weighting value that is a value that increases weighting when the degree of association indicated by the relevant information increases from the related information included in the exchange information, , Further comprising a recipient identifier selecting unit for selecting a recipient identifier indicating that the total of the weight values is higher than others, and the output unit includes the recipient identifier. Of recipient identifiers obtained unit is acquired, the recipient identifier selection unit is business card information management device for outputting recipient identifier selected.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to present a recipient who has a personal connection by placing a low weight on a business card of a reporter with a low degree of association, with an emphasis on the personal connection with the reporter having substantial exchanges.

  In the business card information management device according to the present invention, in the business card information management device, the recipient name card exchange information is information indicating a receipt time which is a time when a business card corresponding to the recipient name card exchange information is received. The recipient identifier obtaining unit obtains an elapsed period from the receipt time of the business card to the present from the time indicated by the receipt timing information and the current time for the recipient name card exchange information. The recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit, the recipient business card exchange information having the elapsed period within a predetermined period. The recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit is weighted when the length of the elapsed period corresponding to the elapsed period corresponding to the recipient identifier becomes longer. A weighting value that is a value that reduces an injury is acquired, and a recipient identifier that is acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit and that indicates that the total of the weighting values is higher in weight than others is selected. A business card information management device for outputting a recipient identifier selected by the recipient identifier selection unit out of recipient identifiers acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit; is there.

  With this configuration, it is possible to select and present a person with a personal connection based on the latest personal connection by reducing the weighting of information such as an old business card.

  According to the business card information management device of the present invention, it is possible to detect a person who has a personal connection with respect to the technology corresponding to the term.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a business card information management device and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the component which attached | subjected the same code | symbol in embodiment performs the same operation | movement, description may be abbreviate | omitted again.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a business card information management system in the present embodiment. The business card information management system 1 includes a business card information management device 10, a business card information input device 11, and an input / output device 12. The business card information management device 10 is a device called a server device, for example. The business card information input device 11 includes, for example, a scanner and a personal computer. The input / output device 12 is, for example, a personal computer. The business card information management device 10, the business card information input device 11, and the input / output device 12 are communicably connected via a network such as a LAN or the Internet. Here, a case where there is one business card information input device 11 and one input / output device 12 will be described as an example, but the number of business card information input devices 11 and the number of input / output devices 12 are not limited.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the business card information management system in the present embodiment.

  The business card information management device 10 includes a recipient name card exchange information storage unit 101, a term acceptance unit 102, a recipient identifier acquisition unit 103, a recipient identifier selection unit 104, an output unit 105, a group attribute information acquisition unit 106, and a recipient name card information. A reception unit 107, a recipient name card exchange information storage unit 108, and a recipient information storage unit 109 are provided.

  The business card information input device 11 includes a business card input reception unit 111 and a business card information transmission unit 112.

  The input / output device 12 includes a term input reception unit 121, a term transmission unit 122, an information reception unit 123, and an information output unit 124.

  The recipient name card exchange information storage unit 101 stores one or more recipient name card exchange information. The recipient business card exchange information is information having a recipient identifier and one or more business card description information. The recipient identifier is information for identifying a recipient who has received the business card. The recipient identifier may be the recipient's ID, the recipient's name, the information of the recipient's name and organization name, or the recipient's name, organization name and department name. Information may be used. The organization name is a corporate name, a company name, a foundation name, or the like. Alternatively, the recipient identifier is information specifying a contact address that can be directly contacted with the recipient, for example, the recipient's direct-in telephone number, FAX number, mobile phone number, e-mail address, IP address. Etc. The business card description information is information written on the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier. Hereinafter, a person whose name is written on a business card is referred to as a writer. The business card description information is usually information including the name of the reporter, the organization name of the reporter, and the notification destination information of the reporter. The recipient name card exchange information includes one or more business card description information of the business card received by the recipient.

  The recipient name card exchange information further indicates the degree of association between the recipient identified by the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information and the person or organization indicated by the business card description information included in the recipient name card exchange information. You may make it have the relevant information which is the information to show. The degree of relevance represents the thickness of the connection between the recipient indicated by the recipient identifier and the person or organization indicated by the business card description information, intimacy, whether or not the number of contacts in the past is large, etc. Degree. This related information is, for example, information that represents the high degree of relevance by a numerical value, a symbol or a character string that represents a rank such as A, B, or C. For example, when the related information is a numerical value, this numerical value may be set so that the value becomes higher as the relevance degree is higher, or may be set so that the value becomes lower as the relevance degree is higher. It does not matter how related information is accumulated. For example, each time the recipient contacts the reporter of the business card description information, the related information may be updated so as to increase the degree of relevance. You may accumulate related information.

  Further, the recipient name card exchange information may further include receipt time information that is information indicating a receipt time, which is a time when a business card corresponding to the recipient name card exchange information is received. Time is a concept that includes date and time. It does not matter how the receipt time information is accumulated. For example, the date and time when the recipient business card exchange information is accumulated is regarded as the date and time when the business card is received, and information on the date and time when the recipient business card exchange information is accumulated is obtained from a clock or the like. Information may be stored as reception time information. Further, information indicating the reception time transmitted together with the recipient name card exchange information from the input device or the like may be stored as the reception time information. In addition, receipt time information indicating a time when the recipient, the agent, or the like manually received the business card may be stored in the business card description information.

  The recipient name card exchange information storage unit 101 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium. The process in which the recipient name card exchange information is stored in the recipient name card exchange information storage unit 101 does not matter. For example, the recipient name card exchange information may be stored in the recipient name card exchange information storage unit 101 via a recording medium, and the recipient name card exchange information transmitted via a communication line or the like is stored in the recipient name card exchange information. It may be stored in the exchange information storage unit 101, or the recipient name card exchange information input via the input device may be stored in the recipient name card exchange information storage unit 101. . Here, as an example, a case will be described in which a recipient name card exchange information storage unit 108 described later accumulates recipient name card exchange information in the recipient name card exchange information storage unit 101.

  The term accepting unit 102 accepts terms. The term accepting unit 102 usually accepts terms that are information composed of character strings. The term is, for example, a word, a character string, or a word particularly used for a specific department or person, and specifically, at least one of a technical term, a technical term, an article name, a substance name, or a trade name. . The reception described here is, for example, reception from an input unit, reception of an input signal transmitted from another device, reading of information from a recording medium, or the like. The term input means may be anything such as a numeric keypad, keyboard, mouse or menu screen. The term accepting unit 102 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a numeric keypad or a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, and the like.

  The recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 acquires one or more recipient identifiers included in the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit 102 from the recipient name card exchange information storage unit 101. . The “business card description information corresponding to the accepted term” is, for example, business card description information that includes a term that matches the accepted term, or business card description information that includes a term similar to the accepted term. For example, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 acquires the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information having the business card description information including the term that matches the term accepted by the term accepting unit 102. The match here may be complete match or partial match. In addition, information that associates a term with a term that is similar to the term or a related term is stored in a storage medium (not shown) in advance, and the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 determines from the associated information, One or more similar terms or related terms corresponding to the terms accepted by the term accepting unit 102 are acquired, and the recipient name card exchange information having business card description information including terms that match the acquired one or more terms has A recipient identifier may be acquired, and even in such a case, it is assumed here that “the term matches the accepted term”.

  In addition, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 is recipient name card exchange information including business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit 102 when the recipient name card exchange information has related information as described above. The recipient identifier of the recipient name card exchange information having a higher degree of association than the other information is acquired. The degree of relevance indicated by the related information is higher than the other, as long as the degree of relevance indicated by the related information is higher than the degree of relevance indicated by at least one of the other recipient business card exchange information. Means that. For example, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 is recipient name card exchange information including business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit 102, and the related information indicating the highest degree of association or the degree of association from the top The recipient identifier included in the recipient business card exchange information having related information up to the Pth (P is an integer of 1 or more) is acquired. For example, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 sets a threshold for the related information, and determines whether or not the related information corresponding to the recipient identifier is higher than the others depending on whether or not the relevant information exceeds the threshold. May be. Thereby, the thing exceeding a threshold value and the thing which does not exceed can be divided into a thing with high relevance degree, and another thing with low relevance degree.

  Further, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 is the recipient name card exchange information having the business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit 102 when the recipient name card exchange information has the receipt time information as described above. Thus, the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the receipt time information indicating the receipt time closer to the present than the other may be acquired. The receipt time closer to the present than the other means, as a result, a receipt time closer to the present than the receipt time indicated by at least one receipt time information of other recipient business card exchange information. Specifically, the recipient identifier obtaining unit 103 is recipient name card exchange information having business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit 102, and the receipt time information indicating the nearest receipt time, Alternatively, the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the receipt timing information indicating the receipt timing from the closest receipt date to the Pth (P is an integer of 1 or more) may be acquired. Further, instead of comparing whether or not the reception time is close to the present time, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 sets the reception time threshold manually or automatically, and indicates a reception time that is closer to the current time than the threshold value. You may acquire the recipient identifier which recipient business card exchange information including time information has. Further, instead of comparing whether or not the receipt time is close to the present time, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 obtains the business card exchange information from the time indicated by the receipt time information and the current time, based on the business card receipt time. The elapsed period up to the present time may be acquired to determine whether or not the elapsed period is short. In addition, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 acquires the elapsed time from the receipt time of the business card to the present time from the time indicated by the receipt time information and the current time for the recipient name card exchange information. The recipient name card exchange information having the business card description information corresponding to the term, and the recipient identifier possessed by the recipient name card exchange information whose acquired elapsed time is within a predetermined period, in other words, within the threshold value. It may be. By doing so, as a result, the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information whose elapsed period is outside the predetermined period is shorter than the recipient name card exchange information, in other words, as described above. It is possible to obtain a recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the receipt time information indicating the receipt time closer to the present time.

  Also, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 stores recipient information, which is information associating group attribute information, which is information indicating a group, with a recipient identifier corresponding to the recipient, in a recipient information storage unit 109 described later. If so, a recipient identifier may be obtained as follows. That is, the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit 102 and acquired from the recipient information stored in the recipient information storage unit 109 A recipient identifier whose group attribute information corresponding to the recipient identifier matches group attribute information acquired by the group attribute information acquisition unit 106 described later may be acquired from the recipient name card exchange information storage unit 101. That is, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 is included in the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term received by the term reception unit 102, and the corresponding group attribute information is acquired by the group attribute information acquisition unit 106. The recipient identifier matching the group attribute information obtained is acquired. The match described here may be a complete match or a partial match. The recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The recipient identifier selection unit 104 selects a recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 and having a larger number of acquired recipient identifiers than the other. Specifically, the recipient identifier selection unit 104 counts the number of the same recipient identifiers for the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103, and the counted number becomes another recipient identifier as a result. Choose more recipient identifiers. The selection here may be considered to acquire a recipient identifier that meets a condition for selection, here, a number that is larger than the others, or a recipient identifier that meets the condition is to be output. It may be possible to specify that the identifier is a recipient identifier, for example, to set a flag. More recipient identifiers mean, as a result, more recipient identifiers than the count for at least one recipient identifier of the other recipient identifiers. Therefore, it is not necessary for the recipient identifier to have a larger count than all recipient identifiers. Specifically, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 is the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103, which has the largest number of acquisitions or the largest number of acquisitions. Select recipient identifiers up to (integer). Alternatively, a recipient identifier whose counted number is equal to or greater than a preset threshold value may be selected.

