JP2010055237A - Im interlocked comment system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a content preparer to quickly perform transmission in an Web application having a comment function and to make it possible to transparently reply without regard to whether it is an IM message or a comment of the Web application. <P>SOLUTION: An IM interlocked comment system has: an IM server; an application server which comprises an IM message transmission section which establishes XMPP connection with the IM server and transmits a comment as an IM message, an IM message receiving section which receives a reply IM message from the IM server, and a transmission log which stores transmission to the IM server, while carrying a Web application including a content management section, a comment management section and a content database; and a terminal device which is connected with an IM client which performs transmission and reception of the IM message in real time and the application server, and carries a browser for performing creation of content and contribution of comments by the Web application. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a function of a Web application, and more particularly to a system that controls content comments in cooperation with other systems.

  In recent years, with the widespread use of the Internet, opportunities to transmit information on individual contents (diaries) in a diary application that is one of Web applications are increasing. The web application is mounted on the application server. Each content in the diary application is created by each content creator using a terminal device to connect to the application server. In order to exchange information and discuss such content, there are many cases in which a viewer uses a terminal device to connect to an application server and freely enter characters for each content. In general, such an input function and its input contents are called “comments”.

  In a Web application having a comment function, a content creator using a terminal device is required to promptly reply to a posted comment so that discussion is more active. Therefore, software having a function for transmitting content update information in a format called RSS (Rich Site Summary) is provided in the application server, and the contents are periodically referred to by a terminal device equipped with dedicated client software (RSS client). By doing so, it has become common to monitor the posting status of comments. A comment is a function generally used by an unspecified number of viewers.

  On the other hand, when the content creator and the viewer are in close contact with each other and are aware of their contacts, a mechanism called IM (Instant Messenger) that exchanges short messages in real time can be used without going through the application server. There may be exchange of opinions and discussion. In this case, dedicated client software (IM client) is installed in the terminal device, and an IM message is exchanged by connecting to the IM server.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a general diary system using RSS and IM functions. The diary system includes a terminal device 1301 equipped with browser, RSS client, and IM client software, and an application. A server 1302 and an IM server 1303 are included. In general, a plurality of terminal devices 1301 are connected to the respective servers 1302 and 1303 via a network, and the users of these terminal devices 1301 are content creators (diary creators) or content (diary creators). ). Among the viewers, those who post comments through the diary application are comment posters.

  The application server 1302 includes a diary application 1306 that controls a diary and a comment related thereto, and an RSS transmission unit 1307 that transmits update information to the terminal device 1301 by RSS. The diary application 1306 includes a diary management unit 1308 that controls creation of a diary, a diary database (diary DB) 1309 that stores data of input diaries and posted comments, and a comment management unit 1310 for managing comments. It consists of.

  The terminal device 1301 includes a mouse 1304 for controlling the diary application and a keyboard 1305. Using these, the content creator displays the diary application 1306 with a browser and creates a diary. The diary transmitted from the content creator terminal device 1301 is received by the diary management unit 1308 and stored in the diary DB 1309. The comment contributor displays the diary application 1306 with a browser and posts a comment. The comment transmitted from the comment poster terminal device 1301 is received by the comment management unit 1310 and stored in the diary DB 1309.

  The RSS client installed in the content creator's terminal device 1301 makes an inquiry to the RSS transmission unit 1306 at regular intervals, and when there is an inquiry, the RSS transmission unit 1306 checks the contents stored in the diary DB 1309, If the content is updated, it is returned to the RSS client via RSS. For example, the content creator monitors the RSS client of the terminal device 1301, and if there is a new comment, displays the diary application in the browser and replies to the comment.

  On the other hand, a viewer who is closely related to the content creator sends an IM message from the IM client installed in the terminal 1301 via the IM server 1303. In this case, the content creator A reply to the IM message is made via the IM server 1303 using the IM client mounted on the terminal 1301. In this case, the application server 1302 is not passed.

