JP2009086850A - Schedule management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily add and display schedules of members in different areas and to facilitate confirmation of the members. <P>SOLUTION: A daily schedule 61 for each member is displayed on a schedule display screen 60. In this schedule 61, the schedules 65 of the respective members are displayed by member, based on the time conforming to the time standard of one area in a time field 62, and the names of areas where the members exist are displayed with the names of the members in the member fields 64a-64g of the respective members. In each schedule 65, the time of the area is also displayed with an event. Further, on-time (e.g. working hours) and off-time (off duty hours) are displayed in different colors such as white and gray for each member. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a schedule management system that allows members in a group to view a schedule created by each member in a group composed of employees and the like.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a system is known in which a schedule is created and managed by a user terminal such as a personal computer and the user's own schedule can be confirmed by browsing the schedule. In addition, a group consisting of company employees, family members, friends, acquaintances, etc. can make a schedule created by members of this group visible to other members of the group so that members can check each other's schedules. A schedule management system is also known.

  As an example of a schedule management system that manages the schedule created by each member of such a group with each other, each member of the group inputs the schedule according to a determined schedule document, so that the input schedule is stored in the database. Members can access this database to obtain any user's schedule so that they can view and update it. Users can also view the schedule for each member, The schedules of all the groups can be browsed simultaneously (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  As another conventional example, a schedule of a plurality of persons is displayed on a calendar. On a date on which a schedule is determined, this date is displayed on the calendar on which the schedule is determined. An individual mark for which a schedule has been set is attached, and a technique has been proposed in which a plurality of individual schedules can be displayed on the same calendar by using this mark (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

Furthermore, as another conventional example, a schedule for a plurality of persons is acquired, and the free time of the plurality of persons can be acquired from the schedule, and the reservation time in the schedule for a specified period of each of the plurality of persons is obtained. A technique has been proposed in which the schedule is displayed in a bar, and a superposition of these schedules is presented to the requester, and the time zone that is not represented by the bar is shown to be open time for the plurality of people at the same time (for example, (See Patent Document 3)
JP 2000-222466 A JP-A-6-12378 JP-A-8-106439

  By the way, even if such a schedule is disclosed to others, the range (group) to be disclosed is determined, and is not disclosed to anyone. In this way, even if the members of the group release their schedules, there are members who are on a business trip, resident, or seconded in each region outside of Japan, and create a schedule with such members. In addition, there is a case where a video conference or the like is held with such a member, so that the member's schedule may have to be confirmed.

  In order to acquire the schedules of members in such different regions, it is usually possible to use e-mails, etc., and it has traditionally been considered to acquire by the same means as those used for members in the same region. It is not done. The same applies to the techniques described in Patent Documents 1, 2, and 3 above.

  In addition, even if the schedule of members in different regions can be obtained by e-mail etc., in order to display this on the schedule display screen, the suggestion with the local is corrected and information on this schedule for additional display is added Input operation processing is required.

  Furthermore, even if such a member's schedule can be displayed on the schedule display screen, this member may be regarded as a member of the same region as a member of another region. In order to confirm such a member, it is necessary to refer to another material.

  As described above, conventionally, when the schedules of members in regions having different time standards are simultaneously displayed on the same schedule display screen together with the schedules of members of other regions, an operation for adding them is required. There is a problem that it takes time and effort and it is not easy to confirm the members.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a schedule management system that solves such problems, easily displays the schedules of members in different regions, and easily confirms the members.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a management means for managing information relating to a schedule of members in regions having different times within a group, and acquires information relating to the schedule of members of the same group from the management means, and a display unit The user terminal displays a schedule of each member of the group based on the acquired information on the schedule, on a schedule display screen represented by time in a designated area as a time reference. In addition to displaying the time at the corresponding time position on the time base, the schedule execution time in each region is displayed for each schedule to be displayed, and the region name is displayed in the member display column along with the member's name. It is characterized by doing.

  In addition, the present invention is characterized by providing an area selecting unit in which the time is a time reference, and setting the time of the area selected by the selecting unit as the time reference on the schedule display screen.

  Furthermore, the present invention is characterized in that the off-time of the member whose schedule is displayed is displayed on the schedule display screen so as to be identifiable with respect to the on-time.

  According to the present invention, information on schedules from members in different regions can be acquired via the database server, so that it is not necessary to add such schedules on the user terminal, and on the schedule display screen, local information is added to the schedules of such members. This time is displayed and the area name is displayed in the member display field, so that the member can be easily and quickly confirmed.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a schedule management system according to the present invention. 1 is a user terminal, 1a is a control unit, 1b is a display unit, 1c is a storage unit, 1d is an input unit, and 1e is Arithmetic processing unit, 1f is communication processing unit, 2 is host server, 2a is control unit, 2b is arithmetic processing unit, 2c is storage unit, 2d is communication processing unit, 3 is database server, 3a is control unit, 3b is schedule Information storage unit, 3c is a user information storage unit, 3d is a facility information storage unit, 3e is a calendar information storage unit, 3f is an access right information storage unit, 3g is a time zone information storage unit, 3h is a communication processing unit, and 4 is a network It is.

  In this figure, this embodiment is composed of a user terminal 1, a host server 2, and a database server 3, and these are connected so that they can communicate with each other. The user terminal 1 and the host server 2 have communication processing units 1f and 2d, and are connected to be communicable via the network 4 by these communication processing units 1f and 2d. The database server 3 is also provided with a communication processing unit 3h. The communication processing unit 3h and the communication processing unit 2d in the host server 2 are connected so that the database server 3 and the host server 2 can communicate with each other. Has been.