  Further, the recipient identifier selection unit 104 may select the recipient identifier as follows when the recipient business card exchange information has the related information described above. That is, with respect to the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103, the weight increases as the degree of relevance indicated by the relevant information increases from the relevant information included in the recipient business card exchange information including each recipient identifier. Get the weighting value that is the value. Then, for the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103, the sum of the weight values for the same recipient identifier is calculated, and the recipient identifier indicating that the weight is greater than the others is selected. You may make it do. When the weighting value is a numerical value that increases as the degree of relevance increases, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 determines that the sum of the weighting values for the same recipient identifier is greater than the others. A large recipient identifier may be determined as a recipient identifier having a large weight. The recipient identifier selection unit 104 may obtain a weight value corresponding to the degree of relevance indicated by the related information. For example, in a case where the related information itself is a value that increases with weighting when the degree of relevance increases, specifically, a value that increases the numerical value, this related information may be acquired as it is as a weighting value. Also, a management table in which the value of the related information and the value of the weight value are associated may be prepared, and the weight value corresponding to the related information may be acquired from the management table. For example, a record in which related information “A”, “B”, and “C” and weight values “5”, “3”, and “1” are sequentially associated with each other in a storage medium (not shown), for example. Stores management tables. If the related information is “B”, the weighting value of the record whose related information is “B”, that is, “3” is acquired from this management table. Further, the function of the related information and the weight value may be stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown) and the weight value corresponding to the related information may be acquired using this function.

  Further, the recipient identifier selection unit 104 may select the recipient identifier as follows when the recipient business card exchange information includes the above-described receipt time information. That is, the recipient identifier selection unit 104 uses the receipt time information included in the recipient name card exchange information corresponding to the recipient identifier for the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103, and the current recipient and recipient The elapsed time from the receipt time of the business card corresponding to the business card exchange information is calculated. Then, a weighting value corresponding to the calculated elapsed period, which is a value with which the weighting decreases as the length of the elapsed period becomes longer, is acquired, and the same receipt is obtained for the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103. It is also possible to calculate the sum of the weight values for the person identifier and select a recipient identifier that indicates that the sum results in a greater weight than others. The recipient identifier selection unit 104 may obtain the weighting value corresponding to the elapsed period, for example, as in the case of obtaining the weighting value according to the degree of relevance indicated by the related information described above. The weight value corresponding to the elapsed period may be acquired by this method. The sum of the weight values described above may be any number that can indicate whether or not the sum is substantially large. For example, the average value is considered to be substantially the same.

  The recipient identifier selection unit 104 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the recipient identifier selection unit 104 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit). When all the recipient identifiers acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 are output from the output unit 105 described later, the recipient identifier selection unit 104 may be omitted.

  The output unit 105 outputs the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103. Here, in particular, the output unit 105 may output the recipient identifier selected by the recipient identifier selection unit 104 among the recipient identifiers acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103. However, when the recipient identifier selection unit 104 is omitted, all the recipient identifiers acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 may be output from the output unit 105. However, in this case, it is preferable that the output unit 105 collects duplicate recipient identifiers. The output unit 105 may output the recipient identifier as it is, or instead of outputting the recipient identifier, obtains and outputs information corresponding to the recipient identifier, for example, the name of the recipient, contact information, etc. May be. Even in such a case, it is substantially the same as outputting a recipient identifier, that is, information indicating the same recipient is output. It is considered that an identifier is output. The output described here refers to display on a display, projection using a projector, printing on a printer, sound output, transmission to an external device, storage on a recording medium, and output to other processing devices or other programs. It is a concept including delivery of processing results. The output unit 105 may or may not include an output device such as a display or a printer. The output unit 105 can be implemented by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device. In addition, an MPU or a memory for performing processing for collecting duplicate recipient identifiers may be provided. Here, in particular, the case where the output unit 105 includes a communication unit and the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 is transmitted to the input / output device 12 will be described as an example.

  The group attribute information acquisition unit 106 acquires group attribute information of a user who inputs a term. The group attribute information is the same as the group attribute information stored in the recipient information storage unit 109 described later, and details will be described later. It does not matter how the group attribute information acquisition unit 106 receives group attribute information of a user who inputs a term. For example, group attribute information directly input by a user via an input device such as a keyboard may be received. In addition, a management table for managing a user ID and group attribute information corresponding to the user ID in association with each other is stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown), and a user who inputs a term is stored in the business card information management apparatus 10. The group attribute information acquisition unit 106 may acquire a user ID or the like used when performing login or the like, and may acquire group attribute information corresponding to the acquired user ID from the management table described above by searching or the like. This login is performed, for example, by inputting a user ID and a password to an input unit (not shown) of the business card information management apparatus 10, and a storage medium such as a buffer (not shown) until the input user ID is logged out. And so on. The acquisition described here is a concept including, for example, reception from an input unit, reception of an input signal transmitted from another processing unit or device, reading of information from a recording medium, or the like. The user attribute information input means may be anything such as a numeric keypad, a keyboard, a mouse, or a menu screen. The group attribute information acquisition unit 106 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the recipient identifier selection unit 104 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit). When the group attribute information acquisition unit 106 receives group attribute information, the group attribute information acquisition unit 106 may be realized by a device driver of an input unit such as a numeric keypad or a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, or the like. When group attribute information is not used, the group attribute information acquisition unit 106 may be omitted.

  Recipient business card information receiving unit 107 receives a pair of business card information and a recipient identifier. The recipient name card information accepting unit 107 accepts, for example, a pair of name card information and recipient identifier transmitted from the name card information input device 11 via a network or the like. Note that the recipient name card information accepting unit 107 may accept recipient name card exchange information. In addition to the information card information and recipient identifier information pair, the recipient name card information accepting unit 107 includes related information, reception time information, group attribute information, etc. for constituting one recipient name card exchange information. You may receive the information etc. which added. Here, “accepting” includes concepts such as accepting manually input information, reading from a storage medium, and receiving information. For example, the recipient name card information accepting unit 107 reads the name card with the scanner and the card information obtained by character recognition processing of the image information obtained by the scanner and the manually entered recipient identifier or the name card information management. You may receive the recipient identifier which is a user ID input when logging in to the apparatus 10, or the recipient identifier acquired using this user ID as a search key. For example, the recipient business card information accepting unit 107 may accept the recipient's user ID or the like instead of the recipient identifier, and acquire the recipient identifier corresponding to the user ID. The management table indicating the correspondence between the user ID and the recipient identifier may be stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown), for example. The input means for the recipient name card exchange information may be anything such as a keyboard, mouse or menu screen. The recipient business card information receiving unit 107 can be realized by a communication unit, a device driver of an input unit such as a keyboard, a menu screen control software, or the like.

  Recipient name card exchange information accumulating unit 108 acquires recipient name card exchange information from the information accepted by recipient name card information accepting unit 107 and accumulates it in recipient name card exchange information storage unit 101. For example, the recipient business card exchange information storage unit 108 acquires business card description information from the business card information received by the recipient business card information reception unit 107, and the received business card description information and the recipient identifier received together with the business card description information. Configure recipient business card exchange information. For example, if the business card information received by the recipient business card information receiving unit 107 is character string information indicating information described in the business card, the receiver business card exchange information storage unit 108 Obtained as business card information. When the business card information transmitted from the business card information input device 11 is image information of information described on the business card, the image information may be subjected to character recognition processing to obtain business card description information. In addition, the recipient name card exchange information including the related information received by the recipient name card information receiving unit 107, the reception time information, and the group attribute information may be configured and accumulated. The recipient business card exchange information storage unit 108 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the recipient name card exchange information storage unit 108 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The recipient information storage unit 109 may store recipient information that is information that associates group attribute information that is information indicating a group with a recipient identifier that corresponds to the recipient. The group described here is a group to which the recipient belongs. The group to which the recipient belongs is the organization, corporation, company, foundation, school, etc. to which the recipient belongs. The group attribute information may be information that identifies the group to which the recipient belongs. The group attribute information is, for example, an organization name to which the recipient belongs, a corporate name, a company name, a foundation name, a school name, or the like. Moreover, the code number etc. showing these may be sufficient. The recipient information is, for example, information having a pair of corresponding group attribute information and recipient information. The recipient information may include information other than these information, for example, information such as name and contact information regarding the recipient corresponding to the recipient identifier. A non-volatile recording medium is suitable, but a volatile recording medium can also be realized. The process in which the recipient name card exchange information is stored in the recipient name card exchange information storage unit 101 does not matter.

  The business card input reception unit 111 receives business card information. Also, a recipient identifier, which is information for identifying a recipient who is a person who has received a business card corresponding to the business card information, that is, a business card from which the business card information is acquired, is also accepted. Furthermore, the information etc. which added the relevant information mentioned above, reception time information, group attribute information, etc. may be received. The business card information is information that can be obtained from the business card, for example, information such as a character string or an image written on the business card. The business card information may be image information obtained by reading a business card with a scanner. The business card information may be information obtained as a result of character recognition processing on image information obtained by reading a business card with a scanner, for example, a character string. The business card information may be information on both the image information and the character string. Here, “accepting” includes concepts such as accepting manually input information, reading from a storage medium, and receiving information. The business card input reception unit 111 may receive business card information by reading a business card with a scanner. Further, the business card input accepting unit 111 may accept a recipient identifier that is an ID at the time of login to the business card information management apparatus 10, or is obtained by converting the ID at the time of login using a conversion table or the like. A recipient identifier may be accepted. The business card information and recipient identifier input means may be anything such as a keyboard, mouse or menu screen. The business card input accepting unit 111 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, or the like. Moreover, you may provide MPU, memory, etc. which perform a character recognition process.

  The business card information transmission unit 112 transmits the business card information received by the business card input reception unit 111 and the recipient identifier to the business card information management apparatus 10 as a pair. Further, the above-described related information, reception time information, group attribute information, and the like that are received by the business card input reception unit 111 and paired with them may be transmitted to the business card information management apparatus 10. The business card information transmission unit 112 normally holds a business card information management device identifier that is information for transmitting information to the business card information management device 10. The business card information management device identifier is information that can designate the business card information management device 10 as an information transmission destination. The business card information management device identifier is, for example, an IP address or MAC address of the business card information management device 10, a mail address or a telephone number for transmitting information to the business card information management device 10. The business card information transmitting unit 112 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a broadcasting means.

