JP2005327197A - Virtual office space providing program, virtual office space providing device, virtual office space providing method, virtual office space providing system, and storage medium having the virtual office space providing program stored therein - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a feeling of mental resistance and a feeling of burden of a user utilizing a virtual office space providing system. <P>SOLUTION: When an environment is provided wherein image data showing working states of logining users can be mutually browsed by individual client terminals, client terminals are caused to acquire images showing the working states at preliminarily set timings, for example, at intervals of one minute to update display images. Thus expressions and actions of logining users are not seen by other users in detail, and a feeling of mental resistance and a feeling of burden in respect of privacy can be reduced. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a virtual office space providing program, a virtual office space providing device, a virtual office space providing method, a virtual office space providing system, and a virtual office space providing program for sharing a virtual office space among a plurality of computers connected via a communication network The present invention relates to a storage medium for storing a virtual office space providing program.

  In recent years, with the shift to broadband networks, various office forms such as satellite offices and home offices are spreading in earnest in addition to conventional offices. When such various office environments are realized, it is desired to provide a virtual office space in which a real office is virtually reproduced on a computer as a means for communication of individual workers in the office. A virtual office space is a system in which a plurality of client terminals and server terminals are connected via a communication network. For example, image data relating to the work status of a user who is logged in to each client terminal is sent to each client terminal via the server terminal. It is a system that enables mutual distribution and browsing.

  According to such a virtual office system, workers can mutually exchange, for example, image data related to work status via a communication network, so that presence confirmation, atmosphere sharing, and the like are possible. In addition, depending on the system configuration, it is possible to consider the realization of synchronous communication such as video conference and text chat, and asynchronous communication such as e-mail and bulletin board. For this reason, with the diversification of office forms such as satellite offices and home offices, attention is focused on the realization of virtual office systems.

  As related art documents, various related technologies are introduced in, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 5 and the like.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-083105 JP 2000-181967 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-283316 JP 2001-034342 A JP 2001-136502 A

  A virtual office is constructed in a virtual space in which data is transmitted and received between a server terminal and a plurality of client terminals via a communication network. A plurality of such client terminals and server terminals are connected via a communication network, and the work status of a user who is logged in to each client terminal is mutually distributed and displayed to other client terminals via the server terminal. In the virtual office system, a situation occurs in which the user's face, facial expression, and behavior are always seen by other users, and the psychological resistance and burden of privacy are extremely large, which is a problem in terms of privacy.

  In addition, regarding such a virtual office space system that distributes and displays the user's work status mutually, there is a proposed example of a system that displays an image of the work status intentionally applied with a blur filter for privacy protection and security assurance. In order to use this function, it is necessary to set the blur image display settings and filter strength parameters each time you log in to the system, and you will forget to set them. There is a great sense of resistance and a sense of burden in setting operation.

  An object of the present invention is to reduce a user's psychological resistance and burden in such a situation.

  The invention according to claim 1 is installed in a server terminal that transmits / receives data to / from a plurality of client terminals via a communication network, and logs in the client terminal to the server terminal via the communication network; A function for storing in the storage area image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the client terminal, and an image representing the work status of the logged-in user stored in the storage area for the logged-in client terminal A function of distributing data in a data format that can be viewed by a specified browser, thereby enabling a work status display based on image data representing the work status of a logged-in user to be mutually viewed on each client terminal, and login Set in advance for the client terminal A function to acquire image data representative of the working status of the user logged at a timing, which is a computer-readable virtual office space providing program to be executed.

  The present invention can also be realized by the virtual office space providing device according to claim 5, the virtual office space providing method according to claim 9, the virtual office space providing system according to claim 13, and the storage medium according to claim 17. It is.

  The invention according to claim 2 is installed in a server terminal that transmits / receives data to / from a plurality of client terminals via a communication network, and logs in the client terminal to the server terminal via the communication network; A function for storing in the storage area image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the client terminal, and an image representing the work status of the logged-in user stored in the storage area for the logged-in client terminal A function of distributing data in a data format that can be viewed by a specified browser, thereby enabling a work status display based on image data representing the work status of a logged-in user to be mutually viewed on each client terminal, and login To the client terminal A function to acquire image data representative of the working status of the logged in specified timing the user Ri is a computer-readable virtual office space providing program to be executed.

  The present invention can also be realized by the virtual office space providing device according to claim 6, the virtual office space providing method according to claim 10, the virtual office space providing system according to claim 14, and the storage medium according to claim 17. It is.

  The invention according to claim 3 is installed in a server terminal that transmits / receives data to / from a plurality of client terminals via a communication network, and the server terminal logs in the client terminal via the communication network; A function for storing in the storage area image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the client terminal, and an image representing the work status of the logged-in user stored in the storage area for the logged-in client terminal A function of distributing data in a data format that can be viewed by a specified browser, thereby enabling a work status display based on image data representing the work status of a logged-in user to be mutually viewed on each client terminal, and login Set in advance for the client terminal A function to acquire image data representative of the working status of the user logged at a timing designated by the timing and the user that is readable computer to run virtual office space provision program.

  The present invention can also be realized by the virtual office space providing device according to claim 7, the virtual office space providing method according to claim 11, the virtual office space providing system according to claim 15, and the storage medium according to claim 17. It is.

  The invention according to claim 4 is installed in a server terminal that transmits / receives data to / from a plurality of client terminals via a communication network, and logs in the client terminal to the server terminal via the communication network; A function for storing in the storage area image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the client terminal, and an image representing the work status of the logged-in user stored in the storage area for the logged-in client terminal A function of distributing data in a data format that can be viewed by a prescribed browser, thereby enabling a work status display based on image data representing a work status of a logged-in user to be mutually viewed on each of the client terminals; Logged in user to be distributed to the client terminal A function for executing display control for processing image data representing work status, and display control for instructing the content of display control to be executed for image data representing his / her work status viewed by the other user on the client terminal The function of transmitting a display control instruction program enabling transmission of an instruction from the client terminal to the server terminal to the client terminal, and log-in distribution to the client terminal in accordance with the display control instruction transmitted from the client terminal A display control instruction program for causing the client terminal to execute display control for the image data. Executes the function to set display control parameters that define the contents, and this allows A virtual office space that allows a user to instruct the contents of display control to be executed on image data representing a situation and to execute a function of storing the display control parameters set by the user's instruction in a storage area in a nonvolatile manner Provided program.

