WO2009099128A1

WO2009099128A1 - Information management device, information management method, and information management program

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Publication number: WO2009099128A1
Application number: PCT/JP2009/051938
Authority: WO
Inventors: Yoshihiro Ono; Shinya Ishikawa
Original assignee: Nec Corporation
Priority date: 2008-02-07
Filing date: 2009-02-05
Publication date: 2009-08-13

Abstract

Disclosed is an information management device in which the user who confirms information display can easily access various content information and quickly reach content information required from any point of view without having to start up an application for each content information. An information management device (10) for managing a plurality of kinds of content information comprises an inter-information relationship management section (40) for generating inter-information relationship information indicating the mutual relationship between the plurality of kinds of content information on the basis of predetermined information included in a plurality of kinds of content information acquired from at least one information device and an information display control unit (50) for transmitting a plurality of kinds of content information having a mutual relationship to an information device on the basis of the inter-information relationship information in response to the display request for content information from the information device.

Description

Information management apparatus, information management method, and information management program

The present invention relates to an information management apparatus, an information management method, and an information management program for managing content information displayed on a screen of an information device such as a mobile terminal, a mobile phone, a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a PC), and a television.

Manage content information such as documents, e-mails, photos, audio, video images, location information, purchased product information, payment information, schedule information, etc. for each application that handles each content information, or file on information equipment In general, it is used as a file in the system or registered and managed in a database.

For example, as content information managed for each application, e-mail and schedule information are given as examples. For e-mail, an e-mail application (mailer) is operated and e-mail already received using the function of that application is used. Displaying emails and sent emails. Similarly, if it is schedule information, the scheduler application is operated, and the schedule information is displayed and confirmed using the function of the application.

In addition, for example, as content information managed as a file, in the case of a photograph or video image, a file display application (“Explorer” in the case of Microsoft Windows OS of PC) is operated, and the file structure display function of the application is operated. Is used to select and display photos and videos managed by the file system.

Also, for example, in the case of registering and managing content information in the database, an index for searching the content information in advance is created in the database, and key information related to the content information to be extracted is input (keyword input using character strings). In addition to searching for content information registered in the database, desired content information selected from the searched content information is displayed. A related technique similar to this is disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example.

Suppose that the user displays the following content information using the method described above. On the day before this content information display, the user himself purchased a product at a certain location, took a picture of it, and informed the friend about the experience at the location and the impression about the purchased product by e-mail And

(1) In order to view a photo of a certain past day, a file display application is searched for a place where the photo is stored and the corresponding photo is displayed. If you want to find out how much the user bought, (2) launch the purchasing application and display the purchase history information, and that photo Search for products manually and check price information. After that, if you try to reconfirm the contents of the day that you have told your friends about your experiences and your thoughts about the product you bought, (3) Start the mail application and manually send the mail from the mail transmission history Find and display the text.
JP 2005-316650 A

As described above, in the method according to the related art described above, when the user wants to display desired content information, the user himself activates the application for each content information, and the user can select from the display by the application (mostly list display). It was necessary for the user to select the content information visually.

Also, as a method for improving visual selection, there is a method of managing content information in a database and searching for desired content information using a search function, but it takes time to input key information and the subsequent search operation.

Also, as shown in the above example, when displaying three types of content information (photographs, purchase history information, and e-mail), the user uses different applications in the above (1), (2), and (3). Since this information is activated and used to reach and display the information, the operation is very complicated. This is because the three types of content information associated with the same action among the users are managed by different information management systems and are not associated with each other.

That is, the above-described related art method has the following problems.

The first problem is that a plurality of pieces of related information across a plurality of content types cannot be displayed in a unified manner by a method managed by a different application for each type of content information.

The second problem is that in the method of registering and managing content information in the database, only the creation of an index for search extraction is prepared in advance, so the user searches for information related to the schedule, action log, etc. It is necessary to search every time you want, and you cannot quickly display the desired information.

(Object of invention)
An object of the present invention is to enable a user who confirms information display to easily access various content information without starting up an application for each content information, and to quickly reach necessary content information from any viewpoint A management apparatus, an information management method, and an information management program are provided. In other words, the object is to perform association between information from the viewpoint of improving usability and to reach desired information from various viewpoints.

A first information management apparatus according to the present invention is an information management apparatus that manages a plurality of types of content information, and a plurality of information management devices based on predetermined information included in the plurality of types of content information acquired from at least one information device. Information relevance management unit that generates information relevance information that indicates the relevance between types of content information, and relevance to each other based on information relevance information in response to a display request for content information from an information device And an information display control unit that sends a plurality of types of content information to the information device.

A first information management method of the present invention is an information management method for managing a plurality of types of content information, and a plurality of information management methods based on predetermined information included in a plurality of types of content information acquired from at least one information device. A relevance information generation step for generating relevance information between information indicating the relevance between types of content information, and a relevance between each other based on the relevance information between information in response to a display request for content information from an information device. An information display control step of sending a plurality of types of content information to the information device.

A second information management device of the present invention is an information management device that manages a plurality of types of content information, and a plurality of information management devices based on predetermined information included in the plurality of types of content information acquired from at least one information device. It includes an information relationship management unit that generates information relationship information indicating the relationship between types of content information.

A second information management method of the present invention is an information management method for managing a plurality of types of content information, and a plurality of information management methods based on predetermined information included in the plurality of types of content information acquired from at least one information device. A relevance information generation step of generating relevance information between the information indicating the relevance between the types of content information;

A computer-readable storage medium that stores the first program of the present invention is a computer-readable storage medium that stores a program that operates on a computer and manages a plurality of types of content information. Relevance information generation processing for generating relevance information between information indicating relevance between a plurality of types of content information based on predetermined information included in a plurality of types of content information acquired from at least one information device; and information In response to a display request for content information from the device, the computer is caused to execute an information display control process for transmitting a plurality of types of content information having relevance to the information device based on the information related information.

