JPH0981630A - Information providing system with evaluation function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To present the information of a bulletin board or the like with high importance based on the information on which user evaluation is reflected to a user and to select a useful bulletin board or the like on a user side. SOLUTION: This information providing system for presenting plural information items to the user and providing the information or products corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a prescribed form is provided with evaluation input means 2-1 to 2-m for letting the respective users who obtain the information or the product input evaluated results for indicating the importance for the users for the information or the products, an evaluation analysis means 5 for summing up the inputted evaluated results of the respective information items and determining evaluation values for the respective information items and an evaluation information presentation means 7 for presenting evaluation information composed of the evaluation values of the information items determined in the evaluation analysis means 5 to the users desiring to obtain the information or the commodities corresponding to the information items.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information providing system for providing a highly-necessary registered document from a plurality of registered documents in an electronic bulletin board system or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As one of information providing systems, there is an electronic bulletin board system capable of transmitting information of the same content to a large number of parties by using an electronic bulletin board.

In the electronic bulletin board system shown in FIG. 68, a user who is a sender writes his / her information on various electronic bulletin boards set up by the center, and a user who is a receiver can read desired information from an arbitrary electronic bulletin board. I am able to do it. For example, a usage form in which a user registers a program created by himself as free software on an electronic bulletin board, and another user who wants the program accesses the electronic bulletin board and downloads the program to his terminal. There is.

By the way, the number of electronic bulletin boards opened in one center is the number corresponding to the type of bulletin board. Since a plurality of messages (information) are registered in each electronic bulletin board, the user side who reads the message etc. In, you need to select a bulletin board or message that is useful to you.

If the information to be read from the electronic bulletin board is erroneously selected, there are various problems. For example, a large amount of free software that is unnecessary for oneself and which is large in size is read for a long time, which puts pressure on the storage capacity of the user terminal. If the user tries to read the information read into the user terminal but is disappointing for the user, it is a waste of time.

[0006] Conventionally, the content of a message is read in anticipation of whether or not the content is useful to oneself from the title of the message, or the number of times the message is read, the date and time of the read, the name of the information provider. Etc. are displayed, so the message was selected with reference to this information.

[0007]

However, the conventional information providing system represented by the electronic bulletin board system is
Since the message was selected based on superficial information such as the title and the number of times it was read, the information that is not necessary for the user is read because it is not the information that reflects the evaluation of the user who actually read the information. There was a possibility. It also responds to requests for abstractly useful information (for example, information that is highly topical, high quality, and useful to you) that does not have a clear goal (keyword, date, etc.) of what you want to see. I couldn't.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and presents to a user information such as a bulletin board, which is highly important to the user, based on information that reflects the user's evaluation of messages and the like. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an information providing system that enables users to select useful bulletin boards and the like.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following measures.

The present invention corresponding to claim 1 is an information providing system for presenting a plurality of information items to a user and providing information or goods corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form. Or, an evaluation input means for each user who obtains the product to input an evaluation result indicating the importance of the information or product to the user, and an evaluation result of each information item input to the evaluation input means. An evaluation analysis means that aggregates the information and determines evaluation values for each information item, and an evaluation consisting of the evaluation values of the information items specified by the evaluation analysis means for users who want to obtain information or products corresponding to the information items. Evaluation information presenting means for presenting information is provided.

According to the information providing system with the evaluation function according to the present invention, the degree of importance evaluated by each user who has acquired the information or the product with respect to the information or the product is input from the evaluation input means, and is input by each user. The evaluation results thus obtained are totalized by the evaluation analysis means to obtain an evaluation value for each information item. The evaluation value of the information item defined by the evaluation analysis means is presented to the user who wants to obtain the information or the product by the evaluation information presentation means.

Here, the information item is, for example, an electronic bulletin board in the case of an electronic bulletin board system or a message registered therein, and a product list in the case of an online shopping system.

The present invention corresponding to claim 2 is an information providing system for presenting a plurality of information items to a user and providing information or goods corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form. Or, an evaluation input means for each user who obtains the product to input an evaluation result indicating the importance of the information or product to the user, and an evaluation result of the information item input to the evaluation input means. For the analysis / analysis means that determines the evaluation value of each information item by totalizing each information item and the user who wants to obtain information or products,
Evaluation information presenting means for presenting an information item having a good evaluation from the evaluation values of the information items defined by the evaluation analyzing means.

According to the information providing system with the evaluation function of the present invention, the degree of importance evaluated by each user who has obtained the information or the product with respect to the information or the product is input from the evaluation input means, and input by each user. The evaluation results thus obtained are totalized by the evaluation analysis means for each information item, and the information item having a good evaluation is presented to the user who wants to obtain the information or the product. It is possible to provide users with highly important information in the overall evaluation.

The present invention corresponding to claim 3 is an information providing system for presenting a plurality of information items to a user and providing information or goods corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form. Or, an evaluation input means for each user who obtains the product to input an evaluation result indicating the importance of the information or product to the user, and an evaluation result of each information item input to the evaluation input means. For each user who wants to obtain information or products, an evaluation analysis means that aggregates the information for each user and determines the evaluation value of each information item for each user based on the user's past evaluation of each information item. And an evaluation information presenting means for providing the evaluation value of the information item defined for the user by the evaluation analysis means.

According to the information providing system with the evaluation function of the present invention, the degree of importance evaluated by each user who has obtained the information or the product with respect to the information or the product is input from the evaluation input means, and is input by each user. The evaluation results are aggregated for each user by the evaluation analysis means, and for users who want to obtain information or products, the information items that the user has said to be highly important in his previous evaluation are It is presented by the evaluation information presenting means.

The present invention corresponding to claim 4 is an information providing system for presenting a plurality of information items to a user and providing information or goods corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form. Alternatively, an evaluation input means for each user who has obtained the product to input an evaluation result indicating the importance of the information or product to the user, and an evaluation result of the information item input to the evaluation input means An evaluation storage unit registered corresponding to the information item number and user identification number, and an attribute item that defines the classification of the user stores personal information registered corresponding to the user identification number Personal information storage And a search means for searching the personal information storage unit as a similar user for a user who has the same attribute item in personal information as at least a part of the user who wants to obtain information or products. The evaluation results of each user retrieved by the retrieval unit are retrieved from the evaluation storage unit and are processed for aggregation to determine an evaluation value for each information item, and an evaluation value of the information item determined by the evaluation analysis unit. And an evaluation information presenting means for presenting to the user.

According to the information providing system with an evaluation function of the present invention, the personal information in which the attribute item that defines the classification of the user is registered in association with the user identification number is stored in advance in the personal information storage unit, and the information or A user who has the same attribute item registered in the personal information as at least a part of the user who wants to obtain the product is searched by the search means from the personal information storage unit. The evaluation results of each user retrieved as the same kind are calculated by the evaluation analysis means by the evaluation analysis means to obtain the evaluation value viewed from the same kind for each information item. Then, the evaluation information presenting means presents the user with the information items that are evaluated as important when the same kind is seen.

The present invention corresponding to claim 5 is an information providing system for presenting a plurality of information items to a user and providing information or goods corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form. Alternatively, an evaluation input means for each user who has obtained the product to input an evaluation result indicating the importance of the information or product to the user, and an evaluation result of the information item input to the evaluation input means An evaluation storage unit registered corresponding to the information item number and user identification number, and an attribute item that defines the classification of the user stores personal information registered corresponding to the user identification number Personal information storage Section, a search unit for searching the personal information storage unit for a user whose attribute item designated by the user is registered in the personal information, and an evaluation storage unit for storing the evaluation result of the user searched by the search unit. From the evaluation values defined by the evaluation analysis means, the evaluation analysis means that takes out the data and processes the totals to determine the evaluation value for each information item and the evaluation value of the same type of user for the user who wants to obtain the information or the product are selected. And an evaluation information presenting means for presenting.

According to the information providing system with the evaluation function of the present invention, the personal information in which the attribute item that defines the classification of the user is associated with the user identification number is stored in the personal information storage unit in advance, and the attribute item is set by the user. When is specified, the user who has registered the specified attribute item is searched from the personal information storage unit by the search means. Since the evaluation analysis means aggregates the evaluation values of information items based on the evaluation results of users who have the same attributes, the evaluation values of similar users can be evaluated by the evaluation information presenting means for users who want to obtain information or products. Presented.

