JP2002157355A - Deceased information providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the decreased information providing system for allowing a user to acquire various information related with the decreased even when the user forgets reading the decreased carrying column of newspaper. SOLUTION: An electronic mail in which the index data of the decreased data are carried is transmitted to a mail address in the client PC of a user by regular decreased information distribution processing. Therefore, the user of the client PC can read the daily decreased data through the electronic mail transmitted form the server PC. Thus, the user can know the information on the decreased without looking through the decreased information of newspaper issued every day.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a deceased information providing system for providing deceased data, which is various kinds of information such as names and addresses of deceased persons.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, when a person or an acquaintance is notified of the death of a certain person, for example, a deceased article column such as a "condolence" column published in a publication such as a newspaper is used.

[0003]

However, it is necessary to subscribe to the newspaper regularly in order to read the deceased article column of the newspaper, and if you miss the contents of the deceased article column, you will know the death of the deceased person There was a problem that can not be. In addition, in the deceased section of the newspaper, the deceased is generally posted on the day of the deceased or the next day, so if you miss the newspaper on the day of publication, you will need to review the past newspapers . In addition, since the deceased article column contains the name of the deceased, the funeral schedule and the address of the funeral hall, there is a problem that if this information is overlooked, it will not be possible to attend the funeral.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides deceased information providing various information related to the deceased even if the user has forgotten to read the deceased publication section of a newspaper. It aims to provide a system.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, a deceased person information providing system according to claim 1 is a client device connected via a network, which stores various information such as names and addresses concerning the deceased person. Address storage means for providing deceased data and storing a message address to which a message or the like is delivered to a client device; deceased data storage means capable of storing a plurality of the deceased data; Means for writing new deceased data to the means every predetermined period; and when new deceased data is written by the data writing means, the newly written deceased data is stored in the address storage means. Periodic data transmitting means for transmitting to the stored message address.

According to the deceased information providing system of the first aspect, after a predetermined period has elapsed, new deceased data is written to the deceased data storage means by the data writing means. When new deceased data is written, the regular data transmitting means transmits the newly written deceased data to the deceased data storage means to the message address stored in the address storage means.

A deceased information providing system according to claim 2 is
2. The deceased information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the area data storage means stores area data indicating a predetermined area in association with the message address stored in the address storage means, and the area data storage means stores the area data. Deceased data extracting means for extracting deceased data newly written by the data writing means from the deceased data storage means, the deceased data extracting means having: The transmitting means transmits the deceased data extracted by the deceased data extracting means to the message address stored in the address storage means.

According to the deceased information providing system according to the second aspect, the system operates in the same manner as the deceased information providing system according to the first aspect, and furthermore, the area data indicating the area that the user of the client device desires to obtain in advance is Is stored in the regional data storage means in association with the message address of the client device. By the data extraction means, while having the address or residence data corresponding to this regional data,
The newly written deceased data is extracted by the data writing means. The extracted deceased data is transmitted to the message address associated with the regional data by the periodic data transmitting means.

The deceased person information providing system according to claim 3 is
3. The registrant information providing system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein registrant storage means for storing registrant data such as data relating to a person in association with a message address to which a message or the like is delivered to a client device. Registrant search means for searching the registrant data storage means for deceased data corresponding to registrant data stored in the registrant storage means, and deceased data corresponding to the registrant data by the registrant search means And a notifying means for notifying the message address associated with the registrant data of the deceased data corresponding to the registrant data when the is searched.

[0010] According to the deceased information providing system of the third aspect, the registrant data which is data such as a name of a person is operated in the same manner as the deceased information providing system of the first or second aspect. It is stored in the registrant storage means in association with the message address to which the message or the like is delivered to the device. When the registrant search means retrieves deceased data corresponding to the registrant data stored in the registrant storage means from the deceased data storage means, the notification means registers the deceased data to the message address corresponding to the registrant data. The deceased data corresponding to the data of the deceased is notified.

The deceased person information providing system according to claim 4 is
4. The deceased information providing system according to claim 1, wherein search data such as a name and an address of a person transmitted from the client device is searched for deceased data stored in the deceased data storage means. Search data receiving means for receiving, search means for searching the deceased data storage means for deceased data corresponding to the search data received by the search data receiving means, and deceased data searched for by the search means; And a search result transmitting means for transmitting the search result to the client device as the transmission source of the search result.

According to the deceased information providing system according to the fourth aspect, it operates in the same manner as the deceased information providing system according to any one of the first to third aspects, and is transmitted from the client device by the search data receiving means. When the search data is received, the search means retrieves the deceased data corresponding to the search data from the deceased data storage means. The deceased data retrieved by the retrieval means is transmitted to the client device via the network by the retrieval result transmitting means.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a deceased information providing system.
5. The deceased information providing system according to claim 1, wherein a product data storage means for storing data of a plurality of products, and a client device for requesting the product data stored in the product data storage means. Request data receiving means for receiving request data transmitted from the server, and, when the request data is received by the request data receiving means, to the client device which transmitted the request data, the product stored in the product data storage means. Product data transmitting means for transmitting data, and, based on the product data transmitted by the product data transmitting means, receiving order data transmitted from the client device for ordering the product, and displaying the product indicated by the order data; Identification data sent from the client device to identify the deceased to deliver And order means for receiving, based on the received deceased specifying data by the order means, the delivery destination of the product indicated by the order data, and a destination retrieval means for retrieving from the deceased data storage means.

According to the deceased information providing system according to the fifth aspect, it operates in the same manner as the deceased information providing system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, and additionally, the request data receiving means stores the product data in the merchandise data storing means. When request data for requesting the stored product data is received, the product data transmitting means transmits the product data to the client device that transmitted the request data. Thereafter, when the order receiving means receives the order data and the deceased person identification data from the client device, the delivery destination searching means
The deceased data corresponding to the deceased identification data is retrieved from the deceased data storage means, the home address of the deceased is determined from the deceased data, and the delivery destination of the ordered product is determined by the order data.

