JP2006185296A - Entry/exit information notification system compatible with e-mail/telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an entry/exit information notification system compatible with an e-a mail/telephone capable of similarly notifying both a guardian who uses e-mail and a guardian who does not use e-mail of information on school attending or leaving of a pupil who goes to prep school, elementary school, kindergarten or the like in real time and strongly motivating each pupil to read identification information when they attend or leave a school. <P>SOLUTION: The system is constituted in such a way that an identification number of each pupil, notification destination information of his/her guardian, and the like are recorded in a database, when the identification information of a recording medium carried by a pupil is read when the pupil attends the school or leaves the school, e-mail for notifying the guardian of the pupil's attending the school or leaving the school is prepared on the basis of the notification destination information of the guardian when the notification destination of the guardian is an e-mail address and the e-mail is transmitted to the mail address, and a speech message for notifying the guardian of the pupil's attending the school or leaving the school is prepared when the notification information of the guardian is a telephone number and the speech message is automatically transmitted to the telephone number, and when the pupil reads information, the pupil is given a prescribed point. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention provides an e-mail / telephone-compatible output that allows remote parents to know the status of students going to school, cram school, kindergarten, etc. at school or leaving school in various real-time communication methods such as e-mail and telephone. The present invention relates to a withdrawal information notification system.

  In recent years, there has been an ever-increasing number of incidents such as kidnappings and injuries where students become victims in the middle of elementary schools, school cram schools, and kindergartens. Worries and anxiety are also growing.

In order to respond to such concerns and concerns of parents, for example, a pedestrian such as a student can carry a communication terminal such as a mobile phone with a built-in GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver in the event of an emergency or abnormality. A system for transmitting a pedestrian's current position and alarm information to a position confirmation center has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).
JP 2001-338374 A

  However, in the system proposed by Patent Document 1 or the like, it is necessary for the student to carry a communication terminal such as a mobile phone, so that the parent must bear the purchase cost of the communication terminal such as the mobile phone. It was practically difficult for a cram school to adopt because there were parents who opposed to carrying a mobile phone.

  Also, conventionally, when a student goes to school or goes to school in a cram school, etc., there is a service that notifies the guardian by e-mail of the time of school or school leaving by reading the card that recorded the identification number, This service has a problem that parents who do not use e-mail cannot be notified.

  In addition, when a student is going to school or going to school, a card with an identification number is read and the parents are notified by e-mail about the time of school or school leaving. If you forget to let the reader read the card when you go to school or leave school, or if you don't do it on purpose, you will not be able to read the information about going to school or leave school. was there.

  The present invention is for solving such problems of the prior art, and can be adopted without a burden on parents by a cram school, elementary school, kindergarten, etc., such as a cram school, elementary school, kindergarten, etc. The same information can be sent in real time to both parents who use e-mail and parents who do not use e-mail. It is an object of the present invention to provide an e-mail / telephone type exit / exit information notification system that can prevent the user from forgetting to read the recording medium or not intentionally reading the recording medium.

  The e-mail / telephone-type exit / exit information notification system according to the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is the identification information of each student who attends a school / school, kindergarten, etc., school attendance or school leaving information, and parental notification. A database for recording the prior information, a reading unit for reading the identification information from a recording medium in which the identification information of each student possessed by each student is recorded, and the reading unit from the recording medium When the identification information of the student is read, the database is searched based on the reading information transmission means for transmitting the read identification information, and the identification information transmitted from the reading information transmission means, and the identification information Based on the notification destination information acquisition means for acquiring the notification destination information of the guardian corresponding to the notification destination information from the notification destination information acquisition means Corresponding to the identification information based on the mail creation means for creating an e-mail for notifying parents of school attendance or leaving school corresponding to the identification information, and the notification destination information from the notification destination information acquisition means Based on the notification message information from the notification destination information acquisition unit (identification information from the read information transmission unit and the information) When the notification destination information is a mail address, a signal instructing the mail generation means to create the e-mail is output to the notification destination information. A notification instruction means for outputting a signal instructing the voice message creation means to create the voice message when the number is a number; A mail sending means for sending the e-mail created by the step to the mail address of the destination, and a telephone number of the destination for sending the voice message created by the voice message creating means to the destination And a calling means for making a call.

