JPH1011506A - Community managing method and its system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To acquire a new information communication service by informing a communication service managing device of a finishing request and erasing a community at the time of finishing the community through the utilize of the information communication service defined for the community. SOLUTION: At the time of acquiring the community received from a service providing device 30 through a communication part 24, the community is transferred to a utilizing community storing part 27. In addition an execution managing part 25 updates information on the state of the communication service stored in the storing part 27 based on a request inputted from an inputting and outputting part 22. In addition information on the state of the communication service of the community to finish is acquired from the storing part 27 to issue the finishing request of the communication service to a communication service managing part 40, thereafter, the community to finish and information on the state of the communication service set based on this community are erased from the storing part 27.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a community management method and system, and more particularly, to a community management method and system for a communication service based on a community, which is information for defining a user's activity range on a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, with the rise of cyber space and the like,
2. Description of the Related Art A variety of services are provided using a network (hereinafter, referred to as a network). Focusing on the input interface for using the information communication service, a picture (icon) of the object such as a word processor or a calendar is displayed on the screen, and by selecting the object, the application corresponding to the object and the information communication service are displayed. Is set to work.

[0003] In addition, NTT's IDSP (Intelligent Dynamic Service Provisioning) has a system that enables service provisioning freely and as needed with its own knowledge without knowing the network. In the IDSP, an environment that stores information for mapping real-world scenes on a network, such as a “medical examination room”, a “juku”, and a “game center”, which is called a community, is used as a user interface. As a main element, a community is composed of members that appear in real-world scenes and have corresponding roles, activities that members can perform in the real world, and tools that members can use in the real world. Have corresponding tools. Members are associated with end users that are distributed on the network. Activities are
It has the necessary information to associate with the information and communication service in order to realize the corresponding activity on the network. The tool has information to be associated with the information communication service provided on the network.

[0004] An end user can use an information communication service without knowing the network by issuing a request using activities and tools defined in a community corresponding to his / her role.

[0005]

However, in the conventional system in which the application and the information communication service are operated by selecting the above-mentioned conventional icons, a natural request of a customer, for example, a request for watching a movie, a request for asking a teacher, etc. There is a problem that the service provisioning cannot be performed in response to the input in accordance with the situation.

Further, in the conventional IDSP, a community that immediately delivers a community in response to a request from an end user, or a company that provides an information and communication service using the community, provides a community provided by itself. There is a problem that it is not possible to grasp and manage the end user who is using the.

[0007] Further, even when service provisioning is directly possible from an end user when a user intends to use various kinds of information and communication services, if a community suitable for each information and communication service cannot be obtained from time to time, a communication service is required. There is a problem that an end user who does not know the information cannot use the information communication service immediately.

[0008] Further, since a community intends to map a real-world place on a network, it is necessary for the community to be able to execute an activity request for a place that is naturally executed in the real world. is there. In addition, companies that provide information and telecommunications services by using communities can provide end-users with fine-grained services and manage the activities of the end users who are using them. Need to get information.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an end user obtains a new information communication service via a network in response to an operation request for a community using an activity name for a place in the real world. It is an object of the present invention to provide a community management method and system capable of performing the above.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a community management method and system capable of interrupting / returning another information communication service. A further object of the present invention is to provide a community management method and system capable of designating a communication destination using a role (hereinafter, role) name without knowing the names of persons who are currently in the same community. To provide.

[0011] A further object of the present invention is to provide a community management method which enables an information communication service provider to recognize an end user who is using a service and to provide a more detailed service in using the service of the end user. Is to provide a system.

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, an end user terminal is connected to an end user terminal based on a community, which is information for defining a range of user activity on a network, based on a request input from a user interface corresponding to the community. A community management method for managing a community in a communication system having a communication service management device for setting a network, comprising: distributing a community from a service providing device based on a community acquisition request from an end user terminal; Uses the information communication service defined in the delivered community, and when the community ends, notifies the communication service management device of the end request and deletes the community.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the first principle of the present invention. The present invention is based on a community, which is information for defining a range of activities of a user on a network, based on a request input from a user interface corresponding to the community, an end user terminal,
In a communication system having a communication service management device for setting a network with a service providing device, a community management method for managing the community includes:
The end user terminal issues a community acquisition request corresponding to the information communication service to the service providing device (step 1), and the service providing device transmits the community corresponding to the community acquisition request to the end user terminal (step 2). ), The end user terminal stores the acquired community and the state information of the community (step 3), displays a user interface corresponding to the received community (step 4), and the end user terminal uses the community interface. When an information communication service request is issued (step 5), communication service setting and communication application setting are performed in the communication service management device (step 6), and communication service state information is stored in the end user terminal (step 7). , Set service Start using scan (step 8), the termination request information communication services from the end user terminal is issued (step 9), the communication service management system controls the termination of the application (Step 1
0), release the communication network resources (step 11), update the communication service state information in the end user terminal (step 12), and issue the end use request of the community (step 13). Of the user interface is deleted (step 14), the state information of the community is updated (step 15), and the communication service management device requested based on the community ends the information communication service requested based on the community. Issue a request (step 16),
The communication service management device controls the termination of the application (step 17), releases the communication network resources (step 18), and deletes the stored community and the state information of the community at the end user terminal (step 17). 19).