Here, the attribute items are the user's age, sex,
If it is a job type, a hobby, etc., for example, if a hobby is designated as an attribute item, the evaluation value of the information item is calculated from the evaluation results of the users having the same hobby and presented to the user.

The present invention corresponding to claim 6 is an information providing system for presenting a plurality of information items to a user and providing information or goods corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form. Alternatively, an evaluation input means for each user who has obtained the product to input an evaluation result indicating the importance of the information or product to the user, and an evaluation result of the information item input to the evaluation input means An evaluation storage unit registered corresponding to the information item number and user identification number, and an attribute item that defines the classification of the user stores personal information registered corresponding to the user identification number Personal information storage Section, the evaluation analysis means for extracting the evaluation result of each information item input to the evaluation input means from the evaluation storage part, processing the total for each user, and determining the evaluation value of each information item, and the evaluation analysis means. Profit The personal information correction means for adding or deleting the attribute items of the personal information based on the evaluation value obtained for the person, and the evaluation analysis means for the user who intends to obtain the information or product And an evaluation information presenting means for providing the evaluation value of the information item.

According to the information providing system with the evaluation function of the present invention, the attribute item for defining the classification of the user is registered in advance in the personal information accumulating section in association with the user identification number,
The personal information correction means adds or deletes attribute items based on the evaluation value obtained for the user by the evaluation analysis means. For example, if the user gives a high evaluation to an information item corresponding to a classification that is not registered in personal information, add the classification and add to the information item corresponding to the registered classification. If only a low rating is given, the classification is deleted from the personal information. Thereby, the personal information of the user can always be maintained accurately.

The present invention corresponding to claim 7 is an information providing system for presenting a plurality of information items to a user and providing information or goods corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form. Alternatively, an evaluation input means for each user who obtains the product to input an evaluation result indicating the degree of difficulty for the user with respect to the information or the product, and an evaluation result of the information item input to the evaluation input means is information. The evaluation storage unit registered in correspondence with the item number, the personal information storage unit storing the personal information in which the user level is registered for the classification corresponding to the information item, and the evaluation storage unit registered in the evaluation storage unit. Corresponding to each of the information items registered in the personal information for the evaluation analysis means that aggregates the evaluation results and determines the evaluation value of the difficulty for each information item, and the information items evaluated by the evaluation analysis means. Searching means for searching a classification in which a level matching the difficulty level of the information item is registered from among the classifications, and a classification searched for the user by the searching means for a user who wants to obtain information or products And evaluation information presenting means for presenting information items corresponding to.

According to the information providing system with the evaluation function of the present invention, the user who obtains the information or the product inputs the evaluation result indicating the difficulty level of the information or the product from the evaluation input means, and the classification corresponding to the information item is performed. Personal information in which the user level is registered is stored in the personal information storage unit in advance. Then, the difficulty level of the information item is evaluated by the evaluation analysis means, and the appropriate information item of the difficulty level can be presented to the user by searching the personal information storage unit for the user level for each classification. it can. Claim 8
The present invention corresponding to, in the information providing system that presents a plurality of information items to the user and provides the information or the product corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form, An evaluation input means for the user to input an evaluation result indicating the degree of difficulty for the user with respect to the information or the product, and an evaluation result of each information item input to the evaluation input means is aggregated for each user. The evaluation analysis means that processes and determines the evaluation value of each information item by each user, and the information item of the difficulty level that matches the level of the user who wants to obtain the information or product is used as the evaluation result by the evaluation analysis means. And an evaluation information presenting means for presenting evaluation information consisting of the selected information item.

According to the information providing system with the evaluation function of the present invention, the evaluation result indicating the degree of difficulty of the information or the product is input from the evaluation input means, and the evaluation results of the information items are aggregated for each user to be individually processed. The evaluation value of each information item by the user is set. For a user who wants to obtain information or a product, an information item having a difficulty level suitable for the user level is selected and presented to the user. It is possible to present information items that are difficult for the user's previous evaluation.

The present invention corresponding to claim 9 is an information providing system for presenting a plurality of information items to a user and providing information or goods corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form. Or, an evaluation input means for each user who obtains the product to input an evaluation result indicating the degree of difficulty for the user with respect to the information or the product, and an evaluation result of the information item input to the evaluation input means An evaluation storage unit registered corresponding to the information item number and the user identification number; a personal information storage unit storing personal information in which the level of each user corresponding to the classification of the information item is stored; Retrieval means for retrieving users of the same level for each classification from the personal information stored in the personal information accumulating section, and the evaluation results of the same level users retrieved by the retrieving means are retrieved from the evaluation accumulating section. Evaluation analysis means for determining the evaluation value of each information item by total processing, and selecting an information item of a difficulty level matching the level of the user who wants to obtain the information or the product based on the evaluation result by the evaluation analysis means, The evaluation information presenting means for presenting the evaluation information including the selected information item is provided.

According to the information providing system with the evaluation function of the present invention, the personal information in which the level of each user corresponding to the classification of the information item is registered is previously stored in the personal information accumulating section,
Users of the same level are searched for from the personal information for each classification, and the evaluation results of the users of the same level are aggregated to determine the evaluation value of each information item. An information item having a difficulty level suitable for the level of a user who wants to obtain information or a product is selected and presented to the user. Therefore, the user can know the information items that are difficult for the evaluation of the person of the same level as himself.

The present invention corresponding to claim 10 provides an information providing system which presents a plurality of information items to a user and provides information or a product corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form. The evaluation input means for each user who has obtained the product to input the evaluation result indicating the degree of difficulty for the user with respect to the information or the product, and the level of each user corresponding to the classification of the information items are registered. The personal information storage unit that stores the personal information stored therein and the user level for each evaluation result input to the evaluation input means are obtained by referring to the personal information, and Difficulty determination means for obtaining an objective difficulty evaluation for the information item, and evaluation analysis means for determining an evaluation value of each information item based on the objective difficulty evaluation obtained by the difficulty determination means, and information Is an evaluation information presenting means for selecting an information item having a difficulty level suitable for the level of a user who is going to obtain a product based on the evaluation result by the evaluation analyzing means, and presenting evaluation information consisting of the selected information item, To prepare.

According to the information providing system with the evaluation function of the present invention, the level of the evaluator for each evaluation result input from the evaluation input means is obtained by referring to the personal information,
From the evaluator level and the evaluation result, an objective difficulty level evaluation for the information item can be obtained. The evaluation value of each information item is determined based on the objective difficulty evaluation. The information item of the difficulty level that matches the level of the user who wants to obtain the information or the product is selected and presented to the user.

The present invention corresponding to claim 11 provides an information providing system for presenting a plurality of information items to a user and providing information or a product corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form. Evaluation information input means for each user who obtains the product to input an evaluation result indicating the degree of difficulty for the user to the information or the product, and the evaluation result of the information item input to the evaluation input means is information. The evaluation storage unit registered corresponding to the item number and the user identification number, the personal information storage unit storing the personal information in which the level of each user corresponding to the classification of the information item is stored, and the evaluation The evaluation result of each information item is taken out from the storage unit, and the data is aggregated to determine the evaluation value of each information item, and the evaluation value of the information item determined by the evaluation analysis unit and the user registration registered in the personal information. If there is a difference between the user and the personal information correction means that corrects the user level registered in the personal information and the user who is trying to obtain the information or product, An evaluation information presenting means for providing information on the evaluation value of the defined information item.

According to the information providing system with the evaluation function of the present invention, the personal information in which the level of each user corresponding to the classification of the information item is registered is stored in advance in the personal information accumulating section and the information determined by the evaluation analyzing means. If the evaluation value of the item is different from the user level registered in the personal information, the user level registered in the personal information is corrected. Therefore, the level of each user registered in the personal information is always maintained at a correct value.

[0033]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows an embodiment in which the information providing system according to the present invention is applied to an electronic bulletin board system. This electronic bulletin board system provides various bulletin boards in the center 1 and provides a service in which a plurality of user terminals 2-1 to 2-m exchange information via the bulletin board of the center 1.

The center 1 has an evaluation analysis log creating section 3 for creating an evaluation analysis log based on an evaluation result input by a user who has read a message, an evaluation storage section 4 for accumulating the created evaluation analysis log, The evaluation analysis unit 5 is provided for obtaining the evaluation value of the message and the bulletin board from the evaluation analysis log.
The user terminals 2-1 to 2-m include the evaluation analysis log creation unit 3
The evaluation input unit 6 for inputting the evaluation result of the user who has read the message, and the display unit 7 for displaying the evaluation information of the bulletin board provided by the evaluation analysis unit 5 are provided.

