JP7690753B2 - Information processing system and information processing method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing system and an information processing method.

In recent years, systems for conducting online classes (distance classes) in which students participate in classes remotely from home have become known. It is also known that such systems compile and evaluate students' answers to assignments given by teachers.

With the conventional technology described above, it is difficult for teachers to see the facial expressions of each student in the same way as in face-to-face classes, making it difficult to grasp the level of interest and understanding of students participating in the class. In addition, students participating in the class are unable to grasp the state of other students, which can cause psychological stress.

The disclosed technology was developed in consideration of the above circumstances, and aims to allow participants to understand their condition.

The disclosed technology is an information processing system including a plurality of terminal devices that are grouped and communicate with each other, and an information processing device, wherein the information processing device has an aggregation unit that receives notifications from the plurality of terminal devices, including types of reactions of participants in the group, and aggregates the notifications by the reaction type, and a communication control unit that transmits the aggregation results by the aggregation unit to a terminal device among the plurality of terminal devices that is set as a destination of the aggregation results, wherein the aggregation unit performs aggregation each time a reaction notification is received from the plurality of terminal devices, and the communication control unit transmits the aggregation result to the set terminal device each time a reaction notification is received from the plurality of terminal devices, and the terminal device set as the destination has a display unit that displays a screen including, as the aggregation result, a graph of each type of reaction and a notification area that notifies the aggregation result for each type of reaction notified from the plurality of terminal devices , and the communication control unit of the information processing device transmits a reaction request to the plurality of terminal devices when a time corresponding to a previously inputted transmission time of a reaction request arrives, and the display unit of the terminal device displays a message requesting a reaction when the reaction request is received.

This allows you to keep track of how the participants are doing.

FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a system configuration of an information processing system according to a first embodiment. FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a hardware configuration of an information processing device. FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a hardware configuration of a terminal device. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reaction type database according to the first embodiment; FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a lesson information database according to the first embodiment; FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a reaction management database according to the first embodiment; FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the functions of each device in the information processing system of the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram illustrating an operation of the information processing system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a student terminal according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a teacher terminal according to the first embodiment. FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a system configuration of an information processing system according to a second embodiment. FIG. 13 illustrates an example of a notification condition database according to the second embodiment; FIG. 13 illustrates an example of a requirement management database according to the second embodiment; FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating the functions of each device in the information processing system of the second embodiment. FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating an operation of an information processing system according to a second embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a teacher terminal according to the second embodiment. FIG. 13 illustrates an example of a system configuration of an information processing system according to a third embodiment. FIG. 13 illustrates an example of a request time database according to the third embodiment; FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating the functions of each device in the information processing system of the third embodiment. FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram illustrating an operation of an information processing system according to a third embodiment.

First Embodiment
The first embodiment will be described with reference to the following drawings: Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration of an information processing system according to the first embodiment.

The information processing system 100 of this embodiment includes an information processing device 200, a terminal device 300, and terminal devices 400-1, ..., 400-N, and provides a service for realizing online classes conducted via the Internet or the like. Online classes are remote classes using the Internet.

In this embodiment, the terminal device 300 is mainly used by a teacher who conducts online classes. In the following description, the terminal device 300 may be referred to as a teacher terminal 300.

Furthermore, the terminal devices 400-1, ..., 400-N are mainly used by the students who participate in and take online classes. In the following explanation, when there is no need to distinguish between the terminal devices 400-1, ..., 400-N, they will be referred to as terminal devices 400. In the following explanation, the terminal devices 400 may be referred to as student terminals 400.

The information processing device 200 includes a reaction type database 210, a lesson information database 220, a reaction management database 230, a reaction management unit 250, and a communication control unit 260.

The reaction type database 210 of this embodiment stores reaction type information indicating the type of reaction. The lesson information database 220 stores lesson information that identifies lessons held online. The reaction management database 230 stores reaction information that indicates the history of students' reactions in lessons.

In online classes held using class information, the reaction management unit 250 refers to the reaction information and displays a reaction selection field on each student terminal 400.

Next, the reaction management unit 250 collects notifications from the student terminals 400 during the lesson indicating that a reaction has been selected in the reaction selection field, and tally up the collected notifications by reaction type. The reaction management unit 250 then notifies the teacher terminal 300 of the tallying results.

The communication control unit 260 controls communication between the information processing device 200 and the teacher terminal 300, and between the information processing device 200 and the student terminal 400. Specifically, the communication control unit 260 receives reaction notifications from the student terminal 400 and sends notifications to the teacher terminal 300.

In this embodiment, notifications indicating students' reactions during class are output to the teacher terminal 300, and the results are compiled by reaction type, allowing the teacher to understand the students' level of understanding of the class content, their reactions, etc.

In addition, in this embodiment, the results may be output to the student terminal 400. By outputting the tally results to the student terminal 400, students participating in the class can understand the status of other students, which can contribute to reducing psychological stress.

