JP2005071220A - Integration system, method and program of cals/ec "information sharing system between orderer and order receiver" - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an integration system, method and program of CALS/EC "information sharing system between an orderer and an order receiver" which integrates information from a viewpoint of the order receiver. <P>SOLUTION: An input device 11 performs an information utilization request to an information utilization means 16 and inputs the contents and conditions, etc. of information utilization. The information utilization means 16 requests object data to an information unification management device 13. The information unification management device 13 performs an acquisition request of object information to an information sharing server via a connection interface means 12. In addition, an information unification management device 13 performs the acquisition request of the object information to a local information storage device 15. The information unification management device 13 returns the acquired information to the information utilization means 16 at a unified state. The information utilization means 16 processes the acquired information based on the contents requested from the inputted device 11 and displays it on an output device 17. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an integration method, method, and program for CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties”, and in particular, CALS / EC “information sharing between ordering parties” that integrates information from the viewpoint of a contractor. System integration method, method and program.

  As an example of a conventional system for performing transactions between ordering and receiving parties, in Patent Document 1, an intermediary server stores ordering information from an ordering company terminal in an ordering database, and resource information from an ordering company terminal in a resource database. A bid table that is stored and that satisfies the conditions of both the ordering side and the ordering side is created and selectively transmitted to the ordering company terminal and the ordering company terminal. If both sides get a reply that the contract is based on the contents of the bid table, the mediation server deletes the matter from the ordering database, and the design subcontract mediation system that deletes the resource information assigned to the matter from the resource database It has been published.

  Further, Patent Document 2 includes a transaction mediation server that mediates electronic commerce by communicating with an ordering terminal of a plurality of orderers and an ordering terminal of a plurality of orderers via a communication line. Alliances are formed among many companies and registered as participating companies that are members of centralized electronic commerce, and the order-receiving side registers product information, such as information on products and services for which orders are received, on the transaction brokerage site. Electronic commerce that accepts orders from the orderer, and the transaction broker manages the transaction brokerage site using the transaction brokerage server and wholesales goods and services between the multiple contractors who are members and the multiple orderers The system is public.

  Recently, construction companies are required to respond to "CALS / EC (Public Project Support Integrated Information System)".

  Fig. 8 shows the information sharing system proposed by the Japan Construction Information Center (JACIC) on January 17, 2003 in the "Information Sharing System Functional Requirements Between Ordering Party During Construction" (draft). An image diagram will be posted (Source: Information sharing system between contractors during construction work, functional requirements (draft) (Rev0.9: JACIC)).

  FIG. 9 illustrates the progress of the information sharing system (partly: FIG. 8 is diverted). Referring to FIG. 9, when the information is captured from the viewpoint of the orderer, all the construction information is centrally managed by the information sharing server.

For example, when the contractor a constructs the orderer a, the orderer c, and the orderer e, and the contractor b constructs the orderer c and the orderer d,
In the information sharing server a,
・ Construction information received by the contractor a from the contractor a is stored.
In the information sharing server b,
・ Construction information that the contractor a received an order from the contractor c,
・ Construction information that the contractor b received an order from the contractor c,
Stores construction information received by the contractor b from the orderer d.

  As described above, the information stored in the information sharing server is information related to the ordering party and is always unified from the viewpoint of the ordering party as described above. For example, the orderer c terminal can centrally manage the information of the contractor a and the contractor b on the information sharing server b.

  When the information is captured from the viewpoint of the contractor, for example, when the contractor a tries to construct the orderer a, the orderer c, and the orderer e, the contractor a terminal is connected to the orderer a terminal and information. The information sharing server a is accessed for sharing, the information sharing server b is accessed for sharing information with the orderer c terminal, and information is separately exchanged with the orderer e terminal. The operator of the contractor a terminal operates in different procedures in order to access the information sharing server a and the information sharing server b and to exchange information with the orderer e terminal.

JP 2002-288465 A

JP 2002-41841 A

  However, the above background art has the following problems.

  In the CALS / EC “Information Sharing System Between Ordering Party”, when information is captured from the viewpoint of the contractor, the information is distributed to a plurality of information sharing servers. For example, when the contractor a tries to construct the orderer a, the orderer c, and the orderer e, the contractor a terminal accesses the information sharing server a to share information with the orderer a terminal, and In order to share information with the orderer c terminal, it is necessary to access the information sharing server b. Further, it is necessary to exchange information separately with the orderer e terminal.

