JP2002344655A - System for participating in education utilizing mobile telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for participating in education that enables a person to participate in education without restrictions by time and place whereas the person cannot have received education without visiting a lecture hall in taking part in various education program in a conventional system. SOLUTION: Each education sponsor has an education management server that manages education contents and lecture time or the like, and stores education scenes sent from a lecture hall as moving picture data at a scheduled date. A person desiring to take part in the education uses a mobile telephone to reference the education program via a net 2 and to select the lectured education program. The management server 3 provides an ID/password to the person desiring to take part in the program to manage the person. The management server informs the person about the lecture date when the lecture date comes near by means of electronic mail, acquires the ID/password from the mobile telephone, and distributes to the mobile telephone the moving picture data sent from the lecture hall under the condition of coincident ID/password as a result of collation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for attending a student through a class or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, in order to participate in a lecture or a seminar for educational purposes, it has been necessary to go to a time and place predetermined by an organizer and listen to the lecture.

[0003]

However, in the prior art, since the seminar is restricted by the time and place, both the education organizer and the education student have the following burdens. .

[0004] First, the education organizer sets up a lecture,
The venue must be selected according to the expected number of participants, and as the scale of the lecture increases, the number of staff required to operate the lecture must be increased. However, contrary to the expectation of the number of students, there is a gap between the number of participants and the number of students, so that the operation work is complicated and a part of the venue cost may be wasted.

[0005] On the other hand, those who wish to take an education are restricted by the time and place of the attendance, so they cannot attend the course if they do not want to attend the course even if they want to attend the course. The burden is large because the department is included in the tuition fee. As a result, the benefit of the education organizer is reduced due to the avoidance of the students.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an educational system which is advantageous for both the educational organizer and the student and is not restricted by time and place.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the mobile phone used by the education student and the terminal used by the education organizer are connected to the Internet and the mobile phone used by the education organizer is used. The terminal has a database that stores educational information including the name of the education and the date and time of the event and moving image data that records the actual situation of the venue to be held on the date and time of the education in association with each other. Students who wish to attend the course are given a unique ID and password in advance,
When accepting a connection request from the mobile phone via the Internet, the terminal of the education host displays screen information for displaying various types of education information read from the database and screen information for requesting the ID and password of the mobile phone. When sending to the phone and receiving the selection information of the education to be taken from the mobile phone and the unique ID and password,
Collating the received ID and password with the pre-assigned ID and password, and distributing the moving image data stored in the database to the mobile phone based on the selection information of the attendance education, on condition that the collation matches. It is possible to obtain an education attendance system using a mobile phone.

According to the invention described in claim 2, the terminal refers to the education information in the database, compares the current date and time with the date and time of the education start indicated in the education information,
2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein when a predetermined time difference is reached, a notification e-mail is sent to an education attendant who has been given an ID and a password for the education informing that the education attendance time is approaching. The educational attendance system used can be obtained.

[0009]

Next, a first embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG.
1 is a system schematic diagram illustrating the present embodiment.

[0010] Referring to FIG. 1, each education organizer has education management servers 31 to 33, and a venue A via a public network 4.
To C can collect the moving image data of the scene of the venue taken by the cameras installed in C. A person who wants to attend education has mobile phones 11 to 13 and can connect to the education management server via the Internet 2 for communication. Here, it is assumed that the education organizer roughly predicts the applicants for the course and sets a venue of a suitable scale and a lecture time.

[0011] Education management server 31 possessed by the education organizer
To 33 have the same configuration.
1 will be described as an example.

The education management server 31 has a database for storing various information and data related to education. FIG.
The contents of the database will be described with reference to FIG. It is roughly divided into a DB1 in which a set of educational information and an educational image related thereto is provided, and a DB2 which stores an ID and a password assigned to a student who has applied for an educational course.

First, the education information stored in the DB 1 includes an education name, an education content, a date and time, a venue, a tuition, and the like.
It is registered in advance prior to the event. And a TV camera is installed at the venue where this education is held,
The moving image data with sound obtained by capturing the educational scene is transmitted through the public network 4 and stored in association with the educational information.

Next, the DB2 will be described. An application for attending an education is received by an application via a mobile phone via the Internet, an application via a telephone via an operator, or the like. When applying for this education, the applicant is asked to select either education at the venue or education using a mobile phone.
Unique ID for those who want to use mobile phone for education
And a password, and store it in DB2. In addition to this, a configuration may be made in which a student and a desired educational course are stored in association with each other. In addition, in a case where an application cannot be accepted due to overcapacity even though an education at the venue is desired, an application for education through a mobile phone may be accepted and an ID or the like may be given based on the consent. . Next, the operation of attending an education using a mobile phone will be described with reference to FIG. Hereinafter, the education management server 3
A case will be described in which the student 11 applies for the educational program of the organizer having No. 1 and attends education using a mobile phone.

First, the organizer 31 registers various types of educational information in the DB 1 of the educational management server 31 in advance. After registering the education information, the student 11 connects to the education management server 31 via the Internet 2. The education management server 31
The educational information in the DB 1 is read and the table of contents of the educational program is transmitted to the mobile phone 11. The student 11 refers to the received table of contents and selects a desired educational program. And
If the user wants to know the details, it sends a detail request, and the education management server returns the detailed information included in the education information. The student 11 confirms the details of the education and applies for the attendance.
When receiving the application for attendance, the education management server 31 gives the student a unique ID and password, and registers the student name and the given ID and password in DB2.

