JP2018174440A - Transmission management system, transmission system, transmission method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transmission management system that puts a restriction on information on reservation for a telephone call for a transmission terminal not scheduled to participate in the telephone call.SOLUTION: A transmission terminal, such as a video conference terminal can make a reservation for a conversation in advance in a transmission management system. The transmission management system does not transmit information on reservation for a telephone call to a transmission terminal not scheduled to participate in the telephone call to restrict information on unnecessary reservation from being displayed on the video conference terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 13

Description

  The present invention relates to a transmission management system, a transmission system, a transmission method, and a program.

  Video conferencing systems for conducting video conferences (video conferences) with remote locations have become widespread in response to requests for reductions in business trip expenses and business trip times. In such a video conference system, image data and sound data are transmitted and received between a plurality of video conference terminals, thereby realizing a state close to a conversation at the same place. Also, a transmission terminal such as a video conference terminal can reserve a conversation in advance with respect to the transmission management system (see Patent Document 1).

  However, among the reserved calls, such as meetings related to personnel and top secret projects, users other than the call participants are not only talking about the contents of the call but also the fact that such calls are made. Even you may not want to be known. For this reason, if the transmission management system provides information on a reservation for which the predetermined transmission terminal is not scheduled to participate to a predetermined transmission terminal, it is inconvenient for the user of the transmission terminal scheduled to participate in the call. May occur.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a transmission management system that accepts a request for reservation contents of a call from a transmission terminal and provides the reservation contents to the transmission terminal, wherein a predetermined reservation for identifying a reserved call is provided. For each identification information, from a specific transmission terminal, a reservation management means for managing in association with each participation target identification information for identifying a plurality of persons scheduled to participate in the call or a plurality of transmission terminals scheduled to participate in the call, Receiving means for receiving specific participation target identification information relating to the specific transmission terminal; and in the reservation management means, specific reservation identification information associated with the received specific participation target identification information, and Transmitting means for transmitting first participation target identification information, which is also associated with specific reservation identification information, to the transmission terminal, and the transmission means is connected to the reservation management means. And transmitting the second participation target identification information associated with the other reservation identification information not associated with the received specific participation target identification information to the transmission terminal. It is.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the transmission management system does not transmit information related to reservation of a call to a transmission terminal that is not scheduled to participate in the call, thereby transmitting the transmission terminal scheduled to participate in the call. It is possible to prevent inconvenience for the user.

1 is a schematic diagram of a transmission system. It is the conceptual diagram which showed the transmission / reception state of the image data in a transmission system, sound data, and various management information. It is a conceptual diagram explaining the image quality of image data. It is an external view of the terminal which concerns on this embodiment. It is a hardware block diagram of the terminal which concerns on this embodiment. It is a hardware block diagram of the management system, relay apparatus, or program provision system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of the transmission terminal, relay apparatus, and transmission management system which comprise the transmission system which concerns on 1st this embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows an authentication management table. It is a conceptual diagram which shows a reservation management table. It is a conceptual diagram which shows a session management table. It is the sequence diagram which showed the process of the conference reservation setting which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the reservation setting screen which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of a reservation list screen. It is the sequence diagram which showed the process which displays a reservation list screen. It is the sequence diagram which showed the participation process of a meeting. It is the figure which showed an example of the call screen. It is the figure which showed the database managed by the memory | storage part of the transmission management system which comprises the transmission system which concerns on 2nd this embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows a destination list management table. It is the sequence diagram which showed the process of the conference reservation setting which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the reservation setting screen which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment]
First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
<< Overall Configuration of Embodiment >>
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a transmission system 1 according to this embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a state of transmission / reception of image data, sound data, and various management information in the transmission system. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the image quality of image data.

  The transmission system includes a data providing system that transmits content data in one direction from one transmission terminal to the other transmission terminal via the transmission management system, and information between a plurality of transmission terminals via the transmission management system. Includes a communication system that communicates emotions and the like. This communication system is a system for mutually transmitting information, emotions and the like between a plurality of communication terminals via a communication management system, and examples thereof include a video conference system and a video phone system.

  In the present embodiment, assuming a video conference system as an example of a communication system, a video conference management system as an example of a communication management system, and a video conference terminal as an example of a communication terminal, a transmission system, a transmission management system, The transmission terminal will be described. That is, this does not mean that the transmission system, transmission management system, and transmission terminal of the present invention are limited to this embodiment.

  First, the transmission system 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a plurality of transmission terminals (10aa, 10ab,...), A display (120aa, 120ab,...) For each transmission terminal (10aa, 10ab,. The apparatus (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d), the transmission management system 50, the program providing system 90, and the maintenance system 100 are constructed.

  The plurality of terminals 10 transmit and receive image data and sound data as an example of content data.

  In the following, “transmission terminal” is simply represented as “terminal”, and “transmission management system” is simply represented as “management system”. Further, an arbitrary terminal among the plurality of terminals (10aa, 10ab,...) Is represented as “terminal 10”, and an arbitrary display among the plurality of displays (120aa, 120ab,...) Is represented as “display 120”. An arbitrary relay device among the plurality of relay devices (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d) is represented as “relay device 30”. Further, a terminal as a request source that requests the start of a video conference is represented as a “request source terminal”, and a terminal as a request destination (relay destination) is represented as a “destination terminal”.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the transmission system 1, a management information session sei for transmitting and receiving various types of management information is transmitted between the request source terminal and the destination terminal via the management system 50. Established. Further, between the request source terminal and the destination terminal, four pieces of data of high resolution image data, medium resolution image data, low resolution image data, and sound data are transmitted and received via the relay device 30. Four sessions are established. Here, these four sessions are collectively shown as an image / sound data session sed. Note that the image / sound data session sed does not necessarily have to be four sessions, and may have a smaller or larger number of sessions than the four sessions.

