JP2006195548A - Progress management support device, progress management support method, and progress management support program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a progress management support device, a progress management support method and a progress management support program, capable of grasping accurately a progress situation of a plurality of works executed based on a work instruction comment attached to an electronic document, in a short time. <P>SOLUTION: When supporting management for the progress situation of the plurality of works executed based on a message attached to the electronic document, work executor information indicating an executor in each of the plurality of works, and progress situation information indicating the progress situation of the plurality of works are stored by a secondary storage part 45, display information capable of displaying the progress situation of the plurality of works in a condition in response to a predetermined condition is prepared based on the work executor information and the progress situation information, by an exhibition information preparing part 41A in a progress management server 40, and the progress situation is displayed using the display information via a display part 63 of a client device 60, by an exhibiting part 41B. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a progress management support device, a progress management support method, and a progress management support program. More specifically, the present invention supports management of the progress status of a plurality of tasks executed based on a work instruction comment attached to an electronic document. The present invention relates to a progress management support apparatus, a progress management support method, and a progress management support program.

  In recent years, a technique for attaching additional information such as character information, image information, audio information, and link information to an arbitrary position of an electronic document without affecting the text of the electronic document has been widely used. Note that the additional information is collectively referred to as an annotation in this specification.

  Examples of systems that can attach this annotation to an electronic document include DocuWorks (registered trademark) of Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. and Acrobat (registered trademark) of Adobe Corporation in the United States.

  By the way, as a usage form of a system that can attach an annotation as described above to an electronic document, a form in which a review based on information indicated by the annotation is electronically performed via a network by a predetermined reviewer Can be considered. Here, “review” means a work for evaluating whether a document created as a work product having a certain purpose is valid as a work product.

  As a conventional technique that can be applied to support reviews by such reviewers, Patent Document 1 discloses a progress management function based on a review schedule based on a review request, a review, and a comment processing mode. A technique for realizing an effective review process by providing a comment type suitable for work is disclosed.

Further, as a conventional technique that can be applied to support reviews by reviewers, Patent Document 2 discloses that a document management apparatus that performs document review work is efficient even if a plurality of review members are dispersed in places. For the purpose of facilitating easy peer review work and facilitating communication between review members and managing access to comment data, scrolling display of the content of the document to be reviewed, including the location where the comment is pasted, By synchronizing the scrolling display of the display range and the corresponding comment, the technology for simultaneously displaying the content of the document to be reviewed, the comment content, and the response content related to each other, the flow of comments, the comment pasting status, the comment interval, or the comment / response Comment list display means for graphically expressing the correlation between The contents of the comments are displayed in the form of a review sheet consisting of comments and responses, and the comments are sorted and displayed in order of comment pasting destination order, reviewer order, respondent order, revision reflection location order of the document to be reviewed, etc. And a technology including the means for performing the above-described.
JP-A-5-225194 JP-A-6-274493

  By the way, when a comment instructing some work related to the electronic document is attached as an annotation to the electronic document, managing the progress of the work is extremely important for steadily proceeding with the work.

  Here, as the number of tasks to be managed for progress increases, it is not easy to grasp all the progress of these tasks. This problem is particularly serious when the number of progress managers is limited to a small number.

  However, with the techniques disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, the progress status is not presented to the user, and it is difficult to accurately grasp the progress status in a short time. There was a problem that.

  In particular, with the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, since the review progress status, not the work progress status, is a management target, the progress status of the work cannot be grasped.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and is a progress that can accurately grasp in a short time the progress status of a plurality of tasks executed based on a work instruction comment attached to an electronic document. It is an object to provide a management support apparatus, a progress management support method, and a progress management support program.

  In order to achieve the above object, a progress management support device according to claim 1 is a progress management support device that supports the management of the progress status of a plurality of tasks executed based on a work instruction comment attached to an electronic document. And storage means for storing task performer information indicating each performer of the plurality of tasks and progress status information indicating the progress status of the plurality of tasks, based on the task performer information and the progress status information. Display information creating means for creating display information capable of displaying the progress of the plurality of tasks in a state according to a predetermined condition; and display means for displaying the progress using the display information And.

  The progress management support apparatus according to claim 1 supports management of a progress status of a plurality of tasks executed based on a work instruction comment attached to an electronic document, and the plurality of tasks are stored by a storage unit. The task performer information indicating each performer and progress status information indicating the progress status of the plurality of tasks are stored. The storage means includes a RAM (Random Access Memory), an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory), a semiconductor storage element such as a flash EEPROM (Flash EEPROM), a smart media (SmartMedia (registered trademark)), a flexible On a disk, CD-R (Compact Disc-Recordable), CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable), portable recording medium such as a magneto-optical disk, fixed recording medium such as a hard disk, or server computer connected to a network An external storage device provided is included.

  Here, in the present invention, the progress information of the plurality of tasks can be displayed in a state according to a predetermined condition based on the work performer information and the progress status information by the display information creating means. Display information is created, and the progress is displayed by the display means using the display information. Note that the progress display by the display means includes visible display, permanent visible display, audible display, and the like.

  As described above, according to the progress management support apparatus according to claim 1, in supporting the management of the progress status of a plurality of tasks executed based on the work instruction comment attached to the electronic document, the plurality of tasks The work performer information indicating each performer and progress status information indicating the progress status of the plurality of tasks are stored, and the progress of the plurality of tasks is determined based on the work performer information and the progress status information. Since the display information that can display the status in a state according to a predetermined condition is created and the progress status is displayed using the display information, the progress status of the plurality of operations can be quickly displayed. Accurately grasp.

  In the present invention, as in the invention described in claim 2, the condition may be at least one of a sorting condition and a filtering condition.

  In particular, the invention described in claim 2 is the same as the invention described in claim 3, wherein the sorting condition includes the sorting for each executor, the sorting for each electronic document when there are a plurality of electronic documents, and Sorting for each work content and at least one of the filtering operations, filtering the filtering condition to display only a pre-designated performer, only pre-designated electronic documents when there are multiple electronic documents It is good also as at least 1 of the filtering made into display object, and the filtering made into only the content of the work designated beforehand.

  Further, according to the present invention, as in the invention according to claim 4, the storage means includes display time information indicating a time when the progress status is displayed by the display means, the work performer information, and the progress status. Update time information indicating a time at which at least one of the information is updated, and the display information creating means indicates the progress status by the display means based on the display time information and the update time information. The display information is created so that the updated information can be highlighted and displayed when at least one of the work executor information and the progress status information has been updated since the last display. Also good.

  Further, according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, as in the fifth aspect of the present invention, the display information creating means is configured to generate at least one of the work performer information and the progress status information based on the update time information. The display information may be created so that the updated state can be displayed in chronological order.

  On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, the progress management support method according to claim 6 is a progress management support that supports the management of the progress status of a plurality of tasks executed based on a work instruction comment attached to an electronic document. In the method, work executor information indicating each executor of the plurality of tasks and progress status information indicating a progress status of the plurality of tasks are stored by a storage unit, and the work executor information and the progress Display information capable of displaying the progress status of the plurality of tasks in a state according to a predetermined condition based on the status information, and displaying the progress status using the display information. .

  Therefore, according to the progress management support method described in claim 6, since it operates in the same manner as in the invention described in claim 1, as in the invention described in claim 1, the progress status of a plurality of operations can be accurately determined in a short time. I can grasp it.