In addition, the information processing device 200 of this embodiment may be provided with a database that stores posts (text data) made by students during classes, for example. Specifically, the information processing device 200 may have a database that stores text data input from the student terminal 400 for each class.

In addition, in this embodiment, the information processing system 100 is described as being applied to online classes, but the information processing system 100 can also be applied to things other than online classes.

Specifically, for example, the information processing system 100 may be applied to remote conferences via the Internet. In this case, the results of the aggregation of the reactions of the conference participants by type may be output to the speaker's terminal device.

In other words, the information processing system 100 of this embodiment can be applied to any configuration in which multiple participants' terminal devices are grouped together and communicate with each other, such as in a class, a conference, or a lecture.

In addition, in FIG. 1, each database is provided in the information processing device 200, but this is not limited to the above. Each database may be provided in part or in whole in a device other than the information processing device 200, in which case this device and the information processing device 200 can communicate with each other.

Furthermore, the functions of the information processing device 200 may be realized by multiple information processing devices. In other words, the functions provided by the reaction management unit 250 and the communication control unit 260 may be realized by multiple information processing devices.

Below, the hardware configuration of the information processing device 200 of this embodiment is described with reference to Figure 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, the information processing device 200 is constructed by a computer, and as shown in FIG. 2, it includes a CPU 201, a ROM 202, a RAM 203, a HD 204, a HDD (Hard Disk Drive) controller 205, a display 206, an external device connection I/F (Interface) 208, a network I/F 209, a bus line B1, a keyboard 211, a pointing device 212, a DVD-RW (Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable) drive 214, and a media I/F 216.

Of these, the CPU 201 controls the operation of the entire information processing device 200. The ROM 202 stores programs used to drive the CPU 201, such as IPL. The RAM 203 is used as a work area for the CPU 201. The HD 204 stores various data such as programs. The HDD controller 205 controls the reading and writing of various data from the HD 204 according to the control of the CPU 201. The display 206 displays various information such as a cursor, menu, window, text, or image. The external device connection I/F 208 is an interface for connecting various external devices.

In this case, the external device is, for example, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory or a printer. The network I/F 209 is an interface for data communication using a communication network. The bus line B1 is an address bus, a data bus, or the like for electrically connecting each component such as the CPU 201 shown in FIG. 2.

The keyboard 211 is a type of input means equipped with multiple keys for inputting characters, numbers, various instructions, etc. The pointing device 212 is a type of input means for selecting and executing various instructions, selecting a processing target, moving the cursor, etc. The DVD-RW drive 214 controls the reading and writing of various data from the DVD-RW 213, which is an example of a removable recording medium. Note that this is not limited to a DVD-RW, and may be a DVD-R, etc. The media I/F 216 controls the reading and writing (storing) of data from the recording medium 215, such as a flash memory.

Next, the hardware configuration of the terminal device 300 and the terminal device 400 will be described with reference to FIG. 3. In this embodiment, the terminal device 300 and the terminal device 400 have the same hardware configuration. Also, in FIG. 3, the hardware configuration of the terminal device 400 will be described as an example of the terminal device 300 and the terminal device 400.

Figure 3 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of a terminal device. The terminal device 400 of this embodiment includes a CPU 401, a ROM 402, a RAM 403, an EEPROM 404, a CMOS sensor 405, an image sensor I/F 406, an acceleration/orientation sensor 407, a media I/F 409, and a GPS receiver 411.

Of these, CPU 401 is an arithmetic processing device that controls the operation of the entire terminal device 400. ROM 402 stores CPU 401 and programs used to drive CPU 401, such as IPL. RAM 403 is used as a work area for CPU 401. EEPROM 404 reads or writes various data, such as smartphone programs, under the control of CPU 401. ROM 402, RAM 403, and EEPROM 404 are examples of storage devices of terminal device 400.

The CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) sensor 405 is a type of built-in imaging means that captures an image of a subject (mainly a self-portrait) under the control of the CPU 401 to obtain image data. Note that instead of a CMOS sensor, an imaging means such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) sensor may also be used.

The imaging element I/F 406 is a circuit that controls the driving of the CMOS sensor 405. The acceleration/direction sensor 407 is a variety of sensors, such as an electronic magnetic compass that detects geomagnetism, a gyrocompass, and an acceleration sensor. The media I/F 409 controls the reading and writing (storage) of data from and to a recording medium 408, such as a flash memory. The GPS receiver 411 receives GPS signals from GPS satellites.

The terminal device 400 also includes a long-distance communication circuit 412, an antenna 412a of the long-distance communication circuit 412, a CMOS sensor 413, an image sensor I/F 414, a microphone 415, a speaker 416, an audio input/output I/F 417, a display 418, an external device connection I/F (Interface) 419, a short-distance communication circuit 420, an antenna 420a of the short-distance communication circuit 420, and a touch panel 421.

