JPH08340347A - Information presentation device and its method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide an information presentation device where information is properly used by presenting information later so as to attract attention of the user again. CONSTITUTION: The information presentation device has a new information storage section 101, a new information presentation section 102, an information re-presentation information storage section 105 and an information re-presentation section 107 or the like and gives information reached newly to the new information storage section 101 and the new information presentation section 102 presents the information newly. When a received processing content indicates re-presentation, it is stored in a re-presentation information storage section 105. A re-presentation time of information stored in a head line of the information re-presentation information storage section 105 is compared with a current time and when the re-presentation time and the current time are the same or the re-presentation time is earlier, the information stored in a head line of the information re-presentation information storage section 105 is presented by an information re-presentation section 107 and the information is deleted from the information re-presentation information storage section 105. Thus, the method is used to observe again a conference paper material held in one week after just before the conference and the information is not left in obscurity but utilized again at a proper time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information presenting apparatus for presenting information by collecting information from an information source or receiving information sent by a user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the spread of information networks, various kinds of information have come to be sent to users through the networks. In the information presentation device that receives such information and presents it to the user, the information is often presented to the user as soon as it arrives, and the user often sees the information and discards or saves it.

Conventionally, as an example of this type of information presentation device,
There is a device for sending and receiving electronic mail. In an electronic mail transmitting / receiving device, an electronic mail addressed to a user is constantly observed, and when the electronic mail arrives, the user is alerted and a list of mails that have arrived by then is presented. The user reads the presented email and deletes it, saves it, or writes a reply.

[0004]

However, the above-described conventional information presentation device has a problem that the information is buried after that, although the user may be alerted when the information arrives. For example, if a meeting arrives two days later, the user may want to touch this information again two days later. However, if this information is left as it is in the list of arriving information, and if such information occurs in large numbers, it becomes impossible to know which information should be viewed after two days.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and provides an information presenting apparatus that re-presents information at a later time and reminds the user to use the information at an appropriate time. The purpose is to do.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an information presenting apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention is an information presenting apparatus for presenting arrived information, and the presented information is reproduced later. It is provided with a discriminating means for discriminating whether or not to present and a re-presenting means for re-presenting according to the discrimination result.

The information presenting device according to claim 2 is the information presenting device according to claim 1.
In the information presenting device according to, the re-presentation information holding means for holding the information to be re-presented together with the time of the re-presentation, and the time measuring means for acquiring the current time, the determining means is timed by the time measuring means. The present invention is characterized in that the present time is compared with the re-presentation time held in the re-presentation information holding means to make a determination.

The information presenting device according to claim 3 is the information presenting device according to claim 1.
The re-presentation information holding means for holding the information to be re-presented in the information presentation device according to the above, and the relevance determination means for determining the relevance between the held information and the newly arrived information, and the discrimination means. Is characterized by making a determination according to the determined relevance.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the information presenting method for presenting the arrived information, it is discriminated whether or not the presented information is re-presented at a later time, and the re-presentation is made according to the discrimination result. It is characterized by doing.

[0010]

In the information presenting apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, when presenting the arrived information, the discriminating means discriminates whether or not to re-present the presented information, and the re-presenting means It is presented again according to the discrimination result.

[0011]

EXAMPLE An example of the information presenting apparatus of the present invention will be described. [First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the arrangement of an information presentation apparatus according to the first embodiment. In the figure, 101 is a new information holding unit that holds the arrived information. Reference numeral 102 denotes a new information presenting unit that presents the information held in the new information holding unit 101 to the user. 103 is a new information presentation unit 1
This is a treatment content input unit for inputting the user's judgment as to whether the information presented in 02 should be discarded, saved, or presented again.

Reference numeral 104 is information for discarding, storing, and re-presenting the information held in the new information holding unit 101 and presented to the new information presenting unit 102 in accordance with the action content input to the action content input unit 103. It is a treatment section. 10
Reference numeral 5 denotes a re-presentation information holding unit that holds the information to be re-presented together with the time of re-presentation.

Reference numeral 106 is a timekeeping section for acquiring the current time. An information re-presenting unit 107 presents information to be re-presented by comparing the current time measured by the time counting unit 106 with the re-presentation time of the re-presentation information held in the re-presentation information holding unit 105.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the information presentation device. In the figure, 201 is a CPU
And operates according to a control program described later. Reference numeral 202 denotes a RAM, which provides a storage area necessary for the operation of the new information holding unit 101, the re-presentation information holding unit 105, and the control program.

