JP6292000B2 - Information management device, terminal device, method, program, and system - Google Patents

Description

  The disclosed technology relates to an information management device, a terminal device, a method, a program, and a system.

  In recent years, a social networking service (SNS) that can freely transmit information through a network is sometimes used as a means for sharing information among groups (communities) such as individuals having some kind of connection.

  Such SNS may have a transfer function for sharing information by transferring information sent by others to people in the community, etc., and a mechanism for supporting information transmission using such information transfer function Has been proposed.

JP 2005-244647 A International Publication No. 2011/088339 JP 2007-280178 A

  With the information transfer function, information sent from people outside the community who are not connected to you can be obtained through people in your community, and it is inherently difficult to share information that is difficult to obtain by yourself. It becomes possible.

  However, in a community, information can be easily transferred by the transfer function, so the amount of transferred information increases, and it becomes difficult to find more important information from a lot of transferred information. There is.

  As one aspect, the disclosed technique can make it easier for the recipient of information to recognize more important information among the transferred information.

  The information management apparatus according to the disclosed technique classifies a plurality of pieces of transfer information received from a plurality of transfer sources registered in advance to transfer information transmitted by others according to contents. For each piece of transfer information having the same content, the information management apparatus records an index indicating the initial transfer time by each transfer source and the number of transfers of the transfer information transferred after the first transfer time for each of the plurality of transfer sources. . The information management apparatus determines a specific transfer source from a plurality of transfer sources in accordance with the recorded initial transfer time and transfer count. Further, the information management apparatus sets an identifier indicating that the transfer information is from the specific transfer source in the transfer information received from the transfer source determined to be the specific transfer source, and is specified by the received transfer information. The received transfer information is transmitted to the transfer destination.

  As one aspect, the disclosed technique can make it easier for the recipient of information to recognize more important information among the transferred information.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of an information processing system. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the transfer count table. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a connection setting table. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an information processing system realized by a computer. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of the first curator determination process in the information management server. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of updating the transfer count table. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of the second curator determination process in the information management server. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of transfer information reception processing in the terminal device. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of transfer information displayed on the terminal device. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of transfer information displayed on the terminal device.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the disclosed technology will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of an information processing system 10 according to the present embodiment. The information processing system 10 is a system in which the information management server 20 and a plurality of terminal devices 30A, 30B, and 30C are connected by a communication line 40. Although FIG. 1 shows an example in which three terminal devices 30A, 30B, and 30C are connected to the information management server 20, the number of terminal devices included in the information processing system 10 is not limited to this. Hereinafter, the terminal devices 30A, 30B, and 30C are simply referred to as the terminal device 30 when it is not necessary to distinguish between them.

  The information management server 20 includes an information management unit 50, a management information storage unit 62, a connection information storage unit 64, and a user information storage unit 66. The information management unit 50 includes a relay unit 52, a transfer recording unit 58, and a determination unit 60, and the relay unit 52 further includes a transmission unit 54 and a reception unit 56.

  The relay unit 52, the transfer recording unit 58, the determination unit 60, the management information storage unit 62, the connection information storage unit 64, and the user information storage unit 66 are functionally connected to each other and notify each other of necessary data. Fit. In addition, the transmission unit 54 and the reception unit 56 are also functionally connected to each other and notify each other of necessary data.

  The relay unit 52 receives new information and transfer information (new information and transfer information are collectively referred to as notification information) transmitted from the terminal device 30 to be described later via the communication line 40, and responds to a request from the terminal device 30. Based on this, the received notification information is transmitted to the requesting terminal device 30. Here, the new information refers to information including contents that have not been transmitted from any terminal device 30 so far. The transfer information refers to the same information as the content already transmitted by any one of the terminal devices 30.

  For example, the receiving unit 56 is a user who is registered in advance as a user who participates in the information processing system 10 with reference to the user ID of the notification information transmission source included in the header of the received notification information. Allow notification information to be received. In the user information storage unit 66, information on users participating in the information processing system 10, for example, personal information for identifying individuals such as a user ID (identification) and a user name is registered in advance. The receiving unit 56 refers to the user information storage unit 66 to determine whether the notification information can be received, and stores the notification information permitted to be received in the management information storage unit 62. If the notification information is transfer information, the reception unit 56 requests the transfer recording unit 58 to process the transfer information.

  Further, the receiving unit 56 receives an information acquisition request for inquiring whether there is notification information addressed to the user from the user of the terminal device 30. The header of the information acquisition request includes the user ID of the transmission source user of the information acquisition request, and the receiving unit 56 includes information on the terminal device 30 that uniquely indicates the user ID and the transmission source of the information acquisition request, for example, a terminal A request for transmission of notification information is made to the transmission unit 54 together with the IP address of the device 30.

  The message received by the receiving unit 56, that is, the header of the new information, transfer information, and information acquisition request includes an information type flag indicating the type of the message, and the new information, transfer information, and information acquisition request. Different identifiers are set. Therefore, the receiving unit 56 can determine the type of the received message by referring to the information type flag.

  The transfer recording unit 58 determines whether the received transfer information overlaps with the transfer information received so far, and records the number of transfers for each transfer information in the management information storage unit 62.

  When the user of the terminal device 30 transmits new information to the user of another terminal device 30 in the community via the information management server 20, for example, information that uniquely indicates the new information in the header of the new information An ID is given. Then, when the user of the terminal device 30 that has received the new information transfers the received new information to the user of another terminal device 30 as transfer information, the information ID given to the new information is included in the header of the transfer information. It is given as it is. Therefore, the transfer recording unit 58 can determine whether or not the received transfer information overlaps with the transfer information received so far by referring to the information ID included in the header of the transfer information. .

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a transfer count table in which the transfer count for each transfer information stored in the management information storage unit 62 is recorded.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2, the transfer count table includes an information ID, a transfer source user ID that is a transfer information transmission source user, a transfer count before a transfer request, and a current transfer count. Here, the number of transfers before a transfer request is a transfer having the same information ID as the transfer information that received the transfer request before receiving the transfer information transfer request from the user (transfer user) indicated by the transfer source user ID. Indicates how many times an information transfer request has been received. The current transfer count indicates how many times a transfer information transfer request having the same information ID as the transfer information from which the transfer request has been received has been received after the transfer information transfer request has been received from the transfer user.

  In the example of FIG. 2, transfer histories of two pieces of transfer information whose information IDs are indicated by I1 and I2 are recorded in the transfer count table. The transfer information whose information ID is I1 has user IDs B, C, and It is recorded that there was a transfer request from three persons of D. The transfer information with the information ID I2 records that there was a transfer request from the user whose user ID is indicated by C. Hereinafter, a user whose user ID is indicated by # (# is a combination of alphabets, for example) is referred to as user #. Also, information whose information ID is indicated by% (% is a combination of alphanumeric characters, for example) is expressed as information%.

