Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

Abstract

To allow tag information received in past conferences to be utilized in a conference in progress.SOLUTION: An information processing apparatus 1 includes: a tag information receiving unit 131 which receives first tag information including character strings from each of a plurality of users in a first conference, and receives second tag information including character strings from each of the users in a second conference which is held after the first conference; a region receiving unit 134 which receives a designation of a region in which the first tag information is arranged on a screen, from one of the users in the first conference, and receives a designation of a region in which the second tag information is arranged on the screen, from one of the users in the second conference; a determination unit which determines a display effect according to a relationship between the region in which the first tag information is arranged and the region in which the second tag information is arranged; and a display control unit 132 which displays the second tag information with the display effect in the region in which the second tag information is arranged, on an information terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program for processing sticky note information shared by a plurality of users. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent Document 1 describes a system in which a user pastes sticky note information onto electronic content, makes the pasted sticky note information viewable by other users, and receives evaluations of the pasted sticky note information from other users. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2013-8382 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] In a group working on agile software development, multiple users belonging to the group hold repeated meetings to review the work. As in the system described in Patent Document 1, sticky note information related to the work is received from multiple users at each meeting, and the received sticky note information is viewed and evaluated by the multiple users. In such a case, it would be effective if sticky note information received at past meetings could also be used in the ongoing meeting.

[0005] The present invention has been made in consideration of these points, and aims to make it possible to utilize sticky note information received in past meetings in an ongoing meeting. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] An information processing device of a first aspect of the present invention is an information processing device that processes information related to a conference held by a group including a plurality of users via network communication, and includes: a sticky information receiving unit that receives first sticky information including a character string from each of the plurality of users at a first conference and receives second sticky information including a character string from each of the plurality of users at a second conference held after the first conference; an area receiving unit that receives a designation of an area on a screen where the first sticky information is to be placed from any of the plurality of users at the first conference and receives a designation of an area on a screen where the second sticky information is to be placed from any of the plurality of users at the second conference; a determination unit that determines a display effect according to the relationship between the area where the first sticky information is to be placed and the area where the second sticky information is to be placed; and a display control unit that displays the second sticky information with the display effect applied in the area where the second sticky information is to be placed on an information terminal.

[0007] The determination unit may determine the display effect according to a relationship between an area where the first sticky information is placed in the plurality of first conferences and an area where the second sticky information is placed in one of the second conferences.

[0008] The determination unit may calculate a ratio at which the first sticky note information is placed in each of a plurality of areas in a plurality of the first meetings, and determine the display effect according to the relationship between the calculated ratio and the area at which the second sticky note information is placed.

[0009] The determination unit may determine the display effect for each of the plurality of areas according to the ratio before the second meeting is held, and select the display effect for the area in which the second sticky note information is to be placed from the display effects for the plurality of areas while the second meeting is being held.

[0010] The display control unit may cause the information terminal to display the ratio calculated for each of the plurality of regions by the determination unit.

[0011] The plurality of areas in which the first sticky information and the second sticky information can be arranged may correspond to a plurality of types for classifying the contents of the first sticky information and the second sticky information.

[0012] The plurality of areas in which the first sticky information and the second sticky information can be arranged may include areas that overlap each other.

[0013] The determination unit may determine the display effect according to the content or evaluation of the second sticky information in addition to the relationship between the area where the first sticky information is arranged and the area where the second sticky information is arranged.

[0014] The determination unit may determine the display effect according to a relationship between an area in which the sticky note information receiving unit places the first sticky note information received from a specific user among the multiple users and an area in which the sticky note information receiving unit places the second sticky note information received from the specific user.

[0015] The information processing device may further have a generation unit that generates question information including a question regarding at least one of the first sticky note information and the second sticky note information output by a machine learning model by inputting at least one of the first sticky note information and the second sticky note information into the machine learning model, and the display control unit may display the question information on the information terminal.

[0016] An information processing method of a second aspect of the present invention is an information processing method for processing information regarding a conference held by a group including multiple users via network communication, and includes the following steps executed by a processor: receiving first sticky note information including a string of characters from each of the multiple users at a first conference; receiving a designation of an area on a screen where the first sticky note information is to be placed from any of the multiple users at the first conference; receiving second sticky note information including a string of characters from each of the multiple users at a second conference held after the first conference; receiving a designation of an area on a screen where the second sticky note information is to be placed from any of the multiple users at the second conference; determining a display effect according to the relationship between the area where the first sticky note information is to be placed and the area where the second sticky note information is to be placed; and displaying the second sticky note information with the display effect applied in the area where the second sticky note information is to be placed on an information terminal.

