Human information system

Abstract

To provide a person information provision system which is usable for searching for a person suitable or matched to a certain purpose, and which is configured to record contact histories of respective users with other persons and to enable other users to properly so as to enable the other users to also refer to the contact histories.SOLUTION: A person information provision system which can be used by a plurality of users is configured so that a contact history, entered arbitrarily by each user, between the user and a person recorded in the system, is recorded in association with a name of the person, and when the user selects the name of the person who is recorded in the system, the contact history associated with the name is extracted and is displayed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a system for use in searching for people who meet or fit any purpose using a computer system, and more particularly to a system for providing information on various people that can be used in searching for people. [Background technology]

[0002] Various systems have been proposed that use a computer system to build a database that stores information on various people and search for people who fit or match various objectives within that database. For example, Patent Document 1 proposes a technology that uses information on business cards exchanged between multiple people to search for one or more people who are not directly connected to a user but are indirectly connected to the user and who meet predetermined conditions, and then recommends people to the user. Patent Document 2 proposes a system that searches for the names of any two users registered in the system in public information such as web pages, and determines that the two users have a relationship if the number of simultaneous hits for the two users' names exceeds a predetermined value, and provides information about that relationship to the user. Patent Document 3 discloses a researcher communication support system that builds a user information database by having multiple users input their research fields and research preferences, as well as papers they have read and written, author information, and time period, and then searches for other suitable users who match the user based on the user information and recommends them to the user. As an example of a technology that utilizes information on researchers' papers, Patent Document 4 discloses a technology that quantitatively evaluates the research and development activity of a research group based on the number of citations each year of a group of papers produced by that group. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent Publication No. 2018-088031 [Patent Document 2] Patent Publication No. 2004-348179 [Patent Document 3] Patent Publication No. 2007-328753 [Patent Document 4] Patent Publication No. 2003-058671 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] In the past, searches for people who match or fit a certain purpose typically involve reference to various pieces of publicly available information about people, such as on the Internet. For example, in the field of research and development, when searching for researchers, developers, and engineers (hereinafter referred to as "researchers, etc.") who are willing to collaborate or exchange information, a searcher (a user searching for a person who matches a purpose) attempts to find researchers, etc. who best or sufficiently match the searcher's own research purpose, issues, interests, or concerns by referring to published information about the authors of papers, their co-authors, the authors of papers cited by those authors (cited papers), the authors of papers that cite those authors' papers (cited papers), and information about each author's affiliation and background (paper author information). However, referring only to publicly available information, such as paper author information, may not necessarily result in an accurate search for a person who best or sufficiently matches the searcher's purpose. For example, when determining researchers, etc. to propose collaborative research or information exchange, it is preferable to consider not only published paper information but also personality, communication skills for collaboration, and understanding of the desired business and the results desired. Furthermore, when determining whether a person meets a certain purpose, it is preferable to be able to take into consideration not only the searcher's purpose but also the connections or relationships between the person being searched and the people around him or her.

[0005] Incidentally, it is believed that a person's personality, communication skills for collaborative work, understanding of the target business and desired results, and connections or relationships with those around them can be inferred based on information from people who have a history of interacting or interacting with that person. For example, when searching for researchers or others who may be interested in conducting collaborative research or exchanging information in the field of research and development, it is expected that information from people who have met the target person in person, contacted them remotely or by phone, worked with them, attended their lectures, or only heard their name can be used to infer characteristics of the target person, such as their personality, that cannot be known from other publicly available information alone. Therefore, when a searcher searches for someone who meets a certain goal, it is expected that being able to refer to the interaction or contact history of each target person with those around them will enable a more appropriate search based on that history. In this regard, information on the history of interactions or contacts between people (hereinafter referred to as "contact history") is currently personal and is not shared sufficiently with users other than the people who have the contact history. Therefore, if there was a system that could be advantageously used when searching for people who meet a certain purpose, in which each user could input and record their contact history in the system and other users could also refer to the recorded contact history as appropriate, it would be advantageous for more accurately searching for people who meet a certain purpose.

