JP2023143477A - Business card system, device, method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To facilitate input of business card information into a terminal device and management of the input business card information.SOLUTION: A business card system allows a receiving user to receive business card information including at least the name of an owner user who owns the card, and includes: registration means for registering the business card information of the owner user; reading means installed in a terminal device of the receiving user to read specific information associated with the business card information from a card on which the specific information is written; management means for storing and managing the business card information acquired from the registration means in storage means of the terminal device based on the specific information read by the reading means; and display control means for causing a display unit of the terminal device to display the business card information managed by the management means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a business card system, device, method, and program.

Patent Document 1 discloses a card having business card contents displayed on its exposed surface, and a tag storage section that is provided in or on a part of the exposed surface of the card and stores an address of a destination to which predetermined content is provided. A business card with an NFC tag is listed.

Utility model registration No. 3229446

By the way, for example, when users meet for the first time and greet each other, paper business cards may be exchanged. When a receiving user who receives a paper business card uses business card information such as the name and telephone number written on the business card on a terminal device, it is necessary to input the business card information into the terminal device manually, for example. there were. Furthermore, conventionally, even if business card information is input into a terminal device, it has been difficult to manage a plurality of business card information.
An object of the present invention is to facilitate the input of business card information into a terminal device and the management of the input business card information.

For this purpose, the technology disclosed herein is a business card system that enables a recipient user to receive business card information including at least the name of an owning user who owns a card, the business card information of the owning user. a reading means for reading the specific information from the card on which specific information associated with the business card information is written, which is provided in the receiving user's terminal device; a management unit for storing and managing the business card information acquired from the registration unit based on specific information in a storage unit of the terminal device; and displaying the business card information managed by the management unit on a display unit of the terminal device. A business card system comprising: a display control means.

Here, when acquiring the business card information, it is preferable to receive permission from the recipient user to associate the business card information with a telephone directory means for managing telephone numbers in the terminal device of the recipient user.
When acquiring the business card information, permission to associate the business card information with the telephone directory means and permission to download the management means may be received from the receiving user.
When the business card information registered in the registration means is updated by the owning user, permission to reflect the business card information on the telephone directory means may be received from the receiving user.
When the business card information registered in the registration means is updated by the owning user, the receiving user may be notified of the update.
It is preferable that the registration means is capable of registering a business card image in which the contents of the business card information are converted into a business card-shaped image, and information regarding the business type of the owner user that is not included in the business card image.
It is preferable that the management means is capable of searching the business card information based on the type of business.
When the business card information is acquired, it is preferable to prompt the receiving user whose business card information is not registered in the registration means to register the business card information.
When the receiving user registers the business card information in the registration means, the owning user may be able to view the business card information of the receiving user.
The contents of the business card information to be displayed may be different depending on whether the business card information is displayed based on reading the card or when the business card information is displayed based on something other than reading the card.

Further, with such an objective, the technology disclosed in this specification includes a reading means for reading specific information from a card written with specific information associated with business card information including at least a user's name; a management means for storing and managing the business card information acquired from the registration means in which the business card information of the user is registered in a storage means based on the specific information read by the management means; and the business card managed by the management means. The apparatus is characterized by comprising a display control means for displaying information on a display section.

Moreover, based on such an objective, the technology disclosed herein is a method for enabling a receiving user to receive business card information including at least the name of an owning user who owns a card, the method comprising: a step of registering information; a step of reading the specific information from the card provided in the receiving user's terminal device and written with specific information associated with the business card information; and acquiring the specific information based on the read specific information. This method is characterized by comprising the steps of: storing and managing the business card information in a storage means of the terminal device; and displaying the managed business card information on a display section of the terminal device.

Further, for such purpose, the technology disclosed in this specification provides a computer with a function of reading specific information from a card written with specific information associated with business card information including at least a user's name; a function of storing and managing the business card information acquired from the registration means in which the business card information of the user is registered in a storage means based on the specific information read from the user; and displaying the business card information to be managed on a display unit. This is a program that realizes the function to perform the following functions.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily input business card information to a terminal device and manage the input business card information.

It is a schematic diagram of a business card system of this embodiment. It is an explanatory diagram when a user receives business card information in this embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of the web screen displayed on the 2nd terminal device of this embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of an application management screen and an application screen displayed on a 2nd terminal device of this embodiment. It is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of a terminal device. It is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of an administrator terminal device and a server device. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a configuration example of a terminal device. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a configuration example of a server device. It is a figure showing an example of the user management table of this embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of the operation management table of this embodiment. It is an example of the application management screen displayed by the business card application of this embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of a registration screen of this embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of the management screen of this embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of a user management screen of this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a flow diagram regarding card registration according to the present embodiment. It is a flowchart when business card information is displayed after holding up a card in this embodiment.

Hereinafter, this embodiment will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
<Business card system 1>
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a business card system 1 of this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the business card system 1 includes a card 10 owned by user A, a first terminal device 30 used by user A, a second terminal device 50 used by user B, and an administrator of the system. It has an administrator terminal device 70 used by the system, and a server device 90 that manages information in this system.
Note that the number of users, cards, terminal devices, etc. shown in FIG. 1 is an example. Further, although this example uses an example in which user A owns the card 10, a case where user B owns the card 10 is also assumed.

