JP2001175669A - Personal information management device and program recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily input personal information on each of plural persons. SOLUTION: This device is equipped with a means which selects data to be set in a specific item of personal information 11a by referring to other personal information 11a already registered.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a personal information management device for managing personal information composed of a plurality of items such as telephone directory data, and a program recording medium storing a processing program of the personal information management device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, personal information management devices include personal computers and facsimile devices. The personal information is composed of a plurality of items, and is registered as a telephone directory or an address book for easily setting a communication destination.

For example, personal information items include a personal name,
There are a company name, an address, a telephone number, a facsimile number, a sub-address and a password required for a sub-address function of facsimile communication, an e-mail address, a salutation client address, and the like.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional personal information management apparatus, even if there are items common to a plurality of persons such as a company name, it is necessary to input and set personal information of each person one by one. Yes, the work was troublesome.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and a personal information management apparatus that facilitates input of personal information to each of a plurality of persons and a personal information management apparatus such as a personal computer are provided with a personal information management apparatus. It is an object of the present invention to provide a program recording medium in which a program capable of providing a function for easily inputting information is recorded.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a personal information management device for managing personal information composed of a plurality of items is described in claim 1 when setting data in a specific item. Means for referring to other registered personal information and selecting data to be set. For example,
Select and set the company name from other personal information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, when data is set in a specific item in the first aspect, other related items include
There is further provided means for setting data determined by the data. For example, when a company name is set, the address of the company is also set by referring to the same personal information that selected the company name.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program recording medium, comprising:
A program for realizing the function of selecting data to be set by referring to other registered personal information is recorded.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a personal computer (personal computer) which is one of the personal information management devices. This PC 1
Is connected to the LAN (L) and functions as a client. The LAN (L) includes a router for connecting to the Internet, a mail server, a facsimile server, and other personal computers serving as clients. Connect to form a communication network system.

[0010] The personal computer 1 designates a destination and transmits a LAN.
(L), the image data is transmitted to the facsimile server, and the facsimile server transmits the facsimile, e-mail according to the designated destination (facsimile number, e-mail address, salutation client address, etc.). Perform transmission and salutation communication.

In the facsimile server receiving the data from the personal computer 1, in the case of facsimile communication or salutation communication, the image data is transmitted through a telephone line or the like. In the case of e-mail communication, via a mail server,
The image data is transmitted via the Internet or the like.

When using the telephone directory function to specify a destination on the personal computer 1, the operation is simple because it is only necessary to select from the destinations registered in advance.
In the telephone directory function, the first image data is stored in facsimile communication based on the registered personal information.
You can create a cover page to send as a page.

Note that the personal information management apparatus of the present invention is not limited to being applied to the personal computer 1 having a communication function. For example, a personal computer having only an address book function, a facsimile apparatus, a facsimile server, etc. There may be.

In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a CP for controlling the following units.
U and 11 are RAMs for storing user data such as image data and telephone directory data 11a, and temporarily storing data necessary for processing the programs. 12 is a ROM for storing control programs and the like in advance. Is a floppy disk drive (FDD) for controlling reading and writing to the floppy disk fd.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a keyboard, a pointing device such as a mouse, etc., and an operation unit for giving an operation instruction to the personal computer 1. Reference numeral 15 denotes a liquid crystal display (LCD) or a CRT for displaying the operation state of the personal computer 1. The display unit 16 comprises LAN (L)
This is a LAN interface connected according to a standard such as rnet. In addition, peripheral devices such as a printer and a scanner can be connected to the personal computer 1 as needed.

In the personal computer 1, when the floppy disk drive 13 reads a program from the floppy disk fd, the program is stored in a hard disk (not shown) or the like, and thereafter, the program can be operated according to the execution of the program. .

The program recording medium on which the program is recorded is not limited to the floppy disk fd.
It may be a D-ROM, MO disk, PC card, or the like. In these cases, the personal computer 1 has a CD-R
It has an OM drive, MO disk drive, PC card slot, and the like.

In the present invention, the personal computer 1 refers to another registered personal information when setting data in a specific item in the personal information management function composed of a plurality of items, and performs setting. Means for selecting data to be performed.
Such means is configured by the CPU 10 receiving an operation input of the operation unit 14 on a screen displayed on the display unit 15 and referring to personal information such as telephone directory data 11a. For example, when setting a company name for specific personal information in the telephone directory data 11a, a company name is selected and set from other personal information already registered.

In this way, since it is not necessary to input data to the common items of the personal information, the trouble of inputting data can be greatly reduced. Further, since the setting data can be selected from other personal information, it is not necessary to previously store the setting data candidates in a list format, and it is not necessary to secure a memory (storage area) for the setting data.

