JP7471145B2 - Presentation device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a presentation device that presents information.

When starting a new project, it may be necessary to decide on the members who will carry out the project. In such cases, it may be difficult to manually identify the expertise of each of the many candidates to become members and decide on the most appropriate members for the project.

As described in Patent Literature 1, a method is disclosed in which, when selecting members for a project to be processed, a member list of past projects with attributes similar to those of the project to be processed is used through information processing. In this method, for each member listed in the member list of the past project, it is determined whether or not the member satisfies the requirements of the project to be processed, and the members who satisfy the requirements are selected.

JP 2007-26404 A

However, the above-mentioned method determines whether each member of past projects meets the requirements of the project to be processed, but does not take into account the interpersonal relationships between members. For this reason, it is desirable to more appropriately select members who can carry out the project while taking into account interpersonal relationships.

The present invention was made in consideration of the above-mentioned situation, and relates to a presentation device that can present to a user members suitable for carrying out a project.

The presentation device according to this embodiment is a presentation device that presents a member list for a new project to a user, and includes at least one processor. The at least one processor accepts input of important keywords related to the project from a user, acquires communication history information including communication destinations and communication contents of each of the multiple candidates for each of the multiple candidates, determines multiple members for the project including key members based on the communication history information and the important keywords, generates a member list indicating the multiple members, and outputs the member list. When determining the multiple members, the device calculates a first parameter indicating the number of communication communications related to the important keyword by counting the number of first history information, which is communication history information whose communication contents include the important keyword, for each of the multiple candidates, and determines a candidate with a relatively large first parameter as a key member among the multiple members. The device calculates a second parameter indicating the number of communication communications with key members related to the important keyword by counting the number of second history information, which is communication history information whose communication destination is a key member and whose communication contents include the important keyword, for each of the multiple candidates, and determines the multiple members from the multiple candidates in order of those with the relatively large second parameters according to the number of people required for the project.

According to this embodiment, the number of pieces of first history information containing the important keyword in the communication content is counted for each of the multiple candidates based on the communication history information and the important keyword, thereby calculating a first parameter indicating the number of communication communications related to the important keyword. Then, among the multiple candidates, a person having a relatively large first parameter is determined as a key member among the multiple members. Then, for each of the multiple candidates, the number of pieces of second history information in which the communication destination is a key member and the communication content contains the important keyword is counted, thereby calculating a second parameter indicating the number of communication communications with the key member regarding the important keyword. Then, according to the number of people required for the project, the multiple candidates are determined in order of those having a relatively large second parameter as the multiple members. Then, a member list indicating the multiple members is generated and the member list is output. In other words, as members for the project, key members who are considered to have expertise in the project among the multiple candidates because they have a relatively large number of communication communications related to the important keyword, and other members who have already communicated with the key members regarding the important keyword are determined. As a result, as members for the project, members who have built human relationships that make it easy to smoothly discuss the project with the key members as the axis can be presented to the user.

According to the present invention, it is possible to present to the user members suitable for carrying out the project.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a presentation system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the presentation device 10 according to the present embodiment. 3 is a diagram showing an example of communication history information acquired by an acquisition unit 11 in FIG. 2 . 3 is a diagram showing an example of a communication list generated by a first generating unit 12 in FIG. 2 . 3 is a diagram showing an example of expertise parameter information generated by the determination unit 15 of FIG. 2 . 3 is a diagram showing an example of personal connection parameter information generated by the determining unit 15 of FIG. 2 . 13 is a flowchart showing the procedure of a communication list generation process performed by the presentation device 10. 10 is a flowchart showing the procedure of a presentation process performed by the presentation device 10. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a presentation device 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the description of the drawings, the same or equivalent elements will be designated by the same reference numerals, and duplicate descriptions will be omitted.

1 shows the overall configuration of the presentation system 100 of this embodiment. The presentation system 100 is a group of information processing devices composed of a server device and the like that presents a member list for a new project (hereinafter referred to as a "project") to a user U. The presentation system 100 determines candidates suitable for carrying out the project from among multiple candidates and generates a member list. In the following, in this embodiment, an example will be described in which the presentation system 100 presents a member list M for a project of a certain company to a user U, and each candidate who can become a member for the project (hereinafter referred to as a "project member") is an employee of the company. The employee may be an employee who has been registered in advance in the presentation system 100 by the user U or the like as an employee of the project. Note that the example of the project described in this embodiment is just an example, and the project and the candidate are not particularly limited. The presentation system 100 includes multiple terminal devices T and a presentation device 10. The presentation device 10 is capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from multiple terminal devices T via a communication network including a mobile phone network.

The terminal device T is a terminal device T used by employees (candidates) and users U. Examples of the terminal device T include mobile terminals such as smartphones, tablet terminals, and feature phones, landline telephones, notebook PCs, and desktop PCs.

