JP2002183323A - Network system ordering/order receiving method and network system order receiving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network system ordering/order receiving method capable of reducing a load on the network maker side when installing a network system in a hospital or the like. SOLUTION: Question information for acquiring information necessary for determining the constitution of the network system and the estimate of a charging cost is transmitted from a server device 4 to a personal computer 3, and answer information corresponding to the question information is transmitted from the personal computer 3 to the server device 4, and network system constitution information and estimate information are generated in the server device 4 based on the answer information and transmitted to the personal computer 3. An order request is transmitted from the personal computer 3 to the server device 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a network system issuing and receiving method for efficiently ordering and receiving orders for a network system in which a plurality of devices including medical devices installed in a hospital or the like are connected via a network. The present invention relates to a network system order receiving device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, medical network systems in which a plurality of devices such as a medical device such as a diagnostic device and a server device for storing patient information are connected via a network have rapidly spread in hospitals and the like. Conventionally, when a hospital introduces such a medical network system, a person in charge of the network maker goes to the hospital, listens to the request from the hospital, returns to the network maker, and configures the network system according to the request from the hospital. He decided the figures and estimates, and returned to the hospital with the results.

[0003]

However, the network system configuration diagram and the estimated amount are often reviewed many times to meet the requirements of the hospital, and the network maker visits the hospital each time. Then, there is a problem that the burden on the person in charge is large.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and provides a network system order receiving method and a network system order receiving apparatus which can reduce a burden on a network maker when a network system is installed in a hospital or the like. With the goal.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to achieve the above-mentioned object, a network system order receiving method according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises a plurality of devices including medical devices. A network system issuing and receiving method for ordering and receiving a network system connected via a network, wherein question information for obtaining information necessary for determining an estimate of the configuration and billing cost of the network system is transmitted from a server device. Transmitting to the terminal device, transmitting response information corresponding to the question information from the terminal device to the server device, and determining the configuration of the network and an estimate of the billing cost based on the response information in the server device. To generate network system configuration information and estimation information, Information and the estimation information are transmitted from the server device to the terminal device, an order request is transmitted from the terminal device to the server device, and in the server device, an order receiving process of the network system is performed based on the order request. Do. In the network system order receiving method according to the first invention, the order receiving process of the network system is performed while performing communication between the terminal device and the server device. Therefore, the burden on the network side when the network system is installed in a hospital or the like. Can be reduced.

Further, in the network system order receiving method of the first invention, preferably, the server device transmits the question information to the terminal device in response to an access from the terminal device, and The network system configuration information and the estimation information are transmitted to the terminal device in response to the access.

Further, in the network system order receiving method of the first invention, preferably, the server device stores attribute information and price information of a device used in the network system, and sends the information to the server device by the terminal device. In response to the access, the attribute information and the price information are transmitted from the server device to the terminal device.

In the first aspect of the present invention, preferably, the server device stores network system configuration information of an existing network system installed at an order source, and the server device uses the terminal device to store the network system configuration information. In response to access to a server device, the stored network system configuration information is transmitted from the server device to the terminal device.

Further, in the network system order receiving method according to the first invention, preferably, when the server device receives the response information, the server device issues identification information in response to the reception of the response information, and transmits the identification information to the response information. The network system configuration information and the estimation information generated based on the identification information are stored in association with the identification information.

A network system order receiving apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention is a network system order receiving apparatus for receiving, from a terminal device, a network system in which a plurality of devices including medical devices are connected via a network. Having a receiving means and a processing means, the transmitting means transmits to the terminal device the question information for obtaining information necessary to determine the configuration of the network system and an estimate of the billing cost, the receiving means, Receiving answer information corresponding to the question information from the terminal device, the processing unit determines network configuration and estimation of billing cost based on the answer information, and generates network system configuration information and estimation information And the transmitting means includes the network system configuration information and the estimation information. Transmitted to the terminal device, wherein the receiving means receives the order request from the terminal device, the processing means, on the basis of the order request, performs an order process of the network system.

