Abstract: A software-usage management system that manages a usage of a software function by a client connected to a network includes a test-conducting unit that conducts a test relevant to a software function for a user of a client for which a specific software function is not available from a standpoint of security; and a usage allowing unit that allows a user who passed the test conducted by the test-conducting unit to use the specific software function.

Abstract: A job seeking information input section inputs information for job seeking conditions of a job seeker, and a job seeking information extractor extracts at least one piece of information for job seeking conditions of persons other than the job seeker from a database. A job-recruiter response information extractor extracts all or a part of pieces of job-recruiter response information that relates to respective responses of the job recruiters to the persons whose information corresponds to the extracted information, from a database. An output section outputs the extracted job-recruiter response information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a site monitoring method executed by a computer that can connect to a client machine. The computer transmits Web data for a Web page included in a Web site to the client machine in response to the request from the client machine and stores information about a displaying history of Web pages into a storage provided with the computer. The computer counts a repeating number for a predetermined Web page as an accumulated repeating number when the information shows that the predetermined Web page is repetitively displayed with intervention of another Web page. The computer judges that a user lost his or her way in the Web site when the accumulated repeating number exceeds a predetermined value. When a user lose his or her way in the Web site, the computer transmits guidance information to the client machine, guiding the user to the desired Web page.

Abstract: Increasing performance companies whose business performance increases are selected among a number of companies and a growth ratio of the skill holding amount (an upskilling ratio) in each skill field is calculated. An average of the upskilling ratios of the increasing performance companies is found for each skill field. The average is used as a standard upskilling ratio. An upskilling ratio of a client company that requests an analysis in each skill field is compared with the standard upskilling ratio. This makes it clear that the skill field being important for the client company but insufficient in the skill holding amount. Then a plan to supplement the shortage can be drafted.

Abstract: Disclosed is a learning support method with a server computer. Presupposed keywords corresponding to subjects that should have been acquired by a learner before attending a learning course and learning keywords corresponding to subjects that will be acquired by attending the learning course are defined for the learning course. The learning material is developed in module basis. Presupposed keywords corresponding to subjects that should have been acquired by a learner before learning the module and learning keywords corresponding to subjects that will be acquired by learning the module are defined for each module. The server computer selects a module whose learning keywords match the learning keywords of the learning course attended by a leaner and whose presupposed keywords match the keywords corresponding to subjects that have been learned by the learner, supplying the module to the learner.

Abstract: In a role-playing simulation apparatus, a setting section sets a plurality of patterns of parameters indicating characters of player agents who participate in a virtual role-playing and also sets patterns of negotiation rules, and player agent sections realize the player agents. A lecture attendant agent section realizes a lecture attendant agent who carries out virtual negotiations with the player agents, a learning material preparing section allows the player agents and the lecture attendant agent to carry out negotiations, a learning material evaluating section evaluates a negotiation result for each combination and sets a parameter evaluated with at least a predetermined level as a learning material, and a lecture attendance processor that allows the player agents and an actual lecture attendant to execute a virtual role-playing based on the learning material.

Abstract: A software-usage management system that manages a usage of a software function by a client connected to a network includes a test-conducting unit that conducts a test relevant to a software function for a user of a client for which a specific software function is not available from a standpoint of security; and a usage allowing unit that allows a user who passed the test conducted by the test-conducting unit to use the specific software function.

Abstract: A safety-related information delivering apparatus comprises a unit determining whether a person who desires the delivery of safety-related information desires schedule-delivery of information according to his or her schedule or the zone-delivery of information according to his or her current location, and a unit delivering the safety-related information in correspondence with a determination result.

Abstract: A technology of the present invention is capable of objectively judging an ability of a proofreader who proofreads a digitized document by use OCR programs. A method of managing an ability of a proofreader who proofreads an electronic document generated from a recognition target document by executing a character auto recognition program, comprises a step of estimating a character count of potential mis-recognized characters contained in the electronic document, a step of detecting a mis-recognized character discover count as a mis-recognized character count with which the proofreader discovers the mis-recognized characters in the electronic document, a step of detecting a processing time spent for proofreading the electronic document, and a step of calculating a score relative to a proofreader ability based on a ratio of the potential mis-recognized character count to the mis-recognized character discover count per unit time.

Abstract: In an education system using a network, a method for automatically detecting a defective part in an education material and for indicating the defective part is provided. A defective information storing means for storing a defect point correlation with a portion of an education material is provided. When the system receives a question from a student's terminal PC, a defect point of a corresponding portion of an educational material, in the defective information storing means, is updated, based on the received question. By this update, whenever a question is sent from a student's terminal, a defect point stored correlation to a portion of an educational material is accumulated. It is judged whether the defect point reaches a predetermined threshold value, and the corresponding portion of the educational material is transmitted to a terminal of a system administrator, based on the result of the judgement.

Abstract: In a method for presenting questions by a host computer receiving questions from users, a question most suitable to an user can be presented. In an education system wherein plurality of students' personal computers PC are connected to an education center through a network, at the time of the FAQ search from a student, a plurality of FAQ questions are presented in the order appropriate to the student, by matching the FAQ level and FAQ keywords to the student's level and the keywords learned by the student. The student can easily select a question compatible with his/her own question, from the presented questions.

