JP2007234045A - Method, device and program for notifying information on pass or failure - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid such a situation that inquiries are concentrated at a stretch, excessive loads are applied to a server and a network to cause a network failure such delay of arrival of an e-mail and down of a server system in inquiry of pass or failure results of an examination via the network. <P>SOLUTION: This method for notifying information on pass or failure executes steps of: transmitting a confirmation e-mail for inquiring whether or not pass or failure information is required to an examinee terminal used by an examinee; receiving a reply e-mail replied from the examinee terminal to the confirmation e-mail; recording receiving time when the reply e-mail is received by every examinee; determining a transmission order for transmitting success or failure information address indicating whereabouts of the pass or failure information on the network based on the receiving time to the examinee terminal and transmitting the success or failure information address to the examinee terminal based on the transmission order when a server load value indicating a load of the server is less than a predetermined value. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for notifying pass / fail information such as a test via a network.

Conventionally, there are several ways to inquire about the results of university entrance examinations on the Internet.
For example, there are a list of successful applicants' examination numbers displayed on a website for announcement of acceptance, and a search and inquiry by inputting an examination number. In addition, a pass / fail result may be transmitted by e-mail in response to a user's inquiry.

According to the above-mentioned background art, there are cases where inquiries through the network are concentrated at the time of announcement of acceptance, an excessive load may be applied to the server and the network, mail arrives, or the system may go down. There was something to do.
In addition, since the site of the announcement of acceptance as described above is a public site, detailed personal information such as affiliation, school of origin, etc. cannot be displayed there, even if the display of pass / fail results is managed with a password. Annoyance remained.
In addition, if the result of the pass / fail of only the examinee who made the inquiry is directly notified, the psychological impact on the examinee is greater than when the examinee's examination number is displayed in a list, and There is also a problem that there is no idea of the standard of pass rate.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method, an apparatus, and a program for notifying test pass / fail information via a network that solves the above problem.

  The pass / fail information notification method for notifying pass / fail information indicating whether or not the server has passed the test to the test taker terminal used by the test taker via the network of the present invention requires the pass / fail information to be provided to the test taker terminal. A step of sending a confirmation mail for inquiring whether or not, a step of receiving a reply mail returned from the examinee terminal in response to the confirmation mail, and a reception time of receiving the reply mail as the test taker A step of recording for each, a step of determining a transmission order for transmitting a pass / fail information address indicating the location of the pass / fail information on the network to the examinee terminal based on the reception time, and a server indicating a load of the server Transmitting the pass / fail information address to a predetermined number of the examinee terminals based on a load value and the transmission order.

  By providing the above steps, the concentration of inquiries about pass / fail information via the network at the time of announcement of acceptance is prevented, avoiding situations that cause network failures such as delayed arrival of mail and server system down. It becomes possible to do.

  Further, the pass / fail information notification method of the present invention includes a step of receiving a request for transmitting the pass / fail information from the test taker terminal based on the pass / fail information address, and the test number of the test taker in response to the transmission request. Transmitting test numbers of a plurality of successful candidates before and after.

  Therefore, it is possible not only to reduce the psychological impact of the test result notification, but also to know the number of successful applicants within a certain number of times by allowing the examinee to visually confirm the examination number in order. Therefore, it is possible to make an estimate of the pass rate.

  Furthermore, the pass / fail information notification method of the present invention includes a step of sending a question to the test taker terminal to inquire whether or not the test taker wishes to disclose pass / fail information of the test taker; Receiving an answer to the question transmitted from a terminal, grouping the examinees who wished to disclose the pass / fail information in the answer based on the attribute information of the examinees, and the group Transmitting pass / fail information of the test takers in the group to the test taker terminal of the test taker.

  Therefore, the examinee can receive notification of pass / fail information of examinees having the same attribute such as the same school other than the examinee, and can also know the pass rate of the examinees having the same attribute. it can.

  As described above, by controlling the notification of the information indicating the location of the pass / fail information according to the load state of the server, the concentration of the pass / fail information inquiry via the network at the time of the announcement of the pass is prevented, and the arrival of the mail is delayed, etc. It is possible to avoid a situation that causes a network failure and a server system failure.