[0017] A third aspect of the program of the present invention is a program for processing information regarding a conference held by a group including multiple users via network communication, and causes a processor to execute the following steps: receiving first sticky note information including a string of characters from each of the multiple users at a first conference; receiving a designation of an area on a screen where the first sticky note information is to be placed from any of the multiple users at the first conference; receiving second sticky note information including a string of characters from each of the multiple users at a second conference held after the first conference; receiving a designation of an area on a screen where the second sticky note information is to be placed from any of the multiple users at the second conference; determining a display effect according to the relationship between the area where the first sticky note information is to be placed and the area where the second sticky note information is to be placed; and displaying the second sticky note information with the display effect applied in the area on an information terminal where the second sticky note information is to be placed. [Effects of the Invention]

[0018] According to the present invention, it is possible to effectively utilize sticky note information received in a past conference in an ongoing conference. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0019] [Figure 1] 1 is a schematic diagram of an information processing system according to an embodiment. [Figure 2] 1 is a block diagram of an information processing system according to an embodiment. [Figure 3] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an information terminal displaying an exemplary sticky note information screen. [Figure 4] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an information terminal displaying exemplary reduced sticky note information. [Figure 5] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an information terminal displaying exemplary sticky note information. [Figure 6] 10 is a schematic diagram for explaining a method in which an area receiving unit receives a designation of an area in which sticky information is to be placed. FIG. [Figure 7] 10A and 10B are schematic diagrams for explaining a method in which a determination unit determines a display effect. [Figure 8] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of sticky note information stored in a storage unit. [Figure 9] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an information terminal displaying an exemplary question screen. [Figure 10] FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary information processing method executed by an information processing system according to an embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0020] [Outline of Information Processing System S] 1 is a schematic diagram of an information processing system S according to this embodiment. The information processing system S includes an information processing device 1 and a plurality of information terminals 2. The information processing system S may also include other devices such as servers and terminals.

[0021] The information processing device 1 is a computer that manages sticky note information received from the information terminal 2. The sticky note information includes character strings that are input by each of multiple users on the information terminal 2, and is shared within a group that includes multiple users. The information processing device 1 displays sticky note information input by one user belonging to a certain group on the information terminal 2 of each of one or more other users who belong to the group.

[0022] The information terminal 2 is a computer used by each of multiple users. A user is a person who uses the information terminal 2 to input and view sticky note information. The information terminal 2 is, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a personal computer. The information terminal 2 has an operation unit such as a touch panel or a keyboard for receiving operations, and a display unit such as a liquid crystal display for displaying information. The information terminal 2 is associated in advance with a user by setting user identification information (Identifier: ID) for identifying the user who uses the information terminal 2. The information terminal 2 is capable of communicating with the information processing device 1 via a network.

[0023] An overview of the processing executed by the information processing system S according to this embodiment will be described below. A group including multiple users repeatedly holds conferences (also called online conferences or web conferences) via network communication. Each of the multiple users included in the group participates in the conference using the information terminal 2 used by that user, and inputs sticky note information while the conference is in progress. In this embodiment, a conference held in the past is called a past conference, and a conference held after a past conference is called a current conference.

[0024] In a past conference, the information processing device 1 receives sticky information including character strings from each of a plurality of users. The information processing device 1 receives a designation of an area on the screen where the sticky information is to be placed from any of the plurality of users in the past conference. The plurality of areas in which sticky information can be placed in the past conference correspond to a plurality of types for classifying the contents of the sticky information.

[0025] In a current conference that is held after a past conference, the information processing device 1 receives sticky information including character strings from each of a plurality of users. The information processing device 1 receives a designation of an area on the screen where the sticky information is to be placed from any of the plurality of users in the current conference. The plurality of areas in which sticky information can be placed in the current conference are the same as the plurality of areas in which sticky information can be placed in the past conference.

[0026] The information processing device 1 determines a display effect according to the relationship between an area where the first sticky information, which is sticky information specified in a past meeting, is placed and an area where the second sticky information, which is sticky information specified in a current meeting, is placed. For example, the information processing device 1 varies the display effect depending on whether the area where the second sticky information is placed is an area where the first sticky information was placed in the past.

[0027] The information processing device 1 displays the second sticky information with the determined display effect in an area where the second sticky information is to be arranged on the information terminal 2 used by each of the multiple users included in the group.