  On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, the progress management support program according to claim 7 is a progress management support for supporting the management of the progress status of a plurality of tasks executed based on a work instruction comment attached to an electronic document. A condition that is a program, the progress status of the plurality of tasks being determined in advance based on work performer information indicating each performer of the plurality of tasks and progress status information indicating the progress status of the plurality of tasks A display information creating step for creating display information that can be displayed in a state according to the condition, and a display step for displaying the progress using the display information.

  Therefore, according to the progress management support program according to the seventh aspect, the computer can be caused to act similarly to the invention according to the first aspect. The situation can be accurately grasped in a short time.

  According to the present invention, in supporting the management of the progress status of a plurality of tasks executed based on a work instruction comment attached to an electronic document, work performer information indicating each executor of the plurality of tasks, and Progress status information indicating the progress status of the plurality of operations is stored, and based on the work performer information and the progress status information, the progress status of the plurality of tasks is in a state according to a predetermined condition. Since the display information that can be displayed is created and the progress status is displayed using the display information, the progress status of the plurality of operations can be accurately grasped in a short time. It is done.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Here, a case where the present invention is applied to a document processing system configured as a client / server system will be described.

〔System configuration〕
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall schematic configuration of a document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, the document processing system 90 includes electronic data used in the document processing system 90 (including not only document data but also all other electronic data supported by the document processing system 90). And a client system 94 used by users of the document processing system 90 (including reviewers and work performers described later).

  The server system 92 includes a document management server 10 that manages electronic documents (hereinafter also simply referred to as “documents”) and an annotation management server 20 that manages annotations. The document management server 10 is a server that mainly stores and retrieves documents, and the annotation management server 20 is a server that mainly stores and retrieves annotations attached to documents.

  In this way, by providing the document management server 10 that manages the entire document and the annotation management server 20 that manages the annotations attached to the electronic document, additional corrections to a plurality of electronic documents can be independently performed by a plurality of users. Even when it is performed, it is possible to avoid a contradiction in the contents of the final electronic document, correction of correction, and the like.

  For example, even if one user adds a supplementary explanation as an annotation to a certain part of the original electronic document, while another user makes a modification that deletes the same part, the edited part Is registered in the annotation management server 20 in association with the electronic document main body managed by the document management server 10, so that there is no inconsistency in the electronic document main body and content such as additional correction corresponding thereto. Management can be performed.

  As shown in the figure, the document management server 10 includes a control unit 11 that controls the operation of the document management server 10 as a whole, a main storage unit 12 for storing various types of information, and a display such as a liquid crystal display. A display unit 13, an operation unit 14 including a keyboard and a mouse (pointing device), a document database DB1 described later, various programs, a secondary storage unit 15 for storing various parameter information, and the like, And a transmission / reception unit 16 for exchanging various kinds of information with an external device, and these units are electrically connected via a system bus S1. That is, the document management server 10 according to the present embodiment is configured by a normal personal computer (hereinafter also referred to as “PC”).

  The annotation management server 20 also includes a control unit 21 that controls the operation of the annotation management server 20 as a whole, a main storage unit 22 for storing various types of information, and a display unit 23 that includes a display such as a liquid crystal display. , An operation unit 24 including a keyboard and a mouse, a tag annotation database DB2 to be described later, a pen input annotation database DB3, various programs, a secondary storage unit 25 for storing various parameter information, and the like. And a transmission / reception unit 26 that exchanges various types of information with the apparatus, and these units are electrically connected via a system bus S2. That is, the annotation management server 20 according to the present embodiment is also configured by a normal PC.

  On the other hand, the server system 92 according to the present embodiment has a message sharing server 30 that functions as an electronic bulletin board (Bulletin Board System). The message sharing server 30 is a server that mainly stores and retrieves messages exchanged on the electronic bulletin board.

  As shown in the figure, the message sharing server 30 is also configured to include a control unit 31 that controls the operation of the entire message sharing server 30, a main storage unit 32 for storing various information, and a display such as a liquid crystal display. A display unit 33, an operation unit 34 including a keyboard and a mouse, a message database DB4 described later, various programs, a secondary storage unit 35 for storing various parameter information, and the like, and an external device. And a transmission / reception unit 36 for exchanging various types of information in the network, and these units are electrically connected via a system bus S3. That is, the message sharing server 30 according to the present embodiment is also configured by a normal PC.

  By the way, the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment is assumed to be reviewed by a plurality of predetermined reviewers (reviewers) starting from the annotations given to the electronic document. This is performed using an electronic bulletin board provided by the message sharing server 30.

  Then, the server system 92 according to the present embodiment manages the progress status of the work executed based on the review, and the worker who performs the work (hereinafter referred to as “work performer”). It has a progress management server 40 that performs management.

  As shown in the figure, the progress management server 40 is also configured to include a control unit 41 that controls the operation of the entire progress management server 40, a main storage unit 42 for storing various information, and a display such as a liquid crystal display. A display unit 43, an operation unit 44 including a keyboard and a mouse, a worker database DB5 and a progress management database DB6, which will be described later, various programs, a secondary storage unit 45 for storing various parameter information, etc. And a transmission / reception unit 46 for exchanging various types of information with an external device, and these units are electrically connected via a system bus S4. That is, the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment is also configured by a normal PC.

  Furthermore, the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment has a browsing management server 50 that manages the browsing status of a progress management screen (see also FIG. 15) described later.

  As shown in the figure, the browsing management server 50 also includes a control unit 51 that controls the operation of the browsing management server 50 as a whole, a main storage unit 52 for storing various information, and a display such as a liquid crystal display. Between the display unit 53, an operation unit 54 including a keyboard and a mouse, a browsing database DB7 described later, various programs, various parameter information, and the like, and an external device. And a transmission / reception unit 56 that controls transmission and reception of various types of information, and these units are electrically connected via a system bus S5. That is, the browsing management server 50 according to the present embodiment is also configured by a normal PC.

  The client system 94 includes a plurality of client devices 60 provided for each user of the document processing system 90, each having a pen-type annotation device 67 used for pen input (handwriting input). It is configured.

  As shown in the figure, the client device 60 also includes a control unit 61 that controls the operation of the entire client device 60, a main storage unit 62 for storing various information, a display unit 63 configured to include a display, An operation unit 64 configured to include a keyboard and a mouse, a secondary storage unit 65 for storing various types of information, and a transmission / reception unit 66 for controlling transmission / reception of various types of information to / from an external device. These units are electrically connected via a system bus S6.

  The client device 60 is configured to display an image on the display unit 63 based on data read from the main storage unit 62 or the secondary storage unit 65 or data acquired from the server system 92 or the like via the transmission / reception unit 66. ing.

  The client device 60 according to the present embodiment is configured as a so-called tablet PC that employs a display unit 63 provided with a touch panel display that is configured by overlapping a touch panel (not shown) on the display surface. Thus, the annotation device 67 can directly instruct (handwritten input) on the display surface of the display unit 63.

  As described above, when the client device 60 reads a paper document, the client device 60 writes the document using the annotation device 67 in the same way as adding a mark such as an underline or a circle to the document and writing a comment. Input is possible.

