JP2005346515A - Conference shifting control method, conference shifting control server, and conference shifting control program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means for reducing loads of selecting members and data and facilitating smooth business proceedings in holding a series of electronic conferences in business processes. <P>SOLUTION: A conference shifting control system 100 is constituted by connecting a server 47 to a plurality of terminals 48 via a network 49. In the memory 53 of the server 47, a conference shifting control means 50 and a conference shifting means 51 are arranged. The shifting control means 50 controls an entire conference flow. The conference shifting means 51 proceeds each conference. A hard disk device 54 includes a conference information storage means 61, a member information storage means 62, and a data information storage means 63. The conference information storage means 61 stores a conference information table which defines the flow of the conference. The member information storage means 62 stores the member information table for defining participating members in each conference and data to be dealt with. The data information storage means 63 stores the data information table for storing information on the data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a conference transition control method, a conference transition control server, and a conference transition control program for smoothly proceeding with an electronic conference using groupware.

Recently, electronic conferences using groupware or the like (hereinafter also simply referred to as “conferences”) are being carried out, and members who participate in each conference, access rights, and the like are set separately. For example, Patent Document 1 describes an example of an electronic conference system in which an electronic conference organizer registers a conference date and time, a conference room, and a participant's mail address using the conference reservation function of the conference system server. ing.
JP 2003-304518 A (paragraphs 0012 to 0018, FIGS. 1 and 2)

  However, in business processes such as product development, a series of electronic conferences are often held in order according to a predetermined rule in the company. However, in the conventional electronic conferencing system, each time a new conference is held, the registration of each participating member and each member are performed regardless of the relationship between the multiple electronic conferences, such as the order of the events and the takeover data. It is necessary to set the access right to the data. For this reason, there is a problem that a smooth transition cannot be made when moving from one conference to the next conference, that is, it is not known when the conference is over or when the next conference is held. In addition, when a conference is held, it has been a burden on the conference organizer to select participating members and data to be handled.

  Therefore, in view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide means for reducing the burden of selecting participating members and data to be handled when holding a series of electronic conferences in a business process, thereby facilitating smooth business progress. There is to do.

The present invention for solving the above-described problems is a conference information table in which a sequence for holding a series of meetings in a business process is defined in advance, and an instruction to perform a series of meetings from a terminal, and the series of meetings according to the meeting information table A conference transition control means for controlling the overall flow, and a conference transition means that is activated for each conference by the conference transition control means and proceeds with the conference according to the conference information table, and is connected to the terminals of the conference members via the network This is a conference transition control method for controlling the transition of a series of conferences in a conference transition control server connected in the same manner. In addition, the present invention includes a conference transition control method in a conference transition control server further comprising a member information table in which members who participate in each conference are defined and a data information table that holds information regarding data handled in each conference.
In the conference transition control method according to the present invention, the conference transition control unit activates the conference transition unit for each conference, and the conference transition unit performs a process for each conference to advance a series of conferences. The conference transition means starts the conference when the status data of the previous conference is ended, and sets the end to the status data of the conference when the conference end condition in the conference information table is satisfied. Exit. The end condition may include generation of a deliverable in the meeting, determination of end by a participating member, expiration of a date, and the like. Further, the member information table is generated from all the employee information by filtering according to the selection conditions of the participating members of the conference information table. A member who participates in the conference is searched from the member information table, and a conference opening notification message is transmitted to the terminal of the member. Then, the access right to the data is set according to the role name of the member in the member information table. Furthermore, predetermined data is taken over from the previous meeting to the next meeting based on the data type of the data in the data information table.

  The present invention includes a conference transition control server and a conference transition control program. Further, “pre-conference ID” and “selection condition” in the claims correspond to “start condition”, “position condition and affiliation condition” in the best mode for carrying out the invention described later.