  The user terminal 1 further includes a control unit 1a that controls each unit, a display unit 1b, a storage unit 1c that stores programs and various data of the control unit 1a, an input unit 1d such as a keyboard and a mouse, A processing unit 1e is provided for processing data displayed on the display unit 1b. Although only one user terminal 1 is shown here, a plurality of user terminals are communicably connected to the host server 2 via the network 4.

  The host server 2 further includes a control unit 2a that controls each unit, an arithmetic processing unit 2b that performs arithmetic processing of data and the like under the control unit 2a, and a storage unit that stores programs and various data of the control unit 2a 2c.

  The database server 3 further includes a control unit 3a for controlling each unit, various information storage units, that is, a schedule information storage unit 3b, and a user information storage unit 3c in which user information of each user terminal 1 is stored, Facility information storage unit 3d that stores information about facilities such as a conference room, calendar information storage unit 3e that stores calendar information from the current month, and access right information that defines a schedule accessible to each user A storage unit 3f and a time zone information storage unit 3g in which information representing a time zone such as working hours (on-time) and non-working hours (off-time) are stored are provided.

  Here, in the user terminal 1, when the user performs an operation for requesting desired information from the input unit 1d, the control unit 1a controls the processing unit 1d in response to the request, so that the request is received from the storage unit 1c. Is read out and processed by the processing unit 1e, and a request signal corresponding to this request is generated. The request signal is processed so as to be communicable by the communication processing unit 1 f and transmitted to the host server 2 via the network 4. In the host server 2, the request signal is received by the communication processing unit 2d, and the control unit 2a determines and recognizes the request signal and transmits the request signal from the communication processing unit 2d to the database server 3. In the database server 3, this request signal is received by the communication processing unit 3h. The control unit 3a analyzes the request content of the request signal, and based on the analysis result, information for image display corresponding to the request is stored in any of the information storage units 3b to 3g. Read from the stored information storage unit. Such information is transmitted from the communication processing unit 3h to the host server 2.

  In the host server 2, such information is received by the communication processing unit 2d, and under the control of the control unit 2a, the calculation processing unit 2b processes the information into displayable information (display information). Such display information is transmitted from the communication processing unit 2d to the user terminal 1 via the network 4. In the user terminal 1, this display information is received by the communication processing unit 1f, held in the storage unit 1c, and displayed on the display unit 1b under the control of the control unit 1a.

  In the user terminal 1, when the user inputs predetermined information such as user information from the input unit 1d according to the screen displayed on the display unit 1b, this information is controlled by the control unit 1a. In the arithmetic processing unit 1e, the display information of the displayed screen is synthesized from the storage unit 1c, whereby the input information is synthesized and displayed on the screen displayed on the display unit 1b. Will be.

  In this way, the input information synthesized on the screen displayed on the display unit 1b is a predetermined command (for example, a command such as updating the database or adding information to the database) input from the input unit 1d by a user operation. ) Is transmitted from the user terminal 1 to the host server 2, and this command signal is confirmed by the host server 2 and transmitted to the database server 3. In the database server 3, when the command signal is received, the control unit 3a performs control according to the command content of the command signal based on the input information, and the command of the information storage units 3b to 3g. Correction processing such as update of information or addition of information in the information storage unit corresponding to the content is performed.

  Here, in this embodiment, two or more users form a group, and the members (individuals and organizations) of the same group can disclose (access) the private schedule of all members of the group. For such users, such a private schedule is secured so that it cannot be disclosed and this function is called a private function.

  The schedule information storage unit 3b in the database server 3 stores information on the layout of a screen such as a schedule reservation screen and a schedule screen, which will be described later, and information indicating the contents (businesses) of the schedule for each user as schedule information. Yes. The user information storage unit 3c stores personal information such as the name of each user and information associated with the schedule information stored in the schedule information storage unit 3b for each user. That is, for user A, all of the schedule information of user A is associated with user A. In the facility information storage unit 3d, the location and facility information (facility information) used when executing the schedule (business) are associated with the corresponding schedule information stored in the schedule information storage unit 3b, It is remembered. The calendar information storage unit 3e stores information (calendar information) for displaying a calendar that forms a schedule screen displayed on the display unit 1b of the user terminal 1.

  In addition, in the access right information storage unit 3f, information on a group to which the user belongs (becomes a member) is registered for each user, and each user schedules schedule information of all members present. The information storage unit 3b can be accessed. The group information is associated with the group to which each user belongs, and this determines schedule information that can be accessed by the schedule information storage unit 3b.

  Furthermore, the time zone information storage unit 3g stores information (time zone information) indicating the member on-time and off-time stored in the schedule information storage unit 3b. Such time zone information is used to indicate the member's on time and off time on the calendar, as will be described later.

  Next, schedule reservation and display by this schedule management system will be described.

  Reservation and display of such a schedule can be executed by the screen being displayed on the display unit 1b when the user operates the input unit 1d from the user terminal 1 and requests it. In the case of reservation, in response to a reservation request from the user terminal 1, screen information for schedule reservation is supplied from the database server 3 via the host server 2 to the user terminal 1, and the schedule reservation screen is displayed on the display unit 1b. Is displayed. When schedule reservation information (information such as business, date, and facility) is input from the input unit 1d to the schedule reservation screen, the reservation information is displayed on the schedule reservation screen, and this reservation information is displayed on the input unit 1d. After deciding whether or not to make the schedule based on the information a private schedule, a decision operation is performed, so that the reservation information of this schedule, together with the user information of this user, etc., is sent to the database server 3 via the host server 2. And is stored and registered in the corresponding information storage unit among the information storage units 3b to 3g.