The following patent document 1 is given as a known technical document related to the present invention.
JP 2007-115217 A

In the above-described conventional system, the content creator has a complicated case of replying to a comment received via the RSS mechanism and replying to an IM message received via the IM mechanism.
RSS is effective for monitoring comment updates in real time. However, in order to reply a comment, it is necessary to start a browser and open a comment management page. This can be solved by constructing a system in which update information is transmitted by mail instead of RSS and a reply to the comment can be made by replying to the update information by mail. However, since the viewer who is close to the content creator uses IM to contact, the content creator must also reply while switching between the IM client and the mailer.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a means for a content creator to quickly reply to a comment in a web application having a comment function, and an opinion received by the content creator can be commented via the web application. It is to reduce the burden on the content creator by allowing the content creator to reply transparently without being conscious of whether the message is an IM message via the IM server.

In order to achieve the above object, the IM-linked comment system of the present invention includes:
A web application including a content management unit that manages content creation, a comment management unit that manages the posting of comments, and a content DB that stores content and comments, and establishes an XMPP connection with the IM server An application server comprising: an IM message transmission unit that transmits an IM message to the IM server; an IM message reception unit that receives a reply IM message from the IM server; and a transmission log that stores transmission to the IM server;
An IM client that connects to the IM server and transmits and receives IM messages in real time; and a terminal device that includes a browser that connects to the application server and operates the Web application to create content and post comments A comment system comprising:
The comment management unit stores a comment posted from the terminal device via the Web application in association with a poster and target content in the content DB, and stores the stored comment on the poster. An IM message that is a transmission source and the creator of the target content is set as a destination, a conversation ID is added to the IM message, and the IM message is transmitted to the IM server via the IM message transmission unit. Is recorded in the transmission log in association with
The IM message receiving unit receives a reply IM message to the IM message from the IM server, refers to the transmission log based on a conversation ID of the reply IM message, specifies the target content, and sends the reply IM message Is stored in the content DB as a comment of the specified content.

  The IM-linked comment system of the present invention has the following effects. Since the comment posted to the Web application is transmitted to the content creator as an IM message using only the IM client installed in the terminal device, it is possible to reduce the trouble of replying by the content creator.

  An embodiment of an IM-linked comment system to which the present invention is applied will be described below. As an example, a case where the web application is a diary application and the content is a diary will be described. However, the present invention is not limited to the diary application as long as the web application manages content having a comment function.

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an IM-linked comment system showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention. This system includes a terminal device 101, an IM server 102, and an application server 103 on which a diary application is installed, and is typically connected via a network that is the Internet. Each of the terminal device 101, the IM server 102, and the application server 103 is typically implemented by installing predetermined software in an appropriate computer, and includes a CPU and memory, a storage device that stores software and data, and an appropriate Input / output devices and a communication device having a network connection function. In general, a large number of terminal devices 101 exist.

  The terminal device 101 is typically a personal computer, which connects to the application server 103 to create a diary using a diary application, browses another person's diary, posts a comment, or IM It connects to the server 102 and receives IM messages from other users. For this purpose, the terminal device 101 includes a browser for displaying a diary application and an IM client software for sending and receiving IM messages. A mouse 104 and a keyboard 105 are provided for operating each software.

  The IM server 102 receives an IM message from the IM client of the terminal device 101 that is the transmission source, and transmits the message to the IM client of the destination terminal device 101 in real time, and processes the message using the XMPP protocol. Since the IM server is known, the description thereof is omitted.

  The application server 103 controls a Web application (here, a diary application), and includes a diary application 106 that controls a diary, and an IM message transmission unit 107 that establishes an XMPP connection with the IM server 102 and transmits an IM message. And an IM message receiving unit 108 that processes the received IM message, and a transmission log 109 that stores a transmission history.

  The diary application 106 manages a diary that is a content and a comment on the diary, and includes a diary management unit 110 that displays and controls the created diary, and a diary that stores the created diary and posted comments. It comprises a database (diary DB) 111 and a comment management unit 112 that displays and controls posted comments.

  2a and 2b are diagrams showing the data structure of the diary DB 111. FIG. 2a shows the data structure of the diary and FIG. 2b shows the data structure of the comment data. Of these, the diary data in FIG. 2a is diary data stored by the diary management unit 110 in FIG. 1, and 201 (a) for uniquely identifying the diary and a creator 202 (for storing the creator of the diary). a), a title 203 (a) for storing the title of the diary, and a text 204 (a) for storing the text of the diary. Next, FIG. 2 b shows data of comments on the diary (in this case, broadly including IM messages) stored by each of the comment management unit 112 and the IM message reception unit 108, and uniquely identifies the comments. ID 201 (b), a contributor 202 (b) representing a comment contributor, a diary 203 (b) representing a comment target diary, and a body 204 (b) representing a comment body.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the data structure of the transmission log 109. The transmission log 109 includes a conversation ID 301 that uniquely identifies a conversation and a diary ID 302 that represents a diary to be commented. Here, the conversation ID 301 is an identifier given by the XMPP protocol for each destination of the IM message at the start of the conversation, and can identify to which IM message the received IM message is a reply.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a format of an IM message transmitted / received by the XMPP protocol. Consists of a conversation ID 401 for storing the conversation ID shown in FIG. 3, a destination 402 for storing the destination of the IM message, a transmission source 403 for storing the transmission source of the IM message, and a text 404 of the IM message.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a log-in screen of the diary application 106 displayed on the browser of the terminal device. It consists of a user ID input field 501 and a login button 502. When the user presses the login button after entering the user ID, the user can log in to the diary application with that ID.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the home screen of the diary application 106. A diary title input field 601, a diary text input field 602, a posting button 603, and a diary list 604 are included. When a posting button is pressed after inputting a title and a text, diary data is newly created with the logged-in user as the creator 202 (a). The diary list 604 displays a list of all diary data stored in the diary DB 111, and the user can display the target diary by clicking on the list.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a diary display screen of the diary application 106. A diary body 701, a comment list 702 for the target diary, a comment input field 703, and a posting button 704 are configured. In the diary text 701, the diary text 204 (a) selected in the diary list 604 is displayed. Also, the comment list 702 displays a list of all texts 204 (b) that match the target diary ID 203 (b). If you enter a comment in the comment entry field and press the post button, the logged-in user will be displayed as the contributor. Comment data can be newly created as 202 (b).

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a login screen of the IM client in the terminal device. The address input field 801 of the IM server 102, a user ID input field 802, and a login button 803 are included. When the login button is pressed after inputting the address and user ID of the IM server 102, the XMPP connection is established with the IM server by the designated user. In this system, a common ID is used for login of the IM and the diary application.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a screen after login of the IM client. A window 901 that displays a list of registered users and a window 902 that displays conversations are displayed. In a window 901 for displaying registered users, an ID list of other users registered in the IM client is displayed, and a new conversation window 902 is displayed by clicking these IDs or receiving a message. Note that the procedure for registering a user in the list is well-known and will not be described.
Next, the conversation window 902 includes a conversation log 903 that displays the received IM message, a new message input field 904, and a send button 905. The IM user can send a reply IM message to the IM server by pressing the send button 905 after inputting the reply IM message in the input field 904 while viewing the received IM message in the conversation log 903. .

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the overall flow of the present system. First, the user of the diary application accesses the diary application 106 with a browser, inputs the user ID 502, and presses the login button 503 (step 1001). Then, the diary application displays a home screen and displays a list of all diary data stored in the diary DB 111 in the diary list 604. The user selects and clicks the diary from there. Then, a diary display screen is displayed, and a diary text 204 is displayed in the diary text 701. The comment list 702 displays all the comment data having the same diary ID 203 (b) (step 1002). If there is a content to be described after reading these diaries and comments, the user inputs a comment in the comment input field 703 and clicks a posting button. Then, the posted data is passed to the comment management unit 112 (steps 1003 and 1004).

  Next, when a new diary is to be posted, the home screen is displayed, the title input field 601 and the body text input field 602 are input, and the post button 603 is clicked. Then, new diary data is created in the diary DB 111, the contents of the title input field are the title 203 (a), the contents of the text input field are the text 204 (a), and the login ID is the creator 202 (a). And a value that is unique in the diary data is stored in the diary ID 201 (a) (steps 1005 and 1006).

