JP2004054799A - Network electronic notebook and schedule reserving method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network electronic notebook for utilizing the Internet for managing groupware, acquaintances, and individual schedule management in a unified way. <P>SOLUTION: The network electronic notebook for inputting schedule information that is grouped into titles, date/time, and detailed items on a schedule into a calendar on a network 47 for browsing comprises: a calendar file 42 having a common information storage region 43; an individual information storage region 45; and an event information storage region 44; a screening means 46 for performing screening processing to event information that is received through the network 47 based on category information and permitting the event information storage region 44 to write event information belonging to a specific category; and an information identification means 76 for identifying common information 23, individual information 21, and event information 22 according to coloring or brightness for displaying on a display at a user terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an electronic organizer using the Internet, and more particularly to an electronic organizer that manages a schedule displayed on a calendar.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Generally, there is a web site that provides user schedule management on an Internet portal site. This web site can be used from anywhere in the world if you have an Internet access environment and a web browser. The calendar has various functions. For example, a reminder sets a schedule notification time, and notifies the user of the schedule at that time by e-mail or a messenger function. The shared calendar publishes the schedule stored in the calendar to other people. The time guide displays friends and schedules for professional baseball, etc., on their calendars. In addition, each time guide sets which page format to display, "day display", "week display", or "month display".
[0003]
In addition, there are various categories in the time guide. For example, in the friend category, the schedule of a friend who uses the calendar can be displayed and confirmed alongside the schedule of the user's calendar. The holiday setting displays the holiday on the calendar. For the sports category, professional baseball or J-League teams can be selected, and the schedule and the game result of each team displayed on the calendar are clicked to link to each team page and the game result page on the website.
[0004]
However, the shared calendar is for disclosing the calendar to others, and the published calendar can be viewed by others, but cannot be edited by anyone other than the person.
[0005]
Using this calendar, you can manage your schedule easily and efficiently from your home or office via the Internet. Not only can you manage your appointments, you can also organize your work list and send invitations to acquaintances.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, as described above, the calendar of the conventional electronic organizer cannot be edited by anyone other than the user. In addition, since it is operated independently of the groupware of the company in which the user works, it has been difficult to collectively manage business and private schedules.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and aims to provide a network electronic organizer using the Internet, which is centrally managed by groupware, acquaintances, and individual schedule management.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the network electronic organizer according to the present invention according to the first aspect of the present invention divides a calendar on the network 47 into items of a schedule title, date and time, and details, as shown in FIGS. Is a network electronic organizer for inputting and browsing scheduled information, wherein a calendar file 42 having a shared information storage area 43, a personal information storage area 45, and an event information storage area 44; And a screening means 46 for permitting writing of event information belonging to a predetermined category in the event information storage area 44, and identifying the shared information 23, the personal information 21, and the event information 22 by coloring or brightness. On the display of the user terminal Includes an information identification means 76 that presents, the.
[0009]
Here, the shared information storage area 43 is an area for writing a business use schedule from the groupware manager 41 in the electronic organizer. The personal information storage area 45 is an area for writing personal information of the user himself / herself through a personal computer, a PDA terminal, or a mobile phone. The event information storage area 44 is a storage area for writing schedule information of a ticket sales schedule and a product sales schedule from outside the electronic organizer via the network 47 from an external company server 48.
[0010]
With this configuration, the screening unit 46 that permits writing of event information belonging to a predetermined category in the event information storage area 44, and the shared information 23, the personal information 21, and the event information 22 are identified by coloring or brightness. Since the information identification means 76 for displaying on the display of the user terminal is provided, it is possible to perform a matching process on the product information desired by the user himself and the product information transmitted from the outside and write it in the electronic organizer. The user can browse the shared information storage area 43, the personal information storage area 45, and the event information storage area 44 from outside.
[0011]
In order to achieve the above object, a network electronic organizer according to the present invention according to claim 2 divides a schedule on a calendar on the network 47 into items of a schedule title, date and time, and details, as shown in FIGS. A network electronic organizer for inputting and browsing scheduled information, a commercial calendar file 42 having a commercial information shared information storage area 43, a personal information storage area 45, and an event information storage area 44; A private calendar file 51 having a storage area 53, a personal information storage area 54, and an event information storage area 52, and event information received through the networks 47 and 57 are subjected to a screening process based on category information to be used for commercial or private purposes. Event information belonging to a predetermined category is stored in the target event information storage area. Combining shared information, personal information, and event information for commercial and private purposes with the screening means 46 and 50 that permit writing of the information, and identifies the shared information 23, the personal information 21, and the event information 22 by coloring or brightness. And an information identifying means 76 for displaying the information on a display of the user terminal.
