JP2003316246A - Instructor information offering server, education offering system, method therefor and its program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an instructor information offering server, an education offering system, an education offering method and its program to offer an education environment wherein users can receive instruction from instructors in a remote place through internet easily. <P>SOLUTION: An instructor information data base 33b stores information on the instructors about a specific item. A retrieval condition designating processing part 34 shows a retrieval condition designating screen facilitating the users to designate the retrieval condition about one or several specific items to a user's terminal. A retrieval processor 35 retrieves the instructor information corresponding to the retrieval condition designated by the users from the instructor information data base 33b, in the retrieval condition designating screen that the retrieval condition designating processor 34 shows to the user's terminal. A retrieval result screen processor 36 shows the retrieval result screen to the user's terminal based on the instructor information retrieved in the retrieval processor 35. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a teacher information providing server, an education providing system, an education providing method, and a program thereof for providing a user terminal connectable to a network with teacher information which is information about a teacher and an educational environment. Is.

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2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it is common for college students in each region to serve as tutors for elementary, middle and high school students in each region. Also,
Due to the improvement of the communication speed of the Internet in recent years,
There is a system capable of real-time audio-visual communication between users who are connected to the Internet and use a user terminal equipped with an imaging device for capturing a moving image of the user and a calling device for making a call. Are being offered. In addition, a videophone system is being provided that enables an English conversation teacher and a student to communicate with each other in real time by using a videophone.

[0003]

As described above, elementary, middle and high school students in each area were taught by university students in each area as private tutors. Especially in universities where high school students aspire, the areas where the high school students live Often not in university. For this reason,
There is a demand for an educational environment in which remote university students (teachers) can easily receive instruction from the Internet. In addition, a videophone system capable of communicating with an English conversation teacher and a student in real time using audiovisual is beginning to be provided, but there are the following problems as compared with the case of using the Internet.・ It is difficult to communicate textual information on TV because of its low resolution.・ You cannot use the electronic materials available on the computer.・ I cannot easily provide information about teachers. As described above, there is a demand for an educational environment in which text information communication and electronic teaching materials can be used by using the Internet. Also, it has been desired to provide information about teachers in remote areas using the Internet.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and is a teacher information providing server and an education providing server for providing an educational environment in which a teacher at a remote place using the Internet can easily receive instruction. The purpose is to provide a system, a method for providing education, and a program therefor. Another object of the present invention is to provide a teacher information providing server, an education providing system, an education providing method, and a program thereof for providing an educational environment and teacher information in which text information communication and electronic teaching materials can be used. .

[0005]

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and in the teacher information providing server according to the present invention, the teacher information providing is accessible from the user terminal connectable to the network. A server, which is a server, includes a teacher information database that stores teacher information that is information about teachers about predetermined items, and a search condition specification screen that prompts the user to specify search conditions for one or more of the predetermined items. A search condition designating means to be presented to the terminal, and a search means to search the teacher information database for the teacher information corresponding to the search condition designated by the user on the search condition designating screen presented to the user terminal by the search condition designating means, A search result screen processing means for presenting a search result screen to a user terminal based on the teacher information searched by the search means is provided. To.

Further, the teacher information providing server according to the present invention further comprises a user authenticating means for authenticating the user based on the authentication information for authenticating the user received from the user terminal, and the search result The screen processing means is characterized by presenting, to the user terminal of the user authenticated by the user authentication means, a search result screen including detailed teacher information as compared with the unauthenticated user.

Further, in the teacher information providing server according to the present invention, when the user selects a specific teacher from the search result screen presented by the search result screen processing means to the user terminal, the specific teacher is requested to give guidance. It is characterized by further comprising a guidance request screen processing means for presenting a guidance request screen for performing on a user terminal.

Further, in the teacher information providing server according to the present invention, the teacher information includes at least one of the predetermined items as academic information about the academic background of the teacher, and the search condition designating means searches the academic background of the teacher. It is characterized in that a search condition designation screen including at least means for designating as a condition is presented to the user terminal.

Further, in the teacher information providing server according to the present invention, the teacher information further includes major field information which is information relating to the major field or specialty of the teacher as one of predetermined items, and the search condition designating means, It is characterized in that a search condition designation screen further including means for designating a major field or specialty field of a teacher as a search condition is presented to the user terminal.

Further, the teacher information providing server according to the present invention is a teacher information providing server which is accessible from a user terminal connectable to a network, and stores teacher information which is information about a teacher about a predetermined item. A teacher information database, a receiving means for receiving from the user terminal student information, which is information regarding students who wish to teach to the teacher, and a compatibility with the student identified by the student information based on the student information received by the receiving means. And a search result screen processing unit that presents a search result screen to the user terminal based on the teacher information searched by the compatibility search unit. Is characterized by.

Further, the teacher information providing server according to the present invention further comprises a student information input screen processing means for presenting a student information input screen for prompting the input of student information to the user terminal, and the receiving means is the student information input screen. It is characterized in that the screen processing means receives the student information input on the student information input screen presented to the user terminal from the user terminal via the network.

Further, in the education providing system according to the present invention, there are provided a teacher terminal for use by a teacher having an image pickup device and a communication device, and a student terminal for use by a student having an image pickup device and a communication device. An education providing system for providing an education environment capable of real-time audiovisual communication via a network between a teacher authentication means for authenticating a teacher using a teacher terminal at least before using the education environment. , Manage the reservation and use time of the educational environment with the student authentication means that authenticates the student who uses the student terminal at least before using the educational environment, the teacher authenticated by the teacher authentication means, and the student authenticated by the student authentication means And a schedule management means for performing the operation.

Further, in the education providing system according to the present invention, the teacher authenticating means is characterized in that the biometric information of the teacher is used to perform the authentication a plurality of times before and during the use of the educational environment.

Further, in the education providing system according to the present invention, a part or all of the communication utilizing the audiovisual sense between the teacher and the student, which is performed between the teacher terminal and the student terminal, is used as the video data, and the student identification information for identifying the student is provided. Communication video recording means for recording in association with each other,
The communication image recording means records the student related person authentication means for authenticating the related person of the student identified by the student identification information and the terminal used by the related person authenticated by the student related person authentication means in association with the student identification information. A reproduction permitting means for permitting reproduction of the video data is further provided.

Further, in the education providing system according to the present invention, there are provided a teacher terminal for use by a teacher having an image pickup device and a communication device, and a student terminal for use by a student having an image pickup device and a communication device. An education providing system for providing an education environment capable of real-time audiovisual communication via a network between a teacher information database that stores teacher information that is information about a teacher about a predetermined item, and a predetermined In the search condition specifying means for presenting the search condition specifying screen for prompting the student to specify the search condition for one or more of the items to the student terminal and the search condition specifying screen presented to the user terminal by the search condition specifying means Search means for searching the teacher information database for the teacher information corresponding to the search condition specified by Based on the searched teacher information, the search result screen processing means for presenting the search result screen to the student terminal and the specific teacher selected from the teachers included in the search result screen presented to the student terminal by the search result screen processing means Teaching reservation screen processing means for presenting a teaching reservation screen for booking teaching on the student terminal, teacher authentication means for authenticating a teacher using the teacher terminal at least before using the educational environment, and a student using the student terminal Student authentication means for authenticating at least before using the educational environment, and instruction reservation information that the student has reserved the instruction of a specific teacher on the instruction reservation screen presented by the instruction reservation screen processing means to the student terminal, and the teacher authentication means. It is characterized by comprising schedule management means for managing the actual use time of the educational environment between the authenticated teacher and the student authenticated by the student authentication means.