The card 10 is capable of short-range wireless communication with the first terminal device 30 or the second terminal device 50. Further, the first terminal device 30, the second terminal device 50, the administrator terminal device 70, and the server device 90 are connected to each other via a network. Note that the network is not particularly limited as long as it is a communication network used for data communication between devices.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram when a user receives business card information in this embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a web screen 500 displayed on the second terminal device 50 of this embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an application management screen 600 and an application screen 650 displayed on the second terminal device 50 of this embodiment.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2, in the business card system 1 of this embodiment, the user A holds the card 10 in his possession over the second terminal device 50 of the user B.
Then, as shown in FIG. 3, a web screen 500 containing basic information 501 such as user A's name, company name, position, and contact information, business card information including an icon image 503, and a business card image 502 is displayed for user B. It is displayed on the screen of the second terminal device 50 to be used.

Further, in this embodiment, an application program (hereinafter referred to as a business card application) dedicated to the business card system 1 can be installed on the second terminal device 50. If a business card application is installed on the second terminal device 50, business card information is managed by this business card application. Then, on the second terminal device 50, business card information is displayed based on the business card application.
As shown in FIG. 4(A), the business card application displays an application management screen 600 on the screen of the second terminal device 50 for viewing and searching a plurality of business card information. As shown in FIG. 4B, the business card application is an application in which business card information including basic information 501 such as user A's name, company name, position, and contact information, an icon image 503, and a business card image 502 is described. Screen 650 is displayed on the screen of second terminal device 50 used by user B.

As described above, in the business card system 1, user A can convey business card information of user A to user B, such as when user A hands user B a paper business card. Furthermore, in the business card system 1, after the business card information is acquired using the business card application, it is possible to manage the business card information using the second terminal device 50.
Each component that realizes the business card system 1 of this embodiment will be described in detail below.

(Card 10)
The card 10 is a plastic card equipped with an IC chip and an antenna coil. The card 10 of this embodiment has a near field communication (NFC (registered trademark)) function. The card 10 can write various types of information to the IC chip from the outside, and can read information stored in the IC chip to the outside. That is, the card 10 can exchange information with the first terminal device 30 and the second terminal device 50 that function as card reader/writers, and with the administrator terminal device 70 having the card reader/writer 71, for example.

Furthermore, arbitrary content can be printed on the front and back sides of the card 10. In the business card system 1 of this embodiment, when issuing the card 10, the user selects a design from a plurality of templates, or accepts a specific design from the user. Then, in the business card system 1, the received design is printed on the card 10. Note that the design can be similar to a paper business card, such as a pattern, a plain color, the name of user A, or the name of the company.

(First terminal device 30, second terminal device 50)
The first terminal device 30 and the second terminal device 50 (in the following description, unless the first terminal device 30 and the second terminal device 50 are particularly distinguished, they are collectively referred to as "terminal devices") are mobile phones such as smartphones. It is composed of computer equipment of the type. The terminal device then functions as a client in the business card system 1.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the terminal device.

As shown in FIG. 5, the terminal device includes a CPU 301, a RAM 302, a ROM 303, a storage unit 304, a display 305, a speaker 306, a microphone 307, a camera 308, a GPS sensor 309, and short-range wireless communication. It includes a circuit 310, a network I/F 313, and a BLE I/F (not shown).

The CPU 301 implements various functions of the terminal device by loading various programs stored in the ROM 303 and the like into the RAM 302 and executing them.
The RAM 302 is a memory used as a working memory for the CPU 301 and the like.
The ROM 303 is a memory that stores various programs executed by the CPU 301.
The storage unit 304 is, for example, a flash memory that stores various application programs and various data used by the programs.
The display 305 is, for example, a touch panel that displays various information to the user and receives operation input from the user.

The speaker 306 outputs various sounds including the received sound received from the called party.
The microphone 307 acquires various sounds including the user's utterances.
The camera 308 includes a lens and an image sensor such as a CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor), and photographs a subject.

The GPS sensor 309 acquires a GPS (Global Positioning System) signal and acquires position information of the terminal device.
The short-range wireless communication circuit 310 is a communication circuit such as NFC.
Network I/F 313 transmits and receives data to and from other communication devices. Here, the network I/F 313 communicates with the server device 90 and the like via the network.
The BLE I/F (not shown) is a BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy (registered trademark)) communication circuit.

(Administrator terminal device 70, server device 90)
The administrator terminal device 70 is a terminal device used by an administrator who manages the services of the business card system 1. The administrator terminal device 70 manages various information such as issuance of the card 10, management of users, and business card information by accessing information of the server device 90.
The server device 90 manages information input via the administrator terminal device 70, and transmits managed information to the terminal device in response to a request from the terminal device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the administrator terminal device 70 and the server device 90.