  The same applies to the case where the user requests display of the schedule screen from the input unit 1d, and the necessary information is transmitted from the database server 3 to the user terminal 1 as described above, whereby the display unit A schedule screen is displayed in 1b. In this case, when the schedule screen is displayed, the schedule information for only this user can be obtained by accessing the schedule information storage unit 3b and displayed on the schedule screen. By accessing the schedule information of all users in the group in the schedule information storage unit 3b, the schedule information can be displayed on the schedule screen at the same time.

  When an activation command for the user terminal 1 is input from the input unit 1d, an initial screen is displayed on the display unit 1b. When a schedule reservation operation is performed on the initial screen by the input unit 1d, a schedule is displayed on the display unit 1a. The reservation screen is displayed.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific example of a schedule reservation screen, where 10 is a schedule reservation screen, 11 is a user column, 12 is a menu column, 12a is a menu “reservation”, 12b is a menu “action”, and 12c. Is a menu “display”, 12d is a menu “return”, 13 is a requirement reservation column, 13a is a requirement entry column, 13b is a requirement list display column, 13c is a private designation column, 13d is a public member addition designation column, 13e Is a public member addition column, 13e ₁ is a “user search” button, 13e ₂ is an “organization search” button, 13e ₃ is a “delete” button, 13e ₄ is a member display area, 14 is a date / time reservation column, and 14b ₁ is a time designation. column, 14b ₂ is time designation field, 14c are multi-day designation column, 14d is "event" button, 15 rows destination reservation field, 16 is a member field.

  In the figure, the schedule reservation screen 10 includes a user column 11 in which information (name) of a user who makes a schedule reservation (owner of the user terminal 1) is written, a menu “reservation” 12a and a menu “action”. "12b", menu "display" 12c, menu "return" 12d, a menu column 12 for selecting a menu, a requirement reservation column 13 for inputting a requirement to be reserved, and a date and time of the requirement to be reserved. The date / time reservation field 14, the place / facility for executing the business, that is, the destination reservation field 15 for reserving the destination, and the members in the group to which the user of the user terminal 1 belongs are registered and displayed. In addition, a member setting field 16 for performing processing such as addition and deletion of members is provided. The schedule reservation screen 10 is displayed by selecting the menu “reservation” 12a in the menu column 12 on an initial screen (not shown).

  In the menu column 12, a list of actions is displayed by selecting the menu “action” 12 b, and by selecting a desired action, the action can be executed. Further, a list of various screen displays is displayed by selecting the menu “display” 12c, and the screen can be displayed by selecting a desired screen display among them.

  The requirement reservation column 13 includes a requirement entry column 13a for entering a requirement, a requirement list display column 13b for displaying a list of items already entered and set in the requirement entry column 13a, To specify that the business reserved in the business reservation column 13 is a private business (a business that is disclosed only to members of the same group as the user who made the reservation; hereinafter referred to as a private schedule). Private designation field 13c and public designation that designates members such as individuals (users) and organizations outside the group who can open the schedule designated as private in the private designation field 13c on the schedule display screen described later A member addition designation field 13d is provided.

When this member addition designation field 13d is clicked with the input unit 1d (FIG. 1) (this operation in each field is hereinafter referred to as selection, click, etc.), the public member addition field 13e is opened. In this public member addition column 13e, a “user search” button 13e ₁ , an “organization search” button 13e ₂ , a “delete” button 13e ₃ and a member display area 13e ₄ are provided, and a “user search” button 13e. _{When 1} is clicked, a list of users outside the group to which this user (in this case, “A mountain A child”) belongs to the member display area 13e ₄ (for example, employees in the company) However, when the “organization search” button 13e ₂ is clicked, a list of organizations outside this group (for example, in the case of a company, departments, departments, etc.) is displayed in the member display area 13e _{4 respectively.} Is done. Therefore, when a desired user or organization that does not belong to the group to which the user belongs is selected from the list, a new member outside the group that can make the selected user or organization public the private schedule, that is, a private public designation member and Become. When the “delete” button 13e ₃ is clicked, a list of current members is displayed. When an unnecessary private public designation member is designated from among them, the private designation is released for the member.

  Therefore, if a requirement is reserved in the requirement entry column 13a or the requirement list selection column 13b of the requirement reservation column 13 and this requirement is determined as a schedule as it is, this schedule will be displayed for all the groups in the group to which this user belongs. It will be open to members and other members (that is, all members) as it is, but when the private designation field 13e is clicked, members other than those in this group registered in the member field 16 are displayed. It is a private schedule for members of this group and will not be made public to members other than members of this group. Will be a private schedule. Once such a private public designated member has been designated, the designation is retained until it is deleted. To add or delete such a private public designated member, the public member designated designation field 13d is used as described above. This can be done by using the public member addition field 13e opened by clicking. After adding or deleting a member in the public member addition field 13e, if a decision is made on the reserved item, the private public designated member newly determined by the addition or deletion and all members in the group are given. Only this private schedule will be made public.

The date / time reservation column 14 is provided with a date specification column 14a for specifying the date on which the reservation request is executed as described above, and a time specification column 14b for setting the scheduled time, In the case of a requirement that repeats every designated period (for example, the same day of the week), a multi-day designation field 14c for reserving it is also provided. The time designation column 14b is provided with a time designation column 14b ₁ for designating the start time and end time of the schedule, and a time length, and a time designation column 14b ₂ by a time bar. The reservation time for the reservation request can be set by either of the above.

  It should be noted that an “event” button 14d is provided so as not to designate a time in the case of an event such as an event whose time is not determined.

