JP2000020582A - Owned object managing system and recording medium having stored program for making computer execute processing in the same system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an owned object managing system by which plural owned objects are managed while being made to mutually correspond with respect to a reservation which is simultaneously executed concerning the plural owned objects with one kind of data. SOLUTION: The owned object managing system is provided with a service record preparing means for recording service ID when a lending reservation is executed for the owned objects A1, A2 and A3 at a time and preparing service records 41, 42 and 43 which are made to be in one-to-one correspondence with owned records 31, 32 and 33 and a reservation record preparing means for preparing a reservation record 51 where service ID, reservation request information and user information concerning users reserving lending are recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a possession management system, and more particularly to a possession management system that manages lending, lending reservation, return, etc. of possessions such as books, videos, CDs, etc. in libraries and video rental stores. About. recent years,
Libraries and the like have started to manage lending, lending reservations, returning, and the like of holdings using a holdings management system. There is a demand for a more convenient possession management system for users.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional collection management system, for example, when a library holds three identical materials A, the library holds A3 for each of the three collections A1, A2, and A3.
Set up a holding record that records information about the holdings,
Using the holding record, information related to lending and lending reservation of the holdings is managed.

[0003] For example, a user who wishes to borrow material A, if all of the library's holdings A1, A2, and A3 are on loan, is holdings A1, A2, and A3 managed by the holdings management system. A lending reservation is made in advance for any of the holdings A1, A2, A3 with reference to information such as a lending date and a scheduled return date. Then, after the reserved property is returned, the property is borrowed. At this time,
A conventional possession management system creates a reservation record that records reservation information such as an ID number of a user who made a reservation and a reservation date for a reserved possession. This reservation record is associated one-to-one with the holding record of the reserved holding. Then, for example, when the possession A1 for which the user has made a reservation is returned, the user who has made a lending reservation for the possession A1 is specified from the reservation record corresponding to the possession record of the possession A1, and the use A only for the elderly
One loan was allowed.

[0004]

However, the rented items are not always returned on the scheduled return date. For example,
There is a case where the holding A2 for which another user has made a reservation is returned before the holding A1 for which the user has made a reservation, and the lending is possible. In this case, in the conventional possession management system, since the possession record and the reservation record are associated with each other on a one-to-one basis, the user who makes the reservation later makes the material A () earlier than the user who made the reservation first. A situation occurs in which the possession 2) can be borrowed.

[0005] In order to allow a user who wants to borrow the material A as soon as possible to borrow the collection A1, A2, A3, which is returned first, the collections A1, A2, A3.
When a reservation is made for all of the items, the conventional possession management system associates the possession record with the reservation record on a one-to-one basis, so that the user is treated as if the user made three reservations. Therefore, the user makes an extra reservation for the same kind of collections for two items. If there is an upper limit to the number of reservations due to library regulations and the function of the collection management system, the material A
There is a problem that the number of reservations for other materials is reduced by two.

Further, in the conventional collection management system, when a user makes a reservation for all of the collections A1, A2, and A3, and borrows the collection A1 that is returned first, Is not reflected in the holding records and the reservation records of the other holdings A2 and A3, so that the holdings A2 and A3
If you do not cancel your reservation, the collection A2 will still be
A3 was also treated as borrowed by the user after returning.

Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to provide a possession management system for managing a plurality of holdings in association with each other for a reservation made simultaneously for a plurality of holdings of one type of material. That is. Further, a second object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a process in the possession management system.

[0008]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the first object of the present invention, a possession management system according to the present invention comprises:
As set forth in claim 1, there is provided a same-kind possession reservation managing means for associating a plurality of possessions of a kind with a reserve event generated at the time of lending reservation of a certain possession. It is configured as follows.

[0009] As a specific means for the above-mentioned management, the possession management system of the present invention is the following.
As described in the item (1), in the possession management system according to claim 1, the possession reservation managing means of the same kind comprises a reservation specifying means for identifying the reservation event, and a possession managing means for managing each possession. A correspondence management unit for associating the reservation event specified by the reservation event specifying unit with a plurality of same-type holdings related to the lending reservation managed by the holdings management unit. It is configured as follows.