  The present invention can also be realized by the virtual office space providing apparatus according to claim 8, the virtual office space providing method according to claim 12, the virtual office space providing system according to claim 16, and the storage medium according to claim 17. It is.

  According to the first, fifth, ninth, thirteenth and seventeenth aspects of the present invention, in providing an environment in which image data representing the work status of a logged-in user can be mutually viewed on each client terminal, the client terminal In this way, an image representing the work situation is acquired at a preset timing, so that the facial expression and behavior of the logged-in user will not be seen by other users one by one, and psychological resistance and burden on the privacy side The feeling can be reduced.

  According to the invention described in claims 2, 6, 10, 14, and 17, in providing an environment in which image data representing the work status of the logged-in user can be mutually viewed on each client terminal, the client terminal In this case, an image representing work status is acquired at the timing specified by the user, so that the image is not acquired at a timing not according to the user's intention, and the psychological resistance and burden of privacy are reduced. be able to.

  According to the third, seventh, eleventh, fifteenth, and seventeenth aspects of the present invention, in providing an environment in which image data representing the work status of a logged-in user can be mutually viewed on individual client terminals, the client terminal In this way, images representing work status are acquired both at a preset timing and at a timing specified by the user, so that privacy and privacy can be met while exchanging and sharing the situation between users. If a work situation image that does not match the user's intention is acquired at a preset timing, the desired still image is acquired at the timing specified by the user. Can be redone.

  According to the inventions described in claims 4, 8, 12, 16, and 17, privacy protection is provided in providing an environment in which image data representing the work status of a logged-in user can be mutually viewed on individual client terminals. Display control parameters used for security and security are saved even when the user is logged out, so it is necessary to set the blur image display settings and filter strength parameters each time the user logs in to the system. Therefore, the desired privacy protection and security can be ensured, and therefore the psychological resistance in privacy and the burden on setting operation due to forgetting to set can be reduced.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration example of the entire virtual office space providing system.

  As an example, this system is constructed by connecting a head office 101, a satellite office 201, and a home office 301 via a local network 401 such as a LAN or WAN, and an external network 501 such as the Internet. The local network 401 and the external network 501 constitute a communication network. In FIG. 1, only one satellite office 201 and home office 301 are shown symbolically, but actually, a plurality of satellite offices 201 and home offices 301 are provided.

  The head office 101 is constructed as a server client system in which a server terminal 111 that functions as a virtual office space providing device and a plurality of client terminals 121 are connected via a local network 401. The client terminal 121 is provided for each office 122 provided for each user. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the client terminal 121 is provided for each office 122 including offices A, B, and C. Each office 122 images a user who operates the client terminal 121. A CCD camera 123 for acquiring image data representing the work status of the user is installed. The CCD camera 123 may be configured to be fixed to a display 1209 (see FIG. 2) described later of the client terminal 121 or embedded in the display 1209, or may be installed in the office 122, for example. It may be configured, or both.

  Such a client terminal 121 is connected to the server terminal 111 via a local network 401, and in addition, a communication server 151 and another device 161 are connected to the local network 401. The other devices 161 are, for example, MFPs, printers, network scanners, etc. (all not shown).

  The satellite office 201 basically has a server client system similar to the head office 101. That is, the satellite office 201 is constructed as a server client system in which a server terminal 111 that functions as a virtual office space providing device and a plurality of client terminals 121 are connected via a local network 401. The client terminal 121 is provided for each office 122 provided for each user. In the example illustrated in FIG. 1, the client terminal 121 is provided for each office 122 including offices X and Y. Each office 122 captures a user who operates the client terminal 121. A CCD camera 123 is installed for acquiring image data representing the work status. The CCD camera 123 may be configured to be fixed to a display 1209 (see FIG. 2) described later of the client terminal 121 or embedded in the display 1209, or may be installed in the office 122, for example. It may be configured, or both.

  Such a client terminal 121 is connected to the server terminal 111 via a local network 401, and in addition, a communication server 151 and another device 161 are connected to the local network 401. The other devices 161 are, for example, MFPs, printers, network scanners, etc. (all not shown).

  The head office 101 and the satellite office 201 can share information with each other by connecting their communication servers 151 via a private network 401 such as a dedicated line.

  The home office 301 is used by a telecommuter, for example. Such a home office 301 includes a client terminal 121 and a CCD camera 123 as a basic configuration. The client terminal 121 is provided in the office 122 of the user, which is the office 122 consisting of the office H in the example shown in FIG. 1, and the office 122 captures an image of the user operating the client terminal 121 and represents the work status of the user. A CCD camera 123 for acquiring data is installed. The CCD camera 123 may be configured to be fixed to a display 1209 (see FIG. 2) described later of the client terminal 121 or embedded in the display 1209, or may be installed in the office 122, for example. It may be configured, or both.

  Such a client terminal 121 can be connected to the communication server 151 of the head office 101 via an external network 501 with a known encryption technique, thereby enabling information sharing with each other.

  Here, in the present embodiment, the head office 101, the satellite office 201, and the home office 301 constitute an office space in the real world. However, in the head office 101, the offices A to C are spatially separated, and the space between the head office 101, the satellite office 201, and the home office 301 is further expanded. For example, the head office 101 may be in Tokyo, the satellite office 201 may be in Osaka, and the home office 301 may be in Kyushu. As another example, the head office 101, the satellite office 201, and the home office 301 may exist across borders. In such a case, the actual space among the head office 101, the satellite office 201, and the home office 301 has a very large extent. For this reason, it is difficult for workers to confirm each other's presence, and the atmosphere sharing remains unchanged. Therefore, the virtual office space providing system according to the present embodiment provides a user of each client terminal 121 with a virtual space that allows any client terminal 121 to view image data representing the work status of the user who uses each client terminal 121. In addition, it is possible to confirm the presence of each other and share the atmosphere among users who are workers.

  In the present embodiment, such a virtual office space providing system can be constructed extremely simply by installing a necessary virtual office space providing program for the server terminal 111 and the client terminal 121. . Therefore, before explaining the mechanism, the hardware configuration of the server terminal 111 and the client terminal 121 will be outlined.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the server terminal 111 and the client terminal 121. As shown in FIG.

