JP5020170B2 - Information management apparatus, information management method, and program for determining event unique to user - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information management apparatus, an information management method, and a program for determining an event unique to a user.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique for providing useful information for a user using a query received from a terminal device operated by the user, a search result based on the query, or the like has been considered.

For example, in Patent Document 1, another document related to the content of a web page being browsed by a user is automatically retrieved from a specific database, and the retrieved other document information (document identification information, URL, Technology for providing actual data or the like) to a user terminal as a recommended document is disclosed.
JP 2006-343850 A

  In Patent Document 1, a recommended document is provided to a user terminal based on the content of a web page viewed by the user, but specific information is provided to the user using a query input by the user terminal. If possible, it is beneficial for the user and the information provider.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an information management apparatus, an information management method, and a program that can specify a query related to an event unique to a user.

  The present invention provides the following solutions.

(1) An information management apparatus that is communicably connected to a plurality of user terminals, authenticating a user who has accessed from the user terminal, and a query for each user authenticated by the authentication means A browsing history storage means for storing time information when the user accesses the web page searched based on the query and browsing history identification information for identifying browsing history of the web page, and the browsing based the query stored in the history storage means and to said time information, said browsing history extraction means for extracting the browsing history identification information stored in the storage means, wherein the browsing history identification extracted by the extraction means An event query specifying means for specifying a query related to an event associated with an action unique to the user based on the information; and the event query. Information management apparatus characterized by comprising an event query control means for storing a query relating to the event identified in the event query storage means by a particular means.

  According to the configuration of (1), the information management device specifies a query related to an event that is associated with a behavior unique to the user, and stores it in the event query storage unit.

  For this reason, the information management device can provide the user with useful information regarding the event that is linked to the action unique to the user, based on the query regarding the identified event.

(2) the extraction means, the browsing history from the query stored in the storage means and the query extracting means for extracting a first condition is satisfied query, the time corresponding to the query extracted by the query extractor The information management apparatus according to (1), further comprising browsing history identification information extracting means for extracting browsing history identification information that satisfies the second condition based on the information.

  According to the configuration of (2), the information management device extracts a query that satisfies the first condition from the query stored in the browsing history storage unit, and based on the time information corresponding to the extracted query, the second The browsing history identification information that satisfies the above condition is extracted.

  For this reason, it is possible to suitably extract browsing history identification information that is a condition for specifying a query related to an event associated with an action unique to the user from browsing history identification information stored in the browsing history storage means.

(3) the event query specifying means, based on the browsing history the browsing history identification information extracted by the identification information extraction means, the user of the third condition is satisfied query as a query on an event leading to specific actions The information management device according to (2), characterized in that the information management device is specified.

  According to the configuration of (3), the information management device is a query related to an event that links a query that satisfies the third condition to an action specific to the user, based on the browsing history identification information extracted by the browsing history identification information extraction unit. As specified.

  For this reason, based on the extracted browsing history identification information, it is possible to suitably specify a query related to an event that leads to an action unique to the user.

(4) further comprises a query storage means for storing a query about the event, the query extraction unit, as the first condition, the query stored in the browsing history storage means is stored in the query storage means consistent with the query, there the matching query is equal to or more than a predetermined number, wherein the query that is present more than the predetermined number is associated with the browsing history identification information to the same or consecutive (2) The information management device described in 1.

  According to the configuration of (4), the information management device matches the query stored in the browsing history storage unit with the query stored in the query storage unit, and there are a predetermined number or more of the queries, The first condition is that more than the number of queries are associated with the same or continuous browsing history identification information.

  For this reason, browsing history identification information can be suitably extracted using the first condition.

(5) the browsing history identification information extracting means, wherein the second condition, said one of said time information corresponding to the extracted query by the query extracting means, the browsing history identification information corresponding to the time information of the earliest (2) The information management apparatus according to (2).

  According to the configuration of (5), the information management device determines that the browsing history identification information corresponding to the earliest time information among the time information corresponding to the query extracted by the query extraction unit is the second condition. And

  For this reason, browsing history identification information can be suitably extracted using a 2nd condition.

(6) the event query specifying means, as the third condition, among the query corresponding to the browsing history identification information extracted by the viewing history identification information extracting means is input to the earliest by the user terminal The information management apparatus according to (3), wherein the information management apparatus is a query.

