JP3446886B2 - Personal network data management system and personal network search method - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a personal connection data management system, and more particularly to a method for generating and managing personal connection information using electronic information communication data, and a personal connection data management system therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An example of a conventional personal information search system is
It is described in JP-A-10-301905. As shown in FIG. 23, this conventional system includes a communication detection unit, a pipe generation / update unit, a pipe management unit, a pipe search unit, a pipe synthesis unit, a request processing unit, and a communication interface.

The conventional personal-connection information search system having such a configuration operates as follows. That is, the exchange of information between information devices (nodes) is detected, and the connection between nodes is managed as pipe information (link). By synthesizing pipes, multiple nodes are connected by pipes to form a network. When a keyword required for a personal connection search is input, a node having pipe information matching the keyword is searched for.

However, this conventional technique has a problem in a method of generating link information. When searching for personal connections, the link is followed by referring to the keyword information, which is the link information, its weight information, and communication frequency information, but the access right information, group information, and recommendation degree information do not exist, so a link that is not suitable for the search is followed. The possibility arises.

The following techniques are known in relation to the above description.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 5-298331 discloses a decision support system which requires a database search and supports decision making based on the database search results.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 6-274550 discloses a personal connection management system in which a plurality of persons can share and use information accumulated using noun information as a key.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 9-91308 discloses a technique for providing the popularity of the information in a simple method based on the information such as the number of accesses and the access ratio.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 11-203322 describes a personal network system capable of executing different processes for special personal connections and non-special personal connections.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide electronic mail data obtained via a network,
A personal connection data management method that can generate personal connection information by analyzing the relationship between the sender / reporter and the destination / visit from report data such as daily business reports obtained via an input device or network, and personal connection data therefor To provide a management system.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a personal network data management method and a personal network data management system for the personal network data management method which can facilitate personal network retrieval by sharing personal network information.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a personal connection data management method that enables personal connection retrieval in consideration of the intentions of users and members by setting access rights and recommendation degrees for personal connection information. It is to provide the personal connection data management system of.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a personal network data management method and a personal network data management system for the same, which makes it possible to search for members within an organization by sharing personal network information within the organization. is there.

[0014]

Means for solving the problems of the present invention will be described below with (). The numbers in parentheses are reference numbers in the description of the embodiments of the invention. However, this reference number should not be used for interpreting the description (technical scope) of the claims, and for the purpose of helping understanding of the correspondence between the description of the embodiments of the invention and the description of the claims. Should only be used.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, the personal-connection data management system comprises a plurality of personal-connection management devices (1, 2) connected to each other via a communication network (140). Each of the above is a relationship generation means (101, 10) for generating personal relationship information of a destination person and a sender from message information transmitted and received via a network.
2, 104, 112) and attribute generation means (101, 102, 105, 113, for generating person attribute information relating to the attributes of the recipient and the sender from the message information).
114), and personal connection management means (106, 111) for generating and managing personal connection information by aggregating the personal relationship information and the personal attribute information for each set of the sender and the recipient.
Relationship setting means (120, 107) for setting additional information indicating whether or not to permit disclosure of the personal connection information to the personal connection information for each set of the sender and the destination person, and a personal connection information request to the plurality of personal connections. Personal connection information request processing means (109) for outputting to other one of the management devices via the communication network and receiving personal connection information from the other personal connection management device.
According to the personal connection search condition, the personal connection information is searched to create a list of candidate information, and the personal connection information is provided to the personal connection management device as an intermediary personal connection management device corresponding to each of the candidates in the candidate information. Control the personal connection information request processing means to output a request, of the candidate information based on the personal connection information from the intermediary personal connection management device and the list of the candidate information received by the personal connection information request processing means. Candidate information retrieval means (108, 1) for creating the final list
06) and are provided.

In order to solve the problems of the present invention, the personal-connection data management system includes a communication network (140).
A plurality of personal connection management devices (1,
2), wherein each of the plurality of personal connection management devices generates the personal relationship information of the addressee and the sender from the message information transmitted and received via the network.
1, 102, 104, 112) and attribute generation means (101, 102, 105, for generating person attribute information relating to the attributes of the recipient and the sender from the message information).
113, 114) and information input means (120, 10) for inputting negotiation information between the addressee and the sender.
3), and personal connection management means for generating and managing personal connection information by aggregating the personal relationship information, the personal attribute information, and the negotiation information for each set of the sender and the recipient.
6, 111), and relationship setting means (120, 107) for setting additional information indicating, for each set of the sender and the recipient, whether or not to permit the disclosure of the personal connection information in the personal connection information.
And a personal connection information request processing unit (109) for outputting a personal connection information request to another one of the plurality of personal connection management devices via the communication network and receiving personal connection information from the other personal connection management devices. According to the personal connection search condition, the personal connection information is searched to create a list of candidate information, and the personal connection information request is made to the personal connection management device as an intermediary personal connection management device corresponding to each of the candidates in the candidate information. To control the personal connection information request processing means, based on the personal connection information from the intermediary personal connection management device and the list of the candidate information received by the personal connection information request processing means, the final candidate information. And a candidate information search means (108, 106) for creating a list.

Further, in order to solve the problems of the present invention, the personal connection data management system includes a relationship generation means (101, 102, 104) for generating personal relationship information of a destination person and a sender from message information transmitted and received via a network. 1
12), attribute generation means (101, 102, 105, 113, 114) for generating person attribute information regarding the attributes of the recipient and the sender from the message information, and negotiation between the recipient and the sender. Information input means (120, 103) for inputting information, and the personal relationship information, the personal attribute information, and the negotiation information are aggregated for each set of the sender and the destination to generate personal connection information. , Managing personal connection management means (106, 111), and relationship setting means (120) for setting additional information in the personal connection information indicating whether to permit disclosure of the personal connection information for each set of the sender and the recipient. , 107) and candidate information search means (108, 106) for searching the personal connection information and creating a list of candidate information according to the personal connection search condition. Data management systems.

In the above, the additional information includes group information indicating a group permitted to disclose the personal connection information, and access right information indicating a criterion for permitting disclosure of the personal connection information to a person other than the group. It is characterized by including at least one of them.

Further, in order to solve the problems of the present invention, in the personal connection searching method, when the personal relationship information of the addressee and the sender is generated from the message information transmitted and received via the network, the addressee and the sender are generated from the message information. Generating personal attribute information relating to the attribute of the sender, generating and managing personal connection information by aggregating the personal relationship information and the personal attribute information for each set of the sender and the recipient, and personal connection search According to the conditions, searching the personal connection information to create a list of candidate information, receiving the personal connection information of each of the candidates in the candidate information, the list of the candidate information and the received Creating a final list of candidate information based on the personal connection information.