[0015]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The deceased information providing network system (hereinafter, referred to as “network system”) 1 of the present embodiment is a personal computer (hereinafter, “server P”) that provides various information of a deceased person (deceased person).
C) 2 is connected to the Internet 3, and a plurality of personal computers (hereinafter, referred to as “client PCs”) 4, 5, and 6 that receive provision of deceased information are connected to the server PC 2 via the Internet 3. It is configured. The Internet 3 is a worldwide network to which many networks are connected, and is connected to many server PCs and client PCs (not shown) via communication lines.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a network system 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the network system 1 mainly includes a server PC 2
, The Internet 3, and client PCs 4 to 6, the server PC 2 and each client PC 4 to
6 are connected to the Internet 3 by communication lines K1 to K4, respectively. Here, as the communication lines K1 to K4, for example, an analog telephone line, a digital communication line such as ISDN, a wired communication system such as CATV (Cable Television), or a wireless communication system using a communication satellite is used. Note that it is not always necessary to connect three client PCs 4, 5, and 6 to the server PC 2.
At least one or more client PCs need only be connected.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the server PC 2 constituting the network system 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the server PC 2 includes a CPU 2
1, a ROM 22, a RAM 23, an EEPROM 24, an interface 25, a gate array 26, a hard disk drive (hereinafter referred to as “HD”) 27, an input device 28, a display 29, and a timing circuit 30. CPU21, ROM22, RAM23, EEPROM
24, interface 25 and gate array 26
Are interconnected by an address bus, a data bus, a control signal line, and the like.

The CPU 21 is an arithmetic unit that operates based on a program stored in the ROM 22, an operating system (OS) and various application programs stored in the HD 27, and performs various types of information processing. The ROM 22 is a non-rewritable memory that stores various data in addition to a basic program for operating the CPU 21.
2 is a rewritable memory for temporarily storing various data at the time of executing each of the operations 2).

The EEPROM 24 is a rewritable nonvolatile memory, and the data stored in the EEPROM 13 is retained even after the power of the server PC 2 is turned off. The EEPROM 24 has a time memory 24a and an update completion flag 24b. The time memory 24a is a memory for storing the time (including the date) when the updating (writing) process of the deceased data stored in the deceased data file memory 27d is started. When a predetermined time, for example, 24 hours, has elapsed from the time stored in the time memory 24a, the data of the newly deceased person is written to the deceased data file memory 27d, and the stored contents (data) of the deceased data file memory 27d are read Update it.

The update completion flag 24b is a flag for storing whether or not the content stored in the deceased data file memory 27d has been updated. This flag 24b
Is initially set to off, and is set to on when the data update of the deceased data file memory 27d is completed. If the update completion flag 24b is on, the server PC 2 determines that the update of the deceased data file memory 27d has been completed. In such a case, the deceased person information distribution process shown in FIG. 7, which will be described later, is executed, and the deceased data newly written in the deceased data file 27d is transmitted to one of the client PCs 4, 5, and 6 by this process. is there.

The interface 25 is connected to the communication line K1. For example, when the communication line K1 is constituted by an analog telephone line, the interface 25 is constituted by a modem device. The modem device modulates and demodulates various communication data transmitted and received from the server PC2 via the communication line K1, transmits the data, and transmits and receives various procedural signals for transmission control. The server PC2 is connected via a communication line K1 connected to the interface 25.
It is connected to the Internet 3.

The server PC 2 has its interface 2
5 is connected to a connection device of a provider (not shown) via a communication line K 1 connected to the Internet 3. The gate array 26 functions as an interface between the CPU 21 and the HD 27.

The HD 27 is a rewritable large-capacity storage medium for storing the operating system (OS) of the server PC 2 and various application programs. A control program 27a executed by the server PC 2 and an HTTP
Server program 27b and mailer program 27c
A deceased data file memory 27d, a screen display form memory 27e, a user registration memory 27f, a death notification data memory 27g, and a death notification data memory 2
7h, a product data memory 27i, and an order data memory 27j.

The programs of the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, FIG. 10, FIG. 11, FIG. 13 and FIG.
Control program 27a, HTTP server program 27
b, stored in the HD 27 as a part of each program of the mailer program 27c, loaded on the RAM 23 as needed, and executed by the CPU 21.

The HTTP server program 27b is a
r A program for controlling a WWW server (server PC2) according to a protocol called Text Transfer Protocol (abbreviated as "HTTP"). More specifically, the HTTP server program 27b is a program for decoding commands sent from the client PCs 4, 5, and 6. As a result of decryption, client PC 4,
If the command sent from the server 5 or 6 is a command requesting transmission of file data stored in the deceased data file memory 27d or the screen display form memory 27e, the HTTP server program 27b executes the deceased data file memory 27d. And the file data stored in the screen display form memory 27e to the client PCs 4, 5, and 6.

The WWW is a hypertext form of homepages 60 and 70 (FIG. 12) on the Internet 3.
(A), information (file data) of FIG. 12 (b))
Is a system for browsing. Homepage 60,
70 is stored in the WWW server (server PC2), and the information stored in the WWW server is:
It can be browsed by a device (client PCs 4, 5, and 6) in which the WWW browser 46a is installed (stored). In addition, the homepages 60 and 70 are Hyper Te
It is composed of a markup language called xt Makeup Language (abbreviated as “HTML”). The markup language is for formatting information (documents) transmitted and received on the Internet, and HTML is one type of markup language. Using this HTML, the character data area 27d1 in the deceased data file memory 27d is used.
Data has been created.

The mailer program 27c is a program for creating an e-mail, transmitting / receiving and managing an e-mail. According to the mailer program 27c, the e-mail 50 transmitted to the client PCs 4, 5, and 6
(See FIG. 9), and the created e-mail 50 can be transmitted to the client PCs 4, 5, and 6.

The deceased data file memory 27d is a memory for storing various information (deceased data) concerning the deceased, and has a character data area 27d1 and an image data area 27d2. Character data area 2
7d1 is an area for storing a plurality of character data files created using HTML, respectively.
The deceased data stored as a character data file is
For example, the name of the deceased, the age of the deceased, the home address of the deceased, the employment and work address of the deceased, the title of the deceased, the name of the mourner,
One word of the mourner, the date of the night, the date of the real funeral, the address of the funeral hall, the address of the graveyard, etc., the deceased code for identifying and managing such deceased data, and the deceased data in the character data area And management data such as a writing time indicating the time of writing to 27d1. A plurality of such character data files are stored in character data area 27d1 for each deceased person.

The image data area 27d2 is an area for storing image data of a funeral hall map and a graveyard area map in association with a plurality of character data files stored in the character data area 27d1. That is, the server P
The deceased data provided to the client PCs 4, 5, and 6 by C2 includes character data such as the deceased's name and home address,
It consists of a funeral hall map and image data of a map around the graveyard.

The image display form memory 27e stores, for example, HTML home pages 60 and 7 shown in FIG.
This is a memory for storing a screen display form such as 0. The image display form stored in the image display form memory 27e is stored in the client PC 4,
In response to the transmission request from the client PCs 4, 5, and 6, the HTTP request is transmitted to the client PCs 4, 5, and 6 by the HTTP server program 27b.

The user registration memory 27f preliminarily associates user codes for identifying and managing users (users) of the client PCs 4, 5, and 6 with mail addresses and the like of the client PCs 4, 5, and 6. It is a memory for storing.