  In addition, in the notification of pass / fail information, the examinee will visually check the examination number in order, which not only makes it possible to mitigate the psychological effects of the notification of the test result, but also provides an indication of the pass rate It is also possible to make

  Furthermore, the examinee can receive notification of pass / fail information of candidates other than the examinee who have the same attribute such as the same school of origin, and can also pass the pass rate of the examinee having the same attribute. Become.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, in this embodiment, the server 10 and the examinee terminal 20 are connected to a network 30 in order to notify the pass / fail information of the examinee in response to a request from the examinee terminal 20 used by the examinee. It takes the form connected via. In FIG. 1, only one examinee terminal 20 is shown as an example, but the number is not limited to this number.

  The server 10 includes a confirmation mail transmission program 101, a transmission order determination program 102, a pass / fail information address transmission program 103, a pass / fail information transmission program 104, a multiple pass / fail information transmission program 105, a group pass / fail information transmission program 106, and a load monitoring program 107 such as a server. And an examinee attribute table 80, an input means 109, and an output means 110.

  The confirmation e-mail transmission program 101 is a program describing a process for transmitting an e-mail for inquiring whether or not the examinee desires notification of pass / fail information.

  The transmission order determination program 102 receives a response mail returned from the examinee terminal 20 in response to the mail transmitted by the confirmation mail transmission program 101, and indicates whether the pass / fail information is located on the network from the reception time. It is a program describing a process for determining a transmission order for transmitting information addresses.

  The pass / fail information address transmission program 103 is a program describing processing for transmitting pass / fail information addresses according to the transmission order determined by the transmission order determination program 102 when the value indicating the load of the server or the like is less than a predetermined value. It is.

  The pass / fail information transmission program 104 performs processing for transmitting pass / fail information indicating whether or not the pass / fail information is passed to the test taker terminal 20 in response to the pass / fail information transmission request transmitted by the test taker terminal 20 based on the pass / fail information address. It is a program that has been written.

  The multiple pass / fail information transmission program 105 responds to the pass / fail information transmission request transmitted by the test taker terminal 20 based on the pass / fail information address, and includes a plurality of pass / fail information including the test number of the test taker using the test taker terminal 20. It is a program that describes the process for sending the examination number.

  The group pass / fail information transmission program 106 groups examinees who wish to disclose in response to an inquiry about whether or not pass / fail information can be disclosed, and transmits pass / fail information of examinees in the group to examinees in the same group. It is a program that describes the process.

  The server load monitoring program 107 is a program describing a process for monitoring the load state of the server 10 or the network 30. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the server 10 is provided with the server load monitoring program 107, but other external devices are provided with a program for monitoring the load on the same server 10 and the network 30, and the server 10 The load state may be monitored and a value indicating the load state may be provided to the server 10.

  The examinee terminal 20 includes a transmission / reception program 201 for receiving various information, data, and mail from the server 10 or transmitting to the server 10.

The examinee attribute table 80 is a data table that stores information related to each examinee and various attribute information for processing by each program in association with each other.

FIG. 8 shows the contents of the examinee attribute table 80. The examinee 802 stores the name of the examinee, and the examination number 801 stores an examination number for uniquely identifying each examinee.
The school of origin 803 and the email address 804 store the school of origin and email address of each examinee, respectively. In the reception time 805 and the pass / fail information necessity 806, information regarding the time when the reply mail is received by the transmission order determination program 102 and the necessity of the pass / fail information included in the reply mail are recorded. The transmission order 807 stores the transmission order for transmitting the pass / fail information address determined by the transmission order determination program 102 based on the reception time 805. In pass / fail 808, the result of pass / fail of each examinee's test is stored. In the disclosure permission / inhibition 809, an answer to a question regarding the permission / inhibition of the pass / fail information received from each examinee by the group pass / fail information transmission program 106 is recorded.

  Next, an operation example of the present invention will be described using the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 2 to 7 and the examinee attribute table 80 shown in FIG.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a process in which the confirmation mail transmission program 101 inquires whether or not all examinees need pass / fail information.
With this process, it is not necessary to send information to the examinee terminal 20 of the examinee who does not require pass / fail information, and the total number of mails to be sent can be reduced, so the load on the server and the network can be reduced.