The education providing method according to the present invention is an education providing method for providing teacher information, which is information about a teacher, to a user terminal that can be connected to a network. The first step of presenting the search condition designation screen prompting the user to specify the information search condition to the user terminal, and the search designated by the user on the search condition designation screen presented to the user terminal in the first step Based on the second step of searching the teacher information database that stores the teacher information for a predetermined item for the teacher information that corresponds to the condition, and the search result screen on the user terminal based on the teacher information searched in the second step. And a third step of presenting.

Further, the education providing method according to the present invention further comprises a fourth step of authenticating the user based on the authentication information for authenticating the user received from the user terminal. The step is characterized by presenting a search result screen including detailed teacher information to the user terminal of the user authenticated in the fourth step as compared with the unauthenticated user.

Further, in the education providing method according to the present invention, when the user selects a specific teacher from the search result screen presented on the user terminal in the second step, the specific teacher is requested to give guidance. Is further provided with a fifth step of presenting the instruction request screen of No. 1 to the user terminal.

Further, in the method for providing education according to the present invention, the teacher information includes at least one of the predetermined items as academic information about the academic background of the teacher, and the second step is to search the educational background of the teacher as a search condition. The present invention is characterized in that a search condition designation screen including at least means for designating as is presented to the user terminal.

Further, the education providing method according to the present invention is an education providing method of providing teacher information, which is information about a teacher, to a user terminal that can be connected to a network, and provides information about a student who wants to teach a teacher. Based on the first step of receiving certain student information from the user terminal, and based on the student information received in the first step, the teacher information of the teacher who is compatible with the student specified by the student information is set in a predetermined item. About a teacher information database storing teacher information, and a third step of presenting a search result screen to a user terminal based on the teacher information searched in the second step. Characterize.

Further, in the education providing method according to the present invention, a teacher terminal for use by a teacher having an image pickup device and a communication device, and a student terminal for use by a student having an image pickup device and a communication device. Via the network between
A method for providing an educational environment that enables real-time audiovisual communication, comprising a first step of authenticating a teacher who uses a teacher terminal before using the educational environment, and a student terminal. The second step of authenticating the students at least before using the educational environment, the reservation of the educational environment with the teacher authenticated in the first step, and the student authenticated in the second step, and management of the use time of the third And the steps of.

In the method for providing education according to the present invention, the first step is characterized in that the biometric information of the teacher is used to perform authentication a plurality of times before and during the use of the educational environment.

Further, in the education providing method according to the present invention, a part or all of the communication utilizing the audiovisual sense between the teacher and the student, which is performed between the teacher terminal and the student terminal, is used as the video data to generate the student identification information for identifying the student. In the fourth step, the fourth step of associating and recording, the fifth step of authenticating the related person of the student identified by the student identification information, and the terminal used by the related person authenticated in the fifth step, And a sixth step of permitting reproduction of the video data recorded in association with the student identification information.

Further, in the education providing method according to the present invention, a teacher terminal for use by a teacher having an image pickup device and a communication device, and a student terminal for use by a student having an image pickup device and a communication device. Via the network between
A method of providing an educational environment that enables real-time communication using audiovisual, and specifies a search condition that prompts a student to specify a search condition of teacher information that is information about a teacher regarding one or more of predetermined items. The first step of presenting the screen to the student terminal, and the teacher information corresponding to the search condition specified by the user on the search condition specification screen presented to the user terminal in the first step, is the teacher information for the predetermined item. The second step of searching from the teacher information database storing the, the third step of presenting the search result screen to the student terminal based on the teacher information searched in the second step, and the student terminal in the third step. Present a student appointment screen to the student terminal to reserve an instruction from a specific teacher selected from the teachers included in the search result screen A fifth step of authenticating a teacher who uses the teacher terminal at least before using the educational environment, and a sixth step of authenticating a student who uses the student terminal at least before using the educational environment, In the instruction reservation screen presented to the student terminal in the fourth step, the instruction reservation information in which the student has reserved the instruction of the specific teacher, the teacher authenticated in the fifth step, and the student authenticated in the sixth step And a seventh step of managing the use time of the educational environment in.

Further, the program according to the present invention is a program for an education providing system that provides teacher information, which is information about a teacher, to a user terminal that can be connected to a network, and teaches one or more of predetermined items. The first step of presenting to the user terminal a search condition designation screen that prompts the user to specify the information search condition, and the search specified by the user on the search condition designation screen presented to the user terminal in the first step A second step of searching the teacher information database that stores the teacher information for a predetermined item for the teacher information that meets the condition, and a search result screen on the user terminal based on the teacher information searched in the second step. Is a program for causing a computer to execute the third step of presenting.

The program according to the present invention further comprises a fourth step of authenticating the user based on the authentication information for authenticating the user received from the user terminal, and the second step is A program for causing a computer to present a search result screen including detailed teacher information to the user terminal of the user authenticated in the fourth step as compared with the unauthenticated user.

Further, the program according to the present invention, when the user selects a particular teacher from the search result screen presented on the user terminal in the second step, a guidance request for requesting guidance to the particular teacher. It is a program for causing a computer to further execute the fifth step of presenting a screen to a user terminal.

Further, in the program according to the present invention, the teacher information includes at least one of the predetermined items, which is information about the educational background of the teacher, and the second step is:
The program is characterized by presenting a search condition designation screen including at least means for designating a teacher's academic background as a search condition to a user terminal.

The program according to the present invention is a program for an education providing system that provides teacher information, which is information about a teacher, to a user terminal that can be connected to a network. Based on the first step of receiving certain student information from the user terminal, and based on the student information received in the first step, the teacher information of the teacher who is compatible with the student specified by the student information is set in a predetermined item. The computer with the second step of searching the teacher information database that stores the teacher information about the subject, and the third step of presenting the search result screen to the user terminal based on the teacher information retrieved in the second step. It is a program to let you.

Further, the program according to the present invention makes a network between a teacher terminal for use by a teacher having an imaging device and a communication device, and a student terminal for use by a student having an imaging device and a communication device. Is a program for an education providing system that provides an education environment capable of real-time communication using audiovisuals via a first step of authenticating a teacher who uses a teacher terminal at least before using the education environment. And a second step of authenticating the student who uses the student terminal at least before using the educational environment, and a teacher authenticated in the first step,
A program for causing a computer to execute the third step of managing the reservation and use time of the educational environment with the students authenticated in the second step.

Further, the program according to the present invention is a program for causing a computer to further execute the fourth step of presenting to the teacher terminal information about a student to be instructed.

The program according to the present invention is a program for causing a computer to further execute the fifth step of providing a common electronic teaching material to a teacher terminal and a student terminal that utilize an educational environment.

In the program according to the present invention, the first step is a program characterized in that the biometric information of the teacher is used to authenticate a plurality of times before and during the use of the educational environment.

Further, the program according to the present invention records a part or all of the communication using the audiovisual sense between the teacher and the student, which is performed between the teacher terminal and the student terminal, as video data, in association with the student identification information for identifying the student. 7th step, 8th step of authenticating the person concerned of the student identified by the student identification information, and the terminal used by the person concerned authenticated in the 8th step, the student identification information in the 7th step And a program for causing a computer to further execute a ninth step of permitting reproduction of video data recorded in association with.