Regarding the operation contents of the electronic bulletin board system configured as described above, "log creation processing" for creating an evaluation analysis log, "evaluation processing" for evaluating a bulletin board and a message, a bulletin board, etc. It will be described from the two aspects of a "selection guide" for providing a bulletin board evaluation or a message evaluation to the user in order to help the selection of.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the "log creation processing".

On the user terminal 2, a user who has finished reading a message on a bulletin board ends the display of the message, but the evaluation input unit 6 detects an operation input for ending the display of the message, and another message or the like is displayed. The user's evaluation result for this message is accepted before moving to (1) or before closing the bulletin board. Therefore, the screen on which the user evaluation input item for inputting the evaluation result appears on the display unit 7 of the user terminal 2 before the message is changed to another message.

FIG. 2 shows an example of user evaluation input items.

The user's evaluation of the message just read is selected from "informative", "normal", "unnecessary", and "don't know" to be input. As the user evaluation input items, in addition to the items shown in the figure, items such as "interesting", "normal", "boring", and "other" can be used. "I don't know" and "Other" are not used for the actual evaluation. For example, if the user who has read the message finds it to be useful, the user is asked to input an item that is “useful” using a man-machine interface such as a keyboard, a mouse, or a touch panel.

The evaluation analysis log creation unit 3 receives the evaluation result from each of the user terminals 2-1 to 2-m of the user who has read the message. The evaluation analysis log creation unit 3 converts the evaluation result captured from each user terminal into a numerical value according to the evaluation content by using a preset evaluation value conversion table.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the evaluation value conversion table.

A high evaluation value is set for a useful message, and the evaluation value is lowered as the usefulness decreases. The more useful the message, the higher the evaluation value. FIG. 4 shows a specific example in which the evaluation results for various messages on each bulletin board entered by the user from each user terminal 2-1 to 2-m are digitized using the evaluation value conversion table shown in FIG. .

The evaluation analysis log creating section 3 organizes the evaluation values, which are input from each of the user terminals 2-1 to 2-m and digitized, for each bulletin board of each bulletin board, and as shown in FIG. An evaluation analysis log in which a message number and an evaluation value are associated for each bulletin board is created. The evaluation analysis log created by the evaluation analysis log creation unit 3 is stored in the evaluation storage unit 4. FIG. 6 shows a specific example of the evaluation analysis log stored in the evaluation storage unit 4.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the contents of the "evaluation process" for evaluating the message and the bulletin board based on the evaluation analysis log created as described above.

The evaluation analysis unit 5 executes the evaluation analysis of the message based on the evaluation analysis log stored in the evaluation storage unit 4 to obtain the evaluation for each message on each bulletin board.
That is, the evaluation analysis log of the bulletin board with bulletin board number = 1 (hereinafter, bulletin board 1) is read, and the message number =
All the evaluation values for one message (hereinafter referred to as message 1) are averaged. This arithmetic mean result is used as the evaluation (PM) of the message 1. When the evaluation of all the messages registered in the bulletin board 1 is completed, all the messages in the bulletin board 2 are evaluated in the same manner as above. FIG. 7 shows the evaluation analysis result of each message and the arithmetic expression used for the arithmetic mean.

Next, the evaluation analysis unit 5 executes the evaluation analysis of the bulletin board based on the evaluation analysis result of each message to obtain the evaluation of each bulletin board. That is, the evaluation values (PM (1) ... PM (n)) of all the messages registered in the bulletin board 1 are added and averaged, and the added and averaged result is used as the bulletin board evaluation (PB) of the bulletin board 1. When the evaluation value (PB) is obtained for the bulletin board 1, the bulletin board 2 is evaluated in the same manner as above. FIG. 8 shows the evaluation analysis result of each bulletin board and the arithmetic expression used for the arithmetic mean.

As described above, the evaluation value (P
This means that the evaluation value (PM) of each message registered in B) and each bulletin board is obtained.

On the other hand, the bulletin board evaluation is presented to the user as follows.

FIG. 11 shows a flowchart for presenting the bulletin board evaluation to the user.

[At bulletin board startup] [At bulletin board list display]
The processing is switched according to the three cases of "when displaying a message list".

In the case of "at the time of bulletin board activation", the user terminal 2
When a bulletin board activation request is issued from the board, a bulletin board with a high rating is searched from the bulletin board rating information stored in the rating analysis unit 5 obtained as described above, and a high rating bulletin board composed of the searched bulletin board The list is transmitted to the user terminal that has made the activation request and is displayed on the display unit 7.

By looking at the high-rated bulletin board list displayed on the display unit 7, the user can grasp at a glance which bulletin board is currently given a high rating by many users, and select a bulletin board to participate in. It can be an important material when doing.

In the case of "when displaying the bulletin board list", when there is a bulletin board list display request from the user terminal 2, the evaluation value of each bulletin board in which the user participates is obtained as described above, and the evaluation analysis unit is obtained. Search from the bulletin board evaluation information stored in 5. Then, the evaluation value of each participating bulletin board is added to the bulletin board list and transmitted to the user terminal.

In the user terminal 2, the bulletin board list is displayed on the display unit 7 and the evaluation value for each bulletin board is shown, in particular, the bulletin board with a high evaluation is displayed so as to be clearly shown to the user. For example, the rating of each bulletin board is also displayed in the bulletin board list. Alternatively, from the bulletin board list displayed on the display unit 7, a bulletin board with a high evaluation is highlighted by changing the color or size of the letters or blinking the letters. Or move the icon that accompanies the message so that the difference from the bulletin board with a low rating becomes clear. Furthermore, when a pointer such as a mouse is brought close to the posting position displayed on the bulletin board list, the bulletin board with a high evaluation is highlighted.

In the case of "when displaying a message list", when a message list display request is issued from the user terminal 2, the evaluation of the messages of all bulletin boards set up in the center 1 is stored in the evaluation analysis section 5. Search from the message evaluation information. Then, a message list consisting of the top 10 highly evaluated messages from all bulletin boards is displayed on the display unit 7 of the user terminal 2.

As described above, in this embodiment, the user who has finished reading the message inputs the evaluation result, and the center 1
In each case, the evaluation results input by each user are aggregated in message units and bulletin board units to obtain an evaluation for each message and bulletin board. I made it visible. Therefore, it is possible to guide the user to select a bulletin board, a bulletin board that many people find useful from among many bulletin boards, and a message so that a useful bulletin board or a message can be preferentially selected. can do. You can also join all bulletin boards, or find bulletin boards and messages that are highly topical before viewing the content of the message.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment in which the information providing system according to the present invention is applied to an electronic bulletin board system will be described.

The electronic bulletin board system according to this embodiment is
In this example, the evaluation of the bulletin board and the message is managed in units of users. The system configuration is similar to that of the first embodiment. In this electronic bulletin board system, as in the first embodiment, the user who has finished reading the message inputs the evaluation result, and the evaluation analysis log creation unit 3 sets the evaluation result fetched from each user terminal in advance. Use the evaluation value conversion table that you have prepared and convert it into a numerical value according to the evaluation content.

Here, the evaluation analysis log creation unit 3 organizes the evaluation values, which are input from each of the user terminals 2-1 to 2-m and digitized, for each user, and the bulletin board number for each user ID. , Create an evaluation analysis log that associates the message number with the evaluation value. The evaluation analysis log created by the evaluation analysis log creation unit 3 is stored in the evaluation storage unit 4. FIG.
Indicates an evaluation analysis log stored in the evaluation storage unit 4 for each user.

The evaluation analysis unit 5 executes the evaluation analysis of the message and the evaluation analysis of the bulletin board for each evaluation analysis log unit stored in the evaluation storage unit 4, that is, for each user. For example, if the user participates in the bulletin board of the bulletin board 1, the evaluation results of the same message accumulated in the evaluation analysis log of the user are arithmetically averaged to obtain the evaluation of the message. Since this evaluation analysis log consists only of the evaluations of this user so far, the message evaluation just obtained was set in consideration of the evaluation results that this user has evaluated each time this message is read. It serves as an indicator of the degree of benefit.

Evaluations are similarly obtained for all the messages registered in the same bulletin board, and the evaluations of all the messages are arithmetically averaged to obtain the evaluation value of the bulletin board. As a result, the user's evaluation value for this bulletin board up to now is known. The same evaluation is performed for all bulletin boards in which this user participates.

