JP2007094849A - Design support system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a design support system that enables the specification of setting conditions for a design product on a webpage and a real time view of the progress from a requester and a company. <P>SOLUTION: A design support server 2 prompts a requester or a correspondent user of a company requested by the requester to enter input in his/her behalf to enter detailed design conditions for a design product on a webpage and save the entered design conditions. A design request thus completed by the design conditions specified by the requester and company correspondent user is sent to the design support server 2. The start of design by the company at the design request is sent to the design support server 2. The company is also prompted, on delivering the design product to the requester, to send the delivery status to the design support server 2. All the progress is disclosed on the webpage. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  This invention designates the setting conditions of design deliverables on the WEB page, makes it possible for the client and the company to view the design conditions and progress in real time, and perform mutual response work accurately and quickly. The present invention relates to a technical field of a design support system that dramatically improves work efficiency.

  Conventionally, design offices and design consultants (hereinafter referred to as clients) specify the design conditions, etc. to the company when creating consultants for orderers in prefectures and local governments. A request for calculation of the painted area, etc. was made, and design products created according to the specified conditions were stored.

However, due to the wide variety of design conditions, differences in design standards between prefectures, parts that are interpreted differently depending on the type of structure, or misrecognition by consultants, there is a tremendous amount of time until the necessary design conditions are sufficient to start the design. It took a long time.
In addition, in the company's (head office) design department and branch office (hereinafter also referred to as the user in charge), the answer to the telephone questions from the head office on how to specify the design conditions, etc., and unclear points in design It takes a lot of time to make confirmations, and so on, resulting in a significant time loss, and hinders the design work that is the original responsibility. In short, these problems are because the requester, the company, and the user in charge of the company are ambiguous in understanding the design conditions and progress of the requested project.

  In Patent Document 1, in a design of a building or the like, a server computer and a terminal used by a sales person are connected to a terminal used by a user via a network, and a user who has received user registration relates to an object on the server computer. When a variety of information is entered, the server computer determines whether or not various decisions related to the design are possible, and the user can request a sales representative to consult and provide information via the network to support rapid design. . Furthermore, the server computer has information of access history and answer contents, and a technique is disclosed in which other sales persons can view the answer contents and progress so that efficient design work can be performed.

However, this technique is a design support system in which a computer determines whether or not various setting items are possible, and a detailed setting condition from a client is input on a WEB page to request a design. Although the access history and response contents can be browsed, it is not possible to browse in real time how the progress of the project is, and it is impossible to prevent unnecessary time loss for information confirmation.
JP 2002-288273 A

  An object of the present invention is a design in which a client inputs a setting condition on a WEB page to request a design from a company, and a design product created in accordance with a design condition specified by the client It is an object of the present invention to provide a design support system that enables a client and a company to view a situation and a progress situation in real time, and perform a mutual response on a WEB page accurately and quickly to dramatically improve work efficiency.

  The next object of the present invention is to provide a design support system that displays the progress of all projects in a display form that is different from the client side and the company side in an easy-to-understand manner for the receiver and the creator.

As a means for solving the above-described problems of the prior art, the design support system according to claim 1 is:
Design support that has a personal information database (21), a design item database (22), and a progress status base (23), and discloses the design conditions and progress status of the design deliverables to the access right holder so that they can be viewed on the WEB page. A communication terminal (3) used by a client having access to the server (2), the design support server (2), and a communication terminal used by a company having access to the design support server (2) (4) is connected via a network (5) such as the Internet, and the design support server (2) specifies the design conditions of the design deliverables on the WEB page, and the design conditions and progress are displayed. A design support system (1) that enables sharing and browsing, and facilitates information exchange between the client and the company.
The design support server (2) distinguishes the two by specifying different URLs for the client and the user using the communication terminal (3), (4) of the client and the company, and the access authority is separated. Means for performing user registration by recording authentication information including a user ID and a password of the communication terminal in the personal information database (21).
When the design support server receives the authentication information from the client who uses the communication terminal (3) or (4) of the client or the company, the design support server authenticates by referring to the personal information database (21), and the authenticated user Means for connecting the communication terminals of
The design support server (2) designates the details of the design condition of the design deliverable on the WEB page to the client or the user in charge of the company requested to input by the client, and designs the specified design condition. A means for prompting storage in the case database (22) and disclosing the progress on the WEB page;
The design support server (2) creates a design request form when the client or a user in charge of the company requested to input by the client completes the design condition specification. The design support server (2) A means of sending the information to the website, disclosing the progress on the WEB page, and prompting the company to start design creation;
When the company receives a design request and starts designing, the design support server (2) sends a message to that effect to the design support server (2) and discloses the progress on the WEB page. Means for transmitting the completion to the design support server (2) and disclosing the progress on the WEB page;
The design support server (2), when the company delivers the design deliverable to the client, sends a message to the design support server (2) and discloses the progress on the WEB page;
It is characterized by comprising.