  Here, the resolution of the image data handled in the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 3 (a), the horizontal image is composed of 160 pixels and the vertical image is 120 pixels, and a low-resolution image serving as a base image and a horizontal image as illustrated in FIG. 3 (b). There are a medium resolution image consisting of 320 pixels and 240 pixels vertically, and a high resolution image consisting of 640 pixels horizontally and 480 pixels vertically as shown in FIG. Among these, when passing through a narrow band route, low-quality image data consisting only of low-resolution image data serving as a base image is relayed. When the band is relatively wide, low-resolution image data serving as a base image and medium-quality image data composed of medium-resolution image data are relayed. When the bandwidth is very wide, high-resolution image data composed of low-resolution image data serving as base image quality, intermediate-resolution image data, and high-resolution image data is relayed.

  The relay device 30 shown in FIG. 1 relays content data among a plurality of terminals 10. The management system 50 centrally manages the login authentication from the terminal 10, the management of the call status of the terminal 10, the management of the destination list, and the communication status of the relay device 30. The image of the image data may be a moving image or a still image, or both a moving image and a still image.

  A plurality of routers (70a, 70b, 70c, 70d, 70ab, 70cd) select an optimum route for image data and sound data. In the following, an arbitrary router among the routers (70a, 70b, 70c, 70d, 70ab, 70cd) is represented as “router 70”.

  The program providing system 90 includes an HD (Hard Disk) 204 described below, and stores a terminal program for causing the terminal 10 to realize various functions (or to cause the terminal 10 to function as various means). The terminal program can be transmitted to The HD 204 of the program providing system 90 also stores a relay device program for causing the relay device 30 to realize various functions (or to cause the relay device 30 to function as various means). The relay device program can be transmitted. Further, the HD 204 of the program providing system 90 also stores a transmission management program for realizing various functions in the management system 50 (or causing the management system 50 to function as various means). A transmission management program can be transmitted.

  The maintenance system 100 is a computer for performing maintenance, management, or maintenance of at least one of the terminal 10, the relay device 30, the management system 50, and the program providing system 90. For example, when the maintenance system 100 is installed in the country and the terminal 10, the relay device 30, the management system 50, or the program providing system 90 is installed outside the country, the maintenance system 100 is remotely connected via the communication network 2. Maintenance such as maintenance, management, and maintenance of at least one of the terminal 10, the relay device 30, the management system 50, and the program providing system 90 is performed. In addition, the maintenance system 100 does not go through the communication network 2, but includes a model number, a manufacturing number, a sales destination, a maintenance check, at least one of the terminal 10, the relay device 30, the management system 50, and the program providing system 90. Or, maintenance such as failure history management is performed.

  By the way, the terminals (10aa, 10ab, 10ac,...), The relay device 30a, and the router 70a are communicably connected via the LAN 2a. The terminals (10ba, 10bb, 10bc,...), The relay device 30b, and the router 70b are communicably connected via a LAN 2b. The LAN 2a and the LAN 2b are communicably connected by a dedicated line 2ab including a router 70ab, and are constructed in a predetermined area A. For example, the region A is Japan, the LAN 2a is constructed in the Tokyo office, and the LAN 2b is constructed in the Osaka office.

  On the other hand, the terminals (10ca, 10cb, 10cc,...), The relay device 30c, and the router 70c are communicably connected via a LAN 2c. The terminal 10d (a, 10db, 10dc,...), The relay device 30d, and the router 70d are communicably connected via a LAN 2d. The LAN 2c and the LAN 2d are communicably connected via a dedicated line 2cd including the router 70cd, and are constructed in a predetermined area B. For example, region B is the United States of America, LAN 2c is built in a New York office, and LAN 2d is Washington D.C. C. Is built in the office. Area A and area B are connected to each other via routers (70ab, 70cd) via the Internet 2i.

  In addition, the management system 50 and the program providing system 90 are communicably connected to the terminal 10 and the relay device 30 via the Internet 2i. The management system 50 and the program providing system 90 may be installed in the region A or the region B, or may be installed in a region other than these.

  In the present embodiment, the communication network 2 of the present embodiment is constructed by the LAN 2a, the LAN 2b, the dedicated line 2ab, the Internet 2i, the dedicated line 2cd, the LAN 2c, and the LAN 2d. The communication network 2 may have a place where wireless communication such as WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) or Bluetooth (registered trademark) is performed in addition to wired communication. Further, in FIG. 1, four sets of numbers shown below each terminal 10, each relay device 30, management system 50, each router 70, and program providing system 90 are simplified IP addresses in general IPv4. Is shown. For example, the IP address of the terminal 10aa is “1.2.1.3”. In addition, IPv6 may be used instead of IPv4, but IPv4 will be used for the sake of simplicity.

  In addition, each terminal 10 is not only a call between a plurality of business establishments or a call between different rooms in the same business establishment, but a call within the same room or a call between the outdoors and indoors or outdoors and outdoors. May be used. When each terminal 10 is used outdoors, wireless communication such as a cellular phone communication network is performed.

<< Hardware Configuration of Embodiment >>
Next, the hardware configuration of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is an external view of the terminal 10 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the terminal 10 includes a housing 1100, an arm 1200, and a camera housing 1300. Among these, the front wall surface 1110 of the housing 1100 is provided with an air intake surface formed by a plurality of air intake holes, and the rear wall surface 1120 of the housing 1100 is provided with an air exhaust surface formed with a plurality of air exhaust holes. 1121 is provided. Thus, by driving a cooling fan built in the housing 1100, the outside air behind the transmission terminal 10 can be taken in via the intake surface and exhausted to the rear of the transmission terminal 10 via the exhaust surface 1121. A sound collecting hole 1131 is formed in the right side wall surface 1130 of the housing 1100, and sounds such as sound, sound, noise, and heartbeat can be collected by a built-in microphone 114 described later.

  An operation panel 1150 is formed on the right wall surface 1130 side of the housing 1100. The operation panel 1150 is provided with a plurality of operation buttons (108a to 108e) to be described later, a power switch 109 to be described later, and an alarm lamp 119 to be described later, and outputs sound from a built-in speaker 115 to be described later. A sound output surface 1151 formed by a plurality of sound output holes for passing through is formed. Further, a housing 1160 as a recess for housing the arm 1200 and the camera housing 1300 is formed on the left wall surface 1140 side of the housing 1100. The right side wall surface 1130 of the housing 1100 is provided with a plurality of connection ports (1132a to 1132c) for electrically connecting cables to an external device connection I / F 118 described later. On the other hand, the left wall surface 1140 of the housing 1100 is provided with a connection port (not shown) for electrically connecting the cable 120c for the display 120 to an external device connection I / F 118 described later.

