JP2001331620A - Schedule managing method and its system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate schedule setting so as to eliminate the troublesomeness of schedule adjustment imposed on a holder who sets a conference, preliminary arrangements, etc. SOLUTION: This system provides the schedule management of individuals and contacting methods through a network 100; and an individual A inputs and sends the time, place, contents, etc., of a preliminary arrangement for conference to a management center terminal 30 by using its own user terminal 10 or another person B inputs and sends the time, place, contents, etc., of the preliminary arrangement with A to the management center terminal 30 by using the user terminal 20 owned by B. The management center terminal 30 manages the schedule of A and also always grasps current position information on A, and makes contact with the user terminal 10 owned by A early enough to be in time for the conference or previous meeting.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a schedule management method and system suitable for use in a network system in which a user terminal and a management center terminal are connected via a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, personal schedule management has been carried out by self-management using a personal computer or a terminal such as a stand-alone personal computer, or personal management using a secretary or the like.

[0003]

However, the conventional schedule management mainly involves personal management. Therefore, when setting up a meeting or a meeting, it is necessary to contact the person concerned or a secretary in order to know the schedule of the concerned parties. The schedule settings of the parties involved, including themselves, are determined by telephone or the like. Therefore, when the parties concerned were absent, the adjustment could not be made, and the timing could be lost. In addition, secretaries were busy with time adjustments, etc., and the efficiency was extremely low.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and manages an individual's schedule via a network, and allows others including himself to adjust the schedule by referring to the individual's schedule via the network. The management center always keeps track of the individual's location information and sends schedule information to the individual at the scheduled time, thereby facilitating schedule setting, and at the same time relieving organizers of meetings and meetings from the hassle of schedule adjustment. It is an object of the present invention to provide a schedule management method and a system thereof that can perform the schedule management.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems To solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 comprises a plurality of user terminals,
The management center terminal is connected via a network, and each user terminal is used to set its own schedule, and if necessary, to set another person's schedule. The terminal accumulates the schedule set by each user terminal, judges whether there is no problem with the settings from the immediately preceding schedule, and responds to the requesting user terminal,
If necessary, the schedule is adjusted by grasping the current location information of the user terminal of another person, and the setting of the schedule is returned to the requesting user terminal. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the schedule management method according to the first aspect, the schedule adjustment is set based on the current location information after determining that the user can attend the meeting or the meeting time without delay. And

As a result, an individual (hereinafter referred to as A)
Using his / her own user terminal, inputting the time, place and contents of the meeting or meeting, and sending it to the management center, or another person (hereinafter referred to as B) using his / her own user terminal and meeting with A Enter the time, place, and contents of the meeting and send it to the management center. In the management center, A
And the current position information of A is constantly grasped, and the user terminal of A is contacted at a time that is in time for a meeting or meeting. Therefore, A can attend the meeting etc. without delay by the notice,
Schedule setting is facilitated, and at the same time, the organizer such as a meeting or a meeting can be relieved of the trouble of schedule adjustment.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a user terminal includes:
A plurality of user terminals used in a network system in which the management center terminal is connected via a network, setting its own schedule, setting another person's schedule as necessary, and entrusting the contact to the management center terminal. And a location information system provided at each user terminal and transmitting location information that is sequentially updated with the movement of the user terminal, and the user terminal is connected via a network and set by each user terminal. Accumulates the schedule, determines whether there is no problem with the settings from the previous schedule, responds to the requesting user terminal, and grasps the current location information of another user's terminal using the location information system if necessary Schedule to adjust the schedule and respond to the requesting user terminal whether or not the setting is possible. It was decided and a center terminal. With the above configuration, individual schedule management is performed via a network, and others including the user can adjust the schedule by referring to the individual's schedule via the network. By sending the schedule information to the individual at the time when was, each person who was contacted can attend meetings etc. without delay,
The schedule setting is facilitated, and the organizer of a meeting, a meeting or the like can construct a schedule management system free from the trouble of schedule adjustment.

[0008]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a connection form of a schedule management system according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a schedule management system according to the present invention includes a user terminal 10 owned by a user A, a user terminal 20 owned by a user B, and a management center terminal 3 serving as a control center.
0 and a communication network 100 such as a mobile phone and the Internet for interconnecting them.

The user terminal 10 of the user A includes an information processing terminal such as a personal computer, an i-mode, a GPS
(Global Positioning System) It is a mobile phone terminal equipped with a position information system such as. The user terminal 10 of the user A has a function of accessing the schedule information of the user A stored on the management center terminal 30, displaying the schedule information on a screen, and inputting a new schedule.

[0010] The management center terminal 30 is used by a management center provider and is constituted by an information processing device such as a workstation server. The management center terminal 30 is a user terminal 10 or 20 of the user A or B.
Receives the transmitted schedule information, determines whether or not the schedule can be set, and transmits the settable information to the user terminal 10 (20) of the requesting user.
Further, when the time according to the schedule is reached, the information is transmitted to the user terminal 10 possessed by the user A, for example, a mobile phone.

The user terminal 20 of the user B is an information processing terminal such as a personal computer or a mobile phone terminal such as an i-mode. The user terminal 20 has a function of displaying schedule information of the user A on a screen and inputting the schedule information of the user A into the schedule. It has.