  For example, regarding the information I1, the number of transfers before the transfer request of the user B is 15 times because the user B first sends the information management server 20 to the information management server 20 after the transfer request of the information I1 has already been made 15 times. On the other hand, it indicates that a transfer request for information I1 has been received. In addition, regarding the information I1, the current transfer count of the user B is 93. This is because the user B who made a transfer request for the information I1 for the first time has received information management from each user who participates in the information processing system 10. This indicates that there have been 93 further transfer requests to the server 20.

  In other words, the transfer count before the transfer request is an index indicating the transfer timing of the transfer information by each user, and indicates that the transfer timing of the transfer information is delayed as the transfer count before the transfer request increases. ing. Further, since information that is more important for each user is transferred more frequently, the current number of transfers can be said to be a value indicating the importance of the transfer information by each user. That is, as the current number of transfers increases, the transfer information is important information for more users.

  The transfer recording unit 58 updates the contents of the transfer count table each time it receives transfer information from the receiving unit 56 and requests the determination unit 60 for subsequent processing.

  When the determination unit 60 receives the processing request from the transfer recording unit 58, the transfer unit refers to the transfer count table stored in the management information storage unit 62, and among the transfer users, there is a user who satisfies the condition to be a curator. It is determined whether or not. Here, the curator refers to a user who transfers important information quickly.

  And when the determination part 60 detects the presence of the user who satisfy | fills the conditions which should become a curator in a transfer user, it records the said user on the connection setting table | surface of the connection information storage part 64 as a curator.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a connection setting table indicating a community for each user stored in the connection information storage unit 64.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the connection setting table includes a user column, a connection column, and a curator column. Here, the user column represents each user participating in the information processing system 10, the connection column represents a user (a user in the community) connected to the user indicated in the user column, and the curator column represents a community. Indicates whether the internal user is a curator. The symbol “◯” in the curator column indicates that the corresponding user in the community is a curator, and the symbol “X” indicates that the corresponding user in the community is not a curator.

  In the example of FIG. 3, the users in the community of the user A are the user B, the user C, and the user D, and among the users in the community, the user C is a curator. In addition, the users in user B's community are user A, user E, and user F, of which user F is a curator. In addition, the users in the community of the user C are the user A, the user E, and the user G, and the users in the community are not curators.

  When the determination unit 60 detects the presence of a user who satisfies the condition to be a curator among transfer users, the determination unit 60 searches the connection column for a user who matches the user who satisfies the condition to be a curator, and corresponds to the searched user Set the curator column to “○”.

  When the transmission unit 54 receives a transmission request accompanying the reception of the information acquisition request from the reception unit 56, the transmission unit (destination) of the notification information is notified from the reception unit 56 among the notification information stored in the management information storage unit 62. The notification information that matches the received user ID is acquired. Then, the transmission unit 54 transmits the notification information acquired from the management information storage unit 62 to the terminal device 30 represented by the IP address notified from the reception unit 56.

  At this time, if the notification information acquired from the management information storage unit 62 is transfer information, the transmission unit 54 refers to the connection setting table stored in the connection information storage unit 64 before transmitting the transfer information. It is determined whether or not the transmission source user ID included in the header of the transfer information is a curator.

  Then, the transmission unit 54 adds a curator identification flag indicating whether or not the transmission source of the transfer information is the curator to the header of the transfer information acquired from the management information storage unit 62 based on the determination result of the curator. Then, the data is transmitted to the terminal device 30.

  Next, the configuration of the terminal device 30 will be described.

  The terminal device 30 includes a communication unit 70, an input unit 76, and a display unit 78. Further, the communication unit 70 includes a transmission unit 72 and a reception unit 74. The communication unit 70, the input unit 76, and the display unit 78 are functionally connected to each other and notify each other of necessary data.

  The input unit 76 receives new information input by the user of the terminal device 30 by pressing a software key displayed on a touch panel or the like, and notifies the transmission unit 72 of the received new information. The input unit 76 accepts an operation for transferring the received information and notifies the transmission unit 72 of the received information as transfer information. In addition to the notification information, the input unit 76 accepts an information acquisition request input by pressing a software key, and notifies the transmission unit 72 of the accepted information acquisition request. The input unit 76 may notify the transmission unit 72 of an information acquisition request when an application for browsing the notification information is activated in the terminal device 30.

  Note that the header of the notification information includes the user ID of the notification information transmission source, that is, the user ID of the user using the terminal device 30, the user ID of the notification information transmission destination, and the information ID. In addition, the header of the information acquisition request includes the user ID of the transmission source of the information acquisition request. Furthermore, the information type flag already described is included in the header of the notification information and the information acquisition request.

  The transmission unit 72 transmits the notification information and the information acquisition request notified from the input unit 76 to the information management server 20. When transmitting the notification information, the transmission unit 72 transmits a transfer request including the transfer information to the information management server 20 if the notification information is transfer information. If the notification information is new information, the transmission unit 72 transmits the new information. The request is transmitted to the information management server 20. In addition, the transmission unit 72 adds the IP address assigned in advance to the terminal device 30 to the header of the notification information and the information acquisition request and transmits it to the information management server 20.

  The reception unit 74 receives notification information transmitted from the information management server 20 in response to the information acquisition request transmitted from the transmission unit 72 and notifies the display unit 78 of the notification information.

  The display unit 78 displays the notification information notified from the receiving unit 74 on a display device such as a liquid crystal panel. When the notification information notified from the receiving unit 74 is transfer information, the display unit 78 changes the display color of the transfer information displayed on the display device according to whether the transmission source of the transfer information is a curator. .

  As a specific example of the terminal device 30, for example, an information device such as a personal computer (PC), a portable PC, a tablet terminal, and a smartphone is used.

  FIG. 4 shows a computer system 100 as an example in which the information management server 20 and the terminal device 30 included in the information processing system 10 can be realized by a computer. A computer system 100 shown in FIG. 4 as the information processing system 10 includes a computer 200 as the information management server 20 and a computer 300 as the terminal device 30.

  In FIG. 1 described above, an example in which the three terminal devices 30 of the terminal devices 30A, 30B, and 30C are connected to the communication line 40 is shown. Since the computer 300 as the terminal device 30 is common to all the terminal devices 30, only one computer 300 is shown in the example of the computer system 100 shown in FIG. However, in practice, a plurality of computers 300 are connected to the communication line 40 as the terminal device 30.

