JP2002324106A - Server for recommentation for consultant - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a server for recommendation for consultant capable of searching on the Internet easily consultants having knowledge and experiences corresponding to needs of clients and also appropriate to conditions of geography and time for meetings and presences by using effectively personnel property such as engineers and licensed persons employed by construction-affiliated organizations. SOLUTION: The server registers information on members including information on profiles, schedules, serviceable areas and the like received through a predetermined communication means such as a LAN into a database with arranging by member, receives search keys for the information on profiles from computers P coming to access via the Internet and search keys for either one or both of information on schedules and serviceable areas, then searches information on the members appropriate to the keys from the database to transmit Web pages containing the information on the members to the computers P.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for introducing a consultant in the field of construction, and particularly, to effectively utilize the human resources of an organization, such as engineers and qualified persons, so that a client can meet his / her needs. The present invention relates to a technology for enabling a consultant to easily search on the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When newly constructing or renovating a house or facility, it is often desirable to seek the opinions and judgments of a consultant who has specialized knowledge and experience. In addition, even if a defect or omission work is found, it is often impossible for a trader to start up with amateur knowledge. In such a case, the consultant is usually requested to consult or broker.

[0003]

However, the scope of the construction field is very wide, and searching for a consultant who meets the needs itself requires some knowledge and experience in the construction field. If there is no connection with the parties concerned, there is no choice but to look up in newspaper advertisements or telephone directories and make requests. Also, finding a consultant that suits your needs doesn't allow for a geographical or time coordination to meet or attend,
Sometimes you have to find another person.

Incidentally, a so-called construction company has a large number of engineers and qualified persons in various fields, but from a different viewpoint, it is the same as having a group of consultants always on standby. In other words, there is no way to use such human resources effectively, and by introducing such technicians and qualified persons as consultants to general consultation clients, it is possible to respond to the broad needs of the clients. In addition, it is possible to widely correspond to the geographical and temporal requirements of the client, and it is considered that human resources can be effectively used and corporate profits and image can be improved.

[0005] The present invention has been made from such a viewpoint, and makes effective use of human resources such as technicians and qualified persons possessed by construction-related organizations, and has knowledge that meets the needs of the client. And experience, and geographical
It is an object of the present invention to provide a consultant introduction server that can easily search for a consultant meeting time conditions on the Internet.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve this object, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is a consultant introduction server for introducing members of an organization operating in the construction industry as consultants on the Internet. Means for organizing the member information, including profile information, schedule information, available area information, etc., received through predetermined communication means such as a LAN, for each member, and registering the information in a database; A search key for the profile information and a search key for one or both of the schedule information and the available area information are received from a computer, and the information of the member corresponding to the search key is received from the database. W which searched and described this
means for transmitting an eb page to the computer.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A case where the consultant introduction server of the present invention is applied to a consultant introduction service in a construction company A will be described below as an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the introduction server S is connected to the Internet, functions as a Web server on the Internet, and has a LAN installed in the company A.
And WAN, and also functions as an intranet server in company A.

[0010] The company A operates a Web page (hereinafter referred to as an “introduction page”) for searching for and introducing a consultant in the introduction server S. Here, the consultant information introduced by the introduction server S is consultant profile information, schedule information, available area information, and the like. These pieces of consultant information are managed in an introduction information database managed by the introduction server S.

The consultant information in the introduction information database is basically registered by an employee (member) of the company A. The registration is performed using a registration Web page (hereinafter, “registration page”) operated by the introduction server S. FIG. 2 is an example of a registration page for profile information and available area information, including an employee number, affiliation, name, date of birth, gender, technical field, educational background, work history, holding qualification, self-PR, and attachment of a face photo file. A column is provided for entry of profile information such as a mail address and a contact address of the client. On the other hand, FIG. 3 is an example of a registration page of schedule information and available area information, and a column for designating schedule information such as visitable time and available time, and available area information such as a visit place and an on-site business trip available area is provided. Have been.

[0010] The consultant information entered or specified on the registration page is transmitted to the introduction server S by a predetermined operation such as clicking a transmission button, and upon receiving the consultation information, the introduction server S divides the consultant information by employee (configuration). And register them in the introduction information database.

=== Consultant Search === The consultant information stored in the referral database in this way is provided by a consultation requester (hereinafter, referred to as a consultant on the Internet) by the Web system operated by the company A on the referral server S.
(Referred to as “client”).

