JP2022112972A - Communication system, administrator terminal, server device, communication method, and communication program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a communication system, administrator terminal, server device, communication method and communication program, which allow a school side to smoothly notify a guardian side of message information.SOLUTION: A communication system allows a school terminal 1, one or more guardian terminals, and a server device to be connected with each other via a network. The school terminal 1 comprise: a message information acquisition unit 311 for acquiring message information to be notified to the guardian terminals; and a communication control unit 313 for sending the message information to the guardian terminals.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

Applied for application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act Published on June 11, 2020, on the website of the Preparatory Committee for the Promotion of Educational Activities (from December 10, 2020, the Association for the Promotion of Educational Activities) Ongoing from June 11, 2020, Tsukuba City Education Bureau General Education Research Institute, Tsukuba Municipal Gakuen no Mori Compulsory Education School, Tsukuba Municipal Kasuga Gakuen Compulsory Education School, Tsukuba Municipal Midorino Gakuen Compulsory Education School, and Tsukuba Municipal Shuho Tsukuba Demonstration experiment at compulsory education school Ongoing from June 11, 2020, demonstration experiment at Yokohama Municipal Kamiyama Elementary School, Yokohama Municipal Nakayama Elementary School, Yokohama Municipal Morinodai Elementary School, Yokohama Municipal Nakayama Junior High School, and Yokohama Municipal Honmoku Minami Elementary School

The present invention relates to a communication system, administrator terminal, server device, communication method, and communication program.

For example, an elementary school teacher may notify each child's guardian of various communication items related to the child, such as "school news" and "lunch menu." Conventionally, a method has been adopted in which communication slips are printed by using a printing device for the number of children, and the children are given the communication slips to deliver to their parents (see, for example, Patent Document 1). .

JP 2008-112379 A

However, with the method of having the child intervene to deliver the contact form to the guardian, the child may lose the contact form or forget to present it to the guardian, and the contact form cannot be delivered to the guardian without fail. Sometimes.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such conventional problems. An object of the present invention is to provide an administrator terminal, a server device, a communication method, and a communication program.

To achieve the above object, a communication system according to the present invention is a communication system comprising an administrator terminal and at least one user terminal connected to the administrator terminal via a network, wherein the administrator terminal comprises a contact information acquiring unit for acquiring contact information to be notified to the user terminal, and a communication control unit for transmitting the contact information to the user terminal.

An administrator terminal according to the present invention is an administrator terminal connected to at least one user terminal via a network, comprising: a contact information acquiring unit for acquiring contact information to be notified to the user terminal; and a communication control unit for transmitting.

A server device according to the present invention is a server device that is connected to an administrator terminal and at least one user terminal via a network, and includes a reception control unit that receives contact information transmitted from the administrator terminal. , a database that stores the contact information, and a transmission control unit that transmits the contact information stored in the database to the user terminal when a transmission request from the user terminal is acquired.

A communication method according to the present invention is a communication method for transmitting contact information from an administrator terminal to a user terminal connected to the administrator terminal via a network, and acquiring the contact information to be notified to the user terminal. and sending said contact information to said user terminal.

One aspect of the present invention is a communication program for causing a computer to function as the administrator terminal. Another aspect of the present invention is a communication program for causing a computer to function as the server device.

In the present invention, it becomes possible to smoothly notify the contact information from the administrator side to the user side.

FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the school terminal according to the embodiment of the invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the guardian terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing transmission and reception of data when contact information transmitted from a school terminal is transmitted to the parent terminal via the server device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an application selection screen displayed on the display unit of the school terminal. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen of "letter distribution status" displayed on the display unit of the school terminal. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen when "deliver new letter" is selected on the screen shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen when "Confirm read count" is selected on the screen shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an application selection screen displayed on the display unit of the parent's terminal. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen when "notification list" is selected on the screen shown in FIG. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen when contact information is selected on the screen shown in FIG. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen when contact information is selected on the screen shown in FIG. FIG. 14 is a sequence diagram showing transmission and reception of data when contact information transmitted from the school terminal is transmitted to the parent terminal via the server device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same or equivalent reference numerals are given to the same or equivalent parts and components throughout each drawing, and the description thereof will be omitted or simplified.

[Configuration of Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a communication system 100 according to this embodiment includes a school-side device 6 (administrator device), a plurality of parent terminals 2 (user terminals), and a server device 3 . The school-side device 6 includes a school terminal 1 (administrator terminal) and a printing device 5 . The school terminal 1 and the parent's terminal 2 can be connected to the server device 3 via a network 4 such as the Internet. Also, the school terminal 1 is connected to the printer 5 . In the following, children and students who attend school are simply referred to as "children."

[Description of school terminal 1]
A detailed configuration of the school terminal 1 will be described. The school terminal 1 is installed in a school such as an elementary school, and the school teacher transmits contact information to the guardian terminal 2 and, if necessary, acquires the message transmitted from the guardian terminal 2. It is a terminal device for performing such as. The school terminal 1 can be configured by a computer including a CPU, ROM, RAM, hard disk, and the like.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the school terminal 1. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the school terminal 1 includes a control section 31, an input section 32, a display section 33, a program storage section 34, a database 35, and an external communication section . The school terminal 1 is also connected to a printing device 5 .