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the second principle of the present invention. The present invention relates to a service providing device,
On the basis of the interruption request from the end user or the system (step 20), the end user terminal disables the user interface of the community to be interrupted (step 21), meaning that the community to be interrupted indicates the interrupted state. Perform marking (step 22),
To the communication service management device, a request for suspending the communication service set using the interrupted community is issued to the communication service status information paired with the interrupted community (step 23), and the end user When the terminal or the system issues a return request for the community to be interrupted (step 24), a mark indicating an available state is given to the community to be interrupted, and the community to be restored is set (step 25). A request for performing service setting for the communication service status information paired with the return target community is issued to the management device, and the user interface of the return target community is returned to a usable state (step 26).

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the third principle of the present invention. The present invention relates to a service providing device,
When a request to acquire or return a community is input from the end user (step 30), the end user terminal suspends, terminates, or returns to another community based on the installation conditions included in the installed community. An operation is performed (step 31), and when an operation of interruption or return is performed, the state of the community that has been operated is managed (step 32).

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the fourth principle of the present invention. According to the present invention, when a community acquisition request is issued from an end user terminal (step 40), the service providing apparatus determines whether or not the user has authority to acquire a community in response to the community acquisition request (step 41).
Only when the user has the acquisition authority, the community corresponding to the community acquisition request is notified to the end user terminal (step 42). When the user does not have the acquisition authority, the acquisition failure is notified to the end user terminal (step 43).

Further, the service providing apparatus accepts and stores the use registration for the community requested in advance from the end user terminal. Also, the present invention provides a community acquisition request from an end user terminal, or suspension, return,
When the end request is issued, when the community acquisition request is issued from the end user terminal, the service providing apparatus adds the identification information of the end user terminal to the member subscription information, and the end user terminal issues a status change request. If issued, the identification information of the end user terminal is deleted from the member subscription information.

According to the present invention, in a service providing apparatus, community member information is centrally managed, and the member information is provided in response to a member information providing request from an end user terminal. Further, the present invention obtains a community acquisition request or a community end request issued from an end user terminal when the service providing apparatus manages the member information, and recognizes the currently used end user terminal for each community. ,to manage.

Further, according to the present invention, when a request to acquire member subscription information is issued from a user terminal, the service providing apparatus searches for a role name that matches the acquisition request and replaces the searched role name with the role name. Notify the end user terminal. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

The present invention provides a communication service management system for setting up a network with an end user terminal 200 based on a community which is information defining a range of activities of a user on a network, based on a request input from a user interface corresponding to the community. Device 400;
A community management system 100 including a service providing apparatus 300 that provides a community and a service to the end user terminal 200. The end user terminal 200 includes a community acquisition unit 250 that acquires a community from the service providing apparatus 300; Use community storage means 270 for storing a community acquired by acquisition means 250 and communication service status information set using the community as a set
Display control means 260 for providing the user interface 210 used by the end user based on the community stored in the use community storage means 270
State information management means 230 for adding, deleting, and changing communication service state information set using a community.
And end means 280 for deleting the user interface provided based on the community, terminating the communication service, and deleting the community from the use community storage means 270 when the community ends.

The above-mentioned end user terminal 200
Based on an arbitrary community, the user interface 210 displayed by the display control means 260 is disabled by the end user, and interruption of the use of the communication service set using the community is notified to the communication service management apparatus 400. Requesting and interrupting means, and a return means for providing the user interface again based on the community and requesting the communication service management apparatus to return the communication service. Based on the communication service status information paired with the community to be activated,
A communication service stop unit for stopping the communication service, and a communication service setting unit 410 for setting the communication service based on the communication service state information paired with the community suspended by the interruption unit.

Further, the end user terminal 200 calls necessary means from the community acquisition means 250 and the return means according to the conditions at the time of providing the user interface described in the community, and uses the information other than the newly acquired community. Used community storage means 27
State changing means for changing the state of the community stored in "0";

The service providing apparatus 300 also stores information on a community that can be used by an end user, a role of the end user in the community (hereinafter referred to as a role name), a password of the end user, and a network address of the end user. A user information database 330 for storing information, a community database 380 for storing available communities, and a community acquisition request received from an end user via a network, based on the information stored in the user information database 330. An access authentication unit 350 for performing access authentication of a requester; and a community database 380 when a community can be provided by the authentication unit.
It has community transfer means 310 for transferring the requested community.