As shown in FIG. 6, the administrator terminal device 70 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 701 that is a calculation means, and a ROM (Read Only Memory) that is a storage area that stores programs such as a BIOS (Basic Input Output System). 702, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 703 which is a program execution area. The administrator terminal device 70 also includes an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 704, which is a storage area for storing various programs such as an OS (Operating System) and applications, input data for the various programs, output data from the various programs, etc. . Furthermore, the administrator terminal device 70 includes a communication interface (communication I/F) 705 for communicating with the outside, and a short-range wireless communication circuit 706. The short-range wireless communication circuit 706 is provided in a card reader/writer 71 (see FIG. 1) that writes information to the card 10 and reads information from the card 10.

Note that the basic hardware configuration of the server device 90 is the same as that of the administrator terminal device 70 described with reference to FIG.

(terminal device)
FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a configuration example of a terminal device.

Next, a configuration example of the terminal devices (first terminal device 30, second terminal device 50) will be explained with reference to FIG.
The terminal device includes a telephone directory management section 31 that manages a telephone directory, a card reading section 33 that reads information from the card 10, an information display section 35 that displays information to the user, and an application management section 37 that manages applications. has.

The telephone directory management unit 31 stores and manages the telephone numbers of other users with whom the user who owns the terminal device interacts. The telephone directory management unit 31 manages various information such as names and addresses of other users in association with other users' telephone numbers. Note that the information regarding the telephone directory managed by the telephone directory management section 31 is managed independently of the business card application.

The card reading unit 33 reads specific information from the card 10 or the like when the card 10 or the like is held over the terminal device. When the card 10 or the like contacts a location where the short-range wireless communication circuit 310 of the terminal device is provided, or when the card 10 or the like is located within a certain distance, the card reader 33 reads a specific information from the card 10 or the like. Read information.
Further, in this embodiment, the information (URL) of the card 10 once read by the card reading section 33 is stored in the storage section 304.

The information display unit 35 displays various information on the display 305 based on predetermined conditions. Further, the information display unit 35 displays information on the display 305 to receive operations and instructions from the user.

The application management unit 37 manages applications installed on the terminal device. The application management unit 37 causes the display 305 to display various information based on, for example, a business card application. Further, the application management unit 37 receives permission from the user when, for example, the business card application accesses information managed by the terminal device or changes the information managed.

(Server device 90)
FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a configuration example of the server device 90. As shown in FIG.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the user management table 910 of this embodiment.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the operation management table 930 of this embodiment.

Next, a configuration example of the server device 90 will be described with reference to FIG. 8.
The server device 90 includes a user management section 91 that manages user information that is information about users, an operation management section 93 that manages the operation of business card information, a page management section 95 that manages web pages related to business card information, and a terminal. It has an information transmitting section 97 that transmits various information to the device, and an application distributing section 99 that distributes applications.

The user management unit 91 manages user information using a user management table 910. As shown in FIG. 9, the user management table 910 includes "user account", "name", "furigana", "organization name", "organization furigana", "position", "department", "major industry", Information related to the user is included, such as "small industry", "telephone number", "organizational address", "organizational phone number", "SNS information", "business card image", and "icon image". In this embodiment, information regarding these users is referred to as business card information. Note that this business card information is information specified by user A who performs registration.

"User account" is information for uniquely identifying a user. For example, the user's email address can be used as the user account.
"Name" is information regarding the user's name. "Furigana" is information about how to read a name.
“Organization name” is information regarding the name of the organization to which the user belongs. Organizations include companies such as companies and various organizations. "Organization Furigana" is information about how to read the organization.
“Position” is information regarding the user's position in the organization to which the user belongs.
“Department” is the name of an organizational division divided according to the work that the user is responsible for.

``Large industry'' is an item that categorizes the types of businesses operated by companies, sole proprietors, etc. into relatively large categories. Examples of large industries include service industry, retail industry, manufacturing industry, financial industry, and individuals.
"Small industry" is an item classified into smaller categories than large industries, and is more specific than large industries. Examples of small industries include beauty, professional services, broadcasting, electricity, security, etc. when the large industry is a service industry.

"Telephone number" is information regarding the user's personal telephone number.
“Organization address” is information regarding the address of an organization such as a company to which the user belongs.
The "organizational telephone number" is a telephone number used to contact the user in the company to which the user belongs.
“SNS information” is information related to the SNS (social network service) used by the user. Examples of the SNS information include SNS account information.

“Business card image” is information regarding the image of the user's paper business card. The business card image can be, for example, an image obtained by scanning the front side and the back side of a paper business card. Further, the business card image may be a business card-shaped image created based on information such as a name in the business card information.
Further, the business card image can display the name, reading, organization name, organization reading, position, department, telephone number, organization address, organization phone number, SNS information, and email address that is a user account. Furthermore, business card images can include videos and special decorative effects that cannot be expressed on paper business cards.
On the other hand, information regarding large and small industries is not displayed on the business card image. In this way, the business card information managed by the user management section 91 includes information that is not used for business card images.

The "icon image" is an image used to represent the user when displaying the user's business card information. The icon image can be a photograph of the user's face or any image designated by the user.