  In addition to the handwriting input function using the annotation device 67 as described above, the client device 60 can display a predetermined shape (in this embodiment) at an arbitrary position of the document in a state where the display unit 63 displays the document. , A rectangular sticky note attached function is provided. Here, an arbitrary comment can be directly described in the tag, or link information indicating a link destination such as a comment or a related article can be associated with the tag. When link information is associated with a tag, the link destination information indicated by the link information is displayed on the tag. In this case, in the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, the tag attached to the document by the tag attachment function is used as an annotation.

  As described above, when the client device 60 reads a paper document, the client device 60 attaches a sticky note to an arbitrary position such as a noteworthy place or a place requiring supplementary explanation, as in the case of sticking a sticky note to the document. State.

  The document processing system 90 includes a document management server 10, an annotation management server 20, a message sharing server 30, a progress management server 40, a browsing management server 50, and a plurality of client devices 60, each of which includes a transmission / reception unit. And is electrically connected by a network 96. In the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, the Internet is applied as the network 96. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various networks such as an intranet, a LAN, a VAN, a telephone line network, an echo net, and a HomePNA are used alone. Or they can be applied in combination.

  The document management server 10, annotation management server 20, message sharing server 30, progress management server 40, and browsing management server 50 according to the present embodiment function as an HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) server, and each client device 60 is an HTTP client. The document management server 10, the annotation management server 20, the message sharing server 30, the progress management server 40, the browsing management server 50, and each client device 60 can access each other via the network 96. Can do.

  Information related to annotations handwritten by the client device 60 using the annotation device 67 (hereinafter also referred to as “handwritten input annotations”) and annotations attached as sticky notes (hereinafter also referred to as “sticky note annotations”). Is temporarily stored in the main storage unit 62, then transmitted to the annotation management server 20 via the network 96 at a predetermined timing, and stored in association with the document body. When the client device 60 reads and displays the document later, the annotation can be displayed together with the document based on the information related to the annotation previously given to the document.

[Configuration of Display Screen of Client Device 60]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a display screen related to annotation attachment by the display unit 63 of the client device 60 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, in the display screen, a button display area 63B that is an area for displaying a plurality of buttons each having a predetermined role on the display area 63A in the display unit 63 of the client device 60; A document display area 63C, which is an area for displaying the document 84 to be attached with the annotation, is provided.

  In the client device 60 according to the present embodiment, a document reading button 70 specified when reading a document managed (stored) in the document management server 10 and a tag annotation are attached to the document as the plurality of buttons. The annotation button 72 specified at the time, the save button 74 specified when saving the tag annotation 86 and the handwritten input annotation 88 displayed in the document display area 63C, and managed (stored) in the annotation management server 20. A search button 76 that is specified when an annotation that has been searched for and displayed in the document display area 63C is displayed in the button display area 63B.

  In addition, as the plurality of buttons, information indicating the progress of the work is displayed for the update button 78 specified when updating the display content of the document display area 63C and the annotation for instructing the execution of some work. A progress button 80 specified when displaying a list on the section 63, and a page turning button 82 composed of a previous page forward button 82A and a next page forward button 82B for turning the displayed document page forward and backward. It is displayed in the display area 63B.

  The client device 60 is equipped with a function (page turning display function) for switching the display in units of pages while turning a page so as to read a book. By using this page turning display function, for example, it is captured. It is configured so that desired information can be quickly searched from a large number of information.

  That is, when searching for information in the client device 60, the page turning operation is performed by pointing the two buttons of the previous page forward button 82A and the next page forward button 82B with the annotation device 67, the keyboard of the operation unit 64, the mouse, or the like. The desired page information can be displayed on the display unit 63 while performing the above.

  Further, the client device 60 can execute the function assigned to the button other than the page turning button 82 by specifying the pointing with the annotation device 67, the keyboard of the operation unit 64, the mouse, or the like. .

  As described above, in the client device 60 according to the present embodiment, buttons for executing various functions by being displayed in the display area 63A of the display unit 63 are provided as software. It goes without saying that hardware buttons may be provided on the display unit 63, the operation unit 64, or the like, or a predetermined key on the keyboard of the operation unit 64 may be used as each button.

  In the client device 60 according to the present embodiment, as described above, when link information is associated with a tag annotation, the link destination information indicated by the link information is displayed on the tag annotation. The review starting from the information is performed using an electronic bulletin board provided by the message sharing server 30 by a plurality of predetermined reviewers.

  As shown in FIG. 10 as an example, messages exchanged by each reviewer using the electronic bulletin board are designated by pointing the corresponding tag annotation using the annotation device 67, the keyboard of the operation unit 64, the mouse, or the like. It can be displayed in the display area 63A of the display unit 63.

  The review can be performed starting from a sticky note annotation in which a comment is directly described or a handwritten input annotation. However, in order to avoid complications, the electronic review provided by the message sharing server 30 will be described below. A description will be given assuming that the review is performed only on the tag annotation associated with the link information with the bulletin board as the link destination.

  On the other hand, a general-purpose application program for document editing (hereinafter referred to as “document editing AP”) is installed in the client device 60 according to the present embodiment. By executing the document editing AP, the editing operation is performed in a state where a document editing screen (not shown) in a state where an electronic document to be edited is displayed is displayed in the display area 63A of the display unit 63. Become.

  The client device 60 according to the present embodiment is configured to be able to display a plurality of screens in the display area 63A, and when editing an electronic document is performed with reference to the annotation attached to the electronic document In this case, both the document editing screen by the document editing AP and the display screen related to annotation attachment shown in FIG. 2 are displayed in the display area 63A.

[Document Management Server 10 and Document Database DB1]
By the way, the document management server 10 according to the present embodiment accepts “registration” for registering an electronic document and “document reading” according to an instruction from the outside.

  The “registration” is, for example, “http: // datacenter. company. co. jp / access. cgi? As shown in DocumentID = 8gjk3cl3 ′, it is given from the outside by a path such as a URL (Uniform Resource Locators) or a directory to a document to be registered indicating an address indicating a storage location of the document in the document database DB1. .

  The document management server 10 sequentially assigns document IDs to the document (group) indicated by the given path, and registers the document name and document text in the document database DB1 for each document ID. In the document management server 10 according to the present embodiment, a unique ID number is assigned to each document stored in the document database DB1 as the document ID. Further, the document management server 10 registers with different document IDs as long as the document file name of the document instructed for registration is the same as long as it has been posted to the document database DB1 multiple times.

  On the other hand, in the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, a unit in which a plurality of users jointly use a registered document in order to achieve a common purpose using the document processing system 90 is a “task”. The task information indicating to which task a registered document belongs can be registered in the document database DB1 for each document. The task information can be registered via the client device 60 or directly by the document management server 10 when the corresponding document is registered in the document database DB1 or at an arbitrary timing after registration.

  At this time, the data structure in the document database DB1 is as shown in FIG. 3 as an example. Here, the document name or the document text may be a path to a document such as a URL.

  In the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, the reviewer is assumed to be a user belonging to a task to which a document attached with a tag annotation that is a starting point of review belongs.

  On the other hand, when it is detected that the document reading button 70 is specified in any client device 60, the client device 60 notifies the document management server 10 of information indicating that. In response to this, the document management server 10 creates a list of document names in the document database DB1 and transmits it to the client device 60 that is the access source.

