JPH11232202A - Information reference system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to simply set up an environment for referring to articles and to enable anyone to easily refer to articles on an electronic bulletin board(EBB) by referring to articles of an EBB on an interconnection network (internet) or articles of an EBB on a (bulletin board system)BBS by using a WWW browser. SOLUTION: An article entering part 101 loads down an article contributed to a prescribed EBB in an article storing part 103, stores the group name of the article in the EBB, a contributed date, a contributor's name a title, an article number, etc., in an index storing part 104 and stores the contributed date of a most newly contributed article of each group out of articles stored in the storing part 103 in a group information storing part 105. A reference part 106 displays a list of group names of the EBB, a list of the titles of articles in each group, the contents of respective articles. These articles contributed from the WWW broswer to a network news server 2 and the BBS 3 can be referred to.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information reference system, and more particularly to an article on an electronic bulletin board provided on the Internet and a BBS (Bulletin Board System).
The article on the electronic bulletin board of m) can be referred to using a WWW (World Wide Web) browser.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In electronic bulletin boards provided on the Internet and BBS electronic bulletin boards, groups and forums for exchanging opinions are provided for various topics through computers connected to the network. It is used as an effective means of information sharing.

[0003] Articles on electronic bulletin boards and BBS electronic bulletin boards provided on the Internet are referred to by installing dedicated software on their own computers and using those softwares.

FIG. 15 shows a block diagram of a conventional configuration.
In the figure, 1501 is a net news server that distributes news provided on the Internet, that is, an article of an electronic bulletin board, 1502 is a client that reads news, 1
Reference numeral 503 denotes a news reader of dedicated software for reading news. Reference numeral 1504 denotes a BBS that provides a personal computer communication service such as an electronic bulletin board and an e-mail;
Reference numeral 505 denotes a client for performing personal computer communication, and reference numeral 1506 denotes personal computer communication software for receiving a BBS service.

[0005]

However, FIG.
In the prior art shown in (1), when referencing an article on an electronic bulletin board provided on the Internet or a BBS electronic bulletin board, it is necessary to install dedicated software and learn different operation methods, and anyone can easily refer to it. Can not. For this reason, there has been a problem that a wide range of useful articles or information posted on these electronic bulletin boards cannot be widely shared.

In order to find a target article or an article related to a purpose in an electronic bulletin board, first, a group in which the target article is likely to be selected from a list of group names on the electronic bulletin board, and post to the group Display a list of the titles of the articles that have been entered, and refer to the articles that seem to be suitable for the purpose with reference to the titles. Therefore, there is a problem that it takes a very long time to find a target article or an article related to the purpose in the electronic bulletin board.

Further, since the group name of the electronic bulletin board on the Internet is expressed in English or Roman characters, there is a problem that the group of the electronic bulletin board to be referred to cannot be easily found.

FIG. 16 shows an example of a display screen in which a group of electronic bulletin boards on the Internet is displayed by a news reader.

[0009] Further, to check whether a new article has been posted on the electronic bulletin board, it is necessary for each user to refer to the electronic bulletin board, there is a lot of useless access, and as a means for transmitting information in a timely manner. There was a problem that it could not be used.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described problems. Articles on an electronic bulletin board provided on the Internet or articles on a BBS electronic bulletin board can be read using a WWW browser. This makes it possible to easily set an environment for article reference, and anyone can easily refer to articles on the electronic bulletin board.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In an information reference system constructed on the basis of a WWW server, an article storage section for storing articles posted on an electronic news bulletin board of a net news server and a BBS, and an article stored in the article storage section An index storage unit that stores the group name, posting date and time, contributor name, title, article number, etc. of the electronic bulletin board, and the electronic bulletin board group name of the article stored in the article storage unit and the group name are displayed on the display unit And a group information storage unit for storing the display name at the time of posting, the posting date and time of the most recently posted article in the group, and logging in to the net news server and the BBS to store the articles posted on a predetermined electronic bulletin board. Section, and retrieves the electronic bulletin board group name, posting date, contributor name, title, article number, etc. of the article stored in the article storage section. An article fetching unit that stores in the storage unit the post date and time of the most recently posted article for each group among the articles stored in the article storage unit, and a list of group names on the electronic bulletin board By providing a display and a list of article titles in the group and a reference section for displaying article contents, it is possible to refer to articles posted to the net news server and the BBS from a WWW browser, and to improve the article reference environment. It can be easily set, and anyone can easily refer to the articles on the electronic bulletin board.

