JP2010079696A - Final decision device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To promote confirmation of an application content to an approver who performs approval processing of the application. <P>SOLUTION: A final decision device 10 includes: an auxiliary storage device 13 for storing document data indicating an application content and specified browsing time of each application content; and a CPU 11 which displays the application content to a client PC 2 by a display control program 21, measures a browsing time when the application content is displayed to the client PC2 by a measurement program 22, and prohibits performance of approval processing when the browsing time falls short of the specified browsing time as a result of comparison by a determination program 23. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a decision making apparatus and a program.

In business, etc., an approver may confirm and approve an application made by the applicant. A system for performing such application and approval work using a computer is known. When such a system is used, the application process is performed using document data such as an electronic document, and the approver confirms the document data and performs an input operation for approval (for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-279335 A

  However, in the system of Patent Document 1, the approver may advance the approval process without necessarily grasping the application content. This is because the approver can complete the approval work only by performing an input operation for approval, and it is not checked whether the document data of the application contents has been confirmed before the input operation of approval. is there. That is, the approver can approve without confirming the document data content of the application content, and therefore the approver can proceed with the approval process without grasping the application content.

  An object of the present invention is to allow an approver who performs an approval process for an application to prompt confirmation of the application contents.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the approval apparatus according to the invention described in claim 1 displays the application content on the application content storage means for storing the application content from the applicant terminal and the approver terminal that performs the approval processing of the application content. Display control means for measuring, measuring means for measuring the time when the application content is displayed on the approver terminal, specified browsing time storage means for storing a specified browsing time, and the time measured by the measuring means is the specified And a control means for prohibiting the approval process for the application contents when the viewing time is not reached.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the approval apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the approval apparatus includes a predetermined browsing time determining unit that determines the predetermined browsing time based on the contents of the application.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the approval apparatus according to the second aspect, the specified browsing time determining means determines the specified browsing time based on a data amount of the application content.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the approval apparatus according to the second or third aspect, the specified browsing time determining means determines the specified browsing time based on the importance of the application content.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the approval device according to any one of the second to fourth aspects, the prescribed browsing time determining means determines the prescribed browsing time based on a role of an approver. And

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the approval apparatus according to any one of the second to fifth aspects, the prescribed browsing time determining means determines the prescribed browsing time based on money amount data included in the application content. It is characterized by doing.

  The program according to claim 7 is an application content storage means for storing application contents from an applicant terminal, a display control means for displaying application contents on an approver terminal that performs an approval process for the application contents, and the application contents are: Measuring means for measuring the time displayed on the approver terminal, specified browsing time storage means for storing a specified browsing time, and approval for the application content when the time measured by the measuring means is less than the specified browsing time It is characterized by functioning as control means for prohibiting processing.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prompt the approver who performs the approval process for the application to confirm the application content.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments. The embodiment of the present invention shows the most preferable mode of the invention, and the application of the invention is not limited to this.

FIG. 1 shows a main configuration of an approval system 1 including an approval apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The approval system 1 connects the client PC 2 for displaying and inputting information related to application or approval, the approval device 10 for performing various processes related to application and approval, and the client PC 2 and the approval device 10 so as to be able to communicate with each other. A network 3.

  The client PC 2 is a so-called personal computer, which has a CPU, RAM, ROM, display device, input device, communication device, and the like (not shown), displays information on various processing contents related to application and approval performed by the approval device 10, and each processing Input operations can be performed on the contents.

  The configuration of the approval system 1 shown in FIG. 1 is provided with one client PC 2, but the client PC 2 as an applicant terminal operated by the applicant and the client PC 2 as an approver terminal operated by the approver A plurality of client PCs 2 may be provided.

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the approval apparatus 10.
The approval apparatus 10 includes a CPU 11, a main storage device 12, an auxiliary storage device 13, an input device 14, a display device 15, and a communication device 16.