  The destination reservation field 15 is provided with a destination entry field 15a and a destination list display part 15b. When a requirement to be reserved is set in the requirement reservation column 13, information on a place or facility for executing the requirement is entered in the destination entry column 15a. When a schedule reservation operation is performed by the input unit 1d, the destination information entered in the destination entry field 15a is registered in the list and can be viewed on the destination list display unit 15b.

  When a destination in the schedule to be reserved this time is registered in the list displayed in the destination list display section 15b, it can be selected by clicking on this destination.

  In the member column 16, the users and organizations in the group to which the user of the user terminal 1 belongs are registered and displayed as members of the group.

  When the menu “display” 12c in the menu column 12 is selected, a list of users who can display the schedule display screen is displayed. When a desired user is specified in this list, a schedule screen showing the schedule of this user is displayed. .

Figure 3 is a detailed illustration of the time designation field 14b ₂ in FIG. 2, 14b ₂₁ the time bar, 14b _22R, 14b _22L time axis scroll buttons, 14b _23S, 14b _23E are time slider, 14b ₂₄ is reserved time Therefore, parts corresponding to those in FIG.

In the figure, the time designation field 14b ₂ is composed of a time bar 14b ₂₁ and time sliders 14b _23S and 14b _23E for setting a time 14b ₂₄ reserved by the time bar 14b ₂₁ . Time slider 14b _23S, 14b _23E are each, it can be moved independently along the time bar 14b _21, the start time of the time 14b ₂₄ which position in the time bar 14b ₂₁ of the time slider 14b _23S reserves, time slider The end time of the time 14b ₂₄ reserved by the position of the time bar 14b ₂₁ of 14b _23E is set. Therefore, the time can be reserved by moving the time sliders 14b _23S and 14b _23E to the desired time positions on the time bar 14b _{21 respectively} .

A time axis scroll button 14b _22R is provided at the right end of the time bar 14b ₂₁ , and a time axis scroll button 14b _22L is provided at the left end. Although time bar 14b ₂₁ is a bar representing the time of 24 hours, by clicking the time axis scroll button 14b _22R, by the width of 1 hour for each click scrolls to the left, the time axis scroll button 14b _22L By clicking, each time you click, it scrolls to the right by the width of one hour.

When the time designation field 14b is clicked, the time bar 14b ₂₁ is in a state in which a period from time “00” to time “23” is displayed as a default, and a predetermined period (for example, 5 to 5) is displayed before and after this period. 6 hours) is added. Therefore, the time bar 14b ₂₁ can represent a period from a predetermined period of the previous day to a predetermined time of the next day. For example, as shown in FIG. can do.

  4 is a diagram showing a first specific example of the schedule display screen displayed on the display unit 1b of the user terminal 1 in FIG. 1, wherein 20 is a schedule display screen, 21 is a designated member column, and 22 is a time column. , 23a to 23g are date columns, and 24 is a schedule display area. The parts corresponding to those in FIG.

  In the figure, the schedule display screen 20 includes a plurality of date fields 23a to 23g (although the date fields 23a to 23g are collectively referred to as the date field 23) along the left side of the schedule display area 24 on which the schedule is displayed. Are arranged in the vertical direction, and the schedule display area 24 is divided into the date fields 23a to 23g. A time field 22 and a time reference field 22a are provided along the upper side of the schedule display area 24, and date fields 23a to 23g in the schedule display area 24 are divided every hour. In the schedule display area 24, each schedule is displayed in the corresponding time zone of the corresponding date column. The time reference value column 22a represents the time of the place where the time represented by the time column 22 is, and here, “Tokyo”, and accordingly, the time in Japan is represented as a reference. Show. From this, the date represented in the date column 23 is also the date in Japan.

  In this specific example, the schedule of members in the group can be displayed on the user terminal 1 of the private public designated member outside the group.

  Here, the schedule displayed on the schedule display screen 20 is a schedule of the user “A mountain A child” who is a member in the group, and this is a user “B village” which is a private public designation member outside this group. It is assumed that “B man” is displayed on the display unit 1 b of his user terminal 1. As described above, in the user terminal 10 of each user, the display screen displayed by clicking the menu “display” 12 c in the menu column 12 on another display screen such as the schedule reservation screen 10 shown in FIG. 2. By selecting a desired user among the members of the group from this list, in this case, the user “A mountain A child”, the schedule display screen 20 representing the schedule of the user “A mountain A child” is displayed. Can be made. Here, as is clear from FIG. 2, “B village B male” is not a member of the same group as the user “A mountain A child”, but is a private public designated member.

  Note that the operation for displaying other display screens to be described later is the same as described above, and the description of the operation for displaying each display screen will be omitted below.

  In addition, in this way, whether or not the schedule can be displayed on the schedule display screen of another person is determined based on information in the access information storage unit 3f in the database server 30 (FIG. 1). . In the list of display screens acquired by clicking the menu “display” 12 c in the menu column 12, only the display screens of users that can be displayed on the user terminal 1 can be selected.

  In the user column 11 on the schedule display screen 20, information (name, etc.) of the user of the user terminal 10 (in this case, the user “B village B male”) is displayed, and in the designated member column 21, Information of a user who created a schedule to be displayed (that is, created this schedule using the schedule reservation screen 10 shown in FIG. 2) (hereinafter referred to as schedule creation user. In this case, user “A mountain A child”) ( Name).