  The computer 200 includes a CPU 202, a memory 204, and a nonvolatile storage unit 206. The CPU 202, the memory 204, and the nonvolatile storage unit 206 are connected to each other via a bus 208. In the computer 200, an IO 210 for reading from and writing to the recording medium 250 is connected to the bus 208. Further, the computer 200 includes a communication IF (Interface) 212 including an interface for connecting to the communication line 40, and the communication IF 212 is also connected to the bus 208. The storage unit 206 can be realized by an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a flash memory, or the like.

  The storage unit 206 stores an information management program 220 for causing the computer 200 to function as the information management server 20 illustrated in FIG. 1, transfer count information 230, connection setting information 232, and user information 234. The information management program 220 stored in the storage unit 206 includes a transmission process 222, a reception process 224, a transfer recording process 226, and a determination process 228. The CPU 202 reads the information management program 220 from the storage unit 206 and expands it in the memory 204, and executes each process included in the information management program 220. Further, the CPU 202 develops the transfer count information 230 in the memory 204 as a transfer count table shown in FIG. 2, and develops the connection setting information 232 in the memory 204 as a connection setting table shown in FIG. In addition, the CPU 202 expands the user information 234 in the memory 204.

  Note that the CPU 202 of the computer 200 according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of timers, and can measure the time (elapsed time) from the time of activation for each timer and obtain the elapsed time from the information management program 220. .

  The CPU 202 reads out the information management program 220 from the storage unit 206, loads it in the memory 204, and executes the information management program 220, whereby the computer 200 operates as the information management server 20 shown in FIG. When the CPU 202 executes the transmission process 222, the computer 200 operates as the transmission unit 54 illustrated in FIG. Further, when the CPU 202 executes the reception process 224, the computer 200 operates as the reception unit 56 illustrated in FIG. Further, when the CPU 202 executes the transfer recording process 226, the computer 200 operates as the transfer recording unit 58 shown in FIG. Furthermore, when the CPU 202 executes the determination process 228, the computer 200 operates as the determination unit 60 illustrated in FIG.

  The computer 300 includes a CPU 302, a memory 304, and a nonvolatile storage unit 306. The CPU 302, the memory 304, and the storage unit 306 are connected to each other via a bus 308. The computer 300 includes an input device 314 such as a touch panel and a keyboard, and a display device 316 such as a liquid crystal display panel. The input device 314 and the display device 316 are connected to the bus 308. In the computer 300, an IO 310 for reading from and writing to the recording medium 250 is connected to the bus 308. Further, the computer 300 includes a communication IF 312 including an interface for connecting to the communication line 40, and the communication IF 312 is also connected to the bus 308. The storage unit 306 can also be realized by an HDD, a flash memory, or the like, similar to the storage unit 206.

  The storage unit 306 stores a terminal program 320 for causing the computer 300 to function as the terminal device 30 illustrated in FIG. The terminal program 320 stored in the storage unit 306 includes a transmission process 322, a reception process 324, a display process 326, and an input process 328. The CPU 302 reads the terminal program 320 from the storage unit 306, expands it in the memory 304, and executes each process included in the terminal program 320.

  The CPU 302 reads out the terminal program 320 from the storage unit 306, expands it in the memory 304, and executes the terminal program 320, whereby the computer 300 operates as the terminal device 30 shown in FIG. When the CPU 302 executes the transmission process 322, the computer 300 operates as the transmission unit 72 illustrated in FIG. Further, when the CPU 302 executes the reception process 324, the computer 300 operates as the reception unit 74 illustrated in FIG. Further, when the CPU 302 executes the display process 326, the computer 300 operates as the display unit 78 shown in FIG. Furthermore, when the CPU 302 executes the input process 328, the computer 300 operates as the input unit 76 shown in FIG.

  The information management server 20 and the terminal device 30 can be realized by, for example, a semiconductor integrated circuit, more specifically, an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) or the like.

  Next, the operation of the information management server 20 according to the present embodiment will be described. The information management server 20 according to the present embodiment executes the first curator determination process shown in FIG. 5 after the information management server 20 is started, and again executes the first curator determination process after the first curator determination process is executed. Run. Note that, for example, the information management server 20 according to the present embodiment receives notification information and an information acquisition request message from the terminal device 30.

  First, in step S <b> 10, the receiving unit 56 determines whether or not a message has been received from the terminal device 30. If it is negative determination, it will transfer to step S10 again, and the receiving part 56 will repeat the process of step S10 until it receives the message | telegram from the terminal device 30. If a positive determination is made, that is, if a message is received from the terminal device 30, the process proceeds to step S15.

  If the determination process in step S10 is negative, the reception unit 56 may wait until a predetermined standby time elapses, and then proceed to step S10 again. By doing in this way, the load of the receiving part 56 can be reduced compared with the case where the message reception process is repeated without waiting until a predetermined waiting time elapses.

  In step S15, the receiving unit 56 refers to the information type flag included in the header of the message received in step S10, and determines whether or not the message received in step S10 is transfer information. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S20. If the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step S45.

  In step S20, the receiving unit 56 stores the received transfer information in the management information storage unit 62, notifies the transfer recording unit 58 of the received transfer information, and requests the transfer recording unit 58 to update the transfer count table.

  In step S <b> 25, the transfer recording unit 58 acquires the information ID, the transmission source user ID, and the transmission destination user ID included in the header of the transfer information notified from the reception unit 56. The transfer recording unit 58 refers to the transfer count table to determine whether or not the user represented by the user ID of the transmission source has transmitted the transfer information represented by the information ID for the first time, and according to the determination result. Update the transfer count table.

  First, when the user represented by the transmission source user ID transmits the transfer information represented by the information ID for the first time, for example, from the user who has not transferred the transfer information represented by the information I2 until now, the information I2 The update of the transfer count table when there is a transfer will be described.

  For example, when the transfer count table when the user D first transfers the information I2 is the transfer count table shown in FIG. 2, the transfer recording unit 58 updates the transfer count table as shown in FIG. Specifically, the transfer recording unit 58 adds the user D to the transfer source user ID column in the row of the information I2. Then, the transfer recording unit 58 records the number of transfers of the information I2 before receiving the information I2 from the user D (135 times in the example of FIG. 6) in the added transfer count column before the transfer request of the user D. In addition, the transfer recording unit 58 records 0 times as a provisional value in the current transfer count column of the added user D. The transfer recording unit 58 records the cumulative transfer count of transfer information received from all users for each information ID, and the number of times to record in the transfer count column before the transfer request is set based on the cumulative transfer count. .

  Furthermore, the transfer recording unit 58 increases the number of times in the current transfer number column corresponding to each transfer source user ID in the information I2. In the transfer count table shown in FIG. 2, since the current transfer count of the user C in the information I2 is 131, the current transfer count of the user D in the information I2 is 1.