  In the following description, “operation button 108” is used when an arbitrary operation button is indicated among the operation buttons (108a to 108e), and “an arbitrary connection port is indicated among the connection ports (1132a to 1132c)”. This will be described using the connection port 1132 ”.

  Next, the arm 1200 is attached to the housing 1100 via a torque hinge 1210, and the arm 1200 is configured to be able to rotate in the vertical direction with respect to the housing 1100 within a tilt angle θ1 of 135 degrees. ing. FIG. 4 shows a state where the tilt angle θ1 is 90 degrees. The camera housing 1300 is provided with a built-in camera 112, which will be described later, and can capture images of users, documents, rooms, and the like. A torque hinge 1310 is formed in the camera housing 1300. The camera housing 1300 is attached to the arm 1200 via a torque hinge 1310. The camera housing 1300 is attached to the arm 1200 via a torque hinge 1310. The pan angle θ2 of ± 180 degrees is assumed with respect to the arm 1200, with the state shown in FIG. And a tilt angle θ3 of ± 45 degrees can be rotated in the vertical and horizontal directions.

  Note that the external view of FIG. 4 is merely an example and is not limited to this external view. The transmission terminal 10 may be, for example, a general-purpose PC, a smartphone, or a tablet terminal. The camera and microphone do not necessarily have to be built-in and may be externally attached. Further, since the transmission management system 50 has the same appearance as that of a general server computer, description of the appearance is omitted.

  FIG. 5 is a hardware configuration diagram of the terminal 10 according to this embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the terminal 10 of the present embodiment has programs used for driving the CPU 101 such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101 and IPL (Initial Program Loader) that control the operation of the entire terminal 10. ROM (Read Only Memory) 102, RAM (Random Access Memory) 103 used as a work area for the CPU 101, flash memory 104 for storing various data such as terminal programs, image data, and sound data, and control of the CPU 101 The SSD (Solid State Drive) 105 that controls the reading or writing of various data to the flash memory 104 according to the above, the media drive 107 that controls the reading or writing (storage) of data to the recording medium 106 such as the flash memory, and the destination To be operated when selecting A button 108, a power switch 109 for switching on / off the power of the terminal 10, and a network I / F (Interface) 111 for data transmission using the communication network 2 are provided.

  The terminal 10 also includes a built-in camera 112 that captures an image of a subject under the control of the CPU 101 to obtain image data, an image sensor I / F 113 that controls driving of the camera 112, a built-in microphone 114 that inputs sound, a sound The built-in speaker 115 that outputs the sound, the sound input / output I / F 116 that processes the input / output of the sound signal between the microphone 114 and the speaker 115 according to the control of the CPU 101, and the image data on the external display 120 according to the control of the CPU 101 A display I / F 117 for transmission, an external device connection I / F 118 for connecting various external devices, and an address bus and a data bus for electrically connecting the above components as shown in FIG. The bus line 110 is provided.

  The display 120 is a display unit configured by a liquid crystal or an organic EL that displays an image of a subject, an operation icon, and the like. The display 120 is connected to the display I / F 117 by a cable 120c. The cable 120c may be an analog RGB (VGA) signal cable, a component video cable, or an HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) or DVI (Digital Video Interactive) signal. It may be a cable.

  The camera 112 includes a lens and a solid-state image sensor that converts light into electric charges and digitizes a subject image (video). As the solid-state image sensor, a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) or a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) is used. Etc. are used.

  External devices such as an external camera, an external microphone, and an external speaker can be connected to the external device connection I / F 118 by a USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable or the like. When an external camera is connected, the external camera is driven in preference to the built-in camera 112 under the control of the CPU 101. Similarly, when an external microphone is connected or when an external speaker is connected, each of the external microphones and the built-in speaker 115 is given priority over the internal microphone 114 and the internal speaker 115 according to the control of the CPU 101. An external speaker is driven.

  The recording medium 106 is detachable from the terminal 10. Further, as long as it is a non-volatile memory that reads or writes data according to the control of the CPU 101, not only the flash memory 104 but also an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable ROM) or the like may be used.

  Further, the terminal program may be recorded in a computer-readable recording medium such as the recording medium 106 and distributed as a file in an installable or executable format. The terminal program may be stored in the ROM 102 instead of the flash memory 104.

  FIG. 6 is a hardware configuration diagram of the management system according to this embodiment of the present invention. The management system 50 stores various data such as a CPU 201 that controls the operation of the entire management system 50, a ROM 202 that stores programs used to drive the CPU 201 such as an IPL, a RAM 203 that is used as a work area for the CPU 201, and a transmission management program. The HD 204 to be stored, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 205 that controls reading or writing of various data to the HD 204 according to the control of the CPU 201, and a media drive 207 that controls reading or writing (storage) of data to a recording medium 206 such as a flash memory. , A display 208 that displays various information such as a cursor, menu, window, character, or image, a network I / F 209 for transmitting data using the communication network 2, characters, numerical values, A keyboard 211 having a plurality of keys for inputting seed instructions, a mouse 212 for selecting and executing various instructions, selecting a processing target, moving a cursor, etc., and a CD-ROM as an example of a removable recording medium (Compact Disc Read Only Memory) 213, a CD-ROM drive 214 for controlling the reading or writing of various data, and an address bus for electrically connecting the above components as shown in FIG. A bus line 210 such as a data bus is provided.

  The transmission management program is a file in an installable or executable format, and may be recorded and distributed on a computer-readable recording medium such as the recording medium 206 or CD-ROM 213. . The transmission management program may be stored in the ROM 202 instead of the HD 204.

