JP3730156B2 - Association information management system, association information management program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an association information management system, an association information management program, and a recording medium that associate and manage various types of information.
[0002]
[Prior art and problems to be solved by the invention]
Through the information age, IT revolution, etc., personal computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and other various information terminal devices are rapidly spreading in various fields. Along with this, information to be processed and managed by the information terminal is very widespread, such as information on people, information on organizations, information on sales / customers and other businesses, information on documents / documents, and information on various management. In this way, not only the types of information increase but also the amount of information increases, naturally there are various relationships among the information. In order to make effective use of such information relationships, it is essential to organize the information and manage the information relationship.
[0003]
In general, information is related by, for example, associating a tree structure from a higher level to a lower level according to a certain rule in a certain genre or category. In addition, a family tree is connected from a parent to a child, then to the child, and to each of them, but the relationship from the top to the bottom is fundamental, and the relationship is complicated and complicated. There is no.
[0004]
However, as the type and amount of information increases, in order to organize the entire information according to the information to be handled, it is also necessary to manage relationships including information with different genres and categories. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a relationship diagram, and FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of various types of related information.
[0005]
For example, as shown in FIG. 16, if the information of A to J is related as indicated by the arrows, generally the information is not a tree structure like a solid line. As for the relationship, there is often an example in which another relationship exists, such as a relationship indicated by a dotted line even through A and BCD, and these relationships are complicated among a large number of pieces of information. In addition, as shown in FIG. 17, when documents, XX universities, XX construction, creators, drawings, XX documents, management departments, etc. are used as units of information, for example, when focusing on XX documents, On the other hand, the creator, literature, drawings, application documents, storage location, and department in charge are related.
[0006]
As described above, not only the association of various information with different genres and categories, but also the information about people, when trying to systematize the network, the number of people connected to one person has changed from several to several hundred. Furthermore, like a friend's friend is another friend's friend, the same person is duplicated and related to the same family tree, which is very complicated.
[0007]
When information having such a relationship is represented as a general relationship diagram, it becomes very complicated and complicated, and it is very difficult to record it, and even to record all relationships. For this reason, management is limited to each purpose. For example, in a personal network, only important points are managed by relying on human memory. This is the current situation.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention solves the above-described problems, and enables registration and management of association of various information with a simple configuration, and facilitates retrieval and extraction of relationships.
[0009]
To this end, the present invention is an association information management system for associating and managing various pieces of information of members as management units, and at least information on directions related to mutual relations between identification information unique to members, and A relationship management table for storing the relationship classification information including the degree of relationship and managing the relationship between the identification information Storage means When, When the member and the mutual relation and the degree of relation and the range of the relation as the search condition are inputted, the inputted mutual relation and the degree of relation are inputted to the inputted member from the relation management table storage means. The members having the relationship and the degree of the inputted mutual relationship and the degree of the relationship are repeatedly searched from the searched members to the range of the inputted related direction. With search processing means , Search for a member related by the search processing means within a range of mutual relations, the degree of the relation and the direction of the relations inputted from the specific member as the search condition It is characterized by this.
[0010]
The various information includes a member management table that stores member data including the identification information and detailed information. Storage means The detailed information includes classification information for classifying members, and the classification information includes a type, a rank, a classification, and a business type. The detailed information includes FAT information, a recording address in FAT, a file type, A directory path, a file name, a selection range, an object, an attribute, or information having an attribute is included.
[0011]
In addition, it is an association information management system that associates and manages various pieces of information of members as management units, and at least information on the direction and the degree of the relationship that are individually associated with the mutual relationship between identification information unique to the member. A relationship management table for storing the relationship classification information and managing the relationship between the identification information Storage means And a member management table for storing and managing various information of each member corresponding to the identification information Storage means When, Enter search criteria Input processing means for processing; When the member as a search condition and the degree of relation and the range of the relation direction are inputted from the input processing means, the inputted mutual relation for the inputted member from the relation management table storage means Members having a degree of relationship with each other, and further searching the members having the degree of mutual relation and relationship inputted from the searched members up to the range of the inputted relation direction, and the member management Read various information of each retrieved member from the table storage means Association information processing Means and said association information processing By means For each member that was read Output processing means for performing output processing of various information, Retrieving members related to each other within a range of mutual relations and degree of relation and relations inputted as a search condition from a specific member by the association information processing means, and reading various information of each member, Output by output processing means It is characterized by this.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of an association information management system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a member management table, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a relationship management table, and FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a table. In the figure, 1 is an input processing unit, 2 is an output processing unit, 3 is a data registration / update processing unit, 4 is a search processing unit, 5 is an editing processing unit, 6 is a relationship management table, 7 is a member management table, and 8 is Indicates the master table.
