JP2007072778A - Information processor and its control method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it impossible for an outsider to browse data not displaying them when the outsider enters a room for instance. <P>SOLUTION: An electronic conference server 2 receives the authentication information of a person from an electronic conference client 10, authenticates the propriety of the person on the basis of registered authentication information and the received authentication information of the person, and transmits information for inhibiting the display processing of the data by the electronic conference client 10 corresponding to the result of the authentication processing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus applicable to, for example, an electronic conference system that supports a meeting such as a meeting, and a control method thereof.

  Conventionally, an electronic conference system has been connected to a network and has been linked with a conference room reservation system. For example, by registering a conference participant in a conference room reservation system and unlocking the conference room with the conference participant's ID card, a method for solving the inconvenience that the conference room cannot be entered until someone brings the key Has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP-A-6-4538

  However, in the conventional electronic conference system, the registered conference participants are inquired and the electronic conference system is activated when the conference participants enter the conference room. Even if it was, the electronic conference system was activated, so there was a possibility that outsiders could see the conference materials.

  Further, when a conference reservation is made, even if no conference participant appears in the conference room, the electronic conference system is to wait for the conference to start while in standby.

  In addition, the conference materials saved on the conference server after the conference can be viewed by anyone who was registered at the time of conference reservation, and there are top secret materials etc. that only a few people met during the conference. Even if there is a meeting in the same conference room, it will be saved in the conference server as conference material, and any conference participant registered at the time of conference reservation can view it as conference material. there were.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to prevent data from being displayed and viewed by outsiders when an outsider enters the room, for example.

  Another object of the present invention is to make it possible to hold a meeting or the like using display data after a predetermined number of people have gathered.

  Another object of the present invention is to automatically cancel a reservation state managed in a conference reservation system when no people gather, for example, when a meeting is canceled.

  Another object of the present invention is to allow only the data displayed during the period of participation in the meeting to be viewed later by the corresponding person.

A first aspect of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus connected to an external terminal via a communication line for inputting authentication information registered in a recording medium and person authentication information. Authentication means for authenticating the validity of the person based on the authentication information input by the authentication information input means, and according to the result of the authentication process for the validity of the person by the authentication means, And transmitting means for transmitting information for prohibiting data display processing in the external terminal.
According to a second aspect of the information processing apparatus of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus connected via a communication line to an authentication apparatus that performs person authentication processing and a reservation apparatus that registers information related to conference reservation. Receiving means for receiving, from the authentication device, information indicating a result of authentication processing of the legitimacy of the person by the authentication device based on the authentication information registered in the medium and the person authentication information input by the authentication device; And a reservation control unit that invalidates registration of information related to the reservation of the meeting with respect to the reservation device when the authenticity of a predetermined number of persons is not authenticated by the authentication device during a predetermined period. It is characterized by that.
An information processing apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention is an information processing apparatus connected to a server via a communication line, and authentication information input for inputting authentication information registered in a recording medium and person authentication information. Receiving means for receiving, from the server, information indicating the result of the authentication process of the person by the external terminal based on the authentication information of the person input by the means, and the validity of the person by the server And a display control unit that prohibits display of data on the display unit according to the result of the authentication process.
A first aspect of an information processing device control method according to the present invention is a method for controlling an information processing device connected to an external terminal via a communication line, wherein authentication information registered in a recording medium, Based on the authentication information of the person input by the authentication information input means for inputting authentication information, the authentication step of authenticating the legitimacy of the person, and the result of the authentication process of the legitimacy of the person by the authentication step And a transmission step of transmitting information for prohibiting data display processing by the external terminal.
According to a second aspect of the control method of the information processing apparatus of the present invention, the control of the information processing apparatus connected via the communication line to the authentication apparatus that performs person authentication processing and the reservation apparatus that registers information related to the meeting reservation. A method, wherein information indicating a result of authentication processing of the legitimacy of a person by the authentication device based on authentication information registered in a recording medium and person authentication information input by the authentication device is transmitted to the authentication device. If the validity for a predetermined number of persons is not authenticated during a predetermined period by the receiving step received from the authentication device, registration of information related to the reservation of the corresponding meeting is invalidated for the reservation device A reservation control step.
A third aspect of the information processing apparatus control method of the present invention is an information processing apparatus control method connected to a server via a communication line, and authentication information registered in a recording medium and person authentication information. Receiving from the server information indicating the result of the authentication process of the person's legitimacy by the server based on the person's authentication information input by the authentication information input means, and the server by the server And a display control step for prohibiting display of data on the display means of the information processing apparatus according to the result of the authentication process of the validity of the person.
A program according to the present invention causes a computer to execute any one of the first to third aspects of the control method of the information processing apparatus.
The computer-readable recording medium of the present invention is characterized in that the program is recorded.