The input unit 32 receives an input operation by the teacher. The input unit 32 is, for example, a keyboard and mouse mounted on a personal computer, or a touch panel sensor mounted on a tablet terminal. The input unit 32 also includes a scanner or the like that reads printed matter on which contact information is printed and generates electronic data.

The display unit 33 displays various images on the screen. The display unit 33 is, for example, a liquid crystal display mounted on a personal computer or a tablet terminal.

The program storage unit 34 stores various programs including application programs for executing various controls and communication of various contact information with the server device 3 . The program storage unit 34 can be configured by a flash memory or the like. Application programs for executing various control and communication of contact information can be downloaded from a cloud server or the like via the network 4, for example.

The database 35 stores a class correspondence table in which each child's attendance number is associated with the class ID of the class to which each child belongs. The database 35 can be composed of, for example, a hard disk.

The external communication unit 36 performs communication processing with an external device via the network 4 .

The control unit 31 includes a contact information acquisition unit 311 , a display control unit 312 , a communication control unit 313 and a print control unit 314 .

The contact information acquisition unit 311 acquires contact information input through the input unit 32 . "Contact information" is various kinds of information that the teacher informs each child and the guardian of each child on a regular or non-regular basis, such as "school news" and "lunch menu". The contact information includes information for all grades, information for specific grades, information for specific classes, information for members of specific club activities, and the like.

A contact information acquisition unit 311 acquires image data generated by scanning a printed matter on which contact information is printed. The contact information acquisition unit 311 can also acquire data input by image creation software or character input software as image data.

Therefore, the teacher can prepare the contact information as a printed matter and read it with a scanner to input the contact information as electronic data. Teachers can also create contact information using computer software and enter the created contact information as electronic data.

The display control unit 312 controls the display of various information on the display unit 33 . Specifically, the display control unit 312 performs control to display the contact information acquired by the contact information acquisition unit 311 on the display unit 33 . For example, if the contact information is “September school lunch menu”, this image is displayed on the display unit 33 . The display control unit 312 also controls the display of an image indicating the transmission status of the contact information on the display unit 33 .

The display control unit 312 also performs control to display on the display unit 33 an input image of the contact information stored in the server device 3 and an image showing the distribution status. Specifically, control is performed to display images shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, which will be described later.

The communication control unit 313 performs processing for transmitting the contact information acquired by the contact information acquisition unit 311 from the school terminal 1 to the server device 3 . The communication control unit 313 transmits the contact information stored in the database 35 to the server device 3 when a contact information transmission command is input through the input unit 32 .

The contact information includes information on the guardian terminal 2 as the destination. The parent terminal 2 to be the transmission destination can be set by classifying the whole school to which the child belongs, the grade, the class, the extracurricular activity, the region, and the like. For example, when transmitting target contact information to the parent terminal 2 of a child in the third grade, the transmission destination is set to the third grade. Also, when transmitting the target contact information to the parent terminal 2 of the child in the soccer club, the transmission destination is set to the soccer club.

Also, the contact information can include transmission time information. The transmission time information is information indicating the date and time when the contact information is transmitted to each guardian terminal 2 . As will be described later, the contact information transmitted by the communication control unit 313 is stored in the server device 3 and then transmitted to the guardian terminal 2 to be transmitted on the date and time set in the transmission time information.

The communication control unit 313 also receives various information transmitted from the guardian terminal 2 via the server device 3 . Communication control unit 313 stores the received information in database 35 . The information transmitted from the parent terminal 2 is, for example, information such as an absence notification that the parent notifies the teacher.

The communication control unit 313 also transmits this deletion command to the server device 3 when a deletion command for contact information that has already been transmitted is input from the input unit 32 . As will be described later, when the server device 3 receives a deletion command transmitted from the communication control unit 313, it deletes the contact information to be deleted stored in the contact information table 124 (see FIG. 4 described later). .

The print control unit 314 outputs a print command to the printing device 5 when an operation for instructing printing of contact information is input in the input unit 32 . Further, when an operation for instructing transmission of contact information is input in the input unit 32, a print command is output to the printing device 5 in conjunction with the transmission of this contact information.

The printing device 5 is a printing device such as a printer or a copier. When a print command is output from the print control unit 314, the printing device 5 prints the print information. The teacher may instruct the child to bring the printed material and deliver it to the child's guardian.

[Description of Guardian Terminal 2]
Next, the guardian terminal 2 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. The parent's terminal 2 is, for example, a terminal device owned by a parent of a school-going child or student's household. Specifically, the parent terminal 2 is a child who attends school, a parent of a student (for example, a parent), or a smartphone or tablet terminal owned by the person himself/herself. The number of guardian terminals 2 in one household may be one or plural. The guardian terminal 2 is configured by a computer including a CPU, ROM, RAM, hard disk, and the like.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the detailed configuration of the guardian terminal 2. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3 , the parent terminal 2 includes a control section 21 , an input section 22 , a display section 23 , a program storage section 24 , a database 25 and an external communication section 26 .