Next, the bulletin board evaluation and message evaluation obtained as described above are provided to the user. This operation will be described with reference to FIG.

In this electronic bulletin board system, the processing is switched corresponding to the three cases of "at the time of bulletin board activation", "at the time of bulletin board list display" and "at the time of message list display", as in the first embodiment.

When a bulletin board activation request is issued from the user terminal 2, a bulletin board with a low rating is searched from the bulletin board evaluation information of the user stored in the evaluation analysis section 5, and displayed on the display section 7 of the user terminal. And suggest that you leave the low-rated bulletin board. As a result, the user can know the bulletin board with a low evaluation, and can quickly withdraw from the bulletin board without needing to continue participating in the bulletin board forever.

Also, a bulletin board having a high rating is searched from the bulletin board evaluation information of the user, and a list of high-rated bulletin boards composed of the searched bulletin boards is transmitted to the user terminal which has made the activation request and is displayed on the display unit 7. Display it. The user can see at a glance which bulletin board is currently given a high rating by many users by looking at the list of high-rated bulletin boards displayed on the display unit 7, which is important when selecting a bulletin board to participate in. Can be used as a material.

When a bulletin board list display request is issued from the user terminal 2, the bulletin board evaluation information stored in the evaluation analysis section 5 is searched for the evaluation of the bulletin board in which the user participates. Then, the rating of each bulletin board is added to the participating bulletin board list and transmitted to the user terminal. User terminal 2
In (1), the bulletin board list is displayed on the display unit 7, and at least the bulletin board that has been highly evaluated by the user is clearly displayed so that the user can recognize it.

When a message list display request is issued from the user terminal 2, the message evaluation information stored in the evaluation analysis section 5 is searched for the message evaluations of all bulletin boards in which the user participates in the center 1. . Then, a message list consisting of the top 10 most evaluated messages from all the searched bulletin boards is displayed on the display unit 7 of the user terminal 2.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to know one's past evaluation of each bulletin board or message without reading message contents, so that it is possible to prevent unnecessary messages from being continuously read and read them again. You can quickly find a highly rated message.

(Third Embodiment) FIG. 14 shows a third embodiment in which the information providing system according to the present invention is applied to an electronic bulletin board system. In this electronic bulletin board system, an evaluation analysis log creation unit 3 and an evaluation storage unit 4 are provided in a center 1.
Further, the evaluation analysis unit 5 is arranged, and the personal information storage unit 11 that stores the personal information of the users participating in the bulletin board and the personal information analysis unit 12 that analyzes the personal information of the personal information storage unit 11 are provided. Has been.

FIG. 15 shows a specific example of the personal information of each user stored in the personal information storage unit 11. As shown in the figure, “age”, “gender”, which are attributes of each user in association with the user ID assigned to each user,
Information such as "hobbies" is registered. In addition, information such as "hobby", "position", and "development group" is registered.

In the present embodiment, by using the evaluation of the users having the same attribute, it is possible to display the bulletin board that the users of the same kind find interesting (meaning useful or interesting). The processing contents for this will be described below.

The evaluation analysis log creating section 3 creates an evaluation analysis log based on the flowchart shown in FIG.
That is, similarly to the first embodiment, the user who has finished reading the message inputs the evaluation result, and the evaluation analysis log creation unit 3 sets the evaluation result acquired from each user terminal in advance. The evaluation value conversion table shown in FIG. 3 is used to convert the value into a numerical value according to the evaluation content. And
For the evaluation results from each user terminal 2-1 to 2-m,
As shown in FIG. 16, an evaluation analysis log including a bulletin board number, a message number, a user ID, and a digitized evaluation value is created. The evaluation analysis log created by the evaluation analysis log creation unit 3 is stored in the evaluation storage unit 4.

On the other hand, the evaluation analysis unit 5 searches the evaluation analysis log created by the evaluation analysis log creation unit 3 for a bulletin board interesting for a user of the same kind. If the user of the bulletin board is user A, the personal information analysis unit 12 searches the personal information storage unit 11 for a user having the same attribute as that of the user A. In the case of the personal information shown in FIG. 15, since the attributes of user A and user C are the same in some of age, sex, and hobbies, it is determined that they are the same type.
The evaluation analysis unit 5 is instructed to use the evaluation result of 1.

If the evaluation analysis log as shown in FIG. 16 has been created, the evaluation analysis unit 5 uses the evaluation values of the users A and C who are instructed to be the same, and the users A and C are Calculate the rating of each message registered on the bulletin board with which it participates. FIG. 17 shows the evaluation result of the message calculated from the evaluation analysis log shown in FIG. The evaluation of the message is calculated in the same manner as in the first embodiment. The evaluation analysis unit 5 calculates the evaluation value of each relevant bulletin board from the evaluation result of each message shown in FIG. FIG. 18 shows the evaluation value of the bulletin board 1. The evaluation value of the bulletin board is calculated in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

The message and bulletin board evaluation values calculated as described above are obtained only from the evaluation results of similar users (users A and C in this example), and are interesting for these users. Is a numerical value indicating the degree of.

When a bulletin board activation request, a bulletin board list display request, or a message list display request is issued from the user terminal 2 to the center 1, the message and the bulletin board of the bulletin board obtained from the evaluation result of a user who is similar to this user are displayed. By displaying the evaluation value on the display unit 7 of the user terminal 2, it is possible to present a bulletin board or a message useful for this user from many bulletin boards and messages.

(Fourth Embodiment) Next, a fourth embodiment in which the information providing system according to the present invention is applied to an electronic bulletin board system will be described.

The electronic bulletin board system according to this embodiment is
The user can specify the similar viewpoint described in the third embodiment. The system configuration is similar to that of the third embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a flow chart showing the schematic operation contents of this embodiment.

In this embodiment, the user designates an attribute item that he wants to use for evaluation. If the attribute item “hobby = tennis” is input from the user terminal 2 to the center 1, the personal information analysis unit 12 searches the personal information storage unit 11 using “hobby = tennis” as a keyword. If the personal information shown in FIG. 22 is stored, the hobbies of users A, B, and C are tennis, and the evaluation analysis unit 5 is instructed as the corresponding user.

The evaluation analysis unit 5 uses the evaluation values of the users A, B, and C designated as the same attribute from the evaluation analysis log stored in the evaluation storage unit 4 to evaluate the message registered in the bulletin board. It is calculated individually, and the evaluation value of each bulletin board is calculated from the evaluation value of each message. The evaluation values of the message and the bulletin board are calculated in the same manner as in the first embodiment. For example, if the evaluation analysis log shown in FIG. 23 is created, the evaluation values shown in FIG. 24 are calculated from the evaluation results of the users A, B, and C using the arithmetic expressions shown in FIG. Is calculated, and the evaluation value as shown in FIG. 25 is calculated for the bulletin board 1 by the arithmetic expression shown in FIG.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the user can specify the similar viewpoint by the attribute item, and can arbitrarily specify the similar viewpoint and present the evaluation of the corresponding message and bulletin board. In both cases, the accuracy increases because the number of samples to be analyzed increases.

(Fifth Embodiment) Next, a fifth embodiment in which the information providing system according to the present invention is applied to an electronic bulletin board system will be described.

FIG. 26 shows functional blocks of the electronic bulletin board system according to this embodiment. In the electronic bulletin board system according to the present embodiment, the evaluation analysis log creation unit 3, the evaluation storage unit 4, the evaluation analysis unit 5, and the personal information storage unit 11 are provided in the center 1.
A personal information analysis unit 12 is arranged, and a personal information correction unit 1 that corrects the personal information in the personal information storage unit 11 is also provided.
3 is provided.

In this electronic bulletin board system, similarly to each of the above-described embodiments, the user who has finished reading the message inputs the evaluation result, and the evaluation analysis log creating unit 3 receives the evaluation result from each user terminal. An evaluation analysis log to which the user ID is added is created. For example, FIG.
The evaluation analysis log having the format as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, the evaluation analysis unit 5 obtains the evaluation value of each bulletin board from the evaluation analysis log created above in the same manner as in the second embodiment described above, and as shown in FIG. The evaluation value shall be obtained. That is, in the evaluation of each bulletin board, only the evaluation result that the user evaluated for each bulletin board is reflected.

The personal information correcting section 13 corrects the personal information based on the evaluation result of the bulletin board shown in FIG.
A personal information change criterion that associates the evaluation value P with the correction content for the personal information is preset, and the personal information storage unit 11 is instructed about the correction content corresponding to the evaluation value P.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing the personal information correcting operation of the personal information correcting unit 13 for the personal information accumulating unit 11.

