JP4124696B2 - Book information providing method and book information providing device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a book information providing method and a book information providing apparatus for providing information related to a related book related to a user's desired book, and in particular, to a wide range of book information related to a book desired by the user. The present invention relates to a book information providing method and a book information providing apparatus that can be efficiently provided to a user.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a library that browses or lends a book (book) to a user has information about the book that the user wants to view or lend (hereinafter referred to as a "book of hope") to the user. In many cases, a book information providing system is provided. In such a book information providing system, a book in a collection or a book being arranged for purchase is registered in advance in the book information providing server, and if the user performs a search input of the desired book from the terminal device, The book information is searched from the book information providing server, and the search result is displayed on the display screen of the terminal device. Thus, the book information providing system is a useful means for the user to obtain the book information of the desired book.
[0003]
By the way, the conventional general library information providing system adopts a configuration in which the user informs the user only of the book information of the desired book. For example, the user knows the book information of the related book close to the desired book. Even if it is desired, the book information of this related book cannot be easily obtained.
[0004]
For this reason, the prior art for acquiring the book information of this related book efficiently is known. For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a technique for setting a reference document as a search condition in a library when a reference document is described in document data searched in advance. Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for centrally managing several book information and displaying the reference with a simple operation if there is a reference in the book information being displayed on the terminal device. .
[0005]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 08-287087
[Patent Document 2]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 07-230467
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, even if these Patent Documents 1 and 2 are used, the user can obtain only the book information of a book that is stored in the library or that is being arranged for purchase, and as a result, it is close to the desired book. There is a problem that it is not possible to obtain a wide range of book information of related books.
[0007]
To explain this point in detail, the one in Patent Document 1 merely adds a reference to the search condition, so if this reference is not located in the library and is not arranged for purchase, Will only be notified of "no collection" or "unarranged". In other words, this patent document 1 is a technique that is meaningful only when a reference is in the collection or in a purchase arrangement, even if the reference is close to the desired book. If not, the book information of this reference cannot be acquired.
[0008]
In addition, since it is a major premise that the references in Patent Document 2 are centrally managed, unless the reference is still in collection or purchase arrangement, or is not centrally managed as separate data in advance, The book information of the reference cannot be acquired.
[0009]
As a result, it is necessary for the user to look up related books related to the book he / she wishes by referring to a book catalog or a search site on the Internet. This burden will increase.
[0010]
In addition, it is conceivable that the library will maintain a database for managing the relationship between the books and improve the efficiency of the retrieval of the user's book information, but it will be very expensive to construct such a database. Therefore, it is impossible to maintain such a database for libraries that have severe restrictions on budget allocation. In particular, since new books are issued every day, updating the database every time a new book is generated is not practical because it requires a lot of human labor to manage the database.
[0011]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and provides the user with a wide and efficient range of book information related to the desired book desired by the user. It is an object of the present invention to provide a book information providing method and a book information providing apparatus capable of performing the above.
[0012]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  To achieve the above object, according to the present invention, when a user performs a search operation of a related book related to a desired book on a terminal device, the library management device that has received a request from the terminal device searches for the book information. The book information providing method of the book information providing system for returning the search result to the terminal device and providing the user with information related to the related book related to the desired book. Desired books that the user wishes to lend through the terminal deviceNameBook to acceptNameAcceptance process and the library management device is the book you wantNameAccepted by the acceptance processSearch each book review site on the Internet using the desired book name as a search keyword, and search the book review pageA page identification process to identify and a book review page in which the library management device is identified by the page identification processRecognize the text of the book reviews in order,Other books introduced inNameBook written by a reviewer introduced in the reviewer introduction columnNameAnd identifiable related booksNameRelated books to extract asNameExtraction processThe related book name is searched by searching the related book name for the collection table storing the information related to the books in the library in the library and the arrangement table storing the information related to the books that are not stored in the library but have been purchased. The book is selected as being in a collection or in a purchase arrangement, and a lending history table storing a lending history of the book is searched with the identification information of the user, and the user is selected from the selected related book names. A narrowing process that performs a narrowing process that selects only books that have not been loaned in the pastIt is characterized by including.
[0013]
  According to the present invention, when the user accepts a desired book to be lent, the book review page on the Internet that handles the accepted book that has been accepted is identified, and the other book introduced in the identified book review page Since the book written by the reviewer introduced in the reviewer introduction column is identified as a related book so that it can be identified, the library information of the related book related to the desired book desired by the user can be efficiently and widely used. It can be provided to users. In particular, it is possible to efficiently extract related books while emphasizing the connection between a book reviewer himself who is familiar with the contents and the book desired.In addition, since it was decided to narrow down the related books so that only the books that are in the collection or in the purchase arrangement among the extracted related books and have not been lent to the user in the past are selected. Is available, and high-value books that have not been browsed in the past can be obtained as related books.
[0016]
  Also, in the present invention according to the above aspect, the page specifying step includes:The library management deviceWhen the collection status of the desired book is searched and there is no collection or planned collection,Book review pageIt is characterized by searching on the Internet.
[0017]
  According to the present invention, when the collection status of a desired book is searched and there is no collection or planned collection,Book review pageSince there is a desired book in the library, it is possible to perform an efficient process without a useless search.
[0020]
Further, the present invention is a book information providing device for providing information related to a related book related to a user's desired book in the above-mentioned invention, and a desired book receiving means for receiving a desired book that the user desires to lend. And a page specifying means for specifying a desired book page on the Internet that handles the desired book received by the desired book receiving means, and a related book related to the desired book from the page specified by the page specifying means. And a related book extracting means for extracting information.
[0021]
According to the present invention, when a user accepts a desired book desired to be lent, the desired book page on the Internet that handles the accepted desired book is specified, and the related book related to the desired book is specified from the specified page. Since such information is extracted, the book information of related books related to the book desired by the user can be provided to the user widely and efficiently.