  According to the present invention, since the status data of the previous conference is checked before the conference is started, the next conference can be started immediately when the previous conference is finished, As a result, it is possible to smoothly advance the business.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “embodiment of the present invention”) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

≪System configuration and overview≫
The configuration of the conference transition control system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The conference transition control system 100 is configured by connecting a server 47 and a plurality of terminals 48 via a network 49. The server 47 is realized by an information processing apparatus such as a so-called server computer or PC (Personal Computer). In addition, these information processing apparatuses may be virtual computers, virtual servers, logical servers, and logical computers that are executed by programs or objects. The terminal 48 is realized by a PC or a mobile terminal. The network 49 is realized by an intranet in a company.
The server 47 is a server that realizes conference transition control. As the hardware, a memory 53, a hard disk device 54, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 55, an input / output device 56, a keyboard 57, a display device 58, a network connection device 59, and the like are connected to the bus 60. In the memory 53, a conference transition control unit 50 and a conference transition unit 51 are arranged. The conference transition control means 50 has a function of controlling the entire conference flow. The conference transition means 51 has a function of proceeding with each conference. The conference transition control unit 50 and the conference transition unit 51 are realized by the CPU 55 executing a program (or an object, a process, or a thread) stored in the memory 53. The hard disk device 54 includes a conference information storage unit 61, a member information storage unit 62, and a data information storage unit 63. The conference information storage unit 61 stores a conference information table that defines a conference flow. The member information storage means 62 stores a member information table that defines the participating members of each conference and data handled in the conference. The data information storage unit 63 stores a data information table that holds information about data. The conference information storage unit 61, the member information storage unit 62, and the data information storage unit 63 are realized by a predetermined data storage area and a data read / write function in the hard disk device 54.

The terminal 48 is a terminal for a member participating in the conference to use the conference transition control system 100. The terminal 48 includes server access means 52a, data display editing means 52b, and the like. The server access unit 52 a has a function of transmitting / receiving data to / from the server 47 via the network 49. The server access means 52a is realized by a network connection device or the like. The data display editing unit 52b has a function of displaying received data, editing the data, and generating new data. The data display editing unit 52b is realized by a display, a keyboard, a mouse, or the like.
In FIG. 1, an example is shown in which one server 47 has both a program and data, but the program and data may be assigned to separate servers.

  With reference to FIG. 2, the example of the flow of the meeting at the time of product development which concerns on embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. First, a product planning meeting 1 composed of members in the product design department or higher is held. Next, design meetings (part A design meeting 2 and part B design meeting 3) for determining the specifications of the parts in the design departments of the parts A and B that make up the product are held by the section manager and chief equivalent members. The Then, on the result of the design meeting in the design department of each part, the specification review (part A specification review 4 and part B specification review 5) is performed by the members below the chief of the design department and the quality assurance department. Finally, based on the result of the specification review of all the parts (part A, part B), the product integration review 6 is performed by members of the section manager or higher. It is assumed that such a conference flow can be arbitrarily defined by a member using a GUI (Graphical User Interface) function or the like by the data display editing unit 52b of the terminal 48. As a result of the definition, a conference information table 7 (see FIG. 3) is generated and stored in the conference information storage unit 61.

<< Table structure >>
With reference to FIG. 3, the configuration of the conference information table according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. The conference information table 7 is a table defining a conference flow as shown in FIG. The conference information table 7 includes a conference ID 8, a conference name 9, a next conference ID 10, a start condition 11, an end condition 12, takeover data 13, a post condition 14, an affiliation condition 15, and a state 16. The conference ID 8 is an ID (unique number) that is uniquely given to each conference in the conference information table 7 and is used to specify the conference. The conference name 9 is a name of a conference to be held, and an arbitrary name can be registered. The next meeting ID 10 is a meeting ID of a meeting to be held after the meeting is ended. When a plurality of conferences are held next like the product planning conference 1, all conference IDs of the next conference are registered. The start condition 11 is a conference ID of a conference that must be ended before the conference is started. When a plurality of conferences are assumed as in the product integration review 6, the conference IDs of all the prerequisite conferences are registered. The end condition 12 is a condition for ending the conference. Conditions can be registered such as when the chairman who is one of the participating members determines the end, when a product that is the purpose of the meeting is generated, or when a deadline such as a deadline has passed.

