JP5840461B2 - Electronic bulletin board server - Google Patents

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate to an electronic bulletin board server.

  Conventionally, an electronic bulletin board system is sometimes used as a project communication management tool. In such an electronic bulletin board system, the number of posts and the number of posters are increasing. In an electronic bulletin board system, a user posts a discussion on a bulletin board and is used for examination of required specifications and consensus building. In the bulletin board system, the posting format of the bulletin board has a tree structure, which has the advantage that it is easy to grasp the discussion status, and the status can be added to the bulletin board threads and posts, so the discussion status is visualized. There are features.

JP 2009-26137 A JP 2008-257290 A

The conventional bulletin board system has the following problems.
1. It may be difficult to determine the status of the bulletin board. When the number of posts per thread increases, visibility becomes worse, it becomes difficult to grasp the current project status, posting to threads other than the purpose, If the discussion does not proceed properly, such as a plurality of branch branches due to replies, it becomes difficult to determine the state of the bulletin board.

2. It is difficult to match the status of the bulletin board with the current project status. Since the actual bulletin board cannot keep up with the update of the bulletin board, the situation may be different or used by various people. May not be well known, posting attributes (status, category, etc.) may not be added properly at the time of posting, and there may be situations where threads are left without posting, as a result of the status of the bulletin board and the current The status of the project will not match.

  An object of the present invention is to promote a proper progress of discussion in a bulletin board by monitoring a tree structure (parent-child relationship) of posts in the bulletin board and providing an alert message to a user when necessary.

According to one embodiment, an electronic bulletin board server is provided. This electronic bulletin board server has first database means, second database means, and monitoring means. The first database means stores information indicating posts and a tree structure between posts. The second database means stores a conditional expression for determining whether or not the tree structure meets a predetermined condition. The monitoring means refers to the tree structure when the newly posted contribution data is added and the conditional expression, determines whether the tree structure meets a predetermined condition, and based on the determination result An alert message is output to the terminal device, and in addition to the alert message, operation options selectable by the user are output to the terminal device.

A block diagram showing an example of an electronic bulletin board system according to the present embodiment Functional block diagram showing a configuration example of an electronic bulletin board server The figure which shows the example of the memory content of contribution DB The figure which shows the example of the memory content of thread DB The figure which shows the example of the memory content of conditional expression DB Flow chart showing an example of operation of the bulletin board server The figure which showed the example of the alert message displayed on the terminal device The figure which showed another example of the alert message displayed on the terminal device The figure which shows the example by which the operation choice which a user should perform in a terminal device was displayed

  Hereinafter, an electronic bulletin board system and an electronic bulletin board server according to embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[1. Configuration of electronic bulletin board system and electronic bulletin board server]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of an electronic bulletin board system according to the present embodiment. The electronic bulletin board system 1 according to the present embodiment is a system that provides an electronic bulletin board service to a user. In general, in an electronic bulletin board provided to a user by an electronic bulletin board system, a user or a system administrator can build a plurality of threads for each theme. A user or the like can write a post in a thread, and the user browses past posts in a desired thread using a terminal device. Posts within a thread are related by a tree structure. Specifically, another post B made for a post A is stored in the electronic bulletin board system as a lower layer (branch) of the post A.

  An electronic bulletin board system 1 according to the present embodiment includes an electronic bulletin board server 10 connected to a network 30, and a terminal device 20 that can be connected to the network 30 and can communicate with the electronic bulletin board server 10 via the network 30. And have. Below, the electronic bulletin board server 10, the terminal device 20, and the network 30 which are the components of the electronic bulletin board system 1 are demonstrated.

[1.1. Electronic bulletin board server]
The electronic bulletin board server 10 is an apparatus that provides an electronic bulletin board service. The electronic bulletin board server 10 is an apparatus realized by an information processing apparatus such as a computer or a workstation. The information processing apparatus includes an arithmetic processing unit (CPU), a main memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an input / output device (I / O), and, if necessary, an external storage device such as a hard disk device. It is a device.

  A configuration example of the electronic bulletin board server will be described. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration example of the electronic bulletin board server 10. Each component shown in FIG. 2 is an element in which the electronic bulletin board server 10 is regarded as a group for each function, and the actual electronic bulletin board server 10 has hardware (circuits, modules, units) corresponding to the respective components. Etc.) does not indicate that it is necessary.