The terminal device T generates communication information regarding communications between multiple employees using their respective terminal devices T. For example, when an employee uses the telephone function of the terminal device T to call another employee, and when an employee uses an email application installed on the terminal device T to send an email to another employee, the terminal device T generates communication information. Details of the communication information will be described later. For example, the terminal device T transmits communication information to the presentation device 10 each time communication information is generated. Note that the communication information may be generated based on information accumulated on the communication network side, including a mobile phone network. Furthermore, the communication information is not limited to communications between employees using the terminal device T, but may also be information regarding communications between employees using the terminal device T with people other than employees.

The presentation device 10 is a device that presents a member list for a new project to a user U. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the presentation device 10. As shown in FIG. 2, the presentation device 10 includes, as functional components, an acquisition unit 11, a first generation unit 12, a storage unit 13, an input reception unit 14, a determination unit 15, a second generation unit 16, and an output unit 17. The functions of each component are described below.

The acquisition unit 11 acquires communication history information for each employee from each terminal device T. The communication history information indicates the history of the employee's communication information, and indicates the history of one communication performed by the employee.

In this embodiment, the communication history information is obtained by acquiring call history information and email history information for each employee. Call history information is information regarding the history of calls an employee made to other employees using, for example, a smartphone, a landline phone, etc. Email history information is information regarding the history of emails an employee sent and received to other employees using, for example, a desktop PC, a smartphone, etc.

3 is an example of communication history information (call history information and e-mail history information) acquired by the acquisition unit 11. As shown in FIG. 3, each of the call history information and e-mail history information includes an item "History No." for identifying the communication history information, an item "Employee ID" for identifying the employee, an item "Contact ID" for identifying the communication destination, an item "Date and time" for identifying the time of the communication, and an item "Communication content" for identifying the content of the communication. A combination of "Contact ID", "Date and time", and "Communication content" indicates the history of one communication (one communication history information). "Employee ID" is information that can uniquely identify multiple employees. "Contact ID" is information that can uniquely identify other employees who have been contacted by the employee indicated by the "Employee ID". In this embodiment, "Contact ID" indicates the ID of the employee who is the call destination (communication destination) that the employee made a call to in the case of call history information, and indicates the ID of the employee who is the destination (communication destination) of the e-mails sent and received by each of the multiple employees in the case of e-mail history information. "Date and time" is information that indicates at least the date and time (time stamp) when the employee communicated.

"Communication content" is information indicating the specific content of communication between the employee identified by the "employee ID" and the employee identified by the "contact ID". When the communication history information is call history information, the "communication content" is the content of the calls made by the employees. The "call content" is, for example, text information in which the voice of the employee's call is converted into a character string by the terminal device T or the presentation device 10. The conversion from voice to character string may be performed by the presentation device 10 or by the terminal device T. When the communication history information is email history information, the "communication content" is the content of emails sent and received by each employee, for example, text information.

The acquisition unit 11 outputs the acquired communication history information to the storage unit 13, and stores the communication history information in the storage unit 13.

The first generation unit 12 generates a communication list based on the communication history information of each employee. A communication list is a list of other employees who have a particularly close relationship with an employee (candidate). Figure 4 is an example of a communication list generated by the first generation unit 12. As shown in Figure 4, the communication list includes items "History No." and "Employee ID" that identify the communication list, and an item "Employee ID" that identifies employees with a relationship. The "Employee ID" with a relationship is identification information for other employees who have contacted an employee a threshold number of times within a specified period.

The first generating unit 12 executes a communication list generation process for each employee at a predetermined timing based on the communication history information acquired from the acquiring unit 11. Specifically, the first generating unit 12 generates a communication list by counting the number of communications between the one employee and each of the other employees different from the one employee based on the communication history information of the one employee. The communication list is a list showing the other employees who have more communications with the one employee than a predetermined threshold. The number of communications with the one employee is counted, for example, by counting the number of pieces of communication history information of the one employee that include the employee ID of the other employee as a "contact ID" for each other employee.

In this embodiment, the first generation unit 12 counts the number of communications between one employee and each of the other employees within a specified period. The threshold and the specified period are set in advance, for example, "number of communications per year for the past three years is xx or more." The first generation unit 12 outputs the communication list of each employee to the storage unit 13 and stores the communication list in the storage unit 13. Note that the threshold and the specified period may be set by the user U, for example, at the timing when the user U inputs technical keywords into the input receiving unit 14 (details will be described later). In this case, the communication list generation process may be executed at the timing of the project member determination process described later.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, the threshold and the specified period are set so that the number of communications per year in the last three years is X times or more. In this case, the first generation unit 12 counts the number of communications between employee EA and each of the other employees different from employee EA based on the communication history information of employee EA whose employee ID is AAA. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the number of communications per year between employee EA and employee ES whose employee ID is SSS, employee ET whose employee ID is TTT, and employee EC whose employee ID is CCC is X times or more in the last three years. The communications here include calls and e-mails between employee EA and each of employee ES, employee ET, and employee EC. Then, the first generation unit 12 generates a communication list showing other employees who have more communications with employee EA than the threshold (X times). In this example, the first generation unit 12 generates a communication list by linking the employee ID: AAA of employee EA with the employee IDs: SSS, TTT, and CCC of employees ES, ET, and EC. In this way, the first generation unit 12 generates a communication list for each employee.