  Further, since the relay device 30 has the same hardware configuration as that of the management system 50, the description thereof is omitted. However, a relay device program for controlling the relay device 30 is recorded in the HD 204. Also in this case, the relay device program is a file in an installable or executable format, and is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as the recording medium 206 or CD-ROM 213 for distribution. Good. The relay device program may be stored in the ROM 202 instead of the HD 204.

  Further, since the program providing system 90 and the maintenance system 100 have the same hardware configuration as the management system 50, the description thereof is omitted. However, a program providing program for controlling the program providing system 90 is recorded in the HD 204. Also in this case, the program providing program is a file in an installable or executable format, and may be recorded and distributed on a computer-readable recording medium such as the recording medium 206 or the CD-ROM 213. Good. The program providing system program may be stored in the ROM 202 instead of the HD 204.

  As another example of the detachable recording medium, the recording medium is provided by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-R (Compact Disc Recordable), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), or a Blu-ray Disc. May be.

<< Functional Configuration of Embodiment >>
Next, the functional configuration of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of a transmission terminal, a relay device, and a transmission management system that constitute the transmission system according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 7, the terminal 10, the relay device 30, and the management system 50 are connected so that data communication can be performed via the communication network 2. Further, the program providing system 90 and the maintenance system 100 shown in FIG. 1 are omitted in FIG. 7 because they are not directly related to the video conference communication.

<Functional configuration of terminal>
The terminal 10 includes a transmission / reception unit 11, a reception unit 12, an imaging unit 14, a sound input unit 15a, a sound output unit 15b, a display control unit 17, and a storage / reading processing unit 19. Each of these units is a function realized by any one of the constituent elements shown in FIG. 5 being operated by a command from the CPU 101 according to the terminal program developed from the flash memory 104 onto the RAM 103, or It is a means to function. Further, the terminal 10 has a storage unit 1000 realized by the RAM 103 shown in FIG. 5 and the flash memory 104 shown in FIG.

(Functional configuration of terminal)
Next, each functional configuration of the terminal 10 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 5 and 7. In the following, in describing each functional configuration of the terminal 10, among the components illustrated in FIG. 5, a relationship with main components for realizing each functional configuration of the terminal 10 will also be described. .

  The transmission / reception unit 11 of the terminal 10 shown in FIG. 7 is realized by a command from the CPU 101 shown in FIG. 5 and the network I / F 111 shown in FIG. Sends and receives various data (information) to and from the terminal, device or system.

  The accepting unit 12 is realized by the command from the CPU 101 shown in FIG. 5 and the operation buttons 108 and the power switch 109 shown in FIG. 5, and accepts various inputs by the user. For example, when the user turns on the power switch 109 shown in FIG. 5, the accepting unit 12 shown in FIG. 7 accepts the power on and turns on the power.

  The imaging unit 14 is realized by a command from the CPU 101 illustrated in FIG. 5 and the camera 112 and the image sensor I / F 113 illustrated in FIG. 5. Output data.

  The sound input unit 15a is realized by the instruction from the CPU 101 shown in FIG. 5 and the sound input / output I / F 116 shown in FIG. 5, and the user's sound is converted into a sound signal by the microphone 140. Thereafter, sound data related to the sound signal is input. The sound output unit 15b is realized by a command from the CPU 101 shown in FIG. 5 and the sound input / output I / F 116 shown in FIG. 5, and outputs a sound signal related to the sound data to the speaker 150. Sound is output from.

  The display control unit 17 is realized by the instruction from the CPU 101 shown in FIG. 5 and the display I / F 117 shown in FIG. 5. As will be described later, the received image data having different resolutions are combined. Control for transmitting the combined image data to the display 120 is performed.

  The storage / reading processing unit 19 is executed by the instruction from the CPU 101 shown in FIG. 5 and the instruction from the SSD 105 shown in FIG. 5 or realized by the instruction from the CPU 101, and stores various data in the storage unit 1000. A process of reading various data stored in the unit 1000 is performed. The storage unit 1000 stores a terminal ID (Identification) for identifying the own terminal (terminal 10), a password, and the like.

  Further, the storage unit 1000 overwrites and stores image data and sound data received when a call with the destination terminal is made. Among these, an image is displayed on the display 120 by the image data before being overwritten, and a sound is output from the speaker 150 by the sound data before being overwritten.

  It should be noted that the terminal ID of each embodiment, and the relay device ID and session ID described below are a language, characters, symbols, or various signs used to uniquely identify the terminal 10, the relay device 30, and the communication session, respectively. Etc. are shown. The terminal ID, the relay device ID, and the session ID may be identification information in which at least two of the language, characters, symbols, and various indicia are combined.

  Further, instead of the terminal ID, a user ID for identifying the user of the terminal 10 may be used. The terminal ID and user ID are examples of participation target identification information. The terminal ID, user ID, relay device ID, and session ID are examples of terminal identification information, user identification information, relay device identification information, and session identification information, respectively.

<Functional configuration of relay device>
The relay device 30 includes a transmission / reception unit 31 and a storage / reading processing unit 39. Each of these units functions or functions realized by any one of the constituent elements shown in FIG. 6 operating according to a command from the CPU 201 according to the relay device program expanded from the HD 204 onto the RAM 203. Means. Further, the relay device 30 includes a storage unit 3000 realized by the RAM 203 illustrated in FIG. 6 and / or the HD 204 illustrated in FIG.

(Each functional configuration of the relay device)
Next, each functional configuration of the relay device 30 will be described in detail. In the following, in describing each functional configuration of the relay device 30, among the components illustrated in FIG. 6, the relationship with the main components for realizing each functional configuration of the relay device 30 is also described. explain.

  The transmission / reception unit 31 of the relay device 30 shown in FIG. 7 is realized by the command from the CPU 201 shown in FIG. 6 and the network I / F 209 shown in FIG. Various data (information) is transmitted / received to / from other terminals, devices, or systems.

  The storage / reading processing unit 39 is realized by an instruction from the CPU 201 illustrated in FIG. 6 and the HDD 205 illustrated in FIG. 6. The storage / reading processing unit 39 stores various data in the storage unit 3000 or is stored in the storage unit 3000. A process of reading various data is performed.