  In response to this, the client device 60 displays a list of document names in a list box or the like, and prompts the user to select. In response to this, when the user designates a desired document name with the annotation device 67 or the keyboard or mouse of the operation unit 64, the client device 60 transmits the designated document name to the document management server 10. .

  In response to this, the document management server 10 reads the document text and document ID corresponding to the document name received from the client device 60 from the document database DB1 and transmits the document text to the client device 60. As a result, the text of the document corresponding to the designated document name is displayed in the document display area 63C of the display unit 63 of the client device 60.

[Annotation management server 20, annotation database for sticky note DB2, annotation database for pen input DB3]
On the other hand, the annotation management server 20 according to the present embodiment accepts “save” and “search” according to instructions from the outside.

  That is, when it is detected that an annotation is given to the document in a state where the document is displayed on the display unit 63 in any one of the client devices 60 and the save button 74 is specified, the client device 60 does so. Is sent to the annotation management server 20. As a result, the annotation management server 20 associates the information related to the annotation instructed to be stored with the document with the annotation, and when the annotation is a tag annotation, the annotation is stored in the tag annotation database DB2. If it is a handwritten input annotation, it is registered (stored) in the pen input annotation database DB3.

  That is, for example, when the annotation management server 20 receives a “save” instruction from any of the client devices 60 and the annotation to be saved is a tag annotation, an annotation registration process is performed as shown below. Is done.

  First, the annotation management server 20 includes position information indicating a position to which an annotation to be saved is attached, a link destination when the annotation is linked, a document ID of the document with the annotation, and the saving. The client device 60 is given the terminal ID of the client device 60 that issued the instruction. At this time, the user name (or user ID) of the user who has given the annotation to be stored and the time (generation time) at which the annotation was given are also given from the client device 60.

  The annotation management server 20 stores the annotation ID, terminal ID, user ID (or user name), document ID, position information, link destination, generation time, and progress management ID in the tag annotation database DB2 in a table format. To do.

  At this time, the data structure in the tag annotation database DB2 is as shown in FIG. 4 as an example.

  In the figure, the annotation ID is used to manage individual annotations, and a unique ID number is assigned to each annotation for one tag. Here, the annotation ID includes a method issued on the client system 94 side and a method issued on the annotation management server 20 side. It should be noted that at least two sets of annotation ID and document ID need to be unique. If the given annotation ID or the above-mentioned two-tuple is not new, the line indicated by that annotation ID or the above-mentioned two-tuple is overwritten.

  The terminal ID is an ID number that uniquely identifies the client device 60. Here, the terminal ID may directly indicate the hardware of the client device 60 used by the user, or may correspond to an IP (Internet Protocol) address or a host name. The user ID (or user name) is information for uniquely identifying the user who is operating the client device 60, and corresponds to, for example, a login user name. Further, the document ID is a document ID registered in the document database DB1 of a document with a corresponding annotation.

  On the other hand, the position information is information indicating an attachment position (attachment position) of an annotation for one sticky note. In the present embodiment, the page number in the document indicated by the corresponding document ID and the position coordinates on the page indicated by the page number (here, the coordinates of the two points of the upper left corner point and the lower right corner point of the annotation) Indicated by a combination of In the present embodiment, the document display area 63C is set in the horizontal and vertical directions, and the size based on the horizontal size and the vertical size of the document displayed in the document display area 63C (here, in the horizontal direction). A rectangular area of 1/50 (1/50) of the horizontal size of the display document and 1/60 (1/60 of the vertical size of the display document) in the vertical direction is divided into a matrix. A consecutive number is assigned in advance in the horizontal direction from the upper left to each divided region, and the number is applied as the position coordinate.

  The link destination indicates link information associated with the annotation. In the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, as an example, the link information is represented as 'http: // MessageServer / threadViewer?' It is assumed that a path such as a URL or a path to a directory such as MessageId = 1517 'is given.

  The user can set a link destination for each annotation to be given. This link destination can be set every time an annotation is given or every time an annotation storage instruction is issued.

  In the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, a tag annotation with a link is displayed in a state where the information of the link destination is displayed inside. For example, in the example shown in Fig. 2, the memory size installed on the server has increased from this month. ’、’ Campaign price is currently available. 'Is displayed on the tag annotation 86 as link destination information.

  The generation time is a time when an annotation for one sticky note is attached (drawn in the display area 63A) in the client device 60, and includes a date and a time. This is managed for each annotation for one tag in a centralized manner by the server separately from the time when the save button 74 is designated and saved on the client device 60.

  Further, the progress management ID is for managing the progress status of the work executed based on the review performed with the link destination information as the starting point for the tag annotation linked to the electronic bulletin board. A unique ID is assigned to each tag annotation for one tag that is linked to a message on the electronic bulletin board provided by the message sharing server 30. Here, the progress management ID includes a method issued on the client system 94 side and a method issued on the annotation management server 20 side. In the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, the progress management ID for the sticky note annotation is used for the sticky note at the timing when the message on the electronic bulletin board provided by the message sharing server 30 is linked to the sticky note annotation. It is registered in the annotation database DB2.

  The above is a description of the case where the annotation to be saved is a tag annotation, but when the annotation to be saved is a handwritten input annotation, the annotation management server 20 uses the annotation as shown below. Registration processing is performed.

  First, the annotation management server 20 includes the annotation content of the annotation to be saved, the position information and color and shape of the annotation, the document ID of the document with the annotation, and the terminal ID of the client device 60 that issued the saving instruction. Is provided from the client device 60. At this time, the user name (or user ID) of the user who has given the annotation to be saved and the time when the annotation was given are also given from the client device 60.

  Then, the annotation management server 20 includes an annotation ID, terminal ID, user ID (or user name), document ID, position information, annotation content, color shape, line type, and generation time in a pen input annotation database. Save to DB3. At this time, the data structure in the pen input annotation database DB3 is as shown in FIG. 5 as an example.

  In the figure, the annotation ID, terminal ID, user ID, document ID, position information, and generation time are the same as those in the above-mentioned tag annotation database DB2. However, regarding the annotation ID, what is registered in the annotation database for sticky note DB2 is assigned for each sticky note, whereas it is assigned for each stroke in the annotation database DB3 for pen input. Different.

  On the other hand, the annotation content in the figure is the trajectory information of one-stroke annotation, and is data used to reproduce the drawn annotation, for example, data such as bitmap or vector data. The color shape is the color of the ink used for the annotation and shape information such as a circle or a square. Further, the line type indicates a line type such as the thickness of the annotation, a solid line, or a dotted line.

  On the other hand, when the client device 60 detects that the search button 76 is specified in a state where the document is displayed in the document display area 63C of the display unit 63, the client device 60 notifies the annotation management server 20 of information indicating that. In response to this, the annotation management server 20 reads information related to the annotation for which the search has been instructed from the tag annotation database DB2 and the pen input annotation database DB3.

  That is, the annotation management server 20 receives a “search” instruction from the client device 60. At this time, the annotation management server 20 receives information regarding the document ID and the annotation assignment range from the client device 60. Then, the annotation management server 20 searches the tag annotation database DB2 and the pen input annotation database DB3 based on these information (search conditions), reads information on the annotation that can be displayed, and accesses the client device 60 that is the access source. Send to.