[0022]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a book information providing method and a book information providing apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In Embodiment 1 described below, a case is explained in which book information of a related book related to a desired book is acquired and provided from a WWW server on the Internet called a book review site that performs book reviews on books. In the second embodiment, a case will be described in which book information of a related book related to a desired book is acquired and provided from a WWW server on the Internet called a book site for explaining the book.
[0023]
(Embodiment 1)
First, the system configuration of the book information providing system according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a system configuration of the book information providing system according to the first embodiment.
[0024]
When the user inputs a book to be used via the terminal device 700, the book information providing system shown in the figure checks whether this desired book is stored in the library or is being arranged for purchase. If not, the system searches the related books from the so-called book review site 300 and displays the search results on the terminal device 700. Specifically, in the first embodiment, other books introduced in the book review page of the book review site 300 are searched as related books. At this time, the reviewer who describes such a book review page may introduce one of the books he has written in the past, and this book is often closely related to the desired book. Books that have been written and introduced on the book review page will also be searched as related books.
[0025]
As shown in the figure, this library information providing system is disposed outside the library such as a terminal device 400 used by a librarian working in the library, a terminal device 600 disposed in the library, and a user's house. The terminal device 700 and the book review site 300 are connected to the library management device 100 disposed in the library. Specifically, the terminal device 400 and the terminal device 600 arranged in the library are connected to the library management device 100 via a communication line such as a LAN, and the terminal device 700 and the book review site arranged outside the library. 300 is connected to the library management apparatus 100 via the Internet 200.
[0026]
Here, the terminal devices 400, 600, and 700 are personal computers equipped with a web browser, and the book review site 300 is an HTTP server that provides a page describing a book review related to each book by a reviewer. It is distributed.
[0027]
The library management device 100 is a device that is the main body of the book information providing device according to the present invention. The library management device 100 manages the book information of each book in the library and in the arrangement for purchase, and the book desired by the user is located in the library. If not, it is characterized in that a related book is retrieved from the book review site 300 and presented to the user.
[0028]
As shown in FIG. 1, the library management apparatus 100 includes a lending reservation management unit 110, a lending return management unit 120, and an arrangement management unit 130. When receiving the input of the desired book, the lending reservation management unit 110 checks whether or not the desired book is in the collection and whether or not the purchase is being arranged. Is a processing unit that performs lending reservation processing for a desired book.
[0029]
Even if the desired book is not in the collection or in the purchase arrangement, a reservation for the desired book is accepted, and the purchase arrangement is made when this reservation reaches a predetermined number. Further, when the desired book is not in the collection or purchase arrangement, the recommended book (related book) is searched from the book review site 300 via the Internet 200, and the introduction process is performed based on the rental information history of the user. .
[0030]
Specifically, the lending reservation management unit 110 includes a lending book receiving unit 111, a related book extracting unit 112, and a related page extracting unit 113. The lending book accepting unit 111 is a processing unit that accepts a desired book that the user desires to lend.
[0031]
The related book extracting unit 112 specifies a book review page related to the desired book from the plurality of book review sites 300 via the Internet 200, and the book name of the desired book from the book review description sentence described in the book review page. It is a processing unit that extracts related books related to, and presents them to the user as related book information.
[0032]
In the first embodiment, among the related books retrieved from the book review page of the book review site 300, a book that is in the collection or is being arranged for purchase and has not been lent to the user in the past is presented to the user. To do. In addition, when presenting these related books to the user, the book reviewer himself / herself himself / herself writes that fact together. The reason for this is that books written by the book reviewer may not be directly related to the theme of the book that the user wants, but they have a unique perspective on the theme so that the book review can be made public. This is because there is a possibility that the book is written from the point of view of this, and it will be useful for the user.
[0033]
The related page extracting unit 113 specifies the book review site 300 in which the book name of the desired book is introduced, and specifies and extracts the book review page that has been reviewed for the desired book desired by the user from the book review site 300. Part.
[0034]
The loan return management unit 120 is a management unit that manages information related to the return of a lent book and loan history information, and searches the library in the library based on the book name of the desired book received by the loan book reception unit 111. A collection retrieval unit 121 is provided.
[0035]
The arrangement management unit 130 is a management unit that manages information (book name, scheduled delivery date, delivery date information) related to a book that is being arranged for purchase, and provides these information to the lending reservation management unit 110.
[0036]
Next, a processing procedure of the library management apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the library management apparatus 100 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, when the library management apparatus 100 receives a request for a desired book that the user desires to lend (step S201), the library management apparatus 100 determines whether or not the desired book can be lent (step S202). Specifically, it is checked whether or not the desired book is in the collection, whether it is an uncollected book but is currently in a purchase arrangement, and if it is in the collection or purchase arrangement, it can be lent out. judge.
[0037]
Then, when the desired book can be lent, the process proceeds to a lending process or a reservation process (not shown). On the other hand, if the desired book is not lent out, a related page extraction process for extracting the related book from the registered book review site 300 is performed (step S203). Specifically, a book review page in which a book review of the desired book exists is searched from the book review site 300, and other books introduced in this book review page are extracted as related books. Of the books introduced on the book review page, the books written by the reviewers themselves are likely to have the same direction and direction as the viewpoints and issues of reviewing the desired book. Therefore, it is extracted separately from other books.
[0038]
Thereafter, the process proceeds to the related book extraction process (step S204). Specifically, it is determined whether or not there is a collection of such related books, and whether or not the related books have been lent to the user in the past, has been collected and has been used in the past. If it is not lent to the user, the related book and the search page are displayed on the terminal device.
[0039]
Next, the reception screen used when the desired book shown in step S201 of FIG. 2 is received will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a reception screen used when the desired book shown in step S201 of FIG. 2 is received. In addition, what is shown to the same figure is taken as the reception screen displayed on the terminal device 600 which can be utilized when a user goes to a library.
