JP2003308400A - Membership based groupware system and managing method of membership based groupware - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a membership based groupware system capable of easily sharing, even in a relatively small-scale organization, information among constituent members of the organization with a slight investment. <P>SOLUTION: This membership based groupware system has a corporate member database part 105 provided every corporate member. This system further comprises an authentication key information management part 102 for managing authentication key information issued to the constituent members of a corporate member, and a security management part 103 for permitting, on receipt of an access using the authentication key information, the access to the corporate member unique information of the corporate member database part based on this authentication key information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a relatively small scale in which the total number of directors and employees constituting each corporate member is about several to several tens, such as a corporate member of a chamber of commerce or a business and industry. The present invention relates to a membership-based groupware system suitable for an organization, and a membership-based groupware operating method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a groupware system has been introduced to a large-scale organization having hundreds to tens of thousands of employees. If you introduce a groupware system, information sharing will progress, adjusting the schedule of each employee,
Meeting room reservations proceed smoothly. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the number of employees who are in charge of indirect work such as a secretary in charge of schedule adjustment and a person in charge of booking a conference room.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, like a corporate member of a chamber of commerce or a chamber of commerce, a relatively small-scale organization in which the total number of directors and employees constituting each corporate member is about several to several tens. In, the introduction of groupware has not progressed. The reason for this is that in small and medium-sized organizations, the number of employees who are in charge of indirect work itself is small, there is little need to reduce indirect costs, and the investment amount required to introduce groupware is high for small and medium-sized organizations. Can be considered.

However, since information sharing is progressing in large-scale organizations, the amount of added value per employee is considerably higher than that of small and medium organizations. Therefore, it is expected that even in small and medium-sized organizations, if information sharing among employees progresses, competitiveness will be restored and it will return to a growth trajectory.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and even in a relatively small-scale organization such as a chamber of commerce or a corporation of a business or industry, a small amount of investment makes it easy for the members of the organization. The purpose is to provide a membership-based groupware system and membership-based groupware capable of sharing information.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the membership groupware system of the present invention includes a corporate member-specific database unit 106 provided for each corporate member, as shown in FIG. 2, for example. A membership groupware system for managing authentication key information issued to members of the corporate member, and based on the authentication key information when access using the authentication key information is received. Security management means 103 for permitting access to the corporate member specific information of the corporate member specific database unit 106.

In the system constructed as above,
The corporate member-specific database unit 106 is provided for each corporate member who uses the membership-based groupware system, and is provided for use by members of each corporate member. By using the authentication key information management unit 102 and the security management unit 103 together, access to the corporate member unique information in the corporate member-specific database unit 106 can be restricted to only the members of the corresponding corporate member.

[0008] Preferably, the membership groupware system of the present invention may further be provided with a common information database common to corporate members. The common information database unit 107 provides common information to corporate members who use the membership-based groupware system, and the common information includes, for example, from the chamber of commerce and industry that hosts the membership-based groupware system, each corporation. It includes information that you want to notify members and their members, local information that you want to share, and industry information.

In addition, in the membership-based groupware system of the present invention, the corporate member database section 106 is a regular update information database section 10 that is updated at regular intervals.
8 and a bulletin database unit 109 that updates information that is highly urgent for the members of the corporate member at any time. Here, “regular update information” is typically supplier information, keyman information, and transaction information, and is updated at regular intervals. The urgent information is typically the contact information of the contact person's condolence information, credit information, and conference information.

Further, in the present invention, the authentication key information includes ID information issued for each member of the corporate member,
By using the telephone number or the device address of the communication institution that the member accesses the system in combination, it is possible to prevent the information leakage and to promptly transmit the information. Further, in the present invention, the authentication key information may be stored in an IC card or an external memory connectable to a mobile information terminal used by a member of the corporate member. By using the authentication key information stored in the IC card or the external memory, the system administrator of the membership groupware system can easily determine whether the portable information terminal is used by a person who has the proper authority.