Further, in order to solve the problems of the present invention, a personal connection search method generates personal relationship information of a destination person and a sender from message information transmitted and received via a network, and the destination person from the message information. And generating personal attribute information relating to the attributes of the sender, the personal relationship information, the personal attribute information, and negotiation information between the recipient and the sender for each set of the sender and the recipient. Creating and managing personal connection information by consolidating, according to the personal connection search condition, creating a list of candidate information by searching the personal connection information, and the personal connection information of each of the candidates in the candidate information. Receiving and creating a final list of candidate information based on the candidate information list and the received personal connection information.

In the above, additional information indicating whether or not to permit the disclosure of the personal connection information may be set in the personal connection information for each set of the sender and the recipient. In this case, the additional information is at least one of group information indicating a group permitted to disclose the personal connection information, and access right information indicating a criterion for permitting disclosure of the personal connection information to a person other than the group. It is desirable to include one.

In order to solve the problems of the present invention, it is desirable that the recording medium is a computer-readable recording medium in which a program for realizing the above-mentioned personal connection searching method is described.

In order to solve the problems of the present invention, the personal-connection data management system is provided with a receiving means (10) for receiving message information transmitted via the network (140).
1), a reception information analysis means (102) for analyzing the reception information and extracting a value of each item, and the reception information analysis means (1)
02), the personal relationship generation means (104, 112) for generating personal relationship information of the destination and the sender from the items related to personal relationships, and the reception information analysis means (1).
02), the personal attribute generation means (105,
113), the personal connection management means (10) that generates and manages personal connection information for each set of sender and destination from the aggregate personal relationship information obtained by aggregating a plurality of the personal relationship information and the personal attribute information.
6, 111) and relationship setting means (10) for generating personal connection information by adding additional information on personal relationships required for personal connection disclosure / search to the set of sender and destination in the personal connection information.
7), and according to the personal connection search condition input from the input device, the destination information of the intermediary candidate existing in the personal connection information is referred to, and the personal connection information of the intermediary candidate is searched for via the network. It is characterized by comprising personal network information retrieval means (108, 106) for retrieving a target person.

Further, in order to solve the problems of the present invention, the personal-connection data management system includes a receiving means (10) for receiving message information transmitted via the network (140).
1), a reception information analysis unit (102) that analyzes the reception information and extracts the value of each item, and an input that analyzes the input information such as a report input from the input device to extract the value of each item Personal relationship generation means (104, 112) that generates personal relationship information of the destination and the sender from the items related to personal relationships among the items extracted by the information analysis means (103), the received information analysis means and the input information analysis means. A personal attribute generation means (105, 113) for generating personal attribute information from items related to the personal attribute among the items extracted by the received information analysis means and the input information analysis means, and aggregating a plurality of the personal relationship information. The personal connection information management means (106, 111) for generating and managing personal connection information for each set of sender and destination from the aggregated personal relationship information and the personal attribute information, and the sender in the personal connection information. Relationship setting means for setting to produce the added personal connection information additional information of the previous set person relationship necessary personal connections Public · search against (107), an input device (12
According to the personal connection search condition input from 0), the destination information of the intermediation candidate existing in the personal connection information is referred to, and the personal information of the intermediation candidate is searched through the network to search for the target person to be searched. And personal network information retrieval means (108, 106, 109).

The relationship setting means (107) sets the group information, access right information, and the degree of recommendation indicating the recommendation scale for others to which the personal connection information can be disclosed as additional information on the personal relationship.

The personal connection search means accepts personal connection search conditions including a keyword, a group name, and a period input from the input device, and acquires personal connection information of an intermediary candidate that matches the personal connection conditions from the personal connection information management means. , Referring to the destination information of the personal connection information of the intermediary candidate, inquiring via the network to the personal connection information request processing means of the personal connection search system of the intermediation candidate as to whether the personal connection information of the target person exists, the intermediation candidate It is desirable to acquire the personal connection information of the person concerned and simultaneously output the relationship between the searcher and the mediation candidate and the relationship between the mediation candidate and the target person.

In order to solve the problems of the present invention, the recording medium includes a receiving process for receiving message information transmitted via a network, and a received information analysis for analyzing the received information and extracting the value of each item. Among the items extracted by the process and the received information analysis process, a person relationship generation process that generates the person relationship information of the destination and the sender from the item related to the person relationship, and the item extracted by the received information analysis process. Person attribute generation processing for generating person attribute information from items related to, and personal connection information for generating and managing personal connection information for each set of sender and destination from aggregated personal relationship information obtained by aggregating a plurality of the personal relationship information and the personal attribute information. Method management process,
According to the personal connection search condition input from the input device, the relation setting process for setting the personal connection information in which the additional information of the personal relationship necessary for the personal connection disclosure / search is added to the set of the sender and the destination in the personal connection information is generated, Refers to the destination information of the intermediary candidate existing in his / her personal connection information to search the personal connection information of the intermediation candidate via the network to cause the computer to execute the personal connection information search process for searching for the target person to be searched. Is a recording medium on which a program for recording is recorded.

In order to solve the problems of the present invention, the recording medium includes a receiving process for receiving message information transmitted via a network, and a received information analysis for analyzing the received information and extracting the value of each item. Processing, input information analysis processing for analyzing the input information such as a report input from the input device to extract the value of each item, and among the items extracted by the received information analysis processing and the input information analysis processing, Person relationship generation processing that generates person relationship information of a destination and a sender from items related to person relationships, and person attribute information is generated from items related to person attributes out of the items extracted by the received information analysis processing and the input information analysis processing. Personal attribute generation processing, and generates and manages personal connection information for each set of sender and destination from aggregate personal relationship information obtained by aggregating a plurality of the personal relationship information and the personal attribute information. Inputting from the input device, the connection method management processing, the relationship setting processing for setting the connection information to which the additional information of the personal relationship necessary for the connection opening / search is added to the set of the sender and the destination in the connection information, and the connection information is set. According to the network connection search conditions, the network information search process for searching the target person of the search target by searching the network information of the network mediation candidate via the network by referring to the destination information of the network mediation candidate existing in the network connection information It is a recording medium in which a program for causing a computer to execute is recorded.

In the recording medium, the relation setting process is
It is desirable to set group information that can disclose personal connection information, access right information, and a recommendation degree indicating a recommendation scale for others as additional information on personal relationships.

Further, in the recording medium, the personal connection search process accepts personal connection search conditions including a keyword, a group name, and a period input from an input device, and obtains personal connection information of the intermediary candidate that matches the personal connection conditions. Whether the target person's personal network information is available to the personal network information request processing means of the intermediary candidate's personal network search system via the network by acquiring from the information management unit and referring to the destination information of the personal network information of the intermediary candidate. It is desirable to inquire as to whether to obtain the personal connection information of the mediation candidate and to simultaneously output the relationship between the searcher and the mediation candidate and the relationship between the mediation candidate and the target person.

[0031]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The personal connection data management system of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a personal connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the personal-connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a personal-connection data management device 1
And a personal network data management device 2 and a communication network 140 connecting them.

