JP2002041580A - Data collection system, server computer, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data collection system, a server computer, and a recording medium with program recorded thereon by which the data of questionnaire answers or the like are interactively and speedily collected. SOLUTION: Questionnaire target persons on a site 5 input personal information or answers of a questionnaire from portable telephones 13-1, 13-2,..., 13-n. The information or answers sent from the questionnaire target persons are totaled and analyzed by a WWW server 7, the result is converted to a table or graph and the data are sent through a network 2 to the portable telephones 13-1, 13-2,..., 13-n or home page of the site 5. The sent information or totalized/ analyzed result is held in a database 11 managed by a database server 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data collection system utilizing a portable communication terminal such as a mobile phone, a server computer, and a recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to collect data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when gathering participants' opinions and impressions on information and presentations at academic conferences and exhibitions, wired / wireless data transmission / reception using a dedicated system, input terminal, or the like. There were methods of doing this and methods such as handing out questionnaires to participants and collecting them.

[0003]

However, in collecting a questionnaire using a dedicated system or an input terminal, it is necessary to limit the place where the questionnaire is conducted and bring in a dedicated system or necessary equipment. There were also restrictions on the number of vehicles. Furthermore, in the case of a free answer such as distribution of a questionnaire, there is a problem that the response from the participants cannot be confirmed on the spot because the approach only from the side of the questionnaire is required, and it takes a long time to count.

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and has as its object to provide a data collection system, a server computer, and a data collection system for collecting data such as questionnaire responses interactively and quickly. It is to provide a recording medium on which a program is recorded.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems A first invention for achieving the above object comprises a server computer connected to a network, and a plurality of portable communication terminals connected to the network. The portable communication terminal includes means for transmitting data to a server computer, wherein the server computer counts data transmitted from the portable communication terminal, and counts the data counted by the counting means. A data collection system comprising: a display unit for displaying; and a holding unit for holding data counted by the counting unit. In the first invention, data input from a plurality of portable communication terminals is transmitted to a server computer, and a large amount of data transmitted by the server computer is totaled. The accounting result is obtained by the portable communication terminal or other display means. Displayed and maintained by the server computer. A second invention comprises a server computer connected to a network, and a portable communication terminal connected to the network and installed at a first place, wherein the server computer is Aggregate the input and sent data, a second location different from the first location
The data collection system is characterized in that the data is sent to a location. In the second invention, the server computer totals data input from the portable communication terminal installed at the first location and transmits the data to a second location distant from the first location.
A third invention is a receiving means for receiving data input from a portable communication terminal via a network, a counting means for counting the data, a display means for displaying the data counted by the counting means, And a holding unit for holding the data counted by the counting unit. In the third invention, the server computer receives the data input from the portable communication terminal, totals the data, displays the totaling result, and holds it.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a receiving means for receiving data input from a portable communication terminal via a network, a counting means for counting the data, and a display for displaying the data counted by the counting means. A recording medium storing a program for operating a computer as means, and holding means for holding data counted by the counting means. A fourth invention is a recording medium recording a program for realizing a server computer according to the third invention. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a receiving means for receiving, via a network, data transmitted from a first portable communication terminal installed at a first place, a totaling means for totalizing the data, and a totaling means. Transmitting means for transmitting the aggregated data to a second location different from the first location via a network. In the fifth invention,
The server computer aggregates data transmitted from the portable communication terminal installed at the first location and transmits the aggregation result to a second location different from the first location. According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a receiving unit for receiving, via a network, data transmitted from a first portable communication terminal installed at a first place, a totalizing unit for totalizing the data, and a totaling unit. A recording medium for recording a program for operating a computer as transmission means for transmitting the aggregated data to a second location different from the first location via a network. A sixth invention is a recording medium on which a program for realizing the server computer according to the fifth invention is recorded.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a data collection system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The data collection system 1 collects data such as a questionnaire response for participants at the venue 5. In the following description, a mobile phone will be described as an example of a mobile communication terminal.

At the venue 5, a computer 15 connected to the network 2, mobile phones 13-1, 13-2,.
3-n are installed. Mobile phones 13-1, 13-2,
.., 13-n are distributed to the questionnaire target in the hall 5. The subjects of the questionnaire were mobile phones 13-1, 13-2,
.., 13-n, input personal information, answer to a questionnaire, and the like.

[0009] Information and answers entered by the questionnaire target are sent to the server center 3 via the network 2. This is, for example, the mobile phone 13-1, 13-
The data is sent to the server center 3 by using an Internet connection service by 2,..., 13-n.

In the server center 3, a WWW server 7, a database server 9, a database 11, and a CD-ROM 17 connected to the network 2 are installed. WW
The W server 7 compiles and analyzes information and answers sent from the questionnaire subjects, converts the tallied / analyzed result into a table, a graph, or the like, and, via the network 2, the mobile phone 13-
1, 13-2,..., 13-n, or send data to a homepage or the like. A home page or the like showing the result can be displayed by the computer 15 in the venue 5.