The input unit 22 receives an input operation by a guardian (user) who operates the guardian terminal 2 . The input unit 22 is, for example, a touch panel sensor mounted on a smart phone or a tablet terminal. As the input unit 22, it is also possible to use a dedicated keyboard, mouse, or the like. Parents can operate the input unit 22 to input contact information to be notified to the school terminal 1 .

The display unit 23 displays various images on the screen. The display unit 23 is, for example, a liquid crystal display mounted on a smartphone or a tablet terminal.

The program storage unit 24 stores various programs including application programs for performing various controls and various information communications with the server device 3 . The program storage unit 24 can be configured by a flash memory or the like. Application programs for executing various controls and communication of contact information can be downloaded from a cloud server or the like via the network 4, for example.

The database 25 stores various information regarding communication with the server device 3 . For example, it stores various types of ID information set by an ID management unit 211, which will be described later.

The external communication unit 26 performs communication processing with an external device via the network 4 .

The control unit 21 includes an ID management unit 211 , a display control unit 212 and a communication control unit 213 .

The ID management unit 211 acquires the class ID of the class to which the child belongs, out of the class IDs set for each class in the school the child attends. The class ID is data that uniquely identifies the class to which the child belongs. The ID management unit 211 stores the acquired class ID in the database 25 . That is, when the parent inputs the class ID of the class to which the child belongs in the input unit 22, the ID management unit 211 stores this class ID in the database 25. FIG.

The ID management unit 211 also acquires an attendance number (child ID) set for each child in the school that the child attends, and stores this attendance number in the database 25 . That is, when the guardian inputs the attendance number in the input unit 22 , the ID management unit 211 stores this attendance number in the database 25 . The attendance number is, for example, a number in alphabetical order or date of birth set for each class.

The ID management unit 211 also performs processing to rewrite the class ID and attendance number stored in the database 25 when an operation to change the class ID or the attendance number is input through the input unit 22 .

The display control unit 212 controls the display of various information on the display unit 23 .

The communication control unit 213 controls data transmission and reception performed with the server device 3 . The communication control unit 213 receives a push notification (details will be described later) transmitted from the server device 3 . The communication control unit 213 transmits a contact information transmission request to the server device 3 when the contact information acquisition operation is performed in the input unit 22 in response to the push notification. When contact information is sent from the server device 3 in response to the transmission of the transmission request, the communication control unit 213 performs processing for receiving this contact information.

[Description of Server Apparatus 3]
Next, a detailed configuration of the server device 3 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4 , the server device 3 includes a control section 11 , a database section 12 (server-side database), a program storage section 13 and an external communication section 14 .

The database unit 12 includes a school management table 121, a class management table 122, a user table 123, and a contact information table 124.

The school management table 121 is a table that stores information for managing each school connected to the network 4 . The school management table 121 stores the MAC address of each school terminal 1, the ID of the teacher who operates each school terminal 1, and the like.

The class management table 122 is a table that stores information for managing each class in each school. The class management table 122 stores a class ID uniquely associated with each class.

The user table 123 is a table that stores information related to each parent terminal 2 and child connected to the network 4 . The user table 123 stores information indicating the correspondence relationship of the guardian terminals 2 for each household when a plurality of guardian terminals 2 are provided in one household.

The contact information table 124 is a table that stores contact information to be transmitted from the school terminal 1 to each parent terminal 2 . In the contact information table 124, contact information such as "school news" and "lunch menu" transmitted from the school terminal 1 is stored. Since the contact information sent from the school terminal 1 is sent as image data such as PDF, the PDF image data is processed into PNG data or the like by the data processing unit 181, which will be described later, and then stored in the contact information table 124.

The contact information table 124 also stores images for inputting and confirming contact information displayed on the display unit 33 of the school terminal 1 . For example, an image showing the status of letter delivery shown in FIG. 7, which will be described later, is stored. The contact information table 124 also stores images for input and confirmation displayed on the display unit 23 of the guardian terminal 2 . For example, an image shown in FIG. 11, which will be described later, is stored.

The program storage unit 13 stores various programs including application programs for executing various types of control and communication of contact information between the parent terminal 2 and the school terminal 1 . The program storage unit 13 can be configured by a flash memory or the like.

The external communication unit 14 performs communication processing with an external device via the network 4 .

The control unit 11 controls the operation of the server device 3 as a whole. The control unit 11 is configured including a CPU and the like. The control unit 11 includes a user management unit 15 , a reception control unit 16 , a transmission control unit 17 and a contact information management unit 18 . Each unit of the control unit 11 is configured by executing a program stored in the program storage unit 13 by the CPU.

The user management unit 15 includes a class ID issuing unit 151 , an attendance number management unit 152 and a parent terminal management unit 153 .

The class ID issuing unit 151 issues a class ID for specifying each class at school. The class ID issuing unit 151 also associates each student's attendance number with the class ID and stores them in the class management table 122 .

The attendance number management unit 152 manages the attendance number (child ID) of each child. Specifically, the attendance number management unit 152 associates the parent terminal 2 possessed by the parent of each child with the attendance number of each child and stores them in the user table 123 .