  Further, in the e-mail / telephone type exit / exit information notification system according to the present invention, the point issuing means for issuing predetermined points to the student based on the student identification information read by the reading means, Point recording means for recording the issued points in the database in association with the identification information based on the student identification information read by the reading means and the point information from the point issuing means. It is desirable.

  In the e-mail / telephone correspondence information system according to the present invention, the recording medium records the identification information of each student magnetically or electromagnetically and repeatedly changes desired characters on the surface thereof. It is a rewritable card that can be displayed, and it is preferable that the rewritable card is provided with a printing unit for deleting the existing display on the surface and displaying a new desired character.

  In the mail / telephone type exit / exit information notification system according to the present invention, the system further comprises point information output means for outputting the point information issued corresponding to the reading to the printing means. Preferably, the point information from the point information output means is displayed on the surface of the rewrite card.

  In addition, in the mail / telephone type exit / exit information notification system according to the present invention, the mail creation unit or the time information acquisition unit for acquiring the time information when the identification information is read by the reading unit, The voice message creation unit includes the time when the identification information is read based on the time information from the time information acquisition means in the e-mail or the voice message as the student's school or school leaving time. Is desirable.

  Furthermore, in the e-mail / telephone type exit / exit information notification system according to the present invention, the home page creating means for creating a home page based on the data from the database, and the access request from the parents of each student Access request accepting means for accepting after authenticating the guardian, and based on the output from the access request accepting means, attending or leaving school information, point information, or other information related to the student who requested the access Is preferably provided with homepage information transmitting means for transmitting to the guardian as homepage information created by the homepage creating means.

  According to the present invention, since all devices including a recording medium such as an IC card or a rewrite card in which identification information carried by a student is recorded can be provided only on the side of the school, elementary school, kindergarten, etc. Schools, elementary schools, kindergartens, etc. can be employed freely without spending time.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the parent or school information of the student is notified to the guardian side by any means of e-mail and telephone by synthetic voice message. It is possible to notify the attending school or leaving school information of a student who attends in real time in the same manner to parents who use e-mail and parents who do not use e-mail.

  Further, according to the present invention, when the student reads the identification information, a predetermined point is issued correspondingly, so that the student is strongly motivated to read the identification information. Thus, it is possible to prevent the student from forgetting to read the identification information when going to school or leaving school or not intentionally reading the information and giving the guardian extra anxiety.

  In the present invention, when the rewrite card is used as a recording medium for identification information of each student, the point corresponding to the reading can be displayed on the surface of the rewrite card each time the card is read when going to school or leaving school. Each student will be more motivated to read the card.

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, since each student's guardian side can authenticate each student's attending or leaving school information or information such as points recorded in the database, it can be viewed via the Internet. Even when the guardian is in a situation where the notification of school attendance or school leaving cannot be received due to radio wave conditions or the like, the guardian can access the school attendance or school attendance information by accessing via the Internet.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention is a mode as described in Example 1 below.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram for explaining an e-mail / telephone leaving / leaving information notification system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a cram school system, 2 is an ASP center system, 3 is a guardian device, 4 is the Internet (including the IP telephone network), 5 is a public telephone network (a fixed telephone network and a mobile phone network) Including).

  In the cram school system 1, 11 reads a non-contact type IC card (for example, a “Felica” card provided by Felica Networks) that is carried by each student and on which each student's identification number is recorded. A card reader for transmitting to a personal computer 12 to be described later, 12 for recording the identification number of each student read by the card reader 11 on a built-in hard disk and transmitting the identification number to the center side system 2 by the router 13 PC for management.

  The management personal computer 12 includes or is connected to a timer unit 14a. The management personal computer 12 combines the identification number from the card reader 11 and time information (obtained by the timekeeping unit 14a) at the time of reading by the card reader 11 (at the time of going to school or leaving school) by the router 13. Transmit to the center system 2.

  The management personal computer 12 incorporates point issuing software. The point issuing software calculates a corresponding point according to a predetermined rule as soon as an identification number of a student read at the time of attending school or leaving school is transmitted from the card reader 11. When the management personal computer 12 calculates this point, the management personal computer 12 immediately matches the identification number from the card reader 11 and the time information at the time of reading by the card reader 11 (when going to school or leaving school). , And sent to the center side system 2 by the router 13. Further, when the management computer 12 calculates the point, it transmits the point information to the point display monitor 14 installed in the vicinity of the card reader 11 at the same time as transmitting it to the center side system 2, The point is displayed on the screen.

  The calculation and display of the points by the management personal computer 12 described above is performed immediately after the completion of the reading operation of the IC card by each student. Therefore, as soon as each student reads his / her IC card by the card reader 11, each student sees the display on the screen of the monitor 14 near the card reader 11 and visually recognizes the point issued by the current reading. Can do.

  Next, the ASP center side system 2 of FIG. 1 will be described. This ASP center side system 2 is installed in order to provide a service by a term lending method of software using the Internet 4 to each contracted learning cram school.

  In the ASP center side system 2, 21 records information such as school attendance or school leaving information, guardian notification destination information, acquired point information, etc. in association with student identification information. The database 22 is stored in correspondence with the identification number of each student read at the time of attending school or leaving school, the time information at the time of attending or leaving school, and the reading transmitted from the personal computer 12 for managing each school. It is a management server for receiving information on issued points and recording them in the database 21.

  The management server 22 issues the identification number of each student read at the time of attending or leaving school, the time information at the time of attending or leaving school, and the points issued in response to the reading from the management personal computer 12 of each school. Are recorded in the database 21 and at the same time, the student's name and guardian notification destination information corresponding to the identification number are retrieved from the database 21. Then, when the searched parent notification destination information is a mail address, the management server 22 instructs the mail creating unit 24 described later to create an e-mail. The management server 22 instructs the voice message creation unit 26 (to be described later) to create a voice message when the searched parent notification destination information is a telephone number.

  Next, in the ASP center side system 2, 24 is a mail creation unit for creating an e-mail for notifying a student of going to school or leaving school based on instruction information from the management server 22, Reference numeral 25 denotes a mail server for transmitting the e-mail created by the mail creating unit 24 to the communication terminal of the corresponding guardian. The mail creation unit 24 receives the identification number of each student, the time information when attending or leaving school, the name of the student, and the notification information (email address) of the guardian of the student from the management server 22. Upon receipt, an e-mail for notifying the parents of the student's attending or leaving school is created based on these pieces of information. The e-mail created by the e-mail creating unit 24 includes, for example, a message such as “Now (○ hour ○ minute), XX you have left the cram school” as the body text, and the notification destination information (e-mail address ) As a destination address.

  Further, in the ASP center side system 2, reference numeral 26 denotes a voice message creating unit for creating a voice message for notifying a student of going to school or leaving school based on instruction information from the management server 22. 27 is a calling unit that automatically dials the voice message created by the voice message creation unit 26 to send it to the telephone number (fixed phone, mobile phone, or IP phone number) addressed to the corresponding guardian; Is a modem for converting the telephone number and voice message into information for IP telephone when the notification destination of the guardian side of the voice message is an IP telephone. The voice message creation unit 26 receives from the management server 22 the student identification number, time information when attending or leaving school, the name of the student, and notification information (telephone number) of the parent of the student. Then, based on each of these information, the voice message which notifies a guardian of the said student's going to school or a leaving school is created. The voice message created by the voice message creation unit 26 is, for example, for outputting a message such as “XX-kun has just left the cram school for the current XX hours” with synthesized voice. .

  Further, in the ASP center side system 2, reference numeral 23 denotes the data recorded in the database 21 as homepage information based on a transmission request from a guardian side terminal (such as a personal computer) that has received personal authentication. A Web server for transmitting to the guardian side terminal via the Internet 4. The Web server 23 also has the personal authentication function.

  In the ASP center side system 2, 28 is a voice transmission / reception unit for automatically responding to telephone inquiries from parents of students by synthetic voice, and 29 is received by the voice transmission / reception unit 28. A voice character conversion unit for converting the voice information from the guardian into character information in substantially real time; and 30 a predetermined response voice to the guardian in substantially real time based on the information from the voice character conversion unit 29. A response processing unit for synthesizing and outputting to the voice transmitting and receiving unit 28; The response processing unit 30 authenticates the parent based on character information such as the student identification number from the phonetic character conversion unit 29 and information on the student from the database 21. In addition, the response processing unit 30 creates a voice message for notifying the student of attending or leaving school time, information on acquisition points, etc. from the database 21 in response to an inquiry from a parent who has passed the personal authentication. This is output to the voice transmitting / receiving unit 28.

  In the first embodiment, the database 21 can record a plurality of (for example, three) contacts (e-mail addresses and telephone numbers) as notification destinations of the corresponding parents for each student. Yes. The management server 22 searches for the plurality of notification destinations from the database 21 and sends the information to each of the plurality of notification destinations when the attending or leaving school information of each student is sent from the cram school system 1 ( The e-mail or the voice message is transmitted in the order designated by the guardian in advance.

  Next, in the guardian side device 3, 31 is a personal computer connected to the Internet 4 used by the guardian, and 32 is an IP phone connected to the Internet (including the IP telephone network) 4 used by the guardian. , 33 is a fixed telephone connected to the public telephone network 5 used by the guardian, and 34 is a mobile telephone connected to the public telephone network (including the mobile telephone network) 5 used by the guardian.

  Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described. First, the operation of the management personal computer 12 of the learning school side system 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When each student holds a non-contact IC card carried by the IC card reader 11 near the entrance to the school, when the student enters or leaves the school, the student identification number recorded on the IC card Is read without contact with the IC card reader 11, and the read identification number is output to the management personal computer 12. When the management personal computer 12 receives the read information (identification number) from the reader / writer 11 (step S1 in FIG. 2), the management personal computer 12 acquires the time information at the time of reception from the timer unit 14a (step S2). Further, the management personal computer 12 calculates a point corresponding to reading at the time of attending school or leaving school based on the reading information (identification information) from the reader / writer 11 (step S3), and this point information is used as the card. It is displayed on the point display monitor 14 in the vicinity of the reader 11 (step S4). Further, the management personal computer 12 sends the read information (identification number) from the reader / writer 11, the time information from the time measuring unit 14 a, and the calculated point information to the management server on the ASP center side via the Internet 4. 22 (step S5).

  Next, the operation of the ASP center side system 2 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the management server 22 receives the read information (identification information), the time information, and the point information from the management personal computer 12 on the cram school side (step S11), the received time information of school attendance or school leaving is received. The point information is recorded in the database 21 in association with the identification number (step S12). In addition, the management server 22 searches the database 21 and acquires the name of the student and the notification destination information of the guardian corresponding to the identification number (step S13). The management server 22 determines whether or not the parental contact information acquired in step S13 is a mail address (step S14). When the guardian notification destination information acquired in step S13 is an e-mail address and the determination in step S14 is YES, the management server 22 receives the school attendance or school time information received in step S11 and the step S13. The acquired student name and the notification information (email address) of the guardian are transmitted to the e-mail creating unit 24 (step S15). Upon receipt of the information from the management server 22, the mail creation unit 24 creates an email for notifying the guardian based on the information and outputs the email to the mail server 25 (step S16). ). The mail server 25 transmits the electronic mail from the mail creation unit 24 to the guardian (step S17).

  On the other hand, when the guardian notification destination information acquired in step S13 is a telephone number and the determination in step S14 is NO, the management server 22 receives the time information of school attendance or school leaving received in step S11 and the The student's name acquired in step S13 and the notification information (telephone number) of the guardian are transmitted to the voice message creating unit 26 (step S18). Upon receipt of the information from the management server 22, the voice message creation unit 26 creates a voice message based on the information and outputs the voice message to the calling unit 27 (step S19). The calling unit 27 automatically calls the guardian's telephone number (IP phone number, fixed phone number, or mobile phone number) and sends the voice message from the voice message creation unit 26 to the guardian's side. It transmits to the telephone (step S20).