Further, in the membership-based groupware system of the present invention, the database section 106 for each corporate member is further provided.
Means 104 for managing the authority key information of the input device for updating the corporate member specific information, and when the system is accessed using the authority key information, the database section for each corporate member based on the authority key information The corporate member security management means 103 for permitting updating of the corporate member unique information 106 is provided. By using the authority key information managing means 104 and the security managing means 103 together, the person having the authority to update the contents of the corporate member specific information in the corporate member database section 106 is changed to the person having the authority key information of the input device. Limit,
Improves system operation reliability.

The operation method of the membership-based groupware of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is the operation of the membership-based groupware used in the membership-based groupware system including the corporate member-specific database section 106 provided for each corporate member. In the method, it is confirmed whether the authentication key information notified to the membership groupware system matches the authentication key information issued in advance to the member of the corporate member (S402, S403, S404). ), When it is confirmed that the authentication key information matches, access to the corporate member unique information of the database for each corporate member corresponding to the authentication key information is permitted (S405, S407), and the sender of the authentication key information determines The corporate member unique information is browsed (S408, S409).

The operation method of the membership-based groupware according to the present invention is an operation method of the membership-based groupware used in the membership-based groupware system provided with the corporate-member-specific database section 106 provided for each corporate member. ,
It is confirmed whether the authority key information of the input device notified to the membership groupware system matches the authority key information previously issued to the member of the corporate member (S402, S403, S404). When the agreement of the authority key information is confirmed, access to the corporate member specific information of the corporate member-specific database corresponding to the authority key information is permitted (S405, S410), and the sender of the authority key information is allowed to access the information. It is characterized in that the corporate member unique information is updated (S411).

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a diagram cited for explaining a connection structure of an infrastructure used by a membership groupware system of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a membership-based groupware (GW) provider 1 is a membership-based organization established in each occupational area such as a chamber of commerce, a business association, a corporation association, a medical association, or a tax accountant association established in various places. Yes, it is equipped with an application DB server 10 in which the membership groupware system of the present invention is implemented. The corporate member 2 is a user of the membership groupware system organized by the membership groupware provider 1, and causes each member of the corporate member 2 to carry a mobile phone terminal 20 having a built-in web browser. . The corporate member 2 here is a member who has a membership of a chamber of commerce or an industry, a commerce or the like, and typically includes a corporation or a limited company. Even if it is a private business, if it is a business entity consisting essentially of multiple members and is eligible to participate in the membership groupware system provided by the membership groupware provider 1, it becomes a corporate member here. Shall be included

The mobile telephone terminal 20 is a wireless public line network 40.
Is connected to a telecommunications carrier server 30 installed by a telecommunications carrier 3 (telecommunications institution) via
col) Application DB server 1 via network 50
Connected to 0. The memory card 22 is used for the mobile phone terminal 2.
0 is an IC card or an external memory that can be connected to 0, and stores authentication key information. Here, the authentication key information is used for ID information issued for each member of the corporate member 2, a telephone number in the wireless public line network 40 used by the member for accessing the application DB server 10, and an IP network 50. The device address or the like is used. By using the authentication key information, an unauthorized third party can access the application DB server 10 and prevent information leakage related to the corporate member 2 in advance, while enabling prompt information transmission. Preferably, when the memory card 22 is attached to the mobile phone terminal 20, the wireless public line network 40 and the IP network 50 are automatically used to access the corporate member specific information of the corporate member-specific DB unit 106 of the application DB server 10. Providing a function enhances user convenience. The data input terminal 12 is, for example, a personal computer including a keyboard and a display, and supplies registration data to a DB (a corporate member-specific DB unit 106 and a common information DB unit 107 described later) of the application DB server 10.

FIG. 2 shows the application DB shown in FIG.
3 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the server 10 by expanding its functions. FIG. The blocks shown below are specifically the CPU
And a peripheral LSI including a memory, and realizes the function of the block by the CPU reading and executing the program recorded in the memory.
The application DB server 10 includes a communication interface unit 101, an authentication key information management unit 102, a security management unit 103, an authority key information management unit 104,
DB reference / update control unit 105 and corporate member DB unit 10
6 and the common information DB unit 107.