Further, the service providing apparatus 300 described above
Member information management means for centrally managing the names of end users who use the community and use state information of the community; member state storage means for storing end user names and use state information for each community; Receiving a request to obtain the name of the end user who is using the community via the network, obtaining the usage information of the requested community from the member information management means,
There is further provided member information transfer means for transferring the request to the requesting end user terminal.

In the present invention, a community is an environment for mapping various scenes existing in the real world onto a network, and is defined for each scene in an information communication service. In the present invention, the activities that are the main elements of the above community are "moved" and "interrupted".
When an activity such as "return" is added, and a "move" activity is input through the user interface corresponding to the community, the information is used as a request for acquiring a new community, and the information desired by the end user is obtained by the acquisition means and the display means. A community corresponding to the communication service is acquired and can be used immediately.

Further, in response to an end user's request for terminating a community, the state information management means and the termination means can terminate not only the community but also the communication service set using the community. Become. Therefore, the end user can end the communication service related to the community by making a request to end the community without being conscious of the type of communication service set using the community.

A request from the end user or from the system is acquired, and the information communication service associated with the community is put together by the interruption means, so that the service can be temporarily interrupted. Further, the suspended community can be used again by the return means. As a result, by issuing a request for restarting the interrupted information communication service related to the community to the communication service management unit, it is possible to return to the original environment without making the end user aware of the restart.

Further, the state changing means performs an operation of interrupting, terminating, and returning other communities based on the conditions described in the acquired community, thereby setting an environment that matches the acquired community. It becomes possible. Therefore, according to the present invention, the end user operates another community based on the community setting conditions set in advance by the community provider without being conscious, and automatically sets information appropriate for the acquired community. It is possible to make available the community that has been acquired since.

When the acquisition request is acquired by the access authentication means on the service providing apparatus side, the user information database is checked to see if the user has the acquisition right to the requested community, and the information on the use permission right is transmitted to the end user terminal. Send to The community transfer means retrieves the requested community from the community database when the user has the right to use, and transmits the requested community to the requesting end user terminal. When the user does not have the permission, the community transfer means notifies the requester of the acquisition failure.

Therefore, it is possible for the community provider to limit / manage the end user to whom the information communication service is provided and to automatically deliver the community. The member information management means adds the end user name to the member information when the acquisition request has been issued from the end user, and deletes the end user name from the member information when the acquisition request has been issued. When a request for obtaining member information from the end user is obtained, information (end user name list) matching the role name written in the request is selected, and the information is transmitted to the end user.
Further, the state information of the end user in the member information is changed.

Therefore, the community provider side manages the community member information in a unified manner, so that the end user can use the role name to change the communication destination without recognizing the dynamically changing end user name in use. It is possible to specify. As described above, according to the present invention, the end user can acquire and use the information communication service that he / she wants to use at any time, and the end user can be associated with the community without being aware of just by ending the community. Communication service can be terminated. In addition, the setting of an environment that meets the conditions for providing and providing a place, which is a natural action performed in the real world, such as interruption and return of the place (for example, a place for conducting a test and a place for referring to a library) Cannot be held at the same time).

[0032]

FIG. 6 shows the configuration of a community management system according to the present invention. The system shown in FIG. 1 shows a configuration including at least one end user terminal 200, a service providing device 300, and a communication service management device 400. However, a communication network is omitted for simplification of description, but the communication network connects the end user terminal 200, the service providing apparatus 300, and the communication service management apparatus 400.

Although only one end user terminal 200 is shown in the figure, it is assumed that n terminals are actually connected. 6, an end user terminal 200 includes a user interface 210, a request issuing unit 220, a state information management unit 230, and a communication unit 24.
0, a community acquisition unit 250, a display control unit 260, a used community storage unit 270, and a control unit 280.

The service providing apparatus 300 includes a communication unit 31
0, state control unit 320, user information database 33
0, an access authentication unit 350, a member information management unit 360, and a community database 380. User interface 210 of end user terminal 200
Is provided via the display control unit 260 in accordance with the acquired community, and inputs a request and outputs a community using a display device or an input device.

The request issuing unit 220 is a service providing device 3
With respect to 00, a community acquisition request, a community termination request, a return request, a suspension request, a state change request, and the like are generated based on information input via the user interface 210. The status information management unit 230 stores and manages the status information of the communication service that is currently set for each community by using the community via the user interface 210. Also, for the communities other than the community acquired based on the installation conditions described in the acquired community, select the necessary processing from the acquisition process, end process, interruption process, and return process, and In addition to the matching state, the information of the community that has undergone the interruption and return processing is held, and when the community is acquired, the display control unit 260 is notified.

