Server device, contribution information processing method, contribution information processing program, and recording medium

• US 9,432,483 B2
• Filed: 07/20/2011
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Rakuten, Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sugiura, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): Bates, Kevin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pant, Ranjan
• Application Number:
  US13/811,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20130117362A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,868 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols

Abstract

A server device to which a terminal device is connectable via a network includes contribution information acquisition code that causes at least one processor to acquire contribution information from the terminal device, terminal information acquisition code that causes at least one processor to acquire terminal position information indicating a position of the terminal device, extraction code that causes at least one processor to extract specific information capable of specifying a subject of contribution from the acquired contribution information, contribution subject information acquisition code that causes at least one processor to acquire contribution subject position information indicating a position of the subject of contribution, comparison code that causes at least one processor to compare the acquired contribution subject position information with the acquired terminal position information, and determination code that causes at least one processor to determine a display form of the contribution information on posting based on a comparison result.

Claims

1. A server device to which a terminal device is connectable via a network, comprising:

at least one memory operable to store program code;

at least one processor operable to read said program code and operate as instructed by said program code, said program code including;

contribution information acquisition code that causes the at least one processor to acquire contribution information from the terminal device;

terminal information acquisition code that causes the at least one processor to acquire terminal position information indicating a position of the terminal device;

extraction code that causes the at least one processor to extract specific information capable of specifying a subject of contribution from the acquired contribution information;

contribution subject information acquisition code that causes the at least one processor to acquire contribution subject position information indicating a position of the subject of contribution specified by the extracted specific information;

comparison code that causes the at least one processor to compare the acquired contribution subject position information with the acquired terminal position information;

propriety information acquisition code that causes the at least one processor to acquire at least one of a negative word and a positive word from the acquired contribution information by referring to a database, in which pre-registered negative keywords and positive keywords are stored, and matching a word included in the acquired contribution information with the pre-registered negative keywords and positive keywords stored in the database, or acquire the frequency information indicating the number of permissions for posting contribution information;

range determination code that causes the at least one processor to determine, based on the acquired word according to a result of the matching or the acquired frequency information, a position range, in which the contribution information is permitted to post; and

posting determination code that causes the at least one processor to determine whether to permit or prohibit posting of the acquired contribution information based on the comparison result by the comparison code and the position range determined by the range determination code.

2. The server device according to claim 1, further comprising:

judgment code that causes the at least one processor to determine whether the contribution subject position information corresponding to the extracted specific information is stored in a storage that stores the contribution subject position information in association with the specific information;

input information acquisition code that causes the at least one processor to acquire input position information input by a user from the terminal device when it is determined that the contribution subject position information corresponding to the extracted specific information is not stored in the storage; and

position information storage control code that causes the at least one processor to store the acquired input position information as the contribution subject position information in the storage in association with the extracted specific information,

wherein the contribution subject information acquisition code causes the at least one processor to acquire the contribution subject position information stored in the storage as the contribution subject position information used for a comparison by the comparison code.

3. The server device according to claim 2, wherein the judgment code causes the at least one processor to determine whether equal to or more than a predetermined number of pieces of the contribution subject position information corresponding to the extracted specific information are stored in the storage, the server device further comprising:

contribution subject position information comparison code that causes the at least one processor to, when it is determined that equal to or more than a predetermined number of pieces of the contribution subject position information corresponding to the extracted specific information are stored, compare the pieces of contribution subject position information; and

contribution subject position information determination code that causes the at least one processor to determine the contribution subject position information used for a comparison by the comparison code based on a comparison result by the contribution subject position information comparison code,

wherein the contribution subject information acquisition causes the at least one processor to acquire the contribution subject position information determined by the contribution subject position information determination code.

4. The server device according to claim 1, further comprising:

display form determination code that causes the at least one processor to determine a display form of the acquired contribution information on posting based on a comparison result by the comparison code;

identification information acquisition code that causes the at least one processor to acquire identification information for identifying a user of the terminal device; and

contribution information storage control code that causes the at least one processor to store the acquired contribution information, result information indicating a comparison result by the comparison code, and the acquired identification information in a contribution information storage in an associated manner,

wherein the display form determination code causes the at least one processor to determine the display form of the acquired contribution information on posting based on a comparison result by the comparison code and the result information stored in the past in association with the acquired identification information.

5. The server device according to claim 1, further comprising:

display form determination code that causes the at least one processor to determine a display form of the acquired contribution information on posting based on a comparison result by the comparison code;

wherein the contribution subject information acquisition code causes the at least one processor to acquire the contribution subject position information per one piece of the specific information when the plurality of pieces of specific information are extracted,

the comparison code causes the at least one processor to compare the contribution subject position information acquired per one piece of the specific information with the acquired terminal position information, and

the display form determination code causes the at least one processor to determine the display form of the acquired contribution information on posting based on a comparison result between the contribution subject position information indicating a position closest to the position indicated by the acquired terminal position information among the contribution subject position information acquired per one piece of the specific information, and the terminal position information.

6. The server device according to claim 1, further comprising:

identification information acquisition code that causes the at least one processor to acquire identification information for identifying a user of the terminal device; and

contribution information storage control code that causes the at least one processor to store the acquired contribution information in a contribution information storage in association with the acquired identification information,

wherein when a position indicated by the acquired terminal position information is included in the determined range from a position indicated by the acquired contribution subject position information, the posting determination code causes the at least one processor to determine to permit the posting.

7. The server device according to claim 1, wherein, when the position range is determined based on the acquired word, the position range is determined such that the position range is increased according to a number of the matching between the acquired contribution information and the pre-registered positive keywords stored in the database and the position range is decreased according to a number of the matching between the acquired contribution information and the pre-registered negative keywords stored in the database.

8. A contribution information processing method in a server device to which a terminal device is connectable via a network, the method comprising:

a contribution information acquisition step of acquiring contribution information from the terminal device;

a terminal information acquisition step of acquiring terminal position information indicating a position of the terminal device;

an extraction step of extracting specific information capable of specifying a subject of contribution from the acquired contribution information;

a contribution subject information acquisition step of acquiring contribution subject position information indicating a position of the subject of contribution specified by the extracted specific information;

a comparison step of comparing the acquired contribution subject position information with the acquired terminal position information;

a propriety information acquisition step of acquiring at least one of a negative word and a positive word from the acquired contribution information by referring to a database, in which pre-registered negative keywords and positive keywords are stored, and matching a word included in the acquired contribution information with the pre-registered negative keywords and positive keywords stored in the database, or acquiring the frequency information indicating the number of permissions for posting contribution information;

a range determination step of determining, based on the acquired word according to a result of the matching or the acquired frequency information, a position range, in which the contribution information is permitted to post; and

a posting determination step of determining whether to permit or prohibit posting of the acquired contribution information based on the comparison result in the comparison step and the position range determined in the range determination step.