  Furthermore, the operations must be performed in different procedures.

  An object of the present invention is to integrate the CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” that solves the above-mentioned problems and accesses a plurality of information sharing systems in the same procedure and utilizes centrally managed information. To provide a method, method and program.

  The integration method of the CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” of the first invention of the present application is a plurality of methods for connecting the ordering party terminal of the ordering party and storing the construction information of the ordering party ordered by the ordering party terminal. An information sharing server, an orderer terminal having an information integration mechanism for acquiring construction information of the orderer from the plurality of information sharing servers and integrating information, the orderer terminal, and the orderer terminal; A network connecting the information sharing server.

  The integration method of the CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” according to the second aspect of the present invention connects a plurality of ordering party terminals of the ordering party, and stores a plurality of construction information of the ordering party ordered by the ordering party terminal. An information sharing server, an ASP provider server having an information integration mechanism for acquiring construction information of the orderer from the plurality of information sharing servers and integrating the information, and accessing the ASP provider server A contractor terminal that inputs a request and outputs a request result from the ASP provider server; and a network that connects the contractor terminal, the orderer terminal, and the information sharing server.

  The integration method of the CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” according to the third invention of the present application is the information integration server according to the first or second invention, wherein each of the information sharing servers has the information integration mechanism. Information obtained from the plurality of information sharing servers via the connection interface means, the connection interface means for probing a session with the plurality of information sharing servers in a procedure according to the information, and the information utilization means A centralized information device that returns the information to the information utilization means, and an information utilization means that processes the information requested and acquired from the information centralization management device based on the content requested by the input device. It is characterized by.

  The integration method of the CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” of the fourth invention of the present application comprises an orderer terminal not connected to the network in the first or second invention, and the information integration mechanism is And means for unifying information acquired from the plurality of information sharing servers and the orderer terminal not connected to the network.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the integration method of the CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” in the second aspect, the ASP provider server has means for charging the contractor terminal.

  The integration method of the CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” according to the sixth invention of the present application includes an ordering party terminal operated by the ordering party and an ordering party terminal operated by the ordering party. An integration method of CALS / EC “Information Sharing System Between Ordering Orders” having a plurality of information sharing servers connected and storing construction information of the ordering order received by the ordering party, wherein the ordering party terminal includes: For each information sharing server, a session is established with the plurality of information sharing servers according to a procedure corresponding to each information sharing server, information is acquired from the plurality of information sharing servers, the acquired information is unified, and the unified It is characterized by processing information.

  The integration method of the CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” according to a seventh aspect of the present invention is the sixth aspect of the present invention, wherein the contractor terminal includes the plurality of information sharing servers and a stand-alone ordering party terminal. Information is acquired and the acquired information is unified.

  The integration method of the CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” according to the eighth invention of the present application connects the ordering party terminal operated by the ordering party, the ordering party terminal operated by the ordering party, and the ordering party terminal. Integration of CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” having a plurality of information sharing servers that connect the ordering party terminal and store the construction information of the ordering order received by the ordering party, including an ASP provider server The contractor terminal accesses the ASP provider server and inputs a request, and the ASP provider server performs the procedure according to each information sharing server for each information sharing server. Establishing a session with the information sharing server, acquiring information from the plurality of information sharing servers, unifying the acquired information, processing the centralized information based on the request, and the contractor Send powder to the contractor terminal receives and outputs the request result, characterized in that.

  An integration method of CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” according to a ninth aspect of the present invention is the method according to the eighth aspect, wherein the ASP provider server includes the plurality of information sharing servers and a stand-alone ordering party terminal. The information is acquired from the information, and the acquired information is unified.

  The integration method of the CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” according to the tenth invention of the present application is characterized in that, in the eighth invention, the ASP provider server charges the contractor terminal. .

  An integrated program of CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” according to an eleventh aspect of the present application includes an ordering party terminal operated by the ordering party and an ordering party terminal operated by the ordering party. An integrated program of CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” having a plurality of information sharing servers that are connected and store construction information of the ordering party ordered by the ordering party. A function for a terminal to establish a session with the plurality of information sharing servers in accordance with a procedure corresponding to each information sharing server for each information sharing server, a function for acquiring information from the plurality of information sharing servers, and unifying the acquired information And a function for processing the unified information.