The memory unit 13 is a functional unit that stores communication history information of each employee acquired by the acquisition unit 11, a communication list generated by the first generation unit 12, a member list (described later) generated by the second generation unit 16, etc. The information stored in the memory unit is referenced by each component (the acquisition unit 11, the first generation unit 12, the determination unit 15, the second generation unit 16, and the output unit 17) as necessary.

The input reception unit 14 receives input of important keywords related to the project and the number of people required for the project from the user U. Important keywords are keywords necessary for the completion of the project, such as technical keywords. The important keywords are used in a determination process (described later) for determining project members. As an example, the input reception unit 14 receives input of important keywords from an input text sent from the terminal device T used by the user U. Note that the number of people required for the project does not have to be input by the user U via the input reception unit 14, and may be determined in advance, for example. The input reception unit 14 outputs the important keywords and the number of people required input and received from the user U to the memory unit 13, and stores the important keywords and the number of people required in the memory unit 13.

The determination unit 15 determines project members based on the communication history information acquired by the acquisition unit 11 and the important keywords acquired by the input reception unit 14. Project members are multiple members for a project, and include key members. The determination unit 15 first determines key members, and then determines other employees who have frequent communication with the determined key members as project members. This is to determine other members with whom relationships have already been built, centering on the key members who will be the key people in the project.

Specifically, the determination unit 15 first calculates the expertise parameter (first parameter) for each employee by counting the number of pieces of first history information based on the communication history information acquired from the acquisition unit 11 and the important keywords acquired from the input acceptance unit 14. The first history information is communication history information whose communication content includes the important keywords. The first history information includes call history information whose call content includes the important keywords, and email history information whose email content includes the important keywords.

Here, the first history information will be described using the example shown in FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 1, for example, when the input receiving unit 14 receives an input of an important keyword W of "Wi-Fi" and a necessary number of people of "4 people" from a user U, the determination unit 15 refers to the communication history information of each employee and counts the number of communication history information items whose communication contents include the important keyword W for each employee. For example, when an employee makes a call with another employee via the call function of the terminal device T to discuss a content including the important keyword W ("Wi-Fi"), and the call content of the call history information includes the important keyword W ("Wi-Fi"), the determination unit 15 counts the call history information as 1. Also, for example, when an employee sends (or receives) an email to discuss a content including the important keyword W ("Wi-Fi") with another employee via the email application of the terminal device T, and the email content of the email history information includes the important keyword W ("Wi-Fi"), the determination unit 15 counts the email history information as 1.

In this way, the determination unit 15 counts the number of pieces of call history information and the number of pieces of e-mail history information that contain the important keyword W, and counts the total number of pieces of call history information and the number of pieces of e-mail history information that contain the important keyword W as the number of pieces of first history information. The determination unit 15 executes the process of counting the number of pieces of first history information for each employee.

The expertise parameter is a parameter indicating the number of communications related to important keywords. In this embodiment, the expertise parameter indicates the number of first history information items counted by the determination unit 15. The determination unit 15 determines, from among the multiple employees, an individual with a relatively large expertise parameter as a key member among the multiple members. For example, the determination unit 15 determines, from among the multiple employees, an individual with the largest expertise parameter as a key member.

In this embodiment, the determination unit 15 generates expertise parameter information indicating the expertise parameters of each employee. FIG. 5 is an example of expertise parameter information generated by the determination unit 15 in the example shown in FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 5, the expertise parameter information includes an item "History No.", an item "Employee ID", an item "Expertise Parameter", and an item "Expertise Presence Information" indicating the presence or absence of expertise. The "Expertise Parameter" indicates the number of first history information items for the employee indicated by the "Employee ID". The "Expertise Presence Information" is, for example, information indicating whether the employee indicated by the "Employee ID" has an expertise parameter greater than a predetermined value. The determination unit 15 outputs the generated expertise parameter information to the storage unit 13 and stores the expertise parameter information in the storage unit 13. Note that the determination unit 15 may, for example, determine key members without generating expertise parameter information, output information linking the employee IDs of the key members with the expertise parameters to the storage unit 13, and store the information in the storage unit 13.

In the example shown in FIG. 5, among the multiple employees, employee EC whose "employee ID" is CCC has the largest expertise parameter. Therefore, the determination unit 15 determines employee EC as a key member of the project from among the multiple employees.