The parent terminal management unit 153 manages each parent terminal 2 connected to the network 4 . Specifically, when a plurality of parent terminals 2 are provided in one household, the parent terminal management unit 153 performs processing for synchronizing various information for each household.

The reception control unit 16 receives the contact information transmitted from the school terminal 1 and performs processing for storing it in the contact information table 124 . The reception control unit 16 also receives a transmission request for contact information transmitted from the guardian terminal 2 .

The transmission control unit 17 transmits a push notification of predetermined contact information to the guardian terminal 2 at a reservation time set in the distribution reservation unit 182, which will be described later. The transmission control unit 17 also transmits the contact information stored in the contact information table 124 to the guardian terminal 2 when the transmission request sent from the guardian terminal 2 is acquired. The transmission control unit 17 also transmits to the guardian terminal 2 data including at least a part of the printed matter having the same contents as the electronic data received by the reception control unit 16 .

The contact information management unit 18 includes a data processing unit 181 , a delivery reservation unit 182 , a push notification processing unit 183 , a read processing unit 184 , an overwrite processing unit 185 and a classification processing unit 186 .

The data processing unit 181 processes electronic data of contact information transmitted from the school terminal 1 . For example, when contact information is transmitted as PDF data, it is processed into PNG data or the like.

When the delivery time information indicating the date and time of sending the contact information is added to the contact information sent from the school terminal 1, the delivery reservation unit 182 sends a push notification to the target guardian terminal 2 at this date and time. to be sent.

The push notification processing unit 183 sends a push notification indicating that the contact information has been sent to the target guardian terminal 2 when the contact information is sent from the school terminal 1 and the above-described reservation time has come. Send.

The read processing unit 184 transmits the contact information to the parent terminal 2, and when the contact information is opened at the parent terminal 2, the read information is added to the contact information stored in the contact information table 124. Perform the addition process. The read information is set for each guardian terminal 2 . For example, when one piece of contact information is transmitted to a plurality of guardian terminals 2, read information is added to the guardian terminal 2 that opened the piece of contact information. By adding the read information to the contact information, it can be recognized that the guardian terminal 2 to which the contact information is to be transmitted has been read.

In addition, when a plurality of guardian terminals 2 are set in one household, for example, when a mother and a father have a smartphone that is the guardian terminal 2 for one child, at least one When the contact information is opened in the guardian terminal 2, read information is added to the contact information. Alternatively, when the contact information is opened at both guardian terminals 2, the read information may be added.

When the contact information with the same title is transmitted from the school terminal 1 multiple times, the overwrite processing unit 185 performs processing to overwrite the latest contact information. The “same title” is contact information such as “September school lunch menu” and “March issue of Class Newsletter for Class 3”, which do not have a plurality of the same titles. That is, the overwrite processing unit 185 overwrites the latest contact information with the contact information stored in the database unit 12 when the contact information with the same title is transmitted from the guardian terminal 2 a plurality of times. The overwrite processing unit 185 also performs processing to delete this contact information when a deletion command for specific contact information is transmitted from the school terminal 1 .

The classification processing unit 186 classifies the contact information transmitted from the school terminal 1 into a plurality of preset types. The classification processing unit 186 adds each type of information to the contact information stored in the contact information table 124 . Classification types include, for example, school news, health news, school lunch menus, and the like. That is, the classification processing unit 186 performs processing for classifying the contact information transmitted from the school terminal 1 into each of a plurality of preset types.

[Operation of the first embodiment]
Next, a processing procedure of the communication system 100 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing processing for transmitting contact information from the school terminal 1 to the guardian terminal 2 via the server device 3. As shown in FIG.

First, in step S11 of FIG. 5, the contact information acquisition unit 311 of the school terminal 1 acquires contact information. For example, when the contact information is provided as printed matter, electronic data of the contact information is obtained by reading this printed matter with a scanner. Also, when the contact information is created by software such as image creation software or character input software, these electronic data are acquired. Further, electronic data of the contact information may be generated by the server device 3 . That is, the electronic data of the contact information written on the printed matter can be created by the school terminal 1 or the server device 3 .

In step S<b>12 , the communication control unit 313 of the school terminal 1 uploads the contact information acquired by the contact information acquisition unit 311 to the server device 3 .

In step S<b>13 , the reception control unit 16 of the server device 3 receives the contact information uploaded from the school terminal 1 . The data processing unit 181 processes the data of the uploaded contact information. For example, contact information uploaded as PDF data is processed into PNG data.

The classification processing unit 186 also classifies the processed contact information into a plurality of preset types and stores them in the contact information table 124 .

If the contact information having the same title as the uploaded contact information is already stored in the contact information table 124, the overwrite processing unit 185 overwrites the already stored contact information. Therefore, when contact information with the same title is uploaded multiple times, it is always updated to the latest version.

In step S14, the contact information acquisition unit 311 of the school terminal 1 acquires information on the guardian terminal 2 to which the contact information is delivered. Specifically, when the teacher who operates the school terminal 1 sets the delivery destination of the contact information in the input unit 32, for example, the whole school, the child in the class XX, etc., this information is obtained by the contact information acquisition unit 311. Acquired by

A specific example of the process of uploading contact information will be described below with reference to FIGS. 6 to 9. FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the initial screen displayed on the display unit 33 of the school terminal 1, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the display screen of "Letter delivery status", and FIG. It is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen when "new letter delivery" is selected.

