GENERATION DEVICE FOR INFORMATION LINK AND RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To selectively generate an information link set for an information provider or an information consumer by managing the information showing the relation between the information processors as the directed pipe information and then retrieving and synthesizing the pipe information. SOLUTION: An information link generation device 1 is attached to an information management device 2 such as an electronic mail tool 2a, a Web server 2b and a Web client 2c. A directed pipe generating/updating means 1g generates and updates the directed pipe information (directed pipe thereafter) according to the information detected by a communication detection means 1h and the communicating direction decided by a communicating direction deciding means 1f. A directed pipe retrieval means 1d receives the request of a user or a request processing reception means 1e which receives the request from an information processor other than its own one and then retrieves a directed pipe coincident with the relevant condition among those directed pipes which are managed by a directed pipe management means 1c. If no directed pipe coincident with the condition is detected, a directed pipe synthesizing means 1a synthesizes the existing directed pipes to generate a new directed pipe.