FIG. 4 shows an example of a consultant search Web page (hereinafter, "search page") transmitted to the client computer P who accesses the introduction server S via the Internet. This page is provided with search key designation columns and entry columns corresponding to the above-described profile information, schedule information, and available area information. That is, the "Technical / experience / holding qualification" specification field on this search page is a search key specification field for profile information, and the "Visit / Attendation desired date / time" entry field is a search key for schedule information. The entry field of “Place to Visit / Attend Attend” is a field for specifying a search key for available area information.

The search key corresponding to the profile information is controlled so as not to be omitted so that the search range is not too large. On the other hand, the specification of the schedule information and the available area information is arbitrary, and can be specified in various ways, such as not specifying both, specifying only one of them, or specifying both.

=== Search Process === The search key specified in the above procedure is transmitted to the introduction server S by a predetermined operation such as clicking a transmission button. Upon receiving the search key, the introduction server S searches the introduction information database for consultant information corresponding to the search key as follows.

First, consultant information including a search key corresponding to profile information is selected from the database. In the above example, consultant information including the item of “technology / experience / holding qualification” specified in the introduction page in the profile information is selected.
In this search, basically, all contents registered in the database as profile information are to be searched. For this search, for example, "technology / experience"
Also, when the item designated as “holding qualification” is included in the content entered in the entry column of “self-PR” on the registration page, the corresponding consultant information is selected as a search result.

If "Visit / Attendation desired date" is specified, the search is further performed using these as search keys to narrow down the target. Here, this search is performed by matching the date and time specified as the search key by the client with the schedule information included in the consultant information as follows. For example, 200 as the "visit date"
When 13:00 to 17:00 on May 10, 2001 is specified as a search key, the date and time are compared with each schedule information registered in the introduction information database, and the date and time that overlap are determined. Elect. Note that, for example, it is conceivable that consultant information having an overlapping time of only a few minutes may be selected. Therefore, in this selection, the length of the overlapping time is set to a predetermined lower limit time (for example, one hour). The following items are not selected. The lower limit time is set, for example, by the operator of the introduction server S operating the introduction server S as appropriate, or a consultant accesses the introduction server S and sets it by himself.

If "visiting place" or "visiting place" is designated, the objects are narrowed down by a search using these search keys. In this case, the search is performed by comparing the “desired place” or “desired place” with the available area information in the consultant information, and the “desired place” or “desired place” Is included, the corresponding consultant information is selected as a search result.

When the introduction server S searches for consultant information in accordance with the above procedure, it extracts heading information such as a name from each searched consultant information. Then, a Web page listing the search results and listed in a search result list shown in FIG. 5 is generated and transmitted to the client computer P.

The requester browses the sent Web page and clicks on an appropriate heading information portion. Then
Data requesting consultant information corresponding to the index information is transmitted from the computer P to the introduction server S. On the other hand, the introduction server S receiving this data,
A Web page describing the consultant information as shown in FIG. 6 is transmitted to the computer P.

[0020] The client requests the W sent in this way.
Refer to the consultant information on the eb page to determine if the consultant suits your needs. Then, the requester sends an e-mail to the communication section of this Web page, the e-mail address of the consultant or the e-mail address of a predetermined person in charge of the company A, or sends the e-mail to the telephone number described on the Web page. By consulting the consultant and requesting conditions, for example, by telephone.

[0021]

As described above, according to the consultant introduction server of the present invention, human resources such as technicians and qualified persons possessed by construction-related organizations are effectively utilized,
A consultant who has the knowledge and experience that meets the needs of the client and that meets the geographical and temporal requirements for the meeting and witness can be easily searched on the Internet. Also, by actively responding to consultations on defective houses and omissions, the reliability of the general public to the company is improved, and the corporate image is improved, which in turn leads to the development of new customers.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic network configuration diagram showing a relationship between an introduction server and a computer accessing the server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a registration information web page according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a Web page for registering schedule information and available area information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a Web page for consultant search according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a Web page posted as a search result list according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a Web page describing consultant information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 S Consultant introduction server C Computer of employee P Computer of consultant

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A consultant introduction server for introducing members of an organization engaged in the construction industry as a consultant on the Internet, wherein profile information, schedule information, available area information, etc., received through a predetermined communication means such as a LAN. Means for organizing the information of the members including the members and registering them in a database; a search key for the profile information from a computer accessed through the Internet; and any one of the schedule information or the available area information or Receiving the search key for both,
Means for searching the member for information corresponding to the search key from the database and transmitting a Web page describing the information to the computer.