The personal-connection data management device 1 includes a data processing device 100 that operates under program control, a storage device 110 that stores information, and an input device 120 such as a keyboard.
And an output device 130 such as a display device or a printing device. The data processing device 100 includes a receiving unit 1
01, the reception information analysis unit 102, and the input information analysis unit 10
3, a person relationship generation unit 104, and a person attribute generation unit 105
The personal network information management unit 106, the relationship setting unit 107, the personal network information search unit 108, and the personal network information request processing unit 109 are included. The storage device 110 includes a personal connection information storage unit 111, a personal relationship storage unit 112, a personal attribute storage unit 113, and an organization information storage unit 114.

The personal-connection data management device 2 has the same structure as the personal-connection data management device 1, but only those necessary for the following description are given. The personal connection data management device 2 includes a data processing device 200 and a data storage device 210. The data processing device 200 includes at least a personal connection information request processing unit 201 and a personal connection information management unit 202. The storage device 210 includes at least a personal connection information storage unit 211.

The receiving unit 101 receives information such as an electronic mail sent to the recipient via the communication network 140, and sends the received information to the received information analysis unit 102.
An example of the received information is shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, received information 3
00 is composed of header information 301 and body information 302. The body information 302 is the body information 303 and the signature information 30.
4 and 4.

The header information 301 includes message ID, sender (FROM :), destination (TO :), and copy (C
c :), title (Subject :), date (Dat
e :) and the like. The body text information 303 describes the body text created by the sender. Signature information 30
4 includes the sender's affiliation, name, mail address, telephone number, address, and the like.

Although FIG. 2 shows an example in which all necessary items are included, in the actual reception information 300, the text information 3
03 and signature information 304 do not necessarily include all of the above items.

Returning to FIG. 1 again, the reception information analysis unit 102
Analyzes the received information sent from the receiving unit 101,
Each item of header information (the value of each field of To :, Cc :, and From :), the keyword in the text, and the signature are extracted.

The input information analysis unit 102 analyzes the input information input from the input device. Here, the business daily report is used as an example of the input information, but other information may be used as long as it is information indicating a personal relationship.

An example of the input information is shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, the daily business report 400 includes a number 401 and a report date 402.
, Department name 403, reporter name 404, visit date 405
, Time 406, visit 407, visitor 408,
It includes a purpose 409, a progress status 410, a result 411, a relationship 412, and a negotiation content 413. In addition, in FIG.
Although an example of the daily business report is shown, it is possible that some of the items of the daily business report 400 of this example are not present in the actual daily business report, or that other items are added.

In the case of the input information as shown in FIG. 3, the input information analysis unit 102 has a number, a report date,
Department name, reporter name, visit date, time, visited place, time, visited place, visitor, purpose, progress status, result, relationship, and negotiation contents are extracted.

The personal relationship generation unit 104 uses the personal relationship information 500 as shown in FIG. 4 from the items extracted from the electronic mail by the received information analysis unit 102 and the items extracted from the business daily report by the input information analysis unit 103. To generate. In FIG. 4, the person relationship information 500 is a serial number person relationship ID 501.
, Medium ID 502, date and time 503, and sender 504
, Destination 505, relationship information 506, keyword 50
7 and 7. The medium ID 502 indicates whether the data source is an electronic mail or a business daily report. The relationship information 506 will be described later. The personal relationship generation unit 104 stores the generated personal relationship information 500 in the personal relationship storage unit 112.

The person attribute generator 105 generates person attribute information 600 as shown in FIG. 5 from the items extracted by the received information analyzer 102 or the input information analyzer 103. The person attribute information 600 includes a serial number of person attribute ID 601, a medium ID 602, a date and time 603, a sender 604, and attribute information 605. The medium ID 602 is similar to the personal relationship information. The attribute information 605 is extracted from, for example, the department name 403 of the daily business report, the visitee 407, and the like.
In the case of electronic mail, it is extracted from the description in the signature 304. The person attribute generation unit 105 stores the generated person attribute information 600 in the person attribute storage unit 113.

The personal connection information management unit 106 performs the generation of personal connection information, the acquisition of personal connection information, the acquisition of relationship setting information, the acquisition of organization information, the creation of personal search candidate information, and the like. These will be explained in order. The personal connection information management unit 106, according to the instruction information supplied from the input device 120 by a user operation,
From the person relationship storage unit 112 and the person attribute storage unit 113,
Acquiring the person relationship information 500 and the person attribute information 600,
As shown in FIG. 6, personal connection information 70 is set for each set of sender and destination.
Generate a record of 0. In FIG. 6, personal connection information 70
0 is serial connection information ID 701 and medium ID list 7
02, start date / time 703, end date / time 704, sender 705, destination 706, relationship information total value 707, keyword list 708, frequency 709, and person attribute ID
And a list 710. The start date and time and the end date and time indicate the date and time of the oldest data and the date and time of the latest data when the person relationship information 500 and the person attribute information 600 are organized for each set of sender and destination. A method of calculating the frequency and the related information aggregate value will be described later. Also, the person ID list 710
Describes the person attribute ID in the person attribute information. The personal connection information management unit 106 stores the generated personal connection information 600 in the personal connection information storage unit 111.

Further, the personal-connection information management unit 106 acquires a personal-connection information request signal and a relation-setting instruction parameter from the relation setting unit 107, which will be described later, and obtains personal-connection information that matches the above parameters from the personal-connection information storage unit 111. Relationship setting section 1
Supply to 07. The personal connection information management unit 106 stores the relationship setting information 800 described below in the personal connection information storage unit 111.

Furthermore, the personal-connection information management unit 106 acquires from the personal-connection information storage unit 111 all records of the personal-connection information 700 that match the personal-connection search conditions sent from the personal-connection information retrieval unit 108, which will be described later. The meaning of match will be described later.

Furthermore, the personal-connection information management unit 106 stores the group name value of the personal-connection search condition sent from the personal-connection information retrieval unit 108 in the organization information 1000 as shown in FIG. A record that matches the value of the group name is acquired from the organization information storage unit 114.

Further, in the personal-connection information management unit 106, the values of the sender and the destination of the personal-connection information record acquired from the personal-connection information storage unit 111 match the values of the member list of the organization information acquired from the organization-information storage unit 114. A record of personal connection information to be extracted, and personal connection search candidate information 1 as shown in FIG.
Create 100.

The personal connection search candidate information 1100 includes serially connected personal connection search candidate IDs 1101 and medium ID lists 1102.
A start date / time 1103, an end date / time 1104, a sender 1105, a destination 1106, and a related information aggregate value 1107.
, Keyword list 1108, frequency 1109, person attribute ID list 1110, and group information 1111
And access right information 1112 and recommendation degree information 1113. Start date / time 1103 and end date / time 110
4 is the same as the personal connection information 700 of FIG.

