摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a discussion support apparatus, for specifying information indicating a state of a discussion about a specific topic from among information indicating a state of discussions about a plurality of topics, accumulated in the process of discussions. <P>SOLUTION: A discussion state information holding unit 28 holds pieces of discussion state information each indicating a state of a discussion at one of points in time included in a period of time during which discussions are performed. A discussion start operation signal accepting unit 24a accepts a discussion start operation signal indicating a start of discussion on a predetermined topic. A topic-related information generating unit 34 generates, based on at least one piece of discussion state information, topic-related information indicating discussion state information which is related to the topic and is specified from at least one piece of discussion state information indicating states of discussions at a time point before the time point when the discussion start operation is received. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT</p> |