  The term input accepting unit 121 accepts the above term input. Specifically, a term input by the user is accepted. The term input accepting unit 121 may accept an input from a user directly or may accept it indirectly via another device or the like. Here, “accepting” includes concepts such as accepting manually input information, reading from a storage medium, and receiving information. The term input receiving unit 121 may receive a user ID for logging in to the business card information management apparatus 10 or group attribute information to which the user belongs. The term input means may be anything such as a keyboard, mouse, or menu screen. The business card input accepting unit 111 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, or the like.

  The term transmission unit 122 transmits the term received by the term input reception unit 121 to the business card information management apparatus 10. The term transmission unit 122 normally holds a business card information management device identifier, which is information for transmitting information to the business card information management device 10, similarly to the business card information transmission unit 112. Further, the term transmitter 122 may transmit a user ID for logging in to the business card information management apparatus 10 or group attribute information to which the user belongs to the business card information management apparatus 10. The term transmitter 122 is usually realized by wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by broadcasting means.

  The information receiving unit 123 receives a recipient identifier transmitted from the business card information management device 10. When the business card information management device 10 converts the recipient identifier into information related to the recipient identifier, for example, a person name corresponding to the recipient identifier and transmits the information, the recipient identifier is sent to the recipient identifier. Relevant information may be received. Thus, receiving information related to a recipient identifier is simply receiving a converted recipient identifier, which is essentially the same as receiving a recipient identifier. Therefore, it may be considered here that the recipient identifier is received. The information receiving unit 123 is usually realized by wireless or wired communication means.

  The information output unit 124 outputs the recipient identifier received by the information receiving unit 123 or information related to the recipient identifier. The output described here refers to display on a display, projection using a projector, printing on a printer, sound output, transmission to an external device, storage on a recording medium, and output to other processing devices or other programs. It is a concept including delivery of processing results. The information output unit 124 may be considered as including or not including an output device such as a display or a printer. The output unit may be realized by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device.

  Next, the operation of the business card information management apparatus 10 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. Here, a case where the user is logged in to the business card information management apparatus 10 by inputting the user ID to an input unit (not shown) of the business card information management apparatus 10 will be described as an example. The logged-in user ID is temporarily stored in a storage medium (not shown) of the business card information management apparatus 10.

  (Step S301) The group attribute information acquisition unit 106 reads a user ID of a user who can input a term, that is, a user who is currently logged in, and uses this user ID to group information about a group to which the user belongs. To get. For example, the group attribute information acquisition unit 106 prepares information in which a user ID and group attribute information are associated in advance, and acquires group attribute information corresponding to the user ID at the time of login from this information.

  (Step S302) The recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 determines whether or not one or more recipient name card exchange information is stored in the recipient name card exchange information storage unit 101. If stored, the process proceeds to step S303, and if not stored, the process proceeds to step S310.

  (Step S303) The recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 determines whether or not the term accepting unit 102 accepts a term. For example, the term accepting unit 102 accepts terms from the input / output device 12 via a network or the like. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S304. If not accepted, the process proceeds to step S310.

  (Step S304) Recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 has, for each of the recipient name card exchange information stored in recipient name card exchange information storage unit 101, whether or not it has business card description information that matches the term accepted in step S303. Determine whether. Then, the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the matching name card description information is acquired. Here, as an example, the group attribute information corresponding to the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information of the recipient name card exchange information is acquired by the user who entered the term acquired in step S301. It is determined whether or not only the recipient name card exchange information that matches the group attribute information has the name card description information that matches the term accepted in step S303. The group attribute information corresponding to the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information is stored in the recipient information storage unit 109 using, for example, the recipient identifier included in each recipient name card exchange information as a search key. It is obtained by searching for recipient information and acquiring group attribute information associated with a recipient identifier that matches the search key. The group attribute information corresponding to the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information is detected in step S301 after detecting the recipient name card exchange information having the business card description information that matches the term. It may be determined whether or not it matches.

  (Step S305) The recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 determines whether one or more recipient identifiers have been acquired. If it can be acquired, the process proceeds to step S306. If it cannot be acquired, the process proceeds to step S309.

  (Step S306) The recipient identifier selection unit 104 selects a recipient identifier from the recipient identifier acquired in step S304. For example, the recipient identifier selection unit 104 counts the number of recipient identifiers for each recipient identifier, and selects a predetermined number in advance from the largest number of recipient identifiers. This process corresponds to the process of selecting a recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 and having the acquired number larger than the other. In addition, when the recipient name card exchange information has related information, the recipient identifier selection unit 104 acquires related information included in the recipient name card exchange information corresponding to the recipient identifier obtained in step S304, and Using information, a weight value is acquired by searching using a conversion table having one or more records in which a value of related information prepared in advance and a weight value are paired, and the acquired weight value is The recipient identifiers may be aggregated and a predetermined number of recipient identifiers may be selected in descending order of the sum of the weighted values. In addition, when the recipient name card exchange information includes the receipt time information, the recipient identifier selection unit 104 acquires the receipt time information included in the recipient name card exchange information corresponding to the recipient identifier obtained in step S304, The elapsed time for the current time is calculated using the receipt time information, and from this elapsed time, a weighting value is obtained such that the weight decreases as the elapsed time becomes longer, using a conversion table prepared in advance. The acquired weight values may be aggregated for each recipient identifier, and a predetermined number of recipient identifiers may be selected in order from the largest total of the weight values. In the above, the recipient identifier may be selected depending on whether or not the sum of the weight values is larger than the threshold value.

  (Step S307) The recipient identifier selection unit 104 determines whether one or more recipient identifiers have been selected. If it can be selected, the process proceeds to step S308. If it cannot be selected, the process proceeds to step S309.

  (Step S308) The output unit 105 outputs the recipient identifier selected in step S307. For example, the data is transmitted to the input / output device 12 or the like. Then, the process returns to step S302.

  (Step S309) The output unit 105 outputs information indicating that there is no recipient identifier corresponding to the term. Then, the process returns to step S302.

  (Step S310) The recipient business card information receiving unit 107 determines whether business card information and a recipient identifier have been received. Here, as an example, it is also determined whether or not the recipient group attribute information corresponding to the recipient identifier has been accepted. Note that the recipient name card information accepting unit 107 may judge whether or not the judgment recipient name card exchange information has been accepted. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S311. If not accepted, the process returns to step S302.

  (Step S311) The recipient name card exchange information storage unit 108 composes the recipient name card exchange information using the name card information and the recipient identifier received in step S310, and in this case, the group attribute information. Accumulate in the information storage unit 101. When accepting the recipient name card exchange information in step S310, the accepted recipient name card exchange information may be accumulated. Then, the process returns to step S302.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 3, in step S304, a recipient identifier may be selectively acquired by using related information, reception timing information, and the like as acquisition conditions in addition to the terms.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 3, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process is terminated.

  Next, the operation of the business card information input device 11 will be briefly described. When the business card input receiving unit 111 receives the business card information and the recipient identifier of the user who has received the business card corresponding to the business card information, the business card information management device 10 pairs the business card information and the recipient identifier of the user. Send. Before inputting the business card information, the user who inputs the business card information, that is, the recipient's user ID or the like is logged in to the business card information input device 11, and the business card information input device 11 receives the user ID or A corresponding recipient identifier and business card information may be transmitted. In addition, before transmitting the business card information, the business card information management apparatus 10 is logged in with the user who inputs the business card information, that is, the user ID of the recipient, and only the business card information is transmitted from the business card information input apparatus 11. The business card information receiving unit 107 or the business card exchange information storage unit 108 of the business card information management apparatus 10 that has received this business card information receives the received business card information and the recipient user who has received the login. You may make it comprise recipient business card exchange information using the recipient identifier corresponding to ID. Alternatively, the business card input accepting unit 111 may accept the recipient name card exchange information, and the business card information sending unit 112 may send the recipient name card exchange information.

  Next, the operation of the input / output device 12 will be briefly described. When a user ID for login is input to the input unit (not shown) or the term input reception unit 121 of the input / output device 12, the input user ID is transmitted via the transmission unit, the term transmission unit 122, etc. (not shown). It is transmitted to the business card information management apparatus 10 and login is performed. Next, when the term input accepting unit 121 accepts an input of a term, the accepted term is transmitted from the term transmitting unit 122 to the business card information management device 10. Next, the information receiving unit 123 receives the recipient identifier transmitted from the business card information management apparatus 10, and the information output unit 124 outputs the received recipient identifier.

  The specific operation of the business card information management system in the present embodiment will be described below. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of the business card information management system.

  First, a process for registering recipient business card exchange information will be described.

  When the recipient who has received the business card inputs the user ID to the business card information input device 11, the business card input receiving unit 111 receives the user ID. Then, the received user ID is transmitted from the business card information transmission unit 112 to the business card information management apparatus 10 via the network. The business card information management device 10 has a receiving unit (not shown). This receiving unit receives the user ID transmitted from the business card information input device 11 and performs the recipient authentication process on the business card information management device 10. The recipient's login is complete. Here, it is assumed that the user ID input by the recipient is “ID50052”.

  Next, when the recipient causes the scanner, which is an input device of the business card information input device 11, to read the business card, the business card input reception unit 111 receives business card information that is image information of the business card. The business card information transmission unit 112 transmits the business card information received by the business card input reception unit 111 to the business card information management apparatus 10 via the network.

  The recipient business card information receiving unit 107 of the business card information management device 10 receives the business card information transmitted from the business card information input device 11. The recipient business card information receiving unit 107 performs character recognition processing and manual input using the business card information which is the received image information, and acquires one or more business card description information composed of character strings. Further, a recipient identifier corresponding to the user ID is acquired as a recipient identifier corresponding to the received business card information from the user ID transmitted at the time of login. The correspondence between the user ID and the recipient identifier is managed by a user ID management table including a plurality of records each having a pair of the user ID and the recipient identifier. This management table is stored in a storage medium (not shown), for example. Accumulated. The recipient business card information receiving unit 107 acquires the user ID input at the time of login, and acquires the recipient identifier corresponding to the user ID from the user ID management table using the user ID as a search key.

  FIG. 4 is a user ID management table for managing the correspondence between user IDs and recipient identifiers. The recipient identifier management table has attributes of “user ID” and “recipient identifier”. The “user ID” is a user ID that is input when a recipient who is a user of the business card information input device 11 logs in to the business card information management device 10. “Recipient identifier” is a recipient identifier of a recipient corresponding to “user ID”.

  The recipient business card information receiving unit 107 acquires “ID50022” which is a user ID at the time of login, detects a record whose “user ID” is “ID50022” from the recipient identifier management table shown in FIG. “5678” which is the “recipient identifier” of this record is acquired.