When the teacher who operates the school terminal 1 starts an application for executing communication of contact information, the initial screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display unit 33 . The teacher selects the icon P1 of "letter notification/delivery status" displayed on the initial screen shown in FIG.

By selecting the icon P1, the screen of "letter distribution status" shown in FIG. 7 is displayed. As shown in FIG. 7, a selection frame P4 for "new letter delivery" is displayed on the letter delivery status screen. Further, a list P2 of letters sent in the past is displayed on the letter delivery status screen, and a selection frame P3 for confirming the number of already read letters is displayed in the list.

When the teacher selects the selection frame P4 for "new delivery of letter" on the screen shown in FIG. 7, a new contact information setting screen shown in FIG. 8 is displayed. The setting screen shown in FIG. 8 displays a preview screen P11 of contact information to be sent, a selection frame P13 for selecting execution of printing, a selection box P14 indicating that execution of printing is selected, and a pop-up screen P12.

The teacher can recognize the contact information to be transmitted by viewing the preview screen P11 and the popup screen P12. Further, when the contact information is to be printed by the printer 5 in parallel with the transmission of the contact information as electronic data, the selection frame P13 is selected. As a result, the selection box P14 indicating that execution of printing has been selected is checked.

The teacher inputs the title of the contact information such as "class newspaper June issue" in the title input box P15 shown in FIG. The teacher also enters a category name to which the contact information is to be sent, such as "whole school", "grade", or "class", in the letter category name input box P16. The teacher also enters a message to accompany the contact information in the message input box P17.

The teacher also sets the destination of the contact information in the delivery class selection box P18. For example, if the destination of the contact information is "all grades", a check mark is put in the selection box for all grades. The teacher also sets the delivery date and time of the contact information in the selection frame P19 indicating the delivery date and time of the contact information. If you want to reserve a transmission time, select "Reserve", and if you want to transmit immediately, select "Immediately". The teacher can also subscribe to the contact information by selecting the subscribe selection box P20.

When the selection frame P3 for confirmation shown in FIG. 7 is selected, the name, attendance number, and read/unread information of each child are displayed as shown in FIG. Note that the school terminal 1 is set with a table that associates the attendance numbers and names of the children. Therefore, it is possible to display the name corresponding to the child's attendance number. The child's name information is not used for communication with the server device 3 . Therefore, the child's name will not be leaked to the outside.

Returning to FIG. 5, in step S15, the communication control unit 313 of the school terminal 1 transmits to the server device 3 various types of information including the delivery destination of the contact information and delivery instruction information.

In step S<b>16 , the delivery reservation unit 182 of the server device 3 associates the contact information stored in the contact information table 124 with information on the transmission destination and delivery date and time.

In step S17, the already-read processing unit 184 sets the already-read information to be added to the contact information stored in the contact information table 124 as "unread". That is, the contact information before being transmitted to the guardian terminal 2 is set as unread.

In step S18, the push notification processing unit 183, when the delivery reservation time for the target contact information (for example, 0:00 am on 0:00) arrives, sends the contact information to the guardian terminal 2 to send push notifications.

In step S<b>19 , the guardian terminal 2 receives the push notification transmitted from the server device 3 . A parent who operates the parent terminal 2 can recognize that there is contact information from the school teacher by the push notification.

When the guardian operating the guardian terminal 2 performs an operation to acquire contact information, the guardian terminal 2 transmits a contact information acquisition request to the server device 3 in step S20.

In step S21, the reception control unit 16 of the server device 3 receives a contact information acquisition request. The transmission control unit 17 transmits the contact information to the guardian terminal 2 that requested the acquisition. In addition, when a plurality of guardian terminals 2 are set in one household, if there is a request for acquisition of contact information from one of these guardian terminals 2, all guardian terminals 2 in this household You may send your contact information to

In step S<b>22 , the communication control unit 213 of the guardian terminal 2 receives the contact information transmitted from the server device 3 and displays the received contact information on the display unit 23 .

The process of viewing contact information by a guardian will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 10 to 13. FIG. 10 to 13 are explanatory diagrams showing display examples of screens displayed on the display unit 23 of the guardian terminal 2. FIG. Here, an example in which the parent terminal 2 is a smart phone is shown.

When the parent operating the parent terminal 2 starts an application for executing communication of contact information, the initial screen on the display unit 23 includes an icon P5 indicating a list of notifications, as shown in FIG. 10, for example. Multiple icons are displayed. When the parent taps the icon P5 on the screen, a "notification list" screen is displayed on the display unit 23 as shown in FIG.

A selection frame P31 for selecting the child's nickname and a list P32 for selecting various contact information are displayed on the notification list screen.

Nicknames of a plurality of children are displayed in the selection frame P31. For example, if there are three children in one household, the nickname set for each child is displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 11, "John", "George", and "Paul" are displayed. Since the parent knows the correspondence between each child and each nickname, the child can be identified by using the display on the screen as the nickname. The nickname may be in any form other than the real name, such as letters and symbols that can be identified by the guardian. By using nicknames, the entire system does not need to handle personal information such as the child's name, address, age, etc., and the risk of information leakage can be reduced.

