JP2002288394A - Schedule management system and its method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a schedule management system capable of easily registering and updating personal schedule information from the portable telephone set of a user, and always performing access from the terminal of the manager of the user through the Internet to latest personal information. SOLUTION: This system is provided with a portable telephone set 1 of a user capable of transmitting and receiving an electronic mail, the server of a center station 10 for controlling a radio network 100, and for mediating communication with the portable telephone set 1, a data server 30 for storing schedule information, and for extracting it at a designated communication date, a mail server 20 for analyzing the electronic mail transferred from the center station server, and for extracting the schedule information, and for transmitting it to the data server 30, and for receiving the schedule information extracted by the data server 30, and for converting it into the electronic mail, and for transmitting it through the center station 10 to the portable telephone set 1, a WWW server 40 for presenting the presentation and update service of the schedule information on the Internet, a user terminal 2, and a reader terminal 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a schedule management system and method for notifying a user at a designated date and time by using a communication network including wireless communication, and in particular, to a schedule management system and method for the user. The present invention relates to a schedule management system and method for notifying a schedule to a telephone by e-mail and updating and registering the schedule from a mobile telephone by e-mail.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, personal schedule information has been registered in advance on a server connected to a personal terminal (such as a personal computer) at a work place or a company office, and a personal pager is carried. There are systems that notify (registered trademark) and pagers.

[0003]

However, it is not possible to access a server from a pager or a pager to update personal schedule information. There is a problem that the latest schedule cannot be grasped, and the person cannot receive the notification service based on the updated schedule information.

[0004] Therefore, it is conceivable to manage personal schedule information on a WWW server and access it by a browsing processing function of a mobile phone. However, it is necessary to perform a large number of responses and link selection operations before the mobile phone accesses the target file on the WWW server. The connection time is prolonged due to the slow communication speed of the mobile phone or wireless network. Along with the expense, the problem of poor operability arises.

An object of the present invention is to make use of the simplicity of the electronic mail function of a portable telephone so that personal schedule information can be accessed and updated at any time, and the personal schedule information is disclosed to a WWW server having security. By doing so, it is possible to always access the latest personal information from the personal computer of the user or the administrator via the Internet.

[0006]

A first schedule management system according to the present invention comprises: a user's mobile phone capable of transmitting and receiving e-mail; and a server of a center station which controls a wireless network and mediates communication with the mobile phone. A data server for storing and retrieving the user's schedule information at a scheduled notification date and time, analyzing an e-mail from the mobile phone transferred from the center station server, extracting schedule information, transmitting the schedule information to the data server, and A mail server that receives the schedule information extracted by the data server, converts the received schedule information into electronic mail, and transmits the electronic mail to the user's mobile phone via the center station.

According to a second schedule management system of the present invention, in the first schedule management system, the mail server has schedule data extracted from an electronic mail transferred from a center station server in a predetermined data format. It is also characterized in that it has means for transmitting to the data server if it is confirmed, and generating a registration error e-mail and transmitting it to the user's mobile phone if there is a format error.

In a third schedule management system according to the present invention, in the first or second schedule management system, the data server and the mail server are connected to a server of the center station via an intranet. Features.

In a fourth schedule management system according to the present invention, in the third schedule management system, the user terminal, a WWW server that provides schedule information browsing and updating services for the user terminal, and the intranet are provided. Connected via the Internet, the user terminal has a browsing processing means, and when the WWW server receives a request for browsing and updating schedule information from the user terminal, it performs user authentication with the presented identification information and password and is authenticated. For example, the schedule information corresponding to the identification number is read from the data server through the Internet or an intranet, converted into an HTML format, shaped, and transmitted to the user terminal. Corrected schedule information Wherein the received updating instruction to send to the data server.

[0010] In a fifth schedule management system according to the present invention, in the third schedule management system, a viewer terminal, a WWW server that provides a schedule information browsing service to the viewer terminal, and the intranet are provided. Connected via the Internet, the browsing terminal has browsing processing means, and when the WWW server receives a browsing request for schedule information from the browsing terminal, is the browsing person permitted by the presented identification information and password? The authentication is performed, and if authenticated, the schedule information corresponding to the identification number is read from the data server through the Internet or an intranet, converted into an HTML format, shaped, and transmitted to the viewer terminal.