  First, in step S21, with reference to the e-mail address 804 of the examinee attribute table 80 shown in FIG. 8, a confirmation e-mail for inquiring whether or not he / she wishes to be notified of pass / fail information is transmitted. A display example of the mail at this time is shown in FIG.

  In step S22, it is determined that confirmation emails have been transmitted to all examinees according to the examiner attribute table 80. If transmission to all examinees has not been completed, a confirmation e-mail is transmitted to the next examinee according to the examiner attribute table 80. If completed, the process ends.

  FIG. 3 illustrates a process in which the transmission order determination program 102 determines the order in which the pass / fail information address indicating the location of the pass / fail information on the network is transmitted from the reply mail returned to the confirmation mail from the examinee. It is a flowchart of.

  First, in step S31, a response mail from the examinee is received.

  Next, in step S32, based on the mail address of the sender of the reply mail, the reception time of the reply mail and the information regarding the necessity of the pass / fail information, the reception time 805 of the examinee attribute table 80 and the pass / fail information necessity 806.

In step S33, the transmission order for transmitting the pass / fail information address is determined based on the reception time recorded in the reception time 805 for the subject who wishes to be notified of the pass / fail information, and is stored in the transmission order 807. In the example in the figure, the transmission order is determined in the order of reception time.
Although not shown in the figure, the time when the confirmation email is sent is recorded for each examinee, and the transmission order is determined in the order of the shortest required time from the time when the confirmation email is sent until the time when the response email is received. You may do it. According to this determination method, it is possible to correct unfairness due to a difference in transmission time when a confirmation mail is transmitted to a large number of examinees.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining processing in which the pass / fail information address transmission program 103 transmits pass / fail information addresses to the examinee.

First, in step S41, it is determined whether or not the server load value indicating the load state of the server 10 measured by the server load monitoring program 107 is less than a specified value.
If the load value is equal to or greater than the specified value, the server 10 waits for a certain time in step S42 without performing transmission processing. If the load value is less than the specified value, the process proceeds to step S43.

  The server load value used for the determination here is not limited to the load value of the server 10, but a value indicating the load of the network 30 may be used, or both of these values may be used. Server load value.

In step S43, referring to the transmission order of the transmission order 807 in the examinee attribute table 80,
The pass / fail information address is transmitted to the examinee who wishes to notify the pass / fail information.
An example of the display of the pass / fail information address transmitted here is shown in FIG.

  In step S44, it is determined whether or not transmission to all examinees who are targets of transmitting the pass / fail information address is completed. If all transmissions are not completed, the process proceeds to step S41, and if completed, the process is terminated.

  Here, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, when the server load value is less than the predetermined value in step S43, the process proceeds to the next step each time a pass / fail information address is transmitted to a predetermined number of examinees. It was. By changing the number of persons to be transmitted at a time, the frequency of determining the load value of the server 10 with respect to the number of examinees who have transmitted the pass / fail information address can be adjusted. Although not shown, there is also an embodiment in which the number of persons who transmit the pass / fail information address at a time is changed based on the server load value. For example, if the server load value is 0 or more and less than 40, it is sent to 10 people at a time, if it is 40 or more and less than 80, it is sent to 5 people, and if it is 80 or more, it is sent to 0 people. It is an embodiment.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining processing in which the pass / fail information transmission program 104 transmits pass / fail information in response to a pass / fail information transmission request from the examinee terminal 20.

The examinee terminal 20 connects to the server 10 via the network 30 based on the pass / fail information address notified in FIG. 9B or the like, and transmits a pass / fail information transmission request.
In step S51, the server 10 receives this transmission request. The examinee inputs an examination number for identifying the examinee at the time of transmission of the transmission request, and the transmission request includes information on the examination number of the examinee.

In step S52, the server 10 refers to the test number 801 in the test taker attribute table 80 based on the test number transmitted from the test taker terminal 20, refers to the pass / fail result from the corresponding pass / fail field 808, and The pass / fail information of the examinee is transmitted to the examinee terminal 20.
An example of the pass / fail information display screen is shown in FIG.