The communication unit 240 is a service providing device 300
The communication with the communication service management device 400 is performed. The community acquisition unit 250 acquires a community from the service providing apparatus 300 in response to the community acquisition request issued by the request issuing unit 220 by input from the end user, and stores the community in the use community storage unit 270.

The display control section 260 selects a user interface corresponding to the community from information described in the community stored in the used community storage section 270, activates the user interface, and displays the user interface on the display screen of the end user. The usage community storage unit 270 stores a community acquired from the service providing apparatus 300 and status information corresponding to the community as a set.

The control unit 280 corresponds to the above-mentioned ending means, interruption means, return means, recovery means, state changing means, etc., and controls the components of the end user terminal 200.
The termination unit in the control unit 280 deletes the user interface corresponding to the community when the termination request is issued by the request issuing unit 220 and sent to the service providing apparatus 300, and the communication service held by the state management unit 230 The request issuing unit 220 issues a request to the communication service management unit 400 to end only the communication service corresponding to the community to be ended using the status information of
To instruct.

The interruption means (hereinafter referred to as interruption processing) in the control section 280 makes a mark for interruption to the community, and outputs the user interface 2 corresponding to the community.
10 is made unavailable to the end user, and a request to temporarily suspend the use of the communication service corresponding to the community to be suspended is issued using the state information of the communication service held by the state information management unit 230.

The return means (hereinafter referred to as “return processing”) in the control unit 280 deletes the community interruption mark and uses the communication service status information held by the status information management unit 230 to respond to the returning community. A setting request is made so that the communication service to be used can be used again.
Further, the user interface corresponding to the community is made usable.

The state changing means in the control unit 280 (hereinafter referred to as a state changing process) performs, based on the installation conditions described in the acquired community, a community acquisition unit 250 for a community other than the acquired community.
The necessary processing is called from among the acquisition processing, the termination processing, the interruption processing, and the return processing, and is set to a state that meets the installation conditions. 230, and then notifies the display control unit 260 of the acquired community.

The recovery means (hereinafter referred to as recovery processing) in the control unit 280, when terminating the community, returns to the original state based on the information of the community that has been suspended / returned by the state change processing at the time of acquisition. Perform return processing. Communication unit 310 of service providing apparatus 300
Performs communication between the end user terminals 200. Various requests are received from the end user terminal 200, and the community is transmitted to the end user terminal 200.

The state control unit 320 manages and controls the current state of the community with reference to the community database 380. When receiving the community acquisition request from the end user terminal 200, the access authentication unit 350 searches the user information database 330 held in advance to determine whether the end user terminal 300 is registered in the requesting community. Is determined, and if use registration is performed, the role name of which the end user terminal 200 is registered for use is returned. If not registered, a failure notification is returned.

In the user information database 330, available end users are registered for each community. The member information management unit 360 stores the end user terminal 20
When 0 has acquired and ended the community, the name of the currently used end user and its use state are managed centrally for each community in the user information database 330 according to the notification received from the end user terminal 200. Further, in response to a request from the end user side, the currently used end user name corresponding to the requested role name is obtained. In addition, in response to a request for obtaining member information using a role name of a community from an end user who has acquired a community, an end user name corresponding to a role name using the same community is selected, and the information is requested. Send to end user.

The community database 380 stores communities. The communication unit 310 extracts the requested community from the community database 380 and delivers it to the end user terminal 200 that issued the community acquisition request.

[0046]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 7 shows the configuration of a community management system according to one embodiment of the present invention. The community management system 10 shown in FIG. 1 includes an end user device 20, an information communication service providing device 30, and a communication service setting management device 40.

The end user device 20 includes a user interface 21, an input / output unit 22, a storage unit 23, a communication unit 24,
It comprises an execution management unit 25, a display control unit 26, a use community storage unit 27, a return unit 28, and an interruption unit 29.
The user interface 21 of the end user device 20 includes:
The community acquisition request is passed to the input / output unit 22 from the customer (end user), or the community acquired from the input / output unit 22 is presented to the user by a method such as display.

When a community acquisition request is input from a customer via the user interface 21, the input / output unit 22 transfers the request to the execution management unit 25. The community passed from the display control unit 26 is presented on the user interface 21.

The storage unit 23 acquires the information acquired from the input / output unit 22 via the execution management unit 25 and stores it. The communication unit 24 performs communication with the service providing device 30. The execution management unit 25 transfers the community acquisition request acquired from the input / output unit 22 to the storage unit 23, and transmits the request to the service providing apparatus 30 that provides the community of the request via the communication unit 24. When the community received from the service providing apparatus 30 is obtained via the communication unit 24, the community is transferred to the use community storage unit 27. Further, the execution management unit 25 selects a community stored in the use community storage unit 27 and passes it to the display control unit 26. The execution management unit 25
Updates the communication service status information stored in the usage community storage unit 27 based on the communication service status information that has been “finished” or “changed” based on the request input from the input / output unit 22. In addition, it receives an end request input from the input / output unit 22, selects a community corresponding to the end request, deletes a user interface corresponding to the community, and further stores a community to be ended from the used community storage unit 27. The communication service status information is obtained, a communication service termination request is issued to the communication service management unit 40, and then the community to be terminated and the communication service status information set based on the community are deleted from the used community storage unit 27. .