[0006] Thus, the main object of the present invention is to provide a system for providing information on people that can be used when searching for people who meet or match a certain purpose, in which each user's contact history with other people is recorded and such contact history can be referenced by any user as appropriate. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] According to the present invention, the above problem is solved by providing a people information providing system that can be used by multiple users, a name recording means configured to record the names of a plurality of people; a contact history input means configured to allow each user to arbitrarily input a contact history between the user and the person recorded in the personal name recording means; a contact history recording means configured to record the contact history inputted to the contact history input means in association with the names of people involved in the contact history; a personal name selection means configured to allow a user to select a personal name recorded in the personal name recording means; In response to the selection of a name by the one user in the name selection means, the contact history record is means contact history extraction means configured to extract contact history associated with the selected person's name recorded in the a contact history display means configured to display the contact history extracted by the contact history extraction means; A system including This is achieved by:

[0008] In the above, a person whose name is recorded in the "personal name recording means" (hereinafter referred to as a "recorded person") is a person about whom a user of the system wants to know information, and may or may not be a user of the system. The name of a recorded person may be entered and recorded in the personal name recording means at the discretion of each user of the system, or may be collected in any manner from various information made public by the system administrator or the system and recorded in the personal name recording means. "Contact history" refers to the history of past interactions or contact between a user of the system and a recorded person, such as having met in person, having contacted the person remotely or by phone, having attended a lecture, having worked together, or having only heard the person's name, and may further include the system user's impression or evaluation of the recorded person (e.g., personality, creativity, leadership ability, clarity of explanations, ease of contact, etc.). The "contact history input means" is a means for each user of this system to arbitrarily input a "contact history" based on their own past experience, etc., and the "contact history recording means" is a so-called database that records the contact history inputted by the contact history input means in association with the name of the person recorded in the "contact history" (the person the user was with in the contact history) (and the user who inputted the contact history). Therefore, the above-mentioned person name recording means, contact history input means and contact history recording means can be said to be means for constructing a database of the contact histories of multiple people.

[0009] In the above configuration, the "personal name selection means," "contact history extraction means," and "contact history display means" are means for referencing the contact history of any recorded person using the contact history database. Specifically, as can be understood from the above, the "personal name selection means" is means for a user to select a name recorded in the personal name recording means. Here, when a user selects the name of a recorded person, the "contact history extraction means" extracts the contact history associated with the selected recorded person's name from the contact history recording means, and the "contact history display means" displays the extracted contact history in any format. In this way, the user can refer to the contact history recorded for the selected recorded person. Note that each means in the above system is realized by operation in accordance with a program of a computer device.

[0010] According to the configuration of the present system, in a system that provides users with information about people, contact history information, which is information about the recorded person's past interactions or contacts (with several users), can be optionally provided to users other than the user who entered the contact history. As already mentioned, contact history is useful information for inferring a person's personality, communication ability for collaborative work, understanding of the intended business and desired results, and connections or relationships with people around them, and is therefore expected to be very useful in more accurately searching for people who match a certain purpose.

[0011] In the above-described system, preferably, a contact history additional information notifying means may be provided that is configured, when a new contact history is added to the contact history recording means, to notify a user who has selected a personal name recorded in the personal name recording means related to that contact history of additional information about the new contact history. With such a configuration, when a contact history is added / updated by a certain user, other users are notified of the addition / update and can check the contact history. Therefore, when the contact history of a recorded person of interest is updated, it is expected to be advantageous for sparking communication between users and for searching for someone who fits a new purpose.

[0012] The system described above may be used to search for personnel suitable for any purpose in various fields. In one embodiment, for example, it may be used in the field of research or technological development to search for researchers and others who are interested in conducting collaborative research or exchanging information. In such cases, the individuals recorded in the system's name recording means may be authors of papers or abstracts published in books, academic journals, conference presentations, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "authors of papers, etc."). Using the system, users can refer to the contact history of authors of papers, etc., and it is expected that relying on such contact history information will enable more accurate selection of candidates for collaborative research or information exchange than if only public information were referenced. In this case, various information about the authors of papers, etc., such as their papers and abstracts, may also be referenced. To this end, the system may be provided with a paper information acquisition means configured to acquire various information related to the papers (paper information, etc.) of individuals whose names are recorded. Furthermore, since the paper information includes the names of various people involved in the paper, the system is provided with a related name extraction means that, in response to each user's selection of a name recorded in the name recording means, extracts other names related to the name selected by each user based on the paper information acquired by the paper information acquisition means, such as the names of co-authors, authors of citing papers, and authors of cited papers, and the contact history extraction means may further be configured to extract, in response to a user request, contact history recorded in the contact history recording means that is related to the name extracted by the related name extraction means. This makes it possible to refer to the contact history of people related to the recorded person selected by the user, enabling a wider range of researchers to be searched for.