The pass / fail information shown in FIG. 10 (a) directly displays the pass / fail result. However, as shown in FIG. 10 (d), a plurality of examination numbers are displayed, and the pass / fail information is directly displayed. An embodiment in which the result is not displayed is also possible.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the processing of the multiple pass / fail information transmission program 105 for realizing this embodiment.

  Step S61 is the same as step S51, but in step S62, the examination number is referred to by referring to the examination number 801 and pass / fail 808 in the examination person attribute table 80 based on the examination number received in step S61. Send test numbers of multiple successful candidates before and after

Therefore, the server 10 in FIG. 1 may include both the pass / fail information transmission program 104 and the multiple pass / fail information transmission program 105, or may include only one of them. When both of the above programs are provided, an embodiment in which one of the programs is selected based on information included in the transmission request transmitted from the examinee terminal 20 may be employed. For example, information indicating whether the examinee terminal 20 is a terminal such as a personal computer or a terminal such as a mobile phone is included in the transmission request, and the display format of the pass / fail information is determined accordingly. It is possible.
Alternatively, it is possible to select a display form of a result of pass / fail desired when the examinee transmits a transmission request.

  FIG. 7 shows that the group pass / fail information transmission program 106 groups the test students based on the attribute information that records whether or not it is desired to disclose the pass / fail information, and sends the test takers in the group to the test takers in the group. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process which transmits this pass / fail information.

  In step S <b> 71, a question for inquiring whether or not to disclose pass / fail information to the examinee is transmitted to the examinee terminal 20. The process of transmitting the question in step S71 may be performed simultaneously with the process of transmitting pass / fail information in step S52, or may be performed after transmitting the pass / fail information. A display example of the screen of the examinee terminal 20 for this question is shown in FIG.

  In step S <b> 72, the server 10 receives a test taker's answer to the question from the test taker terminal 20. This answer is recorded in disclosure possibility 809 of the examinee attribute table 80.

In step S73, examinees who wish to disclose pass / fail information are grouped based on attribute information in the examiner attribute table 80. For example, it is assumed that the examinee “Natsumi Shinjo” desires to disclose the pass / fail result, and wishes to notify the pass / fail information of the examinee from the same school.
Then, the server 10 first refers to the field of the school 803 of “Natsumi Shinjo” and recognizes that the school of “Natsumi Shinjo” is “Nanbu High School”. Next, search for candidates who have recorded “1” in the column of disclosure 809 and stored “Nanbu High School” in the column of school of origin 803. Then, “Ichiro Nakahara” and “Natsumi Shinjo” are extracted, and the pass / fail information of the two is grouped.

In step S74, pass / fail information of the grouped examinees is transmitted to the examinee terminal 20.
A display example of the transmitted pass / fail information on the examinee terminal 20 is shown in FIG.

  The above embodiment is a case where the present invention is applied to a university entrance examination. For example, in the case of some qualification examination, in step S73, grouping may be performed based on the affiliated company instead of the home school. Conceivable. In addition to the attribute items shown in FIG. 8, if added as items managed in the examinee attribute table 80, all attribute information such as birthplace, gender, age, etc. should be used as attribute information for grouping. Is possible.

  Although not shown, the server 10 and the examinee terminal 20 are computers in which the entire apparatus is controlled by a CPU (Central Processing Unit). A RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk device (HDD), a graphic processing unit, an input interface, a communication interface, and the like are connected to the CPU via a bus.

  The RAM temporarily stores at least a part of an OS (Operating System) program to be executed by the CPU and other programs. The RAM stores various data necessary for processing by the CPU. The HDD stores an OS and other programs and data.

  A monitor device is connected to the graphic processing unit. The graphic processing unit displays an input screen or the like on the monitor device in accordance with a command from the CPU. A keyboard and a mouse are connected to the input interface. The input interface transmits a signal sent from a keyboard, a mouse, or the like to the CPU via the bus.

  The communication interface is connected to the network 30. The communication interface transmits / receives data between the server 10 and the examinee terminal 20 via the network 30.