The display control unit 26 acquires the community selected from the information described in the community stored in the use community storage unit 27 by the execution management unit 25 and controls the input / output unit 22 to display the selected community. I do. The usage community storage unit 27 stores the community acquired from the service providing device 30 by the execution management unit 25, and also stores communication service status information corresponding to the community. These community and communication service status information are stored as a set.

The suspending unit 29 disables the user interface of the community to be suspended, marks the community to be suspended in the used community storage unit 27 that indicates suspension, and forms a group with the suspended community. Based on the communication service status information, a request to suspend the set communication service is made to the communication service management device 40.

The resuming unit 28 makes a mark indicating that the resuming community is in a usable state, and based on the communication service status information stored in the use community storage unit 27 paired with the resuming community, Is made to the communication service management apparatus 40, and the user interface of the returning community is made usable.

Next, the configuration of the service providing apparatus 30 will be described. The service providing device 30 includes the server communication unit 3
1, control unit 32, user information database 33, server storage unit 34, access authentication unit 35, member management unit 36,
It comprises a member information storage unit 37.

The server communication unit 31 is connected to the end user device 2
0, and receives a community acquisition request from the end user device 20 and passes it to the control unit 32. Also,
The community acquired from the access authentication unit 35 via the control unit 32 is transferred to the end user device 20.

The control unit 32 controls the service providing device 30
Of each component is controlled. User information database 3
Reference numeral 3 stores a user name, an identifier, a role name, an access address, and the like as information of an end user (customer). The server storage unit 34 temporarily stores the community acquisition request acquired via the control unit 32.

The access authentication unit 35 includes the server communication unit 31
Receives the community acquisition request from the server, the request is stored in the server storage unit 34, and the community acquisition request stored by the access authentication unit 35 and the end user information stored in the user information database 33 are searched. It is determined whether or not the user has the acquisition right. If the user has the right, the use permission information is transferred to the control unit 32. In this embodiment, the determination is made based on whether or not the end user who has issued the community acquisition request is registered in the user information database 33. However, the present invention is not limited to this method, and a method of performing authentication using an authentication key or the like is also available. is there.

The member management unit 36 acquires the end user status change notification passed from the server communication unit 31 via the control unit 32, and stores the information in the member information storage unit 37. Information on whether or not the notification from the control unit 32 is an acquisition notification (community acquisition request) is obtained. If the notification is an acquisition notification, the end user name is added to the member information storage unit 37. Otherwise, the end user name in the member information storage unit 37 is deleted.

When a member information acquisition request is acquired via the control unit 32, the member management unit 36 stores the member acquisition request in the server storage unit 34, and then sends the request from the member information storage unit 37 to the server. Information (end user name list) that matches the role name included in the request stored in the storage unit 34 is selected and stored in the server storage unit 34.

As a result, the server communication unit 31 transfers the information stored in the server storage unit 34 to the requester (end customer). Further, the member management unit 36 changes the end user status information stored in the member information storage unit 37. The community database 38 stores community information to be provided to the end user device 20.

Hereinafter, based on the configuration of FIG. 7, FIGS.
This embodiment will be described using a specific example shown in FIG. It is assumed that the students A, B, and C, the X school, and the instructor N exist on the network, and the X school provides information communication services for basic English courses and English examinations using the network.

The community stores information such as a method of using the network determined by the administrator of the community, an available end user name, and a setting method on the end user side when acquiring the community.
For example, in the “Basic English Course Community”, application names and methods of using available communication are set for each role (role name: lecturer / student) such as instructors and students.

For example, in the “basic English course community”, instructor: remote lecture (quality: medium, fee: low price), reception of teaching materials, whiteboard, etc. are set. As a method of setting a community, information on a user interface to be started and the like are described.

[Specific Example 1] First, as a first specific example, a community acquisition request is issued from the execution management unit 25 on the end user side, and the communication service is used by the community acquired from the service providing apparatus 30 of the X juku. At the same time, an example in which a community is provided from the service providing side of the X private supplementary school will be described.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a first specific example of one embodiment of the present invention. A student A starts attending a virtual cram school “Basic English Course” provided by an X cram school. Here is an example of how to do this. It is assumed that a student A wants to take a basic English course at Company X.

When the student A inputs a service request (step 101), the community management system 10 causes the execution management unit 25 to send a community ( A "basic English community") acquisition request is transmitted (step 102), and the company X (service providing device 3) is acquired.
Wait for the community to return from 0).