[0028] In this way, the information processing system S determines the display effect according to the relationship between the area where sticky note information specified in the past conference is to be placed and the area where sticky note information specified in the current conference is to be placed, and displays the sticky note information in the current conference with the determined display effect. In this way, the information processing system S provides the user with an intuitively understandable display effect that indicates the difference between the sticky note information received in the past conference and the sticky note information received in the current conference, so that the sticky note information received in the past conference can be used in the current conference.

[0029] [Configuration of Information Processing System S] FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an information processing system S according to this embodiment. In FIG. 2, arrows indicate main data flows, and data flows other than those shown in FIG. 2 may also exist. In FIG. 2, each block indicates a functional configuration rather than a hardware (device) configuration. Therefore, the blocks shown in FIG. 2 may be implemented in a single device, or may be implemented separately in multiple devices. Data may be exchanged between blocks via any means, such as a data bus, a network, or a portable storage medium.

[0030] The information processing device 1 includes a communication unit 11, a storage unit 12, and a control unit 13. The information processing device 1 may be configured by connecting two or more physically separate devices via wired or wireless connections. The information processing device 1 may also be configured by a cloud, which is a collection of computer resources.

[0031] The communication unit 11 has a communication controller for transmitting and receiving data to and from the information terminal 2 via the network. The communication unit 11 notifies the control unit 13 of data received from the information terminal 2 via the network. The communication unit 11 also transmits data output from the control unit 13 to the information terminal 2 via the network.

[0032] The storage unit 12 is a storage medium including a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive, an SSD (Solid State Drive), etc. The storage unit 12 stores in advance programs to be executed by the control unit 13. The storage unit 12 may be provided outside the information processing device 1, in which case data may be exchanged between the storage unit 12 and the control unit 13 via a network.

[0033] The control unit 13 has a sticky information receiving unit 131, a display control unit 132, an evaluation receiving unit 133, an area receiving unit 134, a determination unit 135, and a generation unit 136. The control unit 13 is a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and functions as the sticky information receiving unit 131, the display control unit 132, the evaluation receiving unit 133, the area receiving unit 134, the determination unit 135, and the generation unit 136 by executing a program stored in the storage unit 12.

[0034] The processing executed by the information processing system S will be described in detail below. A group holds a work-related conference (also called an online conference or a Web conference) via network communication. Each of the multiple users included in the group participates in the conference using the information terminal 2 used by that user. In this embodiment, a conference held in the past is referred to as a past conference (first conference), and a conference held after the past conference is referred to as a current conference (second conference). A past conference may be a single conference or multiple conferences.

[0035] While a past conference is being held, the sticky information receiving unit 131 receives sticky information including a character string from each of a plurality of users, the sticky information being shared within the group.

[0036] The sticky information accepting unit 131 displays a sticky information screen A for accepting sticky information on the information terminal 2 of each of the multiple users. Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the information terminal 2 displaying an exemplary sticky information screen A.

[0037] The sticky note information screen A includes an input area A1 for receiving input of a character string. The user inputs a character string to be shared within the group as sticky note information into the input area A1 using the operation unit of the information terminal 2. The sticky note information screen A may also receive designation of the display mode of the sticky note information, such as color, pattern, size, shape, etc.

[0038] The information terminal 2 transmits to the information processing device 1 sticky note information including the character string input in the input area A1 and the user ID of the user who uses the information terminal 2.

[0039] The sticky note information receiving unit 131 receives sticky note information and user IDs transmitted by the information terminals 2 of the respective users. The sticky note information receiving unit 131 stores the received sticky note information and user IDs in the storage unit 12 in association with a sticky note information ID for identifying the sticky note information and a conference ID for identifying the conference in which the sticky note information was input.

[0040] While a past meeting is being held, the display control unit 132 displays multiple reduced sticky note information A2 corresponding to multiple sticky note information received from multiple users in the past meeting on the sticky note information screen A of each of the multiple users' information terminals 2.

[0041] 4 is a schematic diagram of the information terminal 2 displaying exemplary reduced sticky information A2. The reduced sticky information A2 is displayed smaller than the sticky information A3 described below. Each of the multiple reduced sticky information A2 is associated with the sticky information ID of the sticky information corresponding to the reduced sticky information A2.

[0042] The reduced sticky information A2 may, for example, represent at least a part of the character string contained in the sticky information in a smaller character size than the sticky information A3 described below. Furthermore, the reduced sticky information A2 may, for example, represent information about the user who input the sticky information (such as the user's name or ID) without representing the character string contained in the sticky information. Furthermore, the reduced sticky information A2 may, for example, represent the number of pieces of sticky information input without representing the character string contained in the sticky information.