The relation setting unit 107 sends a personal connection information request signal and a relation setting designation parameter to the personal connection information management unit 106 in accordance with instruction information supplied from the input device 120 by a user operation. Also, the relationship setting unit 107 acquires personal connection information from the personal connection information management unit 106, and outputs the output device 1
The personal connection information is output to 30.

The user refers to the personal connection information output, and inputs one group information (group name) for each record of personal connection information to the relationship setting unit 107 from the input device 120 and access right information (public for each group name).・ Enter private flag) and recommendation level information (keyword, numerical value). The relationship setting unit 107 receives the group information, the access right information, and the recommendation degree information, and generates the relationship setting information 800 including the group information, the access right information, and the recommendation degree information for each personal connection information ID of the personal connection information. . The relationship setting unit 107 supplies the generated relationship setting information 800 to the personal connection information management unit 106.

An example of the relationship setting information 800 is shown in FIG. The relationship setting information 800 is the relationship setting information ID 80.
1, personal connection information ID 802, group information 803, access right information 804, and recommendation degree information 805.
For example, in the personal-connection data management device 1, persons in the group to which the operator belongs can access the personal-connection information. However, it is restricted by the access right information 804 from a person other than the group specified by the group information 803. When a person other than the group has 50 as the access right,
The access right information is set so that the information having access right information of 50 or less can be accessed, but the data of 51 or more cannot be accessed.

In the first embodiment, the relationship setting unit 107 sets the relationship based on the instruction information supplied from the input device by the user's operation. However, other than this, it is also possible to automatically set the relationship with each value of the personal connection information. For example, the relationship setting unit 107
In the case of a specific destination, the access right is disabled, and when the specific keyword is included, the recommendation degree is increased.

The personal connection information retrieval unit 108 accepts the retrieval condition supplied from the input device 120 by the user's operation and creates personal connection retrieval condition information 900 as shown in FIG. The personal connection search condition information 900 is the personal connection search ID 901.
A user name 902, a keyword name 903, a group name 904, and a period 905.

Further, the personal-connection information searching unit 108 sends the personal-connection searching conditions described in the personal-connection searching information to the personal-connection information managing unit 106, and requests personal-connection data matching the personal-connection searching conditions.

The personal connection information search unit 108 receives the personal connection search candidate 1100 information from the personal connection information management unit 106, and via the communication network 140, the personal connection data of the destination described in the destination field of the personal connection search candidate information. The connection information search condition information is sent to the connection information request processing unit 201 of the data processing device 200 of the management apparatus 2 to inquire whether there is a connection record in which the keyword described in the keyword field of the connection search condition information is described. .

Next, when the personal-connection information search unit 108 receives the search-candidate answer information from the destination of the search-result candidate information created based on the personal-connection search condition information supplied from the input device 120, the above-mentioned search is performed. The candidate answer information is aggregated to create search candidate aggregation information 1200 as shown in FIG.

The search candidate total information 1200 includes search candidate total ID 1201, sender A 1202, and destination A 1.
203, relationship information total value A1204, keyword list A1205, frequency A1206, recommendation degree information A1
207, destination B1208, and related information aggregate value B1209
, Keyword list B1211, and recommendation degree information B12
12 and. Here, “A” and “B” are written after each field name, but A is a value acquired from personal information of the searcher (operator) himself, and B is personal network of the recipient who interacts with the searcher. This is the value obtained from the information.

In the present invention, the personal connection information of one destination person is only used, but the personal connection information may be acquired from each of the destination persons listed in the personal connection search candidate information. Further, the personal connection information may be obtained from the recipient listed in the personal connection search candidate information of the recipient, that is, from the personal network data management device 1, the intermediary of the intermediary.

The personal connection information retrieval unit 108 uses the input device 120.
According to the instruction supplied from the above, the order of each record of the search candidate total information is rearranged, and the personal connection information search result is output to the output device 130. The rearrangement instruction supplied from the input device 120 includes, for example, an order in which the relationship strength between the searcher and the destination is large, an order in which the destination and the destination are highly recommended for the destination, and the like.

When the personal network information request processing unit 201 acquires the personal network search condition from the personal network search unit 108 via the communication network 140, the personal network information request processing unit 201 sends the personal network search condition information to the personal network information management unit 202. The personal connection information processing unit 2
Reference numeral 01 indicates the search candidate answer information to be described later,
When it is acquired from 02, the search candidate answer information is sent to the personal connection search unit 106 of the personal connection search system 1.

At this time, the personal-connection information management unit 202 refers to the personal-connection information information and the relationship setting information information of the personal-connection information storage unit 212 of the storage device 210, and matches the keyword field of the personal-connection search condition information, and All the personal records that have the access right are acquired, and the search candidate answer information is created. Having the access right means that the personal connection record may be disclosed to the user name of the personal connection search condition information. The structure of the search candidate answer information is the same as that of the personal connection search candidate information 1100. Personal connection information management unit 20
2 is the personal connection information request processing unit 2 which provides the personal connection candidate answer information.
Send to 01.

The personal-connection information storage unit 111 is supplied from the personal-connection information management unit 106 and has the aforementioned personal-connection information 700 shown in FIG.
And the above-mentioned relationship setting information 800 shown in FIG. 7 is sequentially stored. The personal relationship storage unit 112 sequentially stores the personal relationship information 500 shown in FIG. 4 supplied from the personal relationship generation unit 104. The person attribute storage unit 113 receives the person attribute information 6 shown in FIG.
00 is sequentially stored. The organization information storage unit 114 stores the above-described organization information 1000 shown in FIG.

The output device 130 displays the personal network information retrieval result supplied from the personal network information retrieval unit 108.

In this embodiment, the electronic mail is described as the received information, but other than the electronic mail,
When electronic information is exchanged between an individual and another person, the electronic information can also be the received information. However, like e-mail, there is a possibility that the sender and the destination are not specified like To :, Cc :, and From :, but the relationship between the sender and the destination can be extracted by electronic exchange.
For example, in the case of browsing a home page, if the creator of the home page is the sender and the visitor of the home page is the destination, the relationship information can be extracted by the same method as the relationship generation using the header of the electronic mail.

Next, the overall operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

First, the reception information analysis processing performed by the reception information analysis unit 102 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The reception information analysis unit 102 acquires the reception information 300 such as the electronic mail supplied from the reception unit 101 (step S1). That is, the reception information analysis unit 102
Acquires the reception information 300 as shown in FIG. 2 acquired from the communication network 140 via the receiving unit 101.

The reception information analysis unit 102 receives the reception information 300.
Is divided into header information 301 and body information 302 (step S2). That is, the reception information analysis unit 102 searches the first blank line from the first line of the reception information 300, sets the lines up to the line before the searched blank line as the header information 301, and the remaining lines after the blank line are the body information 302. And

The reception information analysis unit 102 has the body information 302.
Is divided into body text information 303 and signature information 304 (step S3). In other words, the reception information analysis unit 102 searches for a line in which predetermined separator symbols such as “−” and “*” follow from the last line of the body information 302, and the signature information is searched up to the searched line. 304, and the remaining lines up to the beginning are body information 303.