<Functional configuration of management system>
The management system 50 includes a transmission / reception unit 51, an authentication unit 52, a determination unit 55, a selection unit 56, a creation unit 57, and a storage / read processing unit 59. Each of these units functions or functions realized by any one of the constituent elements shown in FIG. 6 operating according to a command from the CPU 201 according to the management system program expanded from the HD 204 onto the RAM 203. Means. Further, the management system 50 includes a storage unit 5000 realized by the HD 204 illustrated in FIG.

(Authentication management table)
Further, in the storage unit 5000, an authentication management DB 5001 configured by an authentication management table as shown in FIG. In this authentication management table, each password is associated with each terminal ID of all the terminals 10 managed by the management system 50 and managed. For example, in the authentication management table shown in FIG. 8, it is indicated that the terminal ID of the terminal 10aa is “01aa” and the password is “aaaa”.

(Reservation management table)
Furthermore, in the storage unit 5000, a reservation management DB 5002 configured by a reservation management table as shown in FIG. 9 is constructed. In this reservation management table, reservation content information is managed in association with each reservation ID for identifying reservations such as meetings and classes. This reservation content information includes the title of the reservation, the terminal ID for identifying the terminal 10 scheduled to participate, and the date and time of the participation schedule. For example, in the reservation management table shown in FIG. 9, a conference whose reservation ID is “r01” has a subject name “Personnel Decision Meeting”, and the terminal IDs of the terminals 10 scheduled to participate are “01aa, 01ca, 01da”, It is indicated that the date and time of participation is “February 2, 2017 10: 00-11: 00: 00”. Further, the terminal 10 (terminal 10aa) having the terminal ID “01aa” is also registered as a terminal scheduled to participate in the “new product planning meeting” which is the meeting having the reservation ID “r02”. On the other hand, the terminal 10 (terminal 10ab) with the terminal ID “01ab” is registered as a terminal scheduled to participate only in the “new product planning meeting” that is the meeting with the reservation ID “r02”. Further, for example, the terminal 10 (terminal 10db) whose terminal ID is “01db” is not registered at all.

  The reservation ID indicates identification information such as a language, characters, symbols, or various signs used to uniquely identify the reservation. The reservation ID may be identification information in which at least two of the language, characters, symbols, and various indicia are combined. The reservation ID is an example of reservation identification information.

  In the reservation management table, location information indicating the location of a call such as a conference room may be associated with each piece of participation target identification information and managed.

(Session management table)
In the storage unit 5000, a session management DB 5003 configured by a session management table as shown in FIG. 10 is constructed. In this session management table, for each reservation ID described above, a session ID for identifying a communication session for content data between terminals, a relay device ID of the relay device 30 used for relaying content data, and participation in a call A terminal ID for identifying the terminal inside is associated and managed.

(Functional configuration of the management system)
Next, each functional configuration of the management system 50 will be described in detail. In the following, in describing each functional configuration of the management system 50, among the components shown in FIG. 6, the relationship with the main components for realizing each functional configuration of the management system 50 is also described. explain.

  The transmission / reception unit 51 is executed by the command from the CPU 201 shown in FIG. 6 and the network I / F 209 shown in FIG. Information).

  The authentication unit 52 is realized by a command from the CPU 102 shown in FIG. 6, and uses the terminal ID and password included in the login request information received via the transmission / reception unit 51 as a search key, and stores in the storage unit 5000. Terminal authentication is performed by searching the authentication management DB 5001 and determining whether the same terminal ID and password are managed in the authentication management DB 5001.

  The determination unit 55 is realized by a command from the CPU 102 shown in FIG. 6 and makes various determinations. For example, it is determined whether the terminal 10 (or the user of the terminal 10) making the participation request has the participation authority (or qualification) to participate through the communication network 2 in the conference that is the target of the participation request.

  The selection unit 56 is realized by a command from the CPU 102 illustrated in FIG. 6, and selects a predetermined relay device from the plurality of relay devices 30. For example, the selection unit 56 selects the relay device 30 whose IP address is close to the terminal 10 that performs communication, or the relay device 30 that is installed in the same country as the terminal 10 that performs communication.

  The creation unit 57 is realized by a command from the CPU 102 shown in FIG. 6 and creates a session ID for identifying a communication session between the terminals 10.

  The storage / read processing unit 59 is executed by the instruction from the CPU 102 shown in FIG. 6 and the HDD 205 shown in FIG. 6, and stores various data in the storage unit 5000 or stored in the storage unit 5000. A process of reading various data is performed.

<< Processing or Operation of Embodiment >>
Next, a processing method in the transmission system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 to 16. First, with reference to FIG. 11 to FIG. 13, a description will be given of conference reservation and processing for continuously displaying a reservation list image after reservation. Here, a case where a meeting is held in a meeting or a class will be described. FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram showing a conference reservation setting process. FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram showing processing for displaying the reservation list screen. 11 to 13, various types of information are transmitted and received through the management information session sei shown in FIG.

  First, when the user turns on the power switch 109 shown in FIG. 5, the receiving unit 12 shown in FIG. 7 receives the power ON and turns on the power (step S21). Thereby, a communication application starts (step S22). Then, the transmission / reception unit 11 automatically transmits login request information indicating a login request to the management system 50 (step S23). Note that the login request information may not be transmitted when the power switch 109 is turned on, but may be transmitted when the user operates the operation button 108. Further, the login request information includes a terminal ID and a password for identifying the terminal 10 that is the own terminal as the request source. These terminal ID and password are data read from the storage unit 1000 via the storage / read processing unit 19 and sent to the transmission / reception unit 11. As the terminal ID and password, data read from an identification information storage medium such as a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card connected to the terminal 10 can be used. Further, when the login request information is transmitted from the terminal 10 to the management system 50, the management system 50 that is the receiving side can grasp the IP address of the terminal 10 that is the transmitting side.