[0012]
With this configuration, the event information received through the networks 47 and 57 is subjected to a screening process based on the category information, and writing of event information belonging to a predetermined category in a commercial or private event information storage area is permitted. The screening means 46 and 50 are combined with the shared information, personal information, and event information for commercial and private purposes, and the shared information 23, the personal information 21, and the event information 22 are identified by coloring or brightness, and the And information identifying means 76 for displaying on the display, the shared information, the personal information, and the event information for commercial and private purposes are synthesized, and the shared information 23, the personal information 21, and the event information are colored or lightened. 22 can be identified and displayed on the display of the user terminal.
[0013]
In order to achieve the above object, a network electronic organizer according to any one of claims 1 and 2 according to the present invention according to claim 3 includes, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 14, the personal information 15 and the event information 20 are displayed in a frame area corresponding to the date column 7a arranged in a predetermined direction on the display of the user terminal on the basis of the date in the date column 7 of the schedule information, and the displayed shared information is displayed. In the screen area adjacent to the information 14a, the personal information 15a, and the event information 20, marks 24, 25, 26, and 27 for identifying the source of the schedule are displayed.
[0014]
With this configuration, a display area adjacent to the displayed shared information 14a, personal information 15a, and event information 20 is displayed in a frame area corresponding to the date column 7a arranged in a predetermined direction on the display of the user terminal. In order to display the marks 24, 25, 26, and 27 for identifying the source of the schedule, the type of the schedule can be easily confirmed visually.
[0015]
In order to achieve the above object, a method for reserving a schedule of a network electronic organizer according to the present invention according to claim 4, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, reserves a product or service corresponding to a reservation code 30 transmitted from a user. After the processing is completed and the reservation processing is completed, the reservation completion information 35 is written into the calendar date column 33 corresponding to the provision date of the product or service on the user's calendar page stored in the electronic organizer server through the network. The configuration is as follows.
[0016]
With this configuration, when the reservation process is completed, the reservation completion information 35 is written into the calendar date column 33 corresponding to the provision date of the product or service on the user's calendar page stored in the electronic organizer server via the network. be able to.
[0017]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 8 show an example of an embodiment of the present invention. In the drawings, portions denoted by the same or similar reference numerals as those in the drawings represent the same or corresponding components, and redundant description will be omitted.
[0018]
FIG. 1 is a schematic system diagram of a network electronic organizer according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The network electronic organizer 40 is composed of, for example, a server connected to a local area network LAN located in a company. The server is composed of a groupware manager 41, a commercial calendar file 42 for commercial purposes (business) as a calendar file, A category table 46 for selecting information is provided.
[0019]
The commercial calendar file 42 has a shared information storage area 43, an event information storage area 44, and a personal information storage area 45 therein. The shared information storage area 43 stores shared information transmitted from the groupware manager 41. I do. The event information storage area 44 stores a large number of event information received from an external company server 48 via the Internet 47 by selecting only desired information from the category table 46. The personal information storage area 45 stores personal information that an employee as a user freely writes via an in-house LAN or an external Internet.
[0020]
Also, the personal information written by the employee in the personal information storage area 45 is written as a copy through the groupware manager 41 to the shared information storage area in the commercial calendar file of another designated employee. The designation of another employee is determined by a delivery table (for business) based on the message ID of another employee included in the personal information written in the personal information storage area 45, and is determined via the groupware manager 41. Is written to the shared information storage area of
[0021]
In addition to the commercial calendar file 42, the server connected to the LAN includes a groupware manager 56 for private use, a private calendar file 51 for use (private) as a calendar file, and a category table for information selection. 50 is provided.
[0022]
The private purpose calendar file 51 has a shared information storage area 53, an event information storage area 52, and a personal information storage area 54 therein. The shared information storage area 53 stores shared information transmitted from the groupware manager 56. Remember. The event information storage area 52 stores a large number of event information received from the external company server 49 via the Internet 57 by selecting only desired information from the category table 50. The personal information storage area 54 stores personal information that an employee as a user freely writes via an in-house LAN or an external Internet.
[0023]
The personal information written by the employee in the personal information storage area 54 is written as a copy through the groupware manager 56 to the shared information storage area in the commercial calendar file of another designated employee. The designation of another employee is determined by the delivery table (for private use) 55 based on the message ID of the other employee included in the personal information written in the personal information storage area 54, and is determined via the groupware manager 56. Written to the employee's shared information storage area.
[0024]
Further, the groupware manager 56 can transmit the personal information written in the personal information storage area 54 to an external electronic mail server (not shown) through the Internet 57. In this case, the electronic mail address registered in the external electronic mail server is configured to be transmitted based on the electronic mail address stored in the delivery table (private) 55. This e-mail address can be freely added, deleted, or edited by employees.