The CPU 11 performs various operations related to the operation of the approval device 10 according to various input contents performed via the input device 14 and the communication device 16 and various programs and data contents that can be read from the storage device such as the auxiliary storage device 13. Process and control.
The main storage device 12 is a so-called RAM, and functions as a storage area for storing data temporarily generated in processing performed by the CPU 11.

The auxiliary storage device 13 is a rewritable storage device such as a hard disk or a flash memory, and stores various programs (not shown), data, and the like that are read in the processing performed by the CPU 11.
In addition to the various programs and data described above, the auxiliary storage device 13 stores at least a browsing time information management database 13a, an application content information management database 13b, a specified browsing time information management database 13c, and an approval processing program 20. The approval processing program 20 includes at least a display control program 21, a measurement program 22, a determination program 23, and a specified browsing time calculation program 24. These databases and programs will be described later.

The input device 14 is a device that enables an input operation by an operator (operator) of the approval device 10, and examples thereof include a keyboard and a mouse.
The display device 15 is a device that displays an output generated in the processing by the CPU 11, and examples thereof include a CRT and a liquid crystal display.
The communication device 16 is a device that enables communication with the client PC 2 and the like via the network 3, and examples thereof include a NIC.

Next, the approval process in the approval system 1 will be described.
FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing permission / prohibition of approval processing in the approval system 1.
When an application and an application approval request are made by the applicant via the client PC 2, the approver views the document data 30 (see FIG. 5) including the application contents of the application for which the approval request has been made and approves the application. An input operation (approval process) can be performed. At this time, the viewing time of the document data 30 by the approver is measured by the approval apparatus 10. The browsing time is the time when the document data 30 including the application content is displayed on the display device of the client PC 2, and is individually measured and managed for each approval process.

  When the viewing time of the document data 30 by the approver is less than the predetermined time (specified browsing time), the approval device 10 prohibits the approval processing, and when the browsing time satisfies the specified browsing time, the approval device 10 performs the approval processing. Allow.

Specifically, as shown in the pattern A of FIG. 3, after the approver starts browsing the document data 30 including the application content, even if the approval process is performed in a state where the browsing time is less than the specified browsing time, The approval process is prohibited by the device 10.
On the other hand, as shown in the pattern B of FIG. 3, after the approver starts browsing the document data 30 including the application content, the approval process is permitted when the browsing time satisfies the specified browsing time.

  When receiving the document data browsing request from the client PC 2, the CPU 11 transmits data for displaying the requested document data 30 on the client PC 2 and starts measuring browsing time. Thereafter, when an input operation of the approval process is performed on the client PC 2, data corresponding to the input operation is transmitted from the client PC 2 to the decision making apparatus 10. The CPU 11 compares the browsing time at the time of receiving data corresponding to the input operation with the prescribed browsing time of the application, and determines whether to permit / prohibit the approval process depending on whether the browsing time satisfies the prescribed browsing time. .

  When the document data 30 including the application content is browsed in a plurality of times, the browsing time is measured and managed in a cumulative manner. That is, the CPU 11 determines permission / prohibition of the approval process depending on whether or not the cumulative browsing time satisfies the specified browsing time.

  For example, as shown in patterns C and D in FIG. 3, consider a case where the approver stops browsing once after starting browsing the document data 30 including the application contents, and then resumes browsing. At this time, as shown in the pattern C, even if the approval process is performed in a state where the total browsing time of the browsing time before the browsing is interrupted and the browsing time after the browsing is resumed does not reach the specified browsing time, the settlement apparatus 10 prohibits the approval process. On the other hand, as shown in the pattern D, when the cumulative browsing time satisfies the specified browsing time, the approval process is permitted. Similarly, even when browsing is interrupted twice or more, the CPU 11 determines whether to permit or prohibit the approval process depending on whether or not the cumulative browsing time satisfies the specified browsing time.