Further, the program according to the present invention makes a network between a teacher terminal for use by a teacher having an image pickup device and a communication device, and a student terminal for use by a student having an image pickup device and a communication device. It is a program for an education providing system that provides an education environment in which real-time communication using audiovisual is possible via, and specifies search conditions for teacher information that is information about the teacher about one or more of predetermined items. The first step of presenting to the student terminal a search condition designation screen that prompts the student to
Second step of searching for teacher information corresponding to the search condition specified by the user on the search condition specification screen presented to the user terminal in the first step from the teacher information database storing the teacher information for a predetermined item Then, based on the teacher information searched in the second step, the third step of presenting the search result screen to the student terminal and the teacher included in the search result screen presented to the student terminal in the third step were selected. A fourth step of presenting a guidance reservation screen for booking guidance from a specific teacher to the student terminal, a fifth step of authenticating a teacher who uses the teacher terminal at least before using the educational environment, and a student At least the sixth step of authenticating the student who uses the terminal before using the educational environment, and the instruction reservation screen presented to the student terminal in the fourth step Further includes the instruction reservation information in which the teacher's instruction is reserved, the teacher authenticated in the fifth step, and the seventh step of managing the actual use time of the educational environment with the student authenticated in the sixth step. It is a program to be executed by a computer.

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BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention. However, the following embodiments do not limit the invention described in the claims, and all of the combinations of features described in the embodiments are required for the solution means of the invention. Not necessarily. First, the overall configuration of a network system including an education providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a network system including an education providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, reference numeral 11 indicates the network 1.
A student terminal A, a student terminal B, which is a terminal (user terminal or student terminal) that can be connected to the device 2 and is used by a student having an imaging device and a communication device (hereinafter referred to as student terminal 11). is there. Reference numeral 13 denotes a teacher terminal A, a teacher terminal B, ... (Hereinafter, referred to as a teacher terminal 13) which are terminals that can be connected to the network 12 and are used by a teacher having an imaging device and a communication device.

Although not shown, the student terminal 11 and the teacher terminal 13 are, for example, a CRT (Cathode R).
a display device such as an ay tube) or a liquid crystal display device,
For example, an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse is provided.
The student terminal 11 and the teacher terminal 13 are connected to the network 1
It is also provided with software and hardware for transmitting and receiving the images taken by the image pickup device and for making a call using the call device in real time by meeting the two. In FIG. 2 (a),
The external appearance schematic diagram of the student terminal 11 and the imaging device and communication device with which the student terminal 11 is shown is shown. As shown in the figure, an imaging device 11a, which is an imaging camera, and a communication device 1, which is a headphone with a microphone, are provided in a laptop computer as a student terminal 11.
1b is connected. Further, the teacher terminal 13 has a similar form, and although not shown in FIG. 1, the imaging device and the telephone device are connected. The student terminal 11 and the teacher terminal 13
The form is not limited to the above, and may be a computer terminal or the like having a built-in image pickup function or call function.

14 is requested by the student terminal 11
It is a teacher information providing server that provides teacher information to students or their parents. Further, the teacher information providing server 14
It also has a function of accepting registration of teacher information from the teacher terminal 13. An education environment providing server 15 provides an education environment in which the student terminal 11 and the teacher terminal 13 can communicate with each other via the network 12. Specifically, the educational environment providing server 15 provides the student terminal 11 with an educational environment screen 21 for students as shown in FIG. Also,
The education environment providing server 15 has a teacher education environment screen 5 that is slightly different from the student education environment screen 21 as shown in FIG.
1 is provided to the teacher terminal 13. The teacher terminal 13 may be provided with the same educational environment screen 21 as the student terminal 11. The educational environment screen 21 will be described below.

FIG. 2B is a diagram showing an example of an educational environment screen provided by the educational environment providing server 15 to the student terminal 11 in the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 21
Is an educational environment screen provided by the educational environment providing server 15 to the student terminal 11. Reference numeral 22 is a today's schedule field that indicates scheduled schedule information for guidance that the students receive from the teacher on that day. Reference numeral 23 is a teacher video playback area which is an area for playing back in real time the video of the teacher imaged by the imaging device of the teacher terminal 13. Reference numeral 24 denotes a student video reproduction area which is an area for reproducing a video of the student imaged by the imaging device 11a included in the student terminal 11 in real time.

Reference numeral 25 is a character communication area for real-time character communication between the teacher terminal 13 and the student terminal 11. Two
Reference numeral 6 is a teaching material acquisition link area that displays links for acquiring the electronic teaching material of the subject and unit shown in the schedule column 22 of the present day when the teacher terminal 13 and the student terminal 11 use common electronic teaching materials. is there. Reference numeral 27 is a volume gauge for adjusting the volume heard from the communication device 11b, which is a headphone with a microphone. The education environment providing server 15 provides the above-described education environment screen 21 to the student terminal 11, so that the student can receive instruction from a teacher in a remote place. The education environment providing server 15 also provides the teacher terminal 13 with an education environment screen 51 (for a teacher) similar to the education environment screen 21, so that the teacher can instruct a student in a remote place.

Reference numeral 16 includes an electronic teaching material database 16a for storing various electronic teaching materials that can be used on a computer, and provides electronic teaching materials for providing electronic teaching materials to the student terminal 11 and the teacher terminal 13 via the educational environment providing server 15. It is a server. A student terminal 11 includes at least a teacher information providing server 14 and an educational environment providing server 15.
An education providing system that provides various services for easily using the education environment via the network 12 between the teacher terminal 13 and the teacher terminal 13.

Next, an outline of two main operations in the above-described education providing system 17 will be described. First, the outline of the operation when the teacher information providing server 14 searches the student terminal 11 for a teacher who the student or a guardian of the student desires to teach will be described. First, when a student or a guardian of a student wants to find a teacher who wants to be instructed, he / she accesses the teacher information providing server 14 from the student terminal 11. Next, the teacher information providing server 14 presents a search condition input screen for searching teacher information to the student terminal 11. As a result, the search condition is input in the student terminal 11 and transmitted to the teacher information providing server 14 via the network 12.
Next, the teacher information providing server 14 searches for teacher information matching the search condition received from the student terminal 11, and
Present to 1. As described above, in the student terminal 11, the student or the guardian of the student can acquire the information about the teacher who matches the desired condition. As a result, the student or the guardian of the student can request the teacher to request the instruction.

Next, the outline of the operation of the educational environment providing server 15 for providing the student and the teacher with the educational environment when the student or the guardian of the student makes a contract for the instruction through the network 12 with the specific teacher. To do. First, the educational environment providing server 1 from the student terminal 11 and the teacher terminal 13
Go to 5. As a result, the educational environment providing server 1
5 shows the educational environment screen 21 shown in FIG. 2B to the student terminal 11 and the educational environment screen 51 shown in FIG.
Present to. As a method for displaying the educational environment screen shared by the student and the teacher, for example, a method similar to a method of virtually sharing the same chat room with a chat service or the like may be used. In this embodiment, a method is used in which each of the student and the teacher logs in using the student ID, the teacher ID, and the password. As described above, the educational environment providing server 15 can provide the student terminal 11 and the teacher terminal 13 with a teaching environment in which communication is possible in real time.

When the student clicks “Math” on the teaching material acquisition link 26 on the education environment screen 21 presented to the student terminal 11, the student terminal 11 sends “Math 1” to the education environment providing server 15. Request electronic teaching materials. As a result, the educational environment providing server 15 requests the electronic teaching material providing server 16 for the electronic teaching material of "mathematics 1". Next, the electronic teaching material providing server 16 searches the electronic teaching material database 16 a for the requested electronic teaching material of “mathematical 1” and transmits it to the educational environment providing server 15. As a result, the educational environment providing server 15 requests the “math 1” requested to the student terminal 11.
Send electronic teaching materials. Further, the same process is performed on the teacher terminal 13. From the above, the educational environment providing server 1
5 can provide a common electronic teaching material to the student terminal 11 and the teacher terminal 13 upon request.

