JP2002073847A - System and method of supplying information of the deceased and storage medium storing program for producing information on the deceased - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To open a place corresponding to a funeral hall or a grave on a network, and to realize an action of remembering deceased someone by a simple method. SOLUTION: A person intending to receive a grave supply service can input information in life such as his/her own history information by accessing a server SV from a first terminal 80 and inputting a password for authorizing the person. The inputted information in life is transmitted to the server SV through the network NW and registered in a first storage part. When information of deceasing of the person is inputted into the server SV after the registration, the server SV produces information of the deceased such as career information of the person based on the registered information in life, stores information of the deceased in a second storage part, and opens an individual grave linked to the second storage part on the grave site. The server SV identifies notified persons of the deceasing based on the registered information in life, and informs each notified person of the deceasing fact of the person and an address of the individual grave part. Thus, the notified person can bread the deceased information by accessing the address of the individual grave part using a second terminal 90.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a deceased person information providing system and method, and more particularly, to a technique for publishing information about a deceased person so that the information can be browsed through a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a person dies, a funeral such as a wake-up or a funeral is usually performed in order to pray for the deceased person. In recent years, funerals are increasingly performed even when pets and the like have died. Less than,
People and pets will be referred to as "subjects".

[0003] In performing such a funeral, the bereaved family arranges for a funeral to a trader and makes necessary preparations for performing the funeral. For example, by selecting an appropriate photograph from a life before the funeral subject, a photograph of the subject is prepared. In addition, the bereaved family chooses those who attend the funeral by estimating from the behavior and records etc. of the deceased subject's life and give each of the selected participants a notice that the subject died and the schedule of the funeral It will also be necessary to inform them. on the other hand,
Those who are notified of the death or the funeral schedule will adjust their schedule so that they can attend the funeral.

[0004] Since such funerals are usually performed within a few days after the subject dies, the schedule cannot be suddenly adjusted even if the subject is notified of the death, and it is desired to attend. In some cases, they could not attend funerals. Such cases could often occur if the person notified of the death was resident in a location remote from the funeral site. In addition, such cases have also occurred in various memorial services that are occasionally performed after the funeral (for example, the memorial service on 49th or visiting a grave in the tray).

[0005] When a mourning cannot be carried out due to such various circumstances, if there is a place where the deceased is memorialized in place of a funeral home or a tomb, the mourning of the deceased can be made. Such places have a deep relationship with the deceased and are useful places for those wishing to pray for the deceased's happiness even on days other than funerals and memorial services. Conventionally, an attempt has been made to open a virtual tomb on a server such as the Internet and input a URL specifying the tomb from the client side so that the deceased can always be remembered.

[0006]

However, since such a virtual graveyard cannot be disclosed by the deceased subject, it is difficult to disclose the information desired by the subject. was there. In the case of pets, the owner can gather information and form a grave, so that photos of life before life can be made public, but still, favorite photos of life, etc. can be collected after death, It is not always easy to arrange them in order.

[0007] Considering the act of remembering the deceased, it is important not only to recall the deceased's facial expressions, gestures, personality, conversations, etc., but also to remember the time and place shared with the deceased. In the end, facial expressions and conversations also occur and take place under certain circumstances, because they are inextricably linked. Then, even if you prepare a virtual grave and arrange only bibliographic information such as photographs and names of the deceased, it will not be a remembrance of the deceased.

The present invention examines such an act of remembering a deceased person, establishes a place corresponding to a funeral home or tomb on a network, and makes it possible to easily realize an act of remembering a deceased subject. Made for purpose.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems and Action / Effect Thereof A deceased information providing system according to the present invention is a deceased information providing system for providing information on a deceased person, and a registration for registering a subject who provides information by the system. Means, personal history information accumulating means for accumulating the information of the registered subject as at least a part of information forming a personal history, and performing a predetermined instruction after the subject dies, thereby accumulating the information. A deceased person information creating means for creating predetermined deceased person information based on the information forming the personal history,
A gist of the invention is that a publishing means for publishing the created deceased information so as to be viewable via a network is provided.

An invention of a method for providing deceased information corresponding to the system for providing deceased information is a method for providing information on a deceased person, in which a person who provides information by the system is registered, and the registered object is provided. Information of the person is stored as at least a part of the information forming the personal history, and after the subject dies, a predetermined instruction is given, and based on the information forming the stored personal history, The gist is to create predetermined deceased information on a person and to publish the created deceased information so as to be viewable via a network.

In the above invention, the “subject” may be a solid that has a life and can be distinguished from others, and includes animals and plants that inhabit while receiving the love of a specific person. “Information forming a personal history” refers to information about a subject during his or her life, and includes history information of the subject. For example, when the target person is a person, the history information includes the person's birth, walking start, admission, graduation, employment, transfer, marriage, childbirth, divorce, qualification acquisition, award, disease,
Information about events that happened to the person during his or her life, such as an accident, as well as surrounding the person, such as the illness or death of his / her siblings, death of a pet, employment or marriage of a friend, etc. Contains information about environmental changes. Further, as the history information, information on hobbies and preferences such as articles, places, and music that the person loved can be included.