[0040]
When the user goes to the library and performs a predetermined operation on the terminal device 600, the lending reservation book setting screen (reception screen) 650 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. In the lending reservation book setting screen 650, as shown in the figure, an input frame 651 for inputting a user identification ID, an input frame 652 for inputting a name, an input frame 653 for inputting a desired book name, and a search button An input frame 654 is provided.
[0041]
Here, when the user inputs the identification ID “USR100”, the name “Hiroyuki Sekihata”, and the desired book name “Japanese history and culture” and designates the search button input frame 654, these pieces of information are managed by the library. It will be transmitted to the device 100. At this point, the status of the desired book and the recommended book (related book) are unknown, so information is not displayed in these portions of the lending reservation book setting screen 650 and is blank.
[0042]
Then, the library management apparatus 100 checks whether or not the desired book is being stored in the library or arranged for purchase, and displays the status of the desired book on the lending reservation book setting screen 650. If the book is not in the collection and is not being arranged for purchase, the book review site 300 in which the book review regarding the desired book is described is specified.
[0043]
FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of a book review page existing in the book review site 300 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, this book review page contains “Japanese historical culture (Heian era), Yamamoto △ male, FTH publication, searched in response to“ Japanese historical culture ”entered by the user as a desired book. "It also contains a book review by Taro Fuji, a professor at Oha University.
[0044]
That is, the book review site 300 is specified when such a book of “Japanese history and culture” is not stored in the library and is not being arranged for purchase.
[0045]
If you look at the contents of this book review, the titles of the book “Surushikibu”, “Taiko Shotoku”, “Chinese History 1” are included in the book reviews, and “Ono Komachi” is included in the reviewer's book. Yes. For this reason, these book names “purple club”, “Prince Shotoku”, “Chinese history 1”, and “Ono Komachi” are extracted. However, “Ono Komachi” is the author's book, so it is distinguished from other books.
[0046]
As the status of related books at the time when the user searches for the desired book, “Surushiki Department” is “in library” in the library, and there is no user loan history by Hiroyuki Sekihata, the user, It is assumed that it is “loaned” to other users. Further, it is assumed that “Saintoku Taiko” is “no collection” in the library, “Chinese history 1” is “in collection” in the library, and the user loan history is “present”. Furthermore, if “Ono Komachi” is “collected” in the library and the user loan history is “None”, and it is currently not loaned to other users, it is “present in the library”. The display contents of the lending reservation book setting screen (reception screen) 650 are updated as shown in FIG.
[0047]
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the display contents of the lending reservation book setting screen 650 including the search result. As shown in the figure, the library “History and Culture of Japan”, which is the desired book, has no collection in the library and has not been purchased yet, so that is displayed in the display column 655 of the status of the desired book. Here, when the reservation input frame 656 is instructed, an arrangement application for a book of “Japanese historical culture” is made. In addition, when the arrangement application reaches a predetermined number, the corresponding book is actually arranged for purchase.
[0048]
Further, in the recommended book column 657, the book name, book ID, state, number of reservations, and the presence of a book reviewer are displayed for two related books, “Murasaki Shikibu” and “Ono Komachi”. To explain this point in detail, the book review page originally shown in Fig. 4 contains four book titles: "Shiki Shibubu", "Saintoku Prince", "Chinese History 1" and "Ono Komachi". However, “Saintoku Prince” cannot be rented because it is not stored in the library, and “Chinese History 1” is lent by the user, Hiroyuki Sekihata (USR100), who is stored in the library. Since there is a history, there is no need to rent again. For this reason, two books, “Murasaki Shikibu” and “Ono Komachi”, are used as related books, and as shown in FIG. 5, their book IDs and the like are displayed.
[0049]
The reason why the book reviewer's famous column is set in the recommended book column 657 is that the book reviewer himself / herself knows the contents of the book written by himself / herself, and generally reviews the book of hope. This is because it is highly likely that the viewpoint, argument, and method of thinking are consistent with the writing book, so it is likely that the user will be able to select books more easily than other related books.
[0050]
If the user is instructed to enter a reservation input frame 658, reservation processing for the recommended recommended book is performed. 5 shows a case where “Ono Komachi” written by the reviewer himself is reserved.
[0051]
Next, the processing procedure of the library management apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 will be specifically described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the library management apparatus 100. Here, for convenience of explanation, a case where the user operates the terminal device 600 is shown.
[0052]
As shown in FIG. 6, the library management apparatus 100 transmits a rental book reservation screen to the user's terminal device 600 (step S601), and prompts for input of the user name, desired book name, and the like. When the reservation desired book information including the user name and the desired book name is received in response to the user input (step S602), the collection table 154 is searched (step S603).
[0053]
If the desired book is stored in the library (Yes at step S604), normal reservation processing is performed (step S605). Since the reservation process is not a feature of the present invention, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. For example, the fact that the reservation is possible and the scheduled rental time are displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 600.
[0054]
On the other hand, if the desired book is not stored in the library (No at step S604), the arrangement table 156 is searched to confirm whether or not the desired book is being arranged for purchase (step S606). If the book is being arranged (Yes at step S607), normal reservation processing is performed in the same manner as in the collection (step S605).
[0055]
If the desired book is not being arranged (No at Step S607), the desired book is recorded in the selection support table 152 (Step S608), and the book review site 300 to be described later is searched (Step S609), and the related book. Try to extract. At this time, since one book may be reviewed at a plurality of book review sites 300, it is desirable to search all book review sites 300 in which book reviews related to the desired book are described.
[0056]
As a result, when none of the related books can be extracted (No in step S610), a result screen indicating no related books is transmitted to the terminal device 600 (step S617), and one or more related books can be extracted. In the case (Yes at Step S610), it is checked whether or not each related book is stored in the library using the collection table 154 (Step S611).