[0013] As described above, in this system, when various information such as papers and abstracts by authors of papers, etc., is made available, when a user selects a registered person, the system extracts co-authors, authors of citing papers, and authors of cited papers from the registered person's paper information. A correlation diagram of the group of authors (as exemplified in the embodiment section below) is then created and displayed on any display device, and the above-mentioned contact history may also be displayed on the correlation diagram. This makes it possible to grasp the relationships and contacts within the group of authors, which is useful, for example, when requesting more detailed information from a user who has contacted an author of interest. This configuration is also expected to be useful for strategically planning who to contact or approach within the group of authors.

[0014] Furthermore, when various information (paper information) such as papers and abstracts of paper authors can be referenced as described above, the system may be configured to analyze the paper information in various ways and display the results in any manner. For example, the number of citations of each paper (the number of papers that have cited each paper) may be detected from the paper information, and authors with a high number of citations over a predetermined period, which may be set arbitrarily, may be extracted from the group of authors (authors with a high total number of citations of all papers they are authors of) and displayed in any manner, such as by highlighting them compared to other authors in the correlation diagram described above. Such a configuration highlights authors who are expected to be useful in contacting or approaching them, and is useful for finding more suitable candidates for collaborative research, etc.

[0015] Furthermore, in another aspect, in this system, a group of authors may be displayed in the form of a list, and when any author in the list is selected, numerical values ​​calculated based on information on the selected author's papers, such as the number of papers published by the author, the number of papers published by the first author, the number of citations, etc., may be displayed in the form of a graph or radar chart. This makes it possible to visually compare numerical information such as the number of papers published, and it is expected that by referring to the list and graph, it will be easier to find more suitable candidates for collaborative research, etc.

[0016] Furthermore, this system may calculate an index value (degree of breadth of research field) representing the "breadth of research field" from the information on the authors' papers and other information, as well as its deviation among the authors, and display the calculation results in the form of a graph. The degree of breadth of research field is a value that increases the more fields to which keywords contained in a paper belong, and may be calculated in various ways (see the embodiment section below). Such a configuration allows one to understand the breadth of a particular author's research field among the authors, which is useful for finding more suitable candidates for collaborative research, etc.

[0017] As a further aspect, the system may recommend highly cited authors (the number of papers that have cited the author's papers) from a group of authors extracted from the paper information of an author specified by the user as recorded individuals whose contact history should be referenced. By recommending highly cited authors, the effort of searching for other authors is reduced, and it is expected that the efficiency of registration will improve.

[0018] The contact history information in the system described above may be stored in any manner in the contact history recording means, which is a database. One possible embodiment is to record the information using a blockchain system. Because information stored in a blockchain is extremely difficult to tamper with, such a configuration improves the reliability of the contact history information provided by the system. In this case, the contact history entered into the contact history input means may be stored in the blockchain at the option of the user who entered the contact history. For example, a user may wish to keep their contact history with a certain person private until a certain period of time has passed. As described above, if the contact history entered into the contact history input means can be kept private until the user decides to provide it to other users, the confidentiality of the contact history can be guaranteed. This makes it easier for users to enter their contact history information into the contact history input means even when they are hesitant to provide it to other users. Furthermore, when a user decides to provide a certain contact history to other users, the user can avoid having to re-enter the information.