Each nickname is associated with the attendance number of each child. "Attendance number" is a number for identifying each child, and is set in order of the Japanese syllabary, date of birth, or the like, for example.

Each child's attendance number is associated with each child's nickname, and information indicating these relationships is stored in the server device 3 and the school terminal 1 . Therefore, on the notification list screen, instead of the child's name, the nickname associated with each child is displayed. By using nicknames, it is not necessary to handle personal information in the entire system, and the risk of information leakage can be reduced.

The parent can select the target child by tapping the child's nickname displayed in the selection frame P31.

By selecting a nickname, a list P32 of contact information transmitted from the school terminal 1 is displayed on the display screen. Specifically, lists such as "school news", "lunch news", and "soccer club" are displayed. Of the contact information displayed on the display screen, unopened contact information is displayed with a marker P34 indicating unopened.

Further, by tapping the selection frame P35 of "type of letter", the desired type of contact information can be selected. That is, since the contact information table 124 of the server device 3 has type information added to the contact information, it is possible to classify and display the contact information for each type by selecting the type of contact information. . In addition, frequently selected types of contact information can be set as "favorites" by tapping the icon P36. The contact information of the type set to "favorite" is displayed with the marker P33 painted over.

By tapping the unopened contact information, the guardian can display the contact information on the screen as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, for example. FIG. 12 shows an example in which a school lunch menu is displayed. FIG. 13 shows an example in which precautions attached to the school lunch menu are displayed. Parents can recognize the school lunch menu and notes on this by viewing this screen.

Returning to FIG. 5, in step S23, the communication control unit 213 of the guardian terminal 2 transmits read information about the contact information when the contact information is opened.

In step S24, the reception control unit 16 of the server device 3 receives the read information.

In step S<b>25 , the already-read processing unit 184 of the server device 3 adds already-read information to the contact information stored in the contact information table 124 .

When the teacher selects the "confirmation" selection frame P3 displayed on the "letter distribution status" screen shown in FIG. is displayed. That is, when the read information is transmitted from the parent terminal 2 to the server device 3, the read information is added to the target contact information. Then, the read information about the target contact information is displayed on the display section 33 . By viewing this display, the teacher can recognize whether the parent/guardian of each child has read or not.

Further, when a plurality of guardian terminals 2 are set in the same household, when already read information is transmitted from at least one of the guardian terminals, the already read information is added to this contact information. Alternatively, when the read information is transmitted from both parent's terminals, the read information may be added to the contact information.

Further, as an example of the process of adding the opened/read information of the contact information, for example, when the contact information is received by the guardian terminal 2 and the contact information is opened on the display screen of the display unit 23 of the guardian terminal 2, the opened The received information is temporarily stored in the guardian terminal 2 as read information, and after that, the read information is updated in the database unit 12 of the server device 3 when communication with the server device 3 is performed by the user's operation. good.

[Effect of the first embodiment]
As described above, in the communication system 100 according to the first embodiment, the teacher who operates the school terminal 1 acquires contact information for parents as electronic data, and transmits the electronic data to the parent terminal 2 via the server device 3. can do. For this reason, for example, when an elementary school teacher conveys contact information such as "school news" or "lunch menu" to the guardians of each child, there is no need for the child to have a printed copy of the contact information. Therefore, there is no problem that the child loses the printed matter or forgets to hand it over to the guardian, and the contact information can be reliably transmitted to the guardian of the child.

Further, the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment includes a server device 3, which uploads contact information input at the school terminal 1 to the server device 3, and uploads contact information to the server device 3 at the parent terminal 2. contact information is available for viewing. Therefore, even when a large number of parent terminals 2 are connected to the school terminal 1 and communication is congested, it is possible to smoothly transmit and receive contact information.

Further, the teacher can overwrite the contact information stored in the server device 3 with the latest version by uploading the contact information again with the same title for the contact information that has already been sent. Therefore, when the teacher wants to rewrite the contact information that has already been sent, the contact information of the latest version can always be communicated to the parents without leaving the old version. In addition, erroneous recognition of contact information can be prevented.

Further, when the contact information uploaded from the school terminal 1 is transmitted to the parent terminal 2 and opened by the parent, read information is added to the contact information. Therefore, when the teacher confirms the delivery status of contact information on the school terminal 1, the read and unread information can be acquired for each child. This ensures that the teacher knows which child's parent/guardian has been informed of the contact information.

Furthermore, when the teacher performs a delete operation on the transmitted contact information in the input unit 32, the contact information to be deleted stored in the server device 3 can be deleted. Therefore, unnecessary contact information can be prevented from being accumulated in the server device 3 .

Further, the contact information uploaded from the school terminal 1 is classified by type set in advance in the server device 3 and stored in the contact information table 124 . Then, when the guardian terminal 2 acquires the contact information, by setting the classification type of the contact information, the contact information filtered by the classification type can be displayed. Therefore, the guardian terminal 2 can quickly search for and view the necessary contact information.

