JPH09200257A - Electronic information notifying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a device capable of quickly obtaining only information related to user himself (or herself) and required to be truely known by the user out of much supplied information by providing the device with a registration means, a storage means and an extraction means. SOLUTION: An input device 1 can input electronic information to be presented to a user, a sort rule, a sort, etc., and a processor 2 is provided with a storage processing part 21, a sort judgment part 22, an extraction processing part 23, and an output processing part 24. A storage device 3 is provided with a registering information data base 31 and a sort rule data base 32. At the time of inputting electronic information to be registered from the input device 1, the processing part 21 executes processing for storing the registering information in the data base 31. At the time of inputting a sort rule from the input device 1, the processing part 21 stores the sort rule in the rule data base 32. The judgment part 22 judges an information extraction sort inputted from the user based upon the sort rule stored in the rule data base 32.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic information posting device in an information providing device for electronic mail, electronic bulletin boards, electronic conferences and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent electronic mails and electronic bulletin boards,
An attempt has been made to prepare a summary of information contents in advance so that the summary of information contents to be provided can be easily extracted. In addition, a method of specifying a user by setting a list of users who want to provide information as a reader list or providing a reference right as to whether or not information can be referred to a user to be provided as a table has been attempted.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional method, although the information is summarized, the user who provides the information is set, and the reference right is set, the following problems are pointed out. Has been done.

That is, in order to take out the summary of the information content, it is necessary to prepare the summary of the information content in advance, which is a troublesome work. Therefore, if the abstract is not prepared in advance, it is impossible to know the point of the information provided. In particular, when a large amount of information was provided to the user, it was impossible to quickly find out the point. In this case, since no summary is prepared in advance, it is difficult to find information relevant to oneself from the information provided in large quantities.

On the other hand, in the conventional method, since there is no means for determining the target user from the provided information and associating the information with the user, it is necessary to know whether the information is necessary or unnecessary for the user. , I have to refer to the information and it is very inefficient.

Regarding the setting of the user who provides the information, there is no method for designating the user for each part of the provided information. For example, there are various problems that there is no means for setting priority on the side to be provided and classifying into groups or individuals.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to make it possible to quickly obtain only information that is truly relevant to oneself and that is relevant to oneself from a large amount of information provided. It is to provide an information display device.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is an electronic device in which an extraction symbol for extracting a part of the information is added to the information provided to the user. Electronic information registration means for registering information, extraction rule holding means for holding in advance an extraction rule for extracting a part of the electronic information from the electronic information registered in the electronic information registration means, and this extraction rule holding means Extraction processing means for extracting the information of the designated portion from the electronic information registered in the electronic information registration means based on the extraction rule held in.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to extract the information of the part delimited by the extraction symbol from the information based on the extraction rule, so that the information related to oneself can be searched for from the information provided in large quantities. Or, you can quickly know the summary and contents of that information.

The invention according to claim 2 is the electronic information display device according to claim 1, wherein the extraction symbol is added to a portion which is a summary of information provided to a user or a portion which is a keyword. The extraction rule is a rule for extracting a summary of the information or a keyword from electronic information.

According to the above configuration, since only the abstract or the keyword can be extracted from a large amount of information provided, it is possible to know the content of the information quickly and accurately.

Further, the invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1.
The described electronic information posting device is provided with a user ID registration unit that registers a user ID capable of extracting the information from the information provided to the user, and the extraction symbol is only for a specific individual in the information provided to the user. The extraction rule is a rule for extracting a part to be provided by only a specific individual from the electronic information.

According to the above configuration, the information can be provided only to the user who has registered the ID, so that the user can quickly obtain the truly necessary information from a large amount of information.

Further, the invention according to claim 4 is the same as the invention according to claim 3.
In the described electronic information display device, the extraction rule,
The rule includes at least a rule for extracting a summary or a keyword of the information from the electronic information, and a rule for extracting a portion of the electronic information provided only by a specific individual, and between each rule. A priority is added, and the extraction processing means extracts the specified information from the electronic information according to the priority.

According to the above arrangement, the electronic information can be extracted according to the priority, so that the information can be promptly provided only to the person who truly needs the information.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an embodiment (first embodiment) of an electronic information display device according to the present invention.