  Next, the authentication unit 52 of the management system 50 uses the authentication management DB 5001 (see FIG. 8) in the storage unit 5000 using the terminal ID and password included in the login request information received via the transmission / reception unit 51 as search keys. The authentication is performed by searching and determining whether the same terminal ID and password are managed in the authentication management DB 5001 (step S24). Then, the transmission / reception unit 51 of the management system 50 transmits the authentication result information indicating the authentication result obtained by the authentication unit 52 to the request source terminal (terminal 10) that has made the login request via the communication network 2. (Step S25). Thereby, the transmission / reception unit 11 of the terminal 10 receives the authentication result information. In the present embodiment, the case where the authentication unit 52 determines that the terminal has a valid use authority will be described below.

  In the terminal 10, the display control unit 17 displays the reservation setting screen shown in FIG. 12 on the display 120 (step S26). On this reservation setting screen, a conference name input field, a conference date and time input field, a participation candidate input field, and a participation list display field are displayed.

  Next, the user inputs the meeting name in the meeting name input field, inputs the date and time in the scheduled meeting date and time input field, and inputs the participation candidate's terminal ID in the participation candidate field. When the user presses the “add” button, the terminal ID input in the participation candidate field is transferred to the participation list display field and displayed. When all inputs are completed and the user presses the “Register” button, the accepting unit 12 accepts an input of reservation contents (step S27). When the user presses the “delete” button, some or all of the input characters are deleted.

  Next, the transmission / reception unit 11 of the terminal 10 transmits reservation request information indicating a reservation request to the management system 50 (step S28). This reservation request information includes a terminal ID and reservation content information for identifying the terminal 10 that is the own terminal as the request source. This reservation content information is each information input on the reservation setting screen shown in FIG. Thereby, the transmission / reception unit 51 of the management system 50 receives the reservation request information.

  Next, the storage / reading processing unit 59 of the management system 50 allocates a reservation ID and registers the reservation ID and the reservation content information received in step 28 in association with the reservation management DB 5002 (see FIG. 9) (step). S29). Subsequently, the storage / reading processing unit 59 searches the reservation management DB 5002 (see FIG. 9) using the requesting terminal ID received in step S28 as a search key, so that all corresponding reservation content information and reservation content are retrieved. A pair with the reservation ID associated with the information is read (step S30).

  Next, the transmission / reception unit 51 transmits to the terminal 10 for each set of the reservation ID and reservation content information read in step S30 (step S31). Thereby, the transmission / reception unit 11 of the terminal 10 receives the set of the reservation ID and the reservation content information. If location information is also managed by the reservation management DB 5002, the location information is also transmitted and received in step S31.

  Next, in the terminal 10, the display control unit 17 causes the display 120 to display a reservation list screen as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 13A is a display example on the terminal 10aa with the terminal ID “01aa”. As shown in FIG. 9, the terminal 10aa with the terminal ID “01aa” is not only reserved and registered in the conference with the reservation ID “r01” and the conference name “personnel determination conference”, but also has the reservation ID “r02”. In FIG. 13A, reservation content information indicating two meetings is displayed because the reservation is also registered in the meeting with the meeting name “New Product Planning Meeting”.

  FIG. 13B is a display example on the terminal 10ba with the terminal ID “01ba”. As shown in FIG. 9, the terminal 10ba with the terminal ID “01ba” is reserved and registered only in the meeting with the reservation ID “r02” and the meeting name “New Product Planning Meeting”. ), Reservation content information indicating one meeting is displayed.

  Further, FIG. 13C is a display example on the terminal 10db with the terminal ID “01db”. As shown in FIG. 9, since the terminal 10db whose terminal ID is “01db” is not registered for registration, a message indicating “There is no conference for participation reservation” is displayed in FIG. 13C. It is displayed.

  The “participation” button is a button for the user to participate in the conference. The “return” button is a button for returning to a predetermined previous screen without participating in the conference. The “confirm” button is a button for the user to confirm the message and return to the previous screen because there is no meeting to select. If the transmitter / receiver 11 has also received the location information in step S31, on the reservation list screen in FIGS. 13A and 13B, for making a call via the communication network 2 for each conference. Location information is also displayed.

  As described above, the management system 50 transmits only reservation content information related to a conference in which each user can participate to each terminal 10 of the user. This makes it possible for users other than call participants to know not only the content of the call but also the fact that such a call is made, as in the case of a meeting related to human resources or a confidential project. It is possible to prevent inconvenience for users who do not want to be sent.

  Next, a process for displaying a reservation list image again after a conference reservation will be described with reference to FIG. For example, a case where a conference is reserved by the terminal 10aa and a reservation list image is displayed again by the terminal 10ba is shown. FIG. 14 is a sequence diagram showing processing for displaying a reservation list screen. Note that steps S41 to S45 shown in FIG. 14 are the same as the processes of steps S21 to S25 shown in FIG. 11, respectively, so that the description thereof will be omitted and the process of step S46 will be described.

  In step S46, after the terminal 10 receives the authentication result information indicating that the terminal 10 has a proper use authority from the management system 50, the user processes the reservation content request to the terminal 10. For example, the user presses a “reservation content request” button displayed on the display 129 by the display control unit 17 of the terminal 10. Thereby, the accepting unit 12 accepts a request for reservation contents (step S46). Then, the transmission / reception unit 11 transmits reservation content request information indicating a request for reservation content to the management system 50 (step S47). This reservation content request information includes a terminal ID for identifying the terminal 10 that is the own terminal as the request source. Thereby, the transmission / reception unit 51 of the management system 50 receives the reservation content request information.

  The subsequent processes in steps S48 to S50 are the same as the processes in steps S30 to S32 shown in FIG. When the terminal 10 is the terminal 10ba, for example, a screen as shown in FIG. 13B is displayed at step S50.

  Next, processing related to the start of the conference will be described with reference to FIGS. 15 and 16. FIG. 15 is a sequence diagram showing a conference participation process. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a call screen. In FIG. 13, the terminal 10 corresponds to the terminal 10aa (see FIG. 13A) or the terminal 10ba (see FIG. 13B), but the case of the terminal 10aa will be described below.