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, when the student goes to the school or leaves the school, the card reader 11 reads the IC card carried by the student. As soon as this reading is performed, any one of the desired cellular mail / PC mail, IP telephone, landline telephone, and cellular telephone is notified to each parent. Therefore, according to the first embodiment, information on the student's attending school or school leaving can be notified to a parent who does not have an environment for using e-mail, in the same manner as a parent who can use e-mail, in substantially real time. Can do. In the first embodiment, when the IC card is read, the corresponding point is immediately calculated and displayed on the monitor 14 in the vicinity of the card reader 11. Strong motivation for reading the IC card can be provided. In the first embodiment, when the guardian cannot receive the real-time notification by the mail or telephone due to the radio wave condition, the guardian accesses the Web server 23 on the ASP center side via the Internet 4. Then, the student's attending or leaving school information can be viewed, or the call sending / receiving unit 28 of the call center on the ASP center side can be called to listen to the attending or leaving school information of the corresponding student with synthesized speech. FIG. 5 is a system configuration diagram showing the configuration of the first embodiment described above mainly from the hardware aspect.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment only in the portion of the learning cram school system 1 shown in FIG. 1, and the other portions are the same as in the first embodiment. In the second embodiment, a rewrite card, which will be described later, is employed instead of the IC card of the first embodiment as the recording medium for the identification number carried by each student. In the second embodiment, instead of the card reader 11 shown in FIG. 1, a card reader / writer (not shown) for reading information recorded on the rewrite card and printing characters on the surface of the rewrite card. Z).

  The rewrite card records information such as the identification number of each student magnetically or electromagnetically, and can repeatedly change and display character information such as earned points on the surface thereof. That is, the rewritable card is composed of, for example, a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) resin card as a base material, and the magnetic stripe (tape-shaped magnetic recording medium) is pasted on the back surface thereof (when the card is built in the card). There is also.) Information such as an identification number of each student is recorded on the magnetic stripe.

  The rewrite card has thermal paper pasted on its surface. When the rewrite card is inserted into a card slot of the card reader / writer, the card reader / writer reads the student identification number magnetically recorded from the magnetic stripe and from the management personal computer 12 Characters indicating the points are recorded on the thermal paper based on the output point information.

  That is, the card reader / writer has two heads, and is already displayed on the thermal paper on the surface of the rewrite card according to the instruction information including the point information from the management personal computer 12. While erasing the existing characters and symbols on one bed, new characters and symbols are printed (thermal printing) simultaneously with the other head. Therefore, in the second embodiment, each student only inserts the rewrite card into the card slot of the card reader / writer, and not only the identification number is read, but also point information issued corresponding to the reading is The change is printed on the surface of the rewrite card.

  In the second embodiment, not only characters indicating the points but also a school name, a student name, a message from the school, and the like are printed on the surface of the rewrite card. In the second embodiment, among the characters indicating the points printed on the surface of the rewritable card, the school name, the student name, and the message from the school, only the characters indicating the points are displayed by the card reader / writer as needed. As a general rule, the characters such as the name of the school, the name of the student, and the message from the school are continuously displayed as they are.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, each student can read each identification number just by inserting a rewrite card into the card slot of the card reader / writer, and points issued in response to the reading. Information is changed and printed on the surface of the rewrite card. Therefore, in the second embodiment, the point display monitor 14 installed in the first embodiment need not be installed.

  The embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention and the constituent elements constituting the present invention are limited to those described as the respective embodiments and the respective elements constituting the respective embodiments, respectively. Various modifications are possible. For example, in the first embodiment, a non-contact type IC card is used as a recording medium of an identification number carried by each student. In the present invention, instead of this non-contact type IC card, for example, a non-contact type IC card is used. Alternatively, a portable communication terminal such as a mobile phone with a built-in IC chip and antenna may be employed.

