JP6042958B1 - Information processing apparatus, information processing apparatus control method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

Information processing apparatus, information processing apparatus control method, and program for service system capable of notifying user of existence of unread message together with information indicating relation between unread messages when a plurality of unread messages exist I will provide a. An information processing apparatus includes: a transmission unit that transmits a message from a terminal of a user of a group to a terminal of a plurality of users that form the group; a reception unit that receives read information from the terminals of a plurality of users; A determination unit that determines whether a predetermined condition is satisfied for an unread message that has not received read information, an extraction unit that extracts the relevance of an unread message that satisfies the predetermined condition, and information that indicates the relevance of the unread message is displayed Display information for displaying a region to be displayed, and when the region is selected by the user, a generation unit that generates display information in which a series of unread messages are displayed in time series on the display unit of the user terminal. [Selection] Figure 12

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a control method for an information processing apparatus, and a program related to a service system for exchanging messages between a plurality of user terminals constituting a group.

  In recent years, there are many so-called chat services (messaging services) for exchanging messages between a plurality of user terminals via a network. In this messaging service, users who use the service can form a group and exchange messages (conversations) in real time among the users in the group.

  Here, when the user who belongs to a group cannot participate in the conversation in the group in real time, it is necessary to confirm the content of the conversation performed between the groups. If there are many unconfirmed messages, it is laborious to confirm all the messages from scratch. Furthermore, when the number of users in the group is large, or when there are a plurality of belonging groups that have not participated in the conversation, the number of unread messages increases and a long time is required for confirmation. Therefore, if the user can know in advance the existence of an unread message and the content of the conversation to be confirmed with priority, it is highly convenient for the user.

  With respect to this problem, Patent Document 1 discloses a method of grouping a plurality of messages and outputting the grouped dialogue information on a display screen.

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  However, in Patent Document 1, chat within a group is not assumed. Also, it does not notify the user that there is an unread message.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and when there are a plurality of series of unread messages, the user can be notified of the existence of the unread messages together with information indicating the relationship between the series of unread messages. An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus, a control method for the information processing apparatus, and a program related to a service system.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured such that a plurality of users configuring a group are addressed to a plurality of users configuring a group from a group user terminal. A transmitting unit that transmits the message, a receiving unit that receives read information indicating that the message has been browsed from a plurality of user terminals, and an unread message that has not received the read information A determination unit that determines whether or not the condition is satisfied, an extraction unit that extracts relevance of an unread message that satisfies the predetermined condition, and an area that displays information indicating the relevance of the unread message are displayed on the user terminal. A generation unit that generates display information to be displayed on the display unit, the transmission unit transmits display information to the user, and the generation unit selects an unread message when the area is selected by the user. Generates display information to be chronologically displayed on end of the display unit.

  An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes a storage unit that stores information related to a transmission time of a message transmitted to a user, and the determination unit transmits within a predetermined time from an unread message transmitted immediately before. It is determined that a predetermined condition is satisfied for the read unread message.

  The information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes a storage unit that stores information on a user who has transmitted an unread message, and the determination unit is configured such that the number of a plurality of other users who have transmitted the unread message is a group. When it becomes more than a predetermined ratio with respect to the number of the some users who comprise, it determines with a predetermined condition being satisfied with an unread message.

  The information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes a storage unit that stores a predetermined threshold, and the determination unit further determines whether the number of unread messages that satisfy the predetermined condition exceeds the predetermined threshold. The extraction unit extracts relevance of unread messages that satisfy a predetermined condition by collecting unread messages that are equal to or less than a predetermined threshold.

  In the information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the extraction unit extracts at least one of one or more words frequently appearing in an unread message and information transmitted as a message as relevance.

  In addition, a method for controlling an information processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured to send a message from a user terminal of a group to a plurality of user terminals constituting a group, the destination being a plurality of users constituting the group. The transmission step for transmitting, the reception step for receiving the read information indicating that the message has been browsed from the terminals of a plurality of users, and the unread message for which the read information has not been received have a predetermined condition. A determination step for determining whether the condition is satisfied, an extraction step for extracting relevance of an unread message that satisfies a predetermined condition, and an area for displaying information indicating the relevance of the unread message are displayed on the display unit of the user terminal. A generation step for generating display information to be transmitted, and a transmission step for transmitting display information to a user, wherein the generation step selects an area by the user. If, unread messages generate display information to be chronologically displayed on a display unit of the user terminal.

  The control method of the information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes a storage step of storing information related to a transmission time of a message transmitted to the user, and the determination step includes a predetermined time from an unread message transmitted immediately before. It is determined that a predetermined condition is satisfied for the unread message transmitted in the mail.

  The control method of the information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes a storage step of storing information of a user who has transmitted an unread message, and the determination step includes the number of other users who have transmitted the unread message. When a predetermined ratio or more is reached with respect to the number of users constituting the group, it is determined that a predetermined condition is satisfied for the unread message.