  The recipient name card exchange information storage unit 108 constitutes recipient name card information having the business card description information received by the recipient name card information accepting unit 107 and the recipient identifier “5678”, and the recipient name card exchange information storage unit 101. To accumulate.

  FIG. 5 is a recipient name card exchange information management table for managing the recipient name card exchange information accumulated in the recipient name card exchange information storage unit 101 as described above. The recipient name card exchange information management table stores one or more records having attribute values of “recipient identifier”, “business card description information”, “related information”, and “reception time information”. Here, the “recipient identifier” is a unique numerical value (ID), but may be information such as a set of “name” and “company name” of the recipient. Here, “business card description information” is “ID”, “name”, “company name”, “affiliated department”, “TEL”, “FAX”, “mail address”, “title”, “WEB page”, etc. Attribute value. In addition, it is preferable that the “business card description information” has a URL of a company WEB page, a department name, and the like. “ID” is information for identifying at least business card description information corresponding to the same recipient. The “ID” is preferably information for identifying all business card description information. It is preferable that the “ID” is automatically assigned by the recipient business card exchange information storage unit 108 or the like when the business card description information is stored. In this example, “related information” is a value indicating the number of times “business card description information” has been read by the recipient indicated by the “recipient identifier” of the same record, and the initial value is “1”. Suppose there is. It can be determined that the more frequently read out, the higher the frequency of exchange between the person who gave the business card corresponding to the business card description information and the recipient, that is, the higher the degree of association. In addition, you may make it accumulate | store the relevant information which the recipient etc. input manually about business card description information in a recipient business card exchange information management table. “Receipt time information” is information indicating the time when the recipient received the business card corresponding to the business card information. Here, the information on the time when the recipient name card exchange information storage unit 108 stores the recipient name card exchange information in the recipient name card exchange information storage unit 101 is regarded as the receipt time information and is accumulated as the attribute value of the “reception time information”. An example will be described. Here, the “reception time information” indicates the year and month when the business card was received. Note that the receipt time information manually entered by the recipient or the like regarding the business card description information may be stored in the recipient business card exchange information management table.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a recipient information management table for managing recipient information stored in the recipient information storage unit 109. The recipient information management table has attribute values such as “recipient identifier”, “name”, “company name”, “affiliation department”, “TEL”, “FAX”, “email address”, “position”, etc. One or more records are stored. The “recipient identifier” corresponds to the “recipient identifier” in FIG. “Company name” is the name of the company to which the recipient corresponding to the recipient identifier belongs. Here, “company name” is group attribute information corresponding to a recipient identifier. The other attribute value is information indicating the attribute of the recipient corresponding to the recipient identifier. Here, the recipient information only needs to have at least a pair of “recipient identifier” and “company name” which is group attribute information. However, in this embodiment, as will be described later, the information used when the output unit 105 finally converts the recipient identifier into information corresponding to the recipient identifier is included in the recipient information for convenience. Yes. In addition, the recipient information preferably includes a company URL, a postal code, an address, and the like. The recipient information and the above-described recipient business card exchange information may be information having the same structure.

  Next, a process for acquiring a recipient identifier using an input term will be described. Here, as an example, the user A who inputs the term is one of the recipients of the business card who inputs the business card as described above, the recipient identifier corresponding to the user ID of the user, and the user of the user An example will be described in which “company name”, which is group attribute information corresponding to an ID, is managed in the user ID management table shown in FIG. 4 and the recipient information management table shown in FIG. Here, it is assumed that the user ID of the user A is “ID50022”.

  When the user A inputs the user ID “ID50022” to the input / output device 12, for example, the term input reception unit 121 receives the user ID. Then, the accepted user ID “ID50022” is transmitted from the term transmitter 122 to the business card information management apparatus 10 via the network. The business card information management device 10 has a receiving unit (not shown). The receiving unit receives a user ID transmitted from the input / output device 12 and performs user authentication processing on the business card information management device 10. User login is complete.

  The group attribute information acquisition unit 106 of the business card information management device 10 acquires the user ID “ID50022” transmitted when logging in to the business card information management device 10 from the input / output device 12, and uses the acquired user ID “ID50022”. Get the corresponding group attribute information. Specifically, since the user ID of the user who can input the term is managed in the user ID management table shown in FIG. 4 here, it corresponds to the user ID “ID 50022” of the user A who inputs the term. The recipient identifier obtained is retrieved from the user ID management table shown in FIG. Here, “1122” which is a recipient identifier corresponding to the user ID “ID50022” is acquired.

  Next, the group attribute information acquisition unit 106 acquires group attribute information corresponding to the acquired recipient identifier “1122” from the recipient information management table shown in FIG. Here, since it is designated in advance that “company name” in the recipient information is used as the group attribute information, the group attribute information acquisition unit 106 uses the recipient identifier “1122” as a search key to receive the recipient. “PQZ” that is the attribute value of “company name” of the record whose “recipient identifier” in the information management table matches “1122” is acquired. This “PQZ” is the group attribute information of the user A who inputs the term.

  Next, if the user inputs a term, for example, a character string “battery” to the input / output device 12, the term input acceptance unit 121 accepts the character string “battery”. The term transmission unit 122 transmits the term “battery” received by the term input reception unit 121 to the business card information management apparatus 10 via the network.

  The term accepting unit 102 of the business card information management device 10 accepts the term “battery” transmitted from the input / output device 12 via the network. The accepted terms are temporarily stored in a storage medium (not shown).

  Next, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 is a record including business card description information corresponding to the term “battery” accepted by the term accepting unit 102 in the recipient name card exchange information management table shown in FIG. The group attribute information corresponding to the recipient identifier included in this record is searched for a record that matches the group attribute information “PQZ” acquired by the group attribute information acquisition unit 106, and the recipient identifier included in the searched record As a recipient identifier that satisfies the conditions to be acquired.

  Specifically, the recipient identifier obtaining unit 103 obtains a recipient identifier in order for each record in the recipient name card exchange information management table shown in FIG. The record having the identifier is detected by searching in the recipient information management table shown in FIG. Then, the attribute value of “company name” of the detected record is acquired, and it is determined whether or not this attribute value matches the group attribute information “PQZ” acquired by the group attribute information acquisition unit 106. The attribute value of “company name” is group attribute information corresponding to the recipient identifier as described above. If they do not match, the same processing is repeated for the next record. If they match, a character string that matches the accepted term “battery” in the business card description information of the record, which is an exact match here as an example It is determined whether or not a character string is included. If one or more matching character strings are included, the attribute value of “recipient identifier” of the record is acquired and temporarily stored in a storage medium (not shown). Here, for convenience, the attribute value of “ID” of the same record is also stored in association with the attribute value of “recipient identifier”, but “ID” can be omitted. If they do not match, the determination as to whether or not the group attribute information described above matches “PQZ” is repeated for the next record. Here, it is assumed that if the recipient identifier is duplicated, the recipient identifier may be obtained in duplicate.

  For example, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 first acquires the recipient identifier “1234” of the record whose “ID” is “521” in the recipient business card exchange information management table of FIG. Then, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 searches the recipient information management table shown in FIG. 6 for a record whose “recipient identifier” is “1234”, and a group of records whose “recipient identifier” is “1234”. The attribute value “PQZ” of “company name” which is attribute information is acquired. Then, the acquired “PQZ” and the group attribute information “PQZ” acquired by the group attribute information acquisition unit 106 are compared to determine whether or not they match. Here, since it is determined to match, the term accepted by the term accepting unit 102 is included in the business card description information included in the record whose “ID” is “521” in the recipient business card exchange information management table of FIG. It is determined whether or not a character string matching “battery” is included. Here, since a character string that matches “electronic” is included in the character string “battery sales department” that is the attribute value of “affiliation department”, it is determined that there is a matching character string. According to this determination result, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 acquires the recipient identifier “1234” of the record whose “ID” in the recipient business card exchange information management table is “521” as the recipient identifier satisfying the condition.

  On the other hand, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 acquires the recipient identifier “1234” for the record whose “ID” is “522” in the recipient name card exchange information management table of FIG. Then, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 searches the recipient information management table shown in FIG. 6 for a record whose “recipient identifier” is “1234”, and a group of records whose “recipient identifier” is “1234”. The attribute value “PQZ” of “company name” which is attribute information is acquired. Then, the acquired “PQZ” and the group attribute information “PQZ” acquired by the group attribute information acquisition unit 106 are compared to determine whether or not they match. Here, since it is determined that they match, the term accepted by the term accepting unit 102 is included in the business card description information included in the record whose “ID” is “522” in the recipient business card exchange information management table of FIG. It is determined whether or not a character string matching “battery” is included. Here, since the character string matching “battery” is not included in any attribute value, the recipient identifier obtaining unit 103 records that “ID” in the recipient name card exchange information management table is “522”. The recipient identifier is determined as a recipient identifier that does not satisfy the acquisition condition, and is not acquired.

  Further, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 acquires the recipient identifier “5677” for the record whose “ID” is “5671” in the recipient business card exchange information management table of FIG. Then, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 searches the recipient information management table shown in FIG. 6 for a record whose “recipient identifier” is “5677”, and a group of records whose “recipient identifier” is “5677”. The attribute value “XYZ” of “company name” which is attribute information is acquired. Then, the acquired “XYZ” and the group attribute information “PQZ” acquired by the group attribute information acquisition unit 106 are compared to determine whether or not they match. Here, since it is determined that they do not match, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 does not satisfy the condition for acquiring the recipient identifier of the record whose “ID” in the recipient business card exchange information management table is “5671”. Judged as a recipient identifier and not acquired.

  FIG. 7 is an acquisition identifier management table for managing recipient identifiers acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 by the processing as described above. “Recipient identifier” and “ID” correspond to “recipient identifier” and “ID” in FIG.

  Next, the recipient identifier selection unit 104 selects the recipient identifier having the largest total number of recipients acquired from the recipient identifiers acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 shown in FIG. That is, the recipient identifier selection unit 104 tabulates the recipient identifiers shown in FIG. 7 for each recipient identifier, and selects the recipient identifier having the largest total number. Here, the number of appearing recipient identifiers “1234” in the acquired identifier management table is four, which is larger than the number of other recipient identifiers, so the recipient identifier “1234” is selected.

  The output unit 105 outputs the recipient identifier “1234” selected by the recipient identifier selection unit 104 to the input / output device 12. Here, as an example, with the recipient identifier “1234” as a search key, the “name” attribute value of the record whose “recipient identifier” matches “1234” in the recipient information management table shown in FIG. “Taro Yamada” and “(03) 5111-1234” which are attribute values of “TEL” are acquired, and the acquired information is transmitted to the input / output device 12. That is, the recipient identifier “1234” is converted into the name and telephone number of the corresponding recipient and output.