[0011] The first schedule management method of the present invention comprises:
In a system including a user's mobile phone, a server of a center station that controls a wireless network and mediates communication with the mobile phone, and a data server for storing schedule information and a mail server connected to the server and an intranet, A data server for storing the schedule information of the user and extracting it at the scheduled notification date and time, wherein the mail server analyzes the e-mail from the mobile phone transferred from the center station server and extracts the schedule information; A procedure for confirming whether the schedule information is in a predetermined data format, transmitting the schedule information to the data server if confirmed, and generating a registration error e-mail if there is an abnormality in the format and transmitting it to the user's mobile phone; Receives the schedule information taken out by the server, converts it to email, and Characterized by comprising the step of transmitting to the mobile phone of the user via the printer station.

A second schedule management method according to the present invention comprises:
The user's mobile phone, a server of a center station that controls a wireless network and mediates communication with the mobile phone, a data server for storing schedule information and a mail server connected to this server via an intranet, and the intranet is connected to the user's mobile phone. A system including a user terminal on the Internet and a WWW server, the data server storing schedule information of the user and retrieving it at a scheduled notification date and time, wherein the mail server is transferred from a center station server. Analyzing email from the phone and extracting schedule information;
Check if the schedule information is in the prescribed data format,
If confirmed, send the data to the data server. If there is a format error, generate a registration error e-mail and send it to the user's mobile phone. Receive the schedule information extracted by the data server and convert it to e-mail. And transmitting to the user's mobile phone via the center station,
When the WWW server receives a request for browsing and updating schedule information from a user terminal, the WWW server authenticates the user with the presented identification information and password, and reads schedule information corresponding to the identification number at the time of authentication from the data server through the Internet or an intranet. , Converting to HTML format, formatting and transmitting to the user terminal, and receiving the identification number and the modified schedule information from the user terminal in response to the user's request for changing the received schedule information, transmitting to the data server, and instructing to update. It is characterized by having.

[0013] A third schedule management method of the present invention comprises:
The user's mobile phone, a server of a center station that controls a wireless network and mediates communication with the mobile phone, a data server and a mail server for storing schedule information connected to the server and the intranet, and the intranet is connected. A system including a browsing terminal on the Internet and a WWW server, the data server includes a procedure for storing schedule information of the user and retrieving it at a scheduled notification date and time, and the mail server is transferred from the center station server. Analyzing email from the mobile phone and extracting schedule information;
Check if the schedule information is in the prescribed data format,
If confirmed, send the data to the data server. If there is a format error, generate a registration error e-mail and send it to the user's mobile phone.Receive the schedule information retrieved from the data server and convert it to e-mail. And transmitting to the user's mobile phone via the center station,
When the WWW server receives a browsing request for schedule information from the browsing terminal, the WWW server authenticates the browsing person authorized by the presented identification information and password, and transmits the schedule information corresponding to the identification number at the time of authentication to the Internet or an intranet. Read from the data server through
The method is characterized in that a procedure for converting the data into the HTML format, shaping the data, and transmitting the converted data to the viewer terminal is provided.

[0014]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Referring to FIG.
The schedule management system according to the present invention includes a mobile phone 1, a center station 10, a mail server 20, a data server 30, and a WWW (Word Wide Web) server 4.
0, a user terminal 2, a viewer terminal 3, a wireless network 100 connecting them, an intranet 200, and the Internet 300.

The mobile phone 1 has an Internet connection function, a WWW browsing function (browsing processing function), and an e-mail transmission / reception function, and has a function of transmitting, registering, and receiving schedule information by e-mail. At the time of sending an e-mail to the center station 10, a function of transmitting the identification number (telephone number) of the mobile phone and transmitting the e-mail schedule information in a predetermined form is provided.

The center station 10 is an information processing device such as a workstation or a server equipped with a wireless transmission / reception device, receives an e-mail from the mobile phone 1 via the wireless network 100, and receives the identification number (telephone number) of the mobile phone. number)
Is confirmed and authenticated, a function of transferring the information to the mail server 20 and a function of notifying the mobile phone 1 of the schedule information received from the mail server 20 for notifying the schedule information are provided.

The mail server 20 is an information processing device such as a workstation or a server. The mail server 20 analyzes an electronic mail from the mobile phone 1 transferred from the center station 10, extracts personal schedule information, and transmits it to the data server 30. Further, it has a function of transmitting the schedule information received for notifying the schedule information from the data server 30 via the center station 10.

The data server 30 is an information processing device such as a workstation or a server. The data server 30 accumulates personal schedule information received from the mail server 20 for each user, and is set as a scheduled date and time set as a schedule or as necessary. It has a function of transmitting personal schedule information to the mail server 20 at the notification date and time, and a function of searching and storing personal schedule information to be referenced and updated via the WWW server 40.

The user terminal 2 is an information processing device such as a personal computer, has a function of connecting to the Internet 300, and is provided with a WWW browser (browsing processing means).
It has a function of registering, referring to, and changing personal schedule information when connected to the server 40 and user authentication is performed.