  The information processing apparatus control method according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes a storage step of storing a predetermined threshold, and the determination step determines whether the number of unread messages that satisfy the predetermined condition exceeds the predetermined threshold. In addition, the extraction step extracts the relevance of unread messages that satisfy a predetermined condition by grouping unread messages that are equal to or less than a predetermined threshold.

  In the method for controlling an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the extraction step extracts at least one of one or more words frequently appearing in an unread message and information transmitted as a message as relevance. .

  In addition, a program according to an embodiment of the present invention sends a message from a group user's terminal to a plurality of users constituting a group to a terminal of a plurality of users constituting the group. The transmission function to be transmitted, the read function indicating that the message has been browsed, the reception function to receive the read information from a plurality of user terminals, and the unread message in a state in which the read information has not been received have predetermined conditions. A determination function for determining whether the condition is satisfied, an extraction function for extracting the relevance of an unread message that satisfies a predetermined condition, and an area for displaying information indicating the relevance of the unread message are displayed on the display unit of the user terminal. A generation function that generates display information to be transmitted, a transmission function transmits display information to a user, and the generation function is configured to generate an unread message when an area is selected by the user. Di generates display information to be chronologically displayed on a display unit of the user terminal.

  According to the present invention, when there are a plurality of series of unread messages, the information processing apparatus and information related to the service system capable of notifying the user of the presence of the unread messages together with information indicating the relationship between the series of unread messages A control method and program for the processing apparatus can be provided, which is highly convenient for the user.

It is the schematic of the service system structure by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the information processing apparatus (server) by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the terminal device by one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the group information memorize | stored in a memory | storage part. It is an example of the unread message information memorize | stored in a memory | storage part. It is the schematic explaining 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic explaining 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic explaining 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic explaining 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the control method of the information processing apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the sequence diagram explaining one Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic explaining the outline | summary of this invention.

<Compliance of communication secrets>
It should be noted that the invention described in the present specification is implemented in compliance with legal matters relating to communication secrets.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram for explaining the outline of the present invention. As described above, when the user does not participate in the conversation in the group in real time, there is a problem that there are many unconfirmed messages (unread messages). Therefore, it is convenient if the user can determine a conversation to be confirmed with priority among unconfirmed conversations. According to the present invention, a series of unread messages are threaded based on a predetermined condition, and a notification about the thread (thread notification) is displayed on the user terminal device. Here, “thread” is used to mean “a series of messages”, “conversation”, “message exchange”, “speak”, “post”, and “user sending a message”.

  In the example of FIG. 12, thread notifications Thread100 and Thread200 are displayed on the user's display screen. In thread notification, in order to enable the user to understand the contents of the thread at a glance, for example, in a thread such as a word that appears frequently in the thread, an image shared (sent) between groups, a speaker in the thread, etc. Information indicating the relevance of the unread message is displayed. Thread notification Thread100 notifies threads related to conversations between users with group name “Group XYZ” between “12: 40-13: 40” on “8/27”. Indicates that the words “conference”, “change”, and “strategy” appear frequently. Furthermore, it turns out that there are 23 speakers. In addition, thread notification thread 200 notifies threads related to conversations between users of group name “Group ABC” between “21:00 and 22:00” on “8/27”. The words “presentation” and “customer” appear frequently and the images are shared within the thread. Furthermore, it turns out that there are 12 speakers.

  Thus, when there are a plurality of threads, a plurality of thread notifications are displayed together with information characterizing the contents of each thread, so that the user can set the priority of unread messages to be confirmed. .

  The thread notification is displayed so as to be selectable by the user. For example, in FIG. 12, the user's terminal device is a smartphone, and the user can expand and display the thread by tapping the thread notifications Thread100 and Thread200 displayed on the display screen. The message display screen TalkRoom100 is a display screen of the user terminal when the thread notification Thread100 is selected. The message display screen TalkRoom200 is a display screen when the thread notification Thread200 is selected. As shown in the figure, in the messaging service according to an embodiment of the present invention, conversations within a group are displayed in time series for each group. At that time, a balloon for displaying a message is displayed in the vicinity of the speaker's icon in order to indicate which user is speaking. This icon can be freely set by each user. The above is the outline of the present invention.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a service system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the service system 400 includes a server 100, terminal devices 200 </ b> A to 200 </ b> C, and a network 300. Server (information processing apparatus) 100 is connected to terminal apparatuses 200 </ b> A to 200 </ b> C via network 300. In FIG. 1, for simplicity of explanation, only three terminal devices are shown, but it goes without saying that there may be more terminal devices.

  The terminal devices 200A to 200C are communication terminals represented by smartphones and the like. The terminal devices 200A to 200C perform chat, which is a part of the service according to the embodiment of the present invention, using a messaging app (hereinafter abbreviated as “message app”) provided by the service side. The terminal device 200A constitutes a group together with the terminal devices 200B and 200C and a plurality of other terminal devices (not shown), and exchanges messages between the groups. At that time, when a message is transmitted from one terminal device (for example, terminal device 200A) to the group, the message is transmitted to other terminal devices in the group excluding terminal device 200A. That is, the server 100 performs a function of relaying communication between terminal devices. The server 100 receives a message transmitted by the terminal device 200A via the network 300 and transmits the message to the terminal devices 200B and 200C. The transmitted message is received via the network 300 and transmitted to the terminal devices 200A and 200C. In addition, the server 100 receives information related to the operation instruction content input by the user at the input reception unit of the terminal devices 200 </ b> A to 200 </ b> C, and performs processing according to the instruction content.