[0025]
The processing flow of the network electronic organizer system 40 as a network electronic organizer will be described with reference to FIG. First, in response to the access from the user, the network electronic organizer system 40 performs a process of preparing for distributing the electronic organizer file 76 (see FIG. 7) assigned to the user to the user terminal. When the access permission from the user is via the LAN, the access is permitted by executing an authentication process based on, for example, the IP address of the user terminal. On the other hand, in the case of connection via the Internet 47, authentication is executed by inputting a user ID and a password, and access is permitted.
[0026]
Next, the network electronic organizer system 40 executes a process of synthesizing the commercial calendar file 42 and the private calendar file 51. That is, the information written in the shared information storage area 43, the event information storage area 44, and the personal information storage area 45 in the commercial calendar file 42, the shared information storage area 53 in the private calendar file 51, and the event information storage area 52, a format process is performed so that each information written in the personal information storage area 54 is classified into calendar dates, and the combined display is performed in correspondence with each date column. In this format processing, a color code or a gray scale code is provided so that the shared information, the event information, and the personal information are displayed on the display screen with different colors or brightness so that the type of each information can be identified. The synthesized calendar information is stored in the electronic organizer file 76.
[0027]
Subsequently, the network electronic organizer system 40 converts the calendar information synthesized and stored in the electronic organizer file 76 into browser-type screen information corresponding to a personal computer or a mobile phone as a user terminal of the user accessing the electronic organizer file, and returns it. . The determination of the browser format is determined based on the browser name and its version included in the request header transmitted from the user terminal.
[0028]
The network electronic organizer system 40 completes the transmission process of the calendar information by receiving the incoming signal of the screen information returned to the user terminal. However, the network electronic organizer system 40 receives the schedule information displayed on the display screen of the user terminal. Accepts additional requests from users.
[0029]
FIG. 2 is a front view of a schematic display screen of the network electronic organizer according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The network electronic organizer 40 displays a calendar-based schedule on a display screen of the user terminal. The schedule information is composed of a date and a title. For example, as shown at the left end in the figure, the title column 4 of “year / month / day”, the title column 10 of “title”, and “2002/5/20” , The first date column 5, the title item 11 of “business meeting” and the title item 12 of “lock ticket release date” displayed in the frame of the first date column 5 constitute a one-day calendar schedule. .
[0030]
On the right side of the date column 5 of “2002/5/20”, a second date column 6 of “2002/5/21” for the next day is displayed, and “Hanako” displayed in the frame of the second date column 6 A date schedule is constituted by the title item 13 of "date".
[0031]
On the right side of the date column 6 of “2002/5/21”, a third date column 7 of “2002/5/22” on the next day is displayed, and “Japan” displayed in the frame of the third date column 7 The calendar item of the day is composed of the title item 14 of "Visit to Shoji", the title item 15 of "A professional meeting", the title item 16 of "Imai visit", and the title item 17 of "Kikuhana prize".
[0032]
On the right side of the date column 7 of “2002/5/22”, a fourth date column 8 of “2002/5/23” for the next day is displayed, and “Toyota” displayed in the frame of the fourth date column 8 is displayed. The one-day calendar schedule is constituted by the title item 18 of "test ride".
[0033]
On the right side of the date column 8 of “2002/5/23”, a fifth date column 9 of “2002/5/24” for the next day is displayed, and “progress” displayed in the frame of the fifth date column 9 is displayed. The one-day calendar schedule is composed of the title item 19 of “conference” and the title item 20 of “album release”.
[0034]
By displaying the title items of a plurality of schedules in the frame corresponding to the date column of the calendar in this manner, five days' schedules can be displayed on one screen as shown. In addition to the five-day schedule illustrated above, one-week schedules are arranged in the horizontal direction, and weekly schedules for the next and subsequent weeks are stacked in the lower row to constitute a one-month calendar display. be able to.
[0035]
In the title item 21 of the schedule that the user writes by himself, a picture (mark) of a cake indicating the birthday of the user himself / herself, family, relatives, acquaintance, etc. is displayed, and may be repeatedly displayed on the schedule table every year. it can. In this case, as the birthday data, detailed information such as the title "birthday" and the name of the born person "OO" may be input in advance and stored in the personal information storage area.
[0036]
Furthermore, the title item 21 of the schedule that the user writes by himself may display a school building (mark) indicating the graduation date of a specific person, and may be displayed in the schedule table as a schedule that is not repeated. The graduation date data is stored in the personal information storage area as described above.
[0037]
The calendar does not show the day of the week, but, of course, the day of the week information can also be written in the date column, and Saturday and Sunday are displayed on the display in different colors so that they can be distinguished from weekdays by color processing. be able to.