  According to the present invention, the data display process is prohibited according to the authentication result of the validity of the person. For example, when an outsider enters the room, the data is not displayed and the outside is not displayed. It is possible to prevent the person from browsing.

  According to another feature of the present invention, when the validity of a predetermined number of persons is authenticated, the display data is allowed to be transmitted. It is possible to hold conferences that have been used.

  According to another feature of the present invention, when the validity for a predetermined number of persons is not authenticated during a predetermined period, the registration of information related to the corresponding meeting reservation is invalidated. If no people gather, as in the case where the meeting is canceled, it is possible to automatically cancel the reservation state managed in the conference reservation system.

  According to another feature of the present invention, the data transmission is controlled for each person based on the data display period and the entry / exit time of each person. Only the displayed data can be later viewed by the corresponding person.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments to which the invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(System overview)
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a configuration of an electronic conference system applied to each embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a network 1 is configured by a LAN or the like. The electronic conference server 2 performs management of conference participants in the electronic conference, management of conference material files, and the like. The conference room reservation server 3 manages conference room reservation. The authentication server 4 is a server for authenticating the regular wireless tag 12, and the wireless tag number No. Is registered. Each of the servers 2 to 4 may be configured by a separate information processing device, or may be configured by a single information processing device. Conference rooms 5, 6 and 7 represent conference rooms A to C, respectively. The information processing apparatus 10 becomes an electronic conference client terminal for conducting an electronic conference in the conference rooms 5 to 7, and communicates with each of the servers 2 to 4 via the network 1. The wireless tag 12 is carried by a user who enters the conference rooms 5-6. The wireless tag 12 spontaneously transmits radio waves, and the transmission information includes an identification code that differs for each wireless tag. The wireless tag receiver 14 receives radio waves from the wireless tag 12 within a relatively short distance within the conference rooms 5 to 6, and the electronic conference client 10 is wireless among the information elements as shown in FIG. 6. Tag No. Is transmitted to the recognition server 4 and the electronic conference server 2 via the network 1.

  Although not shown in detail in FIG. 1, each of the servers 2 to 4 and the electronic conference client terminal 10 is a standard component (for example, mounted on a general-purpose information processing apparatus, for example, as shown in FIG. 8). A CPU 801, a RAM 802, a ROM 803, an external storage medium such as a hard disk 810 or a flexible disk 811, a disk controller 809 for controlling reading / writing of data to / from the external recording medium, a CRT controller 808 for controlling display of image data on the CRT 807, CRT 807, A keyboard 806, a keyboard controller 805, a network interface 804, and the like. Then, it is assumed that the CPU 801 controls various processes by executing a program expanded from the ROM 803 to the RAM 802. Each information processing apparatus is assigned a unique IP address, for example.