  Note that the terminal device 200A may belong to a group that does not include the terminal devices 200B and 200C. That is, each terminal device can form a plurality of groups together with other terminal devices.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the server 100 includes a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, and a storage unit 130. Although the details will be described later, the functions of these units will be briefly described.

  The communication unit 110 includes a reception unit 111 and a transmission unit 112, and performs communication (transmission and reception of various data and messages) with the user terminal devices 200A to 200C via the network 300 in accordance with instructions from the control unit 120. It has a function. The communication may be executed either by wire or wireless, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication can be executed. Here, the message is not limited to a text message, but includes an image, a sound, a moving image, a stamp (digital sticker), and the like.

  The receiving unit 111 receives messages transmitted from the terminal devices 200A to 200C. The transmission unit 112 transmits a message from another user of the group destined for a plurality of users constituting the group to the terminal device of the user of the group. That is, when a message addressed to the group is transmitted from another terminal device of the group including the terminal device 200A, the message is transmitted to the terminal device 200A and the other terminal device of the group. Moreover, the transmission part 112 transmits the display information mentioned later to a terminal device.

  Furthermore, the receiving unit 111 receives read information indicating that the message has been read by the user, that is, read information indicating that the message has been browsed by the user from the user's terminal. Here, “read” means that the display unit displays a screen for displaying the message in the terminal device to which the message is transmitted. Conversely, the message “unread” means that the terminal device has never displayed a screen for displaying the message. When the terminal device displays a screen for displaying the received message on the display unit, the terminal device generates the read information and transmits it to the server 100. Thus, since the server 100 can determine whether or not the message transmitted to the user's terminal device is displayed, the above-described thread can be created only for the user's unread message.

  The control unit 120 is a processor having a function of controlling each unit of the server 100. The control unit 120 includes a determination unit 121, an extraction unit 122, and a generation unit 123.

  The determination unit 121 determines whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied between unread messages in which read information is not received. Here, “unread message” refers to a message in which the aforementioned read information is not transmitted from the user to the server among the messages transmitted to the user. The predetermined condition will be described later. The extraction unit 122 extracts a relationship between a series of unread messages that satisfy a predetermined condition. The production | generation part 123 produces | generates the display information which displays the area | region which displays the information which shows the relationship between a series of unread messages on the display part of a user's terminal. The generating unit 123 displays a series of unread messages in a time series on the display unit of the user's terminal when an area for displaying information indicating the relationship between the series of unread messages is selected by the user. Generate display information.

  The storage unit 130 is typically realized by various recording media such as an HDD (Hard Disc Drive), an SSD (Solid State Drive), and a flash memory, and stores various programs and data necessary for the server 100 to operate. It has a function to memorize. The storage unit 130 stores (stores) information about groups (group information table 131), predetermined conditions (condition table 133) necessary for generating threads, and the like. In addition, the storage unit 130 is realized by, for example, a RAM (Random Access Memory), and includes a memory that functions as a work memory of the control unit 120. The memory stores temporary data (unread message table 132) and the like. Various data stored in the storage unit 130 may be stored in the storage unit 130 after being temporarily stored in the memory.

  Next, the terminal device 200 will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a terminal device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the terminal device 200 includes a communication unit 210, a control unit 220, a storage unit 230, a voice interface (I / F) 240, a display unit 250, an input reception unit 260, and a speaker 270.

  The communication unit 210 includes a reception unit 211 and a transmission unit 212, and has a function of executing communication with the server 100 via the network 300. The communication may be executed either by wire or wireless, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication can be executed.

  The control unit 220 is a processor having a function of controlling each unit of the terminal device 200. The control unit 220 includes an information processing unit 221 and a display processing unit 222. The information processing unit 221 has a function of controlling to transmit information (such as a message) from the communication unit 210 to the server 100 in accordance with information input from the input receiving unit 260. The information processing unit 221 also has a function of transmitting information received from the server 100 by the communication unit 210 to the display processing unit 222. The display processing unit 222 has a function of converting display data transmitted from the information processing unit 221 into pixel information and writing the pixel information in the frame buffer of the display unit 250. In addition, when the display screen of the message received from the server 100 is displayed on the display unit 250, the information processing unit 221 creates already-read information about the message and transmits it to the server 100 via the transmission unit 212. .

  The storage unit 230 has a function of storing various programs and various data necessary for the terminal device 200 to operate. For example, the storage unit 230 includes information such as a message application program used to enjoy the service according to the present embodiment. The storage unit 230 is typically realized by various recording media such as an HDD, an SSD, and a flash memory.