In order to solve the first problem of the present invention by using a record, a possession management system according to the present invention comprises:
In a possession management system that manages returns, a possession record storage unit that pre-stores a possession record describing information about the possession, and a reservation record that creates a reservation record describing information about lending reservation of a certain type of possession Creating means, a booking record storing means for storing the booking record created by the booking record creating means, and a reservation created by the booking record creating means when lending a plurality of holdings of the same type. Service record creating means for creating a service record describing the correspondence between a record and each holding record relating to the plurality of holdings; and service record storage means for storing the service record created by the service record creating means. It is configured to comprise.

In such a possession management system, even if a lending reservation is made for a plurality of possessions of the same kind at a time, the reservation record is associated with each possession record of the plurality of possessions via the service record. Therefore, the reservation is made as a single reservation, and even if there is an upper limit to the number of reservations in accordance with the regulations of the library, more lending reservations can be made for other types of holdings.

[0012] In addition, from the viewpoint of canceling a reservation for another collection when any one of a plurality of collections of the same type for which a lending reservation has been made is returned, the collection management system includes: As described in claim 4, in the possession management system according to claim 3, when the possession is returned,
Reservation record specifying means for specifying a reserved record corresponding to the held record of the returned holding based on the information of the service record stored in the service record storing means; and the returned record associated with the specified reserved record. Service record erasing means for erasing, from the service record storage means, a service record that associates a possession record of another possession of the same type with the specified reservation record. .

[0013] In such a possession management system, when any of a plurality of possessions of the same type for which a lending reservation has been made is returned, the service record relating to the other possession is deleted, so that the return is made. The correspondence between the holdings record of the holdings other than the held holdings and the reservation record is canceled, and the user does not have to perform the procedure for canceling the reservation for the holdings other than the returned holdings.

Further, when a plurality of users make lending reservations for the same collection, from the viewpoint of specifying a user who can lend the returned collection, a collection management system is used. As described in claim 5, in the possession management system according to claim 4, each reservation record stored in the reservation record storage means has priority information, and the reservation record specifying means, When there are a plurality of reserved records corresponding to the held records of the returned possession, one reserved record is specified according to the priority information.

In such a possession management system, the reservation record is specified by the reservation record specifying means based on the priority information, and the returned stock can be rented to the user associated with the specified reservation record. In addition, when a plurality of users make a lending reservation for the same collection, the collection management system can be rented from the collection returned to the user who made the reservation earlier. As described in claim 6, in the possession management system according to claim 5, the priority information is information on a reservation application date on which a lending reservation was made.

The information on the reservation application date may be only the date or information including time. Further, from the viewpoint of providing a recording medium for causing a computer to perform processing in the above-mentioned holdings management system when a lending reservation is made for a plurality of holdings of the same type at a time, As described in Item 7, a storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a process in a holdings management system that manages lending, lending reservation, and returning of holdings, stores a certain kind of holdings. A reservation record creation procedure for creating a reservation record describing information on a lending reservation, a reservation record storage procedure for storing the reservation record created in the above-mentioned reservation record creation procedure in a reservation record storage unit, and a plurality of holdings of the same type When making a lending reservation, the reservation record created by the above-mentioned reservation record creation procedure and the place where the information about the holdings are described A service record creation procedure for creating a service record describing a correspondence relationship between each of the plurality of holdings stored in a holding record storage unit in which records are stored in advance, and a service record for the created service record. The storage unit is configured to store a program having a service record storage procedure to be stored in the storage unit.