  In FIG. 1, an active wireless tag is used as an authentication means for entrance / exit management. However, a passive wireless tag may be used, and biometric authentication such as fingerprint authentication, iris authentication, and facial authentication may be used. Also good. Furthermore, although FIG. 1 has three meeting rooms, any number of meeting rooms may be used.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing of the electronic conference system when making a reservation for the electronic conference common to the embodiments of the present invention. An electronic conference reservation method will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  The electronic conference reservation is performed by a personal information processing apparatus (not shown). An information processing apparatus (not shown) is connected to the network 1. A user who reserves a conference room operates a personal information processing apparatus (not shown) connected to the network 1 to connect the personal information processing apparatus and the conference room reservation server 3 via the network 1. The conference reservation server executes reservation registration for the conference room in accordance with the operation (step S1). Here, the conference room reservation server 3 stores the conference room identification code, such as the conference room name, the conference identification code (conference ID), the conference room usage time, and the like input on the personal information processing apparatus. The conference room is reserved.

  Subsequently, the personal information processing apparatus connects the personal information processing apparatus and the electronic conference server 2 via the network 1 in accordance with a user operation. Next, the user designates the conference ID and inputs the identification code of the conference participant such as the name of the conference participant on the personal information processing apparatus. The personal information processing apparatus transmits these pieces of information to the electronic conference server 2 from the personal information processing apparatus in response to the input operation. The electronic conference server 2 completes registration of the conference participant by registering the name of the conference participant in association with the conference ID (step S2).

  Subsequently, the personal information processing apparatus transmits a conference material file to be used in the conference from the personal information processing apparatus to the electronic conference server 2 and registers it in the electronic conference server 2 (step S3). The conference reservation is thus completed.

  Although not shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2, in the conference reservation, work to be performed in advance of the conference such as reservation of equipment in the conference room and distribution of conference holding guidance to the conference participants can be performed.

(First embodiment)
First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the process of the electronic conference system when a conference participant is managed using the wireless tag 12 and a person (outsider) other than the conference participant enters the conference room.

  In FIG. 3, the electronic conference client terminal 10 determines whether or not the wireless tag receiver 14 is receiving radio waves from the wireless tag 12 (step S11). If the radio wave from the wireless tag 12 is not received, the determination in step S11 is continued. If the wireless tag receiver 14 is receiving radio waves from the wireless tag 12, the electronic conference client terminal 10 determines that the wireless tag number No. Is inquired to the authentication server 4 via the network 1 (step S12).

  The inquired RFID tag number No. Is not registered in the authentication server 4, information indicating that it is not a legitimate wireless tag is transmitted from the authentication server 4 to the electronic conference client 10. As described above, when the wireless tag 12 is not legitimate (step S12 / NO), processing for suppressing the start of the electronic conference system is performed. Then, the process returns to step S11, and the determination as to whether the wireless tag receiver 14 is receiving radio waves from the wireless tag 12 is continued.

  If it is determined in step S12 that the wireless tag 12 is a legitimate wireless tag (step S12 / YES), the electronic conference client 10 determines that the wireless tag No. Is sent to the electronic conference server 2 via the network 1 to obtain determination information indicating whether or not the user is a conference participant (step S13).

  In the electronic conference server 2, the wireless tag number No. is associated with an identification code such as the name of the conference participant. Is registered for each meeting. The RFID tag number no. Is not registered in association with the conference participant of the conference. Is sent from the electronic conference server 2 to the electronic conference client 10. Thus, when the person who has the wireless tag 12 is not a meeting participant (step S13 / YES), the process which suppresses the start of an electronic conference system is performed. Then, the process returns to step S11, and the determination as to whether the wireless tag receiver 14 is receiving radio waves from the wireless tag 12 is continued.

  On the other hand, the RFID tag number no. Is registered in association with the identification code of the conference participant of the conference, the RFID tag No. inquired this time is registered. Is transmitted to the electronic conference client terminal 10 from the electronic conference server 2. As described above, when the person with the wireless tag 12 is a conference participant (step S13 / NO), the electronic conference server 2 outputs information for permitting the electronic conference start process. When the electronic conference client terminal 10 acquires this information, the electronic conference client terminal 10 permits the execution of the electronic conference start process in accordance with a user operation. Then, the electronic conference server 2 makes the conference material file downloadable to the electronic conference client terminal 10 (step S14).