[0013]
In FIG. 1, an input processing unit 1 inputs, searches, edits, and outputs various data for setting, registering, updating, deleting, etc. for each data such as a relationship management table 6, a member management table 7, and a master table 8. The various instructions are input. The output processing unit 2 displays various data for setting, registering, updating, and deleting each data, an input screen for various instructions such as search, editing, and output, a screen regarding processing results based on input of various instructions, and information display It performs output, print output, data transfer to other devices via a network or communication line, and transmission processing.
[0014]
The data registration / update processing unit 3 that performs data management performs various processes such as setting, registration, update, and deletion for each data based on the input from the input processing unit 1, for example, member detailed information registration / update, Register / update history information, input relations, etc. The search processing unit 4 performs member information search processing by accessing each data according to a search condition set based on an instruction input from the input processing unit 1. For example, member search, member history search, member relationship Search and so on. The edit processing unit 5 performs an edit process for outputting a search result in accordance with an output condition set based on an instruction input from the input processing unit 1. For example, a member introduction system diagram, front and back n-parent display, connection search display Etc.
[0015]
In the member detailed information registration / update, the member information is registered and images related to the members are displayed by the image display function. Moreover, an address is allocated from a zip code by pressing a zip code search button after inputting the zip code. In the history information registration / update, detailed information such as correspondence history and sales history is registered for each registered member, and the input contents are assigned members from the history contents by using the member history search function. In relation input, it is registered from which to which one, and what kind of relation they are. In the relationship category, the relationship with the child member is selected from the preset contents as seen from the parent, and registered members are searched from the relationship category selected using the member relationship search function. In the relationship detail registration, by inputting the detailed information for the connection at the time of input, the member relationship search function is used to search using the detailed information input at the time of registration.
[0016]
In the member search, the results obtained by giving the conditions are overlapped many times to narrow down to the target member group. In the (AND) search, the current condition is given to the previous results to further narrow down the data. In the (OR) search, if either of the previous result and the result of the current condition is satisfied, a match is obtained. By searching, the corresponding member is usually displayed in the list box, and when the non-applicable member is selected (clicked), the members other than the member selected by the condition are displayed in the list box. In member history search, members are searched based on the history input for each member. For example, when using a history as trading information, it is possible to search for a person who sold XX within one week last week. In the member relationship search, a search is performed based on the relationship between members. For example, when a relationship is used for a salesman's customer development, a sales strategy can be set for each area by registering the probability of each customer.
[0017]
In the member introduction pedigree, it is possible to refer to all related parties by displaying the second degree in the parent direction and the second degree in the child parent based on the reference target person and changing the reference target person. In the front-rear n-degree display, based on the reference target, for example, the 5th degree in the parent direction and the 5th degree in the child direction, and the related parties up to 10 degrees in total are displayed in different colors. Is displayed. In the connection search, any two people are designated and a search is made as to whether there is a connection between the members.
[0018]
The relationship management table 6 is a table that performs a one-to-one relationship between various types of information based on identification information. In the present invention, the identification information includes an identifier, an identification number, an identification code, an ID, an ID number, CIF, file allocation table (hereinafter referred to as FAT) information managed by the OS, attribute information capable of individual identification, and the like. . As for the relationship, the relationship is related to each other, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, in the direction of parent → child, master → secondary, up → down or vice versa. It adds information such as understandable relationship categories. As for the relationship classification, for example, in the case of people, it is generally boss, subordinate, friend, introduction, anti-eyes, OB for relationship with school list, OB for relationship with non-person, ownership for company relationship, Direct relationships to relationships used for subcontracting, tie-ups, business partners, personnel evaluations, colleagues, affiliations, and relationships used by financial institutions when managing a chain of guarantors -The relationship between the document and the drawing is set according to the relationship between the creator, author, introducer, recommender, and the like. A plurality of such relationship management tables are used as required, such as the purpose of use.
[0019]
The member management table 7 corresponds to each piece of identification information. Each member's information itself or related information from which the information can be acquired, such as FAT information, FAT recording address, file type, position information, object, attribute, attribute information, etc. Is stored. Members are people, things such as people, documents, documents, drawings, companies, head offices, branches, branch offices, departments, places, facilities, institutions, products, machines, equipment, facilities, institutions, organizations, data, Various tangible and intangible management units including files, including all genres and categories. Member data to be managed includes member-specific identification information, location information for each type of member, location information such as folders, relationship information represented by physical address numbers, and member-specific detailed information. And manage it directly with member information or indirectly with information to obtain member information. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the classification information for each member is information such as the member type, rank, classification, and business type, and the member-specific detailed information is information such as a description and a history. The date is the date of registration / update.