  The information receiving unit 123 of the input / output device 12 has information corresponding to the recipient identifier transmitted from the business card information management device 10, specifically, attributes of “Taro Yamada” and “TEL” which are attribute values of “name”. The value “(03) 5111-1234” is received. Then, the received information is shaped by placing it on a template prepared in advance, and the information output unit 124 displays it on the monitor as shown in FIG.

  In the above specific example, the case where the recipient identifier selection unit 104 selects the one having the largest number acquired has been described, but using related information in the recipient name card exchange information, A recipient identifier may be selected by weighting.

  In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 also acquires the attribute value of “related information” of the recipient name card exchange information. Instead of the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 acquiring the attribute value of “related information”, the recipient identifier selection unit 104 uses “ID” corresponding to the “recipient identifier” as shown in FIG. Thus, “related information” corresponding to the “recipient identifier” acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 from the recipient name card exchange information may be acquired.

  FIG. 10 is a related information management table for managing the correspondence between related information and weighting values. The related information management table has attribute values “related information” and “weighting value”. “Related information” is related information of recipient business card exchange information. The “weighting value” is a value used for weighting, and here, a value that increases as the degree of association increases is used.

  The recipient identifier selection unit 104 uses the related information management table shown in FIG. 10 to set the value of the corresponding related information for each recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 shown in FIG. The weighting value corresponding to the value of the related information is acquired from the related information management table shown in FIG.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a correspondence relationship between the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 and the weighting value acquired by the recipient identifier selection unit 104 for the recipient identifier.

  Next, the recipient identifier selection unit 104 calculates a total of corresponding weight values for each recipient identifier for the recipient identifier shown in FIG. Then, the recipient identifier having the largest total number of calculated weight values is selected. Here, the sum of the weight values of the recipient identifier “2234” is “7”, which is larger than the sum of the weight values of the other recipient identifiers, so the recipient identifier “2234” is selected. The following processing is the same as the case where no weighting value is used, and thus description thereof is omitted.

  Here, “related information”, which is a value indicating the number of times “business card description information” has been read, is used as related information, but “company name”, “title”, etc. are used as related information. It may be. In this case, a weight value may be set for “company name” and “position”.

  In the above specific example, the recipient identifier may be selected by performing weighting using the receipt time information in the recipient business card exchange information.

  In this case, for example, when the recipient identifier obtaining unit 103 obtains the recipient identifier, as shown in FIG. 12, the attribute value of “acceptance time information” of the recipient name card exchange information is also obtained. Note that, instead of the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 acquiring the attribute value of “acceptance time information”, the recipient identifier selection unit 104 sets the “ID” corresponding to the “recipient identifier” as shown in FIG. The “acceptance time information” corresponding to the “recipient identifier” acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 from the recipient name card exchange information may be acquired.

  FIG. 13 is an elapsed period management table for managing the correspondence between the elapsed period from the period indicated by the reception period information to the present and the weighting value. The related information management table has attribute values of “elapsed period” and “weighting value”. The “elapsed period” is the difference between the current time and the time indicated by the time information for accepting the recipient name card exchange information. The “weighting value” is a value used for weighting, and here, a value that increases as the elapsed period is shorter is used.

  Recipient identifier selection unit 104 acquires current time information from a clock, calendar, etc., and for each recipient identifier acquired by recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 shown in FIG. And the value of the elapsed period up to the present is obtained. Here, as an example, it is assumed that the current time is “January 2008”. And the weighting value corresponding to the value of the elapsed period calculated for each recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 is acquired from the elapsed period management table shown in FIG. In other words, this weighting value is a weighting value acquired corresponding to the value of the reception time information corresponding to each recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103.

  FIG. 14 shows the recipient identifier obtained by the recipient identifier obtaining unit 103, the elapsed period obtained by the recipient identifier selecting unit 104 for the recipient identifier, and the weighting value obtained by the recipient identifier selecting unit 104 for the recipient identifier. FIG.

  Next, the recipient identifier selection unit 104 calculates the sum of the corresponding weighting values for each recipient identifier shown in FIG. Then, the recipient identifier having the largest total number of calculated weight values is selected. Here, the sum of the weight values of the recipient identifier “2234” is “16”, which is larger than the sum of the weight values of the other recipient identifiers. Therefore, the recipient identifier “2234” is selected. The following processing is the same as the case where no weighting value is used, and thus description thereof is omitted.

  Here, the recipient identifier is selected using a weighting value corresponding to the elapsed period. However, a threshold is provided for the elapsed period up to the present, and the elapsed period up to the present is less than this threshold. Only the recipient identifier may be selected. Alternatively, the current time may be calculated as a threshold value that is a predetermined time period before, and only the recipient identifier corresponding to the reception time information indicating the time closer to the present time than this threshold value may be selected. .

  Note that the above-described method of selection by the recipient identifier selection unit 104 may be set in advance, or a user who inputs a term can specify it via the input / output device 12 or the like. Anyway.

  Further, here, the case where the recipient identifier selection unit 104 performs selection based on the number of recipient identifiers, the case where selection is performed based on related information, and the case where selection is performed using reception timing information has been described. You may make it select by combining these suitably.

  In the above specific example, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 acquires the recipient identifier using the group attribute information. However, the group attribute information may not be used.

  Further, in the above specific example, the receiver identifier selection unit 104 selects the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103. However, the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 performs selection. Instead, the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 may be output from the output unit 105. In this case, it is preferable to combine duplicate recipient identifiers into one. In this case, the recipient identifier selection unit 104 may be omitted.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to present a person who has received a business card having a description that matches the term specified by the user. It is easy to know.

  In addition, by reducing the weight of information such as old business cards, it is possible to select and present a person with a personal connection based on the latest personal connection.

  Also, by presenting business card recipients who have a large number of contacts with the business card reporter, it is not only a business card exchange, but also a networked receipt with an emphasis on personal connections with reporters with substantial exchanges A person can be presented.

  In addition, it is possible to present a person who has received a business card having a description content matching the designated term from among recipients having the same group attribute information as the user who designated the term. Only people who are easy to contact, for example, people from the same company can be presented. Moreover, the range which can utilize a personal connection can be restrict | limited.

  In the present embodiment, the recipient business card exchange information is further added with content information that is information explaining the technical field of the person or organization corresponding to the recipient business card exchange information, the business content, etc. When the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 searches for recipient business card exchange information that matches the term, the content information is also searched, and if a part of the content information matches the term, the business card description Even if part of the information does not match the term, the recipient identifier of the recipient name card exchange information corresponding to this content information may be acquired. In addition, the process in which such content information is accumulated in recipient name card exchange information does not matter. The same applies to other embodiments.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the term accepting unit 102 accepts a term has been described. However, the term accepting unit 102, a processing unit (not shown), and the like accept an input of a sentence (sentence), and the accepting is performed. Extracts terms that are characteristic words in the sentence (for example, words regarded as important or words of a predetermined part of speech, etc.) from the sentence by natural language processing, for example, processing using an algorithm such as tf / idf. The term accepting unit 102 may accept the extracted term. Further, the process of extracting terms from such a sentence may be performed by the term accepting unit 102 or may be performed by the recipient identifier obtaining unit 103 or the like. The same applies to other embodiments.

(Embodiment 2)
In the business card information management system of this embodiment, in the business card information management system of the above embodiment, the information on the WEB page indicated by the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) included in the business card description information corresponds to the term specified by the user. If there is, the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information is acquired.

  FIG. 15 is a block diagram of the business card information management system 2 in the present embodiment.

  The business card information management system 2 includes a business card information management device 20, a business card information input device 11, and an input / output device 12. The configuration and operation of the business card information input device 11 and the input / output device 12 are the same as those in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  The business card information management apparatus 20 includes a recipient name card exchange information storage unit 101, a term acceptance unit 102, a recipient identifier acquisition unit 203, a recipient identifier selection unit 104, an output unit 105, a group attribute information acquisition unit 106, and a recipient name card information. A reception unit 107 and a recipient name card exchange information storage unit 108 are provided. In the business card information management apparatus 20, the configuration and operation other than the recipient identifier acquisition unit 203 are the same as those in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted. However, here, a case will be described in which the recipient name card exchange information stored in the recipient name card exchange information storage unit 101 can store the URL of a web page of an individual or an organization.

  The recipient identifier acquisition unit 203 further includes URL acquisition means 20301, WEB page acquisition means 20302, association determination means 20303, and recipient identifier acquisition means 20304.

  The recipient identifier acquisition unit 203 acquires a recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit 102. The “business card description information corresponding to the accepted term” in the present embodiment specifically refers to information on the WEB page acquired from the URL included in the business card description information of the recipient business card exchange information. It means that it corresponds. Here, “corresponding” means that a term that matches the accepted term exists in the information on the WEB page, and the details will be described in the relevance determining unit 20303. Note that the configuration for performing processing other than the processing for determining whether or not the business card description information corresponds to the accepted term is the same as that of the recipient identifier acquisition unit of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted. The recipient identifier acquisition unit 203 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, a wireless or wired communication means, and the like. The processing procedure of the recipient identifier acquisition unit 103 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  URL acquisition means 20301 acquires the URL of the business card description information. Specifically, the URL of the business card description information is read out. The URL acquisition unit 20301 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the URL acquisition unit 20301 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The WEB page acquisition unit 20302 acquires information on the WEB page specified by the URL acquired by the URL acquisition unit 20301. The WEB page is a page displayed using browser software or the like via the Internet. The information of the WEB page is information constituting the WEB page, such as an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) file, an image file of a still image or a moving image, application software operable on browser software, or PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor). WEB page information generated by a program that dynamically generates an HTML file or the like. Further, a database used for generating an HTML file, an XML (Extensible Markup Language) file, and the like may be considered as information on the WEB page. For example, the WEB page acquisition unit 20302 transmits a WEB page information acquisition command to a server device (not shown) indicated by the URL acquired by the URL acquisition unit 20301, and the WEB page information according to the acquisition command. Receive. The WEB page acquisition unit 20302 uses an acquisition command to provide information related to the WEB page specified by the URL, for example, information on the WEB page directly linked to the WEB page specified by the URL, or indirectly. The information of the linked WEB page, for example, the information of the WEB page to which the linked WEB page is further linked, or the information of the WEB page in the same directory of the server device is received. The WEB page acquisition unit 20302 can be realized typically as an MPU or memory and a wireless or wired communication unit. The processing procedure for the WEB page acquisition unit 20302 to acquire the first information is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The association determining unit 20303 determines the association with the term received by the term receiving unit 102 from the information on the WEB page. For example, a term that matches the term accepted by the term accepting unit 102 is searched from all or part of the information on the WEB page. Then, when there is a matching term, or when more than a predetermined number of matching terms can be detected, it is determined that there is a relationship. Also, instead of storing a term correspondence table that associates a term with a term related to the term, such as a synonym, in a storage medium (not shown), and the related determination means 20303 searches for a matching term, the term A term related to the term accepted by the accepting unit 102, such as a synonym, may be acquired from the term correspondence table, and it may be determined whether or not there are a predetermined number or more of terms that match the relevant term. The part of the information on the WEB page may be a character string of the title of the WEB page, or only so-called metadata that is not displayed on the WEB page, or only a pre-designated tag element of the information on the WEB page. There may be. In addition, whether the value related to the accepted term is calculated from the information on the WEB page by the tf / idf algorithm matches the accepted term in terms of a value greater than or equal to the value specified in advance. It may be determined whether the number to be performed is a predetermined number or more. Since tf · idf is a known technique, a description thereof will be omitted. The relation determining unit 20303 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory or the like. The processing procedure of the association determination unit 20303 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  Recipient identifier acquisition means 20304 acquires the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the URL of the WEB page that the association determination means 20303 has determined to be associated with the accepted term in the business card description information. Recipient identifier acquisition means 20304 can usually be realized by an MPU, memory or the like. The processing procedure of the recipient identifier acquisition unit 20304 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  Next, the operation of the business card information management device 20 will be described. Processes other than the process of acquiring the recipient identifier corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit 102 are the same as the process of the flowchart shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the details of the processing for acquiring the recipient identifier corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit 102 in the present embodiment will be described using the flowchart of FIG. The process described here is a process corresponding to the process of step S304 in FIG.