FIG. 3A conceptually shows the configuration of the user registration memory 27f. As shown in FIG. 3A, a user code area 27f1 is stored in the user registration memory 27f.
Name area 27f2 and mail address area 27f3
And an area name area 27f4.

The user code area 27f1 is stored in the server P
This is an area for storing a user code for managing users of the client PCs 4, 5, and 6 registered in C2. The name area 27f2 is the user code area 2
This area is for storing a user name (name) in association with the user code stored in 7f1. The mail address area 27f3 has a user code area 27f1.
Is an area for storing a mail address, which is a transmission destination of an electronic mail (message) to the client PC used by the user indicated by the user code, in association with the user code stored in.

The area name area 27f4 is associated with the user code stored in the user code area 27f1, and the area indicated by the user indicated by the user code belongs to the deceased data to be distributed by the periodic deceased information distribution processing shown in FIG. (For example, the home address of the deceased and the work address of the deceased) are areas managed by the prefecture name. For example, since the user indicated by the user code “0001” desires the deceased data of Ishikawa Prefecture, the area name “Ishikawa Prefecture” is written in the area name area 27f4. In such a case, of the deceased data stored in the deceased data file memory 27d, those whose home address and work address of the deceased stored in the character data area 27d1 correspond to Ishikawa Prefecture,
Client PC of user with user code "0001"
To the e-mail address "aaa@kk.com".

When "nationwide" is written as the area name in the area name area 27f4, the deceased data of all the prefectures is written in the area name area 27f4 where "nationwide" is written.
Is transmitted to the e-mail address in the e-mail address area 27f3 corresponding to.

The death notification data memory 27g stores various data used to transmit an e-mail indicating that a certain person has died to a user's mail address by a death notification process shown in FIG. 13 described later. Memory for The various data stored in the death notification data memory 27g is used, for example, when a related party such as a business partner of the user dies, to notify the user of the death.

FIG. 3B shows the death notification data memory 27.
The conceptual diagram of g is shown. As shown in FIG. 3B, the death notification data memory 27g mainly includes a user code area 27g1 and a subject data area 27g2.

The user code area 27g1 is a memory for storing a user code of a user who wants to execute the death notification processing shown in FIG. 13, and the subject data area 27g2 is stored in the user code area 27g1. In association with the user code, various data on a person who wants to be notified when he or she died (hereinafter, referred to as “notification target person”) is stored.

The target person data area 27g2 stores various data relating to the person to be notified, a name area 27g3 for storing the name of the person to be notified, and a home address area 27g4 for storing the home address of the person to be notified. , Work area 27g5 that stores the name of the work place of the person to be notified
And a work address area 27 for storing the work address.
g6.

The death notification data memory 27h is used to transmit an e-mail indicating that a person has died to another mail address different from the user's mail address by the death notification process shown in FIG. This is a memory for storing various data to be processed. The various data stored in the death notification data memory 27h is used, for example, when a related person of the user dies, to notify the dies of the death to a business partner of the user.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of the death notification data memory 27h. As shown in FIG. 4, the death notification data memory 27h mainly includes a user code area 27h1.
, A notification destination data area 27h2, and a target person data area 27h3. User code area 2
7h1 is a memory for storing a user code of a user who wants to execute the death notification process shown in FIG.
The notification destination data area 27h2 is the user code area 2
This memory stores various data relating to the destination (notification destination) of the e-mail in association with the user code stored in 7h1. Also, the subject data area 27h3
Is associated with various data of the notification destination stored in the notification destination data area 27h2, and stores various data relating to a person who wants to be notified when he / she dies (hereinafter, referred to as “notification target person”).

The notification destination data area 27h2 is divided into a plurality of sections for each user code stored in the user code area 27h1, and includes a notification destination name area 27h4 for storing the name of the notification destination to which the e-mail is transmitted. And a notification destination mail address area 27h5 for storing a mail address to which an electronic mail is transmitted in association with the notification destination name stored in the notification destination name area 27h4.

The target person data area 27h3 stores various data relating to the notification target person, and includes a name area 27h6 for storing the name of the notification target person and a home address area 27h7 for storing the home address of the notification target person. Work area 27h8 for storing the name of the work place of the person to be notified
And a work address area 27 for storing the work address.
h9.

Returning to FIG. The merchandise data memory 27i is a memory for storing merchandise data provided by the homepage 70 transmitted to the client PC in the merchandise order receiving process shown in FIG. 11 described later, and includes, for example, fresh flowers, artificial flowers as condolence items, As data of products such as a basket of fruits, a basket of confectionery, a lantern and a wreath, and a product that can be used as a fragrance, for example, a plurality of price ranges (for example, 1000 yen, 2000 yen,
..) Are stored. Further, the order data memory 27j stores data of the product ordered by the homepage 70 transmitted to the client PC in the product order processing of FIG. 11 described later, a message to the deceased (a substitute for a telegram such as a condolence message), This is a memory for storing data of a shipping (delivery) destination.

The input device 28 is used by the administrator (user) of the server PC 2 to perform various data input operations when updating the deceased data stored in the deceased data file memory 27d. In addition, a keyboard having a plurality of key switches and performing an input operation with the key switches, and a mouse for operating a mouse cursor displayed on the screen of the display 29 are provided. The display 29 is a display device for displaying the input data when inputting the deceased data by the input device 28. Further, the timing circuit 30
This is for measuring the time (including the date). The time measured by the clock circuit 30 is read out by the CPU 21 and used for each process.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an electric configuration of the client PC 4 constituting the network system 1. The client PC 4 includes a CPU 41 and a ROM
42, RAM 43, interface 44, gate array 45, hard disk drive (hereinafter referred to as "HD") 4
6, an input device 47 and a display 48 are provided. CPU41, ROM42, RAM43,
The interface 44 and the gate array 45 are connected by an address bus, a data bus, and a control signal line.
Interconnected. The client PCs 5, 6
Is configured in the same manner as the client PC 4, and the description thereof is omitted.

The CPU 41 is an arithmetic unit that operates based on a program stored in the ROM 42, an operating system (OS) and various application programs stored in the HD 46, and performs various types of information processing. The ROM 42 is a non-rewritable memory that stores various data in addition to a basic program for operating the CPU 41, and the RAM 43 is a rewritable memory that stores various data.

The interface 44 is connected to the communication line K2. For example, when the communication line K2 is formed of an analog telephone line, the interface 44 is formed of the above-described modem device. The gate array 45 includes the CPU 41
The HD 46 is a rewritable large-capacity storage medium for storing an operating system (OS) of the client PC 4 and various application programs.