[0020]
The member type, rank, classification, business type, etc. of the classification information are conditions for editing and output for searching, and it is determined whether to include or exclude from the target of searching and editing output depending on the presence or absence of the designation. For example, if you are a person, your name is your member name, gender, date of birth, address, telephone, fax, e-mail address, work / affiliation / position / employment date, affiliation group, hobby, career / history , Photos, etc. Also, if it is a document / literature / drawing, its name is the member name, including literature classification, creation date / issue date, creator / publisher / author, summary of contents, recommendation / introductory text, etc. Arbitrary information. The history information is information including member biographies and update history.
[0021]
For example, the master table 8 is used when setting a registration category or specifying it as a search or editing output condition so that the minimum necessary information is registered in the member management table 7 according to each member information. It has a definition table of various information necessary for this. For example, a type table, a rank table, a classification table, a business type table, a relationship classification table, and the like as shown in FIG.
[0022]
The type table defines type information for identifying what kind of member, person, company, document,..., Etc., as shown in FIG. The rank table defines, for example, ranks and priorities as shown in FIG. 4B. As general ranks, ranks such as the most important, important, customer A rank, customer B rank, customer C rank, etc. High priority, medium priority, low priority, etc., and special ranks for negotiations, negotiable again, no acquaintance, etc. As for things, the priority of high, medium, low, etc. is defined for the ranks of the person and the name.
[0023]
In the classification table, for example, as shown in FIG. 4C, a section, a product, a group, and the like used for an area, personnel evaluation, and in-house evaluation are defined as items belonging to a large classification, a medium classification, and a small classification. For example, as shown in FIG. 4D, the industry table defines each industry such as manufacturing industry, information service industry, local government, construction / construction industry, insurance / finance industry, agriculture / forestry / fishery industry, and self-employment.
[0024]
The relationship classification table defines, for example, the relationship classification shown in FIG. 4 (E) and the respective priorities. The general classification of the type is person, such as boss, subordinate, friend, introduction, anti-eyes, etc. The classification for school names, etc., is from origin (OB), the classification is for non-human children, and the classification is for subcontracting, tie-ups, and transactions for the relationship between companies. The categories used for personnel evaluation, such as the tip, include direct reports, colleagues, and affiliations.
[0025]
The relationship classification serves as a “hand” for connecting registered members and is defined by a code representing the relationship between two data (members). It is for specifying the relationship between people and people, people and things, and things and things. For example, in the case of people and people There is a difference in the degree of relationship to the degree of acquaintance. The relationship categories are prioritized in consideration of this, so that more important and closer relationships can be displayed at the top.
[0026]
Next, the association search process of the association information management system according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of the flow of association search processing of the association information management system according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining examples of search conditions and output conditions.
[0027]
In the association search process of the association information management system according to the present invention, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, the search condition is set (step S11) and the output condition is set (step S12). Here, as a search condition, for the member who starts the search, for example, what kind of member is targeted, what classification, rank, and type of business are targeted as shown in FIG. Further, the search range, for example, how many levels, how many parents, etc., are set. In addition, as an output condition, the range and conditions for editing and output are output, including the relationship between the parent and child output to which color and the output color at that time, as shown in FIG. 6B, for example. Mode to output whether the parent / child direction is output with an arrow, the parent / child is divided into left and right output, the parent / child is output in a table format, or output in a tree structure And what the pattern will look like.
[0028]
Next, the child is searched from the parent according to the search condition (step S13), and the searched child and its relationship are held in the memory (step S14). Similarly, a parent is searched from the child (step S15), and the searched parent and its relationship are held in the memory (step S16). Further, it is determined whether or not the next stage search is also targeted based on the output condition (step S17). When the next stage search is necessary, the last stage member searched and held in steps S13 to S16. Is used as a search key (step S18), and if it is duplicated with those searched and held members, the search key is deleted (step S19), and the process returns to step S13 to repeat the same processing.
[0029]
If it is determined in step S17 that the search is completed, the search result is edited according to the set output condition (step S20), and the edited search result is output (step S21).
[0030]
Next, detailed information registered in the member data will be specifically illustrated and described. The description information is not limited to the item name and can be changed according to the usage.For example, in general description items, the record ledger number, the initial transaction date, the business details, the transaction details, etc. When used for diplomatic sales, such as securities number, insured date, family composition, medical history, etc., when used for personnel evaluation, employee number, date of employment, family composition, special mention matters, comprehensive evaluation, etc. When a financial institution manages the connection of a guarantee, account type / number, contract date, family structure, presence of guarantee obligations, assets, etc., when used for business, membership number, first visit date, characteristics, hobby・ Information such as preferences is registered.
[0031]
History information allows you to enter time-series correspondence records. For example, in general items, date, meeting details, numerical targets, achievement level, next deferral, etc. When using for insurance such as purchase date, purchased product name, quantity, purchase price, number of points, etc., when using for personnel, such as the date of insurance amount change, insurance name / content, number of deposits, basic amount, total amount, etc. , Information such as loan date, collateral, loan amount, monthly repayment amount, balance, etc. is registered when used by a financial institution such as date, business name, amount, self-evaluation, and internal evaluation.
[0032]
When inputting a relation summary item using the relation between members connected on the relation input screen as additional information, the item is set according to the application. For example, for general use, events, parent notes, child notes, introduction dates, common anniversaries, remark dates, parent → child confidence, child → parent confidence, familiarity, evaluation ( When used for business relationships such as parent → child) and evaluation (parent ← child), orders, orders, subcontracts, introduction dates, transaction dates (first time), transaction dates (final), holdings, order weights, order weights , Relationship changes, transaction details, etc., when used for insurance, common hobbies, special skills, health status, latest encounter date, first seen date, wedding anniversary, intimacy, age of knowledge, hostility, remarks, etc. When using for personnel, fiscal year, assigned department, assigned date, evaluation date, transfer date, ability, cooperation, hard work, evaluation (parent → child), evaluation (parent ← child), etc. When using at financial institutions, guarantee details, mortgage rank (thing), memo, warranty renewal date, initial payment date, final payment date Guaranteed amount of money, guarantee limits, route number (thing), such as the detailed relationship is registered.
[0033]
An extended embodiment of the association information management system according to the present invention will be further described. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the case of using the synchronization method, FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an example of parallel relation using a parent selection group and a child selection group, and FIG. 9 is a parallel by category matching. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an example of LL method inter-database import.
[0034]
A synchronization method for providing the related information management function of the present invention to another database already constructed and operated will be described. In order to add a relationship management function to an existing database, there are a method of re-creating the software itself for managing the database from the beginning and a method of connecting relationship management software having a data transfer interface. The synchro system refers to the latter. In this synchronization method, the ID number unique to the data of the database is recorded in the relationship management table as shown in FIG. 7 without modifying the software of the existing database structure at all. That is, a plurality of different software is attached to one database. However, since the database itself is often designed for existing software, the relationship management software has an interface part for receiving information from the existing software. As a result, the relationship management software can use the data reference portion of the existing software without developing a basic data display portion. On the relationship management software side, already registered data are related to each other, and the relationship management function portion such as a genealogy display is in charge. It is possible to incorporate all the functions of the existing software into the relationship management software (by the external software execution function), and seemingly add the relationship management part to the existing system.
[0035]
In order to use the synchro method, it is necessary to monitor the ID change due to addition / modification / deletion in the existing software on the relationship management software side. If the existing software allows ID change, It is necessary for the relationship management software to deal with ID number reassignment or to add an invariant ID to existing data. By applying the synchro method, it is possible to shift to a system having a relationship management function at a low cost without introducing a new system that changes for an operating database system.
[0036]
Next, automatic association will be described. A process for associating one or a plurality of data different from any one or a plurality of data registered in the member management table, such as data that matches a given condition, category, selected data, or the like, may be performed. . In this case, as a serial relationship, a relationship in which a plurality of pieces of data selected by arbitrary designation are sequentially connected in series is performed in the order rearranged in advance by the user designation or one by one.
[0037]
In addition, as a parallel relationship, the data selected by the condition designation from all the data, the data extracted by the category that the data individually has, the arbitrarily selected data, Alternatively, all data is displayed, and a relationship management table is created by making a relationship by specifying the parent and child.
[0038]
In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 8A, when there is one member in each of the parent selection group and the child selection group, a one-to-one relationship is made with each as a direct parent and child. In addition, when there is one parent selection group and multiple child selection groups, one parent is associated with each child one-to-one by one-to-one repetition, and one-to-many relationship is established. When there is a plurality and one in the child selection group, one child is related to each parent in a one-to-one repetition, and many-to-one relationships are made for the number of parents.
[0039]
When there are a plurality of parent selection groups and child selection groups, a one-to-many association is performed for the number of parents, or a many-to-one relationship is performed for the number of children, as shown in FIG. Specify new or existing data α between the parent and child, all parent specified data is a parent of α, all child specified data is stored in the relationship table as a child of α. Do. The association is performed by starting batch processing such as an association button or by drag and drop.
[0040]
In addition, as shown in Fig. 9, multiple category registration frames are provided for each data in the member management table, and horses, trees, apples, flowers, mountains, etc., are registered as parallel relationships by category matching. Select data that matches the selected category and relate it to new or existing data. For example, it can be similarly applied to data including the same attribute such as the same group and the same word.