  On the other hand, when a transfer request for information I2 is further received from a user who has already requested transfer of information I2, the current transfer count column corresponding to each transfer source user ID in information I2 is incremented by one.

  In this way, the transfer recording unit 58 updates the transfer count table. Then, the transfer recording unit 58 notifies the determination unit 60 of the information ID of the transfer information, the user ID of the transmission source, and the user ID of the transmission destination.

  In step S <b> 30, the determination unit 60 determines whether the transmission source of the transfer information is a curator from the transmission source user ID and the transmission destination user ID notified from the transfer recording unit 58. Specifically, the determination unit 60 refers to the user column of the connection setting table and searches for a row including a user ID that matches the user ID of the transmission information transmission destination. Then, the determination unit 60 refers to the connection column of the searched row, searches for the user ID that matches the user ID of the transmission information transmission source, and if the curator column corresponding to the searched user ID is “◯”, the curator If it is “x”, it is determined not to be a curator.

  If the determination unit 60 determines that the user who is the transmission source of the transfer information is a curator, it means that the curator determination for the transmission source of the transfer information has already been completed, and thus the first curator determination process is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined that the user who transmitted the transfer information is not a curator, the process proceeds to step S35.

  In step S <b> 35, the determination unit 60 refers to the information ID column of the transfer count table and searches for a row including an information ID that matches the information ID of the transfer information notified from the transfer recording unit 58. Then, the determination unit 60 refers to the transfer source user ID field in the searched row, searches for the user ID that matches the user ID of the transfer information transmission source, and determines the transfer count before the transfer request corresponding to the searched user ID. get. Furthermore, the determination unit 60 determines whether or not the acquired transfer count before the transfer request is equal to or less than the specified count R1.

  A curator is a user who quickly transfers important information. Therefore, by limiting the number of transfers before the transfer request to the specified number of times R1 or less, one condition for ensuring a curator to transfer information quickly is ensured. As the specified number of times R1 is set to a smaller value, the determination unit 60 can select a user who transfers information at an earlier time from the start of information transfer as a curator candidate.

  If the acquired transfer count before the transfer request is equal to or less than the specified count R1, the process proceeds to step S40. On the other hand, when the acquired transfer count before the transfer request exceeds the specified count R1, it is considered that the transfer source user of the transfer information does not satisfy the condition of the curator, so the first curator determination process is terminated.

  In step S40, the determination unit 60 starts the timer T1 and the timer T2 built in the CPU 202.

  Note that when the determination unit 60 starts the timer T1, it also sets the time Ta to the timer T1. In this case, the timer T1 outputs an interrupt signal to the CPU 202 after the time Ta has elapsed, and when the CPU 202 receives the interrupt signal, the second curator determination process shown in FIG. In addition, in order to simplify the description, the determination unit 60 according to the present embodiment does not start the timer T1 and the timer T2 when the timer T1 and the timer T2 are already started. When the determination unit 60 starts the timer T1 and the timer T2, the information ID of the transfer information notified from the transfer recording unit 58 in the process of step S25, the user ID of the transmission source, and the user ID of the transmission destination are stored in the memory. The data is stored in a predetermined area 204 (curator determination information area).

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S15 that the message received in step S10 is not transfer information, the process in step S45 is executed.

  In step S45, the receiving unit 56 refers to the information type flag included in the header of the message received in step S10, and determines whether the message received in step S10 is an information acquisition request. In the case of an affirmative determination, the reception unit 56 notifies the transmission unit 54 of the user ID of the transmission source of the information acquisition request included in the header of the information acquisition request and the IP address of the terminal device 30 that transmitted the information acquisition request. The process proceeds to step S50.

  On the other hand, if the determination is negative, that is, if the message received in step S10 is new information, the process proceeds to step S70. In step S70, the receiving unit 56 saves the received new information in the management information storage unit 62, and ends the first curator determination process.

  In step S <b> 50, the transmission unit 54 sequentially reads the notification information headers stored in the management information storage unit 62. Then, the transmission unit 54 has notification information (transmission target notification information) including the user ID of the transmission source of the information acquisition request notified from the reception unit 56 in step S45 as the user ID of the transmission destination of the notification information. Determine whether or not. Note that the notification information is stored in the management information storage unit 62 until an information acquisition request is received from the user who is the transmission destination of the notification information, so there may be a plurality of notification information as transmission target notification information.

  If the determination process in step S50 is negative, the process proceeds to step S75, and in step S75, the transmission unit 54 generates a response indicating that there is no transmission target notification information. Then, the transmission unit 54 transmits the generated response to the terminal device 30 indicated by the IP address notified from the reception unit 56 in the process of step S45. On the other hand, if the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S55.

  In step S55, it is determined whether transfer information is included in the transmission target notification information. If the determination is negative, that is, if all the transmission target notification information is new information, the process proceeds to step S65. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S60.

  In step S60, the transmission unit 54 acquires the user ID of the transfer information transmission source from the transfer information header included in the transmission target notification information. Then, the transmission unit 54 refers to the user column of the connection setting table, and searches for a row including a user ID that matches the user ID of the transmission source of the information acquisition request notified from the reception unit 56 in the process of step S45. Then, the determination unit 60 searches for the user ID that matches the transmission source user ID of the transfer information acquired in the process of step S60 from the searched row connection column, and sets the curator column corresponding to the searched user ID. Read the contents.

  If the setting content of the read curator column is “◯”, the determination unit 60 determines that the transfer information being processed is transfer information from the curator, and sets the value to true in the header of the transfer information. The curator identification flag is added. On the other hand, if the setting content of the read curator column is “x”, the determination unit 60 determines that the transfer information being processed is not transfer information from the curator, and sets the value to false in the header of the transfer information. The curator identification flag is added.

  If the transmission target notification information includes a plurality of pieces of transfer information, the process of this step is executed for each piece of transfer information. The curator identification flag is an example of an identifier indicating whether or not the transmission source of the transfer information is a curator, and other methods may be used to indicate whether or not the transmission source of the transfer information is a curator. Not too long.

  In step S65, the transmission unit 54 transmits the transmission target notification information to the terminal device 30 indicated by the IP address notified from the reception unit 56 in the process of step S45. Note that the transmission unit 54 deletes the transmitted transmission target notification information from the management information storage unit 62. With the above process, the first curator determination process is completed. Note that the information management server 20 transmits the various information included in the header of the notification information received from the terminal device 30 to the terminal device 30 without deleting it. Therefore, the notification information transmission source, the notification information transmission source user ID, the notification information transmission destination user ID, and the information ID added to the notification information header transmitted from the information management server 20 to the terminal device 30. And an information type flag.

