JP2001142947A - Schedule managing device and recording medium with recorded schedule managing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide more efficient group scheduling. SOLUTION: This schedule managing device is provided with an input means for inputting schedule data having constitutive members and time bands, a data storage means for storing schedule data, a degree of freedom setting means for setting the degree of freedom in the time a band for each of constitutive members, and a freedom degree storage means for storing the degree of freedom. Besides, a discriminating means is further provided for selectively executing registering processing of schedule data based on the degree of freedom. Thus, schedule control and registering processing can be automatically performed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a schedule management device, and more particularly to a schedule management device and a schedule management program for performing a schedule registration process based on a degree of freedom set in advance for each member. Regarding the medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Schedule management devices are known for registering, displaying, and editing schedules. Examples of the schedule management device include personal information management software for personal computers, group schedule management software, household account book software having a schedule management function, and a personal digital assistant (PDC: Personal Digital Assistanc) having a schedule management function.
e) and the like.

[0003] In offices, a method of managing schedules of individuals using information devices such as personal computers or schedule management application software of portable information terminals has become widespread. This allows
The schedule can be disclosed to other members of the group, and even if the members of the group are not prepared, a conference schedule or the like performed by a plurality of members can be registered with reference to the schedule of each person.

As a known technique related to the present invention, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-214646 discloses a schedule management device for managing a schedule of a plurality of members. When registering a schedule involving multiple members, such as a conference, search the available time of the target member based on the already registered schedule, and if there is a common free time, easily register the schedule for multiple members I do.

[0005]

For example, according to the above-mentioned known technique, scheduling can be performed by searching for the free time of a plurality of members. In this case, all the time without "existing schedule" is included. It becomes "vacant time" and other members can register the schedule.

Actually, however, there is a case where "no schedule is registered, but I do not want to put anything as much as possible". In particular, due to the flextime system that has been established in recent years, the working hours vary from person to person, so even if there is no schedule, there are times when it is inconvenient. In addition, there is a time zone in which it is not desirable to register a schedule as much as possible due to other tasks. As described above, there is a rank also in the time zone regarded as “free time”.

According to the conventional method, the above-mentioned "free time" rank is not identified, and all available time zones for which no schedule is registered are processed as "free time". As described above, scheduling is performed without considering individual circumstances, so that even if a conference schedule is registered once, members cannot attend, so there is a drawback that efficiency is poor, such as a change.

[0008] It is an object of the present invention to provide a schedule management device for performing scheduling in consideration of the degree of convenience of each member, and a recording medium on which a schedule management program is recorded.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a schedule management for performing efficient group scheduling based on the level at which the schedule of each member can be adjusted with respect to the above-mentioned "vacant time" and the importance of the schedule. An object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium recording an apparatus and a scheduling management program.

[0010]

To achieve the above object, a schedule management apparatus according to the present invention comprises: input means for inputting schedule data having constituent members and time zones; and data storage means for storing the schedule data. And a degree-of-freedom setting means for setting a degree of freedom for each of the constituent members, and a degree-of-freedom storage means for storing the degree of freedom.

[0011] Further, by further comprising a discriminating means for selectively executing the registration processing of the schedule data based on the degree of freedom, the schedule adjustment and registration processing can be automatically performed.

Further, the input means inputs the importance of the schedule as a part of the schedule data.
The discriminating means selectively executes the registration process of the schedule data based on the importance and the degree of freedom, thereby adjusting and registering the schedule in consideration of the planned importance in addition to the degree of freedom. Processing can be performed.

Further, when the determining means determines that the registration of the schedule data is not possible, the apparatus further comprises permission obtaining means for requesting permission of the schedule registration from the corresponding member, so that each of the constituent members can obtain their own schedule data. The schedule can be adjusted by automatically checking the convenience.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer, comprising: input means for inputting schedule data having a member and a time zone; data storage means for storing the schedule data; A computer readable recording medium that records a program for functioning as a schedule management device including a degree of freedom setting unit that sets a degree of freedom and a degree of freedom storage unit that stores the degree of freedom.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the schedule management device according to the embodiment of the present invention. The schedule management device includes an input unit 11, a display unit 13, a control unit 15, a RAM 17, a ROM 23,
And a CD-ROM drive 25.

The input unit 11 is used to input schedule data including constituent members and time zones, the degree of freedom of time zones for each constituent member, the importance of schedules, and the like.
The RAM 17 has a schedule table 19 in which the schedule data is registered and a time rank table 21 in which the degrees of freedom are registered.