[0041]
Explain how to import between databases. When the association information management system of the present invention is divided into a plurality of grades such as a professional version, a standard version, and a personal version, for example, as shown in FIG. A pseudo network like the LL system can be formed with members. Here, the professional version has no data registration restrictions, history information input / search is possible, detailed relationship information entry / search is possible, multiple databases are possible, the standard version has no data registration restrictions, history information entry / search is possible, the personal version is The registration limit is limited to several hundreds, and a common database is used. And the professional version has multiple databases and can be used while switching. If the database is not in the same folder, it can be set as an operation target anywhere in another personal computer on the LAN.
[0042]
By using the professional version, the administrator can refer to and update the database of the members as well as the database of the members, and the members can operate only their own databases by using the standard version. In the unlikely event that another person's data is copied without permission, an ID and password of 4 ranks are provided for each database, thereby making it impossible to enter the inside. The professional version allows you to refer to and update related detailed information that cannot be seen in the standard version, so it is possible to write to the member database outside of the person's control.
[0043]
In addition, data related in a range from arbitrarily designated data to n-parents or the like is set as an import target, and a code that does not overlap with the data identification code on the import side is reassigned and imported. If the same data exists on the importing side and the transplanting side at the time of import, the relationship is further made by “person” (relationship category of the same data). If the determination of whether they are the same is ambiguous, the user is prompted to select whether to give a message or to determine that the data is different.
[0044]
Next, operation with file management software will be described. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a medium for connecting relationships, FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining a relationship in file management software such as Explorer, and FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a partial relationship in a file of various types of data. FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining the association of other files and the like. FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining a case where a plurality of management tables are provided and related.
[0045]
Looking at the current status of file management software (Explorer etc.), the file management software considers the whole as one large storage, and can not find the file relationship just by dividing the file into container boxes that can be classified as folders. . However, everyone wants to be able to organize files more easily if they know the connections between the files.
[0046]
For example, if there is a document A created in a word and there is a document A ′ corrected, the relationship between the two documents is related to the file name, whether it is stored in the same folder, or the property. There is no other way to record that. If it is identified by property, if A ″, A ′ ″, A ″ ″, etc. are created, the document created later is related to the previously created document. You must fill in the properties of all documents created so far.
[0047]
When A ″ ″ is created, if only the properties of A ′ ″ are changed, it is not known that A and A ″ ″ are related unless the properties are viewed one by one. Similarly, the relationship between different file formats (documents, spreadsheets, images, CAD, etc.) cannot be summarized by the creator if divided by category. When divided by file type, inconvenience such as inability to unify in business occurs.
[0048]
Therefore, if the related information management function of the present invention is added to the file management software, the stored locations are organized into easy-to-understand folders such as by category and by creator, and a relation diagram of various files related to it is displayed. By doing so, it becomes possible to tie up the history of changes and business projects.
[0049]
In the file management software, there are automatic correlation functions, genealogical display such as parents and descendants, tree genealogy display such as 5 parents before and after, route search function between certain parents such as connection search, relation input screen etc. Prepare. The association can be performed using a relationship input screen or the like, or by drag and drop. When files related in Explorer are copied, not all the relationships are copied, but the connection is made by the relationship of the original file and the duplicate. If the file is a hidden file, it is displayed so that it is not related when the hidden file is set to be hidden. For the association, a file is used as identification information instead of a file name, and position information such as a folder or a physical address number can be used.
[0050]
The medium that connects the relationships will be described. When a medium is also included in the thought of the relationship information management function of the present invention to connect relationships, it has attributes or attributes that can be specified as independent objects even if some of them are extracted, including voice information, time information, position information, etc. Put information in an array such as a database. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, any sheet or selected cell of spreadsheet software (A), the entire file of file management software (B), any object in the CAD drawing (C) drawing, image (D) With respect to the entire image or an arbitrary selected portion, the relationship management information is stored in the member management table (F) by using, as an identifier, a key that can identify each such as the back number or address of the array, and the relationship management table (E) By associating, not only Explorer but also new or existing applications can be used.
[0051]
The relationship in file management software such as Explorer will be described. In Explorer or the like, the displayed folder and file name are stored in a directory path such as a file allocation table (hereinafter referred to as FAT) managed by the OS. In order to give such an explorer the related information management function of the present invention, a method (1) having a member management table other than FAT, a method (2) using the FAT itself as a member management table, and relationship management It is possible to use the method {circle around (3)} of managing the relationship with the FAT information itself rather than the idea that the table manages the ID.