A computer-readable storage medium that stores the second program of the present invention is a computer-readable storage medium that stores a program that operates on a computer and manages a plurality of types of content information. A relevance information generation process for generating relevance information between information indicating relevance between a plurality of types of content information based on predetermined information included in the plurality of types of content information acquired from at least one information device. To run.

According to the present invention, a user who confirms information display can easily access various contents information and can reach necessary information from any viewpoint.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information management apparatus by embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the information display system using the information management apparatus by embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the information display system using the information management apparatus by embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the information display system using the information management apparatus by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen display of the content information by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen display of the content information by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen display of the content information by embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the Example which comprised the information management apparatus by embodiment of this invention with the server. It is a time chart explaining the operation | movement in the Example shown in FIG. It is a time chart explaining the operation | movement in the Example shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the user's use scenario in the Example shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the relevance information between the information produced | generated in the Example shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the relevance information between the information produced | generated in the Example shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the relevance information between the information produced | generated in the Example shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the relevance information between the information produced | generated in the Example shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the relevance information between the information produced | generated in the Example shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the relevance information between the information produced | generated in the Example shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the relevance information between the information produced | generated in the Example shown in FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the production | generation process of the relevance information between information in the Example shown in FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the production | generation process of the relevance information between information in the Example shown in FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the production | generation process of the relevance information between information in the Example shown in FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the production | generation process of the relevance information between information in the Example shown in FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the production | generation process of the relevance information between information in the Example shown in FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the production | generation process of the relevance information between information in the Example shown in FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the production | generation process of the relevance information between information in the Example shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of other embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware structural example of the information management apparatus of this invention.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, an information management apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an information acquisition unit 20, an information storage management unit 30, an inter-relationship management unit 40, and an information display control unit 50. .

The information acquisition unit 20 collects content information such as documents, e-mails, photographs, video images, location information, purchased product information, payment information, schedule information, etc., output from devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras, and PCs. At the same time, attribute information such as the generation time, generation location, generator, sender, and receiver of the information is added to the information storage management unit 30.

The information storage management unit 30 stores the information provided from the information acquisition unit 20 and provides the stored information to the information display control unit 50 and the inter-information relationship management unit 40.

The inter-information relation management unit 40 extracts information (content information, attribute information) stored in the information storage management unit 30, and shows the relation between the pieces of content information, the contents information, the attribute information, and the existing information. The information relation information is generated using the information relation information, and the information relation information generated as a result is stored. Further, the information relevance management unit 40 provides information relevance information to the information display control unit 50. Details of the process of generating the information relevance information by the information relevance management unit 40 will be described later.

The information display control unit 50 acquires the requested content information from the information storage management unit 30 in response to a display request from a device such as a mobile phone or a PC, and at the same time, the information relevance management unit 40 has the information relevance. Other content information associated with the information is acquired from the information storage management unit 30, and together with display control information for designating a display method so that the user can easily understand the relevance between the information, a mobile phone, a PC, etc. The information is displayed on the display device 70.

Examples of display control on the display device 70 of a device such as a mobile phone and a PC by the information display control unit 50 are shown in FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7 (all are screen display examples), for example, control is performed such as displaying a plurality of related information at close positions on the screen. Details will be described in an embodiment described later.

Relevance information between information includes generation time, generation location, creator, and transmission that accompany content information such as documents, e-mails, photos, audio, video images, location information, purchased product information, payment information, schedule information, etc. It is generated based on the attribute information such as the receiver and the receiver.

These pieces of content information are stored and managed in the information storage management unit 30 from the time of generation together with the attribute information described above. In addition, the relevance information between the information is generated at an arbitrary timing immediately after the storage of the content information, while the information is displayed, but the relevance information between the content information is generated as soon as possible immediately after the storage of the content information. , And the information display operation is performed at a comfortable speed when the user displays the information.

Content information to be displayed is collected from multiple devices. For example, when the user owns the mobile phone 100, the digital camera 200, and the PC 300 and wants to display information regarding content information generated by these devices, a system including the information management apparatus 10 is shown in FIG. Configured as follows.

Note that the information management apparatus 10 is operated on the server 400 device connected to the respective devices outside the mobile phone 100, the digital camera 200, and the PC 300 as shown in FIG. 3, or on the PC 300 as shown in FIG. It can be operated in any device such as operating inside.

2, 3, and 4, the information display control unit 50 and the information acquisition unit 20 in the mobile phone 100, the digital camera 200, and the PC 300 directly communicate with the inter-information relationship management unit 40 and the information storage management unit 30. However, in actuality, data is exchanged via a mobile phone network, the Internet, a memory card, etc., and these are generally well-known technologies and require special explanation. Not shown in the figure.

In this way, in the present embodiment, the content information handled by the information system is also used as its attribute information, and the information display is performed using the information related information obtained as a result of calculating the relationship between the content information. In addition, since information that is highly relevant to arbitrary information is arranged nearby, users who view the information display can easily access various content information and reach the information they need from any viewpoint. .

FIG. 27 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the information management apparatus 10.

Referring to FIG. 27, the information management apparatus 10 can be realized by a hardware configuration similar to that of a general computer apparatus, and is a main memory such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 401 and a RAM (Random Access Memory). A main storage unit 402 used for a data work area and a temporary data save area, a communication unit 403 that transmits / receives data via the network 600, an input / output interface unit 404 that transmits / receives data by connecting to an external device, A ROM (Read Only Memory), an auxiliary storage unit 405 that is a hard disk device composed of a nonvolatile memory such as a magnetic disk and a semiconductor memory, and a system bus 406 that interconnects the above components of the information processing device are provided. That.