Next, the operation of attending an education will be described.
The student 1 accesses the education management server 31 via the Internet connection when the education applied in advance reaches the start time. Then, the student 1 enters the education management server 31
Select the start button according to the attendance start screen sent from. The education management server 31 accepting the start of the course
The student 1 is requested for personal information, and the received ID and password are compared with the DB2.

As a result of the comparison, when a match between the ID and the password is detected, the moving image data of the educational scene transmitted from the lecture hall A is transmitted to the mobile phone 11 via the educational management server 31.
Sent to The captured moving image data may be temporarily stored in the server 31, and the read moving image data may be transmitted to the mobile phone 11.
If the educational program requires more real time, the educational program may be directly transmitted from the lecture hall to the mobile phone 11 via the server 31.

When the transmission of the educational moving image data is completed,
The education management server 31 transmits a request for the education cost to the mobile phone 11. The mobile phone 11 accepts the payment of the education cost, and executes the repayment of the cost by debiting with a credit card.

Next, a second embodiment according to the present invention will be described. The difference from the first embodiment is that the educational management server 31 compares the current time with the date and time of each educational course stored in the DB 1 and gives the student 11 based on the result of the comparing means. This is to transmit to the mobile phone 11 a notification mail notifying that the educational attending time is approaching. Thereby, the student 11 can take the education in real time. Needless to say, the desired education can be taken even if the education attendance time has passed since the moving image data is stored in the DB1.

Next, a third embodiment according to the present invention will be described. In the present embodiment, a state in which panel discussions are performed at a plurality of venues is received by the mobile phone 11, and education is taken. Hereinafter, a case will be described in which panel discussions held in the lecture halls A to C are photographed by a camera installed in the halls, these moving image data are centrally managed by the education management server 31, and distributed to the education students.

When the panel discussion starts, the cameras installed in the venues A to C start photographing, and the moving image data from each venue is transferred to the education management server 3 via the public network 4.
1 is sent.

The education management server 31 sequentially stores the images in the education image area of the DB1. Then, when distributing to a mobile phone, the moving image data of the venues A to C is read from the educational image area from the DB1, one screen is composed of three blocks, and edited so that the moving image of the venue is contained in each block. I do. The audio signals of the three venues are transmitted to the mobile phone 11 while being superimposed on the edited moving image data. In the mobile phone 11,
The received moving image data is displayed on a display (not shown). The student attends the education by checking the state of the three venues simultaneously on one screen composed of three blocks and listening to the superimposed audio signals. Alternatively, moving image data of a plurality of venues may be divided and multiplexed at a fixed time interval and transmitted to the mobile phone 11 instead of the display of one screen / multiple block format. In the mobile phone 11 in this case, the image is displayed so that the shooting venue on the display is switched at regular intervals. Further, moving image data including sound transmitted from the education management server 31 may be displayed in an arbitrary format by a display control program in the mobile phone.

Further, a fourth embodiment according to the present invention will be described. In the present embodiment, a student who attends an education participates in a lecture by e-mail or chat, and relates to an interactive education between a lecturer and the student. This will be described below with reference to FIG.

The student 11 attends the education by receiving the moving image data distributed from the education management server 31 with a mobile phone. At this time, if there are opinions or questions to the instructor, start the e-mail sending and receiving program on the mobile phone,
A question e-mail is transmitted to the education management server 31.

The education management server 31 receives question mails from time to time and manages them, and transfers the question mails to the information processing terminal used by the instructor. The lecturer receiving the question e-mail answers the student during or after the lecture.

The question mails sent from a large number of students are managed by the education management server 31 and stored together with the answers from the instructors. These questions and answers can be referred to by students using other mobile phones.

Furthermore, even a person who attends education at the venue can send a question e-mail using a mobile phone, and if the Internet is connected to the education management server 31,
You can refer to the above questions and answers. In this case, it is possible to provide free or cheap information because only the questions and answers are referred to by the mobile phone. ID as above
And the acquisition of a password may be referred to as a condition.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, an educator can freely select the attending time and the attending place of the education.

Further, for the education organizer, the work of selecting a venue and the number of staffs, which were conventionally complicated, can be greatly reduced, and a large number of education students can be secured.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system schematic diagram showing a first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows storage contents of a database included in the education management server.

FIG. 3 is a sequence chart illustrating an operation of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sequence chart illustrating an operation of the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sequence chart illustrating an operation according to a fourth exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11, 12, 13 Mobile phone 2 Internet 31, 32, 33 Education management server 4 Public line A, B, C Lecture hall

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A mobile phone used by an education student and a terminal used by an education organizer are connected to the Internet. The terminal used by the education organizer includes education information including an education name and a date and time of the event. It has a database that stores video data recorded in real time at the venue held on the date and time of the education in association with it. Students who wish to attend education hosted by the education organizer must have a unique ID and When a password is given, and the terminal of the education host receives a connection request from the mobile phone via the Internet, the terminal of the education host displays the screen information for displaying various types of education information read from the database and the ID and password of the mobile phone. When transmitting the requested screen information to the mobile phone and receiving the selection information of the education to be taken from the mobile phone and the unique ID and password,
Collating the received ID and password with the pre-assigned ID and password, and distributing the moving image data stored in the database to the mobile phone based on the selection information of the attendance education, on condition that the collation matches. An educational attendance system using a mobile phone. 2. The terminal refers to the education information in the database, compares the current date and time with the date and time of education start indicated in the education information, and when a predetermined time difference is reached, an ID and a password for the education. 2. The education attendance system using a mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein a notification e-mail is sent to the education attendance applicant to whom the education attendance time is approaching, informing that the education attendance time is approaching.