[0012] Further, by providing a search unit for searching for an article including a specified character string from the title of the article and the full text of the article stored in the article storage unit and displaying the title and the article etc. It is possible to find and refer to the article to do.

Further, by providing a comment indicating the outline of the group in the group information storage unit, the group name of the electronic bulletin board on the Internet can be displayed with a Japanese comment added thereto. Names and articles can be easily found.

In addition, when there is a newly posted article in an article stored in the article storage unit, a new arrival confirmation unit for transmitting a group name, a title, a posting date and time of the electronic bulletin board of the new article to a predetermined mailing list is provided. This eliminates the task of checking whether a new article has been posted on the electronic bulletin board, and allows timely information sharing.

[0015]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a WWW / mail server, 2 is a net news server that distributes news provided on the Internet, that is, an article of an electronic bulletin board, and 3 is a B that provides a personal computer communication service such as an electronic bulletin board and electronic mail.
BS and 4 are clients provided with a WWW browser and mail software.

The WWW / mail server 1, the network news server 2 and the BBS 3 are connected via a network, and the WWW / mail server 1 and the client 4 are also connected via the network.

The WWW / mail server 1 has an article storage unit 103 for storing articles posted on an electronic news bulletin board of the net news server and the BBS, and an article storage unit 1.
The index storage unit 104 stores the electronic bulletin board group name, posting date, contributor name, title, article number, etc. of the article stored in the article storage unit 03, the electronic bulletin board group name of the article stored in the article storage unit 103, A group information storage unit 1 for storing a display name when the group name is displayed on the display unit, a posting date and time of an article most recently posted in the group, and the like.
05, log in to the net news server 2 and the BBS 3, download the article posted on the predetermined electronic bulletin board to the article storage unit 103, and store the group name and the posting of the electronic bulletin board of the article stored in the article storage unit 103. The date and time, contributor name, title, article number, etc. are stored in the index storage unit 104.
In the group information storage unit 105, and stores the posting date and time of the most recently posted article for each group in the articles stored in the article storage unit 103
A list display of group names of electronic bulletin boards, a list display of article titles in the group, a reference section 106 for displaying article content, and the like, and a title of article and a full text of article stored in the article storage section 103. A search unit 107 that searches for articles including a character string and displays titles, articles, and the like.
When there is a newly posted article in the article stored in the article storage unit 103, the group name, title,
There is provided a new arrival confirmation unit 108 for transmitting the posting date and time to a predetermined mailing list.

Next, the processing of the article fetching unit will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a processing flowchart of an embodiment of an article fetching unit, FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of an article storage unit, FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of an index storage unit, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of one embodiment.

The article storage unit 31 in FIG. 3 stores an article having an article number as a file name under a directory indicating a group name. The article 32 is composed of a header and article contents, and the header stores data such as group name, posting date and time, poster name, title, article number, and the like.

The index storage unit 41 shown in FIG. 4 stores a group name indicating the group to which the article posted on the electronic bulletin board was posted, a posting date and time, a contributor name, a title indicating the title of the article, and an article assigned to the article. Data such as a number, the next article number indicating the article number of the next article, and the above-mentioned article number indicating the article number of the previous article are stored.

The group information storage unit for net news shown in FIG. 5A includes a group name indicating a group name of the electronic bulletin board, a display name when the group name is displayed on a display unit such as a display, and a group name in the group. Stores the latest posted date and time indicating the date and time of the most recently posted article, and data such as comments indicating character strings to display the content of articles handled in the group when displaying the group name on the display unit such as a display. .

The group information storage unit for BBS in FIG. 5B has a group name indicating the group name of the electronic bulletin board and a display unit such as a display, similar to the group information storage unit for net news. , The latest posting date and time indicating the posting date and time of the most recently posted article in the group, and a character string for displaying the content of the article handled by the group when displaying the group name on a display unit such as a display And data such as a comment that indicates However, the comment data is omitted because the display name is displayed in Japanese.

Next, the operation of the article fetching unit will be described with reference to the flow of FIG. Note that the article reading unit is activated by a control unit of a system not described when the power is turned on to this system.

Step S201: It is determined whether a predetermined time has elapsed. If a predetermined time has elapsed, step S20
Proceed to step 2 if the predetermined time has not elapsed
Return to 201.

Step S202: Log in to the net news server and store articles of a predetermined group in the article storage unit.

Step S203: Login to BBS,
Articles of a predetermined group are stored in the article storage unit.