  The takeover data 13 is data that is subsequently used in the next meeting. For example, the product plan generated in the product planning meeting 1 is taken over by the design meeting for each part (part A design meeting 2 and part B design meeting 3), and the design meeting is held based on it. A product planning document is registered in the succeeding data 13 of the record of the product planning meeting 1. The post condition 14 and the affiliation condition 15 are the post and affiliation of the member who participates in the conference. In other words, in this condition, among the related members of the product development project team, the titles and departments of the members to which the data relating to the conference should be distributed are registered. Here, the “design department” in the affiliation condition 15 is a department higher than the “part A design department” and the “part B design department”. For example, “design department” corresponds to “part”, and “part A design department” and “part B design department” correspond to “section”. The state 16 indicates the current state of the conference, and holds any one of “none”, “waiting for start”, “start”, and “end”. “None” is a meeting that has not yet received a start instruction. When the conference information table 7 is generated, the status 16 of each conference is “none”. “Waiting for start” is a conference that is in a standby state because some conferences registered in the start condition 11 have received a start instruction but have not ended. “Start” is the actual ongoing conference. “End” is a meeting that has ended when the end condition is satisfied. The “start instruction” means that in the server 47, the conference transition control unit 50 starts the task of the conference transition unit 51 in order to proceed with the conference corresponding to the conference ID set in the conference ID register. .

The configuration of the member information table according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The member information table 17 is a table that defines participating members of each conference and data that the participating members handle in the conference. The member information table 17 includes a conference ID 8, a member name 19, a role name 20, a title 21, an affiliation 22, a data ID 23, and an access right 24. The conference ID 8 is the same as the conference ID 8 registered in the conference information table 7 of FIG. The member name 19 is the name of a member who participates in each conference. The role name 20 indicates the role of the member in the conference. The role name 20 determines data access rights and conference management rights. For example, if a member whose role name 20 is “chairperson” is set, access to the server 47 from the terminal 48 allows not only to reference and update all data handled in the meeting, It is possible to set data access rights of other members and to determine the end of the conference. The post 21 and affiliation 22 are the post and affiliation of the member. Here, it is used when the member information table 17 is generated by filtering all employee information (not shown) in the company according to the post condition 14 and the affiliation condition 15 defined in the meeting information table 7 of FIG. The The data ID 23 is an ID serving as a search key for a data information table 25 (see FIG. 5) that holds information related to data handled in the conference. The access right 24 indicates the reference right or update right of the “member” of the member name 19 with respect to “data” corresponding to the data ID.
Since the member information table 17 defines members for each conference and defines data handled by the members in the conference, as shown in FIG. 4, the conference ID 8, the member name 19, and the role name 20 The data structure is such that the combination of post 21 and affiliation 22 overlaps by the number of data IDs.

The configuration of the data information table according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The data information table 25 is a table that holds information related to data handled in the conference. The data information table 25 includes a data ID 23, a conference ID 8, a data name 28, a data path 29, and a data type 30. The data ID 23 is the same as the data ID 23 in the member information table 17 of FIG. The conference ID 8 is the same as the conference ID 8 in the conference information table 7 in FIG. 3 and the conference ID 8 in the member information table 17 in FIG. The data name 28 indicates the name of the data. A data path 29 indicates a storage location when data is stored in the server 47. For example, a path to file data such as a document and mail, a URL (Uniform Resource Locators) of Web contents, and the like are registered. The data type 30 indicates the role of data in the conference. For example, when it is determined whether or not data (for example, a product such as a product plan or a design specification) that is a conference end condition has been generated. Use.
Note that other data IDs may be set in the data path 29 such as “D005” and “D006” of the data ID 23. This can be applied to the case where the data of the previous meeting is used as it is.