Of these, the long-distance communication circuit 412 is a circuit that communicates with other devices via a communication network. The CMOS sensor 413 is a type of built-in imaging means that captures an image of a subject and obtains image data under the control of the CPU 401. The image sensor I/F 414 is a circuit that controls the operation of the CMOS sensor 413. The microphone 415 is a built-in circuit that converts sound into an electrical signal. The speaker 316 is a built-in circuit that converts electrical signals into physical vibrations to produce sounds such as music and voice. The audio input/output I/F 417 is a circuit that processes the input and output of audio signals between the microphone 415 and the speaker 416 under the control of the CPU 401.

The display 418 is a type of display means such as a liquid crystal or organic EL (Electro Luminescence) that displays an image of a subject, various icons, etc. The external device connection I/F 419 is an interface for connecting various external devices. The short-range communication circuit 420 is a communication circuit such as NFC (Near Field Communication) or Bluetooth (registered trademark). The touch panel 421 is a type of input means that allows a user to operate the terminal device 400 by pressing the display 418. The display 418 is an example of a display unit that the terminal device 400 has.

In this embodiment, the terminal device 300 and the terminal device 400 are smartphones or tablet-type terminal devices, but are not limited to this. The terminal device 300 and the terminal device 400 may be notebook or desktop personal computers.

Next, the databases of the information processing device 200 of this embodiment will be described with reference to Figures 4 to 7.

Figure 4 is a diagram showing an example of a reaction type database in the first embodiment. The reaction type database 210 in this embodiment includes information items such as reaction type ID, reaction, and image, and the item "reaction type ID" is associated with other items. In this embodiment, information in the reaction type database 210 that includes the value of the item "reaction type ID" and the values of the other items is called reaction type information.

The value of the item "Reaction type ID" is identification information for identifying the type of reaction. The value of the item "Reaction" indicates the content of the reaction indicated by the reaction type ID. The value of the item "Image" indicates image data for displaying an icon image corresponding to the content of the reaction.

In the example of FIG. 4, the reaction type ID "rt11" is identification information indicating the reaction "I understand," and the image data "11.jpg" is image data indicating an icon image indicating the reaction "I understand."

In addition, the reaction type database 210 may include reaction types other than those shown in FIG. 4.

Figure 5 is a diagram showing an example of the lesson information database of the first embodiment. In the lesson information database 220 of this embodiment, the items of information associated with each other are lesson ID, lesson name, reaction type ID, and materials, and the item "lesson ID" is associated with other items. In this embodiment, information in the lesson information database 220 that includes the value of the item "lesson ID" and the values of the other items is called lesson information.

The value of the item "Lesson ID" indicates identification information for identifying a lesson. The value of the item "Lesson name" indicates the name of the lesson associated with the lesson ID. The value of the item "Reaction type ID" specifies an icon image to be displayed on the student terminal 400 for the lesson identified by the lesson ID. The value of the item "Materials" is electronic teaching materials, etc. used in the lesson. Note that electronic teaching materials may be stored in a database other than the lesson information database 220.

In the example of Figure 5, in the "1st Mathematics" class identified by the class ID "c001", icon images showing the contents of the reactions indicated by the reaction type IDs "rt11", "rt12", and "rt13" are displayed on the student terminal 400.

Figure 6 is a diagram showing an example of a reaction management database in the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the reaction management database 230 is provided for each lesson ID. Figure 6 shows the reaction management database 230 created for lesson ID "c001".

In this embodiment, the reaction management database 230 includes information items such as a reaction ID, a user ID, a reaction type ID, and a time, and the item "reaction ID" is associated with a class ID and other items. In this embodiment, information in the reaction management database 230 that includes the value of the item "reaction ID" and the values of the other items is called reaction information.

In addition, in this embodiment, information that includes values of items other than the value of the item "reaction ID" among the reaction information may be expressed as a reaction notification. The reaction notification may be a notification that is sent from the student terminal 400 to the information processing device 200 when a reaction is made on the student terminal 400.

The value of the item "Reaction ID" indicates identification information for identifying the reaction made by the student terminal 400, and may be automatically generated by the information processing device 200 and attached to the reaction notification. The value of the item "User ID" indicates identification information for identifying the user of the terminal devices 300, 400 included in the information processing system 100. In this embodiment, the value of the item "User ID" is identification information for identifying the student who is the user of the student terminal 400.

The value of the "Reaction Type ID" item indicates the type of reaction of the student identified by the user ID. The value of the "Time" item indicates the time when the student made the reaction.

In the example of Figure 6, it can be seen that a student identified by user ID "u01" made a reaction corresponding to reaction type ID "rt11" at 10:50 on October 10, 2020 during a class identified by class ID "c001."

Next, the functions of each device in the information processing system 100 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the functions of each device in the information processing system of the first embodiment.

First, the functions of the information processing device 200 will be described. The information processing device 200 of this embodiment has a reaction management unit 250 and a communication control unit 260.

The reaction management unit 250 has an input reception unit 251, a lesson information acquisition unit 252, a reaction registration unit 253, a calculation unit 254, and an output unit 255.