As shown in the figure, the personal information change standard is read and held, and the evaluation value of each bulletin board for the user A to be evaluated is fetched from the evaluation analysis unit 5. Then, it is determined which range of the personal information change criteria divided into a plurality of ranges according to the evaluation value, as shown in FIG. 29, the evaluation value of the bulletin board corresponds to the range to which the evaluation value belongs. The correction content is obtained from the same change criteria. For example, bulletin board 1
If the evaluation value P for the item belongs to the range of 70 ≦ P ≦ 100, the correction content “add bulletin board classification” is instructed. At this time, the classification of the bulletin board 1 is obtained from the classification table associating the bulletin board numbers and the classifications thereof as shown in FIG. In the classification table shown in FIG. 30, the bulletin board 1 indicates a hobby "horse racing".

The personal information correction unit 13 is the personal information storage unit 1.
The personal information accumulating unit 11 is instructed to add “horse racing” to the hobby item from the personal information of the user A registered in 1. In FIG. 31, when all the bulletin boards registered for the user A were evaluated, the evaluation value of the bulletin board for “golf” was P <30, and the evaluation value of the bulletin board for “horse racing” was 70 ≦ P. This shows an example in which golf is deleted from the hobby column and horse racing is added.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the evaluation value P is obtained for the bulletin board in which the user participates, and the obtained evaluation value P is compared with the personal information change standard to determine the user's current hobbies or the like. Since the tendency is judged and the personal information of the user is corrected based on the judgment result, the personal information of the user can always be maintained in an accurate state.

(Sixth Embodiment) Next, a sixth embodiment in which the information providing system according to the present invention is applied to an electronic bulletin board system will be described.

The electronic bulletin board system according to this embodiment is
A bulletin board and a message with a difficulty level suitable for the user's level are selected and guided. The system configuration is the same as that of the third embodiment shown in FIG.

This electronic bulletin board system displays a screen consisting of the user evaluation input items shown in FIG. 33 on the display unit 7 of the user terminal 2 so that the user who has finished reading the message can input the degree of difficulty felt by the user. Display it. The evaluation input items include “simple”, “appropriate”, “difficult”, and “other” items. Ask the user who read the message to enter one of the above evaluation results.

The evaluation analysis log creating section 3 will take in the evaluation result regarding the difficulty from each user terminal of the user who has finished reading the message. Evaluation analysis log creation unit 3
Then, an evaluation result conversion table as shown in FIG. 34 is used to digitize the evaluation result regarding the difficulty, and an evaluation analysis log in which the bulletin board number, the message number and the evaluation value are associated is created for each bulletin board. FIG. 35 shows a specific example of the evaluation analysis log.

The evaluation analysis section 5 uses the evaluation analysis log to execute the evaluation processing described later. Hereinafter, the content of the evaluation processing by the evaluation analysis unit 5 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The evaluation analysis log is read from the evaluation storage unit 4. Next, the difficulty level of the message registered on the bulletin board is evaluated. The evaluation storage unit 4 calculates the evaluation value PM of the message by averaging the evaluation values Pi of the same message on the bulletin board that is the evaluation target. Then, the difficulty of the evaluation value PM of the message is obtained by using the difficulty evaluation standard stored in the evaluation storage unit 4 in advance and associating the evaluation value P with the difficulty level as shown in FIG. . For example, if the evaluation value of the message is PM = 25, the difficulty is in the range of "for beginners". FIG. 37 shows the evaluation value and the difficulty level of each message thus obtained.

When the evaluation of all messages is completed, the evaluation of each bulletin board is executed. The evaluation values of all the messages registered on the bulletin board that is the subject of evaluation are added and averaged to obtain the evaluation value of the bulletin board, and this evaluation value is compared with the above difficulty evaluation criteria to determine the difficulty of the bulletin board. Ask. For example, if the evaluation value of the bulletin board is PB = 63, the difficulty is "suitable for intermediate users". FIG. 38 shows the evaluation value and the difficulty level of each bulletin board thus obtained.

Next, a bulletin board and a message suitable for each user's level are selected by using the difficulty level information and personal information of the bulletin board obtained as described above.

First, the classification of each bulletin board evaluated by the evaluation analysis unit 5 is judged by referring to the bulletin board classification table in which the bulletin board numbers are associated with the classifications as shown in FIG. On the other hand, the personal information analysis unit 12 is used to retrieve the level of each user from the personal information storage unit 11. Then, a bulletin board and a message suitable for the user level are selected for each classification registered in the personal information of each user.

For example, the classification of the bulletin board 2 is "camera", and it can be understood that the level for "camera" is intermediate level for the user having the personal information shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 38, the bulletin board 2 is for intermediate users, so it can be seen that it is suitable for this user. Information is provided to the user when the user selects a bulletin board or a message. For example, when a bulletin board activation request is made, the bulletin board having difficulty matching the level of this user is notified to the user terminal 2. Alternatively, when the user makes a bulletin board list display request, the bulletin board of the difficulty suitable for the level of this user is notified. Alternatively, when the message list request is met, the difficulty message suitable for the user level is notified.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the level of the user is stored in advance for each classification of the bulletin board, and the difficulty evaluation results input by each user are totaled to obtain the difficulty level of the bulletin board and the message. Since the bulletin board and the message suitable for the user level are selected for each classification, the bulletin board and the message suitable for the user level can be presented before the user reads the message.

(Seventh Embodiment) Next, a seventh embodiment in which the information providing system according to the present invention is applied to an electronic bulletin board system will be described.

The electronic bulletin board system according to this embodiment is
The user assigns a difficulty level to the bulletin boards and messages based on the evaluation result previously evaluated by the user so that the bulletin boards and messages having a difficulty level suitable for the user level can be selected and guided. This embodiment has a system configuration similar to that of the third embodiment shown in FIG.

In this electronic bulletin board system, the user who has finished reading a message inputs the degree of difficulty felt by the user from each user terminal, and the evaluation analysis log creating section 3 finishes reading the message. The evaluation result regarding the difficulty is fetched from the terminal, and the evaluation analysis log is created for each user as in the second embodiment described above. The evaluation analysis log creation unit 3 digitizes the evaluation result regarding the difficulty by using the evaluation value conversion table as shown in FIG.
As shown in 2, an evaluation analysis log in which a bulletin board number, a message number, and an evaluation value are associated with each other is created for each user.

The evaluation analysis unit 5 uses the evaluation analysis log to execute the evaluation processing described later. Hereinafter, the content of the evaluation processing by the evaluation analysis unit 5 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The evaluation analysis log of a user A is read from the evaluation storage unit 4. The evaluation value PM of the message is obtained by using the read analysis log of the user A.
Then, the difficulty of the evaluation value PM of the message is obtained by using the difficulty evaluation standard stored in advance in the evaluation storage unit 4 and as shown in FIG. 43, which associates the evaluation value P with the difficulty level. . In this example, the difficulty level is expressed by subjective expressions such as “easy”, “appropriate”, and “difficult”. For example, if the evaluation value of the message is PM = 25, the difficulty is in the range of "easy". FIG. 44 shows the evaluation value and the difficulty level of each message thus obtained.

When the evaluation of all the messages is completed, the evaluation of each bulletin board is executed. Obtain the evaluation value of the bulletin board by averaging the evaluation values of all the messages registered on the bulletin board,
The difficulty of the bulletin board is obtained by comparing this evaluation value with the difficulty evaluation standard. For example, the evaluation value of the bulletin board is PB =
If it is 63, the difficulty is “appropriate”. FIG.
Reference numeral 5 indicates the evaluation value and the difficulty level of each bulletin board thus obtained.

Next, the bulletin boards and messages of the user A evaluated as described above, and the ones of which the difficulty level is judged to be “suitable” are selected as the bulletin boards and messages suitable for the level of the user A.

On the other hand, when a bulletin board activation request is issued from the user terminal 2, the bulletin board evaluation information of the user stored in the evaluation analysis unit 5 is searched for a bulletin board that does not match the level of the user, and the bulletin board of the user terminal is searched. It is displayed on the display unit 7 and suggests that the member should be removed. As a result, the user can know a bulletin board that is too difficult or too easy to suit his or her level, and can quickly leave the bulletin board without continuing to participate in an unnecessary bulletin board.