The browsing terminal 3 is an information processing device such as a personal computer and has a function of connecting to the Internet 300. The browsing terminal 3 is connected to the WWW server 40 by a WWW browser. It is possible to refer to schedule information of another person within the right range.
For example, it is a terminal of the supervisor of the workplace that manages the work of the user.

The WWW server 40 is an information processing device such as a workstation server. The WWW server 40 transmits the personal schedule information of the data server 30 to the viewer terminal 3 connected to the Internet 300 by using HTML (Hyper Text).
The data server 30 converts the data into a Markup Language (Format) format, publishes the converted data, and provides the user terminal 2 with the data server 30.
Has a function of presenting and updating the schedule information of the individual.

An authentication function of an accessor for preventing leakage of personal information and an SSL (Secure Socket)
(ts Layer) or the like.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, an operation of registering schedule information by the mobile phone 1 will be described with reference to the sequence chart of FIG. 2 and FIGS.

The registrant of the schedule information uses his / her own mobile phone 1 to input the registration type (registration, change, deletion), notification date and time, date, time, and schedule contents as shown in FIG. Then, schedule information is created (step A1).

In the example of FIG. 5A, 0 means new registration, and 1H is the schedule of "XX conference, XX conference room" one hour before (12:00) 13:00 which is the scheduled start date and time. Is notified to the mobile phone 1. In the example of FIG. 5B, 2 indicates a change in schedule, the notification time is 30 minutes before a new schedule is set, and the date and time is 13:00 on 12/22 which was originally set.
At 15:00, on December 23, 15: 00-17:
00 is input as the changed schedule.

In the example of FIG. 5C, 3 means deletion,
"12/23 15: 00-17: 00 XX Conference, X
It is instructing to delete the schedule of "X conference room".

Returning to FIG. 2, the created schedule information is transmitted to the schedule management system of the center station 10 together with the identification number (telephone number) of the mobile telephone by the electronic mail transmission function of the mobile telephone 1 (step A).
2).

The center station 10 confirms whether or not the connection is permitted based on the identification number (telephone number) of the mobile phone (step A3). If the authentication fails, the center station 10 notifies the mobile phone 1 of the authentication failure. And disconnect the line (step A
4) If authenticated, receive e-mail and mail server 2
0 (step A5).

The mail server 20 constantly monitors the incoming e-mail, and the e-mail received from the center station 10 automatically extracts the schedule information and the identification number (telephone number) of the mobile phone (step A6). ). It is checked whether the extracted schedule information is in the data storage format in the data server 30, and if it is correct, the schedule information is transmitted to the data server 30 together with the identification number (telephone number) of the mobile phone (step A7).

The data server 30 accumulates and updates the schedule information according to the registration type (registration, deletion, change) based on the identification number (telephone number) of the mobile phone received from the mail server 20 (step). A8).

Referring to FIG. 6, the schedule information to be stored and updated includes the identification number (telephone number) of the portable telephone, the notification time, the date, the time, and the contents of the schedule.
In the example of No. 3, "1/13 12: 00-13: 00 X
"Meal at X, meet at XX" schedule 1/1
3 Registration to notify at 12:00 has been performed.

Returning to FIG. 2, if the data storage format and the data content date and time confirmed in step A7 are incorrect, the data format of the email is determined to be abnormal and the email is returned to the center station 10 (step A9). Center station 10
Is connected to the mobile phone 1 (step A10), and if the mobile phone 1 and the center station 10 are connected (step A1)
1), an e-mail is returned from the center station 10 to the mobile phone 1 (step A12), and the mobile phone 1 receives the registration error e-mail as shown in FIG. 5D as an abnormal data format of the schedule information. (Step A1
3).

Next, the operation of notifying the mobile phone 1 of the schedule information will be described with reference to FIG. Data server 30
Always monitors the schedule notification date and time of the stored schedule information (step B1). If there is schedule information that has reached the notification date and time, the schedule information is transmitted to the mail server 20 together with the identification number (telephone number) of the mobile phone 1. (Step B2).

The mail server 20 creates an e-mail from the identification number (telephone number) of the mobile phone received from the data server 30 and the schedule information (step B).
3) Transmit to the center station 10 (step B4).

The center station 10 is connected to the wireless network 10
0, the mobile phone 1 is called (step B5). If the mobile phone 1 is connected to the center station 10 (step B6), the center station 10 sends an e-mail to the mobile phone 1 (step B7). Receives an e-mail as shown in FIG. 5E in which schedule information is written (step B8).

