JP2009301445A - Lng reception supporting system, method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an LNG reception supporting system which shares information by using a network, and also provide a method therefor. <P>SOLUTION: The LNG reception supporting system is composed of three servers, that is, a Web server, a supporting server, and a database server. The Web server transmits, to a client terminal, Web pages which constitute a Web site which centrally manages information necessary for LNG reception, and automatically transmits an electronic mail, which describes the information input on the Web pages, to a fixed electronic mail address, and then stores information for browsing generated by the database server. The supporting server converts information extracted from the electronic mail in order to update the information stored in the storage part of the database server. The database server updates, the information stored in the storage part with the converted information and generates a data file for browsing on the basis of the information of the storage part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a LNG (Liquid Natural Gas) acceptance support system, and more specifically, information relating to LNG acceptance is stored in a database, and a file created therefrom is shared to realize efficient LNG acceptance. It is related with the LNG acceptance support system which can be used.

Conventionally, when an LNG ship enters a ship, documents of a port entry procedure from a plurality of traders, for example, contact information of persons concerned and application for boarding are required. Since these documents were submitted in paper media, they were gathered by hand and communicated to the whole, and information was shared by notifying gatekeepers and other information. Therefore, there are the following problems.
(1) It takes a lot of labor and time to put together documents.
(2) Since it is a paper medium, information is not quickly shared with the parties concerned.
(3) Since it is not easy to grasp information, it will hinder safe work.

As a solution to the above problem, for example, Patent Document 1 describes a technique for registering an electronic form in advance and efficiently creating a required form. It also describes the technology to be submitted to the government office through the communication line.
JP 2001-222608 A

  In the case of the invention described in Patent Document 1, the problem (2) can be solved by using an electronic form. However, since it is not possible to make a list of the information of the created form, it is necessary to collect the information (1), and the problem (3) is not solved. In addition, it is necessary to create a form in advance.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an LNG acceptance support system and method that can quickly and reliably use a network and can easily share information.

  In one aspect of the present invention, an LNG acceptance support system for accepting LNG from an LNG ship to a tank is provided. The LNG acceptance support system includes three servers: a Web server, a support server, and a database server (hereinafter, a database is referred to as DB for simplification). The Web server is a server that accumulates information such as HTML documents and images and transmits the information through a network such as the Internet in response to a request from client software such as a Web browser.

  In the above, the Web server is the contact information of persons concerned and the reception system that constitutes a dedicated Web site (hereinafter referred to as a site for simplification) that centrally manages information necessary for receiving LNG over the network. , Pre-acceptance meeting materials, pre-acceptance meeting attendees, ship visit application web pages (hereinafter referred to as pages for simplification) are sent to the client terminal, and the information entered on the pages is included in the body of the e-mail It is described in a predetermined format, has a mail hosting function for automatically sending the e-mail to a fixed e-mail address, and holds browsing information that can be used as an application created in a database server. The LNG acceptance support system uses a plurality of pages, and these are linked from the top page of the page. The support server is a server that receives the electronic mail and converts the data format of the information extracted from the text of the electronic mail in order to update the information held in the storage unit of the DB server. The DB server is a server that updates information held in the storage unit with the converted information and creates browsing information described in a markup language based on data in the storage unit.

  Here, the “mail hosting function” is to send a mail to a fixed mail address when making an inquiry on the page.

  Further, as another aspect, the present invention can be provided as an LNG acceptance support method using a computer or a computer program executed on the computer.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to quickly and surely and easily grasp information by sharing information necessary for receiving LNG on the network, and thus to establish a safety operation. Also, since each user can input information, work can be reduced. Furthermore, by constructing a site that collects all the information necessary for LNG acceptance, it is possible to centrally manage the information and smoothly accept LNG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of an information sharing system 1 to which the present invention is applied. Terminals 200-1, 200-2... 200-n (hereinafter simply referred to as client terminals when it is not necessary to distinguish between terminals 200-1 to 200-n) are client terminals on the user side, It is connected to a network 300 typified by the Internet or an intranet, and can perform transmission / reception with the Web server 100, the support server 110, and the DB server 120. A user can perform operations on the client terminal and perform processing on the Web server 100, the support server 110, the DB server 120, and the like via the network 300. However, the client terminal is connected to the support server 110 and the DB server 120 via the Web server 100. In addition, each server in this structure is not necessarily one unit, and may be composed of a plurality of units.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a basic system configuration diagram of a client terminal and a server of the information sharing support system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The Web server 100 includes a mail transmission unit 101, a page reception unit 102, a page transmission unit 103, an authentication unit 104, and a page DB 105. The support server 110 includes a mail receiving unit 111, a mail analyzing unit 112, and a data transmitting unit 113. Furthermore, the DB server 120 includes a DB update unit 121, a page creation unit 122, and an acceptance support DB 123. The acceptance support DB 123 is an example of a storage unit. The storage unit is not limited to a hard disk, but may be an external storage device such as a memory, a magnetic tape, or a flexible disk.