The input reception unit 251 receives various inputs to the information processing device 200. Specifically, the input reception unit 251 receives inputs such as a request to obtain lesson information from the student terminal 400 and a reaction notification sent from the student terminal 400.

The lesson information acquisition unit 252 receives a request to acquire lesson information from the student terminal 400 and acquires the requested lesson information from the lesson information database 220.

The reaction registration unit 253 stores the reaction notification sent from the student terminal 400 in the reaction management database 230 as reaction information with a reaction ID attached.

The aggregation unit 254 aggregates the reaction information stored in the reaction management database 230 by reaction type. The output unit 255 outputs the aggregation results obtained by the aggregation unit 254.

The communication control unit 260 receives reaction information from the student terminal 400 and transmits the tally results output from the output unit 255 to the teacher terminal 300.

Next, the functions of the teacher terminal 300 will be described. The teacher terminal 300 has a communication control unit 330, an input receiving unit 340, and a display unit 350. The communication control unit 330 controls communication between the teacher terminal 300 and an external device. Specifically, the communication control unit 330 controls communication between the teacher terminal 300 and the information processing device 200.

The input receiving unit 340 receives input to the teacher terminal 300. Specifically, the input receiving unit 340 receives input such as a message from the teacher.

The display unit 350 controls the display on the display of the teacher terminal 300. The display unit 350 may be realized, for example, by a browser. In addition, the display unit 350 may be realized, for example, by an application installed thereon for receiving services provided by the information processing device 200.

Next, the functions of the student terminal 400 will be described. The student terminal 400 has a communication control unit 430, an input reception unit 440, and a display unit 450. The communication control unit 430 controls communication between the student terminal 400 and the information processing device 200.

The input receiving unit 440 receives input to the student terminal 400. Specifically, the input receiving unit 440 receives input of reactions from students, etc.

The display unit 450 controls the display on the display 418 of the student terminal 400. The display unit 450 may be realized, for example, by a browser. The display unit 450 may also be realized, for example, by an application installed thereon for receiving services provided by the information processing device 200.

Next, the operation of the information processing system 100 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 8. FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the information processing system of the first embodiment.

In the information processing system 100 of this embodiment, the student terminal 400 transmits a request to participate in a class to the information processing device 200 (step S801). The request to participate in the class includes a class ID that identifies the class and a user ID that identifies the student. The class ID may be included in, for example, a two-dimensional code such as a QR code (registered trademark), and may be acquired by the student terminal 400 by reading the two-dimensional code.

Next, the information processing device 200 receives a request to participate in the class via the input receiving unit 251 of the reaction management unit 250, and the class information acquisition unit 252 refers to the class information database 220 to acquire class information corresponding to the received class ID (step S802).

At this time, the lesson information acquisition unit 252 refers to the reaction type database 210 and acquires image data corresponding to the reaction type ID included in the acquired lesson information.

Next, the information processing device 200 transmits the acquired lesson information to the student terminal 400 via the communication control unit 260 (step S803). At this time, the communication control unit 260 also transmits the image data acquired by the lesson information acquisition unit 252 to the student terminal 400 together with the lesson information.

Next, the student terminal 400 displays the lesson information on the display unit 450 (step S804). At this time, an image based on the image data transmitted together with the lesson information is displayed on the student terminal 400. This image shows the content of the reaction for each reaction type.

Next, when an image showing the content of a reaction is selected by a student, the student terminal 400 sends a notification of the reaction to the information processing device 200 (step S805).

Specifically, the reaction notification may include, for example, the lesson ID, the user ID, the reaction type ID corresponding to the selected image, and information indicating the time the image was selected.

In this embodiment, the timing for a student to react may be at the student's discretion.

When the information processing device 200 receives a reaction notification, the reaction registration unit 253 assigns a reaction ID to the reaction, and stores the reaction ID as reaction information in the reaction management database 230 corresponding to the class ID (step S806).

Next, the information processing device 200 causes the aggregation unit 254 to aggregate the reaction information stored in the reaction management database 230 by reaction type (step S807).

Next, the information processing device 200 outputs the tally results via the output unit 255, and transmits (outputs) the output tally results to the teacher terminal 300 via the communication control unit 260 (step S808).

When the teacher terminal 300 receives the tally results, it displays the tally results on the display unit 350 (step S809).

In the example of FIG. 8, the tally results are sent only to the teacher terminal 300, but this is not limited to the example. The tally results may be sent to a student terminal 400 other than the student terminal 400 of the student who performed the reaction.

In addition, in this embodiment, a destination for sending the tally results may be set in advance for each reaction type. Specifically, for example, in the reaction type database 210, a destination for sending the tally results may be associated in advance with each reaction type ID.

In this way, it is possible to distinguish between reactions in which the tally results are sent only to the teacher terminal 300 and reactions in which the tally results are sent to all participants in the class.

Below, a display example of this embodiment will be described with reference to Figures 9 and 10. Figure 9 shows a display example of a student terminal in the first embodiment.

Screens 91, 91A, and 91B shown in Figures 9(A) to 9(C) are each examples of screens displayed in step S804.