The operation of the network system order receiving device of the second invention is as follows. The transmission means transmits the question information for obtaining the information necessary for determining the configuration of the network system and the estimation of the billing cost to the terminal device. Next, answer information corresponding to the question information is received from the terminal device by a receiving unit. Next, the processing means determines an estimate of the network configuration and the billing cost based on the answer information, and generates network system configuration information and estimate information. Next, the transmission means transmits the network system configuration information and the estimation information to the terminal device. Next, an order request is received from the terminal device by the receiving means. Next, an order processing of the network system is performed by the processing means based on the order request.

In the network system order receiving apparatus of the second invention, preferably, the transmitting means transmits the question information to the terminal apparatus in response to an access from the terminal apparatus, and Transmits the network system configuration information and the estimation information to the terminal device in response to the request.

Further, in the network system order receiving apparatus of the second invention, preferably, the server apparatus further includes storage means for storing attribute information and price information of an apparatus used in the network system, and the transmitting means Transmits the attribute information and the price information to the terminal device in response to access from the terminal device.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a communication system 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a communication system 1 includes a personal computer 3 and a server device 4 connected via a communication network 2. Here, the personal computer 3 corresponds to the terminal device of the present invention, and the server device 4 corresponds to the server device and the network system order receiving device of the present invention.

The personal computer 3 is used by a user 10 such as a hospital who wants to order a network system in which a plurality of devices including medical devices such as diagnostic devices are connected via a network. Server device 4
Is used, for example, by a person in charge of the network maker 11 or the like that supplies the network system to a hospital or the like.

A device connected to a hospital network is, for example, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI: Magnetic Resonanc).
e Imaging) device, a diagnostic device such as an X-ray CT (Computed Tomography) device, a computer for an operation console of the diagnostic device, a server device and a storage device for storing image information generated by the diagnostic device, an examination room, There are various computers and the like arranged for reception and the like.

In the communication system 1, for example, the network maker 11 communicates with the personal computer 3 and the server device 4 via the communication network 2 while the network maker 11
In accordance with the request of No. 0 and the layout in the hospital, network system configuration information of a network system such as a LAN (Local Area Network) to be ordered and estimation information thereof are generated and provided to the user 10.

[Personal Computer 3] FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the personal computer 3. As shown in FIG. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the personal computer 3 includes an interface unit 20, an operation unit 21, a display unit 22, and a storage unit 23.
And a processing unit 24. Personal computer 3
May or may not be connected to the above-mentioned hospital network. The interface unit 20 functions as an interface when communicating with the server device 4 via the communication network 2.

The operation unit 21 is a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, and outputs an operation signal corresponding to an operation by the user to the processing unit
Output to The display unit 22 is a display such as a CRT or a liquid crystal, and outputs an image corresponding to a display signal from the processing unit 24. The storage unit 23 stores, for example, homepage information downloaded from the server device 4 and the like. The processing unit 24 performs a predetermined process according to, for example, an operation signal from the operation unit 21.

[Server Apparatus 4] FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the server apparatus 4. As shown in FIG. 3, the server device 4 includes an interface unit 30, an operation unit 31, and a display unit 3.
2. It has a storage unit 33 and a processing unit 34. Here, the interface unit 30 corresponds to the transmitting unit and the receiving unit of the present invention, the storage unit 33 corresponds to the storing unit of the present invention,
The processing unit 34 corresponds to the processing unit of the present invention. The server device 4 is, for example, a WWW (World Wide Web) server device that is a system for sharing information through an interface. The interface unit 30 functions as an interface when communicating with the personal computer 3 via the communication network 2.

The operation unit 30 is a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, and outputs an operation signal corresponding to an operation by a person in charge of the network maker 11 to the processing unit 34. The display unit 32
The display is a display such as a CRT or a liquid crystal, and outputs an image corresponding to a display signal from the processing unit 34.

As shown in FIG. 4, the storage unit 33 stores a network system configuration determination program 40, an estimate calculation program 41, an order management program 42, and homepage information 43.

The network system configuration determination program 40 determines the configuration of a network connecting a plurality of devices including medical devices based on the response information received from the personal computer 3, and generates network system configuration information according to the determined configuration. It is a program to do. The network system configuration information includes, for example, information such as the names and attributes of the devices connected to the network, the installation locations of the devices in the hospital, the connection relations of the plurality of devices, and the locations that require construction in the hospital. included.

