WO2009125622A1 - Electronic bulletin board system - Google Patents

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WO2009125622A1
WO2009125622A1 PCT/JP2009/052880 JP2009052880W WO2009125622A1 WO 2009125622 A1 WO2009125622 A1 WO 2009125622A1 JP 2009052880 W JP2009052880 W JP 2009052880W WO 2009125622 A1 WO2009125622 A1 WO 2009125622A1
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  • the present invention relates to an electronic bulletin board system capable of browsing an electronic bulletin board, posting an utterance on the electronic bulletin board, and the like in an environment using a computer network such as the Internet.
  • a sender of such information forms a website on a computer connected to the Internet, and sends information by publishing the website on the Internet.
  • the receiver of the information launches a web browser on a computer connected to the Internet, and receives the information by browsing the web page of the website published on the Internet using the web browser.
  • Each unique URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is assigned to the web page.
  • the receiver of the information accesses the web page by inputting the URL of the web page to be browsed into the web browser or by selecting the URL of the web page to be browsed among the URLs stored in advance in the computer You can browse the web page.
  • Computers connected via the Internet can communicate bi-directionally. Therefore, the receiver of the information using the Internet can simultaneously be the sender of the information. That is, individuals, organizations, companies and institutions can exchange information through the Internet.
  • Electronic bulletin boards are widely used as a means to realize information exchange mainly at the individual level through the Internet.
  • the electronic bulletin board is also called BBS (Bulletin Board System).
  • BBS Billerin Board System
  • a common electronic bulletin board is formed on a web page.
  • a person who accesses a web page through a web browser can view information posted on an electronic bulletin board formed on the web page, and can post his own comment (such as a comment) on the information. .
  • a form, a transmission button, etc. can be formed which can input text. Comments can be posted by entering text in this form and clicking the submit button with the mouse.
  • the posted message is posted (disclosed) by being displayed in the message posting area of the electronic bulletin board, and is added to the subject of viewing.
  • a website that provides a place to exchange information on many topics using such an electronic bulletin board is generally called a bulletin board site, but in so-called blogs, SNS (Social Network Service), CGM (Consumer Generated Media), etc.
  • SNS Social Network Service
  • CGM Conser Generated Media
  • the present invention has been made in view of, for example, the problems as described above, and the subject of the present invention is a website of a manufacturer that unilaterally transmits product information, and a website of a news organization or the like unilaterally transmits news.
  • An electronic bulletin board system that allows a person who browses a website or web page that unilaterally sends information, such as, etc., to easily obtain a place for exchanging information regarding information being dispatched from the website or web page. To provide.
  • a first electronic bulletin board system is an electronic bulletin board system provided with an electronic bulletin board control device and an electronic bulletin board management device communicably connected to each other, the electronic bulletin board control system
  • the apparatus requests the electronic bulletin board management apparatus to transmit the thread information corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring means for acquiring the URL of the web page browsed by the user by the web browsing apparatus.
  • a thread information receiving means for receiving the thread information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management apparatus in response to the request, and a thread panel displaying a thread according to the thread information received by the thread information receiving means
  • a thread panel forming means formed in the screen of the device, and a shape formed by the thread panel forming means
  • message information transmitting means for transmitting, to the electronic bulletin board management apparatus, the utterance information input by the user regarding the thread displayed on the selected thread panel, the electronic bulletin board management apparatus comprising a plurality of electronic bulletin board management devices respectively corresponding to a plurality of URLs.
  • Thread information storage means for storing the thread information of the above, and the thread information storage means for storing thread information corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquisition means of the electronic bulletin board control device in response to a request from the electronic bulletin board control device
  • Thread information selection means for selecting from among a plurality of pieces of thread information, thread information transmission means for transmitting thread information selected by the thread information selection means to the electronic bulletin board control device, and transmission from the electronic bulletin board control device Threads selected by the thread information selection means.
  • the thread information storage means as a part of the de-information and a speech information adding unit that additionally stored.
  • the electronic bulletin board control apparatus acquires the URL of the web page being browsed by the user using, for example, a web browsing apparatus such as a web browser, and transmits the thread information corresponding to the acquired URL to the electronic bulletin board management Make a request to the device.
  • the bulletin board management apparatus stores a plurality of thread information corresponding to a plurality of URLs.
  • the thread information selection means of the electronic bulletin board management apparatus stores, in response to a request from the electronic bulletin board control apparatus, a plurality of threads stored in the electronic bulletin board management apparatus with thread information corresponding to the URL of the web page browsed by the user. It selects from among the information and transmits the selected thread information to the electronic bulletin board control device.
  • the electronic bulletin board control device receives thread information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device, and forms a thread panel in which a thread related to the received thread information is displayed in the screen of the display device.
  • the electronic bulletin board control apparatus transmits the message information to the electronic bulletin board management apparatus Do.
  • the electronic bulletin board management apparatus additionally stores the speech information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control apparatus as a part of thread information selected by the thread information selection means.
  • a second electronic bulletin board system is the above-described first electronic bulletin board system according to the present invention, wherein the electronic bulletin board control device is configured to receive plural pieces of thread information corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit.
  • a list panel forming means is provided for forming in the screen of the display device a list panel on which a list is displayed.
  • the electronic bulletin board control device acquires the URL of the web page browsed by the user by the web browsing device, and requests the electronic bulletin board management device to transmit thread information corresponding to the acquired URL.
  • the electronic bulletin board management apparatus transmits, to the electronic bulletin board control apparatus, a plurality of pieces of thread information corresponding to the URL of the web page viewed by the user.
  • the electronic bulletin board control device forms, in the screen of the display device, a list panel on which a list of a plurality of pieces of thread information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device is displayed.
  • a list of a plurality of pieces of thread information corresponding to the URL of the web page being browsed by the user through the web browsing device is formed on the screen of the display device.
  • a list of thread information corresponding to the URL of the web page is formed on the screen of the display device, the user is browsing a single web page, and the URL of this single web page
  • a list of a plurality of thread information corresponding to is formed on the screen of the display device, and when a user is browsing a plurality of web pages at the same time, a plurality of thread information respectively corresponding to the URLs of the plurality of web pages
  • a list of may be formed on the screen of the display device.
  • a third electronic bulletin board system according to the present invention is the second electronic bulletin board system according to the present invention described above, wherein each thread information stored in the thread information storage means of the electronic bulletin board management apparatus is set for each thread information.
  • the electronic bulletin board control apparatus or the electronic bulletin board management apparatus may be set for each user and be viewed by the user.
  • An inspection restriction information acquisition unit for acquiring second inspection restriction information indicating an inspection restriction level of a thread that can be performed, and the first inspection restriction information included in thread information corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquisition unit Determine whether the browsing restriction level is equal to or less than the browsing restriction level indicated by the second browsing restriction information acquired by the browsing restriction information acquisition means
  • the browsing restriction judging means and the browsing restriction judging means only when the browsing restriction level indicated by the first browsing restriction information is equal to or less than the browsing restriction level indicated by the second browsing restriction information, A list on which a thread panel related to the thread information corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring means is permitted to form a thread panel displayed, or a list including thread information corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring means is displayed
  • a viewing limit control means for permitting formation of a panel.
  • a fourth electronic bulletin board system is the above-mentioned first electronic bulletin board system according to the present invention, wherein the electronic bulletin board management apparatus comprises point number storage means for storing the number of points for each user,
  • the electronic bulletin board control apparatus receives an evaluation input by another user for a user-created thread displayed on a thread panel formed by the thread panel forming means, or a thread formed by the thread panel forming means
  • the electronic bulletin board management apparatus further comprises an evaluation receiving unit for receiving an evaluation input by another user in response to an utterance of one user in a thread displayed on a panel, the electronic bulletin board management device responding to the evaluation input received by the evaluation receiving unit;
  • the electronic bulletin board control apparatus or the electronic bulletin board management apparatus is formed by the thread panel forming means by the one user whose number of points stored in the point number storage means is equal to or greater than a reference value.
  • the thread information changing means is provided to change the thread
  • the number of points of one user increases.
  • the one user can change the thread information.
  • a thread panel is displayed in which threads corresponding to the URLs of web pages viewed by the user through the web browsing device are displayed.
  • the user can easily browse the thread related to the web page being browsed by the web browsing device, and can easily post the remark on the thread.
  • a web site for unilaterally transmitting information such as a website of a manufacturer that unilaterally transmits product information, and a web site of a news organization that unilaterally transmits news.
  • a person who browses the site or web page can easily obtain an information exchange site regarding the information transmitted from the web site or web page.
  • FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the electronic bulletin board system of the present invention.
  • the electronic bulletin board system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an electronic bulletin board control device 2 and an electronic bulletin board management device 3.
  • the electronic bulletin board control device 2 is embodied by causing the personal computer 4 to read and execute a computer program for causing the personal computer 4 to function as the electronic bulletin board control device 2.
  • the electronic bulletin board management device 3 is embodied by causing the server computer 5 to read and execute a computer program for causing the server computer 5 to function as the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
  • the web browser 6 in FIG. 1 is embodied by causing the personal computer 4 to read and execute a computer program for causing the personal computer 4 to function as the web browser 6.
  • the personal computer 4 and the server computer 5 are communicably connected to each other via a wide area computer network (for example, the Internet 7 in the present embodiment).
  • a wide area computer network for example, the Internet 7 in the present embodiment.
  • the electronic bulletin board control device 2 and the electronic bulletin board management device 3 can communicate with each other.
  • the web browser 6 accesses the web page 10 of the web site 9 formed on the web server 8 connected to the Internet 7, and the web page 10 is displayed on the display 36 (see FIG. 2) of the personal computer 4 Can be displayed. The user can browse the web page 10 using the web browser 6.
  • the electronic bulletin board system 1 forms in the screen of the display 36 of the personal computer 4 a thread panel 70 (see FIG. 25) in which a thread corresponding to the web page 10 viewed by the user using the web browser 6 is displayed. can do. As a result, the user can view a thread corresponding to the web page 10 being viewed using the web browser 6, and can post a message on the thread.
  • FIG. 2 shows the internal structure of the electronic bulletin board control device 2.
  • the electronic bulletin board control device 2 includes a URL acquiring unit 21, a thread information receiving unit 22, a browsing restriction information acquiring unit 23, a browsing restriction determination unit 24, a browsing restriction control unit 25, and a list panel forming unit 26.
  • a thread panel forming unit 27, an utterance information transmitting unit 28, an evaluation receiving unit 29, an integrated control unit 30, a storage unit 31, a communication interface circuit 32, an input / output interface circuit 33, a keyboard 34, a mouse 35 and a display 36 are provided.
  • the above components 21 to 30 are embodied by the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4. That is, the storage unit 31 stores a computer program for causing a CPU (Central Processing Unit) of the control unit 37 to function as the components 21 to 30, and the CPU of the control unit 37 stores the computer program.
  • the components 21 to 30 are embodied by reading from the unit 31 and execution.
  • the URL acquiring unit 21 acquires the URL of the web page 10 browsed by the user using the web browser 6 in list panel formation processing described later.
  • the thread information receiving unit 22 requests the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to transmit the thread information 53 (see FIG. 3) corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 in the list panel forming process and the thread panel forming process described later. Then, the thread information 53 transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 is received in response to the request.
  • the browsing restriction information acquisition unit 23 acquires user browsing restriction information described later in the list panel formation process.
  • the browsing restriction determination unit 24 acquires the thread browsing restriction level indicated by the thread browsing restriction information included in the thread information 53 received by the thread information receiving unit 22 by the browsing restriction information acquiring unit 23. It is judged whether it is below the user browsing restriction level which user browsing restriction information shows.
  • the browsing restriction control unit 25 sets the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 only when the thread browsing restriction level is equal to or lower than the user browsing restriction level as a result of the judgment by the browsing restriction determination unit 24. Allowing formation of a list panel 64 (see FIG. 19) in which a list including corresponding thread information 53 (thread name) is displayed.
  • the list panel forming unit 26 displays, in the screen of the display 36, the list panel 64 on which a list of a plurality of pieces of thread information 53 (thread names) corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 is displayed in the list panel forming process. Form.
  • the thread panel forming unit 27 forms the thread panel 70 in which the thread related to the thread information 53 received by the thread information receiving unit 22 is displayed in the screen of the display 36 in the thread panel forming process.
  • the speech information transmission unit 28 transmits, to the electronic bulletin board management device 3, the speech information input by the user regarding the thread displayed on the thread panel 70 formed by the thread panel formation unit 27 in the speech addition processing described later.
  • the evaluation receiving unit 29 receives an evaluation input by another user for a user-created thread displayed on the thread panel 70 formed by the thread panel forming unit 27 in an evaluation process described later, or An evaluation input by another user is received with respect to an utterance of one user in a thread displayed on the thread panel 70 formed by the forming unit 27.
  • the general control unit 30 comprehensively controls the electronic bulletin board control device 2. Further, the general control unit 30 executes button operation processing and the like in the list panel forming processing and the thread panel forming processing.
  • the storage unit 31 is, for example, a hard disk.
  • the communication interface circuit 32 is a communication circuit for connecting the personal computer 4 to the Internet 7.
  • the input / output interface circuit 33 is a circuit for connecting the main body of the personal computer 4 to the keyboard 34, the mouse 35 and the display 36.
  • FIG. 3 shows the internal structure of the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
  • the electronic bulletin board management device 3 includes a thread information selection unit 41, a thread information transmission unit 42, an utterance information addition unit 43, a point number change unit 44, a thread information change unit 45, a general control unit 46, and storage.
  • a section 47 and a communication interface circuit 48 are provided.
  • the electronic bulletin board management device 3 includes an input / output interface circuit, a keyboard, a mouse, a display (all not shown) and the like.
  • the components 41 to 46 are embodied by the control unit 49 of the server computer 5. That is, a computer program for causing the CPU of the control unit 49 to function as the components 41 to 46 is stored in the storage unit 47, and the CPU of the control unit 49 reads the computer program from the storage unit 47, By being implemented, the components 41 to 46 are embodied.
  • the thread information selecting unit 41 corresponds to the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 in response to a request from the electronic bulletin board control device 2. Are selected from among a plurality of pieces of thread information 53 stored in the storage unit 47 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
  • the thread information transmission unit 42 transmits the thread information 53 selected by the thread information selection unit 41 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 in the list panel forming process and the thread panel forming process.
  • the speech information adding unit 43 additionally stores the speech information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2 in the storage unit 47 as a part of the thread information 53 selected by the thread information selection unit 41 in the speech addition process. .
  • the point number changing unit 44 increases or decreases the number of points of the user stored in the storage unit 47 according to the evaluation input received by the evaluation receiving unit 29 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2.
  • the thread information changing unit 45 relates to the thread displayed on the thread panel 70 formed by the thread panel forming unit 27 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 by the user whose point number stored in the storage unit 47 is equal to or more than the reference value. According to this instruction, only when changing the category ID included in the thread information 53 or the thread viewing limitation information indicated by the thread viewing limitation information, the thread viewing indicated by the category ID or thread viewing limitation information included in the thread information 53 Change restriction level.
  • the general control unit 46 comprehensively controls the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
  • the storage unit 47 is, for example, a hard disk.
  • a database for storing user information 51, genre information 52, thread information 53 (registration information 53A, speech information 53B), evaluation information 54 and the like described later is formed.
  • the storage unit 47 is a specific example of the thread information storage unit and the point number storage unit.
  • the communication interface circuit 48 is a communication circuit for connecting the server computer 5 to the Internet 7 and includes a thread information transmission unit 42, a speech information addition unit 43, a point number change unit 44, a thread information change unit 45, and a general control unit 46. When transmitting or receiving information with the electronic bulletin board control device 2, the communication interface circuit 48 is used.
  • FIG. 4 shows user information 51.
  • the user information 51 is information on individual users of the electronic bulletin board system 1, and is generated for each user.
  • the user information 51 is generated in a new user registration process which is executed as needed in a login process described later, and is stored in the storage unit 47.
  • the user information 51 identifies the user in the login process, identifies the thread creator in the new thread creation process, identifies the speaker in the speech addition process, and identifies the evaluator and the evaluatee in the evaluation process. It is used to determine the number of points of the user in the thread information change process.
  • the user information 51 includes a user ID, a login password, a handle name, an icon image, user browsing restriction information, a guard password, the number of points, and a registration date.
  • the user ID is, for example, a user-specific number, and is used to identify the user.
  • the login password is password data used when the user logs in to the electronic bulletin board system 1.
  • the icon image is image data for the user (viewer) to easily identify the speaker in the thread panel.
  • the guard password is password data for obtaining change permission of the user information 51 in option setting processing described later.
  • the number of points is numerical data indicating the number of points of the user.
  • the registration date is data indicating the date when the new user registration was performed.
  • the user browsing restriction information is numerical data that is set for each user and indicates a browsing restriction level (user browsing restriction level) of a thread that can be browsed by the user.
  • the user access restriction information is a specific example of the second access restriction information.
  • the R-specified level is a level relating to the grade for classifying whether or not to watch a movie by age. For example, a thread related to a R-18 or R-15 movie has a high R-specified level.
  • the designated level of violence is a level related to the relationship between threads and violence, and a thread that is more highly associated with violence has a higher level.
  • the R designated level has five levels from 0 to 4, the lowest level is 0, and the highest level is 4. The same is true for the designated level of violence.
  • a thread related to a movie that includes a violent violence scene or sexual depiction 4 is set as an R-specified level of the thread viewing restriction level.
  • the users who can view this thread are only users whose R designation level of the user viewing restriction level is 4. That is, a user whose R designation level of the user viewing restriction level is 0 to 3 can not view a thread whose R designation level of the thread viewing restriction level is 4.
  • the parent of the child sets the R designation level of the thread viewing restriction level to about 0 or 2 when registering a new user. In this case, the child can not view a thread related to a movie that includes violent violence scenes and sexual depictions.
  • FIG. 5 shows genre information 52.
  • the genre information 52 is information on an individual genre, and is created for each genre (for example, for each minor category of the genre described later).
  • the genre information 52 is created by the manager of the electronic bulletin board system 1 and stored in the storage unit 47. As described later, the genre information 52 is used to select / specify the genre in the new thread creation process, set the thread viewing limit level in the new thread creation process, change the thread viewing limit level in the thread information change process, and the like.
  • the genre information 52 includes a genre ID, a genre name, and genre browsing restriction information.
  • the genre has a hierarchical structure consisting of major classification, middle classification, and minor classification.
  • Major classifications include, for example, housing, beauty, transportation, vehicles, sports, military and self-defense forces, marriage, food, computers, products, political economy, coverage, learning, hobbies, entertainment, business, maps, and the like.
  • games, movies, music, fortune-telling, etc. are included in the hobbies / entertainment middle class.
  • the subcategories of games include home-use game machines, card games, game centers, pachinko / slot machines and the like.
  • the genre ID is, for example, 12-digit numerical data, the upper 4 digits of the genre ID identify the major category, the middle 4 digits identify the middle category, and the lower 4 digits are information for identifying the minor category.
  • the genre name is, for example, text data indicating names of major classification, middle classification, and minor classification of the genre.
  • the genre browsing restriction information is numerical data that is set for each genre and indicates the lower limit of the thread browsing restriction level of threads belonging to the genre.
  • the type and the range of the browsing restriction level indicated by the genre browsing restriction information in the genre information 52 are the same as the type and the range of the thread browsing restriction level indicated by the thread browsing restriction information in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53.
  • the violence designation level indicated by the broad category-hobby / entertainment, middle category-movie, and short category-horror genre access restriction information is 2.
  • the new thread creation process when the user sets the genre of the newly created thread to "horror", it is not possible to lower the designated level of violence on the thread viewing restriction level for this thread to less than 2.
  • the user even when the user changes the thread viewing restriction information in the thread information change process, the user also sets the thread viewing restriction level to the reading restriction level indicated by the genre viewing restriction information of the category set in the thread. Can not lower. In this way, it is possible to restrict the user's viewing of the thread based on the genre to which the thread belongs.
  • the registration information 53A in FIG. 6 is information on each thread, and is generated for each thread.
  • the registration information 53A is generated in the new thread creation process and stored in the storage unit 47.
  • the registration information 53A is used for generation of the list panel 64 in the list panel generation process, generation of the thread panel 70 in the thread panel generation process, identification of thread information 53 to which speech information is to be added in the speech addition process, and the like.
  • the registration information 53A includes a corresponding URL, a thread ID, a related URL, a thread name, a thread creator ID, a genre ID, a thread viewing restriction information, an initial message content, an icon information and a registration date. It is done.
  • the corresponding URL is the URL (text data indicating a URL) of the web page 10 corresponding to the thread.
  • the URL of the web page 10 directly associated with the thread or the URL of the web page 10 highly related to the thread is set as the corresponding URL.
  • the related URL is the URL of the web page 10 associated with the thread (text data indicating the URL).
  • the URL of the web page 10 indirectly associated with the thread or the URL of the web page 10 associated with the thread but not very highly relevant is set as the associated URL.
  • the thread ID is a thread-specific number and is used to identify a thread.
  • the thread name is text data indicating the title of the thread.
  • the thread creator ID is the user ID of the person who created the thread.
  • the genre ID is a genre ID of a genre to which the thread belongs.
  • the first utterance content is text data indicating the first utterance content set when creating a new thread.
  • the icon image is image data of the icon image of the thread creator, and is the same as the image data of the icon image included in the user information 51 of the thread creator.
  • the creation date is data indicating the date when the thread was created.
  • the thread browsing restriction information is numerical data that is set for each piece of thread information 53 and indicates the browsing restriction level (thread browsing restriction level) of the thread related to the thread information 53.
  • the thread browsing restriction information is a specific example of the first browsing restriction information.
  • the type and the range of the thread viewing restriction level indicated by the thread viewing restriction information in the registration information 53A are the same as the type and the range of the user viewing restriction level indicated by the user viewing restriction information in the user information 51. For example, for a thread related to a movie that includes violent violence scenes and sexual depiction, the R designated level of the thread viewing restriction level is set to the maximum level of 4.
  • the speech information 53B in FIG. 7 is information on the individual speech of the user (except for the first speech of the thread creator), and is generated for each speech.
  • the speech information 53B is generated in the speech addition process, and is additionally stored in the storage unit 47 as part of the thread information 53 of the thread related to the speech.
  • the speech information 53B that has already been generated and stored in the storage unit 47 as part of the thread information 53 is used in thread panel formation processing and the like.
  • the message information 53B includes a thread ID, a message number, a speaker ID, a message content, an icon image, and a posting date.
  • the thread ID is a thread ID of thread information related to a thread to which a message related to message information is posted.
  • the speech number is numerical data indicating the posting order of the speech in the thread.
  • the speaker ID is a user ID of a person who has posted a speech (speaker).
  • the statement content is text data indicating a statement.
  • the icon image is image data of the speaker's icon image, and is the same as the image data of the icon image included in the user information 51 of the person.
  • the posting date is data indicating the date when the message was posted.
  • FIG. 8 shows the evaluation information 54.
  • the evaluation information 54 is information on the evaluation for each thread or each utterance, and is generated for each evaluation.
  • the evaluation information 54 is generated in the evaluation process and stored in the storage unit 47.
  • the evaluation information 54 is used to change the number of points in the evaluation process.
  • the evaluation information 54 includes an evaluation number, an evaluation category, a thread ID, a statement number, an evaluator ID, an evaluator ID, an evaluator change point number, an evaluator change point number, and an evaluation date.
  • Evaluation numbers are numbers for identifying individual evaluations.
  • the evaluation category is a flag for identifying whether the evaluation is for a thread or an utterance.
  • the thread ID is a thread ID of a thread to be evaluated.
  • the speech number is the speech number of the speech to be evaluated (for example, 0 is set if the evaluation is for a thread).
  • the evaluator ID is a user ID of a person (rater) who has made an evaluation input.
  • the evaluatee ID is the user ID of the evaluatee, that is, the user ID of the creator of the thread to be evaluated, or the user ID of the speaker of the speech to be evaluated.
  • the evaluator changing point number is the number of points of the evaluator to be changed based on the evaluation.
  • the evaluator's change point number is the number of the evaluator's point changed based on the evaluation.
  • the evaluation date is data indicating the date when the evaluation input was performed.
  • FIG. 9 shows a list panel generation process in the electronic bulletin board system 1.
  • the list panel generation process displays a list of URLs of the web page 10 that the user is browsing using the web browser 6, and a list of thread information 53 (thread name) corresponding to the (these) URLs. This is processing to generate the list panel 64.
  • the list panel generation process shown in FIG. Ru The user A is already registered as a user of the electronic bulletin board system 1, and the user information of the user A is the user information 51 in FIG. 4 (user ID: aaaaa, handle name: gamer storm, ... Suppose that).
  • the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 transmits a genre information request signal for requesting transmission of the genre information 52 to the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S1). That is, a default genre is set in the electronic bulletin board control device 2, and the genre ID of this genre is stored in the storage unit 31.
  • the general control unit 30 reads the genre ID from the storage unit 31 and transmits a genre information request signal for requesting the genre information 52 including the genre ID to the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
  • the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 reads the genre information 52 including the genre ID from the storage unit 47, and transmits the genre information 52 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 (step S2).
  • the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 receives the genre information 52 transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S3).
  • the genre information 52 is temporarily stored in a RAM (Random Access Memory) of the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4.
  • the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 forms a login panel 61 shown in FIG. 16 in the screen of the display 36 and waits for the login input of the user A.
  • the integrated control unit 30 receives the entered user ID and login password. Is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board management apparatus 3 (step S5).
  • the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 receives the login information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2, and based on the user ID and the login password included in the login information, the user information of the user A Identify 51 Then, the general control unit 46 reads out the specified user information 51 from the storage unit 47, and transmits the user information 51 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 (step S6). Subsequently, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 receives the user information 51 transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S7). The user information 51 is temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4.
  • the user A Since the user A is already registered as a user of the electronic bulletin board system 1, it is usual to log in when the electronic bulletin board control device 2 is activated, that is, when the use of the electronic bulletin board system 1 is started.
  • the usage start method of the electronic bulletin board system 1 in addition to the method in which the registered user logs in and starts the usage of the electronic bulletin board system 1 as described above, the unregistered user is a new user. There are a method of starting to use the electronic bulletin board system 1 after registration and a method of using the electronic bulletin board system 1 without the user performing login regardless of the presence or absence of registration.
  • the method (new user registration process) of starting use of the electronic bulletin board system 1 after an unregistered user registers a new user is, for example, as follows.
  • the integrated control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 registers a new user as shown in FIG. Panel 62 is formed in the screen of display 36.
  • An unregistered user inputs a desired user ID and login password, selects an icon image, sets a user browsing restriction level (R designated level and violence designated level), and registers the registration button 62A with the mouse 35.
  • the integrated control unit 30 transmits the input user ID, the login password, the selected icon image, and the set user browsing restriction level to the electronic bulletin board management device 3. Then, the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 that has received these pieces of information generates new user information 51 based on the received pieces of information, and stores the user information 51 in the storage unit 47. . Subsequently, the general control unit 46 transmits the new user information 51 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2. Then, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 receives the user information 51 transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3, and temporarily stores the user information 51 in the RAM of the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4.
  • the method of using the electronic bulletin board system 1 without the user performing login regardless of the presence or absence of registration is, for example, as follows.
  • the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 executes a viewing restriction setting process (step S8) . That is, the general control unit 30 forms the setting input panel 63 for the non-login user as shown in FIG. 18 in the screen of the display 36.
  • the integrated control unit 30 sets the user browsing restriction level to the user.
  • the access restriction information is temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4.
  • the URL acquiring unit 21 of the control device 2 acquires the URL of the web page 10 being browsed by the user A using the web browser 6 (step S9). Specifically, the URL acquiring unit 21 first acquires application information on each application software running on the personal computer 4. Subsequently, among the acquired pieces of application information, application information including URL information is specified. Subsequently, location properties included in the identified application information are collected. From the location property thus collected, the URL of the web page 10 that the user is browsing through the web browser 6 is acquired.
  • the thread information receiving unit 22 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 requests the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to transmit the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 (step S10). .
  • the thread information receiving unit 22 receives the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21, that is, the URL of the web page 10 being browsed by the user using the web browser 6, and the thread corresponding to this URL.
  • a thread information request signal including a command to request transmission of the registration information 53A of the information 53 is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
  • the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 receives the thread information request signal transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2. Then, in response to the thread information request signal, the thread information selection unit 41 of the electronic bulletin board management device 2 converts the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquisition unit 21 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 into the electronic bulletin board management device 3. The thread information 53 stored in the storage unit 47 is selected (step S11).