Also, as described above, the personal computer 1
When data is set for a specific item, a means for setting data determined by the data to another related item is further provided. For example, when a company name is set, data uniquely determined by the company name, such as the address of the company, is also referred to and set from the same selected personal information. This further reduces the time and effort required to input personal information data.

Next, the screen displayed on the display unit 15 is shown in FIG.
The procedure for setting data of personal information will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is an example of a personal telephone directory addition screen displayed for setting personal information in telephone directory data 11a. If data is set for each item shown, personal information can be set for each destination name. Each item includes a mandatory item for which data must always be set and an optional item for which data can be set arbitrarily.

In the illustrated example, the personal information items include the destination name and its pseudonym, the company name and its pseudonym, department name, postal code, address, telephone number, facsimile number, subaddress and password used for facsimile communication. , Email address, and salutation client address.

Data input to the item of the company name is performed by the operation unit 1
Although the direct input by the key operation of No. 4 is also possible, if the click operation of the company name selection button a is performed with a mouse or the like, a company name selection screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. it can.

The company name selection screen shown in FIG. 3 displays a list of company names of other personal information that have already been registered. Here, the company names are listed in alphabetical order according to their pronunciations. In the figure, b is a button for designating the head of the reading name of the company name to be displayed in a list in Japanese syllabary. In this example, the “ma” line is specified, and the name of the company whose leading kana is “ma” or later is displayed.

Further, on this screen, the department name of the company whose company name is selected by the cursor is also displayed. As for this department name, the department name registered corresponding to the company name is displayed based on other personal information. Therefore, on the company name selection screen, only the company name, or both the company name and the department name can be selected as the setting data.

FIG. 4A shows an example of a personal telephone directory addition screen after only the company name is selected on the company name selection screen, and FIG. An example of a personal telephone directory addition screen after a department name is selected is shown.

Here, other items are not set only by setting the company name, but when both the company name and the department name are set, the postal code, address, telephone number, facsimile, which is uniquely determined by these data. Data is set in each item of the number. Data for these items may be copied from other personal information in which the same company name and department name are registered.

Next, the above operation will be described with reference to the flowchart (1).
00 to 108) in FIG. There is an operation input on the phonebook entry screen (personal phonebook addition screen) (100, 10
1) When the operation is the operation of the company name selection button a, the company name and the department name of the registered personal information are displayed with reference to the telephone directory data 11a (102, 10).
3). When either the company name alone or the company name and the department name is selected, the data and the data related to the data are developed on the screen (104, 105).

When the operation input is the operation of the OK button, the data displayed on the screen is transferred to the telephone directory data 11.
Registered in a (106, 107). If the operation is a cancel button operation, the telephone directory input process is terminated (108).

Next, the program recording medium of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the personal computer 1, which is a personal information management device, is provided with a floppy disk drive 13 for reading a program from the floppy disk fd, so that a plurality of items can be stored on a program recording medium such as the floppy disk fd. When setting data in a specific item of personal information to be configured, if a program for realizing a function of referring to other registered personal information and selecting data to be set is recorded, By simply reading this program, the personal information management function (such as the telephone directory function or the address book function) described above can be easily provided.

Further, the program recording medium may store a program for realizing a function of setting data determined by the data in another related item when data is set in a specific item. .

[0032]

As can be understood from the above description, the personal information management apparatus according to the first and second aspects of the present invention is already registered when data is set in a specific item. Since it is possible to refer to other personal information and select data to be set, it is possible to greatly reduce the trouble of inputting data of personal information. In addition, since setting data can be selected from other personal information, it is not necessary to previously store setting data candidates.

According to the second aspect, when data is set in a specific item, data determined by the data is set in another related item, so that the trouble of inputting data of personal information can be further reduced.

In the program recording medium according to the third aspect, when data is set to a specific item in a personal information management device such as a personal computer, the personal information is set by referring to other personal information already registered. Since a program for realizing the function of selecting data is recorded, the personal information management device can be provided with a function for reducing the trouble of inputting data of personal information simply by reading the program.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of a personal information management device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a personal telephone directory addition screen.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a company name selection screen.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of a personal telephone directory addition screen.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the personal information management device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 personal computer (personal information management device) 10 CPU 11 RAM 11a telephone directory data 13 floppy disk drive 15 display unit fd floppy disk (program recording medium)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A personal information management apparatus for managing personal information composed of a plurality of items, wherein when setting data to a specific item, the personal information management device refers to other already registered personal information and sets the data. A personal information management device comprising means for selecting a personal information. 2. The personal information according to claim 1, further comprising means for setting data determined by the data in another related item when data is set in the specific item. Management device. 3. A personal information management device that manages personal information composed of a plurality of items, when setting data to a specific item, refers to other registered personal information and sets the data. Recording medium storing a program for realizing a function of selecting a program.