Information notification method

Abstract

To notify a user of information in which the user is highly interested.SOLUTION: An information notification method for improving accuracy of a notification content when notifying a user registered in a database of information newly registered in the database, comprises the steps of: notifying the user of the fact that new information has been registered in the database; notifying the user of a question as to whether the user is positive or negative about the notification of the new information; further notifying the user of candidates of a keyword out of interest if the user answers negatively; and registering user information in the database so that, when the user selects the keyword out of interest in response to the notification of the candidates of the keyword out of interest and answers the question, the notification of information related to the keyword out of interest is not subsequently given to the user.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to an information notification method. [Background technology]

[0002] In recent years, databases that accumulate information have come into use. There are many different types of databases, and by combining these databases, new tasks can be created. There are also services that notify users of new tasks that have been created by combining databases. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2008-310408 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, there are cases where the business information created by combining databases is unnecessary for the user, and notification of the information is unnecessary. For example, if notifications of necessary information and unnecessary information are mixed, the user may overlook necessary information. On the other hand, senders also have a desire to reduce the costs incurred by sending unnecessary notifications. There is also a desire to efficiently implement these notification standards using machine learning.

[0005] The present disclosure provides an information notification method for notifying a user of information that is of high interest to the user. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The information notification method disclosed herein is an information notification method that improves accuracy of notification content when notifying a user registered in a database of information that has been newly registered in the database, and includes the steps of notifying the user that new information has been registered in the database, notifying the user of a question as to whether the notification of the new information is positive or negative, and if the user answers negatively, further notifying the user of candidate keywords of no interest, and registering user information in the database so that if the user selects a keyword of no interest in response to the notification of the candidate keywords of no interest, the user is not subsequently notified of information that includes the keyword of no interest. This makes it possible to suppress notifications of information related to keywords that are not of interest to the user. Effect of the Invention

[0007] According to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide an information notification method for notifying a user of information that is of high interest to the user. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1] 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information notification system. [Diagram 2] 1 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of the information notification system. [Diagram 3] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of people and data flows in an information notification system. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0009] First embodiment Hereinafter, an information notification system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. The information notification system 1 includes an information notification device 10 that executes notification of information, and a terminal 20 that is carried by a user and receives notifications from the information notification device 10.

[0010] The information notification device 10 has a main memory device 11, an auxiliary memory device 12, and a processing device 13, and is a computer that performs predetermined processing by the cooperation of these memory devices and processing devices.

[0011] Typically, the main memory device 11 is a memory device among the memory devices that store data and programs inside the computer, which temporarily stores information necessary for the processing device 13 to execute processing, and is a main memory from which the processing device 13 can directly read and write information at high speed.

[0012] The auxiliary storage device 12 is one of the storage devices that store data and programs inside the computer, which is connected to an external bus and is operated by input / output commands from the processing device 13, and is a large-capacity storage device with slower latency and throughput than the main storage device 11. The auxiliary storage device 12 can be an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or SSD (Solid State Drive), which stores information by utilizing magnetic properties.

[0013] Typically, a database can be implemented in the auxiliary storage device 12, and various information is stored in this database. In the following, for ease of explanation, the auxiliary storage device 12 may be used only as a database and may be referred to as a database. Here, the auxiliary storage device 12 is assumed to have, as a database, not only the information itself to be transmitted to the multiple terminals 20, but also information on the terminals 20 that are the transmission destinations, user information that holds the terminals 20, and the like.

[0014] The processing device 13 is a device that controls other devices in the computer and performs data calculations, etc., and has an integrated calculation function and control function. Typically, the processing device 13 is a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

[0015] Although not shown, the information notification device 10 is assumed to be provided with a communication unit for transmitting and receiving information to and from the terminal 20. The information notification device 10 may also be provided with an input unit for inputting information, a display unit for the user to check information, and the like.

[0016] Furthermore, for example, when new information is input to the auxiliary storage device 12, the processing device 13 can determine whether or not the newly created task has content that should be notified to the user. Furthermore, when sending a notification to the user, the processing device 13 can control the operation of the communication unit.