  The mail transmission unit 101 describes the information input on the page in the mail text and transmits it to a predetermined fixed mail address. The page receiving unit 102 receives a page created by the DB server 120 from the DB server 120 and stores it in the page DB 105. When a page display request is received from the client terminal, the page stored in the page DB 105 is provided to the user of the client terminal via the page transmission unit 103. When performing access control with a page ID and password, the authentication unit 104 checks whether the password for the ID is correct. The mail receiving unit 111 receives the mail transmitted by the mail transmitting unit 101. The received mail is converted into a format in which the information of the DB server can be updated by the mail analysis unit 112, for example, a CSV format in which data is separated by commas “,” and the information is transferred from the data transmission unit 113 to the DB server 120. Sent. The DB update unit 121 updates the acceptance support DB 123 with the information created by the support server 110. When the acceptance support DB 123 is updated, the page creation unit 122 creates a page for the updated information and transmits it to the Web server 100.

  The acceptance support DB 123 stores information in a table format for each page. A table has rows, columns, and fields for entering information. As an example of the table, there is Microsoft Excel (registered trademark, hereinafter referred to as Excel for simplification) of Microsoft Corporation. “Registration, update, deletion” of table information is realized by always overwriting information. Details will be described later.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow of the information sharing system. Hereinafter, the processing flow of FIG. 3 will be described with reference to the screen examples of FIGS. 4 and 5. When information is input to the dedicated page sent from the Web server 100 to the client terminal and the send button is pressed, the process starts. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a page for inputting information. On the page, the data currently registered in the table corresponding to the page is displayed in the acceptance support DB 123. To change the information on the page, press the send button after changing the information. Press the clear button to delete all the information displayed on the page.

  Information “registration, update, and deletion” will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a page for inputting information. In the display example of this page, when adding new information, a registrant's name, a registrant's e-mail address, a company name, a title, a name, and the like are entered in predetermined columns. When updating, the content of the information displayed on the page is corrected. When deleting, delete the information to be deleted from the page or overwrite it with other information. The information input field on the page has position information. For example, the top of the company name is 1-1, the top of the title is 2-1, and the second of the title is 2-2. This position information matches the position information of the table corresponding to this page of the acceptance support DB 123. After the send button is pressed, the mail sending unit 101 describes the information displayed on the page and the position information of the column in which the information is input in a predetermined format specified by the mail hosting function in the mail body, and fixed. To the e-mail address (step S1 in FIG. 3). The predetermined format will be described later. The email address may be set in the page or in the email transmission unit 101. The registrant mail address is notified that the information entered in the fixed address has been transmitted.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an email created by the email transmission unit 101. Here, the case where the information displayed on the page shown in FIG. 4 is transmitted will be described. A fixed address specified on the page is input to the destination. Be sure to identify the page to send information from the subject of the email and the sender of the email. Information input on the page is converted into a predetermined format. The predetermined format depends on the mail transmission program to be used. For example, there is a method of arranging information corresponding to items as shown in FIG. When describing in the mail, the company name is converted to an alphabetic name such as “COMPANY” and the title is “OFFICIALITLE”. Like “COMPANY = 1-1, ○ × Company”, “OFFICIALTITLE = 1-2, responsible”, the item name at the top of the page is connected to the input information and its position information by equals, one line at a time Describe in. As another example, there is a method of connecting all the lines from the company name to E-mail. In this case, “(1) = 1−1, ○ × company, 1-2, charge,..., 1-n, abc@xxxx.co.jp” is described in each line.

  The mail received by the support server 110 is transferred from the mail receiving unit 111 to the mail analyzing unit 112, and information is edited (step S2 in FIG. 3). Editing information means changing the information described in the mail text to a predetermined format in order to update the acceptance support DB 123. The predetermined format includes a CSV (Comma Separated Values) format and the like. The CSV format is text data and a text file in which several fields (items) are separated by a comma “,”. The CSV format may be extended to include not only “,” but also characters not used for input information such as “%” and “:”, text data and text files separated by white space. Further, information on which table of the acceptance support DB 123 is updated is acquired together with the title of the mail and the source address. Information edited in the CSV format or the like is transferred from the data transmission unit 113 to the DB update unit 121 (step S3 in FIG. 3).