  When the user finishes writing the comment and diary, the user then closes the browser and activates the IM client, and inputs the address 801 and user ID 802 of the IM server 102 to log in to the IM server 102 (step 1007). When the IM message arrives at the IM server, a conversation window 903 is displayed, and the content of the IM message body 404 is added to the conversation log 903 as the received IM message. If there is a reply to the received IM message, the reply IM message is input in the reply IM message input field 904 and the send button 905 is clicked. Then, the input reply IM message is stored in the body text 404, the login ID is stored in the transmission source 408, the transmission source of the received IM message and the conversation ID are stored in the destination 402 and the conversation ID 401, and transmitted to the IM server 102. . The exchange of the above messages is repeated, and the process ends when no message arrives (steps 1008 and 1009).

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow of the comment management unit 112 in FIG. When a comment is posted in step 1004, the input content is stored in the body 204 (b) of the comment data, the target diary ID 201 (a) is the diary ID 203 (b), and the login ID is the contributor 202 (b ) And a value that is unique in the comment data is stored in the comment ID (b) (step 1101). Next, it is confirmed whether there is an XMPP connection with the IM server. If there is no XMPP connection, the IM message transmission unit 107 is used to connect to the IM server 102 with the only user in the system created for IM (steps 1102 and 1103). . Next, the contributor 202 (b) and the body 204 (b) of the posted comment are concatenated and stored in the body 404 of the IM message, and the destination is the creator of the target diary 202 (a), the sender In step 1103 and transmitted to the IM server 102. At this time, the conversation ID 401 is automatically added by the IM message transmission unit 107, and the IM message transmission unit 107 stores it together with the diary ID 302 in the conversation ID 301 of the transmission log 109 (steps 1104 and 1105).

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the IM message receiving unit 108. When the IM message receiving unit receives a reply IM message, the conversation ID 401 of the received reply IM message is first acquired (step 1201). Next, with reference to the transmission log 109, a diary ID 302 that matches the conversation ID 301 of the transmission log is acquired (step 1202). Next, new comment data is created in the diary DB 111, the text 404 of the reply IM message is entered in the text 204 (b), the diary ID 302 acquired in step 1202 is entered in the diary ID 203 (b), and the sender of the reply IM message is sent. 403 is stored in the creator 202 (b) and the process ends (step 1203).

It is a block diagram of IM interlocking type comment system. Diary DB Diary data format. Diary DB Comment data format. This is the format of the transmission log. IM message format. This is the login screen of the diary application. This is the home screen of the diary application. It is a diary display screen of a diary application. It is an IM client login screen. This is the state after login of the IM client. The overall flow. It is a processing flow of a comment management part. It is a processing flow of an IM message receiving unit. This is a general diary system configuration.

Explanation of symbols

  101: Terminal device 101, 102: IM server, 103: Application server, 104 mouse, 105: Keyboard, 106: Diary application, 107: IM message transmission unit, 108: IM message reception unit, 109: Transmission log, 110: Diary Management unit, 111: Diary DB, 112: Comment management unit

Claims (1)

An IM server;
A web application including a content management unit that manages content creation, a comment management unit that manages the posting of comments, and a content DB that stores content and comments, and establishes an XMPP connection with the IM server An application server comprising: an IM message transmission unit that transmits an IM message to the IM server; an IM message reception unit that receives a reply IM message from the IM server; and a transmission log that stores transmission to the IM server;
An IM client that connects to the IM server and transmits and receives IM messages in real time; and a terminal device that includes a browser that connects to the application server and operates the Web application to create content and post comments A comment system comprising:
The comment management unit stores a comment posted from the terminal device via the Web application in association with a poster and target content in the content DB, and stores the stored comment on the poster. An IM message that is a transmission source and the creator of the target content is set as a destination, a conversation ID is added to the IM message, and the IM message is transmitted to the IM server via the IM message transmission unit. Is recorded in the transmission log in association with
The IM message receiving unit receives a reply IM message to the IM message from the IM server, refers to the transmission log based on a conversation ID of the reply IM message, identifies the target content, and sends the reply IM message Is stored in the content DB as a comment of the specified content, an IM-linked comment system.

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