The ROM 23 stores a control program for executing an instruction according to the present invention. The control unit 15 controls a series of operations according to the present invention based on the control program. The display unit 13 displays, for example, whether or not a schedule can be registered according to the degree of freedom of the time zone of each constituent member based on an instruction from the control unit 15. The CD-ROM drive 25 reads a program stored in the CD-ROM 27 based on an instruction from the control unit 15. The schedule management device according to the present embodiment processes schedule data and rank-set degrees of freedom to adjust the schedule of a plurality of constituent members.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of schedule data. The schedule data Sx input from the input unit 11 is a constituent member S to be scheduled.
x · m1, Sx · m2,..., Sx · mn and start time S
x · Ts, end time Sx · Te, and importance rank Sx
-Consists of p.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating schedule data Sk registered in the schedule table 19. R
In the schedule table 19 of the AM 17, a schedule in which constituent members participate is registered. For example, K existing schedule data S1, S2,.
When K (1 ≦ k ≦ K) is registered, the respective schedule data includes the constituent members Sk · m1, Sk · m2,..., Sk · mn to be adjusted, the start time Sk · Ts, End time Sk ・ Te and importance rank S
k · p.

In the schedule data Sx input from the input unit 11 or the existing schedule data Sk registered in the schedule table 19, the number of members M is usually M = 1 in the user's own schedule.
For a schedule such as a meeting involving group members, M> 1. Assuming that the importance rank p has three levels, for example, "1 (important: highest priority)", "2 (somewhat important: priority as much as possible)", and "3 (normal)" are set.

FIG. 4 is a diagram exemplifying freedom rank data. The degree-of-freedom rank data Lx input from the input unit 11 includes, for example, a member Lx · n and a start time Lx ·
Ts, end time Lx · Te, and degree of freedom rank Lx ·
g. The degree of freedom of each member is registered in the time rank table 21 of the RAM 19. For example, K existing degrees of freedom rank data L1, L2,..., Lk,.
When LK (1 ≦ k ≦ K) is registered, the kth degree-of-freedom rank data Lk corresponds to the input degree-of-freedom rank data Lx.

FIG. 5 is a diagram exemplifying the degree of freedom rank data Lk registered in the time rank table 21. The degree-of-freedom rank data Lk includes a member Lk · n, a start time Lk · Ts, an end time Lk · Te, and a rank Lk · g.

In the freedom rank data Lx input from the input unit 11 or the existing freedom rank data Lk registered in the time rank table 21, the freedom rank g
Are, for example, 5 levels, "1 (vacation)", "2 (private: cannot work)", "3 (quasi-private: usually do not work)", "4 (fixed work: usually unscheduled schedule) No ")," 5 (normal work: free schedule input possible) ".

When the schedule data Sx is input, the control unit 15 determines that the constituent members and the time zone included in the input schedule data do not overlap with the existing schedule data, and If all the degrees of freedom g are "5 (normal work)", the schedule is registered. The degree of freedom rank g when registering a schedule changes according to the importance rank p of the input schedule data. For example, when the importance rank p of the input schedule is “2 (slightly important: priority is given as much as possible)”, the schedule is registered even when the degree of freedom rank g is “4 (fixed work)”.

Further, for example, when the importance rank p of the input schedule data is “1 (importance: highest priority)”, the degrees of freedom g are “1 (vacation)”, “2 (private)”, Even in the case of "3 (quasi-private)", the schedule is registered. However, as will be described later, for members having a degree of freedom g of “1 (vacation)” and “2 (private)”, permission of the members is required before schedule registration.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation according to the present embodiment. When the schedule data Sx is input from the input unit 11, the control unit 15 determines whether to register a schedule based on the importance rank Sx · p of the input schedule data Sx and the degrees of freedom Lx · g of all constituent members. Is determined.

First, the member number m of the input schedule data Sx is initialized to “0” (step S
1), advance the member number m by "1" (step S)
2). Next, member number m is input schedule Sk
Is determined to be greater than M (step S3), and if it is not greater than M, the importance rank p of the input schedule data Sk is determined (step S4).