≪System operation≫
With reference to FIG. 6, the operation | movement of the meeting transition control means in the server which concerns on embodiment of this invention is demonstrated (refer FIG. 1 thru | or FIG. 5 suitably). The conference transition control unit 50 controls the entire conference flow defined in the conference information table 7 in response to an instruction to execute a predetermined conference flow received from the server access unit 52a of the terminal 48 via the network 49. First, the conference ID of the conference at the start position of the entire conference flow as shown in FIG. 2 is set (step S31). Specifically, the ID “C001” of the product planning meeting 1 for which the start condition 11 is not set (“None” is set) from the meeting information table 7 of FIG. 3 is set in the meeting ID register. Here, the conference ID register (not shown) can be referred to and updated by the conference transition control unit 50 and the conference transition unit 51, and the conference transition control unit 50 mainly starts with respect to the conference transition unit 51. This is used as a parameter for specifying the conference to be instructed. A plurality of conference IDs may be set in the conference ID register. Next, the conference corresponding to the set conference ID “C001” is started (step S32). Specifically, the task transition unit 51 is activated (start instruction) with “C001” set in the conference ID register as a parameter. When a plurality of conference IDs are set in the conference ID register, a plurality of tasks corresponding to each conference ID are activated.

  Thereafter, when the task process of the conference transition means 51 is completed, it is checked whether or not the next new conference ID is set in the conference ID register (step S33). When the next conference is performed after the conference with the conference ID specified by the parameter, the conference transition unit 51 sets the conference ID of the next conference in the conference ID register and ends. When the task processing of the conference transition means 51 executed by specifying the conference ID “C001” is completed, referring to the conference information table 7 in FIG. 3, the conference ID “3 of the component A design conference 2 as the conference ID of the next conference. C002 ”and the conference ID“ C003 ”of the part B design conference 3 are set. That is, since the next conference ID is set (Yes in step S33), the conference transition control unit 50 starts the task of the conference transition unit 51 again using the conference IDs “C002” and “C003” as parameters (step S32). ). If the next conference ID is not set (No in step S33), it means that there is no conference to be started. Therefore, the conference transition control means 50 performs a series according to the start instruction of the conference flow from the terminal 48. Terminate the process.

  With reference to FIG. 7, the operation | movement of the meeting transition means in the server which concerns on embodiment of this invention is demonstrated (refer FIG. 1 thru | or FIG. 5 suitably). The conference transition unit 51 is task-activated for each conference from the conference transition control unit 50 and progresses through each conference defined in the conference information table 7. The meeting transition means 51 first extracts the member information table 17 of FIG. 4 from all employee information (not shown) by filtering according to the job condition 14 and the affiliation condition 15 corresponding to the meeting ID given as a parameter by the meeting ID register. Generate. Next, the participating members are searched from the member information table 17 using the conference ID given as a parameter as a search key. Specifically, since the product planning meeting 1 with the meeting ID “C001” is first started, when a member is searched from the member information table 17 of FIG. 4 using the meeting ID “C001” as a search key, "Hitachi Ichiro", "Hitachi Taro" and "Hitachi Shiro" are obtained. Therefore, the three persons are set as members of the product planning meeting 1 and set in the work area of the task corresponding to the meeting ID (hereinafter simply referred to as “work area”) (step S34). Next, the takeover data from the previous meeting is set in the data information table 25 (step S35). When the start condition 11 is searched from the conference information table 7 in FIG. 3 using the conference ID “C001” as a search key, “None” is set, which means that there is no previous conference, so there is no transfer data here. It will be. Next, an access right to the data is set (step S36). The data ID 23 and the access right 24 are searched from the member information table 17 of FIG. 4 using the conference ID 8 and the member name 19 as search keys, and the access right to the data is set for each member from the search result. For example, when a data ID is searched using the meeting ID “C001” and the member name “Hitachi Ichiro” of the product planning meeting 1 as search keys, “D001”, “D002”, “D003”, and “D004” are obtained as search results. Correspondingly, from the data information table 25, four pieces of data of “utterance 1”, “plan 1”, “mail 1,...” And “conference room log” are obtained. Since the role name 20 of “Hitachi Ichiro” is “Chairperson”, the access right 24 of “Hitachi Ichiro” for each data is all set to “read / write”, so that the reference right and update right for the four data Assign both. Similarly, access rights are set for four pieces of data for “Hitachi Taro” and “Hitachi Shiro”. According to this, when each member accesses the server 47 from the terminal 48 via the network 49, the server 47 controls the access to the four pieces of data.