  Next, the electronic conference server 2 determines whether or not an electronic conference end instruction has been received from the electronic conference client terminal 10 (step S15). When receiving an instruction to end the electronic conference (step S15 / YES), the electronic conference server 2 ends the electronic conference and sets a state in which the conference material file cannot be downloaded to the electronic conference client terminal 10 ( Step S22).

  If the electronic conference end instruction has not been received (step S15 / NO), the electronic conference client terminal 10 receives the radio wave from the new wireless tag 12 that is not the wireless tag 12 in which the wireless tag receiver 14 is already in the conference room. Is continued (step S16). The electronic client terminal 10 receives the wireless tag No. of the participant received so far. Is managing. The wireless tag No. of the wireless tag received this time. Is not yet managed in the electronic conference client terminal 10, it is determined that the radio wave from the new wireless tag 12 has been received (step S16 / YES). On the other hand, when the radio wave from the wireless tag is not received (step S16 / NO), the process proceeds to the conference end determination in step S15.

  When it is determined in step S16 that the radio wave from the new wireless tag 12 has been received, the electronic conference client terminal 10 determines that the wireless tag number No. The authentication server 4 and the electronic conference server 2 are inquired via the network 1 and, similarly to step S12 and step S13, whether or not the wireless tag is legitimate, or the person who owns the wireless tag is a conference participant. Whether or not is acquired (step S17).

  As a result of the determination in step S17, if it is determined that the wireless tag 12 is genuine and the person who owns the wireless tag 12 is a conference participant (step S17 / NO), the process proceeds to step S15. Return to the conference end determination.

  As a result of the determination in step S17, it is determined that the wireless tag 12 is non-regular or that the wireless tag 12 is a regular wireless tag but the person who owns the wireless tag 12 is not a conference participant. (Step S17 / YES), the process proceeds to Step S18. The electronic conference server 2 transmits information indicating that the person holding the wireless tag 12 is an outsider to the electronic conference client 10 as the determination information. The electronic conference client terminal 10 that acquired the information prohibits the display of the conference material file (data) on the screen (interrupts if the material is already displayed) and warns that there is an outsider. Is displayed (step S18).

  In step S18, the electronic conference client terminal 10 prohibits the display of the conference material file (data) on the screen (interrupts when the material is already displayed) and displays a message warning that there is an outsider. After that, it is determined whether or not the wireless tag receiver 14 has received the radio wave from the wireless tag 12 of the outsider again (step S19). That is, the wireless tag number No. determined as the outsider wireless tag 12 in the determination process of step S17. The same RFID tag number as Is received again, it is determined that the outsider has left the conference room, otherwise it is determined that the outsider is still in the conference room.

  As a result of the determination in step S19, when it is determined that the outsider has left the conference room (step S19 / YES), the process proceeds to step S20. The electronic conference client terminal 10 ends the display of the message warning that there is an outsider, and resumes displaying the suspended conference material file (step S20). Alternatively, display of the prohibited conference material file is permitted.

  On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S19, when it is determined that the outsider still exists in the conference room (step S19 / NO), the electronic conference client terminal 10 is in a conference by the conference participant during the outsider meeting. It is determined whether or not participation is approved (step S21). That is, it is determined whether an approval input for participation of the outsider in the conference has been performed by an operation on the electronic conference client terminal 10 by the conference participant.

  If it is determined in step S21 that the outsider has not been approved to join the conference (step S21 / NO), the process returns to step S19 and continues to monitor the outsider's exit from the conference room. If it is determined in step S21 that the outsider has been approved to join the conference (step S21 / YES), the electronic conference client terminal 10 terminates and interrupts the display of the message warning that there is an outsider. The display of the meeting material file that has been resumed is resumed (step S20).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when an outsider enters the conference room during the conference, it is possible to prevent the outsider from seeing the content of the conference by interrupting the display of the conference material file. . Further, even when recognized as an outsider, it is possible to authenticate by allowing the conference participant to approve and additionally register as a conference participant during the conference.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process of managing a conference participant using the wireless tag 12 and starting an electronic conference after all the prospective participants are in the conference room.