[0057]
If all the related books are not stored in the library (No at step S612), a result screen indicating no related books is transmitted to the terminal device 600 in the same manner as when there is no related book (step S617). When one or a plurality of related books are stored in the library (Yes at step S612), the lending history table 155 is searched for all the related books stored (step S613) and related to the same user in the past. Check if the book was lent out.
[0058]
If there is no book without a loan history for the same user, and there are only books that the user has borrowed in the past (No in step S614), the related information is the same as when there is no related book. A result screen indicating no book is transmitted to the terminal device 600 (step S617). On the other hand, when a book without a loan history for the user is included in the related book (Yes in step S614), a result screen indicating that there is a related book is transmitted to the terminal device 600 (step S615). Then, the book selected by the user is received and normal reservation processing is performed (step S616).
[0059]
By performing the above-described series of processing, when a book desired by the user is not stored and is not being arranged for purchase, a related book related to the desired book is searched from the book review site 300, and the searched relation Of the books, books that are stored in the library and that have not been lent to the same user in the past can be presented to the user.
[0060]
Next, a search procedure for searching for related books from the book review site 300 shown in step S609 of FIG. 6 will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a search procedure for searching for related books from the book review site 300 shown in step S609 of FIG. Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the book review page is composed of a book review text column and a reviewer introduction column, and a book review flag indicates whether or not the reviewer introduction column has been character-identified. That is, the book review flag = 0 indicates a state in which the reviewer introduction column has not yet been identified (the current review text is being identified). If the book review flag = 1, the character identification of the review text is completed and the current book review is completed. It is assumed that the character identification in the person introduction column is being performed.
[0061]
As shown in the figure, first, a book review flag indicating whether or not a character reviewer introduction column has been identified is initialized to 0 (step S701), and then a delimiter indicating a book name from a book review URL table 157 and a book reviewer start. The symbol is read (step S702), each book review site 300 is searched using the desired book name as a search keyword, and the hit book review page is read (step S703).
[0062]
Then, it is checked whether or not the book review flag is 1 (step S704). If the book review flag is not 1 (if the review review text is identified at that time) (No in step S704), each recognized It is checked whether or not the character is a reviewer start symbol (step S705). If it is not a reviewer start symbol (No at step S705), a related book extraction process described later is performed (step S706). Then, it is confirmed whether or not the next character exists (step S707). If the next character exists (Yes in step S707), the next character is extracted and the process proceeds to step S704.
[0063]
In this way, the related book names included in the book review text are extracted. When the character identification of the book review text is completed, the character identification in the reviewer introduction column is continued.
[0064]
Specifically, in the process of step S705, if the recognized character is a reviewer start symbol (Yes in step S705), this means a shift to the reviewer introduction column, so the review flag is rewritten to 1. (Step S709). Thereby, since it is determined that the book review flag is 1 in step S704 (Yes in step S704), after the related book extraction process is performed (step S710), this related book is a book written by the book reviewer himself. In order to clearly indicate this, the reviewer flag of the record is turned on (step S711). The related book extraction process shown in step S710 performs the same process as that shown in step S706.
[0065]
Next, the processing procedure of the related book extraction process shown in steps S706 and S710 of FIG. 7 will be described in more detail. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the related book extraction process shown in steps S706 and S710 of FIG. The real name flag shown below is a flag indicating whether or not a start delimiter indicating the book name has been found. Specifically, when the real name flag = 0, a new start delimiter is found. When the real name flag = 1, the start delimiter is found, and the characters in the delimiter (that is, the characters forming the book name of the related book) are stored in the temporary memory. Shall.
[0066]
As shown in the figure, after the real name flag is initialized to 0 (step S801), it is checked whether the real name flag is 1 (step S802). If the real name flag is not 1, that is, a new start delimiter If the recognition character is a start delimiter (step S803), and if the start delimiter is found (Yes in step S803), the real name flag is determined. Is updated to 1 (step S804). Then, it is confirmed whether or not the next character exists (step S805). If the next character exists (Yes in step S805), the character is extracted (step S806), and the process proceeds to step S802. That is, in steps S802 to S806, characters are skipped one after another until the start delimiter is found, and the real name flag is updated to 1 when the start delimiter is found.
[0067]
If a start delimiter is found and the real name flag becomes 1 (Yes at step S802), it is checked whether or not this character is an end delimiter (step S807). If it is not an end delimiter (step S807). No), additional writing of the character corresponding to the temporary memory is performed (step S808).
[0068]
If the character is an end delimiter (Yes at Step S807), the real name flag is reset to 0 (Step S809), and the data in the temporary memory matches any of the data already written in the selection support table 152. It is checked whether or not to perform (step S810). This is to prevent the case where the same book name is extracted twice.
[0069]
If the data in the temporary memory does not match any of the already written data (No at Step S810), a new record is created in the selection support table 152 (Step S811), and the created record is stored in the temporary memory. Data is written (step S812), and the temporary memory is reset (step S813). If the data in the temporary memory matches any of the data already written in the selection support table 152 (Yes at step S810), the process proceeds to step S813 and the temporary memory is reset (step S813).
[0070]
Next, an example of the reservation table 151, the selection support table 152, the bibliographic table 153, the collection table 154, the lending history table 155, the arrangement table 156, and the book review URL table 157 illustrated in FIG. 1 will be described. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of the reservation table 151 before the reservation by the USR 100, FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the bibliographic table 153, and FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the library table 154. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the arrangement table 156, and FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the book review URL table 157. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of the selection support table 152, FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of the lending history table 155, and FIG. 16 illustrates an example of the reservation table 151 after the reservation by the USR 100. FIG.