The reception information analysis unit 102 uses the header information 30.
The values of header items such as To :, Cc :, From, Date: are extracted from 1 (step S4). That is,
The reception information analysis unit 102 extracts values such as a destination, a copy, a sender, and a date. Regarding the values of the destination and the copy, the number of the destinations, the number of the copies, and the number of one destination / copy described in the entire destination / copy are extracted as the destination relationship information. For example, the header information is To: [email protected], tan
In the case of [email protected], [email protected], tana as the destination value
Extract [email protected] and extract 2 as the number of destinations. [email protected] for the number of the address
1 is extracted for p and 2 is extracted for [email protected].

The reception information analysis unit 102 has the text information 303.
A keyword is extracted from (step S5). For this keyword extraction method, a general morphological analysis engine is used, or a known method such as extracting a word that matches a previously registered word dictionary is used.

The reception information analysis unit 102 performs the above step S
The header item value extracted in step 4 and the keyword extracted in step S5 are supplied to the person relationship generation unit (step S6). Further, the reception information analysis unit 102 supplies the signature extracted in step S6 to the person attribute generation unit (step S7).

Next, the input information analysis processing performed by the input information analysis unit 103 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The input information analysis unit 103 includes the input device 120.
The input information 400 such as the business report supplied from the company is acquired (step S11). That is, the input information analysis unit 1
03 acquires the input information 400 as shown in FIG.
The input information analysis unit 103 extracts each item value of the form from the input information 400 (step S12). That is, when the input information 400 of FIG. 3 is input, the input information analysis unit 103 receives the number, report date, department name, reporter name, visit date, time, destination, visitor, purpose, progress status, and result. , Relation, and the value of negotiation contents are extracted.

The input information analysis unit 103 extracts a keyword from the item values extracted above (step S1).
3). That is, the input information analysis unit 103 extracts keywords from the values of items such as purpose and negotiation content. The keyword extraction method is the same as the above-described processing of the reception information analysis unit 102 (step S5).

Next, the personal relationship generation processing performed by the personal relationship generation unit 104 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The personal relationship generator 104 acquires the header item value of the received information, the destination relationship information, and the keyword supplied from the received information analyzer 102 (step S21).
In addition, the personal relationship generation unit 104 includes the input information analysis unit 102.
Each item value of the input information and the keyword supplied from are acquired (step S22). The person relationship generation unit 104
The destination relationship information extracted from the received information is symbolized (step S23). The personal relationship generation unit 104 supplies the generated personal relationship information 500 to the personal relationship storage unit 113.

The address relation information is encoded in the following format, for example. Destination / copy field location-order of description-number of values in the description field, for example, received information is shown in FIG.
When it has a header like, the destination information is encoded as shown in FIG. The person relationship generation unit 104 symbolizes the value of the “relation” of the input information as relationship information. (Step S24). For example, if the value is "3", R3
And R represents the report.

The personal relationship generation unit 104 uses the personal relationship information 5
00 is generated (step S25). That is, the personal relationship generation information 104 includes the destination relationship information encoded from the header item value and the keyword extracted from the received information, and the destination relationship information encoded from the item value and the keyword extracted from the input information. From the personal relationship information 500 as shown in FIG. The personal relationship information 500 includes a personal relationship ID 501, a medium ID 502, a date / time 503, a sender 504, a destination 505, relationship information 506, and a keyword 507.

Next, the personal attribute generation processing performed by the personal attribute generation unit 105 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The person attribute generator 105 uses the signature information extracted by the received information analyzer 102 as attribute information (step S31).

The person attribute generation unit 105 sets the items related to the attribute information among the items extracted by the input information analysis unit 102 as the attribute information (step S32). That is, the person attribute generation unit 105 sets the value of “visit” as attribute information. The person attribute generator 105 generates the person attribute information 600 (step S33). The person attribute generation unit 105
The generated personal attribute information 600 is supplied to the personal attribute storage unit 114 (step S34).

That is, the person attribute generating unit 105 is shown in FIG.
The person attribute information 600 as shown in FIG. The person attribute information 600 includes a person attribute ID 601 and a medium ID 60.
2, date and time 603, sender 604, and attribute information 605
Composed of and.

Next, the personal connection information generation process performed by the personal connection information management unit 106 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The personal connection information management unit 106 periodically refers to the personal relationship information storage unit 112 and the personal attribute storage unit 113 to acquire the newly stored personal relationship information and personal attribute information (step S41). The personal connection information management unit 106
The records that are the same set of the sender and the destination acquired from the personal relationship information acquired in step S41 are aggregated, and the personal connection information ID 701 is numbered (step S42).

For example, when the sender “Kichifu” has two destinations, “Yamaoka” and “Okabe”, which were sent by Yoshifu in the past, the personal connection information management unit 106 sends a message “Kisfu” to the sender 706. , And the personal information ID 701 of the record in which "Sato" is set in the destination 707 is "1", and the personal information information ID of the record in which "Kichifu" is set in the sender 706 and "Sato" is set in the destination 707 is "2". To do.

The personal connection information management unit 106 sets the earliest date and time as the start date and time 703 and sets the latest date and time as the end date and time 704 for each set of the same sender and destination, that is, for each personal connection information ID. Set (Step S4
3). Further, the personal connection information management unit 106 aggregates the relation information for each personal connection information ID, and sets a value obtained by integrating the aggregate value and the relation information parameter in the relation information total value 1107 (step S44). FIG. 19 shows an example of the relation information parameter.
Shown in.

In FIG. 19, To-1-X is a symbol when a plurality of destinations are written in To and the person corresponding to the destination is the head. To-α-X is a symbol in the case where a plurality of destinations are written in To and the relevant person of the destination is not the head or the tail. To-XX-X is a case where a plurality of destinations are written in To and the relevant person of the destination is the end. The same applies to the symbol Cc. As an example of the relational information totaling, for example, when the relational symbols To-1-X to be totaled are three and R1 is two, the following is performed. 3 x 80 + 2 x 20 =
280

The personal connection information management unit 106 collects and lists the keywords for each personal connection information ID, and sets the listed keywords in the keyword list 1108 (step S45). Further, the personal connection information management unit 106 sets the number of times information is exchanged between the sender and the destination for each personal connection information ID to the frequency 710 (step S46). The personal-connection information management unit 106 determines the personal-connection attribute ID for each personal-connection information ID.
Are collected and made into a list, and set in the personal connection attribute ID list 711 (step S47). Furthermore, the personal connection information management unit 106
Supplies the generated personal connection information 600 to the personal connection information storage unit 111 (step S48).