  First, when the user presses the “participation” button of the reservation content information of the “personnel decision meeting” shown in FIG. 13A, the reception unit 12 receives participation in the meeting (step S61). Then, the transmission / reception unit 11 transmits participation request information indicating a participation request to the management system 50 (step S62). This participation request information includes a terminal ID for identifying the terminal 10 that is the requesting terminal and a reservation ID. As long as the user presses the “participation” button, the transmission / reception unit 11 automatically transmits the terminal ID and the reservation ID without inputting the terminal ID and the reservation ID. This reservation ID is the ID received in association with (associated with) the reservation content information in step S31 described above. Thereby, the transmission / reception part 51 of the management system 50 receives participation request information.

  Next, the determination unit 55 of the management system 50 searches the reservation management DB 5002 (see FIG. 9) using the requesting terminal ID and reservation ID received by the transmission / reception unit 51 as search keys, and the determination is received in step S62. By determining whether the terminal ID and the reservation ID are managed in association with each other, the participation authority (qualification) is confirmed (step 63). Hereinafter, a case where it is determined that there is a participation authority (qualification) will be described. If it is determined that there is no participation authority (qualification), the transmission / reception unit 51 transmits an error message or the like to the terminal 10 that has transmitted the participation request information.

  Next, the creating unit 57 generates a session ID for identifying a communication session for communicating content data such as image data and sound data (step S64). Then, the selection unit 56 selects a predetermined relay device 30 among the plurality of relay devices 30a to 30d illustrated in FIG. 1 (step S65). The selection unit 56 selects, for example, a relay device having an IP address close to (similar to) the IP address of the requesting terminal 10.

  Next, the storage / reading processing unit 59 associates the session ID created in step S64, the relay device ID for identifying the relay device selected in step S65, and the request source terminal ID received in step S62. Then, a new record is created, registered and managed in the session management DB 5003 (step S66). If another terminal has already started the conference, the storage / reading processing unit 59 has received the “terminal ID of participating terminal” field portion of the record already created in step S62. The terminal ID of the request source is additionally registered.

  Next, the transmission / reception unit 51 transmits the session ID and relay device ID registered in step S66 to the terminal 10 (step S67). Thereby, the transmission / reception unit 11 of the terminal 10 receives the session ID and the relay device ID.

  As described above, a communication session for content data for transmitting / receiving content data is established between the transmission / reception unit 11 of the terminal 10 and the transmission / reception unit 31 of the relay device 30 selected in step S65 (step S68). Then, the display control unit 17 of the terminal 10 causes the display 120 to display, for example, a call screen as shown in FIG.

<< Main effects of this embodiment >>
As described above, according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, only the reservation content information registered as a terminal scheduled to participate in the reservation management DB 5002 is displayed and registered as a terminal scheduled to participate. Information on reservation details that have not been displayed is not displayed. This makes it possible for users other than call participants to know not only the content of the call but also the fact that such a call is made, as in the case of a meeting related to human resources or a confidential project. It is possible to prevent inconvenience for users who do not want to be sent.

[Second Embodiment]
Subsequently, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a database managed by the storage unit of the transmission management system constituting the transmission system according to the second embodiment. FIG. 18 is a conceptual diagram showing a destination list management table.

  The present embodiment shows a case where a destination list management DB 5004 is further stored and managed in the storage unit 5000 in the management system 50 of the first embodiment. Note that description of the same configurations and functions as those in the first embodiment is omitted.

(Destination list management table)
In the storage unit 5000, in addition to the authentication management DB 5001, the reservation management DB 5002, and the session management DB 5003, a destination list management DB 5004 configured by a destination list management table as shown in FIG. 18 is constructed. In this destination list management table, all terminal IDs of destination terminals registered as destination terminal candidates are managed in association with terminal IDs of request source terminals that request the start of a call in a video conference. For example, in the destination list management table shown in FIG. 18, a candidate destination terminal that can request the start of a call in a video conference from the request source terminal (terminal 10aa) whose terminal ID is “01aa” is the terminal The terminal 10ab having an ID “01ab”, the terminal 10ba having a terminal ID “01ba”, the terminal 10bb having a terminal ID “01bb”, and the like are illustrated. This destination terminal candidate is updated by being added or deleted in response to a request for addition or deletion from an arbitrary request source terminal to the management system 50.

<< Processing or Operation of Embodiment >>
Next, a processing method in the transmission system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 and 20. FIG. 19 is a sequence diagram showing a conference reservation setting process according to the second embodiment. FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reservation setting screen according to the second embodiment.

  The present embodiment shows a case where the processes of steps S126 to S128 are added to a part of the process of the first embodiment shown in FIG. That is, the processes of steps S121 to S205 are the same processes as the processes of steps S21 to 25, respectively, and the processes of steps S131 to S135 are the same processes as steps S28 to S32, respectively, and thus description thereof is omitted.

  When the transmission / reception unit 11 of the terminal 10 receives the authentication result information indicating that the terminal 10 has the right usage authority from the management system 50 in step S205, the transmission / reception unit 11 automatically sends a destination to the management system 50. Destination list request information indicating a list request is transmitted (step S126). This destination list request information includes a terminal ID for identifying the terminal 10 that is the own terminal as the request source. Thereby, the transmission / reception unit 51 of the management system 50 receives the destination list request information.

  Next, in the management system 50, the storage / reading processing unit 19 searches the destination list management DB 5004 (see FIG. 18) using the requesting terminal ID received in step S126 as a search key, thereby corresponding destinations. Candidate terminal IDs are read (step S127). Then, the transmission / reception unit 51 transmits the destination list information to the requesting terminal 10 (step S128). This destination list information includes the terminal IDs of all destination candidates read out in step S127. Thereby, the transmission / reception unit 11 of the terminal 10 receives the destination list request information.

  Next, in the terminal 10, the display control unit 17 displays the reservation setting screen shown in FIG. 20 on the display 120 (step S129). On this reservation setting screen, a conference name input column, a conference date and time input column, and a participation candidate selection column are displayed. In this participation candidate selection column, each terminal ID included in the destination list information received in step S128 is displayed. Each terminal ID displays a check box for the user to select a terminal scheduled to participate in the conference.