  • the thread information selection unit 41 searches the storage unit 47 in order to find out the thread information 53 including the corresponding URL that matches the URL as it is. If the thread information 53 including the corresponding URL that matches the as-is URL can not be found, the thread information selection unit 41 determines the file name (... Html,... Htm,...
  • the storage unit 47 is searched to find thread information 53 including the corresponding URL that matches the remaining URL string. If the thread information 53 including the corresponding URL that matches the URL string is not found, the thread information selection unit 41 cuts the directory name located at the lowest position of the URL string and matches the remaining URL string. The storage unit 47 is searched to find thread information 53 including the corresponding URL. As described above, the thread information selection unit 41 repeats the search of the storage unit 47 while cutting one file name or directory name lower than the URL transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2 one by one.
  • the thread information selection unit 41 first searches this character string as it is, and the corresponding URL that matches this is searched. If the thread information 53 including the is not found, next, a search is performed at http://www.aaa/bbb/, and if the thread information 53 including the corresponding URL matching this is not found, Next, search at http://www.aaa/. As a result of the search, when the thread information 53 including the corresponding URL matching the URL string is found, the thread information selection unit 41 acquires the found thread information 53 by the URL acquisition unit 21 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 It selects as thread information 53 corresponding to the URL.
  • the thread information selection unit 41 is, for example, the URL acquired by the URL acquisition unit 21 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 A thread information non-creation flag indicating that thread information 53 corresponding to is not yet created is passed to the thread information transmission unit.
  • the thread information transmission unit 42 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 transmits the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 selected by the thread information selection unit 41 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 (step S12).
  • the thread information transmission unit 42 receives the thread information non-creation flag from the thread information selection unit 41, the thread information transmission unit 42 transmits a thread information non-creation signal to the electronic bulletin board control device 2.
  • the thread information receiving unit 22 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 receives the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 or the thread information non-creation signal transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S13).
  • the registration information 53A of the received thread information 53 is temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4.
  • the electronic bulletin board control device 2 performs a viewing restriction process (step S14).
  • the browsing restriction information acquisition unit 23 acquires user browsing restriction information.
  • the access restriction information acquisition unit 23 is a user included in the user information 51 of the user A, which is received in step S 7 and temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4. Read access restriction information.
  • the access restriction information acquisition unit 23 is set in the access restriction setting process of step S8 and is temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37. Read user access restriction information of the user that has been stored.
  • the browsing restriction determination unit 24 acquires the thread browsing restriction level indicated by the thread browsing restriction information included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 received by the thread information reception unit 22, and the browsing restriction information acquisition unit 23
  • the user browsing restriction level indicated by the user browsing restriction information is compared, and whether the thread browsing restriction level indicated by the thread browsing restriction information is equal to or lower than the user browsing restriction level indicated by the user browsing restriction information. to decide.
  • the browsing restriction control unit 25 acquires the URL acquisition unit 21.
  • a list panel including a list including thread names included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL is allowed to be formed (for example, a flag indicating this is set).
  • the list panel forming unit 26 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 lists the URL of the web page 10 being browsed by the user A using the web browser 6, and thread information corresponding to this (these) URLs
  • a list panel 64 in which a list of 53 (thread names) is displayed is formed on the screen of the display 36 (step S15).
  • the URL list display area 64A of the list panel 64 the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 in step S9 (that is, the web page viewed by the user A using the web browser 6).
  • a list of 10 URLs is displayed.
  • the thread information list display area 64B a list of thread names included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 is displayed.
  • the plurality of pieces of thread information 53 are selected by the thread information selection unit 41 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3. Is selected, and registration information 53A of the plurality of pieces of thread information 53 is transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2. In such a case, a list of thread names included in the registration information 53A of the plurality of pieces of thread information 53 transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 is displayed in the thread information list display area 64B.
  • the URL acquiring unit 21 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 acquires the URLs of the plurality of web pages 10 respectively. . Then, the thread information 53 corresponding to the plurality of URLs is selected by the thread information selection unit 41 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3, and the registration information 53A of the plurality of thread information 53 is transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to the electronic bulletin board control device It is sent to 2 respectively.
  • the list of the plurality of URLs acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 is displayed in the URL list display area 64A, and is included in the registration information 53A of the plurality of thread information 53 transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
  • a list of thread names to be displayed is displayed in the thread information list display area 64B.
  • the browsing restriction control unit 25 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 includes a list including the thread name included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21.
  • the thread name is not displayed in the thread information list display area 64B.
  • this URL is Although displayed in the URL list display area 64A, the thread name corresponding to this URL is not displayed in the thread information list display area 64B.
  • the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 starts clocking using the clock of the personal computer 4 (step S16). Subsequently, the general control unit 30 repeatedly executes button operation processing described later until, for example, 5 seconds have elapsed since the start of time counting in step S16 (step S17). Then, when 5 seconds have elapsed since the start of time counting in step S16 (step S18: YES), the general control unit 30 returns the process to step S9. As a result, the processes of steps S9 to S18 are repeatedly performed. For example, when the user A starts browsing the new website 10 using the web browser 6 after activating the electronic bulletin board control device 2, the URL acquiring unit 21 causes the URL acquiring unit 21 to select the new website 10.
  • the URL is acquired, the thread information receiving unit 22 receives the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL of the new website 10, and the list panel forming unit 26 receives the URL of the new website 10
  • the thread name included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL is added to the thread information list display area 64B of the list panel 64.
  • a list is displayed in which the list of thread names included in the registration information 53 A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL of the web page 10 viewed by the user using the web browser 6 is displayed.
  • the panel 64 is formed. The user can easily look at the list panel 64 to know what kind of thread is present for the web page 10 being viewed, and also from among a plurality of threads regarding the web page 10 being viewed. The desired thread can be easily selected.
  • FIG. 10 shows button operation processing (step S17 in FIG. 9) in the list panel formation processing.
  • the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 checks the user A with the mouse 35 in the related thread display check box 64C formed on the list panel 64 in FIG. It is checked whether it has been inserted or removed (step S21).
  • the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 has a login button 64D, a browser button 64E, a new thread button 64F, a thread viewing button 64G, a loading button 64H, and a genre for the user A formed in the list panel 64. It is checked whether any one of the button 64J, the ranking button 64K and the option button 64L is clicked by the mouse 35 (steps S21 to S28).
  • Step S30 a thread name included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 related to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 in step S9 in FIG. It is a process additionally displayed on.
  • the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL is, for example, thread information 53 directly related to the web page 10 of the URL, or thread information 53 having extremely high relevance to the web page 10 of the URL.
  • the thread information 53 associated with the URL is, for example, the thread information 53 indirectly associated with the web page 10 of the URL or the web page 10 of the URL, although the relevance is very high. There is no thread information 53.
  • the related thread information display process is specifically performed as follows. That is, in the list panel forming process, the URL acquiring unit 21 acquires the URL of the web page 10 being browsed by the user A using the web browser 6 (step S9 in FIG. 9), and the thread information receiving unit 22 Thus, the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 is received from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 and temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4.
  • the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 reads the related URL included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquisition unit 21 from the RAM included in the control unit 37.
  • the general control unit 30 requests the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to transmit the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the read related URL in the same manner as step S10 in FIG.
  • the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 selects the thread information 53 corresponding to the related URL in the same manner as step S11 in FIG.
  • the registration information 53A is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 by the same method as step S12 in FIG.
  • the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 receives the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 in the same manner as step S13 in FIG. Temporarily store in the RAM of unit 37.
  • the general control unit 30 performs the viewing restriction process on the registration information 53A of the received thread information 53 in the same manner as in step S14 in FIG.
  • the general control unit 30 determines the thread name of the list panel 64 It is added to the information list display area 64B.
  • the user can look at the list panel 64 to broadly know what kind of thread is present for the web page 10 being viewed.
  • the related thread display check box 64C of the list panel 64 When the user A clicks the related thread display check box 64C of the list panel 64 with the mouse 35 and removes the check from the related thread display check box 64C, the related information is displayed from the thread information list display area 64B of the list panel 64. The thread name relating to the thread information 53 added by the thread display process is erased.
  • step S31 When the user A clicks the login button 64D of the list panel 64 with the mouse 35 (step S22: YES), login processing is executed (step S31).
  • the login process is the same as the process from step S4 to step S7 of the list panel formation process shown in FIG. In the login process, an unregistered user can register as a new user.
  • a browser activation process is executed (step S32).
  • the browser activation process is a process of activating the web browser 6 on which the web page 10 of the URL designated by the user is displayed.
  • the user designates any one of the URLs displayed in the URL list display area 64A of the list panel 64 and clicks the browser button 64E with the mouse 35 to display the web page 10 of the designated URL.
  • the web browser 6 is activated. If the web browser 6 used by the user A is a web browser of a type that selectively displays a plurality of web pages by switching tabs, the user A clicks the browser button 64 E with the mouse 35. By doing so, the tag on which the web page 10 of the designated URL is displayed is activated.
  • step S33 A new thread creation process is executed (step S33). The new thread creation process will be described later.
  • step S34 When the user A designates any of the thread names displayed in the thread information list display area 64B of the list panel 64 and clicks the thread view button 64G of the list panel 64 with the mouse 35 (step S25: YES And thread panel formation processing is executed (step S34).
  • the thread panel formation process will be described later.
  • a loading panel formation process is executed (step S35).
  • the message information 53B of the thread information 53 corresponding to or related to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 in the list panel forming process is ordered in descending order It is a process of generating a loading panel 65 displaying the latest speech list in the screen of the display 36 by generating a latest speech list in which several latest speech lists are arranged in order of proximity.
  • the integrated control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 checks whether the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 and the related thread display check box 64C are checked.
  • a request signal including an instruction to request transmission of message information 53B for forming a loading panel is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
  • the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 adds a new one of the message information 53B of the thread information 53 corresponding to or related to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 to the latest message list. The number necessary for generation is selected, and the selected message information 53 B is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board control device 2.
  • the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 generates a latest speech list in which the speech information 53B received from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 is arranged in new order, and the loading panel 65 displaying the latest speech list is displayed. It is formed in the screen of the display 36.
  • the user can know the latest speech by other users corresponding to or related to the web page currently being viewed, You can easily collect up-to-date information on the products and news that your web page is dealing with.
  • step S36 When the user A clicks the genre button 64J of the list panel 64 with the mouse 35 (step S27: YES), a genre panel formation process is executed (step S36). As shown in FIG. 21, in the genre panel forming process, several pieces of message information 53 B of thread information 53 belonging to a specific genre (for example, a small category of a specific genre) are arranged in the new order The latest speech list is generated, and the genre panel 66 displaying the latest speech list is formed in the screen of the display 36. Specifically, when the user A clicks the genre button 64J, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 reads the genre ID of the default genre set in the electronic bulletin board control device 2 from the storage unit 31.
  • a request signal including the genre ID and a command to request transmission of the statement information 53B for forming the genre panel is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
  • the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 counts the number of new message information 53B of the thread information 53 including the genre ID included in the request signal to generate the latest message list. , And transmits the selected message information 53 B to the electronic bulletin board control device 2.
  • the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 generates a latest speech list in which the speech information 53B received from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 is arranged in new order, and displays the genre panel 66 displaying the latest speech list. Form in 36 screens.
  • the genre panel 66 displays the latest speech list in which the speech information 53B of the thread information 53 belonging to the changed genre is arranged in the order of newness.
  • the genre ID of all the genres is stored in the storage unit 31 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2, and the general control unit 30 uses the genre ID of the changed genre to form and display the latest speech list after the genre change. This is performed by reading from the storage unit 31 and including the genre ID in the request signal and transmitting it to the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
  • the user can know the latest speech by other users concerning a specific genre, and easily collect the latest information about a specific genre. Can.
  • ranking panel formation processing is executed (step S37).
  • a popular URL list in which URLs belonging to a specific genre for example, a small category of a specific genre
  • registered information of thread information 53 belonging to this genre A popular thread information list in which thread names included in 53A are arranged in the order of popularity is generated, and a ranking panel 67 on which these lists are displayed is formed in the screen of the display 36.
  • the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 reads the genre ID of the default genre set in the electronic bulletin board control device 2 from the storage unit 31.
  • a request signal including the genre ID and a command to request transmission of the ranking information is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
  • the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 selects popular URLs from the URL access count totaling database formed in the storage unit 47, the number necessary for forming the popular URL list, .
  • the general control unit 46 selects popular thread information from the thread information access count tabulation database formed in the storage unit 47, the number necessary for forming the popular thread information list.
  • the general control unit 46 transmits the selected URL and the registration information 53A of the selected thread information 53 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2.
  • the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 generates a popular URL list using the URL received from the electronic bulletin board management device 3, and uses the registration information 53 A of the thread information 53 received from the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
  • a popular thread information list is generated using the included thread names, and a ranking panel 67 displaying these lists is formed in the screen of the display.
  • the user A can change the default genre and another genre desired by the user A.
  • the popular URL list in which the URLs belonging to the changed genre are arranged in order of popularity, and the thread name included in the registered information 53A of the thread information 53 belonging to the changed genre is displayed on the ranking panel 67.
  • the user can know the popular URL or popular thread, for example, can easily touch the current hot topic. it can.
  • the URL access count tally database refers to the URL included in the thread information request signal transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2 in the list panel formation process, thereby counting the number of URL access counts for each URL. It is a database that stores data. The aggregation of the URL access number data is performed by the electronic bulletin board management device 3. Also, the thread information access count tally database includes the thread ID included in the thread information request signal transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2 in the thread panel formation process, and the speech information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2 in the speech addition process. It is a database storing thread information access number data in which the number of accesses of the thread information 53 is summarized for each thread information 53 by referring to the thread ID and the like included in. The aggregation of the thread information access number data is performed by the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
  • the option setting process includes a user information change process for changing the user information 51.
  • the integrated control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 forms a user information change panel 68 in the screen of the display 36.
  • the general control unit 30 displays a panel similar to the new user registration panel shown in FIG. (Not shown) is formed in the screen of the display 36. The user A can change the user information by this panel.
  • the new thread creation process is a process for creating thread information 53 corresponding to the URL designated by the user.
  • the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 displays a new thread creation panel 69 as shown in FIG. 24 on the screen of the display 36.
  • a text input unit 69A for inputting a thread name
  • a genre selection menu 69B which is a pull-down menu for selecting a category to which a thread belongs
  • a thread viewing restriction level (R designation level and violence designation level Level setting unit 69C for setting a URL
  • a URL display unit 69D for displaying a URL (corresponding URL) designated by the user
  • a related URL input unit 69E for inputting a related URL
  • a handle name A text input unit 69F, a text input unit 69G for inputting the contents of the first speech, and a new thread creation button 69H are formed.
  • the user A inputs the thread name into the text input unit 69A, selects the genre to which the thread belongs by the genre selection menu 69B, sets the thread viewing restriction level by the level setting unit 69C, and associates the related URL as necessary.
  • clicking the new thread creation button 69H with the mouse 35 causes the electronic bulletin board control device 2 to be input.
  • the integrated control unit 30 is configured to read the thread name input by the user A, the related URL, the handle name, the text data of the first comment contents, the category ID of the category selected by the user A, and the thread browsing set by the user A Data of restriction level, URL specified by user A, user ID of user A, new Transmitting a request signal including a command for generating a red to electronic bulletin board management device 3.
  • the integrated control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 generates registration information 53A of thread information 53 as shown in FIG. 6 using the information included in the request signal. Note that, in the generation of the registration information 53A, a thread ID is automatically added, and a user ID included in the request signal is used as a thread creator ID.
  • the data of the icon image is generated by copying the data of the icon image included in the user information 51 including the user ID included in the request signal.
  • the registration information 53A of the generated thread information 53 is stored in the storage unit 47 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
  • FIG. 11 shows a thread panel forming process.
  • the thread panel forming process is a process of forming a thread panel 70 in which a thread related to thread information 53 corresponding to a thread name designated by the user is displayed.
  • the thread information receiving unit 22 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 transmits the message information 53B of the thread information 53 corresponding to the thread name designated by the user A to the electronic bulletin board management device 3 is requested (step S41). Specifically, the thread information receiving unit 22 reads the thread ID of the thread information 53 corresponding to the thread name designated by the user A from the RAM included in the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4, and this thread ID A thread information request signal including a command for requesting transmission of the message information 53B of the thread information 53 corresponding to the thread ID is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
  • the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 receives the thread information request signal transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2, and in response to this, the thread information selection unit 41 of the electronic bulletin board management device 2 generates a thread information request signal.
  • the thread information 53 corresponding to the thread ID included in is selected from among the plurality of pieces of thread information 53 stored in the storage unit 47 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S42).
  • the thread information transmission unit 42 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 transmits the message information 53B of the thread information 53 selected by the thread information selection unit 41 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 (step S43).
  • the thread information receiving unit 22 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 receives the message information 53B of the thread information 53 transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S44).
  • the speech information 53B of the received thread information 53 is temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4 in a form associated with the corresponding registration information 53A.
  • the thread panel forming unit 27 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 forms a thread panel 70 in which the thread related to the thread information 53 corresponding to the thread name designated by the user A is displayed on the screen of the display 36 (FIG. Step S45).
  • the thread information receiving unit 22 receives the thread information 53 temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37 in a form associated with the registration information 53A in step S44 of the thread panel forming process shown in FIG.
  • the thread panel 70 is formed using the speech information 53B.
  • a thread name display unit 70A for displaying a thread name
  • a genre display unit 70B for displaying a genre to which a thread belongs
  • a genre for selecting a genre to which a thread belongs Selection menu 70C
  • viewing limit level of the thread and viewing limit level setting unit 70D for resetting the thread viewing limit level
  • change button 70E for changing the category to which the thread belongs or the thread viewing limit level
  • evaluation for the thread A thread evaluation button 70F for inputting, a corresponding URL display unit 70G for displaying a URL corresponding to a thread, a browser for activating the web browser 6 and displaying a web page of a URL corresponding to a thread on the web browser 6 Button 7 H, a related URL display unit 70J for displaying a URL related to a thread, a related URL addition unit 70K for adding a URL related to a thread, a speech button 70L for posting a speech, a handle name of a speaker Text input unit 70M for inputting text, text
  • the speech evaluation button 70Q is formed for each speech posted in the speech posting area 70P, and when a plurality of speeches are posted, a plurality of speech evaluation buttons 70Q are arranged to correspond to a plurality of speeches. Ru.
  • the thread panel forming unit 27 reads out the thread name, the genre name, the thread browsing restriction information, the corresponding URL, and the related URL included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37. These are displayed on the thread name display unit 70A, the genre display unit 70B, the browsing restriction level setting unit 70D, the corresponding URL display unit 70G, and the related URL display unit 70J.
  • the thread panel forming unit 27 displays (posts) the content of a message or the like included in the message information 53B of the thread information 53 temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37 in the message posting area 70P.
  • step S46 the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 starts clocking using the clock of the personal computer 4 (step S46). Subsequently, the general control unit 30 repeatedly executes button operation processing described later until five seconds have elapsed since the start of time counting in step S46 (step S47). When 5 seconds have elapsed since the start of time counting in step S46 (step S48: YES), the general control unit 30 returns the process to step S41. As a result, the processes of steps S41 to S48 are repeatedly executed.
  • the thread information receiving unit 22 receives the message information 53B to which the new message is added in step S44.
  • a new message is additionally posted in the message posting area 70P of the thread panel 70 based on the received message information 53B received.
  • the thread panel 70 in which the thread corresponding to the URL of the web page 10 that the user is browsing using the web browser 6 is displayed.
  • the user can easily browse the thread related to the web page 10 viewed using the web browser 6, and can easily post the remarks related to this thread. Therefore, according to the electronic bulletin board system 1, a web page for unilaterally transmitting information, such as a manufacturer's web page for unilaterally transmitting product information and a web page of a news organization for unilaterally transmitting news, is browsed. It is easy for a person to exchange information on the information transmitted from the web page.
  • FIG. 12 shows button operation processing (step S47 in FIG. 11) in the thread panel formation processing.
  • the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 causes the user A to make a speech button 70L, a thread evaluation button 70F, a speech evaluation button 70Q formed on the thread panel 70 in FIG. It is checked whether one of the change button 70E and other buttons (browser button 70H etc.) is clicked with the mouse 35 (steps S51 to S54).
  • step S55 When the user A clicks the speech button 70L of the thread panel 70 with the mouse 35 (step S51: YES), a speech addition process described later is executed (step S55).
  • step S56 When the user A clicks the thread evaluation button 70F or the speech evaluation button 70Q of the thread panel 70 with the mouse 35 (step S52: YES), evaluation processing described later is executed (step S56).
  • step S57 After the user A selects a genre different from the genre currently displayed in the genre display section 70B by the genre selection menu 70C, or resets the browsing restriction level by the browsing restriction level setting unit 70D, the thread When the change button 70E of the panel 70 is clicked by the mouse 35 (step S53: YES), a thread information change process described later is executed (step S57).
  • step S58 When the user A clicks the other button of the thread panel 70 with the mouse 35 (step S54: YES), the other process is executed (step S58). For example, when the user clicks the browser button 70H, the above-mentioned browser activation process (see step S32 in FIG. 10) is performed.
  • FIG. 13 shows a speech addition process.
  • the speech addition process adds the speech information 53B input by the user regarding the thread displayed in the thread panel 70 to the thread information 53 related to the thread, and the speech posted by the user based on the speech information 53B. Is additionally displayed in the speech posting area 70P.
  • the speech addition process is executed (step S55).
  • the speech information transmission unit 28 of the electronic bulletin board control unit 2 inputs by the user A the thread displayed on the thread panel 70 formed by the thread panel formation unit 27.
  • the message information (partial message information) including the message, the thread ID related to the thread, and the user ID of the user A is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S61).
  • the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 receives the message information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2.
  • the message information adding unit 43 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 generates the message information 53B (complete message information: see FIG. 7) based on the received message information (partial message information).
  • the message information adding unit 43 specifies the thread information 53 related to the thread displayed in the thread panel 70 based on the thread ID transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2, and the generated message information in the thread information 53. Add information 53B.
  • the added message information 53B is stored in the storage unit 47 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 as a part of the thread information 53 (step S62).
  • the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 transmits the message information 53B generated in step S62 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 (step S63).
  • the integrated control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 receives the message information 53B transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S64), and the thread panel forming unit 27 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 is received. Based on the message information 53B, the message input by the user A is additionally posted in the message posting area 70P of the thread panel 70 (step S65).
  • FIG. 14 shows an evaluation process.
  • evaluation process evaluation input by another user for one user-created thread displayed in the thread panel 70 or evaluation by another user for one user's statement regarding the thread displayed in the thread panel 70 It is a process of receiving an input and changing the number of points of one user based on this evaluation input. For example, when the user A (corresponding to another user) clicks the speech evaluation button 70Q of the thread panel 70 with the mouse 35 (step S52 in FIG. 12: YES), the evaluation process is executed (step S56) .
  • the integrated control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 forms an evaluation input panel 71 as shown in FIG. 26 in the screen of the display 36 (step S71).
  • a positive evaluation button 71A, a negative evaluation button 71B, and the like are formed.
  • evaluation information (partial evaluation information) is generated according to this evaluation input.
  • the evaluation information includes the evaluation category (e.g. evaluation for a thread or evaluation for a speech), the thread ID of the thread displayed in the thread panel 70, the speech number of the speech targeted by the user A for evaluation (target for evaluation) If the thread is a thread, for example, 0 is set), the user ID of the user who made the evaluation input, the content of the evaluation (positive evaluation or negative evaluation), etc. are included.
  • the evaluation classification is determined depending on whether the user A has pressed the thread evaluation button 70F or has pressed the speech evaluation button 70Q. Further, the speech number of the speech that the user A has made an evaluation target is determined by which speech evaluation button 70Q the user A has clicked.
  • the evaluation content is determined depending on whether the user A clicks the plus evaluation button 71A of the evaluation input panel 71 or the minus evaluation button 71B (for example, the user A clicks the plus evaluation button 71A When evaluation input is performed, 1 is set as the evaluation content, and when negative evaluation input is performed by clicking the negative evaluation button 71B, 0 is set as the evaluation content).
  • the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 transmits the evaluation information generated in step S72 to the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S73).
  • the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 receives the evaluation information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2. Then, the general control unit 46 generates evaluation information 54 (complete evaluation information: see FIG. 8) using the evaluation information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2.
  • the general control unit 46 sets, for example, +15 as the number of evaluator change points in the evaluation information 54 if the evaluation content is a positive evaluation, and the evaluation content is a negative evaluation. Sets, for example, -15 to the number of evaluator change points of the evaluation information 54.
  • step S74 a user (corresponding to one user) who has made a statement subject to evaluation based on the number of evaluator change points of the evaluation information 54, the point number changing unit 44 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 The number of points is changed (step S74). Specifically, the number of evaluator change points in the evaluation information 54 is added to the number of points included in the user information 51 of the user who made the comment targeted for evaluation. As a result, in accordance with the evaluation input of the user A, the number of points of the user who made the speech targeted for evaluation increases by 15 or decreases by 15.
  • FIG. 15 shows thread information change processing.
  • the thread information change process is based on the change input by the user whose number of points exceeds the reference value, the genre ID or the thread viewing restriction included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 related to the thread displayed on the thread panel 70 It is processing to change information. For example, when the user A clicks the change button 70E of the thread panel 70 with the mouse 35 after resetting the viewing restriction level by the viewing restriction level setting unit 70D (step S53 in FIG. 12: YES), the thread Information change processing is executed (step S57).
  • the integrated control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 transmits a thread information change request signal to the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to request change of thread information ( Step S81).
  • the thread information change request signal includes the user ID of the user A, the thread ID of the thread displayed on the thread panel 70, the thread browsing restriction level after the change (the user displays the genre display section 70B by the genre selection menu 70C).
  • a genre different from the currently displayed genre is selected, a category ID of the selected genre, a command to request change of thread information, and the like are included.
  • the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 receives the thread information change request signal transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2. Subsequently, the thread information changing unit 45 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 identifies the user A based on the user ID included in the thread information change request signal, and the number of points included in the user information 51 of the user A Is read from the storage unit 47, and it is determined whether the number of points is equal to or greater than a reference value (for example, 100) (step S82).
  • a reference value for example, 100
  • the thread information changing unit 45 displays the thread information on the thread panel 70 based on the thread ID included in the thread information change request signal.
  • the thread information 53 related to the thread is specified, and the thread access restriction level indicated by the thread access restriction information included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 is changed to the changed thread access restriction level included in the thread information change request signal.
  • the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 transmits the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 after the change to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 (step S84).
  • the thread information receiving unit 22 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 receives the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S85).
  • 27 updates the thread panel 70 based on the registration information 53A of the received thread information 53 (step S86).
  • step S82 when the number of points of the user A is less than the reference value in step S82 (step S82: NO), the thread information changing unit 45 generates a rejection signal indicating that the change of the thread information 53 is rejected.
  • the general control unit 46 transmits the refusal signal to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 (step S87).
  • the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 receives the refusal signal transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S88), and ends the thread information change process without updating the thread panel 70.
  • the evaluation process of the electronic bulletin board system 1 and the thread information change process for example, if one user makes a speech including useful information and it receives an evaluation from another user, When the number of points of one user increases and the number of points becomes equal to or more than the reference value, the one user gains special authority such as being able to change the viewing restriction level of the thread. Thereby, the user can be urged to speak positively including useful information.
  • the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 is transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 in the list panel forming process.
  • the thread panel forming process the case where the message information 53B of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 is transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 has been exemplified.
  • the invention is not limited to this.
  • the thread panel forming process only the thread ID, thread name and thread access restriction information included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 in the thread panel forming process, the remaining information in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquisition unit 21 and the speech information 53B are transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to the electronic bulletin board It may be transmitted to the control device 2.
  • the thread information selection unit 41 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 stores the storage unit while cutting one file name or directory name lower than the URL transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2.
  • thread information 53 corresponding to the web page 10 which the user is browsing using the web browser 6 is found out is described as an example by repeating the search of 47, the present invention is not limited to this.
  • the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 has a file name under the URL
  • the lower directory name or the like may be deleted, and this URL may be in the state of only the host name, and only the host name of this URL may be transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2 to the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
  • the thread information selection unit 41 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 performs a search process for finding thread information 53 including a corresponding URL having a host name that matches the host name transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2. Do.
  • the thread information in which only the host name of the URL is set as the corresponding URL is stored in the storage unit 47, and when the thread information selection unit 41 performs the search process, the host name transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2 The thread information including the matching host name may be found out.
  • the R designation level and the violence designation level are exemplified as the user access restriction level and the thread access restriction level, but the present invention is not limited to this.
