JP2021047524A - Information processing device and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processing device and information processing method for facilitating setting of a conference.SOLUTION: A method executes a step for allowing a computer accessible to a memory storing a conference schedule containing conference participants, a conference room, and a conference time frame as elements to receive, from an information processing device, a conference setting request containing at least one prospective conference participant selected from a plurality of users, and a step for extracting each of the conference participants, the conference room, and the conference time frame from the conference setting request, and registering them to the conference schedule.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device and an information processing method.

For example, in a company or the like, when a meeting or a meeting is held, a meeting room is reserved by setting a date and time according to the schedule of participants. For example, Patent Document 1 includes a control device that selects and reserves a conference room that matches the usage conditions of the conference room transmitted from the terminal of the conference room user, and notifies the terminal of the conference room user of the reservation contents. Has been described.

JP-A-2010-186384

However, when selecting a conference room according to the usage conditions specified by the conference room user, it is necessary to make arrangements in advance for many items such as participants, schedule, venue, etc., and the act of setting a conference. Becomes complicated.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing device and an information processing method that facilitate the setting of a conference.

A method according to one aspect of the present invention includes a conference participant, a conference room, and a computer accessible to a computer for storing a conference schedule including a conference time frame as at least an element, from an information processing device, from a plurality of users. From the step of receiving the conference setting request including at least one selected conference setting request and the conference setting request, each of the conference participants, the conference room, and the conference time frame is extracted and registered in the conference schedule. To execute the steps.

According to this aspect, since each of the conference participants, the conference room, and the conference time frame is extracted from the conference setting request and registered in the conference schedule, the conference setting becomes easy.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an information processing device and an information processing method that facilitate the setting of a conference.

It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of a conference setting system 1. It is a figure which shows an example of the configuration of a server 10. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of a user DB. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of a group DB. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of a conference room DB. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of the user terminal 20. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation sequence of the conference setting system 1.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. (In each figure, those having the same reference numerals have the same or similar configurations.)

(1) Configuration FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the conference setting system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the conference setting system 1 has a server 10 and a plurality of user terminals 20 connected so as to be communicable via a communication network N such as the Internet. The server 10 provides a conference setting service that supports conference setting for each of the plurality of user terminals 20.

(1-1) Server 10
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the server 10 according to the first embodiment. The server 10 is composed of one or a plurality of information processing devices, and includes a communication unit 11, a storage unit 12, and a control unit 13.

The communication unit 11 has a communication interface circuit for connecting the server 10 to the communication network N. The communication unit 11 supplies the data received from the user terminal 20 or the like to the control unit 13. Further, the communication unit 11 transmits the data supplied from the control unit 13 to the user terminal 20 and the like.

The storage unit 12 is composed of, for example, a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk device, an optical disk device, or the like, and stores a driver program, an operating system program, an application program, data, and the like used for processing by the control unit 13. The various programs may be installed in the storage unit 12 from a computer-readable portable recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM, or may be installed in the storage unit 12 by downloading via the communication network N. Good. Further, the storage unit 12 may store dictionary data used for natural language processing executed by the registration unit 135, which will be described later, as data.

The control unit 13 includes one or more processors and peripheral circuits thereof. The control unit 13 controls the overall operation of the server 10 in an integrated manner, and is, for example, a CPU. The control unit 13 controls the operation of the communication unit 11 and the like so that various processes of the server 10 are executed in an appropriate procedure based on the program and the like stored in the storage unit 12. The control unit 13 executes processing based on a program (operating system program, driver program, application program, etc.) stored in the storage unit 12.

The control unit 13 includes a reception unit 131, a score calculation unit 132, a recommendation generation unit 133, a transmission unit 134, and a registration unit 135.

The receiving unit 131 receives various data, requests, and the like from the user terminal 20. Specifically, the receiving unit 131 receives a conference setting request, an additional conference participant, a desired conference room, an additional registration request including a desired time frame, and the like.

