Network community supporting method and system

• US 7,024,455 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2001
• Issued: 04/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Tanaka, Yumiko, Yokobori, Yasuko
• Primary Examiner(s): VU, THONG H
• Application Number:
  US09/818,503
• Publication Number:
  US 20010029501A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,833 Days
• Field of Search: 709/221, 709/224, 709/206, 709/203, 709/204, 707/201, 707/1, 707/3, 707/4, 707/203, 707/104, 705/40, 725/60, 715/514, 715/753, 379/230, 370/352
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/35 Clustering; Classification
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A message database stores contents of a series of messages given by participants of a network community together with titles thereof. A theme updating part changes appropriately a theme for drawing real intention, such as characteristics, lifestyles, subconscious needs or the like, of a user class of products/services. A part analyzes the contents of messages of the participants of the network community and draws the real intention of the user class of the products/services.

Claims

1. A network community supporting system comprising:

a message database storing contents of messages given by participants of a network community together with titles thereof;

a theme database storing themes of the network community;

a theme classifying part analyzing characteristics of the messages concerning themes thereof, based on the contents stored in said message database and theme database;

a theme updating part updating said theme database based on the analysis results of said theme classifying part;

a message analysis database for analyzing the messages generated based on said message database;

a message grouping part appropriately grouping the messages stored in said message database, based on relationship among the messages stored in said message analysis database or message database; and

a part performing modification, generation and/or division of the titles of the messages stored in said message analysis database.

2. The network community supporting system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a theme database comprising a theme part storing the themes and a keyword part storing keywords concerning the themes, wherein said theme classifying part classifies the modified, generated and/or divided titles of the messages, by using the keywords of said keyword part of said theme database.

3. The network community supporting system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a theme renewing part updating the themes based on a message analysis interim output, output based on the titles of the messages stored in said message analysis database and a theme part storing the themes or a keyword part storing keywords concerning the themes of a theme database.

4. The network community supporting system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a community analysis rule database used for contriving guideline for management of the community from the contents of said message analysis database

analyzing the contents of the messages; and

a community analyzing part referring to said community analysis rule database, and analyzing the community.

5. The network community supporting system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a theme analysis rule database used for analyzing the themes from said message analysis database; and

a theme analyzing part referring to said theme rule database, and analyzing the theme.

6. The network community supporting system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a member database storing personal information of the participants of the network community, wherein the member information of said member database is used for drawing the messages of the participants.

7. A network community supporting method, comprising:

preparing a message database storing contents of a series of messages given by participants of a network community together with titles thereof;

preparing a theme database storing themes of the network community;

analyzing characteristics of the messages concerning themes thereof, based on the contents stored in said message database and theme database; and

updating said theme database based on the analysis results of said theme classifying part;

preparing a message analysis database for analyzing the messages generated based on said message database;

appropriately grouping the messages stored in said message database, based on relationship among the messages stored in said message analysis database or message database; and

performing modification, generation and/or division of the titles of the messages stored in said message analysis database.

8. The network community supporting method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

preparing a theme database comprising a theme part storing the themes and a keyword part storing keywords concerning the themes, wherein said analyzing classifies the modified, generated and/or divided titles of the messages, by using the keywords of said keyword part of said theme database.

9. The network community supporting method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

updating the themes based on a message analysis interim output, output based on the titles of the messages stored in said message analysis database and a theme part storing the themes or a keyword part storing keywords concerning the themes of a theme database.

10. The network community supporting method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

preparing a community analysis rule database used for contriving guideline for management of the community from the contents of said message analysis database

analyzing the contents of the messages; and

referring to said community analysis rule database, and analyzing the community.

11. The network community supporting method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

preparing a theme analysis rule database used for analyzing the themes from said message analysis database; and

referring to said theme rule database, and analyzing the theme.

12. The network community supporting method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

preparing a member database storing personal information of the participants of the network community, wherein the member information of said member database is used for drawing the messages of the participants.