  Next, it is checked whether or not the meeting start condition is satisfied (step S37). When the start condition 11 is searched from the meeting information table 7 in FIG. 3 using the meeting ID “C001” of the product planning meeting 1 as a search key, “none” is set in the start condition 11. That is, since the start condition is unconditionally satisfied (Yes in step S37), the conference is started immediately. If the start condition 11 is not satisfied (No in step S37), the check in step S37 is repeated. In addition, before and after step S37, “wait for start” and “start” are set in the state 16 of the product planning meeting 1, respectively. After the conference starts, first, a conference opening notification is transmitted to all the participating members (step S38). Specifically, it is already known that the participants of the Product Planning Conference 1 are “Hitachi Ichiro”, “Hitachi Taro” and “Hitachi Shiro” set in the work area. Send a meeting notification by email. It is assumed that there is a table for checking e-mail addresses from the names of participating members. Thereafter, each participating member performs free work in the started meeting. For example, it is assumed that discussion in an electronic conference room, document creation, and mail transmission / reception are performed. The type of data registered by the member during such work is determined (step S39). The conference and the electronic conference room in the embodiment of the present invention have a one-to-one relationship, and a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) for the speech data of the electronic conference room is stored in the data information table 25 of FIG. S40). For example, when “Hitachi Ichiro” speaks a plan in the electronic conference room at the product planning meeting 1, (D001, C001, URI to speech data, general data) is inserted into the data information table 25 of FIG. At the same time, (C001, Hitachi Ichiro, D001), (C001, Hitachi Taro, D001) and (C001, Hitachi Shiro, D001) are registered in the member information table 17 of FIG. With respect to the access right 24, “reading” is assigned to other than the creator and the chairman at the time of registration, and the chairman can change the access right 24 thereafter.

  When the conference transition means 51 saves the data, it checks whether or not the conference termination condition is satisfied (step S43). When the end condition 12 is searched from the meeting information table 7 of FIG. 3 using the meeting ID “C001” as a search key, the result “product plan” is obtained as the meeting end condition 12 of the meeting ID “C001”. Here, when the conference ID “C001” is searched from the data information table 25 of FIG. 5, since there is only “general data” as the data type 30 and “product plan” is not made, the conference termination condition is not satisfied. Therefore (No in step S43), the conference is not terminated and the process returns to step S39. Next, when “Hitachi Taro” creates a document based on the discussion of the meeting, (D002, C001, document path, general data) is registered (saved) in the data information table 25 of FIG. (C001, Hitachi Ichiro, D002), (C001, Hitachi Taro, D002) and (C001, Hitachi Shiro, D002) are inserted (saved) into the member information table 17 of No. 4 (step S41). When “Taro Hitachi” sends a circular review request for this document by e-mail, (D003, C001, path to e-mail data, general data) is registered (saved) in the data information table 25 of FIG. (C001, Hitachi Ichiro, D003), (C001, Hitachi Taro, D003) and (C001, Hitachi Shiro, D003) are inserted (saved) into the member information table 17 (step S42). Next, when a member browses an e-mail with an e-mail client (not shown), the e-mail data list is obtained by searching the e-mail data path using the “conference ID” and “member name” as search keys. can do.