  The electronic bulletin board server 10 includes a bulletin board service providing unit 101, a bulletin board monitoring unit 102 corresponding to the monitoring unit according to the present embodiment, and a database unit 105. The database unit 105 includes a posting database 106 (hereinafter abbreviated as DB) corresponding to the first database unit of the present embodiment, a thread DB 107, and a conditional expression DB 108 corresponding to the second database unit of the present embodiment. doing.

  The bulletin board service providing unit 101 and the bulletin board monitoring unit 102 are connected to the database unit 105. The bulletin board service providing unit 101 and the bulletin board monitoring unit 102 can communicate with the terminal device 20 via the network 30.

  The bulletin board service providing unit 101 receives thread data from the terminal device 20 and registers the content in the thread DB 107 of the database unit 105. The bulletin board service providing unit 101 receives post data from the terminal device 20 and registers the content in the post DB 106 of the database unit 105. Further, when the bulletin board service providing unit 101 receives the posting browsing request message from the terminal device, the bulletin board service providing unit 101 extracts the stored contents of the thread DB 107 and the posting DB 106 and posts the posting contents browsing data for browsing the posting contents in the designated thread. Is transmitted to the terminal device 20.

  When the bulletin board monitoring unit 102 receives the posted data from the terminal device 20, the bulletin board monitoring unit 102 refers to the alert condition data stored in the conditional expression DB 108. When the posted data is newly added to the bulletin board, the bulletin board monitoring unit 102 is described in the alert condition data. If the alert condition is satisfied, the alert data is transmitted to the terminal device and the alert is displayed on the terminal device 20. The bulletin board monitoring unit 102 registers the posting data in the posting DB 106 when the alert condition is not satisfied.

  The database unit 105 includes a posting DB 106, a thread DB 107, and a conditional expression DB 108.

[1.1.1. Post DB]
Post DB 106 stores post data transmitted from terminal device 20. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the contents stored in the posting DB 106. The posting DB 106 stores a posting table 300. The posting table 300 is a table having one posting record 301 for one posting data. Each post record 301 has a post ID storage field 311, a post title storage field 312, a parent post ID storage field 313, a thread ID storage field 314, and a post content storage field 315.

  The post ID storage field 311 stores a post ID number that is information for uniquely specifying a post. The post title storage field 312 stores a character string that is a “title” given to the post. The parent post ID storage field 313 stores the post ID number of the post that is the “parent” of the post. For example, when another post B is sent as a reply for post A, the “parent” of post B is post A, and the post post 301 corresponding to post B contains a post in the parent post ID storage field. A post ID number of A is stored. Note that in the case of a post that does not have a “parent”, for example, a post for the first question to a member, the parent ID storage field is blank. The post ID stored in the parent post ID storage field 313 corresponds to “information indicating a tree structure between posts and posts” in the present embodiment. The thread ID storage field 314 stores a thread ID number that is information for uniquely identifying the thread to which the posting belongs. The post contents purchase payment field 315 stores character string data and the like that form the post text.

[1.1.2. Thread DB]
The thread DB 107 stores thread data transmitted from the terminal device 20. When a new thread is built in the bulletin board, new thread data is added to the thread DB 107. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the contents stored in the thread DB 107. The thread DB 107 stores a thread table 400. The thread table 400 is a table having one thread record 401 for one thread data. Each thread record 401 has a thread ID storage field 411, a thread title storage field 412, a BBSID storage field 413, and a thread status storage field 414.

  The thread ID storage field 411 stores a thread ID number that is information for uniquely specifying a thread. The thread title storage field 412 stores a character string “title” given to the thread. The BBSID storage field 413 stores a BBSID number which is information for uniquely specifying the BBS (bulletin board) to which the thread belongs. In the example shown in FIG. 4, only one BBS is present in the electronic bulletin board system 1, but the electronic bulletin board system 1 may have a plurality of BBSs. The thread status storage field 414 stores a status number that is information indicating the status of the thread.