  In response to this, the client device 60 displays the annotation indicated by the information received from the annotation management server 20 so as to overlap the document being browsed. FIG. 2 shows an example of a state in which the tag annotation 86 and the handwritten input annotation 88 are displayed superimposed on the document 84 by the above processing.

[Message sharing server 30 and message database DB4]
On the other hand, the message sharing server 30 according to the present embodiment functions as an electronic bulletin board by a user of the document processing system 90.

  That is, when a message is written from one of the client devices 60 to be handled by the document processing system 90 to the electronic bulletin board, the message sharing server 30 registers information related to the message in the message database DB4.

  In an electronic bulletin board, the first message is usually written together with the title by one of the users, a message about the message is written from another user who refers to the message, and the message about the message is also sent to other users or The message is first written by the user who wrote the message first. At this time, a message other than the first message is provided with a title corresponding to the title provided in the first message, so that the reply message is referred to as a parent by referring to the title or when creating a reply. By embedding the ID of the received message, the parent-child relationship of each message can be grasped.

  The message sharing server 30 sequentially registers the messages written from the users on the electronic bulletin board in this way in the message database DB4 together with the titles corresponding to the messages. At this time, the data structure in the message database DB4 is as shown in FIG. 6 as an example.

  In the figure, a message ID manages each message, and a unique ID number is assigned to each message. Here, there are a method of issuing the message ID on the client system 94 side and a method of issuing on the message sharing server 30 side.

  The update time is information indicating the time when the message is written on the electronic bulletin board, and consists of a date and a time. In this embodiment, the update time is registered using date and time information measured by a timer (not shown) provided in the control unit 31 of the message sharing server 30. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and information indicating the message writing time is given from the client device 60 which is the message writing source, and this can be registered.

  Further, the immediately preceding message ID is information indicating the message ID assigned to the message corresponding to the parent of the corresponding message, and the immediately following message ID is information indicating the message ID assigned to the message corresponding to the child of the corresponding message. In the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, the corresponding message is the first message, the immediately preceding message ID when there is no parent message, and the corresponding message is the last message for a common title. Information that cannot be taken as the message ID ('0' in the present embodiment) is registered as the message ID immediately after no child message.

  In the example shown in the figure, the messages with message IDs “1517”, “1518”, and “1519” are the first message because the immediately preceding message ID is “0”. The message with the message ID '1519' is the first message and has no child message because both the immediately preceding message ID and the immediately following message ID are '0'. It turns out that it is. Further, since the message ID is set to “1520”, the message ID is set to “1517” because the message ID is set to “1517” and the message ID immediately after is set to “0”. It can be seen that the message is a child's child message and has no child message.

  On the other hand, the title is information indicating the title provided in the corresponding message, and the message is information indicating the message text.

  On the other hand, when display of the electronic bulletin board is instructed from any client device 60, the message sharing server 30 reads information on each message from the message database DB4 and displays a list of the titles of each message so that the parent-child relationship can be identified. Information that can be transmitted to the client device 60 that is the access source. In response to this, the client device 60 displays a list of the titles of each message using the received information, so that the user of the client device 60 can select a desired title from the annotation device 67, the keyboard of the operation unit 64, By designating pointing with a mouse or the like, a message corresponding to the title can be displayed, or a message can be written to the displayed message.

[Progress management server 40, worker database DB5, progress management database DB6]
On the other hand, the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment manages work performers and reviews (here, the link destination of the tag annotation linked to the electronic bulletin board provided by the message sharing server 30). Management of the progress of work performed based on information-based review).

  That is, when an instruction to register a work performer is given from any client device 60, the progress management server 40 registers the work performer in the worker database DB5. In the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, the work performer also serves as the reviewer. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a user of the document processing system 90 other than the reviewer can be the work performer. .

  FIG. 7 shows an example of the data structure of the worker database DB5 according to the present embodiment.

  In the figure, task information is information for specifying a task to which a work performer to be registered belongs. In the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment, the task information is the same as the task information in the document database DB1 described above. Have applied. Further, the worker ID manages individual work performers, and a unique ID is assigned to each work performer. Here, the worker ID may be issued on the client system 94 side or on the progress management server 40 side. That is, in the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, work performers are managed in units of tasks.

  Also, the field in charge in the figure indicates the field of expertise of the corresponding work performer, and the field of specialization (for example, “computer field”, “natural science field”, “ Preliminary numerical information is registered for each “political field”, “history field”, and the like.

  Note that, in the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, when a work performer is registered by the client device 60, the work performer to be registered and the work performer to the user of the client device 60. Each information of the task to which the task belongs and the field of responsibility of the work performer is input, and the input information is transmitted to the progress management server 40, and the progress management server 40 receives the information from the client device 60. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the information is directly input by the progress management server 40 and registered. You can also.

  On the other hand, in the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment, the sticky note annotation linked to the message on the electronic bulletin board provided by the message sharing server 30 is based on the review starting from the information of the link destination. Information for managing the progress of work to be performed is registered in the progress management database DB6.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of the data structure of the progress management database DB6 according to the present embodiment.

  In the figure, the progress management ID is information for specifying the work to be managed, and in the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment, the same as the progress management ID of the tag annotation database DB2 described above. When the progress management ID is registered in the tag annotation database DB2, it is also registered in the progress management database DB6.

  The progress is information indicating the degree of progress of the work specified by the corresponding progress management ID. In the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment, information indicating the state before the start of the work as a default ( Here, “0”) is registered, and information indicating the degree of progress of the work by the work performer after the work is started (here, an approximate degree when the degree of work completion is set to 100%). It is assumed that it is updated by inputting via the client device 60. Note that the setting of the progress is not limited to such a self-reporting type, but the progress management server 40 such as a form that calculates the ratio of the number of completed work items to the total number of work items when there are a plurality of work items. Can be automatically calculated and updated appropriately.

  The status is information indicating the progress status of the work specified by the corresponding progress management ID in a plurality of predetermined stages, and the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment is accepting the review. “Reception” indicating the stage, “Study” indicating the stage in which the work is under consideration, “Processing” indicating the stage in which the work is being performed, “Processed” indicating the stage immediately after completion of the work, and execution "Awaiting approval" indicating the stage of work approval, "Approved" indicating the stage where the approval of the executed work is completed, "Reject" indicating the stage where the executed work is rejected, and approval of the executed work 8 stages of “complete” indicating the stage where the work is completed are applied. In the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, as an approver having the authority to determine whether to approve the executed work, the work performer belonging to the task to which the document to be executed belongs belongs. Of these, a predetermined reader is used, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other users who are predetermined as work approvers can also be applied.

  On the other hand, the work performer is information for identifying the work performer who performs the work specified by the corresponding progress management ID, and the delivery date is information indicating the completion date of the work, and the state change time Is information indicating the date and time when the corresponding status was changed, the status changer is information indicating the updater of the status, and the work performer change time is the date and time when the corresponding task performer was changed It is information which shows.

  In the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment, information indicating “acceptance” is registered as the default of the status. In the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment, the same information as the worker ID in the worker database DB5 is applied as the worker. Further, in the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, the status is changed to “reviewed”, “processing in progress”, “processed”, “waiting for approval”, etc. by the corresponding work performer himself / herself. Further, in the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, the work performer is registered by a predetermined reviewer (for example, a task leader). Furthermore, in the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment, a day after a predetermined period (for example, two weeks later) from the time when the progress management ID is registered is automatically registered as the delivery date. Not limited to this, this information may be registered by any of the reviewers (for example, a task leader).