[0071]
The reservation table 151 shown in FIG. 9 is a table in which reservation information regarding each book is stored. Specifically, a reservation NO, a user ID, a book ID, a book name, and a reservation date are stored. The figure shown before the reservation by USR100 (Hiroyuki Sekihata) on the lending reservation book setting screen (reservation screen) 650 shown in FIG. 3 is the book “World History” with the book ID “ZS900”. The book “purple section” with the book ID “ZS100” is reserved. When the user designates a reservation input frame 656 or 658 on the lending reservation book setting screen 650 shown in FIG. 5, the contents of the reservation table 151 are updated.
[0072]
The bibliographic table 153 shown in FIG. 10 is a table storing bibliographic information of each book. Specifically, ISBN (International Standard Book Number), book ID, book title, Japanese catalog classification (NDC), author, series And a general subject (keyword) are stored in association with each other. The figure shows the case of having bibliographic information on "Ono Komachi", "Chinese History 1", "Murasaki Shikibu", "Makurasoko's Thought", "Asian History" and "World History". . In the book review table 153, bibliographic information is managed for books that are not already in the library, but have already been arranged, but have already been arranged.
[0073]
The collection table 154 shown in FIG. 11 is a table in which information related to the books in the collection is stored in the library. Specifically, the collection number, the book title, the state, the user ID, the loan date, the scheduled return date, and the reservation Numbers are stored in association with each other. The figure shows a case where “Surushiki Club”, “Ono Komachi”, “Chinese History 1”, and “The Thought of Pillows” are in the collection, and among these, “Surushiki Club” is lent out. The state of “available” indicates that the book is not lent to any user and can be borrowed immediately. The collection table 154 is used when checking whether a book desired by the user or a related book searched on the book review site 300 is stored in the library.
[0074]
The arrangement table 156 shown in FIG. 12 is a table that stores information related to books that are not in the library but have already been arranged for purchase. Specifically, the arrangement number, book ID, book title, order date, The scheduled delivery date, delivery date, availability date, and number of reservations are stored in association with each other. Here, a case where “Asia history” and “World history” are being arranged for purchase is shown. The arrangement table 156 is used when confirming whether a book desired by the user is being arranged for purchase. In addition, in order to arrange the purchase of books, the number of reservations made by users for books whose collection number is not yet confirmed in the reservation table 151 must be a predetermined number or more (here, “5” or more). It is.
[0075]
The book review URL table 157 shown in FIG. 13 is a table storing the URL of each book review site 300 and its book review format. Specifically, the URL, start delimiter, end delimiter, search condition formula, and reviewer start Symbols are stored in association with each other. In other words, the book review site “www.asayu.book/” is indicated as “book name” and the start symbol in the reviewer introduction column is indicated by “■”, but other book review sites “www.yomk” ".book /" is written as [book name], and the start symbol in the reviewer introduction column is displayed as "book reviewer-". Further, the search condition formula is necessary when extracting a specific page introducing a user's desired book from the book review site 300. The reason why the book review URL table 157 is provided is to prevent a related book from being missed due to a difference in notation of each book review site. The book review URL table 157 is used when a related book name is cut out from the book review page.
[0076]
The selection support table 152 shown in FIG. 14 is a table for storing information necessary for displaying the processing result on the lending reservation book setting screen (reservation screen) 650, and the process of step S608 in FIG. 6 is performed. Specifically, a book title, a book review URL, a reviewer flag, a loan history flag, a book ID, a state, a reservation number, and an exclusion flag are stored in association with each other.
[0077]
In the first record, when the selection support table 152 is newly created in step S608 of FIG. 6, the desired book name 653 of the lending reservation book setting screen (reservation screen) 650 is written. The desired book is not currently stored in the library or arranged for purchase by the processing in steps S603 to S607 in FIG. 6, and the lending book accepting unit 111 sets the status column to “ON”. To do. This exclusion flag identifies whether or not the corresponding record is displayed in the “recommended book” field 657 of the lending reservation book setting screen (reservation screen) 650, and “ON” is not displayed. Since the first record is displayed in the “desired book status” 655, the exclusion flag is “ON”.
[0078]
In the second and subsequent records, information on books extracted from a specific page introducing user-desired books in the book review site 300 is stored, and books of records whose exclusion flag is finally “OFF” are stored. Are displayed in the recommended book column 657.
[0079]
First, the book name extracted by the related book extraction unit 112 and the URL of a specific page introducing the book name are written in each record. At this time, the book reviewer flag is set to “ON” in the case of a book corresponding to the processing of step S711 in FIG. 7, and otherwise the book reviewer flag is set to “OFF” (in the case of a book extracted from the book review text). Is set by the related page extraction unit 113.
[0080]
Subsequently, the related book extracting unit 112 determines whether or not the books stored after the second record are stored in the library with reference to the library table 154. If the book is stored, the book ID, state, and number of reservations of the selection table 152 are written. If not, the “UNORDER” information indicating that the book is not stored is written in the book ID (or , Leave it blank), and set the exclusion flag to “ON”.
[0081]
Further, the related book extracting unit 112 records the book whose exclusion flag remains “OFF” after the second record, that is, the book in the library, with reference to the lending history table 155 and corresponding to the user ID 651. It is determined whether or not it is included in the book that has been read. If it is included (that is, already loaned to the user), the lending history flag of the corresponding record in the selection support table 152 is set to “present” and the exclusion flag is set to “ON”. On the other hand, when it is not included in the book recorded corresponding to the user ID 651 of the lending history table 155 (that is, not lending to the user), the lending history flag of the corresponding record is set to “none”, The exclusion flag remains “OFF” without being changed.
[0082]
Through the above processing, the related book extracting unit 112 finally displays the first record of the selection support table 152 in the “book status” column 655 of the lending reservation book setting screen (reservation screen) 650. At the same time, records whose exclusion flag is “OFF” after the second record of the selection support table 152 are displayed in the “Recommended Books” column 657.