Furthermore, since only contact information that does not include personal information is transmitted and received between the parent terminal 2, the server device 3, and the school terminal 1, it is possible to prevent personal information from being leaked.

Also, if multiple parental terminals 2 are set in one household, for example, if the smartphones of the child's father and mother are set as parental terminals 2, at least one parental terminal 2 will contact When the information is viewed, the contact information corresponding to this household is set as read. Therefore, the teacher can recognize that at least one parent has browsed.

Furthermore, when multiple parental terminals 2 are set for one household, when there is a request for transmission of contact information for push notification from one parental terminal, all parental terminals of this household are contacted. Send information. Therefore, for example, when the child's father and mother each have a guardian terminal 2, the contact information can be shared between both guardian terminals 2. FIG.

[Description of Second Embodiment]
Next, a communication system according to a second embodiment of the invention will be described. Since the system configuration is the same as that of FIGS. 1 to 4 described above, description of the configuration is omitted.

A processing procedure of the communication system according to the second embodiment will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The flowchart shown in FIG. 14 differs from the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 in that steps S141 to S144 are added. Since other processes are the same as those in FIG. 5, description thereof is omitted.

When the communication control unit 313 of the school terminal 1 acquires the information on the distribution destination of the contact information, the communication control unit 313 transmits a print start request of the contact information to the server device 3 .

In step S<b>142 , the transmission control unit 17 of the server device 3 outputs an instruction to start printing contact information to the school terminal 1 .

In step S<b>143 , the print control unit 314 of the school terminal 1 transmits the electronic data of the contact information acquired by the contact information acquisition unit 311 to the printing device 5 . The print control unit 314 also sends an instruction to print the contact information to the printing device 5 .

In step S144, the printing device 5 prints the contact information. For example, print the same number of contact information as the number of recipients of the contact information. By synchronizing the transmission of the print instruction shown in step S143 with the contact information delivery instruction shown in step S15, the contact information delivery and the contact information printing process by the printing device 5 can be executed in synchronization. can.

The teacher can notify the parent of the printed matter on which the contact information is printed by having the child bring the printed matter printed by the printing device 5 . Therefore, the guardian can acquire both the contact information in the electronic data acquired by the guardian terminal 2 and the printed matter on which the contact information is printed. As a result, it is possible to reliably convey the contact information created by the teacher to the child's guardian.

Furthermore, since the delivery of the contact information and the printing by the printing device 5 can be performed in a single operation, the teacher does not need much labor, and problems such as forgetting the printing operation can be avoided. can do. Also, by handing over the printed matter, it is possible to reliably convey the contact information to the guardian even when the guardian is not checking the guardian terminal 2 such as a smartphone.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the school terminal 1 operated by an elementary school teacher is used as an example of the administrator terminal, but the present invention is not limited to this. Cultural schools such as cram schools and cooking classes are also acceptable. Further, the administrator terminal may be installed in a nursery school, a kindergarten, a hospital, a company, a department within the company, a public fire department, a mutual aid organization such as a fire brigade, a public health center, and the like.

In addition, the parent terminal 2 operated by the parent of the child has been described as an example of the user terminal, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the smartphone owned by the student attending university or cooking can be used. It is also possible to use a smart phone or the like owned by the student who attends the classroom. Furthermore, when the administrator terminal is installed in a nursery school/kindergarten, the user may be a guardian, a family member of a graduate, or the like. If the administrator terminal is installed in a hospital, the user may be a patient, a caregiver, a person who has completed treatment, or their family members. When the administrator terminal is installed in a company, the user may be an employee, a full-time employee, a temporary employee, a shareholder, a retiree, an OB, or their family members. If the administrator terminal is installed in a public fire station, a mutual aid organization such as a fire brigade, or a public health center, the user may be a local resident, a visitor, or their family.

It is also possible to install a communication system in a household where a care recipient exists and a care facility such as a day service, and use it for communication between the guardian of the care recipient and the care facility.

In the above-described embodiment, the communication between the parent terminal 2 and the school terminal 1 is performed via the server device 3. However, the function of the server device 3 may be included in the school terminal 1. is also possible.

Thus, the present invention naturally includes various embodiments and the like not described here. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention is defined only by the matters specifying the invention according to the scope of claims that are valid from the above description. The invention described in the claims as originally filed will be added below.

[Appendix 1]
A communication system comprising an administrator terminal and at least one user terminal connected to the administrator terminal via a network,
The administrator terminal
a contact information acquisition unit that acquires contact information to be notified to the user terminal;
a communication control unit that transmits the contact information to the user terminal;
A communication system comprising:

[Appendix 2]
further comprising a server device connected to the network,
The server device
a reception control unit for receiving electronic data of printed matter transmitted from the administrator terminal;
The communication system according to appendix 1, further comprising a transmission control unit that transmits data including at least a part of printed matter having the same contents as the electronic data received by the reception control unit to the user terminal.