FIG. 4 is a sequence chart showing an operation when browsing and updating schedule information from the user terminal 2 connected to the Internet 300 or an operation when browsing schedule information from the viewer terminal 3. is there.

Referring to this figure, WWW from user terminal 2
A browser is used to connect to the WWW server 40 (step C1), and thereafter, information is transmitted and received using an SSL or the like provided in the WWW browser to ensure security.
The WWW server 40 displays an inquiry screen on the user terminal 2 (Step C2). From the displayed inquiry screen, the user terminal 2 transmits the telephone number of the mobile phone as an identification number and a preset password (step C3).

The WWW server 40 authenticates the accessor from the identification number and the password, and authenticates the individual having the schedule information from the information. If authenticated, it requests the data server 30 for schedule information corresponding to the identification number (step C4). The data server 30 searches the schedule information from the identification number, and transmits the searched schedule information to the WWW server 40 (Step C5). The WWW server 40 converts the schedule information received from the data server 30 into an HTM
The data is converted into the L format, shaped, and transmitted to the user terminal 2 (step C6).

The user terminal 2 refers to the schedule information received from the WWW server 40 by using a WWW browser (step C7). If there is a change in the schedule information confirmed from the user terminal 2, the change contents of the date, time, schedule contents, notification date and time, and registration type (registration, deletion, change) are transmitted to the WWW server 40 (step C8).
The WWW server 40 receives the identification number and the schedule modification information, and confirms that the authentication level performed in step C4 is the identity of the user (step C9).

If confirmed, it is confirmed whether the schedule information is in the data storage format of the data server 30 (step C10). If it is correct, the schedule information is transmitted to the data server 30 (step C11).

The data server 30 stores the schedule information according to the registration type from the identification number received from the WWW server 40 (step C12).

Next, when browsing the schedule information from the viewer terminal 3, the user connects to the WWW server 40 using the WWW browser in the same manner as described above, and the inquiry screen is displayed.
, And the phone number of the mobile phone as the identification number,
Transmit the password set in advance (Steps C1 to C
3).

The WWW server 40 authenticates the person having the right to view the schedule information from the identification number and the password, requests the data server 30 for the schedule information corresponding to the identification number, and converts the obtained schedule information into the HTML format. It is shaped and transmitted to the viewer terminal 3 (steps C4 to C7).

Here, even if a request for updating the schedule information received from the viewer terminal 3 is made, the presented password is at the viewer level and is rejected by the WWW server 40.

The user's mobile phone 1 can also access the WWW server 40 via the intranet 200 or the Internet 300, and can view and update his / her own schedule information and can view the schedule information of others within the scope of the access right.

[0046]

According to the schedule management system and method of the present invention, personal schedule information can be registered in a data server by using a mobile phone, and when the scheduled date and time when the schedule is registered or a notification date and time set as required is reached, the user is carried around on a regular basis. Since the mobile phone can receive the schedule information as an alarm, there is a first effect that the schedule management can be performed even when there is no device such as an electronic organizer dedicated to schedule management.

Further, by registering schedule information and inputting update information with a mobile phone and transmitting the information as an e-mail, there is also a second effect that the time required for access and the communication cost can be reduced.

Further, by releasing schedule information to a secure WWW server on the Internet,
If you have a personal computer that can connect to the Internet and perform WWW browsing, you can easily view and change schedule information, and change the date and time of notification to your mobile phone as needed. There is also a third effect that the user can view and change the information, and the workplace manager can grasp the latest schedule of the user (subordinate).

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an overall configuration of a schedule management system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows registration of schedule information by the mobile phone 1,
7 is a sequence chart showing an update operation.

FIG. 3 is a sequence chart showing an operation of notifying the mobile phone 1 of stored schedule information at a designated scheduled date and time.

FIG. 4 is a sequence chart showing an operation when browsing and updating schedule information from the user terminal 2 or an operation when browsing schedule information from the browser terminal 3.