The estimate calculation program 41 is based on the answer information received from the personal computer 3
This is a program for calculating an estimate of a billing amount when receiving an order for the network system.

When receiving an order request from the personal computer 3, the order management program 42 generates order information using the already generated network system configuration information and estimate information, and stores the order information in the storage unit 33. This is a program to be stored.

The home page information 43 is transmitted to the personal computer 3 in response to an access request from the personal computer 3, and is sent to, for example, a document description language HTML.
(Hypertext Markup Language). The homepage information 43 includes question information for obtaining information necessary for determining the configuration of the network system and estimating the billing cost. 5 and 6 are diagrams for explaining the question information. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the question information includes an input field 60 for inputting user information such as a hospital name, a person in charge, an address, a telephone number, and a fax number, and a summary of a request for building or changing a network system. An input field 61 for inputting information, an input field 62 for inputting information related to the existing network system, and an input for inputting the contact information of a manufacturer provided by a manufacturer other than the network manufacturer 11 in the existing network system. A column 63, an input column 64 for inputting an existing network drawing, an input column 65 for inputting an in-hospital layout drawing, and an input column 66 for inputting information regarding devices used in an existing network system and a newly constructed network system. Having. In addition, the question information may include, for example, a column for answering the communication speed of the device used in the network system and whether there is an obstacle such as a wall between the devices for wiring.

The storage unit 33 stores, as shown in FIG. 7A, correspondence table data 50 in which device names of devices used in the network system, device attribute information, and device price information are associated with each other. I do. In addition, the storage unit 33
As shown in (B), the correspondence table data 51 in which the contents of the installation work of the network system are associated with the installation work price information is stored. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the storage unit 33 stores the correspondence table data 52 in which the reception number, the reception information, the order number, and the order information are associated with each other.

The processing section 34 executes, for example, a network system configuration determining program 40, and generates network system configuration information as shown in FIG. 9 based on response information from the personal computer 3. As shown in FIG. 9, the network system configuration information includes layout information such as arrangement of a plurality of devices including medical devices in a hospital. The layout information shown in FIG. 9 indicates that the hospital is divided into a CT imaging room 95, an MR imaging room 96, an operator / reception room 97, and a patient waiting room 98 by walls 80 to 84. The layout information is stored in the X-ray CT apparatus 10 in the CT imaging room 95.
0, an MRI apparatus 101 is provided in an MR imaging room 96, and an operation computer 102 and an MRI apparatus 101 of the X-ray CT apparatus 100 are provided in an operator / reception room 97.
3 shows that an operation computer 103, a server device 104 for storing diagnostic image information generated by the X-ray CT apparatus 100 and the MRI apparatus 101, and a receiving computer 105 are provided. Also,
The layout information includes the X-ray CT apparatus 100 and the MRI apparatus 1
01, the computers 102, 103, 105 and the server device 104 are connected via a network. Further, the processing unit 34 executes the estimate calculation program 41 and the order management program 42 to calculate the estimated amount of the network system and perform the order processing.

Hereinafter, an operation example of the communication system 1 will be described. FIGS. 10, 11 and 12 are flowcharts for explaining an operation example of the communication system of the present embodiment. Step ST1: An access request is generated by the processing unit 24 in accordance with the operation unit 21 of the personal computer 3 shown in FIG. 2 by the user 10, and the access request is transmitted from the interface unit 20 to the server device 4 via the communication network 2. You.

Step ST2: The access request transmitted in step ST1 is received by the interface unit 30 of the server device 4 shown in FIG.

Step ST3: Server device 4 shown in FIG.
The homepage information 43 is read from the storage unit 33 by the processing unit 34.

Step ST4: The home page information 43 read in step ST3 is transmitted from the interface unit 30 of the server device 4 to the personal computer 3 via the communication network 2.

Step ST5: The homepage information 43 transmitted in step ST4 is received by the interface unit 20 of the personal computer 3 shown in FIG.

Step ST6: The home page information 43 received in step ST5 is displayed on the display unit 22 of the personal computer 3 shown in FIG. At this time, for example, the contents shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 are displayed on the display unit 22 as question information.