In the service providing device 30 of the X juku company side,
The access authentication unit 35 allows the user information database 3
Then, the information of the student A is acquired from 3 and the access authentication for determining whether the user has the authority to use the “basic English community” is performed (step 103). Then, the student A obtains the information "having the right to use" in the student's role, and transfers the "basic English community" whose role is the student by the server communication unit 31 (step 10).
4).

When the student A (the end user terminal 20) receives the “basic English community” transferred from the service providing apparatus 30 of the X cram school, the display control unit 26 uses the information described in the acquired community by the display control unit 26. The user interface 21 is started (step 105).

[Specific Example 2] Next, as a second specific example,
An example of managing communication service status information set by an end user using a community and ending a communication service set by using the community will be described.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a second specific example of one embodiment of the present invention. A service request is issued using the “basic English community” acquired by student A, and the communication service is provided. This is an example of use. When the student A makes a “move” request to a remote lecture (application) using the user interface 21 corresponding to the “basic English community” (step 106), the information described in the “basic English community” , The communication service management apparatus 40 sets the remote lecture (step 10).
7) As a result, the communication service state information changed as a result is stored (step 108).

[Embodiment 3] FIG. 10 is a view for explaining a third embodiment of the present invention, in which student A issues a request to end use of the "basic English community",
An example until the "Basic English Community" is deleted is shown.

When the student A makes a request for terminating the "basic English community" (step 109), it is based on the "basic English community" according to the communication service status information managed by the status management means (execution management unit 25). A request is issued to the communication service management device 40 to end the set communication service (step 110). Further, the end of the user interface (step 11)
1), "Basic English Community" is deleted (step 112).

Thus, the communication service management device 40
Releases network resources as communication service termination processing. As described above, the present invention enables an information communication service provider to dynamically acquire, through a network, a community which is information for managing the end user's network usage range, so that the end user can The information communication service is made available.

Further, the use of the community by the end user who is not registered for each community is restricted, and the community is associated with the communication service set by the community, so that the end user having no community cannot use the communication service. By doing so, management of network use is realized for each closed user group.

[Specific Example 4] Next, as a fourth specific example,
On the student A side, a suspending unit 29 for suspending a community in use, a restoring unit 28 for returning a suspended community, and a restoration for returning a suspended community when there is no available community. Means (return unit 28), after acquiring the community, calls a necessary process from among the interruption process, the return process, and the end process in accordance with the conditions at the time of setting the user ion interface described in the community, and acquires the newly acquired community. The process of changing the state of the community in the used community storage unit 27 other than the used community storage unit 27 will be described.

FIG. 11 is a diagram (part 1) for describing a fourth specific example of one embodiment of the present invention. In the case where student A has already acquired the “basic English community”, An example is shown in which the process is suspended until an "English language testing community" is acquired from the X school and made available.

FIG. 12 shows a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram (part 2) for explaining a specific example of the above, and shows an example until the use of the “basic English community” is restored after the “English test community” is completed. Student A
Receives an instruction from the instructor in the basic English lecture, "Begin the exam, please move to the English exam community" (step 113), and issue a "English exam community" acquisition request (step 113). Step 114), using the same method as described above, "English test community"
(Step 115). In this community acquisition, it is assumed that the access authentication processing and the like are also performed as described above.

It is assumed that "English test community" describes a condition that a community cannot be used simultaneously with another community in order to prevent cheating as a condition for setting a community. State change means (execution management unit 2)
5), the suspending unit 29 suspends the currently used “basic English community” (step 116) and sees the communication set by using the “basic English community”. The service is interrupted (step 117), and the corresponding user interface is disabled (step 118).

Then, after confirming that there is no other available community, "English test community" is set by the display control unit 26 so that the user interface 21 can be used (step 119). Further, when a request for terminating the “English exam community” is issued from the student A (step 120), terminating means (execution management unit 2)
5), the “English test community” is terminated, and the return unit 28 calls the process of returning the “basic English community” interrupted in the above step 117 (step 121), whereby the “basic English community” is called. The communication service corresponding to "English community" is set again by the communication service management device 40 (step 12).
2).

As described above, realizing activities that are normally performed in the real world, such as storing a place once, moving to another place, and returning again, can be realized on a network by a simple request input. Is possible. [Fifth Specific Example] Next, as a fifth specific example, a member information management unit 36 that manages status information of users in a community.
An example will be described in which, when a member information acquisition request is issued from an end user, member information corresponding to the request is provided.