[0038]
In the lower part of the figure, a hatching (fine downward rightward) box 21, a hatching (coarse downward rightward) box 22, and a hatching (lower leftward) box 23 indicating the type of each information are shown as a legend. Can be displayed on the display of the camera, or can be omitted.
[0039]
The hatched box 21 in the legend is a marker for identifying the schedule written by the user in the personal information storage area 45 or 54 on the display. For example, the title item 13 of “Hanako and Date” and the title item 17 of “Kikuhana Award” can be identified as personal information. The hatching shown can be applied to monochrome and color displays, and can be configured to be distinguished on the display by gray scale display or color display instead of hatching.
[0040]
The hatching box 22 in the legend is a marker for identifying the event information externally written in the event information storage area 44 or 52 on the display. For example, a title item 12 of “Rock Ticket Sale Date”, a title item 18 of “Toyota Test Drive”, and a title item 20 of “Album Release” can be identified as event information. The hatching shown may be configured to be identified on a display instead of gray scale display or color display.
[0041]
The hatched box 23 in the legend is a mark for identifying the shared information written in the shared information storage area 43 or 53 by the groupware manager 41 or 56 on the display. For example, the title item 11 of “sales meeting”, the title item 14 of “Visit Japan Shoji”, the title item 15 of “A professional meeting”, the title item of “Imai visit” 16, the title item of “progress meeting” 19 can be identified as shared information. The hatching shown may be configured to be identified on a display instead of gray scale display or color display.
[0042]
Further, the display screen of the illustrated network electronic organizer 40 is configured such that date columns are arranged horizontally and schedule title items are sequentially arranged and displayed below the date titles. However, the present invention is limited to this display mode. However, the same effect can be obtained by, for example, arranging date columns in the vertical direction and sequentially arranging and displaying schedule title items to the right or left of the date title.
[0043]
Furthermore, although a plurality of title items 14 to 17 displayed in the frame of the date column 7 are shown as being separated by ruled lines, the present invention is not limited to the configuration separated by these ruled lines, and the ruled lines are omitted. A plurality of title items may be distinguished by a blank line feed.
[0044]
FIG. 3 is a front view of a schematic display screen of the network electronic organizer according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The cursor or the pointer is moved to the character of "2002/5/22" indicating the date in the date field 7 of "2002/5/22" displayed on the display screen of FIG. 2 and the Enter button is pressed or the mouse is pressed. 5 shows the display screen after the screen display has been changed by a click operation.
[0045]
The network electronic organizer 40 displays the detailed schedule information on the display screen of the user terminal using the daily display function. The illustrated daily display screen displays the date of “2002/5/22” in the date column 7a, and the title of the shared information “Visit Japan Shoji” and the time of the appointment “10” in the frame of the date column 7a. : 30 ”and the schedule information 14a composed of the details of the shared information“ Marunouchi North Exit ”.
[0046]
In addition, an English letter "R" for identifying the groupware manager 41 or 56, which is the source of the schedule information 14a, is displayed in the left-hand column of the schedule information 14a, and the schedule of the visit to Japan Shoji is displayed by the groupware manager 41 or 56. Thus, the user can identify that the data has been written.
[0047]
Immediately below the schedule for visiting Japan Shoji, as the schedule for the next appointment time, the title of the personal information “A professional meeting”, the appointment time “13:30” and the personal information The schedule information 15a composed of the details “Morimoto and A project” is displayed.
[0048]
In addition, an English character "W" for identifying the user who is the source of the schedule information 15a is displayed in the left-hand column of the schedule information 15a, and the user is informed that the schedule of the A professional meeting was written by the user himself. The mark “W” indicates that this schedule information is transmitted to Morimoto.
[0049]
That is, when the user himself / herself writes personal information into the personal information storage area 45 in the commercial calendar file 42, the message ID of the employee is obtained from the delivery table in parallel with the character code of "Morimoto" included in the schedule information. Then, the groupware manager 41 can write the schedule information into Morimoto's commercial calendar file depending on the message ID.
[0050]
Immediately below the schedule of the A professional meeting, as the schedule for the next appointment time, the title of the shared information "Imai visits the company" and the appointment time "15:00" are shared in the frame of the date field 7a. The schedule information 16a composed of the details of the information "CP matter" is displayed, and the English character of "R" indicating the source of the schedule information is displayed in the left column.
[0051]
Immediately below the schedule of Mr. Imai's visit, a column for displaying the schedule for all days is provided. This column displays schedule information that is particularly effective during the entire day or business hours when no appointment time is set. In the frame of the exemplified date column 7a, schedule information 17a in which the title "Kikuhana Award" of the personal information written in the personal information storage area 54 and the details of the personal information "Purchase ticket purchase" are displayed, and the schedule information 17a is displayed. "P" is displayed as an identification mark in the left column of. This “P” mark indicates that the user has written the information in the personal information storage area 54.