Step S204: Group name, posting date and time,
The author name, title, article number, etc. are extracted and stored in the temporary storage unit.

Step S205: To the data stored in the temporary storage unit, data such as the article number and the next article number linking the articles before and after each article are added. Then, the data is stored in the index storage unit.

Step S206: Among the articles stored in the temporary storage unit, the posting date and time of the most recently posted article is calculated and stored in the latest posting date and time in the group information storage unit.

Step S207: It is determined whether all groups have been processed. If all groups have been processed, the process proceeds to step S208. If all groups have not been processed, the process returns to step S204.

Step S208: It is determined whether the processing is completed. If it is completed, the process is completed, and if not, the process returns to step S201.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the reference section. In the figure, reference numeral 61 denotes a reference unit. The reference unit 61 includes a group list display unit 62 for displaying a list of group names of electronic bulletin boards of a specified net, and a title list for displaying a list of article titles in the specified group. It comprises a display section 63 and an article display section 64 for displaying a specified article.

The details of the reference unit will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is a processing flowchart of an embodiment of a reference unit, and FIG. 8 is a transition example diagram of a display screen of a WWW browser when referring to net news.

Net news / BBS is stored in the WWW server.
An article reference and search page is prepared, and when the client accesses this page with a WWW browser, the display screen of FIG. 8A is displayed on the display unit of the client.

A group list display section is linked to the reference character in FIG. 8A. When the client clicks this reference portion with a mouse, the client can click either of the specified net news or the BBS net. Information is WW
The W browser notifies the WWW server. And W
The WW server executes the group list display unit using the notified net information as a parameter, and returns the result to the WWW browser.

The group list display unit in FIG. 7A reads the corresponding group list from the group information storage unit based on the net information notified from the WWW browser in step S701, and converts it into HTML language.

FIG. 8B shows a display screen on which the WWW browser displays the HTML language output from the group list display section. On the display screen, a group name, the latest posting date and time of articles in the group, and a comment indicating an outline of the group are displayed for each group.

A title list display section is linked to the characters of the group name in FIG. 8B. When the client clicks the group name portion with a mouse, the group name of the designated group is displayed in a WWW browser. From WWW
Notified to server. Then, the WWW server executes the title list display section using the notified group name as a parameter, and returns the result to the WWW browser.

FIG. 7B shows the title list display section in step S.
According to the group name notified from the WWW browser in 702, the corresponding title list is read from the index storage unit, and HT
Convert to ML language.

FIG. 8C shows a display screen in which the WWW browser displays the HTML language output from the title list display section. On the display screen, a number indicating an article number, a title of the article, a contributor, and a posting date and time are displayed.

An article display section is linked to the number indicating the article number in FIG. 8C. When the client clicks this number portion with a mouse, the designated article number is changed from the WWW browser to the WWW server. Will be notified.
Then, the WWW server executes the article display unit using the notified article number as a parameter, and returns the result to the WWW browser.

FIG. 7 (c) The article display section displays a message at step S70.
According to the article number notified from the WWW browser in step 3, the corresponding article is read from the article storage unit and converted into HTML language.

FIG. 8D shows a display screen in which the WWW browser displays the HTML language output from the article display unit. In this example, the article content is displayed in the form below the title list.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the search unit. In the figure, reference numeral 91 denotes a search unit. The search unit 91 includes an input form creation unit 92 for displaying a search condition input form such as a search location such as a group name, a title and a body of a specified net, and a search character string. , A search result display section 93 for displaying a search result based on search conditions specified in the input form, and an article display section 9 for displaying a specified article
4.

The details of the retrieval unit will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 10 is a processing flowchart of an embodiment of a search unit. FIG. 11 is a diagram (1) of a transition example of a display screen of a WWW browser at the time of BBS search. FIG. 12 is a transition example of a display screen of a WWW browser at the time of BBS search. It is a figure (2).

Net news / BBS is stored in the WWW server.
An article reference and search page is prepared, and when the client accesses this page with a WWW browser, the display screen of FIG. 11A is displayed on the display unit of the client.

An input form creation unit is linked to the search characters in FIG. 11 (a). When the client clicks this search part with a mouse, any of the specified net news or BBS Information is W
The WWW browser notifies the WWW server. And
The WWW server executes the input form creation unit using the notified net information as a parameter, and returns the result to the WWW browser.