[0043] In the example of FIG. 4, the display control unit 132 displays a plurality of reduced sticky information A2 in an overlapping state, but may also display a plurality of reduced sticky information A2 separately.

[0044] One of the multiple users designates one of the multiple pieces of reduced sticky note information A2 displayed on the information terminal 2 as the object to be enlarged. The user who designates the object to be enlarged is a specific user (such as an administrator) designated in advance among the multiple users included in the group, or any user among the multiple users included in the group. The information terminal 2 transmits the sticky note information ID of the sticky note information designated as the object to be enlarged to the information processing device 1.

[0045] In the information processing device 1, the sticky note information receiving unit 131 receives a sticky note information ID transmitted by one of the users' information terminals 2. The display control unit 132 displays sticky note information A3 indicating sticky note information corresponding to the sticky note information ID received by the sticky note information receiving unit 131 on the sticky note information screen A of each of the information terminals 2 of the multiple users.

[0046] 5 is a schematic diagram of the information terminal 2 displaying exemplary sticky note information A3. The sticky note information A3 is displayed larger than the reduced sticky note information A2. For example, the sticky note information A3 displays the character string contained in the sticky note information in a larger font size than the reduced sticky note information A2. The sticky note information A3 may be displayed in a display mode, such as a color, pattern, size, or shape, that was specified when the sticky note information was entered.

[0047] While the past conference is being held, the evaluation receiving unit 133 displays an evaluation area A4 for receiving evaluations of the sticky information to be enlarged on the sticky information screen A of each of the information terminals 2 of the multiple users. The evaluation area A4 includes multiple buttons corresponding to multiple types of evaluations, such as good, bad, congratulations, and sympathy.

[0048] The user specifies an evaluation for the sticky note information by selecting one of the buttons included in the evaluation area A4 using the operation unit of the information terminal 2. The information terminal 2 transmits evaluation information including the evaluation specified in the evaluation area A4 and the user ID of the user using the information terminal 2 to the information processing device 1.

[0049] In the information processing device 1, the evaluation receiving unit 133 receives evaluation information and user IDs transmitted by the information terminals 2 of the respective users. The evaluation receiving unit 133 stores the received evaluation information and user IDs in the storage unit 12 in association with the sticky note information ID and the conference ID.

[0050] The display control unit 132 displays the received evaluation information on the sticky note information screen A of the information terminal 2 of each of the multiple users. The display control unit 132 may also display the evaluation information with a display effect such as confetti. As will be described later, the display effect to be applied to the evaluation information is determined based on past evaluation information. For example, the display control unit 132 tallies the number of each of the multiple types of evaluations indicated by the multiple pieces of evaluation information received by the evaluation receiving unit 133, and displays each of the multiple types of evaluations in association with the tallied number for that evaluation in the evaluation area A4.

[0051] While a past conference is being held, the area receiving unit 134 receives a designation of an area in which sticky information is to be placed on the screen from one of the multiple users in the past conference. The user who designates the area is a specific user (such as an administrator) designated in advance from among the multiple users included in the group, or any user from among the multiple users included in the group.

[0052] 6 is a schematic diagram for explaining a method by which the area receiving unit 134 receives the designation of an area in which sticky note information is to be placed. The area receiving unit 134 places sticky note information A5, which indicates sticky note information to be placed, in one of the areas A6 on the sticky note information screen A. The sticky note information to be placed is the sticky note information to be enlarged, which is indicated by sticky note information A3 in FIG. 5. The user places sticky note information A5, which indicates the sticky note information to be placed, in one of the areas A6 by, for example, moving it by an operation such as drag and drop.

[0053] The multiple areas A6 in which sticky information can be placed correspond to multiple types for classifying the content (character strings) of the sticky information. The multiple areas A6 in which sticky information can be placed include, for example, a "Fun" area indicating that something was fun, a "Done" area indicating that something was accomplished, and a "Learn" area indicating that something was learned. The multiple areas A6 in which sticky information can be placed are not limited to the specific types shown here, and may include other types of areas.

[0054] The multiple areas A6 in which sticky information can be placed may include areas that overlap with each other. In the example of Fig. 6, the multiple areas A6 in which sticky information can be placed include an area in which two or three of the "Fun" area, the "Done" area, and the "Learn" area overlap. This allows the information processing system S to classify sticky information more flexibly.

[0055] The information terminal 2 transmits to the information processing device 1 an area ID for identifying the area A6 in which the sticky note information to be placed is placed, and the user ID of the user who uses the information terminal 2.