  On the schedule display screen 20 of a user who does not belong to such a group and is designated as private, the schedule designated by the schedule creation user as a private schedule is displayed separately from other schedules for which such designation is not made. The

  Here, assuming that the schedule created by the user “A mountain A child” on the schedule reservation screen 10 shown in FIG. 2 is reserved as a private schedule, the schedule display screen 20 shown in FIG. In the time zone (time zone) from 15:00 to 17:00, this private schedule 25 is displayed. In this case, in this private schedule 25, the schedule and the date and time set on the schedule reservation screen 10 are displayed. A mark such as a key mark (hereinafter referred to as a private mark) 25a indicating the private schedule is displayed. That is, for the private public designated member (in this case, the user “B village B male”), the contents of the schedule are displayed, and together with this, the private indicating that this schedule is private to the schedule creation user A mark 25a is displayed.

  On the other hand, when a member outside the group who is not designated as a private public designated member by the user “A mountain A child” displays the schedule of this user “A mountain A child” on the schedule display screen 20, this user The private schedule 25 of “A mountain A child” is not displayed.

  In the display screen 20, the schedule display area 24 can be scrolled up and down together with the date field 23 by scroll means (not shown), so that different day and day schedules can be displayed. In addition, the schedule display area 24 can be scrolled to the left and right together with the time column 22 by scroll means (not shown), so that schedules at different times can be displayed.

  When the private schedule 25 is clicked on the schedule display screen 20, a private schedule confirmation screen for confirming a private public designation user for the schedule 25 is displayed.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of such a private schedule confirmation screen, in which 30 is a private schedule confirmation screen, 13f is a private public designation member display area, 17 is a sender column, and a portion corresponding to FIG. Are given the same reference numerals and redundant description is omitted.

  In the figure, the layout of the private schedule confirmation screen 30 is almost the same as that of the schedule reservation screen 10 shown in FIG. 2, but the private public designation member display area 13f is added to the member addition designation column 13d in the requirement reservation column 13. The name of the private public designated member (in this case, “B village B male” and “C river C beauty”) is displayed, and the schedule display screen 20 (see FIG. 4) is different from the user in that it indicates that the user (in this case, “A mountain A child”) as a sender is provided and the private schedule 25 is reserved by this sender. is there.

  In such a private schedule confirmation screen 30, by confirming the user name or organization name described in the private public designation member display area 13f, the private publication designation in which the private schedule 25 on the schedule display screen 20 shown in FIG. You can easily identify members. Also, the user of the schedule displayed on the schedule display screen 20 can be confirmed by the sender column 17.

  When the menu “Return” in the menu column 12 is selected on the private schedule confirmation screen 30, the display returns to the original schedule display screen 20 shown in FIG.

  Next, with respect to the schedule reservation screen 10 shown in FIG. 2, operations for reserving a requirement (schedule) performed on a fixed day of the week (this is referred to as “multiple-day designation reservation”) will be described with reference to FIGS. Will be described.

  In the case of this multi-day designation reservation, first, on this schedule reservation screen 10, as shown in FIG. 6, the multi-day designation column 14c in the date / time reservation column 14 is clicked. The schedule reservation screen 10 in FIG. 6 is the same as the schedule reservation screen 10 in FIG. 2 except that the requirements are different and the requirement reservation field 13 is shown in order to simplify the drawing. The private designation column 13c, member addition designation column 13d, and public member addition column 13e are omitted from FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 6, when the multi-day designation field 14c is clicked, as shown in FIG. 7, a multi-day selection screen 40a showing a calendar 41 for a predetermined period (here, 9 months) is displayed. Is displayed in a pop-up window, for example. The multi-day selection screen 40a displays a message 42 that guides the processing procedure, for example, “Please click the calendar date”. According to this message 42, the first of the multiple days is displayed. Specify the date on the calendar 41. Here, the date designation position 43 is clicked and designated as July 4, 2007.

  Here, an “OK” button 45, a “Cancel” button 46, and a “Clear” button 47 are provided on the multi-day selection screen 40a. When the “OK” button 45 is clicked, this multi-day selection screen 40a is selected. The date has been reserved on the screen 40a. In this case, only one day is reserved. On the other hand, when a plurality of dates required in the calendar 41 are clicked and an “OK” button 45 is clicked, these dates are simultaneously reserved for the items reserved in the item reservation column 13 in FIG. (I.e., such a requirement will be made on these days).

  The “cancel” button 46 cancels the selection operation for a plurality of days. When the “cancel” button 46 is clicked, the pop-up window shown in FIG. 7 disappears and shown in FIG. Return to screen display. Further, the “Clear” button 47 is used to cancel all reservations for the date reserved by clicking at the same time.

  In addition, when reserving a date for a predetermined period (for example, one week), the first date is designated by the calendar 41 and the batch setting column 44 is clicked as shown in FIG. Thereby, the multi-day selection screen 40b shown in FIG. 8 is displayed.

  In the multi-day selection screen 40b, details of the collective setting field 44, that is, a period designation field 44a, a repeat interval designation field 44b, and a day designation field 44c are displayed. The period designation field 44a designates a desired period starting from the date at the date designation position 43 designated by the calendar 41 (in this case, July 4, 2007). For example, “3 months” Is specified, the period from the start date to the last day of the three-month period (in this case, October 3, 2007) is set. The start date and end date of the desired period may be directly specified.

  The repeat interval designation field 44b is used when the reservation date is repeated at a predetermined interval, such as every week or every 10 days. When “every week” is set in the repeat interval designation field 44b, the day of the week designation field 44c becomes valid, and it can be designated by clicking on a desired day of the week.