  An integrated program of CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” according to a twelfth aspect of the present invention is the integrated program of the eleventh aspect, wherein the contractor terminal includes the plurality of information sharing servers and stand-alone ordering party terminals. A function of acquiring information and a function of unifying the acquired information are realized.

  The integrated program of CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” according to the thirteenth aspect of the present application connects the ordering party terminal operated by the ordering party, the ordering party terminal operated by the ordering party, and the ordering party terminal. Integration of CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” having a plurality of information sharing servers that connect the ordering party terminal and store the construction information of the ordering order received by the ordering party, including an ASP provider server A program in which the contractor terminal accesses the ASP provider server and inputs a request to the computer, and the ASP provider server corresponds to each information sharing server for each information sharing server A function of establishing a session with the plurality of information sharing servers in a procedure, a function of acquiring information from the plurality of information sharing servers, a function of unifying the acquired information; Ability to send serial centralized information by processing based on the request to the order receiver terminal, the order receiver terminal, to realize the function, for receiving and outputting the request result.

  An integrated program of CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” according to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention is the program for integrating the plurality of information sharing servers and the stand-alone ordering party terminal in the thirteenth aspect. The function of acquiring information from the above and the function of unifying the acquired information are realized.

  An integrated program of CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” according to the fifteenth aspect of the present invention realizes a function in which the ASP provider server charges the contractor terminal in the thirteenth aspect.

  The first effect is that a plurality of information sharing systems can establish a session with the same procedure and procedure.

  The reason is that an information integration mechanism is provided, and the connection interface means is included in the information integration mechanism.

  The second effect is that the construction information of the orderer before the establishment of the information sharing system and private construction information that is not subject to information sharing can be stored and managed as local information inside the system.

  The reason is that an information integration mechanism is provided, and the information integration mechanism includes a local information registration / correction means and a local information storage device.

  The third effect is that the information that is physically distributed from the viewpoint of the ordering party can be collected as if it were centrally managed and can be utilized.

  The reason is that an information integration mechanism is provided, and the information integration mechanism includes an information integration management device and information utilization means.

  The present invention was created in accordance with the “Requirements for Information Sharing System Functionality between Ordering Party during Construction Work (Draft)” proposed by the Japan Construction Information Center (JACIC) on January 17, 2003. This is characterized in that an “information sharing system between ordering parties” (hereinafter referred to as an information sharing system) is integrated from the viewpoint of the contractor, and all construction information is centrally managed by the contractor.

Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of the best mode for carrying out the present invention.

  Referring to FIG. 1, the best mode for carrying out the present invention is an orderer a terminal 1, an orderer b terminal 2, an orderer a terminal 3, an orderer b terminal 4, and an orderer c terminal. 5, orderer d terminal 6, orderer e terminal 7, information sharing server a 8, information sharing server b 9, and network 10. There are no restrictions on the number of orderer terminals, orderer terminals, and information sharing servers.

  The contractor a terminal 1 to the contractor b terminal 2 are devices used by the contractor and are information processing apparatuses such as personal computers that operate under program control. In this example, the contractor a terminal 1 is used by the contractor a, and the contractor b terminal 2 is used by the contractor b.

  The orderer a terminal 3 to the orderer e terminal 7 are devices used by the orderer and are information processing devices such as personal computers that operate under program control. In this example, the orderer a terminal 3 is used by the orderer a, the orderer b terminal 4 is used by the orderer b,..., And the orderer e terminal 7 is used by the orderer e.

  The information sharing server a8 is an information processing apparatus such as a server that operates under program control, and all construction information required by the orderer a terminal 3 to the orderer b terminal 4 when capturing information from the orderer's viewpoint. Is managed centrally. The information sharing server a8 forms an information sharing system a20 together with the orderer a terminal 3 to the orderer b terminal 4.

  The information sharing server b9 is an information processing apparatus such as a server that operates under program control, and all the construction information required by the orderer c terminal 5 to the orderer d terminal 6 when capturing information from the orderer's viewpoint. Is managed centrally. The information sharing server b9 forms an information sharing system b30 together with the orderer c terminal 5 to the orderer d terminal 6.