Next, the relationship setting process performed by the relationship setting unit 107 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The relationship setting unit 107 acquires the relationship setting instruction information from the input device 120 (step S51). The relationship setting instruction information may be accompanied by a relationship setting instruction parameter. The relationship setting instruction information parameter includes a sender name, a period, a keyword, and the like. Further, the parameters do not have to be set in particular. Then, the relationship setting unit 107
Sends the personal connection information request signal and the relation setting instruction parameter to the personal connection information management unit 106 (step S52).

The personal connection information management unit 106 sends a record of personal connection information to the relationship setting unit 107 (step S53). When the relation setting instruction parameter exists, all the records including the value of the parameter are sent to the relation setting unit 107. After that, the relationship setting unit 107 determines that the personal connection information management unit 10
The personal connection information record acquired from No. 6 is output to the output device 130 (step S54).

The relationship setting section 107 is a group information set by the input device 120 for each record of personal connection information,
Access right information and recommendation degree information are acquired (step S5).
5).

That is, the user refers to the personal connection information supplied from the output device, and sets one group information (group name, member name) and access right information (group name, disclosure for each member name) for each personal connection record. Non-disclosure flag), recommendation degree information (keyword, numerical value) input device 12
0, and the relationship setting unit 107 acquires the input information.

The relationship setting section 107 has the relationship setting information 800.
Is generated (step S56). That is, the relationship setting unit 107 receives the group information, the access right information, and the recommendation degree information, and inputs the group information, the access right information, and the recommendation degree information for each personal connection information ID of the personal connection information. The relationship setting information 800 as shown is generated. The relationship setting unit 107 supplies the relationship setting information 800 to the personal connection information management unit 106 (step S57). The personal connection information management unit 106 supplies the relationship setting information 800 to the personal connection information storage unit 111 (step S58).

Next, the personal connection information retrieval process performed mainly by the personal connection information retrieval unit 108 will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

The personal connection information retrieval unit 108 uses the input device 120.
The personal connection search condition is acquired from the personal connection search condition information 900 is created (step S61). That is, the personal connection information search unit 108 has the personal connection search condition information 900 as shown in FIG.
To create. The personal connection search condition information 900 is the personal connection search ID.
901, user name 902, keyword name 903, group name 904, and period 905.

The personal connection information retrieval unit 108 supplies personal connection information 900 to the personal connection information management unit 106 (step S6).
2). That is, the personal connection information search unit 108 sets the personal connection search conditions described in the personal connection search information to the personal connection information management unit 1
Sent to 06 to request personal connection data that matches the personal connection search condition.

The personal connection information management unit 106 uses the personal connection search condition 9
All relevant records of the personal connection information 700 that match 00 are acquired from the personal connection information storage unit 111 (step S6).
3). That is, the personal connection information management unit 106 determines that the value of the keyword of the personal connection search condition matches the value of the keyword of the personal connection information 700, and that the value of the date and time of the personal connection information 700 is within the period of the personal connection search condition. All information records are acquired from the personal connection information storage unit 111. The personal connection information management unit 106 acquires a corresponding record of the organizational information 1000 that matches the group name of the personal connection search condition from the organizational information storage unit 114 (step S64). After that, the personal connection information management unit 106 creates personal connection search candidate information based on the personal connection information record and the organization information record (step S).
65).

That is, in the personal-connection information management unit 106, the values of the sender and the destination of the personal-connection information record acquired from the personal-connection information storage unit 111 match the values of the member list of the organization information acquired from the organization-information storage unit 114. A record of personal connection information to be extracted is extracted, and personal connection search candidate information 1100 as shown in FIG. 10 is created. Personal network search candidate information 1100
Is a network connection candidate ID 1101 and a medium ID list 1
102, start date and time 1103, end date and time 1104,
Sender 1105, destination 1106, relationship strength aggregate value 1
107, keyword list 1108, and frequency 1109
And person attribute ID list 1110 and group information 11
11, access right information 1112, and recommendation degree information 111
3 and 3.

The personal connection information search unit 108, via the communication network 104, the personal connection information request processing unit 201 of the personal connection search system 2 of the destination described in the personal connection information search candidates.
Is inquired about the existence of the personal record of the search target person (step S66). That is, the personal connection information search unit 108
The personal connection of the data processing device 200 of the personal connection search system 2 of the destination described in the destination field of the personal connection search candidate information is received via the communication network 140 via the communication network 140. The personal connection search condition information is sent to the information request processing unit 201 to inquire whether there is a personal connection record in which the keyword described in the keyword field of the personal connection search condition information is described.

The personal connection information request processing section 201 sends the personal connection search condition information to the personal connection information management section 202 (step S67).

The personal connection information management unit 202 creates search candidate answer information from the personal connection information and personal connection condition information acquired from the personal connection information storage unit 212 (step S68). That is, the personal connection information management unit 202 refers to the personal connection information information and the relationship setting information information of the personal connection information storage unit 212 of the storage device 210, matches the keyword field of the personal connection search condition information, and has an access right. Acquire all contact records and create search candidate answer information. After that, the personal connection information management unit 202 sends the personal connection candidate answer information to the personal connection information request processing unit 201 (step S6).
9). In addition, the personal connection information processing unit 201 sends the search candidate answer information to the personal connection search unit 106 of the personal connection search system 1 (step S70).

The personal connection information search unit 108 totalizes the search candidate answer information to create search candidate total information (step S71). That is, when the personal connection information search unit 108 receives the search candidate answer information from the destination of the search result candidate information created based on the personal connection search condition information supplied from the input device 120, the search candidate answer information is obtained. Are aggregated to create search candidate aggregation information 1200 as shown in FIG. The search candidate total information 1200 includes search candidate total ID 1201, sender A 1202, and destination A 12.
03, relationship information total value A1204, keyword list A1205, frequency A1206, recommendation degree information A12
07, destination B1208, and related information aggregate value B1209
, Keyword list B1211, and recommendation degree information B12
12 and. Here, “A” and “B” are written after each field name, but A is a value acquired from the personal information of the searcher himself, and B is a value acquired from personal information of the destination with which the searcher interacts. Goes in.

The personal connection information retrieval unit 108 supplies the personal connection information retrieval result to the output device 130 to display it (step S
72). That is, the personal connection information search unit 108 supplies the output of the personal connection information search result generated by rearranging the order of each record of the search candidate total information to the output device 130 according to the instruction supplied from the input device 120. .

[0107]

As described above, according to the personal-connection data management system of the present invention, the relation between the sender / reporter and the destination / visitor from the data such as the daily business report received through the communication medium such as e-mail. Can be analyzed to generate personal connection information.

Also, according to the present invention, it is possible to facilitate the search for personal connections by sharing the personal connection information.