[0012] In addition to such subject's history information, when the subject died, personal information such as the name and contact information of the person (notified person) to be notified of the death fact, and after the subject died, Messages and the like to be transmitted to each notified person can also be stored.

[0013] The registration by the registration means may be performed based on the access of the target person or may be performed based on the access of a person who has some relationship with the target person. For example, the subject's parent or child can register the subject (ie, his or her child or parent). In addition, when the target person is “a pet kept by the owner”, the owner registers his / her pet.

[0014] "Information on the deceased" refers to information resulting from the death of the subject, such as the fact of death, the date and time of death, the cause of death, etc. Includes "deceased person information" which is information created after death. This "deceased person information" is information extracted from the above history information and created by the deceased's biographical information, the deceased's remains, messages to the deceased, or information on funerals and events performed after the funeral Various information can be considered, such as information about

In the method of providing deceased information, the information of the subject is stored as information forming the personal history of the subject before the subject's life, and when the subject dies,
By performing a predetermined instruction, predetermined deceased person information is created based on the information forming the personal history, in order to remember the subject, and the deceased person information is made available for viewing via a network. Therefore, the subject can easily remember the deceased by himself or, in the case of the subject, a pet or a child, by the owner or guardian, etc., using the information that has been accumulated one by one to form a personal history before birth. Dead person information can be created. After the subject dies, if the subject is himself, he cannot edit the deceased information himself, but according to the personal information providing system and method of the present invention, his deceased information is Since personal information is created from information accumulated to form a personal history, not only is it easy to create deceased information, but also it is possible to disclose information closely related to the deceased. In addition, even if the subject is not the person himself, the deceased is created using the information accumulated to form the subject's personal history before he died, instead of collecting information after the subject died. The advantage is that not only can the deceased person information be disclosed promptly later, but also the creation of the deceased person information becomes extremely easy.

The information that forms the personal history accumulated during his lifetime is
It may be published on the network as a personal history, or may simply be stored. The information forming the personal history and the deceased information for remembering the deceased are similar to the contents of the information, but when the person who lost the subject touches the former, he said, `` I was just fine until this time I strongly feel the feeling of loss. Therefore, when the information that forms the personal history has already been released, it is difficult for those who are left
It is a very painful act. On the other hand, in the case of deceased information created based on information that forms a personal history, those who come into contact with the deceased will remember the memories of their lives with the deceased information, and will heal rather. You will taste the emotions.

Various developments can be considered for the above deceased person information providing system and method. Hereinafter, the deceased information providing system will be described as an example, but almost the same development is possible as the deceased information providing method.

It is also preferable to disclose the deceased information as a symbol of a virtual tomb on the network relating to the deceased subject. For example, a configuration in which the appearance of a grave on which the name of a deceased is described is displayed as a symbol can be considered. In this way, the notified person who has been notified of the death fact can mourn without hesitation any of the dead by facing the symbol.

Apart from the information forming the personal history of the subject,
It is also preferable that a peripheral information registering means for registering peripheral information related to the subject is provided, and that the deceased person information is created based on the registered peripheral information and the information forming the personal history. As the peripheral information, funeral information such as funeral schedule and funeral record such as date and time and place of funeral, and information about an event performed after the funeral can be considered. The information about the funeral may include information about a photograph (shadow) used for the funeral, information about ordering garlands, offerings, and the like, and information about accepting incense when the funeral cannot be attended. This makes it possible to include the peripheral information related to the target person in the deceased person information, so that more information on the deceased person can be browsed through the network.

[0020] A notifier specifying means for specifying a notified person to be notified of the death of the target person, and notifies the notified person of information for accessing the death fact and the deceased information of the target person via a network. And a death notification unit. In this way, it is possible to reliably notify the person desired by the subject of the death fact. In addition, the notified person who was notified of the death fact can access the deceased information simply by accessing through the network based on the notified information, and can remember the deceased without choosing time and place Can be.

[0021] The information processing apparatus may have a link means for providing a link for accessing the published deceased person information with respect to the subject having a predetermined relation with the deceased person whose deceased information has been disclosed. This is desirable in that the target person having the above can easily access the deceased information. Further, in the above configuration, the predetermined relationship is a relative relationship,
If means for displaying a kinship relationship with another deceased to which the link is provided is provided as a family tree, memorial service to the deceased with the kinship can be smoothly performed.

The present invention can be understood as a recording medium in which a program for creating information on a deceased person is recorded in a computer-readable manner. The recording medium has a function of registering the subject, a function of storing the information of the registered subject as at least a part of information forming a personal history, and a predetermined instruction after the subject dies. By performing, based on the information forming the accumulated personal history, a function of creating predetermined deceased information on the subject, and converting the created deceased information into data that can be browsed through a network It is a gist that the functions to be performed are recorded so as to be realized by a computer.

The program recorded on the recording medium is read and executed by a computer. The computer executes the program and performs a predetermined instruction after the death of the subject, thereby creating predetermined deceased information about the subject based on the information forming the accumulated personal history, and The deceased person information is converted into data that can be browsed via a network. When such a program is realized by a computer,
The deceased person information of the deceased subject can be easily and accurately created in a browsable form.

