JP2018132788A - Presence status confirmation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To acquire a correct presence status to solve problems that may occur: in a system described in Patent Document 1, in which when a computer is shut down or when the system performs a work not involving computer operation, it is impossible to acquire a correct presence status; and in a recently provided system in which a presence status is automatically changed to "attending conference" when there is a schedule to attend a conference in a user's schedule table, including a cases that "attending conference" is displayed even though an actual presence status is a present status due to a reservation of a meeting that is actually not attended to.SOLUTION: In a method for checking a presence status of a partner desired to contact, details of the presence status are acquired by using a mobile terminal of the partner when attendance status acquired from a computer is a specific value.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for confirming the presence status of a partner who is going to communicate via a system.

  Conventionally, a technique for providing a presence status in real time has been proposed in order to efficiently communicate. For example, in Patent Document 1, in a system including a plurality of clients and a server, a technique in which each client determines the presence status of the user based on the detection result of the user operation in the client and notifies the server of the presence status determined. In addition, a technique for displaying a user's enrollment status received from a client from a server is disclosed.

JP 2003-281336 A

  In the system described in Patent Document 1, when the computer (client) is shut down or when a work that does not involve a computer operation is performed, the correct attendance status cannot be acquired.

  In recent years, when a user's schedule is registered in the system, a system is also provided in which the system automatically changes the presence status based on the schedule. For example, when a meeting is registered in the schedule, the system changes the enrollment status to “in meeting”. However, there are meetings that do not actually participate even if they are registered in the schedule. If the actual attendance status differs from the schedule registered in such a calendar, the user will be displayed as “In Meeting” even though the user is present, and the attendance status will be displayed accurately. Sometimes it is not possible.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, an attendance status confirmation system according to the present invention includes a plurality of information processing terminals, a plurality of portable terminals, and an attendance status management server that communicates with them. The presence status management server includes an attendance status management table that manages correspondence between each user of a plurality of information processing terminals and the presence status of the user. In addition, the mobile terminal includes at least one sensor, and a mobile terminal presence correspondence table indicating correspondence between the information indicated by the sensor and the presence status of the user determined based on the information. When the presence status management server receives an inquiry about the presence status of the first user of the first information processing terminal from the second information processing terminal, the presence status management server is based on the presence status management table. The situation is determined, and if the presence status of the first user is any of a meeting, leaving, or offline, the mobile terminal of the first user is inquired. The mobile terminal that has received the inquiry determines the presence status of the first user based on the information indicated by the sensor of the mobile terminal and the mobile terminal presence correspondence table, and the presence status of the determined first user is present Sent to the status management server. The presence status management server transmits the first user presence status received from the mobile terminal to the second information processing terminal.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to more accurately grasp who is doing what and in a situation where communication is possible, and efficient communication can be achieved.

1 is a configuration diagram of a seating status confirmation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart from when an information processing terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention receives a request for acquisition of presence status until display of presence information at the information processing terminal. It is an attendance status storage table used in the embodiment of the present invention. 3 is an organization table used in an embodiment of the present invention. It is an access right table used in the embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a table corresponding to the presence status of a mobile terminal used in the embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a system configuration of the present embodiment. The present invention relates to a presence status management server 10 that manages and stores a presence status, an information processing terminal 20 that is an information processing terminal of a user A who wants to check the presence status, and a user whose presence status is to be confirmed. B information processing terminal 30 and portable terminal 40 are connected to each other via a network. Here, the information processing terminals 20 and 30 are, for example, personal computers (PCs), and are computers used by each user while they are present. Moreover, the portable terminal 40 is a portable communication apparatus owned for every user like a smart phone, for example. In FIG. 1, one portable terminal 40 is shown for simplicity, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of portable terminals 40 may be connected via a network.

  The attendance status management server 10 includes an attendance status management unit 101 that manages an attendance status acquired from an information processing terminal or a portable terminal, and an attendance status storage unit 102 that holds the acquired attendance status. The presence information storage unit 102 stores an attendance status storage table (FIG. 3), an organization table (FIG. 4), and an access right table (FIG. 5). Details will be described later. The presence status of each user stored in the presence status storage unit is communicated with each information processing terminal 20, 30 periodically, based on the user operation of each user at the information processing terminals 20, 30, or the user operation Will be updated accordingly.