Further, according to the present invention, by setting the access right and the recommendation degree to the personal connection information, the personal connection search in consideration of the intentions of the user and the member becomes possible.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to search the members in the organization by sharing the personal connection information in the organization.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a personal connection data management system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows an example of reception information used in the personal-connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows a daily business report as an example of input information used in the personal connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 shows an example of personal relationship information generated by the personal connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows an example of personal attribute information generated by the personal connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 shows an example of personal connection information generated by the personal connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 shows an example of relationship setting information used in the personal connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 shows an example of personal connection search condition information generated by the personal connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 shows an example of organization information used in the personal-connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 shows an example of personal connection search candidate information generated by the personal connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 shows an example of search candidate tabulation information generated by the personal connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a reception information analysis processing operation of the personal connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an input information analysis processing operation of the personal connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a personal relationship generation processing operation of the personal connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 shows an example of a header of received information used in the personal-connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 shows an example of symbolization of the header of the reception information shown in FIG.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a personal attribute generation processing operation of the personal connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a personal-connection information generation processing operation of the personal-connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 shows an example of relational information parameters used in the personal-connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a relationship setting processing operation of the personal connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing a personal connection information search processing operation of the personal connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a personal connection information search processing operation of the personal connection data management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional personal-connection information search system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Personal connection search system 100 data processor 110 storage device 120 input device 130 Output device 140 communication network 101 Receiver 102 reception information analysis unit 103 Input information analysis unit 104 person relationship generation unit 105 person attribute generator 106 Personal Information Management Department 107 Relation setting section 108 Personal Network Information Retrieval Department 109 Personal connection information request processing unit 111 Personal information storage 112 Person Relationship Storage 113 person attribute storage unit 114 organization information storage unit 200 data processor 201 Personal network information request processing unit 202 Personal Information Management Department 300 Received information 301 header information 302 Body information 303 text information 304 signature information 400 Business Daily Report 401 number 402 Report date 403 Department name 404 Reporter name 405 Visit date 406 hours 407 Visit 408 Visitor 409 Purpose 410 Progress 411 results 412 relationship 413 Business talk contents 500 personal relationship information 501 Person relationship ID 502 Medium ID 503 date and time 504 sender 505 Address 506 Relationship information 507 keywords 600 personal attribute information 601 Person attribute ID 602 Medium ID 603 date and time 604 Caller 605 Attribute information 700 network information 701 Personal connection information ID 702 Media ID list 703 Start date and time 704 end date and time 705 caller 706 Address 707 Relation information aggregate value 708 keyword list 709 frequency 710 person attribute ID list 800 Relationship setting information 801 Relationship setting information ID 802 Personal connection ID 803 Group information 804 Access right information 805 recommendation degree information 900 Personal network search condition information 901 Personal connection search ID 902 user name 903 keywords 904 Group name 905 period 1000 organization information 1001 Group ID 1002 Group name 1003 Member list 1100 Personal network search candidate information 1101 Personal network search candidate ID 1102 Medium ID list 1103 Start date and time 1104 end date and time 1105 sender 1106 Address 1107 Related information total value 1108 Keyword list 1109 frequency 1110 Personal attribute ID list 1111 Group information 1112 Access right information 1113 Recommendation degree information 1111 Group information 1112 Access right information 1113 Recommendation degree information 1200 Search candidate total information 1201 Search candidate total ID 1202 Caller A 1203 Destination A 1204 Related information aggregate value A 1205 Keyword list A 1206 Frequency A 1207 Recommendation degree information A 1208 Destination B 1209 Relational information aggregate value B 1210 keyword list B 1211 Frequency B 1212 recommendation degree information B