Next, the teacher information providing server 1 shown in FIG.
The schematic configuration of No. 4 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the teacher information providing server 14 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 31 is a control unit for controlling the data in the teacher information providing server 14 and each processing unit. Reference numeral 32 denotes a transmission / reception processing unit that transmits / receives various information via the network 12. 33 is
It is a database that stores various kinds of information for providing teacher information via the network 12. As shown in FIG. 3, the database 33 stores an authentication information database 33a for authenticating a user, a teacher information database 33b that stores teacher information that is information about a teacher, and student information that is information about a student. It comprises a student information database 33c and a request information database 33d for storing request information for requesting teachers to give guidance.

Here, the authentication information database 33a and the teacher information database 33 included in the database 33 are included.
b, a configuration example of the student information database 33c will be described with reference to the drawings. First, a configuration example of the authentication information database 33a will be described. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the authentication information database 33a according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the following information is stored as "authentication information" which is information for authenticating a user who uses the teacher information providing server 14 via the network 12. The “login name” is information regarding a user ID that identifies a user (student or guardian of a student) who uses the teacher information providing server 14 via the network 12. The “login name” is also a character string input when logging in to the teacher information providing server 14 via the network 12. "Password" means "login name"
This is information related to the password that authenticates the user specified by.

In this embodiment, the method of authenticating the user with the password is used, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various uses such as authentication using the biometric information of the user (fingerprint, voiceprint, iris, ...). It is preferable to use a method of authenticating a person. Also,
The information stored in the authentication information database 32a is also information according to the authentication method used.

The "user information" is information about the user identified by the "login name", and is the information shown below. The “user name” is information about the name of the user. "Address, contact information" means address, telephone number, fax
Information about numbers, email addresses, etc.
The “student information” is information about a student who receives guidance when the user is a guardian of the student, and is, for example, information such as student ID, name, age, school name, grade, and gender. The student ID and the user ID may be the same.
The “search condition information” is information about search conditions used by the user to search for teacher information in the past, or information about search conditions registered in advance. The search conditions include the educational background and sex of the teacher, which will be described in detail later.

Next, a configuration example of the teacher information database 33b will be described. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the teacher information database 33b in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the teacher information providing server 14 stores the following information as “teacher information” which is information about the teacher to be provided to the student terminal 11 via the network 12. The "teacher ID" is an identifier for identifying each teacher. The “name information” is information regarding the name (kanji) or reading of the teacher identified by the “teacher ID”.
The “educational history information” is information related to the educational background of the teacher identified by the “teacher ID” and includes the following information.

The "hometown elementary school information" is information on the hometown elementary school of the teacher identified by the "teacher ID", and also includes information on the examination history as to whether or not the student took the examination to enter the elementary school. The “hometown junior high school information” is information on the hometown junior high school of the teacher identified by the “teacher ID”, and also includes information on the examination history as to whether or not the student took the examination to enter the junior high school. “Old school information” is information about the high school of the teacher identified by the “teacher ID”, and also includes information on the examination history of whether or not the student took the examination to enter the high school.
The “preparatory school career information” is information regarding the career history of the teacher identified by the “teacher ID” if the teacher has a history of studying at the preparatory school. The “in-university information” is information on the university to which the teacher identified by the “teacher ID” is enrolled, and is information such as university name, department, major (or department), and grade. If the teacher has already graduated from the university, similar information may be stored as the “university information”. As described above, the information about the educational background required by the teachers by the students and their guardians is included as "educational information".

As "examination experience information", "Teacher I"
The name of the university that the teacher identified by "D" has experienced in the past,
Information such as “examination destination”, which is information about the department, “examination subject”, which is information regarding the subject taken, and “pass / fail result”, which is information regarding the pass / fail, are stored. Also, as "personal information", the birthplace, age, sex, date of birth, address, contact information (telephone number, etc.) of the teacher identified by the "teacher ID"
Stores information such as e-mail address, ...), and the account number to which the salary will be paid for guidance.

The "instruction information" is information about the (possible) subject to be instructed by the teacher identified by the "teacher ID", the date and time, the past teaching history, and the amount of money per hour of instruction. , "Teachable subject", "Teachable date and time", "Teaching background information", "Teaching unit price information", "Personal P"
“R information”, etc. Further, “evaluation information” is information regarding evaluation of the teacher identified by the “teacher ID” with respect to past instruction, and is “number of tardiness”, “teaching ability”, “communication ability”. There is an evaluation item such as “teaching ability” and “communication ability” means, for example, the teaching ability of the teacher in five stages of A, B, C, D, and E based on a dedicated test and past achievements. It is the ability to evaluate the ability to communicate. As described above, the teacher information database 33b stores various information regarding the teacher so that the teacher information database 33b can be searched under various search conditions.

Next, a configuration example of the student information database 33c will be described. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the student information database 33c in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, when searching for teacher information using the teacher information providing server 14, “student information”, which is information about the student for checking compatibility with the student, is a “student ID” that identifies the student. Stored in association with. "Student name" is the name of the student. “Age and sex” is information regarding age and sex. The “student guardian information” is information regarding the guardian of the student and includes information such as “guardian name”, “occupation, address” and the like. The “desired subject” is information on the subject identified by the “student ID” for which the student desires guidance. The “address, contact information” is information on the address and contact information (phone number, e-mail address) of the student identified by the “student ID”.

The "specialties and weak points" are "students I.
D) is information about the subject that the student is good at and the subjects that are not good at it. "Grade information" means that the student identified by "Student ID" is currently studying or is a test of the subject. Information about grades, "club activity, hobby information" is information on club activity and hobby of the student identified by "student ID.""Personalityinformation" is
This is information on the personality of the student identified by the "student ID". The “educational history information” is information related to the academic history of the student identified by the “student ID”. The “desired school information” is information about the student's desired school identified by the “student ID”. The “desired date and time information” is information regarding the date and time when the student identified by the “student ID” desires guidance.

Next, a configuration example of the request information database 33d will be described. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the request information database 33d in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, after searching the teacher information using the teacher information providing server 14, the "request information", which is the information that the user requests the target teacher to give guidance, is a "request ID" that identifies the request information. Stored in association with. "Requester information" is information about a user who requests a teacher to give guidance, and includes "user ID", "user name", "occupation,"
It is information such as "address". "Student information" is information about the students who want the teacher to give guidance. The "date and time when you want to teach, period" is the information about the date and time when you want to teach the teacher. "Course you want to teach" is the subject that you want to teach. Is information about.

Next, the description returns to the internal configuration of the teacher information providing server 14. Reference numeral 34 is a search condition designation processing unit (search condition) that presents the student or the guardian of the student with a search condition designation screen 61 shown in FIG. Designated means). As shown in FIG. 6, on the search condition specification screen 61, the check column 62 of the item of the search condition is clicked to make the check state (⊚ in the figure) to specify. Next, a desired search condition is input to the input field 63 for the item designated by checking the check field 62. In FIG. 6, the search condition items are designated by checking the check boxes 62 of “name of university and department of enrollment”, “sex”, “years of teaching experience”, and “communication ability”. In addition, in the input field 63 corresponding to the designated item, as search conditions, "○ × University Faculty of Engineering", "Male", "1"
"Year" and "A" are entered. When the send button 64 is clicked, the student terminal 11 sends the search condition specified on the search condition specifying screen 61 to the teacher information providing server 14 via the network 12. The teacher information database 33 stores the teacher information corresponding to the search condition designated by the student or the guardian of the student on the search condition designation screen 61 presented to the student terminal 11 by the search condition designation processing unit 34.
This is a search processing unit (search means) for searching from b.

Reference numeral 36 is a search result screen processing unit (search result screen processing means) which presents a search result screen to the student terminal 11 based on the teacher information searched by the search processing unit 35. Here, the operation of the search result screen processing unit 36 will be further described. The search result screen processing unit 36 excludes information that easily identifies an individual, such as a teacher's personal name, or information that is likely to violate privacy, from the teacher information that is the search result retrieved from the teacher information database 33b. Simple teacher information including predetermined items is displayed as a search result. Furthermore, when the person requesting the teacher information can be authenticated by using the student terminal 11 by some method, the search result screen processing unit 36 displays more detailed teacher information as the search result.