The communication interface section 101 controls the interface with the mobile phone terminal 20 with a built-in web browser, and is connected to the IP network 50 here.
TCP / IP (Transport / Control / Protocol / Internet)
-Protocol) is implemented. Authentication key information management unit 102
Has a function of managing authentication key information issued to members of a corporate member. The authentication key information uses the ID information issued for each member of the corporate member and the telephone number or device address of the communication carrier 3 used by the member to access the application DB server 10. This authentication key information is stored in an IC card or an external memory (hereinafter, simply referred to as a memory card) that can be connected to the mobile information terminal 20 used by the members of the corporate member 2. First, the groupware providing service described below is realized by distributing the memory card 22 to the corporate member 2 of the contracted chamber of commerce or the like.

On the other hand, the security management unit 103 operates the application member DB server 1 by using the authentication key information when the corporate member 2 operates his / her mobile phone terminal 20.
When accessing 0, it has a function of permitting access to the corporate member unique information of the corporate member specific DB unit 106 based on the authentication key information. In addition, the authority key information management unit 104 manages the authority key information of the data input terminal 12 that updates the corporate member specific information of the corporate member DB unit 106, and operates the mobile phone terminal 20 that the corporate member 2 owns. However, when the application DB server 10 is accessed using this authority key information, it has a function of permitting the update of the corporate member unique information in the corporate member DB section 106 based on the authority key information. Corporate member 2
The member of may operate the data input terminal 12 directly by using the authority key information to update the corporate member specific information of the corporate member DB section 106. The DB reference / update control unit 105, under the instruction of the security management unit 103, the corporate member DB unit 106 and the common information DB unit 1
Reference (READ) and update (W) of the data stored in 07
RITE) control function.

The corporate member-specific DB unit 106 is a regular update information database unit 108 that is updated at regular intervals.
And the bulletin information DB unit 109 that updates information that is highly urgent for the members of the corporate member 2 at any time.
Stores the corporate member specific information disclosed to the members of. Preferably, the corporate member-specific DB unit 106 further includes a customer information DB unit that publishes information related to the provision of products and services for customers, a recruitment information DB unit related to employee recruitment, and a corporate entity that is open to the public. In, the corporate member information disclosed to members other than the members of the corporate member 2, such as the investor information DB unit, may be stored.

Here, the regular update information database unit 10
The periodic update information stored in 8 is typically the supplier information shown in FIG. 8, the keyman information shown in FIG.
The transaction information indicated by 0 is updated for a fixed period, for example, monthly or weekly. In the supplier information 800, the company name column 8
02, industry column 804, address / telephone column 806, representative column 8
08, a transaction relation column 810, a capital column 812, and an employee number column 814 are provided for each customer. Keyman information 9
In 00, a keyman name field 902, an address field 904, a date of birth field 906, a family field 908, a hobby field 910, a joining circle field 912, a friendship field 914, and a special note field 916 are provided for each keyman. The transaction information 1000 includes a transaction history column 1002, main transaction item column 1004, payment column 1006, current year transaction column 1008, and previous year transaction column 101.
0, annual transaction column 1012, transaction financial institution column 1014,
A main customer column 1016, an annual sales / ordinary profit column 1018, and a special item column 1020 are provided. Also, the bulletin information D
The highly urgent information stored in the B section 109 is typically the condolence information, credit information, and contact information of the customer as shown in FIG.

FIG. 3A shows an example of the data format of the memory card installed in the mobile phone terminal 20, as shown in FIG.
An example of a data format for information unique to a corporate member managed by the corporate member-specific DB unit 106 is shown in (b). As shown in FIG. 3A, the memory card 22 has an ID 200 assigned to each member of the corporate member and a telephone number or device address 2
02 (unique number of the mobile phone terminal 20) and others are recorded. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3B, D by corporate member
In the section B 106, an ID corresponding to the ID of the memory card 22 shown in FIG. 3A, that is, an ID 210 created by a combination of a chamber of commerce name, a corporate member name and its members, a telephone number or Device address 21
2, authority key 214, date of issue of memory card 22 2
16, card expiration date information 218 and the like are recorded.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart quoted for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, and shows the flow of the operation at the time of authentication at the time of providing the membership groupware service. The operation of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4. Prior to the detailed description, an outline of the membership groupware service will be described with reference to FIGS. A brief explanation will be given using the menu development view shown.