  The display unit 250 is a monitor having a function of displaying an image in accordance with display data written in the frame buffer by the display processing unit 222, and is typically realized by a liquid crystal display. Display unit 250 displays a message application screen provided from the service side and stored (stored) in storage unit 230. Further, the display unit 250 displays the notification transmitted from the server 100. The audio I / F 240 is an interface of a speaker 270 or an earphone (not shown). The speaker 270 may be set to emit a notification sound when a notification is received from the server 100. When a moving image is transmitted as a message, the sound of the moving image is output.

  The input receiving unit 260 receives an input from the user and transmits information related to the input to the control unit 220. In the terminal device 200, the input reception unit 260 is realized by a touch panel or the like, detects a contact by an indication tool such as a user's finger or stylus and the contact position, and transmits the coordinates of the contact position to the information processing unit 221. In the present embodiment, the input receiving unit 260 receives a message input by a user and a selection for a notification received from the server 100.

  Next, each piece of information stored in the storage unit 130 of the server 100 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the group information table 131 stored in the storage unit 130. As shown in the figure, the group information table 131 stores user IDs (IDentifiers) of users included in the group. Here, the “user ID” is user identification information given to each user by the service providing side. In the example of the figure, it can be seen that the user of “User_A”, “User_B”... “User_H” is included in the group name “Group_ABC”. Although only one group is shown in the figure, it goes without saying that there are a plurality of groups and that information is also stored, and that the user may belong to a plurality of groups.

  FIG. 5 is an example of the unread message table 132 stored in the storage unit 130. The example in the figure is a table related to a message transmitted to another group by another user of the group “Group_ABC” to which the user A (user of the terminal device 200A) with the user ID “User_A” belongs. The unread message table 132 is created for a message that has been transmitted to the user A but for which the read information has not been transmitted from the terminal device 200A of the user A. The message ID, the transmission time, the transmission user, the thread number, etc. Etc. are memorized. A similar unread message table 132 is stored for each other user in the group.

  Referring to the unread message table 132 in FIG. 5, it can be seen that the read information is not received from the terminal device 200 </ b> A for the message with the message ID “m00001”. Here, it can be seen that the message with the message ID “m00001” has the “transmission user” “User_H” and the transmission time “15:00”. Although details will be described later, in the example of the figure, the messages with message IDs “m00001” to “m00004” are thread Nos. Is stored as “# 1”. In addition, the message after “m000010” indicates the thread number. Is stored as “# 2”.

  The condition table 133 relates to predetermined conditions used when threading unread messages. Hereinafter, conditions for threading unread messages will be described with reference to the drawings.

<First Embodiment>
First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described. According to the first embodiment, in a conversation within a group, a series of messages posted (message transmission) within a predetermined time is threaded as a group. This is because when conversations are made without interruption in the group, the conversations are considered to follow a certain theme. Here, the predetermined time may be, for example, 10 minutes, but is not limited thereto. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the first embodiment. FIG. 6 corresponds to the unread message table 132 of FIG. FIG. 6A shows the unread messages of user A displayed in time series, and the remarks by group users other than user A are shown in a balloon shape. The icons indicating which user is speaking are the same for simplicity. The time displayed at the bottom of the icon indicates the message posting time.

  In the example of Fig. 6 (a), as unread messages, each message posted from 15:00 to 15:07 was sent within 10 minutes, and sent after 16:03. Message exists. The determination unit 121 of the server 100 determines whether or not already-read information has been received from the terminal device 200A for the message transmitted to the terminal device 200A, and if not, information on each message is stored in the unread message table 132. (Transmission time, transmission user, etc.) are stored. At that time, the determination unit 121 determines whether the message transmitted to the group is transmitted within a predetermined time (for example, within 10 minutes) from the message transmitted to the group immediately before the message. Referring to the unread message table in FIG. 5, the determination unit 121 determines that the transmission time “15:03” of the message ID “m00002” transmitted from the user “User_B” is immediately before the user “User_H”. It is determined whether or not it is within a predetermined time from the transmission time “15:00” of the message ID “m00001” transmitted from. Since the interval between the two messages is within 10 minutes, the message with the message ID “m00002” is stored as the same thread “# 1” as being related to the message ID “m00001”. However, since the interval between the message ID “m00010” and the message ID “m00004” is 10 minutes or more, the message with the message ID “m00010” is stored as a thread “# 2” different from the thread “# 1”. Is done. In other words, messages 11 to 14 are generated as thread TH10, and messages 15 and 16 and subsequent threads are generated as thread TH20.

  Based on the unread message table 132 stored in the storage unit 130 by the above determination, the extraction unit 122 extracts information indicating the relevance of a series of unread messages included in each thread. Here, the information indicating the relevance refers to a word that frequently appears in a conversation in a thread, a posted image, and the like, and information that characterizes the conversation content in the thread. For extraction of words, for example, an existing algorithm technique such as morphological analysis can be used.