The score calculation unit 132 generates context information based on the conference setting request. Here, the context information may include various scores such as, for example, a first score, a second score, and a third score, which will be described below. That is, the first score indicates the degree of relevance of each of the plurality of users to the prospective conference participants, which is calculated based on the interrelationship information that defines the interrelationship of each of the plurality of users. The second score indicates the ease of access of the prospective conference participants, which is calculated based on the location information of the plurality of conference rooms and the location information of the prospective conference participants for each of the plurality of conference rooms. In addition, the third score indicates the margin of the prospective conference participants calculated based on the schedule of the prospective conference participants for each of the plurality of time frames. The score calculation unit 132 may calculate various scores based on the information contained in the various DBs shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, for example.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the user DB. The user DB is a DB for managing various information about the user. As shown in FIG. 3, the user DB includes items such as "user ID", "user information", "seat", "affiliation group", and "schedule". Identification information (ID) for identifying a user is registered in the "user ID". In the "user information", attribute information related to the user such as the user's name / name (including a nickname), e-mail address, telephone number, job title, gender, address, etc. is registered. In the "seat", information indicating the position of the seat of the user is registered. Identification information (ID) for identifying the group (described later) to which the user belongs is registered in the "affiliated group". The schedule of the user is registered in the "schedule". The schedule includes, for example, a start time, an end time, and the contents of the schedule.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the group DB. The group DB is a DB for managing various information about the group to which the user belongs. Here, the content of the group is not particularly limited as long as it is an arbitrary group composed of at least one user, and for example, a group constituting an organizational chart, a group configured as a project team, and a community are configured. It may be a group, a group of persons who have knowledge and experience in a specific field, and the like. As shown in FIG. 4, the group DB includes, for example, a “group ID”, a “name”, a “status”, a “member”, and the like. Identification information (ID) for identifying a group is registered in the "group ID". The name of the group is registered in "Name". The status of the group is registered in the "status". The status element is not particularly limited, but may be, for example, an element indicating the progress of the project. The user ID of the user belonging to the group is registered in the "member". Each member may be assigned an attribute (for example, a department head, a project manager, etc.) according to the nature of the group.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the conference room DB. The conference room DB is a DB for managing various information about the conference room. Here, the conference room registered in the conference room DB is not limited to the conference room owned by a specific company, and may include a conference room owned by another company. As shown in FIG. 5, the conference room DB includes, for example, a “meeting room ID”, a “location”, a “capacity”, and a “meeting schedule”. Identification information (ID) for identifying the conference room is registered in the "meeting room ID". The location of the conference room is registered in "Location". When the conference room is a conference room owned by another company, the means of transportation, the travel time, and the like from the company that uses the conference setting system 1 may be registered in the "place". The capacity of the conference room is registered in "Capacity". The meeting schedule of the meeting room is registered in the "meeting schedule". The meeting schedule includes, for example, "start time", "end time", and "participant" as elements. In the "usage status", information indicating whether or not the conference room is currently used is registered. The items included in the conference room DB are not limited to those described above, and may include, for example, information such as available users, available time, equipment (presence / absence of whiteboard, distinction between chair and sofa, etc.). ..

The recommendation generation unit 133 generates various recommendations based on the score calculated by the score calculation unit 132. The recommendation includes, for example, a first recommendation of a candidate for meeting, a second recommendation of a candidate meeting room, a third recommendation of a candidate time frame, and the like. Details of the recommendations will be described later.

The transmission unit 134 transmits various data and the like to the user terminal 20. Specifically, the transmission unit 134 transmits, for example, the recommendation generated by the recommendation generation unit 133 to the user terminal 20.

The registration unit 135 decomposes the request (conference setting request, etc.) transmitted from the user terminal 20 into elements by natural language processing, and then divides the preset elements related to the conference (participants, conference room, holding time, etc.) into elements. It is extracted and registered in various items of the conference schedule included in the conference room DB.

(1-2) User terminal 20
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the user terminal 20 according to the first embodiment. The user terminal 20 is composed of one or a plurality of information processing devices, and includes a communication unit 21, a storage unit 22, an operation unit 23, and a display unit 24.

The communication unit 21 includes a communication interface circuit and connects the user terminal 20 to the communication network N. Then, the communication unit 21 transmits the data supplied from the control unit 25 to the server 10 or the like. Further, the communication unit 21 supplies the data received from the server 10 or the like to the control unit 25.