The information management apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment mounts a circuit component, which is a hardware component such as LSI (Large Scale Integration), in which a program for executing content information management is incorporated, thereby operating its operation in hardware. As a matter of course, a program for providing each function of the inter-information relationship management unit 30 and the information display control unit 50 is stored in the auxiliary storage unit 405, and the program is loaded into the main storage unit 402 to be loaded into the CPU 301. It is also possible to realize by software by executing the above.

FIG. 8 shows an example in which the information management apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment is configured by a server 400. In the figure, the server 400 collects content information generated and output by the mobile phone 100, the digital camera 200, and the PC 300, and at the same time generates and manages information related to the information of the content information.

The server 400 includes an information acquisition unit 20, an information storage management unit 30, an information relevance management unit 40, and an information display control unit 50.

The information acquisition unit 20 of the server 400 collects various content information output from the mobile phone 100, the digital camera 200, and the PC 300.

The information storage management unit 30 of the server 400 receives and stores content information from each device collected by the information acquisition unit 20.

The information relevance management unit 40 of the server 400 receives the content information from the information storage management unit 30, and generates information relevance information related to the received content information while referring to the information relevance information generated at that time. The related information generation process is executed, and the generated related information related information is stored.

The information relevance management unit 40 of the server 400 generates information relevance information at an arbitrary timing while information is displayed immediately after the content information is stored in the information storage management unit 30. If the information relationship information is generated as soon as possible immediately after the content information is stored, it is generated in advance when the user of the mobile phone 100 or the PC 300 tries to display arbitrary content information. It is possible to quickly display a plurality of pieces of content information that are related to each other by referring to the related information related to the information.

In response to a display request from the mobile phone 100, the digital camera 200, or the PC 300, the information display control unit 50 of the server 400 reads out the information relevance information related to the requested content information from the information relevance management unit 40 and carries it. A method of transmitting to the telephone 100 and the PC 300, receiving a request for content information associated with the information relevance information from the mobile phone 100 and the PC 300, reading the requested content information from the information storage management unit 30, and displaying the information Is transmitted to the cellular phone 100 and the PC 300 together with the display control information for designating.

The mobile phone 100 receives the content information transmitted from the server 400 and displays it on the display unit 70. In addition, position information acquisition, e-mail transmission / reception, and payment processing are performed, and each content information generated by the processing is transmitted to the information acquisition unit 20 of the server 400.

The mobile phone 100 includes a position information acquisition unit 110, a mail processing unit 120, a payment processing unit 130, and a display unit 70. The display unit 70 receives content information from the information display control unit 50 of the server 400 and displays it on the screen. 5, 6 and 7 are examples of the screen display.

The position information acquisition unit 110 is a GPS (Global
Position information is acquired using generally known techniques such as use of a positioning system), use of an IC tag, use of infrared communication and wireless base station information, and the content information is stored in the information acquisition unit 20 of the server 400. Send.

The e-mail processing unit 120 transmits and receives e-mails, and sends the e-mail information to the information acquisition unit 20 of the server 400 as content information.

The payment processing unit 130 performs payment processing using a generally well-known technique such as a ticket gate at a railway station or settlement processing at a store cash register, and the information acquisition unit 20 of the server 400 uses the payment processing information as content information. Send to.

The information acquisition unit 20 of the server 400 receives various pieces of content information from the position information acquisition unit 110, the mail processing unit 120, and the payment processing unit 130, and transmits the received content information to the information storage management unit 30 of the server 400. Communication between the mobile phone 100 and the server 400 is performed using a generally well-known technique such as a mobile phone network or an Internet connection via a wireless LAN connection.

The digital camera 200 performs photography and position information acquisition, and transmits content information generated by these processes to the information acquisition unit 20 of the server 400.

The digital camera 200 includes an imaging unit 220 and a position information acquisition unit 210. The photographing unit 220 takes a photograph and sends the photographed photograph information to the information acquisition unit 20 of the server 400 as content information.

The position information acquisition unit 210 is a GPS (Global
Position information is acquired using generally known techniques such as use of Positioning System), use of IC tags, use of infrared communication and wireless base station information, and the information acquisition unit 20 of the server 400 as content information. Send to.

The information acquisition unit 20 of the server 400 transmits the content information received from the imaging unit 220 and the position information acquisition unit 210 to the information storage management unit 30 in the server 400. Communication between the digital camera 200 and the server 400 uses generally well-known techniques such as Internet connection via a mobile phone network or wireless LAN connection, or data transfer to the server 400 via the PC 300 by replacing a memory card. Done.

The PC 300 receives the content information associated with the information relevance information from the server 400 and displays it on the display unit 70 on the screen. In addition, document creation and e-mail transmission / reception are performed, and content information generated by these processes is transmitted to the information acquisition unit 20 of the server 400.

The PC 300 includes a display unit 70, a scheduler unit 310, a document creation unit 320, and a mail processing unit 330.

The display unit 70 receives the content information associated with the information relevance information from the information display control unit 50 of the server 400 and displays it on the screen. 5, 6 and 7 are examples of the screen display.

The scheduler unit 310 manages the user's schedule (plan) and sends the schedule information to the information acquisition unit 20 of the server 400 as content information.

The document creation unit 320 creates a document by using a generally known technique such as document creation application software, and sends it to the information acquisition unit 20 of the server 400 as content information.

The mail processing unit 330 transmits / receives an e-mail, and sends the e-mail information to the information acquisition unit 20 of the server 400 as content information.