FIG. 12 is a view for explaining a fifth specific example of one embodiment of the present invention.
The operation of the member information management means (member management unit 36) executed when each process of acquiring, ending, suspending, and returning a community is performed will be described. When the student A makes a request to acquire the "basic English community" (step 201), the service providing device 30 of the X juku company performs the same access authentication processing as described above. Next, before transferring the community by the communication unit 31, the member management unit 36
As a member of the "Basic English Community",
It is additionally registered in the member information storage unit 37. At that time, student A
The information of the role "student" in the community and the use status "in use" is also stored (step 202). After this processing, the communication unit 31 sets the “basic English community”
Is delivered to the student A (step 203).

When the student A makes a request for terminating the "Basic English Community" (step 204), a termination notice is transmitted to the X juku company before executing the termination processing (step 205).
The X private supplementary company deletes the student A from the members of the "basic English community" based on the received end notice (step 206).

On the student A side, the display of the user interface of the "basic English community" is deleted (step 207), the community status information is updated (step 208), and the communication service management apparatus 40 is provided with the communication service. An end request is made (step 209), and the “basic English community” is deleted from the use community storage unit 27 (step 210).

[Embodiment 6] FIG. 13 is a view for explaining a sixth embodiment of the embodiment of the present invention. A student A wants to give a presentation to all students among members of the basic English course. "
When the request is issued, the X juku company obtains the member information of the “Basic English Course” (members currently using the community) from the member information storage unit 37 by the member management unit 36, and based on the member information. A specific example up to setting a communication service will be described.

When the above request (“I want to present to all the students among the members of the basic English course”) is issued from student A through the GUI corresponding to the “basic English course community” (steps 300 and 301). Member management unit 36
Acquires the member name of the currently used student role of the "Basic English Community" from the member information storage unit 37 of the X private supplementary company (step 302), and passes the member name to the communication service management device 40 (step 303). . As a result, all students and student A are connected (step 304), and communication is enabled (step 305).

As described above, in the community management system, each end user holds and manages the user name and its status currently used for each community, and the role information of the user, and provides the information on demand, so that each end user can receive the information. It is possible to issue a request without being aware of the information of a user who is using the device together with the user.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be variously modified and applied within the scope of the claims.

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As described above, according to the community management method and system of the present invention, a management unit of a closed user group called a community is acquired at any time and can be used immediately, so that various information communication services can be obtained. Can be freely used.

Further, since it is possible to terminate a related communication service only by terminating the community without recognizing the communication service set in one community, a condition described in advance in the community can be set according to the condition described in advance in the community. Since it is possible to suspend and restore other communities and their related communication services without making the end user aware of the appropriate service provision place, it is also possible to set the member information used by the end user. Since it is possible to specify the communication destination using the role name without being aware, the end user can realize the real world without being aware of the knowledge and information of the network other than the community and the main elements of the community. The information communication service can be easily used by the natural activity request according to the above.

Further, a provider that provides an information communication service using a community can manage an end user who uses the community, and can provide a service providing method only by writing necessary information in the community. Can also be managed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a first principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a second principle of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a third principle of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a fourth principle of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a community management system of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a community management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a first specific example of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a second specific example of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a third specific example of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram (part 1) for describing a fourth specific example of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram (part 2) for describing a fourth specific example of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a sixth specific example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 20 end user terminal 21 user interface 22 input / output unit 23 storage unit 24 communication unit 25 execution management unit 26 display control unit 27 use community storage unit 28 return unit 29 interruption unit 30 service providing device 31 server communication unit 32 control unit 33 user information Database 34 server storage unit 36 member management unit 37 member information storage unit 38 community database 40 communication service management device 100 community management system 200 end user terminal 210 user interface 220 request issuing unit 230 state information management unit 240 communication unit 250 community acquisition unit Community acquisition unit 260 display control unit, display control unit 270 used community storage unit, used community storage unit 280 ending unit, control unit 300 service providing device 310 Community transfer means, the communication unit 320 status control unit 330 user information database 350 access authentication unit 360 member information management unit 380 community database 400 communication service management system 410 communication service setting means