[0052]
In the present embodiment, the schedule information is input by displaying an additional page of the schedule information on the display screen of the user terminal, and inputting or dropping predetermined items such as date, appointment time, title, details, transfer destination, etc. Select from the menu, write to the specified calendar file by selecting the registration button, and display the items corresponding to the date column of the calendar based on the date information when browsing the calendar information.
[0053]
As described above, the schedules are displayed in the order of the appointment time, and the schedule for all days without the appointment time is displayed immediately below the last appointment time. To be configured. With this configuration, the date column for days with many schedule items is displayed vertically, but the number of blank spaces is reduced compared to the format in which all-day schedules are displayed at the bottom of fixed-length frames. Since the number of schedule items displayed on one screen increases, there is an advantage that the calendar is easy to see.
[0054]
FIG. 4 is a front view of a schematic display screen of a network electronic organizer according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The cursor or the pointer is moved to the character of “2002/5/20” indicating the date in the date column 5 of “2002/5/20” displayed on the display screen of FIG. 2 and the Enter button is pressed or the mouse is pressed. 5 shows the display screen after the screen display has been changed by a click operation.
[0055]
The network electronic organizer 40 displays the detailed schedule information on the display screen of the user terminal using the daily display function. The illustrated daily display screen displays the date of “2002/5/20” in the date column 5a, and the title “sales meeting” of the shared information and the appointment time “10: 30 "and the schedule information composed of the details of the shared information" Agenda is a new product strategy ". In the left column of the schedule information, English characters of "W" which is a mark 25a written by the user himself and transmitted to another employee are displayed.
[0056]
Immediately below the schedule of the business meeting, the title “lock ticket sales date” of the event information written in the event information storage area 52 and the details of the event information “ticket Is displayed, and “S” as an identification mark is displayed in the left column of the schedule information 12a. The “S” mark indicates that the event information is received from an external company server via the Internet 57 and is written in the event information storage area 52 through the category table 50 screening process.
[0057]
Further, the network electronic organizer 40 moves the cursor or the pointer to the character of “lock ticket sales day ticket Piayori” indicating the schedule information 12a in the frame of the date column 5a displayed on the display screen of the user terminal, and presses the Enter button. You can access the Ticket Pia server as a corporate server by hyperlink by pressing down or clicking the mouse, inputting predetermined items on the reservation screen, and applying for the desired lock ticket by selecting the application button. Can be.
[0058]
FIG. 5 is a front view of a schematic display screen of the network electronic organizer according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The date columns 5 to 9 in the illustrated calendar screen have the same configuration as in the above-described embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.
[0059]
The user accesses the network electronic organizer and checks the calendar information on the display screen of the user terminal. When the date of the access day is May 20, 2002, the date column 5 of the day is displayed adjacent to the title column 4 of “year, month and day” and the title column 10 of “title” as shown in the figure. In this state, the user terminal starts the speech synthesis program on the day, and provides voice guidance to the user terminal, such as "Hontsutsu Eikyokai" or "Hontsutsu Rocket Haktobi". Output from the speaker.
[0060]
Also, the schedule of tomorrow may be received by e-mail via the mail server. For example, by automatically transmitting an e-mail including character information of “Hanako and Date” to the user, the schedule of tomorrow can be confirmed. Further, in the upper column of the calendar information, a character upper stream in which the character upper part moves in the horizontal direction by a ticker method can be automatically displayed tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the like.
[0061]
On the left side of FIG. 5, a calendar indicating a future schedule is displayed. In the illustrated calendar, a date column 33 of “2002/6/10” and a title item 35 of “live concert”, a date column 34 of “2002/6/11” and a title item of “Osaka business trip” are displayed. ing.
[0062]
The user moves the cursor or the pointer to the character of “lock ticket sales date” indicating the title of the event information in the frame of the date column 5 of “2002/5/20” on the day of accessing the network electronic organizer, and presses the Enter button. By pressing or clicking the mouse, the ticket sales site 31 as a corporate server can be accessed by a hyperlink.
[0063]
The user inputs predetermined items on the reservation screen of the ticket sales site 31 displayed on the display screen of the user terminal, transmits the reservation code 30 of the ticket to the ticket sales site 31 via the Internet by selecting an application button, and Can complete the reservation application for the desired lock ticket.
[0064]
Then, when the lock ticket is sold out or the pre-sale period elapses, the ticket sales site 31 starts the event of the live concert of the rock which has been pre-sold to the private calendar file 51 of the network electronic notebook 40 via the Internet. A process for writing the information 32 is executed.