Next, the determination unit 15 calculates a personal connection parameter (second parameter) by counting the number of pieces of second history information for each of the other employees shown in the communication list of the determined key member. The second history information is communication history information in which the communication destination is a key member and the communication content includes an important keyword. The second history information includes call history information in which the communication destination is a key member and the communication content includes an important keyword, and email history information in which the communication destination is a key member and the email content includes an important keyword.

In the example shown in FIG. 1, the determination unit 15, for example, refers to the communication history information of each of the other employees shown in the communication list of the key member, and counts the number of communication history information items in which the "contact ID" is the ID of the key member and the "communication content" includes the important keyword W "Wi-Fi" for each of the other employees. For example, if another employee makes a call with a key member via the call function of the terminal device T to discuss a content including the important keyword W ("Wi-Fi"), and the call content of the call history information includes the important keyword W ("Wi-Fi"), the determination unit 15 counts the call history information as one item. Also, for example, if another employee sends (or receives) an email to discuss a content including the important keyword W ("Wi-Fi") with a key member via the email application of the terminal device T, and the email content of the email history information includes the important keyword W ("Wi-Fi"), the determination unit 15 counts the email history information as one item.

In this way, the determination unit 15 counts the number of pieces of call history information and the number of pieces of e-mail history information whose "contact ID" is the ID of a key member and whose "communication content" includes the important keyword W. Then, the determination unit 15 counts the total number of pieces of call history information and the number of pieces of e-mail history information whose "contact ID" is the ID of a key member and whose "communication content" includes the important keyword W as the number of pieces of second history information. The determination unit 15 executes the process of counting the number of pieces of second history information for each employee shown in the communication list of the key member.

The personal connection parameter is a parameter indicating the number of communications with key members regarding important keywords. In this embodiment, the personal connection parameter indicates the number of pieces of second history information counted by the determination unit 15. The determination unit 15 determines other employees shown in the communication list as project members (multiple members) in descending order of those with relatively large personal connection parameters, depending on the required number of people. For example, the determination unit 15 determines other employees shown in the communication list as project members in descending order of those with the largest personal connection parameters.

In this embodiment, the determination unit 15 generates personal connection parameter information indicating the personal connection parameters of each employee. FIG. 6 is an example of personal connection parameter information generated by the determination unit 15 in the example shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 5. As shown in FIG. 6, the personal connection parameter information includes an item "Item No.", an item "Employee ID", an item "Contact ID", and an item "Personal connection parameter". The "Employee ID" indicates the ID of a main member. The "Contact ID" indicates the IDs of other employees shown in the communication list in descending order of personal connection parameter. The personal connection parameter indicates the number of second history information items for the employee indicated by the "Contact ID".

1, 5, and 6, the input reception unit 14 receives an input of the required number of people, "four people," from the user U. Among the other employees shown in the communication list, the employee EA whose employee ID is AAA has the largest network parameter. The employee ES whose employee ID is SSS has the next largest network parameter, and the employee EU whose employee ID is UUU has the next largest network parameter after the employee EA. Therefore, the determination unit 15 determines employees EA, ES, and EU as project members in addition to employee EC, who is a key member, according to the required number of people (four people). The determination unit 15 then outputs the generated network parameter information to the storage unit 13 and stores the network parameter information in the storage unit 13. The determination unit 15 may determine each project member other than the key members without generating network parameter information, output information linking the employee ID and network parameter of each project member other than the key members to the storage unit 13, and store the information in the storage unit 13.

The second generation unit 16 generates a member list indicating the project members determined by the determination unit 15. For example, the second generation unit 16 generates a member list including the employee IDs of the key members and the employee IDs of each project member other than the key members. The second generation unit 16 may also include in the member list the expertise parameters of the key members and the personal connections parameters of each project member other than the key members. The second generation unit 16 outputs the generated member list to the storage unit 13 and stores the member list in the storage unit 13. In the example shown in FIGS. 1, 5, and 6, the second generation unit 16 generates a member list M indicating employee EC (key member), employee EA, employee ES, and employee EU.

The output unit 17 outputs the member list generated by the second generation unit 16. In the examples shown in FIGS. 1, 5, and 6, the output unit 17 outputs the member list M to the terminal device T of the user U.

Next, the flow of the presentation process by the presentation device 10 will be described. A communication list generation method performed by the presentation device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the communication list generation process performed by the presentation device 10. The series of processes shown in FIG. 7 is started, for example, every time a predetermined time has elapsed.

First, the acquisition unit 11 acquires communication history information for each employee (step S101). The communication history information includes call history information and email history information. Next, the first generation unit 12 generates a communication list for each employee based on the acquired communication history information (step S102). This completes the communication list generation process.

Next, a member list generation method performed by the presentation device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. 8. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the member list generation process performed by the presentation device 10. The series of processes shown in FIG. 8 is performed, for example, when an important keyword and the required number of people are input by user U.

