Bulletin board system, server for bulletin board system, thread display method for client of bulletin board system, and program

Abstract

When a new theme is proposed and a thread is created, a category applicable to the thread is specified. In a menu, the theme and the category are displayed together. The thread is displayed in a form in accordance with the specified category. By specifying the category in accordance with the proposed theme, it is possible to suppress the divergence of comment details made on the thread in advance and limit the direction of comments. Further, on the thread, it becomes easy to display the contents proper for the nature of the proposed theme and efficiently perform an output display. This allows more efficient decision making and information sharing by using a bulletin board system. With this operation, it is possible to provide a bulletin board system in which the direction of comments can be limited in accordance with the category of the theme, such as discussion or question, and a summary of conclusion based on the comment details and an output in accordance with the theme can be efficiently performed.

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Technical field [0001] The invention relates to an electronic bulletin board system used on a computer network. Background technique [0002] On computer networks such as the Internet or corporate intranets established within companies, (electronic) bulletin board systems (hereinafter, generally referred to as "electronic bulletin boards") are widely used as tools for information sharing, conversation, and discussion. [0003] There are many types of electronic bulletin boards. In the simplest type of electronic bulletin board, when a user accesses the server computer of the electronic bulletin board from a computer (client) connected to the network, the statements that have been delivered are displayed on the client together with the form, which To make a new announcement (speech), and when the user writes in the form and clicks the send button, the written content is added to the system as a published speech. In this case, the delivered speeches are basically displayed in time ...

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Problems solved by technology

[0006] In traditional electronic bulletin boards, not limited to the case of discussing propositions to reach some conclusions (such as discussed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-76639), but also in the case of seeking some answers to questions or questions, it is likely that Problems where the content of the statement diverges, making the correspondence between the question and the statement uncertain and making the discussion incoherent

However, traditional electronic bulletin boards do not have this functionality

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