[0017] The terminal 20 includes an input unit 21 through which a user inputs information, and a display unit 22 that displays information notified by the information notification device 10, the results of input by the input unit 21, and the like.

[0018] For example, if the terminal 20 is a computer or the like having a predetermined size, the input unit 21 can use a keyboard and a mouse, and the display unit 22 can use a monitor connected to the terminal 20. Alternatively, if the terminal 20 is a portable terminal that can be carried by the user or a wearable terminal that can be worn on the user's arm, the display unit 22 can be a display provided on the terminal 20, and the input unit 21 can be a touch panel provided on the display and operable by the user. The configuration of these terminals 20 can be changed arbitrarily.

[0019] Although not shown, the terminal 20 will be described as being provided with a communication unit for transmitting and receiving information, similar to the information notification device 10.

[0020] Next, a method for transmitting and receiving information between the information notification device 10 and the terminal 20 and notifying the terminal 20 of information of high interest to the user will be described with reference to Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a flowchart showing the operations executed by the information notification device 10 and the terminal 20.

[0021] First, when new information is registered in the database in the information notification device 10, the information notification device 10 notifies the terminal 20 that the new information has been registered (step S1). Specifically, the information notification device 10 refers to the user information recorded in the database and notifies the selected terminal 20 of the information that the new information has been registered.

[0022] In this case, the information notification device 10 further notifies the terminal 20 of a question as to whether the notification of the new information is positive or negative after the user views the new information on the terminal 20. As a specific example, the information notification device 10 notifies the terminal 20 of a question as to whether the notification of the new information was useful or not.

[0023] Next, the user operating the terminal 20 answers the question from the information notification device 10 (step S2). That is, the user operates the terminal 20 to input an answer as to whether the new information was useful or not, and transmits the answer to the information notification device 10.

[0024] The information notification device 10 checks the answer sent from the terminal 20 (step S3). If the user's answer sent from the terminal 20 is positive, that is, if the answer is to the effect that the information was useful (Yes in step S3), the process ends. On the other hand, if the user's answer sent from the terminal 20 is negative, that is, if the answer is to the effect that the information was not useful (No in step S3), the process proceeds to step S4.

[0025] When the information notification device 10 receives a negative answer from the terminal 20, it notifies the terminal 20 of candidates for keywords of no interest (step S4).

[0026] The terminal 20 displays the multiple candidates of keywords of no interest transmitted from the information notification device 10 (step S5). Furthermore, the terminal 20 transmits an answer to the keyword of no interest selected by the user based on the multiple displayed candidates of keywords of no interest to the information notification device 10 (step S6). Note that the keyword of no interest transmitted to the information notification device 10 here may be one keyword or multiple keywords.

[0027] The information notification device 10 records the information of the NG keyword in association with the user information of the user who responded in the database so as not to perform notifications related to the answered keywords of no interest thereafter (step S7). Then, the process ends.

[0028] This makes it possible to suppress notification of information including keywords that the user is not interested in, when notifying the user of information from the information notification device 10. Therefore, the information notification device 10 can notify the user of information that is of high interest to the user.

[0029] A more specific example will now be described with reference to Fig. 3. The people appearing in the following description are each users who use the information notification system 1, but in this case, the description will be given assuming that there are employees belonging to one company and an administrator who manages information, and that the employees respond as to whether or not a keyword is of no interest, and the administrator adjusts subsequent notifications based on the response. In the following description, the employees are person C, who will be described later, and the administrator is person Y.

[0030] As shown in Fig. 3, the information notification device 10 has multiple databases that record information on multiple companies. Here, the information notification device 10 is used as an external server by multiple companies. Each person shown in Fig. 3 has a terminal 20.

[0031] The information notification device 10 has a first database that records information on workers and work hours for a first company, a second database that records information on workers and information on occurrence of defects, and a third database that records information on workers and health-related information for a second company. At least three people, X, A, and B, belong to the first company, and at least two people, Y and C, belong to the second company.

[0032] Here, person X is a registrant who registers information in the first database and the second database of the first company, and is also an administrator who can correct or change the information. Similarly, person Y is a registrant who registers information in the third database of the second company, is an information administrator, and is a person who manages the information to be sent to employees of the second company.