Step ST7: The user 10 operates the operation unit 21 of the personal computer 3 shown in FIG.
The answer specified in the input fields 60 to 66 in the question screen shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is input. At this time, an existing network drawing or in-hospital layout drawing may be input as an image.

Step ST8: In the processing section 24 of the personal computer 3 shown in FIG. 2, answer information is generated based on the answer input in step ST7.

Step ST9: The answer information generated in step ST8 is transmitted from the interface unit 20 of the personal computer 3 to the server device 4 via the communication network 2.

Step ST10: The answer information transmitted in step ST9 is received by the interface unit 30 of the server device 4 shown in FIG. At this time, the processing unit 34 issues a reception number to the user 10.

Step ST11: In the processing section 34 of the server device 4 shown in FIG. 3, the network system configuration determining program 4 shown in FIG.
0 is executed, and network system configuration information is generated based on the answer information received in step ST10 and the correspondence table data 50 shown in FIG. In the processing unit 34, the storage unit 33
Is executed based on the answer information received in step ST10 and the correspondence table data 50 and 51 shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B read from the storage unit 33. Generated.

Step ST12: The network system configuration information and the estimation information generated in step ST11 are stored in the storage unit 33 of the server device 4 in association with the response information received in step ST10 and the issued reception number.

Step ST13: The processing unit 34 of the server device 4 generates homepage information 43 based on the network system configuration information and the estimation information generated in step ST11 and the reception number in association with each other. Is stored.

Step ST14: FIG. 2 by the user 10
The access request is generated by the processing unit 24 in response to the operation unit 21 of the personal computer 3 shown in FIG. 1 and the access request is transmitted from the interface unit 20 to the server device 4 via the communication network 2.

Step ST15: The access request transmitted in step ST14 is received by the interface unit 30 of the server device 4 shown in FIG.

Step ST16: The homepage information 43 is read from the storage unit 33 by the processing unit 34 of the server device 4 shown in FIG.

Step ST17: The homepage information 43 read in step ST3 is transmitted from the interface unit 30 of the server device 4 to the personal computer 3 via the communication network 2.

Step ST18: The homepage information 43 transmitted in step ST17 is received by the interface unit 20 of the personal computer 3 shown in FIG.

Step ST19: The home page information 43 received in step ST18 is displayed on the display unit 22 of the personal computer 3 shown in FIG. At this time, step ST1 stored in homepage information 43
The network system configuration information and estimation information generated in step 1 and the reception number are displayed in association with each other.

Step ST20: The user 10 specifies his / her own network system configuration information and estimation information from his / her reception number displayed on the display unit 32 in step ST19, and decides whether to order the network system based on the contents. Determine whether or not. When it is determined that an order is to be made, the operation unit 21 of the personal computer 3 shown in FIG. 2 is operated to generate an order request.
The order request is transmitted from the interface unit 20 of the personal computer 3 to the server device 4 via the communication network 2.

Step ST21: The order request transmitted in step ST20 is received by the interface unit 30 of the server device 4 shown in FIG. Thereby, the processing unit 3
No. 4 issues an order number.

Step ST22: In the processing section 34 of the server device 4, an order receiving process is performed in response to the order request received in step ST21. In the order processing, for example, network system configuration information and estimation information finally obtained are set as order information, and a corresponding reception number, reception information (response information from the user 10),
The order number issued in step ST21 is stored in the storage unit 33 in association with the order number.

As described above, according to the communication system 1, while communicating between the personal computer 3 and the server device 4 via the communication network 2, negotiations on a network system to be installed by the user 10 are performed. It can be performed. Therefore, network maker 11
Can reduce the number of visits to hospitals and the like, and can conduct business negotiations efficiently.

Further, according to the communication system 1, information effective for constructing the network system is stored in the homepage information 4.
3 to the personal computer 3 from the server device 4
Can be provided in real time. Therefore, price fluctuations of equipment and construction provided by the network
0 can be notified in real time. In addition, the network manufacturer 11 can also present a special price at the time of sale of the device on the homepage to increase sales.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the embodiment described above, L
Although the case where a network system such as an AN is constructed has been illustrated, the present invention is also applicable to the case where a LAN is constructed between a plurality of hospitals.