  • the user access restriction level and the thread access restriction level may be any one of R specified level or violence specified level, or other types of levels may be adopted, and three or more types of levels are adopted. May be Also, the range of the user access restriction level and the thread access restriction level is not limited to five levels of 0 to 4. For example, a gender level may be adopted as the user viewing restriction level and the thread viewing restriction level, and the sex level range may be set to two stages of 0: male and 1: female.
  • the electronic bulletin board management device 3 may perform the viewing restriction process.
  • the thread information receiving unit 22 transmits the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21, the user ID of the user A, and the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL.
  • a thread information request signal including a request command is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
  • the electronic bulletin board management device 3 selects the thread information 53 based on the URL included in the thread information request signal, and identifies the user information 51 of the user A based on the user ID included in the thread information request signal. Do. Then, the electronic bulletin board management device 3 uses the thread browsing restriction level indicated by the thread browsing restriction information included in the registration information 53A of the selected thread information 53 and the use indicated by the user browsing restriction information included in the identified user information 51. The thread information 53 is compared with the user access restriction level to determine whether the thread access restriction level is equal to or less than the user access restriction level, and the thread access restriction level is equal to or less than the user access restriction level. Only the registration information 53A is transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2.
  • the electronic bulletin board management apparatus determines whether the number of points of the user is equal to or greater than the reference value and changes the thread information 53 (genre name or thread viewing restriction information).
  • the thread information 53 gene name or thread viewing restriction information
  • the user having the point number equal to or more than the reference value can change the genre ID and the thread viewing restriction information among the information included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53.
  • the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, only one of the genre ID and the thread viewing restriction information may be changed, or other information may be changed.

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An electronic bulletin board control device (2) acquires the URL of web pages (10) that the user is browsing using a web browser (6). An electronic bulletin board management device (3) selects thread information corresponding to this URL from the thread information stored in a database. The electronic bulletin board control device (2) forms a thread panel, on which a thread relating to the selected thread information is displayed, in the display screen of a personal computer (4). This makes it possible for the user to easily browse the thread about the web pages (10) that the user is browsing using the web browser (6) and to easily post a comment on this thread.

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電子掲示板システムElectronic bulletin board system
　本発明は、インターネットなどのコンピュータネットワークを使用した環境において、電子掲示板の閲覧、および電子掲示板への発言の投稿などを行うことができる電子掲示板システムに関する。 The present invention relates to an electronic bulletin board system capable of browsing an electronic bulletin board, posting an utterance on the electronic bulletin board, and the like in an environment using a computer network such as the Internet.
　現在、個人、団体、企業および機関などはインターネットを通じて様々な情報を発信している。このような情報の発信者は、インターネットに接続されたコンピュータ上にウェブサイトを形成し、このウェブサイトをインターネット上に公開することにより情報を発信する。一方、情報の受信者は、インターネットに接続されたコンピュータ上でウェブブラウザを立ち上げ、インターネット上に公開されたウェブサイトのウェブページをウェブブラウザにより閲覧することにより情報を受信する。 Currently, individuals, organizations, companies and institutions are disseminating various information through the Internet. A sender of such information forms a website on a computer connected to the Internet, and sends information by publishing the website on the Internet. On the other hand, the receiver of the information launches a web browser on a computer connected to the Internet, and receives the information by browsing the web page of the website published on the Internet using the web browser.
　ウェブページにはそれぞれ固有のＵＲＬ（Ｕｎｉｆｏｒｍ　Ｒｅｓｏｕｒｃｅ　Ｌｏｃａｔｏｒ）が割り当てられている。情報の受信者は、閲覧したいウェブページのＵＲＬをウェブブラウザに入力することにより、またはコンピュータに予め記憶されたＵＲＬの中から、閲覧したいウェブページのＵＲＬを選択することにより、ウェブページにアクセスすることができ、そのウェブページを閲覧することができる。 Each unique URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is assigned to the web page. The receiver of the information accesses the web page by inputting the URL of the web page to be browsed into the web browser or by selecting the URL of the web page to be browsed among the URLs stored in advance in the computer You can browse the web page.
　インターネットを介して接続されたコンピュータ同士は双方向通信が可能である。このため、インターネットを利用した情報の受信者は同時に情報の発信者となり得る。すなわち、個人、団体、企業および機関などはインターネットを通じて情報交換を行うことができる。 Computers connected via the Internet can communicate bi-directionally. Therefore, the receiver of the information using the Internet can simultaneously be the sender of the information. That is, individuals, organizations, companies and institutions can exchange information through the Internet.
　インターネットを通じて主に個人レベルの情報交換を実現する手段として、電子掲示板が普及している。電子掲示板はＢＢＳ（Ｂｕｌｌｅｔｉｎ　Ｂｏａｒｄ　Ｓｙｓｔｅｍ）とも呼ばれる。一般の電子掲示板はウェブページ上に形成される。ウェブブラウザによりウェブページにアクセスした者は、そのウェブページ上に形成された電子掲示板に掲示された情報を閲覧することができ、さらにその情報に対する自らの発言（コメントなど）を投稿することができる。 Electronic bulletin boards are widely used as a means to realize information exchange mainly at the individual level through the Internet. The electronic bulletin board is also called BBS (Bulletin Board System). A common electronic bulletin board is formed on a web page. A person who accesses a web page through a web browser can view information posted on an electronic bulletin board formed on the web page, and can post his own comment (such as a comment) on the information. .
　ウェブページ上には電子掲示板の一部として、テキストを入力することができるフォームおよび送信ボタンなどが形成されている。発言の投稿は、このフォームにテキストを入力し、送信ボタンをマウスでクリックすることにより行うことができる。投稿された発言は、電子掲示板の発言掲示領域に表示されることにより掲示（公開）され、閲覧の対象に加わる。 On the web page, as a part of the electronic bulletin board, a form, a transmission button, etc. can be formed which can input text. Comments can be posted by entering text in this form and clicking the submit button with the mouse. The posted message is posted (disclosed) by being displayed in the message posting area of the electronic bulletin board, and is added to the subject of viewing.
　インターネット上に存在するウェブサイトの中には、電子掲示板を利用し、多数の話題についての情報交換の場を提供するウェブサイトがある。このようなウェブサイトでは、話題ごとにウェブページが形成され、各ウェブページにおいて、閲覧者は、電子掲示板を利用し、特定の話題について投稿された他者の発言を閲覧し、かつ、自らの発言を投稿することができる。このようなウェブサイトにおいて、特定の話題に関して様々な者から投稿された発言の集まりを一般にスレッドと呼ぶ。 Among websites existing on the Internet, there are websites that use electronic bulletin boards and provide places for exchanging information on a large number of topics. In such a web site, a web page is formed for each topic, and on each web page, a viewer uses an electronic bulletin board to browse other people's comments posted for a specific topic, and also uses his / her own You can post your remarks. In such a web site, a collection of remarks posted by various people on a specific topic is generally called a thread.
　このような電子掲示板を利用して多数の話題についての情報交換を行う場を提供するウェブサイトは一般に掲示板サイトと呼ばれるが、いわゆるブログ、ＳＮＳ（Ｓｏｃｉａｌ　Ｎｅｔｗｏｒｋ　Ｓｅｒｖｉｃｅ）、ＣＧＭ（Ｃｏｎｓｕｍｅｒ　Ｇｅｎｅｒａｔｅｄ　Ｍｅｄｉａ）などにおいても、掲示板サイトと同様に、電子掲示板を利用して多数の話題についての情報交換を行う場が提供されている。 A website that provides a place to exchange information on many topics using such an electronic bulletin board is generally called a bulletin board site, but in so-called blogs, SNS (Social Network Service), CGM (Consumer Generated Media), etc. Similarly to the bulletin board site, there is provided a place to exchange information on a large number of topics using an electronic bulletin board.
　ところで、例えば製品情報を提供するメーカーのウェブサイトなどの多くは、情報を一方的に発信するにすぎない。すなわち、このようなウェブサイトには、掲示板サイトなどと異なり、電子掲示板を利用して個人間において情報交換を行う場が提供されていない。 By the way, for example, many websites of manufacturers providing product information only transmit information unilaterally. That is, unlike such bulletin board sites, such websites do not provide a place for exchanging information between individuals using an electronic bulletin board.
　しかしながら、メーカーのウェブサイトにより発信された製品情報などについて、電子掲示板を利用した個人間における情報交換の場を提供することができれば、閲覧者は製品などについての有用な情報を容易に得ることができ、便利である。 However, if it is possible to provide a place for exchanging information between individuals using an electronic bulletin board about product information etc. transmitted from a manufacturer's website, a viewer may easily obtain useful information about a product etc. It is possible and convenient.
　また、このようなメーカーのウェブサイトを閲覧した者が、掲示板サイトにおいて、メーカーのウェブサイトで取り扱われていた製品についてのスレッドを立てれば、当該製品に関して他の閲覧者と情報交換を行うことができる。しかしながら、この場合には、当該製品に関する情報が、メーカーのウェブサイトと掲示板サイトに分散してしまう。このため、製品の情報を求める者は、当該製品についての十分の情報を収集するために、メーカーのウェブサイトにアクセスし、さらに掲示板サイトにアクセスしなければならず、情報の収集に手間がかかる。 In addition, if a person who browses the website of such a manufacturer creates a thread on a product that has been handled on the website of the manufacturer on the bulletin board site, information may be exchanged with other viewers regarding the product. it can. However, in this case, information on the product is distributed to the manufacturer's website and the bulletin board site. Therefore, a person who requests product information needs to access the manufacturer's website and also access the bulletin board site in order to collect sufficient information on the product, and it takes time to collect information. .
　本発明は例えば上述したような問題に鑑みなされたものであり、本発明の課題は、製品情報を一方的に発信するメーカーのウェブサイトや、ニュースを一方的に発信する報道機関などのウェブサイトなどのように、情報を一方的に発信するウェブサイトまたはウェブページを閲覧した者が、当該ウェブサイトまたはウェブページから発信されている情報に関する情報交換の場を容易に得ることができる電子掲示板システムを提供することにある。 The present invention has been made in view of, for example, the problems as described above, and the subject of the present invention is a website of a manufacturer that unilaterally transmits product information, and a website of a news organization or the like unilaterally transmits news. An electronic bulletin board system that allows a person who browses a website or web page that unilaterally sends information, such as, etc., to easily obtain a place for exchanging information regarding information being dispatched from the website or web page. To provide.
　上記課題を解決するために、本発明の第１の電子掲示板システムは、相互に通信可能に接続された電子掲示板制御装置および電子掲示板管理装置を備えた電子掲示板システムであって、前記電子掲示板制御装置は、利用者がウェブ閲覧装置により閲覧しているウェブページのＵＲＬを取得するＵＲＬ取得手段と、前記ＵＲＬ取得手段により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報の送信を前記電子掲示板管理装置に要求し、この要求に応じて前記電子掲示板管理装置から送信された前記スレッド情報を受信するスレッド情報受信手段と、前記スレッド情報受信手段により受信されたスレッド情報に係るスレッドが表示されたスレッドパネルを表示装置の画面中に形成するスレッドパネル形成手段と、前記スレッドパネル形成手段により形成されたスレッドパネルに表示されたスレッドに関して利用者により入力された発言情報を前記電子掲示板管理装置に送信する発言情報送信手段とを備え、前記電子掲示板管理装置は、複数のＵＲＬにそれぞれ対応する複数のスレッド情報を記憶したスレッド情報記憶手段と、前記電子掲示板制御装置からの要求に応じ、前記電子掲示板制御装置のＵＲＬ取得手段により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報を前記スレッド情報記憶手段に記憶された複数のスレッド情報の中から選択するスレッド情報選択手段と、前記スレッド情報選択手段により選択されたスレッド情報を前記電子掲示板制御装置に送信するスレッド情報送信手段と、前記電子掲示板制御装置から送信された発言情報を前記スレッド情報選択手段により選択されたスレッド情報の一部として前記スレッド情報記憶手段に追加的に記憶する発言情報追加手段とを備えている。 In order to solve the above problems, a first electronic bulletin board system according to the present invention is an electronic bulletin board system provided with an electronic bulletin board control device and an electronic bulletin board management device communicably connected to each other, the electronic bulletin board control system The apparatus requests the electronic bulletin board management apparatus to transmit the thread information corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring means for acquiring the URL of the web page browsed by the user by the web browsing apparatus. A thread information receiving means for receiving the thread information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management apparatus in response to the request, and a thread panel displaying a thread according to the thread information received by the thread information receiving means A thread panel forming means formed in the screen of the device, and a shape formed by the thread panel forming means And message information transmitting means for transmitting, to the electronic bulletin board management apparatus, the utterance information input by the user regarding the thread displayed on the selected thread panel, the electronic bulletin board management apparatus comprising a plurality of electronic bulletin board management devices respectively corresponding to a plurality of URLs. Thread information storage means for storing the thread information of the above, and the thread information storage means for storing thread information corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquisition means of the electronic bulletin board control device in response to a request from the electronic bulletin board control device Thread information selection means for selecting from among a plurality of pieces of thread information, thread information transmission means for transmitting thread information selected by the thread information selection means to the electronic bulletin board control device, and transmission from the electronic bulletin board control device Threads selected by the thread information selection means. The thread information storage means as a part of the de-information and a speech information adding unit that additionally stored.
　すなわち、電子掲示板制御装置は、利用者が、例えばウェブブラウザなどのウェブ閲覧装置を用いて閲覧しているウェブページのＵＲＬを取得し、この取得したＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報の送信を電子掲示板管理装置に要求する。電子掲示板管理装置は、複数のＵＲＬにそれぞれ対応する複数のスレッド情報を記憶している。電子掲示板管理装置のスレッド情報選択手段は、電子掲示板制御装置からの要求に応じ、利用者が閲覧しているウェブページのＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報を、電子掲示板管理装置に記憶された複数のスレッド情報の中から選択し、選択したスレッド情報を電子掲示板制御装置に送信する。電子掲示板制御装置は、電子掲示板管理装置から送信されたスレッド情報を受信し、この受信したスレッド情報に係るスレッドが表示されたスレッドパネルを表示装置の画面中に形成する。このスレッドパネルを閲覧した利用者が、このスレッドパネルに表示されたスレッドに関する発言を示す発言情報を電子掲示板制御装置に入力したとき、電子掲示板制御装置は、この発言情報を電子掲示板管理装置に送信する。電子掲示板管理装置は、電子掲示板制御装置から送信された発言情報を、スレッド情報選択手段により選択されたスレッド情報の一部として追加的に記憶する。 That is, the electronic bulletin board control apparatus acquires the URL of the web page being browsed by the user using, for example, a web browsing apparatus such as a web browser, and transmits the thread information corresponding to the acquired URL to the electronic bulletin board management Make a request to the device. The bulletin board management apparatus stores a plurality of thread information corresponding to a plurality of URLs. The thread information selection means of the electronic bulletin board management apparatus stores, in response to a request from the electronic bulletin board control apparatus, a plurality of threads stored in the electronic bulletin board management apparatus with thread information corresponding to the URL of the web page browsed by the user. It selects from among the information and transmits the selected thread information to the electronic bulletin board control device. The electronic bulletin board control device receives thread information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device, and forms a thread panel in which a thread related to the received thread information is displayed in the screen of the display device. When the user who has browsed this thread panel inputs message information indicating a message regarding the thread displayed on the thread panel to the electronic bulletin board control apparatus, the electronic bulletin board control apparatus transmits the message information to the electronic bulletin board management apparatus Do. The electronic bulletin board management apparatus additionally stores the speech information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control apparatus as a part of thread information selected by the thread information selection means.
　本発明の第２の電子掲示板システムは、上述した本発明の第１の電子掲示板システムであって、前記電子掲示板制御装置は、前記ＵＲＬ取得手段により取得されたＵＲＬに対応する複数のスレッド情報のリストが表示されたリストパネルを前記表示装置の画面中に形成するリストパネル形成手段を備えている。 A second electronic bulletin board system according to the present invention is the above-described first electronic bulletin board system according to the present invention, wherein the electronic bulletin board control device is configured to receive plural pieces of thread information corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit. A list panel forming means is provided for forming in the screen of the display device a list panel on which a list is displayed.
　すなわち、電子掲示板制御装置は、利用者がウェブ閲覧装置により閲覧しているウェブページのＵＲＬを取得し、これら取得したＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報の送信を電子掲示板管理装置に要求する。電子掲示板管理装置は、電子掲示板制御装置からの要求に応じ、利用者が閲覧しているウェブページのＵＲＬに対応する複数のスレッド情報を電子掲示板制御装置に送信する。そして、電子掲示板制御装置は、電子掲示板管理装置から送信された複数のスレッド情報のリストが表示されたリストパネルを表示装置の画面中に形成する。これにより、利用者がウェブ閲覧装置により閲覧しているウェブページのＵＲＬに対応する複数のスレッド情報のリストが表示装置に画面中に形成される。なお、ウェブページのＵＲＬに対応する複数のスレッド情報のリストが表示装置の画面に形成される場合には、利用者が単一のウェブページを閲覧しており、この単一のウェブページのＵＲＬに対応する複数のスレッド情報のリストが表示装置の画面に形成される場合と、利用者が複数のウェブページを同時に閲覧しており、これら複数のウェブページのＵＲＬにそれぞれ対応する複数のスレッド情報のリストが表示装置の画面に形成される場合とがある。 That is, the electronic bulletin board control device acquires the URL of the web page browsed by the user by the web browsing device, and requests the electronic bulletin board management device to transmit thread information corresponding to the acquired URL. In response to a request from the electronic bulletin board control apparatus, the electronic bulletin board management apparatus transmits, to the electronic bulletin board control apparatus, a plurality of pieces of thread information corresponding to the URL of the web page viewed by the user. Then, the electronic bulletin board control device forms, in the screen of the display device, a list panel on which a list of a plurality of pieces of thread information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device is displayed. As a result, a list of a plurality of pieces of thread information corresponding to the URL of the web page being browsed by the user through the web browsing device is formed on the screen of the display device. In the case where a list of thread information corresponding to the URL of the web page is formed on the screen of the display device, the user is browsing a single web page, and the URL of this single web page When a list of a plurality of thread information corresponding to is formed on the screen of the display device, and when a user is browsing a plurality of web pages at the same time, a plurality of thread information respectively corresponding to the URLs of the plurality of web pages A list of may be formed on the screen of the display device.
　本発明の第３の電子掲示板システムは、上述した本発明の第２の電子掲示板システムであって、前記電子掲示板管理装置のスレッド情報記憶手段に記憶された各スレッド情報は、スレッド情報ごとに設定され、当該スレッド情報に係るスレッドの閲覧制限レベルを示す第１の閲覧制限情報を含み、前記電子掲示板制御装置または前記電子掲示板管理装置は、利用者ごとに設定され、利用者が閲覧することができるスレッドの閲覧制限レベルを示す第２の閲覧制限情報を取得する閲覧制限情報取得手段と、前記ＵＲＬ取得手段により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報に含まれる前記第１の閲覧制限情報が示す閲覧制限レベルが、閲覧制限情報取得手段により取得された第２の閲覧制限情報が示す閲覧制限レベル以下であるか否かを判断する閲覧制限判断手段と、前記閲覧制限判断手段による判断の結果、前記第１の閲覧制限情報が示す閲覧制限レベルが前記第２の閲覧制限情報が示す閲覧制限レベル以下である場合に限り、前記ＵＲＬ取得手段により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報に係るスレッドが表示されたスレッドパネルの形成を許し、または前記ＵＲＬ取得手段により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報を含むリストが表示されたリストパネルの形成を許す閲覧制限制御手段とを備えている。 A third electronic bulletin board system according to the present invention is the second electronic bulletin board system according to the present invention described above, wherein each thread information stored in the thread information storage means of the electronic bulletin board management apparatus is set for each thread information. The electronic bulletin board control apparatus or the electronic bulletin board management apparatus may be set for each user and be viewed by the user. An inspection restriction information acquisition unit for acquiring second inspection restriction information indicating an inspection restriction level of a thread that can be performed, and the first inspection restriction information included in thread information corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquisition unit Determine whether the browsing restriction level is equal to or less than the browsing restriction level indicated by the second browsing restriction information acquired by the browsing restriction information acquisition means As a result of the judgment by the browsing restriction judging means and the browsing restriction judging means, only when the browsing restriction level indicated by the first browsing restriction information is equal to or less than the browsing restriction level indicated by the second browsing restriction information, A list on which a thread panel related to the thread information corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring means is permitted to form a thread panel displayed, or a list including thread information corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring means is displayed And a viewing limit control means for permitting formation of a panel.
　すなわち、ＵＲＬ取得手段により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報に含まれる第１の閲覧制限情報が示す閲覧制限レベルが、第２の閲覧制限情報が示す閲覧制限レベル以下である場合に限り、当該スレッド情報に係るスレッドが表示されたスレッドパネルが形成され、または当該スレッド情報を含むリストが表示されたリストパネルが形成される。 That is, only when the browsing restriction level indicated by the first browsing restriction information included in the thread information corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit is equal to or less than the browsing restriction level indicated by the second browsing restriction information A thread panel in which threads related to thread information are displayed is formed, or a list panel in which a list including the thread information is displayed is formed.
　本発明の第４の電子掲示板システムは、上述した本発明の第１の電子掲示板システムであって、前記電子掲示板管理装置は、利用者ごとのポイント数を記憶するポイント数記憶手段を備え、前記電子掲示板制御装置は、前記スレッドパネル形成手段により形成されたスレッドパネルに表示された一の利用者作成のスレッドに対する他の利用者による評価入力を受け取り、または前記スレッドパネル形成手段により形成されたスレッドパネルに表示されたスレッド中の一の利用者の発言に対する他の利用者による評価入力を受け取る評価受取手段を備え、前記電子掲示板管理装置は、前記評価受取手段により受け取られた評価入力に応じ、前記ポイント数記憶手段に記憶された前記一の利用者のポイント数を増加させ、または減少させるポイント数変更手段を備え、前記電子掲示板制御装置または前記電子掲示板管理装置は、前記ポイント数記憶手段に記憶されたポイント数が基準値以上の前記一の利用者が、前記スレッドパネル形成手段により形成されたスレッドパネルに表示されたスレッドに係るスレッド情報の変更を指示した場合に限り、この指示に従い、当該スレッド情報を変更するスレッド情報変更手段を備えている。 A fourth electronic bulletin board system according to the present invention is the above-mentioned first electronic bulletin board system according to the present invention, wherein the electronic bulletin board management apparatus comprises point number storage means for storing the number of points for each user, The electronic bulletin board control apparatus receives an evaluation input by another user for a user-created thread displayed on a thread panel formed by the thread panel forming means, or a thread formed by the thread panel forming means The electronic bulletin board management apparatus further comprises an evaluation receiving unit for receiving an evaluation input by another user in response to an utterance of one user in a thread displayed on a panel, the electronic bulletin board management device responding to the evaluation input received by the evaluation receiving unit; The point for increasing or decreasing the number of points of the one user stored in the point number storage means The electronic bulletin board control apparatus or the electronic bulletin board management apparatus is formed by the thread panel forming means by the one user whose number of points stored in the point number storage means is equal to or greater than a reference value. The thread information changing means is provided to change the thread information according to the instruction only when the change of the thread information related to the thread displayed on the selected thread panel is instructed.
　例えば、他の利用者が一の利用者作成のスレッドまたは一の利用者の発言を良いと評価する評価入力を行った場合には、一の利用者のポイント数が増加する。一の利用者のポイント数が基準値以上となった場合、当該一の利用者は、スレッド情報を変更することができる。 For example, when another user makes an evaluation input that evaluates a user created thread or an utterance of one user as good, the number of points of one user increases. When the number of points of one user becomes equal to or more than the reference value, the one user can change the thread information.
　本発明の電子掲示板システムでは、利用者がウェブ閲覧装置により閲覧しているウェブページのＵＲＬに対応するスレッドが表示されたスレッドパネルを形成する。これにより、利用者は、ウェブ閲覧装置により閲覧しているウェブページに関するスレッドを容易に閲覧することができ、かつこのスレッドに関する発言を容易に投稿することができる。このように、本発明の電子掲示板システムによれば、製品情報を一方的に発信するメーカーのウェブサイトや、ニュースを一方的に発信する報道機関のウェブサイトなど、情報を一方的に発信するウェブサイトまたはウェブページを閲覧した者が、当該ウェブサイトまたはウェブページから発信されている情報に関する情報交換の場を容易に得ることができる。 In the electronic bulletin board system of the present invention, a thread panel is displayed in which threads corresponding to the URLs of web pages viewed by the user through the web browsing device are displayed. Thereby, the user can easily browse the thread related to the web page being browsed by the web browsing device, and can easily post the remark on the thread. Thus, according to the electronic bulletin board system of the present invention, a web site for unilaterally transmitting information, such as a website of a manufacturer that unilaterally transmits product information, and a web site of a news organization that unilaterally transmits news. A person who browses the site or web page can easily obtain an information exchange site regarding the information transmitted from the web site or web page.
本発明の電子掲示板システムの実施形態を示すブロック図である。It is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a bulletin board system of the present invention. 本発明の実施形態である電子掲示板システムにおける電子掲示板制御装置を示すブロック図である。It is a block diagram showing an electronic bulletin board control device in an electronic bulletin board system which is an embodiment of the present invention. 本発明の実施形態である電子掲示板システムにおける電子掲示板管理装置を示すブロック図である。It is a block diagram showing a bulletin board management device in a bulletin board system which is an embodiment of the present invention. 利用者情報を示す説明図である。It is an explanatory view showing user information. ジャンル情報を示す説明図である。It is an explanatory view showing genre information. スレッド情報の登録情報を示す説明図である。It is explanatory drawing which shows the registration information of thread information. スレッド情報の発言情報を示す説明図である。It is an explanatory view showing the statement information of thread information. 評価情報を示す説明図である。It is an explanatory view showing evaluation information. リストパネル形成処理を示すフローチャートである。It is a flow chart which shows list panel formation processing. リストパネル形成処理におけるボタン操作処理を示すフローチャートである。It is a flow chart which shows button operation processing in list panel formation processing. スレッドパネル形成処理を示すフローチャートである。It is a flow chart which shows thread panel formation processing. スレッドパネル形成処理におけるボタン操作処理を示すフローチャートである。It is a flow chart which shows button operation processing in thread panel formation processing. 発言追加処理を示すフローチャートである。It is a flowchart which shows the speech addition process. 評価処理を示すフローチャートである。It is a flowchart which shows evaluation processing. スレッド情報変更処理を示すフローチャートである。It is a flowchart which shows thread information change processing. ログインパネルを示す説明図である。It is explanatory drawing which shows a login panel. 新規利用者登録パネルを示す説明図である。It is an explanatory view showing a new user registration panel. 未ログイン利用者用の設定入力パネルを示す説明図である。It is explanatory drawing which shows the setting input panel for the unlogged-in user. リストパネルを示す説明図である。It is an explanatory view showing a list panel. ブローディングパネルを示す説明図である。It is an explanatory view showing a loading panel. ジャンルパネルを示す説明図である。It is an explanatory view showing a genre panel. ランキングパネルを示す説明図である。It is explanatory drawing which shows a ranking panel. 利用者情報変更パネルを示す説明図である。It is an explanatory view showing a user information change panel. 新規スレッド作成パネルを示す説明図である。It is an explanatory view showing a new thread creation panel. スレッドパネルを示す説明図である。It is explanatory drawing which shows a thread panel. 評価入力パネルを示す説明図である。It is an explanatory view showing an evaluation input panel.
