Bulletin board management system and computer program
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1. A bulletin board management system for providing a site for communication and information sharing among members by utilizing a computer network, the system comprising:
- a memory storing portions for execution, comprising;
an information registration portion for an information sender to register bulletin information on a bulletin board and further register designating information corresponding to the bulletin information, the designating information including a first item indicating an expiration date, a second item indicating whether or not the expiration date can be postponed, and a third item indicating whether or not disclosure of the bulletin information is restricted, and further including, only if the third item indicates that the disclosure of the bulletin information is restricted, a fourth item indicating options to be selected as a reply and a fifth item indicating members who are allowed to view the bulletin information and who are requested to answer the fourth item;
an information list display portion for extracting and displaying, in a list form, on a terminal device of a member who logged in, bulletin information for which the third item indicates that the disclosure of the bulletin information is not restricted, and at the same time bulletin information for which the fifth item includes the member who has logged in and who is requested to answer the fourth item;
a read state monitoring portion for checking whether or not the bulletin information has been read and whether or not there is a reply by the member resulting from answering the fourth item;
an information changing portion that makes a change to contents of the bulletin information registered by the information sender, and, if the third item indicates that the disclosure of the bulletin information is restricted, extracts a member who has read the bulletin information before the change from a result obtained by the read state monitoring portion, and if the member who has read the bulletin information before the change is extracted, changes a status of the member who has been extracted as having read the bulletin information from a status indicating “
already read”
to a status indicating “
required to check the change”
, resets the reply of the member who has read the bulletin information in accordance with contents of the fourth item, and automatically sends electronic mail urging the member who has read the bulletin information to check the change in content of the bulletin information;
a reminding portion for automatically sending a reminder by electronic mail to a member who has not answered , in accordance with whether or not there is a reply by each member obtained by the read state monitoring portion; and
an expiration date extension confirmation portion for automatically sending electronic mail to the information sender urging the information sender to postpone the expiration date if there is a member who has not answered the fourth item for the bulletin information whose expiration date is coming soon.
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Abstract
A site for communication and information sharing among members is provided by a bulletin board management system utilizing a computer network. When a change is made to contents of bulletin information, the system determines members who have already read the bulletin information before the change based on a result of monitoring. The system automatically sends an electronic mail urging these members to check the change in contents of the bulletin information and changes the status of these members from “already read” to “required to check the change.” Thus, the electronic mail urging members to check the change in contents is sent only to members who need to check, so failure of information transmission is prevented and information can be communicated to all members securely.
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1. A bulletin board management system for providing a site for communication and information sharing among members by utilizing a computer network, the system comprising:
a memory storing portions for execution, comprising; an information registration portion for an information sender to register bulletin information on a bulletin board and further register designating information corresponding to the bulletin information, the designating information including a first item indicating an expiration date, a second item indicating whether or not the expiration date can be postponed, and a third item indicating whether or not disclosure of the bulletin information is restricted, and further including, only if the third item indicates that the disclosure of the bulletin information is restricted, a fourth item indicating options to be selected as a reply and a fifth item indicating members who are allowed to view the bulletin information and who are requested to answer the fourth item; an information list display portion for extracting and displaying, in a list form, on a terminal device of a member who logged in, bulletin information for which the third item indicates that the disclosure of the bulletin information is not restricted, and at the same time bulletin information for which the fifth item includes the member who has logged in and who is requested to answer the fourth item; a read state monitoring portion for checking whether or not the bulletin information has been read and whether or not there is a reply by the member resulting from answering the fourth item; an information changing portion that makes a change to contents of the bulletin information registered by the information sender, and, if the third item indicates that the disclosure of the bulletin information is restricted, extracts a member who has read the bulletin information before the change from a result obtained by the read state monitoring portion, and if the member who has read the bulletin information before the change is extracted, changes a status of the member who has been extracted as having read the bulletin information from a status indicating “
already read”
to a status indicating “
required to check the change”