[0017] Also, in order to cause a computer to perform processing in the above-mentioned holdings management system when any of a plurality of holdings of the same type reserved for lending to a plurality of holdings of the same type is returned. From the viewpoint of providing a recording medium according to the present invention, the present invention provides a recording medium according to the present invention.
When the possession is returned on the recording medium described,
A reservation record specifying procedure for specifying a reservation record corresponding to the held record of the returned holding based on the information of the service record stored in the service record storage unit, and the returned record associated with the specified reservation record. A service record erasing procedure for erasing, from the service record storage unit, a service record that associates a holding record of another holding of the same kind as the holding with the specified reservation record. It is configured to

Further, in the case where a plurality of users have made a lending reservation for the same collection, a process in the above-mentioned collection management system for specifying a user who can lend the returned collection is performed. From the viewpoint of providing a recording medium for causing a computer to execute the above, the present invention provides the recording medium according to claim 8, wherein the reserved record specifying procedure is performed by returning the When there are a plurality of reservation records corresponding to the holding records of the holdings, the program is configured to store a program that specifies one reservation record according to the priority information of each reservation record stored in the reservation record storage unit. You.

[0019]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a possession management system according to the present invention. The holdings management system is used for searching for holdings, making reservations for lending, and returning the borrowed holdings. As shown in FIG. 1, the possession management system includes clients 101, 102a, 102b,
5, 201, 301, the server 104 and the like. Server 104, clients 101, 102a, 102b
Is installed in the library 100, and the client 20
1 is installed in the library 200.

The client 101 is a user client used by a user of the library 100 when searching for or holding a collection. Also, the client 102a
Is a reading client of the library 100, and is used by the librarian or clerk to perform a procedure for returning a returned book or to search for a collection requested by a user. It is a client for managers used by the librarian and clerk in the delivery procedure of purchased items.

The server 104 includes the library 100 and the library 2
00 has information on the items to be stored, and the clients 101, 102a, 102b, 105, 201, 3
01 is stored as a database, and the client 101, if necessary,
Data necessary for processing in 102a, 102b, 105, 201, and 301 is given.

The client 201 in the library 200
It is connected to the server 104 via the LAN 203 in the library 200 and the public line 300. Therefore, Library 1
The client 101 in the library 200 can search for a collection held by the library 200, and the client 201 in the library 200 can search for a collection held in the library 100.

The client 105 is, for example, the library 1
00 is a client installed in a laboratory in the same premises, and a LAN 103
Connected by Therefore, the library 10
It is possible to search for items stored in the library 0 and the library 200 and make reservations for lending. The client 301 is, for example, the library 10
0 and a client installed at the home of a user of the library 200, and is connected to the server 104 via the public line 300. Therefore, the user can search for items in the library 100 or the library 200 or make a lending reservation from the client 301 at home.

The number of clients is not limited to the above example.
It is assumed that it can be appropriately increased or decreased according to the scale of the libraries 100 and 200, the number of users of the system, and the like. Further, the installation location of the server 104 is not limited to the library 100, and may be installed in the library 200 or may be installed independently in a location other than the library. FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of a computer system used as the client 101.

As shown in FIG. 2, the computer system includes an input unit 21, a display unit 22, a control unit 23, a memory unit 24, a drive unit 25, an auxiliary storage unit 26, and an output unit 27 which are interconnected by a bus B. And a communication unit 28. The input unit 21 includes a keyboard, a mouse, a barcode reader, and the like operated by a library user or a clerk, and is used to input various data. The display unit 22 displays various windows based on an operation input from the input unit 21, a material inquiry screen described later, and the like. The memory unit 24 has an area for performing processing related to the possession management system as described later.

A program for operating the possession management system of the present invention is provided by a recording medium such as a CD-ROM. When the recording medium storing the program is set in the drive unit 25, the program is installed in the auxiliary storage unit 26 from the recording medium via the drive unit 25. Then, when the possession management system operates, the program is read from the auxiliary storage unit 26 to the memory unit 24.
Then, the control unit 23 executes processing related to the possession management system according to the program read into the memory unit 24.

The auxiliary storage unit 26 stores the program executed by the control unit 23 when the possession management system operates as described above. The output unit 27 prints out a data processing result or the like based on an instruction from the control unit 23. The communication unit 28 is an interface for transmitting and receiving data to and from the server 104.