符号の説明Explanation of sign
　１　電子掲示板システム
　２　電子掲示板制御装置
　３　電子掲示板管理装置
　６　ウェブブラウザ
　２１　ＵＲＬ取得部（ＵＲＬ取得手段）
　２２　スレッド情報受信部（スレッド情報受信手段）
　２３　閲覧制限情報取得部（閲覧制限情報取得手段）
　２４　閲覧制限判断部（閲覧制限判断手段）
　２５　閲覧制限制御部（閲覧制限制御手段）
　２６　リストパネル形成部（リストパネル形成手段）
　２７　スレッドパネル形成部（スレッドパネル形成手段）
　２８　発信情報送信部（発信情報送信手段）
　２９　評価受取部（評価受取手段）
　３６　ディスプレイ
　４１　スレッド情報選択部（スレッド情報選択手段）
　４２　スレッド情報送信部（スレッド情報送信手段）
　４３　発信情報追加部（発信情報追加手段）
　４４　ポイント数変更部（ポイント数変更手段）
　４５　スレッド情報変更部（スレッド情報変更手段）
　４７　記憶部（スレッド情報記憶手段、ポイント数記憶手段）
　６４　リストパネル
　７０　スレッドパネル 1 Bulletin Board System 2 Bulletin Board Control Device 3 Bulletin Board Management Device 6 Web Browser 21 URL Acquisition Unit (URL Acquisition Means)
22 Thread information receiver (thread information receiving means)
23 Reading restriction information acquisition section (reading restriction information acquisition expedient)
24 access restriction judgment unit (access restriction judgment means)
25 access restriction control unit (access restriction control means)
26 List panel formation part (list panel formation means)
27 Thread panel formation part (thread panel formation means)
28 Transmission information transmission unit (transmission information transmission means)
29 Evaluation Receiver (Evaluation Receiver)
36 Display 41 Thread Information Selection Unit (Thread Information Selection Means)
42 Thread information transmitter (thread information transmitter)
43 Transmission information addition unit (transmission information addition means)
44 point number change part (point number change means)
45 Thread information change unit (thread information change means)
47 storage unit (thread information storage means, point number storage means)
64 List panel 70 Thread panel
　以下、図面を参照しつつ、本発明の実施の形態について説明する。 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
　　（電子掲示板システム）
　図１は、本発明の電子掲示板システムの実施形態を示している。図１に示すように、本発明の実施形態である電子掲示板システム１は、電子掲示板制御装置２および電子掲示板管理装置３を備えている。電子掲示板制御装置２は、電子掲示板制御装置２としてパーソナルコンピュータ４を機能させるためのコンピュータプログラムをパーソナルコンピュータ４に読み込ませ、実行させることにより具現化される。電子掲示板管理装置３は、電子掲示板管理装置３としてサーバコンピュータ５を機能させるためのコンピュータプログラムをサーバコンピュータ５に読み込ませ、実行させることにより具現化される。また、図１中のウェブブラウザ６は、ウェブブラウザ６としてパーソナルコンピュータ４を機能させるためのコンピュータプログラムをパーソナルコンピュータ４に読み込ませ、実行させることにより具現化される。 (Electronic bulletin board system)
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the electronic bulletin board system of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic bulletin board system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an electronic bulletin board control device 2 and an electronic bulletin board management device 3. The electronic bulletin board control device 2 is embodied by causing the personal computer 4 to read and execute a computer program for causing the personal computer 4 to function as the electronic bulletin board control device 2. The electronic bulletin board management device 3 is embodied by causing the server computer 5 to read and execute a computer program for causing the server computer 5 to function as the electronic bulletin board management device 3. Further, the web browser 6 in FIG. 1 is embodied by causing the personal computer 4 to read and execute a computer program for causing the personal computer 4 to function as the web browser 6.
　パーソナルコンピュータ４およびサーバコンピュータ５は、広域なコンピュータネットワーク（本実施形態では例えばインターネット７）を介して相互に通信可能に接続されている。これにより、電子掲示板制御装置２および電子掲示板管理装置３は、相互に通信を行うことができる。また、ウェブブラウザ６は、インターネット７に接続されているウェブサーバ８上に形成されたウェブサイト９のウェブページ１０にアクセスし、ウェブページ１０をパーソナルコンピュータ４のディスプレイ３６（図２参照）の画面に表示することができる。利用者は、ウェブブラウザ６を用いてウェブページ１０を閲覧することができる。 The personal computer 4 and the server computer 5 are communicably connected to each other via a wide area computer network (for example, the Internet 7 in the present embodiment). Thus, the electronic bulletin board control device 2 and the electronic bulletin board management device 3 can communicate with each other. Also, the web browser 6 accesses the web page 10 of the web site 9 formed on the web server 8 connected to the Internet 7, and the web page 10 is displayed on the display 36 (see FIG. 2) of the personal computer 4 Can be displayed. The user can browse the web page 10 using the web browser 6.
　電子掲示板システム１は、利用者がウェブブラウザ６を用いて閲覧しているウェブページ１０に対応するスレッドが表示されたスレッドパネル７０（図２５参照）をパーソナルコンピュータ４のディスプレイ３６の画面中に形成することができる。これにより、利用者は、ウェブブラウザ６を用いて閲覧しているウェブページ１０に対応するスレッドを閲覧することができ、またこのスレッドに関する発言を投稿することができる。 The electronic bulletin board system 1 forms in the screen of the display 36 of the personal computer 4 a thread panel 70 (see FIG. 25) in which a thread corresponding to the web page 10 viewed by the user using the web browser 6 is displayed. can do. As a result, the user can view a thread corresponding to the web page 10 being viewed using the web browser 6, and can post a message on the thread.
　　（電子掲示板制御装置）
　図２は電子掲示板制御装置２の内部構造を示している。図２に示すように、電子掲示板制御装置２は、ＵＲＬ取得部２１、スレッド情報受信部２２、閲覧制限情報取得部２３、閲覧制限判断部２４、閲覧制限制御部２５、リストパネル形成部２６、スレッドパネル形成部２７、発言情報送信部２８、評価受取部２９、総合制御部３０、記憶部３１、通信インターフェース回路３２、入出力インターフェース回路３３、キーボード３４、マウス３５およびディスプレイ３６を備えている。 (Electronic bulletin board control device)
FIG. 2 shows the internal structure of the electronic bulletin board control device 2. As shown in FIG. 2, the electronic bulletin board control device 2 includes a URL acquiring unit 21, a thread information receiving unit 22, a browsing restriction information acquiring unit 23, a browsing restriction determination unit 24, a browsing restriction control unit 25, and a list panel forming unit 26. A thread panel forming unit 27, an utterance information transmitting unit 28, an evaluation receiving unit 29, an integrated control unit 30, a storage unit 31, a communication interface circuit 32, an input / output interface circuit 33, a keyboard 34, a mouse 35 and a display 36 are provided.
　上記構成要素２１ないし３０は、パーソナルコンピュータ４が有する制御ユニット３７により具現化される。すなわち、記憶部３１には、制御ユニット３７が有するＣＰＵ（Ｃｅｎｔｒａｌ　Ｐｒｏｃｅｓｓｉｎｇ　Ｕｎｉｔ）を上記構成要素２１ないし３０として機能させるためのコンピュータプログラムが記憶されており、制御ユニット３７のＣＰＵがこのコンピュータプログラムを記憶部３１から読み取り、実行することにより、上記構成要素２１ないし３０が具現化される。 The above components 21 to 30 are embodied by the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4. That is, the storage unit 31 stores a computer program for causing a CPU (Central Processing Unit) of the control unit 37 to function as the components 21 to 30, and the CPU of the control unit 37 stores the computer program. The components 21 to 30 are embodied by reading from the unit 31 and execution.
　ＵＲＬ取得部２１は、後述のリストパネル形成処理において、利用者がウェブブラウザ６を用いて閲覧しているウェブページ１０のＵＲＬを取得する。 The URL acquiring unit 21 acquires the URL of the web page 10 browsed by the user using the web browser 6 in list panel formation processing described later.
　スレッド情報受信部２２は、リストパネル形成処理および後述のスレッドパネル形成処理において、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３（図３参照）の送信を電子掲示板管理装置３に要求し、この要求に応じて電子掲示板管理装置３から送信されるスレッド情報５３を受信する。 The thread information receiving unit 22 requests the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to transmit the thread information 53 (see FIG. 3) corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 in the list panel forming process and the thread panel forming process described later. Then, the thread information 53 transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 is received in response to the request.
　閲覧制限情報取得部２３は、リストパネル形成処理において、後述の利用者閲覧制限情報を取得する。 The browsing restriction information acquisition unit 23 acquires user browsing restriction information described later in the list panel formation process.
　閲覧制限判断部２４は、リストパネル形成処理において、スレッド情報受信部２２により受信されたスレッド情報５３に含まれるスレッド閲覧制限情報が示すスレッド閲覧制限レベルが、閲覧制限情報取得部２３により取得された利用者閲覧制限情報が示す利用者閲覧制限レベル以下であるか否かを判断する。 In the list panel forming process, the browsing restriction determination unit 24 acquires the thread browsing restriction level indicated by the thread browsing restriction information included in the thread information 53 received by the thread information receiving unit 22 by the browsing restriction information acquiring unit 23. It is judged whether it is below the user browsing restriction level which user browsing restriction information shows.
　閲覧制限制御部２５は、リストパネル形成処理において、閲覧制限判断部２４による判断の結果、スレッド閲覧制限レベルが利用者閲覧制限レベル以下である場合に限り、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３（スレッド名）を含むリストが表示されたリストパネル６４（図１９参照）の形成を許す。 In the list panel forming process, the browsing restriction control unit 25 sets the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 only when the thread browsing restriction level is equal to or lower than the user browsing restriction level as a result of the judgment by the browsing restriction determination unit 24. Allowing formation of a list panel 64 (see FIG. 19) in which a list including corresponding thread information 53 (thread name) is displayed.
　リストパネル形成部２６は、リストパネル形成処理において、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応する複数のスレッド情報５３（スレッド名）のリストが表示されたリストパネル６４をディスプレイ３６の画面中に形成する。 The list panel forming unit 26 displays, in the screen of the display 36, the list panel 64 on which a list of a plurality of pieces of thread information 53 (thread names) corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 is displayed in the list panel forming process. Form.
　スレッドパネル形成部２７は、スレッドパネル形成処理において、スレッド情報受信部２２により受信されたスレッド情報５３に係るスレッドが表示されたスレッドパネル７０をディスプレイ３６の画面中に形成する。 The thread panel forming unit 27 forms the thread panel 70 in which the thread related to the thread information 53 received by the thread information receiving unit 22 is displayed in the screen of the display 36 in the thread panel forming process.
　発言情報送信部２８は、後述の発言追加処理において、スレッドパネル形成部２７により形成されたスレッドパネル７０に表示されたスレッドに関して利用者により入力された発言情報を電子掲示板管理装置３に送信する。 The speech information transmission unit 28 transmits, to the electronic bulletin board management device 3, the speech information input by the user regarding the thread displayed on the thread panel 70 formed by the thread panel formation unit 27 in the speech addition processing described later.
　評価受取部２９は、後述の評価処理において、スレッドパネル形成部２７により形成されたスレッドパネル７０に表示された一の利用者作成のスレッドに対する他の利用者による評価入力を受け取り、または、スレッドパネル形成部２７により形成されたスレッドパネル７０に表示されたスレッド中の一の利用者の発言に対する他の利用者による評価入力を受け取る。 The evaluation receiving unit 29 receives an evaluation input by another user for a user-created thread displayed on the thread panel 70 formed by the thread panel forming unit 27 in an evaluation process described later, or An evaluation input by another user is received with respect to an utterance of one user in a thread displayed on the thread panel 70 formed by the forming unit 27.
　総合制御部３０は電子掲示板制御装置２を総合的に制御する。また、総合制御部３０は、リストパネル形成処理およびスレッドパネル形成処理におけるボタン操作処理などを実行する。 The general control unit 30 comprehensively controls the electronic bulletin board control device 2. Further, the general control unit 30 executes button operation processing and the like in the list panel forming processing and the thread panel forming processing.
　記憶部３１は例えばハードディスクである。通信インターフェース回路３２は、パーソナルコンピュータ４をインターネット７に接続するための通信回路であり、スレッド情報受信部２２、閲覧制限情報取得部２３、発言情報送信部２８、総合制御部３０などが電子掲示板管理装置３との間で情報の送信または受信を行う場合には、通信インターフェース回路３２が利用される。入出力インターフェース回路３３は、パーソナルコンピュータ４の本体とキーボード３４、マウス３５およびディスプレイ３６とを接続するための回路である。 The storage unit 31 is, for example, a hard disk. The communication interface circuit 32 is a communication circuit for connecting the personal computer 4 to the Internet 7. The thread information receiving unit 22, the view restriction information acquiring unit 23, the message information transmitting unit 28, the general control unit 30, etc. In the case of transmitting or receiving information with the device 3, the communication interface circuit 32 is used. The input / output interface circuit 33 is a circuit for connecting the main body of the personal computer 4 to the keyboard 34, the mouse 35 and the display 36.
　　（電子掲示板管理装置）
　図３は電子掲示板管理装置３の内部構造を示している。図３に示すように、電子掲示板管理装置３は、スレッド情報選択部４１、スレッド情報送信部４２、発言情報追加部４３、ポイント数変更部４４、スレッド情報変更部４５、総合制御部４６、記憶部４７および通信インターフェース回路４８を備えている。さらに、電子掲示板管理装置３は、入出力インターフェース回路、キーボード、マウス、ディスプレイ（いずれも図示せず）などを備えている。 (Electronic bulletin board management device)
FIG. 3 shows the internal structure of the electronic bulletin board management device 3. As shown in FIG. 3, the electronic bulletin board management device 3 includes a thread information selection unit 41, a thread information transmission unit 42, an utterance information addition unit 43, a point number change unit 44, a thread information change unit 45, a general control unit 46, and storage. A section 47 and a communication interface circuit 48 are provided. Furthermore, the electronic bulletin board management device 3 includes an input / output interface circuit, a keyboard, a mouse, a display (all not shown) and the like.
　上記構成要素４１ないし４６は、サーバコンピュータ５が有する制御ユニット４９により具現化される。すなわち、記憶部４７には、制御ユニット４９が有するＣＰＵを上記構成要素４１ないし４６として機能させるためのコンピュータプログラムが記憶されており、制御ユニット４９のＣＰＵがこのコンピュータプログラムを記憶部４７から読み取り、実行することにより、上記構成要素４１ないし４６が具現化される。 The components 41 to 46 are embodied by the control unit 49 of the server computer 5. That is, a computer program for causing the CPU of the control unit 49 to function as the components 41 to 46 is stored in the storage unit 47, and the CPU of the control unit 49 reads the computer program from the storage unit 47, By being implemented, the components 41 to 46 are embodied.
　スレッド情報選択部４１は、リストパネル形成処理およびスレッドパネル形成処理において、電子掲示板制御装置２からの要求に応じ、電子掲示板制御装置２のＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３を電子掲示板管理装置３の記憶部４７に記憶された複数のスレッド情報５３の中から選択する。 In the list panel forming process and the thread panel forming process, the thread information selecting unit 41 corresponds to the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 in response to a request from the electronic bulletin board control device 2. Are selected from among a plurality of pieces of thread information 53 stored in the storage unit 47 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
　スレッド情報送信部４２は、リストパネル形成処理およびスレッドパネル形成処理において、スレッド情報選択部４１により選択されたスレッド情報５３を電子掲示板制御装置２に送信する。 The thread information transmission unit 42 transmits the thread information 53 selected by the thread information selection unit 41 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 in the list panel forming process and the thread panel forming process.
　発言情報追加部４３は、発言追加処理において、電子掲示板制御装置２から送信された発言情報を、スレッド情報選択部４１により選択されたスレッド情報５３の一部として記憶部４７に追加的に記憶する。 The speech information adding unit 43 additionally stores the speech information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2 in the storage unit 47 as a part of the thread information 53 selected by the thread information selection unit 41 in the speech addition process. .
　ポイント数変更部４４は、評価処理において、電子掲示板制御装置２の評価受取部２９により受け取られた評価入力に応じ、記憶部４７に記憶された利用者のポイント数を増加させ、または減少させる。 In the evaluation process, the point number changing unit 44 increases or decreases the number of points of the user stored in the storage unit 47 according to the evaluation input received by the evaluation receiving unit 29 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2.
　スレッド情報変更部４５は、記憶部４７に記憶されたポイント数が基準値以上の利用者が、電子掲示板制御装置２のスレッドパネル形成部２７により形成されたスレッドパネル７０に表示されたスレッドに係るスレッド情報５３に含まれるジャンルＩＤまたはスレッド閲覧制限情報が示すスレッド閲覧制限レベルの変更を指示した場合に限り、この指示に従い、当該スレッド情報５３に含まれるジャンルＩＤまたはスレッド閲覧制限情報が示すスレッド閲覧制限レベルを変更する。 The thread information changing unit 45 relates to the thread displayed on the thread panel 70 formed by the thread panel forming unit 27 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 by the user whose point number stored in the storage unit 47 is equal to or more than the reference value. According to this instruction, only when changing the category ID included in the thread information 53 or the thread viewing limitation information indicated by the thread viewing limitation information, the thread viewing indicated by the category ID or thread viewing limitation information included in the thread information 53 Change restriction level.
　総合制御部４６は、電子掲示板管理装置３を総合的に制御する。 The general control unit 46 comprehensively controls the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
　記憶部４７は例えばハードディスクである。記憶部４７には、後述の利用者情報５１、ジャンル情報５２、スレッド情報５３（登録情報５３Ａ、発言情報５３Ｂ）、評価情報５４などを記憶するためのデータベースが形成されている。なお、記憶部４７がスレッド情報記憶手段およびポイント数記憶手段の具体例である。 The storage unit 47 is, for example, a hard disk. In the storage unit 47, a database for storing user information 51, genre information 52, thread information 53 (registration information 53A, speech information 53B), evaluation information 54 and the like described later is formed. The storage unit 47 is a specific example of the thread information storage unit and the point number storage unit.
　通信インターフェース回路４８は、サーバコンピュータ５をインターネット７に接続するための通信回路であり、スレッド情報送信部４２、発言情報追加部４３、ポイント数変更部４４、スレッド情報変更部４５、総合制御部４６などが電子掲示板制御装置２との間で情報の送信または受信を行う場合には、通信インターフェース回路４８が利用される。 The communication interface circuit 48 is a communication circuit for connecting the server computer 5 to the Internet 7 and includes a thread information transmission unit 42, a speech information addition unit 43, a point number change unit 44, a thread information change unit 45, and a general control unit 46. When transmitting or receiving information with the electronic bulletin board control device 2, the communication interface circuit 48 is used.
　　（利用者情報）
　図４は利用者情報５１を示している。利用者情報５１は、電子掲示板システム１の個々の利用者に関する情報であり、利用者ごとに生成される。利用者情報５１は後述のログイン処理の中で必要に応じて実行される新規利用者登録処理において生成され、記憶部４７に記憶される。利用者情報５１は、後述するように、ログイン処理における利用者の特定、新規スレッド作成処理におけるスレッド作成者の特定、発言追加処理における発言者の特定、評価処理における評価者および被評価者の特定、スレッド情報変更処理における利用者のポイント数の判断などに用いられる。 (User information)
FIG. 4 shows user information 51. The user information 51 is information on individual users of the electronic bulletin board system 1, and is generated for each user. The user information 51 is generated in a new user registration process which is executed as needed in a login process described later, and is stored in the storage unit 47. As described later, the user information 51 identifies the user in the login process, identifies the thread creator in the new thread creation process, identifies the speaker in the speech addition process, and identifies the evaluator and the evaluatee in the evaluation process. It is used to determine the number of points of the user in the thread information change process.
　図４に示すように、利用者情報５１には、利用者ＩＤ、ログインパスワード、ハンドル名、アイコン画像、利用者閲覧制限情報、ガードパスワード、ポイント数および登録日時が含まれている。 As shown in FIG. 4, the user information 51 includes a user ID, a login password, a handle name, an icon image, user browsing restriction information, a guard password, the number of points, and a registration date.
　利用者ＩＤは、例えば利用者固有の番号であり、利用者を識別するために用いられる。ログインパスワードは、利用者が電子掲示板システム１にログインするときに用いるパスワードデータである。アイコン画像はスレッドパネルにおいて利用者（閲覧者）が発言者の識別を容易にするための画像データである。ガードパスワードは、後述のオプション設定処理において、利用者情報５１の変更許可を得るためのパスワードデータである。ポイント数は利用者のポイント数を示す数値データである。登録日時は、新規利用者登録が行われた日時を示すデータである。 The user ID is, for example, a user-specific number, and is used to identify the user. The login password is password data used when the user logs in to the electronic bulletin board system 1. The icon image is image data for the user (viewer) to easily identify the speaker in the thread panel. The guard password is password data for obtaining change permission of the user information 51 in option setting processing described later. The number of points is numerical data indicating the number of points of the user. The registration date is data indicating the date when the new user registration was performed.
　利用者閲覧制限情報は、利用者ごとに設定され、利用者が閲覧することができるスレッドの閲覧制限レベル（利用者閲覧制限レベル）を示す数値データである。なお、利用者閲覧制限情報が第２の閲覧制限情報の具体例である。 The user browsing restriction information is numerical data that is set for each user and indicates a browsing restriction level (user browsing restriction level) of a thread that can be browsed by the user. The user access restriction information is a specific example of the second access restriction information.
　利用者閲覧制限レベルにはＲ指定レベルおよび暴力指定レベルがある。Ｒ指定レベルは、映画の鑑賞の可否を年齢で区分する等級に関するレベルであり、例えばＲ－１８やＲ－１５の映画に関するスレッドはＲ指定レベルが高い。暴力指定レベルは、スレッドと暴力との関連性に関するレベルであり、暴力との関連性が高いスレッドほどレベルが高い。Ｒ指定レベルには０から４までの５段階のレベルがあり、最低レベルが０であり、最高レベルが４である。暴力指定レベルについても同様である。 There are R designated level and violence designated level in the user access restriction level. The R-specified level is a level relating to the grade for classifying whether or not to watch a movie by age. For example, a thread related to a R-18 or R-15 movie has a high R-specified level. The designated level of violence is a level related to the relationship between threads and violence, and a thread that is more highly associated with violence has a higher level. The R designated level has five levels from 0 to 4, the lowest level is 0, and the highest level is 4. The same is true for the designated level of violence.
　例えば、激しい暴力シーンや性的描写が含まれる映画に関するスレッドについては、スレッド閲覧制限レベルのＲ指定レベルとして４が設定される。このスレッドを閲覧することができる利用者は、利用者閲覧制限レベルのＲ指定レベルが４である利用者だけである。つまり、利用者閲覧制限レベルのＲ指定レベルが０ないし３の利用者は、スレッド閲覧制限レベルのＲ指定レベルが４のスレッドを閲覧することができない。例えば、電子掲示板システム１の利用者が子供である場合、新規利用者登録時に、その子供の親が、スレッド閲覧制限レベルのＲ指定レベルを０または２程度に設定する。この場合、当該子供は、激しい暴力シーンや性的描写が含まれる映画に関するスレッドを閲覧することができない。これにより、親は、子供の人格形成に悪影響を与えるような情報から子供を保護することができる。このように、電子掲示板システム１によれば、利用者が閲覧することができるスレッドを制限することができる。さらに、電子掲示板システム１によれば、利用者閲覧制限レベルの設定によって利用者ごとに異なる閲覧制限を行うことができ、また、スレッド閲覧制限レベルの設定によってスレッドごと異なる閲覧制限を行うことができる。 For example, for a thread related to a movie that includes a violent violence scene or sexual depiction, 4 is set as an R-specified level of the thread viewing restriction level. The users who can view this thread are only users whose R designation level of the user viewing restriction level is 4. That is, a user whose R designation level of the user viewing restriction level is 0 to 3 can not view a thread whose R designation level of the thread viewing restriction level is 4. For example, when the user of the electronic bulletin board system 1 is a child, the parent of the child sets the R designation level of the thread viewing restriction level to about 0 or 2 when registering a new user. In this case, the child can not view a thread related to a movie that includes violent violence scenes and sexual depictions. This allows parents to protect their children from information that adversely affects their children's personality formation. As described above, according to the electronic bulletin board system 1, it is possible to limit the threads that the user can view. Furthermore, according to the electronic bulletin board system 1, different browsing restrictions can be performed for each user by setting the user browsing restriction level, and different browsing restrictions can be performed for each thread by setting the thread browsing restriction level. .
　　（ジャンル情報）
　図５はジャンル情報５２を示している。ジャンル情報５２は個々のジャンルに関する情報であり、ジャンルごと（例えば後述するジャンルの小分類ごと）に作成される。ジャンル情報５２は、電子掲示板システム１の管理者により作成され、記憶部４７に記憶される。ジャンル情報５２は、後述するように、新規スレッド作成処理におけるジャンルの選択・特定、新規スレッド作成処理におけるスレッド閲覧制限レベルの設定、スレッド情報変更処理におけるスレッド閲覧制限レベルの変更などに用いられる。 (Genre information)
FIG. 5 shows genre information 52. The genre information 52 is information on an individual genre, and is created for each genre (for example, for each minor category of the genre described later). The genre information 52 is created by the manager of the electronic bulletin board system 1 and stored in the storage unit 47. As described later, the genre information 52 is used to select / specify the genre in the new thread creation process, set the thread viewing limit level in the new thread creation process, change the thread viewing limit level in the thread information change process, and the like.
　図５に示すように、ジャンル情報５２には、ジャンルＩＤ、ジャンル名およびジャンル閲覧制限情報が含まれている。 As shown in FIG. 5, the genre information 52 includes a genre ID, a genre name, and genre browsing restriction information.
　ジャンルは、大分類、中分類、小分類からなる階層構造を有している。大分類には、例えば、住まい、美容、交通・乗り物、スポーツ、軍隊・自衛隊、結婚、食、コンピュータ、製品、政治経済、報道、学問、趣味・娯楽、ビジネス、地図などがある。また、趣味・娯楽の中分類には、例えば、ゲーム、映画、音楽、占いなどがある。また、ゲームの小分類には、家庭用ゲーム機、カードゲーム、ゲームセンタ、パチンコ・スロットマシーンなどがある。 The genre has a hierarchical structure consisting of major classification, middle classification, and minor classification. Major classifications include, for example, housing, beauty, transportation, vehicles, sports, military and self-defense forces, marriage, food, computers, products, political economy, coverage, learning, hobbies, entertainment, business, maps, and the like. Also, for example, games, movies, music, fortune-telling, etc. are included in the hobbies / entertainment middle class. Further, the subcategories of games include home-use game machines, card games, game centers, pachinko / slot machines and the like.
　ジャンルＩＤは例えば１２桁の数値データであり、ジャンルＩＤの上位４桁は大分類を特定し、中位４桁は中分類を特定し、下位４桁は小分類を特定するための情報である。ジャンル名は、例えばジャンルの大分類、中分類および小分類の名称を示すテキストデータである。 The genre ID is, for example, 12-digit numerical data, the upper 4 digits of the genre ID identify the major category, the middle 4 digits identify the middle category, and the lower 4 digits are information for identifying the minor category. . The genre name is, for example, text data indicating names of major classification, middle classification, and minor classification of the genre.
　ジャンル閲覧制限情報は、ジャンルごとに設定され、ジャンルに属するスレッドのスレッド閲覧制限レベルの下限を示す数値データである。ジャンル情報５２中のジャンル閲覧制限情報が示す閲覧制限レベルの種類および範囲は、スレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａ中のスレッド閲覧制限情報が示すスレッド閲覧制限レベルの種類および範囲と同じである。例えば、大分類－趣味・娯楽、中分類－映画、小分類－ホラーのジャンル閲覧制限情報が示す暴力指定レベルは２である。例えば新規スレッド作成処理において、利用者が、新規作成するスレッドのジャンルを「ホラー」に設定した場合には、このスレッドについてスレッド閲覧制限レベルの暴力指定レベルを２よりも下げることができない。また、スレッド情報変更処理において利用者がスレッド閲覧制限情報の変更を行う場合にも、利用者は、スレッド閲覧制限レベルを、当該スレッドに設定されたジャンルのジャンル閲覧制限情報が示す閲覧制限レベルよりも下げることができない。これにより、利用者によるスレッドの閲覧を、スレッドの属するジャンルに基づいて制限することができる。 The genre browsing restriction information is numerical data that is set for each genre and indicates the lower limit of the thread browsing restriction level of threads belonging to the genre. The type and the range of the browsing restriction level indicated by the genre browsing restriction information in the genre information 52 are the same as the type and the range of the thread browsing restriction level indicated by the thread browsing restriction information in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53. For example, the violence designation level indicated by the broad category-hobby / entertainment, middle category-movie, and short category-horror genre access restriction information is 2. For example, in the new thread creation process, when the user sets the genre of the newly created thread to "horror", it is not possible to lower the designated level of violence on the thread viewing restriction level for this thread to less than 2. In addition, even when the user changes the thread viewing restriction information in the thread information change process, the user also sets the thread viewing restriction level to the reading restriction level indicated by the genre viewing restriction information of the category set in the thread. Can not lower. In this way, it is possible to restrict the user's viewing of the thread based on the genre to which the thread belongs.
　　（スレッド情報）
　図６および図７はスレッド情報５３に含まれる登録情報５３Ａおよび発言情報５３Ｂを示している。 (Thread information)
6 and 7 show registration information 53A and speech information 53B included in the thread information 53. FIG.
　図６中の登録情報５３Ａは、個々のスレッドに関する情報であり、スレッドごとに生成される。登録情報５３Ａは、新規スレッド作成処理において生成され、記憶部４７に記憶される。登録情報５３Ａは、リストパネル生成処理におけるリストパネル６４の生成、スレッドパネル生成処理におけるスレッドパネル７０の生成、発言追加処理における発言情報を追加すべきスレッド情報５３の特定などに用いられる。 The registration information 53A in FIG. 6 is information on each thread, and is generated for each thread. The registration information 53A is generated in the new thread creation process and stored in the storage unit 47. The registration information 53A is used for generation of the list panel 64 in the list panel generation process, generation of the thread panel 70 in the thread panel generation process, identification of thread information 53 to which speech information is to be added in the speech addition process, and the like.