  In each of the above embodiments, the timekeeping unit 14a is built in or connected to the management personal computer 12 on the side of the cram school in order to acquire time information of each student's attending school or leaving school. A time measuring unit for acquiring time information may be built in or connected to the management server 22 on the ASP center side.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, for parents who do not have an environment for using e-mails, the student's attendance or leaving school is notified to the parents' IP phone 32, landline phone 33, or mobile phone 34. In the present invention, in addition to this, the fax number of the guardian is recorded in the database 21 as one of the guardian side notification destinations. If desired, facsimile information for notifying students of going to school or leaving school may be automatically transmitted to this FAX number.

1 is a conceptual block diagram illustrating the overall configuration of a mail / voice correspondence type leaving / exiting information notification system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart for explaining an operation according to the first embodiment. 6 is a flowchart for explaining an operation according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an operation according to the first embodiment. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing the overall configuration of Embodiment 1 mainly from the hardware aspect.

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1 Learning school side system 2 ASP center side system 3 Parent side device 4 Internet 5 Public telephone network 11 Card reader 12 Management PC 13 Router 14 Point display monitor 14a Timekeeping unit 21 Database 22 Management server 23 Web server 24 Mail creation unit 25 mail server 26 voice message creation unit 27 calling unit 27a modem 28 voice transmission / reception unit 29 voice character conversion unit 30 response processing unit 31 personal computer 32 IP phone 33 landline phone 34 mobile phone

Claims (6)

A database for recording identification information of each student who attends a school / school, kindergarten, etc., attending or leaving school information, parental notice information, etc .;
Reading means for reading the identification information from a recording medium in which the identification information of each student carried by each student is recorded;
When the student identification information is read from the recording medium by the reading means, read information transmission means for transmitting the read identification information;
Based on the identification information transmitted from the read information transmission means, search the database, notification destination information acquisition means for acquiring the notification destination information of the guardian corresponding to the identification information;
Based on the notification destination information from the notification destination information acquisition means, an email creation means for creating an email for notifying a parent of a student corresponding to the identification information to school or leaving school;
Based on the notification destination information from the notification destination information acquisition means, a voice message creation means for creating a voice message for notifying a parent of a student corresponding to the identification information or school leaving with a synthetic voice;
Based on the notification destination information from the notification destination information acquisition means, when the notification destination information is a mail address, a signal instructing the mail creation means to create the e-mail is output, and the notification destination information is A notification instruction means for outputting a signal instructing the voice message creation means to create the voice message when the number is a number;
Mail sending means for sending the e-mail created by the mail creating means to the destination mail address;
Calling means for calling the telephone number of the destination in order to transmit the voice message created by the voice message creating means to the destination;
An e-mail / telephone-type exit / exit information notification system characterized by comprising: The claim 1, further comprising:
Point issuing means for issuing predetermined points to the student based on the student identification information read by the reading means;
Point recording means for recording the issued points in the database in association with the identification information based on the student identification information read by the reading means and the information from the point issuing means;
An e-mail / telephone-type exit / exit information notification system characterized by comprising: In claim 1 or 2,
The recording medium is a rewritable card that records the identification information of each student magnetically or electromagnetically and can repeatedly change and display desired characters on the surface thereof.
An e-mail / telephone correspondence type exit / exit information notification system comprising printing means for erasing an existing display on the surface of the rewrite card and displaying a new desired character. In claim 3,
Point information output means for outputting the point information issued by the point issuing means to the printing means,
The e-mail / telephone-compatible exit / exit information notification system, wherein the printing unit displays the point information from the point information output unit on the surface of the rewrite card. In any one of Claim 1-4,
A time information acquisition unit for acquiring time information when the identification information is read by the reading unit;
The mail creation unit or the voice message creation unit is configured to include the time when the identification information is read based on the time information from the time information acquisition unit as the student's attending or leaving school time in the email or the voice message. An e-mail / telephone-compatible exit / exit information notification system characterized in that it is included in. In any one of Claim 1 to 5,
A homepage creation means for creating a homepage based on data from the database;
An access request receiving means for receiving an access request from the parents of each student after authenticating the parents;
Based on the output from the access request receiving means, school attendance / school leaving information and / or point information relating to the student who requested the access is transmitted to the guardian as homepage information created by the homepage creation means. Homepage information transmission means for
An e-mail / telephone-type exit / exit information notification system characterized by comprising:

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