The HD 46, which is a large-capacity storage medium, has a homepage 60 stored in the server PC2,
World Wide Web (Wo) for browsing 70 information
rld Wide Web) (hereinafter simply referred to as "WWW") browser program (hereinafter simply referred to as "browser") 46a
Is stored. The HD 46 also includes a server PC 2
Server P to receive the e-mail sent from
A mailer program 46b of the same type as the mailer program 27c stored in the HD 27 of C2 is stored.

Next, the operation of the network system 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the deceased data updating process executed by the server PC 2. This deceased data updating process is a process for updating the deceased data stored in the deceased data file memory 27d in the HD 27 of the server PC2. First, the CPU 21 reads the current time (including the date) measured by the clock circuit 30 (S1), and determines whether or not the current time has passed 24 hours or more from the time stored in the time memory 24a. It is determined (S2). Here, the time stored in the time memory 24a indicates the execution start time of the previous deceased data update process.

If the elapsed time from the time stored in the time memory 24a is less than 24 hours (S2: No),
This processing is terminated without writing new deceased data to the deceased data file memory 27d. On the other hand, the elapsed time from the time stored in the time memory 24a is 24 hours.
If it is longer than the time (S2: Yes), new deceased data is written to the deceased data file memory 27d, and the contents stored in the deceased data file memory 27d are updated.
First, the value in the time memory 24a is cleared (S3), and the current time measured by the clock circuit 30 is read and written in the time memory 24a (S4). By the processing in S4, the execution start time of the current deceased data update processing is stored in the time memory 24a.

After the processing in S4, the display 2 is called up to urge the administrator of the server PC 2 to update the deceased data.
9, a message "Update deceased person data" is displayed (S5). When the administrator of the server PC 2 sees this display and operates the input device 28 to start inputting new deceased data (S6), the input data is displayed on the display 29.

When new deceased data is inputted, the inputted deceased data and the current time measured by the clock circuit 30 are written to the deceased data file memory 27d (S7). That is, the writing time of the deceased data newly written in the deceased data file memory 27d is stored in the deceased data file memory 27d together with the deceased data. By repeatedly executing the processing from S5 to S7 (S8: No), a plurality of new deceased data is accumulated in the deceased data file memory 27d.

On the other hand, if the input and writing of the new deceased data are completed (S8: Yes), the update completion flag 24b is turned on to store the completion of the current deceased data updating processing (S9), and this processing is performed. To end.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the deceased person information providing process executed by the server PC 2. This deceased information providing process is performed from the server PC2 to the client PC4.
This is a process for executing various services for providing deceased information to 5, 6 and is executed when the deceased data is updated by the deceased data updating process. First, it is determined whether or not the update completion flag 24b is on (S11). If the update completion flag 24b is on (S11: Yes),
Deceased data file memory 2 by deceased data update processing
Since new deceased data is written in 7d, periodic deceased information distribution processing (S12) is performed to provide the latest deceased information to the users of the client PCs 4, 5, and 6.
The death notification process (S13) and the death notification process (S14) are sequentially executed. After execution of the death notification processing, the update completion flag 24b is turned off (S15), and this processing ends. On the other hand, in the process of S11, if the update completion flag 24b is off (S11: No), the client PC 4,
Since there is no new deceased data undelivered for 5 and 6 in the deceased data file 27d, the processing from S12 to S15 is skipped, and this processing ends.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the periodical deceased person information distribution process (S12) executed by the server PC 2, and FIG.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which an e-mail 50 transmitted (distributed) to the client PCs 4, 5, and 6 is displayed on the display 48 of the client PCs 4, 5, and 6.

The regular deceased person information distribution process shown in FIG.
The newly written deceased data is stored in the e-mail 50
Is a process of distributing to the client PCs 4, 5, and 6. In this process, the e-mail 50 is transmitted to one of the client PCs 4, 5, and 6 used by the user indicated by each user code stored in the user code area 27f1 of the user registration memory 27f. First, deceased data written within 24 hours from the time stored in the time memory 24b is extracted from the deceased data file memory 27d (S21). In such a case, by comparing the writing time of each deceased data stored in the deceased data file memory 27d together with the deceased data with the time stored in the time memory 24b, the condition of the processing in S21 is satisfied. It extracts deceased data.

As a result of the extraction by the processing in S21, if there is corresponding deceased data (S22: Yes), the area name corresponding to the first user code "0001" stored in the user code area 27f1 of the user registration memory 27f The area name “Ishikawa Prefecture” is read from the area 27f4 (S2
3) Further, the deceased data including the address data of the home address or the work address corresponding to the read area name “Ishikawa Prefecture” is further extracted from the deceased data extracted by the processing of S21 (S24). As a result of the extraction by the processing of S24, if there is corresponding deceased data (S25), the S2
The e-mail 50 (see FIG. 9) in which the index data of the deceased data extracted by the process of No. 4 is described is sent to the e-mail address “aa” corresponding to the user code “0001”.
a @ kk. com ”(S26). Note that the index data of the deceased data is composed of arbitrary several kinds of data among various information included in the deceased data. For example, the deceased code, the name of the deceased, the deceased, , And an address (URL address) of deceased data corresponding to the deceased code.

Note that the address of the deceased data is the address of the storage area of the deceased data stored in the deceased data file memory 27d of the server PC2.
It is represented by an address notation called iform Resource Locator (abbreviated as “URL”).

After the processing of S26, it is determined whether the processing of S24 has been executed for all the user codes (S2).
7) As a result of the determination, S is set for all user codes.
If the process of No. 24 has not been executed (S27: No),
The process shifts to S23, where the processes from S23 to S27 are executed for all the user codes stored in the user registration memory 27f. As a result, the process of S24 is executed for all the user codes. If (S27: Ye
s), the periodic deceased person information distribution process ends.

If there is no relevant deceased data in the process of S22 (S22: No), the periodic deceased information distribution process is terminated and the death notification process shown in FIG. 13 is executed. If there is no relevant deceased data in the process of S25 (S25: No), the process proceeds to S27.

According to the above-mentioned periodic deceased person information distribution processing, the users of the client PCs 4, 5, and 6 can view the deceased data every day by the e-mail 50 transmitted from the server PC 2, so that they are issued every day. It is possible to know the deceased information without having to look at the deceased information in the newspaper. Moreover, the e-mail 50 received by the client PCs 4, 5, and 6 is transmitted to the client PCs 4, 5, and 6.
6 is stored and held in the HD 46, so that the user can easily read the e-mail 50 again.