[0019] In this system, users who provide contact history may be issued tokens that can provide some kind of benefit, which may be granted by the system or the associated community, which is expected to encourage further contacts and the provision of contact history. [Effects of the Invention]

[0020] Thus, with the above-described configuration of the system, each user's contact history with other people, rather than information publicly available on the Internet, etc., can be accessed by other users, and since contact histories with various people are shared among users of the system, the system is expected to be advantageously used when a user attempts to collect information on various people in order to search for people who fit or match a certain purpose. As already mentioned, the system can be used not only to select candidates such as researchers with whom to propose joint research or information exchange in the field of research or development, but also to search for personnel to collaborate on any project, to select candidates for writing or contribution requests, and to select candidates for producers and performers for films, plays, musical performances, etc.

[0021] Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of preferred embodiments of the invention. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0022] [Figure 1] Fig. 1(A) is a diagram showing the general configuration of a person information providing system according to this embodiment. Fig. 1(B) is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of each user's terminal in the person information providing system according to this embodiment. Fig. 1(C) is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a server in the person information providing system according to this embodiment. [Figure 2] Figures 2(A) and (B) are schematic diagrams showing the screen of a display for searching for a recorded person to input contact history in the person information provision system of this embodiment, and the screen of a display for a user to input contact history with a recorded person, respectively. [Figure 3] Fig. 3(A) is a diagram showing a typical display screen in the person information providing system according to this embodiment, in which a user searches for a person whose contact history is to be referenced and displays the contact history of the searched person. Fig. 3(B) is a diagram showing a typical display screen in which the names of authors related to the searched person are displayed in list form. [Figure 4]FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a typical display screen showing a correlation diagram of authors in a group of authors related to one recorded person. [Figure 5] Figure 5(A) is a diagrammatic representation of a graph displayed on a display screen showing the number of papers and citations by year for a registered person or for authors in the group of authors related to that registered person. Figure 5(B) is a diagrammatic representation of a radar chart displayed on a display screen showing the various achievements of a registered person or for authors in the group of authors related to that registered person. Figure 5(C) is a diagrammatic representation of a distribution map of the breadth of research for authors in the group of authors related to that registered person. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the process of recommending recorded people whose contact history should be referenced to the user. [Figure 7] FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a system in which contact history is recorded using a block chain method in a human information providing system according to this embodiment. [Explanation of symbols]

[0023] 10...server, 11...communication network, 12...contact history database (contact history recording means), 14...user terminal, 15...external network such as the Internet BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[0024] The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to some preferred embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference numerals indicate like parts.

[0025] System configuration As shown in FIG. 1(A), the person information provision system of this embodiment (hereinafter referred to as "this system") comprises a server 10 and multiple user terminals 14 connected to it via a wireless or wired communication network 11. The server 10 and the user terminals 14 may each be a conventional computer device. As shown in FIG. 1(C), the server 10 is equipped with a CPU, a storage device, and an input / output (I / O) device interconnected by a bidirectional common bus. The storage device includes a memory PM that stores programs for executing the computations used in this embodiment, as well as a work memory WM and a data memory DM used during the computations. Furthermore, as described below, the server 10 is connected to and accessible from a database 12 that stores contact histories with various people entered by each user. The communication network 11 of this system is typically connected to an external communication network 15, such as the Internet, so that information can be appropriately acquired. As illustrated in FIG. 1(B), each user terminal 14 is provided with a monitor 3 and input devices 4 such as a keyboard and a mouse in the usual manner so that each user can give instructions to the server 10 and display and output processing results and other information from the server 10. When the system program is started, the user follows the program procedures and displays on the monitor 3, and uses the input device 4 to give various instructions and inputs to the server 10, and can visually check the processing results, etc. from the server 10 on the monitor 3.