The electronic information posting device according to this embodiment comprises an input device 1, a processing device 2, a holding device 3 and an output device 4.

The input device 1 is composed of a keyboard and the like,
Electronic information provided to the user, type rules, types, etc. can be input.

The processing device 2 includes a storage processing unit 21, a type determination unit 22, an extraction processing unit 23, and an output processing unit 24. The holding device 3 also includes a registration information database 31 and a type rule database 32.

When the electronic information to be registered (hereinafter also referred to as registration information) is input from the input device 1, the storage processing section 21 stores the registration information in the registration information database 31.
Execute the process to save to. Further, when a type rule to be described later is input from the input device 1, a process of storing the type rule in the type rule database 32 is executed.

The type determination unit 22 determines the type of information extraction input by the user based on the type rule stored in the type rule database 32. For example, the registration stored in the registration information database 31 is registered. The type of whether to extract the whole sentence, the abstract only, or the keyword only from the document in which the information is specified is determined.

The extraction processing section 23 executes the processing of extracting either the whole sentence, the abstract or the keyword of the corresponding document from the registration information database 31 according to the inputted type.

The output processing unit 24 extracts the whole sentence,
The process of supplying either the summary or the keyword to the output device 4 is executed.

The registration information database 31 is for registering the document information input by the user, and is registered in the state where the extraction symbol is added to the document, as shown in FIG. 4 described later.

The type rule database 32 is for registering type rules for extracting information registered in the registration information database 31, and as shown in FIG. 5 described later, extraction symbols corresponding to summaries, keywords, etc. Is registered.

The output device 4 is composed of a CRT display, a printer or the like, and displays the electronic information extracted from the registration information database 31 on the screen or prints it out.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be systematically described.

<Information Storage Processing> First, as shown in FIG. 2, when the electronic information to be registered is input from the input device 1, the information storage processing is executed, and the input electronic information is stored in the storage processing unit 21. It is stored in the registration information database 31 by. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, when a type rule is input from the input device 1, a type rule saving process is executed, and the input type rule is saved in the type rule database 32 by the save processing unit 21.

Here, the input registration information is, as shown in FIG. 4, an extraction symbol added to the document,
The document to which this extraction symbol is added is the registration information database 31. It is the output range, and the extraction symbols are set at the start and end points of the part used for summarization in advance. This is the part that is enclosed, and the symbol "[" is added at the beginning of the keyword in advance.
, But the symbol “]” is added to each end point. Note that when displaying a document with an extraction symbol added on the screen, the extraction symbol is not displayed for security reasons.
Only sentences are displayed. Of course, a specific person such as the system administrator can display the document including the extraction symbol.

The type and the extraction symbol as described above are registered in the type rule database 32 as a type rule. An example is shown in FIG.

<Information Extraction Process> FIG. 6 shows the procedure of the information extraction process. In the flowchart of FIG. 6, first, when the user specifies which information to be extracted from the registered information via the input device 1 (step S1), the information specified from the registration information database 31 is displayed. It is extracted (step S2). Next, when the type is designated by the user as to whether to retrieve the whole sentence, only the abstract or only the keyword (step S3), the type determination unit 22 determines the input type (step S3). S4), the following processing is performed according to the type.

When "take out whole text" is specified,
The full text extraction process is executed, and the full text of the specified document name is extracted from the registration information database 31 (step S
5). Also, if "Abstract retrieval" is specified,
The type of the abstract is determined (step S6), and if there is an extraction symbol, the document in the range enclosed by the extraction symbol is extracted as the abstract (steps S7 and S8). If the extraction symbol is not attached, the abstract extraction process cannot be executed and the process ends. Further, when the keyword extraction is designated, the type of the keyword is determined (step S9), and when there is the extraction symbol, the keyword extraction process is executed (steps S10 and S11). If no extraction symbol is attached, the keyword extraction process cannot be executed and the process ends.

More specifically, this series of extraction processes will now be described as shown in FIG. ]] It is assumed that a document in which a portion surrounded by "] is mixed is registered in the registration information database 31 as electronic information.
When the extraction of the summary part is specified, it is shown in Fig. 7 (b). When the extraction of the keyword portion is designated, as shown in FIG. 7C, the portion surrounded by the keyword extraction symbols “[”, “]”, that is, the keyword A and the keyword B are extracted.