  When the document with the data ID “D002” is completed as a product plan, the chairperson updates the data type 30 of the data ID “D002” in the data information table 25 of FIG. 1 is satisfied (Yes in step S43), the next conference ID is set in the conference ID register (step S44). When the next conference ID 10 is searched from the conference information table 7 of FIG. 3 using the conference ID “C001” as a search key, the conference ID “C002” of the component A design conference 2 and the conference ID “C003” of the component B design conference 3 are obtained. Therefore, these two conference IDs are set. If there is data to be taken over for the next conference, it is registered as takeover data (step S45). The “product plan”, which is the end condition, is passed on to the next meeting without any condition. In addition, for example, when it is desired to take over the message log of the conference room, the data type 30 (D004, C001, conference room log) is updated to “takeover data” in the data information table 25 of FIG. This update operation is assumed to be performed from the terminal 48 by a member having authority according to the role name 20. Then, the conference transition means 51 sets “End” in the state 16 of the product planning conference 1 in the conference information table 7 of FIG. 3 (Step S46), and ends the task processing corresponding to the conference ID.

In FIG. 2, when the product planning meeting 1 is finished, the part transition control means 50 starts the part A design meeting 2 and the part B design meeting 3. When the task transition unit 51 is activated with the conference ID “C002” of the part A design conference 2 as a parameter, the conference transition unit 51 uses “Hitachi Taro”, “ After setting “Hitachi Jiro” and “Hitachi Saburo” (step S34), the takeover data is set (step S35). When the start condition 11 and the takeover data 13 are searched from the meeting information table 7 of FIG. 3 using the meeting ID “C002” of the part A design meeting 2 as a search key, the meeting ID “C001” of the product planning meeting 1 and “ Product plan "is obtained. Furthermore, when the conference ID “C001” and the data type “product plan” and the conference ID “C001” and the data type “takeover data” are searched from the data information table 25 of FIG. "And" D004 "are obtained.
Therefore, the data ID, conference ID, data path (takeover source data), and data type “general data” are registered as new data in the data information table 25 of FIG. Specifically, (D005, C002, D002, general data) and (D006, C002, D004, general data) are registered. At the same time, the conference ID “C002”, the member name, and the data IDs “D005” and “D006” are registered in the member information table 17 of FIG. The access right to the transfer data is “read / write” for the chairman and “read” for the other members (step S36). When the start condition 11 of the conference ID “C002” is referred to from the conference information table 7 of FIG. 3, the conference ID “C001” is obtained. Furthermore, referring to the state 16 of the conference ID “C001” from the conference information table 7 of FIG. 3, it is “finished” (Yes in step S37), so the conference with the conference ID “C002” is started.

  When the part A design meeting 2 with the meeting ID “C002” ends, the meeting transition control means 50 starts the part A specification review 4 with the meeting ID “C004”. When the meeting with the meeting ID “C004” ends, the meeting ID “C004” ends. C006 "product integration review 6 is about to start. When the conference transition unit 51 is activated by using the conference ID “C006” as a parameter, the conference transition unit 51 searches for the start condition 11 from the conference information table 7 of FIG. 3 using the conference ID “C006” as a search key. A part A specification review 4 with ID “C004” and a part B specification review 5 with meeting ID “C005” are obtained. When the respective states are searched from the conference information table 7 in FIG. 3 and the conference ID “C004” is “finished” and the conference ID “C005” is “started”, the start condition of the conference ID “C006” is It is determined that the condition is not satisfied (No in step S37), and the conference transition unit 51 repeats the check in step S37 every predetermined period.