The storage unit 22 includes, for example, a semiconductor memory device. The storage unit 22 stores an operating system program, a driver program, an application program, data, and the like used for processing by the control unit 25. The various programs may be installed in the storage unit 22 from a computer-readable portable recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM, or may be installed in the storage unit 22 by downloading via the communication network N. Good.

The operation unit 23 may be any device as long as the user terminal 20 can be operated, such as a touch panel or key buttons. The user can input characters, numbers, symbols, etc. using the operation unit 23. When the operation unit 23 is operated by the user, the operation unit 23 generates a signal corresponding to the operation. Then, the generated signal is supplied to the control unit 25.

The display unit 24 may be any device as long as it has a display area capable of displaying an image, an image, or the like, and is, for example, a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display. The display unit 24 displays an image corresponding to the image data supplied from the control unit 25, an image corresponding to the image data, and the like in a predetermined display area.

The control unit 25 includes one or more processors and peripheral circuits thereof. The control unit 25 controls the overall operation of the user terminal 20 in an integrated manner, and is, for example, a CPU. The control unit 25, such as the communication unit 21, the display unit 24, etc., so that various processes of the user terminal 20 are executed by an appropriate procedure based on the program stored in the storage unit 22, the operation of the operation unit 23, and the like. Control the operation. The control unit 25 executes processing based on a program (operating system program, driver program, application program, etc.) stored in the storage unit 22.

The transmission unit 251 transmits various data, requests, and the like to the server 10. Specifically, the transmission unit 251 transmits, for example, a conference setting request, an additional conference participant, a desired conference room, an additional registration request including a desired time frame, and the like to the server 10.

The receiving unit 252 receives various data, requests, and the like from the server 10. Specifically, the receiving unit 252 receives various recommendations from the server 10.

The display processing unit 253 causes the display unit 24 to display a predetermined image based on the display data stored in the storage unit 22 and the display data acquired via the communication network N.

(2) Flow FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an operation sequence of the conference setting system 1.

First, when the user inputs a conference setting request via the operation unit 23, the transmission unit 251 of the user terminal 20 transmits the conference setting request to the server 10 (S101). Here, the conference setting request may be, for example, text data requesting that the conference be set. The meeting setup request includes at least one prospective meeting participant. In addition, the conference setting request may include matters related to the conference room, the holding time, and the like. Here, the holding time may be a designated upper limit such as "within XX hours".

Next, the registration unit 135 of the server 10 decomposes the conference setting request into elements by natural language processing, extracts preset elements related to the conference (participants, conference room, holding time, etc.), and stores them in the conference room DB. Register in various items of the included conference schedule (S102). Here, when all the preset elements related to the conference (participants, conference room, holding time, etc.) are extracted as a result of the step S102 and registered in the conference schedule, the operation sequence may be terminated. .. Further, when the holding time included in the meeting setting request includes a predetermined time zone (time other than working hours, etc.), the registration unit 135 does not have to register the holding time in the meeting schedule. In that case, for example, the control unit 13 of the server 10 may send an error to the user terminal 20.

Next, the score calculation unit 132 of the server 10 generates context information based on the prospective participants in the conference when there is an unregistered item in the conference schedule (S103). Here, the context information includes various scores such as, for example, a first score, a second score, and a third score.

<1st score>
The first score is a score indicating the degree of relevance to the prospective conference participants, which is calculated for each of the arbitrary groups (groups in the organization chart, groups as project teams, etc.) composed of users. The first score may be, for example, the ratio of the members who will participate in the conference among the members of the group. In the calculation of the first score, weighting may be performed according to the attributes assigned to each member in the group DB.

<Second score>
The second score is a score calculated for each conference room and indicating the accessibility of the prospective conference participants. The second score is, for example, the total value of the distances (straight line distance, distance in the facility, travel time in the facility, etc.) from the seats of the prospective conference participants to the conference room for each prospective conference participant. ..

<Third score>
The third score is a score that is calculated for each time frame and indicates the (scheduled) margin of the prospective conference participants. The third score is, for example, a value obtained by totaling the free time between the schedules before and after the schedule of the prospective conference participants for each prospective conference attendee.