  For example, when the contractor a constructs the orderer a, the orderer c, and the orderer e, and the contractor b constructs the orderer c and the orderer d, the information sharing server a8 stores the contractor. The construction information received by the orderer a from the orderer a is stored, and the information sharing server b9 stores the construction information received by the orderer a from the orderer c, the construction information received by the orderer b from the orderer c, and the contractor. Stores construction information received by b from the orderer d.

  The network 10 is a communication network such as the Internet, and connects the orderer a terminal 1 to the orderer b terminal 2, the orderer a terminal 3 to the orderer d terminal 6, and the information sharing server a8 to information sharing server b9. The orderer e terminal 7 is not connected to the network 10.

  The contractor a terminal 1 includes an input device 11, a connection interface means 12, an information centralization management device 13, a local information registration / modification means 14, a local information storage device 15, an information utilization means 16, and an output device. 17. A unit comprising the input device 11, the connection interface unit 12, the information unification management unit 13, the local information registration / modification unit 14, the local information storage unit 15, the information utilization unit 16 and the output unit 17 is referred to as an information integration mechanism. The contractor b terminal 2 has the same configuration.

  The input device 11 includes a pointing device such as a keyboard and a mouse, inputs an operator's function request, and sends the input function request to the connection interface unit 12, the local information registration / modification unit 14, or the information utilization unit 16. To do. In addition, the input device 11 includes construction information (for example, a CD-R medium) acquired from the orderer e-terminal 7 that is not connected to the network 10 (used stand-alone) and private construction information that is not subject to information sharing. Information to be locally managed is input and sent to the local information registration / correction means 14. Further, the input device 11 inputs information utilization contents, conditions, etc., and sends them to the information utilization means 16.

  The connection interface means 12 is an input / output interface for accessing the information sharing server a8 and the information sharing server b9 which are external systems, and is an application program interface (hereinafter referred to as API). The connection interface unit 12 accesses each information sharing server by a procedure / protocol corresponding to the information sharing server.

  The information integration management device 13 is a device for centrally managing construction information and the like distributed in units of information sharing servers. That is, construction information and the like existing on the information sharing server a8 and the information sharing server b9 are managed in an integrated manner. The information unifying management device 13 may or may not have the data entity for realizing the function (it can be realized by a so-called RDBMS virtual table). In addition, the information centralization management device 13 also targets information stored in the local information storage device 15 as a central management target. The information integration management device 13 acquires the information requested by the information utilization unit 16 from the information sharing server a8 and / or the information sharing server b9 via the connection interface unit 12, and acquires the information from the local information storage unit 15. The acquired information is returned to the information utilization means 16 in a unified (integrated) state. The information integration management device 13 may access the information sharing server and acquire information whenever requested by the information utilization means 16, or may access the information sharing server in advance to acquire and store the information. Alternatively, the information acquired by accessing the information sharing server may be stored, and only the information updated on the information sharing server side may be acquired.

  The local information registration / modification means 14 is the construction information (in this example, the construction information existing on the orderer e terminal 7) when the orderer does not share the information (related to the orderer who has not implemented the information sharing system). ) Or private construction information that is not subject to information sharing is registered as local information in the local information storage device 15 and corrected.

  The local information storage device 15 is a storage device for storing local information.

The information utilization means 16 is a program group that provides useful information to the contractor using the construction information that is centrally managed by the information centralization management device 13. For example,
・ Table of construction cost summary table for each business year in the last three years,
・ List of construction history list by engineer,
・ Summarize and statistically process the overall construction history such as bidding results list and table. The information utilization means 16 processes the information requested and acquired from the information integration management device 13 based on the content requested from the input device 11 and sends it to the output device 17.

  The output device 17 is a device that outputs a function request result and the like, and is a display device or the like.

Next, the operation of the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the system of the information integration mechanism.
FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining session establishment with the information sharing server.
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining registration of local information.
FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining correction of local information.
FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining information utilization.

First, session establishment with the information sharing server will be described with reference to FIG. In this example, a session establishment request to the information sharing server is made from the input device 11 to the connection interface means 12 to establish a session with the information sharing server a8 ((1) in FIG. 3).

  When the input device 11 selects a session establishment destination, the connection interface means 12 makes a session establishment request to the selected information sharing server a8 ((2) in FIG. 3).

  When the session is established (or establishment failure), the session establishment status is displayed on the output device 17 ((4) in FIG. 3) via the connection interface means 12 ((3) in FIG. 3).