[0056] In the information processing device 1, the area receiving unit 134 receives an area ID and a user ID transmitted by one of the users' information terminals 2. The area receiving unit 134 stores the area ID and the user ID of the area where the received sticky note information is to be placed in the storage unit 12 in association with the sticky note information ID and the conference ID of the sticky note information.

[0057] As with past conferences, while the current conference is taking place, the sticky note information receiving unit 131 receives sticky note information from each of the multiple users on the sticky note information screen A of the information terminal 2. The sticky note information receiving unit 131 associates the received sticky note information and user ID with the sticky note information ID and conference ID and stores them in the storage unit 12. The display control unit 132 displays multiple pieces of reduced sticky note information A2 corresponding to the multiple pieces of sticky note information received from the multiple users in the current conference on the sticky note information screen A of the information terminal 2 of each of the multiple users.

[0058] While the current conference is being held, the sticky note information receiving unit 131 receives the sticky note information ID of sticky note information designated as an enlargement target, which has been sent from one of the users' information terminals 2. The display control unit 132 displays sticky note information A3 corresponding to the sticky note information ID received by the sticky note information receiving unit 131 on the sticky note information screen A of each of the multiple users' information terminals 2.

[0059] While the current conference is being held, the evaluation receiving unit 133 receives evaluation information and user IDs including evaluations of the sticky note information to be enlarged that have been sent by the information terminals 2 of the respective users. The evaluation receiving unit 133 stores the received evaluation information and user IDs in the storage unit 12 in association with the sticky note information ID and the conference ID.

[0060] During the current conference, the area receiving unit 134 receives a designation of an area where sticky note information is to be placed on the screen from one of the multiple users in the current conference. The area receiving unit 134 stores the area ID and user ID of the area where the received sticky note information is to be placed in the storage unit 12 in association with the sticky note information ID and conference ID of the sticky note information.

[0061] The following describes the processing performed for the current conference, but similar processing may also be performed for past conferences. In this case, the information processing device 1 treats one ongoing conference as the current conference and one or more conferences that took place before the current conference as past conferences.

[0062] While the current conference is being held, the determination unit 135 determines a display effect according to the relationship between an area where the first sticky information, which is sticky information specified in a past conference, is placed and an area where the second sticky information, which is sticky information specified in the current conference, is placed. That is, the determination unit 135 treats the sticky information specified in the past conference as the first sticky information and treats the sticky information specified in the current conference as the second sticky information. The display effect is, for example, the color, pattern, shape, movement, etc. of the sticky information or the area surrounding the sticky information. The display effect is, for example, an effect that resembles confetti.

[0063] 7 is a schematic diagram for explaining a method for determining a display effect by the determination unit 135. The determination unit 135 acquires, from the storage unit 12, information indicating an area where the first sticky information is to be placed (for example, the sticky information ID and area ID of the first sticky information) and information indicating an area where the second sticky information is to be placed (for example, the sticky information ID and area ID of the second sticky information).

[0064] The determination unit 135 determines a display effect according to the relationship between the area where the first sticky information is placed and the area where the second sticky information is placed, according to rules previously stored in the storage unit 12. For example, when the area where the first sticky information is placed and the area where the second sticky information is placed are different, the determination unit 135 determines a display effect that is different from a display effect when the area where the first sticky information is placed and the area where the second sticky information is placed are the same. As a result, the information processing system S can encourage the input of sticky information from various perspectives by imparting a display effect that makes the second sticky information stand out when, for example, the second sticky information is placed in an area where the first sticky information was not placed in a past meeting.

[0065] When the past meetings include multiple meetings, the determination unit 135 may determine a display effect according to the relationship between, for example, an area where the first sticky information is placed in the multiple past meetings and an area where the second sticky information is placed in the current meeting. In this case, the determination unit 135 calculates the proportion (ratio) at which the first sticky information is placed in each of the multiple areas in the multiple past meetings, and determines a display effect according to the relationship between the calculated proportion and the area where the second sticky information is placed in the current meeting. In this way, the information processing system S can encourage the input of sticky information from various perspectives by imparting a display effect that makes the second sticky information stand out when, for example, the second sticky information is placed in an area where the proportion of the first sticky information placed in the past meetings is low.

[0066] The determination unit 135 may determine the display effect based on an area where sticky note information for each user has been placed in the past. The determination unit 135 determines the display effect according to the relationship between, for example, an area where the sticky note information receiving unit 131 will place first sticky note information received from a specific user out of multiple users, and an area where the sticky note information receiving unit 131 will place second sticky note information received from the specific user. That is, the determination unit 135 determines the display effect for each of multiple users based on an area where sticky note information received from the specific user will be placed, and not based on an area where sticky note information received from users other than the specific user will be placed. This allows the information processing system S to determine the display effect for each user based on an area where sticky note information specified by each of multiple users included in the group will be placed.