[0052]
In the method (1) having a member management table other than the FAT, as shown in FIG. 12A, the ID and the file information recorded in the FAT are copied and used as they are in the member management table, or in the FAT. Information such as the physical recording position address is used. In the method (2), as shown in FIG. 12B, the FAT itself has its shape changed at the stage of OS design to have an ID, and the physical recording position address in the FAT. Such information may be directly entered into the relationship management table for correlation, or the FAT information itself may be stored in the relationship management table for correlation. In the method (3), since the FAT information itself is such that each case can be identified, as shown in FIG. Relationship management is possible by recording. In this method, since the FAT information or the physical recording position address in the FAT is stored in the relationship management table, it is necessary to change the relationship management table at the same time when the file or folder is changed.
[0053]
The object to be connected can be implemented regardless of whether it is a file or a folder, as long as it can be processed on the file management software even on the network. An Explorer-like one attached to an individual application having the same function as Explorer has file information in its own area instead of FAT, but the function is the same.
[0054]
A specific execution example will be described as follows. First, an area for designating a file or the like to be related is provided somewhere on the screen, and an object to be related is entered by input or drag and drop. One or a plurality of designations can be made in each designated area like a list box, and a one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, and many-to-many relationship can be made as described above with reference to FIG. Therefore, an arbitrary file or the like is selected and, for example, a genealogy display is selected in a menu from a genealogy display button or a right click, and a screen for displaying a relationship is displayed. Furthermore, it has a connection search screen for tracking the relationship between two or more files and a screen that can display all the relationships of the front and rear n penetrations, and can proceed from any screen. When a related file or folder is copied, it is possible to select whether the relationship is inherited in the same manner as the copy source or whether only the copy source and the copy destination are related.
[0055]
A description will be given of partial association in a file of various types of data. Unlike the case of file management software that only related file names and folder names, partial information related to multiple types of data is related information and related information processing functions to related applications and the data files created thereby. You must have it. This is the same when the management of the relationship is left to management software on the OS side such as Explorer, or when data is related only within each application.
[0056]
For example, image processing software and an image file created thereby will be described as an example. In general, files created by an application have file format (Photoshop's file) with attribute information such as shape, object, color, saturation, brightness, alpha channel, layer information, and change history in addition to image information. The format varies depending on the usage environment, such as a format having only image information (such as BMP). Depending on the file format and the application used, the attributes that can be stored in the file differ in the amount of information. When copying and pasting an image that has been cut out in the image via the clipboard, only the data at the moment of copying needs to be taken into account, so even if the attributes are inherited, file information etc. May not inherit. However, in order to establish a relationship and maintain a continuous relationship, it is necessary to respond to changes in content and changes / movements of the relationship range. Therefore, it is necessary to store what attribute information in which range the related part is in the file itself, and the image processing software can display the relationship information saved in the file and monitor changes Is required. By using the member management table here, instead of storing basic data, the location where the selection range to be related exists and the characteristics of the data are recorded, and the data body is stored in the original file. Exists. Of course, the data itself can be copied from the original file and recorded in the member management table.
[0057]
That is, as shown in FIG. 13, the file has relationship designation range information and uses the member management table and the relationship management table, and does not use the member management table but manages the relationship only with the relationship management table. First, there is a usage environment corresponding to each combination, such as when managing information using a member management table or a relationship management table.
[0058]
Next, an example in which a relation layer is provided will be described. A relation layer for displaying a transparent relation designation range on the image data is provided. The range to be related is specified in the image processing software, and the range is displayed on the related layer. The attributes of the specified range include the selected shape / object, and the amount of information that can be held by the application, such as color, saturation, brightness, alpha channel, layer information, change history, etc. This will be described as other attributes. When a related information setting button or the like is provided in the image processing software and the range is selected, an ID, a file type, a directory path, a file name, a selection range, and other attributes are written in the member management table. At the same time, the ID acquired when the selection range is written in the member management table is recorded together with the selection range information in the image file as the identification name of the specified range. Individual information written in the member management table is related to other information on the relationship input screen of the OS file management software using the relationship input button or right-click menu, and the relationship is written to the relationship management table. . If corrections have been made to the part of the image data that is included in the relationship specification range, you will be asked if you want to change the relationship specification range using the monitoring function of the image processing software. The image file in which is recorded and the member management table are also changed.
[0059]
When the member management table is not used, the file type, directory path, file name, selection range, and other attributes may be directly written in the relationship management table for association. However, if you consider a unique member for differently relating the same file with the same specified range, the same connection, you must save it in an identifiable format unique to the member, including the ID.
[0060]
When the related information is not recorded in the image file, all the information is recorded in the member management table or the relationship management table, and the image processing software does not display the information to be displayed on the relationship layer or the like from the image file. Receive from those external tables. When not managed by the OS or unified management software, not managed solely by the application, but managed independently within the image application, it has a relationship management table and member management table unique to the application, and functions such as relationship input and genealogy display Will be installed in the image processing software.