The e-mail 50 shown in FIG.
It is analyzed by the mailer program 46b of C4, C5, C6 and displayed on the display 48. As shown in FIG. 9, the e-mail 50
Service name column 5 indicating the service content provided by
1 is provided, and the service name display field 51 has a notation “condolence / deceased person information mail distribution service”. Below the service name column 51, there is provided a region name column 52 indicating the name of the region where the deceased data has been extracted.
The notation "Ishikawa Prefecture" is made. Here, column 52
Is created by the mailer program 27c of the server PC 2 based on the area name stored in the area name area 27f4 of the user registration memory 27f.

Below the column 52, a plurality of index columns 5 displaying the index data of the deceased data extracted by the processing of S24 of the periodic deceased information distribution processing of FIG. 8 are displayed.
3 are provided. In each index column 53,
Instead of displaying the entire contents of each deceased data, only the index data described above is displayed. When the URL address displayed in the index field 53 is clicked, a command requesting transmission of the deceased data stored at the clicked URL address is transmitted from the client PC to the server PC 2.

The server PC 2 which has received the transmission request command for the deceased data, analyzes the transmission request command by the HTTP server program 27b, and replaces the deceased data stored at the URL address of the clicked index column 53 with the deceased data. The data is read from the file memory 27d and transmitted to one of the client PCs 4, 5, and 6. On the other hand, in the client PCs 4, 5, and 6 that have received the deceased data, the deceased data created in the HTML format is analyzed by the WWW browser 46a and displayed on the display 48.

A homepage (hereinafter referred to as a “deceased person search page”) 6 which is an image display form for retrieving past deceased information is provided below the index column 53.
A search URL field 54 for requesting transmission of 0 is provided. In the search URL column 54, the address of the deceased person search page 60 stored in the image display form memory 27e of the server PC 2 is described as “http://www.okuyama.com” in URL address notation.
/ Kensaku. htm ". When the search URL field 54 is clicked, a command for requesting transmission of the deceased person search page 60 is issued to the client PC 4,
5 and 6 are transmitted to the server PC2.

The server PC 2 is connected to the client PC 4
The transmission request command from the server 5 is analyzed by the HTTP server program 27b, and the file data of the deceased person search page 60 is read from the image display form memory 27e and transmitted to the client PCs 4, 5, and 6. In the client PCs 4, 5, and 6 that have received the file data of the deceased person search page 60, the WWW browser 46a analyzes the deceased person search page 60 created in the HTML format and displays it on the display 48.

Further, in the lower part of the search URL column 54, products of condolences and products used as incense are stored in the server PC2.
A product order URL field 55 for requesting transmission of a home page (hereinafter, referred to as a "product order page") 70, which is an image display form for ordering a product, is provided. The URL column 55 for ordering goods is stored in the server PC2.
The address of the product ordering page 70 stored in the image display form memory 27e is “http://www.okuyama.com” in the URL address notation.
/ Kouden. htm ". When the product order URL field 55 is clicked, a command requesting transmission of the product order page 70 is issued to the client PC.
Sent from 4, 5, 6 to server PC2. Server PC
2 analyzes the transmission request command from the client PCs 4, 5, and 6 with the HTTP server program 27b, reads out the file data of the product order page 70 from the image display form memory 27e, and It is sent to. Client PC that has received the file data of the product order page 70
In 4, 5, and 6, the WTM browser 46a uses the HTM
The product order page 70 created in the L format is analyzed and displayed on the display 48.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a deceased person information search process executed by the server PC 2. The deceased person information search processing shown in FIG.
This is a process for searching for desired deceased data from the deceased data stored in 7d and transmitting the searched deceased data to the client PCs 4, 5, and 6. First, in this process, in any one of the client PCs 4, 5, and 6, the search URL column 54 shown in FIG. 9 is clicked, and the process waits until a transmission request for the deceased person search page 60 is made (S31: No).

If the transmission request for the deceased person search page 60 is received by clicking the search URL field 54 of the electronic mail 50 (S31: Yes), the deceased person search page 60 is transmitted to the client PCs 4, 5, and 6. (S3
2) Wait until a search keyword is received from the client PCs 4, 5, and 6 (S33: No). Here, the search keyword is composed of the name data input to the deceased person input box 61 of the deceased person search page 60 and the address data input to the deceased address input box 62. Is clicked on “Search” 63 on the deceased person search page 60, and the client P
This is transmitted from C4, 5, 6 to server PC2.

When the server PC2 receives the search keyword (S33: Yes), the deceased data including the name data and / or the address data of the searched keyword is stored in the character data area 27d1 of the deceased data file memory 27d. (S34). If there is deceased data corresponding to the search keyword by the process of S34 (S35), the file data of the searched deceased data is transmitted to the client PCs 4, 5, and 6 (S36), and the process proceeds to S33, where a new process is performed. It waits for the search keyword to be received.

On the other hand, if there is no deceased data corresponding to the search keyword (S35: No), a message "No applicable deceased data" is transmitted to the client PCs 4, 5, and 6 that transmitted the search keyword ( S37), the message is sent to the client PC 4,
The information is displayed on the display 48 of the display 5 or 6.

According to the above-mentioned deceased person information retrieval processing, the user using the client PCs 4, 5, and 6 retrieves the deceased data he / she wants to know from the deceased data file memory 27d, and retrieves the display 4 of the client PCs 4, 5, and 6.
It can be viewed on the display on the 8. Therefore, even if the deceased information published in the newspaper is missed, the past deceased information can be browsed.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a commodity order receiving process executed by the server PC 2. The product order receiving process shown in FIG. 11 is a process for receiving, by the server PC2, an order for shipping of various products used as condolence items or incense. First, in this process, the client P
In any one of C4, C5, and C6, the product order URL field 55 shown in FIG. 9 is clicked, and the process waits until a transmission request for the product order page 70 is made (S41: No).

URL field 55 for ordering goods in e-mail 50
Is clicked, and a transmission request for the product order page 70 is received (S41: Yes), the client PCs 4, 5, and 6 that have requested the transmission of the product order page 70 are received.
The product order page 70 is transmitted to any one of (S)
42), the client PC 4 to which the page 70 was transmitted,
It waits until order data is received from any of 5 and 6 (S43: No). If order data is received (S4
3: Yes), the received order data is written into the order data memory 27j (S44), and a shipping process, which is a process for sending the ordered product to the shipping destination based on the written order data, is performed. Execute (S45), and end this product order receiving process.

FIG. 12A shows a state where the deceased person search page 60 transmitted (distributed) to the client PCs 4, 5, and 6 by the processing of FIG. 10 is displayed on the display 48 of the client PCs 4, 5, and 6. FIG.
(B) shows the client PC 4 and the client PC 4 by the processing of FIG.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a state where a product order page 70 transmitted to the client PCs 4, 5, and 6 is displayed on the display 48 of the client PCs 4, 5, and 6;

As shown in FIG. 12A, the deceased person search page 60 is displayed on the WWW browser 46b of the client PC 4.
And is displayed on the display 48. At the top of the deceased person search page 60, "<Dead Person Information Search>" is written to indicate the service content provided by the deceased person search page 60. Below this notation, a deceased person input box 61 and a deceased address input box 62 for inputting a search keyword are provided.