The invention described in claim 2 is a design support system according to the invention described in claim 1,
The design support server (2) prompts the client and each user who has accessed from the company's communication terminal (3), (4) to agree to the terms of use and input an e-mail address on the WEB page. Is recorded and stored in the personal information database (21), and first registration means for transmitting different URLs for main registration to the respective users,
When each user accesses the transmitted URL, the design support server (2) prompts for input of personal identification information including an address, an arbitrary ID, and a password. When the user enters the URL, the design support server (2) And a second registration means for performing a main registration by recording and storing the data.

The invention described in claim 3 is a design support system according to the invention described in claim 1 or 2,
The personal information database (21) is characterized in that the user in charge of the company corresponding to the client is allocated and stored by region based on a table pre-assigned from personal identification information such as an address input at the time of the main registration.

The invention described in claim 4 is a design support system according to the invention described in claim 1,
When it is difficult for the client to input the setting conditions, the design support server (2) sends a request for proxy input to the design support server (2), and discloses the progress on the WEB page. It includes means for prompting the user in charge to perform proxy input.

The invention described in claim 5 is a design support system according to the invention described in claim 1,
The progress status base (23) has a table in which the progress statuses of all cases transmitted from the requester and company communication terminals (3) and (4) are associated with different display forms on the requester side and the company side. It is characterized by that.

The invention described in claim 6 is the design support system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the design support server (2) prompts the start of input of the setting condition of the new matter by displaying the menu screen. Or a means to prompt the display of the progress history of all projects at the present time,
The design support server (2) displays, in the case history display of all the cases, the progress status browsed by the requester with reference to the progress status base (23) and the progress status browsed by the company as different display forms. It is characterized by including.

The design support system according to the present invention has the following effects.
(1) Design information from the requester can be entered on the WEB page, a design request form can be created from those design conditions, and the design conditions and progress can be viewed in real time, resulting in insufficient information transmission It is possible to dramatically improve work efficiency by preventing unnecessary time loss caused by miscommunication of information, input shortage, errors, etc. In addition, since it is possible to point out and modify from a third party, more accurate design conditions can be provided to the company. Therefore, it is possible to quickly create a design deliverable that the company delivers to the client.
Furthermore, even if the design conditions of the requested project are changed, the latest design conditions can always be reflected and shared on the WEB page, so that the processing related to the change can be performed smoothly.
(2) Since the progress of all the cases can be viewed as a list history, the management of all the cases becomes very easy and the cases can be processed promptly.
(3) Since the progress of all projects is displayed differently on the client side and the company side, it can be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner for the receiver and the creator. Especially on the company side, it is possible to clarify the location of responsibilities, such as what each person in charge should do now, and to respond quickly so that time loss can be reduced and work efficiency can be improved.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a design support system 1 according to the present embodiment.

  The design support system 1 includes a design support server 2, a communication terminal 3 used by a client (also referred to as a consultant), and a communication terminal 4 used by a company. The design support server 2, the communication terminal 3, and the communication terminal 4 are connected to each other via a network 5 such as the Internet.

  The design support server 2 is for performing various processes related to the design support system 1, and is composed of, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk recording device, and the like.