In step S4, according to the value of the determined importance rank p, the m-th constituent member
The value of the degree of freedom rank g in the corresponding time zone (start time Ts to end time Te) is determined. That is, as the importance rank p is smaller (important), the condition value of the degree of freedom rank g is smaller, and the schedule can be registered with a wider degree of freedom rank g (steps S5, S6, S7). If the value of the degree of freedom rank g is equal to or greater than the condition value, it is determined that schedule registration for this constituent member is possible, and the process proceeds to the next constituent member (step S2).
Conversely, if the value of the degree of freedom rank g is smaller than the condition value, it is determined that the registration of the schedule for this constituent member needs to be permitted to the individual, and the process proceeds to permission application processing.

For the permission application to the person, first, a message requesting permission of schedule registration is displayed to the m-th member (step S8). Next, it is determined whether or not the response from the member is permitted (step S).
9) If the permission is granted, it is determined that schedule registration to this constituent member is possible, and the process proceeds to the next constituent member (step S2). Conversely, if the permission is not granted, it is determined that schedule registration to this constituent member is not possible, the input schedule data Sx is rejected (step S10), and the registration processing is terminated.

If the member number m is larger than the number of members M in step S3, the input schedule data Sx is registered (step S11), and the registration process is terminated.

In the above embodiment, more efficient schedule data registration processing is performed based on the degree of freedom g of each member and the degree of importance p set as a part of the schedule data. However, only the degree of freedom g of each constituent member may be used as a criterion. In this case, for example, the judgment process for the importance rank p (step S4, see FIG. 6) is eliminated, and the three case separation processes for the degree of freedom rank g (steps S5 to S7).
Is only a comparison process with a preset threshold value (degree of freedom rank).

The schedule management device described above is also realized by a program for causing this schedule management device to function. This program is stored in a computer-readable recording medium. In the present invention, the ROM 23 shown in FIG.
The medium itself may be a program medium, or a program reading device such as a CD-ROM drive 25 is provided as an external recording device, and a program medium such as a CD-ROM 27 readable by inserting a recording medium into the program reading device. It may be. In either case,
The stored program may be configured to be accessed and executed by the control unit 15, or in any case, the program may be read, and the read program may be downloaded to a program recording area (not shown). Alternatively, the program may be executed. It is assumed that this download program is stored in the main unit in advance.

Here, the program medium is a recording medium configured to be separable from the main body, such as a tape system such as a magnetic tape or a cassette tape, a magnetic disk such as a floppy disk or a hard disk, a CD-ROM / MO /
Disk system of optical disk such as MD / DVD, card system such as IC card / optical card, mask ROM, EP
It may be a medium that fixedly carries a program, including a semiconductor memory such as a ROM, an EEPROM, and a flash ROM.

Further, the medium may be a medium that carries the program in a fluid manner such that the program is downloaded from a communication network via a transmission / reception unit (not shown). When the program is downloaded from the communication network, the download program may be stored in the main device in advance, or may be installed from another recording medium.
The content stored in the recording medium is not limited to a program, but may be data.

[0035]

According to the present invention, each person sets the degree of freedom according to his / her own life time (working time) and the balance with other work, and the individual's convenience can be obtained simply by performing the schedule registration work. Efficient scheduling in consideration of this becomes possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a schedule management device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating schedule data.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating schedule data registered in a schedule table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram exemplifying freedom rank data;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of freedom rank data registered in a time rank table.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11: Input unit 13: Display unit 15: Control unit 17: RAM 19: Schedule table 21: Time rank table 23: ROM 25: CD-ROM drive 27: CD-ROM Sx: Schedule data Sk: Schedule data Lx: Degree of freedom Rank data Lk: degrees of freedom rank data

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An input means for inputting schedule data having a member and a time zone, a data storage means for storing the schedule data, and a degree of freedom setting means for setting a degree of freedom of a time zone for each of the structural members. And a degree-of-freedom storage means for storing the degree of freedom. 2. The schedule management device according to claim 1, further comprising a determination unit that selectively executes a registration process of the schedule data based on the degree of freedom. 3. The input means inputs the importance of the schedule as a part of the schedule data, and the discriminating means selects the registration processing of the schedule data based on the importance and the degree of freedom. 3. The schedule management device according to claim 2, wherein the schedule management device executes the schedule management. 4. The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising permission acquisition means for requesting permission of schedule registration from a corresponding member when it is determined that registration of said schedule data is impossible by said determination means. Schedule management device. 5. A computer, comprising: input means for inputting schedule data having a member and a time zone;
Data storage means for storing the schedule data;
A degree-of-freedom setting means for setting a degree of freedom of a time zone for each of the constituent members; and a degree-of-freedom storage means for storing the degree of freedom.
A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to function as a schedule management device comprising: