GROUP WORK SUPPORT METHOD

• US 20130262466A1
• Filed: 12/26/2012
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Tanaka, Toshio, Nabae, Takehiro, Sakata, Kenji, Mayumi, Hidehiko, Kobayashi, Takeaki
• Granted Patent: US 9,449,069 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/737
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/358 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/20 Education
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

Abstract

A method of supporting a group work includes collecting input contents, which are input by participants via terminals, from the terminals; arranging the collected input contents into input content groups based on groups to which the participants belong; setting a representative flag on each of representative input contents selected from the respective input content groups; extracting the representative input contents and matching input contents, which match a predetermined extracting condition and are different from the representative input contents, from the collected input contents; and displaying a list of the representative input contents and the matching input contents on a display device that all the participants are able to view at a same time.

Claims

1. A method of supporting a group work, the method comprising:

collecting input contents, which are input by participants via terminals, from the terminals;

arranging the collected input contents into input content groups based on groups to which the participants belong;

setting a representative flag on each of representative input contents selected from the respective input content groups;

extracting the representative input contents and matching input contents, which match a predetermined extracting condition and are different from the representative input contents, from the collected input contents; and

displaying a list of the representative input contents and the matching input contents on a display device that all the participants are able to view at a same time.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

referring to a determination database storing categories of the input contents and keywords corresponding to the categories; and

identifying one or more of the groups whose input contents include a predetermined number or more of the keywords stored in the determination database.

3. The method according to claim 2,

wherein in the identifying, one or more of the groups whose input contents include the predetermined number of the keywords that correspond to the categories other than the categories corresponding to the representative input contents are identified.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring a log of communications between the terminals for each of the groups;

storing the log in a log database; and

identifying one or more of the groups whose log includes a number of characters that is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.

5. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

displaying opposing input contents, which are input contents that include the keywords corresponding to a category that is opposite to the category of the representative input contents, on the display device; and

displaying related input contents, which are input contents that include the keywords corresponding to a category that is related to the category of the representative input contents, on the display device.

6. The method according to claim 2,

wherein the input contents of the participants belonging to one of the groups are displayed next to each other on the terminals of the participants.

7. The method according to claim 5,

wherein on the display device, the representative input contents or the opposing or related input contents are displayed on a same display area by selecting one of tabs corresponding to the representative input contents and the opposing or related input contents.

8. The method according to claim 5,

wherein on the display device, the representative input contents and the opposing or related input contents are displayed in different display areas.

9. A method of supporting a group work, the method comprising:

collecting input contents, which are input by participants via terminals, from the terminals;

arranging the collected input contents into input content groups based on groups to which the participants belong;

setting a representative flag on each of representative input contents selected from the respective input content groups;

extracting the representative input contents and the input contents of a participant whose representing number, which indicates a number of times that the representative flag is set, is less than or equal to a predetermined value; and

displaying a list of the representative input contents and the input contents on a display device that all the participants are able to view at a same time.

10. The method according to claim 9

wherein, when the input contents of the participant are displayed on the display device, the representing number of the participant is increased in a representing number database.

11. A method of supporting a group work, the method comprising:

collecting input contents, which are input by participants via terminals, from the terminals;

arranging the collected input contents into input content groups based on groups to which the participants belong;

setting a representative flag on each of representative input contents selected from the respective input content groups;

extracting the representative input contents and matching input contents, which include a predetermined keyword previously registered for comments in a comment added opinion database and are different from the representative input contents, from the collected input contents; and

displaying a list of the representative input contents and the matching input contents on a display device that all the participants are able to view at a same time.