　図６に示すように、登録情報５３Ａには、対応ＵＲＬ、スレッドＩＤ、関連ＵＲＬ、スレッド名、スレッド作成者ＩＤ、ジャンルＩＤ、スレッド閲覧制限情報、初回の発言内容、アイコン情報および登録日時が含まれている。 As shown in FIG. 6, the registration information 53A includes a corresponding URL, a thread ID, a related URL, a thread name, a thread creator ID, a genre ID, a thread viewing restriction information, an initial message content, an icon information and a registration date. It is done.
　対応ＵＲＬは、当該スレッドに対応するウェブページ１０のＵＲＬ（ＵＲＬを示すテキストデータ）である。例えば、当該スレッドに直接的に関連するウェブページ１０のＵＲＬまたは当該スレッドとの関連性がきわめて高いウェブページ１０のＵＲＬが対応ＵＲＬとして設定される。 The corresponding URL is the URL (text data indicating a URL) of the web page 10 corresponding to the thread. For example, the URL of the web page 10 directly associated with the thread or the URL of the web page 10 highly related to the thread is set as the corresponding URL.
　関連ＵＲＬは、当該スレッドに関連するウェブページ１０のＵＲＬ（ＵＲＬを示すテキストデータ）である。例えば、当該スレッドに間接的に関連するウェブページ１０のＵＲＬまたは当該スレッドと関連するが関連性がきわめて高いとはいえないウェブページ１０のＵＲＬが関連ＵＲＬとして設定される。 The related URL is the URL of the web page 10 associated with the thread (text data indicating the URL). For example, the URL of the web page 10 indirectly associated with the thread or the URL of the web page 10 associated with the thread but not very highly relevant is set as the associated URL.
　スレッドＩＤは、スレッド固有の番号であり、スレッドを識別するために用いられる。スレッド名はスレッドのタイトルを示すテキストデータである。スレッド作成者ＩＤは、スレッドを作成した者の利用者ＩＤである。ジャンルＩＤは、当該スレッドが属するジャンルのジャンルＩＤである。初回の発言内容は、新規スレッド作成時に設定された初回の発言内容を示すテキストデータである。アイコン画像は、スレッド作成者のアイコン画像の画像データであり、スレッド作成者の利用者情報５１に含まれるアイコン画像の画像データと同じものである。作成日時はスレッドが作成された日時を示すデータである。 The thread ID is a thread-specific number and is used to identify a thread. The thread name is text data indicating the title of the thread. The thread creator ID is the user ID of the person who created the thread. The genre ID is a genre ID of a genre to which the thread belongs. The first utterance content is text data indicating the first utterance content set when creating a new thread. The icon image is image data of the icon image of the thread creator, and is the same as the image data of the icon image included in the user information 51 of the thread creator. The creation date is data indicating the date when the thread was created.
　スレッド閲覧制限情報は、スレッド情報５３ごとに設定され、当該スレッド情報５３に係るスレッドの閲覧制限レベル（スレッド閲覧制限レベル）を示す数値データである。なお、スレッド閲覧制限情報が第１の閲覧制限情報の具体例である。登録情報５３Ａ中のスレッド閲覧制限情報が示すスレッド閲覧制限レベルの種類および範囲は、利用者情報５１中の利用者閲覧制限情報が示す利用者閲覧制限レベルの種類および範囲と同じである。例えば、激しい暴力シーンや性的描写が含まれる映画に関するスレッドについては、スレッド閲覧制限レベルのＲ指定レベルが最大レベルの４に設定される。 The thread browsing restriction information is numerical data that is set for each piece of thread information 53 and indicates the browsing restriction level (thread browsing restriction level) of the thread related to the thread information 53. The thread browsing restriction information is a specific example of the first browsing restriction information. The type and the range of the thread viewing restriction level indicated by the thread viewing restriction information in the registration information 53A are the same as the type and the range of the user viewing restriction level indicated by the user viewing restriction information in the user information 51. For example, for a thread related to a movie that includes violent violence scenes and sexual depiction, the R designated level of the thread viewing restriction level is set to the maximum level of 4.
　他方、図７中の発言情報５３Ｂは、利用者の個々の発言（スレッド作成者の初回の発言を除く）に関する情報であり、発言ごとに生成される。発言情報５３Ｂは、発言追加処理において生成され、当該発言に係るスレッドのスレッド情報５３の一部として記憶部４７に追加的に記憶される。すでに生成され、スレッド情報５３の一部として記憶部４７に記憶された発言情報５３Ｂは、スレッドパネル形成処理などにおいて用いられる。 On the other hand, the speech information 53B in FIG. 7 is information on the individual speech of the user (except for the first speech of the thread creator), and is generated for each speech. The speech information 53B is generated in the speech addition process, and is additionally stored in the storage unit 47 as part of the thread information 53 of the thread related to the speech. The speech information 53B that has already been generated and stored in the storage unit 47 as part of the thread information 53 is used in thread panel formation processing and the like.
　図７に示すように、発言情報５３Ｂは、スレッドＩＤ、発言番号、発言者ＩＤ、発言内容、アイコン画像および投稿日時が含まれている。 As shown in FIG. 7, the message information 53B includes a thread ID, a message number, a speaker ID, a message content, an icon image, and a posting date.
　スレッドＩＤは、発言情報に係る発言が投稿されたスレッドに係るスレッド情報のスレッドＩＤである。発言番号は、当該スレッド中における発言の投稿順序を示す数値データである。発言者ＩＤは発言を投稿した者（発言者）の利用者ＩＤである。発言内容は、発言を示すテキストデータである。アイコン画像は、発言者のアイコン画像の画像データであり、この者の利用者情報５１に含まれるアイコン画像の画像データと同じものである。投稿日時は発言が投稿された日時を示すデータである。 The thread ID is a thread ID of thread information related to a thread to which a message related to message information is posted. The speech number is numerical data indicating the posting order of the speech in the thread. The speaker ID is a user ID of a person who has posted a speech (speaker). The statement content is text data indicating a statement. The icon image is image data of the speaker's icon image, and is the same as the image data of the icon image included in the user information 51 of the person. The posting date is data indicating the date when the message was posted.
　　（評価情報）
　図８は評価情報５４を示している。評価情報５４は、個々のスレッドまたは個々の発言に対する評価に関する情報であり、評価ごとに生成される。評価情報５４は、評価処理において生成され、記憶部４７に記憶される。評価情報５４は、評価処理において、ポイント数の変更に用いられる。 (Evaluation information)
FIG. 8 shows the evaluation information 54. The evaluation information 54 is information on the evaluation for each thread or each utterance, and is generated for each evaluation. The evaluation information 54 is generated in the evaluation process and stored in the storage unit 47. The evaluation information 54 is used to change the number of points in the evaluation process.
　評価情報５４には、評価番号、評価区分、スレッドＩＤ、発言番号、評価者ＩＤ、被評価者ＩＤ、評価者変更ポイント数、被評価者変更ポイント数および評価日時が含まれている。 The evaluation information 54 includes an evaluation number, an evaluation category, a thread ID, a statement number, an evaluator ID, an evaluator ID, an evaluator change point number, an evaluator change point number, and an evaluation date.
　評価番号は個々の評価を識別するための番号である。評価区分は、評価がスレッドに対するものか、発言に対するものかを識別するためのフラグである。スレッドＩＤは評価の対象であるスレッドのスレッドＩＤである。発言番号は評価の対象である発言の発言番号である（評価がスレッドに対するものである場合には例えば０が設定される）。評価者ＩＤは評価入力を行った者（評価者）の利用者ＩＤである。被評価者ＩＤは被評価者の利用者ＩＤであり、すなわち評価の対象であるスレッドの作成者の利用者ＩＤ、または評価の対象である発言の発言者の利用者ＩＤである。評価者変更ポイント数は、当該評価に基づいて変更される評価者のポイント数である。被評価者変更ポイント数は、当該評価に基づいて変更される被評価者のポイント数である。評価日時は評価入力が行われた日時を示すデータである。 Evaluation numbers are numbers for identifying individual evaluations. The evaluation category is a flag for identifying whether the evaluation is for a thread or an utterance. The thread ID is a thread ID of a thread to be evaluated. The speech number is the speech number of the speech to be evaluated (for example, 0 is set if the evaluation is for a thread). The evaluator ID is a user ID of a person (rater) who has made an evaluation input. The evaluatee ID is the user ID of the evaluatee, that is, the user ID of the creator of the thread to be evaluated, or the user ID of the speaker of the speech to be evaluated. The evaluator changing point number is the number of points of the evaluator to be changed based on the evaluation. The evaluator's change point number is the number of the evaluator's point changed based on the evaluation. The evaluation date is data indicating the date when the evaluation input was performed.
　　（リストパネル生成処理）
　図９は電子掲示板システム１におけるリストパネル生成処理を示している。リストパネル生成処理は、利用者がウェブブラウザ６を用いて閲覧しているウェブページ１０のＵＲＬのリスト、およびこの（これらの）ＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３（スレッド名）のリストが表示されたリストパネル６４を生成する処理である。例えば、利用者Ａが、パーソナルコンピュータ４において、ウェブブラウザ６を起動してウェブページ１０を閲覧している間に、電子掲示板制御装置２を起動すると、図９に示すリストパネル生成処理が開始される。利用者Ａは、電子掲示板システム１の利用者として既に登録されており、利用者Ａの利用者情報は、図４中の利用者情報５１（利用者ＩＤ：ａａａａａ、ハンドル名：ゲーマー嵐、…）であるとする。 (List panel generation process)
FIG. 9 shows a list panel generation process in the electronic bulletin board system 1. The list panel generation process displays a list of URLs of the web page 10 that the user is browsing using the web browser 6, and a list of thread information 53 (thread name) corresponding to the (these) URLs. This is processing to generate the list panel 64. For example, when the electronic bulletin board control device 2 is activated while the user A activates the web browser 6 and browses the web page 10 in the personal computer 4, the list panel generation process shown in FIG. Ru. The user A is already registered as a user of the electronic bulletin board system 1, and the user information of the user A is the user information 51 in FIG. 4 (user ID: aaaaa, handle name: gamer storm, ... Suppose that).
　リストパネル生成処理において、まず、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０が、電子掲示板管理装置３に、ジャンル情報５２の送信を要求するためのジャンル情報要求信号を送信する（ステップＳ１）。すなわち、電子掲示板制御装置２にはデフォルトのジャンルが設定されており、このジャンルのジャンルＩＤが記憶部３１に記憶されている。総合制御部３０は、このジャンルＩＤを記憶部３１から読み出し、このジャンルＩＤを含むジャンル情報５２を要求するためのジャンル情報要求信号を電子掲示板管理装置３に送信する。これに応じ、電子掲示板管理装置３の総合制御部４６は、上記ジャンルＩＤを含むジャンル情報５２を記憶部４７から読み出し、このジャンル情報５２を電子掲示板制御装置２に送信する（ステップＳ２）。そして、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は、電子掲示板管理装置３から送信されたジャンル情報５２を受信する（ステップＳ３）。このジャンル情報５２は、パーソナルコンピュータ４の制御ユニット３７が有するＲＡＭ（Ｒａｎｄｏｍ　Ａｃｃｅｓｓ　Ｍｅｍｏｒｙ）に一時的に記憶される。 In the list panel generation process, first, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 transmits a genre information request signal for requesting transmission of the genre information 52 to the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S1). That is, a default genre is set in the electronic bulletin board control device 2, and the genre ID of this genre is stored in the storage unit 31. The general control unit 30 reads the genre ID from the storage unit 31 and transmits a genre information request signal for requesting the genre information 52 including the genre ID to the electronic bulletin board management device 3. In response to this, the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 reads the genre information 52 including the genre ID from the storage unit 47, and transmits the genre information 52 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 (step S2). Then, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 receives the genre information 52 transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S3). The genre information 52 is temporarily stored in a RAM (Random Access Memory) of the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4.
　続いて、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は、図１６に示すログインパネル６１をディスプレイ３６の画面中に形成し、利用者Ａのログイン入力を待つ。利用者Ａが、ログインパネル６１に利用者ＩＤおよびログインパスワードを入力し、ログインボタン６１Ａをマウス３５でクリックすると（ステップＳ４：ＹＥＳ）、総合制御部３０は、入力された利用者ＩＤおよびログインパスワードを含むログイン情報を電子掲示板管理装置３に送信する（ステップＳ５）。電子掲示板管理装置３の総合制御部４６は、電子掲示板制御装置２から送信されたログイン情報を受信し、このログイン情報に含まれる利用者ＩＤおよびログインパスワードに基づいて、利用者Ａの利用者情報５１を特定する。そして、総合制御部４６は、特定した利用者情報５１を記憶部４７から読み出し、この利用者情報５１を電子掲示板制御装置２に送信する（ステップＳ６）。続いて、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は、電子掲示板管理装置３から送信された利用者情報５１を受信する（ステップＳ７）。この利用者情報５１は、パーソナルコンピュータ４の制御ユニット３７が有するＲＡＭに一時的に記憶される。 Subsequently, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 forms a login panel 61 shown in FIG. 16 in the screen of the display 36 and waits for the login input of the user A. When the user A inputs a user ID and a login password into the login panel 61 and clicks the login button 61A with the mouse 35 (step S4: YES), the integrated control unit 30 receives the entered user ID and login password. Is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board management apparatus 3 (step S5). The general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 receives the login information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2, and based on the user ID and the login password included in the login information, the user information of the user A Identify 51 Then, the general control unit 46 reads out the specified user information 51 from the storage unit 47, and transmits the user information 51 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 (step S6). Subsequently, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 receives the user information 51 transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S7). The user information 51 is temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4.
　なお、利用者Ａは、電子掲示板システム１の利用者として既に登録されているので、電子掲示板制御装置２の起動時、すなわち電子掲示板システム１の利用開始時にログインを行うのが通常である。一方、電子掲示板システム１の利用開始方法には、このように、既登録の利用者がログインを行って電子掲示板システム１の利用を開始する方法のほかに、未登録の利用者が新規利用者登録を行ってから電子掲示板システム１の利用を開始する方法と、登録の有無にかかわらず利用者がログインを行わないで電子掲示板システム１を利用する方法がある。 Since the user A is already registered as a user of the electronic bulletin board system 1, it is usual to log in when the electronic bulletin board control device 2 is activated, that is, when the use of the electronic bulletin board system 1 is started. On the other hand, in the usage start method of the electronic bulletin board system 1, in addition to the method in which the registered user logs in and starts the usage of the electronic bulletin board system 1 as described above, the unregistered user is a new user. There are a method of starting to use the electronic bulletin board system 1 after registration and a method of using the electronic bulletin board system 1 without the user performing login regardless of the presence or absence of registration.
　未登録の利用者が新規利用者登録を行ってから電子掲示板システム１の利用を開始する方法（新規利用者登録処理）は例えば次のとおりである。未登録の利用者が、図１６に示すログインパネル６１の新規利用者登録ボタン６１Ｂをマウス３５でクリックすると、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は、図１７に示すような新規利用者登録パネル６２をディスプレイ３６の画面中に形成する。未登録の利用者が、希望する利用者ＩＤおよびログインパスワードを入力し、アイコン画像を選択し、利用者閲覧制限レベル（Ｒ指定レベルおよび暴力指定レベル）を設定し、登録ボタン６２Ａをマウス３５でクリックすると、総合制御部３０は、入力された利用者ＩＤ、ログインパスワード、選択されたアイコン画像、および設定された利用者閲覧制限レベルを電子掲示板管理装置３に送信する。そして、これらの情報を受信した電子掲示板管理装置３の総合制御部４６は、受信したこれらの情報に基づいて新たな利用者情報５１を生成し、この利用者情報５１を記憶部４７に記憶する。続いて、総合制御部４６は、この新たな利用者情報５１を電子掲示板制御装置２に送信する。そして、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は、電子掲示板管理装置３から送信された利用者情報５１を受信し、この利用者情報５１をパーソナルコンピュータ４の制御ユニット３７が有するＲＡＭに一時的に記憶する。 The method (new user registration process) of starting use of the electronic bulletin board system 1 after an unregistered user registers a new user is, for example, as follows. When an unregistered user clicks the new user registration button 61B of the login panel 61 shown in FIG. 16 with the mouse 35, the integrated control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 registers a new user as shown in FIG. Panel 62 is formed in the screen of display 36. An unregistered user inputs a desired user ID and login password, selects an icon image, sets a user browsing restriction level (R designated level and violence designated level), and registers the registration button 62A with the mouse 35. When clicked, the integrated control unit 30 transmits the input user ID, the login password, the selected icon image, and the set user browsing restriction level to the electronic bulletin board management device 3. Then, the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 that has received these pieces of information generates new user information 51 based on the received pieces of information, and stores the user information 51 in the storage unit 47. . Subsequently, the general control unit 46 transmits the new user information 51 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2. Then, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 receives the user information 51 transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3, and temporarily stores the user information 51 in the RAM of the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4. Remember to
　一方、登録の有無にかかわらず利用者がログインを行わないで電子掲示板システム１を利用する方法は例えば次のとおりである。利用者が、図１６に示すログインパネル６１のキャンセルボタン６１Ｃをマウス３５でクリックすると（ステップＳ４：ＮＯ）、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は閲覧制限設定処理を実行する（ステップＳ８）。すなわち、総合制御部３０は、図１８に示すような未ログイン利用者用の設定入力パネル６３をディスプレイ３６の画面中に形成する。利用者が利用者閲覧制限レベル（Ｒ指定レベルおよび暴力指定レベル）を設定し、入力完了ボタン６３Ａをマウス３５でクリックすると、総合制御部３０は、この設定された利用者閲覧制限レベルを利用者閲覧制限情報として、パーソナルコンピュータ４の制御ユニット３７が有するＲＡＭに一時的に記憶する。 On the other hand, the method of using the electronic bulletin board system 1 without the user performing login regardless of the presence or absence of registration is, for example, as follows. When the user clicks the cancel button 61C of the login panel 61 shown in FIG. 16 with the mouse 35 (step S4: NO), the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 executes a viewing restriction setting process (step S8) . That is, the general control unit 30 forms the setting input panel 63 for the non-login user as shown in FIG. 18 in the screen of the display 36. When the user sets the user browsing restriction level (R designated level and violence designated level) and clicks the input completion button 63A with the mouse 35, the integrated control unit 30 sets the user browsing restriction level to the user. The access restriction information is temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4.
　さて、利用者Ａがログイン入力を行い、電子掲示板管理装置３から受信された利用者Ａの利用者情報５１がパーソナルコンピュータ４の制御ユニット３７が有するＲＡＭに一時的に記憶された後、電子掲示板制御装置２のＵＲＬ取得部２１が、利用者Ａがウェブブラウザ６を用いて閲覧しているウェブページ１０のＵＲＬを取得する（ステップＳ９）。具体的には、ＵＲＬ取得部２１は、まず、パーソナルコンピュータ４上で起動している個々のアプリケーションソフトウェアについてのアプリケーション情報を取得する。続いて、取得した個々のアプリケーション情報のうち、ＵＲＬ情報を含むアプリケーション情報を特定する。続いて、特定したアプリケーション情報に含まれるロケーションプロパティを収集する。このように収集したロケーションプロパティから、利用者がウェブブラウザ６により閲覧しているウェブページ１０のＵＲＬを取得する。 Now, after the user A performs login input and the user information 51 of the user A received from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 is temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4, the electronic bulletin board The URL acquiring unit 21 of the control device 2 acquires the URL of the web page 10 being browsed by the user A using the web browser 6 (step S9). Specifically, the URL acquiring unit 21 first acquires application information on each application software running on the personal computer 4. Subsequently, among the acquired pieces of application information, application information including URL information is specified. Subsequently, location properties included in the identified application information are collected. From the location property thus collected, the URL of the web page 10 that the user is browsing through the web browser 6 is acquired.
　続いて、電子掲示板制御装置２のスレッド情報受信部２２が、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａの送信を電子掲示板管理装置３に要求する（ステップＳ１０）。具体的には、スレッド情報受信部２２は、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬ、すなわち、利用者がウェブブラウザ６を用いて閲覧しているウェブページ１０のＵＲＬと、このＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａの送信を要求する指令とを含むスレッド情報要求信号を電子掲示板管理装置３に送信する。 Subsequently, the thread information receiving unit 22 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 requests the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to transmit the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 (step S10). . Specifically, the thread information receiving unit 22 receives the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21, that is, the URL of the web page 10 being browsed by the user using the web browser 6, and the thread corresponding to this URL. A thread information request signal including a command to request transmission of the registration information 53A of the information 53 is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
　続いて、電子掲示板管理装置３の総合制御部４６が、電子掲示板制御装置２から送信されたスレッド情報要求信号を受信する。そして、このスレッド情報要求信号に応じ、電子掲示板管理装置２のスレッド情報選択部４１が、電子掲示板制御装置２のＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３を電子掲示板管理装置３の記憶部４７に記憶された複数のスレッド情報５３の中から選択する（ステップＳ１１）。 Subsequently, the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 receives the thread information request signal transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2. Then, in response to the thread information request signal, the thread information selection unit 41 of the electronic bulletin board management device 2 converts the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquisition unit 21 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 into the electronic bulletin board management device 3. The thread information 53 stored in the storage unit 47 is selected (step S11).
　ＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３の選択は例えば次のような方法で行う。すなわち、スレッド情報要求信号に含まれた形で、電子掲示板制御装置２から電子掲示板管理装置３に送信されるＵＲＬは、利用者Ａがウェブブラウザ６を用いて閲覧しているウェブページ１０のＵＲＬの文字列（テキストデータ）そのままである。スレッド情報選択部４１は、まず、当該そのままのＵＲＬに一致する対応ＵＲＬを含むスレッド情報５３を見つけ出すために、記憶部４７を検索する。当該そのままのＵＲＬに一致する対応ＵＲＬを含むスレッド情報５３が見つからない場合には、スレッド情報選択部４１は、当該そのままのＵＲＬの最下位に位置するファイル名（….html、….htm、….cgiなど）を削り、残りのＵＲＬ文字列に一致する対応ＵＲＬを含むスレッド情報５３を見つけ出すために、記憶部４７を検索する。当該ＵＲＬ文字列に一致する対応ＵＲＬを含むスレッド情報５３が見つからない場合には、スレッド情報選択部４１は、当該ＵＲＬ文字列の最下位に位置するディレクトリ名を削り、残りのＵＲＬ文字列に一致する対応ＵＲＬを含むスレッド情報５３を見つけ出すために、記憶部４７を検索する。このように、スレッド情報選択部４１は、電子掲示板制御装置２から送信されたＵＲＬの下位のファイル名またはディレクトリ名を１つずつ削りながら、記憶部４７の検索を繰り返す。例えば、ウェブページ１０のそのままのＵＲＬがhttp://www.aaa/bbb/ccc.htmlの場合、スレッド情報選択部４１は、まずこの文字列のままで検索を行い、これに一致する対応ＵＲＬを含むスレッド情報５３が見つからなかった場合には、次に、http://www.aaa/bbb/で検索を行い、これに一致する対応ＵＲＬを含むスレッド情報５３が見つからなかった場合には、次に、http://www.aaa/で検索を行う。検索の結果、ＵＲＬ文字列に一致する対応ＵＲＬを含むスレッド情報５３が見つかった場合には、スレッド情報選択部４１はこの見つかったスレッド情報５３を、電子掲示板制御装置２のＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３として選択する。一方、検索の結果、ＵＲＬ文字列に一致する対応ＵＲＬを含むスレッド情報５３が見つからなかった場合には、スレッド情報選択部４１は、例えば電子掲示板制御装置２のＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３がまだ作成されていないことを示すスレッド情報未作成フラグをスレッド情報送信部４２に渡す。 Selection of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL is performed, for example, in the following manner. That is, the URL transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2 to the electronic bulletin board management device 3 in the form included in the thread information request signal is the URL of the web page 10 viewed by the user A using the web browser 6 The character string (text data) is as it is. First, the thread information selection unit 41 searches the storage unit 47 in order to find out the thread information 53 including the corresponding URL that matches the URL as it is. If the thread information 53 including the corresponding URL that matches the as-is URL can not be found, the thread information selection unit 41 determines the file name (... Html,... Htm,... .cgi), and the storage unit 47 is searched to find thread information 53 including the corresponding URL that matches the remaining URL string. If the thread information 53 including the corresponding URL that matches the URL string is not found, the thread information selection unit 41 cuts the directory name located at the lowest position of the URL string and matches the remaining URL string. The storage unit 47 is searched to find thread information 53 including the corresponding URL. As described above, the thread information selection unit 41 repeats the search of the storage unit 47 while cutting one file name or directory name lower than the URL transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2 one by one. For example, when the URL as it is of the web page 10 is http://www.aaa/bbb/ccc.html, the thread information selection unit 41 first searches this character string as it is, and the corresponding URL that matches this is searched. If the thread information 53 including the is not found, next, a search is performed at http://www.aaa/bbb/, and if the thread information 53 including the corresponding URL matching this is not found, Next, search at http://www.aaa/. As a result of the search, when the thread information 53 including the corresponding URL matching the URL string is found, the thread information selection unit 41 acquires the found thread information 53 by the URL acquisition unit 21 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 It selects as thread information 53 corresponding to the URL. On the other hand, when the thread information 53 including the corresponding URL that matches the URL string is not found as a result of the search, the thread information selection unit 41 is, for example, the URL acquired by the URL acquisition unit 21 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 A thread information non-creation flag indicating that thread information 53 corresponding to is not yet created is passed to the thread information transmission unit.
　続いて、電子掲示板管理装置３のスレッド情報送信部４２が、スレッド情報選択部４１により選択されたスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａを電子掲示板制御装置２に送信する（ステップＳ１２）。一方、スレッド情報送信部４２がスレッド情報選択部４１からスレッド情報未作成フラグを受け取った場合には、スレッド情報送信部４２はスレッド情報未作成信号を電子掲示板制御装置２に送信する。 Subsequently, the thread information transmission unit 42 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 transmits the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 selected by the thread information selection unit 41 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 (step S12). On the other hand, when the thread information transmission unit 42 receives the thread information non-creation flag from the thread information selection unit 41, the thread information transmission unit 42 transmits a thread information non-creation signal to the electronic bulletin board control device 2.
　続いて、電子掲示板制御装置２のスレッド情報受信部２２は、電子掲示板管理装置３から送信されたスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａまたはスレッド情報未作成信号を受信する（ステップＳ１３）。受信したスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａは、パーソナルコンピュータ４の制御ユニット３７が有するＲＡＭに一時的に記憶される。 Subsequently, the thread information receiving unit 22 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 receives the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 or the thread information non-creation signal transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S13). The registration information 53A of the received thread information 53 is temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4.
　続いて、電子掲示板制御装置２は閲覧制限処理を行う（ステップＳ１４）。この閲覧制限処理において、まず、閲覧制限情報取得部２３が利用者閲覧制限情報を取得する。具体的には、閲覧制限情報取得部２３は、ステップＳ７において受信され、パーソナルコンピュータ４の制御ユニット３７が有するＲＡＭに一時的に記憶されている利用者Ａの利用者情報５１に含まれる利用者閲覧制限情報を読み取る。なお、利用者がログインを行わないで電子掲示板システム１を利用している場合には、閲覧制限情報取得部２３は、ステップＳ８の閲覧制限設定処理において設定され、制御ユニット３７が有するＲＡＭに一時的に記憶されている当該利用者の利用者閲覧制限情報を読み取る。続いて、閲覧制限判断部２４が、スレッド情報受信部２２により受信されたスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれるスレッド閲覧制限情報が示すスレッド閲覧制限レベルと、閲覧制限情報取得部２３により取得された利用者閲覧制限情報が示す利用者閲覧制限レベルとを比較し、当該スレッド閲覧制限情報の示すスレッド閲覧制限レベルが当該利用者閲覧制限情報の示す利用者閲覧制限レベル以下であるか否かを判断する。この判断の結果、当該スレッド閲覧制限情報の示すスレッド閲覧制限レベルが当該利用者閲覧制限情報の示す利用者閲覧制限レベル以下である場合には、閲覧制限制御部２５が、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれるスレッド名を含むリストが表示されたリストパネルの形成を許す（例えばこの旨を示すフラグを立てる）。 Subsequently, the electronic bulletin board control device 2 performs a viewing restriction process (step S14). In this browsing restriction process, first, the browsing restriction information acquisition unit 23 acquires user browsing restriction information. Specifically, the access restriction information acquisition unit 23 is a user included in the user information 51 of the user A, which is received in step S 7 and temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4. Read access restriction information. When the user uses the electronic bulletin board system 1 without performing login, the access restriction information acquisition unit 23 is set in the access restriction setting process of step S8 and is temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37. Read user access restriction information of the user that has been stored. Subsequently, the browsing restriction determination unit 24 acquires the thread browsing restriction level indicated by the thread browsing restriction information included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 received by the thread information reception unit 22, and the browsing restriction information acquisition unit 23 The user browsing restriction level indicated by the user browsing restriction information is compared, and whether the thread browsing restriction level indicated by the thread browsing restriction information is equal to or lower than the user browsing restriction level indicated by the user browsing restriction information. to decide. As a result of this determination, when the thread browsing restriction level indicated by the thread browsing restriction information is equal to or less than the user browsing restriction level indicated by the user browsing restriction information, the browsing restriction control unit 25 acquires the URL acquisition unit 21. A list panel including a list including thread names included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL is allowed to be formed (for example, a flag indicating this is set).