When the browsing is interrupted, data indicating that the display of the document data 30 by the client PC 2 has been completed is transmitted from the client PC to the decision making apparatus 10. When the approval apparatus 10 receives data indicating that the display of the document data 30 is completed, the CPU 11 ends the measurement of the browsing time and records the browsing time until the end in the browsing time information management database 13a. At this time, the browsing time recorded in the browsing time information management database 13a is associated with the displayed document data 30. That is, the past browsing time is recorded for each document data 30. When browsing of the same document data 30 is interrupted twice or more, the browsing time obtained by accumulating the browsing time previously recorded in the browsing time information management database 13a and the newly measured browsing time is changed to the browsing time. It is recorded in the information management database 13a.
When an approval process is performed for an application based on the document data 30 that has been interrupted in the past, the CPU 11 records the browsing time of the document data 30 at the time of the approval process and the browsing time information management database 13a. Of the browsed times, the time obtained by accumulating the browse time corresponding to the document data 30 is compared with the specified browse time, and permission / prohibition of the approval process is determined.

  That is, the browsing time information management database 13a stores the time when the approver browsed the document data 30 of the application content. The browsing time information management database 13a stores application contents and browsing time in association with each other.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the data structure of the browsing time information management database 13a.
As shown in FIG. 4, the browsing time information management database 13a has a workflow number and browsing time record.

  The workflow number is a unique number assigned to each application content, and is associated with the document data 30 indicating the application content by the application document information management database 13b described later. That is, the application content can be identified by the workflow number.

  The browsing time is the time when the approver displays the document data on the client PC 2 for the application content indicated by the workflow number, and is measured by the CPU 11 as described above.

  The CPU 11 performs processing related to the approval processing including determination of permission / prohibition of the approval processing by reading the approval processing program 20 and executing the processing. Specifically, the display control program 21 displays the document data 30 corresponding to the application content on the client PC 2, the measurement program 22 measures the browsing time of the document data 30 on the client PC 2, and the determination program 23 defines the browsing time. It has the function of comparing with the browsing time and deciding permission / prohibition of approval processing.

  The specified browsing time is calculated by the CPU 11 by the specified browsing time calculation program 24. The specified browsing time is determined based on the presence or absence of a plurality of elements included in the application content. As elements for determining the prescribed browsing time, the number of input items of the word data item 31 included in the document data 30 used for the application, the data amount of the text data item, the importance of the text, the role of the approver, and the value of the amount data item There is. In the following, description will be given in order.

First, the document data 30 will be described.
FIG. 5 shows an example of the document data 30.
As shown in FIG. 5, the document data 30 includes word data items 31 such as application date, name, affiliation, and the like, and text data items 32 indicating application contents. The word data item 31 is data in which the description location in the document data and the data type are predetermined for any document data 30, and in the case of the document data 30 that does not require the word data item 31 to be described, The word data item 31 is blank. The text data item is data including a character string that specifically describes the content of the application based on the document data 30.

  The document data 30 is stored in the auxiliary storage device 13. The auxiliary storage device 13 stores each document data individually. For example, when an application using a certain type of document data 30 is made through the client PC 2 for the type of document data 30 such as an entrance application form, an attendance declaration form, a request for approval, or an estimate, the CPU 11 is requested from the client PC 2. The type of document data 30 is called from the auxiliary storage device 13 and transmitted to the client PC 2. Further, the document data 30 edited by the client PC 2 in accordance with the application is stored in the auxiliary storage device 13 so as to be individually identifiable. At this time, the application content and the document data 30 are associated by the application content information management database 13b. Approval approval by the approver for the application, that is, information on whether or not the application has been approved is also stored in the application content information management database 13b in association with the application content.

  That is, the application content information management database 13b associates an application, the document data 30 used for the application, and approval or disapproval of the application.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the data structure of the application content information management database 13b.
As shown in FIG. 6, the application content information management database 13b includes a workflow number, a document type, a document name, an applicant name, “application content 1”, “application content 2”, an approver, an approver role, and a workflow. Has a state record.

  The workflow number is the same as the workflow number of the browsing time information management database 13a described above, and each database is associated with the workflow number. That is, the workflow number is a key item.