  Confirmation mail transmission program 101, transmission order determination program 102, pass / fail information address transmission program 103, pass / fail information transmission program 104, multiple pass / fail information transmission program 105, group pass / fail information transmission program 106, server load, etc. according to the embodiment of the present invention By causing the monitoring program 107 to be executed by the above-described computer, the computer can function as a pass / fail information notification device.

The processing contents of the functions that the computer should have can be described in a program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.
By executing this program on a computer, the above processing can be realized on the computer. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a magnetic recording device and a semiconductor memory. When distributing to the market, the program is stored in a portable recording medium such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory) or a flexible disk, or stored in a computer storage device connected via a network. In addition, it can be transferred to another computer through the network.
When executed by a computer, the program is stored in a hard disk device or the like in the computer, loaded into the main memory, and executed.

(Supplementary note 1) In a method in which the server notifies pass / fail information indicating whether or not the test passed to the test taker terminal used by the test taker via the network,
Sending a confirmation email for inquiring whether or not the pass / fail information is necessary to the examinee terminal;
In response to the confirmation email, receiving a response email returned from the examinee terminal;
Recording the reception time for receiving the reply mail for each examinee, and based on the reception time, a transmission order for transmitting a pass / fail information address indicating the location of the pass / fail information on the network to the test taker terminal. A step to determine;
And a step of transmitting the pass / fail information address to a predetermined number of the test taker terminals based on a server load value indicating the load of the server and the transmission order.

(Appendix 2) A step of receiving a transmission request for the pass / fail information from the examinee terminal based on the pass / fail information address;
The pass / fail information notification method according to appendix 1, further comprising a step of transmitting the pass / fail information in response to the transmission request.

(Supplementary Note 3) In a method in which the server notifies pass / fail information indicating whether or not the test passed to the test taker terminal used by the test taker via the network,
Receiving a transmission request for the pass / fail information from the examinee terminal based on a pass / fail information address indicating the location of the pass / fail information on the network;
And a step of transmitting a plurality of successful applicants' examination numbers before and after the examinee's examination number in response to the transmission request.

(Supplementary Note 4) In a method in which the server notifies pass / fail information indicating whether or not the test passed to the test taker terminal used by the test taker via the network,
Sending a question to the test taker terminal for inquiring the test taker whether or not he / she wishes to disclose pass / fail information of the test taker;
Receiving an answer to the question transmitted from the examinee terminal;
Grouping the test takers who wished to disclose the pass / fail information in the answer based on the test taker's attribute information;
And a step of transmitting pass / fail information of the test takers in the group to the test taker terminals of the test takers grouped.

(Appendix 5) In a device for notifying pass / fail information indicating whether or not the test is passed to the test taker terminal used by the test taker via the network,
Means for sending a confirmation email for inquiring whether or not the pass / fail information is necessary to the examinee terminal;
A means for receiving a reply mail returned from the examinee terminal in response to the confirmation mail;
Means for recording a reception time of the reply mail, and determining a transmission order for transmitting a pass / fail information address indicating the location of the pass / fail information on the network to the examinee terminal based on the reception time;
A pass / fail information notification device, comprising: a means for transmitting the pass / fail information address to the examinee terminal based on the transmission order when a value indicating a load of the device is equal to or less than a predetermined value.

(Supplementary Note 6) A program for operating a computer, for inquiring whether or not pass / fail information indicating whether or not the examinee has passed the examination is necessary for the examinee terminal used by the examinee. A means of sending a confirmation email for
A means for receiving a reply mail returned from the examinee terminal in response to the confirmation mail;
Means for recording a reception time of the reply mail, and determining a transmission order for transmitting a pass / fail information address indicating the location of the pass / fail information on the network to the examinee terminal based on the reception time;
A pass / fail information notification program for causing a means for transmitting the pass / fail information address to the examinee terminal based on the transmission order when a value indicating a load of the apparatus is equal to or less than a predetermined value.