      [1.1.3. Conditional expression DB]

  The conditional expression DB 108 stores conditional expressions for monitoring posts in the bulletin board. In particular, the conditional expression DB 108 has a function of storing a conditional expression for monitoring whether or not the tree structure of past posting groups in the bulletin board meets a preset alert condition. The bulletin board monitoring unit 102 compares the conditional expression stored in the conditional expression DB 108 with the tree structure when newly posted data is added, and the tree structure of past posting groups is set in advance. Monitoring whether the specified conditions are met.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the contents stored in the conditional expression DB 108. The conditional expression DB 108 stores a conditional expression table 500. The conditional expression table 500 is a table having one conditional expression record 501 for one conditional expression. The conditional expression record 501 has a conditional expression ID storage field 511, a conditional expression storage field 512, an alert message storage field 513, and a target DB storage field 514.

The conditional expression ID storage field 511 stores a conditional expression ID number which is information for uniquely specifying the conditional expression.
The conditional expression storage field 512 stores a conditional expression for monitoring the state and structure of the bulletin board system, especially the tree structure of past posting groups.

  Examples of conditional expressions will be described. The conditional expression “BN> n” is stored in the conditional expression storage field 511 in the first row of FIG. “BN” is the number of branches in the thread (the number of “parents” in the highest hierarchy), and “n” is a numerical value arbitrarily specified. The operator, administrator, etc. of this system input the value “n” in advance to the electronic bulletin board server 10. When the number of branches of the posted thread exceeds the value of n (for example, 5), the electronic bulletin board server 10 operates to send an alert to the terminal device.

  The conditional expression “LP> d” is stored in the conditional expression storage field 511 in the second row of FIG. “LP” is the posting date and time of the last posting in the thread, and “d” means an arbitrarily specified number. The operator, administrator, etc. of this system input the value “d” into the electronic bulletin board server 10 in advance. When the posting date and time exceeds d (for example, 7) days from the posting date and time of the last posting, the electronic bulletin board server 10 operates to transmit an alert to the terminal device.

  The conditional expression “POST =“ OK ”” is stored in the conditional expression storage field 511 in the third row of FIG. “POST =“ OK ”” is a conditional expression that means that the “OK” character string is included in the character string that is the post body. When the character string “OK” is included in the post text, the electronic bulletin board server 10 operates to transmit an alert to the terminal device.

  The conditional expression “POST =“ san ”” is stored in the conditional expression storage field 511 of the fourth row in FIG. "POST =" san "" is a conditional expression that means that the character string that is the post body includes the "san" character string. When the character string “san” is included in the post text, the electronic bulletin board server 10 operates to transmit an alert message to the terminal device.

  The alert message storage field 513 stores an alert message sentence to be transmitted to the terminal device 20 when the conditional expression storage field 512 is satisfied.

  The target DB storage field 514 stores information for specifying a DB to be referred to in order to determine the conditional expression stored in the conditional expression storage field 512.

[1.2. Terminal device]
The terminal device 20 has a function of causing the electronic bulletin board server 10 to newly establish a thread, post to the thread, request browsing of past posted content, and allow the user to view the posted content.

  The terminal device 20 is a device realized by an information processing device having a communication function such as a computer or a mobile communication terminal. The information processing apparatus includes an arithmetic processing unit (CPU), a main memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an input / output device (I / O), and, if necessary, an external storage device such as a hard disk device. It is a device.

[1.3. network]
The network 30 may be any communication network that enables communication between the terminal device 20 and the electronic bulletin board server 10. Even when a plurality of different networks are connected by a gateway and communication between the terminal device 20 and the electronic bulletin board server 10 is enabled between the plurality of networks, the network 30 of the present embodiment is applicable. .

[2. Operation of the bulletin board server]
Next, the operation of the electronic bulletin board server 10 will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the electronic bulletin board server 10. The operation of the electronic bulletin board server 10 will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, a user wants to browse a post in a thread, and operates the terminal device 20. The terminal device 20 transmits a post browsing request message to the electronic bulletin board server 10 via the network 30 (S201).

  The electronic bulletin board server 10 receives this posting browsing request message (S101). The electronic bulletin board server 10 that has received the posting browsing request message, more specifically, the bulletin board service providing unit 101 is provided with the thread DB 107. With reference to the posting DB, data (thread browsing data) for displaying the posting in the thread requested by the user on the terminal device 20 is transmitted to the terminal device 20 (S102).