Each of the extracted abstract or keyword data is supplied from the output processing section 24 to the output device 4, and is printed out or displayed on the screen (step S1).
2).

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, only a summary or a keyword can be extracted from a large amount of information provided, and a user can know the content of information quickly and accurately. Becomes

FIG. 8 shows another embodiment (second embodiment) of the electronic information display device according to the present invention.
The same components as those of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

The electronic information display device shown in this embodiment includes an input device 1, a processing device 2A, a holding device 3A, and an output device 4 as in the device shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, the processing device 2A includes a determination processing unit 21, a type determination unit 22, an extraction processing unit 23, an output processing unit 24, and a determination unit 25. As 3A, in addition to the registration information database 31, a personal ID database 33 and a level-specific rule database 34 are provided.

The judging section 25 executes the process of judging the level of the user from the personal ID.

The personal ID database 33 stores the personal ID input by the user.
It consists of "groups" or "positions".

As shown in FIG. 12, which will be described later, the level-specific rule database 34 is a rule in which an extraction symbol is associated with each classification, job title, group, etc.
Priorities are assigned to positions and groups.

<Information Saving Process> First, as shown in FIG. 9, when the personal ID is input from the input device 1, the personal ID is input.
The storage processing is executed, and the input personal ID is stored in the personal ID database 33 by the storage processing unit 21. As shown in FIG. 10, when the level-specific rule is input from the input device 1, the level-specific rule saving process is executed, and the input level-specific rule is saved in the saving processing unit 2.
1 is stored in the level-specific rule database 34.

Here, as the personal ID registered in the personal ID database 33, as illustrated in FIG.
It consists of a "name", a "group (affiliation section)", and a "position", and a unique code is assigned to each individual and saved. In addition, the level-based rule database 34
FIG. 12 shows the level-specific rules held by the. In this level-specific rule, in addition to the above-mentioned extraction symbols for each type (summary and keyword), extraction symbols for each post and extraction symbols for each group are set. With the position extraction symbol In addition, priority is attached to this level-specific rule.
For example, the priority among three parties of type, post, and group is "type" first, "post" second, and "group" third. Further, among the positions, the priority is given firstly as "section manager", secondly as "chief", and thirdly as "charge". For example, when the post and the type are designated at the same time, the summary or the keyword is first selected according to the priority between them, and then the summary or the keyword is narrowed down by the post. By thus giving the priority, it becomes possible to perform the information extraction processing for each level.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be systematically described.

<Information Extraction Process><< Information Extraction Process Based on Personal ID >> In the flowchart of FIG. 13, first, the user inputs the personal ID through the input device 1, and then among the registered information. When the information to be retrieved from the user is designated via the input device 1 (steps S21 and S22), the process of reading the designated information is executed and the process of retrieving the user's belonging group from the personal ID database 33 is performed. It is executed (steps S23 and S24). Then, information extraction processing is performed based on this belonging group, and the result is output (steps S25 and S26).

More specifically, this series of extraction processing will now be described as an extraction symbol for section S. It is stored in the registration information database 31. When the personal ID is input in this state, the department to which the personal ID belongs is retrieved from the personal ID database 33. As a result, in the case of Section S, as shown in FIG. 14B, only the documents within the range enclosed by the extraction symbols “” are extracted. Further, in the case of Section F, as shown in FIG. 14C, only the documents within the range surrounded by the extraction symbol “*” are extracted. Furthermore, in the case of Section P, It is done.

As described above, in this embodiment, the personal ID
It becomes possible to extract the document based on the.

<< Information Extraction Processing Based on Level-Specific Rule >> FIG. 15 shows the procedure of registration information extraction processing based on the level-specific rule. In the flowchart of FIG. 15, first, the user inputs the personal ID through the input device 1, and then specifies through the input device 1 which information is to be extracted from the registered information (step S31, S32) and the personal ID database 33
User-level retrieval processing is executed from
Is extracted, the designated information is read out, and the designated information is extracted from the registration information database 31 (steps S33, S34). Next, a level determination process is executed (step S35), and the process branches as follows depending on whether the user is a "section manager", a "chief manager", or a "charge".