[Appendix 3]
further comprising a server device connected to the network,
The server device
a reception control unit that receives contact information transmitted from the administrator terminal;
a server-side database that stores the contact information;
a transmission control unit configured to transmit the contact information stored in the server-side database to the user terminal when a transmission request from the user terminal is acquired;
The communication system according to appendix 1, characterized by comprising:

[Appendix 4]
The server device further includes an overwrite processing unit that overwrites the latest contact information with the contact information stored in the server-side database when the contact information with the same title is transmitted multiple times from the user terminal. The communication system according to appendix 3, characterized by:

[Appendix 5]
The server device further includes a read processing unit that adds read information to the contact information stored in the server-side database when the contact information transmitted to the user terminal is opened at the user terminal. The communication system according to appendix 3 or 4, characterized by comprising:

[Appendix 6]
The server device
A classification processing unit that classifies the contact information transmitted from the administrator terminal into a plurality of preset types,
The communication system according to any one of appendices 3 to 5, wherein the server-side database stores the contact information classified by each of the types.

[Appendix 7]
the administrator terminal transmitting contact information that does not include personal information;
The communication system according to any one of Appendices 1 to 6, characterized by:

[Appendix 8]
An administrator terminal connected to at least one user terminal via a network,
a contact information acquisition unit that acquires contact information to be notified to the user terminal;
a communication control unit that transmits the contact information to the user terminal;
An administrator terminal comprising:

[Appendix 9]
A server device connected to an administrator terminal and at least one user terminal via a network,
a reception control unit that receives contact information transmitted from the administrator terminal;
a database storing the contact information;
a transmission control unit configured to transmit the contact information stored in the database to the user terminal when a transmission request from the user terminal is acquired;
A server device comprising:

[Appendix 10]
A communication method for transmitting contact information from an administrator terminal to a user terminal connected to the administrator terminal via a network,
obtaining contact information to be notified to the user terminal;
sending said contact information to said user terminal;
A communication method comprising:

[Appendix 11]
A communication program for causing a computer to function as the administrator terminal described in Supplementary Note 8.

[Appendix 12]
A communication program for causing a computer to function as the server device described in appendix 9.

1 school terminal 2 parent terminal 3 server device 4 network 5 printing device 6 administrator device 11, 21, 31 control section 12 database section (server side database)
13 program storage unit 14, 26, 36 external communication unit 15 user management unit 16 reception control unit 17 transmission control unit 18 contact information management unit 22, 32 input unit 23, 33 display unit 24, 34 program storage unit 25, 35 database 100 Communication system 121 School management table 122 Class management table 123 User table 124 Contact information table 151 Class ID issuing unit 152 Attendance number management unit 153 Parent terminal management unit 181 Data processing unit 182 Distribution reservation unit 183 Push notification processing unit 184 Already read processing Unit 185 Overwrite processing unit 186 Classification processing unit 211 ID management unit 212, 312 Display control unit 213, 313 Communication control unit 311 Contact information acquisition unit 314 Print control unit

Claims (12)

A communication system comprising an administrator terminal and at least one user terminal connected to the administrator terminal via a network,
The administrator terminal
a contact information acquisition unit that acquires contact information to be notified to the user terminal;
a communication control unit that transmits the contact information to the user terminal;
A communication system comprising: further comprising a server device connected to the network,
The server device
a reception control unit for receiving electronic data of printed matter transmitted from the administrator terminal;
2. The communication system according to claim 1, further comprising a transmission control section for transmitting data including at least a part of printed matter having the same contents as the electronic data received by the reception control section to the user terminal. further comprising a server device connected to the network,
The server device
a reception control unit that receives contact information transmitted from the administrator terminal;
a server-side database that stores the contact information;
a transmission control unit configured to transmit the contact information stored in the server-side database to the user terminal when a transmission request from the user terminal is acquired;
2. The communication system according to claim 1, comprising: The server device further includes an overwrite processing unit that overwrites the latest contact information with the contact information stored in the server-side database when the contact information with the same title is transmitted multiple times from the user terminal. 4. The communication system according to claim 3, characterized by: The server device further includes a read processing unit that adds read information to the contact information stored in the server-side database when the contact information transmitted to the user terminal is opened at the user terminal. The communication system according to claim 3 or 4, comprising: The server device
A classification processing unit that classifies the contact information transmitted from the administrator terminal into a plurality of preset types,
6. The communication system according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein said server-side database stores contact information classified by each of said types. the administrator terminal transmitting contact information that does not include personal information;
The communication system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized by: An administrator terminal connected to at least one user terminal via a network,
a contact information acquisition unit that acquires contact information to be notified to the user terminal;
a communication control unit that transmits the contact information to the user terminal;
An administrator terminal comprising: A server device connected to an administrator terminal and at least one user terminal via a network,
a reception control unit that receives contact information transmitted from the administrator terminal;
a database storing the contact information;
a transmission control unit configured to transmit the contact information stored in the database to the user terminal when a transmission request from the user terminal is acquired;
A server device comprising: A communication method for transmitting contact information from an administrator terminal to a user terminal connected to the administrator terminal via a network,
obtaining contact information to be notified to the user terminal;
sending said contact information to said user terminal;
A communication method comprising: A communication program for causing a computer to function as the administrator terminal according to claim 8. A communication program for causing a computer to function as the server apparatus according to claim 9.

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