[0026] Generally speaking, the above system is configured to provide users with information about various people via their respective user terminals 14. In particular, in this system, each user voluntarily inputs their contact history with various people, i.e., a history of past relationships or contacts, and the input contact history is saved in database 12. This saved contact history can be accessed at will not only by the user who input it, but also by other users of the system. Furthermore, this system may also provide information (adjusted achievements information) that has been adjusted to make it easier to understand a person's past achievements, etc., using information obtained from an external communication network 15, such as information from books, academic journals, papers and abstracts published in academic conference presentations, etc. In order to achieve these functions, in this system, each user terminal 14 is provided with a person name input unit 21 for the user to input or specify the name of the person for whom information is to be provided at will, a contact history input unit 22 for the user to input the contact history for each person at will, a person name selection unit 23 for the user to select the name of a person when the user wishes to refer to the contact history or further performance adjustment information for that person, a contact history display unit 24 for displaying the contact history of the person with the selected name on the monitor 3, and a performance adjustment information display unit 25 for displaying the performance adjustment information of the person with the selected name on the monitor 3. The server 10 is provided with various person information input units 21 and 22 for the user to input the contact history for each person at will from an external communication network 15. The user terminal 14 may be provided with a personal information acquisition unit 31 for acquiring information such as the name, affiliation or contact details, and various achievements of the person; a personal name extraction unit 32 for searching for and extracting information about the person whose name is input into the name input unit 21 of the user terminal 14; a contact history recording processing unit 33 for recording the contact history input into the contact history input unit 22 of the user terminal 14 in the database 12; a contact history extraction unit 34 for extracting the contact history of the name selected in the name selection unit 23 of the user terminal 14 and transmitting it to the user terminal 14; and an achievements etc. prepared information preparation processing unit 35 for extracting achievement information of the name selected in the name selection unit 23 of the user terminal 14, preparing it in various ways, and transmitting it to the user terminal 14.Each of the above units is realized by the operation of a computer device (server 10, each user terminal 14) in accordance with a program.

[0027] Process performed by the system As mentioned above, this system performs the following steps in the acquisition and preparation of information to be provided: (1) The record of the person about whom the information is provided (the person recorded); (2) Entering and recording the contact history of the person in question; (3) Acquisition of information on the recordee’s achievements, etc. Then, as a process for providing the acquired and prepared information, (4) Providing contact history information of the person who was recorded (5) Provision of compiled information on the recordee's achievements, etc. (6) Notification of updates to contact history, performance, and other prepared information Each process will be described below.

[0028] (1) Record of the person who provided the information (recorded person) The name of the person (recorded person) whose information is to be provided may be acquired from an external communication network in a timely manner (personal information acquisition unit 31) and recorded in a recording device within the system (data memory DM or database 12), or may be entered by the user as appropriate and recorded in a recording device within the system. When the user enters the name of the recorded person, for example, the name is entered in input field 101 on a screen such as that shown in FIG. 2(A) (personal name input unit 21) and the name in input field 101 is recorded by clicking button 102a. When this system is used to collect information for the search for research and development personnel, the name of the person recorded as the recorded person may be the name of the author of a paper or abstract, which can be acquired from any publicly available paper database.

[0029] (2) Input and record of contact history of the person in question The contact history of a person to be recorded is arbitrarily input by a user of the system and stored in database 12. As already mentioned, the contact history is a history of past interactions and contacts between the user and the person to be recorded. The expressions used for the contact history may be arbitrarily set depending on the intended use of the system. For example, if the system is used to collect information for the search for research and development personnel, specific expressions for the contact history may include, but are not limited to, "attended a lecture, etc.; signed an NDA; conducted joint research; conducted joint development; supervisor; graduated from the same laboratory; acquaintance; no contact, but interested; other." The contact history may be prepared using several of the above expressions, allowing the user to select an appropriate one from the prepared expressions, or the user may be free to enter the desired expressions.

[0030] When inputting a contact history, the user uses the user terminal 14 in any manner to designate a person to be recorded (personal name input unit 21, personal name extraction unit 32), inputs the contact history with the designated person to be recorded (contact history input unit 22), and the contact history is recorded in the database 12 in association with the name of the person to be recorded (contact history recording processing unit 33). As an example, first, on the user terminal 14, the user inputs a name in the input field 101 on a screen such as that shown in Fig. 2(A) and clicks the button 102, and the information is transmitted to the server 10. Then, the server 10 extracts the information previously acquired about the name in the input field 101 from the data memory DM or the database 12, and on the monitor 3 of the user terminal 14, as shown in Fig. 2(B), the name of the person to be recorded is displayed. N In column 103, enter information such as the affiliation of the person recorded. O is displayed in field 104, and the contact history H1 A field 105 for inputting the above information is displayed, allowing the user to input the above contact history information into the field. Note that the field 105 may be an input field in a pull-down format, as shown in a frame 106. H1In addition, other impressions and evaluations of the person recorded, such as personality, originality, leadership ability, clarity of explanations, ease of contact, etc. H2 , H3 , ... may be provided, and ratings (for example, a five-point rating) etc. may be entered in the corresponding columns 107, 108, etc. When button 109 is clicked, the information entered in each column is sent to server 10, associated with the name of the person recorded, and stored in database 12.