  Next, the user inputs the meeting name in the meeting name input field, inputs the date and time in the scheduled meeting date and time input field, and inputs a check in the check box shown in the participation candidate selection field. When all inputs are completed and the user presses the “Register” button, the accepting unit 12 accepts an input of reservation contents (step S130).

  The subsequent steps S131 to S135 are the same as the above-described steps S28 to S32, respectively, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

<< Main effects of this embodiment >>
As described above, according to this embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 20, since it is sufficient to select a destination candidate terminal ID, it is possible to easily make a reservation setting.

[Supplement of Embodiment]
The relay device 30, the management system 50, the program providing system 90, and the maintenance system 100 in the above embodiment may be constructed by a single computer, or may be arbitrarily assigned by dividing each unit (function or means). It may be constructed by a plurality of computers. In addition, when the program providing system 90 is constructed by a single computer, the program transmitted by the program providing system 90 may be transmitted by dividing it into a plurality of modules. It may be transmitted. Further, when the program providing system 90 is constructed by a plurality of computers, a plurality of modules may be divided and transmitted from each computer.

  Also, a recording medium such as a CD-ROM in which the terminal program, the relay device program, or the transmission management program of each of the above embodiments is stored, the HD 204 in which these programs are stored, and the program including the HD 204 The providing system 90 is used when the terminal program, the relay device program, and the transmission management program are provided to a user or the like as a program product in Japan or abroad.

  In the above embodiment, a video conference terminal has been described as an example of a transmission terminal. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a telephone system such as an IP (Internet Protocol) telephone or an Internet telephone may be used. Further, it may be a smartphone, a mobile phone, a car navigation terminal, a wearable computer, a surveillance camera, an electronic blackboard, a projector, a game machine, or an industrial device having a communication function. The wearable computer includes a wristwatch, a head mounted display, and the like. Industrial equipment includes office equipment such as an MFP (Multifunction Peripheral / Printer / Product), medical equipment such as an endoscope, and agricultural equipment such as a cultivator.

  In the above embodiment, image data and sound data have been described as an example of content data. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and touch data may be used. In this case, the feeling that the user touched on one terminal side is transmitted to the other terminal side. Further, the content data may be smell data. In this case, the odor (odor) on one terminal side is transmitted to the other terminal side. The content data may be at least one of image data, sound data, tactile data, and olfactory data.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the case where a video conference is performed by the transmission system 1 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a general conversation such as a meeting, a family or a friend, or information in one direction It may be used for presentation.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Transmission system 10 Transmission terminal 11 Transmission / reception part 12 Reception part 17 Display control part 19 Memory | storage / reading process part 30 Relay apparatus 50 Transmission management system 51 Transmission / reception part (an example of a receiving means, an example of a transmission means)
52 Authentication Unit 55 Judgment Unit 56 Selection Unit 57 Creation Unit 59 Storage / Read Processing Unit 90 Program Providing System 100 Maintenance System 1000 Storage Unit 5000 Storage Unit 5001 Authentication Management DB
5002 Reservation management DB (an example of reservation management means)
5003 Session management DB
5004 Destination list management DB

JP 2012-147416 A

Claims (10)

A transmission management system that accepts a request for reservation contents of a call from a transmission terminal and provides the reservation contents to the transmission terminal,
Each predetermined target identification information for identifying a reserved call is associated with each participation target identification information for identifying a plurality of persons scheduled to participate in the call or a plurality of transmission terminals scheduled to participate in the call. Reservation management means to manage,
Receiving means for receiving specific participation target identification information relating to the specific transmission terminal from the specific transmission terminal;
In the reservation management means, the specific reservation identification information associated with the received specific participation target identification information, and the first participation target identification information also associated with the specific reservation identification information, A transmission means for transmitting to the transmission terminal;
Have
The transmission means transmits, to the transmission terminal, second participation target identification information associated with other reservation identification information not associated with the received specific participation target identification information in the reservation management means. A transmission management system characterized by not.   After the transmission means transmits the specific reservation identification information to the transmission terminal, when the reception means receives the specific reservation identification information transmitted from the transmission terminal, the transmission means The transmission management system according to claim 1, wherein specific session identification information for identifying a communication session for executing a specific call indicated by the specific reservation identification information is transmitted to the terminal.   3. The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission unit transmits the specific participation target identification information that is also associated with the specific reservation identification information together with the first participation target identification information. Transmission management system. The reservation management means manages a predetermined subject of each call in association with each predetermined reservation identification information,
The said transmission means transmits the specific subject similarly linked | related with the said specific reservation identification information with the said 1st participation object identification information. The Claim 1 thru | or 3 characterized by the above-mentioned. Transmission management system. The reservation management means manages the scheduled date and time of each call in association with each predetermined reservation identification information,
The transmission means transmits a specific scheduled date and time that is also associated with the specific reservation identification information together with the first participation target identification information. The transmission management system described. The reservation management means manages the location information indicating the location of each call in association with each predetermined participation target identification information,
The said transmission means transmits the specific place information similarly linked | related with the said participation object identification information with the said 1st participation object identification information. Transmission management system. A transmission management system according to any one of claims 1 to 6;
The transmission terminal;
A transmission system comprising:   The transmission system according to claim 7, wherein the transmission terminal displays a reservation list screen indicating the first participation target identification information for each of the specific reservation identification information. There is a transmission method executed by a transmission management system that accepts a request for reservation content of a call from a transmission terminal and provides the reservation content to the transmission terminal,
The transmission management system, for each predetermined reservation identification information for identifying a reserved call, each participation for identifying a plurality of persons scheduled to participate in the call or a plurality of transmission terminals scheduled to participate in the call Reservation management means for associating and managing target identification information,
The transmission management system includes:
A receiving step of receiving specific participation target identification information related to the specific transmission terminal from the specific transmission terminal;
In the reservation management means, the specific reservation identification information associated with the received specific participation target identification information, and the first participation target identification information also associated with the specific reservation identification information, A transmission step for transmitting to the transmission terminal;
Run
In the transmission step, the reservation management means transmits second participation target identification information associated with other reservation identification information not associated with the received specific participation target identification information to the transmission terminal. The transmission method characterized by including the process which does not carry out.   A program causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 9.

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