　続いて、電子掲示板制御装置２のリストパネル形成部２６は、利用者Ａがウェブブラウザ６を用いて閲覧しているウェブページ１０のＵＲＬのリスト、およびこの（これらの）ＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３（スレッド名）のリストが表示されたリストパネル６４をディスプレイ３６の画面中に形成する（ステップＳ１５）。図１９に示すように、リストパネル６４のＵＲＬリスト表示領域６４Ａには、ステップＳ９においてＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬ（つまり、利用者Ａがウェブブラウザ６を用いて閲覧しているウェブページ１０のＵＲＬ）のリストが表示される。また、スレッド情報リスト表示領域６４Ｂには、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれるスレッド名のリストが表示される。 Subsequently, the list panel forming unit 26 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 lists the URL of the web page 10 being browsed by the user A using the web browser 6, and thread information corresponding to this (these) URLs A list panel 64 in which a list of 53 (thread names) is displayed is formed on the screen of the display 36 (step S15). As shown in FIG. 19, in the URL list display area 64A of the list panel 64, the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 in step S9 (that is, the web page viewed by the user A using the web browser 6). A list of 10 URLs is displayed. Further, in the thread information list display area 64B, a list of thread names included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 is displayed.
　利用者Ａがウェブブラウザ６を用いて閲覧しているウェブパージ１０のＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３が複数ある場合には、電子掲示板管理装置３のスレッド情報選択部４１によりこれら複数のスレッド情報５３がそれぞれ選択され、これら複数のスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａが電子掲示板管理装置３から電子掲示板制御装置２にそれぞれ送信される。このような場合には、電子掲示板管理装置３から送信された複数のスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれるスレッド名のリストがスレッド情報リスト表示領域６４Ｂに表示される。 When there is a plurality of pieces of thread information 53 corresponding to the URL of the web purge 10 being browsed by the user A using the web browser 6, the plurality of pieces of thread information 53 are selected by the thread information selection unit 41 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3. Is selected, and registration information 53A of the plurality of pieces of thread information 53 is transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2. In such a case, a list of thread names included in the registration information 53A of the plurality of pieces of thread information 53 transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 is displayed in the thread information list display area 64B.
　利用者Ａがウェブブラウザ６を用いて複数のウェブページ１０を同時に閲覧している場合には、電子掲示板制御装置２のＵＲＬ取得部２１により、これら複数のウェブページ１０のＵＲＬがそれぞれ取得される。そして、これら複数のＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３が電子掲示板管理装置３のスレッド情報選択部４１によりそれぞれ選択され、これら複数のスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａが電子掲示板管理装置３から電子掲示板制御装置２にそれぞれ送信される。このような場合には、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得された複数のＵＲＬのリストがＵＲＬリスト表示領域６４Ａに表示され、電子掲示板管理装置３から送信された複数のスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれるスレッド名のリストがスレッド情報リスト表示領域６４Ｂに表示される。 When the user A browses a plurality of web pages 10 simultaneously using the web browser 6, the URL acquiring unit 21 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 acquires the URLs of the plurality of web pages 10 respectively. . Then, the thread information 53 corresponding to the plurality of URLs is selected by the thread information selection unit 41 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3, and the registration information 53A of the plurality of thread information 53 is transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to the electronic bulletin board control device It is sent to 2 respectively. In such a case, the list of the plurality of URLs acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 is displayed in the URL list display area 64A, and is included in the registration information 53A of the plurality of thread information 53 transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3. A list of thread names to be displayed is displayed in the thread information list display area 64B.
　もっとも、ステップＳ１４の閲覧制限処理において、電子掲示板制御装置２の閲覧制限制御部２５が、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれるスレッド名を含むリストが表示されたリストパネルの形成を許さないと判断した場合には、そのスレッド名はスレッド情報リスト表示領域６４Ｂに表示されない。 However, in the browsing restriction process of step S14, the browsing restriction control unit 25 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 includes a list including the thread name included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21. When it is determined that the formation of the displayed list panel is not permitted, the thread name is not displayed in the thread information list display area 64B.
　また、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３がまだ作成されていない場合（ステップＳ１３においてスレッド情報受信部２２がスレッド情報未作成信号を受信した場合）には、このＵＲＬがＵＲＬリスト表示領域６４Ａに表示されるものの、このＵＲＬに対応するスレッド名はスレッド情報リスト表示領域６４Ｂに表示されない。 Further, when the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 is not yet created (in the case where the thread information receiving unit 22 receives a thread information non-creation signal in step S13), this URL is Although displayed in the URL list display area 64A, the thread name corresponding to this URL is not displayed in the thread information list display area 64B.
　続いて、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０が、パーソナルコンピュータ４が有する時計を利用し、計時を開始する（ステップＳ１６）。続いて、総合制御部３０は、ステップＳ１６において計時を開始してから例えば５秒が経過するまで、後述のボタン操作処理を繰り返し実行する（ステップＳ１７）。そして、ステップＳ１６において計時を開始してから５秒が経過したとき（ステップＳ１８：ＹＥＳ）、総合制御部３０は処理をステップＳ９に戻す。この結果、ステップＳ９ないしステップＳ１８の処理が繰り返し実行される。例えば、利用者Ａが、電子掲示板制御装置２を起動した後に、ウェブブラウザ６を用いて新たなウェブサイト１０の閲覧を開始した場合には、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により、この新たなウェブサイト１０のＵＲＬが取得され、スレッド情報受信部２２により、この新たなウェブサイト１０のＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａが受信され、リストパネル形成部２６により、この新たなウェブサイト１０のＵＲＬがリストパネル６４のＵＲＬリスト表示領域６４Ａに追加され、このＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれるスレッド名がリストパネル６４のスレッド情報リスト表示領域６４Ｂに追加される。 Subsequently, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 starts clocking using the clock of the personal computer 4 (step S16). Subsequently, the general control unit 30 repeatedly executes button operation processing described later until, for example, 5 seconds have elapsed since the start of time counting in step S16 (step S17). Then, when 5 seconds have elapsed since the start of time counting in step S16 (step S18: YES), the general control unit 30 returns the process to step S9. As a result, the processes of steps S9 to S18 are repeatedly performed. For example, when the user A starts browsing the new website 10 using the web browser 6 after activating the electronic bulletin board control device 2, the URL acquiring unit 21 causes the URL acquiring unit 21 to select the new website 10. The URL is acquired, the thread information receiving unit 22 receives the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL of the new website 10, and the list panel forming unit 26 receives the URL of the new website 10 The thread name included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL is added to the thread information list display area 64B of the list panel 64.
　このように、電子掲示板システム１では、利用者がウェブブラウザ６を用いて閲覧しているウェブページ１０のＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれるスレッド名のリストが表示されたリストパネル６４を形成する。利用者は、リストパネル６４を見て、閲覧しているウェブページ１０に関してどのようなスレッドがあるかを容易に知ることができ、また、閲覧しているウェブページ１０に関する複数のスレッドの中から所望のスレッドを容易に選択することができる。 As described above, in the electronic bulletin board system 1, a list is displayed in which the list of thread names included in the registration information 53 A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL of the web page 10 viewed by the user using the web browser 6 is displayed. The panel 64 is formed. The user can easily look at the list panel 64 to know what kind of thread is present for the web page 10 being viewed, and also from among a plurality of threads regarding the web page 10 being viewed. The desired thread can be easily selected.
　図１０は、リストパネル形成処理におけるボタン操作処理（図９中のステップＳ１７）を示している。図１０に示すボタン操作処理において、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は、利用者Ａが、図１９中のリストパネル６４に形成された関連スレッド表示チェックボックス６４Ｃに、マウス３５でチェックを入れたか、または外したかを調べる（ステップＳ２１）。さらに、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は、利用者Ａが、リストパネル６４に形成されたログインボタン６４Ｄ、ブラウザボタン６４Ｅ、新規スレッドボタン６４Ｆ、スレッド閲覧ボタン６４Ｇ、ブローディングボタン６４Ｈ、ジャンルボタン６４Ｊ、ランキングボタン６４Ｋおよびオプションボタン６４Ｌのいずれかをマウス３５でクリックしたかを調べる（ステップＳ２１ないしＳ２８）。 FIG. 10 shows button operation processing (step S17 in FIG. 9) in the list panel formation processing. In the button operation process shown in FIG. 10, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 checks the user A with the mouse 35 in the related thread display check box 64C formed on the list panel 64 in FIG. It is checked whether it has been inserted or removed (step S21). Furthermore, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 has a login button 64D, a browser button 64E, a new thread button 64F, a thread viewing button 64G, a loading button 64H, and a genre for the user A formed in the list panel 64. It is checked whether any one of the button 64J, the ranking button 64K and the option button 64L is clicked by the mouse 35 (steps S21 to S28).
　利用者Ａがリストパネル６４の関連スレッド表示チェックボックス６４Ｃをマウス３５でクリックし、関連スレッド表示チェックボックス６４Ｃにチェックを入れたときには（ステップＳ２１：ＹＥＳ）、関連スレッド情報表示処理が実行される（ステップＳ３０）。関連スレッド情報表示処理は、図９中のステップＳ９においてＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに関連するスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれるスレッド名を、リストパネル６４のスレッド情報リスト表示領域６４Ｂに追加的に表示する処理である。なお、ＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３は、例えば、このＵＲＬのウェブページ１０に直接的に関連するスレッド情報５３、またはこのＵＲＬのウェブページ１０との関連性がきわめて高いスレッド情報５３である。これに対し、ＵＲＬに関連するスレッド情報５３は、例えば、このＵＲＬのウェブページ１０に間接的に関連するスレッド情報５３、またはこのＵＲＬのウェブページ１０と関連するが関連性がきわめて高いとはいえないスレッド情報５３である。 When the user A clicks the related thread display check box 64C of the list panel 64 with the mouse 35 and places a check in the related thread display check box 64C (step S21: YES), the related thread information display processing is executed ( Step S30). In the related thread information display process, a thread name included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 related to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 in step S9 in FIG. It is a process additionally displayed on. The thread information 53 corresponding to the URL is, for example, thread information 53 directly related to the web page 10 of the URL, or thread information 53 having extremely high relevance to the web page 10 of the URL. On the other hand, the thread information 53 associated with the URL is, for example, the thread information 53 indirectly associated with the web page 10 of the URL or the web page 10 of the URL, although the relevance is very high. There is no thread information 53.
　関連スレッド情報表示処理は具体的には次のように行われる。すなわち、リストパネル形成処理において、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により、利用者Ａがウェブブラウザ６を用いて閲覧しているウェブページ１０のＵＲＬが取得され（図９中のステップＳ９）、スレッド情報受信部２２により、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａが電子掲示板管理装置３から受信され、パーソナルコンピュータ４の制御ユニット３７が有するＲＡＭに一時的に記憶されている。電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれる関連ＵＲＬを、制御ユニット３７が有するＲＡＭから読み出す。そして、総合制御部３０は、この読み出した関連ＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａの送信を、図９中のステップＳ１０と同様の方法で、電子掲示板管理装置３に要求する。この要求に応じて、電子掲示板管理装置３の総合制御部４６は、上記関連ＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３を、図９中のステップＳ１１と同様の方法で選択し、さらに、選択したスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａを、図９中のステップＳ１２と同様の方法で、電子掲示板制御装置２に送信する。続いて、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０が、電子掲示板管理装置３から送信されたスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａを、図９中のステップＳ１３と同様の方法で受信し、これを制御ユニット３７のＲＡＭに一時的に記憶する。さらに、総合制御部３０は、受信したスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに対し、図９中のステップＳ１４と同様の方法で閲覧制限処理を行う。閲覧制限処理の結果、受信したスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれるスレッド名を含むリストパネル６４の形成が許された場合には、総合制御部３０は、このスレッド名をリストパネル６４のスレッド情報リスト表示領域６４Ｂに追加する。 The related thread information display process is specifically performed as follows. That is, in the list panel forming process, the URL acquiring unit 21 acquires the URL of the web page 10 being browsed by the user A using the web browser 6 (step S9 in FIG. 9), and the thread information receiving unit 22 Thus, the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 is received from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 and temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4. The general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 reads the related URL included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquisition unit 21 from the RAM included in the control unit 37. Then, the general control unit 30 requests the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to transmit the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the read related URL in the same manner as step S10 in FIG. In response to the request, the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 selects the thread information 53 corresponding to the related URL in the same manner as step S11 in FIG. The registration information 53A is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 by the same method as step S12 in FIG. Subsequently, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 receives the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 in the same manner as step S13 in FIG. Temporarily store in the RAM of unit 37. Furthermore, the general control unit 30 performs the viewing restriction process on the registration information 53A of the received thread information 53 in the same manner as in step S14 in FIG. When the formation of the list panel 64 including the thread name included in the registration information 53A of the received thread information 53 is permitted as a result of the view restriction process, the general control unit 30 determines the thread name of the list panel 64 It is added to the information list display area 64B.
　利用者は、リストパネル６４を見て、閲覧しているウェブページ１０に関してどのようなスレッドがあるかを広く知ることができる。 The user can look at the list panel 64 to broadly know what kind of thread is present for the web page 10 being viewed.
　なお、利用者Ａがリストパネル６４の関連スレッド表示チェックボックス６４Ｃをマウス３５でクリックし、関連スレッド表示チェックボックス６４Ｃからチェックを外したときには、リストパネル６４のスレッド情報リスト表示領域６４Ｂから、当該関連スレッド表示処理により追加したスレッド情報５３に係るスレッド名を消去する。 When the user A clicks the related thread display check box 64C of the list panel 64 with the mouse 35 and removes the check from the related thread display check box 64C, the related information is displayed from the thread information list display area 64B of the list panel 64. The thread name relating to the thread information 53 added by the thread display process is erased.
　利用者Ａがリストパネル６４のログインボタン６４Ｄをマウス３５でクリックしたときには（ステップＳ２２：ＹＥＳ）、ログイン処理が実行される（ステップＳ３１）。ログイン処理は、図９に示すリストパネル形成処理のステップＳ４ないしステップＳ７の処理と同じである。また、ログイン処理において、未登録の利用者は、新規利用者登録することができる。 When the user A clicks the login button 64D of the list panel 64 with the mouse 35 (step S22: YES), login processing is executed (step S31). The login process is the same as the process from step S4 to step S7 of the list panel formation process shown in FIG. In the login process, an unregistered user can register as a new user.
　利用者Ａがリストパネル６４のブラウザボタン６４Ｅをマウス３５でクリックしたときには（ステップＳ２３：ＹＥＳ）、ブラウザアクティブ化処理が実行される（ステップＳ３２）。ブラウザアクティブ化処理は、利用者が指定したＵＲＬのウェブページ１０が表示されたウェブブラウザ６をアクティブにする処理である。利用者がリストパネル６４のＵＲＬリスト表示領域６４Ａに表示されたＵＲＬのいずれか１つを指定し、ブラウザボタン６４Ｅをマウス３５でクリックすることにより、指定されたＵＲＬのウェブページ１０が表示されたウェブブラウザ６がアクティブになる。なお、利用者Ａが用いているウェブブラウザ６が、複数のウェブページをタブの切換により選択的に表示するタイプのウェブブラウザである場合には、利用者Ａがブラウザボタン６４Ｅをマウス３５でクリックすることにより、指定されたＵＲＬのウェブページ１０が表示されたタグがアクティブになる。 When the user A clicks the browser button 64E of the list panel 64 with the mouse 35 (step S23: YES), a browser activation process is executed (step S32). The browser activation process is a process of activating the web browser 6 on which the web page 10 of the URL designated by the user is displayed. The user designates any one of the URLs displayed in the URL list display area 64A of the list panel 64 and clicks the browser button 64E with the mouse 35 to display the web page 10 of the designated URL. The web browser 6 is activated. If the web browser 6 used by the user A is a web browser of a type that selectively displays a plurality of web pages by switching tabs, the user A clicks the browser button 64 E with the mouse 35. By doing so, the tag on which the web page 10 of the designated URL is displayed is activated.
　利用者Ａが、リストパネル６４のＵＲＬリスト表示領域６４Ａに表示されたＵＲＬのうちのいずれかを指定し、リストパネル６４の新規スレッドボタン６４Ｆをマウス３５でクリックしたときには（ステップＳ２４：ＹＥＳ）、新規スレッド作成処理が実行される（ステップＳ３３）。新規スレッド作成処理については後述する。 When the user A designates any of the URLs displayed in the URL list display area 64A of the list panel 64 and clicks the new thread button 64F of the list panel 64 with the mouse 35 (step S24: YES), A new thread creation process is executed (step S33). The new thread creation process will be described later.
　利用者Ａが、リストパネル６４のスレッド情報リスト表示領域６４Ｂに表示されたスレッド名のうちのいずれかを指定し、リストパネル６４のスレッド閲覧ボタン６４Ｇをマウス３５でクリックしたときには（ステップＳ２５：ＹＥＳ）、スレッドパネル形成処理が実行される（ステップＳ３４）。スレッドパネル形成処理については後述する。 When the user A designates any of the thread names displayed in the thread information list display area 64B of the list panel 64 and clicks the thread view button 64G of the list panel 64 with the mouse 35 (step S25: YES And thread panel formation processing is executed (step S34). The thread panel formation process will be described later.
　利用者Ａがリストパネル６４のブローディングボタン６４Ｈをマウス３５でクリックしたときには（ステップＳ２６：ＹＥＳ）、ブローディングパネル形成処理が実行される（ステップＳ３５）。図２０に示すように、ブローディングパネル形成処理は、リストパネル形成処理においてＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するまたは関連するスレッド情報５３の発言情報５３Ｂを新しい順（発言日時が現在に近い順）にいくつか並べた最新発言リストを生成し、この最新発言リストを表示したブローディングパネル６５をディスプレイ３６の画面中に形成する処理である。具体的には、利用者Ａがブローディングボタン６４Ｈをクリックしたとき、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬ、関連スレッド表示チェックボックス６４Ｃのチェックの有無、ブローディングパネル形成用の発言情報５３Ｂの送信を要求する旨の指令などを含む要求信号を電子掲示板管理装置３に送信する。この要求信号に応じ、電子掲示板管理装置３の総合制御部４６は、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するまたは関連するスレッド情報５３の発言情報５３Ｂのうち新しいものを、最新発言リストの生成に必要な数、選択し、この選択した発言情報５３Ｂを電子掲示板制御装置２に送信する。続いて、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は、電子掲示板管理装置３から受信した発言情報５３Ｂを新しい順に並べた最新発言リストを生成し、この最新発言リストを表示したブローディングパネル６５をディスプレイ３６の画面中に形成する。 When the user A clicks the loading button 64H of the list panel 64 with the mouse 35 (step S26: YES), a loading panel formation process is executed (step S35). As shown in FIG. 20, in the loading panel forming process, the message information 53B of the thread information 53 corresponding to or related to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 in the list panel forming process is ordered in descending order It is a process of generating a loading panel 65 displaying the latest speech list in the screen of the display 36 by generating a latest speech list in which several latest speech lists are arranged in order of proximity. Specifically, when the user A clicks the loading button 64H, the integrated control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 checks whether the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 and the related thread display check box 64C are checked. A request signal including an instruction to request transmission of message information 53B for forming a loading panel is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board management device 3. In response to the request signal, the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 adds a new one of the message information 53B of the thread information 53 corresponding to or related to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 to the latest message list. The number necessary for generation is selected, and the selected message information 53 B is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board control device 2. Subsequently, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 generates a latest speech list in which the speech information 53B received from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 is arranged in new order, and the loading panel 65 displaying the latest speech list is displayed. It is formed in the screen of the display 36.
　利用者は、ブローディングパネル６５に表示された最新発言リストを見ることにより、現在閲覧しているウェブページに対応するまたは関連する他の利用者による最新の発言を知ることができ、現在閲覧しているウェブページが扱っている製品やニュースに関する最新の情報を容易に収集することができる。 By looking at the latest speech list displayed in the loading panel 65, the user can know the latest speech by other users corresponding to or related to the web page currently being viewed, You can easily collect up-to-date information on the products and news that your web page is dealing with.
　利用者Ａがリストパネル６４のジャンルボタン６４Ｊをマウス３５でクリックしたときには（ステップＳ２７：ＹＥＳ）、ジャンルパネル形成処理が実行される（ステップＳ３６）。図２１に示すように、ジャンルパネル形成処理は、特定のジャンル（例えば特定のジャンルの小分類）に属するスレッド情報５３の発言情報５３Ｂを新しい順（発言日時が現在に近い順）にいくつか並べた最新発言リストを生成し、この最新発言リストを表示したジャンルパネル６６をディスプレイ３６の画面中に形成する処理である。具体的には、利用者Ａがジャンルボタン６４Ｊをクリックしたとき、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は、電子掲示板制御装置２に設定されたデフォルトのジャンルのジャンルＩＤを記憶部３１から読み出し、このジャンルＩＤ、およびジャンルパネル形成用の発言情報５３Ｂの送信を要求する旨の指令などを含む要求信号を電子掲示板管理装置３に送信する。この要求信号に応じ、電子掲示板管理装置３の総合制御部４６は、この要求信号に含まれるジャンルＩＤを含むスレッド情報５３の発言情報５３Ｂのうち新しいものを、最新発言リストの生成に必要な数、選択し、この選択した発言情報５３Ｂを電子掲示板制御装置２に送信する。続いて、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は、電子掲示板管理装置３から受信した発言情報５３Ｂを新しい順に並べた最新発言リストを生成し、この最新発言リストを表示したジャンルパネル６６をディスプレイ３６の画面中に形成する。 When the user A clicks the genre button 64J of the list panel 64 with the mouse 35 (step S27: YES), a genre panel formation process is executed (step S36). As shown in FIG. 21, in the genre panel forming process, several pieces of message information 53 B of thread information 53 belonging to a specific genre (for example, a small category of a specific genre) are arranged in the new order The latest speech list is generated, and the genre panel 66 displaying the latest speech list is formed in the screen of the display 36. Specifically, when the user A clicks the genre button 64J, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 reads the genre ID of the default genre set in the electronic bulletin board control device 2 from the storage unit 31. A request signal including the genre ID and a command to request transmission of the statement information 53B for forming the genre panel is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board management device 3. In response to the request signal, the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 counts the number of new message information 53B of the thread information 53 including the genre ID included in the request signal to generate the latest message list. , And transmits the selected message information 53 B to the electronic bulletin board control device 2. Subsequently, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 generates a latest speech list in which the speech information 53B received from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 is arranged in new order, and displays the genre panel 66 displaying the latest speech list. Form in 36 screens.
　また、利用者Ａは、ジャンルパネル６６のジャンル選択メニュー６６Ａをマウス３５でクリックすることにより、デフォルトのジャンルを、利用者Ａが望む他のジャンルを変更することができる。利用者Ａがジャンルを変更したときには、変更後のジャンルに属するスレッド情報５３の発言情報５３Ｂを新しい順に並べた最新発言リストがジャンルパネル６６に表示される。電子掲示板制御装置２の記憶部３１にはすべてのジャンルのジャンルＩＤが記憶されており、ジャンル変更後の最新発言リストの形成および表示は、総合制御部３０が、変更後のジャンルのジャンルＩＤを記憶部３１から読み出し、このジャンルＩＤを要求信号に含めて電子掲示板管理装置３に送信することにより行われる。 Further, by clicking the genre selection menu 66A of the genre panel 66 with the mouse 35, the user A can change the default genre and another genre desired by the user A. When the user A changes the genre, the genre panel 66 displays the latest speech list in which the speech information 53B of the thread information 53 belonging to the changed genre is arranged in the order of newness. The genre ID of all the genres is stored in the storage unit 31 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2, and the general control unit 30 uses the genre ID of the changed genre to form and display the latest speech list after the genre change. This is performed by reading from the storage unit 31 and including the genre ID in the request signal and transmitting it to the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
　利用者は、ジャンルパネル６６に表示された最新発言リストを見ることにより、特定のジャンルに関する他の利用者による最新の発言を知ることができ、特定のジャンルに関する最新の情報を容易に収集することができる。 By looking at the latest speech list displayed in the genre panel 66, the user can know the latest speech by other users concerning a specific genre, and easily collect the latest information about a specific genre. Can.
　利用者Ａがリストパネル６４のランキングボタン６４Ｋをマウス３５でクリックしたときには（ステップＳ２８：ＹＥＳ）、ランキングパネル形成処理が実行される（ステップＳ３７）。図２２に示すように、ランキングパネル形成処理は、特定のジャンル（例えば特定のジャンルの小分類）に属するＵＲＬを人気のある順に並べた人気ＵＲＬリストと、このジャンルに属するスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれるスレッド名を人気のある順に並べた人気スレッド情報リストとを生成し、これらのリストを表示したランキングパネル６７をディスプレイ３６の画面中に形成する処理である。具体的には、利用者Ａがランキングボタン６４Ｋをクリックしたとき、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は、電子掲示板制御装置２に設定されたデフォルトのジャンルのジャンルＩＤを記憶部３１から読み出し、このジャンルＩＤ、およびランキング情報の送信を要求する旨の指令を含む要求信号を電子掲示板管理装置３に送信する。この要求信号に応じ、電子掲示板管理装置３の総合制御部４６は、記憶部４７に形成されたＵＲＬアクセス回数集計データベースから、人気のあるＵＲＬを、人気ＵＲＬリストの形成に必要な数、選択する。さらに、総合制御部４６は、記憶部４７に形成されたスレッド情報アクセス回数集計データベースから、人気のあるスレッド情報を、人気スレッド情報リストの形成に必要な数、選択する。そして、総合制御部４６は、選択したＵＲＬおよび選択したスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａを電子掲示板制御装置２に送信する。続いて、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は、電子掲示板管理装置３から受信したＵＲＬを用いて人気ＵＲＬリストを生成し、電子掲示板管理装置３から受信したスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれるスレッド名を用いて人気スレッド情報リストを生成し、これらのリストを表示したランキングパネル６７をディスプレイ３６の画面中に形成する。 When the user A clicks the ranking button 64K of the list panel 64 with the mouse 35 (step S28: YES), ranking panel formation processing is executed (step S37). As shown in FIG. 22, in the ranking panel formation processing, a popular URL list in which URLs belonging to a specific genre (for example, a small category of a specific genre) are arranged in order of popularity, and registered information of thread information 53 belonging to this genre A popular thread information list in which thread names included in 53A are arranged in the order of popularity is generated, and a ranking panel 67 on which these lists are displayed is formed in the screen of the display 36. Specifically, when the user A clicks the ranking button 64K, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 reads the genre ID of the default genre set in the electronic bulletin board control device 2 from the storage unit 31. A request signal including the genre ID and a command to request transmission of the ranking information is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board management device 3. In response to the request signal, the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 selects popular URLs from the URL access count totaling database formed in the storage unit 47, the number necessary for forming the popular URL list, . Furthermore, the general control unit 46 selects popular thread information from the thread information access count tabulation database formed in the storage unit 47, the number necessary for forming the popular thread information list. Then, the general control unit 46 transmits the selected URL and the registration information 53A of the selected thread information 53 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2. Subsequently, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 generates a popular URL list using the URL received from the electronic bulletin board management device 3, and uses the registration information 53 A of the thread information 53 received from the electronic bulletin board management device 3. A popular thread information list is generated using the included thread names, and a ranking panel 67 displaying these lists is formed in the screen of the display.