[0031] (3) Acquisition of information on the recordee’s achievements, etc. In addition to the contact history record, information on the various achievements of the person recorded may be stored in a storage device such as the database 12 or the data memory DM. When this system is used to collect information for the search of research and development personnel, the information on the various achievements of the person recorded may include the names of published papers and information about them, such as co-authors, names of cited papers and their authors, names of cited papers and their authors, and other information related to the papers. Information on the various achievements of the person recorded may be acquired from an external communication network as needed (personal information acquisition unit 31).

[0032] (4) Providing contact history information of the person who was recorded As already mentioned, in this system, the contact history recorded in the database 12 can be arbitrarily referenced by anyone other than the user who entered it. When referencing the contact history for a single recorded person, the name of the recorded person is selected (personal name selection unit 23), and the contact history of the selected person is extracted from the database 12 and sent to the user terminal 14 (contact history extraction unit 34), and may be displayed on the monitor 3 of the user terminal 14. Specifically, for example, as shown in Fig. 3(A), when the user enters the name of the recorded person whose contact history he or she wishes to refer to in field 201 on the screen of monitor 3 and clicks button 202, the name of the user who entered the contact history of that recorded person will be displayed, as shown below. UN , affiliation information, etc. UO and contact history information ( H1 ,H2 , H3 ...) may be displayed in columns 203, 204, 205, 207, 208, ... respectively. This allows the user to know the contact history of the recorded person by other users of the system, and such information becomes useful when searching for people who fit or match a certain purpose. In other words, with this configuration of the system, information on the history of interactions and contacts between people, which has previously been personal, can be widely shared among users of the system, and very useful information can be obtained, for example, when searching for researchers who are interested in conducting joint research or exchanging information.

[0033] Furthermore, in this system, people related to the person recorded may be listed using information such as the record person's achievements, and the contact history of the listed people may also be referred to. Specifically, for example, as shown in Fig. 3(A), when the user inputs the name of the person recorded whose contact history he / she wants to refer to in the field 201 on the screen of the monitor 3 and clicks the button 210, the names of people related to the person recorded (associated people) are displayed as shown in Fig. 3(B). RN and affiliation RO The names of related persons may be listed. In this case, the names of related persons may be displayed in groups (G1, G2, G3) depending on the difference in their relationship with the person recorded in column 201. For example, if related persons are co-authors of the recorded person's written papers, authors of citing papers, or authors of cited papers, they may be displayed in separate columns G1, G2, and G3, respectively. Then, by selecting and clicking on each of the names of related persons on the screen, the contact history of the selected related person may be displayed in a manner such as that shown in FIG. 3(A). This allows the contact history to be referenced to people related to the recorded person, and is expected to be useful information when searching for people who fit or match a certain purpose.

[0034] (5) Provision of compiled information on the recordee's achievements, etc. As mentioned above, the system may provide information (adjusted achievements information) prepared using the recordee's achievements and other information to make the recordee's achievements easier to understand. Generally speaking, the adjusted achievements information may be displayed on the screen of the monitor 3 of the user terminal 14 or printed. The format of the adjusted achievements information may be devised in various ways depending on the purpose of the system, i.e., the field in which the system is to be used. Below, we will explain an example of adjusted achievements information when the recordee is the author of a paper or abstract published in a book, academic journal, conference presentation, etc. (paper author, etc.), in order to use the system to search for researchers, etc. who are interested in joint research or information exchange in the field of research or technological development.

[0035] First, when the person recorded is an author of a paper or the like, the related persons may be co-authors of the author's written paper, authors of citing papers, and authors of cited papers, as mentioned above, and these may be displayed on the screen of monitor 3 of user terminal 14 in a table with separate columns for each group, as shown in Figure 3(B). (To return to the contact history screen, click button 211.) Note that when an author in the table of authors is selected, a series of information may be displayed with that author as the person recorded.