  The terminal device 20 that has received the thread browsing data outputs the thread posting content so that the user can browse the thread posting content (S202). The user browses the posted content and inputs the posted content to the terminal device 20 in order to add a new post to the bulletin board. The user uses the terminal device 20 to input a sentence or the like (hereinafter referred to as a posted message) that is a posted content, and generates post data that is data including the posted text from the terminal device 20 (S203). Note that the posting data includes information indicating to which thread it is a posting, a reply (reply) to which posting, or a completely new posting. Next, the terminal device 20 transmits the accepted posting data to the electronic bulletin board server 10 (S204).

  The electronic bulletin board server 10 receives the post data transmitted from the terminal device 20 (S103).

  The electronic bulletin board server 10, more specifically, the bulletin board monitoring unit 102 reads the conditional expression from the conditional expression DB 108, and determines whether the posted data satisfies the conditional expression (S104). When it is determined that the conditional expression is not satisfied (S105, No), the bulletin board monitoring unit 102 registers the posting in the posting DB 106 (S107). On the other hand, when it is determined that the conditional expression is satisfied (S105, Yes), the bulletin board monitoring unit 102 transmits data indicating the alert corresponding to the conditional expression (referred to as alert data) to the terminal device 20 (S106).

  The terminal device 20 receives this alert data (S205). The terminal device 20 outputs the content of the alert based on the alert data and shows it to the user (S206). FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an alert message displayed on the terminal device 20. This example is an alert message when the number of branches of the corresponding thread exceeds n. In the window 701, the title of the corresponding thread and an explanation of the alert content are displayed to inform the user that there is a problem in the structure or state of the thread. The alert message display method may be a method of generating an independent window as shown in FIG. 7, or any other display method. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating another example of the alert message displayed on the terminal device 20. This example is an alert message when d days have passed since the last posting in the corresponding thread.

  After performing the alert output process, the terminal device 20 waits for a user operation (S207). If it is determined that the user has performed an operation (S207, Yes), the terminal device 20 outputs an operation option to be performed by the user (S209). Thereafter, the process returns to step S203, and the terminal device 20 accepts input of the posted content. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example in which operation options to be performed by the user are displayed on the terminal device 20. In the example shown in FIG. 9, operation options to be performed by the user are additionally displayed below the alert message shown in FIG. Note that the display mode of the operation options is not limited to the display in the same window as the alert message, and the present embodiment is established even if another window is generated and displayed there, or other display modes. .

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S207 that there is no user operation (S207, No), the bulletin board monitoring unit 102 registers the posting data received in the immediately preceding step S103 in the posting DB 106 (S107).
Above, description of the operation example of the electronic bulletin board system 1 is complete | finished.
[3. Summary]

  According to the electronic bulletin board system and the electronic bulletin board server according to the present embodiment, there is a mechanism for monitoring the tree structure in the electronic bulletin board. When it is not appropriate, an alert is displayed, and the next action is presented to the user semi-automatically. It becomes possible to do.

  With the above feature, it is possible to show the current state of the electronic bulletin board to the user and to support the judgment at the time of project progress. In addition, when the user performs an operation such as posting a discussion, the project status in the corresponding bulletin board is notified.

  According to the electronic bulletin board system and the electronic bulletin board server according to the present embodiment, the operation candidate options (action candidates) to be performed next by the user are indicated, the user operation is supported, and the bulletin board and the project situation are properly matched. It is possible to make it. It is possible to automatically present operation candidate choices and guide the user so that the user is appropriate when the tree structure or the like is not appropriate when performing an operation such as posting a discussion.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to these, A various change, addition, a combination, etc. are possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Electronic bulletin board system; 10 ... Electronic bulletin board server; 20 ... Terminal device; 30 ... Network; 101 ... Bulletin board service provision part; Database section

Claims (2)

First database means for storing information indicating posts and a tree structure between posts;
Second database means for storing a conditional expression for determining whether or not the tree structure satisfies a predetermined condition;
User by referring to the newly Submissions during tree structure for a contribution data have added to the condition of the tree structure determines whether corresponds to a predetermined condition, based on the determination result Monitoring means for causing the terminal device to output an alert message ,
The monitoring means causes the terminal device to output operation options selectable by the user in addition to the alert message.
An electronic bulletin board server.   The electronic bulletin board server according to claim 1, wherein the conditional expression can include a numerical value that can be arbitrarily set by a user.

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