  In FIG. 4, the electronic conference client terminal 10 determines whether the wireless tag receiver 14 is receiving radio waves from the wireless tag 12 (step S <b> 31), and when not receiving radio waves from the wireless tag 12 ( Step S31 / NO), the determination in step S31 is continued. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S31 that the wireless tag receiver 14 is receiving radio waves from the wireless tag 12 (step S31 / YES), the electronic conference client terminal 10 receives the wireless tag No. Is inquired of the authentication server 4 and the electronic conference server 2 via the network 1 (step S32).

  In the authentication server 4, the RFID tag number No. Is not registered, and the RFID tag number no. When information indicating that the wireless tag 12 is an unauthorized wireless tag is returned (step S32 / NO), the process returns to step S31. In step S <b> 31, the electronic conference client terminal 10 continues to determine whether the wireless tag receiver 14 is receiving radio waves from the wireless tag 12. On the other hand, from the electronic conference server 2, the wireless tag number No. When information indicating that the person who owns the wireless tag 12 is not a conference participant is returned (step S32 / NO), the electronic conference client terminal 10 continues the determination in step S31. In this case, the electronic conference client terminal 10 detects the reception of the radio wave from the wireless tag 12 again, and performs a process of prohibiting the start process of the conference until the person holding the wireless tag 12 leaves the conference room. .

  On the other hand, the RFID tag number No. Information indicating that the wireless tag 12 is a legitimate wireless tag, and the electronic conference client terminal 10 sends the wireless tag number No. If information indicating that the person who owns the wireless tag 12 is a conference participant is returned (step S32 / YES), the process proceeds to step S33.

  In step S33, the electronic conference client terminal 10 receives the RFID tag number No. inquired this time. The wireless tag numbers of all the conference participants Is inquired of the electronic conference server 2 whether or not That is, here, the electronic conference client terminal 10 inquires whether all the conference participants registered in step S2 of FIG.

  Wireless tag number No. If there is a conference participant that is not inquired and a reply indicating that is received from the electronic conference server 2 (NO in step S33), the process returns to step S31. The electronic conference client terminal 10 continues the determination in step S31.

  On the other hand, for all conference participants registered in the electronic conference server 2, the RFID tag number No. Is inquired and a reply indicating that is received (step S33 / YES), the electronic conference server 2 starts the electronic conference (step S34). Processing after the start of the electronic conference is the same as in the first embodiment.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the conference system is started after all the members are gathered, it is not necessary to confirm whether all the participants are gathered, and the procedure for confirming the participants when starting the electronic conference. Can be omitted.

(Third embodiment)
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 shows a process of managing a conference participant using the wireless tag 12 and canceling the electronic conference when the prospective participant does not appear in the conference room until a predetermined time has elapsed from the scheduled conference start time. It is a flowchart to show.

  In FIG. 5, the electronic conference client terminal 10 determines whether the wireless tag receiver 14 is receiving radio waves from the wireless tag 12 (step S41). When the radio wave from the wireless tag 12 is not received (step S41 / NO), the process proceeds to step S45, and it is determined whether a predetermined time has elapsed from the scheduled meeting start time. In this case, the electronic conference client terminal 10 inquires the conference room reservation server 3 about the scheduled start time of the conference and compares it with the current time to determine whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed.

  If the predetermined time has not elapsed since the scheduled meeting start time (step S45 / NO), the determination in step S41 is continued. If the predetermined time has elapsed from the scheduled meeting start time (step S45 / YES), the process proceeds to step S46. The electronic conference client terminal 10 connects to the conference room reservation server 3 via the network 1 and performs cancellation processing for the electronic conference (step S46). By this processing, in the conference room reservation server 3, a flag indicating that the conference has been canceled is given in association with the reservation information of the conference, and the reservation status of the conference room in the use time zone of the canceled conference is It becomes vacant and can be used for other meetings.