Furthermore, in the business card system 1 of this embodiment, more private information such as the user's date of birth, place of birth, and blood type can also be registered in the business card information. This private information can be arbitrarily provided by the user separately from the basic information.

Further, as the business card information, for example, information regarding a vaccination certificate may be registered. In this case, the user management unit 91 registers information regarding the vaccination certificate received from the user in the user management table 910. Examples of the information regarding the vaccination certificate include text information such as a photographic image of the vaccination certificate and a certificate number. For example, information regarding user A's vaccination certificate can be confirmed by user B who views the business card information.
In addition to the vaccination certificate, various certificates such as qualifications and licenses may be registered in the user management table 910 so that they can be viewed as business card information.

The user management unit 91 receives the above-mentioned business card information from, for example, a user. The user management unit 91 associates other information with the user account for each user. The user management unit 91 then stores and manages the business card information received from the user in the user management table 910.

Further, the user management section 91 is capable of receiving updates of business card information from users. When the user management section 91 receives an update of business card information from a user, it passes information regarding the change of business card information to the information transmission section 97 . Note that in the business card system 1 of this embodiment, the user can update business card information by accessing the server device 90 via the my page displayed on the terminal device.

The operation management unit 93 manages the operation of business card information using the operation management table 930. As shown in FIG. 10, the operation management table 930 includes information regarding operations such as "user account", "URL", "publication", and "use".

The “user account” is the same as that managed by the user management unit 91.
“URL” is information that specifies the location of the business card information page on the Internet. A URL is created individually for each user account. Further, the URL of this embodiment is created using a random arrangement consisting of a combination of alphanumeric characters and uppercase and lowercase letters.

"Publication" is an item for managing, for example, publication of user's business card information. When disclosing a user's business card information is to be stopped, "private" is displayed in the item corresponding to that user. On the other hand, if publication is not to be stopped, "publication" is displayed in the item corresponding to the user.
“Usage” is an item for managing the user's use of this system. When a user wants to stop using this system, "stop" is displayed in the item for that user. On the other hand, if the user does not stop using the system, "Use" is displayed in the item corresponding to the user.

The page management unit 95 creates a business card information web screen 500 (see FIG. 3) that summarizes the user's business card information. The page management unit 95 manages the web screen 500 of business card information for each user account. The page management unit 95 creates a web screen 500 for business card information based on the information in the user management table 910. Furthermore, the page management unit 95 associates a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) created for each user account with the web screen 500 for business card information. That is, the business card information web screen 500 can be accessed based on the URL.

The information transmitter 97 transmits various information to the terminal device according to predetermined conditions. The information transmitter 97 transmits business card information to a terminal device in response to a request from the terminal device. Further, when the information transmitting unit 97 receives information regarding a change in business card information from the user management unit 91, the information transmitting unit 97 notifies the terminal device having the changed business card information.

The application distribution unit 99 transmits (distributes) a business card application for using the present business card system 1 to terminal devices via the network. In other words, the application distribution unit 99 allows the user to download the business card application to the terminal device.

For example, the business card application can be installed on the second terminal device 50 of user B. The business card application is used by user B, who receives user A's business card information by holding user A's card 10 over the second terminal device 50, to manage the business card information on the second terminal device 50.
The business card application can communicate with the server device 90. That is, by cooperating with the server device 90, the application can refer to information managed by the server device 90.

Further, the business card application stores a plurality of pieces of business card information in the storage unit 304 of the second terminal device 50 and manages the business card information. In this case, the business card application manages the acquired business card information. In this way, the business card application handles business card information exchanged in this system. Note that when the business card application presents business card information to user B, a plurality of pieces of business card information stored in the storage unit 304 of the second terminal device 50 are read out. That is, the business card application can display pre-stored business card information, for example, even if it is not constantly connected to a network.

Furthermore, the business card application allows a user to search for a plurality of pieces of business card information using conditions desired by the user. The business card application then displays business card information that matches the search conditions on the display 305 as a search result.

Next, we will explain the business card app in more detail.
FIG. 11 is an example of an application management screen 600 displayed by the business card application of this embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 11A, the application management screen 600 includes a text search section 601, an industry search section 602, a sort section 603, a business card information list 604, and the like.

The text search section 601 is a section that accepts input of search conditions in text. Text can be input into the text search section 601 as a search condition. Examples of search conditions include various types of information included in business card information such as name and company name.
The industry search section 602 is a display for searching a plurality of managed business card information using industry as a condition. As shown in FIG. 11(B), the industry search section 602 displays the reception reception section 612 as search conditions for large industries and small industries.

The sorting section 603 is a display for sorting a plurality of pieces of managed business card information, such as the date and time of business card exchange, names in alphabetical order, and company names in alphabetical order. The sorting unit 603 displays a reception unit 613 that accepts sorting conditions such as exchange date and time of business card information, name order, company name order, etc., as shown in FIG. 11(C).
The business card information list 604 displays a plurality of business card information in a list based on, for example, search results received from the user or predetermined conditions. The business card information list 604 displays an overview of business card information in which icon images, names, company names, and positions are organized for each individual.