Reference numeral 203 denotes a disk device, which holds the above control program. Reference numeral 204 denotes a clock, which is a clock unit 10.
Achieve 6. A display device 205 displays a user interface that implements the new information presentation unit 102, the treatment content input unit 103, and the information re-presentation unit 107. Reference numeral 206 denotes a mouse device, which is a display device 20.
The treatment content input unit 103 is realized together with the user interface displayed on the screen 5. 207 is a bus.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a user interface of the treatment content input unit 103. In the figure, the display unit 405 lists the titles of new information. Select one of the titles with the mouse device 206 and then press the button 401.
If you select, you have entered the decision to discard. If the button 402 is selected, it means that the determination of saving is input. When the re-presentation time is selected from the list 404 and the button 403 is selected, the re-presentation determination is input.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the information presenting apparatus. First, it waits for a new event to occur (step S301). When a new event occurs, the type of event is determined (step S30).
2). Events occur in the following three cases. First, there is a case where new information arrives from the outside, which is called an information arrival event. Secondly, there is a case where the user inputs the treatment details into the treatment content input unit 103, which is called a treatment event. Thirdly, there are events that occur periodically from the clock unit 106, for example, at 1-minute intervals, and this is called a time event.

The information presentation device operates according to the type of event that has occurred. In the case of an information event, the newly arrived information is added to the new information holding unit 101 and is newly presented in the new information presentation unit 102 ( Step S30
3). Then, the process returns to step S301 again.

If it is a treatment event in step S302 and the inputted treatment content is discard, the selected information is deleted from the new information holding unit 101 and deleted from the new information presenting unit 102. If the entered action details are saved, they are saved in an external storage device. If the treatment content is re-presentation, it is held in the re-presentation information holding unit 105 (step S304).

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of the re-presentation information holding unit. In the figure, a column 501 is a portion for holding the re-presentation time of information. The column 502 is a part that holds the information itself. Each line corresponds to one piece of information. When the re-presentation information is held, the re-presentation information is held in order from the beginning of the re-presentation time.

The re-presentation time of the information held in the first row of the re-presentation information holding unit 105 is compared with the current time (step S305), and the re-presentation time and the current time are the same, or the re-presentation time is the same. If it is early, the re-presentation information holding unit 1
The information re-presentation unit 10
7 and deletes it from the re-presentation information holding unit 105 (step S306). Then, the process returns to step S301 again.

On the other hand, if the re-presentation time is later in step S305, or if no information is held in the re-presentation information holding section 105, the process returns to step S301. The above process is continued until the end of execution of the apparatus.

According to the information presenting apparatus of this embodiment, for example, the material of the conference held one week later can be viewed again just before the conference, and the information can be utilized again at an appropriate time without being hidden. be able to.

In the first embodiment, the case where the user selects the re-presentation time from one hour, one day, and one week has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this and any time can be selected. May be used as a branch.

In the first embodiment described above, the case where the user selects the re-presentation time from the selection branches has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the time may be directly input, or both may be input. It may be a combination. [Second Embodiment] An information presentation apparatus according to the second embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment, the case where the user specifies the re-presentation time has been described, but in the present embodiment, instead of the re-presentation time, another condition is used to determine whether or not the re-presentation is performed. There are features.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information presenting apparatus of the second embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 601 denotes a new information holding unit that holds the arrived information. Reference numeral 602 denotes a new information presenting unit that presents the information held in the new information holding unit 601 to the user.

Reference numeral 603 denotes a treatment content input unit for inputting the user's judgment as to whether the information presented in the new information presentation unit 602 should be discarded, saved, or presented again. An information processing unit 604 performs disposal, storage, and re-presentation of the information held in the new information holding unit 601 and presented in the new information presenting unit 602 according to the treatment content input in the treatment content input unit 603. Is.

Reference numeral 605 is a re-presentation information holding unit for holding information to be re-presented. Reference numeral 606 is a relevance determination unit that checks the relevance of the information that has arrived and the information that is retained in the re-presentation information retaining unit 605. An information presenting unit 607 presents information in the re-presentation information holding unit 605 which is determined to be related to the arrival information by the relevance determining unit 606.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the information presenting apparatus. First, it waits for a new event to occur (step S701). When a new event occurs, its type is determined (step S702). New events occur in the following two cases. The first is the case where new information arrives from the outside, and this is called an information arrival event as in the first embodiment. Secondly, there is a case where the user inputs the treatment content into the treatment content input unit 603, which is called a treatment event as in the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a user interface of the treatment content input unit 603. The display section 804 lists titles of new information. If any one of these is selected with the mouse device and then the button 801 is selected, it means that the judgment of discard is input. When the button 802 is selected, it means that the determination of saving is input. When the button 803 is selected, it means that the determination of re-presentation has been input.

The information presentation device operates according to the type of event that has occurred. In the case of the information arrival event, the newly arrived information is added to the new information holding unit 601 and is newly presented by the new information presenting unit 602 (step S703).

It is determined whether or not information related to the newly arrived information is present in the re-presentation information holding unit 605 (step S704). Various methods can be applied to this determination. For example, a method of determining that information titles that match each other are related may be used. Alternatively, a method of determining the degree of similarity may be used when the degree of similarity exceeds a threshold value by using a means for measuring the degree of similarity of the text of the body of information.

Subsequently, it is judged whether or not the information related to the arrived information is in the re-presentation information holding unit 607 (step S705). If there is no related information, the process returns to step S701. If there is related information, the information re-presentation unit 607 presents the arrived information and the related information (step S706). This information is deleted from the re-presentation information holding unit 605. Then, the process returns to step S701 again.