Screen 91 includes display fields 92, 93, and 94, and an input field 95. Display field 92 displays the aggregated results of reaction information from other students. Display field 93 displays messages encouraging students to react, etc.

The display field 94 displays an image indicated by image data corresponding to a reaction type ID. The image displayed in the display field 94 is an icon image indicating the content of the reaction. In this embodiment, when an icon image displayed in the display field 94 is selected, a notification of the reaction corresponding to the selected icon image is sent to the information processing device 200. The input field 95 is used to input comments on the lesson content, etc.

The screen 91B shown in FIG. 9(B) includes a display field 94 and input fields 95 and 96. The input field 96 is, for example, an input field for inputting the level of understanding of the lesson. The student terminal 400 of this embodiment may also notify the information processing device 200 of a reaction when the level of understanding of the lesson is input in the input field 96 of the screen 91A.

In this case, the student terminal 400 may send a reaction notification to the information processing device 200 with the reaction type being the level of understanding of the lesson.

The screen 91B shown in FIG. 9(C) includes an input field 95, a display field 97, and a selection field 98. The display field 97 displays the text data (posted by the student) entered in the input field 95 with a background color that corresponds to the type of comment selected in the selection field 98.

In the selection field 98, selection buttons are displayed to allow the user to select the type of comment content. In addition, in the selection field 98, each selection button has a different background color.

On the student terminal 400, when a type of comment is selected in the selection field 98 using the selection button, the background color of the text data entered in the input field 95 in the display field 97 becomes the color corresponding to the comment.

In addition, in this embodiment, the information processing device 200 may store the text data input at the student terminal 400 in association with the type of comment content selected in the selection field 98.

Specifically, for example, assume that "Question" is selected in selection field 98 on screen 91B, and text data is entered into input field 95 and transmitted to information processing device 200. In this case, information processing device 200 associates the lesson ID that identifies the lesson at that time, the user ID of the user of student terminal 400, "Question" as the type of comment content, and the entered text data, and stores them in the database.

The text data entered in the input field 95 may be transmitted to the teacher terminal 300 via the information processing device 200, or may be shared with participants attending the class via the information processing device 200.

Figure 10 is a diagram showing an example of the display of a teacher terminal in the first embodiment. Figure 10 (A) is a first diagram showing an example of the display of the teacher terminal 300. Figure 10 (B) is a second diagram showing an example of the display of the teacher terminal 300. Screens 101 and 101A shown in Figures 10 (A) and (B) are examples of screens displayed on the teacher terminal 300 in step S809 of Figure 8, for example.

The screen 101 shown in FIG. 10(A) has display fields 102 and 103. The display field 102 displays a list of information that can be displayed in the display field 104. Specifically, the display field 102 includes selection buttons 102a, 102b, 102c, and 102d, and the display field 103.

Selection button 102a is a selection button for displaying the contents (text data) of all posts entered on student terminal 400. Selection button 102b is a selection button for displaying text data of the contents (text data) of posts entered on student terminal 400, in which the type of comment content is "question."

Selection button 102c is a selection button for displaying the level of understanding of the lesson that was input on the student terminal 400. Selection button 102d is a selection button for displaying the results of the aggregation of reactions that were input on the student terminal 400.

Display field 103 displays information according to the selection button selected in display field 102. In the example of screen 101, selection button 102b is selected in display field 102, and display field 103 displays text data in which the type of statement is "question."

In this embodiment, among the text data whose type is "question," the background color of the text data to which the teacher has answered may be displayed differently from the background color of the text data to which the teacher has not answered. By displaying in this manner, the teacher can visually distinguish between unanswered questions and answered questions.

Screen 101A shown in FIG. 10(B) shows the case where selection button 102c is selected in display field 102. In this case, a graph showing the results of tallying up the students' levels of understanding is displayed in display field 103. The tallying up results of the levels of understanding may be, for example, the average level of understanding of all students calculated each time an input of the level of understanding is received from student terminal 400. The tallying up results of the levels of understanding may also be, for example, the number of students whose level of understanding is below a certain threshold.

As described above, in this embodiment, for each class, each time a student makes a reaction, a notification of the reaction is received, and the student reactions are tallied for each reaction type. The tallied results are then displayed on the teacher terminal 300 and the student terminals 400 of the students participating in the class.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, it is possible for teachers and students participating in a class to understand how many students are participating in the class and what kind of reactions they are showing.

In addition, in this embodiment, the state of the participants in the class can be understood, allowing students participating in the class to know the state of other students, which contributes to reducing the psychological burden on students.

Second Embodiment
The second embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings. The second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the students react upon receiving a request from the teacher, and that when the reaction tally results satisfy a predetermined condition, the tally results are displayed on the teacher terminal 300. In the second embodiment below, the differences from the first embodiment will be described, and components having the same functional configuration as the first embodiment will be given the same reference numerals as those used in the description of the first embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted.