  (Step S1601) The recipient identifier acquisition unit 203 substitutes 1 for a counter n.

  (Step S1602) The URL acquisition means 20301 determines whether or not the URL is included in the nth recipient name card exchange information, for example, the recipient name card exchange information of the nth record. If included, the process proceeds to step S1603. If not included, the process proceeds to step S1607.

  (Step S1604) The URL acquisition means 20301 acquires a URL from the nth recipient business card exchange information.

  (Step S1604) The WEB page acquisition unit 20302 acquires information on the WEB page from the URL acquired in step S1603. As a specific example, a WEB that is transmitted by the server device in response to the acquisition command is transmitted to the server device (not shown) indicated by the URL acquired in step S1603. Receive page information. The received information is temporarily stored in a storage medium (not shown).

  (Step S1605) The relationship determining unit 20303 determines whether or not the WEB page information acquired in Step S1604 includes a term that matches the term received by the term accepting unit 102. If a matching term is included, the process proceeds to step S1606. If a matching term is not included, the process proceeds to step S1607.

  (Step S1606) The recipient identifier acquisition unit 20304 acquires the recipient identifier included in the nth recipient business card exchange information. The acquired recipient identifier is temporarily stored in a storage medium (not shown).

  (Step S1607) The recipient identifier acquisition unit 203 increments the counter n by 1.

  (Step S1608) The recipient identifier acquisition unit 203 determines whether there is n-th recipient business card exchange information. If there is, the process returns to step S1602, and if not, the process returns to the upper process. The recipient identifier stored in the storage medium at the time of return is the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit 203.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 16, in step S1605, the association determining unit 20303 determines the WEB page information and terms depending on whether the WEB page information includes a term that matches the term accepted by the term accepting unit 102. However, the relationship determination unit 20303 may determine the relationship by any method as described above.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 16, the process is terminated by power-off or a process termination interrupt.

  The specific operation of the business card information management system in the present embodiment will be described below. FIG. 17 is a conceptual diagram of the business card information management system. This business card information management system is provided with the business card information management device 20 as the business card information management device and at least one server device 30 connected to the network in the business card information management system shown in FIG. It is what I did. The server device 30 stores WEB page information, and has a function of transmitting WEB page information to a transmission source of an acquisition instruction in response to an acquisition instruction from the outside. Although only one server device 30 is shown here, the server device 30 may be one or more. In addition, here, in order to simplify the description, a case where group attribute information is not used will be described.

  The configuration in which the recipient name card exchange information is stored in the name card information management device 20 by the operation of the name card information input device 11 is the same as that in the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted here.

  Next, when the term accepting unit 102 of the business card information management device 20 accepts a term, for example, “battery”, the recipient name card exchange information stored in the recipient name card exchange information storage unit 101 as shown in FIG. From the first record, the URL acquisition unit 20301 of the recipient identifier acquisition unit 203 acquires a URL that is an attribute value of “WEB page”. Note that the URL may be acquired in any way from the recipient business card exchange information. For example, an attribute value storing a URL specified in advance may be acquired, or “http: //”. The starting character string may be searched in the recipient name card exchange information, and the detected character string may be acquired as a URL. Here, “http://pqz.jp”, which is the URL of the first record, is acquired.

  The WEB page acquisition unit 20302 is an acquisition command that is an instruction to request transmission of WEB page information to the Internet location indicated by “http://pqz.jp” which is the URL acquired by the URL acquisition unit 20301. Send.

  Here, assuming that the URL of the server device 30 is “http://pqz.jp”, the server device 30 follows the acquisition command transmitted from the WEB page acquisition unit 20302 from the directory indicated by the URL, The html file which is information is read and transmitted to the business card information management apparatus 20 which is the transmission source of the acquisition command.

  The WEB page acquisition unit 20302 receives an HTML file that is WEB page information transmitted from the server device 30. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of an HTML file acquired by the WEB page acquisition unit 20302.

  The association determination unit 20303 reads the character string of the keyword in the meta tag in the HTML file, which is the information on the WEB page received by the WEB page acquisition unit 20302. For example, the keyword character string of the meta tag is a character string delimited by commas in the “keyword” portion in the description “<meta name =“ Keywords ”content =“ keyword ”>”. Then, it is determined whether or not there is a term that matches the term accepted by the term accepting unit 102 in the read character string of the keyword. Here, if the keyword included in the HTML file transmitted from the server device 30 is “polymer, battery, lithium, nickel metal hydride, battery”, it is determined that there is a character string that matches the term “battery”. Is done. That is, it is determined that the terms are related.

  Recipient identifier obtaining means 20304 obtains the recipient identifier included in the recipient business card exchange information and stores it in a storage medium (not shown) or the like because the association determining means 20303 has determined that the term is related.

  The same process is sequentially performed for the subsequent recipient name card exchange information. If the URL is not included or the character string matching the term is not included in the WEB page information acquired by the WEB page acquisition unit 20302, the same processing is performed for the next recipient name card exchange information. .

  In addition, the determination result of the relationship determination unit 20303 for one URL is temporarily stored in a storage medium or the like, and when the same URL appears in different records, processing for acquiring information on the WEB page from the server device Etc. may be omitted, and the previous determination result of the related determination means 20303 may be read as the determination result. This eliminates the need for redundant access to the server device, and can significantly reduce processing time.

  The processing after the recipient identifier obtaining unit 203 obtains the recipient identifier from all recipient name card exchange information is the same as that in the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted here.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the same effect as in the first embodiment is obtained, and whether or not the information on the WEB page acquired using the URL of the business card description information corresponds to the term, specifically, By determining whether or not they match, and by receiving the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card description information including the name card description information having this URL when it corresponds, the reporter of each name card can add the name card to the name card. It is possible to determine whether the person is related to the term including information that can be traced from the URL that is the information described. Thereby, it is possible to more accurately extract a person with a personal network related to the term.

  For example, when the user A intends to visit a certain company related to a mobile phone, if the term “mobile phone” is input to the business card information management system of the present embodiment, A person who knows a person who is familiar with the “mobile phone” can be presented to the user A. By conducting various interviews on the mobile phone with the same person in the company, the user A can efficiently conduct a preliminary survey on the mobile phone before visiting the company. In this way, in-house human resources can be used effectively.

  In each of the above embodiments, each process (each function) may be realized by centralized processing by a single device (system), or by distributed processing by a plurality of devices. May be.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, it goes without saying that two or more communication means (such as an information transmission unit) existing in one apparatus may be physically realized by one medium.

  In the above embodiment, information related to processing executed by each component, for example, information received, acquired, selected, generated, transmitted, and received by each component. In addition, information such as threshold values, mathematical formulas, addresses, etc. used by each component in processing is retained temporarily or over a long period of time on a recording medium (not shown) even when not explicitly stated in the above description. It may be. Further, the storage of information in the recording medium (not shown) may be performed by each component or a storage unit (not shown). Further, reading of information from the recording medium (not shown) may be performed by each component or a reading unit (not shown).

  In each of the above embodiments, the case where the business card information management device is a server device in a server / client system has been described. However, the business card information management device may be a stand-alone device. In this case, the output unit or the reception unit directly receives input or outputs a screen via an input device or the like.

  In each of the above embodiments, each component may be configured by dedicated hardware, or a component that can be realized by software may be realized by executing a program. For example, each component can be realized by a program execution unit such as a CPU reading and executing a software program recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory.

  The software that realizes the business card information management device in each of the above embodiments is a program as described below. In other words, this program describes a computer on a term accepting unit that accepts terms, a recipient identifier that identifies a recipient who has received the business card, and a business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier. Business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit from the recipient name card exchange information storage unit storing one or more recipient name card exchange information having the one or more business card description information as the received information Is a program for functioning as a recipient identifier obtaining unit for obtaining a recipient identifier included in recipient name card exchange information, and an output unit for outputting the recipient identifier obtained by the recipient identifier obtaining unit.

  In the program, the functions realized by the program do not include functions that can be realized only by hardware. For example, a function that can be realized only by hardware such as a modem or an interface card in an acquisition unit that acquires information or an output unit that outputs information is not included in the function realized by the program.

  Further, the computer that executes this program may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

  FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the appearance of a computer that executes the program and realizes the business card information management apparatus according to the embodiment. The above-described embodiment can be realized by computer hardware and a computer program executed on the computer hardware.

  18, a computer system 900 includes a computer 901 including a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory) drive 905 and an FD (Floppy (registered trademark) Disk) drive 906, a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, a monitor 904, and the like. Is provided.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the computer system 900. In FIG. 19, in addition to the CD-ROM drive 905 and the FD drive 906, a computer 901 is connected to an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) 911, a ROM 912 for storing a program such as a bootup program, and the MPU 911. A RAM (Random Access Memory) 913 that temporarily stores program instructions and provides a temporary storage space, a hard disk 914 that stores application programs, system programs, and data, and an MPU 911 and a ROM 912 are interconnected. And a bus 915. The computer 901 may include a network card (not shown) that provides connection to the LAN.

  A program that causes the computer system 900 to execute the functions of the business card information management apparatus according to the above embodiment is stored in the CD-ROM 921 or FD 922, inserted into the CD-ROM drive 905 or FD drive 906, and stored in the hard disk 914. May be forwarded. Instead, the program may be transmitted to the computer 901 via a network (not shown) and stored in the hard disk 914. The program is loaded into the RAM 913 when executed. The program may be loaded directly from the CD-ROM 921, the FD 922, or the network.