  Although not shown, the design support server 2 includes a communication control unit including a router, a processing control unit, and a data storage unit, and an operation program such as a design support program is executed by the CPU. Realized.

  The design support server 2 has a plurality of databases (hereinafter referred to as DB). For example, it has a personal information DB 21, a design item DB 22, a progress situation DB 23, and the like.

  The personal information DB 21 records and stores personal information such as an address, a telephone number, an arbitrary ID, and a password input from each user (user) when registration for permitting use of the design support system 1 is performed. It is a database. For example, a record is created for each user ID, and the personal information is stored in each record. The ID and password are for logging on to the design support server 1. In addition, based on a table pre-assigned from personal identification information such as the address entered at the time of the main registration, the user in charge (branch) of the company for the requester is allocated by region and stored so that it can be displayed on the menu screen Item 3).

  The design item DB 22 is a database that records and stores the design conditions of items created on the WEB page by the client and the user in charge of the company (branch) at any time. Each item is assigned a case name and number for each user. Is a data structure that can take out the design conditions of the applicable project and perform overwriting and the like.

  The progress DB 23 is a database having a table in which the progress statuses of all the cases transmitted from the requester and company communication terminals (3) and (4) are associated as different display forms on the requester side and the company side. is there. In particular, on the company side, it is data that can clarify the location of responsibility such as what each user in charge should do now. The association between the two is shown in FIG.

  The design support server 2 configured as described above provides a WEB page to each user who accesses from the communication terminals 3 and 4 via the network 5, and allows each user to input details of design conditions on the page. In addition to disclosing the design conditions and progress in real time, it contributes to improving the work efficiency by distinguishing between the progress that the client browses and the progress that the company browses.

  The communication terminal 3 and the communication terminal 4 are composed of general-purpose personal computers having input means such as a mouse and keyboard and output means such as a monitor, and are set in an environment where the network 5 such as the Internet can be used. . The company communication terminal 4 is connected to the company (head office) and the responsible user (branch office) existing in each region with the same attributes.

Each user who uses the communication terminal 3 and the communication terminal 4 connects to the design support server 2 from the communication terminals 3 and 4 via the network 5, and, for example, design conditions necessary for designing an embankment dam or the like are set on the WEB page. Input, browse, send, etc.
The flow of design support by the design support server 2 of the design support system 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  The design support server 2 designates different URLs for each user accessed from the client or company communication terminals 3 and 4 in step A, and allows the users to access the respective URLs at the time of registration. Then, access authority is divided and user registration is performed.

A specific example of the user registration will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
In step A1 of FIG. 3, the design support server 2 determines whether the user is a non-registered user (YES) or a registered user (NO) from the menu screen 400 displayed on the WEB page shown in FIG. Let If the user is an unregistered user (NO), the registration step is terminated, and the registered ID and password are prompted to be input to the input field 401 by an input means such as a mouse and a keyboard, and the process proceeds to step B in FIG.

In the case of an unregistered user (YES), the design support server 2 displays the mail address input screen 500 of FIG. 5 when the unregistered user clicks the registration request button 402 on the menu screen 400. In step A 2, the unregistered user agrees to the terms of use (not shown) and inputs individual e-mail addresses to the input field 501, and then transmits to the design support server 2 by clicking the send button 502.
Then, the design support server 2 records the input mail address in the personal information DB 21 and performs the first registration.

  Thereafter, in step A3, the design support server 2 automatically transmits to the user unregistered person a link screen 600 in which the main registration ULR link shown in FIG. 6 is linked to the address. As the URL for main registration, a completely different unique URL is distributed to the user from the communication terminal 3 and the user from the communication terminal 4. This makes it possible to display the progress status in an easy-to-understand manner from each standpoint while sharing the design conditions of the same design product. Since the URL for main registration is transmitted by transmitting the e-mail address, the existence of the e-mail address can be confirmed and security can be ensured.