The document type is a record indicating the document type of the document data 30 used for the application, and is one of the elements that determine the specified browsing time.
The document name is a record indicating the document name of the document data 30. The applicant name is a record indicating the name of the person who made the application. “Application contents 1” and “application contents 2” are records indicating the application contents of the application, and for example, an application date and an outline of the application contents are set as values.

The approver is a record indicating the name of the approver who performs the approval process for the application.
The role of the approver is a record indicating the role of the approver who performs the approval process of the application, and is one of the elements that determine the specified browsing time.

  The workflow status is a record showing the progress status of the approval process for the application. For example, “Approval requesting” indicates that the approval request request to the approver has been completed, and “Approval completed” Indicates that the approval process has been completed.

Hereinafter, the elements included in the document data 30 and the specified browsing time will be described.
First, the relationship between the number of input items of the word data item 31 and the prescribed browsing time will be described.
As shown in FIG. 5, when the word data item 31 is included in the document data 30, a predetermined time (for example, 2 [seconds]) is added to the specified browsing time for each word data item 31 entered. The CPU 11 detects the number of entered word data and adds a time corresponding to the number to the specified browsing time. That is, when the time added by the word data item 31 is V [seconds], the CPU 11 calculates V by the following equation (1).
V = 2 × number of word data items (1)

Next, the relationship between the data amount of the text data item and the specified browsing time will be described.
For each data amount 1 [byte] of the text data item, a predetermined time (for example, 20 [seconds]) different from the predetermined time in the word data is added to the specified browsing time. CPU11 calculates the data amount of a text data item, and adds the time according to the data amount to regulation browsing time. That is, when the time added according to the data amount of the text data item is W [seconds], the CPU 11 calculates W by the following equation (2).
W = 20 x text data item data amount [byte] (2)

Next, the relationship between the importance of sentences and the specified browsing time will be described.
An addition time predetermined for each document type of the document data 30 is added to the specified browsing time.
FIG. 7 shows an example of table data in which document types, importance levels, and addition times are associated with each other.
As shown in FIG. 7, the document type of the document data 30 used for the application, the importance level, and the addition time are associated with each other in advance and stored in the auxiliary storage device 13. The CPU 11 stores the document type 30 in the application content information management database 13 b. The addition time is determined based on the document type associated with the application workflow number and the table data shown in FIG. 7 and added to the specified browsing time. The importance is, for example, a parameter ranked like A to C, and the importance of the rank corresponding to the importance of confirmation with respect to the application content is associated. The importance level and the addition time are associated with each other so as to have a certain relationship. When the importance level of the document data 30 is determined, the addition time corresponding to the importance level is determined.

Next, the relationship between the role of the approver and the specified browsing time will be described.
An addition time predetermined for each role of the approver is added to the specified browsing time.
FIG. 8 shows an example of table data in which the role of the approver is associated with the addition time.
As shown in FIG. 8, the role of the approver who performs the approval process and the addition time are associated with each other and stored in the auxiliary storage device 13 in advance.

  The CPU 11 determines an addition time based on the role of the approver associated with the workflow number of the application in the application content information management database 13b and the table data shown in FIG. 8, and adds it to the specified browsing time.

Next, the relationship between the value of the money amount data item and the specified browsing time will be described.
A predetermined addition time is added to the specified browsing time for each amount represented by the amount data item included in the document data 30. The amount data item is an item representing an amount related to the application content such as an amount handled by the application content based on the document data 30.
FIG. 9 shows an example of table data in which the amount of money is associated with the addition time.
As shown in FIG. 9, the amount represented by the amount data item and the addition time are associated with each other in advance and stored in the auxiliary storage device 13.

The CPU 11 determines an addition time based on the amount of the amount data item included in the document data 30 and the table data shown in FIG. 9 and adds it to the specified browsing time.
In order to specify the amount data item included in the document data 30, for example, an area for inputting the amount data item may be provided in the document data, or a mechanism for extracting the amount data item from the text data item is provided. Also good. Examples of the extraction mechanism include OCR processing for text data items and processing for extracting a specific code (for example, “\” mark, etc.), but the processing content is not limited as long as the monetary data item can be specified.

