Community-based collaborative knowledge system, and user access limiting method in that system
First Claim
1. A community-based collaborative knowledge system which can be connected to a plurality of client terminals via a network, and supports knowledge accumulation by categorizing and accumulating messages posted from each client terminal to a virtual community, comprising:
- access control means for making user authentication of a client terminal as an access request source so as to permit the client terminal to post a message; and
community processing means for managing a virtual community in which a plurality of client terminals can participate, and categorizing and accumulating messages posted, to the virtual community, from the client terminals, which are granted access permission by said access control means, for respective topics, said community processing means including;
user access limiting means for managing a community type indicating an open level of each virtual community, and a member type indicating a participation attribute of a user to the virtual community, and determining user'"'"'s access authority of each client terminal using a combination of the community type and member type for each virtual community as an access destination.
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Abstract
A community server categorizes and accumulates messages exchanged by users on a virtual community for respective topics. The community server includes a user access limiting control unit. The user access limiting control unit determines user'"'"'s access authority of each client terminal for each community as an access destination. For this purpose, the user access limiting control unit manages a community type indicating the open level of each community, and a member type indicating the participation attribute of each user to the virtual community, using community management information, and limits access to a community as an access destination for each client terminal on the basis of the combination of the community type and member type.
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1. A community-based collaborative knowledge system which can be connected to a plurality of client terminals via a network, and supports knowledge accumulation by categorizing and accumulating messages posted from each client terminal to a virtual community, comprising:
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access control means for making user authentication of a client terminal as an access request source so as to permit the client terminal to post a message; and
community processing means for managing a virtual community in which a plurality of client terminals can participate, and categorizing and accumulating messages posted, to the virtual community, from the client terminals, which are granted access permission by said access control means, for respective topics, said community processing means including;
user access limiting means for managing a community type indicating an open level of each virtual community, and a member type indicating a participation attribute of a user to the virtual community, and determining user'"'"'s access authority of each client terminal using a combination of the community type and member type for each virtual community as an access destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A user access limiting method in a community-based collaborative knowledge system which can be connected to a plurality of client terminals via a network, and supports knowledge accumulation by categorizing and accumulating messages posted from each client terminal to a virtual community, comprising:
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the access control step of making user authentication of a client terminal as an access request source so as to permit the client terminal to post a message; and
the community processing step of managing a virtual community in which a plurality of client terminals can participate, and categorizing and accumulating messages posted, to the virtual community, from the client terminals, which are granted access permission in the access control step, for respective topics, the community processing step including;
the user access limiting step of managing a community type indicating an open level of each virtual community, and a member type indicating a participation attribute of a user to the virtual community, and determining user'"'"'s access authority of each client terminal using a combination of the community type and member type for each virtual community as an access destination. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A program used in a community-based collaborative knowledge system which can be connected to a plurality of client terminals via a network, and supports knowledge accumulation by categorizing and accumulating messages posted from each client terminal to a virtual community, said program making a computer execute:
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the access control step of making user authentication of a client terminal as an access request source so as to permit the client terminal to post a message; and
the community processing step of managing a virtual community in which a plurality of client terminals can participate, and categorizing and accumulating messages posted, to the virtual community, from the client terminals, which are granted access permission in the access control step, for respective topics, the community processing step including;
the user access limiting step of managing a community type indicating an open level of each virtual community, and a member type indicating a participation attribute of a user to the virtual community, and determining user'"'"'s access authority of each client terminal using a combination of the community type and member type for each virtual community as an access destination. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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