  On the other hand, in the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment, as the state change time, for each stage of the status (here, “accepted”, “reviewed”, “processing”, “processed”, “approved”) The update time is registered for each stage of “wait”, “approved”, “rejected”, and “completed”. In this embodiment, the update time is registered using date and time information measured by a timer (not shown) provided in the control unit 41 of the progress management server 40. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and information indicating the change time is given from the client device 60 that is the status change source, and this can be registered.

  In the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment, the same information as the worker ID in the worker database DB5 is applied as the state changer. Further, in the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment, the work performer change time is counted by a timer (not shown) provided in the control unit 41 of the progress management server 40, similarly to the state change time. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and information indicating the change time is given from the client device 60 that is the change source of the work performer, and this is registered. You can also.

[Browse Management Server 50 and Browse Database DB7]
On the other hand, the browsing management server 50 according to the present embodiment manages the browsing status of the progress management screen (see also FIG. 15).

  That is, when display of the progress management screen is instructed from any of the client devices 60, the browsing management server 50 is information indicating the user of the client device 60 (here, the work performer) and the time at that time. Is registered in the browsing database DB7.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of the data structure of the browsing database DB7 according to the present embodiment.

  In the figure, the worker ID is information for identifying the user (worker) of the client device 60 that is the instruction source for displaying the progress management screen, and the browsing management server according to the present embodiment. In 50, the same worker ID as the worker database DB5 described above is applied. The browsing time is information indicating the time at which the progress management screen is instructed by the corresponding work performer. In the present embodiment, the browsing time is provided in the control unit 51 of the browsing management server 50. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the time at that time is received from the client device 60 that is the instruction source for displaying the progress management screen. It is also possible to adopt a form in which information indicating is provided and registered.

[Progress status presentation function]
By the way, as described above, the document processing system 90 according to the present exemplary embodiment performs electronic processing by the message sharing server 30 for a tag annotation attached to an electronic document as schematically illustrated in FIG. Link information for linking to a message (comment) written on the bulletin board can be associated.

  The document processing system 90 has a progress status presentation function that presents information indicating the progress status of a plurality of tasks executed based on the message in response to a request from the client device 60.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the document processing system 90 for realizing the progress status presentation function.

  As shown in the figure, the progress management server 40 includes a presentation information creation unit 41A and a presentation unit 41B in order to realize the progress status presentation function.

  The presentation information creation unit 41A according to the present embodiment stores information indicating each work performer of a plurality of tasks to be presented as progress status, information indicating the progress status of the plurality of tasks, and the like in the secondary storage unit 45. A progress management screen (see also FIG. 15), a Gantt chart (see also FIG. 15) that can be read from the progress management database DB6 and presenting the progress status of the plurality of operations based on these information in a state according to predetermined conditions. 16), and information indicating a progress transition screen (see also FIG. 17).

  In the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment, two conditions of the sorting condition and the filtering condition are applied as the predetermined condition.

  Further, in the presentation information creation unit 41A according to the present embodiment, information indicating the browsing time registered in the browsing database DB 7 of the secondary storage unit 55 of the browsing management server 50 (information indicating the display time of the progress management screen). And the above-mentioned work performer from the time when the progress management screen is presented based on each information of the status change time and the work performer change time registered in the progress management database DB6 of its own secondary storage unit 45. When at least one piece of information of the status is updated, information indicating the progress management screen is created so that the updated information can be presented with emphasis.

  On the other hand, the presentation unit 41B according to the present embodiment uses the information created by the presentation information creation unit 41A to send information indicating the progress status of the plurality of tasks to the access source client device 60 (presentation of the information). Is presented (displayed) via the display unit 63 of the client device 60) that has requested. Therefore, the user (reviewer) of the client device 60 can accurately grasp the progress status of the plurality of operations in a short time by referring to the display screen.

  By the way, in the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, the progress status presentation function is realized by software.

  Next, the operation of the progress management server 40 for realizing the progress presentation function will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Note that FIG. 13 shows the response when the progress button 80 is designated for pointing in a state where a display screen (see also FIG. 2) related to annotation attachment is displayed on the display unit 63 in any of the client devices 60. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing of a progress status presentation processing program executed by the control unit 41 of the progress management server 40, and the program is stored in advance in a predetermined area of the secondary storage unit 45.

  First, in step 100 in the figure, information indicating a predetermined presentation information selection screen is transmitted to the client device 60 as the access source, and in the next step 102, waiting for reception of predetermined information from the client device 60 is waited for. Do.

  FIG. 14 shows an example of a presentation information selection screen displayed on the display unit 63 of the client device 60 in accordance with the processing of step 100 described above. As shown in the figure, in this presentation information selection screen, a message prompting selection of the screen to be presented is displayed, and the screen names to be selected are “progress management screen”, “Gantt chart”, “progress” Three names of “transition screen” are displayed. When a presentation information selection screen as shown in the figure is displayed on the display unit 63, the user of the client device 60 designates a display area for a desired screen name. In response to this, information indicating the screen designated by the user is transmitted to the progress management server 40. As a result, step 102 becomes affirmative and the process proceeds to step 104.

  In step 104, it is determined whether or not the screen (screen specified by the user) indicated by the information received in step 102 is a progress management screen. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 106.

  In step 106, a task that matches a predetermined condition (corresponding to the “filtering condition” of the present invention) is specified as a presentation target task. In the present embodiment, as the predetermined condition, a sticky note to which a progress management ID is assigned by a sticky note attached to an electronic document belonging to a task to which a user of the access source client device 60 belongs. The condition of work performed based on annotation is applied.

  In the next step 108, information relating to the progress status corresponding to the presentation target work specified in step 106 is read from each database including the progress management database DB6. In the next step 110, the read information is read according to a predetermined condition. (Corresponding to “sorting conditions” of the present invention). In the present embodiment, sorting for each electronic document is applied as the predetermined condition, and sorting for each work performer in the same document is applied.

  In the next step 112, the browsing time corresponding to the worker ID indicating the user of the client device 60 that is the access source is read from the browsing database DB 7, and in the next step 116, the work performer and status are read after the read browsing time. It is determined whether or not there is a work for which at least one has been changed based on the browsing time and the information on the state change time and the work performer change time read from the progress management database DB6 in step 108 above. If the determination is affirmative, the routine proceeds to step 118.

  In step 118, the image data indicating the progress management screen having a predetermined layout is changed in step 116 using the information read out in step 108 and sorted in step 110. The portion determined to have been made is created so as to be emphasized, and then the process proceeds to step 122.

  On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step 116, the process proceeds to step 120, image data indicating the progress management screen is created without emphasizing any part, and then the process proceeds to step 122.

  In step 122, the image data created by the processing of step 118 or step 120 is transmitted to the client device 60 that is the access source, whereby a progress management screen is displayed on the display unit 63 of the client device 60, and then this progress is made. The status presentation processing program is terminated.

  FIG. 15 shows an example of a progress management screen displayed by the display unit 63 of the access source client device 60 by the process of step 122. As shown in the figure, in this progress management screen, the document name and the comment content (here, the message displayed in the tag annotation) are displayed, and each comment content is executed based on the comment content. Progress, status, person in charge, delivery date, status change date and time, status changer (“progress level”, “status”, “work performer”, “delivery date”, “status change time” in the progress management database DB6, respectively) "(Corresponding to" the latest time "here)," corresponding to state changer "), and comment date (corresponding to" update time "in the message database DB4).

  By referring to such a progress management screen, the user of the client device 60 can accurately grasp the progress status of a plurality of operations included in the task to which the client device 60 belongs in a short time.

  In addition, the background portion in the figure is indicated by hatching when the user W003 of the client device 60 browses the progress management screen last time (in the example shown in FIG. 9, 2004/6/22 10:12: 30), the progress status presentation function according to the present embodiment highlights such a changed portion, so that the user of the client device 60 can confirm the progress of the work. It is possible to easily grasp the transition of the situation.

  On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step 104, the process proceeds to step 124, where it is determined whether the screen (screen specified by the user) indicated by the information received in step 102 is a Gantt chart, If the determination is affirmative, the routine proceeds to step 126.

  In step 126, a worker that matches a predetermined condition (corresponding to the “filtering condition” of the present invention) is specified as a presentation target worker. In the present embodiment, as the predetermined condition, a condition of a work performer belonging to the task to which the user of the access source client device 60 belongs is applied.

  In the next step 128, information on the progress status corresponding to the presentation target worker specified in step 126 is read from the progress management database DB6. In the next step 130, the read information is read according to a predetermined condition (“sorting” of the present invention). Equivalent to “condition”.) In the present embodiment, as the predetermined condition, sorting for each work performer is applied and sorting for each status by the same work performer is applied.

  In the next step 132, image data indicating a Gantt chart having a predetermined layout is created using the information read out by the process of step 128 and sorted by the process of step 130. In step 134, the image data created by the processing in step 132 is transmitted to the client device 60 that is the access source, thereby displaying the Gantt chart on the display unit 63 of the client device 60, and then presenting the progress status. Terminate the processing program.

  FIG. 16 shows an example of a Gantt chart displayed by the display unit 63 of the access source client device 60 by the process of step 134. As shown in the figure, in this Gantt chart, information indicating the comment content is displayed for each presentation target worker and for each status, and the corresponding work execution period (here, the progress management database DB6) is displayed. The period in which the state change time corresponding to “Processing” is set as the start time and the state change time corresponding to “Processed” is set as the end time) is displayed in a band shape.

  By referring to such a Gantt chart, the user of the client device 60 can accurately grasp the progress status of a plurality of tasks performed by a task performer belonging to the task to which the client device 60 belongs in a short time.

  On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step 124, the screen indicated by the information received in step 102 (the screen specified by the user) is regarded as a progress transition screen, and the process proceeds to step 136. A work that matches a predetermined condition (corresponding to the “filtering condition” of the present invention) is specified as the work to be presented. In the present embodiment, as the predetermined condition, a sticky note to which a progress management ID is assigned by a sticky note attached to an electronic document belonging to a task to which the user of the access source client device 60 belongs. The condition of work performed based on annotation is applied.

  In the next step 138, information on the progress status corresponding to the presentation target work specified in step 136 is read from the progress management database DB6. In the next step 140, the read information is read according to a predetermined condition (“sorting condition of the present invention”). ”.). In the present embodiment, sorting for each status is applied as the predetermined condition.

  In the next step 142, using the information read out by the process of step 138 and sorted by the process of step 140, image data indicating a progress transition screen having a predetermined layout is created. In step 144, the image data created by the processing in step 142 is transmitted to the client device 60 that is the access source, so that the progress transition screen is displayed on the display unit 63 of the client device 60. The status presentation processing program is terminated.

  FIG. 17 shows an example of a progress transition screen displayed on the display unit 63 of the client device 60 that is the access source by the processing in step 144. As shown in the figure, on this progress transition screen, the total number of work to be presented is displayed in chronological order as a stacked bar graph that is aggregated for each status.

  By referring to such a progress transition screen, the user of the client device 60 can accurately grasp the transition of the progress status of a plurality of tasks included in the task to which the client device 60 belongs in a short time.

  As described above in detail, in this embodiment, the progress status of a plurality of tasks executed based on a work instruction comment (here, a message displayed on a tag annotation) attached to an electronic document is managed. In supporting, work performer information (here, work performer information in the progress management database DB6) indicating the performer of each of the plurality of tasks and progress status information (here, the progress status of the plurality of tasks) The degree of progress, status, status change time, and work performer change time of the progress management database DB6 are stored, and the progress status of the plurality of tasks is based on the work performer information and the progress status information. Display information that can be displayed in a state corresponding to a predetermined condition (here, each screen of the progress management screen, Gantt chart, progress transition screen Create an image data) indicative, since displaying the progress by using the display information, the progress of the plurality of working a short time can be accurately grasped.

  In this embodiment, since both the sorting condition and the filtering condition are applied as the condition, the progress status of the plurality of operations can be grasped in a shorter time and more accurately.

  In particular, in the present embodiment, the sorting condition is sorting for each performer and sorting for each electronic document, and the filtering condition is a pre-designated executor (here, an executor belonging to a predetermined task). Since only the display target filtering and only the pre-designated electronic document (in this case, the electronic document belonging to the predetermined task) are the display target, the progress status of the plurality of operations is classified by the performer and electronic It can be grasped accurately in a short time by document.

  Further, in the present embodiment, display time information (here, browsing time information in the browsing database DB7) indicating the time when the progress status (here, the progress status shown on the progress management screen) is displayed, and the work Update time information (here, status change time information and work performer change time information in the progress management database DB6) indicating the time when each information of the performer information and the progress status information is updated is stored, Information that is updated based on the display time information and the update time information when at least one of the work performer information and the progress status information has been updated since the progress status was previously displayed. Since the information is displayed with emphasis, the updated information can be easily grasped and the convenience can be improved.

  In the present embodiment, the update status of the progress status information (here, status information) is displayed on the progress transition screen in chronological order based on the update time information. It can be grasped and convenience can be further improved.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. Various changes or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiment without departing from the gist of the invention, and embodiments to which such changes or improvements are added are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  Further, the above embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims (claims), and all combinations of features described in the embodiments are not necessarily essential to the solution means of the invention. Absent. The embodiments described above include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. Even if some constituent requirements are deleted from all the constituent requirements shown in the embodiment, as long as an effect is obtained, a configuration from which these some constituent requirements are deleted can be extracted as an invention.