First, the input receiving unit 14 receives input of important keywords and the required number of people from the user U (step S201). Next, the determination unit 15 determines project members including key members based on the communication history information acquired by the acquisition unit 11 and the important keywords acquired by the input receiving unit 14 (step S202). Then, the second generation unit 16 generates a member list indicating the project members determined by the determination unit 15 (step S203). Finally, the output unit 17 outputs the member list generated by the second generation unit 16 to the terminal device T of the user U (step S204). This completes the member list generation process.

Next, the effects of the presentation device 10 of this embodiment will be described. According to the presentation device 10, for each employee (each candidate), the number of first history information whose communication contents include the important keyword is counted based on the communication history information and the important keyword, thereby calculating an expertise parameter indicating the number of communication communications related to the important keyword. Then, among the multiple employees, those having a relatively large expertise parameter (first parameter) are determined as key members among the project members. Then, for each employee, the number of second history information whose communication destination is a key member and whose communication contents include the important keyword is counted, thereby calculating a personal connection parameter (second parameter) indicating the number of communication communications with the key members related to the important keyword. Then, according to the number of people required for the project, among the multiple employees, those having a relatively large personal connection parameter are determined as project members in order. Then, a member list indicating the project members is generated, and the member list is output.

In other words, the presentation device 10 determines, as members for the project, key members among multiple employees who are considered to have expertise in the project because they have a relatively large amount of communication related to important keywords, and other members who are already communicating with the key members on important keywords. This makes it possible to present to the user U, as members for the project, members who have built relationships that facilitate smooth discussions about the project, centered around the key members. Therefore, according to this embodiment, it is possible to present to the user U members who are suitable for carrying out the project.

In particular, the expertise of each project member, as well as the interpersonal relationships between members, are important factors in the smooth execution of a project. In this embodiment, among multiple employees, the employee with the highest expertise parameter (i.e., the employee who is considered to have expertise in the project) is first determined as a key member. Then, by referring to the communication list, employees who are considered to already have relationships with key members and have high interpersonal parameters (i.e., employees who have built interpersonal relationships that make it easy to smoothly discuss the project with key members) are determined as project members. Therefore, according to this embodiment, project members who have built interpersonal relationships that enable smooth execution of the project can be presented to user U.

In addition, in this embodiment, before the project members are determined, a process is executed for each employee to generate a communication list showing other employees who have more communication with the first employee than a predetermined threshold by counting the number of communications between the first employee and each of the other employees different from the first employee based on the communication history information of the first employee. Then, when the project members are determined, the number of pieces of second history information is counted for each of the other employees shown in the communication list of the main member to calculate a personal connection parameter, and according to the required number of people, the other employees shown in the communication list are determined as project members in order of relatively large personal connection parameters. With this configuration, the project members are determined from a state in which the number of employees who have the most communication with the main members is narrowed down in advance, so that the calculation load of the process can be reduced compared to the case of determining project members from all employees.

In addition, in this embodiment, when communication history information is acquired, call history information is acquired for each employee, including the destinations of calls made by each employee as communication destinations and the contents of calls made by each employee as communication contents, and the first history information includes call history information in which important keywords are included in the call contents, and the second history information includes call history information in which the destination is a key member and the call contents include important keywords. With this configuration, the number of first history information and the number of second history information are counted based on the history information of telephone communication, which is one of the most commonly used communication tools, so that project members who have built relationships that facilitate smooth discussions about the project can be reliably determined.

In addition, in this embodiment, when communication history information is obtained, email history information is obtained for each employee, including the destinations of emails sent and received by each employee as communication destinations, and the content of emails sent and received by each employee as communication content, and the first history information includes email history information whose email content includes important keywords, and the second history information includes email history information whose destinations are key members and whose email content includes important keywords. With this configuration, the amount of first history information and the amount of second history information are counted based on the history information of email, which is one of the most commonly used communication tools, so that it is possible to reliably determine members who have built relationships that make it easy to smoothly discuss projects.

The above embodiment is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, but can be modified in various ways as described below.

For example, the presentation device 10 may be configured by a single device that is physically or logically coupled, or may be configured by multiple devices that are physically or logically separated from each other. For example, the presentation device 10 may be realized by multiple computers distributed over a network, such as in cloud computing. As described above, the configuration of the presentation device 10 may include any configuration that can realize the functions of the presentation device 10.

The communication history information of each employee does not have to be generated by the presentation device 10. In this case, the presentation device 10 does not have to include the acquisition unit 11 and the storage unit 13. In this configuration, the first generation unit 12 and the determination unit 15 acquire the communication history information from a database external to the presentation device 10.

The presentation device 10 may not include the first generation unit 12. In that case, for example, the determination unit 15 may calculate the second parameter by counting the amount of second history information for each candidate employee, and determine employees as project members in descending order of those having relatively larger second parameters.