The program for realizing each function stored in the recording medium may be stored and stored in a server or the like connected to a network, and may be downloaded to a computer for execution as needed. It is possible.
Such a form of the server or a case where the program is publicly transmitted from the server can be regarded as one form of the medium of the present application.

[0025]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In order to further clarify the configuration and operation of the present invention described above, embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on examples. FIG. 1 shows a hardware configuration for realizing a graveyard providing system which is an example of an embodiment of a deceased information providing system according to the present invention. A graveyard provision system is a system in which information forming the personal history of a person (hereinafter referred to as “life information”) is registered in advance on a network, and when the person dies, a grave is established on the network, It refers to a system that allows a person having a predetermined relationship with the deceased to access the grave via a network. The details of this system will be described later. The term "grave" usually means a place where a tomb is located, but in the present specification, a place for mourning the deceased is widely called a "grave".

As shown in FIG. 1, the hardware for realizing the grave providing system is a first terminal 80 that is accessed by the user or an agent closely related to the user.
And a second terminal 90 that is accessed by a person wishing to mourn his / her death, and a server SV owned by a person who provides the grave of the dead person (hereinafter referred to as a service provider).

The first terminal 80 and the second terminal 90 are:
Computers 80c, 90c and hard disks 80a, 90a each comprising a CPU, ROM, RAM, etc.
Displays 80b, 90b, keyboards 80d, 90
d, a desktop personal computer equipped with a mouse 80e, 90e, etc.

The serial ports of the computers 80c and 90c are connected to a public telephone line PTL via a modem (not shown) as shown by a solid line, a dotted line, and a double line in FIG. 1, respectively. Via this public telephone line PTL, the first terminal 80 and the second terminal 90 are connected to an external network N.
W can be connected. Of course, a dedicated line may be used to directly connect to the network.
The Internet can be considered as such a network.

The first terminal 80 and the second terminal 9
Instead of 0, another terminal connectable to the external network NW may be used. As other terminals, a mobile information terminal, a mobile phone, or the like can be considered.

The server SV is a computer that receives requests from the first terminal 80 and the second terminal 90 via the network NW and processes the requests. This computer has a CPU 22 for executing various arithmetic processing.
ROM2 interconnected by a bus 35
4, RAM 26, memory controller 28, display controller 30, serial input / output interface 3
2, each unit described below such as a storage device 34, a keyboard interface 36, a pointing device controller 44, a printer interface 40, and the like. The ROM 24 is a memory in which programs and reference data necessary for executing various arithmetic processes by the CPU 22 are stored in advance, and are used to create and display deceased information to be described later, to notify a predetermined person of a death fact, and the like. Stores programs related to execution. The RAM 26 is a memory for temporarily storing various data necessary for the CPU 22 to execute various arithmetic processes.

The memory controller (MC) 28 controls signal output to the storage device 34. In the storage device 34,
Various programs and various data to be loaded and executed on the RAM 26 as necessary are stored. Of course, R
Various programs similar to those described above, necessary data, and the like are stored in the OM 24, a CD-ROM, or the like (not shown), and the computer can be executed by loading these various programs and data. It is.
Further, the storage device 34 is provided with three storage areas of a first storage unit, a second storage unit, and a third storage unit.

The first storage unit stores the subject who provides the prenatal information, the prenatal information of the subject input from the first terminal 80,
Peripheral information related to the subject is accumulated and stored. That is, the storage device 34 also functions as a registration unit, a personal history information storage unit, and a peripheral information registration unit described in the claims. In addition, the second storage unit stores and stores deceased information created on the basis of pre-life information and peripheral information, and the third storage unit stores and stores deceased information for each family.

Serial input / output interface (SIO)
Reference numeral 32 denotes a control unit which controls input and output of data from the outside. The server SV is connected to an external network NW via the SIO 32. Usually, the server is directly connected to the network NW using a dedicated line.
Therefore, the SIO 32 is also realized as a network card corresponding to the protocol used in the network NW.

The serial input / output interface (S
The IO) 32 inputs characters and data in the form of code information, but may be configured to allow input in other forms.
For example, an interface for inputting voice information and information on the shape of characters is provided, and the input information is transmitted to a CP.
A configuration may be considered in which the U22 converts the information into readable digital information, converts the information into a character string by voice recognition or character recognition, and then inputs the character string.

Keyboard interface (KI) 25
Controls input and output of signals from a keyboard 38, and a pointing device controller (PDC) 44 controls input and output of signals from a mouse 46. The display controller (DC) 30 controls a signal output to the liquid crystal display 20 as a display device capable of color display, and the printer interface 40 (PI) controls data output to the printer 42.

The terminals 80 and 90 and the server SV are connected to each other via a network NW.
An address (an IP address when the TCP / IP protocol is adopted) that specifies each of them on the network NW is assigned to the server 90 and the server SV.
Therefore, using these addresses, each of the terminals 80, 90
From the server SV, and data processing and transmission / reception between the terminals 80 and 90 and the server SV can be performed.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the server SV1 performs a registration process for registering a subject who provides information on the life of the child based on an instruction after access from the first terminal 80.
Personal history information accumulation processing for accumulating information on the subject's life, deceased information creation processing for creating deceased information reminiscent of the subject, notification of the subject's death fact and information for accessing the deceased information via the network NW In addition to executing death notification processing and the like, based on an instruction after access from the first terminal 80 or the second terminal 90, a disclosure process for publicizing the created deceased person information in a viewable manner is performed. The details of each of these processes will be described later.