  For example, in the above embodiment, filtering for each work performer and sorting for each electronic document is applied as the sorting condition of the present invention, and only the work performer designated in advance as the filtering condition of the present invention is displayed. In addition, although the case where the filtering for displaying only the electronic document designated in advance has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, for each work content to be displayed as the sorting condition of the present invention. In addition to the above sorting, it is also possible to adopt a form in which filtering for displaying only the work content designated in advance as the filtering condition of the present invention is applied. In this case as well, the same effects as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case has been described in which the information that has changed since the previous reference is displayed on the progress management screen in an emphasized manner by displaying the background area with diagonal lines, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the information can be emphasized by changing the display color of the information with other information or by blinking or displaying only the information. In this case as well, the same effects as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the progress status of a plurality of tasks is displayed by display on the display unit has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the display may be performed by printing with a printer. You can also In this case as well, the same effects as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the case has been described in which the transition of the update state of the progress status information is displayed on the progress transition screen, but the present invention is not limited to this, for example, the work performer is displayed on the progress transition screen. It is also possible to display a transition of information update state. In this case as well, the same effects as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the status of the work executed based on each message is expressed in eight stages such as “acceptance”, “review”, “waiting for approval”, “completion” has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a new stage may be added to these eight stages, or any one of the eight stages may be deleted. In this case as well, the same effects as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the review is performed using the electronic bulletin board has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the review may be performed using the annotation. In this case, since it is not necessary to use the message sharing server 30, the document processing system 90 can be constructed at a low cost.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the review is performed using the information displayed on the tag annotation as a starting point has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the information indicated by the handwritten input annotation A review may be performed as a starting point. In this case, information similar to the progress management ID provided in the tag annotation database DB2 is provided in the pen input annotation database DB3. In this case as well, the same effects as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

  In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which a link destination message (starting message on an electronic bulletin board) is displayed on a sticky note annotation. However, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, On the other hand, the user can directly input a comment and display the comment. In this case, it is also possible to associate link information for linking a starting message of a message exchanged on the electronic bulletin board regarding the comment with the tag annotation. In this case as well, the same effects as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

  Further, in the above embodiment, a case has been described in which the link information linked to the starting point message exchanged on the electronic bulletin board is associated with the tag annotation, but the present invention is not limited to this, for example, the starting point Instead of the message, link information linked to another message exchanged with the origin message as the origin may be associated. In this case, the most important message, the latest message, and the like can be displayed on the tag annotation, and convenience can be improved.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where handwritten input is realized using the pen-type annotation device 67 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, input / instructions such as a keyboard and a mouse It can also be realized by using a device. In this case, since it is not necessary to use a tablet PC as the client device 60, the document processing system 90 can be constructed at a low cost.

  Further, although cases have been described with the above embodiment where the present invention is applied to a client / server system, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, a mode applied to a P2P (Peer to Peer) system Alternatively, the present invention can be applied to a single information processing apparatus. Here, when the present invention is applied to the P2P system, the processing of each server in the server system 92 described in the above embodiment can be executed in each client device. In addition, when the present invention is applied to a single information processing apparatus, the processing of each server described in the above embodiment can be executed in the information processing apparatus. There is no need for processing and configuration for sending and receiving. In these cases, the same effects as those of the above embodiment can be obtained.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the document management server 10, the annotation management server 20, the message sharing server 30, the progress management server 40, and the browsing management server 50 are configured separately has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the function of each server may be realized by a single (stand-alone) information processing apparatus such as a PC or a workstation. In this case as well, the same effects as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the progress status presentation function is realized by software has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the function may be realized by hardware. it can. As an example of the form in this case, the form which provides the progress management server 40 with the functional device which acts similarly to the presentation information creation part 41A and the presentation part 41B shown in FIG. 12 as an example can be illustrated. In this case, the progress status presentation function can be expected to be faster than the above embodiment.

  The data structure of each database shown in the above embodiment (see FIGS. 3 to 9) is also an example, and items to be stored may be added or unnecessary items may be deleted as necessary. Of course, it goes without saying that the contents stored in each item can be changed as appropriate.

  The configuration of various screens shown in the above embodiment (see FIGS. 2 and 14 to 17) is also an example, and items to be displayed are added or unnecessary items are deleted as necessary. Needless to say, the display content of each item can be appropriately changed.

  Further, the processing flow (see FIG. 13) of the progress status presentation processing program shown in the above embodiment is also an example, and it goes without saying that it can be changed as appropriate without departing from the gist of the present invention.

  Further, how to distribute each functional element to the server system 92 and the client system 94 in constructing the system is not limited to that described in the above embodiment, and convenient distribution in constructing the system is possible. Needless to say, you can do it.

1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of a document processing system according to an embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the structural example of the display screen regarding attachment of the annotation by the display part of the client apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the data structure of the document database which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the data structure of the annotation database for sticky notes which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the data structure of the annotation database for pen input which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the data structure of the message database which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the data structure of the worker database which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the data structure of the progress management database which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the data structure of the browsing database which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows an example of the message display screen which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the state which linked | related the link information for linking with the message (comment) written in the electronic bulletin board by the message sharing server with the tag annotation which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the document processing system for implement | achieving the progress status presentation function which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the progress condition presentation process program which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows an example of the presentation information selection screen which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows an example of the progress management screen which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows an example of the Gantt chart which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows an example of the progress transition screen which concerns on embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Document management server 20 Annotation management server 30 Message sharing server 35 Secondary storage part 40 Progress management server 41 Control part (display information creation means, display means)
41A presentation information creation unit (display information creation means)
41B presentation unit (display means)
45 Secondary storage (storage means)
50 browsing management server 55 secondary storage unit 60 client device 63 display unit 90 document processing system 92 server system 94 client system 96 network

Claims (7)

A progress management support device that supports the management of the progress status of a plurality of tasks executed based on a work instruction comment attached to an electronic document,
Storage means for storing work performer information indicating each performer of the plurality of tasks and progress status information indicating the progress status of the plurality of tasks;
Display information creating means for creating display information capable of displaying the progress status of the plurality of tasks in a state according to a predetermined condition based on the work performer information and the progress status information;
Display means for displaying the progress using the display information;
A progress management support device. The progress management support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the condition is at least one of a sorting condition and a filtering condition. The sorting condition is at least one of sorting for each performer, sorting for each electronic document when there are a plurality of the electronic documents, and sorting for each work content,
The filtering conditions include filtering for displaying only a pre-designated performer, filtering for displaying only a pre-designated electronic document when there are a plurality of electronic documents, and contents of a pre-designated operation The progress management support apparatus according to claim 2, wherein at least one of filtering for only the display target is used. The storage means includes display time information indicating a time when the progress status is displayed by the display means, and update time information indicating a time when at least one of the work performer information and the progress status information is updated. Remember more,
Based on the display time information and the update time information, the display information creation means has at least one information of the work performer information and the progress status information from the time when the progress status was previously displayed by the display means. The progress management support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein when the information is updated, the display information is created so that the updated information can be highlighted. 5. The display information creation unit creates the display information based on the update time information, assuming that the update state of at least one of the work performer information and the progress status information can be displayed in chronological order. Progress management support device. A progress management support method for supporting the management of the progress status of a plurality of tasks executed based on a work instruction comment attached to an electronic document,
The work executioner information indicating each performer of the plurality of tasks and the progress status information indicating the progress status of the plurality of tasks are stored by the storage unit,
Based on the work performer information and the progress information, create display information that can display the progress of the plurality of tasks in a state according to a predetermined condition,
A progress management support method for displaying the progress using the display information. A progress management support program for supporting the management of the progress status of a plurality of tasks executed based on a work instruction comment attached to an electronic document,
Based on the task performer information indicating each performer of the plurality of tasks and the progress status information indicating the progress status of the plurality of tasks, the progress status of the plurality of tasks in a state according to a predetermined condition A display information creation step for creating display information that can be displayed;
A display step of displaying the progress using the display information;
A progress management support program that causes a computer to execute.

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