Reference numeral 37 refers to the authentication information for authenticating the user (student or guardian of the student) received from the student terminal from the authentication information database 33a, and authenticates the user by a user authentication processing section (use Person authentication means). 38
Presents to the student terminal 11 an instruction request screen for requesting instruction to a specific teacher when the user selects a specific teacher from the search result screen presented by the search result screen processing unit 36 to the student terminal 11. The instruction request screen processing unit (instruction request screen processing means).

Reference numeral 39 is a compatibility search processing section for determining compatibility between a student and a teacher by referring to the teacher information database 33b and the student information database 33c. 3A searches teacher information regularly or at any time based on the search condition information once registered by the student or the guardian of the student, and if there is applicable teacher information, the search result is sent to the student or the guardian of the student. It is an automatic search processing unit for notifying. 3B is a student information input screen processing unit that presents a student information input screen for registering student information in the student information database 33c to the student terminal 11.

Next, the educational environment providing server 1 shown in FIG.
The schematic configuration of No. 5 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the educational environment providing server 15 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 41 is a control unit that controls data in the educational environment providing server 15 and each processing unit. A transmission / reception processing unit 42 transmits / receives various kinds of information via the network 12. 43 is
Student terminal 11 and teacher terminal 13 via the network 12
Is a database that stores various information for providing an educational environment that enables real-time communication. As shown in FIG. 4, the database 43 stores an authentication information database 43a for authenticating a teacher and a student, and schedule information that is information about a schedule of teaching promised between the teacher and the student or past achievements. The schedule information database 43b, and the video information that is stored in association with the student ID that identifies the student, as a part or all of the communication between the teacher terminal 13 and the student terminal 11 using the audiovisual sense of the teacher and the student as video data. A guidance information database 43d that stores a database 33c, guidance information including at least information about the degree of understanding of the student and the score of the test for each unit of the course in which the teacher has finished teaching the student, and information about the task given to the student by the teacher. It is equipped with. In addition, a part or all of the communication means, for example, a part or the whole of video information including at least a video from an imaging device of each terminal and a voice from a communication device exchanged between the student terminal 11 and the teacher terminal 13. That is.

A teacher authentication processing unit 44 authenticates the teacher who uses the teacher terminal 13 by referring to the authentication information database 43a at least before using the educational environment (for example, when making an access request to the educational environment providing server 15). (Teacher authentication means). Reference numeral 45 denotes a student authentication processing unit (student authentication) that authenticates a student who uses the student terminal 11 at least before using the educational environment (for example, when making an access request to the educational environment providing server 15) by referring to the authentication information database 43a. Means). As a method for the teacher authentication processing unit 44 and the student authentication processing unit 45 to authenticate teachers and students, a method of authenticating with a login name and a password,
It is suitable to use various authentication methods such as a method of acquiring biometric information of a teacher and a student and using it for authentication.

A schedule management unit 46 manages the reservation and use time of the educational environment of the teacher authenticated by the teacher authentication processing unit 44 and the student authenticated by the student authentication processing unit 45 with reference to the schedule information database 43b. (Schedule management means). 47 is a student authentication processing unit 4
5 presents the educational environment screen 21 shown in FIG. 2B to the student terminal 11 of the student who has been authenticated, and the teacher environment 13 shown in FIG.
1 is an educational environment screen processing unit that enables communication in real time. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, in the educational environment screen 51 for teachers, reference numerals 52 to 5
Up to 7, the same information and video are displayed corresponding to the reference numerals 22 to 27 on the educational environment screen 21. Reference numeral 58 is a student information presentation area for presenting student information that is information about the students to be instructed. Reference numeral 59 is an instruction history presentation area for displaying past instruction history for the instructing student.

Reference numeral 48 denotes a student-related person authentication processing section (student-related person authentication means) for authenticating a person (eg, guardian) of the student identified by the student ID. The student-related person authentication processing unit 48 identifies the related person of the student by the user ID.
The student and the related person of the student may be the same person, and in this case, the user ID and the student ID may be the same identifier. Reference numeral 49 reads out video data, which is the past instruction video stored in the video information data base 43c in association with the student ID, in the network terminal used by the student related person authenticated by the student related person authentication processing unit 48. This is a reproduction permission processing unit (reproduction permission means) for permitting the reproduction.

Reference numeral 4A is a student information presentation processing section (student information presentation means) for presenting information on the student to be instructed to the teacher terminal 13 as in the student information presentation area 58 of the educational environment screen 51 shown in FIG. 4B is a teacher who uses the educational environment provided by the educational environment providing server 15 like the educational material acquisition link area 26 of the educational environment screen 21 shown in FIG. 2 or the educational material acquisition link area 56 of the educational environment screen 51 shown in FIG. An electronic teaching material providing processing unit that provides electronic teaching materials common to the terminal 13 and the student terminal 11. 4C is a student terminal 11
A part or all of the video information including at least the video from the imaging device of each terminal and the audio from the communication device exchanged between the teacher terminal 13 and the teacher terminal 13 via the network 12,
This is a video recording processing unit for recording in the video information database 43c. 4D is a guidance history information presentation processing unit (teaching history information presenting means) that presents past guidance information to the students who are instructing the teacher terminal 13 as in the guidance information presentation area 59 of the education environment screen 51 shown in FIG. Is.

The processing units shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.
It may be realized by dedicated hardware, and each processing unit is composed of a memory and a CPU (central processing unit), and a program for realizing the function of each processing unit is loaded into the memory. The function may be realized by executing the function. The memory is a non-volatile memory such as a hard disk device, a magneto-optical disk device, a flash memory, a read-only recording medium such as a CD-ROM, or a RAM (Random).
m Access Memory), or a computer-readable / writable recording medium using a combination thereof.

Next, the operation of the above-mentioned teacher information providing server 14 will be described. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the teacher information providing server 14 in the embodiment of the present invention. A case will be described in which the teacher information providing service provided by the teacher information providing server 14 is used by the student (planned person) or the guardian of the student from the student terminal 11 shown in FIG.

First, the student terminal 11 executes a program to use the teacher information providing server 14, so that the student terminal 11 transmits a request for searching teacher information to the teacher information providing server 14 (t1). The transmission / reception processing unit 32 of the teacher information providing server 14 receives the search request. Next, in response to this request, the search condition designation processing unit 34
Creates a search condition designation screen 61 shown in FIG. 6 that prompts the student or the guardian of the student to specify the search condition for one or more of the predetermined items (t2). Next, the search condition designation processing unit 34 includes the transmission / reception processing unit 32 and the network 1.
The search condition designation screen 61 is presented to the student terminal 11 via 2 (t3).

Here, on the search condition designation screen 61, the student or the guardian of the student designates the item of the desired search condition in the check box 62 as shown in FIG. 6, and enters the search condition for the designated item. Input to 63 (t4). Next, when the student or the guardian of the student clicks the send button 64 after completing the input on the search condition designation screen 61, the student terminal 11 provides the search condition set on the search condition designation screen 61 with the teacher information. Send to server 14 (t
5). As a result, the transmission / reception processing unit 32 of the teacher information providing server 14 receives the search condition. Next, the search processing unit 35 searches the teacher information database 33b for teacher information corresponding to the search condition designated by the student or the guardian of the student on the search condition designation screen 61 (t6).