  The table of the acceptance support DB 123 corresponding to the page in which the information is input is updated with the information passed in step S3. For the information “registered, updated, deleted”, the information in the table is overwritten based on the position information (step S4 in FIG. 3). However, the information on the same position information in the CSV file and the table is compared, and only the information on the position with different contents is overwritten. A page is created from the table changed in step S4 (step S5 in FIG. 3). An existing method is used as a method for creating a page. If the table is created in Excel (registered trademark), it can be created by saving the table in the “.html” or “.html” format. The created page is sent to the Web server 100 (step S6 in FIG. 3) and stored in the page DB 105 (step S7 in FIG. 3). At this time, if a page with the same name exists, it is overwritten with a new page. FIG. 6 shows a diagram in which the pages stored in the page DB 105 are displayed on the client terminal. Information input on the page shown in FIG. 4 is displayed as a page.

  In this way, by sharing a site composed of a plurality of pages on the network, information can be easily shared between the parties concerned. However, there is a problem that information can be seen by anyone other than those involved in information sharing on the network. Therefore, an ID and a password are set in order to restrict access to pages on the site. If access is restricted to the top page with an ID and password, it is possible to control access to the entire site. Also, by setting an ID and password for each page, access control can be performed for each page. There are various types of access control such as changeable and browsing only.

  Embodiments of the LNG acceptance support system of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  The network configuration and system configuration of the LNG acceptance support system are the same as those of the information sharing system. The page DB105 includes the top page of the LNG acceptance support system site, contact information, boarding application, acceptance system, pre-acceptance meeting materials, attendees at the pre-acceptance meeting, ship visit application, acceptance process, distribution of related materials, explanation, The page is retained. The reception support DB 123 holds a table including information corresponding to a contact address, a boarding application, a reception system, pre-acceptance meeting materials, pre-acceptance meeting attendees, and a ship visit application page.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the top page of the site of the LNG acceptance support system. The top page shows the total number of LNG receipts for the next year, the date and time, and the name of the LNG ship to enter. At the top of the page is the contact, boarding application, acceptance system, pre-acceptance meeting materials, pre-acceptance meeting attendees, ship visit application, acceptance process, distribution of related materials and explanations required for LNG acceptance. The link is stretched. Each will be described below.

  FIG. 6 shows a page of a contact list at the time of LNG acceptance. Information necessary for contacting the company classification, company name, company manager's title, person name, order, telephone number, mobile phone, FAX, E-mail when LNG is accepted is displayed. In the category of the company, enter the type of business of the company. In addition, the priority order of communication is described in order, and the priority order may be an overall priority order or a certain company order. To change this list, the information change page is displayed by pressing the section. In this example, information is changed for each category, but may be changed for each company or individual. FIG. 4 shows a page for changing the contact information at the time of LNG acceptance. Information associated with the selected category is displayed. Here, information other than the category described in the contact information can be changed. As described above, when the contact information is a page on the Internet, the information can be changed or the information can be acquired in real time.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a page for making an LNG base boarding application. Cargo handling personnel ID NO. The maximum number of applications, group name, and last update time are displayed. A group is a group divided according to work, company, or type of business. Examples include sellers and XX Petroleum Corporation. This page makes it easy to know how many groups are applying for boarding. When you press one of the group names, the page will change to the application form input page.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a page for inputting an LNG base boarding application form. Company name, name, affiliation, purpose / camera model, mobile phone number, information required for boarding pass. The passenger list can be created by printing this page in which this information is input. Being able to describe the presence or absence of a commuter pass makes it easier to interact with the guardhouse.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a page of the acceptance system plan. There are two acceptance systems: the acceptance operation system and the witness system. In the acceptance operation system, the name of the person in charge of each department / person, the assigned duty, the assigned time, the location, etc. are described. The acceptance witness system includes the company or person concerned, the time of witness, and the location.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a page for changing the acceptance witness system. Changes can be made for each company or person in charge, and the times when attendance is required can be changed. Also on this page, information can be changed and information can be acquired in real time.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a pre-acceptance meeting material page. Information necessary for the conference, such as the date and time of the conference, the location of the conference, the number of participants, the name of the LNG ship entering the vessel, and the cargo properties, is described. By sharing meeting materials, information can be shared with absentees and non-participants.

  FIG. 13 is a page for changing the pre-acceptance meeting material. Since the materials are on the Internet, many people can correct the materials, and the information of many people can be integrated into one. Thereby, information leakage can be prevented.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a page for inputting pre-acceptance meeting attendees. You can link to this page either from the top page or from the pre-accept meeting page. Since the meeting target person can input attendance in real time and is released in real time, it is possible to accurately grasp the attendees of the meeting.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a page for making a ship visit application. The registered group, the visit time of the group, the application company name, and the application time are displayed. From this page, you can easily find out the groups that are applying for ship visits. In this example, the group name is not registered. When you press one of the group names, the page will change to the application form input page.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a page for inputting a ship visit application form. Information necessary for ship visit application of name, company name, affiliation, title, current address, telephone number can be described. In this example, since there is no group registration, nothing is displayed on the application form input page. The name and company name can be entered in both Japanese and English.