[0067] The determination unit 135 may determine a display effect according to the content or evaluation of the second sticky information in addition to the relationship between the area where the first sticky information is arranged and the area where the second sticky information is arranged. In this case, for example, when the content (character string) of the second sticky information includes a predetermined word, the determination unit 135 determines a display effect that is different from when the content (character string) of the second sticky information does not include the word. Furthermore, for example, when the evaluation information received by the evaluation receiving unit 133 for the second sticky information satisfies a predetermined condition (such as when a predetermined number of "good" evaluations are received), the determination unit 135 determines a display effect that is different from when the condition is not satisfied. This allows the information processing system S to more flexibly determine a display effect based not only on the area where the sticky information is arranged but also on the content or evaluation of the sticky information.

[0068] The determination unit 135 may determine the display effect after the area receiving unit 134 receives the designation of the area in which the second sticky note information is to be placed on the screen, and before the display control unit 132 displays the second sticky note information in the designated area.

[0069] Furthermore, the determination unit 135 may determine the display effect before the current conference is held. In this case, after the past conference is held and before the current conference is held, the determination unit 135 calculates the above-mentioned ratio for each of the multiple regions based on the region in which the first sticky information specified in the past conference is to be placed. The determination unit 135 determines the display effect according to the calculated ratio and stores information indicating the determined display effects for the multiple regions in the storage unit 12. During the current conference, the determination unit 135 selects the display effect for the region in which the second sticky information accepted by the region acceptance unit 134 is to be placed from the display effects for the multiple regions indicated by the information stored in the storage unit 12. This allows the information processing system S to predetermine the display effect according to the region in which the first sticky information accepted in the past conference is to be placed before the start of the current conference, thereby reducing the processing load required for determining the display effect for the current conference.

[0070] The display control unit 132 displays sticky note information A5 indicating the second sticky note information to which the display effect A7 determined by the determination unit 135 has been applied in an area A6 on the sticky note information screen A of each of the information terminals 2 of the multiple users, where the second sticky note information received by the area receiving unit 134 is to be placed. In the example of Fig. 7, the display control unit 132 displays the display effect A7 including a figure of a predetermined shape around the sticky note information A5. This allows the information processing system S to visualize the area where sticky note information was placed in the past conference, and therefore allows the first sticky note information received in the past conference to be used in the current conference currently in progress.

[0071] Furthermore, the display control unit 132 may display the above-mentioned ratio calculated by the determination unit 135 for each of the areas A6 in association with each of the multiple areas A6 included in the sticky note information screen A of each of the information terminals 2 of the multiple users, in addition to the second sticky note information with the display effect A7 added. This allows the information processing system S to easily allow the user to grasp to what extent sticky note information has been placed in each of the multiple areas A6 in the past.

[0072] The display control unit 132 displays the second sticky information with the display effect determined by the determination unit 135 on the information terminal 2 of each of the multiple users, but may also display the evaluation information with the display effect determined by the determination unit 135 on the information terminal 2 of each of the multiple users. In this case, the determination unit 135 determines the display effect according to the relationship between the evaluation information received by the evaluation receiving unit 133 in past conferences and the evaluation information received by the evaluation receiving unit 133 in the current conference, in accordance with rules previously stored in the storage unit 12. For example, when the evaluation receiving unit 133 receives evaluation information in the current conference that was not received in the past conferences, the determination unit 135 determines a display effect such as an effect resembling confetti.

[0073] The display control unit 132 causes the information terminal 2 of each of the multiple users to display the evaluation information with the display effect determined by the determination unit 135. This allows the information processing system S to visualize the difference between the evaluation information received in the past conference and the evaluation information received in the current conference, and therefore allows the evaluation information on the sticky note information received in the past conference to be used in the current conference that is currently underway.

[0074] At a predetermined timing, the generation unit 136 generates question information including a question regarding the sticky note information accepted by the sticky note information accepting unit 131. In this embodiment, the generation unit 136 generates question information in the current conference, but the generation unit 136 may also generate question information at other timing (such as when any user performs a predetermined start operation).

[0075] The generation unit 136 acquires sticky note information (for example, the above-mentioned first sticky note information and second sticky note information) stored in the storage unit 12. Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of sticky note information stored in the storage unit 12. The sticky note information includes, for example, the date and time when the sticky note information was input or received, the user who input the sticky note information, the content (character string) of the sticky note information input by the user, and the area where the sticky note information specified by the user is to be placed. The sticky note information may also include other information.