  The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS) or a third party program that causes the computer 901 to execute the functions of the business card information management apparatus according to the above-described embodiment. The program may include only a part of an instruction that calls an appropriate function (module) in a controlled manner and obtains a desired result. How the computer system 900 operates is well known and will not be described in detail.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible, and it goes without saying that these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the business card information management device according to the present invention is suitable as a device for managing business card information, and is particularly useful as a device for acquiring and presenting information indicating personal connections from business card information. It is.

Conceptual diagram of the business card information management system in the first embodiment Block diagram of the business card information management system The flowchart explaining operation | movement of the same name card information management apparatus The figure which shows an example of the same user ID management table The figure which shows an example of the same recipient business card exchange information management table Figure showing an example of the same recipient information management table The figure which shows an example of the acquisition identifier management table The figure which shows the example of a display of the same name card information management system The figure which shows an example of the recipient identifier and related information Figure showing the related information management table The figure which shows the weighting value acquired about the recipient identifier The figure which shows an example of the recipient identifier and reception time information Figure showing an example of the same period management table The figure which shows the weighting value acquired about the recipient identifier Block diagram of the business card information management system in the second embodiment The flowchart for demonstrating the process of the term reception part of the same name card information management apparatus Conceptual diagram of the business card information management system Schematic diagram showing an example of the external appearance of a computer system in each embodiment The figure which shows an example of a structure of the computer system in each embodiment

Explanation of symbols

1, 2 Business card information management system 10, 20 Business card information management device 11 Business card information input device 12 Input / output device 30 Server device 101 Recipient business card exchange information storage unit 102 Term accepting unit 103, 203 Recipient identifier obtaining unit 104 Recipient identifier Selection unit 105 Output unit 106 Group attribute information acquisition unit 107 Recipient name card information reception unit 108 Recipient name card exchange information storage unit 111 Business card input reception unit 112 Business card information transmission unit 121 Term input reception unit 122 Term transmission unit 123 Information reception unit 124 Information output unit 20301 URL acquisition unit 20302 WEB page acquisition unit 20303 Related determination unit 20304 Recipient identifier acquisition unit

Claims (22)