In the second terminal device 50 of the present embodiment, information that is not displayed on the business card image can be searched for using a business card application, for example. For example, information on the type of business such as large industry or small industry is information that is not written on a business card image or a paper business card. The business card app allows users to search for business card information using industry. Here, the industry information is information input by user A who registers business card information. Further, in this embodiment, the industry type is specified from the options (pull-down) prepared in advance (see FIG. 12, which will be described later). This allows for more accurate searches.

Then, by performing a selection operation such as tapping one piece of business card information displayed in the business card information list 604 (see FIG. 11(A)), the selected business card information is displayed on the display 305. In this case, the business card information is not the summary displayed in the business card information list 604, but the overall information previously acquired from the server device 90 and stored and managed by the second terminal device 50 as business card information is displayed. .

In this embodiment, one piece of business card information displays all the contents that make up the business card information. The first business card information is displayed in a large size on the screen of the second terminal device 50 by the application screen 650 (see FIG. 4(B)). The application screen 650 displays basic information 501 including a name, a business card image 502, an icon image 503, and the like.
Furthermore, by performing a touch operation on the business card image 502 (see FIG. 4B), for example, the business card image 502 is displayed in a large size over the entire screen. Note that if there are multiple business card images (front and back), each can be viewed by switching the screen.

The basic configuration of the application screen 650 of this embodiment is the same as the web screen 500 (see FIG. 3). However, the application screen 650 differs from the web screen 500 in that it includes a memo field 651 and an information sharing section 652 (see FIG. 4(B)).
In the memo field 651, the user can enter any memo (text) for each business card information (individual). The information entered in the memo field is stored in the storage unit 304 of the second terminal device 50 where the business card application is installed. Further, the information stored in the memo field 651 can be searched by the user via the application management screen 600.
The information sharing unit 652 allows business card information to be shared with others using other communication tools such as messenger and email.

On the other hand, the web screen 500 differs from the application screen 650 in that it includes a map image 506 (see FIG. 3). The map image 506 is displayed alongside the address information to display a map corresponding to the address information. The web screen 500 is premised on displaying business card information while the second terminal device 50 is connected to the Internet. Therefore, the web screen 500 can display the latest map image 506 using a link to a website that provides map image information.

Next, the registration screen 520 for registering business card information will be specifically explained.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the registration screen 520 of this embodiment.
For example, when user A registers user A's business card information using the first terminal device 30, a registration screen 520 is displayed on the display 305 of the first terminal device 30, as shown in FIG.
On the registration screen 520, an icon image 521 and a name 522 are displayed. In the example of FIG. 12, an icon image 521 and a name 522 have already been registered, and the registration screen 520 reflects this information.

Further, the registration screen 520 is provided with a business card image input section 523 and a business card information input field 524.
The business card image input unit 523 is used, for example, when uploading a business card image obtained by scanning a paper business card owned by user A. Using buttons provided in the business card image input section 523, user A can specify the business card image to be uploaded.

As described with reference to the user management table 910, the input field 524 is provided with a field for inputting various types of information constituting the business card information. In addition, in the "large industry" and "small industry" columns, user A can select a corresponding item from predetermined items using a pull-down menu. This prevents fluctuations in the notations and expressions of industry types, making it easier to search using business card apps and the like.

Next, the management screen 710 referred to by the administrator of this system will be explained.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the management screen 710 of this embodiment.

In this embodiment, a management screen 710 used by an administrator to manage this system is displayed on the display of the administrator terminal device 70 (see FIG. 1). The administrator performs various management operations via the management screen 710 and the like displayed on the administrator terminal device 70.

As shown in FIG. 13, the management screen 710 includes management items 711.
Management items 711 include "company management button", "user management button", "business card archive", "individual contract URL management button", "corporate contract URL management button", "card reissue button", and "operator management button". button” and “SNS settings button” are provided.

The company management button is a button used to manage users who use this system on a company basis. By pressing this button, a screen for managing company users will be displayed.
The user management button is a button used to manage users who use this system on an individual basis. By pressing this button, a user management screen 720 (see FIG. 14 described later) for managing individual users is displayed.

Business card archive is a button used to manage business card information registered in this system. By pressing this button, as shown in FIG. 13, a list 713 of all business card information registered in this system is displayed on the screen. Further, along with the entire list 713, a search section 712 for searching business card information is displayed on the screen.

The individual contract URL management button is a button used to manage URLs issued to users on an individual basis. By pressing this button, a screen for issuing a URL or associating a URL with a user account is displayed.
The corporate contract URL management button is a button used to manage URLs issued to users on a corporate basis. By pressing this button, a screen for issuing a URL for use in the company or associating the URL with the company's user account is displayed.

The card reissue button is a button used when the user reissues the card 10. By pressing this button, a screen for performing procedures for a user who wishes to have the card 10 reissued is displayed.

The operator management button is a button used by an administrator who operates this system. By pressing this button, a screen for setting information necessary to manage this system will be displayed.

The SNS setting button is a button used when managing SNS associated with business card information in this system. Apart from this system, there are multiple SNS of various types used by users. By pressing this button, a screen is displayed for the user to configure the SNS that can be associated with this system.

Next, the user management screen 720 of this embodiment will be explained.
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the user management screen 720 of this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 14, the user management screen 720 displays management items 721, a user management display section 722, a personal information display section 723, an SNS information display section 724, and a basic information display section 725.

The user management display section 722 is a section for managing settings related to the user's use of this system. The user management display section 722 displays a "business card button," a "stop use button," a "withdrawal button," and a "delete button."

The business card button displays the business card image of the displayed user. By referring to the business card image, it is possible to compare it with the business card information displayed in the basic information, for example.
The usage stop button is a button for stopping usage by the target user. For example, if a user violates the terms of use, the administrator can use a stop button to stop the user from using the system.
The withdrawal button is a button used by the target user to withdraw from the service of this system.
The delete button is a button used when deleting information related to a series of uses including user information of the target user.

The personal information display section 723 displays personal information such as the user's date of birth, place of birth, and blood type. Personal information can be acquired from the user when the user registers business card information. Note that the user can arbitrarily input personal information separately from business card information.

The SNS information display section 724 shows information regarding the SNS registered by the user. If the user has registered multiple SNSs, the SNS information display section 724 displays information on the multiple SNSs in a list.
Basic information display section 725 displays basic information. The basic information can be created from business card information registered by the user.

<Card registration operation>
Next, the flow of registration of the card 10 in this embodiment will be specifically explained.
FIG. 15 is a flow diagram regarding registration of the card 10 of this embodiment.

In the following, an example will be used in which user A connects to server device 90 via first terminal device 30 and registers card 10. Further, the card 10 stores a URL associated with user A. Note that the URL is written in the card 10 in advance by the administrator using the card reader/writer 71 in the administrator terminal device 70.

As shown in FIG. 15, user A holds the card 10 over the first terminal device 30 (see FIG. 1) used by user A (S1501). The first terminal device 30 then transmits the URL read from the card 10 to the server device 90.

The server device 90 determines whether the URL acquired from the first terminal device 30 exists (S1502). If the URL exists (Yes in S1502), the server device 90 determines whether the acquired URL is a previously issued URL (S1503).
If the URL has already been issued (Yes in S1503), the server device 90 displays a user registration screen (not shown) for user registration on the display 305 of the first terminal device 30 (S1504). The user registration screen displays input fields for the user's email address, user's name, and password.

Then, it is determined whether registration can be permitted based on the information registered on the user registration screen (S1505). Here, for example, it is determined whether the e-mail address is a duplicate of an already registered e-mail address.
Thereafter, if registration is permitted (Yes in S1505), a confirmation URL for user authentication is sent to the first terminal device 30 by email (S1506). Then, it is confirmed whether access to the server device 90 is performed correctly from the first terminal device 30 using the confirmation URL (S1507). If the first terminal device 30 accesses correctly based on the confirmation URL (Yes in S1507), the server device 90 completes the registration (S1508).

Thereafter, the user A uses the registration screen 520 (see FIG. 12) displayed on the first terminal device 30 to register business card information corresponding to creating/updating the user A's profile etc. (S1509).
As described above, user A uses the newly issued card 10 and his first terminal device 30 to register the business card information linked to the card 10 (URL) in the server device 90. It can be carried out.

Thereafter, the first terminal device 30 determines whether or not the other user's card 10 has been held over the first terminal device 30 to obtain the other user's business card information before the user A registers the business card information. (S1510).
If the other user's business card information has been acquired (S1510: Yes), the other user's information (URL) acquired in the past is transmitted to the server device 90. Then, the server device 90 transmits the URL associated with the newly registered business card information of user A to other users (S1511).

In the terminal device of this embodiment, when another user's card 10 is held over the first terminal device 30 even once, the URL information of the card 10 is stored in the storage unit 304 of the first terminal device 30. ing. Then, when user A newly registers the card 10, the user A transmits the URL information of another user stored in the storage unit 304 of the first terminal device 30 to the server device 90. The server device 90 transmits the URL associated with user A's business card information to other users' terminal devices. Then, other users are allowed to view user A's business card information.

As a result, if user A does not have the card 10 and obtains business card information from another user using the business card system 1, user A's business card information can be transmitted to other users later. I can tell you from. In this way, the business card system 1 of this embodiment allows users who have registered cards 10 to exchange business card information with each other using this system.

In addition, if the URL does not exist in S1502 (No in S1502), if it is not an issued URL in S1503 (No in S1503), or if registration is not permitted in S1505 (No in S1505), the URL for confirmation in S1507 If the URL is not sent correctly (No in S1507) and if there is no other user's business card information in S1510 (No in S1510), an error screen or termination screen is displayed on the display 305 of the first terminal device 30. The example process ends.

<Receiving business card information>
FIG. 16 is a flowchart when business card information is displayed after the card 10 is held up in this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 16, user A holds the card 10 over user B's second terminal device 50 (see FIG. 2) (S1601). Then, the second terminal device 50 transmits the URL read from the card 10 to the server device 90.
The server device 90 determines whether the URL acquired from the second terminal device 50 exists (S1602). If the URL exists (Yes in S1602), the server device 90 determines whether the user A corresponding to the acquired URL is an active member. (S1603). That is, the server device confirms whether user A has withdrawn from the service of this system.
Further, if user A is an active member (Yes in S1603), the server device 90 determines whether user A has stopped using the service (S1604). If the service is not suspended (No in S1604), the server device 90 determines whether user A is publishing business card information (S1605).