  After the session to the information sharing server a8 is established, the operation is performed according to the user interface (operability) of the information sharing server a8.

  Next, registration of local information will be described with reference to FIG.

  A request for registration of local information is made from the input device 11 to the local information registration / correction means 14.

  Information to be locally managed such as construction information is input from the input device 11 ((1) in FIG. 4).

  The local information registration / modification means 14 registers the input content in the local information storage device 15 ((2) in FIG. 4).

  The local information registration / modification means 14 displays the registration result in the local information storage device 15 on the output device 17 ((3) in FIG. 4).

  Next, correction of local information will be described with reference to FIG.

  The input device 11 issues a local information correction request to the local information registration / correction means 14.

  Key information for reading local information to be corrected is input from the input device 11 ((1) in FIG. 5).

  The local information registration / correction means 14 searches the local information existing in the local information storage device 15 with the input key information ((2) in FIG. 5).

  The search result is returned to the local information registration / correction means 14 ((3) in FIG. 5) and displayed on the output device 17 ((4) in FIG. 5).

  The correction information is input from the input device 11 ((5) in FIG. 5).

  The local information registration / modification means 14 updates the information in the local information storage device 15 with the input content ((6) in FIG. 5).

  The local information registration / correction means 14 displays the correction result for the local information storage device 15 on the output device 17 ((7) in FIG. 5).

  Next, information utilization will be described with reference to FIG.

  An information utilization request is sent from the input device 11 to the information utilization means 16.

  Information utilization conditions and conditions are input from the input device 11 ((1) in FIG. 6).

  The information utilization means 16 makes a request for the target data to the information centralization management apparatus 13 ((2) in FIG. 6).

  The information centralization management apparatus 13 makes an acquisition request for the target information to the information sharing server via the connection interface means 12 ((3) in FIG. 6) ((4) in FIG. 6).

  The information sharing server returns the target data to the information centralized management apparatus 13 via the connection interface means 12 ((5) in FIG. 6) ((6) in FIG. 6).

  The information centralization management device 13 requests the local information storage device 15 to acquire target information ((7) in FIG. 6).

  The local information storage device 15 returns the target data to the information integration management device 13 ((8) in FIG. 6).

  The information unification management device 13 returns the information requested by the contractor to the information utilization means 16 in a unified state ((9) in FIG. 6).

  The information utilization means 16 processes the acquired information based on the content requested from the input device 11 and outputs it to the output device 17 ((10) in FIG. 6).

  Finally, the operation of the contractor a terminal 1 when the contractor a uses the construction information of the orderer who has received an order will be described. The contractor a performs the construction of the orderer a, the orderer c, and the orderer e, the construction information of the orderer a received by the contractor a is stored in the information sharing server a8, and the order is received in the information sharing server b9. It is assumed that the construction information of the orderer c received by the person a is stored. Further, it is assumed that the construction information of the orderer e has already been registered in the local information storage device 15 using the local information registration / correction means 14.

  The input device 11 issues a session establishment request to the information sharing server to the connection interface means 12, and the input device 11 selects the information sharing server a8 and the information sharing server b9 as the session establishment destination.

  The connection interface unit 12 establishes a session with the selected information sharing server a8 and information sharing server b9.

  An information utilization request is made from the input device 11 to the information utilization means 16, and information utilization contents and conditions (in this example, acquisition of construction information of the orderer a, the orderer c, and the orderer e) are input to the input device. 11 is input.

  The information utilization means 16 makes a request for the target data (in this example, construction information of the orderer a, the orderer c, and the orderer e) to the information centralization management device 13.

  The information centralization management device 13 requests the information sharing server a8 to obtain the construction information of the orderer a and the construction information of the orderer c to the information sharing server b9 via the connection interface unit 12.

  The information sharing server a8 returns the construction information of the orderer a, and the information sharing server b9 returns the construction information of the orderer c to the information centralization management device 13 via the connection interface unit 12.

  The information centralization management device 13 requests the local information storage device 15 to obtain the construction information of the orderer e, and the local information storage device 15 returns the construction information of the orderer e to the information centralization management device 13.

  The information unification management device 13 unifies (integrates) the received construction information of the orderer a, the orderer c, and the orderer e and returns them to the information utilization means 16.