Next, the search result screen processing unit 36 presents a search result screen containing simple teacher information to the student terminal 11 based on the teacher information searched by the search processing unit 35 (t7).
The search result screen processing unit 36 is the user authentication processing unit 37.
On the student terminal 11 operated by a student who has not been authenticated or a guardian of the student, a simple list of teacher information that does not include information that might identify an individual teacher is presented as a search result screen. Here, when the operator (student or guardian of the student) of the student terminal 11 wants to know more detailed teacher information about the simple teacher information shown as the search result, the information about the student is registered and “use” is given. It is necessary to perform student registration that defines the person ID "," password ", etc.

If the student has already been registered, "User
The student terminal 11 transmits the “ID” and the “password” to the teacher information providing server 14. Thereby, the transmission / reception processing unit 32 of the teacher information providing server 14 receives the “user ID” and the “password”. In addition, the user authentication processing unit 37
The "user ID" and "password" received by the transmission / reception processing unit 32 are used to authenticate the student or the guardian of the student. As described above, the teacher information providing server 14 confirms that the user is a registered student or a guardian of the student.

Next, when the student or the guardian of the student performs the student registration from the student terminal 11, the student terminal 11 requests the teacher information providing server 14 for a screen for student registration. Thereby, the student information input screen processing unit 3B presents the student terminal 11 with a student information input screen for registering the student information in the student information database 33c. The student or the guardian of the student inputs the student registration information on the student information input screen (t8). Next, the student terminal 11
Transmits the input student registration information to the teacher information providing server 14 on the student information input screen (t9). As a result, the teacher information providing server 14 registers the student information in the student information database 33c based on the received student registration information (t10).

Further, when the user authentication processing unit 37 authenticates the student or when the student information is registered, the search result screen processing unit 36 causes the simple teacher presented to the student terminal 11 at t6 described above. Instead of the search result screen containing information, a search result screen containing more detailed teacher information is presented (t11). As a result, it is possible to present the information that may identify the individual teacher only to the user who is surely registered as the student information. Further, in the search result screen including the detailed teacher information, when the teacher information of the teacher who requests the instruction is included, the student terminal 11 is operated by the student or the guardian of the student clicking a predetermined button. Requests the teacher information providing server 14 for a guidance request screen for requesting guidance from the teacher (t1).
3).

As a result, the instruction request screen processing section 38
An instruction request screen for requesting instruction from a specific teacher is presented to the student terminal 11 (t14). Next, in the student terminal 11, the student or the guardian of the student inputs the instruction request information to the presented instruction request screen (t15). Next, in the student terminal 11, when the student or the guardian of the student clicks the “send button” included in the instruction request screen, the student terminal 11 sends the input instruction request information to the teacher information providing server 14. It is transmitted (t16). Thereby, the teacher information providing server 14 receives the instruction request information from the student terminal 11 and stores the received instruction request information in the request information database 33d to accept the instruction request information (t17).

As described above, the teacher information providing server 14 can provide the student terminal 11 with the teacher information search service and the instruction request service to the intended teacher. Thereby, even a student or a guardian of a student in a remote place can easily find a teacher who meets his or her desired conditions and request guidance. Further, by simplifying the teacher information disclosed to unauthenticated users, the privacy of the teacher can be protected.

Next, the operations of the educational environment providing server 15 and the electronic teaching material providing server 16 described above will be described.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operations of the educational environment providing server 15 and the electronic teaching material providing server 16 according to the embodiment of the present invention. A case will be described in which the teacher environment providing service provided by the education environment providing server 15 is shared by a student using the student terminal 11 and a teacher using the teacher terminal 13 shown in FIG.

First, according to the time reserved by the student terminal 11 and the teacher terminal 13, the education environment providing server 15
You will be logged into. That is, the student terminal 11 and the teacher terminal 13 transmit the login information of the student and the teacher to the educational environment providing server 15 (t21). As a result, the transmission / reception processing unit 42 of the educational environment providing server 15 receives the login information of the student from the student terminal 11 and the login information of the teacher from the teacher terminal 13.

Here, the teacher authentication processing section 44 authenticates the teacher who uses the teacher terminal 13 by referring to the authentication information database 43a based on the login information from the teacher terminal 13. In addition, the student authentication processing unit 45 uses the student terminal 11
The student who uses is authenticated by referring to the authentication information database 43a based on the login information from the student terminal 11 (t22). Here, it is assumed that the teacher and the student are authenticated and logged in to the education environment providing server 15.

Next, the education environment screen processing unit 47 sends the student terminal 11 of the student authenticated by the student authentication processing unit 45 to the student terminal 11 shown in FIG.
The education environment screen 21 shown in (b) is presented, and the education environment screen 51 shown in FIG. 5 is presented to the teacher terminal 13 of the teacher authenticated by the teacher authentication processing unit 44 (t23). This allows
Communication using audiovisual is enabled by transmitting and receiving real-time video between the student terminal 11 and the teacher terminal 13 (t24). That is, the student talks with the communication device 11b while watching the educational environment screen 21 presented on the student terminal 11 and receives guidance from the teacher (t25).
Further, the teacher teaches the student by making a call using the communication device while looking at the educational environment screen 51 presented on the teacher terminal 13 (t25 ').

Here, the student and the teacher have their own student terminals 11
And when using a common electronic teaching material on the teacher terminal 13,
By pressing the links in the learning material acquisition link area 26 and the learning material acquisition link area 56, a desired electronic learning material is requested to the educational environment providing server 15 (t26). It should be noted that this link includes information for specifying the storage location of the electronic teaching material and the electronic teaching material. Next, the educational environment providing server 15 that has received this request requests the electronic teaching material providing server 16 identified by the link for the electronic teaching material identified by the link (t27). Next, the electronic teaching material providing server 16 searches for the electronic teaching material requested by the educational environment providing server 15 (t28). Next, the electronic teaching material providing server 16 transmits the searched electronic teaching material to the educational environment providing server 15 (t2).
9).

As a result, the educational environment providing server 15
The electronic teaching material received from the electronic teaching material providing server 16 is distributed to the student terminal 11 and the teacher terminal 13 (t30). When the student terminal 11 completes the download of the electronic teaching material, the student terminal 11 activates the electronic teaching material (t3).
1). Also, download this electronic teaching material to the teacher terminal 1
When step 3 is completed, the teacher terminal 13 activates this electronic teaching material (t31 '). As described above, in the student terminal 11 and the teacher terminal 13, the student and the teacher can use the common electronic teaching material.

In the above-described embodiment, the teacher information providing server 14 provides the teacher information to the student terminal 11, but the present invention is not limited to this. The teacher information providing server 14 provides the teacher terminal 13 with information to be stored in the student information database 33c. You may.

Further, a program for realizing the function of the processing section for performing various processes in the processing program section in FIGS. 3 and 4 is recorded in a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded in this recording medium is recorded. Each process may be performed by loading it into a computer system and executing it. The “computer system” mentioned here includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. Also, "computer system" means WW
If the W system is used, the homepage providing environment (or display environment) is also included.

The "computer-readable recording medium" means a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk,
A portable medium such as a ROM or a CD-ROM, or a storage device such as a hard disk built in a computer system. Furthermore, "computer-readable recording medium"
Is a volatile memory (RAM) inside a computer system that serves as a server or a client when the program is transmitted via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line, and holds the program for a certain period of time. It also includes things.

The above program may be transmitted from a computer system that stores the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the "transmission medium" for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line. Further, the program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Further, it may be a so-called difference file (difference program) that can realize the above-mentioned functions in combination with a program already recorded in the computer system. Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and includes a design and the like within a range not departing from the gist of the present invention.