11 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration of an information processing system according to the second embodiment. The information processing system 100A according to the present embodiment includes an information processing device 200A, a terminal device 300, and terminal devices 400-1, ..., 400-N.
The information processing device 200A of this embodiment includes a reaction type database 210, a lesson information database 220, a reaction management database 230, a notification condition database 240, a request management database 270, a reaction management unit 250A, and a communication control unit 260.
The notification condition database 240 of this embodiment stores notification condition information indicating predetermined conditions for determining whether or not to notify teachers of the reaction count results.

The request management database 270 in this embodiment manages reaction requests sent from the teacher terminal 300 to the student terminal 400.

Below, the notification condition database 240 and the request management database 270 of this embodiment will be described with reference to Figures 12 and 13.

Figure 12 is a diagram showing an example of a notification condition database in the second embodiment. The notification condition database 240 in this embodiment has the following information items: notification condition ID, condition type, condition, and notification method, and the item "notification condition ID" is associated with other items. In this embodiment, information in the notification condition database 240 that includes the value of the item "notification information ID" and the values of the other items is called notification condition information.

The value of the item "Notification condition ID" indicates the condition type for identifying the notification condition. The value of the item "Condition type" indicates the type of notification condition. The value of the item "Condition" indicates the condition set for the condition type. The value of the item "Notification method" indicates the method of notification.

In the example of Figure 12, the condition type identified by the notification condition ID "n001" is the condition "every fixed time from the start of the lesson", and if there are three reactions of the same type within five minutes, the reaction tally is displayed in a specified notification area on the screen of the teacher terminal 300.

In the example of FIG. 12, the condition type identified by the notification condition ID "n002" is a condition of "every fixed time from sending a reaction," and if three reactions are received within three minutes, the background color of the screen of the teacher terminal 300 is set to red.

In addition, in the notification condition database 240, for example, the reaction type ID of the reaction to be notified may be associated with the notification condition ID. In this way, for example, it is possible to notify the teacher terminal 300 of only the aggregation results of a specific type of reaction information.

Figure 13 is a diagram showing an example of a request management database in the second embodiment. The request management database 270 in this embodiment has a reaction request ID and a time as information items, and the two are associated with each other. In this embodiment, information in the request management database 270 that includes the value of the item "reaction request ID" and the value of the item "time" is called request information.

The value of the item "Reaction Request ID" is identification information for identifying the reaction request sent from the teacher terminal 300 to the student terminal 400, and is automatically generated by the information processing device 200A when a reaction request is made on the teacher terminal 300.

The value of the "Time" item indicates the time when a reaction request was sent from the teacher terminal 300 to the student terminal 400.

Next, the functions of the devices in the information processing system 100A will be described with reference to FIG. 14. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating the functions of each device in the information processing system of the second embodiment.

The information processing device 200A of the information processing system 100A of this embodiment has a reaction management unit 250A and a communication control unit 260.

The reaction management unit 250A of this embodiment has an input reception unit 251, a lesson information acquisition unit 252, a reaction registration unit 253, a counting unit 254, an output unit 255A, a notification determination unit 256, and a request generation unit 257.

The notification determination unit 256 determines whether the tallying result by the tallying unit 254 satisfies the specified condition defined in the notification condition database 240. When the notification determination unit 256 determines that the tallying result satisfies the specified condition, the output unit 255A outputs the tallying result in the notification method defined in the notification condition database 240.

When a reaction request is made from the teacher terminal 300 to the student terminal 400, the request generation unit 257 generates request information and stores it in the request management database 270.

Next, the operation of the information processing system 100A of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 15. FIG. 15 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the information processing system of the second embodiment.

The processing from step S1501 to step S1504 in FIG. 15 is similar to the processing from step S801 to step S804 in FIG. 8, so the description is omitted.

In step S1504, after the lesson information is displayed on the student terminal 400, when an operation requesting a reaction is performed on the student terminal 400, the student terminal 400 transmits a reaction request to the information processing device 200A (step S1505).

The information processing device 200A receives the reaction request, generates request information by the request generation unit 257, and stores the request information in the request management database 270 (step S1506). Next, the information processing device 200A transmits the reaction request to the student terminal 400 (step S1507).

When the student terminal 400 receives a reaction request from the teacher terminal 300, it displays a message requesting a reaction, and when it accepts a reaction from the student, it sends a notification of the reaction to the information processing device 200A (step S1508).

The processing from step S1508 to step S1510 is similar to the processing from step S805 to step S807 in FIG. 8, so the description will be omitted.

Next, the information processing device 200A uses the notification determination unit 256 to refer to the notification condition database 240 and determine whether the tally results satisfy the condition corresponding to the notification condition ID, and if the specified condition is satisfied, transmits the tally results to the teacher terminal 300 (step S1511).

When the teacher terminal 300 receives the tally results from the information processing device 200A, it displays the tally results using the specified notification method (step S1512).

