INPUT SUPPORT SYSTEM, INPUT SUPPORT METHOD AND INPUT SUPPORT PROGRAM

• US 20150363379A1
• Filed: 09/05/2013
• Published: 12/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd (NEC Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd (NEC Corporation)
• Inventors: OKAJIMA, Yuzuru, YAMAMOTO, Kosuke
• Application Number:
  US14/761,180
• Publication Number:
  US 20150363379A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/18 of spreadsheets form-filling G06F40/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 90/00 Systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not involving significant data processing

Abstract

An input support system includes: input relation log storage means for storing, as an input relation log, pieces of information input to multiple input boxes in the past in association with one another; input candidate group storage means for storing an input candidate for each type of information in association with an input candidate of each other type; and input type relation estimation means for estimating to which combination of type-specific fields, as fields for respective types stored in the input candidate group storage means, a relation of types of input information between respective input boxes included in the multiple input boxes corresponds, based on the input relation log stored in the input relation log storage means, and type-specific input candidates and a combination thereof stored in the input candidate group storage means.

Claims

1. An input support system for supporting input to a plurality of input boxes, comprising:

an input relation log storage unit which stores, as an input relation log, pieces of information input to the plurality of input boxes in the past in association with one another;

an input candidate group storage unit which stores an input candidate for each type of information in association with an input candidate of each other type; and

an input type relation estimation unit which estimates to which combination of type-specific fields, as fields for respective types stored in the input candidate group storage unit, a relation of types of input information between respective input boxes included in the plurality of input boxes corresponds, based on the input relation log stored in the input relation log storage unit, and type-specific input candidates and a combination thereof stored in the input candidate group storage unit.

2. The input support system according to claim 1, further comprising

an error detection unit which makes an error determination of information input to each input box included in the plurality of input boxes to detect an error based on the estimation result by the input type relation estimation unit, and type-specific input candidates and a combination thereof stored in the input candidate group storage unit.

3. The input support system according to claim 2, wherein the error detection unit determines whether a combination of pieces of information input to each input box included in the plurality of input boxes matches a combination of input candidates of a type-specific field which corresponds to the input box and is stored in the input candidate group storage unit, and if not match, detects an error.

4. The input support system according to claim 1, further comprising an input information recommendation unit which, when information is input to at least one input box included in the plurality of input boxes, estimates information to be input to another input box included in the plurality of input boxes and outputs the information as an input candidate based on the estimation result by the input type relation estimation unit, and the type-specific input candidates and the combination thereof stored in the input candidate group storage unit.

5. The input support system according to claim 4, wherein the input information recommendation unit searches for an input candidate that matches the input information from input candidates of a type-specific field corresponding to the input box to which the information is input, acquires an input candidate of a type-specific field corresponding to another input box associated with the searched input candidate, and outputs the acquired input candidate as an input candidate for information to be input to the other input box.

6. The input support system according to claim 1, wherein the input type relation estimation unit compares, for each of the plurality of input boxes stored in the input relation log storage unit, information input to the input box in the past and type-specific input candidates stored in the input candidate group storage unit, estimates to which type-specific field stored in the input candidate group storage unit a type of input information of the input box corresponds, and based on the estimation result and a correspondence relation of information input in the past between respective input boxes in the input relation log stored in the input relation log storage unit, estimates to which combination of type-specific fields stored in the input candidate group storage unit a relation of types of input information between the respective input boxes included in the plurality of input boxes corresponds.

7. The input support system according to claim 1, wherein the input type relation estimation unit compares information input in the past to each input box of the plurality of input boxes stored in the input relation log storage unit and type-specific input candidates stored in the input candidate group storage unit, estimates to which type-specific field stored in the input candidate group storage unit the information input in the past to the input box corresponds, and based on a correspondence relation of types of information indicated by the estimation result to be input in the past between respective input boxes in the input relation log stored in the input relation log storage unit, estimates to which combination of type-specific fields stored in the input candidate group storage unit the relation of types of input information between the respective input boxes included in the plurality of input boxes corresponds.

8. An input support method for supporting input to a plurality of input boxes, comprising:

causing an input relation log storage unit to store, as an input relation log, pieces of information input to the plurality of input boxes in the past in association with one another;

causing an input candidate group storage unit to store an input candidate for each type of information in association with an input candidate of each other type;

causing an input type relation estimation unit to estimate to which combination of type-specific fields, as fields for respective types stored in the input candidate group storage unit, a relation of types of input information between respective input boxes included in the plurality of input boxes corresponds, based on the input relation log stored in the input relation log storage

unit, and type-specific input candidates and a combination thereof stored in the input candidate group storage unit; and

causing error detection unit or input information recommendation unit to make an error determination of information input to the plurality of input boxes or predict information to be input thereto based on the estimation result by the input type relation estimation unit and type-specific input candidates and a combination thereof stored in the input candidate group storage unit.

9. The input support method according to claim 8, wherein the error detection unit determines whether a combination of pieces of information input to each input box included in the plurality of input boxes matches a combination of input candidates of a type-specific field which corresponds to the input box and is stored in the input candidate group storage unit, and if not match, detects an error.

10. The input support method according to claim 8, wherein the input information recommendation unit searches for an input candidate that matches the input information from input candidates of a type-specific field corresponding to the input box to which the information is input among the plurality of input boxes, acquires an input candidate of a type-specific field corresponding to another input box associated with the searched input candidate, and outputs the acquired input

candidate as the estimation result of information to be input to the other input box.

11. A non-transitory computer readable information recording medium storing an input support program applied to a computer accessible to an input relation log storage unit for storing pieces of information input in the past to a plurality of input boxes in association with one another, and an input candidate group storage unit for storing an input candidate for each type of information in association with an input candidate of each other type, when executed by a processor, the program performs a method for:

estimating to which combination of type-specific fields, as fields for respective types stored in the input candidate group storage unit, a relation of types of input information between respective input boxes included in the plurality of input boxes corresponds, based on the input relation log stored in the input relation log storage unit, and type-specific input candidates and a combination thereof stored in the input candidate group storage unit.

12. The non-transitory computer readable information recording medium according to claim 11, further comprising:

making an error determination of information input to the plurality of input boxes or predict information to be input thereto based on the

estimation result, and the type-specific input candidates and the combination thereof stored in the input candidate group storage unit.