The information acquisition unit 20 of the server 400 transmits the content information received from the document creation unit 320 and the mail processing unit 330 to the information storage management unit 30 in the server 400. Communication between the PC 300 and the server 400 is performed using a generally well-known technique such as a cellular phone network, an Internet connection via a wired or wireless LAN connection, or the like.

In the above embodiment, the digital camera 200 is an independent device, but it is also possible to transmit photographed photo information from the mobile phone 100 using the camera function of the mobile phone 100.

Next, the operation in the system configuration example shown in FIG. 8 will be described using the time charts shown in FIGS.

Here, it is assumed that the system of FIG. 8 operates according to a use scenario as shown in FIG. A user A in FIG. 11 is a user (user) of the mobile phone 100, the digital camera 200, and the PC 300 in FIG.

In order to avoid complication of the figure, the time charts of FIGS. 9 and 10 do not clearly show the functional units inside the mobile phone 100, the digital camera 200, and the PC 300. Each operation is shown. In addition, transmission of content information from each device to the information acquisition unit 20 of the server 400 is expressed by a right-pointing arrow from the timeline of each device.

First, an operation for generating information related to information by the information related management unit 40 will be described.

In the use scenario of FIG. 11, user A receives mail (1) on PC 300. This is a box of “mail reception: mail (1)” on the timeline of “PC” in the time chart of FIG. The PC 300 immediately transmits the mail (1) to the information acquisition unit 20 of the server 400. The information acquisition unit 20 passes the received mail (1) to the information storage management unit 30.

The information storage management unit 30 stores the mail (1) and transfers the information of the mail (1) to the inter-information relationship management unit 40.

The inter-information relationship management unit 40 executes a relationship generation process (1) between content information. The relevance information between information generated here is as shown in FIG. (Hereinafter, in FIGS. 12 to 16, the relevance information between information is illustrated in a state sorted by date and time.)

The information relation management unit 40 executes the information relation generation process (1) for the mail (1) that is the content data, thereby tagging “May 7, 2007” as shown in FIG. Information relevance information (ID: 1) is generated.

This information relevance information (ID: 1) includes fields of generation time, generation location, creator, content type, sender, receiver, content actuality (content storage location), search term, and related information. It is out.

The search term is acquired as a search term by extracting the date / time, place, and event / phrase from the content information (in this case, mail (1)). Information arranged in the search term field of the information relevance information is extracted from the content data using a generally well-known search technique.

Here, since there is no other information related information, the number of related information in the related information field is “0”, and other related information related information is not added to the related information ID.

When the user A reads the mail (1) on the PC 300 and inputs the schedule (1) to the scheduler, the schedule (1) is immediately transmitted from the PC 300 to the information storage management unit 30 via the information acquisition unit 20 of the server 400.

The information storage management unit 30 stores the schedule (1) and transfers the information of the schedule (1) to the inter-information relationship management unit 40.

The information relation management unit 40 executes the information relation generation process (2) using the result of the information relation generation process (1). FIG. 13 shows the information relevance information generated here.

The information relation management unit 40 executes the information relation generation process (2) for the schedule (1) using the result of the information relation generation process (1), as shown in FIG. Information relevance information (ID: 2) with “June 1, 2007” as a tag, and information relevance information (ID: “May 7, 2007”) as a tag. Update 1).

Information relevance information (ID: 2) shown in FIG. 13 includes generation time, generation location, generator, content type, scheduled time (start), scheduled time (end), planned location, planned title, and actual content (content) Storage field), search terms, and related information fields.

Here, since there is a match between the search term of the information relevance information (ID: 1) and the scheduled time, planned location, and planned title of the information relevance information (ID: 2), the information relevance The management unit 40 determines that there is a relationship between both pieces of information, and associates both pieces of information.

That is, “1” is written in the number of related information in the related information field of the information related information (ID: 1), and the ID of the related information (ID: 2) is “ID”. 2 "is written. In addition, for the inter-information relevance information (ID: 2), “1” is written in the number of related information in the related information field, and the relevance information ID is the ID of the inter-information relevance information (ID: 1). “1” is written.

In the use scenario of FIG. 11, while the user A is working at the Shibaura office on June 1, the mobile phone 100 acquires the position information, and the position information (position (1)) is transferred to the information acquisition unit 20 of the server 400. To the information storage management unit 30.

The information storage management unit 30 stores the position (1) and transfers the information of the position (1) to the inter-information relationship management unit 40.

The information relation management unit 40 executes the information relation generation process (3) using the result of the information relation generation process (2). FIG. 14 shows the information related information generated here.

As shown in FIG. 14, the information relation management unit 40 executes the information relation generation process (3) for the position (1) using the result of the information relation generation process (2). A new information related information (ID: 3) with “June 1, 2007” as a tag is generated, and an information related information (ID with ID “May 7, 2007”) is created. : 1) and the information related information (ID: 2) with “June 1, 2007” as tags.

At this time, since the relationship between the information related information ID: 3 for the position (1) is not related to the existing information related information, it is not related to any information related information. . That is, the related information field of the related information ID: 3 is empty, and the related information fields of the other related information related information (ID: 1) and the related information related information (ID: 2) are not changed.

In the use scenario of FIG. 11, when user A gets on a train on June 1 and pays with the payment system of the mobile phone 100 at Yurakucho Station, payment information (payment (1)) is sent from the mobile phone 100 to the information on the server 400. The information is transmitted to the information storage management unit 30 via the acquisition unit 20.

The information storage management unit 30 stores the payment (1) and transfers the information of the payment (1) to the inter-information relationship management unit 40.

The information relationship management unit 40 executes the information relationship generation process (4) using the result of the information relationship generation process (3). FIG. 15 shows the relevance information between the information generated here.