A recipient having a recipient identifier that identifies a recipient who has received the business card, and one or more business card description information that is information written on the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier A recipient business card exchange information storage unit storing one or more business card exchange information;
A term acceptance unit for accepting terms;
A recipient identifier obtaining unit for obtaining a recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term received by the term accepting unit from the recipient name card exchange information storage unit;
An output unit that outputs the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit;
Recipient identifiers acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit, further comprising a recipient identifier selection unit that selects a recipient identifier that is greater in number than others,
The said output part is a business card information management apparatus which outputs the recipient identifier which the said recipient identifier selection part selected among the recipient identifiers which the said recipient identifier acquisition part acquired. A recipient having a recipient identifier that identifies a recipient who has received the business card, and one or more business card description information that is information written on the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier A recipient business card exchange information storage unit storing one or more business card exchange information;
A term acceptance unit for accepting terms;
A recipient identifier obtaining unit for obtaining a recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term received by the term accepting unit from the recipient name card exchange information storage unit;
An output unit that outputs the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit;
The recipient business card exchange information is:
It has related information that is information indicating the degree of association between the recipient identified by the recipient identifier included in the recipient business card exchange information and the person or organization indicated by the business card description information contained in the recipient business card exchange information. ,
The recipient identifier acquisition unit
Recipient name card exchange information including business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit, and the recipient identifier that the recipient name card exchange information has a higher degree of association than the other indicates. Business card information management device to be acquired. A recipient having a recipient identifier that identifies a recipient who has received the business card, and one or more business card description information that is information written on the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier A recipient business card exchange information storage unit storing one or more business card exchange information;
A term acceptance unit for accepting terms;
A recipient identifier obtaining unit for obtaining a recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term received by the term accepting unit from the recipient name card exchange information storage unit;
An output unit that outputs the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit;
The recipient business card exchange information is:
It has receipt time information which is information indicating the receipt time, which is the time when the business card corresponding to the recipient business card exchange information is received,
The recipient identifier acquisition unit
Recipient name card exchange information having business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit, the recipient name card exchange information including the receipt time information indicating a receipt time closer to the present time than others A business card information management device for acquiring a recipient identifier. The recipient identifier acquisition unit
For the recipient business card exchange information, from the time indicated by the receipt time information and the current time, obtain the elapsed time from the business card receipt time to the present,
Recipient business card exchange information including business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit, and the recipient identifier included in the recipient business card exchange information whose elapsed time is within a predetermined period The business card information management device according to claim 3. A recipient having a recipient identifier that identifies a recipient who has received the business card, and one or more business card description information that is information written on the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier A recipient business card exchange information storage unit storing one or more business card exchange information;
A term acceptance unit for accepting terms;
A recipient identifier obtaining unit for obtaining a recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term received by the term accepting unit from the recipient name card exchange information storage unit;
An output unit that outputs the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit;
A recipient information storage unit that can store recipient attribute information that is information that associates group attribute information that is information indicating a group and a recipient identifier corresponding to the recipient;
A group attribute information acquisition unit that acquires the group attribute information of the user who inputs the term;
The recipient identifier acquisition unit
Recipient business card exchange information including business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit is the recipient identifier, and the group attribute information corresponding to the recipient identifier acquired from the recipient information, A business card information management device that acquires a recipient identifier that matches the group attribute information acquired by the group attribute information acquisition unit from the recipient business card exchange information storage unit. A recipient having a recipient identifier that identifies a recipient who has received the business card, and one or more business card description information that is information written on the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier A recipient business card exchange information storage unit storing one or more business card exchange information;
A term acceptance unit for accepting terms;
A recipient identifier obtaining unit for obtaining a recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term received by the term accepting unit from the recipient name card exchange information storage unit;
An output unit that outputs the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit;
The recipient business card exchange information is:
It has related information that is information indicating the degree of association between the recipient identified by the recipient identifier included in the recipient business card exchange information and the person or organization indicated by the business card description information contained in the recipient business card exchange information. ,
A value that increases the weight of the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit as the degree of relevance indicated by the related information increases from the related information included in the recipient business card exchange information including the recipient identifier. Recipient identifier selection that selects a recipient identifier that is a recipient identifier obtained by the recipient identifier acquisition unit and that indicates that the total of the weight values is greater than the others Further comprising
The said output part is a business card information management apparatus which outputs the recipient identifier which the said recipient identifier selection part selected among the recipient identifiers which the said recipient identifier acquisition part acquired. A recipient having a recipient identifier that identifies a recipient who has received the business card, and one or more business card description information that is information written on the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier A recipient business card exchange information storage unit storing one or more business card exchange information;
A term acceptance unit for accepting terms;
A recipient identifier obtaining unit for obtaining a recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term received by the term accepting unit from the recipient name card exchange information storage unit;
An output unit that outputs the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit;
The recipient business card exchange information is:
It has receipt time information which is information indicating the receipt time, which is the time when the business card corresponding to the recipient business card exchange information is received,
The recipient identifier acquisition unit
With respect to the recipient name card exchange information, the business card description information corresponding to the term received by the term accepting unit is obtained from the time indicated by the receipt time information and the current time from the time when the business card is received until the present time. A recipient name card exchange information including the recipient identifier of the recipient name card exchange information, wherein the elapsed period is within a predetermined period,
For the recipient identifier obtained by the recipient identifier obtaining unit, obtain a weighting value corresponding to the elapsed time corresponding to the recipient identifier, which is a value that decreases the weight when the length of the elapsed time is increased, A recipient identifier selecting unit for selecting a recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit, the total of the weighting values indicating that the weight is greater than others;
The said output part is a business card information management apparatus which outputs the recipient identifier which the said recipient identifier selection part selected among the recipient identifiers which the said recipient identifier acquisition part acquired. Recipient identifiers acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit, further comprising a recipient identifier selection unit that selects a recipient identifier that is greater in number than others,
The business card information management according to any one of claims 2 to 7, wherein the output unit outputs a recipient identifier selected by the recipient identifier selection unit among recipient identifiers acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit. apparatus. The recipient identifier acquisition unit
The business card information management device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein a recipient identifier possessed by a recipient business card exchange information having business card description information including a term matching the term received by the term accepting unit is acquired. One of the business card description information is a URL, and the recipient identifier acquisition unit
URL acquisition means for acquiring the URL of the business card description information;
WEB page acquisition means for acquiring information of a WEB page specified by the URL acquired by the URL acquisition means;
From the information on the WEB page, association determination means for determining the association with the term accepted by the term acceptance unit;
10. Recipient identifier acquisition means for acquiring a recipient identifier included in a recipient business card exchange information including a URL of a WEB page that is determined to be related by the association determination means. Business card information management device. A recipient having a recipient identifier that identifies a recipient who has received the business card, and one or more business card description information that is information written on the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier Name card information management method performed using a recipient name card exchange information storage unit storing one or more name card exchange information, a term accepting unit, a recipient identifier obtaining unit, an output unit, and a recipient identifier selecting unit Because
A term accepting step in which the term accepting unit accepts a term;
Recipient identifier that the recipient identifier acquisition unit acquires from the recipient name card exchange information storage unit the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term received in the term acceptance step An acquisition step;
The output unit includes an output step of outputting the recipient identifier acquired in the recipient identifier acquisition step;
The recipient identifier selecting unit further comprises a recipient identifier selecting step of selecting a recipient identifier that is the recipient identifier obtained in the recipient identifier obtaining step and whose number is larger than the others.
The business card information management method for outputting the recipient identifier selected in the recipient identifier selection step among the recipient identifiers obtained in the recipient identifier obtaining step. A recipient having a recipient identifier that identifies a recipient who has received the business card, and one or more business card description information that is information written on the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier A business card information management method performed using a recipient name card exchange information storage unit storing one or more business card exchange information, a term accepting unit, a recipient identifier obtaining unit, and an output unit,
A term accepting step in which the term accepting unit accepts a term;
Recipient identifier that the recipient identifier acquisition unit acquires from the recipient name card exchange information storage unit the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term received in the term acceptance step An acquisition step;
The output unit includes an output step of outputting the recipient identifier acquired in the recipient identifier acquisition step;
The recipient business card exchange information is:
It has related information that is information indicating the degree of association between the recipient identified by the recipient identifier included in the recipient business card exchange information and the person or organization indicated by the business card description information contained in the recipient business card exchange information. ,
The recipient identifier obtaining step includes:
Recipient business card exchange information including business card description information corresponding to the term received in the term reception step, wherein the recipient business card exchange information has a higher relevance level than the others. Business card information management method to be acquired. A recipient having a recipient identifier that identifies a recipient who has received the business card, and one or more business card description information that is information written on the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier A business card information management method performed using a recipient name card exchange information storage unit storing one or more business card exchange information, a term accepting unit, a recipient identifier obtaining unit, and an output unit,
A term accepting step in which the term accepting unit accepts a term;
Recipient identifier that the recipient identifier acquisition unit acquires from the recipient name card exchange information storage unit the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term received in the term acceptance step An acquisition step;
The output unit includes an output step of outputting the recipient identifier acquired in the recipient identifier acquisition step;
The recipient business card exchange information is:
It has receipt time information which is information indicating the receipt time, which is the time when the business card corresponding to the recipient business card exchange information is received,
The recipient identifier obtaining step includes:
Recipient name card exchange information having business card description information corresponding to the term accepted in the term accepting step, the recipient name card exchange information including the receipt time information indicating a receipt time closer to the present time than others A business card information management method for acquiring a recipient identifier. A recipient having a recipient identifier that identifies a recipient who has received the business card, and one or more business card description information that is information written on the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier Recipient name card exchange information storage unit storing one or more business card exchange information, a term accepting unit, a recipient identifier obtaining unit, an output unit, group attribute information which is information indicating a group, and the recipient A business card information management method performed using a recipient information storage unit capable of storing recipient information, which is information that associates a corresponding recipient identifier, and a group attribute information acquisition unit,
A term accepting step in which the term accepting unit accepts a term;
Recipient identifier that the recipient identifier acquisition unit acquires from the recipient name card exchange information storage unit the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term received in the term acceptance step An acquisition step;
The output unit includes an output step of outputting the recipient identifier acquired in the recipient identifier acquisition step;
The group attribute information acquisition unit further includes a group attribute information acquisition step of acquiring the group attribute information of a user who inputs the term,
The recipient identifier obtaining step includes:
Recipient business card exchange information including business card description information corresponding to the term received in the term reception step, the recipient identifier having group attribute information corresponding to the recipient identifier acquired from the recipient information, A business card information management method for acquiring a recipient identifier that matches the group attribute information acquired in the group attribute information acquisition step from the recipient business card exchange information storage unit. A recipient having a recipient identifier that identifies a recipient who has received the business card, and one or more business card description information that is information written on the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier Name card information management method performed using a recipient name card exchange information storage unit storing one or more name card exchange information, a term accepting unit, a recipient identifier obtaining unit, an output unit, and a recipient identifier selecting unit Because
A term accepting step in which the term accepting unit accepts a term;
Recipient identifier that the recipient identifier acquisition unit acquires from the recipient name card exchange information storage unit the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term received in the term acceptance step An acquisition step;
The output unit includes an output step of outputting the recipient identifier acquired in the recipient identifier acquisition step;
The recipient business card exchange information is:
It has related information that is information indicating the degree of association between the recipient identified by the recipient identifier included in the recipient business card exchange information and the person or organization indicated by the business card description information contained in the recipient business card exchange information. ,
About the recipient identifier acquired in the recipient identifier acquisition step by the recipient identifier selection unit, the degree of relevance indicated by the related information from the related information included in the recipient name card exchange information including the recipient identifier A recipient value obtained by obtaining a weighting value which is a value that increases weighting when the value becomes high, and is a recipient identifier obtained in the recipient identifier obtaining step, wherein the sum of the weighted values indicates that the weighting is greater than others. Further comprising a recipient identifier selection step of selecting an identifier;
The output step includes
A business card information management method for outputting a recipient identifier selected by the recipient identifier selection unit among recipient identifiers acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit. A recipient having a recipient identifier that identifies a recipient who has received the business card, and one or more business card description information that is information written on the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier Name card information management method performed using a recipient name card exchange information storage unit storing one or more name card exchange information, a term accepting unit, a recipient identifier obtaining unit, an output unit, and a recipient identifier selecting unit Because
A term accepting step in which the term accepting unit accepts a term;
Recipient identifier that the recipient identifier acquisition unit acquires from the recipient name card exchange information storage unit the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term received in the term acceptance step An acquisition step;
The output unit includes an output step of outputting the recipient identifier acquired in the recipient identifier acquisition step;
The recipient business card exchange information is:
It has receipt time information which is information indicating the receipt time, which is the time when the business card corresponding to the recipient business card exchange information is received,
The recipient identifier obtaining step includes:
With respect to the recipient name card exchange information, the business card description information corresponding to the term received by the term accepting unit is obtained from the time indicated by the receipt time information and the current time from the time when the business card is received until the present time. A recipient name card exchange information including the recipient identifier of the recipient name card exchange information, wherein the elapsed period is within a predetermined period,
A value that reduces weighting as the length of the elapsed period corresponding to the elapsed period corresponding to the recipient identifier increases for the recipient identifier acquired by the receiver identifier selection unit in the receiver identifier acquisition step. Recipient identifier selection that selects a recipient identifier that is a recipient identifier obtained in the recipient identifier obtaining step and that indicates that the sum of the weight values is greater than the others. Further comprising steps,
The output step includes
A business card information management method for outputting the recipient identifier selected in the recipient identifier selection step among the recipient identifiers acquired in the recipient identifier acquisition step. Computer
A term acceptance unit for accepting terms;
A recipient having a recipient identifier that identifies a recipient who has received the business card, and one or more business card description information that is information written on the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier Recipient who acquires the recipient identifier of the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit from the recipient name card exchange information storing unit storing one or more name card exchange information An identifier acquisition unit;
A program for causing the recipient identifier acquisition unit to function as an output unit that outputs the recipient identifier,
Said computer further
Recipient identifiers acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit, the number of which is functioning as a recipient identifier selection unit for selecting recipient identifiers more than others,
The output unit outputs a recipient identifier selected by the recipient identifier selection unit among recipient identifiers acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit. Computer
A term acceptance unit for accepting terms;
A recipient having a recipient identifier that identifies a recipient who has received the business card, and one or more business card description information that is information written on the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier Recipient who acquires the recipient identifier of the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit from the recipient name card exchange information storing unit storing one or more name card exchange information An identifier acquisition unit;
A program for causing the recipient identifier acquisition unit to function as an output unit that outputs the recipient identifier,
The recipient business card exchange information is information indicating the degree of association between the recipient identified by the recipient identifier included in the recipient business card exchange information and the person or organization indicated by the business card description information included in the recipient business card exchange information. Have some relevant information,
The recipient identifier acquisition unit is recipient name card exchange information including business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit, and the degree of association indicated by the related information is higher than others. A program for acquiring the recipient identifier included in the information. Computer
A term acceptance unit for accepting terms;
A recipient having a recipient identifier that identifies a recipient who has received the business card, and one or more business card description information that is information written on the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier Recipient who acquires the recipient identifier of the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit from the recipient name card exchange information storing unit storing one or more name card exchange information An identifier acquisition unit;
A program for causing the recipient identifier acquisition unit to function as an output unit that outputs the recipient identifier,
The recipient name card exchange information includes receipt time information which is information indicating a receipt time which is a time when a business card corresponding to the recipient name card exchange information is received;
The recipient identifier obtaining unit is recipient name card exchange information having business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit, and includes the receipt time information indicating a receipt time closer to the present than the other A program for acquiring the recipient identifier included in the recipient business card exchange information. Computer
A term acceptance unit for accepting terms;
A recipient having a recipient identifier that identifies a recipient who has received the business card, and one or more business card description information that is information written on the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier Recipient who acquires the recipient identifier of the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit from the recipient name card exchange information storing unit storing one or more name card exchange information An identifier acquisition unit;
A program for causing the recipient identifier acquisition unit to function as an output unit that outputs the recipient identifier,
Said computer further
Function as a group attribute information acquisition unit for acquiring group attribute information, which is information indicating a group of users who input the term,
The recipient identifier acquiring unit is the above recipient identifier included in the recipient card exchange information including business card wherein information corresponding to the term the term acceptance unit accepts, stored in the recipient information storage unit Heidelberg Group attribute information corresponding to the recipient identifier acquired from the recipient information that is information for associating the loop attribute information with the recipient identifier corresponding to the recipient is the group attribute acquired by the group attribute information acquisition unit. A program for acquiring a recipient identifier that matches information from the recipient name card exchange information storage unit. Computer
A term acceptance unit for accepting terms;
A recipient having a recipient identifier that identifies a recipient who has received the business card, and one or more business card description information that is information written on the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier Recipient who acquires the recipient identifier of the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit from the recipient name card exchange information storing unit storing one or more name card exchange information An identifier acquisition unit;
A program for causing the recipient identifier acquisition unit to function as an output unit that outputs the recipient identifier,
The recipient business card exchange information is information indicating the degree of association between the recipient identified by the recipient identifier included in the recipient business card exchange information and the person or organization indicated by the business card description information included in the recipient business card exchange information. Have some relevant information,
Said computer further
A value that increases the weight of the recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit as the degree of relevance indicated by the related information increases from the related information included in the recipient business card exchange information including the recipient identifier. Recipient identifier selection that selects a recipient identifier that is a recipient identifier obtained by the recipient identifier acquisition unit and that indicates that the total of the weight values is greater than the others Function as a part,
The output unit outputs a recipient identifier selected by the recipient identifier selection unit among recipient identifiers acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit. Computer
A term acceptance unit for accepting terms;
A recipient having a recipient identifier that identifies a recipient who has received the business card, and one or more business card description information that is information written on the business card received by the recipient identified by the recipient identifier Recipient who acquires the recipient identifier of the recipient name card exchange information including the business card description information corresponding to the term accepted by the term accepting unit from the recipient name card exchange information storing unit storing one or more name card exchange information An identifier acquisition unit;
A program for causing the recipient identifier acquisition unit to function as an output unit that outputs the recipient identifier,
The recipient name card exchange information includes receipt time information which is information indicating a receipt time which is a time when a business card corresponding to the recipient name card exchange information is received;
The recipient identifier obtaining unit obtains an elapsed period from the receipt time of the business card to the present from the time indicated by the receipt time information and the current time for the recipient business card exchange information, and the term accepting unit accepts A recipient name card exchange information including business card description information corresponding to the term, and the recipient identifier included in the recipient name card exchange information whose elapsed period is within a predetermined period;
Said computer further
For the recipient identifier obtained by the recipient identifier obtaining unit, obtain a weighting value corresponding to the elapsed time corresponding to the recipient identifier, which is a value that decreases the weight when the length of the elapsed time is increased, The recipient identifier acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit, and the total of the weight values is made to function as a recipient identifier selection unit that selects a recipient identifier indicating that the weight is greater than others,
The output unit outputs a recipient identifier selected by the recipient identifier selection unit among recipient identifiers acquired by the recipient identifier acquisition unit.

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