The input receiving unit 14 may further receive input from the user U of a threshold value to be used in the communication list generation process. With this configuration, in a project that requires high teamwork, the user U can set a high threshold value, making it easier to determine members who have built relationships that facilitate smooth discussions.

The email history information may further include, for each employee, information on the send destination or copy destination as the type of destination in the email received by each employee. In this case, the determination unit 15 may execute a process for each of the multiple employees to count email history information in which the destination type of one employee is the send destination in email received by one of the multiple employees as being higher than email history information in which the destination type of one employee is the copy destination. The determination unit 15 may also execute a process for each of the multiple employees to count email history information in which the destination type of one employee is the send destination in email received by one employee as being higher than email history information in which the destination type of one employee is the copy destination.

Specifically, when counting the number of first history information and second history information, the determination unit 15 counts, for example, in an email received by an employee, email history information in which the destination type included in the email history information is TO as 1, and counts email history information in which the destination type is CC or BCC as 0.5.

For example, if an employee receives an email with a destination type of TO, the employee is considered to be an important person with respect to the content of the email, compared to when the destination type is CC. In this modified example, the counts of the first history information and the second history information are weighted based on the destination type, which changes depending on whether the recipient of the email is an important person with respect to the content of the mail, so that the first parameter and the second parameter can be calculated with high accuracy.

The block diagrams used to explain the above embodiments show functional blocks. These functional blocks (components) are realized by any combination of at least one of hardware and software. Furthermore, the method of realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be realized using one device that is physically or logically coupled, or may be realized using two or more devices that are physically or logically separated and directly or indirectly connected (for example, using wires, wirelessly, etc.) and these multiple devices. The functional blocks may be realized by combining the one device or the multiple devices with software.

Functions include, but are not limited to, judgement, determination, judgment, calculation, computation, processing, derivation, investigation, search, confirmation, reception, transmission, output, access, resolution, selection, selection, establishment, comparison, assumption, expectation, regard, broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, and assignment. For example, a functional block (component) that performs the transmission function is called a transmitting unit or transmitter. As mentioned above, there are no particular limitations on the method of realization for either of these.

For example, the presentation device 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may function as a computer that performs the information provision processing of the present disclosure. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of the presentation device 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The presentation device 10 described above may be physically configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a memory 1002, a storage 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, a bus 1007, and the like.

In the following description, the term "apparatus" may be interpreted as a circuit, device, unit, etc. The hardware configuration of the presentation device 10 may be configured to include one or more of the devices shown in the figure, or may be configured to exclude some of the devices.

The functions of the presentation device 10 are realized by loading specific software (programs) onto hardware such as the processor 1001 and memory 1002, causing the processor 1001 to perform calculations, control communication via the communication device 1004, and control at least one of the reading and writing of data in the memory 1002 and storage 1003.

The processor 1001, for example, operates an operating system to control the entire computer. The processor 1001 may be configured with a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with peripheral devices, a control device, an arithmetic unit, a register, etc. For example, the above-mentioned acquisition unit 11, first generation unit 12, storage unit 13, input reception unit 14, determination unit 15, second generation unit 16, and output unit 17 may be realized by the processor 1001.

The processor 1001 also reads out programs (program codes), software modules, data, etc. from at least one of the storage 1003 and the communication device 1004 into the memory 1002, and executes various processes according to these. As the programs, programs that cause a computer to execute at least a part of the operations described in the above-mentioned embodiment are used. For example, the acquisition unit 11, the first generation unit 12, the storage unit 13, the input reception unit 14, the determination unit 15, the second generation unit 16, and the output unit 17 may be realized by a control program stored in the memory 1002 and operating in the processor 1001, and other functional blocks may be similarly realized. Although the above-mentioned various processes have been described as being executed by one processor 1001, they may be executed simultaneously or sequentially by two or more processors 1001. The processor 1001 may be implemented by one or more chips. The programs may be transmitted from a network via a telecommunication line.

The memory 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may be composed of at least one of, for example, a read only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), a random access memory (RAM), etc. The memory 1002 may also be called a register, a cache, a main memory (primary storage device), etc. The memory 1002 can store executable programs (program codes), software modules, etc., for carrying out the information provision processing related to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Storage 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may be, for example, at least one of an optical disk such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk (e.g., a compact disk, a digital versatile disk, a Blu-ray (registered trademark) disk), a smart card, a flash memory (e.g., a card, a stick, a key drive), a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magnetic strip, and the like. Storage 1003 may also be referred to as an auxiliary storage device. The above-mentioned storage medium may be, for example, a database, a server, or other suitable medium including at least one of memory 1002 and storage 1003.