  The process flow from step S41 to step S44 is the same as the process of the second embodiment shown in steps S31 to S34 of FIG. That is, in this embodiment, if the electronic conference server 2 does not complete authentication of all conference participants before the predetermined time elapses from the scheduled start time of the conference, that is, if all conference participants are not available, The conference is canceled (registration of information related to the reservation of the corresponding conference is invalidated). As another embodiment, the determination process in step S43 is not performed, and the conference can be canceled if there are no conference participants before the predetermined time elapses from the scheduled conference start time. Further, the process after the start of the meeting after step S44 is the same as that of the first embodiment.

  According to the present embodiment, when a conference participant does not gather in the conference room and the conference is suddenly canceled, the conference room reservation server 3 automatically cancels even if the conference room is reserved, It is possible to increase the use efficiency of the conference room.

(Fourth embodiment)
Next, the 4th Embodiment of this invention is described using FIG.1, FIG.6 and FIG.7. 6 and 7 are diagrams schematically showing configurations of a participant management table and a conference material management table stored in the electronic conference server 2, respectively.

  The participant management table shown in FIG. 6 includes a conference ID, which is a conference identification code, a conference room name, a password of the conference participant, and a wireless tag number of the wireless tag 12 of the conference participant. It is a table for managing the entrance time and exit time of a conference room. The conference material management table shown in FIG. 7 includes the conference ID, the material name of the conference material file used in the conference, the storage location of the conference material file, and the time when the conference material file is displayed in the conference (display start time). FIG. 10 is a table for managing the time (display end time) when the display of the meeting material file in the meeting is ended.

  The following explains how to use the above-mentioned tables to refer only to the material displayed on the screen during the time zone in which the conference participant participated in the conference when referring to the conference material after the conference ended. .

  When a conference participant enters the conference room, the wireless tag receiver 14 receives the radio wave from the wireless tag 12 and makes an inquiry to the authentication server 4 and the electronic conference server 2 via the network 1. As a result of the inquiry, when the wireless tag 12 is a regular wireless tag and the person who owns the wireless tag is a conference participant, the electronic conference server 2 displays the conference in the participant management table of FIG. ID, conference room name, participant name, password, wireless tag No. And the room entry time (the time when the wireless tag number is received) is registered in the corresponding field. In the room entry time field, time information when the electronic conference client terminal 10 detects reception of radio waves from the wireless tag is registered. The participant name and password are stored in advance in the electronic conference server 2 by the wireless tag number. Are managed in association with each other. When the electronic conference server 2 determines that the person holding the wireless tag 12 is a conference participant, the electronic conference server 2 acquires the participant name and password, and the participant name field and the password field respectively. sign up. In the conference ID field and the conference room name field, the wireless tag No. The conference ID and the conference room name registered in association with each are registered. In addition, when the electronic conference client terminal 10 detects that the wireless tag receiver 14 receives the radio wave from the wireless tag 12 again when the conference participant leaves the conference room, the time information is stored in the electronic conference server. 2 is registered in the leaving time field. Here, the participant name is illustrated as the identification code of the participant, but information other than the participant name can be applied as long as the information can identify the participant.

  When a conference material file is registered at the time of reservation of the electronic conference system in step S3 of FIG. 2, information relating to each conference material file is registered in the conference material management table of FIG. Here, the conference ID of the conference that uses the registered conference material file, the name (material name) of the registered conference material file, and the storage location (URI: Uniform Resource Identifier) of the conference material file are registered. The conference ID and the material name are information that is transmitted and registered to the electronic conference server 2 by an operation input on the personal information processing apparatus of the user, and the storage location of the conference material file is the electronic conference when the conference material file is registered. This information is automatically given by the server 2.