Below, a display example of the teacher terminal 300 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 16. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a display example of the teacher terminal of the second embodiment. FIG. 16(A) shows a display example of the teacher terminal 300 when, for example, the tally results satisfy the condition specified by the notification condition ID "n001". FIG. 16(B) shows a display example of the teacher terminal 300 when, for example, the tally results satisfy the condition specified by the notification condition ID "n002".

The screen 161 shown in FIG. 16(A) may be displayed on the entire display of the teacher terminal 300, or may be displayed on a portion of a pre-defined area of the display. Screen 161 shows a case where the notification area on the display of the teacher terminal 300 is set to cover the entire display.

Screen 161 is an example of a screen that is displayed in the notification area of the teacher terminal 300 because within five minutes of the start of the lesson, there were three reactions each of "I don't understand" and "I got it."

The screen 161 has display fields 102, 103, and 107. The display field 107 displays the tally results for each type of reaction from the student terminal 400. In this embodiment, the reaction information may be tallied each time a reaction notification is received from the student terminal 400. In other words, the information processing device 200A may tally the reaction information using the tallying unit 254 each time the reaction management database 230 is updated. Also, in this embodiment, the reaction tally results may be transmitted to the teacher terminal 300 each time reaction information is tallied.

Therefore, the tally results displayed in the display area 107 are updated each time the information processing device 200A receives a reaction notification from the student terminal 400.

Screen 161A shown in FIG. 16(B) is an example of a screen that is displayed on the teacher terminal 300 because three "I don't know" reactions were received within three minutes of the first "I don't know" reaction being received.

In screen 161A, the background color of the teacher terminal 300 screen is red.

In this embodiment, the reaction information is tallied each time a reaction notification is received, and if the tallied results satisfy a predetermined condition, the teacher terminal 300 is notified of the tallied results.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, the teacher can grasp the changes in the students' reactions. Depending on the changes in the students' reactions, the teacher can change the way the lesson is conducted, for example by adding more explanations or setting aside time for questions from the students.

Third Embodiment
The third embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings. The third embodiment differs from the second embodiment in that the timing for transmitting a reaction request from the teacher terminal 300 is set in advance. Therefore, in the following description of the third embodiment, the differences from the second embodiment will be described, and the same reference numerals as those used in the description of the second embodiment will be given to components having the same functional configuration as the second embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted.

Figure 17 is a diagram showing an example of the system configuration of an information processing system according to the third embodiment.

The information processing system 100B of this embodiment includes an information processing device 200A, a terminal device 300, and terminal devices 400-1, . . . , 400-N.
The information processing device 200A of this embodiment includes a reaction type database 210, a lesson information database 220, a reaction management database 230, a notification condition database 240, a request time database 280, a reaction management unit 250B, and a communication control unit 260.
The request time database 280 of this embodiment stores information indicating the time when a reaction request is transmitted from the teacher terminal 300 to the student terminal 400 .

Figure 18 is a diagram showing an example of a requested time database in the third embodiment. A requested time database 280 may be provided for each lesson ID. The requested time database 280 has a reaction requested time ID and time as information items, both of which are associated with a lesson ID.

In this embodiment, information including the value of the item "reaction requested time ID" and the value of the item "time" in the requested time database 280 is called requested time information.

The value of the item "Reaction time request ID" is assigned for each time a reaction request is sent. The value of the item "Time" indicates the time when a reaction request is sent to the student terminal 400.

The required time information in this embodiment is stored in the information processing device 200, for example, for each lesson by a teacher or the like who teaches the lesson.

Next, the functions of each device in the information processing system 100B of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 19. FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating the functions of each device in the information processing system of the third embodiment.

The information processing device 200B of this embodiment has a reaction management unit 250B. The reaction management unit 250B has an input reception unit 251, a lesson information acquisition unit 252, a reaction registration unit 253, a counting unit 254, an output unit 255, a time setting unit 258, and a time determination unit 259.

In this embodiment, the time setting unit 258 accepts input of the sending time of the reaction request from the teacher terminal 300, generates requested time information, and stores it in the requested time database 280.

In this embodiment, the time determination unit 259 determines whether the time from the start of the lesson has reached the time set in the request time database 280, and when the set time has reached, causes the communication control unit 260 to send a reaction request to the student terminal 400.

Next, the operation of the information processing system 100B of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 20. FIG. 20 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the information processing system of the third embodiment.

In the information processing system 100B of this embodiment, when the teacher terminal 300 receives input of the sending time of the reaction request, it sends the sending time and the lesson ID to the information processing device 200B (step S2001).

In the information processing device 200B, when the time setting unit 258 receives the transmission time and the lesson ID, it assigns a reaction time request ID and stores it in the request time database 280 as request time information (step S2002).

The processing from step S2003 to step S2006 in FIG. 20 is similar to the processing from step S801 to step S804 in FIG. 8, so the description will be omitted.

When the lesson information is displayed on the student terminal 400 and the lesson starts, the information processing device 200B determines whether the time corresponding to the time stored in the request time database 280 has arrived using the time determination unit 259 (step S2007). If the corresponding time has arrived in step S2007, the reaction management unit 250B sends a reaction request to the student terminal 400 using the communication control unit 260 (step S2008).

