JP3567659B2 - Network circulation system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a network circulation system that allows a subject to circulate information sequentially.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, electronic mail has been widely used as a method of mutually transmitting and receiving messages and the like via a computer network or the like.
[0003]
E-mail is mainly for sending text document data by specifying a destination, and the same document can be sent to a plurality of destinations at the same time.
Further, there is a web site such as a WWW (World Wide Web) homepage or "NetNews" (corresponding to an electronic bulletin board for personal computer communication) that can disclose information and exchange opinions with an unspecified number of people. .
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, electronic mail is basically a one-to-one communication means, and one-to-many communication can be performed, but an information sender unilaterally notifies the same information to a plurality of destinations. Things. In an electronic bulletin board or the like, an unspecified number of people intervene freely and add sentences.
[0005]
Also, in the case of e-mail, the sender does not know when the other party will see the e-mail. For this reason, when sending a mail to a large number of people, the sender of the mail has to confirm the response from each person. Further, the sender of the e-mail must check the received e-mail one by one to find out who sent the reply and who has not yet received the reply, which was very troublesome.
[0006]
Furthermore, for example, a document such as a request for approval, a document is sequentially circulated to a plurality of specific persons for approval and a comment is added, and the documents are turned in a predetermined order to obtain an answer, Conventionally, there has not been a system for notifying information that can cope with a document whose contents are changed on the way.
[0007]
It is an object of the present invention to provide a circulation system that can circulate while reflecting the opinion of each target person, or notify flexible information such as intervening in the circulation process itself during circulation.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, a circulation means for publishing circulation document information on a Web server, a circulation list storage means for storing a list of circulation target persons, and one circulation target person according to the list order of the circulation target persons. Transmitting means for identifying, acquiring location information indicating a storage location of the circulation document information on the Web server, and transmitting the location information as an e-mail together with a content of a request message for referring to the circulation document information; When a response from the specified circulation target person is obtained, the contents of the circulation document information are updated based on the response, and the updated circulation document information is re-released on the Web server. Means and, after re-publishing the circulation document information, determine whether or not notification to all circulation target persons in accordance with the list order of the circulation target persons has been completed, and determine whether all circulation target persons have been notified. And the circulation execution control means for newly specifying the next circulation target person in accordance with the list order and sequentially executing the notification by the notification means and the re-publication by the re-publication means if the notification of the notification has not been completed. It is characterized by the following.
[0012]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a publishing unit that publishes circulation document information on a Web server, a circulation list storage unit that stores a list of circulation target persons, and one circulation target person according to the list order of the circulation target persons. Transmitting means for identifying, acquiring location information indicating a storage location of the circulation document information on the Web server, and transmitting the location information as an e-mail together with a content of a request message for referring to the circulation document information; When a response from the specified circulation target person is obtained, a determination means for determining whether or not the response is a circulation stop command, and if the response is not a circulation stop command in the determination, the circulation target It is determined whether or not the notification to all the circulation target persons according to the list order is completed. If the notification to all the circulation target persons is not completed, the next according to the above list order is performed. A circulation execution control means for newly specifying a circulation target person and sequentially executing the notification by the notification means, and a circulation stop control means for specifying a new circulation person and the notification if the determination is a command to stop circulation. Stop control means for stopping the circulation processing based on the notification by the means.
[0016]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing functions of a circulation system according to a first example of the present embodiment.
[0017]
It should be noted that the figure is for describing the function of the circulation system of the present embodiment, and does not necessarily indicate actual hardware components. For example, the CGI execution unit 14 indicates a function realized by executing, for example, a CGI program stored in the storage unit 18 by the control unit 11 (CPU). The same applies to FIGS. 5 and 8 described later.
[0018]
The control unit 11 is, for example, a central processing unit (CPU) that controls the entire system. The control unit 11 reads and executes programs (various application programs and the like) stored in a storage unit 18 to be described later, and Implement various functions related to the system. For example, an HTML document is created and updated by the HTML creating unit 12 and the CGI executing unit 14, and a process of sending an e-mail to a circulation target in the order of the circulation list is performed.