  The information utilization means 16 processes the acquired unified construction information of the orderer a, the orderer c, and the orderer e into the format requested by the input device 11 and outputs the processed information to the output device 17.

  In this way, the operator of the contractor terminal inputs a request to the information integration mechanism, and the information integration mechanism establishes a session with a plurality of information sharing systems to acquire information and integrate the acquired information (unification) Therefore, the operator of the contractor terminal does not need to perform different session establishment procedures with a plurality of information sharing systems. In addition, since information on a plurality of information sharing systems is integrated from the viewpoint of the contractor, an information sharing environment in which information is integrated (unified) can be provided. In addition, an environment where centralized information can be utilized is realized. With this system, the infrastructure for utilizing digital information is prepared from the viewpoint of the contractor. As a result, the contractor promotes IT and promotes business improvement (so-called BPR (Business Process Reengineering)), and greatly advances the progress of CALS / EC. Contribute.

  As a result, the merit of the contracting company that promotes information sharing is dramatically improved, and information sharing in CALS / EC is promoted.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the above-described embodiment, the information integration mechanism is provided in the contractor terminal. However, in this embodiment, an information sharing system common portal site is constructed in the ASP (application service provider) server, and the information sharing system is common. The difference is that an information integration mechanism is provided on the portal site.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment of the present invention.

  Referring to FIG. 7, another embodiment of the present invention includes an orderer a terminal 41, an orderer b terminal 42, an orderer a terminal 3, an orderer b terminal 4, and an orderer c terminal 5. The orderer d terminal 6, the orderer e terminal 7, the information sharing server a8, the information sharing server b9, the network 10, and the ASP provider server 50 are provided.

  Here, the contractor a terminal 41, the contractor b terminal 42, and the ASP provider server 50, which are different from those of the above-described embodiment shown in FIG. 1, will be described.

  The contractor a terminal 41 is a device used by the contractor and is a personal computer or the like that operates under program control. The contractor a terminal 41 includes an access unit 410, an input device 411, and an output device 417. The contractor b terminal 42 has the same configuration as the contractor a terminal 41.

  The access means 410 has a function of accessing the ASP provider server 50 and connecting to the information integration mechanism of the information sharing system common portal site.

  The input device 411 includes a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse, inputs an operator's function request, and transmits the input function request to the input means 51 of the ASP provider server 50. Further, the input device 411 inputs locally managed information such as construction information acquired from the orderer e terminal 7 not connected to the network 10 and transmits it to the input means 51 of the ASP provider server 50.

  The output device 417 is a display device or the like that displays a function request result received from the output means 57 of the ASP provider server 50.

  The ASP provider server 50 is an information processing apparatus such as a server that operates under program control, constructs an information sharing system common portal site, and provides an information sharing service function. The ASP provider server 50 includes an input unit 51, a connection interface unit 52, an information centralization management unit 53, a local information registration / modification unit 54, a local information storage unit 55, an information utilization unit 56, and an output unit. 57. The information integration mechanism includes an input unit 51, a connection interface unit 52, an information centralization management unit 53, a local information registration / modification unit 54, a local information storage unit 55, an information utilization unit 56, and an output unit 57.

  Each component will be described.

  The connection interface means 52, the information centralization management device 53, the local information registration / modification means 54, the local information storage device 55, and the information utilization means 56 are the same as the connection interface means 12 of FIG. It is equivalent to the device 13, the local information registration / modification means 14, the local information storage device 15, and the information utilization means 16.

  The input unit 51 sends the function request received from the input device 411 to the connection interface unit 52, the local information registration / modification unit 54, or the information utilization unit 56. Further, the input unit 51 sends the locally managed information received from the input device 411 to the local information registration / correction unit 54.

  The output unit 57 transmits the function request result and the like to the output device 417 of the contractor terminal.

  Next, the operation of another embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  First, the orderer terminal access means 410 accesses the ASP provider server 50 and connects to the information integration mechanism of the information sharing system common portal site.

  Next, session establishment with the information sharing system will be described.

  A request for establishing a session to the information sharing server is sent from the input device 411 to the connection interface means 52 via the input means 51.

  When the input device 411 selects a session establishment destination, the connection interface means 52 makes a session establishment request to the selected information sharing server.

  When the session is established (or establishment failure), the session establishment status is displayed on the output device 417 via the connection interface means 12 and the output means 57.