The clients 102a, 102b, 1
05, 201, and 301 also have the same hardware configuration as the client 101, and a description thereof will be omitted. continue,
The operation of the possession management system of the present invention will be described. For example, the user 1 in the library 100 browses the material A,
When the user wants to borrow, first, the user 1 inputs the ID number and the name of the material A to the client 101, and displays the material inquiry screen 106 on the display unit 22.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of the material inquiry screen 106. As shown in FIG. 3, the user information column 1
07 shows information about the user 1 such as the ID number and name of the user 1, the request information column 108 shows information about the material A to be searched, and the holding list 109 shows the holdings of the material A. Is displayed. The holding list 109 in FIG.
This indicates that the material A is stored in the library 100 and the library 200 in a total of four books. Collection A of these four books
1, A2, A3, and A4.

The user 1 can know from the state display column 110 in the holding list 109 that the holdings A1, A2, A3, and A4 are all on loan and the return period of each holding. Then, when the user 1 desires to borrow the collections A1, A2, and A3 held by the library 100 among the materials A, for example, the collections A1, A2, and A3 are selected by clicking the mouse on the screen. Then, the user presses the OK button 111 to make a lending reservation for the collections A1, A2, and A3.

The processing performed by the possession management system when a possession is reserved will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing performed by the possession management system when a possession is reserved. FIG.
Are service records 41, 42, 43, 44, which are created according to the processing of the holdings management system when a holding is reserved.
FIG. 45 is a diagram showing a record 45 and reservation records 51 and 52.

When the user 1 inputs the ID number and the name of the material A for the reservation application and displays the material inquiry screen 106 on the display unit 22, the client 101
The control unit 23 acquires the holding records 31, 32, and 33 of the holdings A1, A2, and A3 from the server 104 (1-1). As shown in FIG. 5, the holding records 31, 32, and 33 are records related to holdings provided for each holding, and include a holding record ID, holding information including a plurality of pieces of information regarding holdings, and “renting”. During",
The storage state information indicating the state of the storage such as “installed” or “reserved” is recorded. FIG. 5 shows the holding records 31, 32,
33 holding record IDs are “10” and “1”, respectively.
1 "and" 12 ".

In FIG. 4, after the control unit 23 acquires the holding records 31, 32, and 33, when the user 1 presses an OK button 111 on the material inquiry screen 106,
The control knit 23 is a collection A1, A2,
The server 104 inquires whether or not the reservation of A3 is possible (1-2). In this check, for example, it is determined that the cumulative number of reservations of the user 1 is less than or equal to the number prescribed by the library, or that the reserved items A1, A2,
It is checked that A3 is not prohibited from lending.

As a result of the check in step (1-2), if the user 1 cannot make a reservation for the collections A1, A2, A3,
The control unit 23 displays an error message on the display unit 22 indicating that reservation is not possible (1-
3), the processing by the possession management system ends (1).
-4). On the other hand, as a result of the check in the procedure (1-2), when the user 1 can reserve the collections A1, A2, and A3, the control unit 23 transmits the three service records 41,
42 and 43 are created (1-5).

As shown in FIG. 5, the service record 4
Reference numerals 1, 42, and 43 are records created for each holding record of the holdings to be reserved. In addition to the holding record ID and the holdings information, a service ID that differs for each reservation procedure is recorded. FIG. 5 shows that the service IDs of the service records 41, 42, and 43 are “01”. The holding record IDs recorded in the service records 41, 42, and 43 correspond to the corresponding holding records 31, 32, and 3, respectively.
3 is the same as the holding record ID recorded in No. 3. The service record shows how many reservations are made for each item. Therefore, the number of reservations for each possession can be displayed on the display unit 22 based on the service record as needed.

After creating the three service records 41, 42 and 43, the control unit 23 creates one reservation record 51 (1-6). And holding record 3
Service records 41, 4 created as 1, 32, 33
2, 43 and the reservation record 51 are sent from the communication unit 28 to the server 104, and the processing of the possession management system accompanying the reservation procedure ends (1-4).