The deceased person name input field 61 is a field for inputting the name of the deceased person to be searched.
Is a field for inputting the home address or work address of the deceased to be searched. A "search" 63 is provided below the deceased address input field 62. When this field 63 is clicked, the data input to each of the input fields 61 and 62, that is, the data for searching for deceased data is provided. The search keyword is transmitted to server PC2.

As shown in FIG. 12B, the product order page 70 is analyzed by the WWW browser 46b of the client PCs 4, 5, and 6, and is displayed on the display 48. At the top of the product order page 70, "<Condolence /
Koden service>"is written. Below this notation, a column of “product display area” 71 is displayed.
The “product display area” 71 includes a plurality of “product contents” 7
1a is displayed, and character information indicating a product image, specifications, and the like is displayed in each "product content" 71a.

In the "commodity contents" 71a, for example, fresh flowers, artificial flowers, assorted baskets of fruits, assorted baskets of sweets, lanterns, garlands, and the like are displayed as condolences, and can be used as incense. For example, gift certificates in a plurality of price ranges are displayed. When a product is designated from these “product details” 71a, the desired “product details” 71a
By clicking, a desired product is designated. A “quantity input area” 71b is provided below each “merchandise content” 71a.
The order quantity of the product designated to 1b can be input by the input device 28.

At the lower left side of the "product display area" 71, a deceased code for identifying deceased data is input in order to identify the deceased person to whom the product designated in the "product display area" 71 is to be sent. A "deceased code input area" 72 is displayed. By operating the input device 28 in the “deceased code input area” 72,
The deceased code for identifying the deceased to be the destination is input.

Below the “deceased code input area” 72,
A “message input area” 73 is provided. Box 73
Is a field for inputting a message to the deceased or the bereaved. The message input in the field 73 is sent to the deceased together with the ordered goods. Therefore, the message input to the “message input area” 73 can be used as a substitute for a conventional message by telegram such as a condolence message.

To the right of the “message input area” 73,
From the right, respective columns of “transmit” 74 and “reset” 75 are displayed, respectively. The column 74 is a column for transmitting the order data to the server PC 2, and specifically, data of the product and the quantity designated in the “product display region” 71, and input into the “deceased person code input region” 72. This is a column for transmitting the deceased code and the message input to the “message input area” 73 to the server PC 2. When this "send" 74 is clicked, the page 70
Is received from the client PCs 4, 5, and 6, and the order data is transmitted to the server PC 2.

Here, when the order data transmitted to the server PC 2 is received by the commodity order receiving process of FIG. 11 (S4
3: Yes), by the sending process of S45, the deceased data corresponding to the received deceased code is retrieved from the deceased data file memory 27d. In the shipping process, the home address (or work address) of the deceased, the name of the mourner, and the like are determined from the searched deceased data, the shipping destination of the product is determined, and the procedure for shipping the product to this shipping destination is performed. is there.

When the “reset” 75 is clicked, the data of the product specified in the “product display area” 71,
A deceased code input to the “deceased code input area” 72;
Then, the message input to the “message input area” 73 is cleared, and the state before designation and input of various data is restored.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the death notification process (S13) executed by the server PC2. The death notification process is for the user to register various data of a desired person in the death notification data memory 27g in advance, and to notify the user of the death when the registered person dies. This is the process.

In this process, first, the subject data area 27g2 corresponding to the user code stored in the user code area 27g1 of the death notification data memory 27g.
Various data relating to the notification target person are read from each of the areas 27g3 to 27g6 (S51), and it is determined whether or not the deceased data corresponding to the read notification target person is stored in the deceased data file memory 27d (S5).
2). If the deceased data corresponding to the notification target stored in the target data area 27g2 is stored in the deceased data file memory 27d (S52: Yes), the user code corresponding to the notification target is set to the death notification data. It is read from the user code area 27g1 of the memory 27g (S53).

After the processing in S53, the mail address corresponding to the user code read in the processing in S53 is stored in the mail address area 27f3 of the user registration memory 27f.
And sends to the e-mail address the deceased data relating to the person to be notified attached to the e-mail (S5).
4). Thereafter, the deceased data transmitted by the processing of S54 is deleted from each of the areas 27g3 to 27g6 of the subject data area 27g2 of the death notification data memory 27g (S55).

On the other hand, if the deceased data corresponding to the notification subject stored in the subject data area 27g2 is not stored in the deceased data file memory 27g2 (S
52: No), the user code corresponding to the notified person is read from the user code area 27g1 of the death notification data memory 27g (S56), and the mail address corresponding to the read user code is read from the mail in the user registration memory 27f. The address is determined from the address area 27f3, and a message “There is no deceased person corresponding to the subject of the death notification” is written in the e-mail and transmitted to the e-mail address (S57).

After the processing of S55 and S57, it is determined whether or not the processing of S51 has been executed for all the user codes stored in the user code area 27g1 of the death notification data memory 27g (S58). If the result of the determination is that the processing of S51 has not been executed for all the user codes (S58: No), the processing shifts to S51 to execute the processing for all the user codes stored in the user code area 27g1. Then, the processes of S51 to S57 are executed, and as a result, S5 is executed for all the user codes.
If the processing of No. 1 is executed (S58: Yes), this death notification processing is ended.

According to the above-described death notification processing, the user can send the electronic mail 50 distributed by the periodic deceased information distribution processing.
Of the person stored in the subject data area 27g2 of the death notification data memory 27g can be surely known without examining each of the index fields 53 listed in the above. In addition, for example, if a related person of the business partner of the user is registered as a person to be stored (registered) in the subject person data area 27g2 of the death notification data memory 27g, the user is notified of the death of the related person of the business partner. You can know for sure.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the death notification process (S14) executed by the server PC2. In the death notification processing, the user previously registers various data of a desired person in the death notification data memory 27h, and when the registered person dies, the death is sent to the destination desired by the user. This is a process for notifying.

In this process, first, the subject data area 27h3 corresponding to the user code stored in the user code area 27h1 of the death notification data memory 27h.
Various data related to the notification target person are read from the respective areas 27h6 to 27h9 (S61), and it is determined whether or not the deceased data corresponding to the read notification target person is stored in the deceased data file memory 27d (S6).
2). If the deceased person data corresponding to the notification target person stored in the target person data area 27h3 is stored in the deceased data file memory 27d (S62: Yes), the notification in the notification destination data area 27h2 corresponding to the notification target person is made. The notification destination mail address stored in the destination mail address area 27h5 is read (S63).