The information relation management unit 40 executes the information relation generation process (4) for payment (1) using the result of the information relation generation process (3), as shown in FIG. Information relevance information (ID: 4) with “June 1, 2007” as a tag is generated, and information relevance information (ID: 1 with “May 7, 2007” as a tag) is generated. ) And information relevance information (ID: 2) and information relevance information (ID: 3) with “June 1, 2007” as tags.

At this point, the generated inter-information relevance information (ID: 4) is related (matching information) with the existing inter-information relevance information (ID: 1 and 2). The association is made between

That is, the association information is written in the association information fields of the association information (ID: 1), the association information (ID: 2), and the association information (ID: 4). Specifically, “2” is written in the related information field of the related information field of the information related information (ID: 1), and “2” and “4” are written in the related information ID.

In addition, “2” is written in the number of related information in the information related information (ID: 2), and “1” and “4” are written in the related information ID. “2” is written in the related information number, and “1” and “2” are written in the related information ID.

Hereinafter, in accordance with the use scenario of FIG. 11, the operation of the user A is performed, the storage of the content information and the relevance information generation processing between the content information are sequentially executed, and the relevance generation processing (13 ), Finally, information relevance information as shown in FIG. 16 is generated.

In FIG. 17, in the use scenario A of FIG. 11, when user A takes a photo (1) at an exhibition on June 1 and sends the photo (1) to the server 400, the photo (1) is generated. The example of the information relevance information (ID: 6) performed is shown. Here, existing relevance information ID: 1, ID2, ID: 5, ID: 6, ID: 7, ID: 10, and ID: 12 are associated.

18, in the use scenario A of FIG. 11, when user A creates document (1) as an exhibition tour report on June 4, and sends document (1) to server 400, the document The example of the relevance information between information (ID: 12) produced | generated about (1) is shown. Here, existing relevance information ID: 1, ID2, and ID: 13 are associated.

Here, the inter-information relevance information generation processing by the inter-information relevance management unit 40 will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 19, when the new relationship information is input (step S101), the information relationship management unit 40 acquires a new information relationship information ID (step S102) and determines the type of the input content information. (Step S103).

Then, for each content type, information related information is generated by extracting the generation date / time, generation location, creator, content type, and search term from the input content information (steps S104 to S109).

Thereafter, the information relevance information of each piece of content information is associated with the existing information relevance information (steps S110 to S115).

The following describes the association with existing information related information for each type of content information.

(For email)
When the content information is mail, the association with the existing information relevance information (step S110) is executed according to the flow of FIG.

The existing information related information is searched (step S202) using the date and time in the generation date / time field of the generated information related information as a key (step S201).

The ID of the relevance information between emails is written in the relevance information field of the retrieved relevance information between existing information, and “1” is added to the number of related information (step S203). In addition, the ID of the existing information related information searched for is written in the related information field of the information related information of the mail, and the number of searched information related information is added to the number of related information (step) S204).

The existing information related information is searched (step S206) using the position of the generation location field of the generated information related information as a key (step S205).

In the related information field of the existing related information that has been searched, the ID of the related information between the mail information is written, and “1” is added to the number of related information (step S207). In addition, the ID of the existing information related information searched for is written in the related information field of the information related information of the mail, and the number of searched information related information is added to the number of related information (step) S208).

The existing information related information is searched (step S210) using the search word in the search word field of the information related information between emails as a key (step S209).

In the relevance information field of the retrieved existing relevance information, the ID of the relevance information between emails is written and “1” is added to the number of relevance information (step S211). In addition, the ID of the existing association information searched is written in the association information field of the generated association information, and the number of retrieved association information is added to the number of association information (step S212). .

Steps S209 to S212 are repeated until association is completed for all search terms in the search term field (step S213).

(If planned)
When the content information is scheduled, the association with the existing information relevance information (step S111) is executed according to the flow of FIG.

The existing information related information is searched (step S302) using the date and time of the scheduled date (start) field of the generated information related information as a key (step S301).

The ID of the scheduled relevance information is written in the relevance information field of the retrieved existing relevance information, and “1” is added to the number of related information (step S303). In addition, the ID of the existing relationship information searched is written in the relationship information field of the scheduled information relationship information, and the number of searched information relationship information is added to the number of related information (step S304). .

The existing information related information is searched (step S306) using the position of the planned place field of the related information related information as a key (step S305).

The ID of the scheduled information related information is written in the related information field of the searched existing related information, and “1” is added to the number of related information (step S307). In addition, the ID of the searched existing relationship information is written in the relationship information field of the scheduled information relationship information, and the number of searched information relationship information is added to the number of related information (step S308). .

Using the search term in the search term field of the scheduled information related information as a key (step S309), the existing information related information is searched (step S310).

The ID of the scheduled information related information is written in the related information field of the searched existing related information, and “1” is added to the number of related information (step S311). In addition, the ID of the existing related information searched is written in the related information field of the scheduled related information, and the number of searched information related information is added to the number of related information (step S312).

Steps S309 to S312 are repeated until association is completed for all search terms in the search term field (step S313).

(For documents)
When the content information is a document, the association with the existing information related information (step S112) is executed according to the flow of FIG.

The existing information related information is searched (step S402) using the search word in the search word field of the generated information related information information as a key (step S401).

In the relevance information field of the retrieved existing relevance information, the ID of the relevance information between documents is written and “1” is added to the number of relevance information (step S403). In addition, the ID of the existing information related information searched is written in the related information field of the information related information between documents, and the number of searched information related information is added to the number of related information (step) S404).

Steps S401 to S404 are repeated until association is completed for all search terms in the search term field (step S405).

