Minutes production device, conference information management system and method, computer readable medium, and computer data signal

A conference information management system comprising:

• a minutes production device comprising:
• a producing unit that produces, from conference information of a conference that includes a slide of the conference, minutes of the conference;
• a recommending unit that searches a database using a keyword, the keyword comprising text information in the slide of the conference, and recommends supplementary information to be added to the minutes of the conference as a result of the database search, the supplementary information comprising the information searched for by the recommending unit that is related to the keyword;
• an editing unit that adds the supplementary information returned by the recommending unit to the minutes of the conference, the minutes of the conference to which the supplementary information is added being supplemented minutes of the conference;
• and
• a memory that stores the supplemented minutes of the conference edited by the editing unit;
• and
• a minutes distribution device that distributes the supplemented minutes of the conference to a user terminal,
• wherein the editing unit includes an embedding unit that embeds location information in the supplemented minutes, the location information indicating a location at which the supplementary information returned by the recommending unit can be obtained.

A tangible computer readable recording medium storing a program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to execute a process for:

• producing minutes of a conference from conference information of a conference that includes a slide of the conference;
• searching a database using a keyword for information related to the keyword, the keyword comprising text information in the slide of the conference, and recommending supplementary information to be added to the minutes of the conference as a result of the database search, the supplementary information comprising the information searched for as a result of the searching that is related to the keyword;
• editing the minutes of the conference to add the recommended supplementary information to the minutes of the conference;
• and
• embedding location information in the supplemented minutes, the location information indicating a location at which the supplementary information returned by the recommending can be obtained.

A method of producing minutes of a conference, the method comprising:

• producing minutes of a conference from conference information of a conference that includes a slide of the conference;
• searching a database using a keyword for information related to the keyword, the keyword comprising text information in the slide of the conference, and recommending supplementary information to be added to the minutes of the conference as a result of the database search, the supplementary information comprising the information searched for as a result of the searching that is related to the keyword;
• editing the minutes of the conference to add the recommended supplementary information to the minutes of the conference;
• and
• embedding location information in the supplemented minutes, the location information indicating a location at which the supplementary information returned by the recommending can be obtained.

A minutes production device comprising:

• a production unit that produces minutes of a conference from conference information of a conference that includes a slide of the conference;
• a recommending unit that searches a database using a keyword obtained from the conference information for information related to the keyword, the keyword comprising text information in the slide of the conference, and recommends supplementary information to be added to the minutes of the conference as a result of the database search, the supplementary information comprising the information searched for by the recommending unit that is related to the keyword;
• an editing unit that adds the supplementary information recommended by the recommending unit to the minutes of the conference, the minutes of the conference to which the supplementary information is added being supplemented minutes of the conference;
• and
• a memory that stores the supplemented minutes of the conference edited by the editing unit,
• wherein the minutes of the conference are a summary of the conference information of the conference, and
• wherein the editing unit includes an embedding unit that embeds location information in the supplemented minutes, the location information indicating a location at which the supplementary information returned b the recommending unit can be obtained.