  The generation unit 123 generates display information for displaying a notification (thread notification) regarding the thread TH10 on the display unit 250 of the terminal device 200A. FIG. 6B is a diagram illustrating an example of a thread notification displayed on the display unit 250. The thread notification 10 related to the thread TH10 displays the date and time when the conversation in the thread was made, the group name, the words that frequently appear in the thread ("conference" and "presentation"), and the icon of the speaker. The same applies to the thread notification 20 related to the thread TH20. The thread notifications 10 and 20 are generated so as to be selectable by the user A. The user A taps and selects the thread notification 10 to expand the unread message included in the thread TH10, for example. It can be displayed on the display unit 250. Note that the thread notifications 10 and 20 indicating the thread information may be displayed in a pop-up display or a message display screen of the message application, for example.

  As described above, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when there is an unread message that has not been confirmed by the user, threading is performed on a series of unread messages that are assumed to have relevance, and each thread information Is shown to the user along with the characteristics of the thread (relationship between unread messages included in the thread). Therefore, the user can determine which thread is to be prioritized in the confirmation of a message that requires time, and can effectively use the time.

  For simplicity, the case where there are four unread messages has been described with reference to FIG. 6A. However, the present invention can also be applied to the case where there are many unread messages (for example, 30 or more). it can. In addition, when there are few unread messages and all the unread messages are displayed on a display screen, the above threading process does not need to be performed. In this case, the lower limit value is stored in the storage unit 130, and when the determination unit 121 determines that the number of unread messages exceeds the lower limit value, the above threading process may be performed.

Second Embodiment
Next, a second embodiment will be described. In the second embodiment, the threading process described above is performed when a predetermined percentage or more of the number of users in the group speak in conversation within the group. This is because it is considered that it is desirable to confirm the conversation contents spoken by some members of the group with priority. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the above-described case. FIG. 7A is a diagram showing an unread message that has not been confirmed by the user A and is a conversation by a group of 10 persons with the group ID “Group_ABC”. Here, the conversation is started by the message 21, and the icon of the speaker is displayed in alphabet to distinguish the speaker. The predetermined ratio condition is described as “60%”. The predetermined ratio condition is stored in the storage unit 130.

  The determination unit 121 of the server 100 counts the number of users who have posted (speaked) messages among the users in the group. In the example of FIG. 7A, the number of speakers is 1 at the time of the message 21 by the user H. Thereafter, the conversation in the state of the number of speakers 3 by user H, user B, and user E continues with messages 22-26. Then, when the message 29 by the user F is transmitted, the determination unit 121 determines that the number of speakers is 60% of the group number of 10 people. That is, when the number of other users who transmitted a series of unread messages is equal to or greater than a predetermined ratio with respect to the number of users constituting the group, the determination unit 121 It is determined that a predetermined condition is satisfied. Then, in the unread message table 132, the determination unit 121 causes the same thread No. Is assigned and stored. In the illustrated example, the thread TH30 is generated by the messages 21 to 29 and the subsequent messages. Thereafter, the relevance of the thread TH30 is extracted by the extraction unit 122, and the thread notification 30 illustrated in FIG. 7B is displayed on the display unit 250 of the terminal device 200.

  As described above, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when a predetermined percentage or more of the users in the group speaks, a thread for an unread message is created and thread information is notified to the user. The Therefore, the user can determine the conversation to be confirmed, which is a highly important conversation in which a large number of users have participated, and is highly convenient for the user.

  In the above description, the predetermined ratio is “60%”, but this may be arbitrarily set by the user. Moreover, a predetermined ratio may differ for every group, and a user may be able to set each. As a result, it is possible to make the notification easy to perform by setting a low ratio for the group to which the confirmation of the message should be prioritized, such as a group related to business, among the groups to which the user belongs.

  Furthermore, the icon displayed in the thread notification 30 may display a user with a large number of utterances preferentially. For this, the generation unit 123 may generate display information so as to display icons of users with a large number of utterances based on the information of “sending user” stored in the unread message table 132. Thereby, it is possible to immediately determine which user has a lot of remarks, and the user can estimate the tendency of the conversation content or give priority to confirmation.

<Third Embodiment>
Next, a third embodiment will be described. In the third embodiment, among a series of unread messages that satisfy the predetermined condition described in the first and second embodiments, the number of unread messages that exceed a predetermined threshold is a series of unread messages that are equal to or lower than the predetermined threshold. A thread is created for each message. That is, the determination unit 121 further determines whether or not the number of a series of unread messages that satisfy a predetermined condition exceeds a predetermined threshold, and the extraction unit 122 determines whether a series of unread messages that satisfy a predetermined condition. The relevance is extracted by collecting a series of unread messages that are equal to or less than a predetermined threshold. This is to reduce the number of unread messages for each thread and adjust the time required for thread confirmation. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the third embodiment. Here, the predetermined threshold is “N” and is stored in the storage unit 130. The predetermined threshold can be arbitrarily set by the user, and can be set to 30 to 100, for example.