  First, the server terminal 111 will be described. The server terminal 111 includes a CPU 1101 that centrally controls each unit. The CPU 1101 stores a ROM 1102 that is a read-only memory that stores a BIOS and the like, a rewritable memory that stores various data, and a work area of the CPU 1101. A RAM 1103 that functions as a microcomputer is connected via a bus 1104 to form a microcomputer. Further, on the bus 1104, an HDD 1105 in which various computer programs such as a virtual office space providing program are installed, a CD-ROM drive 1107 for reading data recorded on the CD-ROM 1106, and an input device 1108 such as a keyboard and a mouse. Also, a display 1109 such as a CRT or LCD and an interface 1110 that manages communication with an external device are connected. The server terminal 111 is connected to the local network 401 via the interface 1110.

  Various computer programs such as the virtual office space providing program installed in the HDD 1105 are originally recorded on the CD-ROM 1106 as an example, and the computer program is read by the CD-ROM drive 1107 by the CPU 1101 and stored in the HDD 1105. Installed. When the computer program installed in the HDD 1105 is activated, the computer program is copied from the HDD 1105 to the RAM 1103, and processing according to the computer program is executed by the CPU 1101 and the RAM 1103. In this sense, the RAM 1103, HDD 1105, or CD-ROM 1106 functions as a storage medium for storing computer programs.

  However, as a storage medium for storing the computer program, not only the CD-ROM 1106 but also various types of media such as various optical disks such as a DVD, various magnetic optical disks such as a DVD, various magnetic disks such as an FD, and a semiconductor memory may be used. it can. Further, a computer program may be downloaded from an external network 501 such as the Internet and installed in the HDD 1105. In this case, a storage device that stores a computer program accessed by the server on the transmission side is also a storage medium in the present invention. The program may operate on a predetermined OS (Operating System), in which case the OS may execute a part of various processes described later, or a word processor. It may be included as part of a group of program files that constitute predetermined application software such as software or an OS.

  Next, the client terminal 121 will be described. The client terminal 121 includes a CPU 1201 that centrally controls each unit. The CPU 1201 includes a ROM 1202 that is a read-only memory that stores a BIOS and the like, a rewritable memory that stores various data, and a work area of the CPU 1201. Are connected to each other by a bus 1204 to constitute a microcomputer. Further, the bus 1204 includes an HDD 1205 in which a computer program such as a virtual office space providing program is installed, a CD-ROM drive 1207 for reading data recorded on the CD-ROM 1206, an input device 1208 such as a keyboard and a mouse, A display 1209 such as a CRT or LCD is connected to an interface 1210 that controls communication with an external device. The client terminal 121 is connected to the local network 401 via the interface 1210.

  Various computer programs such as the virtual office space providing program installed in the HDD 1205 are originally recorded on the CD-ROM 1206 as an example. The computer program is read by the CD-ROM drive 1207 by the CPU 1201 and stored in the HDD 1205. Installed. When the computer program installed in the HDD 1205 is activated, the computer program is copied from the HDD 1205 to the RAM 1203 and executed by the CPU 1201 and the RAM 1203. In this sense, the RAM 1203, HDD 1205, or CD-ROM 1206 functions as a storage medium that stores computer programs.

  However, not only the CD-ROM 1206 but also various types of media such as various optical disks such as DVDs, various magnetic disks such as various magneto-optical disks and flexible disks, and semiconductor memories are used as storage media for storing computer programs. Can do. Further, a computer program may be downloaded from an external network 501 such as the Internet and installed in the HDD 1205. In this case, a storage device that stores a computer program accessed by the server on the transmission side is also a storage medium in the present invention. The program may operate on a predetermined OS (Operating System), in which case the OS may execute a part of various processes described later, or a word processor. It may be included as part of a group of program files that constitute predetermined application software such as software or an OS.

  Here, in the present embodiment, many data codes of the virtual office space providing program are installed in the HDD 1105 of the server terminal 111. On the virtual office space providing system of the present embodiment, the most important program installed in the HDD 1205 of the client terminal 121 is prescribed browser software. As an example of this browser software, it is preferable to use Internet Explorer (trade name, trade name) of Micro Software. However, the browser software must be able to browse and browse various data transmitted from the server terminal 111, typically image data representing the work status of the logged-in user, which will be described later. The browser software installed in the HDD 1205 of the client terminal 121 transmits / receives necessary information to / from the server terminal 111 via the local network 401 or the external network 501, for example, using the HTTP protocol, and executes necessary operations. At this time, when the client terminal 121 has to execute an operation essential to the virtual office space providing system beyond the function of the browser software, the client terminal 121 is transmitted from the server terminal 111 via the local network 401 or the external network 501, for example. A JAVA script (JAVA is a registered trademark) is received via the interface 1210, the received JAVA script (JAVA is a registered trademark) is temporarily stored in the RAM 1203, and processing according to the data code is executed.

  In any case, the server terminal 111 and the client terminal 121 perform data transmission / reception via the local network 401 or the external network 501 and perform necessary processing. At this time, the interface 1110 of the server terminal 111 and the interface 1210 of the client terminal 121 perform data transmission / reception using, for example, TCP / IP as a communication protocol. Of course, when communicating inside the head office 101 or inside the satellite office 201, a cable is used if the communication protocol of the interface 1110 of the server terminal 111 and the interface 1210 of the client terminal 121 match. Instead of the local network 401, for example, a wireless LAN may be used as a communication network. Alternatively, communication between the server terminal 111 and the client terminal 121 may be realized on a network using broadcast waves.

  FIG. 3 is a timing chart showing data transmission / reception between the server terminal 111 and the client terminal 121.

  Here, a basic operation in the virtual office space providing system of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, as a premise, in the server terminal 111, the virtual office space providing program is copied from the HDD 1105 to the RAM 1103 and is always activated, and the CPU 1101 accesses the RAM 103 and executes processing according to the virtual office space providing program.