  Now, in the period designation field 44a, “July 4, 2007 (Wednesday)” is set as the start date, the period “3 months” is designated, “Weekly” is designated in the repeat interval designation field 44b, and the day of the week designation field When “Wednesday” is designated in 44c and the “OK” button 45 is clicked, a multi-day selection screen 40c shown in FIG. 9 is displayed.

  In the multi-day selection screen 40c, the date specified on the multi-day selection screen 40a shown in FIG. 7 or the multi-day selection screen 40b shown in FIG.

  Here, in the multi-day selection screen 40b shown in FIG. 8, as the date 48 on which every Wednesday for three months from the designated July 4, 2007 is reserved, other dates can be selected by, for example, hatching or coloring. It is displayed so that it can be clearly distinguished.

  In this way, a plurality of dates can be reserved in a lump, and this reservation can be confirmed on the multi-day selection screen 40c. By clicking the “OK” button 45 on the multi-day selection screen 40c, the reservation of these dates is confirmed. On the schedule display screen 20 as shown in FIG. The schedule of the message will be displayed.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a second specific example of the schedule display screen displayed on the display unit 1b of the user terminal 1 in FIG. 1, wherein 50 is a schedule display screen, 51 is a calendar, and 52 is another member search field. , 53 are other member selection fields, 54a is a self-schedule display area, and 54b is another user schedule display area. Parts corresponding to those in the previous drawings are given the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  In the figure, the schedule display screen 50 of the second specific example is displayed on the display unit 1b of the user terminal 1 (FIG. 1) of the user of the user terminal 1 (hereinafter referred to as own user). The schedule and the schedules of other users (hereinafter referred to as other users) belonging to this user group can be displayed at the same time, and are displayed by an operation on the menu “display” 12 b in the menu column 12. be able to.

  In this schedule display screen 50, the calendar 51 for the specified month, the other member search column 52 for searching for other users who want to display the schedule, and other users searched in the other member search column 52 are displayed. An other member selection field 53 that can be selected is provided. In the calendar 51, a self-schedule display area 54a that displays the schedule of the self-user for each day, and another schedule display area 54b that displays the schedule of the other user, Is provided.

  When the schedule display screen 50 is started, the schedule, that is, the schedule of the own user is displayed only in the self-schedule display area 54a of the calendar 51, but the desired other user is displayed in the other-user schedule display area 54b. In order to display the schedule, other users are selected using the other member search field 52 and the other member selection field 53.

  For this purpose, first, other users are searched in the other member search field 52. Here, the surname of the user who desires the schedule is searched from the list of surnames of each user. The name of the user with the searched surname is displayed in the other member selection field 53. When there is only one corresponding other user, each schedule of the other user is immediately displayed in the other schedule display area 54b on the corresponding date of the calendar 51. However, when a plurality of other users are searched, another member selection is performed. The names of these other users are displayed in a column 53 so as to be selectable. Then, when the name of the other user desired by the user is clicked and selected, each schedule of the selected other user is displayed in the other schedule display area 54 b on the date corresponding to the calendar 51.

  Further, even if the other user's schedule is already displayed in the other schedule display area 54b of the calendar 51, if another user is selected using the other member search field 52 and the other member selection field 53 as described above. The other schedule display area 54b of the calendar 51 is switched to display the schedule of the newly selected other user.

  In this way, in the second specific example, the schedule of other users can be displayed at the same time with the own user, so that the own user can check the schedule of the other user and the schedule of the own user. For example, a new schedule related to other users can be created.

  The self-schedule display area 54a and the other schedule display area 54b may be distinguished from each other by providing a boundary line. However, if the background color is different in these areas 54a and 54b or the color of the displayed character is different. So that they can be clearly distinguished.

  In addition, even when the entire calendar 51 for one month cannot be displayed at the same time, the calendar 51 can be scrolled up and down by scroll means (not shown) so that a portion that has not been displayed is displayed. it can.

  Furthermore, also in the second specific example, by setting a schedule public designation member for the designated private schedule on the schedule reservation screen 10 shown in FIG. 2, this schedule public designation member can also be searched. In the retrieved schedule of the schedule public designation member, the private schedule can be publicly displayed as shown in FIG. The same applies to a schedule display screen described later.

  11 is a diagram showing a third specific example of the schedule display screen displayed on the display unit 1b of the user terminal 1 in FIG. 1, wherein 60 is a schedule display screen, 61 is a schedule table, 62 is a time column, Reference numeral 63 denotes a time reference location display column, 64 and 64a to 64g denote member columns, 65 denotes a schedule, and 66 denotes a date change column. The same reference numerals are given to portions corresponding to the previous drawings, and redundant description is omitted.

  In the figure, the schedule display screen 60 of the third specific example is configured to display the schedules of users in regions having different reference times at the same time, and is also called a so-called global schedule display screen.

  On this schedule display screen 60, a schedule table 61 for one day of a designated date is displayed, and is divided by hour by a time column 62. The date for displaying the schedule can be changed by operating the date change column 66. For example, today (time zone), previous day, last week, next day, next week, etc. can be changed. In addition, a member column 64 is provided on the left side of the schedule table 61, which includes a column 64a for the own user (here, “A mountain A child”) and a column 64a for one or more other users (including facilities). To 64 g. The schedule display screen 60 is also divided into the member fields 64a to 64g, and is displayed in the time zone corresponding to the schedule in each of the member fields 64a to 64g.

  In addition to the user, the schedule display screen 60 also displays the facility schedule. For example, “B meeting room” and “meeting room” are meeting rooms available to the displayed user.