  The information processing terminals 20 and 30 obtain the attendance status of other users from the attendance status management server, determine the attendance status reception / display units 201 and 301 to be displayed, and their presence status. It is composed of presence determination / transmission units 202 and 302 that transmit to the management server. The presence status determination / transmission unit is based on information obtained in the information processing terminals 20 and 30 (for example, user operations at the information processing terminal, user schedules registered in the information processing terminal), and the presence of the user. The seat information is determined and transmitted to the presence status management server 10.

  The mobile terminal 40 determines the presence status of the mobile terminal 40 and transmits the presence status determination / transmission unit 401 and the position information detection unit 4001 (GPS: Global Positioning System), the acceleration sensor 4002, and the telephone 4003. And a microphone 4004, and the like, and a presence information acquisition unit 402 that collects information necessary for determination of the presence status using the microphone 4004. The mobile terminal 40 includes a storage unit 403, and the storage unit 403 stores a mobile terminal presence status correspondence table 4001 (FIG. 6).

  Next, FIG. 3 shows an attendance status storage table 1001. The presence status storage table 1001 stores information indicating the presence status of each user. For example, # 1 indicates that user A can respond. In # 2, it indicates that user B is in a meeting.

  Next, the organization table 1002 is shown in FIG. The organization table 1002 stores the organization configuration. For example, # 3 indicates that the Z section belongs to the Y section of the X headquarters.

  Next, FIG. 5 shows an access right table 1003. The access right table 1003 is a table in which presence / absence of access right to the detailed presence status of each user (that is, the presence status determined based on information obtained from each user's mobile terminal) is stored. The user name indicates the name of each user, the department indicates the department to which the user belongs, and the access right indicates a person who is permitted to access the presence status of the user in detail. It is shown. For example, in # 2, user B belongs to the Y section, and access to the user's detailed presence status is permitted to the user belonging to the Y section and the user A.

  Next, FIG. 6 shows a portable terminal presence status correspondence table 4001. The portable terminal presence status correspondence table 4001 shows a table storing the correspondence between the information acquired from the sensor and microphone of the portable terminal (smartphone) 40 and the presence status. The hardware to be used indicates hardware provided in the mobile terminal. The information to be used and the presence status indicate correspondence between the information obtained from the hardware and the presence status determined based on the information. For example, # 1 indicates that the presence status cannot be responded when radio waves cannot be received. In # 3, if the user's shaking is detected using an acceleration sensor and walking / running is detected, the presence status is indicated as moving. In # 6, if none of # 1 to # 5 is applicable, it indicates that the presence status can be responded.

  Next, processing of the presence management server of this embodiment will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, in S <b> 101, the presence status reception / display unit 201 of the information processing terminal 20 inquires of the presence status management unit 101 of the presence status management server 10 about the presence status of the user B.

  Next, in S102, the presence status management unit 101 of the presence status management server 10 refers to the presence status storage table 1001, and the user (user B) who has made an inquiry about the presence status from the information processing terminal 20 is performed. ). If the presence status of the user is “meeting”, “leaving away”, or “offline”, the process proceeds to S103. If the presence status of the user is other than “meeting”, “leaving away”, and “offline”, the process proceeds to S104. For example, in the example of FIG. 3, since the presence status of the user B in the presence status storage table is “meeting”, the process proceeds to S103.

  Next, in S <b> 103, the presence status management unit 101 of the presence status management server 10 determines whether the user A is permitted to access the detailed presence status of the user B. Access rights are given to people in the same department by default, and can be added or deleted on an individual basis. When it is determined that the user A is permitted to access the presence status of the user B, the process proceeds to S105. On the other hand, if it is determined that access is not permitted, the process proceeds to S104. In this example, since user A is included in the access right of user B in the access right table shown in FIG. 5, it is determined that user A is permitted to access user B's detailed presence status, The process proceeds to S105.