Abstract: In a role-playing simulation apparatus, a setting section sets a plurality of patterns of parameters indicating characters of player agents who participate in a virtual role-playing and also sets patterns of negotiation rules, and player agent sections realize the player agents. A lecture attendant agent section realizes a lecture attendant agent who carries out virtual negotiations with the player agents, a learning material preparing section allows the player agents and the lecture attendant agent to carry out negotiations, a learning material evaluating section evaluates a negotiation result for each combination and sets a parameter evaluated with at least a predetermined level as a learning material, and a lecture attendance processor that allows the player agents and an actual lecture attendant to execute a virtual role-playing based on the learning material.

Abstract: A job seeking information input section inputs information for job seeking conditions of a job seeker, and a job seeking information extractor extracts at least one piece of information for job seeking conditions of persons other than the job seeker from a database. A job-recruiter response information extractor extracts all or a part of pieces of job-recruiter response information that relates to respective responses of the job recruiters to the persons whose information corresponds to the extracted information, from a database. An output section outputs the extracted job-recruiter response information.

Abstract: In an education system using a network, a method for automatically detecting a defective part in an education material and for indicating the defective part is provided. A defective information storing means for storing a defect point correlation with a portion of an education material is provided. When the system receives a question from a student's terminal PC, a defect point of a corresponding portion of an educational material, in the defective information storing means, is updated, based on the received question. By this update, whenever a question is sent from a student's terminal, a defect point stored correlation to a portion of an educational material is accumulated. It is judged whether the defect point reaches a predetermined threshold value, and the corresponding portion of the educational material is transmitted to a terminal of a system administrator, based on the result of the judgement.

Abstract: In a method for presenting questions by a host computer receiving questions from users, a question most suitable to an user can be presented. In an education system wherein plurality of students' personal computers PC are connected to an education center through a network, at the time of the FAQ search from a student, a plurality of FAQ questions are presented in the order appropriate to the student, by matching the FAQ level and FAQ keywords to the student's level and the keywords learned by the student. The student can easily select a question compatible with his/her own question, from the presented questions.

Abstract: A personnel skill enhancement plan supporting apparatus includes a necessary skill input section that inputs a necessary skill, a difference keyword extracting section that extracts a difference keyword indicating a not-yet-mastered skill between learning keywords of the input skill and keywords mastered by a target member, a target member extracting section that extracts a target member having a smallest number of extracted difference keywords, a module extracting section that extracts a teaching material module, an essential keyword extracting section that extracts essential keywords of the extracted module, a lacked essential keyword extracting section that extracts a lacked essential keyword, and a learnable module extracting section that extracts a module in which the number of lacked essential keywords is zero.

Abstract: Disclosed is a learning support method with a server computer. Presupposed keywords corresponding to subjects that should have been acquired by a learner before attending a learning course and learning keywords corresponding to subjects that will be acquired by attending the learning course are defined for the learning course. The learning material is developed in module basis. Presupposed keywords corresponding to subjects that should have been acquired by a learner before learning the module and learning keywords corresponding to subjects that will be acquired by learning the module are defined for each module. The server computer selects a module whose learning keywords match the learning keywords of the learning course attended by a leaner and whose presupposed keywords match the keywords corresponding to subjects that have been learned by the learner, supplying the module to the learner.

Abstract: Disclosed is a site monitoring method executed by a computer that can connect to a client machine. The computer transmits Web data for a Web page included in a Web site to the client machine in response to the request from the client machine and stores information about a displaying history of Web pages into a storage provided with the computer. The computer counts a repeating number for a predetermined Web page as an accumulated repeating number when the information shows that the predetermined Web page is repetitively displayed with intervention of another Web page. The computer judges that a user lost his or her way in the Web site when the accumulated repeating number exceeds a predetermined value. When a user lose his or her way in the Web site, the computer transmits guidance information to the client machine, guiding the user to the desired Web page.

Abstract: Increasing performance companies whose business performance increases are selected among a number of companies and a growth ratio of the skill holding amount (an upskilling ratio) in each skill field is calculated. An average of the upskilling ratios of the increasing performance companies is found for each skill field. The average is used as a standard upskilling ratio. An upskilling ratio of a client company that requests an analysis in each skill field is compared with the standard upskilling ratio. This makes it clear that the skill field being important for the client company but insufficient in the skill holding amount. Then a plan to supplement the shortage can be drafted.

Abstract: A server machine obtains information about skills actually held by workers in a company from a client machine of the company. The server machine analyzes surplus and deficiency of person in each skill field based on the obtained information. Further, the server machine finds the condition to solve the surplus and deficiency of person based on the analyzed result. Specifically, skill matching information, which shows an organization-to-organization personnel transfer and learning courses that should be attended by the workers, is created. The skill matching information is transmitted to the client machine and displayed on a screen to inform a person in charge in the company.