Although access to the server SV is permitted for all terminals, various files and data prepared in the first storage unit and the third storage unit in the storage device 34 of the server SV are provided. Access to is allowed based on the input of a legitimate password. That is, for access without a password, the server SV discloses information such as an outline of a grave service, but the server SV has access rights to various processes such as a lifetime information registration process, which will be described later, using a password or the like. Responds and executes only access from authorized persons. The storage device 34
The access to various files and data prepared in the second storage unit may be allowed based on the input of a regular password.

Next, the contents of the graveyard providing system executed using the above hardware will be described. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing contents of a grave providing system.
First, (1) the person who intends to receive the graveyard providing service accesses the service provider's server SV using his own computer, in this example, the first terminal 80, and registers as a member. Server SV that confirmed completion of member registration
Establishes a life information entry site for a registered member in the storage device 34.

The server S that has confirmed the completion of the member registration
V issues a personal authentication password that allows the individual to access the site, and (2) notifies the personal authentication password to the principal. As a method of this notification, a method of displaying on the display 80b of the first terminal 80 or a method of notifying using postal mail, electronic mail, or the like based on transmission from the server SV after member registration is completed is considered. be able to.

The individual who has been notified of the personal authentication password accesses the server SV again using the first terminal 80, and inputs the personal authentication password. With this input, (3) the person can enter a living information entry site and enter living information, which is information about the person during his or her life, in a predetermined form.

[0042] The pre-life information that can be entered is, for example, self-history information (hereinafter referred to as history information) or when a person dies.
There is information (hereinafter referred to as death notifier information) on a person who should be notified of the fact of death (hereinafter referred to as death notifier). The history information includes birth, walking start, admission, graduation, employment, transfer, marriage, childbirth, divorce, qualification acquisition, commendation,
In addition to information about what happened to him / herself while he was alive, such as illness, accidents, etc., he may also be able to identify himself / herself, such as illness / death of his / her parents / brothers, death of pets, employment / marriage of friends, etc. There is information about changes in the surrounding environment. On the other hand, the death notifier information includes personal information such as the name and contact information of the death notifier and a message to be transmitted to each death notifier after the death of the person.

[0043] The life information thus entered is transmitted to the server SV via the network NW by a transmission operation in the first terminal 80. The server SV that has received the lifetime information executes a process of storing and registering the received lifetime information in the first storage unit of the storage device 34 (personal history information accumulation process). In this personal history information accumulation processing, when the pre-birth information is received again from the person after the registration of the pre-birth information, the received pre-birth information is overwritten and registered with the pre-registered pre-birth information. Therefore, only the latest pre-natal information is registered in the first storage unit. It is also possible to prohibit such repeated overwriting of the pre-birth information and register the pre-birth information whose content has been determined only once.

As described above, the registration of the lifetime information is permitted on the assumption that the personal authentication password is input. Therefore, the registration of unintentional birth information by another person or the falsification of the registered birth information may not occur.
It can be effectively prevented.

If the person dies after such registration of the pre-life information, (4) the bereaved who knows the fact that he / she has joined the grave provision system will be notified that the person has died, the date and time of death, the cause of death, etc. Notify the service provider of the fact.
This notification is performed in principle by the bereaved family setting up the first terminal 80 and accessing the death notification site on the server SV. If such operations cannot be performed by the bereaved, the service provider may be notified by mail, electronic mail, telephone, or the like.

When the bereaved family informs the service provider of the death, the name of the funeral company requesting the funeral or the name of the hospital where the individual was treated may also be notified. In this way, by giving the person giving the notice the name of the funeral company and the name of the hospital, it is possible to increase the credibility of the person's death and prevent the person from being notified of the false death. can do. Also,
In the subsequent processing, it is possible to prevent another person from being notified of an erroneous death. In addition, instead of the simple confirmation method of writing the name of the funeral company and the name of the hospital as described above, the bereaved family can write a document certifying the death of the person (a medical certificate of a doctor, etc.)
It may be sent to a service provider separately. In this way, the credibility of the person's death fact can be further increased.

When the notification of the death fact is input to the server SV, (5) the server SV creates the deceased information based on the deceased information registered in the first storage unit in the storage device 34 (deceased). (Information creation processing). This "deceased information" includes biographical information of the deceased person,
There are funeral schedules and funeral records such as the date and time and place of the funeral, information on funerals such as wreaths and offerings at funerals, information on funeral reception such as reception of incense when unable to attend funerals, and information on events performed after the funeral. The details of the processing for creating such deceased information will be described later.

After termination of the deceased person information creating process, the server SV
Stores the deceased person's deceased information in the second storage unit in the storage device 34, and (6) establishes a grave linked to the second storage unit on the grave site. The grave of the person who died is hereinafter referred to as a private grave. The manner in which this personal grave is provided will be described later.