If it is the treatment event in step S702 and the treatment content is discard, the selected information is deleted from the new information holding unit 601 and the new information presenting unit 6 is used.
Erase from 02. If the entered action details are to be saved, they are saved in an external storage device. If the treatment content is re-presentation, it is held in the re-presentation information holding unit 605 (step S
707). Then, the process returns to step S701 again. The above process is continued until the end of execution of the apparatus.

According to the information presenting apparatus of the second embodiment, for example, after reading an intermediate report regarding a certain event, when the final report arrives, the intermediate report can be viewed again together, and the information can be displayed. It can be used again at the right time without being buried.

The re-presentation condition may be determined by combining the arrival of the relevant information of this embodiment and the re-presentation time of the first embodiment. Alternatively, the determination may be made using other conditions. [Third Embodiment] An information presentation apparatus according to the third embodiment will be described. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information presentation device of the third embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 901 denotes a presentation information holding unit that holds information that has arrived and information that is to be re-presented. An information presentation unit 902 presents information to be presented to the user from the information stored in the presentation information storage unit 901.

Reference numeral 903 denotes a treatment content input unit for inputting a user's judgment as to whether the information presented in the information presenting unit 902 should be discarded, saved, or presented again. An information processing unit 904 performs disposal of information, storage, and re-presentation according to the treatment content input to the treatment content input unit 903. Reference numeral 905 is a timekeeping unit that acquires the current time.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of the presentation information holding unit 901. In the figure, a column 1001 is a portion holding a flag indicating whether or not information is currently presented. A column 1002 is a part that holds the re-presentation time of information. The column 1003 is a part that holds the information itself. In determining whether or not to re-present the information, the flag in the column 1001 indicates non-presentation of information, and the information is re-presented when the presentation time in the column 1002 reaches a predetermined time.

In each of the above embodiments, the case where the information is erased from the information presenting unit until the re-presentation has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the information may be left in the information presenting unit. In this case, a user interface for highlighting the new information or the re-presentation information may be used so that the presentation or the re-presentation of the new information can be easily understood by the user.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the case of discarding and storing in addition to the re-presentation has been described as a method of treating information, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other arbitrary measures such as transfer may be combined. You may go. Further, it is not always necessary to combine disposal and preservation.

[0041]

According to the information presenting apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, when presenting the arrived information, the discriminating means discriminates whether or not to re-present the presented information,
Since it is re-presented according to the discrimination result by the re-presentation means,
Representing the information at a later time to remind the user to make the information available at the appropriate time. Therefore, the user does not have to hide information that should be reviewed again later in other information, and can view the information at an appropriate time.

According to the information presenting apparatus of the second aspect, it is provided with re-presentation information holding means for holding the information to be re-presented together with the time of the re-presentation, and clocking means for obtaining the current time, and the discriminating means. Determines by comparing the current time measured by the time measuring means with the re-presentation time held in the re-presentation information holding means, so that the information can be used according to the time to be re-presented.

According to the information presenting apparatus of the third aspect, the re-presentation information holding means for holding the information to be re-presented, and the relevance for judging the relevance of the held information and the newly arrived information Since the discriminating means discriminates according to the determined relevance, it is possible to use the relevant information.

According to the information presenting method of the fourth aspect, when presenting the arrived information, it is discriminated whether or not the presented information is re-presented at a later time, and it is re-presented according to the discrimination result. Therefore, the information can be used at an appropriate time by re-presenting the information at a later time to call the user's attention again.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an information presentation device according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of an information presentation device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the information presentation device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a user interface of a treatment content input unit 103.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of a re-presentation information holding unit.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information presentation device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the information presentation device.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a user interface of a treatment content input unit 603.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information presentation device according to a third embodiment.

10 is an explanatory diagram showing the content of a presentation information holding unit 901. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101, 601 New information storage unit 102, 602 New information presentation unit 103, 603, 903 Treatment content input unit 104, 604, 904 Information treatment unit 105, 605 Re-presentation information storage unit 106, 905 Clock unit 107, 607 Re-presentation of information Part 901 Presentation information holding part 902 Information presentation part

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued Front Page (72) Inventor Takaya Ueda 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Yuji Ikeda 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Incorporated (72) Inventor Minoru Fujita 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An information presenting apparatus for presenting arrived information, comprising: a discriminating means for discriminating whether or not to re-present the presented information, and a re-presenting means for re-presenting according to the discrimination result. An information presenting device comprising: 2. A re-presentation information holding means for holding the information to be re-presented together with the time of the re-presentation, and a clocking means for acquiring the current time, wherein the discriminating means is a current clocked by the clocking means. 2. The information presenting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the time is referred to and the time of re-presentation held in the re-presentation information holding means is compared to determine. 3. Representation information holding means for holding the information to be re-presented, and relevance determination means for determining the relevance between the held information and newly arrived information, wherein the determination means The information presenting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information presenting apparatus makes a determination according to the determined relevance. 4. An information presentation method for presenting information that has arrived, characterized in that it is determined whether or not to re-present the presented information at a later time, and the information is re-presented according to the determination result. Method.