Further, the bulletin board evaluation information of the user is searched for the bulletin board selected as “appropriate”, and the bulletin board list composed of the searched bulletin boards is transmitted to the user terminal which has made the activation request, and the display unit is displayed. Display on 7. By looking at the bulletin board list displayed on the display unit 7, the user can recognize at a glance which bulletin board has the difficulty level that suits his or her level.

When a bulletin board list display request is issued from the user terminal 2, the evaluation of the bulletin board in which the user participates is searched from the bulletin board evaluation information stored in the evaluation analysis section 5 to determine the difficulty level. Is transmitted to the user terminal.

When a message list display request is issued from the user terminal 2, the message evaluation information stored in the evaluation analysis unit 5 is searched for the message evaluations of all bulletin boards in which the user participates in the center 1. Then, the message list selected as “appropriate” is displayed on the display unit 7 of the user terminal 2.
To display.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the evaluation analysis log of each user is created and the evaluation value of the bulletin board and the message based on the past evaluation result of each user is obtained,
I decided the difficulty level for the user,
It is possible to provide a guide to the user to suggest that he / she will leave the bulletin board that does not suit the level, and to present a bulletin board and a message with a difficulty level that suits the user's level.

(Eighth Embodiment) Next, an eighth embodiment in which the information providing system according to the present invention is applied to an electronic bulletin board system will be described.

The electronic bulletin board system according to this embodiment is
Based on the evaluation results of users of the same level, a bulletin board and a message suitable for the difficulty are selected and guided. This embodiment has a system configuration similar to that of the third embodiment shown in FIG.

In this electronic bulletin board system, a user who has finished reading a message inputs the degree of difficulty felt by the user from each user terminal. The evaluation analysis log creation unit 3 takes in the evaluation result regarding the difficulty from each user terminal of the user who has finished reading the message, digitizes it in the evaluation value conversion table described above, and creates the evaluation analysis log as shown in FIG. 47. To do.

FIG. 46 shows a schematic flow of evaluation processing by the evaluation analysis section 5.

The evaluation analysis section 5 selects a sample to be used for evaluation analysis from the evaluation analysis log. It is assumed that the user A is a user. The evaluation analysis unit 5 checks the classification of the bulletin board in which the user A participates from the bulletin board classification table shown in FIG. 48, and the same level as the level of the user A from the personal information stored in the personal information storage unit 11 for each classification. Search for users. The search of the personal information storage unit 11 is performed by the personal information analysis unit 12 whose operation content is instructed by the evaluation analysis unit 5. Specifically, if the personal information shown in FIG. 49 is stored, the users of the same level as the user A and the computer are C, and the users of the same level as the camera are B and C. The evaluation analysis unit 5 uses the bulletin board corresponding to the user who is judged to be at the same level as the user A when evaluating the bulletin board corresponding to each classification. That is, the user A and user B evaluation analysis logs are selected to evaluate the computer bulletin board, and the user A, user B, and user C evaluation analysis logs are selected to evaluate the camera bulletin board. To do.

In this way, for each bulletin board in which the user A participates, if samples to be used for evaluation are selected, the messages registered in the bulletin board for each bulletin board are evaluated using these samples. . FIG. 50 shows the evaluation result of the message. An evaluation value PM is obtained by averaging the evaluation results of the same message, and this evaluation value PM is converted into a difficulty level using the evaluation criteria shown in FIG. Next, the evaluation values of all messages registered in the bulletin board are added and averaged to obtain the evaluation value of this bulletin board.
Convert to difficulty using the evaluation criteria shown in 1. FIG. 52 shows the evaluation result of the bulletin board.

Consider a case where a user displays a bulletin board list in order to participate in the bulletin board. In such a case, a bulletin board of the same classification that is judged to be at the same level as the classification registered in the personal information of the user who wants to participate is selected and displayed on the display unit 7 of the user terminal 2. As a result, a bulletin board list suitable for the level of the user is presented.

Further, when displaying a list of bulletin boards in which the user is currently participating, only the bulletin boards that are suitable for the user are displayed. Similarly, when displaying the message list, it is possible to display the messages that are judged to be at the same level as the classification registered in the personal information of the user.

(Ninth Embodiment) Next, a ninth embodiment in which the information providing system according to the present invention is applied to an electronic bulletin board system will be described.

The electronic bulletin board system according to this embodiment is
The bulletin board and the message are evaluated in consideration of the level of the user who evaluated the message. This embodiment has a system configuration similar to that of the third embodiment shown in FIG.

In this electronic bulletin board system, a user who has finished reading a message inputs the degree of difficulty felt by the user from each user terminal. The evaluation analysis log creation unit 3 takes in the evaluation result regarding the difficulty from each user terminal of the user who has finished reading the message, and creates the evaluation analysis log.

FIG. 53 is a flowchart of the evaluation analysis log creation and evaluation process.

The classification of the bulletin board for which the evaluation result is input by the user is obtained from the bulletin board classification table shown in FIG. 55, and the level for this user's corresponding classification is obtained from the personal information stored in the personal information accumulating section 11.

For example, if the user C inputs the evaluation result of the bulletin board 1, it can be seen from the bulletin board classification table shown in FIG. 55 that the classification of the bulletin board 1 is computer, and the level of this user with respect to the computer is shown in FIG. It can be known from the personal information shown that he is an "advanced person".

Next, the objective level of this message is obtained using the message difficulty level judgment table from the level of the user for the classification and the evaluation result input by the user.
This objective level is digitized using an evaluation value conversion table.

FIG. 57 shows a specific example of the message difficulty level determination table for obtaining the objective difficulty level of a message from the evaluator level and the input evaluation result for the classification. If the evaluator level is “advanced” and the input evaluation result is “appropriate”, the message related to the classification is “advanced”. According to the evaluation value conversion table shown in FIG. 58, the numerical value corresponding to “advanced person” is “100”.

FIG. 59 shows the evaluation result received from the user terminal and the evaluation analysis log created corresponding to it. All evaluation results input from each user terminal are converted into objective difficulty level evaluations, then digitized, and an evaluation analysis log with the numerical values as evaluation values is created. If the user evaluation is “not evaluated”, “don't know”, and “other”, it is not recorded as an evaluation analysis log.

Next, the evaluation value of each message is obtained from the evaluation analysis log created as described above. For each bulletin board, the evaluation results of the same message are arithmetically averaged to obtain the evaluation value P, and the difficulty corresponding to the evaluation value P is obtained based on the evaluation standard shown in FIG. FIG. 60 shows the result of finding the difficulty (evaluation value) of each message. Further, the evaluation values of the messages are added and averaged for each bulletin board to obtain the evaluation value of each bulletin board, and the difficulty corresponding to the evaluation value P is obtained based on the evaluation standard shown in FIG. FIG. 62 shows the result of finding the difficulty (evaluation value) of each bulletin board.

Next, based on the flowchart shown in FIG. 54, a bulletin board and a message of a level suitable for the user are selected.

As shown in FIG. 60, the evaluation value is obtained for each message registered in the participating bulletin board. In the example shown in the figure, user A has bulletin board 1 and bulletin board 2
Since I am participating in, I classified the bulletin board 1 and the bulletin board 2 in Figure 5.
56 is acquired from the bulletin board classification table, and the level of each classification registered by the user A as personal information is acquired from the personal information in FIG. Since the user A is “advanced” regarding classification = computer, the message 1 on the bulletin board 1 is a message suitable for the user A. Also, user A is classified =
Since the camera is an "intermediate person", the message 1 on the bulletin board 2 is a message suitable for the user A. Therefore,
As shown in FIG. 60, message 1 on bulletin board 1 and message 1 on bulletin board 2 are selected as messages suitable for user A.

Also, as shown in FIG. 62, the evaluation value is obtained for the participating bulletin boards. As described above, the level for each classification corresponding to the bulletin board 1 and the bulletin board 2 is acquired from the personal information in FIG. Since the user A is an "advanced person" with respect to the computer corresponding to the bulletin board 1, the bulletin board 1 having an evaluation value for intermediate person is not suitable. Further, since the user A is an "intermediate person" with respect to the camera corresponding to the bulletin board 2, the bulletin board 2 having an evaluation value for the intermediate person is a bulletin board suitable for the user A. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 62, the bulletin board 2 is displayed by the user A.
Is selected as a bulletin board suitable for.

When the user issues a bulletin board list request to participate in the bulletin board, a bulletin board list request during participation, or a message list request, the user obtained as described above. Providing bulletin boards and messages suitable for each level.

