Patent ID: 7406528

Claim:
A communication method for implementing smooth communication in a communication system, the communication system including a board manager terminal, a user terminal, and a community management server, wherein the board manager terminal, the user terminal, and the community management server are connected to one another via a communication network, the method comprising: providing, by the board manager terminal, a board including premise information which is a premise of communication; proving, by the user terminal, a card including a comment on the premise information or a comment on the comment, wherein the community management server includes storage means for storing the board and the card, input/output means, and control means and creates the board to which the card is attached, wherein the storage means in the community management server includes a board database for storing the board, associating information for identifying the board with information for identifying a board manager who provides the board, wherein the board database in the community management server stores a board registration screen for determining a specification of the board and the card, and wherein the control means in the community management server executes: a step of, upon receiving a request to register the board from the board manager terminal through the input/output means, reading the board registration screen from the board database of the storage means and transmitting the board registration screen to the board manager terminal; a step of receiving an instruction for determining a specification of the board and the card attached to the board, including: (1) information for identifying a size, a type, and a title of the board and a character inputted to the board, (2) information for identifying a file name or a display position of a background image of the board composed of a document, a map, a photograph, and the like, (3) information for identifying a font size of a comment including in the card attached to the board, a genre of the card, and a card color corresponding to the genre, and (4) information for identifying a board manager of the board manager terminal which has made the request to register the board, that is, information for identifying a manager name or a mail address of the board manager on the board registration screen from the board manager terminal through the input/output means; and a step of creating the board based on the determined specification, assigning information for identifying the board to the created board, and storing the created board in the board database associating information for identifying the created board with information for identifying the board manager who has provided the created board.