  After the session of the information sharing server is established, operation is performed according to the user interface (operability) of each information sharing server.

  Next, registration of local information will be described.

  A request for registration of local information is made from the input device 411 to the local information registration / modification means 54 via the input means 51.

  Information to be locally managed, such as construction information, is input from the input device 411 and sent to the local information registration / correction means 54 via the input means 51.

  The local information registration / correction means 54 registers the input content in the local information storage device 55.

  The local information registration / correction means 54 displays the registration result in the local information storage device 55 on the output device 417 via the output means 57.

  Next, correction of local information will be described.

  The local information registration / modification unit 54 is requested to modify the local information via the input unit 51 from the input device 411.

  Key information for reading the local information to be corrected is input from the input device 411 and sent to the local information registration / correction means 54 via the input means 51.

  The local information registration / modification means 54 searches the local information existing in the local information storage device 55 with the input key information.

  The search result is returned to the local information registration / correction means 54 and displayed on the output device 417 via the output means 57.

  The correction information is input from the input device 411 and sent to the local information registration / correction means 54 via the input means 51.

  The local information registration / correction means 54 updates the information in the local information storage device 55 with the input content.

  The local information registration / correction means 54 displays the correction result for the local information storage device 55 on the output device 417 via the output means 57.

  Finally, information utilization will be explained.

  An information utilization request is made to the information utilization means 56 from the input device 411 via the input means 51.

  The contents and conditions of information utilization are input from the input device 411 and sent to the information utilization means 56 via the input means 51.

  The information utilization means 56 makes a request for target data to the information integration management device 53.

  The information centralization management device 53 makes an acquisition request for the target information to the information sharing server via the connection interface means 52.

  The information sharing server returns the target data to the information centralization management device 53 via the connection interface means 52.

  The information centralization management device 53 makes an acquisition request for target information to the local information storage device 55.

  The local information storage device 55 returns the target data to the information integration management device 53.

  The information integration management device 53 returns the information requested by the contractor to the information utilization means 56 in a unified state.

  The information utilization means 56 processes the acquired information based on the content requested from the input device 411 and displays it on the output device 417 via the output means 57.

  At this time, the ASP provider server 50 may be provided with charging means (not shown) to charge the contractor terminal that uses the service.

  In the above-described embodiment according to the present invention, a program for executing the processing operation of the integrated method of CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” is recorded as data on a magnetic disk, an optical disk or the like of a computer. The data is recorded on a medium (not shown), and the recorded data is read out and used to operate the integrated system of CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties”. As described above, the data for operating the integration method of the CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” according to the present invention is recorded on the recording medium, and the CALS / EC “ordering party” is installed by installing this recording medium. The function of the integration method of the “information sharing system” can be realized.

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1 Ordering party a terminal 2 Ordering party b terminal 3 Ordering party a terminal 4 Ordering party b terminal 5 Ordering party c terminal 6 Ordering party d terminal 7 Ordering party e terminal 8 Information sharing server a
9 Information sharing server b
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Network 11 Input apparatus 12 Connection interface means 13 Information unification management apparatus 14 Local information registration and correction means 15 Local information storage apparatus 16 Information utilization means 17 Output apparatus 20 Information sharing system a
30 Information sharing system b
41 Contractor a terminal 42 Contractor b terminal 50 ASP provider server 51 Input means 52 Connection interface means 53 Information centralized management apparatus 54 Local information registration / modification means 55 Local information storage apparatus 56 Information utilization means 57 Output means 410 Access means 411 Input device 417 Output device

Claims (15)