As shown in FIG. 5, the reservation record 51
One request is created for each reservation procedure. In addition to the service ID, reservation request information consisting of information such as the reservation date and the reservation application building, and user information consisting of information such as the user ID and contact information of the user who made the reservation are provided. Record. The service ID recorded in the reservation record 51 is the corresponding service record 41, 4
It is the same as the service ID recorded in 2, 43. Thus, the reservation record and the service record are the service IDs.
, It is possible to know the type of material and the number of items held by each user based on the reservation record and the service record. Therefore, the type of material and the number of items reserved by each user can be displayed on the display unit 22 as necessary.

[0038] Following the user 1, the user 2 holds the collection A1,
When you make a loan reservation for A2, the possession management system
The above processing is repeated again, and service records 44 and 45 and a reservation record 52 as shown in FIG. 5 are created. FIG. 5 shows the service I of the service records 44 and 45.
D indicates "02". The created service records 44 and 45 and the reservation record 52 are sent from the communication unit 28 to the server 104 in the same manner as the service records 41, 42 and 43 and the reservation record 51.

As described above, according to the possession management system of the present invention, the number of reservations of the user 1 is the same as the number of reservation records for recording the user information of the user 1. Therefore,
Even if the user 1 makes a lending reservation for a plurality of holdings A1, A2, A3 at the same time, it is regarded as one reservation, so the library 100 rules that there is an upper limit on the number of reservations allowed for one person However, the number of allowed reservations can be used effectively.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of the holding record. FIG.
As shown in (1), in the holding record, in addition to the holding record ID, holding information and holding state information are recorded. The holding information includes a barcode ID printed on the holding, a department code in a library where the holding is held, and the like. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a service record. As shown in FIG. 7, in the service record, in addition to the service ID and the holding record ID, management information, holding information, and delivery information are recorded. As the management information, a record registration date and a registered building code are recorded, and as the delivery information, a delivery number, a delivery building code, and the like are recorded.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of a reservation code. FIG.
As shown in (1), the reservation code records reservation request information and user information in addition to the service ID and management information. The reservation request information is information on a reservation procedure performed by a user, such as a reservation date, a reservation application building, a reservation reception building, and the like. Next, a process performed by the possession management system when returning the possession will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing performed by the possession management system when returning the possession. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state where the service records 42 and 43 are deleted according to the processing of the possession management system when the possession A1 is returned. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a state where the service record 44 is deleted according to the processing of the possession management system when the possession A2 is returned.

First, when the possession A1 is returned to the return window of the library 100, for example, the clerk of the library 100 reads the barcode printed on the returned possession A1 by the barcode reader of the client 102a. And perform the return procedure. At this time, based on the read barcode, the control unit 23 of the client 102a stores the holding records 31, 32, 33, the service records 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, and the reservation record 5 for the material A.
1 and 52 are acquired from the server 104. Then, the control unit 23 stores the holding record I of the returned holding A1.
Using D as a key, the reservation record 51 that records that the reservation order for the collection A1 is the first is specified from the reservation records 51 and 52 (2-1). This reservation order is determined from the reservation application date in the reservation request information recorded in the reservation records 51 and 52.

Here, if the holding A1 has not been reserved, and as a result of the processing of the procedure (2-1), it is found that there is no reservation record having the first reservation order for the holding A1, the return at the time of return is performed. The process ends (2-2). On the other hand, the procedure (2-
As a result of the search in 1), when the reservation record 51 having the first reservation order for the collection A1 is found, the control unit 2
3 is the service ID “0” recorded in the reservation record 51
By using “1” as a key, a search is made for the presence or absence of a service record having the service ID “01” (2-3).

As a result of the search in the procedure (2-3), if there is only one service record having the service ID “01” as a key, the reservation status code recorded in the reservation record 51 is “reservation shelf”. (2-4), the possession A1 can be lent to the user 1, and the return processing ends (2-2). On the other hand, if a plurality of service records 41, 42, and 43 having the same service ID “01” as the reservation record 51 are found as a result of the search in the procedure (2-3), the holding record of the returned holding A1 is found. ID "10"
Service record 42 having a holding record ID other than
43 is deleted (2-4). And the reservation record 5
The reservation status code recorded in 1 is “reservation shelf” (2
-5), the collection A1 is lent to the user 1 and the return process ends (2-2).