After the establishment of such a private grave, the server SV performs a death notification process. In this processing, (7) first, a person who is allowed to access the personal grave is specified based on the information on the babies registered in the first storage unit. This identification is performed with reference to the death notifier information among the registered pre-birth information. (8) Next, the above identified person is
It is regarded as a death notifier who should be notified of the person's death fact, and each death notifier is notified by e-mail of the death of the person, the date and time of death, etc., along with the address of the personal grave. In this process, a “message from the deceased to each death notifier” described later is also notified at the same time. The death fact, the address of the private grave, and the like may be notified using a method other than e-mail, such as mail or facsimile.

When the death notifier notified of the death fact, the address of the personal grave, etc. in this way accesses the address of the personal grave using the second terminal 90, the server SV
Performs a process (reading process) of reading out the storage content of the second storage unit stored in association with the address and publishing the deceased person's deceased information in a viewable manner. In particular,
The deceased information of the deceased person is displayed on the display 90b of the second terminal 90. The manner in which the deceased person information is displayed will be described later. Accordingly, the death notifier can use the own terminal 90 to view the deceased information of the deceased.

Next, the server SV classifies (10) the deceased information of the deceased person into a category based on the ancestry of the person. This classification is based on the graves of those who have a kinship relationship with the deceased, such as a parent-child relationship or spouse relationship (hereinafter referred to as clan graves)
Is determined by determining whether or not it already exists in the grave site. For example, the deceased information of the deceased person "Patent Jiro" and the deceased information of the parent "Patent Taro" are classified into the same category of "patentist".

The server SV of such parent-child relationship or spouse relationship
Is input to the server S by extracting information of parent-child relationship and spouse relationship from the pre-birth information stored in the first storage unit.
Alternatively, the service provider may input the information to the server SV based on a parent-child relationship or a spouse relationship from a living person or a deceased person's bereaved family.

Next, the server SV associates the deceased information classified into the same category with each other and collects them. In the case of the above example, the deceased information of "Patent Taro" and the deceased information of "Patent Jiro" are related as a parent-child relationship and are grouped as the deceased information of "Patenter". Next, the server SV
Stores the gathered deceased information in the third storage unit in the storage device 34, and establishes a grave (hereinafter referred to as a clan grave) linked to the third storage on the grave site.

In this embodiment, together with the group of the deceased, information representing the family tree and image information representing the appearance of the grave as a symbol of the grave are stored in the third storage unit. The image information indicating the appearance of the tomb is created by the server SV in the form of attaching a tomb mark indicating the family name. In addition, the private grave may be closed with the opening of the clan grave, or may be continuously opened after the opening of the clan grave.

After the establishment of such a family grave, the server SV
Sends an e-mail to the person who permits access to the clan grave (11). Of course, the notification may be made using a method other than e-mail, such as mail or facsimile.

When the death notifier notified of the address of the clan grave in this way accesses the address of the clan grave using the second terminal 90, the server SV associates the third storage with the address. The processing of reading out the stored contents of the department and displaying the deceased information of the family of the person including the person who died (family information display processing) is performed. The manner in which the deceased person's family information is displayed will be described later.
Thereby, the death notifier uses his / her own terminal 90,
You can browse the deceased information of the deceased clan.

In this embodiment, the address of the clan grave is notified to all death notifiers who have notified the person of the death.
Although it is configured to allow access to the clan grave, the address of the clan grave is notified only to the relatives of the person and the access to the clan grave is more restrictive than the access to the individual grave. This is preferable because the privacy of the clan (for example, the parent of the clan) can be protected.

In addition, a person who is allowed to access the clan grave is notified of the address of the grave site on the hierarchy above the clan grave and a predetermined password in place of the clan grave address. The access to the clan grave may be permitted under the condition that the password is input in. In this way, information related to the privacy of the family can be more reliably protected.

The contents of the graveyard providing system have been described above. Next, a deceased person information creating process which is a process executed by the server SV in the grave providing system will be described. FIG. 3 shows the contents and processing procedure of the deceased person information creation processing.
This is shown in the deceased person information creation processing routine. This deceased person information creation processing routine is started when a notification that the person is dead is input to the server SV. As shown in FIG. 3, when this routine is started, first, a process of determining whether or not a keyword has been designated is performed (step S10).
0). In this embodiment, “birth”, “graduation”, “employment”,
The keywords "transfer", "marriage", "childbirth", "acquisition of qualification", and "recognition" are prepared in advance as defaults. Of course, it is also possible to delete these keywords and add new keywords.

If it is determined that a keyword has been designated, the process refers to the history information in the pre-birth information and cuts out a sentence related to the keyword from the history information (steps S110 and S120). Next, a process of summarizing the cut-out sentences and creating biographical information is performed (step S130). In the present embodiment, the extracted sentences are summarized as simply as possible in consideration of the use of the biographical information for condolences. For example, "graduation"
If the sentence "I graduated from a practical college on March 10, 1974. At the graduation ceremony, I cried with my friend XX."
Only “graduation date” and “graduation target” are extracted from the cut sentence, such as “March 10, 974, graduation from a practical university”, and are summarized in a form in which auxiliary words such as particles are omitted. The form of such a summary is slightly different depending on the content of the keyword. By changing the setting of the summarization program, the degree of summarization can be made coarser, and the summarization can be made without omitting attached words, or the extracted sentence can be used as the biography information as it is.