[0083]
The lending history table 155 shown in FIG. 15 is a table for storing the lending history of book titles, and specifically stores the user ID, book ID, book title, lending date, scheduled return date, and return actual date. . Here, “Chinese history 1” is loaned to USR 100, and “Murasaki Shikibu” is loaned to USR 400. The lending history table 155 is used when checking whether or not related books have been lent to the same user in the past.
[0084]
The reservation table 151 shown in FIG. 16 shows a situation in which reservation contents are stored when the book shown in FIG. 5 is reserved by the user USR 100 (Hiroyuki Sekihata). Compared to the one shown in FIG. 9, it can be seen that the books of “Japanese historical culture” and “Ono Komachi” are newly reserved. Since “Japanese history and culture” is an uncollected book and has not been arranged, the book reservation management unit 110 stores “UNORDER” indicating unconfirmed in the book ID.
[0085]
Next, the processing of the library management apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 will be specifically described with reference to these tables. When the desired book “Japanese history and culture” is input on the lending reservation book setting screen 650 shown in FIG. 3, it is first confirmed whether or not the desired book exists in the collection table 154.
[0086]
Therefore, referring to the collection table 154 in FIG. 11, it can be seen that there is no “Japanese history and culture” in the collection table 154, and the desired book is not stored in the library. Therefore, when it is confirmed whether or not the desired book exists in the arrangement table 156, there is no “Japanese history and culture” in the arrangement table 156 shown in FIG. I understand.
[0087]
For this reason, a record of “Japanese history and culture” is provided in the newly created selection support table 152 shown in FIG. 14, and the state is set to “unarranged”, and the book review site 300 is searched. Specifically, referring to the book review URL table 157 shown in FIG. 13, the delimiter symbol and the reviewer start symbol are read, and the book title page shown in FIG. Read as.
[0088]
The book review text of this book review page includes the book titles “Shiki Shibubu”, “Sei Tokiko”, “Chinese History 1”, and the reviewer introduction column contains “Ono Komachi”, so it is shown in FIG. In the same way, records of “Murasaki Shikibu”, “Saintoku Prince”, “Chinese History 1”, and “Ono Komachi” are created in the selection support table 152, and a book review URL is written for each related book. The reviewer flag is turned “ON”.
[0089]
After that, it is confirmed whether or not each related book “Murasaki Shikibu”, “Saintoku Prince”, “Chinese History 1”, “Ono Komachi” exists in the library table 154. Referring to the collection table 154 shown in FIG. 11, the collection table 154 includes “Murasaki Shikibu”, “Chinese History 1”, and “Ono Komachi”, but does not exist for “Saintoku Prince”. Further, referring to the lending history table 155 shown in FIG. 15, it can be seen that “Chinese history 1” has been lent to USR 100 (Hiroyuki Sekihata) in the past.
[0090]
For this reason, "Sei Tokiko" that has not been collected and "Chinese History 1" that has been lent out in the past are not picked up as related books, but "Shikishibu" and "Ono Komachi" are candidates for presentation to users as related books. . Further, according to the lending history table 155 shown in FIG. 15, since the “purple section” is being lent to the USR 400, based on these facts, the “status” column and “ Update the “Number of reservations” field.
[0091]
Then, when the display contents of the lending reservation book setting screen 650 are updated based on the contents of the selection support table 152, as shown in FIG. 5, “purple style department” and “Ono Komachi” are presented as related books, and “ It clearly states that Ono Komachi is the book written by the reviewer. Here, as shown in FIG. 16, when the user makes a reservation for “Japanese historical culture” and “Ono Komachi”, the contents of the reservation table 151 are updated as shown in FIG. 16.
[0092]
As described above, in the first embodiment, when the book desired by the user accepted by the lending book accepting unit 111 is not in the library and is not being arranged for purchase, the related page extracting unit 113 is used. Extracts the book review page of the desired book, and the related book extraction unit 112 extracts the information of the related book from the book review page, and finally, the book that is in the collection and has not been lent out in the past. Since the book is provided to the user as a related book, the book information of the related book related to the book desired by the user can be provided to the user widely and efficiently.
[0093]
The name of the reviewer can also be stored in the selection support table 152 and displayed on the lending reservation book setting screen (reservation screen) 650. The reviewer name can be identified from the layout of the book review site 300.
[0094]
(Embodiment 2)
By the way, in the first embodiment, the book review site 300 is used to search for a related book related to the desired book. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a book site other than the book review site 300 is selected. You can also search for related books. Therefore, in the second embodiment, a case where a related book is searched using a book site that manages the bibliographic information of the book is shown. The system configuration of the book information providing system in this case is the same as that shown in FIG. 1. A book site is provided instead of the book review site 300 shown in FIG. 1, and the book URL is changed to the book review URL table 157. Since a table may be provided, detailed description thereof is omitted here.
[0095]
FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a lending reservation book setting screen (reservation screen) 800 according to the second embodiment. As shown in the figure, the lending reservation book setting screen 800 is composed of almost the same items as those shown in FIG. 3, and an input frame 801 for inputting a user identification ID, an input frame 802 for inputting a name, An input frame 803 for inputting a desired book name and an input frame 804 for a search button are provided.
[0096]
However, the lending reservation book setting screen 800 is different in that the book review URL and reviewer information fields as shown in FIG. 3 are not provided, and only the related fields are provided. This relationship column is a column that indicates what relationship between the desired book and the related book, and is a part that describes in what part the subtitle, general subject, etc. match.
[0097]
FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a book page on a book site. As shown in the figure, the book table describes details of the bibliography for each book. Specifically, the title page, subtitle, series, publisher, author, NDC, general subject, etc. are described in the book page of “Japanese historical culture”. That is, the book page according to the second embodiment is different from the book review page shown in FIG. 4 in that the details of the bibliography are described in a format arranged for each item.