  When information is input on this page, the group name is posted on the page for ship application shown in FIG. In some cases, the application is made on a paper medium instead of the information input on the page shown in FIG. Therefore, in order to make a ship visit application, the same sheet as the format shown in FIG. 16 can be prepared and downloaded at the bottom of the page. Not only can information be shared in real time, but it is also possible to create an application form by printing the information entered on the page.

  In addition, information to be shared can be used as a page in the site, although no information is input by a related party. In this embodiment, the acceptance process, related materials, and explanation correspond to this. These are updated by some people such as site managers, and are normally viewed only by related parties. As a result, the determined information and the like can be made known to all concerned parties at once.

  Although the present invention has been described based on the embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. The effects described in the embodiments of the present invention are only the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are limited to those described in the embodiments or examples of the present invention. Is not to be done.

It is a figure which shows the structure of one Embodiment of the information sharing system 1 to which this invention is applied. It is a figure which shows the basic system structure of the client terminal and server of the information sharing assistance system 1 in one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the processing flow of an information sharing system. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the page which inputs information. It is a figure which shows the example of an email produced in a mail transmission part. The figure which the Web file stored in page DB was displayed on the client terminal is shown. It is a figure which shows the top page of the site | part of a LNG reception assistance system. It is a figure which shows the page for performing LNG base boarding application. It is a figure which shows the page for performing LNG base boarding boarding application input. It is a figure which shows the page of an acceptance system plan. It is a figure which shows the page which changes an acceptance witness system. It is a figure which shows the page of the meeting material before reception. It is a figure which shows the page which changes the meeting material before acceptance. It is a figure which shows the page which inputs the meeting attendee before acceptance. It is a figure which shows the page for performing ship visit application. It is a figure which shows the page for performing ship visit application input.

Explanation of symbols

100 Web server 101 Mail transmission unit 102 Page reception unit 103 Page transmission unit 104 Authentication unit 105 Page DB
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 110 Support server 111 Mail receiving part 112 Mail analysis part 113 Data transmission part 120 DB server 121 DB update part 122 Page creation part 123 Acceptance support DB

Claims (5)

An LNG acceptance support system for accepting LNG from an LNG ship to a tank,
A database server having a storage unit;
A Web page constituting a dedicated Web site for centrally managing information necessary for accepting LNG via the network is transmitted to the client terminal, and the information input on the Web page is specified in the body of the e-mail. A Web that has a mail hosting function that automatically transmits the e-mail to a fixed e-mail address, and holds browsing information that can be used as an application created in the database server Server,
A support server that receives the electronic mail and converts a data format of information extracted from the body of the electronic mail in order to update a storage unit of the database server;
With
The database server updates the storage unit with the converted information and creates the browsing information described in a markup language based on data in the storage unit.   2. The LNG acceptance support system according to claim 1, wherein the web-dedicated site is composed of a related person contact address, a boarding application, a reception system, a pre-accept meeting material, a pre-accept meeting attendee, and a ship visit application web page. An LNG acceptance support method for accepting LNG from an LNG ship to a tank,
A Web page constituting a dedicated Web site for centrally managing information necessary for accepting LNG via the network is transmitted to the client terminal, and the information input on the Web page is specified in the body of the e-mail. And automatically sending the email to a fixed email address by a mail hosting function;
Receiving the email and converting the information extracted from the body of the email into a predetermined format;
Holding the extracted information as acceptance support information;
Creating browsing information that can be used as an application form from the acceptance support information;
LNG acceptance support method including   The LNG acceptance support method according to claim 3, wherein the dedicated website includes a contact information of a person concerned, an application for boarding, an acceptance system, a meeting material before acceptance, attendees at a meeting before acceptance, and a web page for application to visit a ship. A computer program for supporting LNG reception when receiving LNG from an LNG ship to a tank,
A Web page constituting a dedicated Web site for centrally managing information necessary for accepting LNG via the network is transmitted to the client terminal, and the information input on the Web page is specified in the body of the e-mail. And automatically sending the email to a fixed email address by a mail hosting function;
Receiving the email and converting the information extracted from the body of the email into a predetermined format;
Holding the extracted information as acceptance support information;
Creating browsing information that can be used as an application form from the acceptance support information;
A computer program that causes a computer to execute.

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