  When one document data 30 includes a plurality of amount data items, the addition time may be determined based on the amount data item indicating the maximum amount.

The CPU 11 calculates, as the specified browsing time of the document data 30, a calculation result that takes into account all the time added to the specified browsing time by the above-described elements. That is, the time added by the importance of the sentence is X [seconds], the time added by the role of the approver is Y [seconds], the time added by the amount of the amount data item is Z [seconds] When the time is U [seconds], the CPU 11 calculates the specified browsing time by the following equation (3).
U = V + W + X + Y + Z (3)

  The CPU 11 records the calculated specified browsing time in the specified browsing time information management database 13c. At this time, the CPU 11 associates the document data 30 with the specified browsing time calculated based on the elements included in the document data 30 by the workflow number. When the approval process from the client PC 2 is performed, the CPU 11 calls the specified browsing time corresponding to the document data 30 called for the approval process from the specified browsing time information management database 13c, and sets the browsing time and the specified browsing time. A comparison is made to determine whether approval processing is permitted / prohibited.

  That is, the specified browsing time information management database 13c stores the specified browsing time for each document data 30 calculated by the CPU 11.

  When the content of the document data 30 is updated, the CPU 11 calculates the specified browsing time again, and updates the specified browsing time stored in the specified browsing time information management database 13c.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the data structure of the specified browsing time information management database 13c.
As shown in FIG. 10, the specified browsing time information management database 13c includes a record of a workflow number and a specified browsing time.

The workflow number is the same as the workflow number of the browsing time information management database 13a described above, and each database is associated with the workflow number. That is, the workflow data associates the document data 30 used for the application, the browsing time of the application, and the specified browsing time of the application.
The specified browsing time is the specified browsing time calculated for the application content indicated by the workflow number, and is calculated by the CPU 11 based on each element of the document data 30 as described above.

Next, the operation of the approval apparatus 10 will be described using the flowcharts of FIGS.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing processing from application to approval.
When an application is made from the applicant terminal, document data 30 indicating the application content is registered (step S1). When the document data 30 is registered, the CPU 11 stores the document data 30 in the application content information management database 13b (step S2), and makes an approval request request to the approver who performs the approval process for the application (step S3). . The approval request request in step S3 is, for example, by e-mail transmission to the approver or the like, but may be any method that can confirm that the approver has been requested for approval. In step S <b> 2, the CPU 11 calculates the specified browsing time based on the elements included in the document data 30, and stores it in the specified browsing time information management database 13 b in association with the document data 30.

  Thereafter, when the approver who has received the approval request request in step S3 starts checking the application content (step S4), the CPU 11 performs display processing of the application content information (step S5).

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the application content information display process shown in step S5 of FIG.
First, a display request for the document data 30 of the application content is made from the client PC 2 operated by the approver, and the approval apparatus 10 receives the display request (step S21). The CPU 11 reads the document data 30 stored in step S2 from the auxiliary storage device 13, and transmits it to the client PC 2 (step S22). The client PC 2 that has received the document data 30 displays the document data 30. That is, the data transmission in step S22 depends on the function of the display control program 21.

  Further, the CPU 11 measures the browsing time of the document data 30 transmitted in step S22, and records the measured browsing time in the browsing time information management database 13a (step S23). Specifically, the CPU 11 starts measurement from the time of data transmission in step S22, and measures according to the reception result of the input operation content in the client PC 2 (for example, reception of data indicating that the display of the document data 30 is completed). The browsing time thus recorded is recorded in the browsing time information management database a. At this time, the CPU 11 checks whether or not the browsing time of the workflow number of the application is already in the browsing time information management database 13a (step S24), and if there is (step S24: YES), the already recorded browsing time and The measured browsing time is cumulatively added and recorded (step S25). When the browsing time of the workflow number of the application is not in the browsing time information management database 13a (step S24: NO), the CPU 11 records the measured browsing time in the browsing time information management database 13a. The application content information display process is thus completed.