　また、利用者Ａは、ランキングパネル６７のジャンル選択メニュー６７Ａをマウス３５でクリックすることにより、デフォルトのジャンルを、利用者Ａが望む他のジャンルを変更することができる。利用者Ａがジャンルを変更したときには、変更後のジャンルに属するＵＲＬを人気のある順に並べた人気ＵＲＬリストと、変更後のジャンルに属するスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれるスレッド名を人気のある順に並べた人気スレッド情報リストとがランキングパネル６７に表示される。 Further, by clicking the genre selection menu 67A of the ranking panel 67 with the mouse 35, the user A can change the default genre and another genre desired by the user A. When the user A changes the genre, the popular URL list in which the URLs belonging to the changed genre are arranged in order of popularity, and the thread name included in the registered information 53A of the thread information 53 belonging to the changed genre The popular thread information list arranged in a certain order is displayed on the ranking panel 67.
　利用者は、ランキングパネル６７に表示された人気ＵＲＬリストまたは人気スレッド情報リストを見ることにより、人気のあるＵＲＬまたは人気のあるスレッドを知ることができ、例えば現在ホットな話題に容易に触れることができる。 By looking at the popular URL list or the popular thread information list displayed on the ranking panel 67, the user can know the popular URL or popular thread, for example, can easily touch the current hot topic. it can.
　なお、ＵＲＬアクセス回数集計データベースは、リストパネル形成処理において電子掲示板制御装置２から送信されるスレッド情報要求信号に含まれるＵＲＬを参照することにより、ＵＲＬのアクセス回数をＵＲＬごとに集計したＵＲＬアクセス回数データを記憶したデータベースである。ＵＲＬアクセス回数データの集計は、電子掲示板管理装置３により行われる。また、スレッド情報アクセス回数集計データベースは、スレッドパネル形成処理において電子掲示板制御装置２から送信されるスレッド情報要求信号に含まれるスレッドＩＤ、および発言追加処理において電子掲示板制御装置２から送信される発言情報に含まれるスレッドＩＤなどを参照することにより、スレッド情報５３のアクセス回数をスレッド情報５３ごとに集計したスレッド情報アクセス回数データを記憶したデータベースである。スレッド情報アクセス回数データの集計は、電子掲示板管理装置３により行われる。 Note that the URL access count tally database refers to the URL included in the thread information request signal transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2 in the list panel formation process, thereby counting the number of URL access counts for each URL. It is a database that stores data. The aggregation of the URL access number data is performed by the electronic bulletin board management device 3. Also, the thread information access count tally database includes the thread ID included in the thread information request signal transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2 in the thread panel formation process, and the speech information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2 in the speech addition process. It is a database storing thread information access number data in which the number of accesses of the thread information 53 is summarized for each thread information 53 by referring to the thread ID and the like included in. The aggregation of the thread information access number data is performed by the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
　利用者Ａがリストパネル６４のオプションボタン６４Ｌをマウス３５でクリックしたときには（ステップＳ２９：ＹＥＳ）、オプション設定処理が実行される（ステップＳ３８）。図２３に示すように、オプション設定処理には、利用者情報５１の変更を行う利用者情報変更処理が含まれている。利用者Ａがオプションボタン６４Ｌをマウス３５でクリックすると、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は、利用者情報変更パネル６８をディスプレイ３６の画面中に形成する。利用者Ａが、利用者ＩＤ、ログインパスワードおよびガードパスワードを入力し、変更開始ボタン６８Ａをマウス３５でクリックすると、総合制御部３０は、図１７に示す新規利用者登録パネルと同様のパネル（図示せず）をディスプレイ３６の画面中に形成する。利用者Ａはこのパネルにより、利用者情報を変更することができる。 When the user A clicks the option button 64L of the list panel 64 with the mouse 35 (step S29: YES), an option setting process is executed (step S38). As shown in FIG. 23, the option setting process includes a user information change process for changing the user information 51. When the user A clicks the option button 64 L with the mouse 35, the integrated control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 forms a user information change panel 68 in the screen of the display 36. When the user A inputs a user ID, a login password and a guard password and clicks the change start button 68A with the mouse 35, the general control unit 30 displays a panel similar to the new user registration panel shown in FIG. (Not shown) is formed in the screen of the display 36. The user A can change the user information by this panel.
　　（新規スレッド作成処理）
　利用者Ａが、図１９に示すリストパネル６４のＵＲＬリスト表示領域６４Ａに表示されたＵＲＬのうちのいずれか１つを指定し、新規スレッドボタン６４Ｆをマウス３５でクリックしたとき（図１０中のステップＳ２４：ＹＥＳ）、新規スレッド作成処理が実行される（ステップＳ３３）。新規スレッド作成処理は、利用者が指定したＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３を作成する処理である。新規スレッド作成処理において、まず、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は、図２４に示すような新規スレッド作成パネル６９をディスプレイ３６の画面中に表示する。新規スレッド作成パネル６９には、スレッド名を入力するためのテキスト入力部６９Ａ、スレッドが属するジャンルを選択するためのプルダウンメニューであるジャンル選択メニュー６９Ｂ、スレッド閲覧制限レベル（Ｒ指定レベルおよび暴力指定レベル）を設定するためのレベル設定部６９Ｃ、利用者が指定したＵＲＬ（対応ＵＲＬ）が表示されるＵＲＬ表示部６９Ｄ、関連ＵＲＬを入力するための関連ＵＲＬ入力部６９Ｅ、ハンドル名を入力するためのテキスト入力部６９Ｆ、初回の発言内容を入力するためのテキスト入力部６９Ｇ、新規スレッド作成ボタン６９Ｈなどが形成されている。 (New thread creation process)
When the user A designates any one of the URLs displayed in the URL list display area 64A of the list panel 64 shown in FIG. 19 and clicks the new thread button 64F with the mouse 35 (FIG. 10 Step S24: YES), a new thread creation process is executed (step S33). The new thread creation process is a process for creating thread information 53 corresponding to the URL designated by the user. In the new thread creation process, first, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 displays a new thread creation panel 69 as shown in FIG. 24 on the screen of the display 36. In the new thread creation panel 69, a text input unit 69A for inputting a thread name, a genre selection menu 69B which is a pull-down menu for selecting a category to which a thread belongs, a thread viewing restriction level (R designation level and violence designation level Level setting unit 69C for setting a URL, a URL display unit 69D for displaying a URL (corresponding URL) designated by the user, a related URL input unit 69E for inputting a related URL, and a handle name A text input unit 69F, a text input unit 69G for inputting the contents of the first speech, and a new thread creation button 69H are formed.
　利用者Ａが、スレッド名をテキスト入力部６９Ａに入力し、スレッドが属するジャンルをジャンル選択メニュー６９Ｂにより選択し、スレッド閲覧制限レベルをレベル設定部６９Ｃにより設定し、必要に応じて関連ＵＲＬを関連ＵＲＬ入力部６９Ｅに入力し、ハンドル名をテキスト入力部６９Ｆに入力し、初回の発言内容をテキスト入力部６９Ｆに入力した後、新規スレッド作成ボタン６９Ｈをマウス３５でクリックすると、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は、利用者Ａが入力したスレッド名、関連ＵＲＬ、ハンドル名および初回発言内容のテキストデータと、利用者Ａが選択したジャンルのジャンルＩＤと、利用者Ａが設定したスレッド閲覧制限レベルのデータと、利用者Ａが指定したＵＲＬと、利用者Ａの利用者ＩＤと、新規スレッドを生成する旨の指令とを含む要求信号を電子掲示板管理装置３に送信する。電子掲示板管理装置３の総合制御部４６は、要求信号に含まれる情報を用いて、図６に示すようなスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａを生成する。なお、登録情報５３Ａの生成において、スレッドＩＤは自動的に付加され、要求信号に含まれる利用者ＩＤがスレッド作成者ＩＤとして用いられる。アイコン画像のデータは、要求信号に含まれる利用者ＩＤを含む利用者情報５１に含まれているアイコン画像のデータをコピーすることにより生成される。生成されたスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａは、電子掲示板管理装置３の記憶部４７に記憶される。 The user A inputs the thread name into the text input unit 69A, selects the genre to which the thread belongs by the genre selection menu 69B, sets the thread viewing restriction level by the level setting unit 69C, and associates the related URL as necessary. After entering the handle name into the text input part 69F and entering the contents of the first statement into the text input part 69F, clicking the new thread creation button 69H with the mouse 35 causes the electronic bulletin board control device 2 to be input. The integrated control unit 30 is configured to read the thread name input by the user A, the related URL, the handle name, the text data of the first comment contents, the category ID of the category selected by the user A, and the thread browsing set by the user A Data of restriction level, URL specified by user A, user ID of user A, new Transmitting a request signal including a command for generating a red to electronic bulletin board management device 3. The integrated control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 generates registration information 53A of thread information 53 as shown in FIG. 6 using the information included in the request signal. Note that, in the generation of the registration information 53A, a thread ID is automatically added, and a user ID included in the request signal is used as a thread creator ID. The data of the icon image is generated by copying the data of the icon image included in the user information 51 including the user ID included in the request signal. The registration information 53A of the generated thread information 53 is stored in the storage unit 47 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
　　（スレッドパネル形成処理）
　図１１は、スレッドパネル形成処理を示している。利用者Ａが、リストパネル６４のスレッド情報リスト表示領域６４Ｂに表示されたスレッド名のうちのいずれかを指定し、リストパネル６４のスレッド閲覧ボタン６４Ｇをマウス３５でクリックしたとき（図１０中のステップＳ２５：ＹＥＳ）、スレッドパネル形成処理が実行される（ステップＳ３４）。スレッドパネル形成処理は、利用者が指定したスレッド名に対応するスレッド情報５３に係るスレッドが表示されたスレッドパネル７０を形成する処理である。 (Thread panel formation process)
FIG. 11 shows a thread panel forming process. When the user A designates any of the thread names displayed in the thread information list display area 64B of the list panel 64 and clicks the thread view button 64G of the list panel 64 with the mouse 35 (FIG. 10 Step S25: YES), a thread panel formation process is executed (step S34). The thread panel forming process is a process of forming a thread panel 70 in which a thread related to thread information 53 corresponding to a thread name designated by the user is displayed.
　図１１に示すスレッドパネル形成処理において、まず、電子掲示板制御装置２のスレッド情報受信部２２は、利用者Ａが指定したスレッド名に対応するスレッド情報５３の発言情報５３Ｂの送信を電子掲示板管理装置３に要求する（ステップＳ４１）。具体的には、スレッド情報受信部２２は、利用者Ａが指定したスレッド名に対応するスレッド情報５３のスレッドＩＤを、パーソナルコンピュータ４の制御ユニット３７が有するＲＡＭから読み出し、このスレッドＩＤと、このスレッドＩＤに対応するスレッド情報５３の発言情報５３Ｂの送信を要求する指令とを含むスレッド情報要求信号を電子掲示板管理装置３に送信する。 In the thread panel formation process shown in FIG. 11, first, the thread information receiving unit 22 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 transmits the message information 53B of the thread information 53 corresponding to the thread name designated by the user A to the electronic bulletin board management device 3 is requested (step S41). Specifically, the thread information receiving unit 22 reads the thread ID of the thread information 53 corresponding to the thread name designated by the user A from the RAM included in the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4, and this thread ID A thread information request signal including a command for requesting transmission of the message information 53B of the thread information 53 corresponding to the thread ID is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board management device 3.
　電子掲示板管理装置３の総合制御部４６が、電子掲示板制御装置２から送信されたスレッド情報要求信号を受信し、これに応じ、電子掲示板管理装置２のスレッド情報選択部４１が、スレッド情報要求信号に含まれるスレッドＩＤに対応するスレッド情報５３を電子掲示板管理装置３の記憶部４７に記憶された複数のスレッド情報５３の中から選択する（ステップＳ４２）。 The general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 receives the thread information request signal transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2, and in response to this, the thread information selection unit 41 of the electronic bulletin board management device 2 generates a thread information request signal. The thread information 53 corresponding to the thread ID included in is selected from among the plurality of pieces of thread information 53 stored in the storage unit 47 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S42).
　続いて、電子掲示板管理装置３のスレッド情報送信部４２が、スレッド情報選択部４１により選択されたスレッド情報５３の発言情報５３Ｂを電子掲示板制御装置２に送信する（ステップＳ４３）。 Subsequently, the thread information transmission unit 42 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 transmits the message information 53B of the thread information 53 selected by the thread information selection unit 41 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 (step S43).
　続いて、電子掲示板制御装置２のスレッド情報受信部２２は、電子掲示板管理装置３から送信されたスレッド情報５３の発言情報５３Ｂを受信する（ステップＳ４４）。受信したスレッド情報５３の発言情報５３Ｂは、これに対応する登録情報５３Ａに関連付けられた形でパーソナルコンピュータ４の制御ユニット３７が有するＲＡＭに一時的に記憶される。 Subsequently, the thread information receiving unit 22 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 receives the message information 53B of the thread information 53 transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S44). The speech information 53B of the received thread information 53 is temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4 in a form associated with the corresponding registration information 53A.
　続いて、電子掲示板制御装置２のスレッドパネル形成部２７は、利用者Ａが指定したスレッド名に対応するスレッド情報５３に係るスレッドが表示されたスレッドパネル７０をディスプレイ３６の画面中に形成する（ステップＳ４５）。具体的には、図９に示すリストパネル形成処理のステップＳ１３においてスレッド情報受信部２２により受信され、パーソナルコンピュータ４の制御ユニット３７が有するＲＡＭに一時的に記憶されたスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａと、図１１に示すスレッドパネル形成処理のステップＳ４４においてスレッド情報受信部２２により受信され、上記登録情報５３Ａと関連付けられた形で制御ユニット３７が有するＲＡＭに一時的に記憶されたスレッド情報５３の発言情報５３Ｂとを用いてスレッドパネル７０を形成する。 Subsequently, the thread panel forming unit 27 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 forms a thread panel 70 in which the thread related to the thread information 53 corresponding to the thread name designated by the user A is displayed on the screen of the display 36 (FIG. Step S45). Specifically, registration information 53A of thread information 53 received by the thread information receiving unit 22 in step S13 of the list panel forming process shown in FIG. 9 and temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37 of the personal computer 4 The thread information receiving unit 22 receives the thread information 53 temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37 in a form associated with the registration information 53A in step S44 of the thread panel forming process shown in FIG. The thread panel 70 is formed using the speech information 53B.
　図２５に示すように、スレッドパネル７０には、スレッド名を表示するためのスレッド名表示部７０Ａ、スレッドが属するジャンルを表示するためのジャンル表示部７０Ｂ、スレッドが属するジャンルを選択するためのジャンル選択メニュー７０Ｃ、スレッド閲覧制限レベルを表示すると共にスレッド閲覧制限レベルを再設定するための閲覧制限レベル設定部７０Ｄ、スレッドの属するジャンルまたはスレッド閲覧制限レベルを変更するための変更ボタン７０Ｅ、スレッドに対する評価入力を行うためのスレッド評価ボタン７０Ｆ、スレッドに対応するＵＲＬを表示するための対応ＵＲＬ表示部７０Ｇ、ウェブブラウザ６をアクティブにしスレッドに対応するＵＲＬのウェブページをウェブブラウザ６に表示させるためのブラウザボタン７０Ｈ、スレッドに関連するＵＲＬを表示するための関連ＵＲＬ表示部７０Ｊ、スレッドに関連するＵＲＬを追加するための関連ＵＲＬ追加部７０Ｋ、発言の投稿を行うための発言ボタン７０Ｌ、発言者のハンドル名を入力するためのテキスト入力部７０Ｍ、発言内容を入力するためのテキスト入力部７０Ｎ、スレッドに関する発言を掲示するための発言掲示領域７０Ｐ、個々の発言に対する評価入力を行うための発言評価ボタン７０Ｑなどが形成されている。発言評価ボタン７０Ｑは発言掲示領域７０Ｐに掲示された個々の発言ごとに形成され、複数の発言が掲示されている場合には、複数の発言に対応するように複数の発言評価ボタン７０Ｑが配置される。スレッドパネル形成部２７は、制御ユニット３７のＲＡＭに一時的に記憶されているスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれるスレッド名、ジャンル名、スレッド閲覧制限情報、対応ＵＲＬおよび関連ＵＲＬをそれぞれ読み出し、これらをスレッド名表示部７０Ａ、ジャンル表示部７０Ｂ、閲覧制限レベル設定部７０Ｄ、対応ＵＲＬ表示部７０Ｇ、関連ＵＲＬ表示部７０Ｊにそれぞれ表示する。また、スレッドパネル形成部２７は、制御ユニット３７のＲＡＭに一時的に記憶されているスレッド情報５３の発言情報５３Ｂに含まれる発言内容などを発言掲示領域７０Ｐに表示（掲示）する。 As shown in FIG. 25, in the thread panel 70, a thread name display unit 70A for displaying a thread name, a genre display unit 70B for displaying a genre to which a thread belongs, and a genre for selecting a genre to which a thread belongs Selection menu 70C, viewing limit level of the thread and viewing limit level setting unit 70D for resetting the thread viewing limit level, change button 70E for changing the category to which the thread belongs or the thread viewing limit level, evaluation for the thread A thread evaluation button 70F for inputting, a corresponding URL display unit 70G for displaying a URL corresponding to a thread, a browser for activating the web browser 6 and displaying a web page of a URL corresponding to a thread on the web browser 6 Button 7 H, a related URL display unit 70J for displaying a URL related to a thread, a related URL addition unit 70K for adding a URL related to a thread, a speech button 70L for posting a speech, a handle name of a speaker Text input unit 70M for inputting text, text input unit 70N for inputting speech content, speech posting area 70P for posting a speech about a thread, a speech evaluation button 70Q for performing an evaluation input for each speech, etc. Is formed. The speech evaluation button 70Q is formed for each speech posted in the speech posting area 70P, and when a plurality of speeches are posted, a plurality of speech evaluation buttons 70Q are arranged to correspond to a plurality of speeches. Ru. The thread panel forming unit 27 reads out the thread name, the genre name, the thread browsing restriction information, the corresponding URL, and the related URL included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37. These are displayed on the thread name display unit 70A, the genre display unit 70B, the browsing restriction level setting unit 70D, the corresponding URL display unit 70G, and the related URL display unit 70J. In addition, the thread panel forming unit 27 displays (posts) the content of a message or the like included in the message information 53B of the thread information 53 temporarily stored in the RAM of the control unit 37 in the message posting area 70P.
　さて、スレッドパネル７０の形成後、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０が、パーソナルコンピュータ４が有する時計を利用し、計時を開始する（ステップＳ４６）。続いて、総合制御部３０は、ステップＳ４６において計時を開始してから５秒が経過するまで、後述のボタン操作処理を繰り返し実行する（ステップＳ４７）。そして、ステップＳ４６において計時を開始してから５秒が経過したとき（ステップＳ４８：ＹＥＳ）、総合制御部３０は処理をステップＳ４１に戻す。この結果、ステップＳ４１ないしステップＳ４８の処理が繰り返し実行される。例えば、スレッドパネル７０に現在表示されているスレッドに関する新たな発言が他の利用者により追加された場合には、ステップＳ４４において、新たな発言が追加された発言情報５３Ｂがスレッド情報受信部２２により受信され、この受信された発言情報５３Ｂに基づいて、スレッドパネル７０の発言掲示領域７０Ｐに新たな発言が追加的に掲示される。 By the way, after the formation of the thread panel 70, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 starts clocking using the clock of the personal computer 4 (step S46). Subsequently, the general control unit 30 repeatedly executes button operation processing described later until five seconds have elapsed since the start of time counting in step S46 (step S47). When 5 seconds have elapsed since the start of time counting in step S46 (step S48: YES), the general control unit 30 returns the process to step S41. As a result, the processes of steps S41 to S48 are repeatedly executed. For example, when a new message related to a thread currently displayed in the thread panel 70 is added by another user, the thread information receiving unit 22 receives the message information 53B to which the new message is added in step S44. A new message is additionally posted in the message posting area 70P of the thread panel 70 based on the received message information 53B received.
　このように、電子掲示板システム１では、利用者がウェブブラウザ６を用いて閲覧しているウェブページ１０のＵＲＬに対応するスレッドが表示されたスレッドパネル７０を形成する。これにより、利用者は、ウェブブラウザ６を用いて閲覧しているウェブページ１０に関するスレッドを容易に閲覧することができ、かつこのスレッドに関する発言を容易に投稿することができる。したがって、電子掲示板システム１によれば、製品情報を一方的に発信するメーカーのウェブページや、ニュースを一方的に発信する報道機関のウェブページなど、情報を一方的に発信するウェブページを閲覧した者が、当該ウェブページから発信されている情報に関する情報交換の場を容易に得ることができる。 As described above, in the electronic bulletin board system 1, the thread panel 70 in which the thread corresponding to the URL of the web page 10 that the user is browsing using the web browser 6 is displayed. As a result, the user can easily browse the thread related to the web page 10 viewed using the web browser 6, and can easily post the remarks related to this thread. Therefore, according to the electronic bulletin board system 1, a web page for unilaterally transmitting information, such as a manufacturer's web page for unilaterally transmitting product information and a web page of a news organization for unilaterally transmitting news, is browsed. It is easy for a person to exchange information on the information transmitted from the web page.
　図１２は、スレッドパネル形成処理におけるボタン操作処理（図１１中のステップＳ４７）を示している。図１２に示すボタン操作処理において、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は、利用者Ａが、図２５中のスレッドパネル７０に形成された発言ボタン７０Ｌ、スレッド評価ボタン７０Ｆ、発言評価ボタン７０Ｑ、変更ボタン７０Ｅ、その他のボタン（ブラウザボタン７０Ｈなど）のいずれかをマウス３５でクリックしたかを調べる（ステップＳ５１ないしＳ５４）。 FIG. 12 shows button operation processing (step S47 in FIG. 11) in the thread panel formation processing. In the button operation process shown in FIG. 12, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 causes the user A to make a speech button 70L, a thread evaluation button 70F, a speech evaluation button 70Q formed on the thread panel 70 in FIG. It is checked whether one of the change button 70E and other buttons (browser button 70H etc.) is clicked with the mouse 35 (steps S51 to S54).
　利用者Ａがスレッドパネル７０の発言ボタン７０Ｌをマウス３５でクリックしたときには（ステップＳ５１：ＹＥＳ）、後述の発言追加処理が実行される（ステップＳ５５）。 When the user A clicks the speech button 70L of the thread panel 70 with the mouse 35 (step S51: YES), a speech addition process described later is executed (step S55).
　利用者Ａがスレッドパネル７０のスレッド評価ボタン７０Ｆまたは発言評価ボタン７０Ｑをマウス３５でクリックしたときには（ステップＳ５２：ＹＥＳ）、後述の評価処理が実行される（ステップＳ５６）。 When the user A clicks the thread evaluation button 70F or the speech evaluation button 70Q of the thread panel 70 with the mouse 35 (step S52: YES), evaluation processing described later is executed (step S56).
　利用者Ａが、ジャンル選択メニュー７０Ｃにより、ジャンル表示部７０Ｂに現在表示されているジャンルと異なるジャンルを選択し、または、閲覧制限レベル設定部７０Ｄにより閲覧制限レベルの再設定を行った後、スレッドパネル７０の変更ボタン７０Ｅをマウス３５でクリックしたときには（ステップＳ５３：ＹＥＳ）、後述のスレッド情報変更処理が実行される（ステップＳ５７）。 After the user A selects a genre different from the genre currently displayed in the genre display section 70B by the genre selection menu 70C, or resets the browsing restriction level by the browsing restriction level setting unit 70D, the thread When the change button 70E of the panel 70 is clicked by the mouse 35 (step S53: YES), a thread information change process described later is executed (step S57).
　利用者Ａがスレッドパネル７０のその他のボタンをマウス３５でクリックしたときには（ステップＳ５４：ＹＥＳ）、その他の処理が実行される（ステップＳ５８）。例えば、利用者がブラウザボタン７０Ｈをクリックしたときには、上述のブラウザアクティブ化処理（図１０中のステップＳ３２参照）が実行される。 When the user A clicks the other button of the thread panel 70 with the mouse 35 (step S54: YES), the other process is executed (step S58). For example, when the user clicks the browser button 70H, the above-mentioned browser activation process (see step S32 in FIG. 10) is performed.
　　（発言追加処理）
　図１３は発言追加処理を示している。発言追加処理は、利用者がスレッドパネル７０に表示されたスレッドに関して入力した発言情報５３Ｂを、当該スレッドに係るスレッド情報５３に追加し、この発言情報５３Ｂに基づいて、利用者により投稿された発言を発言掲示領域７０Ｐに追加的に掲示する処理である。利用者Ａがスレッドパネル７０の発言ボタン７０Ｌをマウス３５でクリックしたとき（図１２中のステップＳ５１：ＹＥＳ）、発言追加処理が実行される（ステップＳ５５）。 (Speech addition process)
FIG. 13 shows a speech addition process. The speech addition process adds the speech information 53B input by the user regarding the thread displayed in the thread panel 70 to the thread information 53 related to the thread, and the speech posted by the user based on the speech information 53B. Is additionally displayed in the speech posting area 70P. When the user A clicks the speech button 70L of the thread panel 70 with the mouse 35 (step S51 in FIG. 12: YES), the speech addition process is executed (step S55).
　発言追加処理において、図１３に示すように、まず、電子掲示板制御部２の発言情報送信部２８が、スレッドパネル形成部２７により形成されたスレッドパネル７０に表示されたスレッドに関して利用者Ａにより入力された発言、当該スレッドに係るスレッドＩＤおよび利用者Ａの利用者ＩＤを含む発言情報（部分的な発言情報）を電子掲示板管理装置３に送信する（ステップＳ６１）。 In the speech addition process, as shown in FIG. 13, first, the speech information transmission unit 28 of the electronic bulletin board control unit 2 inputs by the user A the thread displayed on the thread panel 70 formed by the thread panel formation unit 27. The message information (partial message information) including the message, the thread ID related to the thread, and the user ID of the user A is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S61).
　続いて、電子掲示板管理装置３の総合制御部４６が、電子掲示板制御装置２から送信された発言情報を受信する。続いて、電子掲示板管理装置３の発言情報追加部４３が、受信された発言情報（部分的な発言情報）に基づいて発言情報５３Ｂ（完全な発言情報：図７参照）を生成する。そして、発言情報追加部４３は、電子掲示板制御装置２から送信されたスレッドＩＤに基づいてスレッドパネル７０に表示されているスレッドに係るスレッド情報５３を特定し、このスレッド情報５３に、生成した発言情報５３Ｂを追加する。追加された発言情報５３Ｂは、当該スレッド情報５３の一部として電子掲示板管理装置３の記憶部４７に記憶される（ステップＳ６２）。 Subsequently, the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 receives the message information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2. Subsequently, the message information adding unit 43 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 generates the message information 53B (complete message information: see FIG. 7) based on the received message information (partial message information). Then, the message information adding unit 43 specifies the thread information 53 related to the thread displayed in the thread panel 70 based on the thread ID transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2, and the generated message information in the thread information 53. Add information 53B. The added message information 53B is stored in the storage unit 47 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 as a part of the thread information 53 (step S62).
　続いて、電子掲示板管理装置３の総合制御部４６が、ステップＳ６２において生成された発言情報５３Ｂを電子掲示板制御装置２に送信する（ステップＳ６３）。 Subsequently, the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 transmits the message information 53B generated in step S62 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 (step S63).
　続いて、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０が、電子掲示板管理装置３から送信された発言情報５３Ｂを受信し（ステップＳ６４）、電子掲示板制御装置２のスレッドパネル形成部２７が、受信された発言情報５３Ｂに基づいて、スレッドパネル７０の発言掲示領域７０Ｐに、利用者Ａにより入力された発言を追加的に掲示する（ステップＳ６５）。 Subsequently, the integrated control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 receives the message information 53B transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S64), and the thread panel forming unit 27 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 is received. Based on the message information 53B, the message input by the user A is additionally posted in the message posting area 70P of the thread panel 70 (step S65).
　　（評価処理）
　図１４は評価処理を示している。評価処理は、スレッドパネル７０に表示された一の利用者作成のスレッドに対する他の利用者による評価入力、またはスレッドパネル７０に表示されたスレッドに関する一の利用者の発言に対する他の利用者による評価入力を受け取り、この評価入力に基づいて一の利用者のポイント数を変更する処理である。利用者Ａ（他の利用者に相当する）が例えばスレッドパネル７０の発言評価ボタン７０Ｑをマウス３５でクリックしたとき（図１２中のステップＳ５２：ＹＥＳ）、評価処理が実行される（ステップＳ５６）。 (Evaluation process)
FIG. 14 shows an evaluation process. In the evaluation process, evaluation input by another user for one user-created thread displayed in the thread panel 70 or evaluation by another user for one user's statement regarding the thread displayed in the thread panel 70 It is a process of receiving an input and changing the number of points of one user based on this evaluation input. For example, when the user A (corresponding to another user) clicks the speech evaluation button 70Q of the thread panel 70 with the mouse 35 (step S52 in FIG. 12: YES), the evaluation process is executed (step S56) .