In FIG. 5, first, a top menu screen 500 is displayed on the mobile phone terminal, where five menus of address book, schedule, post office box, bulletin board, and company search are prepared. From this menu, the corporate member belonging to the contracted business and industry association selects the desired service, and the screen transition is performed according to the menu expansion prepared for each of the address book, calendar, post office box, bulletin board, and company search. On the address book screen 501, a menu screen of the address book is displayed, and the screen sequentially changes to the address book search screen 502, the address book detailed screen 503, and the group information screen 504 according to the user's operation. On the calendar screen 511,
The menu screen of the calendar is displayed, and the screen sequentially shifts to the monthly schedule screen 512, the weekly schedule screen 513, and the individual schedule case screen 514 according to the user's operation.

In FIG. 6, a PO box menu 521 is displayed on the PO box screen 521, and a mail transmission screen 522, a reception box screen 523, and a mail box screen 523 are displayed according to the user's operation.
The transmission box screen 524 is sequentially changed. In FIG. 7, a bulletin board screen 531 displays a menu board of the bulletin board, and in response to a user operation, a new posting screen 532,
The displayed news top detail screen 533 and the posted news next rank detail screen 534 are sequentially changed. Company search screen 541
Then, the company search menu screen is displayed, and the screen sequentially changes to the supplier information screen 542, the key man information screen 543, and the transaction information screen 544 in accordance with the user's operation.

When a company search is selected on the top menu screen 500 in the screen configuration of the mobile phone terminal as described above, a company search screen 541 prompting the user to enter search items required for the company search is displayed. If one or more of the necessary information is input here, each of the supplier information, keyman information, and transaction status of the corresponding company is displayed as a search result. Then, the member of the corporate member 2 can utilize the supplier information screen 542, the key man information screen 543, the transaction information screen 544, etc. displayed on the mobile phone terminal for sales support.

In order to realize such a company search, the member-only GW provider 1 receives the necessary data for the members of the corporate member 2 with respect to the corporate member 2 who has contracted in advance. It is necessary to mail a storage medium such as a flexible disk and update the contents of the corporate member-specific DB unit 106 from the data input terminal 12 offline. Or, from a corporate member 2 to a membership system GW provider 1
Undertake the data input agency by, DB part for each corporate member 1
It is necessary to keep the contents of 06 updated.

In FIG. 4, the corporate member 2 logs in to the site operated by the membership GW provider 1 through the IP network 50 by operating the mobile phone terminal 20 in which the memory card 22 is mounted ( S401). Upon receiving this, the application DB server 10 checks the ID and the telephone number or device address sent when the authentication key information management unit 102 receives the login, and uses the authentication key information as the authentication key information via the security management unit 103. Access or prohibit access to the corporate member specific information of the corporate member-specific database unit 106 based on (S40
2, S403). At this time, the authentication key information management unit 102
Further, it checks the card expiration date information recorded in the corporate member DB section 106 corresponding to the above ID, and permits access only when it is within the period (S404).

The security management unit 103 further checks whether the request from the corporate member 2 is reference or update (S405),
If it is a reference request, after the menu is displayed (S40
6) According to the menu selection instruction, read access is made to the corporate member DB 106 or the common information DB 107 via the DB reference / update control unit 105 for reference.
Here, if the access is related to the regular update information, reference to the regular update information DB unit 108 is permitted (S407, S4).
08), if the information is bulletin information, reference to the bulletin information DB unit 109 is permitted (S407, S409). Common information DB section 1
In the case of 07, the reference is permitted as in the bulletin information DB unit 109.

On the other hand, if the request is an update request in the determination processing of S405, the authority key information management unit 104 performs an authority check (S410), and when access is performed using this authority key information, the authority key information management unit 104 The security management unit 103 permits or prohibits update of the corporate member specific information in the corporate member-specific database unit 106 based on the authority key information (S411). This authority key is given only to a member who is permitted to update the corporate member specific information in the corporate member-specific database unit 106.