[0065]
That is, the ticket sales site 31 as a company server performs a reservation sales process of a lock ticket as a product or a service corresponding to the reservation code 30 transmitted from the user, and at the stage when the reservation sales process is completed, the electronic sales via the network In the event information storage area 52 of the user's private calendar file 51 stored in the personal organizer server, live performance as reservation completion information is placed in the frame of the calendar date column 33 corresponding to the date of the rock live concert as a product or service. The event information 35 of the meeting can be written. Note that the writing of the event information 35 can be executed at any time when the above-mentioned lock ticket is sold out or the reservation sales period has elapsed, and the provisional reservation of the ticket has been received.
[0066]
The ticket sales site 31 includes a live concert code included in the reservation code 30 input from the user terminal, a member code for identifying the user, a first desired reservation date code, a second desired reservation date code, a reserved seat code, and the like. Determine the ticket number to sell from the options.
[0067]
Further, the ticket sales site 31 composes the reservation completion information from the date of the live concert corresponding to the ticket number, the performance venue, the start time, the reserved seat number, and the character / number information of the “live music” of the private category code, The destination target file is specified in the event information storage area 52 of the user's private calendar file 51 by HTML format email or text format email, and the reservation completion information is transmitted to the network electronic organizer 40.
[0068]
Further, using a file described in XML language described in XML (XML) Extensible Markup Language, the date of the live concert included in the reservation completion information, the performance venue, the start time, the reserved seat number, the private category code, etc. Using the self-designated tag for each item such as “live music”, for example, <date>, <map><category>, etc., the contents of the XML file received by the network electronic organizer can be grasped and automatically processed. it can.
[0069]
The network electronic organizer 40 analyzes the received reservation completion information and determines whether or not the information belongs to a reception permission category registered in the category table 50 in advance. If it belongs to the reception permission category, the reservation completion information is written in the event information storage area 52, and when the user browses the network electronic organizer, the title item 35 of "live concert" is displayed on the calendar. . Since the exemplified reservation completion information belongs to the category of “live music”, writing to the event information storage area 52 is permitted.
[0070]
FIG. 6 is a front view of a category table input / edit screen used in the embodiment of the present invention. The first category table 60 stores the category of the action range that is a part of the attribute information of the user. For example, the user's behavior by selecting an arbitrary area from the Kanto area such as Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki, Tokyo, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Kawasaki, Kanagawa and Fujisawa, Kanagawa Identify the range. In the illustrated Tokyo Metropolitan area and Yokohama city, Kanagawa prefecture, black circle marks are input in the right columns, respectively, and the user's action range is limited to the marked area. When it is determined that the event information transmitted from the outside and received by the network electronic organizer 40 is related to the marked area, the event information is extracted as a candidate for writing in the event information storage area, and the event information irrelevant to the marked area is discarded. .
[0071]
Next, the second category table 62 stores the type of commercial (business) event desired by the user. For example, an arbitrary category is selected from a plurality of categories such as seminars, lectures, business shows, fairs, new software products, conference presentations, statistical information, and job openings, and event information desired by the user is specified. In the illustrated lectures and new software products, a black circle mark is input in the left column, respectively, and the business category of the user is limited to the marked category.
[0072]
The event information extracted as the primary candidate from the regional information is screened based on the marked information in the second category table 62, and the event information related to the lecture and the new software product is written to the event information storage area 44. . On the other hand, event information unrelated to the marked category is discarded at this stage.
[0073]
Further, the third category table 63 stores the type of private (private) event desired by the user. For example, an arbitrary category is selected from a plurality of categories such as gourmet, interior, bicycle, motorcycle, live music, classical concert, new music release, and kabuki to specify event information desired by the user. In the illustrated live music and new song release, a black circle mark is input in the left column, respectively, and the user's private category is limited to the marked category.
[0074]
The event information extracted as the primary candidate based on the regional information is screened based on the marked information of the third category table 63, and the event information related to the live music and the release of the new music is written to the event information storage area 52. On the other hand, event information unrelated to the marked category is discarded at this stage.
[0075]
As described above, since only the event information belonging to the category stored in advance is extracted and written into the event information storage area in the calendar file, the event information necessary when the calendar is displayed on the display screen of the user terminal is associated with the date. In this way, the schedule at which events are concentrated can be grasped at a glance, and the management of the schedule becomes easy.
[0076]
The screening process may be automatically selected by the server. When outsourcing the service of the network electronic organizer, the event information may be screened by a manual operation by outsourcing to an external contractor. Either means can be used to write and store only the event information required by the user in the event information storage area for viewing.