  The application content information display process can be performed a plurality of times according to the input operation content to the client PC 2. For example, when the browsing of the document data 30 is once ended and then the browsing of the document data 30 is started again, an input operation is performed on the client PC 2 on which the document data 30 is displayed (step S6). The CPU 11 performs the application content information display process again according to the input operation content (step S7). The application content information display process performed in step S7 is the same as in step S5.

  If the application content is rejected by the approver (step S8: YES), the CPU 11 issues a rejection notification notifying the applicant that the application has been rejected (step S9). The rejection notification in step S9 is, for example, by e-mail transmission to the applicant, but may be any method as long as the applicant can confirm the rejection of the application. The process in step S8 is performed when data indicating an input operation for rejecting the application content is received from the client PC2.

  If the approval content is not rejected by the approver (step S8: NO) and the approval process is performed (step S10), the CPU 11 performs the approval process permission / prohibition control process (step S11).

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the operation of the approval / prohibition control process of the approval process shown in step S11 of FIG.
The CPU 11 reads the browsing time from the browsing time information management database 13a (step S31), reads the specified browsing time of the workflow number of the application from the specified browsing time information management database 13b (step S32), and the browsing time is less than the specified browsing time. Whether or not (step S33). When the browsing time is less than the specified browsing time (step S33: YES), the CPU 11 prohibits the approval process (step S34). When the browsing time is not less than the specified browsing time (step S33: NO), the CPU 11 performs the approval process. Allow (step S35). Thus, the approval process permission / prohibition control process ends.

  After the approval process permission / prohibition control process shown in FIG. 13, the process proceeds to step S <b> 12 in FIG. 11. If the approval process is permitted and completed (step S <b> 12: YES), the CPU 11 manages the application content information for the application. Approval completion is set in the workflow status record of the database 13b (step S13). If the approval process has not been completed (step S12: NO), the process returns to step S4.

  According to the present embodiment, when the browsing time of the document data 30 indicating the application content is less than the specified browsing time associated with the application content, the CPU 11 prohibits the approval process for the application content. By performing the approval without confirming the content of the document data 30 of the application content, it is possible to prevent the approval process from proceeding without grasping the application content. That is, the approver can be prompted to confirm the application contents.

  Furthermore, since the CPU 11 calculates the specified browsing time according to the elements included in each document data, the approval process permission / prohibition control process can be performed based on the specified browsing time corresponding to the application content. That is, it is possible to request the approver for a viewing time corresponding to each application content.

  Furthermore, since the time calculated based on the data amount of the text data item is added to the specified browsing time, the specified browsing time according to the length of the text included in the document data 30 can be provided. Since it is presumed that it takes more time to confirm the content of the application by the document data 30 including the long sentence than the content of the application by the document data 30 completed with a short sentence, the CPU 11 takes a long time for the specified browsing time. That is, it is calculated as a time corresponding to the data amount of a large text data item and added to the specified browsing time. Thereby, it is possible to urge the approver to confirm the application contents using the document data 30 including a long sentence. Also, by setting the document data 30 completed with a short sentence as a specified browsing time in a relatively short time, it is possible to prevent time from being wasted by setting an unnecessarily long specified browsing time. The approval process can proceed.

  Furthermore, since the time calculated based on the importance level of the application content is added to the specified browsing time, it is possible to provide a specified browsing time according to the importance level of the application content. Taking an application form for entry into a facility as an example, it is sufficient if the approver can confirm the main points such as when and who wants to enter the facility. Can be expected to reduce the importance and set a shorter browsing time. On the other hand, in the case of an application content that is expected to have an impact on corporate activities or transfer of money, such as an estimate or a request for approval, the approver is required to fully check all the contents of the document data 30. Therefore, it is desirable to increase the importance of such application contents and to provide a prescribed browsing time to support that the application contents have been sufficiently confirmed. That is, by providing a prescribed browsing time according to the importance of the application content, an appropriate prescribed browsing time can be provided for each application content.

