Social networking service group contribution update

A communication method performed by a communication robot configured to be communicably connected with a collaboration device that is communicable with a Social Networking Service system which provides a Social Networking Service, the communication method comprising:

• receiving update information generated in response to an update of a contribution on a specified group in the Social Networking Service;
• recognizing a user by face recognition;
• when the update of the contribution which is not yet output exists at a timing when the user is recognized, outputting the contribution, and contribute, to the group in the Social Networking Service, information based on a response to the contribution by the user after the contribution is output;
• when the user is recognized and any update of the contribution which is not yet output do not exist at a timing when the user is recognized, performing an autonomous speech that conveys information about an event irrelevant to the specified group,
• wherein the autonomous speech varies depending on whether or not the communication robot speaks for a first time since a preset time;
• after the autonomous speech is output:
• when the autonomous speech is a first speech after a predetermined time interval, contributing status information from the user and indicating a status of the user to the group in the Social Networking Service, the autonomous speech indicating a greeting to the user;
• and
• when the autonomous speech is not the first speech after the predetermined time interval, contributing comment information from the user and indicating a comment on a status of a different user to the group in the Social Networking Service, the autonomous speech indicating the status of the different user.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a communication robot to execute a communication method, the communication robot being configured to be communicably connected with a collaboration device that is communicable with a Social Networking Service system which provides a Social Networking Service, the communication method comprising:

• receiving update information generated in response to an update of a contribution on a specified group in the Social Networking Service;
• recognizing a user by face recognition;
• when the update of the contribution which is not yet output exists at a timing when the user is recognized, outputting the contribution, and contribute, to the group in the Social Networking Service, information based on a response to the contribution by the user after the contribution is output;
• and
• when the user is recognized and any update of the contribution which is not yet output do not exist at a timing when the user is recognized, performing an autonomous speech that conveys information about an event irrelevant to the specified group,
• wherein the autonomous speech varies depending on whether or not the communication robot speaks for a first time since a preset time;
• after the autonomous speech is output:
• when the autonomous speech is a first speech after a predetermined time interval, contributing status information from the user and indicating a status of the user to the group in the Social Networking Service, the autonomous speech indicating a greeting to the user;
• and
• when the autonomous speech is not the first speech after the predetermined time interval, contributing comment information from the user and indicating a comment on a status of a different user to the group in the Social Networking Service, the autonomous speech indicating the status of the different user.