  As described above, when the CPU 202 receives an interrupt signal that is output when the time Ta has elapsed from the timer T1, the information management server 20 according to the present embodiment executes the second curator determination process shown in FIG. To do. In the second curator determination process, curator candidate users who have been determined in step S35 of FIG. 5 that the number of transfers of the transfer information indicated by the information ID before the transfer request is equal to or less than the prescribed number R1 are assigned to the curator. Decide if you should.

  In step S100, the determination unit 60 acquires the information ID of the transfer information and the transmission source user ID stored in the curator determination information area of the memory 204 in the process of step S40 of FIG. The user represented by the user ID of the transmission information acquired in step S100 is referred to as a “curator candidate user”.

  Then, the determination unit 60 uses the information ID of the acquired transfer information and the user ID of the transmission source to perform the process similar to the process of step S35 in FIG. The current transfer count corresponding to the user ID is acquired.

  Furthermore, the determination unit 60 determines whether or not the acquired current transfer count is equal to or greater than the specified count R2. As already explained, a curator is a user who transfers important information quickly. Since various users transfer important information, the current number of transfers increases. Therefore, if the current number of transfers is equal to or greater than the specified number of times R2, it indicates that the transfer information is important information. The specified number of times R2 is set to a value larger than the specified number of times R1, and as the specified number of times R2 is set to a larger value, a user who transmits more important transfer information can be selected as a curator candidate.

  If the acquired current number of transfers is equal to or greater than the specified number of times R2, the process proceeds to step S105. If the acquired current number of transfers is less than the specified number of times R2, the process proceeds to step S120.

  In step S105, since the curator candidate user has transmitted transfer information in which the number of transfers before the transfer request is equal to or less than the specified number of times R1 and the current number of transfers is equal to or more than the specified number of times R2, the determining unit 60 A candidate user is provisionally determined as a curator.

  Then, the determination unit 60 increases the curator determination count of the curator candidate user by one. The number of curator determinations is a value for recording the number of times of temporary determination as a curator for each user, and “0” is preset as a default value for the number of curator determinations for each user. Then, the user ID of each user and the number of curator determinations are associated with each other and stored in a predetermined area of the memory 204, for example.

  In step S110, the determination unit 60 determines whether or not the curator candidate user's curator determination count is equal to or greater than the specified count R3. The prescribed number of times R3 is a value that defines the number of provisional determinations of the curator necessary for the user to become a curator. As the specified number of times R3 is set to a larger value, a user who has a strong tendency to transfer important information quickly can be determined as a curator. The specified number of times R3 may be an integer equal to or greater than 1. For example, when the specified number of times R3 is set to “1”, the curator is determined more quickly than when the specified number of times R3 is set to another value. be able to.

  If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S115. If the determination is negative, the curator determination count of the user has not yet reached the provisional determination count of the curator necessary to become a curator. The curator determination process is terminated.

  In step S115, the determination unit 60 officially determines a curator candidate user as a curator. At this time, the determination unit 60 searches the connection column of the connection setting table for a user ID that matches the user ID determined for the curator, and sets the curator column corresponding to the user ID to “◯”.

  On the other hand, in step S120, which is the transition destination when it is determined in step S100 that the current transfer count is less than the specified count R2, the determination unit 60 acquires the elapsed time of the timer T2 from the CPU 202. And the determination part 60 determines whether the elapsed time of the timer T2 is more than time Tb.

  This time Tb is set in advance to a time longer than the time Ta, and is a time for limiting the curator determination period for the curator candidate user. That is, if the current transfer count for the transfer information transferred by the curator candidate user does not reach the specified count R2 even after the time Tb has elapsed, the determination unit 60 stops the curator determination for the curator candidate user. Therefore, if the determination process in step S120 is affirmative, the second curator determination process is terminated. On the other hand, if the determination process in step S120 is negative, the process proceeds to step S125 to continue curator determination.

  In step S125, the determination unit 60 sets the time Ta to the timer T1 again and starts the timer T1. After the time Ta has elapsed, the second curator determination process of FIG. 7 is executed again, and it is determined whether or not the curator candidate user is a curator.

  The information management server 20 according to the present embodiment transmits the transfer information at a timing when the transfer count before the transfer request is equal to or less than the specified count R1, and the current transfer count of the transfer information is equal to or greater than the specified count R2. The user who sent the transferred information was determined as the curator. However, the curator determination method is not limited to this.

  For example, even if the user who transmitted the transfer information at the timing when the transfer count before the transfer request exceeds the specified count R1, the transfer information is first transferred from the user in the community at the user to whom the transfer information is transmitted. If it is transfer information, it may be determined as a curator. Specifically, for example, in step S35 of FIG. 5, the determination unit 60 determines, for each information ID of the transfer information, whether or not the transfer information is first transferred from a user in the community of the transfer information transmission destination user. To do. In the case of an affirmative determination, the user who has transmitted the transfer information is selected as a curator candidate, and the process proceeds to step S40.

  Next, the operation of the terminal device 30 according to the present embodiment will be described. The terminal device 30 transmits a transmission request including new information and a transfer request including transfer information to the information management server 20. Further, the terminal device 30 according to the present embodiment transmits the information acquisition request to the information management server 20 in order to receive the transfer information and the new information transmitted from the users in the community. Perform receive processing.

  In step S <b> 200, the receiving unit 74 determines whether a notification message has been received from the information management server 20. If it is negative determination, it will transfer to step S200 again, and the receiving part 74 will repeat the process of step S200 until a notification message | telegram is received from the information management server 20. FIG. If a positive determination is made, that is, if a notification message is received from the information management server 20, the process proceeds to step S205.

  If the determination process in step S200 is negative, the receiving unit 74 may wait until a predetermined standby time elapses, and then proceed to step S200 again. By doing in this way, the load of the receiving part 74 can be reduced compared with the case where the notification message receiving process is repeated without waiting until a predetermined waiting time elapses.

  In step S205, the receiving unit 74 refers to the information type flag included in the header of the received notification information, and determines whether or not the notification message received in the process of step S200 is transfer information. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S210. If the determination is negative, that is, the received message is new information, the process proceeds to step S225. In both cases of affirmative determination and negative determination, the receiving unit 74 notifies the display unit 78 of the received electronic message.

  In step S210, the display unit 78 refers to the curator identification flag included in the header of the transfer information notified from the receiving unit 74 in the process of step S205. The display unit 78 proceeds to step S215 if the curator identification flag is set to false, and proceeds to step S220 if the curator identification flag is set to true.