Next, the recommendation generation unit 133 of the server 10 generates various recommendations based on the above-mentioned score (S104). For example, the recommendation generation unit 133 generates a recommendation (first recommendation) for a conference participation candidate based on the first score by selecting a user whose first score is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value as a conference participation candidate. To do. Further, for example, the recommendation generation unit 133 selects a conference room whose second score is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value as a candidate conference room, and makes recommendations (second recommendation) for the candidate conference room based on the second score. Generate. Further, for example, the recommendation generation unit 133 selects a time frame in which the third score is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value as the candidate time frame, and makes a recommendation (third recommendation) of the candidate time frame based on the third score. Generate.

Next, the transmission unit 134 of the server 10 transmits the generated recommendations (first recommendation, second recommendation, third recommendation, etc.) to the user terminal 20 (S105). Next, the display processing unit 253 of the user terminal 20 displays the recommendation received from the server 10 on the display unit 24 (S106).

Next, when the user selects at least one of the conference participation candidate, the candidate conference room, or the candidate time frame via the operation unit 23, the transmission unit 251 of the user terminal 20 transfers the selected item to the conference room DB. A request for registration (additional registration request) is transmitted to the server 10 (S107). Here, the selected items are specifically, additional conference participants selected from the conference participation candidates, desired conference rooms selected from the candidate conference rooms, and desired selected from the candidate time frames. Time frame etc.

Next, the registration unit 135 of the server 10 registers the contents of the additional registration request (additional conference participants, desired conference room, desired time frame, etc.) received from the user terminal 20 in the conference room DB (S108). ). This completes the operation sequence of the conference setting system 1.

The embodiments described above are for facilitating the understanding of the present invention, and are not for limiting and interpreting the present invention. Each element included in the embodiment and its arrangement, material, condition, shape, size, etc. are not limited to those exemplified, and can be changed as appropriate. In addition, the configurations shown in different embodiments can be partially replaced or combined.

1 ... Conference setting system, 10 ... Server, 11 ... Communication unit, 12 ... Storage unit, 13 ... Control unit, 131 ... Reception unit, 132 ... Score calculation unit, 133 ... Recommendation generation unit, 134 ... Transmission unit, 135 ... Registration Unit, 20 ... User terminal, 21 ... Communication unit, 22 ... Storage unit, 23 ... Operation unit, 24 ... Display unit, 25 ... Control unit, 251 ... Transmission unit, 252 ... Reception unit, 253 ... Display processing unit

Claims (6)

On a computer that has access to memory for storing meeting schedules, including meeting participants, meeting rooms, and meeting timeframes as at least elements.
A step of receiving a conference setting request including at least one prospective conference participant selected from a plurality of users from the information processing device, and a step of receiving the conference setting request.
A step of extracting each of the conference participants, the conference room, and the conference time frame from the conference setting request and registering them in the conference schedule.
How to run. In addition to the computer
Steps to generate contextual information about the conference setup request,
A step to generate a recommendation based on the generated context information, and
A step of transmitting the generated recommendation to the information processing device, and
The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is executed. The context information includes a first score indicating the degree of relevance of each of the plurality of users to the prospective conference participant, which is calculated based on the interrelationship information that defines the interrelationship of each of the plurality of users. ,
The method according to claim 2, wherein the recommendation includes a first recommendation including at least one candidate for meeting participation selected from the plurality of users, which is generated based on the calculated first score. The context information indicates the accessibility of the prospective conference participants, which is calculated based on the location information of the plurality of conference rooms and the location information of the prospective conference participants for each of the plurality of conference rooms. Including the second score
The method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the recommendation includes a second recommendation including at least one candidate conference room selected from the plurality of conference rooms, which is generated based on the calculated second score. .. The context information includes, for each of the plurality of time frames, a third score indicating the margin of the prospective conference attendee, calculated based on the schedule of the prospective conference attendee.
One of claims 2 to 4, wherein the recommendation includes a third recommendation including at least one candidate time frame selected from the plurality of time frames, which is generated based on the calculated third score. The method described in the section. A memory-accessible information processor for storing conference schedules that includes conference participants, conference rooms, and conference timeframes as at least elements.
A receiver that receives a conference setting request including at least one prospective conference participant selected from a plurality of users from another information processing device.
A registration unit that extracts each of the conference participants, the conference room, and the conference time frame from the conference setting request and registers them in the conference schedule.
Information processing device that executes.

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