, resets the reply of the member who has read the bulletin information in accordance with contents of the fourth item, and automatically sends electronic mail urging the member who has read the bulletin information to check the change in content of the bulletin information;a reminding portion for automatically sending a reminder by electronic mail to a member who has not answered , in accordance with whether or not there is a reply by each member obtained by the read state monitoring portion; and an expiration date extension confirmation portion for automatically sending electronic mail to the information sender urging the information sender to postpone the expiration date if there is a member who has not answered the fourth item for the bulletin information whose expiration date is coming soon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for communication and information sharing among members, comprising:
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registering, in a server, by an information sender, bulletin information on a bulletin board and further registering designating information corresponding to the bulletin information, the designating information including a first item indicating an expiration date, a second item indicating whether or not the expiration date can be postponed, and a third item indicating whether or not disclosure of the bulletin information is restricted, and further including, only if the third item indicates that the disclosure of the bulletin information is restricted, a fourth item indicating options to be selected as a reply and a fifth item indicating members who are allowed to view the bulletin information and who are requested to answer the fourth item; making a change to contents of the bulletin information already registered by the information sender; extracting and displaying, in a list form, on a terminal device of a member who logged in, bulletin information for which the third item indicates that the disclosure of the bulletin information is not restricted, and at the same time bulletin information for which the fifth item includes the member who has logged in and who is requested to answer the fourth item; checking whether or not the bulletin information has been read and whether or not there is a reply by the member who answered the fourth item; sending automatically a reminder by electronic mail to a member who has not answered, in accordance with a result obtained by the checking on each member; sending automatically electronic mail to the information sender urging the information sender to postpone the expiration date if there is a member who has not answered the fourth item for the bulletin information whose expiration date is coming soon; extracting, if the third item indicates that the disclosure of the bulletin information is restricted, a member who has read the bulletin information before the change, based on a result obtained by the checking; and if the member who has read the bulletin information before the change is extracted, resetting, in accordance with contents of the fourth item, the reply of the member who has read the bulletin information, sending automatically electronic mail to the member who has read the bulletin information to urge the member to check the change in content of the bulletin information, and changing a status of the member who has been extracted from a status indicating “
already read”
to a status indicating “
required to check the change”
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12. A computer readable recording medium that stores a computer program that is installed in a server connected to a computer network for realizing a bulletin board management system for communication and information sharing among members, the computer program makes the server execute the process comprising:
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registering, by an information sender, bulletin information on a bulletin board and farther registering designating information corresponding to the bulletin information, the designating information including a first item indicating an expiration date, a second item indicating whether or not the expiration date can be postponed, and a third item indicating whether or not disclosure of the bulletin information is restricted, and farther including only if the third item indicates that the disclosure of the bulletin information is restricted, a fourth item indicating options to be selected as a reply and a fifth item indicating members who are allowed to view the bulletin information and who are requested to answer the fourth item; making a change to contents of the bulletin information already registered by the information sender; extracting and displaying, in a list form, on a terminal device of a member who logged in, bulletin information for which the third item indicates that the disclosure of the bulletin information is not restricted, and at the same time bulletin information for which the fifth item includes the member who has logged in and who is requested to answer the fourth item; checking whether or not the bulletin information has been read and whether or not there is a reply by the member who answered the fourth item; sending automatically a reminder by electronic mail to a member who has not answered, in accordance with a result obtained by the checking on each member; sending automatically electronic mail to the information sender urging the information sender to postpone the expiration date if there is a member who has not answered the fourth item for the bulletin information whose expiration date is coming soon; extracting, if the third item indicates that the disclosure of the bulletin information is restricted, a member who has read the bulletin information before the change, based on a result obtained by the checking; and if the member who has read the bulletin information before the change is extracted, resetting, in accordance with contents of the fourth item, the reply of the member who has read the bulletin information, sending automatically electronic mail to the member who has read the bulletin information to urge the member to check the change in content of the bulletin information, and changing a status of the member who has been extracted from a status indicating “
already read”
to a status indicating “
required to check the change”
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Current AssigneeFujitsu Limited
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Original AssigneeFujitsu Limited
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InventorsWatanabe, Satomi, Nambu, Hiroyuki
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Primary Examiner(s)Bruckart; Benjamin R
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Application NumberUS10/954,198Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,971 DaysField of Search709/204US Class Current709/204CPC Class CodesG06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time man...