  In step S215, the display unit 78 displays the received transfer information on the display device 316 in black, for example, and in step S220, the display unit 78 displays the received transfer information on the display device 316 in red, for example. Note that the display color of the transfer information in the display device 316 is not limited to black and red, and any display color may be used as long as the display color used in the process of step S215 is different from the display color used in the process of step S220. Such a combination of display colors may be used.

  On the other hand, in step S225, which is a transition destination when a negative determination is made in the determination processing in step S205, the display unit 78 displays the received new information on the display device 316 in blue, for example. The display color of the new information on the display device 316 is not limited, but it is preferable that the display color is different from the display color of the transfer information received from the curator used in the process of step S220. In this case, since the transfer information received from the curator and the new information are displayed in a more distinguished form, the transfer information received from the curator is more easily recognized.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of notification information displayed on the display device 316 by the display unit 78. In the example of FIG. 9, information 1 to information 3 are all described as transfer information.

  The display unit 78 displays the transfer information received from the receiving unit 74 on the display device 316 in time series. In the example of FIG. 9, the transfer information displayed above the display device 316 is the newest transfer information among the transfer information received by the terminal device 30, and the reception time increases from the display device 316 upward to the display device 316 downward. The older transfer information is displayed.

  When the display unit 78 newly receives the transfer information, the display unit 316 displays the newly received transfer information above the display device 316. Accordingly, the transfer information that is already displayed on the display device 316 moves below the display device 316 each time new transfer information is received, and finally the display disappears from the display device 316. Therefore, the display unit 78 scrolls the transfer information in the screen scroll direction shown in FIG. 9 according to the screen scroll request from the input unit 76 by an operation of the touch panel or the like, and displays the transfer information received so far on the display device 316.

  In the example of FIG. 9, the user C is a curator, and the users B and D indicate transferers of transfer information other than the curator. Therefore, the display color of the transfer information displayed on the display device 316 is different between the user C and the users B and D. Therefore, the user of the terminal device 30 can easily recognize the transfer information from the curator that transfers important information more quickly than other transferers from a lot of transfer information. That is, it is possible to prevent a situation in which transfer information from the curator is buried in a lot of transfer information and is not recognized by the user of the terminal device 30.

  Note that displaying transfer information in different display colors means, for example, that at least one of the color of characters indicating the transfer information and the color (background color) of the region 22 surrounding the transfer information are made different. Further, the display form of the transfer information by the display unit 78 is not limited to the example of FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display example of transfer information that is displayed on the display device 316 by the display unit 78 and is different from the example of FIG. 9.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the display unit 78 divides the display device 316 into two upper and lower display areas, displays the transfer information received from the curator in the upper display area, and receives it from a user other than the curator in the lower display area. The transferred information may be displayed. In this case, since the transfer information received from the curator and the transfer information received from a user other than the curator can be displayed separately, the transfer information from the curator is more easily recognized. Also in this case, the newly received transfer information is displayed from above each display area, and each display area can be scrolled so that the transfer information received so far can be browsed.

  Further, the display unit 78 changes the character type, so-called font, or the size of the character, depending on the transfer information received from the curator and the transfer information received from a user other than the curator, and the display device 316. May be displayed. Further, the display unit 78 may display an image, a symbol, or the like that attracts attention from the user of the terminal device 30 in the vicinity of the transfer information received from the curator, and displays the image on the display device 316. Further, the display unit 78 may display the display device 316 in combination with a display method for easily recognizing the transfer information from the curator described above.

  As described above, the disclosed technique has been described using the embodiment, but the disclosed technique is not limited to the scope described in the embodiment. Various changes or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiment without departing from the gist of the disclosed technology, and forms to which the changes or improvements are added are also included in the technical scope of the disclosed technology. For example, the processing order may be changed without departing from the scope of the disclosed technology.

  In the above description, the mode in which the information management program 220 is stored (installed) in advance in the storage unit 206 and the terminal program 320 in the storage unit 306 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The information management program and the terminal program according to the disclosed technology can be provided in a form recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. For example, the information management program and the terminal program according to the disclosed technology can be provided in a form recorded on a portable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, and a USB memory. Further, the information management program and the terminal program according to the disclosed technology can be provided in a form recorded in a semiconductor memory such as a flash memory.

  In the present embodiment, the number of curators is not particularly limited, but an upper limit may be set for the number of curators. When the number of curators is not limited, transfer information from the curators increases as the number of curators increases. Therefore, the ratio of the transfer information from the curator to the received transfer information increases, and the user of the terminal device 30 may be less aware of the transfer information from the curator. Therefore, by limiting the number of curators, it is possible to prevent the transfer information received from the curators from being overlooked.

  When limiting the number of curators, it is necessary to replace the curators when a new curator is determined in a situation where there are already curators up to the number of curators. Various methods can be considered as a method for replacing the curator.

  For example, when the determining unit 60 determines a new curator in step S115 in FIG. 7 in a situation where there is an existing curator that has already reached the number of curators, the determining unit 60 starts from a curator with the lowest evaluation as a curator among the existing curators. Replace with curator.

  Specifically, the determination unit 60 refers to the transfer count table and calculates the number of transfer information whose current transfer count is less than the specified count R2 for each existing curator. And the determination part 60 may replace with the new curator in an order from the existing curator with many transfer information numbers whose current transfer frequency is less than regulation frequency R2.

  Moreover, the determination part 60 is made to replace with the new curator in order from the existing curator with a low evaluation score among the evaluation points previously set for each existing curator by the user of the terminal device 30 based on the importance of the transfer information. Also good.

  Note that a user who is no longer a curator due to a curator replacement (curator drop user) is not treated as a curator until the determining unit 60 determines the curator again. Accordingly, the determination unit 60 sets “×” in the curator column of the connection setting table corresponding to the curator drop user in the process of step S115.

  Moreover, it is desirable to set the upper limit of the curator based on, for example, the ratio of the curator to the number of users in the community for each user. For example, if there are 10 users in the community of user X and the rate of curators is 30%, the upper limit of curators for user X is 3.

  Further, in the transfer count table according to the present embodiment, the transfer count before the transfer request is recorded as an index indicating the transfer timing of the transfer information by each user. The relative time from the reception time of the received transfer request may be recorded.

  For example, when the information management server 20 first receives the transfer of the information I1 that has not been transferred from any user, and receives the transfer of the information I1 for the first time from the user C 10 minutes later, the number of transfers before the transfer request is reached. Instead, 10 minutes is recorded as the transfer request time of the user C. In this case, in step S35 in FIG. 5, it is determined whether or not the transfer request time (10 minutes in this example) of the user C who is the transmission information transmission source is equal to or shorter than a predetermined time. If it is less than the predetermined time, user C may be a curator candidate.

  Regarding the above embodiment, the following additional notes are disclosed.