[0077]
In addition, a company that provides event information can participate in the network electronic organizer system and use it to promote products or services provided by the company server. Can be provided in association with the calendar date, so that the user's labor and wasted time can be drastically reduced.
[0078]
Therefore, users who use the network electronic organizer system of the present invention recognize convenience and increase rapidly, and companies providing event information can dramatically increase the number of members who use products or services.
[0079]
FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a network electronic organizer according to an embodiment of the present invention. The network electronic organizer system as a network electronic organizer includes a server 72 connected to the Internet 70 as a network, and a storage device 74.
[0080]
The storage device 74 is connected to the server 72, has therein two types of storage areas for business and private use, and stores a shared information storage area 43 for storing shared information transmitted from the groupware manager for business calendar files. A business event information storage area 44 for storing event information received from the outside, and a business personal information storage area 45 in which the user himself / herself writes personal information.
[0081]
Further, the storage device 74 includes a shared information storage area 53 for storing shared information transmitted from the groupware manager for the private calendar file, a private event information storage area 52 for storing externally received event information, A personal information storage area 54 for private use in which the user himself / herself writes personal information is provided.
[0082]
Further, the storage device 74 has an electronic organizer file 76 for storing schedule information obtained by synthesizing the contents of the business calendar file and the contents of the private calendar file in association with the date.
[0083]
The company server 84, the company server 87, and the company server 90 connected to the Internet 70 transmit the event information to the server 72 via the Internet 70 by e-mail in any of HTML format, XML format, and text format. . The server 72 analyzes the received e-mail and determines whether to store it in the event information storage area 44 or 52 in the calendar file based on the information in the category table. When the determination results match, the writing of event information to the event information storage area 44 or 52 is permitted.
[0084]
The server 72 responds to the access from the user via the LAN, browses the electronic organizer, and processes the input of a new schedule and the editing of the already input schedule. It also has a function of transferring personal information written by the user himself to another employee via the groupware manager.
[0085]
In addition, the user accesses the server 72 from the personal computer 82 installed at home via the Internet 70, or from the mobile phone 78 to the server 72 via the Internet 70 and the wireless base station 80 of the communication carrier company while away from home. You can also access it. By managing the calendar information in one server 72 in this way, it is not necessary to store the calendar information in a plurality of terminals, thereby saving the hardware. In addition, the calendar information is shared by information processing devices at work, at home, and on the go. Can be stored in a distributed manner, thereby eliminating the trouble of executing the synchronization process.
[0086]
The user can browse the calendar information through the server 72, access the event information source of interest or necessary through the Internet 70, and arrange the above-mentioned ticket reservation, betting ticket purchase, music album purchase, and the like, Since the information of the event for which the arrangement has been completed can be automatically stored in association with the calendar date based on the event information returned from the company server, labor saving of the calendar management can be achieved as compared with the related art.
[0087]
In order to access the event information source, the user connects the user terminal to the deep link advertisement page 85 or company guide page 86 of the company A's web server 84 using the hyperlink function of calendar information, as shown in the figure. Products or services can be browsed, and a desired ticket or the like is reserved by inputting predetermined items. Further, it is also possible to access a company B web server 87 as a company server and a deep link advertisement page 88 or a company information page 89 to execute the same reservation processing. A company C web server 90 as a company server and a deep link are used. It is also possible to access the advertisement page 91 or the company information page 92 and execute the same reservation processing.
[0088]
The advertisement of the corporate server is displayed on the user terminal of the user who has accessed the advertisement page. The advertisement information to be displayed is displayed on the display of the user terminal for several seconds as a predetermined time from the time of access. It can be enlarged and displayed at the top, and then changed to ordinary advertising information occupying about one tenth of the screen area. The advertisement information may be rotated on the display of the user terminal accessing the advertisement page, or may be moved at a speed of 3 cm per second in any of the vertical and horizontal directions.
[0089]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a method for scheduling a schedule of a network electronic organizer according to an embodiment of the present invention. The schedule reservation of the network electronic organizer is started from the start processing 100 by access from the user terminal.
[0090]
The network electronic organizer requests the user to input a user ID and a password, and the user inputs authentication information of the user ID and the password in step 101. The network electronic organizer permits the user access based on the received authentication information, and branches the process to step 103. If the authentication information is incorrect, the process branches to step 112 to deny access to the calendar file.
[0091]
In step 103, a process of browsing the calendar file is executed for the user who is permitted to be authenticated. Prior to the browsing process, the event information 105 input from the outside is acquired in step 106 to obtain the category table information, and in the subsequent step 107, the event information and the category table information are compared and subjected to a screening process to match (hit). In this case, the processing shifts to the merge processing in step 103, and if they do not match (NO), the event information is discarded and the flow branches to step 112.