[0061]
The above is about images, but recording and monitoring functions are required in the same combination of word processing software and document files, spreadsheet software and book files, CAD software and drawing data, sound source software and sound source data. As shown in FIG. 14, when the member management table is used, CAD such as ID, file type, directory path, file name, selection range, other attributes, for example, spreadsheet, sheet, cell, format information, etc. If so, the layer, line type, color, shape, etc., if the document, page, format information, etc., if it is a sound source, record the time, wavelength, range information, etc. When writing directly to the relationship management table without bypassing the member management table, the file type, directory path, file name, selection range, other attributes, etc. are recorded in the relationship management table. Since they only need to be in a form in which data can be distinguished from each other, they can also be applied using expressions that can represent the relationship between members in bit units for connecting the relationship, such as an absolute address inside a personal computer. Each input / display means may use an external communication means such as Web, ASP, PDA, etc. in addition to the screen and the print medium. Basically, the function that can display the data in which the parent-child relationship is linked in the relationship management table in a genealogical form and can follow the formula can be possessed by the data side of each software or the OS side of the computer. . In addition, it can have a connection search function that tracks and displays the relationship between arbitrary data.
[0062]
A case where a plurality of management tables are provided and related will be described. The target of association is between registered members, but one member, such as when you want to have a relationship between history information, or when you want to relate history and relationship information, images and summary items of other members, etc. It cannot be represented in the management table or the relationship management table. In order to cope with this, as shown in FIG. 15, there may be a plurality of member management tables and relationship management tables instead of one in one system. The Nth member management table is recorded in a form including the attribute of which part of which information of which identification information (CIF) of the basic member management table is related. The parent-child relationship related by the input screen is recorded and displayed on the genealogy for partial relationship display. By doing this, in addition to the relationship tree that can only see the relationship of the head, it is possible to see the connection of each part.
[0063]
In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible. For example, in the above-described embodiment, description information and history information have been described as detailed information of member data, but various other information such as photos and attached files may be added. The registration information and the specific detailed information may be registered.
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【The invention's effect】
As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, The member of the management unit An association information management system for associating and managing various types of information, at least, Manages the relationship between the identification information by storing the relationship information including the direction information and the degree of the relationship between the individual identification information unique to each member. Relationship management table and the relationship management table with the specified information and range. From the information of the relation category including the relationship and the direction of the relationship and the degree of the relationship, Since it has a search processing means that performs various types of information search processing, various types of information of members of all genres can be managed in association with each other between identification information from various viewpoints. Can be expressed by a parent (main, upper) and a child (secondary, lower), and managed by a parent or the like, not a generation, to simplify the tracking and display of the relationship. Moreover, by associating the registered data with each other, the data can be allocated as long as the relationship continues, and the relationship route between the two parties can be traced or the relationship can be expressed in a genealogy. If duplicated data is connected by the same data relationship without performing name identification processing, both can be referred to, and the maiden name and new name data can be made compatible by association.
[0065]
In addition, it is possible to manage not only people but also people and things, things and things, and manage data by mixing data of goods and people, for example, companies that deal with government offices, etc. If you have created an important document that could be used later, you can associate it with the person who created the document or the section of the document jurisdiction, and remember it for the next use. You don't have to follow
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In addition, the section or branch of which section the book or map material that was referenced when creating the document was related to the section or branch, and so on. If any one of “book”, “document”, and “document” has a clue, even if it is not memorized in detail, it is possible to reach the necessary information by following the formula based on the relationship. Of course, it can be linked not only to documents but also to products such as cars purchased with customers, and land can be entered as data to track changes in ownership. Ambiguous or uncertain data cannot be lost by associating with news sources.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of an association information management system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a member management table.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a relationship management table.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a master table.
FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of the flow of association search processing of the association information management system according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of a search condition and an output condition.
FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a case where a synchronization method is used.
FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an example of parallel association using a parent selection group and a child selection group;
FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining an example of parallel association by category matching;
FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an example of import between databases in the LL method.
FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a medium for connecting relationships;
FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining association in file management software such as Explorer.
FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining partial association within a file of multi-type data.
FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining the association of other files and the like.
FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining a case where a plurality of management tables are provided and related to each other.
FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a relationship diagram.
FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of various types of related information.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Input processing part, 2 ... Output processing part, 3 ... Data registration / update processing part, 4 ... Search processing part, 5 ... Editing processing part, 6 ... Relation management table, 7 ... Member management table, 8 ... Master table

Claims (10)

An association information management system that associates and manages various information of members as management units, at least,
Relationship management table storage means for storing information on relationship classifications including direction information and degree of relationship between individual identification information unique to members and managing the relationship between the identification information;
When the member and the relationship between the members and the degree of the relationship and the range of the related direction are input as the search conditions, the relationship between the members input from the relationship management table storage means and the degree of the relationship are input. A search processing means for searching for members having, and further searching the members having the inputted mutual relation and the degree of relation from the searched members to the range of the inputted relation direction . A correlation information management system, wherein a correlation member is searched for within a range of mutual relations, a degree of relation, and a relation direction inputted as a search condition from a specific member by a processing means . 2. The association information management system according to claim 1, wherein the various information is managed by member management table storage means for storing member data comprising the identification information and detailed information.   3. The association information management system according to claim 2, wherein the detailed information includes sorting information for sorting members.   The association information management system according to claim 3, wherein the classification information includes a type, a rank, a classification, and a business type.   3. The association information management according to claim 2, wherein the detailed information includes FAT information, a recording address in the FAT, a file type, a directory path, a file name, a selection range, an object, an attribute, or information having an attribute. system. An association information management system that associates and manages various information of members as management units, at least,
Relationship management table storage means for storing information on relationship classifications including direction information and degree of relationship between individual identification information unique to members and managing the relationship between the identification information;
Member management table storage means for storing and managing various information of each member corresponding to the identification information;
Input processing means for performing input processing of search conditions ;
When the member and the mutual relationship, the degree of relationship and the range of the related direction are input as search conditions from the input processing unit, the input mutual relationship to the input member from the relationship management table storage unit Members having a degree of relationship with each other, and further searching the members having the degree of mutual relation and relationship inputted from the searched members up to the range of the inputted relation direction, and the member management and associating information processing means for reading out various kinds of information of each member, which is the retrieval from the table storage means,
And an output processing means for performing the output processing of various information of each member read by the associating information processing means, the mutual relations input as the retrieval condition from a specific member by the association information processing means A relation information management system , wherein members associated with each other in a range of relation degrees and directions are retrieved, various pieces of information of each member are read out and output by the output processing means . Relationship management table storage means for managing the relationship between the identification information by storing the information of the direction and the relationship classification including the degree of the relationship between the individual identification information unique to the management unit The relationship management table is a relationship information management program that associates and manages various information of the member when the member, the mutual relationship, the degree of relationship, and the range of the related direction are input as search conditions. to members that are the input from the storage means to search for members having a degree of the input mutual relations and relationships, members further having a degree of said retrieved is the input from the member has a mutual relationship with the relationship association information tube for realizing a function to search to a range of directions to computers involved, which is the input repeatedly Use program. Relationship management table storage means for managing the relationship between the identification information by storing the information of the direction and the relationship classification including the degree of the relationship between the individual identification information unique to the management unit The association information management program that associates and manages various pieces of information of the members according to the function, the function of selecting one or more of the identification information according to the input selection condition, and the selected one or more of the selected A function of storing identification information in relation management table storage means including information on the direction related to the mutual relation and the degree of relation in the relation management table storage means , and the relation between the member and the mutual relation and the degree of relation When the range of the related direction is input, the input mutual member is input to the input member from the relationship management table storage means. A computer having a function of searching for members having a degree of relationship with a member, and further searching the members having the degree of mutual relation and relationship inputted from the searched members to the range of the inputted relation direction Related information management program to be realized . An association information management recording medium for associating and managing various information of members as management units, at least,
A relationship management table that stores information on relationship classifications including information on the direction and the degree of relationship between individual identification information unique to each member, and manages the relationship between the identification information;
When a member and a mutual relation and a degree of relation and a range of a relation direction are inputted as search conditions, the member having the inputted mutual relation and the relation degree with respect to the inputted member from the relation management table And a search processing program for causing a computer to realize a function of repeatedly searching the members having the inputted mutual relation and the degree of relation from the searched members to the range of the inputted related directions. And a computer-readable recording medium for association information management. An association information management recording medium for associating and managing various information of members as management units, at least,
A relationship management table that stores information on relationship classifications including information on the direction and the degree of relationship between individual identification information unique to each member, and manages the relationship between the identification information;
A member management table for storing and managing various information of each member corresponding to the identification information;
An input processing program for causing a computer to execute a search condition input process ;
When the member and the mutual relationship, the degree of relationship and the range of the related direction are input as search conditions from the input processing program, the input mutual relationship and relationship for the input member from the relationship management table A member having a degree of the above, and the members having the inputted mutual relations and the degree of relation are repeatedly searched from the searched members to the range of the inputted relation direction, from the member management table. and associating information processing program for realizing a function to read a variety of information of each member, which is the search computer,
Readable association information managed by the computer, characterized by recording the output processing program for realizing a function to perform output processing of the various information of each member read by the association information processing program into the computer Recording media.

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