  Next, when the design support server 2 accesses the URL on the link screen 600 received by the user unregistered person (or the first registrant) in step A2 in step A4, the main registration screen shown in FIG. 700 is displayed, and personal identification information is input to the personal information input field 701. In the personal information input field 701, at least an address, name, corporate name, arbitrary ID, password, postal code, telephone number, and FAX number are entered. The unregistered user clicks the send button 702 when input is completed, and sends it to the design support server 2.

When receiving the transmitted personal identification information, the design support server 2 records and stores the personal identification information in the personal information DB 21 in step A5, and completes user registration. Then, the completion of user registration and registration information are displayed on the main registration screen 700 as shown in FIG. 7B.
In the personal information DB 21, a user in charge (branch) of the company corresponding to the requester is allocated by region based on a table pre-assigned from the input address, and is recorded and stored so as to be displayed on the menu screen 800 (FIG. 8). The Since the user information is managed as described above, when the requester registers as a user, it is automatically determined which responsible user (branch) the company will be responsible for, and only the specified branch (responsible user) Requests for projects that have entered design conditions can eliminate misunderstandings and mistakes in work.

When the user registration is completed as described above, the registered ID and password are input to the input field 401 of the menu screen 400 shown in FIG. A screen 800 is displayed.
The flow of inputting design conditions will be described below.

  The menu screen 800 includes a new matter input button 801 and a history display button 802. If the history display button 802 is clicked to view the progress of all the cases so far, a progress display screen 1000 displaying a list of case histories as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed on the output screen. Here, as described above, the progress status displayed when connecting from the communication terminal 3 used by the client is different from the progress status displayed when connecting from the communication terminal 4 used by the company. . In the illustrated example, the progress status displayed when accessed from the company terminal 4 is shown. The display of the progress status to the company and the display to the client are as shown in FIG.

  Next, in step B, the design support server 2 inputs design conditions for requesting a new design product on the WEB page. When the user on the client side clicks on the new matter input button 801 on the WEB page, a new matter input screen 900 of FIG. 9 is displayed. Then, appropriate design conditions are input to the setting input fields 901..., And appropriate setting conditions are selected from the pull-down menu in the setting selection field 902 so that detailed design conditions are designated.

  When the specification of each design condition is completed, the process proceeds to step C, where a design request form in which the design condition is input is created and submitted to the company to formally request it. That is, when the user on the requester side clicks the input completion button 903 provided at the end of the new matter input screen 900 in FIG. 9, the progress status and design conditions are transmitted to the design support server 2. Then, the design support server 2 records and stores the transmitted progress status in the progress status DB 23 and the design conditions in the design matter DB 22 respectively. For the user in charge on the company side, the status column of the progress status display screen 1000 in FIG. “Waiting for header input” is displayed, and “Waiting for creation” is displayed in the status column on the requester side. Although not shown in the figure, when the user in charge of the company inputs a header such as the designation of the delivery destination of the design deliverable and the paper size, the status column of the progress display screen 1000 of the user in charge of the company displays “Awaiting creation”. And a design request form is automatically created by Excel or the like. In this case, the user on the requester side outputs the request form, seals it, submits it to the company, and makes a formal request. Incidentally, when all the design conditions cannot be input and it is desired to continue to input the next day or the like, a temporary save button 904 is clicked. Then, “temporarily saving” is displayed in the status column of the progress display screen 1000 in FIG. When re-input at a later date, steps A and B may be performed.

  If the requester requires specialized information when inputting design conditions and it is difficult to input detailed design conditions, the proxy input request is requested by clicking the proxy input switching button 905 on the new matter input screen 900 in FIG. To the design support server 2. Then, the design support server 2 discloses that fact as “waiting for proxy input” in the status column of the progress display screen 1000, and can prompt the user in charge (branch) of the company to perform proxy input. At this time, the request is made by displaying the “waiting for proxy input” in the case history of the progress status display screen 1000 of the user in charge (branch) for the requester assigned at the time of the main registration. Of course, the design support server 2 records and stores the above-described progress status in the progress status DB 23, and when the design conditions are input halfway, the design conditions are recorded and stored in the design item DB 22, respectively. Then, the user in charge of the company that performs proxy input inputs each design condition on the above-described proxy input new matter input screen 900 (similar to FIG. 9). At that time, the header input is also input at the same time.