  Under such an environment, the client terminal 121 starts the virtual office space providing program installed in the HDD 1205. As a result, the virtual office space providing program is copied to the RAM 1203 of the client terminal 121, and the CPU 1201 of the client terminal 121 executes the virtual office space providing program while accessing the RAM 1203. At this time, the CPU 1201 executes processing for starting browser software and processing for notifying the server terminal 111 of activation of the virtual office space providing program in accordance with the virtual office space providing program. Such processing is preferably executed automatically without user intervention, but does not preclude execution in response to user operation.

  When the server terminal 111 receives a virtual office space providing program activation notification from a certain client terminal 121, the server terminal 111 provides login screen information to the client terminal 121 specified by, for example, an IP address.

  Therefore, in the client terminal 121, for example, a user ID and a password are input to the provided login screen and returned to the server terminal 111 by a user operation. Here, the function, means, and process of transmitting the login information to the server terminal 111 by the client terminal 121 in which the prescribed browser is installed are executed.

  As another embodiment, only prescribed browser software is installed in the client terminal 121, and the virtual office space providing program may not be installed. In this case, when the client terminal 121 starts up the browser software and accesses, for example, an office space providing site provided by the server terminal 111 by the browser software, the office space providing site provides the client terminal 121 with a login screen. You may build a system. In the system constructed in this way, the client terminal 121 can input, for example, a user ID and a password on the provided login screen and send it back to the server terminal 111 by a user operation. Here, the function, means, and process of transmitting the login information to the server terminal 111 by the client terminal 121 in which the prescribed browser is installed are executed.

  Then, the server terminal 111 compares the returned user ID and password with, for example, a user list (not shown) stored in the HDD 1105 and performs authentication. As a result, if authentication is obtained, the client terminal 121 is logged in. Here, the function, means, and process of logging in the client terminal 121 through the local network 401 or the external network 501 that is the server terminal 111 as a communication network are executed.

  Thereafter, the server terminal 111 transmits an image data request to the client terminal 121 that has logged in. The image data in this case is image data representing the work status of the logged-in user.

  In response to an image transmission request from the server terminal 111, the client terminal 121 transmits the image being captured by the CCD camera 123 to the server terminal 111. At this time, the client terminal 121 controls the CCD camera 123 according to the running virtual office space providing program or the JAVA script (JAVA is a registered trademark) transmitted from the server terminal 111 to acquire the captured image. The process of transmitting to 111 is executed. Here, the function, means, and process in which the client terminal 121 transmits image data representing the work status of the user to the server terminal 111 are executed.

  In the server terminal 111 that has received the image data representing the work status of the logged-in user, the image data is stored and saved in an image memory as a storage area that is comprehensively expressed as, for example, the RAM 1103. Here, the function, means, and process are executed in which the server terminal 111 stores the image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the logged-in client terminal 121 in the image memory (RAM 1103) as a storage area.

  Thereafter, the client terminal 121 transmits, to the server terminal 111, an image data browsing request indicating the work status of the logged-in user stored and stored in the image memory (RAM 1103). In this case, the client terminal 121 requests the browsing using the user who has already transmitted the device, that is, the user who uses another client terminal 121 that is logged in as well as the image data representing his / her work status. It is about the image data showing the work status of. At this time, as a result, even if it becomes possible to view the image data representing the work status of the user who is the user's own machine on the client terminal 121 which is the own machine, The browsing request is meaningful only when the user who uses the other client terminal 121, that is, the image data representing the working status of another person can be browsed. Such a browsing request is preferably executed automatically without user intervention, but depending on the situation, it may be preferable to execute it according to a user operation.

  In response to the browsing request from the client terminal 121, the server terminal 111 transmits image data representing the work status of the logged-in user to the client terminal 121 specified by, for example, the IP address. At this time, what is important is that the server terminal 111 represents the work status of the user who has logged in in a data format that can be browsed by the prescribed browser software installed in the client terminal 121 as a system request in the virtual office space providing system. This means that image data is distributed. Here, the server terminal 111 stores the image data representing the work status of the logged-in user stored in the image memory (RAM 1103) serving as a storage area with respect to the logged-in client terminal 121 in a data format that can be viewed by a prescribed browser. Functions, means, and processes for distribution are executed.

  Therefore, the client terminal 121 browses image data representing the work status of the logged-in user distributed from the server terminal 111 using browser software, and enables browsing. Here, a function, means, and process are performed in which the client terminal 121 makes it possible to browse the image data representing the work status of the logged-in user distributed from the server terminal 111 using the browser browsing function.

  Through the processing as described above, the image data representing the work status of the logged-in user can be viewed with each client terminal 121. As a result, even if the actual office 122 is spatially separated, confirmation of the presence of each user, sharing of the atmosphere, and the like can be realized without forcing actual movement in such a space.

  Here, the virtual office space providing system of the present embodiment is characterized in that a special process is performed on the browsing screen viewed on the client terminal 121.

[First form]
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a virtual office displayed on the display 1209 of the client terminal 121 based on image data representing the work status of the logged-in user. Here, a total of 12 users are displayed.

  In such a virtual office space providing system, if the image representing the work status of each user is a moving image, the logged-in user's facial expression and behavior will be visible to other users one by one, The burden is extremely large.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, each client terminal 121 that has logged in acquires an image representing work status at a preset timing. For example, an acquisition timing such as acquiring a still image at a frequency of one image per minute at the client terminal 121 is set in advance on the system side, and the client terminal 121 automatically works according to the setting. Let's get a still image. In this case, the work status image is updated to the latest image at least one minute after the state shown in FIG. FIG. 5 shows the situation, and at the timing of FIG. 4, all the members are facing right, but at the timing of one minute after that shown in FIG. 5, four people B, C, E, and F are facing left. The state has changed. In this way, since the image representing the work status is acquired at a preset timing and the display image of the work status is updated, the logged-in user's facial expression and behavior will not be visible to other users one by one, It is possible to reduce the psychological resistance and burden of privacy.

  In order to realize such processing, the server terminal 111 of this system, according to the virtual office space providing program, displays an image representing the work status of the user who has logged in at a preset timing with respect to the client terminal 121 being logged in Execute functions, means, and processes for acquiring data. In response to this, the client terminal 121 in which the specified browser is installed represents the acquired user work status together with the function, means, and process for acquiring image data representing the user work status at a preset timing. The function, means, and process of transmitting the image data to the server terminal 111 are executed. Furthermore, the server terminal 111 executes a function, means, and process for updating image data representing the work status of the logged-in user distributed to the logged-in client terminal 121 at a frequency according to the set timing, and for each set timing. The latest work situation of each obtained user is notified to another user.