According to the above, regarding a series of meetings in a business process, the rules determined within the company and know-how for each workplace are expressed once in computer-usable data, and the meeting transition control server is operated based on the data. As a result, the conference can proceed smoothly, and as a result, smooth business operations can be promoted.
In addition, it is possible to accurately and easily specify a member who should participate in the conference based on the selection condition of the participating member defined according to a predetermined rule. And since the meeting holding notification is transmitted to the identified member, it is possible to prevent omission of notification. Further, the access right to the data can be appropriately set according to the role of the member. Furthermore, data transfer between meetings can be performed smoothly.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the program executed by each unit shown in FIG. 1 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read by a computer system. When executed, the conference transition control system according to the embodiment of the present invention is realized. Here, the computer system includes software such as an OS (Operating System) and hardware such as peripheral devices.

  An example of the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the meeting transition control system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the flow of the meeting at the time of product development which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the meeting information table which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the member information table which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the data information table which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the meeting transition control means which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the meeting transition means which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

7 Conference information table 17 Member information table 25 Data information table 47 Server (conference transition control server)
48 terminal 49 network 50 conference transition control means 51 conference transition means 52a server access means 52b data display editing means 61 conference information storage means 62 member information storage means 63 data information storage means 100 conference transition control system

Claims (7)

A meeting information table in which the order of holding a series of meetings in a business process is predefined;
In response to an instruction to conduct a series of conferences from a terminal, conference transition control means for controlling the flow of the entire series of conferences according to the conference information table;
A conference transition unit that is activated for each conference from the conference transition control unit and progresses the conference according to the conference information table;
A conference transition control method for controlling a transition of a series of conferences in a conference transition control server connected to a terminal of a conference member via a network,
The conference information table includes at least a conference ID that is a conference-specific number, a conference name that indicates the name of the conference, a next conference ID that is a conference ID of a conference to be held next to the conference, and the previous conference For each meeting, the previous meeting ID that is the meeting ID of the meeting that should have been completed, the ending condition that is the condition that the meeting is considered to have ended, and the status data that indicates the progress of the meeting,
The conference transition control means includes:
Setting a conference ID in which the previous conference ID is not set in a predetermined memory;
Starting the conference transition means using the set conference ID as a parameter;
When the process of the conference transition means is finished,
Activating the conference transition means when an unprocessed conference ID is set in the predetermined memory;
Controlling to end the process corresponding to the instruction when an unprocessed meeting ID is not set in the predetermined memory;
Run
The conference transition means includes
When the status data of the conference corresponding to the previous conference ID of the conference corresponding to the conference ID of the parameter is complete, starting the processing of the conference;
When the termination condition is satisfied, setting the next conference ID of the conference in the predetermined memory, setting the termination in the status data of the conference, and ending the processing of the conference;
The conference transition control method characterized by performing this.   The conference transition control method according to claim 1, wherein the termination condition includes at least one of generation of a deliverable in the conference, determination of termination by a participating member, and passage of a due date. The conference transition control server further includes a member information table in which participating members of each conference are defined,
The conference information table further holds selection conditions for members participating in the conference for each conference,
The member information table holds at least a conference ID which is a conference-specific number and a member name indicating a member participating in the conference for each conference,
The conference transition means includes
Generating the member information table according to the selection condition;
Searching the member information table using the conference ID of the parameter as a search key, and setting a member name as a search result as a participating member in a predetermined memory;
When starting the process of the conference, sending a message notifying that the conference is to be held to the terminals of the participating members set in the predetermined memory;
The conference transition control method according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: The conference transition control server further includes a data information table that holds information about data handled in each conference,
The member information table includes a role name indicating a role of the member in the conference, a data ID which is a number unique to data handled in the conference, and an access right indicating a possible access method for the member. For each meeting ID and member name,