If the user is the "section manager", the information in the portion enclosed by the "section manager" extraction symbols is extracted and output (steps S36, S37). When there is a request for a lower level (in the case of a section manager, the "manager" and "charge" are lower levels) when the "section manager" extraction processing is completed (step S38 Yes), or from the beginning If it is specified, the information in the portion surrounded by the "supervisor" extraction symbol is extracted and output (steps S39, S).
40). Furthermore, when the extraction process of the "boss" is completed,
When there is a request of a lower level (indicating "charge") (Yes in step S41) or when "charge" is designated from the beginning, the information in the portion enclosed by the extraction symbol of "charge" is extracted. Output (steps S42, S4
3).

More specifically, this series of extraction processing will now be described as an extraction symbol for the section manager. When "○" is set as the number, the registration information is shown in Fig. 16A. It is stored in the registration information database 31. In this state, the personal ID is entered and the user level is the personal ID.
It is retrieved from the database 33. As a result, in the case of "section manager", as shown in FIG. 16B, only the documents within the range enclosed by the extraction symbol "*" are extracted.

In the case of "Chief", or when the "Manager" requests the document extraction of "Chief", It is. Furthermore, in the case of "charge", or when the "section manager" or "chief" requests the document extraction of "charge",
As shown in FIG. 16D, only the documents in the range surrounded by the extraction symbol “◯” are extracted. In this way, the "manager"
Can request the extraction of the documents of the lower level "Chief" and "Responsible", and the "Chief" can extract the documents of the "Responsible", but the lower level "Responsible"
It is not possible to extract documents of "section chief" and "chief", which are higher levels. In this way, the documents that can be extracted can be divided according to the level.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the point of the invention.

[0053]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to extract the information of the portion delimited by the extraction symbol from the information based on the extraction rule, so that a large amount of information is provided. You can search for information related to yourself, and quickly find the summary and contents of that information.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since only the abstract or the keyword can be extracted from the information provided in a large amount, the content of the information can be known quickly and accurately.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the information can be provided only to the user who registered the ID. Therefore, the user can quickly obtain the truly necessary information from a large amount of information. .

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the electronic information can be extracted according to the priority, so that the information can be promptly provided only to the person who truly needs the information.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of an electronic information display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure of registration information storage processing.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a type rule saving process.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a document registered in a registration information database.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a type rule registered in a type rule database.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the electronic information display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of personal ID storage processing.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a procedure of level-specific rule storage processing.

FIG. 11: Individual ID registered in the individual ID database
It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of level-specific rules registered in the level-specific rule database.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a procedure of information extraction processing based on an individual ID.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a procedure of information extraction processing for each individual ID.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a procedure of information extraction processing based on level-specific rules.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing a procedure of information extraction processing based on level-specific rules.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 input device 2, 2A processing device 3, 3A holding device 4 output device 21 save processing unit 22 type determination unit 23 extraction processing unit 24 output processing unit 25 determination unit 31 registration information database 32 type rule database 33 individual ID database 34 by level Rules database

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An electronic information registration means for registering electronic information in which an extraction symbol for extracting a part of the information is added to information provided to a user, and an electronic information registered in the electronic information registration means. Extraction rule holding means for holding in advance an extraction rule for extracting a part of the electronic information from the information, and electronic information registered in the electronic information registration means based on the extraction rule held in the extraction rule holding means An electronic information display device comprising: an extraction processing unit that extracts information of a designated portion from the inside. 2. The electronic information display device according to claim 1, wherein the extraction symbol is added to a part that is a summary of information provided to a user or a part that is a keyword, and the extraction rule is electronic information. An electronic information display device, which is a rule for extracting a summary of the information or a keyword from the inside. 3. The electronic information display device according to claim 1, further comprising a user ID registration means for registering a user ID capable of extracting the information from the information provided to the user, wherein the extraction symbol is provided to the user. Is added to a part provided only to a specific individual in the information to be provided, and the extraction rule is a rule for extracting a part to be provided only to the specific individual from the electronic information. Electronic information display device. 4. The electronic information display device according to claim 3, wherein the extraction rule is a rule for extracting a summary or a keyword of the information from the electronic information and is provided only by a specific individual from the electronic information. The rule includes at least a rule for extracting a portion to be received, and a priority is added between each rule, and the extraction processing unit extracts the designated information from the electronic information according to the priority. An electronic information display device characterized by the above.