  The time displayed in the time column 62 is the time at the time reference location displayed in the time reference location display column 63. In addition, the members displayed in the member column 64 are not limited to members at this time reference location, but may be members from around the world. In order to clarify the location of this member, in each member column 64a-64g, the execution place of the member's schedule is also displayed with the member name. For example, the schedule of the user “A mountain A child” is a schedule in “Tokyo” which is the time reference place at this time, but the schedule of the other member “JFK” is the time reference at this time. It is a schedule in "New York" that is different from the ground. This time reference location can be changed.

  The schedule 65 displayed in the schedule table 61 represents the scheduled execution period from the start to the end of the schedule, that is, the time zone, along with the requirements. The schedule is executed during the scheduled execution period. It is represented by the time at the place (local). For example, in the schedule of the user “A mountain A child”, the scheduled execution period is represented by the time at the detection “Tokyo”, and in the schedule of the other member “JFK”, the local “New York” The scheduled execution period is represented by time. Such time zone information is also stored in the time zone information storage unit 3g of the database server 3 (FIG. 1).

  Also, for each member, on-time (working time for users and organizations, normal available time for facilities) and off-time (overtime and facilities for users and organizations) In this case, the time outside the normal usable time) can be clearly distinguished, for example, by displaying the off time in gray.

  Further, when the schedules of a plurality of members are the same, for example, they are colored and displayed in the same color, and this is clearly indicated. For example, the schedule of “14: 00-17: 00 meeting” of “A mountain Ako” and the schedule of “14: 00-17: 00 meeting” of “B village B man” are the same meeting schedule. These are displayed in the same color.

  In this way, it is possible to display a global schedule, which makes it possible to directly check the schedules of members who are located overseas (for example, business trips, employees who are on the job, local clients, etc.) without making inquiries. You can check the free time of each member. You can also check the time difference from the site where the member is located.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a main part of a modified example of the schedule reservation screen 10 shown in FIGS. 2 and 13, where 70 is a reservation status display area, 71 is a reservation status time bar, and 72 to 75 are reserved availability ratio times. The same reference numerals are given to the portions corresponding to the above-mentioned drawings, and overlapping description is omitted.

In this modification, in this modification, a reservation status display area 70 is set along the time bar 14b ₂₁ in the time designation field 14b ₂ in the date / time reservation field 14 of the schedule reservation screen 10 shown in FIGS. The reservation status time bar 71 is displayed.

In the reservation status time bar 71, in the 24-hour time zone represented by the time bar 14b _21, a reservation free space ratio time zone 72 indicating a time zone in which all the members are unscheduled and vacant, and for example, a member Reservation ratio time zone 73 indicating 90% or more of the reserved vacancy ratio indicating a time slot in which 90% or more of the members are vacant and Reservation ratio time slot indicating a vacant time ratio of 75% or more in which 75% or more of the members are vacant 74, and a reservation availability ratio time zone 75 having a reservation availability ratio less than 75% indicating a time zone in which less than 75% of the members are vacant is set. In the status time bar 71, the time zone portion of the reserved time 14b ₂₄ determined by the time sliders 14b _23S and 14b _23E is displayed. Accordingly, by sliding the time sliders 14b _23S and 14b _23E to change the time zone of the reservation time 14b ₂₄ , the reservation status of the member in the time zone desired by the user can be confirmed. Schedules can be made during times when many members can attend.

  The reserved vacancy ratio time zones 72 to 75 can be distinguished from each other by different shade display or different coloring display.

  FIGS. 13 and 14 are diagrams showing a specific example of a schedule reservation screen capable of creating a memo. 10a is a schedule reservation screen, 80 is a user column, 81 is a requirement column, 82 is a destination column, and 83 is a destination column. The classification field, 84 is a member field, 85 is a sender field, 86 is an option field, 87, 87a to 87c are memory fields, 88 is a memo entry field, and 89 is a public member designation field.

  In FIG. 13, this schedule reservation screen 10a is provided with a memo column 87, and when creating a schedule, a contact memo can be created for this schedule.

  The business field 81 sets the business, the date and time, the presence / absence of attendance, etc., and the destination field 82 indicates the facility (for example, the A meeting room). The classification field 83 indicates the location of this facility ( For example, in-house) is set. Further, in the member column 84, a member or a facility of a group publicizing this schedule can be added or deleted. Further, in the transmission column 85, the name of the user (that is, the user of the user terminal 1) who creates this schedule and publishes it on the schedule display screen shown in FIGS. 4, 10, and 11 (in this case, “C River C ”is entered as the sender. Thereby, one schedule is created.

  The option column 86 is used to select whether or not to notify the schedule or memo also by e-mail and whether or not to make a reservation for a TV conference when executing this schedule. Further, by clicking the detailed setting button 86a, it becomes possible to confirm details of a schedule reservation with respect to a predetermined member as will be described later.

  Further, the schedule reservation screen 10a is provided with a plurality of memo fields 87, and it is possible to enter a memo and notify a member of the created schedule. A memo is written in the memo entry field 88 of each of the memo fields 87a to 87c, and a member who makes the memo public is designated by the public member designation field 89. The memo column 87 where no memo is written is, for example, displayed in a light gray and inactive, but when the memo is written, it is activated and displayed dark. The memo columns 87a and 87b are in an activated state where memos are entered, and the memo column 87c is in an inactive state in which no memos are entered.

  Therefore, when a memo is entered in the memo column 87c, it is activated and the state shown in FIG. 14 is obtained. In this case, three memos are created, and each memo is displayed at a predetermined place on the schedule display screen of the caller “C River Cmi” with the member designated in the public member designation field 89. In addition, by specifying the option field 86, a member to be disclosed by e-mail may be notified. Alternatively, a memo screen may be used and displayed separately from the schedule display screen together with the corresponding schedule.