[0098]
FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a lending reservation book setting screen (reservation screen) 800 when a related book using a book site is searched. As shown in the figure, here we extract two related books, “Ono Komachi” and “Makurasako's Thought”, and “Ono Komachi” has a relationship with the desired book and “subtitle”. The “ideology” indicates that there is a relationship between the book of hope and the “general subject”.
[0099]
That is, referring to the book page shown in FIG. 18, “Ono Komachi” is the subtitle of “History and Culture of Japan” which is the book of hope, and “Thoughts of Pillow Soshi” and “Seisho Nada” are described in the general subject. . Here, according to the bibliographic table 153 shown in FIG. 10, “Ono Komachi” and “The Thought of Pillows” exist, but there is no “Kiyo Nana”, and the lending history table 155 shown in FIG. According to the report, there is no history of lending “Onokomachi” and “Makurasako's thought” to users in the past. For this reason, such “Ono Komachi” and “Shizo no Makura” are included in the lending reservation book setting screen 800 as related books.
[0100]
Next, a processing procedure of the library management apparatus according to the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the library management apparatus according to the second embodiment. Here, for convenience of explanation, a case where the user operates the terminal device 600 is shown.
[0101]
As shown in the figure, the library management apparatus transmits a rental book reservation screen to the user's terminal device 600 (step S2001), and prompts for input of the user name, desired book name, and the like. When reservation book information including a user name and a desired book name is received in response to a user input (step S2002), the collection table 154 is searched (step S2003).
[0102]
If the desired book is stored in the library (Yes at step S2004), normal reservation processing is performed (step S2005). On the other hand, if the desired book is not stored in the library (No in step S2004), the arrangement table 156 is searched to confirm whether or not the desired book is being arranged for purchase (step S2006). If the book is being arranged (Yes at Step S2007), normal reservation processing is performed in the same manner as in the collection (Step S2005).
[0103]
If the desired book is not being arranged (No at step S2007), the desired book is recorded in the selection support table 152 (step S2008), and a related book of the desired book is searched from the book site (step S2009).
[0104]
As a result, when no related book is hit from the book site (No in step S2010), a result screen indicating no related book is transmitted to the terminal device 600 (step S2018), and one or more related books are hit. In this case (Yes in step S2010), it is checked whether there is data in the search item, that is, the bibliographic detail item of the hit book page, in the item corresponding to the “inspection item” in the book URL table 900 (step S2011). If there is no (No in step S2011), a result screen indicating no related book is transmitted to the terminal device 600 (step S2018).
[0105]
On the other hand, if there is data in the search item (Yes in step S2011), the bibliographic table 153 is searched (step S2012) to check whether there is a matching book (step S2013). If there is no matching book (No in step S2013), a result screen indicating no related book is transmitted to the terminal device 600 (step S2018). If there is a matching book (Yes in step S2013), the lending history table 155 A search is performed (step S2014).
[0106]
If there is no book without a loan history for the same user, and there are only books that the user has borrowed in the past (No in step S2015), the related information is the same as when there is no related book. A result screen indicating no book is transmitted to the terminal device 600 (step S2018). On the other hand, if a book without a loan history for the user is included in the related book (Yes in step S2015), a result screen indicating that there is a related book is transmitted to the terminal device 600 (step S2016). Then, the book selected by the user is received and normal reservation processing is performed (step S2017).
[0107]
By performing the above series of processing, if the user's desired book is not in the collection and is not being arranged for purchase, a related book related to this desired book is searched from the book site, and the searched related book is searched. Among them, those registered in the bibliographic table 153 and not lent to the same user in the past can be presented to the user.
[0108]
Next, the book URL table 900 used in the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of a book URL table 900 used in the second embodiment. As shown in the figure, the book URL table 900 stores the URL of the site in the same manner as the book review URL table 157 shown in FIG. However, unlike the book review URL table 157, here, the search item 1, the search item 2, the search item 3, and the search condition formula are stored for each book site.
[0109]
Next, the selection support table 910 used in the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an example of the selection support table 910 used in the second embodiment.
[0110]
Similar to the selection support table 152 shown in FIG. 14, the selection support table 910 shown in FIG. 14 is a table that stores information necessary for display on the lending reservation book setting screen (reservation screen) 800. Specifically, a book name, a search item, a loan history flag, a book ID, a state, the number of reservations, and an exclusion flag are stored in association with each other. This first record is displayed in a column indicating “the status of the desired book” on the lending reservation book setting screen 800. For the second and subsequent records, a record whose exclusion flag is “OFF” is the lending reservation book setting screen 800. Will be displayed in the “Recommended Books” column. The exclusion flag setting method is the same as that in the first embodiment.
[0111]
As described above, since the second embodiment is configured to search for related books using a book site that manages bibliographic information of books, not only a book review site but also a wide range of book related sites are used. It is possible to efficiently obtain related books related to the desired book.
[0112]
In the first and second embodiments, the case where related books are searched using the book review site and the book site has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various sites related to books. Can be used to search for related books.
[0113]
(Appendix 1) A book information providing method for providing information related to a book related to a user's desired book,
A desired book accepting process for accepting a desired book that the user wishes to lend;
A page specifying step for specifying a desired book page on the Internet that handles the desired book received in the desired book receiving step;
A related book extracting step of extracting information related to a related book related to the desired book from the page specified by the page specifying step;
The book information providing method characterized by including.
[0114]
(Supplementary note 2) The book information providing method according to supplementary note 1, wherein, in the related book extracting step, the related books are narrowed down based on a collection status of the extracted related books or a lending status to the user.
[0115]
(Additional remark 3) The said page specification process searches the said desired book page on the internet, when the collection status of the said desired book is searched and there is neither a collection nor a collection plan, The additional description 1 or 2 characterized by the above-mentioned. Book information providing method.