  When the registered conference material file is transmitted to the electronic conference client 10 and displayed on the shared screen, the display start time information is registered in the display start time field of the conference material management table of FIG. When the display of the conference material file is terminated, for example, by closing an application that opens the conference material file during the conference, the display end time information is transmitted from the electronic conference client 10 to the electronic conference server 2 and the electronic The conference server 2 registers the display end time information in the display end time field of the conference material management table of FIG.

  After the conference, the conference participants connected to the electronic conference server 2 via the network 1 to view the conference materials, enter their names and passwords on the electronic conference client 10, and the conference used in the conference When attempting to view the document file, the electronic conference server 2 acquires the entry time and the exit time from the participant management table of FIG. 6 based on the conference participant name and password.

  Next, the electronic conference server 2 searches the conference material management table for the conference material file used (displayed) from the acquired entry time to the exit time, and displays it on the screen when the conference participant is in the conference room. Create a list of meeting material files that were displayed. For example, the conference participant with the participant name a in FIG. 6 has the entry time of “09:01” and the exit time of “11:05”, and therefore, during the period of “09:01” to “11:05”. The displayed meeting material file is searched and a list is created. Referring to FIG. 7, the conference material files displayed during the period of “09:01” to “11:05” are two material files with material names “aaa” and “bbb”. Therefore, a list of meeting material files including these material files is created.

  The list of conference material files created in this way is transmitted to the electronic conference client terminal 10 operated by the conference participant, and the conference participant can obtain a list of conference material files that can be viewed. it can. The conference participant selects a desired conference material from the list of conference material files that can be viewed, and transmits the conference material file from the electronic conference client 10 to the electronic conference server 2 to transfer the conference material file. It becomes possible. On the other hand, anything other than the conference material files listed in the conference material file list cannot be transferred from the electronic conference server 2. The fields in the participant management table in FIG. 6 and the conference material management table in FIG. 7 are merely examples, and are not limited to these fields.

  If participants are restricted during the meeting due to the contents of the meeting, etc., the materials may not be disclosed depending on the contents of the meeting, but in this embodiment, the meeting materials stored in the meeting server according to the meeting participation time are not disclosed. By restricting browsing, it is possible to prevent conference participants who do not want to browse from browsing.

  In the above-described embodiment, the electronic conference system applicable to a conference has been described. However, the present invention can be applied not only to a conference but also to a general meeting. In addition, the wireless tag No. which is the authentication information of the person. Has been described as being managed in the electronic conference server 2, but may be stored in an external recording medium and sequentially read by the electronic conference server 2 as necessary.

  It is to be noted that the object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium storing software program codes for realizing the functions of the embodiment to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU, MPU, etc.) of the system or apparatus as the storage medium. This can also be achieved by reading and executing the stored program code.

  In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the program code and the storage medium storing the program code constitute the present invention.

  Another object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium storing software program codes for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or apparatus, and the computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the storage medium. Needless to say, this can also be achieved by reading and executing the program code stored in.

  In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the program code itself and the storage medium storing the program code constitute the present invention.

  As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a flexible disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a CD-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

  Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (basic system or operating system) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. Needless to say, a case where the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized by performing part or all of the actual processing and the processing is included.

  Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written in a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function is determined based on the instruction of the program code. It goes without saying that the CPU or the like provided in the expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows the structure of the electronic conference system applied to each embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process at the time of making a reservation of the electronic conference common to each embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process of an electronic conference system when a conference participant is managed using a wireless tag and a person (outsider) other than a conference participant enters a conference room. It is a flowchart which shows the process which manages a conference participant using a radio | wireless tag, and starts an electronic conference, after all the prospective conference participants have gathered in the conference room. It is a flowchart which shows the process which manages a conference participant using a radio | wireless tag, and cancels an electronic conference when a prospective participant of a conference does not appear in a conference room until a predetermined time has elapsed from the scheduled conference start time. . It is a figure which shows typically the structure of the participant management table stored in an electronic conference server. It is a figure which shows typically the structure of the participant management table stored in an electronic start server. It is a figure which shows the standard component mounted in a general purpose information processing apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