[0092]
Also, in step 103, shared information input from the groupware manager 104 is acquired in parallel. In step 103, the event information, the shared information, and the personal information are merged (combined) and the user browses the schedule information corresponding to the date.
[0093]
In the process of the network electronic organizer, the process proceeds to step 108, and a process of inputting new or updated schedule information from the user who is viewing the schedule information is executed. Next, the process proceeds to step 109, where it is determined whether or not the personal information input by the user is personal information managed by the groupware manager. When the groupware manager transfers a copy of personal information to another user based on the determination result, the process branches to step 111 to refer to the delivery table, specify a transfer destination, and transfer the copy of personal information via the LAN or the Internet. The process proceeds to step 110.
[0094]
On the other hand, if it is determined that the personal information does not involve the groupware manager, the flow branches to step 110 to execute a notebook writing process for storing the input personal information in the personal information storage area. In step 110, personal information managed by the groupware manager is also stored in the personal information storage area to execute a notebook writing process. When the notebook writing process is completed, the process proceeds to step 112 and the schedule reservation process of the network electronic notebook can be ended.
[0095]
In this way, the user is relieved of the complexity of using a private and a personal electronic organizer, and can automatically share business announcements and writings via the groupware manager. Event information can be automatically screened and then written to a calendar in an electronic organizer provided for each user.
[0096]
In addition, a network electronic organizer that can be shared at work, at home, and on the go can be used, and private and commercial schedule information can be combined and displayed on the display screen of the user terminal.
[0097]
Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the provision of calendar information has been described. Such services can be centrally managed and provided by a network electronic organizer.
[0098]
The network electronic organizer of the present invention is not limited to the illustrated example described above, and it is needless to say that various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, a business transaction can be completed on the Internet by interactively exchanging information such as hotel reservations, airline ticket reservations, and hospital reservations using a network electronic organizer.
[0099]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the network electronic organizer and the schedule reservation method according to claims 1 to 4 of the present invention, a network using the Internet in which the schedule management of groupware, acquaintances, and individuals is centrally managed. An excellent effect of providing an electronic organizer can be achieved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic system diagram of a network electronic organizer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view of a schematic display screen of the network electronic organizer according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a front view of a schematic display screen of the network electronic organizer according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a front view of a schematic display screen of the network electronic organizer according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a front view of a schematic display screen of the network electronic organizer according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a front view of a schematic display screen of a category table used in the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a network electronic organizer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a network electronic organizer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
40 Network Electronic Notebook
41 Groupware Manager
42 Commercial Calendar File
43 Shared information storage area
44 Event information storage area
45 Personal information storage area
46 Category table
47 Internet
48 Corporate Server
49 Corporate Server
50 Category table
51 Private calendar file
52 event information storage area
53 Shared information storage area
54 Personal Information Storage Area
56 Groupware Manager
57 Internet
70 Internet
72 Server
74 storage device
76 Electronic organizer file
78 mobile phone
80 wireless base stations
82 Personal Computer

Claims (4)

A network electronic organizer for inputting and browsing schedule information classified into schedule titles, dates and times, and details into a calendar on the network;
A calendar file having a shared information storage area, a personal information storage area, and an event information storage area;
Screening means for subjecting event information received through the network to screening processing based on category information, and permitting writing of event information belonging to a predetermined category in the event information storage area;
Information identifying means for identifying each of the shared information, personal information, and event information by coloring or brightness and displaying the shared information on a display of a user terminal;
Network electronic organizer equipped with. A network electronic organizer for inputting and browsing schedule information classified into schedule titles, dates and times, and details into a calendar on the network;
A commercial calendar file having a commercial information shared information storage area, a personal information storage area, and an event information storage area;
A private calendar file having a shared information storage area for personal use, a personal information storage area, and an event information storage area;
Screening means for subjecting event information received through the network to screening processing based on the category information, and permitting writing of event information belonging to a predetermined category into the commercial or private purpose event information storage area;
Information identification means for synthesizing the commercial information and private purpose shared information, personal information, and event information, identifying the shared information, personal information, and event information by coloring or brightness, and displaying the information on a display of a user terminal; ;
Network electronic organizer equipped with. The shared information, personal information, and event information are displayed in a frame area corresponding to a date column arranged in a predetermined direction on the display of the user terminal based on the date and time of the schedule information. 3. The network electronic organizer according to claim 1, wherein a mark for identifying a source of the schedule is displayed in a screen area adjacent to the information and the event information. 4. Performs a reservation process for a product or service corresponding to the reservation code transmitted from the user, and provides the product or service to the user's calendar page stored in the electronic organizer server via the network when the reservation process is completed. A schedule reservation method for a network electronic organizer that writes reservation completion information to the calendar date column corresponding to the date.

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