  According to the configuration of (6), the information management device indicates that the query input first by the user terminal among the queries corresponding to the browsing history identification information extracted by the browsing history identification information extraction unit. Condition 3 is assumed.

  For this reason, the query regarding the event linked to the action specific to the user can be suitably specified using the third condition.

(7) An information management method in which an information management apparatus that is communicably connected to a plurality of user terminals manages information about queries, an authentication step for authenticating a user who has accessed from the user terminal, and the authentication For each user authenticated in the step, a query, time information when the user accesses a web page searched based on the query, and browsing history identification information for identifying the browsing history of the web page are associated with each other. stored, based on the remembers been the query and the time information, an extraction step of extracting the browsing history identification information memorize, based on the browsing history identification information extracted by the extraction step, An event query specifying step for specifying a query related to an event associated with an action unique to the user; and the event query Information management method characterized in that it comprises an event query control step of storing the query for the event specified by the constant step.

  According to the structure of (7), the information management method of this invention specifies the query regarding the event linked | related with an action specific to a user, and memorize | stores it in an event query memory | storage means.

  For this reason, according to the information management method of the present invention, it is possible to provide the user with useful information regarding the event that is linked to the action unique to the user, based on the query related to the identified event.

(8) A computer program that is executed by a computer of an information management apparatus that is communicably connected to a plurality of user terminals, wherein the authentication step authenticates a user who has accessed from the user terminal, and authentication is performed by the authentication step. For each user, the query, the time information when the user accessed the web page searched based on the query, and the browsing history identification information for identifying the browsing history of the web page are stored in association with each other , based remembers to said query and on said time information, an extraction step of extracting the browsing history identification information memorize, based on the browsing history identification information extracted by the extraction step, the user An event query identifying step for identifying a query related to an event associated with a specific action, and the event Computer program for executing the event query control step of storing the query for the event identified in the computer by the query specifying step.

  According to the structure of (8), the computer program of this invention specifies the query regarding the event linked | related with an action specific to a user, and memorize | stores it in an event query memory | storage means.

  For this reason, according to the computer program of the present invention, it is possible to provide the user with useful information about the event that is linked to the action unique to the user, based on the query related to the identified event.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the information management apparatus, the information management method, and program which can determine the query relevant to the event specific to a user can be provided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Functional configuration of system 1]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system 1 according to an embodiment of the information management apparatus of the present invention. Information management server (information managing apparatus) 10, search server 20, the terminal device 3 0及 beauty content server 40 are connected via a communication line 50. A user who operates the terminal device 30 accesses the search server 20, and acquires a search result by inputting a query (search keyword) for reaching a desired Web document to a predetermined search engine. A user who operates the terminal device 30 selects a URL listed in the search result, and browses a Web document managed by the content server 40.

The terminal device 30 is typified by a terminal device such as a personal computer, a mobile phone, a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), a mobile, a notebook PC, or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), and performs wired or wireless communication. Any information can be used as long as the information transmitted from the information management server 10 and the search server 20 can be referred to via the communication line 50 to be performed. In addition, the information management server 10 may be configured to include a Web server, a DB server, and an application server as necessary, and may be configured with one server or different servers. In addition, the information management server 10 and the search server 20 may be configured by one server or may be configured by different servers.

[Hardware Configuration of Information Management Server 10]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of the information management server 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, a central processing unit (CPU) 310 (a plurality of CPUs such as a CPU 320 may be added in a multiprocessor configuration) constituting the control unit 300, a bus line 200, a communication I / F (I / F An interface) 330, a main memory 340, a BIOS (Basic Input Output System) 350, an I / O controller 360, a hard disk 370, an optical disk drive 380, and a semiconductor memory 390. The hard disk 370, the optical disk drive 380, and the semiconductor memory 390 are collectively referred to as a storage device 410.

  The control unit 300 is a part that controls the information management server 10 in an integrated manner. By appropriately reading and executing various programs stored in the hard disk 370, the control unit 300 cooperates with the hardware described above, and performs various types according to the present invention. The function is realized.

  The communication I / F 330 is a network adapter when the information management server 10 transmits / receives information to / from other devices such as the terminal device 30 via the network.

  The BIOS 350 records a boot program executed by the CPU 310 when the information management server 10 is started, a program depending on the hardware of the information management server 10, and the like.

The I / O controller 360 may connect the hard disk 370, optical disk drive 380, storage device 410, such as a semi-conductor memory 390.