[0033] For example, in the first company, person A uses the analysis results of the information recorded in the first database and the information recorded in the second database for "calling out to workers." Meanwhile, person B uses the analysis results of the information recorded in the first database and the information recorded in the second database for "symptom management." Feedback information on the use of the databases in these information notification devices 10 is recorded as a collection of use cases.

[0034] Furthermore, it is assumed here that person C at the second company uses the results of an analysis of the information stored in the second database and the information recorded in the third database to "identify the cause of the defect," and that feedback information to that effect is recorded in a collection of use cases.

[0035] At this time, the information notification device 10 can notify person C that "it is now possible to analyze the cause of the occurrence of a defect from changes in the physical characteristics of the worker" based on the information in the third database held by the second company to which person C belongs and the information in the second database held by the first company. Furthermore, at this time, the information notification device 10 notifies person C with a question as to whether or not this notification was useful.

[0036] Person C who has terminal 20 receives the notification from information notification device 10 and responds as to whether or not the notification was useful.

[0037] Here, it is assumed that when person C gives a negative answer of "it was not useful", the information notification device 10 further notifies person C of keyword candidates that are not of interest to person C.

[0038] The notification of candidate keywords that are not of interest from the information notification device 10 to the terminal 20 may be performed automatically by the information notification device 10, or the notification may be performed via the information notification device 10 by the operation of person Y who recognizes the answer from the terminal 20.

[0039] Person C responds with one or more keywords of no interest from the notification of candidates of keywords of no interest sent from the information notification device 10. For example, in this case, the candidates of keywords of no interest are "worker," "physical characteristics," and "cause analysis of defect occurrence," and person C selects "physical characteristics" as a keyword of no interest and responds.

[0040] The information notification device 10 updates the information of person C in the third database so as not to notify person C of content related to the keyword "physical characteristics".

[0041] As an example, the information notification device 10 can change the registration setting for person C so that even if a new analysis becomes possible thereafter through cooperation with the database associated with the first company, the person C is not notified of the new analysis. Specifically, the information notification device 10 can register the setting so that even if a new analysis becomes possible by cooperation between a database related to a second company to which person C belongs and the health-related data database of the first company, a notification of the new analysis is not sent to person C.

[0042] In addition, in a limited manner, the information notification device 10 can be set so as not to send a notification to person C if the notification text contains the keyword "physical characteristics."

[0043] Here, the information notification device 10 may automatically set not to send a predetermined notification to a predetermined person according to the answer to the keyword of no interest, or may notify person Y, who is an administrator, to set person C in the database. Furthermore, the information notification device 10 may set whether or not to send a notification about similar keywords according to the answer to the keyword of no interest and according to machine learning by AI or the like.

[0044] As a result, in the information notification system 1, when sending a notification from the information notification device 10 to the terminal 20, notification of information that directly includes keywords that are of no interest to the user who owns the terminal 20, or information similar to these keywords of no interest, is suppressed, thereby making it possible to notify the user of information that is of high interest to the user.

[0045] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention. In other words, the above description has been omitted or simplified as appropriate for the purpose of clarity, and a person skilled in the art can easily modify, add, or convert each element of the embodiment within the scope of the present invention.

[0046] For example, when responding to a notification of candidate keywords of no interest to a user, the user's response to the information notification device 10 can be not only selected from candidate keywords of no interest, but also can be in a format in which the user can input a keyword that is not included in the candidates to respond. [Explanation of symbols]

[0047] 1. Information notification system 10 Information notification device 11 Main memory 12 Auxiliary storage 13 Processing equipment 20 Terminals 21 Input section 22 Display section

Claims

[Claim 1] 1. An information notification method for improving accuracy of notification content when notifying a user registered in a database of information newly registered in the database, comprising: notifying a user that new information has been added to the database; sending a question to the user as to whether the notification of the new information is positive or negative; If the user answers negatively, further notifying the user of candidates for keywords of no interest; and registering user information in the database so that, when the user selects a keyword of no interest as a response in response to the notification of the candidate keywords of no interest, the user is not subsequently notified of information related to the keyword of no interest. Information notification method.

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