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As described above, in the teacher information providing server, the educational providing system, the educational providing method and the program thereof according to the present invention, an educational environment in which a teacher at a remote place using the Internet can easily receive instruction. Can be provided. Further, it is possible to provide an educational environment in which communication of text information and electronic teaching materials can be used.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a network system including an education providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an external appearance schematic diagram of a student terminal 11 and an imaging device and a telephone device provided in the student terminal 11 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and an educational environment providing server 15 according to an embodiment of the present invention to the student terminal 11. It is a figure which shows the example of an educational environment screen to provide.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a teacher information providing server 14 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an educational environment providing server 15 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of an educational environment screen provided by the educational environment providing server 15 to the teacher terminal 13 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a search condition designation screen provided by the teacher information providing server 14 to the student terminal 11 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an authentication information database 33a according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a teacher information database 33b in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a student information database 33c in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a request information database 33d in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an operation of the teacher information providing server 14 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing operations of the educational environment providing server 15 and the electronic teaching material providing server 16 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 Student Terminal A, Student Terminal B, ... (Student Terminal 11) 11a imaging device 11b communication device 12 networks 13 Teacher terminal A, teacher terminal B, ... (Teacher terminal 13) 14 Teacher information providing server 15 Educational environment providing server 16 Electronic teaching material providing server 16a Electronic teaching material database 31 Control unit 32 Transmission / reception processing unit 33 Database 33a Authentication information database 33b Teacher information database 33c Student Information Database 33d Request information database 34 Search condition specification processing unit 35 Search Processing Unit 36 Search Result Screen Processing Unit 37 User Authentication Processing Unit 38 Instruction request screen processing unit 39 Compatibility search processing unit 3A Automatic search processing unit 3B Student information input screen processing unit 41 Control unit 42 Transmission / reception processing unit 43 Database 43a Authentication information database 43b Schedule information database 43c video information database 43d Guidance information database 44 Teacher authentication processing unit 45 Student Authentication Processing Section 46 Schedule Management Department 47 Educational environment screen processing unit 48 Student related person authentication processing section 49 Reproduction permission processing section 4A Student information presentation processing unit 4B Electronic teaching material provision processing unit 4C video recording processor 4D guidance history information presentation processing unit

Claims (31)