Hard disk 370, various programs for operating this hardware as an information management server 10, the program for executing the functions of the present invention, stores a table or the like which will be described later. The information management server 10 can also use an external hard disk (not shown) as an external storage device.

As the optical disk drive 380, for example, a DVD-ROM drive, a CD-ROM drive, a DVD-RAM drive, and a CD-RAM drive can be used. In this case, the optical disk 400 corresponding to each drive is used. A program or data can be read from the optical disk 400 by the optical disk drive 380 and provided to the main memory 340 or the hard disk 370 via the I / O controller 360.

  The computer in the present invention refers to an information processing device including a storage device, a control unit, and the like. The information management server 10 includes an information processing device including a storage device 410, a control unit 300, and the like. The information processing apparatus is included in the concept of the computer of the present invention.

In the above example, the information management server 10 has been mainly described. However, the functions described above can also be realized by installing a program in a computer and operating the computer as a server device. Therefore, the functions realized by the information management server 10 described as an embodiment in the present invention can be executed by executing the above-described method by the computer, or by introducing the above-described program into the computer and executing it. It is feasible.

[Functional configuration of information management server 10]
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the information management server 10 which is an embodiment of the event determination apparatus of the present invention. The information management server 10 includes a browsing history database (browsing history storage means) 21 (hereinafter referred to as browsing history DB), an event determination database (query storage means) 22 (hereinafter referred to as event determination DB), and an event database (event query storage means). ) 23 (hereinafter referred to as event DB), recommendation database 24 (hereinafter referred to as recommendation DB), authentication unit (authentication unit) 11, extraction unit (extraction unit, query extraction unit, browsing history identification information extraction unit) 12, An event query specifying unit (event query specifying unit) 13, an event query control unit (event query control unit) 14, and a presentation unit 15 are provided.

  The browsing history DB 21 stores a browsing history table that is a browsing history of web pages for each user ID. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a browsing history table. A browsing history table is provided for each user ID. The browsing history table is a query input by a user operating the terminal device 30 in association with a browsing history ID (browsing history identification information) that identifies a browsing history of the web page searched based on the query, Among the search results searched based on the query, the URL browsed by the user, the date and time (time information) when the URL was browsed by the user, and the like are stored. Note that the query associated with the same browsing history ID is a query that is input earlier as the left-side query, and the query that is leftmost is the query that is input first.

  The event determination DB 22 stores a plurality of queries related to events. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an event determination table that stores a plurality of queries related to events. The event determination table stores a query related to an event associated with an action unique to the user and an event category to which the query belongs.

  The authentication unit 11 authenticates a user who has accessed from the terminal device 30. Specifically, the authentication unit 11 determines whether or not the user ID and password transmitted from the terminal device 30 match the user ID and password stored in the storage device 410. Authenticates the user who operates the terminal device 30.

  The extraction unit 12 extracts the browsing history ID stored in the browsing history DB 21 based on the query and date and time stored in the browsing history DB 21.

  Specifically, the extraction unit (query extraction means) 12 extracts a query that satisfies the first condition from the queries stored in the browsing history DB 21. Specifically, the extraction unit 12 uses, as a first condition, a query stored in the browsing history DB 21 as a query stored in the event determination DB 22 within a predetermined period (for example, 3 days, 1 week, etc.) Queries are extracted under the condition that there are a predetermined number (for example, two) or more of the matched queries, and that the queries having the predetermined number or more are associated with the same or consecutive browsing history IDs. To do. Here, the predetermined period is determined by the extraction unit 12 based on the date and time corresponding to the query stored in the browsing history DB 21.

  The extraction unit (browsing history identification information extracting unit) 12 extracts a browsing history ID that satisfies the second condition based on the date and time corresponding to the extracted query. Specifically, the extraction unit 12 extracts the browsing history ID corresponding to the earliest date / time among the dates / times corresponding to the extracted query as the second condition.

  Based on the browsing history ID extracted by the extraction unit 12, the event query specifying unit 13 specifies a query that satisfies the third condition as a query related to an event that leads to a behavior unique to the user. Specifically, as a third condition, the event query specifying unit 13 uniquely identifies the query input first by the terminal device 30 among the queries corresponding to the browsing history ID extracted by the extracting unit 12. Identified as a query related to the event that leads to the behavior of.