  When a memo is entered in the inactive memo column 87 and activated, the next inactive memo column 87 appears, and the next memo can be entered.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a specific example of a reservation detail screen when a member to be disclosed is specified for the schedule reservation screen shown in FIG. 14, wherein 90 is a schedule reservation detail screen, 91 is an answer column, and FIG. , Parts corresponding to those in FIG.

  When the “detailed setting” button 86a in the option column 86 is clicked on the schedule reservation screen 10a shown in FIG. 14, a list of members designated in the public member designation column 89 is displayed, and when a predetermined member is designated from the list. The schedule reservation detail screen 90 shown in FIG. 15 is displayed for the designated member. Here, it is assumed that the member “D Daro” is designated.

  In this schedule reservation detail screen 90, information related to the reservation schedule created in the columns 13 to 85 is displayed, and a memo to be disclosed to the designated member “D Daro” is described in the memo column 87. Memo fields 87b and 87c are displayed.

  As a result, it is possible to confirm the contents of the schedule to be disclosed to the designated member “D Daro” and the memos related thereto.

  In the reply column 91 on the schedule reservation detail screen 90, a reply indicating whether or not the designated member “D Daro” can attend the created schedule is displayed.

1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a schedule management system according to the present invention. It is a figure which shows one specific example of the schedule reservation screen in embodiment shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a detailed explanatory diagram of a time designation field 14b ₂ in FIG. It is a figure which shows the 1st specific example of the schedule display screen displayed on the display part of the user terminal in FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of a private schedule confirmation screen for confirming private disclosure designated members of a private schedule on the schedule display screen shown in FIG. 4. It is a figure which shows a state when the multiple day designation | designated column is clicked on the schedule reservation screen shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific example of a multi-day selection screen for collectively reserving a plurality of days displayed by clicking on the multi-day designation field in FIG. 6. It is a figure which shows one specific example of the multi-day selection screen displayed by clicking the batch setting column in FIG. It is a figure which shows one specific example of the multi-day selection screen which displays the reservation result of the multi-day on the multi-day selection screen shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the 2nd specific example of the schedule display screen displayed on the display part of the user terminal in FIG. It is a figure which shows the 3rd specific example of the schedule display screen displayed on the display part of the user terminal in FIG. It is a figure which shows the principal part of the modification of the schedule reservation screen shown to FIG. 2, FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the schedule reservation screen which can produce the memo displayed on the display part of the user terminal in FIG. It is a figure which shows a state when a memo is added on the schedule reservation screen shown in FIG. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a specific example of a reservation details screen when a member to be disclosed is specified for the schedule reservation screen shown in FIG. 14.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 User terminal 1b Display part 1d Input part 2 Host server 3 Database server 3b Schedule information storage part 3c User information storage part 3d Facility information storage part 3e Calendar information storage part 3f Access right information storage part 3g Time zone information storage part 4 Network 10, 10a Schedule reservation screen 11 User field 12 Menu field 12a Menu “Reservation”
12b Menu “Action”
12c Menu “Display”
12d Menu “Back”
13 Reservation field 13a Message entry field 13b Message list display field 13c Private designation field 13d Public member addition designation field 13e Public member addition field 13e ₁ “User search” button 13e ₂ “Organization search” button 13e ₃ “Delete” Button 13e ₄ Member display area 13f Private public designation member display area 14 Date / time reservation column 14b ₁ , 14b ₂ hour designation column 14b ₂₁ Time bar 14b _22R , 14b _22L Time axis scroll button 14b _23S , 14b _23E Time slider 14b ₂₄ Reserved time 14d “Event” button 14c Multi-day designation field 15 Destination reservation field 16 Member field 17 Caller field 20 Schedule display screen 21 Designated member field 22 Time field 22a Time reference value field 23a-23g Date field 24 Schedule display area 25 Private Schedule specified screen 25a private mark 30 private schedule confirmation screen 40a-40c multiple day selection screen 41 calendar 42 message 43 date designation position 44 collective setting column 44a period designation column 44b repeat interval designation column 44c day of week designation column 45 “OK” button 46 “Cancel” button 47 “Clear” button 48 Scheduled date 50 Schedule display screen 51 Calendar 52 User search column 53 User column 54 a Self-schedule display area 54 b Other user schedule display area 60 Schedule display screen 61 Schedule table 62 Time column 63 Time base location display column 64, 64a to 64g Member column 65 Schedule 66 Date change column 70 Reservation status display area 71 Reservation status time bar 72 to 75 Vacancy ratio time zone 80 User field 81 Business field 82 Destination field 83 Classification field 84 Member field 85 Caller field 86 Option field 87, 87a-87c Memo field 88 Memo field 89 Public member designation field 90 Schedule reservation details screen 91 Answer column

Claims (3)

A management means for managing information about the schedule of members in different regions within the group;
A user terminal that obtains information on the schedule of members of the same group from the management means and displays on the display unit;
The user terminal corresponds to the schedule of each member of the group on the basis of the time on the schedule display screen represented by the time in the specified region based on the acquired information on the schedule. It is displayed at the time position, the schedule execution time in the area is displayed for each schedule to be displayed, and the area name is displayed in the member display column together with the name of the member. Schedule management system to do. In claim 1,
Providing means for selecting the area where the time is the time reference,
The time of the area selected by the selection means is used as the time reference on the schedule display screen. In claim 1 or 2,
The schedule management system, wherein the off-time of the member on which the schedule is displayed is displayed on the schedule display screen so as to be identifiable with respect to the on-time.

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