Next, a process of pasting the created biography information on the deceased person information form is performed (step S140).
The deceased person information form is a form for entering information displayed in the grave. In the front part of the deceased person information form, a fixed phrase indicating condolences and an image indicating the state of the grave are pasted in advance. Biography information is pasted at a position that does not overlap with these fixed phrases and images.

It should be noted that steps S110 to S1
In the processing up to 40, a photograph of the deceased is extracted from the history information in accordance with the input of the keyword “postmortem”,
The extracted photo may be pasted on the deceased person information form together with the biography information. In this case, if there are a large number of photographs of the deceased in the history information, a photograph having a certain level of freshness or more is specified from among the large number of photographs, and step S150 is performed.
When an instruction to input event information is given in, it is also preferable to display a plurality of pictures identified as bereaved candidates as candidates.

Next, a process is performed to determine whether or not information relating to an event, such as a funeral schedule or place, has been entered (step S150). A process for pasting information is performed (step S160). Next, a gravestone of the deceased is created by cutting out the name information of the deceased person from the information before birth, and this gravemark is overlaid and pasted on the image showing the grave's appearance on the deceased information form (step). S170). A process for storing the information on the deceased person information on which the various information has been pasted is performed (step S180), and the routine ends.

Next, the manner in which a service is actually provided by the above-mentioned graveyard providing system will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of the history information input screen of the pre-birth information entry site. When the user accesses the server SV using the first terminal 80, an initial screen of the grave service is displayed on the display 80b. This initial screen is displayed on the display 80b.
, And a text screen TD displayed on the right side of the display 80b. On the initial screen, an initial screen showing the outline of the grave service is displayed on the text screen TD, and the “service overview”, “member registration”, “filling in information before life”, “grave site” are displayed on the index screen MD. , "Death notice", and "Event entry" are displayed. On this index screen MD, click on the tab "Entry of pre-life information" with the mouse 80e, and on the text screen TD displayed after the click, enter the password for personal authentication using the keyboard 80d. And the display of the text screen TD is changed to a history information input screen in a form as shown in FIG. In the following description, the date of birth of the person is June 1, 1951, and the date of access to the pre-birth information entry site is 2000.
June 20 of the year.

As shown in FIG. 4, the history information input screen includes an annual tab table YT and a monthly tab table MT.
A chronology constituted by a hierarchical structure is provided. The chronology is “1951 to 1959”, “1
960 to 1969, ”1970 to 1979
Year, 1980 to 1989, 1990 to 1999, and 2000. In the example shown in FIG.
Of the six yearly tabbed tables YT, a yearly tabbed table YT of “2000” indicating the year at the time of access is shown.
Is displayed in the foreground, so that the other five yearly tabbed tables YT have the table part “2000”.
Is hidden behind the table portion of the yearly tabbed table YT, and only the tab portion is displayed so as to be visible. In addition, below the other five yearly tabbed tables YT, there is provided a yearly tabbed table YT representing each year among a plurality of years displayed on the tabs. By clicking on such a tab portion of each yearly tabbed table YT with the mouse 80e, a desired yearly tabbed table YT can be displayed on the foreground.

In the table section of each yearly tabbed table YT, there is provided a monthly tabbed table MT divided for each month from January to December, and in the table section of the monthly tabbed table MT. Is provided with a history information entry column that is divided for each day belonging to each month. The person himself / herself selects a date using the yearly tabbed table YT and the monthly tabbed table MT, and writes his / her own history information in an entry column corresponding to the selected date. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the fact that an event of childbirth has occurred is described in the column on June 20, 2000, which is the access date, and the column on June 15, 2000 indicates that the person has changed jobs. , June 17, 2000
The fact that an accident has occurred in the mother is described in the date column.

After the user has entered his / her history information, clicking on the registration tab displayed at the bottom of the history information input screen with the mouse 80e transmits the entered history information to the server SV and stores the history information in the storage device 34. It is updated and stored in the first storage unit.

In the history information input screen initially displayed after connecting to the pre-life information entry site, the chronology may be set to a state where the column of the access date, June 20, 2000, is displayed. This is preferable in that the operation up to input of the history information is simplified. Such a configuration is, for example, that information on the date connected to the living information entry site is stored in the server S.
Table YT with an annual tab, which is specified by a clock incorporated in V and includes information of the specified date.
This can be realized by storing a program for initially displaying the table MT with monthly tabs in the ROM of the server SV.

In the history information input screen shown in FIG. 4, when the tab "input of death notifier information" displayed below is clicked with mouse 80e, the text screen TD is displayed in the form shown in FIG. The display changes to the death notification person information input screen. As shown in FIG. 5, the death notifier information input screen displays the name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, relationship with the death notifier, a message to the death notifier, and a message to the death notifier as shown in FIG. There is an entry column for each person. The person himself / herself fills out the death notifier information in this space. In the example shown in FIG. 5, Ichiro Aichi, Jiro Gifu,
Death notifier information for four people, Mie Saburo and Shizuoka Shiro, is entered. It should be noted that the death notifier information entered for the other than the four persons can be confirmed by clicking the scroll bar displayed at the end of the death notifier information input screen with the mouse 80e. After the death notifier information is entered in this way, when the registration tab displayed below the death notifier information input screen is clicked with the mouse 80e, the entered death notifier information is transmitted to the server SV, and the storage device 34 Is updated and stored in the first storage unit.