[0019]
The HTML creator 12 shows a function for, for example, a circulation creator or the like to create an HTML document. The contents of the HTML document are written using, for example, a text editor or an HTML editor on the creator terminal side.
[0020]
Here, HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is a standard format of a page published on WWW (World Wide Web, hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as Web), and is based on SGML which is a standard markup. It was made in
[0021]
Here, when a circulation creator or the like creates an HTML document, for example, an input field, a command selection button, and the like are configured using a function of a “FORM tag”. This allows the CGI execution unit 14 to be described later to input a response from the browser and update the HTML document by the CGI function.
[0022]
The Web server 13 includes a database that stores the HTML document file created by the HTML creating unit 12, and returns data of the HTML document specified by the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) from the browser to the browser of the request destination. Is shown. That is, it shows a general function of "publishing a homepage".
[0023]
The CGI execution unit 14 has a function of inputting a response (response) from a circulation target person who referred to the HTML document published on the Web server 13 and dynamically updating the HTML document in response to the input. , CGI programs (CGI scripts), and the like. Here, the CGI (Common Gateway Interface) is an API (Application Programming Interface) for sending information generated by an application such as the CGI script (CGI program) to a browser via the Web server 13.
[0024]
The CGI execution unit 14 shown in FIG. 3 shows a function realized by executing a program stored in a storage unit 18 described later by the control unit 11 (CPU), for example. It has the ability to process and generate new data based on other information. For example, by using “FORM” which is one of the functions of the browser, the information input by the browser can be passed to the CGI execution unit 14.
[0025]
The mail transmission unit 15 is controlled by the control unit 11 and has a communication function of sequentially transmitting e-mail to each circulation target according to the circulation list 17. The contents of the e-mail are a message requesting reference to an HTML document, a URL designating the HTML document to be referred to, and the like.
[0026]
The list counter 16 indicates which circulation target person in the circulation list 17 has been circulated, and is, for example, a counter that is reset at the start of circulation and counts up by one every time circulation is performed.
[0027]
The circulation list 17 is a record file that stores a list of members to be circulated, and each record is composed of items (fields) such as “name”, “mail address”, “user name”, and “password”.
[0028]
The storage unit 18 stores at least an application program (and a system program) that causes the control unit 11 to execute the circulation processing of the present embodiment.
[0029]
The storage unit 18 may be a storage device (ROM, RAM, HDD) inside the system in terms of hardware, or an external portable storage medium ｛FD (floppy disk), MO (magneto-optical disk), CD -ROM, memory card, DVD (digital video disk), etc. In other words, it is sufficient that at least the application program that implements the circulation processing of the present embodiment is stored magnetically, optically, or electrically.
[0030]
Alternatively, the circulation processing of the present embodiment may be realized by receiving the application program stored in an external information processing device or the like connected to the network via the network and using the application program. .
[0031]
The control unit 11 causes the circulation target person of the record in the order indicated by the list counter 16 to transmit an e-mail to the destination of the “mail address” of the above item.
Upon receiving the e-mail, the circulation target person displays the contents of the published HTML document on his / her terminal (a personal computer or the like) based on the contents (URL or the like). Then, according to the contents of the displayed HTML document, a response, a comment input, and the like are performed. The response from the subject is input to the CGI execution unit 14, the content of the HTML document is updated according to the input response content, and the updated HTML document is published on the Web server 13.
[0032]
These processes are performed by the control unit 11 executing an application program (or a system program) stored in the storage unit 18.
[0033]
When a series of processing for a certain circulation target is completed, the list counter 16 is counted up by one, and the same processing as described above is performed for the next circulation target.
[0034]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a mail list serving as a source of the circulation list 17.
In the figure, the mail list 20 is composed of data items (fields) of “name” 21, “mail address” 22, “user name” 23, “password” 24, and “group” 25.
[0035]
The field of "name" 21 stores the names of the respective persons registered in advance such as "Kazuo Tanaka" and "Hiro Suzuki" as shown in FIG. An e-mail address indicating the destination of the e-mail is stored in the field of "e-mail address" 22, and the corresponding user name and password are stored in the fields of "user name" 23 and "password" 24, respectively. In the field of "group" 25, a symbol indicating a group of persons to be circulated is stored. In the figure, for example, “Kazuo Tanaka”, “Natsuko Yamamoto”, and “Yoshihiro Kawakami” are members belonging to the group “A”. For example, when the group “A” is designated as a circulation target group, The e-mail will be sent sequentially.
[0036]
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the entire circulation processing by the circulation system according to the embodiment.
In the figure, the sender of the circulation first inputs the contents of the circulation (step S1). That is, an HTML document is created using an HTML editor or the like.
[0037]
Next, the destination of the circulation target is input (step S2). At this time, the destination may be input one by one. However, if a list of members is registered in the system in advance, for example, the mail list 20 shown in FIG. S3). The sender of the circulation may be a person who selects and designates a person to be circulated based on the displayed mail list, or a person who designates a group name (for example, the group name).
[0038]
When the contents of the circulation and the input of the circulation target person are completed, these data are transmitted to the Web server 13 (step S4).
Upon receiving the data (step S5), the Web server 13 sets the URL of the created HTML document (step S6), and stores a list of circulation target persons in the circulation list 17 (step S7). When specifying by group, records of the specified group in the mail list 20 of FIG. 2 are stored in the circulation list 17.
[0039]
Then, a circulation process is performed (step S8).
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the circulation processing in step S8.
In the figure, first, the created HTML document is made public on the Web server 13 (step S11). At this time, since the URL set in step S6 has not been notified to anyone yet, each circulation target person does not see the circulation contents.
[0040]
Next, the list counter 16 is reset to indicate the first record of the circulation list 17 (step S12).
Then, an e-mail is transmitted from the record in the circulation list 17 indicated by the list counter 16 to the circulation target person based on the "mail address" data and the like. The contents of the e-mail are a message instructing to "see the circulation" and the URL set above (step S13).
[0041]
After that, the circulation target person who has sent the e-mail waits until he or she sees the contents of the circulation and makes some response (step S14).
When there is a response from the circulation target person who transmitted the e-mail, the HTML document is updated according to the response. For example, when a comment from a subject is input to the CGI execution unit 14, the CGI execution unit 14 analyzes the content of the comment and reflects the content in the corresponding HTML document (the content of the HTML document is automatically converted). To update). For example, as described above, when an HTML document is created by the HTML creating unit 12, an input field is configured using a “FORM tag” function, and a subject can enter a comment in this input field. After the writing, the CGI execution unit 14 performs the automatic update processing of the HTML document. Then, the updated HTML document is published on the Web server 13 (step S15).
[0042]
Next, it is determined whether or not circulation has been performed for all members listed in the circulation list 17 (step S16), and if so (step S16, YES), the circulation processing ends. . If not circulated to all members of the circulation list 17 (step S16, NO), the list counter 16 is counted up by one, and the above-mentioned steps S13 to S15 are performed for the next circulation target person.
[0043]
At this time, the next circulation target person will see the contents of the circulation in which the comments up to the previous circulation target person are reflected.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the circulation system according to the second embodiment.
[0044]
In the circulation system 30 shown in FIG. 1, the configurations of the control unit 11, the HTML creation unit 12, the Web server 13, the CGI execution unit 14, the mail transmission unit 15, the list counter 16, and the circulation list 17 are the same as those shown in FIG. Since these are substantially equivalent to the above, the description here is omitted.
[0045]
In the circulation system 30 of the second embodiment, a predetermined command is input as a response from the circulation target person, and the circulation processing itself is changed or stopped according to the command.
[0046]
The command table 31 is a table that stores a predetermined command name and a process corresponding to the command name in association with each other.
The command execution unit 32 refers to the command table 31 and executes a process corresponding to the command returned from the circulation subject.
[0047]
The contents of the command include, for example, a process of stopping the circulation process, a process of adding a new circulation target person to the circulation list 17, and the like.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a circulation process according to the second embodiment.
[0048]
In the figure, first, the created HTML document is published on the Web server 13 as circulation contents (step S21).
Next, the list counter 16 is reset to indicate the first record of the circulation list 17 (step S22).
[0049]
Then, an e-mail is transmitted from the record in the circulation list 17 indicated by the list counter 16 to the circulation target person based on the data of the "mail address" or the like. The contents of the e-mail are a message instructing to "see the circulation" and the URL set above (step S23).
[0050]
Thereafter, the circulation target person who has transmitted the e-mail waits until he or she sees the contents of the circulation and makes a response (step S24).
If there is any response from the circulation target person who transmitted the e-mail, the comment of the response content is analyzed (step S25), and it is determined whether or not this is a type of command (step S26).
[0051]
Here, in the figure, the command is described as being only the “stop command”, but it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to this, and other commands may be used.
When it is determined that the command is the stop command (step S26, YES), the circulation stop processing is executed by the command execution unit 32 (step S27), and the circulation processing is stopped. At this time, a notice that the circulation processing has been stopped may be sent to the sender of the circulation by e-mail or the like. Furthermore, in addition to the stop command, the reason for stopping the circulation is input as a comment, and this comment is reflected in the HTML document, so that the sender of the circulation can see the homepage and know the reason for the stop. You may be able to.
[0052]
If it is determined that the command is not the stop command (step S26, NO), it is next determined whether or not circulation has been performed for all members listed in the circulation list 17 (step S28). If so (step S28, YES), the circulation process ends. If not circulated to all the members of the circulation list 17 (step S28, NO), the list counter 16 is counted up by one, and the processing of steps S23 to S26 is executed for the next circulation target person.
[0053]
Although not particularly shown, if the comment is not a command, the content of the comment is analyzed and an HTML document reflecting the content of the comment is automatically created in the HTML creating unit 12 as in the first embodiment. I do. Then, the newly created HTML document is made public on the Web server 13.
[0054]
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the circulation updated by the first and second embodiments.
FIG. 7A is a display screen 40 showing an example of the contents of the circulation for the first person to be circulated.
[0055]
In the figure, a display screen 40 displays a document of "ski guidance" created by the sender of the circulation, and further includes a comment input frame 41 for inputting a destination and a command selection input such as a "stop" 42. Button, a button for responding to the reference to the circulation such as “saw” 43, and the like are displayed. The buttons such as the comment input frame 41 and the “Cancel” button 42 are input fields, selection input buttons, and the like, which are created using the function of a general HTML “FORM tag”.
[0056]
The display screen 40 shows an example in which “Naeba” is input as a desired destination in the comment input frame 41 by the first circulation target person.
As described above, the character data of “Naeba” is stored in a corresponding HTML document by the CGI execution unit 14 and the HTML creation unit 12, which are functions realized by the control unit 11 executing the program. Is edited to add the character of “Naeba” at the position of “”, and the edited HTML document is made public on the Web server 13. Although not described in detail, a process of automatically adding the name of the person to be circulated (for example, “Kazuo Tanaka”) is performed based on the data in the “Name” field of the circulation list 17 and displayed. Editing such as “Naeba (Tanaka)” shown on the screen 50 may be performed.
[0057]
Then, the list counter 16 is incremented by one, and the next circulation target person is notified of the e-mail. Here, for example, assuming that the group “A” in FIG. 2 is to be circulated, an electronic mail is notified to “Natsuko Yamamoto” next to “Kazuo Tanaka”.
[0058]
When "Natsuko Yamamoto" visits the HTML document of the URL notified by the e-mail, for example, a display screen 50 of FIG. 7B is displayed.
On the display screen 50 shown in FIG. 7B, in addition to the display of the first document of “ski guidance”, “Naeba” input by the previous circulation target person “Kazuo Tanaka” is displayed as the desired destination. “Natsuko Yamamoto” inputs the desired destination in the comment input box 51 with reference to the desired destination of “Kazuo Tanaka”.
[0059]
After that, the circulation continues, and it is assumed that, for example, at a certain circulation target person, for example, a display such that the number of applicants for the “seedling ground” is large is displayed. Then, it is assumed that the circulation target person has information that, for example, the nursery cannot be slid yet on December 1 and 2. In this case, as in the second embodiment, when the circulation target person inputs a circulation stop command by, for example, clicking the displayed “Cancel” button 42 with a mouse, the circulation processing is stopped. You.
[0060]
At this time, the circulation system may notify the sender of the circulation by e-mail that the circulation has been stopped. Further, the circulation target person who has suspended the circulation may be caused to input a comment indicating the reason for suspending the circulation, and the content of the comment may be reflected in the HTML document. As a result, the sender of the circulation can know that the circulation has been stopped, and can also know the reason for the stop of the circulation by looking at the HTML document. Then, the sender of the circulation creates an HTML document of a new circulation content (for example, adding a comment such as “However, excluding Naeba”) in consideration of the reason for the suspension of the circulation, and starts circulation from the beginning. You can start over. In this way, by allowing the circulation target person to intervene in the circulation process itself according to the situation (for example, to stop the circulation), it is possible to prevent, for example, a meaningless circulation process from continuing, and to quickly respond according to the situation. Response is possible.
[0061]
If it is sufficient to simply inform the circulation target person that he or she has viewed the contents of the circulation, the "viewed" 43 button may be clicked with a mouse. In response, the circulation system sequentially circulates the information to the next person to be circulated, and when the circulation process is completed by all the people who have been circulated "seeing" the contents of the circulation, the circulation system informs the circulation creator of that fact. Is notified by e-mail or the like. This allows the circulation creator to know that all members have viewed the circulation contents.
[0062]
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the circulation system according to the third embodiment.
In the circulation system 60 shown in FIG. 1, the configurations of the control unit 11, the HTML creation unit 12, the Web server 13, the mail transmission unit 15, the list counter 16, and the circulation list 17 are substantially the same as those of the circulation system shown in FIG. Therefore, the description here is omitted.
[0063]
The third embodiment is an example of a configuration in which the CGI execution unit 14 is not used.
FIG. 8 shows a configuration in which a mail receiving unit 61 is used instead of the CGI execution unit 14.
[0064]
In the circulation system 60 shown in the figure, when the mail receiving unit 61 determines that the reply mail has been received from the destination of the electronic mail transmitted by the mail transmission unit 15, the electronic mail is transmitted to the next circulation target person.
[0065]
FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a circulation process according to the third embodiment.
In the figure, first, an HTML document created in the same manner as in the first and second embodiments is disclosed on the Web server 13 as circulation contents (step S31).
[0066]
Next, the list counter 16 is reset to indicate the first record of the circulation list 17 (step S32).
Then, an e-mail is transmitted from the record in the circulation list 17 indicated by the list counter 16 to the circulation target person based on the data of the "mail address" or the like. The contents of the e-mail are a message instructing to "see the circulation" and a URL set for the HTML document (step S33).
[0067]
The circulation target person who has received the e-mail knows the contents of the circulation by referring to the URL homepage. Then, in order to notify the circulation system 60 that the circulation has been viewed, a reply mail to the electronic mail is transmitted.
[0068]
When the mail receiving unit 61 receives the e-mail (step S34), the circulation system 60 determines whether the received e-mail is a reply e-mail from the other party who sent the e-mail related to the circulation. It is determined (step S35). That is, for example, the received e-mail is analyzed, the ID is compared with the ID at the time of transmission, and it is checked whether they match.
[0069]
If they do not match (step S36), it means that an e-mail irrelevant to the above-mentioned circulation has been received, so that the system enters a standby state until the next e-mail is received.
If they match (step S36, YES), there is a reply from the circulation target indicated by the list counter indicating that the circulation has been viewed, and this circulation target is the last in the circulation list. It is determined whether or not there is a next circulation target person (step S37, NO). If there is a next circulation target person (step S37, NO), the list counter is counted up by one (step S38), and the processing of the above steps S33 to S36 is performed. repeat. If this circulation target person is the last in the circulation list (step S37, YES), the circulation processing ends.
[0070]
The third embodiment is not limited to the above-described example. For example, when the content of the comment is described in the body of the reply mail and it is determined in step S35 that the reply mail is from the circulation target person, Alternatively, the body data of the reply mail may be extracted, and the HTML document may be edited under the control of the control unit 11 based on the contents.
[0071]
The circulation system of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.