  In this way, the information management server 10 can specify a query suitable as an event query from among many queries stored in the browsing history DB 21.

  Note that the extraction unit 12 matches, as a first condition, a query stored in the browsing history DB 21 matches a query belonging to the same event category stored in the event determination DB 22, and there is a predetermined number of matched queries. The query may be extracted on the condition that the predetermined number of queries are associated with the same or continuous browsing history identification information.

  Moreover, the event query specific | specification part 13 connects the query input most by the terminal device 30 among the queries corresponding to browsing history ID extracted by the extraction part 12 as a 3rd condition with an action specific to a user. You may specify as a query about an event.

  In addition, other conditions may be applied as conditions for specifying an event query, and the number of event queries to be specified is not limited to one, and a plurality of queries may be specified.

  The event query control unit 14 stores the event query specified by the event query specifying unit 13 in the event DB 23.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an event table in which event queries are stored in the event DB 23. The event table is provided for each user ID, and an event query is stored in association with the event ID.

  Further, the event query control unit 14 specifies a recommendation date of the event query stored in the event DB 23. Specifically, the event query control unit 14 refers to the browsing history DB 21 of the corresponding user ID for the event query stored in the event DB 23 and extracts the latest date and time when the event query exists. Then, the extracted date and time is specified as the recommendation date and registered in the recommendation DB 24.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a recommendation table in which recommendation dates are stored in the recommendation DB 24. The recommendation table is provided for each user ID, and stores an event query and a recommendation date in association with the event ID.

  The presentation unit 15 presents recommendation information to the terminal device 30 based on the recommendation DB 24. Specifically, the presentation unit 15 transmits the communication I / F 330 to the terminal device 30 authenticated by the user ID registered in the recommendation DB 24 after a certain period of time has elapsed from the recommendation date registered in the recommendation DB 24. Present (send) via

  Here, the fixed period may be a period predetermined for each event in consideration of the periodicity of the event, or may be a period set by the terminal device 30 authenticated by the user ID. The recommendation information is information for recommending (recommending) an event query to a user who operates the terminal device 30 authenticated by the user ID.

  Note that the predetermined period, the predetermined number, the first condition, the second condition, the third condition, the fixed period, and the like described above are stored in the storage device 410 in advance.

[Process flow]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of the information management server 10 of this embodiment. This flowchart will be described with specific examples.

Step S <b> 1: The authentication unit 11 receives the user ID and password transmitted from the terminal device 30.
Step S2: The authentication unit 11 determines whether or not the user ID and password received in step S1 match the user ID and password registered in the storage device. If the user ID and the password match (Yes), the process proceeds to step S3. On the other hand, if the user ID does not match the password (No), the process returns to step S1.

  Step S3: The extraction unit 12 extracts a query that satisfies the first condition from the queries stored in the browsing history DB 21. Here, a specific example will be described with reference to FIGS. Further, as a first condition, the query stored in the browsing history DB 21 matches the query stored in the event determination DB 22 within three days, and there are two or more matching queries, and these two or more exist. The query is extracted on condition that the query to be associated is associated with the same or continuous browsing history ID.

  The extraction unit 12 extracts a query stored in the browsing history table by the user with the user ID 1 within 3 days from the reference date and time. That is, it is a query within the browsing date and time within 3 days from the reference date and time “January 2, 2007 12:05:23” shown in FIG. 4 and matches the query stored in the event determination DB 22 shown in FIG. The queries to be performed are “map” and “train”.

  The extraction unit 12 includes two or more queries “map” and “train”, which are associated with continuous browsing history IDs “0002” and “0003”. Are extracted as queries satisfying the first condition.

Step S4: The extraction unit 12 extracts the browsing history ID corresponding to the earliest date among the dates corresponding to the query extracted in Step S3 .

Step S5: The event query specifying unit 13 specifies the query input first by the terminal device 30 among the queries corresponding to the browsing history ID extracted in Step S4 as a query related to an event associated with an action specific to the user. To do. Specifically, the event query specifying unit 13, certain of the query corresponding to the browsing history ID extracted in step S4, a query entered in the earliest by the terminal device 30 operated by the user ID1 as an event query (See FIG. 4).

Step S6: The event query control unit 14 stores the event query specified in step S5 in the event DB 23 .

  As described above, the information management server 10 according to the present embodiment identifies an event query from queries input in the past by the user based on the browsing history DB 21 and stores the event query in the event DB 23. For this reason, the information management server 10 can provide useful information (for example, recommendation information) for the user using the event query stored in the event DB 23.