As described above, when the returned possession A1 can be lent to the user 1, the service records 42 and 43 relating to the possessions A2 and A3 are deleted, and the service record 42 and the reservation record 51 of the user 1 are deleted. Since the link is canceled, the collection A
2, A3 can be lent to users other than user 1 after returning. The contents of the reservation status code are displayed in the status display column 110 in the material inquiry screen 106 shown in FIG. Therefore, when the user 1 searches for the material A after the collection A1 is returned, the status display column 110 of the collection A1 on the material inquiry screen 106 is displayed as "reserved shelf", and the collection A1 is displayed. Can be lent to the user 1.

Then, using the client 102a,
When the lending procedure of the possession A1 to the user 1 is performed, the control unit 23 deletes the service record 41 and the reservation record 51 related to the user 1, and cancels the reservation state of the user 1 for the material A. Subsequently, when the collection A2 is returned to the return window of the library 100, the service record 44 is deleted as shown in FIG. Becomes a “reservation shelf”. Therefore, user 2
When the user searches for material A, the material inquiry screen 10
The state display column 110 of the collection A2 of No. 6 is displayed as "reservation shelf", indicating that the collection A2 can be lent to the user 2.

Then, when the lending procedure of the possession A2 to the user 2 is performed using the client 102a,
The control unit 23 is a service record 4 for the user 2
5 and the reservation record 52 are deleted, and the reservation state for the material A of the user 2 is released. As described above, according to the possession management system of the present invention, when deciding who to lend the returned possession, the reservation order is compared based on the reservation record. Can be.

In the possession management system of the present invention, it is possible to make a reservation also for the possession on order. When a reservation is made for a possession being ordered, the reservation status code of the reservation record becomes “reservation applied”. Hereinafter, a flow from when the holding B1 reserved by the user 1 during the ordering is delivered to the library 100 until it can be lent to the user 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. Collection B1 is Library 10
From the time of delivery to 0 to the time when it can be lent to the user 1, an acceptance process and an acceptance process are performed by the possession management system. In the receiving process, it is checked whether or not a reservation has been made for the holding B1, and in the receiving process, the holding B1 is checked.
Is rewritten.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the flow of a process of receiving a possession B1 by the possession management system.
The holding record ID is determined in advance for the holding B1 to be ordered. When the possession B1 arrives at the library 100, the clerk inputs the possession record ID of the possession B1 through the client 102b. At this time, the control unit 23 of the client 102b stores the holding record, the service record, and the reservation record related to the holding B1 on the server 104 based on the input holding record ID.
To get from. Here, when the clerk inputs the holding record ID of the holding B1, the barcode printed on the holding B1 is also read, and the read barcode is stored in the holding record and the service record of the holding B1. Be recorded.

Subsequently, the control unit 23 searches the reserved record having the first reserved order by using the held record ID as a key (3-1). As a result of this search, if there is no reservation record having the first reservation order, the reception process is terminated (3.
-2). On the other hand, as a result of the search in the procedure (3-1), when there is a reservation record having the first reservation order, a service record having the same service ID is searched using the service ID of the reservation record as a key (3-3). As a result of this search,
When one service record is specified, the control unit 23 causes the display unit 22 to display a message informing the clerk of the library 100 that there is a reservation for the holding B1 (3-4).

On the other hand, if there are a plurality of service records as a result of the search in the procedure (3-3), the control unit 13
The service record having the holding record ID other than the holding record ID of the delivered holding B1 is deleted (3-
5) Display a message on the display unit 22 telling the clerk of the library 100 that there is a reservation for the collection B1 (3-4). Then, when the message is displayed on the display unit 22, the receiving process is ended (3-
2).