[Second form]
As in the first embodiment, when the client terminal 121 acquires an image representing the work status at each preset timing and updates the display image, it does not follow the intention of the logged-in user such as when yawning. An image may be acquired at the timing.

  Therefore, as a second form, an image representing the work status of the user is acquired at the client terminal 121 at each timing arbitrarily designated by the user. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 6, a button “snapshot shooting” is attached on the virtual office, and a still image is acquired at the moment when the user presses the button with a mouse click or the like. FIG. 7 shows a state immediately after the user A presses the “snapshot shooting” button in FIG. 6. Here, the user A changes from the right direction to the left direction, but the images of other users are unchanged. In this way, since the client terminal 121 acquires an image representing work status at a timing designated by the user, the image is not acquired at a timing that does not conform to the intention of the user, and psychological resistance in terms of privacy The feeling of feeling and burden can be reduced.

  In order to realize such processing, the server terminal 111 of this system is designated by, for example, pressing the “snapshot” button of the user to the client terminal 121 that is logged in according to the virtual office space providing program. Functions, means, and processes for acquiring image data representing the work status of the user at the timing are executed. In response to this, in the client terminal 121 in which the prescribed browser is installed, a function and means for acquiring image data representing the work status of the user at the timing specified by pressing the “snapshot” button of the login user Along with the process, the function, means, and process of transmitting the acquired image data representing the work status of the user to the server terminal 111 are executed. Furthermore, the server terminal 111 executes the function, means, and process of updating the image data representing the work status of the logged-in user distributed to the logged-in client terminal 121 at a frequency according to the timing specified by pressing the “snapshot” button. Then, the latest work status of each user obtained at each timing designated by pressing the “snapshot shooting” button is notified to another user.

[Third form]
As in the second mode, when an image representing work status is acquired only at timings arbitrarily designated by the user, the work status is as long as each user does not take an action of image acquisition ("snapshot shooting" button press) Is not updated to the latest image, and does not meet the original purpose of the virtual office of exchanging and sharing work status between users.

  Then, as a 3rd form, combining the 1st form and the 2nd form, the image showing a work situation at both the timing set beforehand and the timing designated individually by each user is shown. Each client terminal 121 is made to acquire. For example, in addition to automatically acquiring a still image representing work status at a preset timing, such as one image per minute, when the automatically acquired image does not meet the user's will The user himself presses the “snapshot shooting button” to acquire a desired still image again, and updates the display image to the image.

  As described above, since each client terminal 121 acquires images representing work status both at a preset timing and at a timing designated by the user, the original purpose of the virtual office is to exchange and share the situation between users. If the image of the work situation that does not fit the user's intention is acquired at a preset timing, the privacy will be reduced at the timing specified by the user. It is possible to update the display image by acquiring a desired still image again.

  In order to realize such processing, the server terminal 111 of this system, according to the virtual office space providing program, the timing set in advance for the client terminal 121 that is logged in, and, for example, the “snapshot” of the user A function, means, and process for acquiring image data representing the work status of the user at a timing designated by pressing the “shoot” button are executed. In response to this, the client terminal 121 in which the prescribed browser is installed receives image data representing the work status of the user at a preset timing and, for example, a timing designated by pressing the “snapshot” button of the user. The function, means, and process of transmitting the acquired image data representing the work status of the user to the server terminal 111 are executed together with the function, means, and process to be acquired. Furthermore, the server terminal 111 follows the timing at which the image data representing the work status of the logged-in user to be distributed to the logged-in client terminal 121 is set and the timing specified by, for example, pressing the “snapshot” button of the user. Execute the function, means, and process to be updated, and inform another user of the latest work status of each user obtained at the set timing and for example at each timing specified by pressing the “snapshot” button of the user. I have to.

[Fourth form]
The fourth form relates to display control. First, its function and the like will be described. The server terminal 111 of this system performs display control on the image data representing the work status of the logged-in user distributed to the client terminal 121, and executes functions, means, and processes for processing the image data. When the number of participating users increases, for example, participants who do not know each other may become participating users. Therefore, the appearance and office environment of the logged-in user's work status and other users may change depending on the image data. It is predicted that privacy will be infringed or that the participating users will feel that privacy has been infringed. Therefore, in the fourth embodiment, as a premise, privacy is protected by executing display control for processing image data.

  Such display control is performed by the user of each client terminal 121 performing display control on his / her image viewed by another user. Referring to FIG. 8, the image representing the work situation of user C and user D is controlled to be displayed as a blurred image on the client terminal 121 of another person. In order to realize such display control, the server terminal 111 instructs a display control instruction to indicate the content of display control to be performed on image data representing his / her work status viewed by the other user on the client terminal 121. In response to the display control instruction transmitted from the client terminal 121, and the function, means, and process of transmitting the display control instruction program to the client terminal 121. The function, means, and process for determining the contents of display control to be executed on the image data representing the work status of the logged-in user to be distributed to are executed. As a result, the user can instruct the contents of display control by himself / herself, and thus privacy protection can be enhanced.

  On the other hand, depending on whether you are at work or on a break, or when you are working alone and other users are coming to your seat and talking There may be a request to change the degree of privacy protection / security guarantee. Therefore, referring to FIG. 8, the blurring degree of the user D is stronger than the user C. Therefore, each user can adjust the display control parameter of the filter.

  As one of the methods for that purpose, there is a method of selecting from a plurality of display control parameters defined in advance by the system administrator. This method is executed in accordance with a display control instruction program composed of, for example, a JAVA script (JAVA is a registered trademark) temporarily stored in the RAM 1203 of the client terminal 121. That is, the display control instruction program temporarily stored in the RAM 1203 of the client terminal 121 causes the client terminal 121 to select a desired display control parameter from among a plurality of display control parameters that define the content of display control to be performed on the image data. This causes the user to instruct the contents of display control to be performed on the image data representing his / her work status. FIG. 9 shows an example, and it is assumed here that the user H is “self”. When a selection operation such as a mouse click is performed on the “self”, that is, the work status display image of the user H, the display control instruction program describes four levels of filter strengths prepared in advance as shown in FIG. A menu is displayed in the browser software, allowing the user to select the desired filter strength. Then, the display control instruction program causes the client terminal 121 to transmit the filter strength information selected by the user to the server terminal 111. Based on the transmitted filter strength information, the server terminal 111 performs a filtering process on the “self”, that is, the work status display image of the user H.