  As shown in FIG. 8, it is assumed that there is an unread message that satisfies the predetermined condition described in the first embodiment, that is, a series of unread messages remarked within an interval of 10 minutes. The determination unit 121 counts the number of unread messages, and until the message 31 that has reached a predetermined threshold “N”, the same thread No. And a thread TH40 is generated. Then, although it is remarked within 10 minutes from the message 31, the message 32 and subsequent messages exceeding the predetermined threshold “N” are thread numbers different from the thread TH40. And a thread TH50 is generated. Thereafter, as in the threading process described above, the relevance for each thread is extracted by the extracting unit 122, and display information for displaying the thread notification is generated by the generating unit 123.

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, a thread is created for an unread message within a predetermined threshold set by the user, so that the user can adjust the time required for checking one thread. . Although FIG. 8 is described based on the first embodiment, a predetermined threshold can be set similarly in the case of the second embodiment.

<Fourth embodiment>
Next, processing when an unread message includes an image, a moving image, and a stamp (digital message) will be described as a fourth embodiment. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of the fourth embodiment. As shown in FIG. 9A, an unread message may include not only a text message but also an image 41, a moving image 42, a stamp 43, and the like. In this case, as illustrated in FIG. 9B, the generation unit 123 can generate display information so that the thread notification 60 displays the thumbnails of the image 41 and the moving image 42. Since the image 41 and the moving image 42 often conform to the conversation content of the thread, the user can immediately grasp the conversation content of the thread.

  The stamp 43 is preliminarily set by the user as important or should be extracted by the extraction unit 122 according to the content of the stamp, and stored in the storage unit 130 to be displayed on the thread notification 60. It may be possible.

  The control methods according to the first to fourth embodiments of the present invention described above will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the above-described control method.

  First, information about the group is stored in the storage unit 130 of the server 100 (step S11). The receiving unit 111 transmits a message addressed to a group received from another user configuring the group to the user (user A) (step S12). Then, the determination unit 121 determines whether or not the read information has been received for the message transmitted to the user (step S13). If it is determined that the already-read information has been received, the process returns to step S12, and message reception and transmission (relay of communication between terminals) is continued. When it is determined that the read information is not received, the control unit 120 causes the storage unit 130 to store information regarding the unread message (step S14).

  Thereafter, the determination unit 121 determines whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied for a series of unread messages based on the information related to the unread messages stored in the storage unit 130 (step S15). If it is determined in step S15 that the predetermined condition is not satisfied for the series of unread messages, the process returns to step S12 to continue message transmission / reception. If it is determined in step S15 that the predetermined condition is satisfied for the series of unread messages, the extraction unit 122 extracts the relevance of the series of unread messages (step S16). Thereafter, the generation unit 123 generates display information regarding the unread message (step S17). This is display information for displaying a thread notification on the user terminal device. Then, the transmission part 112 transmits the produced | generated display information to a user's terminal device (step S18).

  Note that the determination in step S15 may be performed every time a message is received by the reception unit 111, or may be performed after information related to an unread message is stored in the storage unit 130 to some extent. Hereinafter, a case where the message is received each time it is received will be described with reference to a sequence diagram. FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating a control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The example of FIG. 11 is a case where the user B who is the same group as the user A transmits a message to the group. First, a message is transmitted from the terminal device B of the user B to the group (step S21), and the server 100 transmits the message to the terminal device A of the user A included in the group (step S22). Thereafter, the determination unit 121 determines whether or not the read information regarding the message has been received (step S23). If it is determined that the read information has been received, the next message is transmitted / received, although not particularly shown. If it is determined that the read information has not been received, the unread message information is stored in the storage unit 130 (step S24). The unread message information includes the transmission time, and the determination unit 121 determines whether or not the difference in the transmission time between the latest message and the immediately preceding message in the conversation between groups is within a predetermined range. (Step S25). If it is determined that the value is within the predetermined range, the latest message is integrated into an existing thread including the immediately preceding message (thread S26). That is, the storage unit 130 stores the same thread number. Is assigned and stored. If it is determined in step S25 that it is not within the predetermined range, the relevance is extracted by the extraction unit 122 for the existing thread including the immediately preceding message, and thread information is stored in the storage unit 130 ( Step S27). A new thread is created for the latest message (step S28). That is, the storage unit 130 stores a thread number different from that of the immediately preceding message. Is assigned and stored. The process of steps S21 to S28 is repeated every time a message is transmitted until read information is received from the terminal device A, and a threading process is executed.

  Thereafter, when the information indicating that the user A has activated the message application and logged into the service is transmitted to the server 100 (step S29), the extraction unit 122 is threaded out of the messages received immediately before. Relevance is extracted for a series of unread messages that meet the conditions. Thereafter, the generation unit 123 generates thread display information (step S30). Note that the display information is generated in step S30 when a new thread is created, that is, in the storage unit 130, a different thread No. Is stored (at the time of step S27), a series of unread messages up to that point may be performed.