[Claims] 1. A teacher information providing server accessible from a user terminal connectable to a network, a teacher information database storing teacher information which is information about a teacher about a predetermined item; Search condition designating means for presenting to the user terminal a search condition designating screen for prompting the user to designate a search condition for one or more, and the search condition designating screen presented by the search condition designating means to the user terminal. In the search result screen on the user terminal, based on the teacher information searched by the search means, search means for searching the teacher information corresponding to the search condition specified by the user from the teacher information database. And a search result screen processing means for presenting. 2. A user authentication means for authenticating the user based on authentication information for authenticating the user received from the user terminal, wherein the search result screen processing means includes: 2. The search result screen including the detailed teacher information as compared with an unauthenticated user is presented to the user terminal of the user authenticated by the user authentication means. Teacher information providing server. 3. An instruction request screen for requesting instruction from the specific teacher when the user selects a specific teacher from the search result screen presented to the user terminal by the search result screen processing means. The teacher information providing server according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: an instruction request screen processing means for presenting the instruction request screen to the user terminal. 4. The teacher information includes at least educational background information, which is information about the educational background of the teacher, as one of the predetermined items, and the search condition designating means comprises means for designating the educational background of the teacher as a search condition. The teacher information providing server according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the search condition designation screen including at least the presenting screen is presented to the user terminal. 5. The teacher information further includes, as one of the predetermined items, major field information that is information on a major field or a specialty field of the teacher, and the search condition designating unit includes a major field or a specialty of the teacher. The teacher information providing server according to claim 4, wherein the search condition designation screen further including means for designating a field as a search condition is presented to the user terminal. 6. A teacher information providing server accessible from a user terminal connectable to a network, a teacher information database storing teacher information which is information about a teacher about a predetermined item; Receiving means for receiving from the user terminal student information, which is information about the desired student, and based on the student information received by the receiving means, the teacher who is a teacher having a good affinity with the student identified by the student information. A compatibility search means for searching information from the teacher information database, and a search result screen processing means for presenting a search result screen to the user terminal based on the teacher information searched by the compatibility search means. Characteristic teacher information providing server. 7. The apparatus further comprises a student information input screen processing means for presenting a student information input screen for prompting the input of the student information to the user terminal, wherein the receiving means uses the student information input screen processing means. 7. The teacher information providing server according to claim 6, wherein the student information input on the student information input screen presented to the user terminal is received from the user terminal via the network. 8. A real-time network between a teacher terminal for use by a teacher equipped with an imaging device and a communication device and a student terminal for use by a student equipped with an imaging device and a communication device via a network. An education providing system for providing an education environment capable of communication using audiovisual, comprising: a teacher authentication means for authenticating the teacher using the teacher terminal at least before using the education environment; and using the student terminal. Reservation and use time of the educational environment with a student authenticating means for authenticating the student at least before using the educational environment, the teacher authenticated by the teacher authenticating means, and the student authenticated by the student authenticating means An education providing system comprising: a schedule managing unit for managing the. 9. The education providing system according to claim 8, wherein the teacher authentication means performs authentication multiple times before and during the use of the educational environment using the biometric information of the teacher. 10. A part or all of the communication using the audiovisual sense between the teacher and the student, which is performed between the teacher terminal and the student terminal, is stored as video data in association with student identification information for identifying the student. A video information database, a student-related person authenticating unit that authenticates a related person of the student identified by the student identification information, and a terminal used by the related person who is authenticated by the student-related person authenticating unit, the video information data. The education providing system according to claim 8 or 9, further comprising: a reproduction permission unit that permits reproduction of the video data stored in association with the student identification information in the base. 11. A real-time network between a teacher terminal for use by a teacher having an imaging device and a communication device, and a student terminal for use by a student having an imaging device and a communication device via a network. An education providing system that provides an education environment capable of communication using audiovisual, comprising: a teacher information database that stores teacher information that is information about the teacher about a predetermined item; and one or more of the predetermined items. The search condition specifying means for presenting to the student terminal a search condition specifying screen for prompting the student to specify the search condition, and the user specifying on the search condition specifying screen presented by the search condition specifying means to the user terminal. Search means for searching the teacher information database for the teacher information corresponding to the searched condition, A search result screen processing means for presenting a search result screen to the student terminal based on the searched teacher information of, and a teacher included in the search result screen presented to the student terminal by the search result screen processing means. A teaching reservation screen processing unit for presenting a guidance reservation screen for booking a guidance from a specific teacher to the student terminal, and a teacher for authenticating the teacher using the teacher terminal at least before using the education environment. An authenticating means, a student authenticating means for authenticating the student who uses the student terminal at least before using the educational environment, and the student specified in the instruction reservation screen presented to the student terminal by the instruction reservation screen processing means. Prior to the instruction reservation information in which the instruction of the teacher is reserved, the teacher authenticated by the teacher authenticating unit, and the student authenticated by the student authenticating unit. Educational providing system characterized by comprising a schedule management means for managing a use time of the educational environment. 12. A method for providing education, which provides teacher information, which is information about a teacher, to a user terminal connectable to a network, wherein designation of a search condition for the teacher information is used for one or more predetermined items. A first step of presenting a search condition designating screen to the user terminal to prompt the user, to the search condition designated by the user on the search condition designating screen presented to the user terminal in the first step. A second step of searching the corresponding teacher information from a teacher information database that stores the teacher information for the predetermined item; and the user terminal based on the teacher information searched in the second step. And a third step of presenting a search result screen to the education providing method. 13. The method further comprises a fourth step of authenticating the user based on authentication information for authenticating the user received from the user terminal, wherein the second step comprises the step of 13. The search result screen including the detailed teacher information as compared with an unauthenticated user is presented to the user terminal of the user authenticated in step 4. Education provision method. 14. A guidance request screen for requesting guidance to the specific teacher when the user selects a specific teacher from the search result screen presented to the user terminal in the second step. The education providing method according to claim 12 or 13, further comprising a fifth step of presenting to the user terminal. 15. The teacher information includes at least educational background information, which is information about the educational background of the teacher, as one of the predetermined items, and the second step includes means for designating the educational background of the teacher as a search condition. The education providing method according to any one of claims 12 to 14, wherein the search condition specifying screen including at least the presenting screen is presented to the user terminal. 16. An education providing method for providing teacher information, which is information about a teacher, to a user terminal that can be connected to a network, wherein the student information is information about a student who wants to teach the teacher. Based on the student information received in the first step and the student information received in the first step, the teacher information of the teacher who is compatible with the student identified by the student information, the teacher for the predetermined item It has a second step of searching from a teacher information database storing information, and a third step of presenting a search result screen to the user terminal based on the teacher information searched in the second step. An educational provision method characterized by. 17. A real-time network between a teacher terminal for use by a teacher equipped with an imaging device and a communication device, and a student terminal for use by a student equipped with an imaging device and communication device via a network. A method of providing an education environment in which audiovisual communication is possible, comprising: a first step of authenticating the teacher using the teacher terminal at least before using the education environment; A second step of authenticating the student to be used at least before using the educational environment, the teacher authenticated in the first step, and the educational environment of the student authenticated in the second step. And a third step of managing reservation and use time. 18. The method for providing education according to claim 17, wherein in the first step, authentication is performed a plurality of times before and during use of the educational environment by using biometric information of the teacher. . 19. A part or all of the communication using the audiovisual sense between the teacher and the student, which is performed between the teacher terminal and the student terminal, is recorded as video data in association with student identification information for identifying the student. A fourth step, a fifth step of authenticating the relevant person of the student identified by the student identification information, a terminal used by the relevant person authenticated in the fifth step, the fourth step 19. The education providing method according to claim 17, further comprising a sixth step of permitting reproduction of the video data recorded in association with the student identification information. 20. A real-time network between a teacher terminal for use by a teacher equipped with an imaging device and a telephone device, and a student terminal for use by a student equipped with an imaging device and a telephone device via a network A method for providing an education that provides an educational environment in which audiovisual communication is possible, and a search condition specifying screen that prompts a student to specify a search condition for teacher information that is information about the teacher for one or more of predetermined items. A first step of presenting to the student terminal, and the teacher information corresponding to the search condition designated by the user on the search condition designation screen presented to the user terminal in the first step, The second step of searching from the teacher information database that stores the teacher information about a predetermined item, and the search of the second step A third step of presenting a search result screen to the student terminal based on the teacher information; and a specific teacher selected from the teachers included in the search result screen presented to the student terminal in the third step. A fourth step of presenting an instruction reservation screen for reserving the instruction to the student terminal, a fifth step of authenticating the teacher using the teacher terminal at least before using the educational environment, and A sixth step of authenticating the student who uses the student terminal at least before using the educational environment, and a guidance reservation screen presented to the student terminal in the fourth step, in which the student teaches a specific teacher Managing the reserved teaching reservation information, the teacher authenticated in the fifth step, and the actual use time of the educational environment with the student authenticated in the sixth step And a seventh step of performing an education providing method. 21. A program for an education providing system for providing teacher information, which is information about a teacher, to a user terminal connectable to a network, wherein the teacher information search condition is set for one or more of predetermined items. A first step of presenting to the user terminal a search condition designation screen that prompts the user to specify; and the user designated in the search condition designation screen presented to the user terminal in the first step, A second step of searching the teacher information corresponding to the search condition from a teacher information database storing the teacher information about the predetermined item; and, based on the teacher information searched in the second step, A program for causing a computer to execute the third step of presenting a search result screen to a user terminal. 22. The method further comprises a fourth step of authenticating the user based on authentication information for authenticating the user received from the user terminal, wherein the second step comprises the step of The computer for causing the user terminal authenticated by the step 4 to present a search result screen including the detailed teacher information to the user terminal of the user compared to the unauthenticated user.
The program according to 1. 23. An instruction request screen for requesting instruction to the specific teacher when the user selects a specific teacher from the search result screen presented to the user terminal in the second step. 22. The computer further executes the fifth step of presenting to the user terminal.
Alternatively, the program according to claim 22. 24. The teacher information includes at least educational background information, which is information about the academic background of the teacher, as one of the predetermined items, and the second step includes means for designating the educational background of the teacher as a search condition. The program according to any one of claims 21 to 23, characterized in that the search condition specifying screen including at least the presenting screen is presented to the user terminal. 25. A program for an education providing system for providing teacher information, which is information about a teacher, to a user terminal that can be connected to a network, wherein the student information is information about a student who wants to teach the teacher. The first step of receiving from the user terminal, based on the student information received in the first step, the teacher information of the teacher that is compatible with the student identified by the student information, the predetermined item A second step of searching from a teacher information database that stores the teacher information, and a third step of presenting a search result screen to the user terminal based on the teacher information searched in the second step. A program that causes a computer to execute. 26. In real time via a network between a teacher terminal for use by a teacher having an imaging device and a communication device, and a student terminal for use by a student having an imaging device and a communication device, in real time. A program for an education providing system that provides an education environment in which audiovisual communication is possible, the first step of authenticating the teacher using the teacher terminal at least before using the education environment, The second step of authenticating the student using the student terminal at least before using the educational environment, the teacher authenticated in the first step, and the student authenticated in the second step. A program for causing a computer to execute the third step of managing the reservation and use time of the educational environment. 27. The program according to claim 26, further causing a computer to execute a fourth step of presenting information about the student to be instructed to the teacher terminal. 28. The method for causing a computer to further execute a fifth step of providing a common electronic teaching material to the teacher terminal and the student terminal using the educational environment.
Alternatively, the program according to claim 27. 29. The method according to claim 26, wherein in the first step, authentication is performed a plurality of times before and during using the educational environment by using the biometric information of the teacher. The program described in Crab. 30. A part or all of the communication using the audiovisual sense between the teacher and the student, which is performed between the teacher terminal and the student terminal, is recorded as video data in association with student identification information for identifying the student. A seventh step, an eighth step of authenticating the relevant person of the student identified by the student identification information, a terminal used by the relevant person authenticated in the eighth step, the seventh step 30. The program according to any one of claims 26 to 29, for causing a computer to further perform the ninth step of permitting reproduction of the video data recorded in association with the student identification information. 31. In real time via a network between a teacher terminal for use by a teacher equipped with an imaging device and a communication device, and a student terminal for use by a student equipped with an imaging device and a communication device, in real time. A program for an education providing system that provides an education environment in which audiovisual communication is possible, and a search that prompts students to specify a search condition for teacher information that is information about the teacher for one or more of predetermined items A first step of presenting a condition designation screen to the student terminal, and the teacher information corresponding to the search condition designated by the user on the search condition designation screen presented to the user terminal in the first step A second step of searching the teacher information database that stores the teacher information for the predetermined item, A third step of presenting a search result screen to the student terminal based on the teacher information searched in the step, and a teacher included in the search result screen presented to the student terminal in the third step. A fourth step of presenting an instruction reservation screen for reserving instruction from a specific teacher to the student terminal, and a fifth step of authenticating the teacher using the teacher terminal at least before using the educational environment. A step of authenticating the student using the student terminal at least before using the educational environment; and a step of authenticating the student in the instruction terminal screen presented to the student terminal in the fourth step. Teaching reservation information in which the teacher's instruction is reserved, the teacher authenticated in the fifth step, and the actual educational environment of the student authenticated in the sixth step. A program for causing a computer to further execute the seventh step of managing the usage time of and.