When the requester or the user in charge who has made the proxy input as described above makes a design request for the design product to the company (head office), the company starts the design in step D. Next, this point will be described.
When the user in charge (branch) of the company requested for the design accesses from the communication terminal 4, the design support server 2 displays the progress status display screen 1000 of FIG. When a design request is made from a client, a case that is displayed as “waiting for creation” is disclosed. This is a case where the client requests a design deliverable and is waiting to be created. When the user in charge of the company clicks the detail button 1001 for the case, a dialog box 1200 shown in FIG. 12 is displayed. Then, in order to start the creation of the design product design based on the setting condition input from the requester, click the “Creating” button 1201 and send the design support server 2 that the creation of the design product has started. To do. Then, the design support server 2 records the progress status in the progress status DB 23 and changes the status column of the progress status display screen 1000 in FIG. 10 from “waiting for creation” to “being created”. When it is necessary to change the setting conditions from the requester, the contents correction button 1202 is clicked, and appropriate conditions are set in the setting input field 901 and the setting selection field 902 on the new matter input screen 900 as shown in FIG. Can be specified and corrected.

  Next, in step E, when the person in charge of design of the company creates a design product that covers the design conditions, the design support server 2 is accessed from the communication terminal 4 and the progress status display screen 1000 of FIG. 10 is displayed. When the details button 1001 of the assigned project that is currently “in preparation” is clicked, a dialog box 1300 of FIG. 13 is displayed. Then, a design completion button 1301 is clicked to transmit that the creation of the case has been completed. Then, the design support server 2 records and stores the progress status in the progress status DB 23 and changes the status column of the progress status display screen 1000 in FIG. 10 from “Creating” to “Created”. Further, the status column of the progress status display screen 1000 on the requester side is changed from “being created” to “waiting for delivery” (see FIG. 11).

  In step F, when the company delivers the design product to the client, the company accesses the design support server 2 from the communication terminal 4 and displays the progress status display screen 1000 in FIG. When the details button 1001 of the assigned project is clicked, a dialog box 1400 of FIG. 14 is displayed. Then, a delivery completion button 1401 is clicked to transmit that the design deliverable has been delivered. Then, the design support server 2 records and stores the progress in the progress DB 23 and changes the progress on the progress display screen 1000 in FIG. 10 from “completed” to “delivered”. The requester side also displays the same (see FIG. 11).

  If the case disappears or is abandoned after the company has delivered, the result can be recorded although illustration is omitted. For example, as described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 12 to 14, by clicking the detail button 1001 of the item displayed as “delivered” on the progress display screen 1000 in FIG. From there, it can be selected as extinguished or abandoned and saved in the progress DB 23 as a company record. This progress status is changed from “paid” to “disappeared” or “abandoned” from the company side, but there is no change in the display of “delivered” because it is not necessary for the client side (see FIG. 11). .

  As described above, the setting conditions from the client can be created on the WEB page, and the progress status of each can be viewed in real time, thereby preventing delays in work. In addition, it is possible to make it easy to understand from the respective standpoints by changing the display of the progress status between the company side and the client side.

  The embodiments have been described with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiments, and design modifications and application variations that are usually made by those skilled in the art are within the scope of the technical idea of the invention. I will add a note to include the range.