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. Based on a community which is information for defining a range of activity of a user on a network,
A community management method for managing a community in a communication system having a communication service management device for setting a network with an end user terminal in response to a request input from a user interface corresponding to the community, comprising: A community is delivered from the service providing device based on a community acquisition request. The end-user terminal uses an information communication service defined in the delivered community. A community management method, comprising notifying a communication service management device and deleting the community. 2. The end user terminal issues the community acquisition request corresponding to an information communication service to the service providing device, and the service providing device sends a community corresponding to the community acquisition request to the end user terminal. Transmitting, the end-user terminal stores the acquired community and the state information of the community, displays a user interface corresponding to the received community, and uses the user interface of the community from the end-user terminal, When an information communication service request is issued, the communication service management device sets communication services and starts an application.The end user terminal stores communication service state information, and starts using the set service. End When the information communication service request is issued from the user terminal, the communication service management device controls termination of the application, releases the communication network resources, and updates the communication service state information in the end user terminal. When the end user terminal issues a request to end use of the community, the display of the user interface of the community is erased, the state information of the community is updated, and a communication service end request is sent to the communication service management apparatus. 2. The community management method according to claim 1, wherein the community and the status information of the community stored in the end user terminal are issued. 3. The end user terminal disables a user interface of a community to be interrupted based on a suspension request from the end user or a system, and indicates a suspended state to the community to be interrupted. Perform marking, to the service management device, in the communication service state information paired with the interrupt target community, issues a request to interrupt the information communication service set using the interrupt target community, When a return request is issued from the end user terminal or the system to the interrupted community, a marking indicating an available state is performed on the interrupted community, and the service is set as a return target community. Against the community to be returned Issues a request to perform a service set in the communication service state information are I, community management method according to claim 1, wherein to return the user interface of the return target community ready for use. 4. When a community acquisition request or a return request is input from the end user, the end user terminal interrupts or terminates another community based on installation conditions included in the installed community. Alternatively, the user performs a return operation, and if the interruption or the return operation is performed, manages the state of the operated community. When the community ends, restores the other suspended communities. 4. The community management method according to claim 3, wherein said returning community is interrupted. 5. The service providing device, when the community acquisition request is issued from the end user terminal, determines whether or not the community has the authority to acquire the community with respect to the community acquisition request. The community management method according to claim 1, wherein a community corresponding to the community acquisition request is notified to the end user terminal, and if the user does not have the acquisition authority, an acquisition failure is notified to the end user terminal. 6. The community management method according to claim 5, wherein the service providing device receives and stores usage registration for a community requested in advance from the end user terminal. 7. When the community acquisition request or the interruption, return, or termination request is issued from the end user terminal, the service providing device is configured to execute the community acquisition request when the community acquisition request is issued from the end user terminal. And adding the identification information of the end user terminal to the member subscription information, and when the end user terminal issues a status change request, deleting the identification information of the end user terminal from the member subscription information. And the community management method according to 4. 8. The community management method according to claim 2, wherein the service providing apparatus centrally manages the member information of the community and provides the member information in response to a member information providing request from the end user terminal. 9. When the service providing apparatus manages the member information, the community acquisition request or the community termination request issued from the end user terminal is acquired, and the end user terminal currently used for each community is acquired. Recognizes
9. The community management method according to claim 8, wherein the community management is performed. 10. When the end user terminal issues a request to acquire the member subscription information, the service providing apparatus searches for a role name that matches the acquisition request, and substitutes the searched role name for the role name. 9. The community management method according to claim 8, wherein a notification is sent to an end user terminal. 11. A communication service management apparatus for setting a network with an end user terminal based on a community which is information defining a range of activity of a user on a network, based on a request input from a user interface corresponding to the community, A community management system comprising a service providing apparatus that provides a community and a service to the end user terminal, wherein the end user terminal obtains the community from the service providing apparatus; A use community storage unit that stores the community acquired by the above and communication service state information set using the community as a set, and a community stored in the use community storage unit. A display control unit for providing a user interface used by an end user; a state information management unit for adding, deleting, and changing communication service state information set by using the community; A community management system comprising: a user interface provided by the user, a communication service being terminated, and the community being deleted from the used community storage means. 12. The end user terminal disables a user interface displayed by the display control means based on an arbitrary community for the end user, and sets a communication service set using the community. Suspending means for requesting the communication service management apparatus to suspend the use of the communication service and suspending the communication, and returning means for providing the user interface again based on the community and requesting the communication service management apparatus to return the communication service. Wherein the communication service management device comprises: Said paired with suspended community Based on the signal service status information, community management system of claim 11, further comprising a communication service setting means for setting a communication service. 13. The end user terminal, according to a condition at the time of providing a user interface described in the community, calls a necessary means out of the community acquisition means and the return means, and selects a community other than the newly acquired community. 13. The community management system according to claim 11, further comprising status change means for changing a status of a community stored in said use community storage means during use of said community. 14. The service providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein information on a community usable by the end user, a role of the end user in the community (hereinafter, referred to as a role name), a password of the end user, and a network of the end user. A user information database storing address information; a community database storing available communities; receiving a community acquisition request from the end user via a network, based on information stored in the user information database. An access authentication unit for performing access authentication of a requester; and a community transfer unit for acquiring and transferring a requested community from the community database when a community can be provided by the authentication unit. 1 Community management system described. 15. The service providing apparatus, comprising: a member information management means for centrally managing an end user name using the community and usage state information of the community; and an end user name and usage state information for each community. A member status storage unit that stores a request for obtaining an end user name using a community via the network from the end user, and obtains usage information of the requested community from the member information management unit. 15. The community management system according to claim 11, further comprising member information transfer means for transferring the request information to the requesting end user terminal.