The communication interface unit 1 shown in FIG.
01, the authentication key information management unit 102, the security management unit 103, the authority key information management unit 104, the DB reference / update control unit 105, each program for realizing the function is recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. Then, the program recorded on the recording medium is read by a computer, and the computer sequentially reads and executes the program, whereby the membership groupware system of the present invention is constructed. The computer system mentioned here includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

Further, since the membership groupware system shown in the above embodiment is provided with the common information database section common to corporate members, a membership groupware provider that provides the membership groupware system. Will be able to provide a common infrastructure for corporate members. Therefore, for each corporate member, the merit of joining the membership-based groupware provider is great. In addition, for a group-based groupware provider that provides a group-based groupware system, it is useful for reducing the churn rate of existing subscribers and increasing the number of new subscribers.

[0032]

As described above, according to the membership system groupware system of the present invention, the database section for each corporate member provided for each corporate member and the authentication key information issued to the member of the corporate member. And a security management means for permitting access to the corporate member specific information of the corporate member-specific database section based on the authentication key information when the access using the authentication key information is received. , Even in relatively small organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce and corporate members of the Chamber of Commerce,
Information can be easily shared among members of the organization with a small investment amount, which can contribute to sales support.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram quoted for explaining a connection configuration of an infrastructure used by a membership groupware system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an application DB server 1 shown in FIG.
It is the block diagram which expanded and showed the internal structure of 0.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data format of authentication key information recorded in a memory card and a corporate member DB section used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart cited to explain the operation of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a menu development view quoted for explaining an outline of a membership-based groupware providing service realized by the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a menu development view quoted for explaining an outline of a membership-based groupware providing service realized by the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a menu development view quoted for explaining an outline of a membership-based groupware providing service realized by the present invention.

8 is a diagram showing an example of customer information stored in the corporate member DB section shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

9 is a diagram showing an example of keyman information stored in a corporate member-specific DB section shown in FIG. 1;

10 is a diagram showing an example of transaction information stored in the corporate member DB section shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of bulletin information stored in the corporate member DB section shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Membership groupware provider 2 ... Corporate member 3 ... Carrier 10 ... Application DB (database) server 20 ... Mobile phone terminal 30 ... Carrier server 40 ... Wireless public network 50 ... IP network 101 ... Communication interface section 102 ... Authentication key information management unit 103 ... Security Management Department 104 ... Authority key information management unit 105 ... DB (database) reference / update control unit 106 ... Corporate member DB (database) department 107 ... Common information DB (database) section 108 ... Regular update information section 109 ... Bulletin information DB (database) section

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A membership-based groupware system comprising a corporate member-specific database unit provided for each corporate member, and means for managing authentication key information issued to members of the corporate member; And a security management means for permitting access to the corporate member specific information of the corporate member specific database section based on the authentication key information when the access using the authentication key information is received; 2. The corporate member-specific database unit includes a regular update information database unit that is updated at regular intervals, and a bulletin database unit that updates information that is highly urgent for the corporate member members at any time. A membership groupware system according to item 1. 3. The member according to claim 1, wherein the authentication key information is a combination of ID information issued for each member of the corporate member and a telephone number or a device address of a communication organization accessed by the member. Groupware system. 4. The membership groupware system according to claim 3, wherein the authentication key information is stored in an IC card or an external memory connectable to a mobile information terminal used by a member of the corporate member. . 5. The membership groupware system according to claim 1, further comprising:
Means for managing authority key information of the input device for updating the corporate member specific information of the corporate member specific database section;
A membership system groupware system, comprising: corporate member security management means for permitting updating of the corporate member specific information in the corporate member specific database section based on the authority key information when accessing using the authority key information. 6. A method of operating a membership-based groupware used in a membership-based groupware system provided with a corporate-member-specific database section provided for each corporate member, which is notified to the membership-based groupware system. It is confirmed whether the authentication key information matches the authentication key information issued to the member of the corporate member in advance; when the authentication key information is confirmed to match, the corporate member corresponding to the authentication key information is confirmed. A method of operating membership-based groupware, which allows access to the corporate member specific information of another database; the sender of the authentication key information browses the corporate member specific information.