When a message indicating that there is a reservation for the collection B1 is displayed on the display unit 22, the clerk of the library 100 brings the collection B1 to the viewing window and uses the client 102a to perform the operation. Perform reception processing.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a reception process of the possession B1 by the possession management system.

When the clerk of the library 100 causes the barcode reader to read the barcode printed on the possession B1, the control unit 23 of the client 102a uses the input barcode ID as a key to set the first reservation order. (4-1). As a result of this search,
If there is no reservation record, the reception process ends (4-
2).

On the other hand, as a result of the search in the procedure (4-1), if there is a reservation record having the first reservation order, it is checked whether or not the user 1 recorded in the reservation record has reserved the collection B1. If not possible, the reception process ends (4-2). On the other hand, if the reservation is possible, the reservation status code recorded in the reservation record of the user 1 is updated to "reservation shelf" (4-3).

Subsequent to the processing of the procedure (4-3), the control unit 23 searches the holdings B1 for the presence or absence of a reservation record of the second reservation order (4-4). As a result of this search, if there is no reservation record with the second reservation order for the holding B1, the reception process ends (4-2). On the other hand, as a result of the search in the procedure (4-4), if there is a reservation record with the second reservation order for the holding B1, the reservation status code recorded in the reservation record is updated to “reserved” ( 4-5), the reception process ends (4-2).

When the user displays the state of the possession B1 on the display unit 22 after the end of the reception process, "reserving"
And the contents of the reservation status code such as "reservation shelf" appear on the screen,
This indicates that the holding B1 reserved during the ordering has been delivered to the library 100, is borrowable, and the like. Here, the procedure (2-1) in FIG. 9 and the procedure in FIG.
When the search of the procedure (3-1) of FIG. 13 and the procedure (4-1) of FIG. 13 is performed, the control unit 23 grasps the virtual record based on the service record and the reservation record,
The above-mentioned search is efficiently performed by obtaining information on the possessed items and the users.

FIG. 14 shows the structure of a virtual record. As shown in FIG. 14, the virtual record has a configuration having both information recorded in the service record and information recorded in the reservation record. Therefore, the control unit 13 grasps the virtual record, and for example, immediately recognizes the reservation record of the user with the earliest reservation application date and the service record linked to the reservation record from the barcode ID of the returned possession A1. Can be identified.

Note that the possession management system of the present invention is applicable not only to libraries but also to rental stores that rent videos and CDs. In the above embodiment, the entire database of records used in the possession management system as shown in FIG. 5 corresponds to the same kind possession reservation management means described in the claims, and the reservation records 51, 52 and the possession record 31 are provided. To 33 and the service records 41 to 45 correspond to the reservation specifying unit, the possession managing unit, and the correspondence managing unit described in the claims. Also, the server 10
4 corresponds to the possessed record storage unit, the reserved record storage unit, the service record storage unit, the possessed record storage unit, the reserved record storage unit, and the service record storage unit described in the claims.
-5) corresponds to the service record creation means and the service record creation procedure described in the claims, and the procedure (1-6) in FIG. 4 corresponds to the reservation record creation means and the reservation record creation procedure described in the claims. Corresponding to The procedure (2-1) in FIG. 9 corresponds to the reserved record specifying means and the reserved record specifying procedure described in the claims.
(2-4) corresponds to the service record erasing means and the service record erasing procedure described in claims.
The reservation request information recorded in the reservation records 51 and 52 corresponds to the priority information described in the claims. Further, FIG.
After the procedure (1-6), the procedure of transmitting the holding records 31 to 33, the service records 41 to 45, and the reservation records 51 and 52 to the server 104 is the service record storage procedure and the reservation record storage procedure described in the claims. Corresponding.