If user A is publishing business card information (Yes in S1605), server device 90 causes user A's URL to be displayed on second terminal device 50 (S1606).
Then, the second terminal device 50 determines whether the business card application has already been downloaded (installed) (S1607). If the business card application has not been downloaded (No in S1607), user B connects to the server device 90 from the URL link and displays the business card on the web using the web screen 500 (see FIG. 3) on the screen of the second terminal device 50. Information is displayed (S1608).

Further, the second terminal device 50 determines whether downloading of the business card application has been selected (S1609). If the download button is not selected (No in S1609), it is determined whether registration of business card information in the telephone directory has been selected (S1610). If registration of business card information in the telephone directory is not selected (No in S1610), the series of processes ends.

On the other hand, if the business card app has already been downloaded in S1607 (Yes in S1607), the business card information is registered in the business card app, and the business card Information is displayed (S1611).

As described above, when user A's card 10 is held over the second terminal device 50, user A's business card information is displayed via the web screen 500 (see FIG. 3) or the app screen 650 (FIG. 4(B)). It is displayed on the display 305 of the second terminal device 50.

By the way, when the business card information web screen 500 is displayed, the display 305 of the second terminal device 50 shows a DL button 504 (see FIG. 3) for downloading the business card application, and the user A's business card in the telephone directory. A registration button 505 (see FIG. 3) for registering information is displayed.

If the download button is selected in S1609 (Yes in S1609), the business card application is downloaded from the server device 90 to the second terminal device 50 (S1612). When the business card application is downloaded and installed on the second terminal device 50, business card information subsequently acquired by the second terminal device 50 is stored in the storage unit 304 and managed by the business card application. The plurality of business card information managed by the business card application is displayed on the display 305 of the second terminal device 50 based on the business card application, and can be viewed by the user B (see FIG. 11).

Further, if registration of the business card information in the telephone directory is selected in S1610 (Yes in S1610), the acquired business card information is registered in the telephone directory of the second terminal device 50 (S1613). However, in this case, only the items managed by the telephone directory among the business card information will be registered in the telephone directory. For example, specific information such as large and small industries is not managed in the telephone directory. Therefore, in this case, certain information such as large industry type and small industry type is not registered in the second terminal device 50.

As described above, in the business card system 1 of this embodiment, when the second terminal device 50 acquires the business card information, the user B is given permission to associate the business card information with the telephone directory or download the business card application. is demanding. As a result, in the business card system 1 of this embodiment, user B can select whether to download the business cards of this system or to register the business card information in the telephone directory without downloading.

Note that if the URL does not exist in S1602 (No in S1602), if the member is not an active member in S1603 (No in S1603), if the use is stopped in S1604 (Yes in S1604), in S1605 If the file is not currently open to the public (No in S1605), an error screen is displayed and the series of processing ends.

Next, the operation when business card information is updated will be explained.
<Business card information update operation>
For example, when user A updates the contents of his business card information, the server device 90 transmits information regarding the change to the second terminal device 50 of user B, which manages user A's business card information. In this way, user B is notified that user A's business card information has been updated.

The server device 90 transmits information regarding the change to the terminal device on which the business card application is installed. Users who have installed the business card application on their terminal devices are able to know information about updates to their business card information. Specifically, a business card application that manages updated business card information displays a message to the effect that there has been an update on the display 305 of the terminal device on which the business card application is installed.

Furthermore, the contents of the business card information managed by the business card app are automatically updated. In the business card system 1 of this embodiment, when business card information is updated, the business card information is updated in the business card application without the user using the business card application performing an update operation. In this way, in the business card system 1 of this embodiment, the information of the user whose business card information has been updated is managed accurately.

Here, the business card application may perform an operation to reflect the change in the telephone directory in the terminal device in response to the update of user A's business card information. However, the business card application accepts permission from the user of the terminal device to change the contents of the telephone directory. This prevents information from being changed unintentionally by the user by the business card application, which is an application program different from the telephone directory.

<Operation when lost>
Next, the operation when user A loses the card 10 will be explained.
When user A loses the card 10, he uses the first terminal device 30 to request the server device 90 to stop disclosing the business card information. On the other hand, user A requests the server device 90 to issue a new card 10. The server device 90 issues a new URL and associates the new card 10 with the user A's account and the new URL.
Thereafter, the server device 90 manages user A's business card information using the new URL. Further, by performing user authentication using the newly issued card 10, the user A can use the services of this system using the new card 10.

<Usage promotion actions>
In the description of this embodiment, user B does not own the card 10. User B simply reads user A's card 10 with the second terminal device 50 and obtains user A's business card information, for example. Such user B may be encouraged to register and use the card 10. Specifically, if User B is using a business card app, an invitation to register and use Card 10 is sent via email to the account information (email address) used when downloading the business card app. It's okay. Further, when user B registers the card 10, a privilege may be given to user A.