1 Network 2 Electronic Conference Server 3 Conference Reservation Server 4 Authentication Server 5-7 Conference Rooms A to C
10 Electronic Conference Client 12 Wireless Tag 14 Wireless Tag Receiver

Claims (12)

An information processing apparatus connected to an external terminal via a communication line,
Authentication means for authenticating the legitimacy of the person based on authentication information registered in the recording medium and the person authentication information input by the authentication information input means for inputting person authentication information;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit information for prohibiting a data display process in the external terminal according to a result of the authenticity verification process of the person by the authentication unit.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a transmission control unit that permits transmission of data displayed by the external terminal when validity of a predetermined number of persons is authenticated by the authentication unit. . Display time information input means for inputting display start time and display end time by the external terminal of data transmitted to the external terminal;
Based on the authentication result by the authentication means, entrance / exit time management means for managing the entrance / exit time of each person,
Receiving means for receiving a data transmission request from each person to the external terminal;
The transmission means includes the external terminal based on the display start time and display end time of each data input by the display time information input means, and the entry / exit time of each person managed by the entry / exit time management means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein data transmission for each person is controlled for each person. An information processing device connected via a communication line to an authentication device that performs person authentication processing and a reservation device that registers information related to conference reservation,
Receiving means for receiving, from the authentication device, information indicating a result of authentication processing of the legitimacy of the person by the authentication device based on the authentication information registered in the recording medium and the person authentication information input by the authentication device. When,
Reservation control means for invalidating registration of information relating to the reservation of the corresponding meeting with respect to the reservation device when the authenticity for a predetermined number of persons is not authenticated by the authentication device during a predetermined period. An information processing apparatus characterized by the above. An information processing apparatus connected to a server via a communication line,
Information indicating the result of the authentication process of the validity of the person by the external terminal based on the authentication information registered in the recording medium and the authentication information input means for inputting the authentication information of the person Receiving means for receiving from the server;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a display control unit that prohibits display of data on a display unit according to a result of the authentication process of the person by the server. An approval means for accepting an input to approve the person;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the display control unit displays data on the display unit when an approval input of a person is received by the approval unit.   The display control means causes the display means to display data when detecting that the same person has left the room based on the authentication information input by the authentication information input means. The information processing apparatus described. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus connected to an external terminal via a communication line,
An authentication step of authenticating the legitimacy of the person based on the authentication information registered in the recording medium and the authentication information of the person input by the authentication information input means for inputting the authentication information of the person;
And a transmission step of transmitting information for prohibiting the display processing of data by the external terminal according to the result of the authentication process of the person's legitimacy in the authentication step. Method. A control method for an information processing device connected via a communication line with an authentication device that performs person authentication processing and a reservation device that registers information related to meeting reservation,
A receiving step of receiving, from the authentication device, information indicating a result of authentication processing of the legitimacy of the person by the authentication device based on the authentication information registered in the recording medium and the person authentication information input by the authentication device; When,
A reservation control step of invalidating registration of information related to the reservation of the corresponding meeting with respect to the reservation device when the authenticity for a predetermined number of persons is not authenticated by the authentication device during a predetermined period. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus. A method of controlling an information processing apparatus connected to a server via a communication line,
Information indicating the result of the authentication process of the person's legitimacy by the server based on the authentication information registered in the recording medium and the authentication information input means for inputting the authentication information of the person. Receiving from the server;
And a display control step of prohibiting display of data on the display means of the information processing apparatus according to a result of the authenticity authentication process of the person by the server.   A program for causing a computer to execute the control method for the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 8 to 10.   The computer-readable recording medium which recorded the program of Claim 11.

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