[0076] For example, the generation unit 136 inputs at least one of the first sticky information and the second sticky information into a machine learning model, and thereby obtains a question regarding at least one of the first sticky information and the second sticky information output by the machine learning model.

[0077] The machine learning model in this embodiment is, for example, a large language model (LLM) stored in advance in the information processing device 1 or another device. The machine learning model is, for example, a large language model stored in advance in the information processing device 1 or another device. The large language model is generated in advance by machine learning a large amount of character string data using a known deep learning process such as a DNN (Deep Neural Network). When a character string is input, the large language model outputs a character string corresponding to the input character string.

[0078] The generation unit 136 generates question information including a question acquired from the machine learning model. The question information includes, for example, a question related to at least one of the first sticky note information and the second sticky note information, and a plurality of answer options for the question. The display control unit 132 displays a question screen B including the question information generated by the generation unit 136 on the information terminal 2 of one or more of the multiple users.

[0079] 9 is a schematic diagram of an information terminal 2 displaying an exemplary question screen B. The question screen B includes an answer area B1 for receiving input of an answer to a question included in the question information. The user inputs an answer to the question using the operation unit of the information terminal 2. In the example of FIG. 9, the user selects one of the options included in the question information as the answer.

[0080] The information terminal 2 transmits answer information including the answer entered in the answer area B1 and the user ID of the user using the information terminal 2 to the information processing device 1. The display control unit 132 receives the answer information and user ID transmitted by the information terminal 2 of any user, and determines whether the answer indicated by the received answer information is correct. The display control unit 132 displays the determination result on the question screen B of the information terminal 2 of the user who entered the answer. In this way, the information processing system S makes it easy for users to look back on the sticky note information received during the meeting, and can encourage users to actively participate in the meeting.

[0081] [Information processing method flow] 10 is a flowchart of an exemplary information processing method executed by the information processing system S according to this embodiment. While a past conference is being held, the sticky information receiving unit 131 receives sticky information including a character string from each of a plurality of users, the sticky information being shared within the group (S11).

[0082] The evaluation receiving unit 133 receives evaluation information including evaluations of the sticky information from each of the multiple users (S12). The area receiving unit 134 receives a designation of an area where the sticky information is to be placed on the screen from any of the multiple users in the past conference (S13).

[0083] During the current conference, the sticky information receiving unit 131 receives sticky information including a character string from each of the multiple users, the sticky information being shared within the group (S14).

[0084] The evaluation receiving unit 133 receives evaluation information including evaluations of the sticky information from each of the multiple users (S15). The area receiving unit 134 receives a designation of an area where the sticky information is to be placed on the screen from any of the multiple users in the past conference (S16).

[0085] The determining unit 135 determines a display effect according to the relationship between an area where the first sticky information, which is sticky information specified in a past meeting, is to be placed and an area where the second sticky information, which is sticky information specified in a current meeting, is to be placed (S17). The display control unit 132 displays the second sticky information, to which the display effect determined by the determining unit 135 has been applied, in an area where the second sticky information, which has been accepted by the area accepting unit 134 on the information terminal 2 of each of the multiple users, is to be placed (S18).

[0086] The generation unit 136 generates question information including a question related to sticky note information previously received by the sticky note information receiving unit 131 (S19). The generation unit 136 generates the question information by, for example, inputting at least one of the first sticky note information and the second sticky note information into a machine learning model and acquiring a question output by the machine learning model. The display control unit 132 displays the question information generated by the generation unit 136 on the information terminal 2 of one or more of the multiple users (S20).

[0087] [Effects of the embodiment] According to the information processing system S of this embodiment, the information processing device 1 determines a display effect according to the relationship between an area where the first sticky note information, which is sticky note information specified in a past meeting, is placed and an area where the second sticky note information, which is sticky note information specified in a current meeting, is placed, and displays the second sticky note information in the current meeting with the determined display effect. In this way, the information processing system S provides the difference between the first sticky note information received in the past meeting and the second sticky note information received in the current meeting as a display effect that is intuitively easy to understand for the user, and therefore the first sticky note information received in the past meeting can be used in the current meeting.

[0088] Furthermore, this invention will make it possible to contribute to Goal 9 of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which is "Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and promote innovation and resilience."