(For photos)
When the content information is a photograph, the association with the existing information relevance information (step S113) is executed according to the flow of FIG.

The existing information related information is searched (step S502) using the date and time of the shooting date field of the generated information related information information as a key (step S501).

In the relevance information field of the existing information relevance information that has been searched, the ID of the relevance information between photos is written and “1” is added to the number of relevance information (step S503). In addition, the ID of the searched related information related information is written in the related information field of the related information information of the photo, and the number of searched related information information is added to the related information count (step) S504).

The existing information related information is searched (step S506) using the position of the shooting location field of the information related information between photos as a key (step S505).

In the relevance information field of the existing relevance information that has been searched, the ID of the relevance information between photos is written, and “1” is added to the number of relevance information (step S507). In addition, the ID of the searched related information related information is written in the related information field of the related information information of the photo, and the number of searched related information information is added to the related information number (step) S508).

(For payment information)
When the content information is payment, the association with the existing information related information (step S114) is executed according to the flow of FIG.

The existing information related information is searched (step S602) using the date and time in the payment date field of the information related information of the generated payment information as a key (step S601).

In the relevance information field of the retrieved existing relevance information, the ID of the relevance information between payment information is written and “1” is added to the number of relevance information (step S603). In addition, the ID of the existing information related information searched is written in the related information field of the information related information of the payment information, and the number of searched information related information is added to the number of related information ( Step S604).

Using the position of the payment place field of the relevance information between payment information as a key (step S605), the existing relevance information between information is searched (step S606).

In the relevance information field of the existing relevance information that has been searched, the ID of the relevance information between payment information is written, and “1” is added to the number of relevance information (step S607). In addition, the ID of the existing related information searched is written in the related information field of the related information between payment information, and the number of searched related information is added to the number of related information (step S608). .

(For location information)
When the content information is position information, the association (step S115) with the existing information relevance information is executed according to the flow of FIG.

The existing information related information is searched (step S702) using the date and time in the acquisition date / time field of the information related information of the generated position information as a key (step S701).

In the relevance information field of the retrieved existing relevance information, the ID of the relevance information between the location information is written and “1” is added to the number of relevance information (step S703). In addition, the ID of the existing related information searched for is written in the related information field of the related information of the positional information, and the number of searched related information is added to the number of related information ( Step S704).

The existing information related information is searched (step S706) using the position of the payment place field of the information related information of the position information as a key (step S605).

The ID of the relevance information of the position information is written in the relevance information field of the retrieved existing relevance information, and “1” is added to the number of related information (step S707). In addition, the ID of the existing related information searched for is written in the related information field of the related information of the positional information, and the number of searched related information is added to the number of related information ( Step S708).

Next, an operation in the case of transmitting content information to be displayed using the generated information relevance information in response to a request from the mobile phone 100 or PC 300 will be described.

When the user A performs a calendar display on the PC 300 in accordance with the use scenario of FIG. 11, that is, when a “calendar request” is made on the timeline of the PC 300 in the timing chart of FIG. The control unit 50 is requested for information necessary for the June 1 calendar display.

The information display control unit 50 sets the information relevance information (ID: 3, 2, 4, sorted by date and time from the information relevance management unit 40 with the “June 1, 2007” tag in FIG. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), and transmits the acquired information related information to the PC 300.

Then, when there is a request for content information associated with the information relevance information from the PC 300, the information display control unit 50 acquires the corresponding content information from the information storage management unit 30, and displays the display control information that specifies the display method At the same time, it is transmitted to the PC 300.

The PC 300 refers to the received information relevance information and displays the corresponding content information on the screen of the display unit 70 as shown in FIG. 5 according to the display control information.

Next, in accordance with the use scenario of FIG. 11, when user A selects “schedule (1)” in the calendar display on the PC 300 and performs detailed display of schedule (1), that is, in the timing chart of FIG. When a “schedule (1) detailed display request” is made on the timeline of the PC 300, the PC 300 requests the information display control unit 50 of the server 400 for information necessary for the detailed display of “schedule (1)”.

The information display control unit 50 receives the relationship information (ID: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10) from the information relationship management unit 40 to the information relationship information ID: 2 “plan (1)” in FIG. , 11, 12, 13), and transmits the acquired information relevance information to the PC 300.

The PC 300 refers to the received relevance information and displays the corresponding content information on the screen of the display unit 70 as shown in FIG. 6 according to the display control information.

Furthermore, in accordance with the scenario of FIG. 11, when the user A returns the PC 300 to the calendar display shown in FIG. 5 and selects “Yurakucho” in “Media / Action History” in the calendar display, the timing chart of FIG. When the “request for detailed information of Yurakucho” is performed, the PC 300 requests the information display control unit 50 of the server 400 for information necessary for detailed display of “Yurakucho on June 1”.

The information display control unit 50 receives from the information relevance management unit 30 the information relevance information ID of FIG. Information relativity information (ID: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11) is acquired and transmitted to the PC 300.

The PC 300 refers to the received relevance information, and displays the corresponding content information on the display unit 70 as a map according to the display control information as shown in FIG.

In the above description, the server 400 includes the information display control unit 50, and based on a request from the mobile phone 100 or the PC 300, the content information corresponding to the inter-relationship information is displayed together with the display control information that specifies the display method. In the above description, the information is transmitted to the mobile phone 100 or the PC 300. However, the function corresponding to the information display control unit 50 is provided on the device side such as the mobile phone 100 and the PC 300, and the relevance between the information related to the information requested from the server 400. It is also possible to configure to transmit content information corresponding to the information.

(Effects of the embodiment)
The effect by this Embodiment comprised as mentioned above is demonstrated.