　評価処理において、図１４に示すように、まず、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０が、図２６に示すような評価入力パネル７１をディスプレイ３６の画面中に形成する（ステップＳ７１）。評価入力パネル７１には、プラス評価ボタン７１Ａ、マイナス評価ボタン７１Ｂなどが形成されている。 In the evaluation process, as shown in FIG. 14, first, the integrated control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 forms an evaluation input panel 71 as shown in FIG. 26 in the screen of the display 36 (step S71). In the evaluation input panel 71, a positive evaluation button 71A, a negative evaluation button 71B, and the like are formed.
　利用者Ａが、プラス評価ボタン７１Ａまたはマイナス評価ボタン７１Ｂをマウス３５でクリックして評価入力を行ったとき、電子掲示板制御装置２の評価受取部２９が、この評価入力を受け取り（ステップＳ７２）、この評価入力に応じて評価情報（部分的な評価情報）を生成する。この評価情報には、評価区分（スレッドに対する評価か、発言に対する評価か）、スレッドパネル７０に表示されているスレッドのスレッドＩＤ、利用者Ａが評価の対象とした発言の発言番号（評価の対象がスレッドの場合には例えば０が設定される）、評価入力を行った利用者の利用者ＩＤ、評価内容（プラス評価かマイナス評価か）などが含まれる。なお、評価区分は、利用者Ａがスレッド評価ボタン７０Ｆを押したか、発言評価ボタン７０Ｑを押したかによって定まる。また、利用者Ａが評価の対象とした発言の発言番号は、利用者Ａがどの発言評価ボタン７０Ｑをクリックしたかによって定まる。また、評価内容は、利用者Ａが評価入力パネル７１のプラス評価ボタン７１Ａをクリックしたか、マイナス評価ボタン７１Ｂをクリックしたかによって定まる（例えば、利用者Ａがプラス評価ボタン７１Ａをクリックしてプラス評価入力をしたときには、評価内容として１が設定され、マイナス評価ボタン７１Ｂをクリックしてマイナス評価入力をしたときには、評価内容として０が設定される）。 When the user A performs an evaluation input by clicking the plus evaluation button 71A or the negative evaluation button 71B with the mouse 35, the evaluation receiving unit 29 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 receives this evaluation input (step S72), Evaluation information (partial evaluation information) is generated according to this evaluation input. The evaluation information includes the evaluation category (e.g. evaluation for a thread or evaluation for a speech), the thread ID of the thread displayed in the thread panel 70, the speech number of the speech targeted by the user A for evaluation (target for evaluation) If the thread is a thread, for example, 0 is set), the user ID of the user who made the evaluation input, the content of the evaluation (positive evaluation or negative evaluation), etc. are included. The evaluation classification is determined depending on whether the user A has pressed the thread evaluation button 70F or has pressed the speech evaluation button 70Q. Further, the speech number of the speech that the user A has made an evaluation target is determined by which speech evaluation button 70Q the user A has clicked. The evaluation content is determined depending on whether the user A clicks the plus evaluation button 71A of the evaluation input panel 71 or the minus evaluation button 71B (for example, the user A clicks the plus evaluation button 71A When evaluation input is performed, 1 is set as the evaluation content, and when negative evaluation input is performed by clicking the negative evaluation button 71B, 0 is set as the evaluation content).
　続いて、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０が、ステップＳ７２において生成された評価情報を電子掲示板管理装置３に送信する（ステップＳ７３）。 Subsequently, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 transmits the evaluation information generated in step S72 to the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S73).
　続いて、電子掲示板管理装置３の総合制御部４６が、電子掲示板制御装置２から送信された評価情報を受信する。そして、総合制御部４６が、電子掲示板制御装置２から送信された評価情報を用いて、評価情報５４（完全な評価情報：図８参照）を生成する。総合制御部４６は、評価情報５４を生成する際、評価内容がプラス評価である場合には、評価情報５４の評価者変更ポイント数に例えば＋１５を設定し、評価内容がマイナス評価である場合には、評価情報５４の評価者変更ポイント数に例えば－１５を設定する。 Subsequently, the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 receives the evaluation information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2. Then, the general control unit 46 generates evaluation information 54 (complete evaluation information: see FIG. 8) using the evaluation information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2. When generating the evaluation information 54, the general control unit 46 sets, for example, +15 as the number of evaluator change points in the evaluation information 54 if the evaluation content is a positive evaluation, and the evaluation content is a negative evaluation. Sets, for example, -15 to the number of evaluator change points of the evaluation information 54.
　続いて、電子掲示板管理装置３のポイント数変更部４４が、評価情報５４の評価者変更ポイント数に基づいて、評価の対象となった発言を行った利用者（一の利用者に相当する）のポイント数を変更する（ステップＳ７４）。具体的には、評価の対象となった発言を行った利用者の利用者情報５１に含まれるポイント数に、評価情報５４の評価者変更ポイント数を加算する。これにより、利用者Ａの評価入力に応じて、評価の対象となった発言を行った利用者のポイント数が１５増加し、または１５減少する。 Subsequently, a user (corresponding to one user) who has made a statement subject to evaluation based on the number of evaluator change points of the evaluation information 54, the point number changing unit 44 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 The number of points is changed (step S74). Specifically, the number of evaluator change points in the evaluation information 54 is added to the number of points included in the user information 51 of the user who made the comment targeted for evaluation. As a result, in accordance with the evaluation input of the user A, the number of points of the user who made the speech targeted for evaluation increases by 15 or decreases by 15.
　　（スレッド情報変更処理）
　図１５はスレッド情報変更処理を示している。スレッド情報変更処理は、ポイント数が基準値を超えている利用者による変更入力に基づいて、スレッドパネル７０に表示されたスレッドに係るスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれるジャンルＩＤまたはスレッド閲覧制限情報の変更を行う処理である。利用者Ａが、例えば閲覧制限レベル設定部７０Ｄにより閲覧制限レベルの再設定を行った後、スレッドパネル７０の変更ボタン７０Ｅをマウス３５でクリックしたとき（図１２中のステップＳ５３：ＹＥＳ）、スレッド情報変更処理が実行される（ステップＳ５７）。 (Thread information change process)
FIG. 15 shows thread information change processing. The thread information change process is based on the change input by the user whose number of points exceeds the reference value, the genre ID or the thread viewing restriction included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 related to the thread displayed on the thread panel 70 It is processing to change information. For example, when the user A clicks the change button 70E of the thread panel 70 with the mouse 35 after resetting the viewing restriction level by the viewing restriction level setting unit 70D (step S53 in FIG. 12: YES), the thread Information change processing is executed (step S57).
　スレッド情報変更処理において、図１５に示すように、まず、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０が、スレッド情報変更要求信号を電子掲示板管理装置３に送信し、スレッド情報の変更を要求する（ステップＳ８１）。スレッド情報変更要求信号には、利用者Ａの利用者ＩＤ、スレッドパネルに７０に表示されたスレッドのスレッドＩＤ、変更後のスレッド閲覧制限レベル（利用者がジャンル選択メニュー７０Ｃにより、ジャンル表示部７０Ｂに現在表示されているジャンルと異なるジャンルを選択した場合には、選択されたジャンルのジャンルＩＤ）、スレッド情報の変更を要求する旨の指令などが含まれている。 In the thread information change process, as shown in FIG. 15, first, the integrated control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 transmits a thread information change request signal to the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to request change of thread information ( Step S81). The thread information change request signal includes the user ID of the user A, the thread ID of the thread displayed on the thread panel 70, the thread browsing restriction level after the change (the user displays the genre display section 70B by the genre selection menu 70C). When a genre different from the currently displayed genre is selected, a category ID of the selected genre, a command to request change of thread information, and the like are included.
　電子掲示板管理装置３の総合制御部４６が、電子掲示板制御装置２から送信されたスレッド情報変更要求信号を受信する。続いて、電子掲示板管理装置３のスレッド情報変更部４５が、スレッド情報変更要求信号に含まれる利用者ＩＤに基づいて利用者Ａを特定し、利用者Ａの利用者情報５１に含まれるポイント数を記憶部４７から読み出し、このポイント数が基準値（例えば１００）以上か否かを判断する（ステップＳ８２）。 The general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 receives the thread information change request signal transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2. Subsequently, the thread information changing unit 45 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 identifies the user A based on the user ID included in the thread information change request signal, and the number of points included in the user information 51 of the user A Is read from the storage unit 47, and it is determined whether the number of points is equal to or greater than a reference value (for example, 100) (step S82).
　利用者Ａのポイント数が基準値以上である場合には（ステップＳ８２：ＹＥＳ）、スレッド情報変更部４５は、スレッド情報変更要求信号に含まれるスレッドＩＤに基づいて、スレッドパネル７０に表示されたスレッドに係るスレッド情報５３を特定し、このスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれるスレッド閲覧制限情報が示すスレッド閲覧制限レベルを、スレッド情報変更要求信号に含まれる変更後のスレッド閲覧制限レベルに変更する（ステップＳ８３）。続いて、電子掲示板管理装置３の総合制御部４６が、変更後のスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａを電子掲示板制御装置２に送信する（ステップＳ８４）。続いて、電子掲示板制御装置２のスレッド情報受信部２２が、電子掲示板管理装置３から送信されたスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａを受信し（ステップＳ８５）、電子掲示板制御装置２のスレッドパネル形成部２７が、この受信したスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに基づいて、スレッドパネル７０を更新する（ステップＳ８６）。 When the number of points of the user A is equal to or more than the reference value (step S 82: YES), the thread information changing unit 45 displays the thread information on the thread panel 70 based on the thread ID included in the thread information change request signal. The thread information 53 related to the thread is specified, and the thread access restriction level indicated by the thread access restriction information included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 is changed to the changed thread access restriction level included in the thread information change request signal. (Step S83). Subsequently, the general control unit 46 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 transmits the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 after the change to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 (step S84). Subsequently, the thread information receiving unit 22 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 receives the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S85). 27 updates the thread panel 70 based on the registration information 53A of the received thread information 53 (step S86).
　一方、ステップＳ８２において、利用者Ａのポイント数が基準値未満である場合には（ステップＳ８２：ＮＯ）、スレッド情報変更部４５が、スレッド情報５３の変更を拒否する旨の拒否信号を生成し、総合制御部４６がこの拒否信号を電子掲示板制御装置２に送信する（ステップＳ８７）。電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０は、電子掲示板管理装置３から送信された拒否信号を受信し（ステップＳ８８）、スレッドパネル７０の更新をせずに、スレッド情報変更処理を終了する。 On the other hand, when the number of points of the user A is less than the reference value in step S82 (step S82: NO), the thread information changing unit 45 generates a rejection signal indicating that the change of the thread information 53 is rejected. The general control unit 46 transmits the refusal signal to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 (step S87). The general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 receives the refusal signal transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 (step S88), and ends the thread information change process without updating the thread panel 70.
　このように、電子掲示板システム１の評価処理およびスレッド情報変更処理によれば、例えば、一の利用者が有用な情報を含む発言を行い、それが他の利用者からの評価を受ければ、当該一の利用者のポイント数が増加し、このポイント数が基準値以上となると、当該一の利用者は、スレッドの閲覧制限レベルを変更することができるといった特別な権限を獲得する。これにより、積極的に有用な情報を含む発言を利用者に促すことができる。 Thus, according to the evaluation process of the electronic bulletin board system 1 and the thread information change process, for example, if one user makes a speech including useful information and it receives an evaluation from another user, When the number of points of one user increases and the number of points becomes equal to or more than the reference value, the one user gains special authority such as being able to change the viewing restriction level of the thread. Thereby, the user can be urged to speak positively including useful information.
　なお、上述した電子掲示板システム１では、リストパネル形成処理において、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａを電子掲示板管理装置３から電子掲示板制御装置２に送信し、スレッドパネル形成処理において、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３の発言情報５３Ｂを電子掲示板管理装置３から電子掲示板制御装置２に送信する場合を例にあげたが、本発明はこれに限らない。例えば、リストパネル形成処理において、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれるスレッドＩＤ、スレッド名、スレッド閲覧制限情報だけを電子掲示板管理装置３から電子掲示板制御装置２に送信し、スレッドパネル形成処理において、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａの残りの情報と発言情報５３Ｂとを電子掲示板管理装置３から電子掲示板制御装置２に送信してもよい。 In the electronic bulletin board system 1 described above, the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 is transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 in the list panel forming process. In the thread panel forming process, the case where the message information 53B of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 is transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2 has been exemplified. The invention is not limited to this. For example, in the list panel forming process, only the thread ID, thread name and thread access restriction information included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21 from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 In the thread panel forming process, the remaining information in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquisition unit 21 and the speech information 53B are transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to the electronic bulletin board It may be transmitted to the control device 2.
　また、上述した電子掲示板システム１では、電子掲示板管理装置３のスレッド情報選択部４１が、電子掲示板制御装置２から送信されたＵＲＬの下位のファイル名またはディレクトリ名を１つずつ削りながら、記憶部４７の検索を繰り返すことにより、利用者がウェブブラウザ６を用いて閲覧しているウェブページ１０に対応するスレッド情報５３を見つけ出す場合を例にあげたが、本発明はこれに限らない。例えば、電子掲示板制御装置２のＵＲＬ取得部２１により、利用者が閲覧しているウェブページ１０のＵＲＬを取得した直後、電子掲示板制御装置２の総合制御部３０が、このＵＲＬの下位のファイル名や下位のディレクトリ名などを削除し、このＵＲＬをホスト名だけの状態にし、このＵＲＬのホスト名だけを電子掲示板制御装置２から電子掲示板管理装置３に送信してもよい。この場合には、電子掲示板管理装置３のスレッド情報選択部４１は、電子掲示板制御装置２から送信されたホスト名と一致するホスト名を有する対応ＵＲＬを含むスレッド情報５３を見つけ出すための検索処理を行う。あるいは、対応ＵＲＬとしてＵＲＬのホスト名だけを設定したスレッド情報を記憶部４７に記憶しておき、スレッド情報選択部４１が検索処理を行う際には、電子掲示板制御装置２から送信されたホスト名と一致するホスト名を含むスレッド情報を見つけ出すようにしてもよい。 Further, in the electronic bulletin board system 1 described above, the thread information selection unit 41 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 stores the storage unit while cutting one file name or directory name lower than the URL transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2. Although the case where thread information 53 corresponding to the web page 10 which the user is browsing using the web browser 6 is found out is described as an example by repeating the search of 47, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, immediately after the URL acquisition unit 21 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 acquires the URL of the web page 10 being browsed by the user, the general control unit 30 of the electronic bulletin board control device 2 has a file name under the URL Alternatively, the lower directory name or the like may be deleted, and this URL may be in the state of only the host name, and only the host name of this URL may be transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2 to the electronic bulletin board management device 3. In this case, the thread information selection unit 41 of the electronic bulletin board management device 3 performs a search process for finding thread information 53 including a corresponding URL having a host name that matches the host name transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2. Do. Alternatively, the thread information in which only the host name of the URL is set as the corresponding URL is stored in the storage unit 47, and when the thread information selection unit 41 performs the search process, the host name transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device 2 The thread information including the matching host name may be found out.
　また、上述した電子掲示板システム１では、利用者閲覧制限レベルおよびスレッド閲覧制限レベルとして、Ｒ指定レベルおよび暴力指定レベルを例にあげたが、本発明はこれに限らない。利用者閲覧制限レベルおよびスレッド閲覧制限レベルを、Ｒ指定レベルまたは暴力指定レベルのいずれか１種類にしてもよいし、他の種類のレベルを採用してもよいし、３種類以上レベルを採用してもよい。また、利用者閲覧制限レベルおよびスレッド閲覧制限レベルの範囲は０ないし４の５段階に限らない。例えば、利用者閲覧制限レベルおよびスレッド閲覧制限レベルとして、性別レベルを採用し、性別レベルの範囲を、０：男性、１：女性の２段階にしてもよい。 Further, in the electronic bulletin board system 1 described above, the R designation level and the violence designation level are exemplified as the user access restriction level and the thread access restriction level, but the present invention is not limited to this. The user access restriction level and the thread access restriction level may be any one of R specified level or violence specified level, or other types of levels may be adopted, and three or more types of levels are adopted. May be Also, the range of the user access restriction level and the thread access restriction level is not limited to five levels of 0 to 4. For example, a gender level may be adopted as the user viewing restriction level and the thread viewing restriction level, and the sex level range may be set to two stages of 0: male and 1: female.
　また、上述した電子掲示板システム１では、リストパネル形成処理（図９）のステップＳ１４において、電子掲示板制御装置２が閲覧制限処理を行う場合を例にあげたが、本発明はこれに限らない。電子掲示板管理装置３が閲覧制限処理を行ってもよい。例えば、リスト形成処理のステップＳ１０において、スレッド情報受信部２２が、ＵＲＬ取得部２１により取得されたＵＲＬ、利用者Ａの利用者ＩＤ、およびＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａの送信を要求する指令を含むスレッド情報要求信号を電子掲示板管理装置３に送信する。そして、電子掲示板管理装置３は、スレッド情報要求信号に含まれるＵＲＬに基づいてスレッド情報５３を選択し、スレッド情報要求信号に含まれる利用者ＩＤに基づいて利用者Ａの利用者情報５１を特定する。そして、電子掲示板管理装置３は、選択したスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれるスレッド閲覧制限情報が示すスレッド閲覧制限レベルと、特定した利用者情報５１に含まれる利用者閲覧制限情報が示す利用者閲覧制限レベルとを比較し、当該スレッド閲覧制限レベルが当該利用者閲覧制限レベル以下であるか否かを判断し、当該スレッド閲覧制限レベルが当該利用者閲覧制限レベル以下であるスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａだけを、電子掲示板管理装置３から電子掲示板制御装置２に送信する。 Moreover, in the electronic bulletin board system 1 mentioned above, although the case where the electronic bulletin board control apparatus 2 performs a browsing restriction process was mentioned as an example in step S14 of a list panel formation process (FIG. 9), this invention is not limited to this. The electronic bulletin board management device 3 may perform the viewing restriction process. For example, in step S10 of the list forming process, the thread information receiving unit 22 transmits the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit 21, the user ID of the user A, and the registration information 53A of the thread information 53 corresponding to the URL. A thread information request signal including a request command is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board management device 3. Then, the electronic bulletin board management device 3 selects the thread information 53 based on the URL included in the thread information request signal, and identifies the user information 51 of the user A based on the user ID included in the thread information request signal. Do. Then, the electronic bulletin board management device 3 uses the thread browsing restriction level indicated by the thread browsing restriction information included in the registration information 53A of the selected thread information 53 and the use indicated by the user browsing restriction information included in the identified user information 51. The thread information 53 is compared with the user access restriction level to determine whether the thread access restriction level is equal to or less than the user access restriction level, and the thread access restriction level is equal to or less than the user access restriction level. Only the registration information 53A is transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device 3 to the electronic bulletin board control device 2.
　また、上述した電子掲示板システム１では、スレッド情報変更処理において、利用者のポイント数が基準値以上か否かの判断およびスレッド情報５３（ジャンル名またはスレッド閲覧制限情報）の変更を電子掲示板管理装置３において行う場合を例にあげたが、本発明はこれに限らない。これらの処理を電子掲示板制御装置２において行ってもよい。 Further, in the electronic bulletin board system 1 described above, in the thread information change processing, the electronic bulletin board management apparatus determines whether the number of points of the user is equal to or greater than the reference value and changes the thread information 53 (genre name or thread viewing restriction information). Although the case where it carries out in 3 was mentioned as an example, the present invention is not limited to this. These processes may be performed in the electronic bulletin board control device 2.
　また、上述した電子掲示板システム１では、ポイント数が基準値以上の利用者がスレッド情報５３の登録情報５３Ａに含まれる情報のうち、ジャンルＩＤとスレッド閲覧制限情報とを変更することができる場合を例にあげたが、本発明はこれに限られない。例えば、ジャンルＩＤまたはスレッド閲覧制限情報のいずれか一方のみを変更することができるとしてもよいし、他の情報を変更することができるようにしてもよい。 Further, in the electronic bulletin board system 1 described above, there is a case where the user having the point number equal to or more than the reference value can change the genre ID and the thread viewing restriction information among the information included in the registration information 53A of the thread information 53. Although given as an example, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, only one of the genre ID and the thread viewing restriction information may be changed, or other information may be changed.
　また、本発明は、請求の範囲および明細書全体から読み取るこのできる発明の要旨または思想に反しない範囲で適宜変更可能であり、そのような変更を伴う電子掲示板システムもまた本発明の技術思想に含まれる。
 
  Further, the present invention can be suitably changed without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention which can be read from the claims and the entire specification, and an electronic bulletin board system with such a change is also within the technical idea of the present invention. included.

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  1. 　相互に通信可能に接続された電子掲示板制御装置および電子掲示板管理装置を備えた電子掲示板システムであって、
    　前記電子掲示板制御装置は、
    　利用者がウェブ閲覧装置により閲覧しているウェブページのＵＲＬを取得するＵＲＬ取得手段と、
    　前記ＵＲＬ取得手段により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報の送信を前記電子掲示板管理装置に要求し、この要求に応じて前記電子掲示板管理装置から送信された前記スレッド情報を受信するスレッド情報受信手段と、
    　前記スレッド情報受信手段により受信されたスレッド情報に係るスレッドが表示されたスレッドパネルを表示装置の画面中に形成するスレッドパネル形成手段と、
    　前記スレッドパネル形成手段により形成されたスレッドパネルに表示されたスレッドに関して利用者により入力された発言情報を前記電子掲示板管理装置に送信する発言情報送信手段とを備え、
    　前記電子掲示板管理装置は、
    　複数のＵＲＬにそれぞれ対応する複数のスレッド情報を記憶したスレッド情報記憶手段と、
    　前記電子掲示板制御装置からの要求に応じ、前記電子掲示板制御装置のＵＲＬ取得手段により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報を前記スレッド情報記憶手段に記憶された複数のスレッド情報の中から選択するスレッド情報選択手段と、
    　前記スレッド情報選択手段により選択されたスレッド情報を前記電子掲示板制御装置に送信するスレッド情報送信手段と、
    　前記電子掲示板制御装置から送信された発言情報を前記スレッド情報選択手段により選択されたスレッド情報の一部として前記スレッド情報記憶手段に追加的に記憶する発言情報追加手段とを備えていることを特徴とする電子掲示板システム。     An electronic bulletin board system comprising an electronic bulletin board control device and an electronic bulletin board management device communicably connected to each other, comprising:
    The electronic bulletin board control device
    URL acquisition means for acquiring the URL of the web page that the user is browsing by the web browsing device;
    Thread information receiving means for requesting transmission of thread information corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquisition means from the electronic bulletin board management device, and receiving the thread information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board management device in response to the request When,
    Thread panel forming means for forming in a screen of a display device a thread panel on which a thread relating to thread information received by the thread information receiving means is displayed;
    And message information transmitting means for transmitting, to the electronic bulletin board management apparatus, the message information input by the user regarding the thread displayed on the thread panel formed by the thread panel forming device.
    The electronic bulletin board management device
    Thread information storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of thread information respectively corresponding to a plurality of URLs;
    A thread for selecting thread information corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit of the electronic bulletin board control apparatus from among a plurality of thread information stored in the thread information storage unit in response to a request from the electronic bulletin board control apparatus Information selection means,
    Thread information transmitting means for transmitting the thread information selected by the thread information selecting means to the electronic bulletin board control device;
    Speech information adding means for additionally storing in the thread information storage means the speech information transmitted from the electronic bulletin board control device as part of the thread information selected by the thread information selection means Electronic bulletin board system to be.
  2. 　前記電子掲示板制御装置は、前記ＵＲＬ取得手段により取得されたＵＲＬに対応する複数のスレッド情報のリストが表示されたリストパネルを前記表示装置の画面中に形成するリストパネル形成手段を備えていることを特徴とする請求項１に記載の電子掲示板システム。 The electronic bulletin board control device includes a list panel forming unit that forms, in a screen of the display device, a list panel on which a list of a plurality of thread information corresponding to the URLs acquired by the URL acquiring unit is displayed. The electronic bulletin board system according to claim 1, characterized in that:
  3. 　前記電子掲示板管理装置のスレッド情報記憶手段に記憶された各スレッド情報は、スレッド情報ごとに設定され、当該スレッド情報に係るスレッドの閲覧制限レベルを示す第１の閲覧制限情報を含み、
    　前記電子掲示板制御装置または前記電子掲示板管理装置は、
    　利用者ごとに設定され、利用者が閲覧することができるスレッドの閲覧制限レベルを示す第２の閲覧制限情報を取得する閲覧制限情報取得手段と、
    　前記ＵＲＬ取得手段により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報に含まれる前記第１の閲覧制限情報が示す閲覧制限レベルが、閲覧制限情報取得手段により取得された第２の閲覧制限情報が示す閲覧制限レベル以下であるか否かを判断する閲覧制限判断手段と、
    　前記閲覧制限判断手段による判断の結果、前記第１の閲覧制限情報が示す閲覧制限レベルが前記第２の閲覧制限情報が示す閲覧制限レベル以下である場合に限り、前記ＵＲＬ取得手段により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報に係るスレッドが表示されたスレッドパネルの形成を許し、または前記ＵＲＬ取得手段により取得されたＵＲＬに対応するスレッド情報を含むリストが表示されたリストパネルの形成を許す閲覧制限制御手段とを備えていることを特徴とする請求項２に記載の電子掲示板システム。     Each thread information stored in the thread information storage means of the electronic bulletin board management apparatus is set for each thread information, and includes first view limit information indicating a view limit level of a thread related to the thread information.
    The electronic bulletin board control device or the electronic bulletin board management device
    A browsing restriction information acquisition unit configured to acquire second browsing restriction information that is set for each user and indicates a browsing restriction level of a thread that can be browsed by the user;
    The browsing restriction level indicated by the first browsing restriction information included in the thread information corresponding to the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit is the browsing restriction indicated by the second browsing restriction information acquired by the browsing restriction information acquiring unit A browsing restriction determination unit that determines whether or not the level is below the level;
    It is acquired by the URL acquiring means only when the browsing restriction level indicated by the first browsing restriction information is equal to or lower than the browsing restriction level indicated by the second browsing restriction information as a result of the judgment by the browsing restriction judging means. A reading restriction that permits formation of a thread panel in which a thread related to thread information corresponding to a URL is displayed, or allows formation of a list panel in which a list including thread information corresponding to a URL acquired by the URL acquisition means is displayed The electronic bulletin board system according to claim 2, further comprising: control means.
  4. 　前記電子掲示板管理装置は、利用者ごとのポイント数を記憶するポイント数記憶手段を備え、
    　前記電子掲示板制御装置は、前記スレッドパネル形成手段により形成されたスレッドパネルに表示された一の利用者作成のスレッドに対する他の利用者による評価入力を受け取り、または前記スレッドパネル形成手段により形成されたスレッドパネルに表示されたスレッド中の一の利用者の発言に対する他の利用者による評価入力を受け取る評価受取手段を備え、
    　前記電子掲示板管理装置は、前記評価受取手段により受け取られた評価入力に応じ、前記ポイント数記憶手段に記憶された前記一の利用者のポイント数を増加させ、または減少させるポイント数変更手段を備え、
    　前記電子掲示板制御装置または前記電子掲示板管理装置は、前記ポイント数記憶手段に記憶されたポイント数が基準値以上の前記一の利用者が、前記スレッドパネル形成手段により形成されたスレッドパネルに表示されたスレッドに係るスレッド情報の変更を指示した場合に限り、この指示に従い、当該スレッド情報を変更するスレッド情報変更手段を備えていることを特徴とする請求項１に記載の電子掲示板システム。
          The electronic bulletin board management apparatus comprises point number storage means for storing the number of points for each user;
    The electronic bulletin board control device receives evaluation input by another user for a user-created thread displayed on a thread panel formed by the thread panel forming means, or is formed by the thread panel forming means Providing an evaluation receiving means for receiving an evaluation input by another user in response to an utterance of one user in a thread displayed in the thread panel;
    The electronic bulletin board management apparatus comprises point number changing means for increasing or decreasing the number of points of the one user stored in the point number storage means in accordance with the evaluation input received by the evaluation receiving means. ,
    In the electronic bulletin board control device or the electronic bulletin board management device, the one user who has the number of points stored in the point number storage means is greater than or equal to a reference value is displayed on the thread panel formed by the thread panel formation means. The electronic bulletin board system according to claim 1, further comprising thread information changing means for changing the thread information according to the instruction only when the change of the thread information related to the thread is instructed.
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