As described above, according to this embodiment, it is possible to guide the user to participate in the bulletin board suitable for the user's level and preferentially read from the bulletin board or the message suitable for the user's level.

(Tenth Embodiment) Next, a first application of the information providing system according to the present invention to an electronic bulletin board system.
No. 0 embodiment will be described.

The electronic bulletin board system according to this embodiment is
The level of the user can be corrected for the classification registered in the personal information. This embodiment is the fifth embodiment shown in FIG.
The system configuration is the same as that of the embodiment.

In this electronic bulletin board system, similarly to the sixth embodiment, the degree of difficulty felt by a user who has finished reading a message is input from each user terminal in a format of “easy”, “appropriate” or “difficult”. Ask. The evaluation analysis log creation unit 3 fetches the evaluation result regarding the difficulty from each user terminal of the user who has finished reading the message, and FIG.
The evaluation result conversion table is used to digitize the evaluation results and create an evaluation analysis log.

The evaluation analysis unit 5 averages the evaluation values Pi of the same message registered in the bulletin board for each user from the evaluation analysis log to obtain the evaluation value PM of the message. Then, the evaluation values of all the messages registered in the bulletin board are added and averaged to obtain the evaluation value of the bulletin board. FIG. 64 shows the result of obtaining the evaluation value for each bulletin board. Therefore, the evaluation value for each bulletin board is the evaluation value felt by this user. In other words, the user can be judged to be an advanced person when the evaluation level of the bulletin board having the standard difficulty is low, that is, it is easy, and the evaluation value is high, that is, when the user has a difficult evaluation. You can judge that you are a beginner. Based on such an idea, the evaluation result shown in FIG. 64 can be converted as shown in FIG.

The personal information correction unit 13 corrects the personal information in the personal information storage unit 11 based on the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, the evaluation (level) of the user's bulletin board obtained as shown in FIG. 65 is read from the evaluation analysis unit 5, and the current level for the classification of this user corresponding to the bulletin board is retrieved from the personal information storage unit 11. . The extracted user evaluation and bulletin board level are applied to the personal information change standard shown in FIG. 66 to examine the necessity of change.

For example, if the user A's user evaluation of the bulletin board 1 is “easy” and the bulletin board level is advanced,
From the personal information change standard shown in FIG. 66, it is understood that the level of the user for the bulletin board should be advanced. If the level of the user A registered in the personal information stored in the personal information storage unit 11 with respect to the bulletin board 1 is “beginner”, it is changed to “advanced”.

As described above, according to this embodiment, it is detected that the input evaluation of the user's bulletin board and the level of the bulletin board registered in the personal information are different,
Since the personal information stored in the personal information storage unit 11 is modified, the level suitable for the user can always be maintained accurately.

Although the present invention has been applied to the electronic bulletin board system in the above description, it can be applied to other systems as well.

For example, it can be applied to an online shopping system. In the case of an online shopping system, after a user purchases a product, the user is asked to enter a questionnaire evaluation when he or she again shop online after a certain period of time. The evaluation analysis log is created based on the evaluation result input by the user, and the evaluation of the product is obtained in the same manner as the above-described embodiment. Then, the evaluation requested when the user selects the product is presented. By providing such a service, the user can obtain an objective evaluation of each product when purchasing the product.

When the present invention is applied to an interactive television system, the evaluation of the program is put in when the program is switched or before it is switched off. The evaluation results are aggregated in a service center or the like, and the viewer is presented with an evaluation of each program when the program is selected from the program list. Providing such a service enables the user to select an appropriate program before watching the program.

When the present invention is applied to an online education system, a student takes a small test instead of having an evaluation after the course ends. Based on the score of the quiz, it is judged whether this course is suitable for each student and information is provided to the students.

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

[0151]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to present information such as a bulletin board having high importance to the user to the user based on the information reflecting the user's evaluation of the message, It is possible to provide an information providing system in which a user can select a useful bulletin board or the like.

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FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an electronic bulletin board system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing user evaluation input items according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an evaluation value conversion table in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an evaluation result actually input by a user in the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram of an evaluation analysis log according to the first embodiment.

6 is a diagram showing a specific example of an evaluation analysis log corresponding to the evaluation result shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a message evaluation principle and an evaluation value according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a bulletin board evaluation principle and evaluation values in the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a log creation process in the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an evaluation process in the first embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing processing of a selection guide according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram of an evaluation analysis log according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing processing of a selection guide according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a functional block diagram of an electronic bulletin board system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a specific example of personal information in the third embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a specific example of an evaluation analysis log according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a message evaluation principle and an evaluation value in the third embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a bulletin board evaluation principle and evaluation values according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a log creation process in the third embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing an evaluation process in the third embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a flow chart showing an evaluation process in the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a specific example of personal information according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a specific example of an evaluation analysis log according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a message evaluation principle and an evaluation value in the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a bulletin board evaluation principle and evaluation values in the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 26 is a functional block diagram of an electronic bulletin board system according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing a personal information correction operation in the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing evaluation values of a bulletin board of user A in the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing personal information conversion criteria in the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing classification of bulletin boards in the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing before and after correction of personal information according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 32 is a flowchart showing evaluation processing in the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing user evaluation input items according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 34 is a diagram showing an evaluation value conversion table in the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 35 is a diagram showing a specific example of an evaluation analysis log according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 36 is a diagram showing a criterion for evaluation of difficulty in the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 37 is a diagram showing a message evaluation principle and an evaluation value in the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 38 is a diagram showing a bulletin board evaluation principle and evaluation values in the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 39 is a diagram showing a bulletin board classification table in the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 40 is a diagram showing classification contents registered in personal information in the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 41 is a flow chart showing an evaluation process in the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 42 is a conceptual diagram of an evaluation analysis log according to the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 43 is a diagram showing an evaluation standard of a bulletin board according to the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 44 is a diagram showing a message evaluation principle and an evaluation value in the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 45 is a diagram showing a bulletin board evaluation principle and evaluation values in the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 46 is a flowchart showing a schematic evaluation process in the eighth embodiment.

FIG. 47 is a diagram showing a specific example of an evaluation analysis log according to the eighth embodiment.

FIG. 48 is a diagram showing a classification table of a bulletin board according to the eighth embodiment.

FIG. 49 is a diagram showing user personal information according to the eighth embodiment.

FIG. 50 is a diagram showing a difficulty level (evaluation value) of a message according to the eighth embodiment.

FIG. 51 is a diagram showing an evaluation standard of a bulletin board according to the eighth embodiment.

FIG. 52 is a diagram showing a difficulty level classification of a bulletin board according to the eighth embodiment.

FIG. 53 is a flow chart showing an evaluation input process in the ninth embodiment.

FIG. 54 is a flowchart showing evaluation processing in the ninth embodiment.

FIG. 55 is a diagram showing a classification table of a bulletin board according to the ninth embodiment.

FIG. 56 is a diagram showing user personal information according to the ninth embodiment.

FIG. 57 is a diagram showing a message difficulty level determination table according to the ninth embodiment.

FIG. 58 is a diagram showing an evaluation value conversion table in the ninth embodiment.

FIG. 59 is a diagram showing an evaluation analysis log corresponding to a user input evaluation in the ninth embodiment.

FIG. 60 is a diagram showing a difficulty level (evaluation value) of a message according to the ninth embodiment.

FIG. 61 is a diagram showing an evaluation standard for a bulletin board according to the ninth embodiment.

FIG. 62 is a diagram showing a difficulty level (evaluation value) of a bulletin board according to the ninth embodiment.

FIG. 63 is a flowchart showing operation contents in the tenth embodiment.

FIG. 64 is a diagram showing an evaluation result of a bulletin board according to the tenth embodiment.

FIG. 65 is a diagram showing classification levels of bulletin boards in the tenth embodiment.

FIG. 66 is a diagram showing a personal information conversion standard in the tenth embodiment.

FIG. 67 is a diagram showing before and after conversion of personal information according to the tenth embodiment.

FIG. 68 is a diagram showing service contents of the electronic bulletin board system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Center, 2-1 to 2-m ... User terminal, 3 ... Evaluation analysis log creation unit, 4 ... Evaluation storage unit, 5 ... Evaluation analysis unit, 6
... Evaluation input section, 7 ... Display section, 11 ... Personal information storage section, 1
2 ... Personal information analysis section, 13 ... Personal information correction section.