[0036] Furthermore, the author of a paper (selected record holder), co-authors, authors of citing papers, and authors of cited papers (author group) may be displayed in the form of a correlation diagram, as shown in Figure 4. For example, the correlation diagram of Figure 4 may be displayed on the screen by clicking button 220 in Figure 3(B). For example, in this diagram, lines connect the author of a paper (●) to his / her co-authors (authors with co-authored papers - bold circle (G1)), authors of citing papers (oval G2), and authors of cited papers (triangle G3). The thicker the connecting lines, the greater the number of co-authored papers, cited papers, and cited papers. If each author has a contact history, that contact history may also be displayed on the correlation diagram. This allows for a clear understanding of the relationships and contacts within a group of authors. For example, if this system is used within a company, it may facilitate interviewing employees who have had contact with a particular author for detailed information, which is expected to facilitate strategic planning of contacts within a group of authors. Furthermore, authors with a large number of cited papers within a specific period that can be set as appropriate may be extracted from the author group and displayed in a highlighted manner in the correlation diagram. This configuration highlights authors who should be contacted, which is useful when selecting them as potential partners for collaborative research.

[0037] Furthermore, as an example of prepared information on achievements, etc., the number of papers written by the author of a paper, etc. or related persons among the authors, by year 301 and the number of cited papers 302 may be displayed in the form of a graph (horizontal axis: year Y, vertical axis: number of papers N) as shown in Figure 5(A). This allows for visual comparison of the numerical information on papers, and it is expected that repeated confirmation of the lists and graphs of co-authors, authors of citing papers, and authors of cited papers will make it easier to select potential collaborative research partners, etc.

[0038] Furthermore, as another example of prepared information on achievements, etc., various achievements of the author of a paper or related persons in the group of authors, such as the total number of papers, the number of papers by the first author, the number of citations, and the cumulative numbers of these, may be displayed in the form of a radar chart, as shown in Figure 5(B) (the extraction range, etc. may be adjusted as appropriate to make the chart easier to read).

[0039] Another example of prepared achievement information may be the "breadth of research fields," an index value representing the breadth of research fields, calculated from the information on papers of the author of a paper or related individuals in the group of authors, or its deviation within the group of authors. The breadth of research fields is an index value that increases as the number of fields to which keywords contained in a paper belong increases, and may be calculated in various ways (e.g., by vectorizing words). The breadth of research fields or its deviation is calculated for each author in the group of authors, including the author of a paper who is a record holder. The distribution may be displayed in the form of a distribution graph (horizontal axis: WR; vertical axis: NP; number of authors), as shown in Figure 5(C). The position of the author of a paper or related individuals in the group of authors may be highlighted on the distribution graph. This configuration provides information on the extent to which each author's research field is broader than that of other authors, which is expected to be useful information for selecting potential collaborative research partners.

[0040] (6) Notification of updates to contact history, performance, and other prepared information In the above-mentioned system, when the contact history of a person is updated, or when useful information on the business of a person related to a person is updated, a notification of the information update may be given to the user who has selected that person. With this configuration, when information such as the contact history of a person of interest is updated, it is expected to be advantageous for starting communication between users or for searching for people who fit new purposes.

[0041] If the person recorded is an author of a paper or other publication, notification of an update to the contact history may be performed, for example, as follows: First, when the contact history of an author of a paper or other publication is updated or added, information about the author of the paper or other publication may be extracted, a correlation diagram of the author group may be created, a display of the contact history may be created, and links to these saved pages may be sent to the user who selected the author of the paper or other publication. Furthermore, if the number of cited papers by one of the authors in the group of authors suddenly increases, for example, if the number of cited papers within a specified period exceeds a predetermined number, the user who selected the author of the paper or other publication may be notified of this. Specifically, for example, if the number of cited papers by one of the authors suddenly increases, information about the author may be extracted, the five authors in the author group with the most cited papers may be selected, a graph of the number of published papers and the number of cited papers (see Figure 5(A)) may be created, a radar chart for the author (Figure 5(B)) may be created, a display of the author's contact history may be created, and links to these saved pages may be sent to the user who selected the author of the paper or other publication.