Thereafter, the deceased data relating to the notification target is attached to the e-mail and transmitted to the notification destination e-mail address read in the processing of S63 (S64).
The deceased data transmitted by the process of No. 4 is deleted from each area 27h6 to 27h9 of the subject data area 27h3 of the death notification data memory 27h (S65). on the other hand,
The deceased data corresponding to the notification subject stored in the subject data area 27h3 is stored in the deceased data file memory 2.
If it is not stored in 7d (S62: No), the process proceeds to S66.

After the processing in S65, it is determined whether or not the processing in S61 has been executed for all the user codes stored in the user code area 27h1 of the death notification data memory 27h (S66). If the processing in S61 has not been executed for all the user codes (S66: No), the processing shifts to S61, and the processing from S61 to S65 is executed for all the user codes stored in the user code area 27h1. Is executed, and as a result, if the process of S61 is executed for all the user codes (S66: Yes), the death notification process ends.

According to the above-mentioned death notification processing, the death of the person stored in the subject data area 27g3 of the death notification data memory 27h can be reliably notified to the destination desired by the user. For example, the user's own related person is registered as a person to be stored (registered) in the target person data area 27h3 of the death notification data memory 27h, and the user's business partner is set as the notification destination mail address stored in the notification destination mail address area 27h5. By storing the e-mail address of the user, the death of the person concerned can be notified to the user's business partner.

In the present embodiment, the index data displayed in the index column 53 of the electronic mail 50 is used as the deceased data transmitted by the periodic data transmitting means according to the first aspect of the present invention. S
7 is performed as the periodic data transmission means in S11 of FIG.
8 corresponds to the processing of S21 in FIG. 8, the processing of S22, and the processing of 26, respectively. As the deceased data extracting means according to claim 2, the processing of S21, the Y of S22
The branch of es and the processing of S23 and S24 correspond to the regular data transmission means, and the branch of S25 and the processing of S26 correspond to the regular data transmission means, respectively. The processing of S52 in FIG. 13 (or the processing of S62 in FIG. 14) is used as the registrant search means according to the third aspect.
However, as the notification processing, the processing of S54 of FIG.
4 in S64). The processing in S33 of FIG. 10 corresponds to the search data receiving means, the processing in S34 as the searching means, and the processing in S36 or S37 as the search result transmitting means. FIG. 11 shows the request data receiving means according to the fifth aspect.
The processing in S41 is performed in S42 as the product data transmitting means.
The processing in S43 corresponds to the order receiving means, and the processing in S45 corresponds to the delivery search means.

The present invention has been described based on the embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Can easily be inferred.

In the present embodiment, the index data of the deceased is displayed in the index field 53 provided in the e-mail 50, and the entire contents of the deceased data are transmitted to the server PC 2 by clicking the index field 53. Requested. However, the form of providing the deceased data transmitted by the periodic deceased information distribution processing is not necessarily limited to this. For example, the entire contents (HTML format) of the deceased data extracted by the processing of S24 of the periodic deceased information distribution processing May be attached to an e-mail and transmitted to the client PCs 4, 5, and 6. In such a case, the entire contents of the deceased data attached to the e-mail correspond to the deceased data transmitted by the periodic data transmitting means.

For example, in this embodiment, the HTTP server program 27b is used as the WWW server program. That is, the server P according to the HTTP protocol
Various data and commands have been transmitted to the user PCs 4, 5, and 6 equipped with the WWW browser 46a by a program for controlling C2. However, WW
The W server program is not necessarily limited to the HTTP server program. For example, if the protocol can be processed on a WWW system, J
Another protocol such as AVA (registered trademark) may be used.

In this embodiment, the commodity order receiving process shown in FIG.
The user used to order items of condolences and incense to the deceased, but the use of such product order processing is not necessarily limited to this, and the deceased's bereaved family etc. used to order items to return incense. You may. For example, if the deceased's bereaved family (such as a mourner) inputs a deceased code for identifying the deceased into the “deceased code input area” 72 of the product ordering page 70, the deceased's home is determined as a destination of the ordered product. Since the product is sent to the home of the deceased, the product can be used as a scent return.

In this embodiment, the personal computer is used as the client device used by the user. However, such a client device includes a mailer program for receiving and browsing an electronic mail and a WWW browser for browsing a home page. The device is not necessarily limited to a personal computer as long as the device is equipped with, for example, an information terminal such as a mobile phone may be used. In this embodiment, a personal computer is used as the server device. However, the server device is not necessarily limited to a personal computer, and a large-sized or medium-sized general-purpose computer may be used.

The area name stored in the area name area 27f4 does not necessarily have to be a prefecture name, but may be a municipal name. The data stored in the area 27f4 is not necessarily limited to the area name, but may be a code indicating the area such as a postal code. In such a case, a memory for storing the area name is provided in association with the code indicating the area such as the postal code, and the area name is determined from the code indicating the area such as the postal code using the memory.

In this embodiment, the processing of S24 in FIG. 8 is used as the periodic data transmitting means of the present invention, and the processing in FIG.
The processing of S54 or the processing of S64 of FIG. 14 is applied to the mail address area 27f3 as the address storage means, the e-mail address of the e-mail as the message address, and the client PCs 4 to 6 used by the user as the client device. As a result, the user using the client PCs 4 to 6 has acquired the deceased data from the server PC 2 by the electronic mail transmitted to the mail address.

However, the periodic data transmitting means of the present invention is not necessarily limited to the processing of S24 of FIG. 8, and the notifying means is not necessarily limited to the processing of S54 of FIG. 13 or the processing of S64 of FIG. Processing for converting the deceased data into image data and transmitting the data to a facsimile machine used by the user, or processing for converting the deceased data into voice data and transmitting the data to the user's telephone may be used.

Here, when the device for receiving the deceased data is a facsimile device, a storage medium such as the HD of the server PC for storing the telephone number of the facsimile device is used as the address storage means of the present invention. Is the telephone number of the facsimile machine, and the client machine is the facsimile machine used by the user. The server PC needs to be provided with a conversion device for converting the deceased data into facsimile data that can be transmitted to the user's facsimile device.

When the device for receiving the deceased data is a telephone, a storage medium such as the HD of a server device for storing the telephone number of the telephone is used as the address storage means of the present invention, and the telephone address of the telephone is used as the message address. The telephone number corresponds to the telephone used by the user as the client device. It is necessary to provide the server PC with a conversion device for converting the deceased data into voice data that can be transmitted to the user's telephone.