The data information table holds at least a data ID, a data name indicating the name of the data, and a data path indicating the location of the data for each data,
The conference transition means includes
Before starting the meeting,
Searching the member information table using the meeting ID of the parameter and the member name of the set participating member as a search key;
A step of setting an access right according to a role name set in advance for the member of the data corresponding to the data ID as the search result;
The conference transition control method according to claim 3, further comprising: The data information table further holds a data type indicating the role of data,
The conference transition means includes
Before starting the meeting,
Searching the data information table using the previous meeting ID of the meeting and the type of the meeting deliverable corresponding to the previous meeting ID, and the previous meeting ID and the succeeding data of the meeting as search keys;
A step of newly setting data corresponding to the data ID as a search result in the data information table as data of the conference;
When a product is generated during the meeting, setting the data type as the product type and setting the data of the product in the data information table;
When the meeting ends
In accordance with an instruction from the terminal, in the data information table, setting the data type of data to be taken over to the next conference to be takeover data;
The conference transition control method according to claim 4, further comprising: A meeting information table in which the order of holding a series of meetings in a business process is predefined;
In response to an instruction to conduct a series of conferences from a terminal, conference transition control means for controlling the flow of the entire series of conferences according to the conference information table;
A conference transition unit that is activated for each conference from the conference transition control unit and progresses the conference according to the conference information table;
A conference transition control server that is connected to a conference member terminal via a network and controls transition of a series of conferences,
The conference information table includes at least a conference ID that is a conference-specific number, a conference name that indicates the name of the conference, a next conference ID that is a conference ID of a conference to be held next to the conference, and the previous conference For each meeting, the previous meeting ID that is the meeting ID of the meeting that should have been completed, the ending condition that is the condition that the meeting is considered to have ended, and the status data that indicates the progress of the meeting,
The conference transition control unit sets a conference ID in which the previous conference ID is not set in a predetermined memory, starts the conference transition unit using the set conference ID as a parameter, and ends the process of the conference transition unit If an unprocessed conference ID is set in the predetermined memory, the conference transition unit is restarted, and when an unprocessed conference ID is not set in the predetermined memory, the instruction is handled. To finish the process
The conference transition means starts processing of the conference when the status data of the conference corresponding to the previous conference ID of the conference corresponding to the conference ID of the parameter is completed, and when the termination condition is satisfied, A conference transition control server configured to set the next conference ID of the conference in the predetermined memory, set the end in the status data of the conference, and end the processing of the conference. A meeting information table in which the order of holding a series of meetings in a business process is predefined;
In response to an instruction to conduct a series of conferences from a terminal, the whole conference series is controlled according to the conference information table, and a conference transition control unit that starts a conference transition unit for each conference;
A conference transition unit that is activated for each conference from the conference transition unit and proceeds with the conference according to the conference information table;
A conference transition control program for controlling a transition of a series of conferences in a conference transition control server connected to a terminal of a conference member via a network,
The conference information table includes at least a conference ID that is a conference-specific number, a conference name that indicates the name of the conference, a next conference ID that is a conference ID of a conference to be held next to the conference, and the previous conference For each meeting, the previous meeting ID that is the meeting ID of the meeting that should have been completed, the ending condition that is the condition that the meeting is considered to have ended, and the status data that indicates the progress of the meeting,
On the server computer,
The conference transition control means setting a conference ID in which the previous conference ID is not set in a predetermined memory;
The conference transition control means activating the conference transition means using the set conference ID as a parameter;
The conference transition means, when the status data of the conference corresponding to the previous conference ID of the conference corresponding to the conference ID of the parameter is complete, starting the processing of the conference;
The conference transition means, when the termination condition is satisfied, the next conference ID of the conference is set in the predetermined memory, the termination is set in the status data of the conference, and the process of the conference is terminated; ,
The conference transition control means, when the process of the conference transition means is completed, when an unprocessed conference ID is set in the predetermined memory, the step of starting the conference transition means, and the predetermined memory Controlling to end processing corresponding to the instruction when an unprocessed meeting ID is not set;
A conference transition control program characterized in that

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