By using information relevance information that indicates the relevance between content information, a plurality of highly relevant information is displayed side-by-side with respect to arbitrary information, making it easy for users who confirm information display to display various content information. It can be accessed and the necessary information can be reached from any viewpoint.

In addition, since content information is displayed based on information relevance information in which content information is associated in accordance with information that serves as a reference for user behavior such as date and time and position, the trouble of switching applications for each content information Can be displayed, and necessary information can be displayed with fewer steps.

By generating relevance information between information each time content information is generated, it is possible to display information more quickly than a method of searching and displaying content information after a display request is generated.

Since the information relevance information is dynamically generated by referring to the existing information relevance information when new content information is generated, it is possible to reduce the search processing required for information display in the entire system.

The frequency of occurrence of content information that should be newly associated gradually decreases by performing the relationship generation processing of related content information in advance and storing it as inter-relationship information, so it is necessary for the relationship generation processing System load can be reduced.

(Other embodiments)

Another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 26, the information management apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 1 analyzes the content information from an information device such as a PC or a mobile phone, generates attribute information, or extracts another independent content information. The unit 80 is provided.

The information analysis unit 80 for performing this information analysis can be included in the information acquisition unit 20 or the information storage management unit 30 as shown in (a) and (b) of FIG. ), It can be provided as an external function unit for exchanging information with the information storage management unit 30.

Attribute information generated by the information analysis unit 80 includes syntax analysis information (such as words) in a document and recognition information (such as voice recognition information and face recognition information) in audio, photos, and video images. Similarly, as other independent content information generated by the information analysis unit 80, there is attached file information (document, photograph, video image, etc.) in an e-mail.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments and examples, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the above-described embodiments and examples, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea. Can be implemented.

In the above description, e-mail, schedule (schedule) information, photographs, payment information, documents, and position information are described as content information. However, the types of content information are not limited to these, and audio information, video images, purchased items Content information such as information is also included.

This application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-027194 filed on Feb. 7, 2008, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein.