5A shows an input format when registering schedule information from the mobile phone 1, FIG. 5B shows a correction input format, FIG. 5C shows a deletion instruction input format, and FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example of an error notification mail at the time of registration update, and FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of one user's schedule information stored in the data server 40;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile telephone 2 User terminal 3 Viewer terminal 10 Center station 20 Mail server 30 Data server 40 WWW server 100 Wireless network 200 Intranet 300 Internet

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A user's mobile phone capable of transmitting and receiving e-mail, a server of a center station that controls a wireless network and mediates communication with the mobile phone, and stores schedule information of the user and retrieves the information at a scheduled notification date and time. Analyze the data server and the e-mail from the mobile phone transferred from the center station server, extract the schedule information and send it to the data server, and receive the schedule information taken out by the data server and convert it to e-mail And a mail server for transmitting to the user's mobile phone via the center station. 2. The mail server checks whether the schedule information extracted from the e-mail transferred from the center station server has a predetermined data format, and if confirmed, transmits the schedule information to the data server. 2. The schedule management system according to claim 1, further comprising means for generating an e-mail indicating a registration error and transmitting the generated e-mail to a user's mobile phone. 3. The schedule management system according to claim 1, wherein the data server and the mail server are connected to a server of the center station via an intranet. 4. A user terminal, a WWW server that provides schedule information browsing and updating services for the user terminal, and the intranet are connected via the Internet, wherein the user terminal has browsing processing means,
When the server browses the schedule information and receives an update request from the user terminal, the server performs user authentication with the presented identification information and password, and if authenticated, reads the schedule information corresponding to the identification number from the data server through the Internet or an intranet, Convert to HTML format,
4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising receiving the identification number and the corrected schedule information from the user terminal, transmitting the data to the data server, and instructing the data server to update the received schedule information in response to the user's request for changing the received schedule information.
The schedule management system described. 5. A browser terminal, a WWW server that provides a schedule information browsing service to the browser terminal, and the intranet are connected via the Internet, wherein the browser terminal has a browsing processing unit, and the WWW server Receives a request to view schedule information from the viewer terminal,
The user is authenticated as to whether or not the user is authorized by the presented identification information and password. If the user is authenticated, the schedule information corresponding to the identification number is read from the data server through the Internet or an intranet, converted into an HTML format, formatted, and browsed. 4. The schedule management system according to claim 3, wherein the schedule is transmitted to a user terminal. 6. A mobile phone of a user, a server of a center station which controls a wireless network and mediates communication with the mobile phone, and a data server and a mail server for storing schedule information connected to the server via an intranet. In the system including, the data server comprises a procedure for storing the schedule information of the user and retrieving it at the scheduled notification date and time, wherein the mail server analyzes the e-mail from the mobile phone transferred from the center station server,
The procedure for extracting the schedule information, and confirming whether the schedule information is in a predetermined data format. If confirmed, the schedule information is transmitted to the data server. And transmitting the schedule information retrieved from the data server to an electronic mail, and transmitting the electronic mail to the user's mobile phone via the center station. 7. A mobile phone of a user, a server of a center station which controls a wireless network and mediates communication with the mobile phone, a data server for storing schedule information and a mail server connected to the server via an intranet, A system including a user terminal on the Internet to which the intranet is connected, and a WWW server, the data server comprising a procedure for storing schedule information of the user and retrieving the schedule information at a scheduled notification date and time; Analyze the e-mail from the mobile phone transferred from the, the procedure to extract the schedule information, check whether the schedule information is in a predetermined data format, if confirmed, send to the data server,
If there is a format error, a procedure for generating an e-mail of a registration error and transmitting it to the user's mobile phone, and receiving the schedule information taken out by the data server, converting it into an e-mail, and sending it to the user's mobile phone via the center station When the WWW server receives a request for browsing and updating schedule information from a user terminal, the WWW server authenticates the user with the presented identification information and password, and transmits schedule information corresponding to the identification number at the time of authentication to the Internet or an intranet. Read from the data server through
The procedure of converting the data into the HTML format, transmitting the data to the user terminal, and the procedure of receiving the identification number and the modified schedule information from the user terminal, transmitting the updated schedule information to the data server, and instructing the data server to update the data in response to the user's request for changing the received schedule information. A schedule management method characterized by comprising: 8. A user's mobile phone, a server of a center station that controls a wireless network and mediates communication with the mobile phone, a data server for storing schedule information and a mail server connected to the server and an intranet, A system including a browsing terminal on the Internet to which the intranet is connected, and a WWW server, the data server storing schedule information of the user and retrieving it at a scheduled notification date and time; Analyze the e-mail from the mobile phone transferred from the server, extract the schedule information, and check whether the schedule information is in a predetermined data format, if confirmed, send to the data server,
If there is an error in the format, generate a registration error e-mail and send it to the user's mobile phone, and receive the schedule information taken out by the data server, convert it to e-mail, and send it to the user's mobile phone via the center station. When the WWW server receives a schedule information browsing request from a browsing terminal, the WWW server authenticates whether the browsing is permitted by the presented identification information and the password. A schedule management method comprising a step of reading schedule information from the data server through the Internet or an intranet, converting the information into an HTML format, formatting and transmitting the HTML information to a viewer terminal.