Further, the type of client device that can be used by the user (for example, a client PC, facsimile device, or telephone that is configured to receive e-mail)
Accordingly, a destination selection means for selecting a destination of deceased data may be provided in the server PC as the deceased information providing system. According to the transmission destination selecting means, the deceased data can be provided to the user according to the type of the client device used by the user.

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According to the deceased information providing system according to the first aspect, the deceased data newly written to the deceased data storage means by the data writing means is stored in the address storage means by the periodic data transmission means. To the client device's message address. Therefore,
Since the user of the client device can browse the deceased data transmitted periodically by the client device, the user can read the deceased information of the newspaper issued daily,
There is an effect that information on the deceased can be known.

According to the deceased information providing system of the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the deceased information providing system of the first aspect, furthermore, an area code indicating an area which the user of the client device desires to obtain in advance is further provided. , Can be stored in the area code storage means. Therefore, the user of the client device can acquire only the deceased data having the data such as the address or the residence corresponding to the desired regional data from the newly written deceased data by the data writing unit. effective.

According to the deceased information providing system of the third aspect, in addition to the effects of the deceased information providing system of the first or second aspect, for example, the message address of a client device used by a business partner of a certain person And the person (including the person concerned) can be stored in the registrant storage means as registrant data. If the person has died, the registrant search means retrieves the deceased data of the person from the deceased data storage means, and the notifying means uses the retrieved deceased data by the client of the system user. The effect is that the message can be transmitted to the message address of the device.

Further, for example, in association with a message address of a certain user's client device, a business partner of the user can be stored in the registrant storage means as registrant data. When the business partner of the user has passed away, the registrant search means retrieves the deceased data of the business related party from the deceased data storage means, and the notifying means uses the retrieved deceased data by the client. The effect is that the message can be sent to the message address of the device.

According to the deceased information providing system according to the fourth aspect, in addition to the effect of the deceased information providing system according to any one of the first to third aspects, further, the deceased data corresponding to the search data by the search means. Can be retrieved from the deceased data storage means, and the retrieved deceased data can be transmitted to the client device by the retrieval result transmitting means. Therefore, the user of the client device can search for the deceased data that he / she wants to know and browse the deceased data by using the client device. There is an effect that can be.

According to the deceased information providing system according to the fifth aspect, in addition to the effect of the deceased information providing system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the user of the client device can acquire the deceased data. Not only can be
It is possible to request that the desired product be delivered to the home address of the deceased as a condolence item. In addition, since the address of the delivery destination of the product is searched from the deceased data stored in the deceased data storage means by the delivery destination search means based on, for example, deceased identification data such as the name of the deceased person, There is no need to input the deceased person's address to the client device, and the merchandise is prevented from being delivered to the wrong destination.

If the deceased identification data received by the order receiving means is related to the system user, the goods ordered by the order data are delivered to the deceased's home address or the like. It can be used, and there is an effect that it is not necessary to separately prepare a product for returning the incense book.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a network system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a server PC.

FIG. 3A is a conceptual diagram of a configuration of a user registration memory, and FIG. 3B is a conceptual diagram of a death notification data memory.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of a death notification data memory.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a client PC.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a deceased data update process.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a deceased person information providing process.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing periodic deceased person information distribution processing.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a state in which the e-mail transmitted to the client PC by the processing of FIG. 8 is displayed on the display of the client PC.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a deceased person information search process.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a commodity order receiving process.

12A shows a case where the deceased person search page transmitted to the client PC by the processing of FIG.
It is a diagram showing a state displayed on the display of,
FIG. 12B is a diagram showing a state in which a product order page transmitted to the client PC by the processing of FIG. 11 is displayed on the display of the client PC.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a death notification process.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a death notification process.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 Server PC (deceased person information providing system) 3 Internet (part of network) K1 to K4 Communication line (part of network) 4, 5, 6 Client PC (client device) 27f3 Mail address area (address storage means, registrant) 27d deceased data file memory (deceased data storage means) 27f4 Area name area (area data storage means) 27f1, 27g1 User code area (part of registrant storage means) 27g2, 27h3 Target person data area ( 27h5 Notification destination e-mail address area (part of registrant storage means) 27i Product data memory (product data storage means)

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A deceased information providing system for providing deceased data, which is various information such as a name and an address of a deceased, to a client device connected via a network, is a distribution destination of a message or the like to the client device. Address storage means for storing a message address, deceased data storage means capable of respectively storing a plurality of the deceased data, data writing means for writing new deceased data to the deceased data storage means at predetermined intervals, Periodic data transmission means for transmitting the newly written deceased data to the message address stored in the address storage means when new deceased data is written by the data writing means; A deceased information providing system characterized by the following. 2. A local data storage means for storing local data indicating a predetermined area in association with a message address stored in said address storage means, and a local data stored in said local data storage means. Deceased data extracting means for extracting, from the deceased data storage means, deceased data having data of a corresponding address or whereabouts and newly written by the data writing means, wherein the periodic data transmitting means includes 2. The deceased information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the deceased data extracted by the data extracting means is transmitted to a message address stored in the address storage means. 3. A registrant storage unit for storing registrant data, which is data such as a name of a person, in association with a message address to which a message or the like is delivered to a client device, and stored in the registrant storage unit. Registrant search means for searching for deceased data corresponding to registered registrant data from the deceased data storage means, and when the registrant search means searches for deceased data corresponding to the registrant data, the registration is performed. 3. The deceased person information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising: notifying means for notifying the deceased person data corresponding to the registrant data to the message address associated with the registrant data. 4. Search data receiving means for receiving search data such as a name and address of a person transmitted from a client device in order to search for deceased data stored in the deceased data storage means, and receiving the search data. Search means for searching the deceased data storage means for deceased data corresponding to the search data received by the means, and a search result for transmitting the deceased data searched by the search means to the client device which is the transmission source of the search data 2. A transmission device comprising: a transmission unit;
4. The deceased person information providing system according to any one of items 1 to 3. 5. Product data storage means for storing data of a plurality of products, and request data reception for receiving request data transmitted from a client device for requesting product data stored in the product data storage means. Means, and, when the request data is received by the request data receiving means, to the client device which transmitted the request data,
Merchandise data transmitting means for transmitting merchandise data stored in the merchandise data storage means; and order data transmitted from a client device for ordering merchandise based on the merchandise data transmitted by the merchandise data transmitting means. Receiving means for receiving the deceased identification data transmitted from the client device in order to identify the deceased to deliver the product indicated by the order data, and based on the deceased identification data received by the order receiving means. 5. The deceased person information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising: a delivery destination search unit for searching a delivery destination of a product indicated by the order data from the deceased data storage unit.