The operation when the student terminal 400 reacts in response to a reaction request is similar to the processing from step S1508 onwards in Figure 15, so the explanation will be omitted.

In this embodiment, the time for sending a reaction request to the student terminal 400 can be set in advance, thereby reducing the teacher's workload during class.

Each function of the above-described embodiments can be realized by one or more processing circuits. In this specification, the term "processing circuit" includes a processor programmed to execute each function by processor software implemented by an electronic circuit, and devices such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), a DSP (digital signal processor), an FPGA (field programmable gate array), or a conventional circuit module designed to execute each function described above.

Furthermore, the devices described in the embodiments represent only one of multiple computing environments for implementing the embodiments disclosed herein.

In one embodiment, the information processing apparatus 200 includes multiple computing devices, such as a server cluster. The multiple computing devices are configured to communicate with each other over any type of communication link, including a network, shared memory, etc., to perform the processing disclosed herein. Similarly, the information processing apparatus 200 may include multiple computing devices configured to communicate with each other.

Furthermore, the information processing device 200 can be configured to share the disclosed processing steps in various combinations. For example, the processes executed by the information processing device 200 can be executed by other information processing devices. Similarly, the functions of the information processing device 200 can be executed by other information processing devices. Also, each element of the information processing device and the other information processing devices may be integrated into one information processing device or may be separated into multiple devices.

The correspondence table in the statement may be generated by the learning effect of machine learning. Also, by classifying keywords and account items that may be included in the description of transaction details using machine learning, it is not necessary to use a correspondence table.

Here, machine learning refers to a technology that allows a computer to acquire human-like learning capabilities, in which the computer autonomously generates algorithms necessary for judgments such as data identification from training data that is previously loaded, and applies these to new data to make predictions. The learning method for machine learning may be any of supervised learning, unsupervised learning, semi-supervised learning, reinforcement learning, and deep learning, or may be a combination of these learning methods; any learning method for machine learning is acceptable.

The present invention has been described above based on each embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to the requirements shown in the above embodiments. These points can be changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and can be appropriately determined according to the application form.

100, 100A, 100B Information processing system 200, 200A, 200B Information processing device 210 Reaction type database 220 Lesson information database 230 Reaction management database 240 Notification condition database 250 Reaction management section 251 Input reception section 252 Lesson information acquisition section 253 Reaction registration section 254 Counting section 255 Output section 260 Communication control section 270 Request management database 280 Request time database 300 Terminal device (teacher terminal)
400 Terminal device (student terminal)

JP 2015-176080 A

Claims (4)

An information processing system including a plurality of terminal devices that are grouped and communicate with each other, and an information processing device,
The information processing device includes:
a counting unit that receives notifications including types of reactions of participants in the group from the plurality of terminal devices and counts the notifications for each type of reaction;
a communication control unit that transmits the tally result to a terminal device that is set as a destination of the tally result among the plurality of terminal devices,
the counting unit counts up the number of reactions every time a reaction notification is received from the plurality of terminal devices;
the communication control unit transmits the tally result to the set terminal device every time a reaction notification is received from the plurality of terminal devices;
The terminal device set as the destination is
a display unit that displays a screen including a graph for each type of reaction as the tallying result and a notification area that notifies the tallying result for each type of reaction notified from the plurality of terminal devices ;
The communication control unit of the information processing device
When a time corresponding to a previously inputted transmission time of a reaction request arrives, a reaction request is transmitted to the plurality of terminal devices;
The display unit of the terminal device
When the reaction request is received, the information processing system displays a message requesting a reaction . 2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of terminal devices are terminal devices used by each of participants in an online class. The information processing device includes:
a request generating unit configured to, in response to receiving a reaction request transmitted from a terminal device set as the destination, transmit the reaction request to the plurality of terminal devices;
The display units of the plurality of terminal devices include
3. The information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit configured to display a message requesting a reaction in response to the reaction request. An information processing method using an information processing system including a plurality of terminal devices that are grouped and communicate with each other, and an information processing device,
The information processing device,
a counting step of receiving notifications including types of reactions of participants in the group from the plurality of terminal devices and counting the notifications for each type of reaction;
a communication control step of transmitting the tally result obtained by the tally step to a terminal device set as a destination of the tally result among the plurality of terminal devices;
the counting step counts the number of reactions every time a reaction notification is received from the plurality of terminal devices;
the communication control step includes transmitting the tally result to the set terminal device every time a reaction notification is received from the plurality of terminal devices;
The terminal device set as the destination is
a display step of displaying a screen including a graph for each type of reaction as the tallying result and a notification area for notifying the tallying result for each type of reaction notified from the plurality of terminal devices;
The communication control step by the information processing device includes:
When a time corresponding to a previously inputted transmission time of a reaction request arrives, a reaction request is transmitted to the plurality of terminal devices;
The display step by the terminal device includes:
When the reaction request is received, a message requesting a reaction is displayed .

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