The communication device 1004 is hardware (transmission/reception device) for communicating between computers via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network, and is also called, for example, a network device, a network controller, a network card, a communication module, etc. The communication device 1004 may be configured to include a high-frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter, a frequency synthesizer, etc. to realize at least one of Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD). For example, the acquisition unit 11 for acquiring the above-mentioned various information may be realized by the communication device 1004. The acquisition unit 11 may be implemented as a transmission unit and a reception unit that are physically or logically separated.

The input device 1005 is an input device (e.g., a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, etc.) that accepts input from the outside. The output device 1006 is an output device (e.g., a display, a speaker, an LED lamp, etc.) that performs output to the outside. Note that the input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may be integrated into one configuration (e.g., a touch panel).

In addition, each device, such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002, is connected by a bus 1007 for communicating information. The bus 1007 may be configured using a single bus, or may be configured using different buses between each device.

The presentation device 10 may also be configured to include hardware such as a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a programmable logic device (PLD), or a field programmable gate array (FPGA), and some or all of the functional blocks may be realized by the hardware. For example, the processor 1001 may be implemented using at least one of these pieces of hardware.

The notification of information is not limited to the aspects/embodiments described in the present disclosure, and may be performed using other methods. For example, the notification of information may be performed by physical layer signaling (e.g., Downlink Control Information (DCI), Uplink Control Information (UCI)), higher layer signaling (e.g., Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, Medium Access Control (MAC) signaling, broadcast information (Master Information Block (MIB), System Information Block (SIB))), other signals, or a combination of these. In addition, the RRC signaling may be called an RRC message, and may be, for example, an RRC Connection Setup message, an RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, etc.

Each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure may be applied to at least one of systems using LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4G (4th generation mobile communication system), 5G (5th generation mobile communication system), FRA (Future Radio Access), NR (new Radio), W-CDMA (registered trademark), GSM (registered trademark), CDMA2000, UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, UWB (Ultra-WideBand), Bluetooth (registered trademark), and other suitable systems, and next-generation systems extended based on these. In addition, multiple systems may be combined (e.g., a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A with 5G, etc.).

The processing steps, sequences, flow charts, etc. of each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure may be reordered unless inconsistent. For example, the methods described in this disclosure present elements of various steps using an example order and are not limited to the particular order presented.

Information, etc. may be output from a higher layer (or a lower layer) to a lower layer (or a higher layer). It may also be input/output via multiple network nodes.

The input and output information may be stored in a specific location (e.g., memory) or may be managed using a management table. The input and output information may be overwritten, updated, or added to. The output information may be deleted. The input information may be transmitted to another device.

The determination may be based on a value represented by one bit (0 or 1), a Boolean (true or false) value, or a comparison of numerical values (e.g., a comparison with a predetermined value).

Each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure may be used alone, in combination, or switched depending on the execution. In addition, notification of specific information (e.g., notification that "X is the case") is not limited to being done explicitly, but may be done implicitly (e.g., not notifying the specific information).

Although the present disclosure has been described in detail above, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described herein. The present disclosure can be implemented in modified and altered forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the claims. Therefore, the description of the present disclosure is intended as an illustrative example and does not have any limiting meaning on the present disclosure.

Software shall be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executable files, threads of execution, procedures, functions, etc., whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise.

Software, instructions, information, etc. may also be transmitted and received via a transmission medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using wired technologies (such as coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)), and/or wireless technologies (such as infrared, microwave), then these wired and/or wireless technologies are included within the definition of a transmission medium.

The information, signals, etc. described in this disclosure may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, chips, etc. that may be referred to throughout the above description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, optical fields or photons, or any combination thereof.

Note that the terms described in this disclosure and the terms necessary for understanding this disclosure may be replaced with terms having the same or similar meanings. For example, at least one of the channel and the symbol may be a signal (signaling). Also, the signal may be a message. Also, a component carrier (CC) may be called a carrier frequency, a cell, a frequency carrier, etc.

As used in this disclosure, the terms "system" and "network" are used interchangeably.

In addition, the information, parameters, etc. described in this disclosure may be represented using absolute values, may be represented using relative values from a predetermined value, or may be represented using other corresponding information. For example, radio resources may be indicated by an index.

The names used for the parameters described above are not intended to be limiting in any way. Furthermore, the formulas etc. using these parameters may differ from those explicitly disclosed in this disclosure. The various channels (e.g., PUCCH, PDCCH, etc.) and information elements may be identified by any suitable names, and therefore the various names assigned to these various channels and information elements are not intended to be limiting in any way.

As used in this disclosure, the terms "determining" and "determining" may encompass a wide variety of actions. "Determining" and "determining" may include, for example, judging, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up, searching, inquiring (e.g., searching in a table, database, or other data structure), ascertaining, and the like. "Determining" and "determining" may also include receiving (e.g., receiving information), transmitting (e.g., sending information), input, output, accessing (e.g., accessing data in memory), and the like. Additionally, "judgment" and "decision" can include considering resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, etc., to have been "judged" or "decided." In other words, "judgment" and "decision" can include considering some action to have been "judged" or "decided." Additionally, "judgment (decision)" can be interpreted as "assuming," "expecting," "considering," etc.