  Next, in S <b> 105, the presence status management unit 101 of the presence status management server 10 confirms the details of the presence status with the presence status determination / transmission unit 401 of the mobile terminal 40. The presence status determination / transmission unit 401 of the mobile terminal 40 acquires details of the presence status using a position information detection unit, a sensor, a microphone, and the like, and determines the presence status. The attendance status corresponding to information acquired from a GPS, a sensor, a microphone, or the like is shown in FIG. In this example, since walking is detected using the acceleration sensor of the mobile terminal, the details of the presence status are determined as “moving”, and the process proceeds to S106.

  Next, in S106, the presence status determination / transmission unit 401 of the mobile terminal 40 transmits the details of the presence status to the presence status management unit 101 of the presence status management server 10, and the presence status management server 10 has the presence status. The seat status management unit 101 transmits details of the presence status to the presence status reception / display unit 201 of the information processing terminal 20. The attendance status reception / display unit 201 of the information processing terminal 20 displays details of the transmitted attendance status, and proceeds to S107.

  Finally, in S107, the user A confirms the details of the presence status of the user B. In this example, it can be confirmed that it is “moving”.

  In S102 and S103, when the process proceeds to S104, the presence status management unit 101 of the presence status management server 10 displays the presence status of the user B stored in the presence status storage table 1001 as the information processing terminal 20. Send to.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Attendance status management server 20 User A's information processing terminal 30 User B's information processing terminal 40 User B's mobile terminal 101 Attendance status management unit 102 Attendance status storage unit 201 Attendance status reception / display unit 202 Attendance status Determination / Transmission Unit 301 Attendance Status Reception / Display Unit 302 Attendance Status Determination / Transmission Unit 401 Attendance Status Reception / Display Unit 402 Attendance Status Information Acquisition Unit 4001 GPS
4002 Acceleration sensor 4003 Telephone 4004 Microphone

Claims (5)

An attendance status confirmation system comprising a plurality of information processing terminals, a plurality of portable terminals, and an attendance status management server that communicates with them,
The attendance status management server includes an attendance status management table for managing correspondence between each user of the plurality of information processing terminals and the presence status of the user,
The portable terminal includes at least one sensor, a portable terminal presence correspondence table indicating correspondence between the information indicated by the sensor and the presence status of the user determined by the information,
When the presence status management server receives an inquiry about the presence status confirmation of the first user of the first information processing terminal from the second information processing terminal, the presence status management server determines the presence status of the first user based on the presence status management table. If the presence status of the first user is determined to be any one of a meeting, leaving, and offline when the presence status of the first user is determined, an inquiry is made to the mobile terminal of the first user,
Upon receiving the inquiry, the first user's mobile terminal determines the presence status of the first user based on the information indicated by the sensor of the mobile terminal and the mobile terminal presence correspondence table, and responds to the determination. The presence status of the first user is transmitted to the presence status management server,
The attendance status management server transmits the first user presence status received from the portable terminal to a second information processing terminal. A presence status confirmation system according to claim 1,
The presence status management server further includes an organization table indicating a department to which each user belongs, and an access right table indicating which users are permitted to access the presence status based on information on each user's mobile terminal. With
Based on the organization table and the access right table, the presence status management server is a second user of the previous second information processing terminal that has access to the presence status based on information on the mobile terminal of the first user. It is determined whether or not the user is permitted, and the inquiry is made to the mobile terminal of the first user when permitted based on the determination. A presence status confirmation system according to claim 1,
The presence status management table of the presence status management server stores the presence status of the user determined based on the operation of each user in the information processing terminal,
When the presence status of the first user indicated by the presence status management server is neither a meeting, a leaving seat, nor an offline status, the presence status management server does not make an inquiry to the mobile terminal, An attendance status confirmation system that determines the presence status of the first user based on the attendance status management table. A presence status confirmation system according to claim 1,
The presence status confirmation system according to claim 1, wherein the sensor of the mobile terminal is an acceleration sensor, and the mobile terminal determines that the presence status of the first user is moving when shaking is detected by the acceleration sensor. A presence status confirmation system according to claim 1,
The present invention is characterized in that the sensor of the portable terminal is a microphone, and the portable terminal determines that the presence status of the first user is in a meeting when a volume higher than a predetermined level is detected from the microphone. .

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