[Recommendation Information]
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of recommendation information displayed on the display unit of the terminal device 30. The recommendation information is transmitted to the terminal device 30 by the presentation unit 15. In FIG. 9, the search engine 61 searches the web browser for the login information 61 indicating the authenticated user ID, the date and time 62, and the recommendation message 63 and the event query included in the recommendation message 63 as the recommendation information. is displayed and the re-search button 64.

  The recommendation message 63 indicates that the user has visually input the query “苺 Hunting” in the past, or that the user himself has entered “苺 Hunting”. It is possible to prompt the user to recall again what he / she wanted to do or went to. When the user clicks on the re-search button 64, the search engine may automatically execute the search using “苺 hunting” as a query, even if the user does not input the query himself / herself.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not restricted to embodiment mentioned above. The effects described in the embodiments of the present invention are only the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are limited to those described in the embodiments of the present invention. is not.

1 is a block diagram showing a system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the information management server 10 which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the information management server 10 which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a browsing history table. It is a figure which shows an example of an event determination table. It is a figure which shows an example of an event table. It is a figure which shows an example of a recommendation table. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the information management server 10 of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of recommendation information.

1 System 10 Information Management Server 11 Authentication Unit 12 Extraction Unit 13 Event Query Identification Unit 14 Event Query Control Unit 21 Browsing History DB
22 Event judgment DB
23 Event DB
24 recommendation DB

Claims (4)

An information management device that is communicably connected to a plurality of user terminals,
Authentication means for authenticating a user who has accessed from the user terminal;
For each user authenticated by the authentication means, time information when the user accesses a web page searched based on one or more queries input by the user, the one or more queries, and the access Browsing history storage means for storing identification information in association with each other;
Event determination storage means for storing a query related to a predetermined event category in advance;
A query that matches the query stored in the event determination storage unit among the queries stored in the browsing history storage unit is associated with a plurality of consecutive access dates or times or a predetermined number of access dates or times. Extraction means for extracting identification information corresponding to a plurality of consecutive access dates or times or one access ;
Among the queries associated with the identification information extracted by the extraction means, event query specifying means for specifying the first input query as an event query of the user related to the identification information ;
An event query control means to be stored in the event query storage means for each user to the corresponding said event Tok Eli identified by the event query specifying means,
An information management device comprising: Before Ki抽 detecting means, the event determination storage means to a query that matches the stored query is associated, among the plurality of access time or one access time consecutive, the identification corresponding to the earliest date and time The information management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein information is extracted . An information management method for executing management of information about the query into a plurality of communicatively connected information management device and the user terminal,
An authentication step of authenticating a user who has accessed from the user terminal;
For each user authenticated by the authentication step, time information when the user accessed a web page searched based on one or more queries input by the user, the one or more queries, and the access A browsing history storage step for storing identification information in association with each other ;
Among the queries stored in the browsing history storage step, the query that matches the query stored in the event determination storage means that stores a query related to a predetermined event category in advance is a plurality of consecutive access dates or one access date and time. An extraction step of extracting identification information corresponding to a plurality of consecutive access dates or times when one or more is associated with a predetermined number or more ,
Among the queries associated with the identification information extracted in the extraction step, an event query identification step that identifies the query input first as an event query of the user related to the identification information ;
An event query control step of storing said event Tok collar which is Oite identified the event query specifying step for each corresponding user,
Management method for causing the information management apparatus to execute A plurality of user terminals communicatively connected to the child computer,
An authentication step of authenticating a user who has accessed from the user terminal;
For each user authenticated by the authentication step, time information when the user accessed a web page searched based on one or more queries input by the user, the one or more queries, and the access A browsing history storage step for storing identification information in association with each other ;
Among the queries stored in the browsing history storage step , the query that matches the query stored in the event determination storage unit that stores the query related to the predetermined event category in advance is a plurality of consecutive access dates or one access date and time. An extraction step of extracting identification information corresponding to a plurality of consecutive access dates or times when a predetermined number or more are associated ; and
Among the queries associated with the identification information extracted in the extraction step , an event query identification step that identifies the query input first as an event query of the user related to the identification information ;
An event query control step of storing said event Tok Eli identified in the event query specifying step for each corresponding user,
Program for causing a computer to execute the.

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