[0089] The present invention has been described above using embodiments, but the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments, and various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the gist of the present invention. For example, all or part of the device can be configured by functionally or physically distributing or integrating any unit. Furthermore, new embodiments resulting from any combination of multiple embodiments are also included in the embodiments of the present invention. The effects of the new embodiments resulting from the combination also have the effects of the original embodiments. [Explanation of symbols]

[0090] S Information Processing System 1. Information processing equipment 11 Communications Department 12 Storage section 13 Control Unit 131 Sticky Note Information Reception Department 132 Display control unit 133 Evaluation Reception Department 134 Area Reception Department 135 Decision Section 136 Generation part 2. Information terminal

Claims

1. An information processing device that processes information related to a conference held by a group including a plurality of users via network communication, a sticky information receiving unit that receives first sticky information including a character string from each of the plurality of users at a first conference, and receives second sticky information including a character string from each of the plurality of users at a second conference that is held after the first conference; an area receiving unit that receives, from any one of the plurality of users in the first conference, a designation of an area on the screen where the first sticky note information is to be placed, and that receives, from any one of the plurality of users in the second conference, a designation of an area on the screen where the second sticky note information is to be placed; a determination unit that determines a display effect according to a relationship between an area where the first sticky information is arranged and an area where the second sticky information is arranged; a display control unit that displays the second sticky information with the display effect added in an area on an information terminal where the second sticky information is to be arranged; An information processing device having the above.

2. the determination unit determines the display effect according to a relationship between an area where the first sticky information is arranged in the plurality of first conferences and an area where the second sticky information is arranged in one of the second conferences. The information processing device according to claim 1 .

3. the determination unit calculates a ratio of the first sticky information arranged in each of a plurality of areas in a plurality of the first meetings, and determines the display effect according to a relationship between the calculated ratio and an area in which the second sticky information is arranged. The information processing device according to claim 2 .

4. the determination unit determines the display effect for each of a plurality of areas according to the ratio before the second conference is held, and selects the display effect for the area where the second sticky information is to be placed from the display effects for the plurality of areas while the second conference is being held. The information processing device according to claim 3 .

5. the display control unit causes the information terminal to display the ratios calculated by the determination unit for the plurality of regions.

5. The information processing device according to claim 3 or 4.

6. a plurality of areas in which the first sticky information and the second sticky information can be arranged correspond to a plurality of types for classifying the contents of the first sticky information and the second sticky information; The information processing device according to claim 1 .

7. the plurality of areas in which the first sticky information and the second sticky information can be arranged include areas that overlap each other; The information processing device according to claim 6 .

8. the determination unit determines the display effect according to a relationship between an area where the first sticky information is arranged and an area where the second sticky information is arranged, as well as a content or an evaluation of the second sticky information. The information processing device according to claim 1 .

9. the determination unit determines the display effect according to a relationship between an area in which the first sticky information received by the sticky information receiving unit from a specific user among the plurality of users is to be arranged and an area in which the second sticky information received by the sticky information receiving unit from the specific user is to be arranged. The information processing device according to claim 1 .

10. a generation unit that generates question information including a question regarding at least one of the first sticky note information and the second sticky note information output by a machine learning model by inputting at least one of the first sticky note information and the second sticky note information to the machine learning model, the display control unit causes the question information to be displayed on the information terminal; The information processing device according to claim 1 .

11. 1. An information processing method for processing information about a conference held by a group including a plurality of users via network communication, comprising: The processor executes receiving first sticky information including a character string from each of the plurality of users in a first conference; receiving, from any one of the plurality of users in the first conference, a designation of an area on a screen where the first sticky information is to be placed; receiving second sticky information including a character string from each of the plurality of users at a second conference held after the first conference; receiving, from any one of the plurality of users in the second conference, a designation of an area on a screen where the second sticky information is to be placed; determining a display effect according to a relationship between an area where the first sticky information is arranged and an area where the second sticky information is arranged; displaying the second sticky information with the display effect applied in an area on an information terminal where the second sticky information is to be placed; An information processing method comprising:

12. A program for processing information about a conference held by a group including a plurality of users via network communication, The processor receiving first sticky information including a character string from each of the plurality of users in a first conference; receiving, from any one of the plurality of users in the first conference, a designation of an area on a screen where the first sticky information is to be placed; receiving second sticky information including a character string from each of the plurality of users at a second conference held after the first conference; receiving, from any one of the plurality of users in the second conference, a designation of an area on a screen where the second sticky information is to be placed; determining a display effect according to a relationship between an area where the first sticky information is arranged and an area where the second sticky information is arranged; displaying the second sticky information with the display effect applied in an area on an information terminal where the second sticky information is to be placed; A program that executes.

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