When the person dies after the pre-life information and the death notifier information are registered, the bereaved of the person accesses the server SV using the first terminal 80, and is displayed on the display 80b after the access. On the index screen MD on the left side of the initial screen of the graveyard provision service, the user clicks the tab “Death notification” using the mouse 80e.
As a result, the first terminal 80 is connected to the death notification site, and the display 80b indicates that the user has died, the date and time of death,
A column for describing the cause of death, such as the cause of death, is displayed. In this section, the fact of death is described using the keyboard 80d, and when transmission of the described information to the server SV is instructed by the mouse 80e, the deceased person information is created by the above-described deceased person information creating process. Also, the address of the personal grave where the created deceased information is stored as data is notified to each death notifier along with the death fact of the person and a message to the death notifier.

The notified notifier who received the notification is the second terminal 9
0 is connected to the external network NW, and connection to the address of the personal grave is instructed using the keyboard 90d and the mouse 90e. The server SV that has received the instruction specifies the personal grave instructed in the grave site, and transmits the information stored in the personal grave to the second terminal 90. Thereby, a screen (hereinafter, referred to as a personal graveyard screen) for displaying the personal graveyard as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display 90b.

This personal graveyard screen displays the contents of a deceased person information form to which various information has been pasted in the above-mentioned deceased person information creating process. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, the personal grave screen includes a fixed sentence indicating the condolences to the deceased, Patent Jiro, the appearance of the grave with the grave mark of the deceased, biography information of the patent, and information on the event. Is displayed.

The information on the event displayed on the personal graveyard screen can be updated with new information at any time. Specifically, when the tab "input of event" is clicked on the index screen MD using the mouse 90e, an authentication screen for requesting a password is displayed on the text screen TD. When a predetermined password is input on the authentication screen using the keyboard 90d, the user is connected to the event input site, and new information on the event can be input. The input new information is sent to the server S
V overwrites the deceased person information form in the second storage unit and is stored. As a result, it is possible to notify the death notifier of the schedule of various legal matters, such as forty-nine days after the funeral.

As described above with reference to FIG. 2, the deceased information such as the biography and the event stored in the personal grave is classified into the category based on the family of the person. In the example shown in FIG. 6,
If the deceased person's parent, "Patent Taro"'s deceased information already exists on the grave site, the deceased person's "Patent Jiro" deceased information is in the same category as the "Patent Taro" deceased information. are categorized. As a result, in the grave site, a family grave called "patentist" that stores both deceased information is opened. When the death notifier notified of the clan grave address accesses the clan grave address via the network NW using the second terminal 90, the clan grave as shown in FIG. Is displayed (hereinafter referred to as the clan graveyard screen).

As shown in FIG. 7, on the clan graveyard screen, a fixed phrase indicating the condolence of the patenter to the deceased, information on the appearance of the grave with the patenter's tomb, and information on the event of the patenter are displayed. You. Information about this event can be updated in the same manner as described with reference to FIG.

Further, the family tree of the patenter is displayed on the clan graveyard screen. This makes it possible to confirm whether each person belonging to the patenter is alive or not. In addition, a sub-window with a scroll bar is provided below the column of “biography of the deceased”. Mouse over this scroll bar 90e
By clicking and moving in the vertical direction, the biographical information of the deceased Patent Taro and Patent Jiro can be sequentially browsed in the sub-window.

Note that on the screen of the private grave shown in FIG. 6,
It is also desirable to display a tab called "Clan grave" as a link because it allows easy access to the deceased information about those who are related to the deceased.

According to the graveyard providing system of the present embodiment described above, together with the notification of the death of the person, the history information registered in advance by the person is summarized, and the biography information of the person is created. The person's deceased information is created in a form including the biographical information, and the personal grave where the deceased information is posted is opened on the grave site in a form that can be browsed. In this way, by creating the deceased information of the person from the information that forms the personal history that he has accumulated before his or her lifetime, it is possible to accurately determine the information desired by the deceased person and the intention, preferences, career, etc. of the deceased person. The reflected information can be disclosed to others after the death of the person. In addition, the bereaved of the person does not need to collect information about the person after his death, and can easily create the deceased information after his death, and can disclose the deceased information immediately. .

Also, since the address of the grave site is notified to the death notifier along with the notification of the death of the person, the death notifier can access the above address only through the network, and the deceased person can be identified. It is possible to access information. As a result, the deceased person can be remembered without choosing time or place.

In the graveyard providing system of this embodiment,
Along with the notification of the death of the person, the death notifier is specified from the death notifier information registered in advance by the person. Therefore, it is possible to surely notify a person desired by the person before life of the death fact.

