Method and apparatus for community management in virtual community
First Claim
1. A community transfer method for a community management apparatus to manage, in correspondence with each other as electronic data in a management table, the data on a community, the members belonging to the community and the resource data constituting the messages exchanged by the members, the data being transferred from a predecessor community to a successor community, the community management apparatus executing the steps of:
- receiving the input of transfer conditions;
acquiring from the management table a predecessor community selected under the transfer conditions, searching the management table for the members corresponding to the acquired predecessor community and transferring the members to the successor community; and
searching the management table for the resource data corresponding to the acquired predecessor community and transferring the resource data to the successor community.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for community management in a virtual community are disclosed. The community management apparatus manages a management table as an electronic data containing, in correspondence with each other, the data on a community, the members of the community and the resource data providing the messages exchanged by members, and transfers the resource data from a predecessor community to a successor community. The community management apparatus receives the input of the transfer conditions. The predecessor community selected under the transfer conditions is acquired from the management table. The members corresponding to the acquired community are searched for in the management table and transferred to the successor community. The resource data corresponding to the acquired community is searched for in the management table and transferred to the successor community.
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21 Claims
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1. A community transfer method for a community management apparatus to manage, in correspondence with each other as electronic data in a management table, the data on a community, the members belonging to the community and the resource data constituting the messages exchanged by the members, the data being transferred from a predecessor community to a successor community, the community management apparatus executing the steps of:
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receiving the input of transfer conditions;
acquiring from the management table a predecessor community selected under the transfer conditions, searching the management table for the members corresponding to the acquired predecessor community and transferring the members to the successor community; and
searching the management table for the resource data corresponding to the acquired predecessor community and transferring the resource data to the successor community. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A community management apparatus for managing the data on communities, comprising:
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a management table for managing electronic data containing, in correspondence with each other, the data on a community, the members of the community and the resource data constituting the messages exchanged by the members;
a transfer condition input unit for receiving the input of the transfer conditions for creating a successor community;
a member transfer unit for searching the management table for a member corresponding to the predecessor community input by the transfer condition input unit and transferring the member to the successor community; and
a resource transfer unit for searching the management table for the resource data corresponding to the predecessor community input by the transfer condition input unit and transferring the resource data to the successor community. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A community management program wherein a computer, including at least a memory as a storage area used for the arithmetic operation and an operation processor for executing the arithmetic process, functions as
a management table containing, as electronic data in correspondence with each other, on a community, at least a member belonging to the community and resource data providing the messages exchanged by the members, a transfer condition input unit for receiving the input of the transfer conditions at the time of creating the successor community, a member transfer unit for searching the management table for a member corresponding to the predecessor community input by the transfer condition input unit and transferring the member to the successor community, and a resource transfer unit for searching the management table for a resource data corresponding to the predecessor community input by the transfer condition input unit and transferring the resource data to the successor community.
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