A plurality of information sharing servers that connect the orderer terminal of the orderer and store the construction information of the orderer received by the orderer terminal;
A contractor terminal having an information integration mechanism for acquiring construction information of the orderer from the plurality of information sharing servers and integrating information;
A network connecting the orderer terminal, the orderer terminal and the information sharing server;
CALS / EC "information sharing system between ordering parties" integrated system. A plurality of information sharing servers that connect the orderer terminal of the orderer and store the construction information of the orderer received by the orderer terminal;
An ASP operator server having an information integration mechanism for acquiring construction information of the orderer from the plurality of information sharing servers and integrating the information;
A contractor terminal that accesses the ASP provider server, inputs a request, and outputs a request result from the ASP provider server;
A network connecting the orderer terminal, the orderer terminal and the information sharing server;
CALS / EC "information sharing system between ordering parties" integrated system. The information integration mechanism includes:
A connection interface means for probing a session with the plurality of information sharing servers in a procedure corresponding to each information sharing server for each information sharing server;
Information centralized management device that obtains information requested from information utilization means from the plurality of information sharing servers via the connection interface means, centralizes the acquired information, and returns the information to the information utilization means;
Information utilization means for processing the information requested and acquired from the information centralization management device based on the content requested by the input device,
3. The CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: An orderer terminal not connected to the network;
The information integration mechanism includes:
Means for centralizing information acquired from the plurality of information sharing servers and an orderer terminal not connected to the network;
3. The CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: The ASP provider server is
Means for charging the contractor terminal;
3. The CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” according to claim 2, wherein the system is integrated. A CALS / having a plurality of information sharing servers including the orderer terminal operated by the orderer and the orderer terminal operated by the orderer, connected to the orderer terminal and storing the construction information of the orderer ordered by the orderer. An integration method of EC “information sharing system between ordering parties”,
The contractor terminal is
For each information sharing server, establish a session with the plurality of information sharing servers in a procedure according to each information sharing server,
Obtaining information from the plurality of information sharing servers;
Centralize the acquired information,
Processing the centralized information;
An integration method of CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties”. The contractor terminal is
Obtaining information from the plurality of information sharing servers and the stand-alone orderer terminal;
Centralize the acquired information,
The method for integrating CALS / EC "information sharing system between ordering parties" according to claim 6. The work of the orderer that is connected by the orderer terminal and received the order by the orderer, including an orderer terminal operated by the orderer, an orderer terminal operated by the orderer, and an ASP provider server that connects the orderer terminal. An integration method of CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” having a plurality of information sharing servers for storing information,
The contractor terminal is
Access the ASP operator server and enter the request,
The ASP provider server is
For each information sharing server, establish a session with the plurality of information sharing servers in a procedure according to each information sharing server,
Obtaining information from the plurality of information sharing servers;
Centralize the acquired information,
Process the centralized information based on the request and send it to the contractor terminal,
The contractor terminal is
Receiving and outputting the request result;
An integration method of CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties”. The ASP provider server is
Obtaining information from the plurality of information sharing servers and the stand-alone orderer terminal;
Centralize the acquired information,
9. The CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” integration method according to claim 8. The ASP provider server is
Charging the contractor terminal;
9. The CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” integration method according to claim 8. A CALS / having a plurality of information sharing servers that include an orderer terminal operated by the orderer and an orderer terminal operated by the orderer, and that connects the orderer terminal and stores construction information of the orderer ordered by the orderer. An integrated program for EC "Information Sharing System between Ordering Party"
On the computer,
The contractor terminal is
A function of establishing a session with the plurality of information sharing servers in a procedure according to each information sharing server for each information sharing server;
A function of acquiring information from the plurality of information sharing servers;
A function for centralizing the acquired information;
A function of processing the unified information;
CALS / EC integrated information sharing system for ordering parties. The contractor terminal is
A function of acquiring information from the plurality of information sharing servers and a stand-alone orderer terminal;
A function for centralizing the acquired information;
The CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” integration program according to claim 11 for realizing the above. The work of the orderer that is connected by the orderer terminal and received the order by the orderer, including an orderer terminal operated by the orderer, an orderer terminal operated by the orderer, and an ASP provider server that connects the orderer terminal. An integrated program of CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” having a plurality of information sharing servers for storing information,
On the computer,
The contractor terminal is
A function of accessing the ASP provider server and inputting a request;
The ASP provider server is
A function of establishing a session with the plurality of information sharing servers in a procedure according to each information sharing server for each information sharing server;
A function of acquiring information from the plurality of information sharing servers;
A function for centralizing the acquired information;
A function of processing the centralized information based on the request and transmitting it to the contractor terminal;
The contractor terminal is
A function of receiving and outputting the request result;
CALS / EC integrated information sharing system for ordering parties. The ASP provider server is
A function of acquiring information from the plurality of information sharing servers and a stand-alone orderer terminal;
A function for centralizing the acquired information;
14. An integrated program of CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” according to claim 13 for realizing the above. The ASP provider server is
A function of charging the contractor terminal;
14. An integrated program of CALS / EC “information sharing system between ordering parties” according to claim 13 for realizing the above.

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