It is the figure which showed schematically the structure of the design support system which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the whole flow of the design support using the design support system which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the specific flow of step A of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the dialog box (WEB page) which inputs authentication information. It is a figure which shows an example of the dialog box which inputs an e-mail address. It is a figure which shows an example of the dialog box which put the link of unique URL on a WEB page. A is a figure which shows an example of the dialog box in which a user unregistered person inputs personal identification information. B is a diagram showing an example of a dialog box displaying the completion of user registration and registration information. It is a figure which shows an example of the dialog box which selects a new input and log | history display. It is a figure which shows an example of the dialog box which designates the detail of setting conditions. It is a figure which shows an example of the dialog box which displayed the list of case history. It is a reference table | surface which shows the correlation with the progress seen from the client side, and the progress seen from the company side. It is a figure which shows an example of the dialog box which transmits to the design support server that the user in charge of a company side starts design creation. It is a figure which shows an example of the dialog box which transmits to the design support server that the user in charge of a company completes design creation. It is a figure which shows an example of the dialog box which transmits to the design support server that the user in charge on the company side has delivered the design deliverable.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Design support system 2 Design support server 3 Requester's communication terminal 4 Company's communication terminal 5 Network 21 Personal information DB
22 Design Item DB
23 Progress DB

Claims (6)

Design support that has a personal information database (21), a design item database (22), and a progress status base (23), and discloses the design conditions and progress status of the design deliverables to the access right holder so that they can be viewed on the WEB page. A communication terminal (3) used by a client having access to the server (2), the design support server (2), and a communication terminal used by a company having access to the design support server (2) (4) is connected via a network (5) such as the Internet, and the design support server (2) specifies the design conditions of the design deliverables on the WEB page, and the design conditions and progress are displayed. A design support system (1) that enables sharing and browsing, and facilitates information exchange between the client and the company,
The design support server (2) distinguishes the two by specifying different URLs for the client and the user using the communication terminal (3), (4) of the client and the company, and the access authority is separated. Means for performing user registration by recording authentication information including a user ID and a password of the communication terminal in the personal information database (21).
When the design support server receives the authentication information from the client who uses the communication terminal (3) or (4) of the client or the company, the design support server authenticates by referring to the personal information database (21), and the authenticated user Means for connecting the communication terminals of
The design support server (2) designates the details of the design condition of the design deliverable on the WEB page to the client or the user in charge of the company requested to input by the client, and designs the specified design condition. A means for prompting storage in the case database (22) and disclosing the progress on the WEB page;
The design support server (2) creates a design request form when the client or a user in charge of the company requested to input by the client completes the design condition specification. The design support server (2) A means of sending the information to the website, disclosing the progress on the WEB page, and prompting the company to start design creation;
When the company receives a design request and starts designing, the design support server (2) sends a message to that effect to the design support server (2) and discloses the progress on the WEB page. Means for transmitting the completion to the design support server (2) and disclosing the progress on the WEB page;
The design support server (2), when the company delivers the design deliverable to the client, sends a message to the design support server (2) and discloses the progress on the WEB page;
A design support system characterized by comprising: The design support server (2) prompts the client and each user who has accessed from the company's communication terminal (3), (4) to agree to the terms of use and input an e-mail address on the WEB page. Is recorded and stored in the personal information database (21), and first registration means for transmitting different URLs for main registration to the respective users,
When each user accesses the transmitted URL, the design support server (2) prompts for input of personal identification information including an address, an arbitrary ID, and a password. When the user enters the URL, the design support server (2) The design support system according to claim 1, further comprising: a second registration unit that records and stores the data and performs main registration.   The personal information database (21) is characterized in that the user in charge of the company for the client is allocated and stored by region based on a table pre-assigned from personal identification information such as an address input at the time of registration. The design support system according to claim 1 or 2.   When it is difficult for the client to input the setting conditions, the design support server (2) sends a request for proxy input to the design support server (2), and discloses the progress on the WEB page. The design support system according to claim 1, further comprising means for prompting a user in charge to perform proxy input.   The progress status base (23) has a table in which the progress statuses of all cases transmitted from the requester and company communication terminals (3) and (4) are associated with different display forms on the requester side and the company side. The design support system according to claim 1, wherein: The design support server (2) prompts the start of input of setting conditions for a new matter by displaying a menu screen, or means for prompting the display of the matter history of the progress of all the matters at the present time;
The design support server (2) displays, in the case history display of all the cases, the progress status browsed by the requester with reference to the progress status base (23) and the progress status browsed by the company as different display forms. The design support system according to claim 1, wherein the design support system includes:

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