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(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of personal connection management devices connected to each other via a communication network, wherein each of the plurality of personal connection management devices obtains personal relationship information of a destination person and a sender from message information transmitted and received via a network. Relationship generation means for generating; attribute generation means for generating person attribute information regarding attributes of the recipient and the sender from the message information; the person relationship information and the person attribute information for each set of the sender and the recipient And a personal connection management unit that generates and manages personal connection information, and for each set of the sender and the addressee, sets additional information indicating whether or not to permit the disclosure of the personal connection information in the personal connection information. The relationship setting means and the personal connection information request are output to another one of the plurality of personal connection management devices through the communication network, and the other personal connection management device Personal network information request processing means for receiving personal network information, and searching for the personal network information according to personal network search conditions to create a list of candidate information, and an intermediary personal network management device corresponding to each of the candidates in the candidate information. Controlling the personal connection information request processing means so as to output the personal connection information request to the personal connection management device, and the personal connection information and the candidate information from the intermediary personal connection management device received by the personal connection information request processing means And a candidate information search means for creating a final list of candidate information based on the above list. 2. A plurality of personal connection management devices connected to each other via a communication network, wherein each of the plurality of personal connection management devices calculates personal relationship information of a destination person and a sender from message information transmitted and received via the network. Relationship generation means for generating, attribute generation means for generating person attribute information relating to attributes of the recipient and the sender from the message information, and information input for inputting negotiation information between the recipient and the sender Means, the personal relationship information for each set of the sender and the recipient,
The personal attribute information and the negotiation information are aggregated to generate personal connection information, and personal connection management means for managing the personal connection information, and for each set of the sender and the destination person, indicating whether or not to release the personal connection information. Relationship setting means for setting additional information to the personal connection information, outputting personal connection information request to other one of the plurality of personal connection management devices via the communication network, and connecting personal information from the other personal connection management device. A personal information management device for receiving a personal information management request processing means and a personal information search condition to search the personal information to create a list of candidate information, and to serve as an intermediary personal connection management device corresponding to each of the candidates in the candidate information. The personal connection information request processing means is controlled to output the personal connection information request to the personal connection management device, and the personal connection information from the intermediary personal connection management device received by the personal connection information request processing means. Personal connection data management system characterized by comprising a candidate information retrieval means for creating a final list of candidate information based on the list of the candidate information. 3. Relationship generating means for generating personal relationship information between a recipient and a sender from message information transmitted and received via a network, and attributes for generating personal attribute information relating to attributes of the recipient and the sender from the message information. Generating means, information input means for inputting negotiation information between the recipient and the sender, the personal relationship information for each set of the sender and the recipient,
The personal attribute information and the negotiation information are aggregated to generate personal connection information, and personal connection management means for managing the personal connection information, and for each set of the sender and the destination person, indicating whether or not to release the personal connection information. Personal connection data comprising: relationship setting means for setting additional information to the personal connection information; and candidate information search means for searching the personal connection information according to personal connection search conditions to create a list of candidate information. Management system. 4. The additional information includes group information indicating a group permitted to disclose the personal connection information, and access right information indicating a standard for permitting disclosure of the personal connection information to a person other than the group. 4. The personal-connection data management system according to claim 1, further comprising at least one of the following. 5. Generating personal relationship information between a recipient and a sender from message information transmitted and received via a network, and generating personal attribute information relating to attributes of the recipient and the sender from the message information. Generating and managing personal connection information by aggregating the personal relationship information and the personal attribute information for each set of the sender and the destination person, and searching the personal connection information according to personal connection search conditions to obtain candidate information. To create a list of, to receive the personal information of each of the candidates in the candidate information, the final list of candidate information based on the list of the candidate information and the received personal information A personal connection search method comprising: creating. 6. Generating personal relationship information between the recipient and the sender from message information transmitted and received via a network, and generating personal attribute information regarding attributes of the recipient and the sender from the message information. The personal relationship information for each set of the sender and the recipient,
The personal attribute information and the negotiation information between the recipient and the sender are aggregated to generate and manage personal connection information, and the personal connection information is searched according to the personal connection search condition to search for the candidate information. Creating a list, receiving each personal connection information of the candidates in the candidate information, and creating a final list of candidate information based on the list of the candidate information and the received personal connection information A method for searching for personal connections, comprising: 7. The method according to claim 5, further comprising setting, in the personal connection information, additional information indicating whether to permit disclosure of the personal connection information for each set of the sender and the addressee. Or the personal connection search method according to 6. 8. The additional information includes group information indicating a group permitted to disclose the personal connection information, and access right information indicating a standard for permitting disclosure of the personal connection information to a person other than the group. 8. The personal connection search method according to claim 7, further comprising at least one of: 9. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for realizing the personal connection searching method according to claim 5 is written. 10. A receiving means for receiving message information transmitted via a network, a receiving information analyzing means for analyzing the receiving information and extracting a value of each item, and an item extracted by the receiving information analyzing means. ,
Person relationship generation means for generating person relationship information between the destination and the sender from items related to person relationships, and person attribute generation means for generating person attribute information from items related to person attributes among the items extracted by the reception information analysis means, A personal connection method management unit that generates and manages personal connection information for each set of sender and destination from the aggregate personal relationship information obtained by aggregating a plurality of the personal relationship information and the personal attribute information, and a set of sender and destination in the personal connection information. The relationship setting means for generating and setting the personal connection information to which the additional personal information necessary for the personal connection disclosure / search is added and the intermediary candidate existing in the personal connection information according to the personal connection search condition input from the input device. The recipient's address information,
A personal-connection data management system comprising: personal-connection information retrieval means for retrieving a target person to be retrieved by retrieving personal-connection information of an intermediary candidate via a network. 11. Receiving means for receiving message information transmitted via a network, receiving information analyzing means for analyzing received information and extracting values of respective items, and inputting a report or the like input from an input device. Input information analysis means for analyzing information and extracting the value of each item, and personal relationship information of a destination and a sender is generated from items related to personal relationships among the items extracted by the reception information analysis means and the input information analysis means. Person relation generating means, person attribute generating means for generating person attribute information from items extracted by the reception information analyzing means and the input information analyzing means from items relating to person attributes, and summing up a plurality of the person relation information. The personal connection method management means for generating and managing personal connection information for each set of sender and destination from the aggregated personal relationship information and the personal attribute information, and the sender in the personal connection information. It exists in your personal connection information according to the relationship setting means that creates and sets personal connection information by adding additional information about personal relationships required for personal connection publication / search to the previous group and the personal connection search condition input from the input device. Refer to the destination information of the intermediary candidate to
A personal-connection data management system comprising: personal-connection information retrieval means for retrieving a target person to be retrieved by retrieving personal-connection information of an intermediary candidate via a network. 12. The relation setting means sets group information, access right information, and recommendation degree indicating a recommendation scale for others to which personal connection information can be disclosed, as additional information on personal relations. Or the personal connection data management system according to item 11. 13. The personal connection search means accepts personal connection search conditions including a keyword, a group name, and a period input from an input device, and obtains personal connection information of an intermediary candidate that matches the personal connection conditions from the personal connection information management means. Acquired, by referring to the destination information of the personal connection information of the mediation candidate, to the personal network information request processing means of the personal network search system of the mediation candidate via the network, inquire whether there is personal network information of the target person, 2. The personal information of the intermediary candidate is acquired, and the relationship between the searcher and the intermediary candidate and the relationship between the intermediary candidate and the target person are output at the same time.
The personal connection data management system according to 0 or 11. 14. A reception process of receiving message information transmitted via a network, a reception information analysis process of analyzing reception information and extracting a value of each item, and among the items extracted by the reception information analysis process. A personal relationship generation process for generating personal relationship information of a destination and a sender from items related to personal relationships, and a personal attribute generation process for generating personal attribute information from items related to personal attributes among the items extracted in the reception information analysis process. , A personal connection method management process for generating and managing personal connection information for each set of a sender and a destination from aggregate personal relationship information obtained by aggregating a plurality of the personal relationship information and the personal attribute information, and a set of a sender and a destination in the personal connection information Relationship setting processing to generate and set personal connection information with additional personal relationship information required for personal connection disclosure / search, and personal connection search input from the input device In accordance with the matter, referring to the destination information of the intermediary candidate to be in your own network of contacts information,
A recording medium in which a program for causing a computer to execute personal network information retrieval processing for retrieving a target person to be retrieved by retrieving personal network information of an intermediary candidate via a network is recorded. 15. A reception process of receiving message information transmitted via a network, a reception information analysis process of analyzing reception information and extracting values of respective items, and input of a report or the like input from an input device. Input information analysis processing that analyzes information and extracts the value of each item, and among the items extracted by the received information analysis processing and the input information analysis processing, the personal relationship information of the destination and the sender is generated from the items related to personal relationships. Person relationship generation processing, among the items extracted by the received information analysis processing and the input information analysis processing, person attribute generation processing for generating person attribute information from items related to person attributes, and summing up a plurality of the person relationship information. A personal connection method management process for generating and managing personal connection information for each set of sender and destination from the aggregated personal relationship information and the personal attribute information, and a sender in the personal connection information. It exists in your personal connection information according to the relationship setting process that creates and sets personal connection information by adding additional information about personal relationships required for personal connection publication / search to the previous group and the personal connection search condition input from the input device. Refer to the destination information of the intermediary candidate to
A recording medium in which a program for causing a computer to execute personal network information retrieval processing for retrieving a target person to be retrieved by retrieving personal network information of an intermediary candidate via a network is recorded. 16. The relationship setting process sets group information, access right information, and a recommendation degree indicating a recommendation scale for others to which personal connection information can be disclosed, as additional information on the personal relationship. Or the recording medium according to item 15. 17. The personal connection search process accepts personal connection search conditions including a keyword, a group name, and a period input from an input device, and obtains personal connection information of an intermediary candidate that matches the personal connection conditions from the personal connection information management means. Acquired, by referring to the destination information of the personal connection information of the intermediary candidate, to the personal network information request processing means of the personal network search system of the intermediary candidate via the network, inquire whether there is personal network information of the target person, 15. A program for recording a program for causing a computer to further acquire the personal connection information of a mediation candidate and simultaneously output the relationship between the searcher and the mediation candidate and the relationship between the mediation candidate and the target person. 15. The recording medium according to item 15.