[0060]

As described above, claims 1 to 3 are described.
According to the invention described in Item 6, it is possible to provide a holdings management system that associates a plurality of holdings with a plurality of holdings of one type of material at the same time and manages them. Further, according to the seventh to ninth aspects of the present invention, it is possible to provide a recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform processing in the possession management system.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a possession management system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of a computer system used as a client.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a material inquiry screen.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a reservation process performed by the possession management system.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a service record and a reservation record created in accordance with a reservation process of the possession management system.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a holding record.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a service record.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of a reservation record.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a return process performed by the possession management system.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a service record deleted according to a return process of the possession management system.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a service record deleted according to the return processing of the possession management system.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a flow of an acceptance process of the possession management system.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a reception process of the possession management system.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a configuration of a virtual record.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 2 user 21 input unit 22 display unit 23 control unit 24 memory unit 25 drive unit 26 auxiliary storage unit 27 output unit 28 communication unit 31, 32, 33 holding records 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 service records 51, 52 Reservation record 100, 200 Library 101, 102, 105, 201, 301 Client 103, 203 LAN 104 Server 106 Document inquiry screen 107 User information column 108 Request information column 109 Collection list 110 Status display column 111 OK button 300 Public line

Claims (9)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A collection management system that manages lending, lending reservation, and return of a collection. A reservation event generated at the time of lending reservation of a certain type of collection, a plurality of collections of the type are stored. A possession management system including a possession reservation management means of the same kind managed in association with each other. 2. The possession management system according to claim 1, wherein the same-kind possession reservation managing means includes a reservation specifying means for identifying the reserved event; a possession managing means for managing each possession; A possession comprising correspondence management means for associating the reservation event specified by the reservation event specifying means with a plurality of same-type holdings related to the lending reservation managed by the possession management means Management system. 3. A possession management system that manages lending, lending reservation, and return of possessions, a possession record storage unit that preliminarily stores a possession record describing information on the possession, and lending of a certain kind of possession. Reservation record creation means for creating a reservation record describing information about the reservation; reservation record storage means for storing the reservation record created by the reservation record creation means; when lending a plurality of holdings of the same type; Service record creation means for creating a service record describing the correspondence between the reservation record created by the reservation record creation means and each of the plurality of holding records, and the service record creation means Holdings management system comprising service record storage means for storing the stored service records. Temu. 4. The possession management system according to claim 3, wherein when the possession is returned, a reservation record corresponding to the possession record of the returned possession is stored in the service record storage means. Reservation record specifying means for specifying on the basis of the information of the above, the holding record of another collection of the same type as the returned holdings associated with the specified reservation record in association with the specified reservation record A possession management system comprising: a service record erasing unit for erasing a service record from the service record storage unit. 5. The possession management system according to claim 4, wherein each of the reservation records stored in said reservation record storage means has priority information, and said reservation record specifying means comprises: When there are a plurality of reservation records corresponding to the holding records, a holdings management system that specifies one reservation record according to the priority information. 6. The possession management system according to claim 5, wherein the priority information is information on a reservation application date on which the lending reservation was made. 7. A storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform processing in a holdings management system for managing lending, lending reservation, and returning of holdings, the information relating to lending reservation of a certain kind of holdings. A reservation record creation procedure for creating a reservation record describing the above, a reservation record storage procedure for storing the reservation record created in the above-mentioned reservation record creation procedure in the reservation record storage unit, and a rental reservation of a plurality of holdings of the same type. When performing the reservation record created by the above-described reservation record creation procedure, and each holding record related to the plurality of holdings stored in a holding record storage unit in which holding records describing information about holdings are stored in advance. A service record creation procedure for creating a service record describing the correspondence between the Recording medium storing a program and a service record storage procedure for storing the over-bis record in the service record storage unit. 8. The recording medium according to claim 7, wherein when the possession is returned, a reservation record corresponding to the possession record of the returned possession is stored in the service record storage unit. And a service for associating a holding record of another collection of the same type as the returned collection associated with the specified reservation record with the specified reservation record. A recording medium for storing a program further comprising a service record erasing procedure for erasing a record from the service record storage unit. 9. The recording medium according to claim 8, wherein the reserved record specifying step includes, when there are a plurality of reserved records corresponding to the held records of the returned holdings, storing the reserved records in the reserved record storage unit. A recording medium for storing a program for specifying one reservation record according to priority information of the reservation record.