[0042] Registration and recommendation of registered persons The system may be configured to allow each user to register up to a predetermined number (e.g., five) of registered persons for whom they wish to track and refer to information such as contact history, which may be set as appropriate. Information about the registered registered persons may be displayed as needed on the user terminal of the user who registered the registered person without executing the above-mentioned name selection process, and when information such as contact history about a registered person is updated, the user who registered the registered person may be notified of the information. In this case, if the number of registered registered persons for a user has not reached the predetermined number, the system may appropriately select registration candidates from people related to the registered person and recommend them to the user. If the registered person is an author of a paper or the like, the recommendation and registration of registration candidates may be performed as follows. Referring to Figure 6, when a user wishes to newly register an author of a paper etc. for which they wish to track and refer to information such as their contact history (S1), it is determined whether the number of already registered authors has reached a predetermined number (S2), and if the number of already registered authors has not reached the predetermined number, multiple authors with a large number of cited papers are selected and recommended from the group of already registered authors of paper etc. (S3). When an author who wishes to register is selected from the recommended authors (S4), the selected author is registered (S5). With this configuration, authors with a large number of cited papers are recommended from the group of already registered authors, eliminating the need to search for other authors and improving the efficiency of selecting authors of paper etc.

[0043] Storing contact history using blockchain In this system, the contact history of the person to be recorded is not stored in a database (storage device) 12 directly connected to the server 10, but may be stored in a storage device 12a of each user terminal 14 in a blockchain format, as schematically illustrated in FIG. 7. Storing the contact history in a blockchain format makes it extremely difficult to falsify the contact history, improving the reliability of the contact history provided by this system. In this case, the contact history entered by each user may be stored in the user's digital wallet and may be made available to the blockchain at the user's option. A certain user may wish to keep the contact history between them and a certain person private, for example, until a certain period of time has passed. Therefore, as described above, contact history is not shared in the system immediately after it is entered, but is kept private until the user decides to provide it to other users. This selectively ensures the confidentiality of contact history, makes it easier to enter contact history even when the user is hesitant to provide contact history information to other users, and also saves the user the trouble of having to enter it again when they decide to provide certain contact history to other users.

[0044] As described above, when contact history is stored using a blockchain system, users who provide contact history may be issued tokens that can provide some kind of benefit, which may be granted by the system or the associated community, which is expected to encourage further contact and provision of contact history.

[0045] The above description has been made in relation to the embodiments of the present invention, but it will be apparent that many modifications and changes will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described exemplary embodiments, but can be applied to various devices without departing from the concept of the present invention.

Claims

1. A people information providing system that can be used by multiple users, a name recording means configured to record the names of a plurality of people; a contact history input means configured to allow each user to arbitrarily input a contact history between the user and the person recorded in the personal name recording means; a contact history recording means configured to record the contact history inputted to the contact history input means in association with the names of people involved in the contact history; a personal name selection means configured to allow a user to select a personal name recorded in the personal name recording means; a contact history extracting means configured to extract contact history associated with the selected name recorded in the contact history recording means in response to the selection of the name by the one user in the name selecting means; a contact history display means configured to display the contact history extracted by the contact history extraction means; and a paper information acquisition means configured to acquire information on papers, etc. of a person whose name is recorded in the personal name recording means; a related name extraction means for extracting another name related to the name selected by the one user based on the paper information acquired by the paper information acquisition means in response to the selection of the name by the one user in the name selection means; Including, The system is further configured such that the contact history extraction means extracts contact history recorded in the contact history recording means associated with the name extracted by the related name extraction means in response to a request from the one user.

2. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the contact history recorded in the contact history recording means is recorded in a blockchain format, and the contact history input into the contact history input means is stored in the blockchain at the option of the user who inputted the contact history.

3. The system of claim 1 further includes a contact history additional information notification means configured to, when a new contact history is added to the contact history recording means, notify a user who has selected a personal name recorded in the personal name recording means related to that contact history of additional information about the new contact history.

4. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the other names related to the name selected by the user extracted by the related name extraction means are the names of co-authors of the name selected by each user, authors of cited papers, and authors of cited papers.

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