  As another method in which each user adjusts the control parameter of the filter, the user may be able to adjust the display control parameter himself. An example is shown in FIG. Here, the user can set the filter strength by adjusting the slide bar left and right. In order to realize this, the display control instruction program temporarily stored in the RAM 1203 of the client terminal 121 has a function of adjusting display control parameters that define the content of display control to be performed on the image data in the client terminal 121. This causes the user to instruct the degree of display control to be performed on the image data representing his / her work status. Then, the display control instruction program causes the client terminal 121 to transmit the filter strength information adjusted by the user to the server terminal 111. Based on the transmitted filter strength information, the server terminal 111 performs a filtering process on the “self”, that is, the work status display image of the user H.

  That is, the server terminal 111 has a function, means, and process for executing display control for processing image data representing the work status of the logged-in user distributed to the client terminal 121, and his / her own other users browse on the client terminal 121. A function, means for transmitting to the client terminal 121 a display control instruction program enabling transmission of a display control instruction for instructing the content of display control to be executed on the image data representing the work status from the client terminal 121 to the server terminal 111; A function that determines the content of display control to be performed on image data representing the work status of the logged-in user distributed to the client terminal 121 in accordance with the process and the display control instruction transmitted from the client terminal 121; And performing a process.

  Through the processing described above, the degree of display control, for example, the image data representing the work status of the logged-in user cannot be viewed at all, or the outline can be blurred and displayed so that no one can be seen. In addition, it is possible to provide the user with a degree of freedom to set the degree of display control, such as blurring while allowing display to the extent that it can be identified, and to provide flexible and flexible operation.

  When filtering the work status display image, the processed image data may be sent to the server terminal 111 after the filter processing is performed on each client terminal 121 with respect to the image data, or each client terminal From 121, the image data may be sent to the server terminal 111 as a normal image, and the image data may be filtered on the server terminal 111, or after being delivered from the server terminal 111 to another client terminal 121. The other client terminal 121 may perform filter processing on the image data. Further, these filter processes may all be realized by software, or may be performed by installing dedicated hardware.

  For such display control function, in order to utilize this function, it is necessary to perform display setting of blur image and setting of filter strength parameter every time the user logs in to the system. The feeling of psychological resistance in privacy and the burden on setting operation are great.

  Therefore, in the fourth embodiment, such display control parameters are stored even when the user is logged out. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, when a certain user D selects “Save blur state”, the blur state is stored together with the strength parameter of the filter, and even when logging out and logging in again, the blur state of FIG. Can be reproduced. This eliminates the need to set blur image display settings and filter strength parameters each time you log in to the system, ensuring the desired privacy protection and security guarantees, and thus psychologically in terms of privacy due to forgetting to set, etc. A sense of resistance and a sense of burden on the setting operation surface can be reduced.

  In order to realize such processing, the display control instruction program of the present system causes the client terminal 121 to execute a function of setting display control parameters that define the content of display control to be performed on image data. In this manner, the user is instructed about the contents of display control to be executed on the image data representing his / her work status, and the display control parameters set by the user's instruction are stored in a storage area such as the RAM 1103 in a nonvolatile manner. The function to be executed is executed.

It is a block diagram which shows the system configuration example of the whole virtual office space provision system. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a server terminal and a client terminal. It is a timing chart which shows data transmission / reception between a server terminal and a client terminal. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the virtual office displayed on the client terminal based on the image data showing the working condition of the logged-in user. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the virtual office updated at the timing after 1 minute and displayed on the client terminal. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the virtual office displayed on the client terminal based on the image data showing the working condition of the logged-in user. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the virtual office updated immediately after the user A pressed the snapshot shooting button and displayed on the client terminal. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example by which display control was given as an example of the virtual office displayed on the client terminal based on the image data showing the working condition of the logged-in user. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the screen which provides selection operation of a display control parameter to a user as an example of the virtual office displayed on the client terminal based on the image data showing the work situation of the logged-in user. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the slide bar screen which provides a user with adjustment operation of a display control parameter. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the screen which provides a user with the preservation | save operation | movement of a blurring state as an example of the virtual office displayed on the client terminal based on the image data showing the work situation of the logged-in user.

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121 Client terminal 111 Server terminal 401, 501 Communication network (private network, external network)
1103, 1105 Storage area (RAM, HDD)

Claims (17)