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Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. In an information providing system that presents a plurality of information items to a user and provides information or a product corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form, each user who obtains the information or the product. Is an input unit for inputting an evaluation result indicating the degree of importance of the information or product to the user, and an evaluation result of each information item input to the evaluation input unit is aggregated to perform an information processing for each information item. And an evaluation information presenting means for presenting evaluation information consisting of the evaluation value of the information item defined by the evaluation analyzing means to a user who wants to obtain information corresponding to the information item or a product. An information providing system with an evaluation function, which comprises: 2. In an information providing system that presents a plurality of information items to a user and provides information or a product corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form, each user who obtains the information or the product. Is an evaluation input means for inputting an evaluation result indicating the degree of importance to the user for the information or the product, and aggregates the evaluation results of the information items input to the evaluation input means for each information item. Evaluation analysis means for determining the evaluation value of each information item, and evaluation information for presenting a highly evaluated information item from the evaluation value of the information item defined by the evaluation analysis means to the user who wants to obtain information or products. An information providing system with an evaluation function, characterized by comprising: a presenting means. 3. In an information providing system that presents a plurality of information items to a user and provides information or a product corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form, each user who obtains the information or the product. Is an evaluation input means for inputting an evaluation result indicating the importance of the information or the product to the user, and an evaluation result of each information item input to the evaluation input means is processed for each user. Evaluation analysis means that determines the evaluation value of each information item for each user based on the user's past evaluation of each information item, and the utilization by the evaluation analysis means for the user who wants to obtain information or goods. An information providing system with an evaluation function, comprising: an evaluation information presenting means for providing an evaluation value of an information item defined for a person. 4. An information providing system that presents a plurality of information items to a user and provides information or a product corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form. Each user who obtains the information or the product. Is an evaluation input means for inputting an evaluation result indicating the importance of the information or product to the user, and the evaluation result of the information item input to the evaluation input means is an information item number and a user identification number. The evaluation storage unit registered corresponding to the above, the personal information storage unit that stores the personal information in which the attribute items that determine the classification of the user correspond to the user identification number, and the user who wants to obtain information or products. And a search unit that searches the personal information accumulating unit as a similar user for a user who has the same attribute item registered in personal information in at least a part, and a user of each user searched by the search unit. An evaluation analysis unit that extracts a price result from the evaluation storage unit and performs an aggregate process to determine an evaluation value for each information item, and an evaluation information presentation unit that presents the evaluation value of the information item determined by the evaluation analysis unit to the user. An information providing system with an evaluation function, which comprises: 5. In an information providing system that presents a plurality of information items to a user and provides information or a product corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form, each user who obtains the information or the product. Is an evaluation input means for inputting an evaluation result indicating the importance of the information or product to the user, and the evaluation result of the information item input to the evaluation input means is an information item number and a user identification number. The evaluation storage unit registered in correspondence with the personal information storage unit that stores the personal information in which the attribute items that define the user's classification correspond to the user identification number, and the attribute items specified by the user Is a search unit that searches the personal information storage unit for users who are registered in personal information, and retrieves the evaluation results of the users searched by the search unit from the evaluation storage unit and performs a totaling process for each information item. The evaluation analysis means for determining the value and the evaluation information presenting means for selecting and presenting the evaluation value of the user of the same kind to the user who wants to obtain the information or the product are selected from the evaluation values determined by the evaluation analysis means. An information provision system with an evaluation function characterized by the following. 6. An information providing system that presents a plurality of information items to a user and provides information or a product corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form. Each user who obtains the information or the product. Is an evaluation input means for inputting an evaluation result indicating the importance of the information or product to the user, and the evaluation result of the information item input to the evaluation input means is an information item number and a user identification number. The evaluation storage unit registered corresponding to the above, the personal information storage unit storing the personal information in which the attribute items that define the classification of the user correspond to the user identification number, and the evaluation input unit Based on the evaluation value obtained for the user by the evaluation analysis unit that retrieves the evaluation result of each information item from the evaluation storage unit and processes the totals for each user to determine the evaluation value of each information item. Personal information correction means for adding or deleting attribute items of personal information, and providing the information value evaluation value of the information item defined for the user by the evaluation analysis means to the user who wants to obtain information or products. An information providing system with an evaluation function, comprising: evaluation information presenting means. 7. An information providing system that presents a plurality of information items to a user and provides information or a product corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form. Each user who obtains the information or the product. Is an evaluation input means for inputting an evaluation result indicating the degree of difficulty for the user to the information or product, and the evaluation result of the information item input to the evaluation input means is registered in association with the information item number. The evaluation storage unit, the personal information storage unit that stores the personal information in which the user level is registered for the classification corresponding to the information item, and the evaluation results registered in the evaluation storage unit are aggregated and processed. Evaluation analysis means for determining the evaluation value of the degree of difficulty for each information item, and the information item evaluated by the evaluation analysis means from the classification corresponding to each information item registered in the personal information Retrieval means for retrieving a category in which a level matching the degree of eye difficulty is registered, and information items corresponding to the categories retrieved for the user by the retrieving means are presented to the user who wants to obtain information or products. An information providing system with an evaluation function, comprising: 8. In an information providing system that presents a plurality of information items to a user and provides information or a product corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form, each user who obtains the information or the product. Is an evaluation input means for inputting an evaluation result indicating the degree of difficulty for the user with respect to the information or the product, and the evaluation result of each information item input to the evaluation input means is processed for each user. Based on the evaluation result by the evaluation analysis means, the evaluation analysis means that determines the evaluation value of each information item by each user, and the information item of the difficulty level that matches the level of the user who wants to obtain the information or product An information providing system with an evaluation function, comprising: an evaluation information presenting unit that presents evaluation information that is selected and that includes the selected information item. 9. In an information providing system that presents a plurality of information items to a user and provides information or a product corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form, each user who obtains the information or the product. Is an evaluation input means for inputting an evaluation result indicating the degree of difficulty for the user to the information or the product, and the evaluation result of the information item input to the evaluation input means is an information item number and a user identification number. The evaluation storage unit registered in correspondence with the personal information storage unit, the personal information storage unit storing the personal information in which the level of each user corresponding to the classification of the information item is stored, and the personal information storage unit stored in the personal information storage unit. Retrieval means for retrieving users of the same level for each classification from the stored personal information, and evaluation results of the same-level users retrieved by the retrieval means are retrieved from the evaluation storage unit and aggregated to evaluate each information item. Based on the evaluation result by the evaluation analysis means, the evaluation analysis means that determines the value and the information item of the difficulty level suitable for the level of the user who wants to obtain the information or the product are selected, and the evaluation consisting of the selected information item is selected. An information providing system with an evaluation function, comprising: an evaluation information presenting means for presenting information. 10. In an information providing system that presents a plurality of information items to a user and provides information or a product corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form, each user who obtains the information or the product An evaluation input means for inputting an evaluation result indicating the degree of difficulty for the user with respect to the information or the product, and personal information in which the level of each user corresponding to the classification of the information item is registered is stored. The personal information storage unit and the user's level for each evaluation result input to the evaluation input means are obtained by referring to the personal information, and the objective difficulty level for the information item is calculated from the user level and the evaluation result. Difficulty determination means for requesting evaluation, evaluation analysis means for determining the evaluation value of each information item based on the objective difficulty evaluation obtained by the difficulty determination means, and an attempt to obtain information or products It is characterized by comprising an evaluation information presenting means for selecting an information item having a difficulty level suitable for a user's level based on the evaluation result by the evaluation analyzing means, and presenting evaluation information consisting of the selected information item. Information providing system with evaluation function. 11. In an information providing system for presenting a plurality of information items to a user and providing information or a product corresponding to the information item selected by the user in a predetermined form, each user who obtains the information or the product is Evaluation input means for inputting an evaluation result indicating the degree of difficulty for the user with respect to the information or product, and an evaluation result of the information item input to the evaluation input means is used as an information item number and a user identification number. The evaluation storage unit registered correspondingly, the personal information storage unit that stores the personal information in which the level of each user corresponding to the classification of the information item is stored, and the evaluation of each information item from the evaluation storage unit If there is a difference between the evaluation value of the information item determined by the evaluation analysis unit and the evaluation level of the information item determined by the evaluation analysis unit and the user level registered in the personal information, Personal information correction means for correcting the user level registered in personal information, and information about the evaluation value of the information item specified for the user by the evaluation analysis means for the user who wants to obtain information or products An information providing system with an evaluation function, comprising: an evaluation information presenting means to be provided.