FIG. 10 (a) The input form creation unit reads the corresponding group name list from the group information storage unit based on the net information notified from the WWW browser in step S1001, and selects a group name, a search character, and a search result. A form for inputting search conditions such as a display method is created and converted into HTML language.

FIG. 11B shows a display screen in which the WWW browser displays the HTML language output by the input form creation unit. The display screen has a group name selection input field, a title search character input field, a body search character input field, an all group input field for specifying the search range to all groups or a specific group, and the display of search results in the title or body. , A global input field specified in the row, an execution button for instructing execution of a search, a reset button for resetting data in the input field, and the like are displayed.

A search result display section is linked to the execution button in FIG. 11B. When the client clicks this execution button with a mouse, the specified search conditions are notified from the WWW browser to the WWW server. Is done.
Then, the WWW server executes the search result display unit using the notified search condition as a parameter, and returns the result to the WWW browser. Note that, in this example, it is specified that an article whose title includes the word “move” is searched from articles in all groups, and the title of the article is displayed.

FIG. 10 (b) The search result display unit reads articles, titles, etc. from the article storage unit or the index storage unit based on the search conditions notified from the WWW browser in steps S1011 to S1017, and converts them into HTML language. . The detailed operation of the search result display section will be described later.

FIG. 11C shows a display screen in which the WWW browser displays the HTML language output from the search result display section. On the display screen, a number indicating an article number, a title of the article, a contributor, and a posting date and time are displayed.

An article display section is linked to the number indicating the article number in FIG. 11C. When the client clicks this number portion with a mouse, the designated article number is changed from the WWW browser to the WWW server. Will be notified. Then, the WWW server executes the article display unit using the notified article number as a parameter, and returns the result to the WWW browser.

FIG. 10C shows the article display section in step S1.
According to the article number notified from the WWW browser at 021, the corresponding article is read from the article storage unit, and HTML
Convert to language.

FIG. 11D shows a display screen in which the WWW browser displays the HTML language output from the article display unit. In this example, the article content is displayed in the form below the title list.

The difference between FIG. 12 and FIG. 11 is that FIG.
12C is a display screen of FIG. 12C. FIG. 12B shows a search for articles in which the text “Move” is included in the main text from articles of all groups, and includes the text of “Move”. Is specified to be displayed.

As a result, the HTML language output by the search result display section of FIG. 10B is displayed on the WWW browser as shown in FIG. 12C. On the display screen, a number indicating an article number and a line including a search character in the article are displayed. Then, by clicking the article number, the designated article is displayed as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of the retrieval result display section shown in FIG. 10B will be described. Hereinafter, description will be given according to the flow of FIG.

Step S1011: In the search parameters passed from the WWW server, it is determined whether all groups are on and global is on. If all groups are on and global is on, the process proceeds to step S1012. If all groups are on and global is not on, the process proceeds to step S1013.

Step S1012: Lines containing the specified search character are extracted from the articles in all groups in the article storage unit, and the article numbers and the extracted lines are converted into HTML language.
Then, the process ends.

Step S1013: In the search parameters passed from the WWW server, it is determined whether all groups are on and global is off. If all groups are on and global is off, the process proceeds to step S1014. If all groups are on and global is not off, the process proceeds to step S1015.

Step S1014: The title including the specified search character is extracted from the articles in all the groups in the article storage unit, and the article number and the title are converted into HTML language.
Then, the process ends.

Step S1015: In search parameters passed from the WWW server, it is determined whether all groups are off and global is on. If all groups are off and global is on, the process proceeds to step S1016. If all groups are off and global is not on, the process proceeds to step S1017.

Step S1016: A line including the specified search character is extracted from the articles in the specified group in the article storage unit, and the article number and the extracted line are converted into HTML language. Then, the process ends.

Step S1017: The title including the designated search character is extracted from the articles in the designated group in the article storage unit, and the article number and the title are converted into HTML language. Then, the process ends.

The new arrival confirmation unit will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 13 is a processing flowchart of an embodiment of a new arrival confirmation unit, and FIG. 14 is a mail of one embodiment for notifying a newly arrived article. Hereinafter, the operation will be described according to this flow.

Step S1301: It is determined whether a predetermined time has elapsed. If a predetermined time has elapsed, step S130
Proceed to step S2 if the predetermined time has not elapsed.
Return to 301.

Step S1302: The latest posting date and time is read from the group information storage unit, and the group name, posting date and time, contributor name, title, etc. of the article newer than the latest posting date and time are extracted from the article storage unit.