Installed in a server terminal that transmits and receives data to and from a plurality of client terminals via a communication network,
A function of logging in the client terminal via the communication network;
A function for storing, in a storage area, image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the logged-in client terminal;
Image data representing the logged-in user's work status stored in the storage area is distributed to the logged-in client terminal in a data format that can be viewed by a specified browser, thereby representing the logged-in user's work status A function for enabling the work status display based on image data to be mutually viewed on each of the client terminals;
A function of acquiring image data representing the work status of a user who has logged in at a preset timing with respect to the client terminal being logged in;
A computer-readable virtual office space providing program for executing the program. Installed in a server terminal that transmits and receives data to and from a plurality of client terminals via a communication network,
A function of logging in the client terminal via the communication network;
A function for storing, in a storage area, image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the logged-in client terminal;
Image data representing the logged-in user's work status stored in the storage area is distributed to the logged-in client terminal in a data format that can be viewed by a specified browser, thereby representing the logged-in user's work status A function for enabling the work status display based on image data to be mutually viewed on each of the client terminals;
A function of acquiring image data representing the work status of the user logged in at a timing designated by the user with respect to the client terminal being logged in;
A computer-readable virtual office space providing program for executing the program. Installed in a server terminal that transmits and receives data to and from a plurality of client terminals via a communication network,
A function of logging in the client terminal via the communication network;
A function for storing, in a storage area, image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the logged-in client terminal;
Image data representing the logged-in user's work status stored in the storage area is distributed to the logged-in client terminal in a data format that can be viewed by a specified browser, thereby representing the logged-in user's work status A function for enabling the work status display based on image data to be mutually viewed on each of the client terminals;
A function of acquiring image data representing the work status of a user who has logged in at a preset timing and a timing designated by the user with respect to the client terminal being logged in;
A computer-readable virtual office space providing program for executing the program. Installed in a server terminal that transmits and receives data to and from a plurality of client terminals via a communication network,
A function of logging in the client terminal via the communication network;
A function for storing, in a storage area, image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the logged-in client terminal;
Image data representing the logged-in user's work status stored in the storage area is distributed to the logged-in client terminal in a data format that can be viewed by a specified browser, thereby representing the logged-in user's work status A function for enabling the work status display based on image data to be mutually viewed on each of the client terminals;
A function of executing display control for processing image data representing a work situation of a logged-in user distributed to the client terminal;
Display control instruction for enabling transmission of a display control instruction from the client terminal to the server terminal for instructing the content of display control to be executed on image data representing his / her work situation viewed by the other user on the client terminal A function of transmitting a program to the client terminal;
In accordance with a display control instruction transmitted from the client terminal, a function for determining the content of display control to be performed on image data representing the work status of a logged-in user distributed to the client terminal;
And execute
The display control instruction program causes the client terminal to execute a function of setting a display control parameter that defines the content of display control to be performed on the image data, and thereby to the image data representing one's work status A virtual office space providing program for causing a user to instruct the contents of display control to be executed and for executing a function of storing the display control parameters set by the user's instruction in a storage area in a nonvolatile manner. A virtual office space providing device having a server terminal function for transmitting / receiving data to / from a plurality of client terminals via a communication network,
Means for logging in the client terminal via the communication network;
Means for storing, in a storage area, image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the logged-in client terminal;
Image data representing the logged-in user's work status stored in the storage area is distributed to the logged-in client terminal in a data format that can be viewed by a specified browser, thereby representing the logged-in user's work status Means for enabling the work status display based on image data to be mutually viewed on each of the client terminals;
Means for acquiring image data representing a work situation of a user who has logged in at a preset timing with respect to the client terminal being logged in;
A virtual office space providing device comprising: A virtual office space providing device having a server terminal function for transmitting / receiving data to / from a plurality of client terminals via a communication network,
Means for logging in the client terminal via the communication network;
Means for storing, in a storage area, image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the logged-in client terminal;
Image data representing the logged-in user's work status stored in the storage area is distributed to the logged-in client terminal in a data format that can be viewed by a specified browser, thereby representing the logged-in user's work status Means for enabling the work status display based on image data to be mutually viewed on each of the client terminals;
Means for acquiring image data representing the work status of the user logged in at a timing designated by the user to the client terminal being logged in;
A virtual office space providing device comprising: A virtual office space providing device having a server terminal function for transmitting / receiving data to / from a plurality of client terminals via a communication network,
Means for logging in the client terminal via the communication network;
Means for storing, in a storage area, image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the logged-in client terminal;
Image data representing the logged-in user's work status stored in the storage area is distributed to the logged-in client terminal in a data format that can be viewed by a specified browser, thereby representing the logged-in user's work status Means for enabling the work status display based on image data to be mutually viewed on each of the client terminals;
Means for acquiring image data representing the work status of the logged-in user at a timing set in advance for the client terminal being logged in and a timing specified by the user;
A virtual office space providing device comprising: A virtual office space providing device having a server terminal function for transmitting / receiving data to / from a plurality of client terminals via a communication network,
Means for logging in the client terminal via the communication network;
Means for storing, in a storage area, image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the logged-in client terminal;
Image data representing the logged-in user's work status stored in the storage area is distributed to the logged-in client terminal in a data format that can be viewed by a specified browser, thereby representing the logged-in user's work status Means for enabling the work status display based on image data to be mutually viewed on each of the client terminals;
Means for executing display control for processing image data representing a work situation of a logged-in user to be distributed to the client terminal;
Display control instruction for enabling transmission of a display control instruction from the client terminal to the server terminal for instructing the content of display control to be executed on image data representing his / her work situation viewed by the other user on the client terminal Means for transmitting a program to the client terminal;
Means for determining the content of display control to be performed on image data representing the work status of a logged-in user distributed to the client terminal in response to a display control instruction transmitted from the client terminal;
With
The display control instruction program causes the client terminal to execute a function of setting a display control parameter that defines the content of display control to be performed on the image data, and thereby to the image data representing one's work status A virtual office space providing apparatus for causing a user to instruct the contents of display control to be executed and for executing a function of storing the display control parameters set by the user's instruction in a storage area in a nonvolatile manner. A virtual office space providing method executed in a system in which a server terminal and a plurality of client terminals transmit and receive data via a communication network,
The server terminal is
Logging the client terminal through the communication network;
Storing image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the logged-in client terminal in a storage area;
Image data representing the logged-in user's work status stored in the storage area is distributed to the logged-in client terminal in a data format that can be viewed by a specified browser, thereby representing the logged-in user's work status Making it possible for each client terminal to mutually view work status displays based on image data;
Acquiring image data representing the work status of a user who has logged in at a preset timing with respect to the client terminal being logged in;
Run
The client terminal in which the prescribed browser is installed,
Transmitting login information to the server terminal;
Acquiring image data representing a work situation of a preset timing user;
Transmitting image data representing a user's work status to the server terminal;
Making it possible to browse image data representing the work status of the logged-in user distributed from the server terminal using the browser function of the browser;