(Appendix 1)
A plurality of transfer information received from a plurality of transfer sources registered in advance for transferring information transmitted by others is classified according to the contents, and the first transfer time by each transfer source is indicated for each transfer information having the same contents. A transfer recording unit that records an index and the number of transfers of transfer information transferred after the first transfer time for each of the plurality of transfer sources;
A determination unit for determining a specific transfer source from the plurality of transfer sources according to the initial transfer time and the transfer count;
The transfer information received from the transfer source determined to be the specific transfer source by the determination unit is set with an identifier indicating transfer information from the specific transfer source, and specified by the received transfer information A transmission unit for transmitting the received transfer information to a transfer destination;
An information management device comprising:

(Appendix 2)
The transfer recording unit transfers, for each transfer information having the same content, the same content as the transfer information for which the transfer request has already been transferred before receiving the transfer information transfer request from each of the plurality of transmission sources. The first transfer number indicating the number of information transfers is recorded for each of the plurality of transfer sources as an index indicating the first transfer time, and the transfer with the transfer request is transferred after the transfer request is received. A second transfer count indicating the transfer count of transfer information having the same content as the information is recorded for each of the plurality of transfer sources;
The determination unit includes a second specified number of times that the first transfer number is less than or equal to the first specified number and the second transfer number is greater than the first specified number among the plurality of transfer sources. The information management device according to claim 1, wherein a transfer source having the transfer record as described above is determined as the specific transfer source.

(Appendix 3)
The determination unit includes the second transfer number of the plurality of transfer sources, the first transfer count being equal to or less than the first specified count, and the second transfer count being greater than the first specified count. The information management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a transfer source having a predetermined number or more of transfer records equal to or greater than a predetermined number is determined as the specific transfer source.

(Appendix 4)
The information management device according to Supplementary Note 2 or Supplementary Note 3, wherein the determination unit restricts the total number of the specific transfer sources to a predetermined upper limit number or less.

(Appendix 5)
When the total number of specific transfer sources at the time of determining a new specific transfer source exceeds the predetermined upper limit number, among the specific transfer sources other than the new specific transfer source, the determination unit The information management apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the number of transfers is less than the second specified number, and the new specific transfer source is replaced in order from a specific transfer source having a large number of transfer records.

(Appendix 6)
A receiving unit that receives transfer information that is transferred from a plurality of transfer sources registered in advance and that is transmitted by another person;
When the transfer information received by the receiving unit includes an identifier indicating that the transfer information is important compared to other transfer information, the transfer information including the identifier is transferred to the transfer information not including the identifier. A display unit for displaying in different display methods;
A terminal device comprising:

(Appendix 7)
The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the display unit displays the transfer information including the identifier and the transfer information not including the identifier in different display colors.

(Appendix 8)
The terminal device according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the display unit displays transfer information including the identifier and transfer information not including the identifier separately in different display areas.

(Appendix 9)
On the computer,
A plurality of transfer information received from a plurality of transfer sources registered in advance for transferring information transmitted by others is classified according to the contents, and the first transfer time by each transfer source is indicated for each transfer information having the same contents. The index and the number of transfers of transfer information transferred after the first transfer time are recorded for each of the plurality of transfer sources,
In accordance with the initial transfer time and the number of transfers, a specific transfer source is determined from the plurality of transfer sources,
The transfer information received from the transfer source determined to be the specific transfer source is set with an identifier indicating the transfer information from the specific transfer source, and the transfer destination specified by the received transfer information is sent to the transfer destination. An information management method for executing processing including transmitting received transfer information.

(Appendix 10)
On the computer,
Receives forwarding information that is forwarded from a plurality of forwarding sources registered in advance and is information sent by others,
When the received transfer information includes an identifier indicating that the transfer information is important compared to other transfer information, the transfer information including the identifier is displayed in a display method different from that of the transfer information not including the identifier. A display method of a terminal device that executes processing including displaying.

(Appendix 11)
On the computer,
A plurality of transfer information received from a plurality of transfer sources registered in advance for transferring information transmitted by others is classified according to the contents, and the initial transfer time by each transfer source is determined for each transfer information of the same contents. Record the index indicating and the number of transfers of transfer information transferred after the first transfer time for each of the plurality of transfer sources,
In accordance with the initial transfer time and the number of transfers, a specific transfer source is determined from the plurality of transfer sources,
The transfer information received from the transfer source determined to be the specific transfer source is set with an identifier indicating the transfer information from the specific transfer source, and the transfer destination specified by the received transfer information is sent to the transfer destination. An information management program for executing processing including sending received transfer information.

(Appendix 12)
For each piece of transfer information having the same content, for each piece of transfer information having the same content, the same transfer information that has already been transferred before receiving the transfer information transfer request from each of the plurality of transmission sources. The first transfer count indicating the transfer count of the transfer information of the contents is recorded for each of the plurality of transfer sources as an index indicating the first transfer timing, and the transfer request is transferred after the transfer request is received. A second transfer count indicating the transfer count of the transfer information having the same contents as the transfer information is recorded for each of the plurality of transfer sources;
Among the plurality of transfer sources, the transfer record in which the first transfer count is less than or equal to the first specified count and the second transfer count is greater than or equal to the second specified count greater than the first specified count. The information management program according to appendix 11, wherein a transfer source having a specific transfer source is determined as the specific transfer source.

(Appendix 13)
Among the plurality of transfer sources, the first transfer count is less than or equal to the first specified count and the second transfer count is greater than or equal to the second specified count greater than the first specified count. The information management program according to appendix 12, wherein a transfer source having a predetermined number or more of transfer records is determined as the specific transfer source.

(Appendix 14)
The information management program according to appendix 12 or appendix 13, wherein the total number of the specific transfer sources is limited to a predetermined upper limit number or less.

(Appendix 15)
When the total number of specific transfer sources when a new specific transfer source is determined exceeds the predetermined upper limit, among the specific transfer sources other than the new specific transfer source, the second transfer count is the first transfer number. The information management program according to claim 14, wherein the information is replaced with the new specific transfer source in order from a specific transfer source having a large number of transfer records that is less than the prescribed number of times 2.

(Appendix 16)
On the computer,
Receives forwarding information that is forwarded from a plurality of forwarding sources registered in advance and is information sent by others,
When the received transfer information includes an identifier indicating that the transfer information is important compared to other transfer information, the transfer information including the identifier is displayed in a display method different from that of the transfer information not including the identifier. A terminal program for executing processing including displaying.

(Appendix 17)
The terminal program according to claim 16, wherein the transfer information including the identifier and the transfer information not including the identifier are displayed in different display colors.

(Appendix 18)
Item 18. The terminal program according to item 16 or item 17, wherein the transfer information including the identifier and the transfer information not including the identifier are displayed separately in different display areas.