[0011] In addition, the transmitted information, the results of tallying / analysis, and the like are held in a database 11 managed by a database server 11. CD-ROM 17 is WWW server 7
Records a program for performing the processing described below.

Next, the data collection processing of the data collection system 1 will be described in detail. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a data collection process by the WWW server 7.
The mobile phone 13-1 performs initial registration (step 20).
1). That is, the personal information and the like of the questionnaire target person using the mobile phone 13-1 are input and registered.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an initial menu screen of the mobile phone 13-1. For example, the menu (BOO
As “K MARK),“ profile registration ”and“ questionnaire ”are prepared, and the questionnaire subject selects“ profile registration ”to perform initial registration.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display when "profile registration" is selected. Here, assuming that the venue 5 is a medical society, a case where the subject of the questionnaire is a doctor will be described as an example. As shown in FIG. 4, the contents of the registration information include the age, gender, form of engagement, and the like of the questionnaire target.

[0015] When the questionnaire subject inputs the registration information using the keys of the mobile phone 13-1 and then inputs the transmission key, the registration information is transmitted to the WWW server 7 via the network 2.
Sent to The WWW server 7 receives and holds the registration information (Step 202).

Next, a questionnaire is started and the mobile phone 1
3-1 inputs the answer to the question of the questionnaire, and WW
It is transmitted to the W server 7 (step 203). 5 and 6
13 is a diagram showing an example of a questionnaire response input screen of the mobile phone 13-1. The questionnaire question and the answer to be selected can be displayed on the screen of the mobile phone 13-1, or displayed on the screen of the computer 15 of the venue 5, and projected in the venue 5 using a projector or the like. Is also possible.

In this case, it is assumed that the questionnaire questionnaire, the answer number and the answer are displayed in the hall 5. The questionnaire subject inputs the number of the corresponding answer, for example, “3” into the number field shown in FIG. 6 and transmits it. For example, WWW
The server 7 sets an answer totaling time for one question, and the questionnaire subject can transmit the answer as many times as possible within the totaling time, and the answer transmitted last can be the totaling time.

The WWW server 7 has mobile phones 13-1 and 13-1.
3-2,..., 13-n (Step 2
04), the transmitted answers are totaled, and the totaling result is displayed (step 205). FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of a response result by the WWW server 7. FIG. 7 shows the answer number and the number of respondents in a histogram. For example, the answer number “3” is selected by 281 respondents.

The result shown in FIG. 7 can be displayed on the mobile phone 13-1 or the like by the WWW server 7,
The WWW server 7 returns the data to the Web page, and the venue 5
Can be browsed by the computer 15 installed in the hall and displayed in the venue. As described above, the use of the present system enables quick collection of the answers to the questionnaire and provides the results to the questionnaire target in the hall 5 on the spot.

Next, if there is still a question (step 20)
6), the WWW server 7 asks the questionnaire for an answer to the question (step 207), and similarly tallies and displays the answer by the above method.

When the question of the questionnaire ends, the process ends. However, based on the result of the questionnaire shown in FIG. 7, the question creator adds a further question, or further asks a question from the questionnaire target person in the hall 5. You can recruit and conduct surveys, etc.
That is, it is possible to collect information.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the tabulated data 81 tabulated by the WWW server 7. .., 13-n, and registration information 85 registered in the initial registration.

The total data 81 shown in FIG. 8 is held in the database 11 managed by the database server 9. This data is important data for the sponsor of the conference. As described above, according to the present embodiment, not only can the results of the questionnaire be quickly collected and counted,
It is also possible to display the result of the counting in the venue 5 and to ask for more questions or to have a discussion.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration diagram of a data collection system 91 according to the second embodiment. The server center 3 and the venue 5 are the same as those shown in FIG.

The questionnaire place 33 is a place for questionnaire persons provided separately from the place 5, and the questionnaire persons in the place 33 are provided with mobile phones 93-1, 93-2,.
93-n are distributed. Mobile phones 93-1 and 93-2,
, 93-n can be connected to the network 2.

Mobile phones 93-1, 93-2, ..., 93-
The questionnaire question is sent to n from the WWW server 7 or the computer 15 in the venue 5 via the network 2. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a question created by the WWW server 7 or the computer 15.

In FIG. 10, a destination 101 is, for example, an e-mail address for sending a question 103 as an e-mail to the mobile telephones 93-1, 93-2,..., 93-n. It is also possible.

Although the question 103 shown in FIG. 10 can be set in advance by the organizer of the conference or the like, a question is asked from a questionnaire target person in the hall 5 and the question 103 is input from the computer 15 in the hall 5. You can also.