A virtual office space providing method for executing. A virtual office space providing method executed in a system in which a server terminal and a plurality of client terminals transmit and receive data via a communication network,
The server terminal is
Logging the client terminal through the communication network;
Storing image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the logged-in client terminal in a storage area;
Image data representing the logged-in user's work status stored in the storage area is distributed to the logged-in client terminal in a data format that can be viewed by a specified browser, thereby representing the logged-in user's work status Making it possible for each client terminal to mutually view work status displays based on image data;
Acquiring image data representing the work status of the user logged in at a timing designated by the user to the client terminal being logged in;
Run
The client terminal in which the prescribed browser is installed,
Transmitting login information to the server terminal;
Acquiring image data representing the work status of the user at a timing specified by the user;
Transmitting image data representing a user's work status to the server terminal;
Making it possible to browse image data representing the work status of the logged-in user distributed from the server terminal using the browser function of the browser;
A virtual office space providing method for executing. A virtual office space providing method executed in a system in which a server terminal and a plurality of client terminals transmit and receive data via a communication network,
The server terminal is
Logging the client terminal through the communication network;
Storing image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the logged-in client terminal in a storage area;
To the logged-in client terminal, image data representing the logged-in user's working status stored in the storage area is distributed in a data format that can be viewed by a specified browser, thereby representing the logged-in user's working status Making it possible for each client terminal to mutually view work status displays based on image data;
Acquiring image data representing the work status of a user who has logged in at a timing preset by the client terminal during login and a timing specified by the user;
Run
The client terminal in which the prescribed browser is installed,
Transmitting login information to the server terminal;
Obtaining image data representing the work status of the user at a preset timing and a timing designated by the user;
Transmitting image data representing a user's work status to the server terminal;
Making it possible to browse image data representing the work status of the logged-in user distributed from the server terminal using the browser function of the browser;
A virtual office space providing method for executing. A virtual office space providing method executed in a system in which a server terminal and a plurality of client terminals transmit and receive data via a communication network,
The server terminal is
Logging the client terminal through the communication network;
Storing image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the logged-in client terminal in a storage area;
Image data representing the logged-in user's work status stored in the storage area is distributed to the logged-in client terminal in a data format that can be viewed by a specified browser, thereby representing the logged-in user's work status Making it possible for each client terminal to mutually view work status displays based on image data;
Executing display control for processing image data representing a work situation of a logged-in user to be distributed to the client terminal;
Display control instruction for enabling transmission of a display control instruction from the client terminal to the server terminal for instructing the content of display control to be executed on image data representing his / her work situation viewed by the other user on the client terminal Transmitting the program to the client terminal;
In accordance with a display control instruction transmitted from the client terminal, determining the content of display control to be performed on image data representing the work status of a logged-in user distributed to the client terminal;
Run
The display control instruction program causes the client terminal to execute a function of setting a display control parameter that defines the content of display control to be performed on the image data, and thereby to the image data representing one's work status A virtual office space providing method for causing a user to instruct the contents of display control to be executed and executing a function of storing the display control parameters set by the user's instruction in a storage area in a nonvolatile manner. A system in which a server terminal and a plurality of client terminals transmit and receive data via a communication network,
The server terminal is
Means for logging in the client terminal via the communication network;
Means for storing, in a storage area, image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the logged-in client terminal;
Image data representing the logged-in user's work status stored in the storage area is distributed to the logged-in client terminal in a data format that can be viewed by a specified browser, thereby representing the logged-in user's work status Means for enabling the work status display based on image data to be mutually viewed on each of the client terminals;
Acquiring image data representing the work status of a user who has logged in at a preset timing with respect to the client terminal being logged in;
With
The client terminal has a prescribed browser installed,
Means for transmitting login information to the server terminal;
Means for acquiring image data representing a work situation of a preset timing user;
Means for transmitting image data representing a user's work status to the server terminal;
Means for allowing image data representing the work status of the logged-in user distributed from the server terminal to be browsed using the browser browsing function;
A virtual office space providing system. A system in which a server terminal and a plurality of client terminals transmit and receive data via a communication network,
The server terminal is
Means for logging in the client terminal via the communication network;
Means for storing, in a storage area, image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the logged-in client terminal;
Image data representing the logged-in user's work status stored in the storage area is distributed to the logged-in client terminal in a data format that can be viewed by a specified browser, thereby representing the logged-in user's work status Means for enabling the work status display based on image data to be mutually viewed on each of the client terminals;
Means for acquiring image data representing the work status of the user logged in at a timing designated by the user to the client terminal being logged in;
With
The client terminal has a prescribed browser installed,
Means for transmitting login information to the server terminal;
Means for obtaining image data representing the work status of the user at a timing specified by the user;
Means for transmitting image data representing a user's work status to the server terminal;
Means for allowing image data representing the work status of the logged-in user distributed from the server terminal to be browsed using the browser browsing function;
A virtual office space providing system. A system in which a server terminal and a plurality of client terminals transmit and receive data via a communication network,
The server terminal is
Means for logging in the client terminal via the communication network;
Means for storing, in a storage area, image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the logged-in client terminal;
Image data representing the logged-in user's work status stored in the storage area is distributed to the logged-in client terminal in a data format that can be viewed by a specified browser, thereby representing the logged-in user's work status Means for enabling the work status display based on image data to be mutually viewed on each of the client terminals;
Means for acquiring image data representing the work status of the logged-in user at a timing set in advance for the client terminal being logged in and a timing specified by the user;
With
The client terminal has a prescribed browser installed,
Means for transmitting login information to the server terminal;
Means for obtaining image data representing the work status of the user at a preset timing and a timing designated by the user;
Means for transmitting image data representing a user's work status to the server terminal;
Means for allowing image data representing the work status of the logged-in user distributed from the server terminal to be browsed using the browser browsing function;
A virtual office space providing system. A system in which a server terminal and a plurality of client terminals transmit and receive data via a communication network,
The server terminal is
Means for logging in the client terminal via the communication network;
Means for storing, in a storage area, image data representing the work status of the user transmitted from the logged-in client terminal;
Image data representing the logged-in user's work status stored in the storage area is distributed to the logged-in client terminal in a data format that can be viewed by a specified browser, thereby representing the logged-in user's work status Means for enabling the work status display based on image data to be mutually viewed on each of the client terminals;
Means for executing display control for processing image data representing a work situation of a logged-in user to be distributed to the client terminal;
Display control instruction for enabling transmission of a display control instruction from the client terminal to the server terminal for instructing the content of display control to be executed on image data representing his / her work situation viewed by the other user on the client terminal Means for transmitting a program to the client terminal;
Means for determining the content of display control to be performed on image data representing the work status of a logged-in user distributed to the client terminal in response to a display control instruction transmitted from the client terminal;
With
The display control instruction program causes the client terminal to execute a function of setting a display control parameter that defines the content of display control to be performed on the image data, and thereby to the image data representing one's work status A virtual office space providing system for causing a user to instruct the contents of display control to be executed and for executing a function of storing the display control parameters set by the user's instruction in a storage area in a nonvolatile manner. A storage medium for storing the virtual office space providing program according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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