Claims

An information management device for managing a plurality of types of content information,
An information relation management unit that generates information relation information indicating the relation between the plurality of types of content information based on predetermined information contained in the plurality of types of content information acquired from at least one information device When,
An information display control unit that sends the plurality of types of content information having relevance to the information device based on the relevance information between the information devices in response to a display request for the content information from the information device. A featured information management device.
The inter-information relationship management unit
The information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information relevance information is sequentially updated when new content information is acquired.
The information display control unit receives a display request for the content information from the information device, and displays other content information related to the content information described in the inter-relationship information indicating a display method. The information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information management apparatus transmits the information to the information device together with the control information.
The information display control unit, when displaying a plurality of pieces of content information, displays the information in a state in which other relevant content information is added to the schedule information included in the content information. Item 4. The information management device according to any one of Items 3 to 4.
The information display control unit, when displaying a plurality of pieces of content information, displays the content information in a state in which other relevant content information is added to the position information included in the content information. Item 4. The information management device according to any one of Items 3 to 4.
The inter-information relevance management unit generates relevance information including predetermined information included in the content information for each of the acquired content information,
For the relevance information, by searching for other relevance information in which the predetermined information is common, and associating the relevance information and the retrieved other relevance information with each other,
6. The information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information relevance information is generated.
The information management according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the predetermined information includes date information, position information, and a predetermined search word extracted from the content information included in the content information. apparatus.
An information storage unit for storing the content information acquired from the information device;
The information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information display control unit acquires the content information requested to be displayed from the information device from the information storage unit.
9. The information management according to claim 1, wherein the content information is any of mail information, schedule information, document information, photo information, payment information, position information, and moving image information. apparatus.
An information management method for managing multiple types of content information,
A relevance information generating step of generating inter-relationship information indicating relevance between the plurality of types of content information based on predetermined information included in the plurality of types of content information acquired from at least one information device; ,
An information display control step of sending the plurality of types of content information having relevance to the information device based on the relevance information between the information devices in response to a display request for the content information from the information device. A featured information management method.
The relevance information generation step includes
11. The information management method according to claim 10, wherein when the new content information is acquired, the information relevance information is sequentially updated.
The information display control step receives a display request for the content information from the information device, and displays other content information related to the content information described in the inter-relationship information indicating a display method The information management method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the information is transmitted to the information device together with control information.
11. The information display control step, when displaying a plurality of pieces of content information, displays the information in a state in which other relevant content information is added to the schedule information included in the content information. Item 13. The information management method according to any one of Items 12.
The information display control step, when displaying a plurality of pieces of content information, displays the content information in a state where other relevant content information is added to the position information included in the content information. Item 13. The information management method according to any one of Items 12.
The relevance information generation step generates relevance information including predetermined information included in the content information for each acquired content information,
For the relevance information, by searching for other relevance information in which the predetermined information is common, and associating the relevance information and the retrieved other relevance information with each other,
The information management method according to claim 10, wherein the information relevance information is generated.
The information management according to any one of claims 10 to 15, wherein the predetermined information includes date information, position information, and a predetermined search word extracted from the content information included in the content information. Method.
Storing the content information acquired from the information device in an information storage unit;
The information management method according to any one of claims 10 to 16, wherein the information display control step acquires the content information requested to be displayed from the information device from the information storage unit.
18. The information management according to claim 10, wherein the content information is any one of mail information, schedule information, document information, photo information, payment information, position information, and moving image information. Method.
An information management apparatus for managing a plurality of types of content information,
An information relation management unit that generates information relation information indicating the relation between the plurality of types of content information based on predetermined information contained in the plurality of types of content information acquired from at least one information device An information management device comprising:
The inter-information relationship management unit
The information management apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the information relevance information is sequentially updated when new content information is acquired.
In response to a request to display the content information from the information device, the requested content information and other content information related to the content information described in the information relevance information are sent to the information device. The information management apparatus according to claim 19 or 20, wherein the information management apparatus transmits the information.
The inter-information relevance management unit generates relevance information including predetermined information included in the content information for each of the acquired content information,
For the relevance information, by searching for other relevance information in which the predetermined information is common, and associating the relevance information and the retrieved other relevance information with each other,
The information management apparatus according to any one of claims 19 to 21, wherein the information relevance information is generated.
The information management according to any one of claims 19 to 22, wherein the predetermined information includes date and time information, position information, and a predetermined search word extracted from the content information. apparatus.
An information storage unit for storing the content information acquired from the information device;
The information management apparatus according to any one of claims 19 to 23, wherein the content information requested to be displayed from the information device is acquired from the information storage unit.
The information management according to any one of claims 19 to 24, wherein the content information is any one of mail information, schedule information, document information, photo information, payment information, position information, and moving image information. apparatus.
An information management method for managing multiple types of content information,
A relevance information generation step of generating inter-relationship information indicating relevance between the plurality of types of content information based on predetermined information included in the plurality of types of content information acquired from at least one information device; An information management method comprising:
The relevance information generation step includes
27. The information management method according to claim 26, wherein the information relation information is sequentially updated when new content information is acquired.
In response to a request to display the content information from the information device, a method for displaying the requested content information and other content information related to the content information described in the information relevance information is shown. 28. The information management method according to claim 26 or 27, further comprising a step of transmitting to the information device together with display control information.
The relevance information generation step generates relevance information including predetermined information included in the content information for each acquired content information,
For the relevance information, by searching for other relevance information in which the predetermined information is common, and associating the relevance information and the retrieved other relevance information with each other,
The information management method according to any one of claims 26 to 28, wherein the information relevance information is generated.
30. The information management according to claim 26, wherein the predetermined information includes date and time information, position information, and a predetermined search word extracted from the content information included in the content information. Method.
Storing the content information acquired from the information device in an information storage unit;
The information management method according to any one of claims 26 to 30, wherein the information display control step acquires the content information requested to be displayed from the information device from the information storage unit.
32. The information management according to claim 26, wherein the content information is any one of mail information, schedule information, document information, photo information, payment information, position information, and moving image information. Method.
A computer-readable storage medium that operates on a computer and stores a program for managing a plurality of types of content information,
The program is
Relevance information generation processing for generating inter-relationship information indicating relevance between the plurality of types of content information based on predetermined information included in the plurality of types of content information acquired from at least one information device; ,
An information display control process for sending the plurality of types of content information having relevance to the information device based on the relevance information between the information devices in response to a display request for the content information from the information device; And a computer-readable storage medium.
The relevance information generation process
34. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 33, wherein the information relevance information is sequentially updated when new content information is acquired.
The information display control process receives a display request for the content information from the information device, and displays another content information related to the content information described in the information relevance information indicating a display method 35. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 33 or 34, which is transmitted together with control information to the information device.
34. The information display control process according to claim 33, wherein when displaying a plurality of pieces of content information, display is performed in a state where other relevant content information is added to the schedule information included in the content information. Item 36. The computer-readable storage medium according to any one of item 35.
34. The information display control process according to claim 33, wherein, when a plurality of pieces of content information are displayed, display is performed in a state where other relevant content information is added to the position information included in the content information. Item 36. The computer-readable storage medium according to any one of item 35.
The relevance information generation process generates relevance information including predetermined information included in the content information for each acquired content information,
For the relevance information, search for other relevance information with the predetermined information in common, and associate the relevance information with the retrieved other relevance information to generate the inter-information relevance information. 38. A computer-readable storage medium according to any one of claims 33 to 37.
The computer-readable device according to any one of claims 33 to 38, wherein the predetermined information includes date and time information, position information, and a predetermined search word extracted from the content information. Possible storage medium.
The program is
A process of storing the content information acquired from the information device in an information storage unit;
40. The computer-readable information according to claim 33, wherein the information display control repair acquires the content information requested to be displayed from the information device from the information storage unit. Storage medium.
41. The computer-readable information according to claim 33, wherein the content information is any one of mail information, schedule information, document information, photo information, payment information, position information, and moving image information. Possible storage medium.
A computer-readable storage medium that operates on a computer and stores a program for managing a plurality of types of content information,
The program is
Relevance information generation processing for generating inter-relationship information indicating relevance between the plurality of types of content information based on predetermined information included in the plurality of types of content information acquired from at least one information device; A computer-readable storage medium that is executed by the computer.
The relevance information generation process
43. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 42, wherein the information relevance information is sequentially updated when new content information is acquired.
The program receives a request to display the content information from the information device, and the requested content information and other content information related to the content information described in the information relevance information. 44. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 42 or 43, wherein the computer is caused to execute processing to be transmitted to the information device together with display control information indicating a display method.
The relevance information generation process generates relevance information including predetermined information included in the content information for each acquired content information,
For the relevance information, search for other relevance information with the predetermined information in common, and associate the relevance information with the retrieved other relevance information to generate the inter-information relevance information. 45. A computer-readable storage medium according to any one of claims 42 to 44.
46. The computer-readable device according to claim 42, wherein the predetermined information includes date information, position information, and a predetermined search word extracted from the content information included in the content information. Possible storage medium.
The program is
Processing for storing the content information acquired from the information device in an information storage unit;
47. The computer-readable computer program product according to claim 42, further causing the computer to execute a process of acquiring the content information requested to be displayed from the information device from the information storage unit. Storage medium.
48. The computer read according to claim 42, wherein the content information is any one of mail information, schedule information, document information, photo information, payment information, position information, and moving image information. Possible storage medium.