Step S1303: It is determined whether there is a newly posted article. If there is an article, step S130
The process proceeds to step S1306 if there is no article.

Step S1304: Step S1302
The data extracted in step (1) is edited for each group as the body of the mail, and a predetermined header and footer are added to the body. Note that reference numeral 1401 in FIG. 14 denotes a mail for notifying a new article created in this process. In this example, a header serving as a title of the mail for notifying that a new article has been posted, It consists of a post date and time, a contributor's name, a text with a title, and a footer with information about joining a mailing list that notifies the posting of new articles.

Step S1305: The created mail is transmitted to a predetermined mailing list. The mail server receives this transmission, refers to the registered mailing list, and transmits a mail to each mail address.

Step S1306: It is determined whether the process is completed. If the processing has been completed, the processing is completed. If not, the processing returns to step S1301.

[0073]

The present invention is embodied in the form described above, and has the following effects.

By using a WWW browser to refer to an article on an electronic bulletin board provided on the Internet or to an article on an electronic bulletin board of the BBS, it is possible to easily set an article reference environment, and anyone can easily set up the environment. It is possible to refer to the article on the electronic bulletin board. In addition, it is possible to refer to electronic bulletin boards of different specifications on the same display screen,
Work efficiency can be improved.

Further, it is possible to search for an article including a specified character string from the title of the article and the entire text of the article, and it is possible to quickly find and refer to the necessary article.

Further, by attaching a Japanese comment to the group name of the electronic bulletin board on the Internet, it is possible to easily find the group and article of the electronic bulletin board that the user wants to refer to.

When a new article is posted on an electronic bulletin board provided on the Internet or a BBS electronic bulletin board, the title of the new article is notified to the user in a timely manner by e-mail. This eliminates the task of checking whether a new article has been posted on the electronic bulletin board, and allows timely information sharing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a processing flowchart of an embodiment of an article fetching unit.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of an article storage unit.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of an index storage unit.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a group information storage unit.

FIG. 6 is a configuration block diagram of an embodiment of a reference unit.

FIG. 7 is a processing flowchart of an embodiment of a reference unit.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a transition example of a display screen of a WWW browser when referring to net news.

FIG. 9 is a configuration block diagram of an embodiment of a search unit.

FIG. 10 is a processing flowchart of an embodiment of a search unit.

FIG. 11 is a transition example diagram (1) of a display screen of a WWW browser when searching for a BBS.

FIG. 12 is a transition example diagram (2) of a display screen of a WWW browser at the time of searching for a BBS.

FIG. 13 is a processing flowchart of an embodiment of a new arrival confirmation unit.

FIG. 14 is a mail of an embodiment for notifying a new article.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a conventional configuration.

FIG. 16 is a display screen example in which a group of electronic bulletin boards on the Internet is displayed by a news reader.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 article taking section 103 article storage section 104 index storage section 105 group information storage section 106 reference section 107 search section 108 new arrival confirmation section

Claims (4)

[Claims] In an information reference system constructed based on a WWW server, an article storage section (103) for storing an article posted on an electronic bulletin board of a net news server and a BBS, and an article storage section (103). An index storage unit (104) that stores the group name, posting date and time, contributor name, title, article number, etc. of the stored article electronic bulletin board, and an electronic bulletin board group of the article stored in the article storage unit (103). A group information storage unit (105) for storing a name, a display name for displaying the group name on the display unit, a posting date and time of an article most recently posted in the group;
Log in to the net news server and the BBS, and store the articles posted on the predetermined electronic bulletin board in the article storage unit (10
3), the group name, posting date and time, contributor name, title, article number, etc. of the electronic bulletin board of the article stored in the article storage unit (103) are stored in the index storage unit (104), and the article is stored. An article fetching unit (101) for storing in a group information storage unit (105) the posting date and time of the most recently posted article for each group among articles stored in a unit (103); A list display, a list display of article titles in a group, and a reference section (106) for displaying article contents are provided.
An information reference system characterized in that it is possible to refer to articles posted on the website. 2. A search unit (1) that searches for an article including a specified character string from the title of the article and the full text of the article stored in the article storage unit (103), and displays the title and the article.
07). The information reference system according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. The information reference system according to claim 1, wherein a comment indicating an outline of the group is provided in the group information storage unit (105). 4. When a new article is posted in an article stored in the article storage unit (103), a new arrival check unit (108) for transmitting a group name, title, posting date and time of the new article to a predetermined mailing list. 2. The information reference system according to claim 1, further comprising: