JP3425109B2 - Network system for apartment houses - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a network system for a housing complex, and more particularly to a network system for a housing complex that allows a user to specify it by a simple operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an apartment house, a resident who cannot participate in management union activities due to time constraints, etc., will be notified from the management union to each dwelling unit on the Internet.
Contact is made via other communication networks. Also, the use of the Internet for the purpose of forming a community among residents is being promoted. 12
Shows an example of an apartment house provided with such a network system using the Internet.

In the illustrated example, an in-house information communication network (hereinafter referred to as LAN) is laid in the housing complex 1, and each housing unit 2 is provided with a hub 41 and a browser device 40 connected to the LAN. The LAN in the housing complex 1 is connected to the Internet connection provider 44 via the router 43. On the other hand, in the management company 47 of the housing complex 1, a server computer (hereinafter, referred to as a Web server) in which information etc. for each dwelling unit 2 is stored 4
6 is connected to the Internet network 45. Reference numeral 4 in the illustrated example
Reference numeral 2 denotes a switching hub for reducing LAN traffic in the housing complex 1.

The browser device 40 of each dwelling unit 2 converts information (Web information) on the Internet network 45 into TV image data and displays the TV image data on the TV receiver 7, and a signal input through the TV receiver 7. To the Internet 45. Residents of the housing complex 1 are TV receivers 7 of each dwelling unit 2.
By connecting to the Web server 46 of the management company 47 via the browser device 40, information such as notifications registered in the Web server 46 can be displayed on the television receiver 7. Inquiries to the management company 47 can be sent from the television receiver 7 to the Web server 46 of the management company 47 as an electronic mail via the Internet even if the staff of the management company 47 is absent. It is possible to directly communicate electronic information between each dwelling unit 2 of the housing complex 1 via LAN rather than via the Internet.

[0005]

However, the network system using the Internet shown in FIG. 12 has a problem that it is difficult to accurately identify a terminal user in exchanging electronic information. In the network shown in the figure, the user is identified by the user identification code (hereinafter referred to as ID) that is input when connecting to the network. For example, if the user does not enter his own ID, he will enter the ID of another person. The true user cannot be identified. It is necessary to accurately identify the terminal users, especially in the network system of an apartment house, because there is a risk of social problems if disguised or slanderous information is disguised as another person.

In order to solve such a problem, in a network system of a company or the like, a password is input together with an ID at the time of connection to identify the sender. However, in order to prevent illegal use with certainty, it is necessary that the password cannot be easily guessed, and a complicated input operation is required.
A network system for an apartment building requires technology that can prevent impersonation by others with a simple operation.

[0007] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a network system for a housing complex in which a user can easily identify and prevent spoofing to another person.

[0008]

With reference to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, a network system for a housing complex according to the present invention includes a terminal device 3 with an identification address provided in each dwelling unit 2 of the housing complex 1.
Communication path 10 for transmitting data with an identification address between each of them and the host computer 12, a resident list 13 stored in the host computer 12 for each dwelling unit 2 by the identification address, identification required from the terminal device 3 to the host computer 12 Resident list data of the dwelling unit 2 provided with the terminal device 3 according to the processing request data
List sending means 14 for creating 35 (see FIG. 3) based on the resident list 13 and sending it to the terminal device 3, and list data 35
The processing requester specifying means 15 for specifying the requester of the processing by the selection data 36 (see FIG. 3) selected and returned from the above.

Preferably, an information access right for each resident of each dwelling unit 2 is assigned to the resident list 13 to allow each resident access to the information of the host computer 12 based on the access right.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION FIG.
An embodiment of the present invention in which a LAN of TCP / IP protocol is used as the communication path 10 will be described. In the TCP / IP protocol, an identification address called an IP address is assigned to a transmission / reception device such as a network terminal device 3, a host computer 12, and a router, and an IP datagram (packet) in which a source IP address and a destination IP address are attached Is transmitted between the transmitter and the receiver. An example of the data with identification address of the present invention is a packet with an IP address. However, the identification address in the present invention is not limited to the IP address, and the communication path in the present invention is
10 is sufficient as long as it transmits data with an identification address, and is not limited to the TCP / IP protocol LAN.

The communication path 10 in the illustrated example is installed on each floor (floor) of the housing complex 1 and the terminal devices 3 of all the dwelling units 2 on the floor.
The terminal device 3 and the host computer 12 are connected via a communication path management device including a switching hub 9 connected to the host computer 12 and a switching router 11 that connects the switching hub 9 on each floor to the host computer 12. The switching hub 9 stores the identification address (logical address) of the terminal device 3 installed in each dwelling unit 2 on each floor, and manages the transmission path of the data with the identification address, which is a packet in this case. In the illustrated example, in order to limit the transmission path to only data transmission between the terminal device 3 and the host computer 12, the switching hub 9 blocks direct data transmission between the terminal devices 3.

In addition to the switching hub 9 and the host computer 12, the switching router 11 in the illustrated example includes a personal computer 21 in a manager room 20, a network monitoring device 22, a camera 24 in a kids room (play room) 23, and management of a remote place. It is also connected to a remote access router 25 for connection with a computer 48 of a company 47 and a router 26 for connection with an internet network 45, and manages a data transmission path between these devices. For example, the terminal device 3 is a switching router
After being connected to the host computer 12 via 11, it is connected to the camera 24 of the kids room 23 or the Internet network 45 according to the processing of the host computer 12. Switching router
By providing a VLAN (virtual LAN) function in 11, it is possible to flexibly construct the network within the apartment building 1. However, the communication path 10 is only required to perform data transmission between the terminal device 3 and the host computer 12, and its configuration is not limited to the illustrated example.

According to the present invention, the identification address of the terminal device 3 provided in each dwelling unit 2 of the housing complex 1 is fixed, and the terminal device 3 is identified from the identification address of the terminal device 3 attached to the processing request data to the host computer 12. Determines the user (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the process requester). For example, in an in-company network, it is difficult to physically limit the users of the terminal devices in operation, whereas in the in-house network, the users of the terminal devices 3 in each dwell unit 2 often live in the dwell unit 2. Since it is a person who operates the terminal device 3, even if it is limited to the user of the terminal device 3, no serious problem occurs in operation. Therefore, if the resident list of each dwelling unit 2 is registered in the host computer 12 in association with the identification address of the terminal device 3, the processing requester of the terminal device 3 can be identified from the identification address of the terminal device 3. .

FIG. 2 shows an example of a flow chart of the process of specifying the process requester according to the present invention. First, in step 201,
The list sending means 14 of the host computer 12 detects the connection request data from the terminal device 3 and acquires the identification address of the terminal device 3 included in the request data (step 20).
2). The list sending means 14 searches the resident list 13 stored in the host computer 12 based on the acquired identification address, creates resident list data 35 of the dwelling unit 2 corresponding to the identification address (step 204), and creates the created residence. Person list data 35 is sent to the terminal device 3 having the identification address (step 20).
Five).

An example of the list sending means 14 is steps 201-2.
This is a program built into the host computer 12 that executes 05.
Although the illustrated example shows the list sending means 14 activated by the detection of the connection request data, the activation of the list sending means 14 is not limited to the detection of the connection request data, but the request data of the process that requires the identification of the process requester (hereinafter, The list sending means 14 can be activated at any time in response to the detection of the request data for the identification-needed process).

An example of the resident list 13 is shown in Tables 1 and 2. Table 1 shows a terminal arrangement table showing the correspondence between the identification address, which is an IP address in decimal in this case, and the dwelling unit 2. For example, the installation location of the terminal device 3 having the identification address (10.1.1.1) is Room 101. Indicates that. Also, from the table, it can be seen that two terminal devices with identification addresses (10.1.2.1) and (10.1.2.2) are installed in room 102. The terminal arrangement table in Table 1 is considered as an access management database for managing terminal devices that can access the network, and step 202
If the identification address obtained in step 1 is not registered in Table 1,
The use of the terminal device 3 in the network can be refused (step 203).

Table 2 shows a resident list (hereinafter sometimes referred to as an access control database) showing the occupants of each dwelling unit 2. For example, the occupants of Room 101 are Taro Yamada, Hanako Yamada, and Yamada. Indicates that there are three Ichiro. The list sending means 14 searches Table 1 for a dwelling unit corresponding to the identification address, extracts all the dwellers of the searched dwelling unit from Table 2, and creates dweller list data 35.

[0018]

[Table 1]

[0019]

[Table 2]

An example of the resident list data 35 created by the list sending means 14 is shown in FIG. The requester of the processing of the terminal device 3 selects his / her name as the resident selection data 36 from the resident list data 35 and returns it to the host computer 12. The processing requester specifying means 15 of the host computer 12 can specify the processing requester by detecting the resident selection data 36 returned from the terminal device 3 (steps 206 to 207).
An example of the processing requester identification means 15 is also a program built in the host computer 12 that executes steps 207 to 208.

The resident list data 35 can be sent to the terminal device 3 together with other data. In FIG. 3A, the dwelling unit data 34, the process selection menu 37, and the message data 38
At the same time, the resident list data 35 is sent from the host computer 12. The processing requester, together with the resident selection data 36,
The process selection data for the process selection menu 37 can be returned. FIG. 4 shows the resident list data 35 sent together with the posted article input screen.

According to the present invention, the processing requester from the terminal device 3 to the host computer 12 is assigned to the dwelling unit 2 in which the terminal device 3 is installed.
Since it is restricted to only the resident, the source unit of the data is accurately specified, and the requester for the processing is specified, it is possible to prevent the use of the terminal device 3 that is spoofed by another person in the apartment house. Also, the operation required to identify the process requester is a simple selection from the resident list data 35, so
The processing requester can be specified by a simple operation.

Thus, the object of the present invention is to provide a "network system for a housing complex in which a user can be easily identified and impersonation to another person can be prevented".

In order to avoid erroneous selection of the resident list data 35, a password for each resident of each dwelling unit 2 is recorded in the resident list 13 as necessary, and a list sending means is provided.
The password reminder data (not shown) may be sent together with the resident list data 35 by 14. In this case, the processing requester specifying means 15 specifies the processing requester based on the return selection data for the resident list data 35 and the return password for the password prompting data.

Preferably, in order to manage the access to the information of the host computer 12, the resident list 13 is assigned an information access right for each resident of each dwelling unit 2. For example, in the resident list 13 in Table 2, information such as managers and management union positions is assigned to each resident, and the access right of the processing requester is managed based on the distinction between residents and managers and / or management union positions. ing. In the flowchart of FIG. 2, in step 208, the process requester identification means 15 acquires the access right of the process requester from the resident list 13, and displays a screen corresponding to the access right on the terminal device 3
Is being sent to.

[0026]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A terminal device 3 of FIG. 1 comprises a data conversion device 6 for mutually converting data with identification address and television image data, and an input device for inputting data to the data conversion device 6 via a television receiver 7. 8 and. Hub 5 and LAN
By connecting the data converter 6 to the LAN via the connection outlet 4, the resident of the housing complex 1 can display the transmission data from the host computer 12 on the television receiver 7 of each dwelling unit 2. 3A and 4 show transmission data displayed on the television receiver 7.

FIG. 3B shows an example of the input device 8. The input device 8 in the illustrated example can move the arrow on the television receiver 7 shown in FIG. 3A vertically and horizontally on the screen by rotating the analog control 32 in the direction of the arrow. For example, the arrow on the television receiver 7 is moved to the name of the specific resident in the resident list data 35, and the input device 8
By pressing the confirmation button 33 of, the resident selection data can be input. Reference numeral 31 in the figure denotes a power button of the data converter 6 provided in the input device 8. The personal computer 28 can be used as the terminal device 3 by connecting the personal computer 28 to the hub 5 and registering the identification address of the personal computer 28 in the host computer 12.

FIG. 5 to FIG. 11 show an example of a flow chart of processing of the host computer 12 activated by request data from the terminal device 3. The flowchart of FIG. 5 shows a process of storing common information to be known to all dwelling units 2 in the host computer 12 and returning the common information to the terminal device 3 in response to browsing request data from the terminal device 3 to the host computer 12. Show. That is, in FIG.
The common information sending means of the host computer 12 detects the browsing request data of the common information in step 501, and
At 503, the resident list data 35 is created based on the identification address of the request data, and the common information stored in the host computer 12 is sent together with the resident list information 35 (step 504). The processing requester is sent the resident list data 35
The common information can be displayed and confirmed on the screen of the television receiver 7 or the personal computer 28.

Further, in FIG. 5, in steps 505 to 506, the common information sending means detects the return selection data from the terminal device 3 with respect to the resident list data 35, specifies the process requester, and identifies the specified process requester. It is stored as browsing status information (step 507). In the conventional network using the Internet shown in FIG. 12, there is a problem that the management company cannot specify the resident who saw the information such as the notice via the network. In the flow chart of FIG. 5, since the resident to whom the common information has been transmitted can be confirmed from the browsing status information, it is possible to determine whether or not all the residents have referred to the well-known matter in the management association or the like. In the flow chart of Figure 5, the steps
In step 511, it is determined whether or not the processing requester has access right to the browsing status information by the resident list 13, and if the processing requester has the access right and the request data of the browsing status information is detected in step 512, step 513 At, the referenced resident is edited from the browsing status information and sent to the terminal device 3.

In FIG. 5, the processing requester of the terminal device 3 is stored as the browsing status information, but the dwell unit 2 of the terminal device 3 may be stored as the browsing status information instead of or in addition to the processing requester. . Further, when the processing requester has already been identified at the time of the processing of step 501, steps 502 to 506 of FIG.
It is possible to omit the process of specifying the process requester in (3). That is, the common information sending means has a function of returning common information according to request data from the terminal device 3 and a function of accumulating the identification address of the terminal device 3 and / or the processing requester as the browsing status information. Is enough.

In steps 508 to 510 of FIG. 5, the common information sent from the terminal device 3 is sent to the common address sent from the terminal device 3 in response to the common information editing / deletion request and / or the processing request. A process of storing the common information stored in the host computer 12 or the common information stored in the host computer 12 together with the personal information will be described.

The common information of the host computer 12 shown in FIG. 5 can be used as a bulletin board for the housing complex 1. Further, FIG. 6 shows an embodiment in which an opinion exchange type bulletin board capable of posting from each dwelling unit 2 is provided in the host computer 12, and FIG. 7 shows a questionnaire type bulletin board in which each dwelling unit 2 can reply to common information. The example provided in FIG.

In the opinion exchange type bulletin board of FIG. 6, step 60
In steps 1 to 602, the processing request data is detected to determine whether it is a posting request or a browsing request, and if it is a posting, the posting information input screen with resident list data (see FIG. 4) is sent to the terminal device 3 (step 610). Up to 612), the returned posted information is stored as bulletin board information together with the processing requester information (steps 613 to 6).
14). In the case of browsing, posts from each dwelling unit stored as bulletin board information are sent to the terminal device 3 (steps 620 to 62).
2). Steps 623 to 628 of FIG. 6 show a process of deleting posted information.

In the questionnaire type bulletin board of FIG. 7, the questionnaire information is sent to the terminal device 3 in steps 701 to 706 and the process requester is specified, and in step 707 it is determined whether the process requester is the administrator. To do. If the process requester is not the administrator, the answer to the questionnaire is stored together with the information of the process requester (steps 710 to 711), and if the process requester is the administrator, editing or deletion of the questionnaire item is allowed (step 720-722). According to the invention, FIGS.
Even in the bulletin board system, the dwelling unit or name of the contributor or the respondent of the questionnaire can be specified, so that postings and responses impersonating others can be prevented.

In FIG. 8, a personal computer box for storing individual information for each dwelling unit 2 and / or each resident is provided in the host computer 12, and the terminal device 3 according to the browsing request data from the terminal device 3.
And / or an embodiment in which an individual information sending means for sending back the individual information stored in the post office box corresponding to the processing requester to the terminal device 3 is provided. The individual information sending means in the figure determines whether to send or browse individual information in steps 801 to 802, and when sending, displays a sending information input screen with sender list data and recipient list data attached to the terminal. It is sent to the device 3 (steps 810 to 814). The sender list data can be created as in the case of FIG. 2 (steps 810 to 812). The destination list data is created by extracting, for example, the resident registered in the resident list 13 as having a PO box. In the terminal device 3, the sender is selected from the sender list data, the sender is selected from the sender list data, and the sender information is returned to the host computer 12. The individual information sending means records the sent outgoing information and the information of the sender in the post office box of the selected destination as individual information (steps 814 to 816).

In the case of browsing the individual information, the individual information transmitting means responds to the browsing request data from the terminal device 3 with the individual information stored in the post office box corresponding to the terminal device and / or the processing requester. Return to 3 (step 82)
0-824). Steps 825 to 829 show a reply process to the individual information. According to the present invention, since the dwelling unit and the name of the sender of the individual information can be specified, it is possible to prevent the sender from impersonating another person.

FIG. 9 shows a process of recording the reservation of the facility of the housing complex in the host computer 12. In the processing shown in the figure, the facility reservation can be easily registered by simply selecting from the reservable facility list data sent from the host computer 12 (steps 910 to 912). Further, the reservation of the facility can be canceled using the reserved facility list data registered for each dwelling unit or resident (steps 920 to 923).

[0038]

[Table 3]

Although the processing which requires the identification of the processing requester has been described above, if only the identification of the dwelling unit or the terminal is sufficient, the steps of transmitting and selecting the resident list data can be omitted. FIG. 10 shows an example in which the access right to the camera image of the kids room is registered for each residence or terminal in the terminal arrangement table of Table 1 and the transmission of the camera image is managed for each residence or terminal.
Further, FIG. 11 shows that, for example, as shown in Table 3, the delivery type, payment method, etc. of the courier are managed for each dwelling unit, and when there is a processing request for the delivery information from any terminal device 3 of the dwelling unit 2, An example of returning the (arrival type, payment method, etc.) to the terminal device 3 is shown.

As described in detail above, in the network system for collective housing according to the present invention, each terminal unit with identification address of each dwelling unit of the collective housing and the host computer are connected by a communication path of data with identification address. Then, the resident list for each identification address is stored in the host computer, and in accordance with the processing request data from the terminal device to the host computer, the resident list data of the dwelling unit in which the terminal device is installed is created based on the resident list. Since the processing requester is specified by the selection data sent to the terminal device and returned from the terminal device, the following remarkable effects are obtained. (B) It is possible to prevent unauthorized use of a terminal device impersonating another person in an apartment house and to accurately identify a requester of processing to the host computer. (B) Since the processing requester can be specified by selecting from the resident list data, the processing requester can be easily specified as compared with the conventional input of the ID. (C) If information about the residence of the terminal device or the user is stored as the browsing status when accessing the information registered in the host computer, check whether the management union, etc., was able to notify all residents of the well-known matter. Available for

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of a process flow diagram according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of resident list data.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of resident list data.

FIG. 5 is an example of a flowchart of common information browsing processing.

FIG. 6 is an example of a process flow chart of the opinion exchange type bulletin board system.

FIG. 7 is an example of a processing flow chart of the questionnaire type bulletin board system.

FIG. 8 is an example of a flowchart of individual information processing.

FIG. 9 is an example of a flow chart of facility reservation processing.

FIG. 10 is an example of a flowchart of a kids room camera process.

FIG. 11 is an example of a flowchart of home delivery information processing.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional network system for a housing complex using the Internet.

[Explanation of symbols]

1… Condominium 2… Housing 3 ... Terminal device 4 ... Connection outlet 5 ... Hub 6 ... Data converter 7 ... TV receiver 8 ... Input device 9 ... Switching hub 10 ... Communication path 11 ... Switching router 12 ... Host computer 13… Resident list 14… List sending method 15… User identification means 20… Administrator room 21 ... PC 22 ... Network management device 23… Kids room 24… Camera 25 ... Remote access router 26 ... Router 31 ... Power button 32 ... Analog control 33… Confirm button 34… Dwelling unit data 35… Resident list data 36… Resident selection data 37 ... Process selection menu 38 ... Message data 40 ... Browser device 41 ... Hub 42 ... Switching hub 43 ... Router 44 ... Provider 45 ... Internet network 46… Web server 47… Management company 48 ... Computer

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Claims (9)

(57) [Claims] 1. A communication path for transmitting the data with the identification address between each terminal device with the identification address provided in each dwelling unit of the collective housing and the host computer, and the host computer stores the data by the identification address for each dwelling unit. Resident list,
A list sending means that creates resident list data of a dwelling unit in which the terminal device is provided based on the resident list according to request data for identification processing from the terminal device to the host computer and sends the resident list data to the terminal device, And a network system for a housing complex comprising processing requester specifying means for specifying a requester of the processing based on selection data selected from the list data and returned. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein a password for each resident of each dwelling unit is recorded in the resident list, and the list sending means sends password reminder data together with the resident list data to identify the person. A network system for a housing complex in which the processing requester is identified by the selection data and the return password for the reminder data by means. 3. The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an information access right for each resident of each dwelling unit is assigned to the resident list, and access to the information of the host computer based on the access right is given to each resident. A network system for apartment housing that is allowed. 4. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the host computer stores common information to be made known to all dwelling units, and the common information is stored in accordance with browsing request data from the terminal device. Common information sending means for returning to the device and accumulating the identification address of the terminal device and / or the processing requester as the browsing situation information, and the browsing situation information according to the browsing situation request data from the terminal device A network system for apartment houses that is equipped with a means for sending out browsing conditions to be sent back to. 5. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the host computer is provided with a post office box for storing individual information for each dwelling unit and / or for each resident, and the post request data from the terminal device is provided. A network system for a housing complex, which is provided with an individual information sending means for returning the individual information stored in the post office box corresponding to the terminal device and / or the processing requester to the terminal device. 6. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the common information is
Including post information input screen or questionnaire input screen in the report,
The common information sending means sends posted information or questionnaire responses sent from the terminal device to the host computer together with the identification address of the terminal device and / or processing requester information.
A network system for apartment houses stored in a host computer . 7. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the individual information
From the terminal device to the host computer,
Dwelling units with a PO box and / or according to the transmission request data
Is the entry information with the list of recipients consisting of residents
The screen is sent to the terminal device and returned from the terminal device.
Selected outgoing information is selected from the above list of recipients and returned
A network system for a housing complex in which the identification address of the terminal device and / or processing requester information is recorded in a post office box of the transmission destination . 8. A local information communication network (LAN) according to any one of claims 1 to 7 , wherein the communication path connects each of the dwelling units and the host computer via a transmission path management device.
A network system for a housing complex, wherein the transmission path management device blocks direct data transmission between the dwelling units. 9. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the terminal device is provided with a data conversion device for mutually converting the data with the identification address and the television image data, and data is sent to the data conversion device via a television receiver. A network system for an apartment house provided with an input device for inputting.