For example, consider the case where a response cannot be obtained due to reasons such as long-term travel among circulation target persons.For example, a response is not obtained even after a certain time elapses after sending an e-mail to If it is not possible, the target person may be skipped and circulation may be circulated to the next target person.
[0072]
As a security measure, the URL transmitted by e-mail may be encrypted. Further, an HTML document disclosed in connection with the circulation process may be designated by a URL and may be viewed only by inputting a password determined in advance by a member.
[0073]
【The invention's effect】
As described in detail above, according to the network circulation system of the present invention, for a specific subject, in a predetermined order, and until there is some response from the previous subject, the next subject is not By not performing circulation, flexible notification of information can be performed for specific members according to various situations.
[0074]
As a flexible notification of information, a document to be circulated is automatically edited using the CGI function based on the response from the person to be circulated, the edited document is made public, and a document to be circulated to the next person to be circulated is displayed. By instructing to view, each circulation target person can respond to the circulation contents with reference to the response contents of other members who have been circulated so far.
[0075]
Also, by inputting a command as the response content, the circulation target person can intervene in the circulation processing itself. For example, when a situation occurs where continuing the circulation is meaningless, a stop command can be input to stop the circulation in the middle.
[0076]
Further, the network circulation system of the present invention transmits a notice to the circulation target to see the contents of the circulation by e-mail, and performs the above notification to the next circulation target every time an e-mail in reply to this is received. Thus, the present invention can be realized without using the CGI function.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a circulation system according to a first embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a mail list serving as a basis of a circulation list.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an entire circulation process performed by the circulation system according to the embodiment;
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a circulation process.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a circulation system according to a second embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a circulation process according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of circulation contents updated by the first and second embodiments.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a circulation system according to a third embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a circulation process according to the third embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
10. Circulation system (first embodiment)
11 Control part
12 HTML creation unit
13 Web server
14 CGI execution unit
15 Mail transmission unit
16 List counter
17 Circulation list
20 mail list
21 Name (field name)
22 Email address (field name)
23 User name (field name)
24 Password (field name)
25 groups (field names)
30 Circulation system (second embodiment)
31 Command Table
32 Command execution unit
40 Display screen (before editing)
41 Comment input frame
42 "Cancel" (button)
43 "I saw" (button)
50 Display screen (after editing)
51 Comment input frame
52 "Cancel" (button)
53 "I saw" (button)
60 Circulation system (third embodiment)
61 Mail receiver

Claims (2)

A publishing means for publishing circulation document information on a web server;
Circulation list storage means for storing a list of circulation target persons,
According to the list order of the circulation target persons, one circulation target person is specified , location information indicating the storage location of the circulation document information on the Web server is acquired, and the location information is referred to the circulation document information. Sending means for sending as an e-mail together with the content according to the request message of
When a response from the specified circulation target person is obtained, the contents of the circulation document information are updated based on the response, and the updated circulation document information is re-released on the Web server. Means,
After republishing the circulation document information, it is determined whether or not the notification to all the circulation target according to the list order of the circulation target has been completed, and the notification to all the circulation target has not been completed. In this case, a circulation execution control unit for newly specifying the next circulation target person according to the list ranking, and sequentially executing the notification by the notification unit and the re-publication by the re-publication unit,
A network circulation system comprising: A publishing means for publishing circulation document information on a web server;
Circulation list storage means for storing a list of circulation target persons,
According to the list order of the circulation target persons, one circulation target person is specified , location information indicating the storage location of the circulation document information on the Web server is acquired, and the location information is referred to the circulation document information. Sending means for sending as an e-mail together with the content according to the request message of
When a response from the specified circulation target person is obtained, a determination unit that determines whether the response is a circulation stop command or not,
If it is not a command to stop circulation in the above determination, it is determined whether or not notification to all circulation target according to the list order of the circulation target has been completed, and notification to all circulation target has been completed. If not, a circulation execution control unit for newly specifying the next circulation target person according to the list ranking and sequentially executing the notification by the notification unit;
If the command is a circulation stop command in the determination, a stop control unit for specifying a new circulation person by the circulation execution control unit and stopping the circulation process by the notification by the notification unit;
A network circulation system comprising:

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