  Thereafter, the thread display information is transmitted from the transmission unit 111 of the server 100 to the terminal device A (step S31). At this time, there is a series of messages transmitted to the terminal device A before this, but the thread information is displayed with priority. In this case, the display information may be generated by the generation unit 123 so that the thread information is displayed before the transmitted unread message. The generation of display information and the transmission of the display information to the terminal device are not limited to when the terminal device A logs in to the service, but may be transmitted for a previous thread when a new thread is created. . Note that the terminal device may not receive the message itself, such as when the terminal device is not activated or out of service area. In this case, the unread message is not retransmitted from the server 100 to the terminal device, and only display information for displaying the thread notification may be transmitted. Thereafter, when an instruction for selecting display of a thread is transmitted from the terminal device, an unread message included in the thread may be transmitted from the server 100.

  Thereafter, when a thread, that is, an unread message included in the thread, is displayed on the display unit 250 of the terminal device A, thread browsing information is transmitted from the terminal device A to the server 100 (step S32). The thread browsing information is transmitted to other users of the group who transmitted the message confirmed by (step S33).

  The effect of the present invention will be described again. According to an embodiment of the present invention, when there is an unread message that has not been confirmed by the user, threading is performed on a series of unread messages that are assumed to be relevant, and each thread information is stored in the thread. (Relevance of unread messages included in a thread). Therefore, the user can determine which thread is to be prioritized in the confirmation of a message that requires time, and can effectively use the time.

  Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when a predetermined number of users or more speaks to the number of users in the group, a thread for an unread message is created and thread information is notified to the user. Therefore, the user can recognize an unread message to be confirmed, which is highly convenient for the user.

  Furthermore, according to an embodiment of the present invention, since a thread is created for an unread message within a predetermined threshold set by the user, the user can adjust the time required for checking one thread.

  Furthermore, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when an unread message includes an image or a moving image, their thumbnails are displayed as thread information. Since images and moving images often conform to the conversation content of the thread, the user can immediately grasp the conversation content of the thread.

  Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the predetermined threshold, the ratio, and the threshold described above are examples, and other numerical values may be used. Moreover, it may be realized by combining the embodiments. For example, a series of unread messages may be uttered within a predetermined time from the immediately preceding message, and may be threaded when more than a predetermined percentage of the number of users in the group speak. Furthermore, an upper limit may be provided for the number of unread messages that are grouped as a thread. As a result, it is possible to create a thread that is easier for the user to confirm, which is highly convenient.

  Further, the thread notification displayed on the terminal device may be displayed with a display mode different for each thread. For example, the thread notification may be colored and displayed, and the thread color may be displayed darker as the number of speakers in the thread increases. Alternatively, another user may be set as a special user in advance, and threads with a lot of comments from the special user may be displayed with a user-specified color. As a result, the user can immediately guess the contents of the thread.

  The terminal device that has received the thread display information may be able to delete (abandon) the entire thread without confirming the thread. For example, an area in which the user can select thread deletion is displayed in the thread notification. When deletion is selected by the user, the thread (that is, a series of unread messages included in the thread) is deleted from the storage unit 230. This can be achieved. The user can guess the contents of the thread to some extent according to the thread characteristics displayed in the thread notification described above. For example, by deleting a thread that has been determined not to be confirmed, such as a thread related to an already ended event. It becomes possible to save time and effort.

  Further, in the above description, a mode has been described in which relevance is extracted after unread messages are grouped into a thread. However, a word may be set and stored in advance, and when a message including the set word is transmitted, a thread by the above process may be created with a series of unread messages including the message. Thereby, the user can give priority to the confirmation of the conversation along his / her desired theme.

  Moreover, a terminal device is not restricted to a smart phone. The terminal device may be any information processing device that can realize the functions described in the above embodiments. For example, a laptop computer, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a mobile phone, a wearable terminal (glasses type, It may be a wristwatch type or the like) or a desktop PC (Personal Computer).

  Each functional unit of the server 100 may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) or a dedicated circuit formed in an integrated circuit (IC (Integrated Circuit) chip, LSI (Large Scale Integration)) or the like, or a CPU (Central It may be realized by software using a Processing Unit. Each functional unit may be realized by one or a plurality of integrated circuits, and the functions of the plurality of functional units may be realized by a single integrated circuit. An LSI may be called a VLSI, a super LSI, an ultra LSI, or the like depending on the degree of integration.

  When each functional unit of the server 100 is realized by software, the server 100 or the terminal device 200 reads a CPU that executes instructions of a program, which is software that realizes each function, and reads the program and various data by a computer (or CPU). A ROM (Read Only Memory) or a storage device (these are referred to as “recording media”), a RAM (Random Access Memory) in which the program is expanded, and the like are provided. And the objective of this invention is achieved when a computer (or CPU) reads the said program from the said recording medium and runs it. As the recording medium, a “non-temporary tangible medium” such as a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. The search program may be supplied to the computer via any transmission medium (such as a communication network or a broadcast wave) that can transmit the search program. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave, in which the search program is embodied by electronic transmission.

  The program can be implemented using, for example, a script language such as ActionScript or JavaScript (registered trademark), an object-oriented programming language such as Objective-C or Java (registered trademark), or a markup language such as HTML5.

  Although the present invention has been described based on the drawings and examples, it should be noted that those skilled in the art can easily make various modifications and corrections based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these variations and modifications are included in the scope of the present invention. For example, the functions included in each means, each step, etc. can be rearranged so that there is no logical contradiction, and a plurality of means, steps, etc. can be combined or divided into one. . The structures described in the above embodiments may be combined as appropriate.

Thread100, Thread200 Thread notification
TalkRoom100, TalkRoom200 Thread display screen 10-60 Thread notification 100 Server (information processing device)
200A to 200C terminal device 300 network 400 service system 110 communication unit 120 control unit 130 storage unit 111 reception unit 112 transmission unit 121 determination unit 122 extraction unit 123 generation unit 200 terminal device 210 communication unit 211 reception unit 212 transmission unit 220 control unit 221 Information processing unit 222 Display processing unit 230 Storage unit 240 Audio I / F
250 Display Unit 260 Input Accepting Unit 270 Speaker 132 Unread Message Table 133 Condition Table TH10-TH50 Thread 11-16, 21-29, 31, 32 Message 41 Image 42 Video 43 Stamp

Claims (9)

A transmission unit configured to send a message from a user terminal of the group to a plurality of user terminals constituting the group, the destination being a plurality of users constituting the group;
A storage unit for storing information about a transmission time of a message transmitted to the user;
A receiving unit for receiving already-read information indicating that the message has been viewed from the terminals of the plurality of users;
A determination unit that determines whether a predetermined condition is satisfied for an unread message in a state in which the read information is not received;
An extraction unit for extracting relevance of an unread message that satisfies the predetermined condition;
A generation unit for generating display information for displaying an area for displaying information indicating the relevance of the unread message on a display unit of the user terminal;
With
The determination unit determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied for an unread message transmitted within a predetermined time from an unread message transmitted immediately before,
The transmission unit transmits the display information to the user,
The information processing apparatus, wherein when the region is selected by the user, the generation unit generates the display information so that the unread message is displayed in time series on a display unit of the user terminal. The storage unit further stores information of a user who has transmitted the unread message,
When the number of other users who transmitted the unread message is equal to or greater than a predetermined ratio with respect to the number of users constituting the group, the determination unit determines that the predetermined condition is included in the unread message. Is determined to hold,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 . The storage unit further stores a predetermined threshold value,
The determination unit further determines whether the number of unread messages that satisfy the predetermined condition exceeds a predetermined threshold;
The extraction unit extracts the relevance for unread messages that satisfy the predetermined condition, by collecting unread messages that are less than or equal to the predetermined threshold.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing apparatus is an information processing apparatus. The extraction unit extracts at least one of one or more words frequently appearing in the unread message and information transmitted as the message as the relevance.
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that. A transmitting step of transmitting a message from a terminal of a user of the group, to a plurality of users of the group;
A storage step for storing information relating to a transmission time of a message transmitted to the user;
A receiving step of receiving, from the terminals of the plurality of users, read information indicating that the message has been browsed;
A determination step of determining whether a predetermined condition is satisfied in an unread message in a state where the read information is not received;
An extraction step of extracting relevance of an unread message that satisfies the predetermined condition;
A step of generating display information for displaying an area for displaying information indicating the relevance of the unread message on a display unit of the user terminal;
A transmission step of transmitting the display information to the user;
Including
In the determination step, it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied for an unread message transmitted within a predetermined time from an unread message transmitted immediately before,
The generating step is a method of controlling the information processing apparatus, wherein when the region is selected by the user, the display information is generated so that the unread message is displayed in time series on a display unit of the user terminal. In the storing step, information of a user who transmitted the unread message is further stored ,
In the determination step, when the number of other users who transmitted the unread message is equal to or greater than a predetermined ratio with respect to the number of users constituting the group, the predetermined condition is added to the unread message. Is determined to hold,
The information processing apparatus control method according to claim 5 . In the storing step, a predetermined threshold value is further stored ,
The determination step further determines whether the number of unread messages satisfying the predetermined condition exceeds a predetermined threshold,
The extraction step extracts the relevance for a group of unread messages that are equal to or less than the predetermined threshold for unread messages that satisfy the predetermined condition.
The method for controlling an information processing apparatus according to claim 5 or 6 . The extraction step extracts at least one of one or more words frequently appearing in the unread message and information transmitted as the message as the relevance.
The control method of the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 7 , In the information processing device,
A transmission function for transmitting a message from a terminal of a user of the group to a plurality of users of the group;
A storage function for storing information about a transmission time of a message transmitted to a user;
A reception function for receiving the read information indicating that the message has been viewed from the terminals of the plurality of users;
A determination function for determining whether a predetermined condition is satisfied in an unread message in a state where the read information is not received;
An extraction function for extracting the relevance of an unread message that satisfies the predetermined condition;
A generation function for generating display information to display an area for displaying information indicating the relevance of the unread message on a display unit of the user terminal;
Realized,
The determination function determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied for an unread message transmitted within a predetermined time from an unread message transmitted immediately before,
The transmission function transmits the display information to the user,
The generation function generates the display information so that the unread message is displayed in time series on the display unit of the user terminal when the area is selected by the user.

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