Further, in the graveyard providing system of this embodiment,
As the deceased information, an image of the grave of the person and biography information of the person are displayed. Therefore, the death notifier can view the biographical information and the image of the grave,
You can remember the dead person without hesitation. In addition, since various event schedules such as funerals are displayed as the deceased information, the death notifier can know the schedule of the event to be performed in the future while remembering the deceased.

Further, according to the graveyard providing system of the present embodiment, the deceased person's information is classified into the same category as the deceased information of the person's family, and the deceased information of the deceased belonging to the same house unit is unified. Open a clan grave on the grave site.
Therefore, the death notifier can provide ancestor memorial service only by accessing the address notified as the location of the clan grave via the network, and simplifies events such as visiting graves where all the relatives gather. can do.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above.
The present invention is not limited to such examples,
The present invention can be implemented in various modes without departing from the gist of the invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the death of a person has been described as an example. However, the invention can be applied to the case of death of an organism other than a person such as a pet kept by a person or a plant grown by a person.

Further, in the above embodiment, the death notifier is notified of the death of the person, a message from the deceased to each death notifier, and information such as the address of the personal grave, etc. It is permissible to notify only part of the information or to notify the death notifier of information other than the above information. For example, information about a funeral schedule may be added to these pieces of information.

In the above embodiment, as the deceased person's information, the biographies of the deceased and the schedule of events such as funerals are displayed, but other information may be displayed. Further, in the above-described embodiment, it is possible to add information on an event such as a legal memorandum retroactively, but it is also possible to add other information. For example,
It can be considered that information such as a message from a participant at a funeral or a message to a deceased can be added.

In the above embodiment, both the history information and the death notifier information can be entered as the pre-birth information at the pre-birth information entry site. Realistic and preferred. It is a special task for a person before birth to select a person to be notified of his or her own death, assuming that he or she died. Because.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a hardware configuration for implementing a graveyard providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing contents of a grave providing system.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the contents of a deceased person information creation processing routine;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of a history information input screen of a pre-life information entry site.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of a death notifier information input screen of a living information entry site.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of a personal graveyard screen displayed when accessing a personal graveyard.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of a clan grave screen displayed when accessing the clan grave.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 20 liquid crystal display 22 CPU 24 ROM 25 keyboard interface 26 RAM 28 memory controller 30 display controller 32 serial input / output interface 34 storage device 35 bus 36 keyboard interface 38 keyboard 40 printer interface 42 ... Printer 44 ... Pointing device controller 46 ... Mouse 80, 90 ... First or second terminal 80a, 90a ... Hard disk 80b, 90b ... Display 80c, 90c ... Computer 80d, 90d ... Keyboard 80e, 90e ... Mouse SV ... Server

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Ryo Yasui 116-Shinmoricho, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya-shi (72) Inventor Hideki 1-1-27 Takegoshi, Chigusa-ku, Nagoya F-term (reference) 5B049 AA06 BB70 CC01 FF01 GG00 5B075 ND20 PP03 PP13 PQ02 UU24

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A deceased person information providing system for providing information on a deceased person, a registration means for registering a person to whom information is provided by the system, and forming information of the registered person to form a personal history. A personal history information storage means for storing at least a part of the information; and
Based on the information forming the accumulated personal history, a deceased person information creating means for creating predetermined deceased person information reminiscent of the subject person; And a deceased information providing system. 2. The person to whom the information is provided is:
The deceased information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the deceased information providing system is a pet. 3. The deceased person information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the publishing unit is a unit that publishes the deceased person information as a symbol of a virtual tomb on a network relating to the deceased subject. Deceased information providing system. 4. The deceased information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the peripheral information registering means registers peripheral information related to the subject separately from information forming a personal history of the subject. A deceased information providing system, wherein the deceased information creating means is means for creating the deceased information based on the information forming the personal history and the peripheral information. 5. The deceased person information providing system according to claim 1, wherein a notified person specifying means for specifying a notified person to be notified of the death of the target person; A death notification means for notifying the fact of death and information for accessing the deceased information via the network. 6. The deceased person information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the publishing unit accesses the deceased person information created and disclosed for a subject having a predetermined relationship with the deceased person to whom the deceased information was disclosed. A deceased information providing system having link means for providing a link for performing 7. The deceased person information providing system according to claim 6, wherein the predetermined relationship is a kinship relationship, and wherein the link means sets a kinship relationship with another deceased person to whom the link is provided. A deceased information providing system including means for displaying a genealogy. 8. A method for providing information on a deceased person, the method comprising: registering a subject who provides information by the system; and using the information of the registered subject as at least a part of information forming a personal history. By accumulating and, after the subject dies, giving predetermined instructions,
A method for providing deceased person information that creates predetermined deceased person information on the subject based on the accumulated information forming the personal history, and publishes the created deceased person information so as to be able to be browsed through a network. 9. A recording medium in which a program for creating information on a deceased person is recorded so as to be readable by a computer, wherein a function of registering a subject and information of the registered subject form a personal history. The function to accumulate as at least a part of the information, and by giving a predetermined instruction after the subject dies,
A function of creating predetermined deceased information on the subject based on the information forming the accumulated personal history; and a function of converting the created deceased information into data that can be browsed via a network. A recording medium that can be recorded on a computer.