[0116]
(Appendix 4) The desired book page is a book review page that has been reviewed for the desired book, and the related book extraction process was introduced in the other book introduced in the book review page and the reviewer introduction column. 4. The book information providing method according to appendix 1, 2, or 3, wherein a book written by a reviewer is extracted as a related book so as to be distinguishable.
[0117]
(Supplementary note 5) The desired book page is a book page having bibliographic information related to the desired book, and the related book extracting step extracts the relationship between the book stored in the book page and the desired book. The book information providing method according to appendix 1, 2, or 3.
[0118]
(Appendix 6) A book information providing apparatus for providing information related to a book related to a user's desired book,
Desired book accepting means for accepting a desired book that the user desires to lend,
Page specifying means for specifying a desired book page on the Internet that handles the desired book received by the desired book receiving means;
Related book extracting means for extracting information related to the related book related to the desired book from the page specified by the page specifying means;
A book information providing device comprising:
[0119]
(Supplementary note 7) A book information providing program used for a book information providing apparatus for providing information related to a book related to a user's desired book,
A desired book acceptance procedure for accepting a desired book that the user desires to lend;
A page specifying procedure for specifying a desired book page on the Internet that handles the desired book received by the desired book receiving procedure;
A related book extracting procedure for extracting information related to a related book related to the desired book from the page specified by the page specifying procedure;
A book information providing program that causes a computer to execute the program.
[0120]
【The invention's effect】
  As described above, according to the present invention, if a user accepts a desired book to be lent, a book review page on the Internet that handles the accepted book is identified and introduced in the identified book review page. The book of related books related to the desired book desired by the user is configured so that the books written by the reviewer introduced in the reviewer introduction column can be identified as related books. Information can be provided to users widely and efficiently. In particular, it is possible to efficiently extract related books while emphasizing the connection between a book reviewer himself who is familiar with the contents and the book desired.In addition, since it was decided to narrow down the related books so that only the books that are in the collection or in the purchase arrangement among the extracted related books and have not been lent to the user in the past are selected. Is available, and high-value books that have not been browsed in the past can be obtained as related books.
[0122]
  In addition, according to the present invention, when the collection status of a desired book is searched and there is no collection or planned collection,Book review pageSince the library is searched on the Internet, when there is a desired book in the library, it is possible to perform an efficient process without a useless search.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a system configuration of a book information providing system according to a first embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the library management apparatus shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a reception screen used when a desired book shown in step S201 of FIG. 2 is received.
4 is a diagram showing an example of a book review page existing in the book review site shown in FIG. 1; FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of display contents of a lending reservation book setting screen including a search result.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the library management apparatus.
7 is a flowchart showing a search procedure for searching for related books from the book review site shown in step S609 of FIG.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of related book extraction processing shown in steps S706 and S710 of FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reservation table before a reservation by the USR 100;
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a bibliographic table.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a collection table.
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of an arrangement table.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a book review URL table.
FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a selection support table.
FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a lending history table.
FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a reservation table after reservation by the USR 100;
FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a lending reservation book setting screen (reservation screen) according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a book page on a book site.
FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a lending reservation book setting screen (reservation screen) when a related book using a book site is searched.
FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the library management apparatus according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of a book URL table used in the second embodiment.
FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an example of a selection support table used in the second embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
100 Library information management device
110 Rental Reservation Management Department
111 Rental book reception
112 Related Books Extraction Department
113 Related page extractor
120 Rental Return Management Department
121 Collection Search Department
130 Arrangement Management Department
151 Reservation table
152 Selection support table
153 Bibliographic table
154 Collection table
155 Lending history table
156 Arrangement table
157 Book Review URL Table
200 Internet
300 Book Review Site
400 Terminal device (for librarian)
600 Terminal device (for library users)
700 Terminal device (for user's house)

Claims (3)

When the user performs a search operation on a related book related to the book desired by the user, the library management device that has received a request from the terminal device searches for the book information, and returns the search result to the terminal device. A book information providing method of a book information providing system for providing information related to a related book related to the desired book to the user,
A desired book name receiving step in which the library management device receives a desired book name that the user desires to lend through the terminal device;
A page specifying step of searching each book review site on the Internet using the desired book name received by the library management device in the desired book name receiving step as a search keyword and specifying the searched book review page ;
The library management apparatus sequentially recognizes the text of the book review pages specified in the page specifying process, and is written by the reviewer introduced in the other book names and the reviewer introduction column introduced in the book review page . and books related name extraction step of extracting as identifiably related books name a book name,
A library table storing information related to books in the library in the library and an arrangement table storing information related to books that have not been stored in the library but have already been arranged for purchase are searched by the related book names, and Of these, it is selected that the book is in the library or in a purchase arrangement, and a loan history table that stores the book's loan history is searched with the user's identification information. And a narrowing process step of performing a narrowing process for selecting only books that have not been lent out in the past . The page specifying step, the library management device searches the collection status of the desired book, in the absence nor collection schedule collections, according to claim 1, characterized in that searching the book review pages on the Internet Book information provision method. A book information providing device for providing information related to a book related to a user's desired book,
Desired book name accepting means for accepting a desired book name that the user wishes to lend,
Searching each book review site on the Internet using the desired book name received by the desired book name receiving means as a search keyword, and a page specifying means for specifying the searched book review page ;
Written by the reviewer introduced in the book reviewer's column and the other book names introduced in the book review page by the library management device sequentially recognizing the text of the book review page specified by the page specifying means. and books related name extraction means for extracting as identifiably related books name a book name,
A library table storing information related to books in the library in the library and an arrangement table storing information related to books that have not been stored in the library but have already been arranged for purchase are searched by the related book names, and Of these, it is selected that the book is in the library or in a purchase arrangement, and a loan history table that stores the book's loan history is searched with the user's identification information. And a narrowing processing means for performing narrowing processing for selecting only books that have not been lent in the past .

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