  Furthermore, since the time calculated based on the role of the approver is added to the specified browsing time, the specified browsing time corresponding to the role of the approver can be provided. Regarding the approval process for the immediate superior of the applicant, it is desirable to confirm the details of the application, but for the approval process by the immediate superior, the approval process by the immediate superior In some cases, it may be possible to confirm the content based on the assumption that the In other words, smooth approval processing can be promoted by providing a prescribed browsing time according to the role of the approver.

  Furthermore, since the time calculated based on the amount indicated by the amount data item is added to the specified viewing time, it is possible to provide the specified viewing time according to the amount related to the application.

Note that the description in the present embodiment shows an example of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, the browsing time may be measured by a device other than the approval device 10. For example, the client PC 2 may transmit the browsing start time, end time, input operation time of the approval process, and the like as data to the approval apparatus 10, and the approval apparatus 10 may calculate the browsing time based on each time. A mechanism for transmitting and receiving browsing time measured on the client PC 2 side as data may be used. What is necessary is just to be able to measure the browsing time in the client PC 2, and the processing content does not matter.

  Although the approval request and the rejection notification are performed by e-mail, the request or notification may be performed by other methods. For example, a dedicated message transmission / reception system may be used.

The document data, word data items, and text data items shown in FIG. 5 are merely examples, and document data in other formats, other word data items, and the like may be used.
The structures and records of each database and table data are merely examples, and can be changed as appropriate.

  The application content information management database may not include the role of the approver, and may separately check the role of the approver in cooperation with the personnel system or the like. Specifically, the approver's record is stored in the application content information management database, the information in the personnel system is associated with the role of the approver and the approver, and the personnel system uses the approver of the application content information management database as a key. The method of making it possible to call the role of the approver of the approver from the information.

It is a figure which shows the main structures of the approval system containing the approval apparatus by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the block diagram of an approval apparatus. It is a figure which shows the conceptual diagram of permission / prohibition of the approval process in an approval system. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of a browsing time information management database. It is a figure which shows an example of document data. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of an application content information management database. It is a figure which shows an example of the table data which matched document kind, importance, and addition time. It is a figure which shows an example of the table data which matched the role of the approver, and addition time. It is a figure which shows an example of the table data which matched money amount and addition time. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of a regulation browsing time information management database. It is a flowchart which shows the process from application to approval. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the display process of application content information. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the permission / prohibition control process of an approval process.

Explanation of symbols

2 Client PC
10 Approval device 11 CPU
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 Auxiliary storage device 13a Browsing time information management database 13b Application content information management database 13c Standard browsing time information management database 20 Approval processing program 21 Display control program 22 Measurement program 23 Judgment program 24 Standard browsing time calculation program

Claims (7)

Application content storage means for storing the application content from the applicant terminal;
Display control means for displaying the application content on the approver terminal that performs the approval process of the application content;
Measuring means for measuring the time when the application content is displayed on the approver terminal;
A specified browsing time storage means for storing the specified browsing time;
If the time measured by the measuring means is less than the specified browsing time, a control means for prohibiting approval processing for the application content;
An approval apparatus comprising:   The approval apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a specified browsing time determination unit that determines the specified browsing time based on the application content.   3. The approval apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the specified browsing time determining unit determines the specified browsing time based on a data amount of the application content.   4. The approval apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the specified browsing time determining unit determines the specified browsing time based on the importance of the application content.   The approval apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the specified browsing time determining unit determines the specified browsing time based on a role of an approver.   6. The approval apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the specified browsing time determining unit determines the specified browsing time based on money amount data included in the application content. Computer
Application content storage means for storing the application content from the applicant terminal,
Display control means for displaying the application content on the approver terminal that performs the approval process of the application content;
Measuring means for measuring the time when the application content is displayed on the approver terminal,
A specified browsing time storage means for storing the specified browsing time;
If the time measured by the measuring means is less than the specified browsing time, control means for prohibiting approval processing for the application content,
Program to function as.

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