The terms "connected," "coupled," or any variation thereof, refer to any direct or indirect connection or coupling between two or more elements, and may include the presence of one or more intermediate elements between two elements that are "connected" or "coupled" to each other. The coupling or connection between elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof. For example, "connected" may be read as "access." As used in this disclosure, two elements may be considered to be "connected" or "coupled" to each other using at least one of one or more wires, cables, and printed electrical connections, as well as electromagnetic energy having wavelengths in the radio frequency range, microwave range, and optical (both visible and invisible) range, as some non-limiting and non-exhaustive examples.

As used in this disclosure, the phrase "based on" does not mean "based only on," unless expressly stated otherwise. In other words, the phrase "based on" means both "based only on" and "based at least on."

When the terms "include," "including," and variations thereof are used in this disclosure, these terms are intended to be inclusive, similar to the term "comprising." Additionally, the term "or," as used in this disclosure, is not intended to be an exclusive or.

In this disclosure, where articles have been added through translation, such as a, an, and the in English, this disclosure may include that the nouns following these articles are in the plural form.

In this disclosure, the term "A and B are different" may mean "A and B are different from each other." The term may also mean "A and B are each different from C." Terms such as "separate" and "combined" may also be interpreted in the same way as "different."

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Claims (5)

A presentation device for presenting a member list for a new project to a user, comprising:
At least one processor;
the at least one processor:
receiving an input of important keywords related to the project from the user;
Acquire communication history information for each of a plurality of candidates, the communication history information including the communication destination and communication content of each of the plurality of candidates;
determining a plurality of members for the project, including key members, based on the communication history information and the important keywords;
generating the member list indicating the plurality of members;
Outputting the member list;
When determining the plurality of members,
Counting the number of first history information pieces, which are the communication history information pieces including the important keyword in the communication content, for each of the plurality of candidates, to calculate a first parameter indicating the number of communications related to the important keyword;
determining, from among the plurality of candidates, a person having a relatively large first parameter as the main member among the plurality of members;
Counting the number of pieces of second history information, which is the communication history information in which the communication destination is the key member and the communication content includes the important keyword, for each of the plurality of candidates, to calculate a second parameter indicating the number of communications with the key member regarding the important keyword;
determining, from among the plurality of candidates, those having the second parameter relatively larger, as the plurality of members according to the number of people required for the project;
prior to determining the plurality of members,
execute, for each of the plurality of candidates, a process of counting the number of communications between the one candidate and each of the other candidates among the plurality of candidates excluding the one candidate, based on the communication history information of the one candidate among the plurality of candidates, thereby generating a communication list indicating the other candidates who have a greater number of communications with the one candidate than a predetermined threshold;
When determining the plurality of members,
Calculating the second parameter by counting the number of pieces of second history information for each of the other candidates listed in the communication list of the key member;
determining, according to the required number of people, the plurality of members in descending order of the second parameter from the other candidates shown in the communication list;
Presentation device. The at least one processor
further receiving the threshold value from the user;
The presentation device according to claim 1 . The at least one processor
When acquiring the communication history information,
As the communication history information, for each of the plurality of candidates, telephone call history information is acquired, which includes, as the communication destination, a telephone call destination of each of the plurality of candidates, and, as the communication content, a telephone call content of each of the plurality of candidates;
the first history information includes the call history information in which the important keyword is included in the call content,
the second history information includes the call history information in which the call destination is the main member and the important keyword is included in the call content;
The presentation device according to claim 1 . The at least one processor
When acquiring the communication history information,
As the communication history information, for each of the plurality of candidates, electronic mail history information is acquired, which includes, as the communication destination, the sending and receiving destination of electronic mail sent and received by each of the plurality of candidates, and, as the communication content, the content of the email sent and received by each of the plurality of candidates;
the first history information includes the e-mail history information in which the important keyword is included in the e-mail content,
the second history information includes the e-mail history information in which the destination is the main member and the important keyword is included in the e-mail content;
The presentation device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 . The email history information further includes, for each of the plurality of candidates, information on a destination or a copy destination as a type of destination in an email received by each of the plurality of candidates;
The at least one processor
When counting the number of pieces of the first history information,
execute a process for each of the plurality of candidates to increment the e-mail history information in which the destination type of the one candidate is a sender in e-mails received by the one candidate among the plurality of candidates, compared with the e-mail history information in which the destination type of the one candidate is a copy destination;
When counting the second history information,
execute a process for each of the plurality of candidates to increment the number of email history information items in which the destination type of the one candidate is a sender, as compared with the number of email history information items in which the destination type of the one candidate is a copy destination, in emails received by the one candidate;
The presentation device according to claim 4 .

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