<Modified example>
In the embodiment described above, the card 10 on which the URL is written is used to convey the business card information, but the present invention is not limited to the example using the card 10. For example, instead of the card 10, a terminal device can be used as a card with a URL written thereon. For example, URL information is transmitted from one terminal device to the other terminal device using short-range wireless communication or the like. As a result, business card information can be conveyed to the other party, similar to the example using the card 10 described above.

<Modified example>
Furthermore, if the URL can be transmitted to the other party's terminal device as described above, the terminal device that has received the URL can acquire the business card information. Therefore, instead of using the card 10, for example, the URL may be sent to the other party using e-mail or a messenger function, and business card information may be exchanged. However, in this case, when the business card information is acquired using the card 10, the content may be different from when the business card information is acquired by a method other than the card 10.

Here, when holding the card 10 over the other party's terminal device, the users are in a situation where they are facing each other. On the other hand, when using cards other than card 10, it is not a prerequisite that they are facing each other. Therefore, the intimacy of meeting face-to-face may be reflected in the content of the exchanged business card information. For example, business card information obtained using the card 10 in a face-to-face situation includes more information such as name, telephone number, birthday, blood type, etc. On the other hand, the business card information obtained without using the card 10 may be limited to the name, company name, etc., and the amount of information may be smaller than when the card 10 is used.

Here, the server device 90 is an example of a registration means. The URL is an example of specific information. The short-range wireless communication circuit 310 is an example of a reading means. A business card app is an example of a management tool. The information display section 35 is an example of display control means. The telephone directory management section 31 is an example of a telephone directory means.

Note that the program (app) executed by the CPU 301 of the terminal device (first terminal device 30, second terminal device 50) and the CPU 701 of the server device 90 of this embodiment is stored in a computer-readable recording medium such as a semiconductor memory. It can be provided to a terminal device etc. in a state stored in the .

Further, although various embodiments and modifications have been described above, these embodiments and modifications may be combined.
Furthermore, the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described above, and can be implemented in various forms without departing from the gist of the present disclosure.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Business card system, 10... Card, 30... First terminal device, 50... Second terminal device, 70... Administrator terminal device, 90... Server device

Claims (13)

A business card system that allows a receiving user to receive business card information including at least the name of the owning user who owns the card, the system comprising:
registration means for registering the business card information of the owning user;
a reading means installed in the receiving user's terminal device and reading specific information from the card written with specific information associated with the business card information;
a management means for storing and managing the business card information acquired from the registration means in a storage means of the terminal device based on the specific information read by the reading means;
Display control means for displaying the business card information managed by the management means on a display section of the terminal device;
A business card system comprising: 2. When the business card information is acquired, permission is received from the recipient user to associate the business card information with a telephone directory means for managing telephone numbers in the terminal device of the recipient user. business card system. 3. The business card system according to claim 2, wherein when acquiring the business card information, permission to associate the business card information with the telephone directory means and permission to download the management means is received from the receiving user. . 3. According to claim 2, when the business card information registered in the registration means is updated by the owning user, permission to reflect the business card information on the telephone directory means is received from the receiving user. Business card system described. 2. The business card system according to claim 1, wherein when the business card information registered in the registration means is updated by the owning user, the receiving user is notified of the update. A claim characterized in that the registration means is capable of registering a business card image in which the contents of the business card information are converted into a business card-shaped image, and information regarding the business type of the owning user that is not included in the business card image. The business card system described in Section 1. 2. The business card system according to claim 1, wherein the management means is capable of searching the business card information based on a business type. 2. The business card system according to claim 1, wherein when the business card information is acquired, a recipient user whose business card information is not registered in the registration means is prompted to register the business card information. 2. The business card system according to claim 1, wherein when the recipient user registers the business card information in the registration means, the owning user is allowed to view the business card information of the recipient user. A claim characterized in that the content of the business card information to be displayed is different depending on whether the business card information is displayed based on reading the card or when the business card information is displayed based on something other than reading the card. The business card system described in Section 1. reading means for reading specific information from a card written with specific information associated with business card information including at least the user's name;
management means for storing and managing the business card information acquired from the registration means in which the business card information of the user is registered in a storage means based on the specific information read by the reading means;
Display control means for displaying the business card information managed by the management means on a display unit;
A device characterized by comprising: A method for enabling a receiving user to receive business card information including at least the name of the owning user who owns the card, the method comprising:
registering the business card information of the owning user;
reading the specific information from the card provided in the receiving user's terminal device and written with specific information associated with the business card information;
storing and managing the business card information acquired based on the read specific information in a storage means of the terminal device;
displaying the managed business card information on a display section of the terminal device;
A method characterized by comprising: to the computer,
a function of reading specific information from a card written with specific information associated with business card information including at least the user's name;
A function of storing and managing the business card information acquired from the registration means in which the business card information of the user is registered in a storage means based on the specific information read from the card;
a function of displaying the business card information to be managed on a display section;
A program that makes this possible.

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