FIGS. 2 and 3 are views cited for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.
5 shows a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure, and an example of a schedule displayed on a display. Hereinafter, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 will be described. (1) Schedule registration operation from user terminal 10 of user A;
(2) Schedule registration from the user terminal 20 owned by the user B, (3) registration of position information of the user terminal 10 owned by the user A, (4) Schedule notification to the user terminal 10 owned by the user A Will be described in detail. In the following description, the network 10
0 is a communication network including a mobile phone system and the Internet.

(1) Schedule Registration from User Terminal 10 User A accesses schedule information of user A managed by management center terminal 30 via user terminal 10 owned by user A (step B1). ). In response, the management center terminal 30 transmits the schedule information of the user A to the user terminal 10 (step B2). At the user terminal 10 of the user A, schedule information as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display screen (step B3). The user A adds and adjusts the schedule while viewing the content displayed on the user terminal 10, and transmits the information to the management center terminal 30 via the network 100 (step B4).

The management center terminal 30 accumulates schedule management data based on information from the user terminal 10 of the user A, determines whether there is no problem in the setting from the immediately preceding schedule, and requests the result. It is transmitted to the user terminal 10 where there was (Step B5). Thus, the user terminal 10 confirms the input schedule (step B6).

(2) Schedule Registration from User Terminal 20 The user terminal 20 of the user B requests the management center terminal 30 to refer to the schedule information of the user A via the network 100 (step B7). The management center terminal 30 receives this request, searches the schedule information of the user terminal 10, and requests the user terminal 2
0 (step B8). At the user terminal 20,
Based on the schedule information (step B9), a convenient schedule is set, and necessary information is transmitted while viewing the screen, that is, the name, meeting time, place, and contents of the user B (step B10).

The management center terminal 30 determines whether or not this is possible based on the information and the stored schedule management data of the user A, and notifies the user terminal 20 possessed by the user B (step B11). Thus, the user terminal 20 receives the information and confirms that the schedule has been set (step 12).

(3) Location Information Registration of User Terminal The management center terminal 30 requests the user terminal to periodically notify the current location of each user terminal (step B).
13). The user terminal 10 of the user A has the position information system such as the GPS as described above, and notifies the management center terminal 30 of the current position information sequentially updated and generated by the position information system (step B14). The management center terminal 30 constantly updates the current position of the user A with the information (step B15).

(4) Schedule Notification to User Terminal The management center terminal 30 sends the user terminal 10 of the user A via the network 100 so that the schedule can be executed without delay from the position information and the schedule data.
(Step B16). Thus, the user terminal 10 notifies the user A that the schedule has been set using a ringing sound, a screen, or voice (step B17).

As described above, the present invention provides an individual schedule management and communication method via the network 100. Specifically, the individual (A) owns a user terminal owned by himself / herself. 10 to input the time and place of the meeting or meeting, the contents of the meeting, etc., and send them to the management center terminal 30, or use the user terminal 20 owned by another person (B) to make a meeting with A ,place,
The contents of the meeting are input and transmitted to the management center terminal 30. The management center terminal 30 manages the schedule of A and constantly grasps the current location information of A,
A is contacted to the user terminal 10 possessed by A at a time that is in time for a meeting or meeting. Therefore, A can attend the meeting or the like without delay by the notification, and is released from the trouble of schedule adjustment.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, personal schedule management is performed via a network, and others including the user himself / herself adjust the schedule by referring to the personal schedule via the network. The center always keeps track of the individual's location information and sends the schedule information to the individual at the scheduled time, so that each contacted user can attend meetings etc. without delay. Thereby, the schedule setting is facilitated, and the organizer of the meeting, the meeting, etc. is released from the trouble of adjusting the schedule.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a connection form of a schedule management system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram cited for describing an operation of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and is a diagram illustrating a flow of operation between user terminals and between a management center.

FIG. 3 is a diagram cited for describing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention, and is an example in which a schedule of each user is displayed on a display screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 (20) User terminal 30 Management center terminal 100 Network

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of user terminals and a management center terminal are connected via a network, and each user terminal is used to set its own schedule and, if necessary, to set another person's schedule. The contact is entrusted to the management center terminal, and the management center terminal accumulates the schedule set by each of the user terminals, determines from the immediately preceding schedule whether there is no problem in the setting, and makes a request. It responds to the user terminal, adjusts the schedule by grasping the current location information of the user terminal of another person if necessary, and responds to the requesting user terminal whether or not the setting can be made. Schedule management method. 2. The schedule management method according to claim 1, wherein the schedule adjustment is set after it is determined that the user can attend the meeting or the meeting time without delay based on the current position information. 3. A network system in which a user terminal and a management center terminal are connected via a network. The user terminal sets his / her own schedule, sets another person's schedule as necessary, and communicates with him / her. A plurality of the user terminals entrusted to the management center terminal; a position information system provided in each of the user terminals and transmitting position information sequentially updated with the movement of each of the user terminals; and the user terminal. Is connected via the network, accumulates the schedules set by the user terminals, determines whether there is no problem with the settings from the immediately preceding schedule, and responds to the user terminal that requested the The location information system as needed to grasp the current location information of another user's terminal. A schedule management system comprising: a management center terminal for performing schedule adjustment and responding to the user terminal that has made a request whether or not the setting can be performed.