(Appendix 7) Is a storage medium storing a program for operating a computer, and whether or not pass / fail information indicating whether or not the test taker has passed the test is required in the test taker terminal using the computer A means of sending a confirmation email to inquire whether or not,
A means for receiving a reply mail returned from the examinee terminal in response to the confirmation mail;
Means for recording a reception time of the reply mail, and determining a transmission order for transmitting a pass / fail information address indicating the location of the pass / fail information on the network to the examinee terminal based on the reception time;
A program for causing the pass / fail information address to function as means for transmitting the pass / fail information address to the examinee terminal based on the transmission order when a value indicating a load of the device is a predetermined value or less is stored. Storage medium.

It is a block diagram for implement | achieving this invention. It is a flow explaining the confirmation mail transmission process of a server. It is a flow explaining the transmission order determination processing of a server. It is a flow explaining the pass / fail information address transmission processing of the server. It is a flow explaining a server pass / fail information transmission process. It is a flow explaining the multiple pass / fail information transmission processing of the server. It is a flow explaining a server group pass / fail information transmission process. It is an example of a candidate attribute table. It is Example 1 of a display screen. It is Example 2 of a display screen.

Explanation of symbols

10 server 20 examinee terminal 30 network 101 confirmation mail transmission program 102 transmission order determination program 103 pass / fail information address transmission program 104 pass / fail information transmission program 105 multiple pass / fail information transmission program 106 group pass / fail information transmission program 107 load monitoring program 109 for server etc. input means 110 Output means 80 Candidate attribute table 801 Candidate number column 802 in Candidate attribute table Candidate column 803 in Candidate attribute table Original school column 804 Candidate attribute table Email address field 805 Candidate attribute table Receiving time column 806 in the candidate attribute table PASS / FAIL information necessity column 807 in the candidate attribute table 807 Transmission order column 808 in the candidate attribute table 809 OK / NG column 809 in the candidate attribute table Column

Claims (3)

In the method in which the server notifies pass / fail information indicating whether or not the test has passed to the test taker terminal used by the test taker via the network,
Sending a confirmation email for inquiring whether or not the pass / fail information is necessary to the examinee terminal, and recording the time when the confirmation email was sent for each examinee;
In response to the confirmation email, receiving a response email returned from the examinee terminal;
Recording the reception time of receiving the reply mail for each examinee;
The time required from the time when the confirmation mail is transmitted to the time when the reply mail is received is calculated based on the time transmitted and the time received, and the location of the pass / fail information on the network is calculated based on the time required. Determining a transmission order for transmitting a pass / fail information address indicating to the examinee terminal;
And a step of transmitting the pass / fail information address to a predetermined number of the test taker terminals based on the transmission order when a value indicating the load of the server is equal to or less than a predetermined value. Notification method. In a device for notifying pass / fail information indicating whether or not the test passed to the test taker terminal used by the test taker via the network,
Means for sending a confirmation email for inquiring whether or not the pass / fail information is necessary to the examinee terminal, and for recording the time when the confirmation email was sent for each examinee;
A means for receiving a reply mail returned from the examinee terminal in response to the confirmation mail;
A required time from the time when the confirmation mail is transmitted to the time when the reply mail is received is calculated based on the time transmitted and the time when the reply mail is received, and the pass / fail information is calculated on the network based on the time required. Means for determining a transmission order for transmitting the pass / fail information address indicating the location of the test to the examinee terminal;
A pass / fail information notification device, comprising: a means for transmitting the pass / fail information address to the examinee terminal based on the transmission order when a value indicating a load of the device is equal to or less than a predetermined value. Confirmation mail for inquiring whether or not pass / fail information indicating whether or not the examinee has passed the examination is necessary for the examinee terminal used by the examinee on the computer. Means for sending and recording the time when the confirmation email was sent for each examinee;
A means for receiving a reply mail returned from the examinee terminal in response to the confirmation mail;
A required time from the time when the confirmation mail is transmitted to the time when the reply mail is received is calculated based on the time transmitted and the time when the reply mail is received, and the pass / fail information is calculated on the network based on the time required. Means for determining a transmission order for transmitting the pass / fail information address indicating the location of the test to the examinee terminal;
A pass / fail information notification program for causing a means for transmitting the pass / fail information address to the examinee terminal based on the transmission order when a value indicating a load of the apparatus is equal to or less than a predetermined value.

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