(Appendix 19)
On the computer,
A plurality of transfer information received from a plurality of transfer sources registered in advance for transferring information transmitted by others is classified according to the contents, and the initial transfer time by each transfer source is determined for each transfer information of the same contents. Record the index indicating and the number of transfers of transfer information transferred after the first transfer time for each of the plurality of transfer sources,
In accordance with the initial transfer time and the number of transfers, a specific transfer source is determined from the plurality of transfer sources,
The transfer information received from the transfer source determined to be the specific transfer source is set with an identifier indicating the transfer information from the specific transfer source, and the transfer destination specified by the received transfer information is sent to the transfer destination. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for executing processing including transmitting received transfer information.

(Appendix 20)
On the computer,
Receives forwarding information that is forwarded from a plurality of forwarding sources registered in advance and is information sent by others,
When the received transfer information includes an identifier indicating that the transfer information is important compared to other transfer information, the transfer information including the identifier is displayed in a display method different from that of the transfer information not including the identifier. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing processing including display is recorded.

(Appendix 21)
A plurality of transfer information received from a plurality of transfer sources registered in advance for transferring information transmitted by others is classified according to the contents, and the initial transfer time by each transfer source is determined for each transfer information of the same contents. A transfer recording unit that records, for each of the plurality of transfer sources, a transfer recording unit that records the number of transfers of transfer information transferred after the first transfer time and the index, and the plurality of transfer information, A determination unit for determining a specific transfer source from a transfer source, and an identifier indicating that the transfer information received from the transfer source determined to be the specific transfer source by the determination unit is transfer information from the specific transfer source An information management device comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit the received transfer information to a transfer destination specified by the received transfer information;
When the identifier is included in the transfer information received by the receiver that receives the transfer information that is transferred from the plurality of transfer sources and transmitted by the other party, the transfer information including the identifier is A display unit that displays in a different display method from the transfer information that does not include the identifier, and
Information processing system including

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Information processing system 20 Information management server 30 Terminal device 50 Information management part 52 Relay part 54, 72 Transmission part 56, 74 Reception part 58 Transfer recording part 60 Determination part 70 Communication part 76 Input part 78 Display part 100 Computer system 200, 300 Computer 202, 302 CPU
204, 304 Memory 206, 306 Storage unit 220 Information management program 230 Transfer count information 232 Connection setting information 250 Recording medium 320 Terminal program

Claims (8)

A plurality of transfer information received from a plurality of transfer sources registered in advance for transferring information transmitted by others is classified according to the contents, and the first transfer time by each transfer source is indicated for each transfer information having the same contents. A transfer recording unit that records an index and the number of transfers of transfer information transferred after the first transfer time for each of the plurality of transfer sources;
A determination unit for determining a specific transfer source from the plurality of transfer sources according to the initial transfer time and the transfer count;
The transfer information received from the transfer source determined to be the specific transfer source by the determination unit is set with an identifier indicating transfer information from the specific transfer source, and specified by the received transfer information A transmission unit for transmitting the received transfer information to a transfer destination;
An information management device comprising: The transfer recording unit transfers, for each transfer information having the same content, the same content as the transfer information for which the transfer request has already been transferred before receiving the transfer information transfer request from each of the plurality of transmission sources. The first transfer number indicating the number of information transfers is recorded for each of the plurality of transfer sources as an index indicating the first transfer time, and the transfer with the transfer request is transferred after the transfer request is received. A second transfer count indicating the transfer count of transfer information having the same content as the information is recorded for each of the plurality of transfer sources;
The determination unit includes a second specified number of times that the first transfer number is less than or equal to the first specified number and the second transfer number is greater than the first specified number among the plurality of transfer sources. The information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a transfer source having the transfer record as described above is determined as the specific transfer source. The determination unit includes the second transfer number of the plurality of transfer sources, the first transfer count being equal to or less than the first specified count, and the second transfer count being greater than the first specified count. The information management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a transfer source having a predetermined number or more of transfer records equal to or greater than a predetermined number of times is determined as the specific transfer source. The information management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the determination unit limits the total number of the specific transfer sources to a predetermined upper limit number or less. When the total number of specific transfer sources at the time of determining a new specific transfer source exceeds the predetermined upper limit number, among the specific transfer sources other than the new specific transfer source, the determination unit The information management apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the new specific transfer source is replaced in order from a specific transfer source having a large number of transfer records whose transfer count is less than the second specified number. On the computer,
A plurality of transfer information received from a plurality of transfer sources registered in advance for transferring information transmitted by others is classified according to the contents, and the first transfer time by each transfer source is indicated for each transfer information having the same contents. The index and the number of transfers of transfer information transferred after the first transfer time are recorded for each of the plurality of transfer sources,
In accordance with the initial transfer time and the number of transfers, a specific transfer source is determined from the plurality of transfer sources,
The transfer information received from the transfer source determined to be the specific transfer source is set with an identifier indicating the transfer information from the specific transfer source, and the transfer destination specified by the received transfer information is sent to the transfer destination. An information management method for executing processing including transmitting received transfer information. On the computer,
A plurality of transfer information received from a plurality of transfer sources registered in advance for transferring information transmitted by others is classified according to the contents, and the first transfer time by each transfer source is indicated for each transfer information having the same contents. The index and the number of transfers of transfer information transferred after the first transfer time are recorded for each of the plurality of transfer sources,
In accordance with the initial transfer time and the number of transfers, a specific transfer source is determined from the plurality of transfer sources,
The transfer information received from the transfer source determined to be the specific transfer source is set with an identifier indicating the transfer information from the specific transfer source, and the transfer destination specified by the received transfer information is sent to the transfer destination. An information management program for executing processing including sending received transfer information. A plurality of transfer information received from a plurality of transfer sources registered in advance for transferring information transmitted by others is classified according to the contents, and the first transfer time by each transfer source is indicated for each transfer information having the same contents. A transfer recording unit that records the number of transfers of the transfer information transferred after the first transfer time and the index for each of the plurality of transfer sources, and the plurality of transfers according to the first transfer time and the number of transfers A determination unit for determining a specific transfer source from the source, and an identifier indicating transfer information from the specific transfer source in transfer information received from the transfer source determined to be the specific transfer source by the determination unit An information management device comprising: a transmission unit that sets and transmits the received transfer information to a transfer destination specified by the received transfer information;
When the identifier is included in the transfer information received by the receiver that receives the transfer information that is transferred from the plurality of transfer sources and transmitted by the other party, the transfer information including the identifier is A display unit that displays the transfer information that does not include the identifier in a different display method;
A terminal device comprising:
Information processing system including