KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION MANAGING METHOD, KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION MANAGING APPARATUS, KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION INPUT-OUTPUT APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION MANAGING PROGRAM, AND KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION MANAGING PROGRAM

• US 6,931,417 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2002
• Issued: 08/16/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ueda, Satoru
• Primary Examiner(s): AMSBURY, WAYNE P
• Application Number:
  US10/093,595
• Publication Number:
  US 20020161773A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,257 Days
• Field of Search: 707/102, 707/2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/022 Knowledge engineering; Knowledge acquisition
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

A knowledge information managing apparatus and method that collects and registers knowledge information in a knowledge database, providing users with the convenience of acquiring information efficiently. After the knowledge information is registered, it is then opened in the knowledge database, allowing users to select knowledge information. The selected knowledge information is then registered in a user'"'"'s knowledge account, where a knowledge account is set up for every user and is a storage area formed in an account database. The apparatus also includes a knowledge information managing program and a storage medium for storing that program.

Claims

1. A knowledge information managing method comprising the steps of:

registering knowledge information in a knowledge database;

opening the knowledge information registered in the knowledge database based on a theme selected by a user; and

registering the knowledge information associated with the theme selected by the user and opened in the step of opening in a knowledge account, wherein

the knowledge account is a storage area formed in an account database for every user,

the knowledge information associated with the theme selected by the user is assigned a value point based on a number of times the knowledge information is stored in the knowledge account, and

the knowledge information is displayed along with the value point, thereby providing the user with information to evaluate the usefulness of the knowledge information.

2. The knowledge information managing method according to claim 1, wherein said step of registering the knowledge information in the knowledge database includes:

registering the knowledge information as knowledge data composed of the knowledge information and respective additional knowledge information including an identification number.

3. The knowledge information managing method according to claim 2, wherein:

said step of registering the knowledge information in the knowledge database includes the step of registering the additional knowledge information in an open database, wherein a certain piece of theme data is registered, for every theme data; and

said step of opening the knowledge information includes the steps of;

acquiring the knowledge information from the knowledge database based on the identification number stored in the database; and

opening the knowledge information acquired in the step of acquiring the knowledge information from the knowledge database for every theme data.

4. The knowledge information managing method according to claim 1, wherein said step of registering the knowledge information in the knowledge database includes the steps of:

examining contents of the knowledge information; and

judging whether the knowledge information is to be registered based on a result of said step of examining.

5. The knowledge information managing method according to claim 1, wherein said step of registering the knowledge information in the knowledge database includes the steps of:

acquiring personal data of a user who requests registration of knowledge information; and

measuring a number of times of registration of the knowledge information at every acquired personal data.

6. The knowledge information managing method according to claim 1, wherein said step of registering the knowledge information in the knowledge account includes registering only additional knowledge information of the knowledge information in the knowledge account.

7. The knowledge information managing method according to claim 1, wherein:

the knowledge account includes an open account for opening registered knowledge information, and

said method further comprises the step of opening the registered knowledge information at every open account.

8. The knowledge information managing method according to claim 1, wherein:

said step of opening the knowledge information and said step of registering the knowledge information in the knowledge account includes the step of recording a knowledge information log indicating a usage history of the knowledge information by the user; and

said step of opening the knowledge information includes supplying only unread knowledge information that the user has yet browsed based on the knowledge information log.

9. A knowledge information managing apparatus comprising:

a knowledge database for registering knowledge information therein;

knowledge opening means for opening the knowledge information registered in the knowledge database based on a theme selected by a user;

account managing means for registering the knowledge information associated with the theme selected by the user and opened by the knowledge opening means in a knowledge account, wherein

the knowledge account is a storage area formed in an account database for every user,

the knowledge information associated with the theme selected by the user is assigned a value point based on a number of times the knowledge information is stored in the knowledge account, and

the knowledge information is displayed along with the value point, thereby providing the user with information to evaluate the usefulness of the knowledge information.

10. The knowledge information managing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the knowledge information is composed of an information body, and additional knowledge information including an identification number for each knowledge information.

11. The knowledge information managing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said knowledge opening means accesses an open database, wherein the additional knowledge information of the knowledge data is registered in said knowledge database for every theme data, for opening the knowledge data based on the open database.

12. The knowledge information managing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said knowledge judging means is connected with personal information managing means for acquiring personal data of a user who has requested registration of the knowledge data to measure number of times of registration of the knowledge information at every personal data.

13. The knowledge information managing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein only additional knowledge information of the knowledge information is registered in the knowledge account.

14. The knowledge information managing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the knowledge account includes an open account for opening the knowledge data registered by the account managing means.

15. An information storage medium storing a knowledge information managing program, said program being for utilizing a computer as:

a knowledge database for registering knowledge information therein;

knowledge opening means for opening the knowledge information registered in the knowledge database based on a theme selected by a user;

account managing means for registering the knowledge information associated with the theme selected by the user and opened by the knowledge opening means in a knowledge account, wherein

the knowledge account is a storage area formed in an account database for every user,

the knowledge information associated with the theme selected by the user is assigned a value point based on a number of times the knowledge information is stored in the knowledge account, and

the knowledge information is displayed along with the value point, thereby providing the user with information to evaluate the usefulness of the knowledge information.

16. A knowledge information managing program for utilizing a computer as:

a knowledge database for registering knowledge information therein;

knowledge opening means for opening the knowledge information registered in the knowledge database based on a theme selected by a user;

account managing means for registering the knowledge information associated with the theme selected by the user and opened by the knowledge opening means in a knowledge account, wherein

the knowledge account is a storage area formed in an account database for every user,

the knowledge information associated with the theme selected by the user is assigned a value point based on a number of times the knowledge information is stored in the knowledge account, and

the knowledge information is displayed along with the value point, thereby providing the user with information to evaluate the usefulness of the knowledge information.