[0054]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to provide a network system order receiving method and a network system order receiving apparatus that reduce the burden on a network maker when installing a network system in a hospital or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the personal computer shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the server device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a program stored in a storage unit illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining question information transmitted from the server device shown in FIG. 1 to a personal computer;

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining question information transmitted from the server device shown in FIG. 1 to a personal computer;

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining correspondence table data stored in a storage unit of the server device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining correspondence table data stored in a storage unit of the server device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining layout information in network system configuration information transmitted from the server device shown in FIG. 1 to the personal computer.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining an operation example of the communication system shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining an operation example of the communication system shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining an operation example of the communication system shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Communication system, 2 ... Communication network, 3 ... Personal computer, 4 ... Server apparatus, 10 ... User, 11 ... Network maker, 20, 30 ... Interface part, 2
1, 31 ... operation unit, 22, 32 ... display unit, 23, 33 ...
Storage unit, 24, 34 ... processing unit, 80, 81, 82, 8
3, 84 ... wall, 95 ... CT imaging room, 96 ... MR imaging room,
97: Operator / reception room, 98: Patient waiting room, 1
00: X-ray CT apparatus, 101: MRI apparatus, 102, 1
03, 105: Computer, 104: Server device

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Hiroshi Kanamori 127 G-Yokogawa Medical System Co., Ltd., 4-7 Asahigaoka, Hino-shi, Tokyo F-term (reference) 5B049 BB00 CC05 CC11 FF01 GG02

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A network system issuing and receiving method for ordering and receiving a network system in which a plurality of devices including a medical device are connected via a network, for determining a configuration of the network system and estimating a billing cost. Transmitting question information for obtaining necessary information from the server device to the terminal device, transmitting answer information corresponding to the question information from the terminal device to the server device, and in the server device, based on the answer information. Determining the network configuration and the estimate of the billing cost to generate network system configuration information and estimation information; transmitting the network system configuration information and the estimation information from the server device to the terminal device; Transmitting from the terminal device to the server device, In over server device, based on said order request, a network system onset orders method for performing order processing of the network system. 2. The server device transmits the question information to the terminal device in response to an access from the terminal device,
The network system order receiving method according to claim 1, wherein the network system configuration information and the estimation information are transmitted to the terminal device in response to an access from the terminal device. 3. The server device stores attribute information and price information of a device used in the network system, and stores the attribute information and the price information in response to access to the server device by the terminal device. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the transmission is performed from a server device to the terminal device. 4. The server device stores network system configuration information of an existing network system installed at an order source, and stores the stored network system information in response to the terminal device accessing the server device. The network system outgoing order receiving method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein network system configuration information is transmitted from the server device to the terminal device. 5. The server device, upon receiving the answer information, issues identification information in response to receiving the answer information,
The method according to claim 1, wherein the network system configuration information and the estimation information generated based on the answer information are stored in association with the identification information. 6. A network system order receiving device for receiving, from a terminal device, a network system in which a plurality of devices including a medical device are connected via a network, comprising: a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, and a processing unit. The means transmits to the terminal device question information for obtaining information necessary for determining the configuration of the network system and the estimation of the billing cost, and the receiving means transmits answer information corresponding to the question information to the terminal device. Receiving from an apparatus, the processing unit determines network configuration and estimation of billing cost based on the response information to generate network system configuration information and estimation information, and the transmission unit includes the network system configuration Transmitting the information and the estimation information to the terminal device; Was received from the terminal device, the processing means, on the basis of the order request, order processing network system orders apparatus for performing the network system. 7. The transmitting means transmits the question information to the terminal device in response to access from the terminal device, and transmits the network system configuration information and the estimation information to the terminal device in response to access from the terminal device. 7. The network system order receiving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the network system order receiving apparatus transmits the received information to an apparatus. 8. The server device further comprises a storage unit for storing attribute information and price information of the device used in the network system, wherein the transmitting unit transmits the attribute information in response to an access from the terminal device. 8. The network system order receiving device according to claim 6, wherein the information and the price information are transmitted to the terminal device.