For example, the hall 5 is a medical society, the questionnaire hall 33 is a waiting room of a hospital, etc., and a questionnaire target in the hall 5 says, If the user wants the question "Do you want to do it?", The computer 15 inputs this question, and the mobile phones 93-1, 93-2,.
-N can be sent a question.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a question received by the mobile phone 93-1 or the like. The subjects of the questionnaire at the questionnaire hall 33 are the mobile phones 93-1 and 93-
2,..., 93-n, and input the answer to the question.
At the venue 5, an answer or the like is input from the mobile phone 13-1 or the like.

Information and answers input from the questionnaire subjects are sent to the server center 3 via the network 2 and are counted and analyzed by the WWW server 7. Aggregate·
The analysis result is sent to the mobile phones 13-1, 13-2,..., 13-n of the venue 5 via the network 2 or sent to a homepage, browsed by the computer 15, or sent to the mobile phone 93-1 of the questionnaire venue 33. It is also possible to send.

The results of the tallying and analysis are stored in the database 11 managed by the database server 11. In addition, a question can be received from the mobile phone 93 of the questionnaire target in the questionnaire hall 33, and the questionnaire target in the hall 5 can be answered, thereby enabling a two-way questionnaire survey.

Further, mobile phones 95-1,... Shown in FIG.
95-n and the like can be connected to the network 2, and can send questionnaire questions from the WWW server 7 or the computer 15 in the venue 5 as described above. The result collectors 97-1,..., 97-n collect answers from the people around them and transmit the results to the server center 3 via the network 2 with respect to the sent questions.

The answers sent from the mobile phones 95-1,..., 95-n are totaled and analyzed by the WWW server 7. Aggregation and analysis results are sent to the venue 5 via the network 2.
, 13-n or the computer 15 of the mobile phone 13-1, 13-2,.
To the mobile phone 93-1 or the like.

For example, mobile phones 95-1,..., 95-n
, ..., 97-n can be assigned to each prefecture, and surveys can be conducted with the people around them to collect responses. Data collected in a very wide area can be collected. Collection can be done quickly.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, not only can a questionnaire target in the venue 5 be quickly answered and counted, but also a questionnaire survey can be conducted to questionnaire targets other than the venue 5. From these results, interactive data collection, such as adding more questions, can be performed.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, data such as questionnaire responses can be collected interactively and quickly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a data collection system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a data collection process by a WWW server 7;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an initial menu screen of the mobile phone 13-1.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen display example when profile registration is selected.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a questionnaire response input screen of the mobile phone 13-1.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a questionnaire response input screen of the mobile phone 13-1.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a response result by the WWW server 7;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing tabulated data 81 tabulated by the WWW server 7;

FIG. 9 is a schematic configuration diagram of a data collection system 91 according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a question created by the WWW server 7 or the computer 15;

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a question received by the mobile phone 93-1 or the like.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Data collection system 2 Network 3 Server center 5 Venue 7 WWW server 9 Database server 11 Databases 13-1, 13-2,. 13-n Mobile phone 15 Computer 17 CD-ROM

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A server computer connected to a network, and a plurality of portable communication terminals connected to the network, wherein the portable communication terminal includes means for transmitting data to the server computer. The server computer includes: a counting unit that counts data transmitted from the portable communication terminal; a display unit that displays data counted by the counting unit; and a holding unit that holds the data counted by the counting unit. Means, comprising: a data collection system. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a question is created based on the data collected by said totaling means, an answer to said question is input from said portable communication terminal, and sent to said server computer. Data collection system. 3. A server computer connected to a network, and a portable communication terminal connected to the network and installed at a first location, wherein the server computer receives an input from the portable communication terminal. A data collection system which counts the transmitted data and sends the data to a second location different from the first location. 4. The server computer counts data input and transmitted from the first portable communication terminal,
The data collection system according to claim 3, wherein the data is sent to a second portable communication terminal installed at the second location. 5. A receiving means for receiving data input from a portable communication terminal via a network, a counting means for counting the data, a display means for displaying the data counted by the counting means, A server computer, comprising: a holding unit that holds data counted by the counting unit. 6. A receiving means for receiving data input from a portable communication terminal via a network, a counting means for counting the data, a display means for displaying the data counted by the counting means, A storage medium for storing data aggregated by the aggregation means, and a recording medium on which a program for operating a computer is recorded. 7. A receiving means for receiving, via a network, data transmitted from a first portable communication terminal installed at a first place, a counting means for counting the data, and a counting means for counting the data. Transmitting means for transmitting the obtained data to a second location different from the first location via a network. 8. The transmitting means transmits the data totalized by the totaling means to the second data via a network.
8. The server computer according to claim 7, wherein the data is transmitted to a second portable communication terminal installed at the location. 9. A receiving means for receiving, via a network, data transmitted from a first portable communication terminal installed at a first place, a counting means for counting the data, and a counting means by the counting means. Transmission means for transmitting the obtained data to a second location different from the first location via a network, and a recording medium for recording a program for operating a computer.