JP4282001B2 - Safety confirmation system and method for providing safety confirmation service - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a safety confirmation system and a method for providing a safety confirmation service for confirming the safety of employees, staff, current students, family members, friends, and acquaintances in the event of a disaster such as a major earthquake.

  As these safety confirmation systems in the past, a system using a message service put to practical use in telephone numbers 171 and 172 and a system using a bulletin board such as the Internet have been put into practical use.

  However, in these conventional safety confirmation systems, when a disaster such as a large earthquake actually occurs, telephone congestion, which is a communication means, occurs, making it very difficult to make a telephone call, and to eliminate these congestions. Those who want to check the safety of those using the above message service or the system using the bulletin board such as the Internet, etc., because the use of the telephone is greatly restricted and it becomes difficult to use the telephone for a long time. It is necessary to obtain the safety information other than the person who actually wants to confirm the safety and obtain the safety information of the person who wants to actually confirm the safety from among them. It takes up a relatively long time to obtain information on the safety of the person who wants to confirm the safety, or it takes a relatively long time even for data communication. There is a strong need for a safety confirmation system that can perform safety confirmation quickly and efficiently with a short connection time, and one company or one organization independently uses these safety confirmation systems. Therefore, there has been a strong demand for a safety confirmation service that can implement these safety confirmations at low cost without introducing them.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems, and even in a congestion situation when a disaster such as a large earthquake occurs, it is possible to carry out safety confirmation quickly and with a short connection time. An object of the present invention is to provide a safety confirmation system and a method for providing a safety confirmation service.

In order to solve the above-described problem, a safety confirmation system according to claim 1 of the present invention provides:
An information terminal having a function of connecting to an open computer network such as the Internet and carried by an accessor;
A server computer connected to the open computer network for providing safety information to the accessor based on access from the information terminal;
A safety confirmation system comprising:
The server computer
A group address generation means for generating an address on the open computer network for enabling access to an access page unique to the group, and forming a group to be subjected to safety confirmation;
Member identification information that can individually identify members belonging to the group formed by the group address generation means is received, and the received member identification information is stored in association with group identification information that can individually identify the group. Member registration means to carry out member registration by doing,
Corresponding to the access page based on the access to the access page corresponding to the group of which the accessor is a member by the address generated by the group address generation means from the information terminal carried by the accessor Safety information storage means for receiving member identification information and safety information of the corresponding member among the members belonging to the group, and storing the received member identification information and safety information in association with each other,
Safety information distribution means for distributing the safety information of each member belonging to the group corresponding to the access page to the accessor based on the safety information of each member stored in the safety information storage means;
It is characterized by having.
According to this feature, by using data communication via an open computer network such as the Internet network, by accessing an access page uniquely assigned to each group and inputting his / her safety, The information is distributed when other members of the group to which you belong accesses the access page, and the safety information of other members other than yourself is distributed and can be confirmed. Compared to confirmation, the time required for confirmation can be made significantly shorter, and only the safety information of members registered in advance in the group will be distributed, so an unspecified number of people will write Compared with bulletin boards, etc., safety confirmation can be performed quickly and efficiently. Even in the event of congestion such as a major earthquake, the possibility of connection by data communication by packet communication, which is data communication by a mobile phone, is higher than that by communication by telephone. Therefore, it is possible to construct a safety confirmation system with higher certainty.

The safety confirmation system according to claim 2 of the present invention is the safety confirmation system according to claim 1,
The member registration means receives the member's email address together with the member identification information, stores the received email address in association with the member identification information,
The server computer includes an e-mail transmitting unit that transmits an e-mail including an access page address generated by the group address generating unit to an e-mail address received by the member registration unit. .
This feature not only saves the trouble of notifying each registered member of the address of the access page, but also greatly reduces the inconvenience caused by the incorrect address of the access page, and if the e-mail address is registered incorrectly. The e-mail containing the address of the access page is not sent to the member who is, but it becomes an error e-mail, so that the mistake of these e-mail addresses can be grasped in advance.

A safety confirmation system according to claim 3 of the present invention is the safety confirmation system according to claim 1 or 2,
The server computer includes authentication information generation means for generating authentication information for use in authentication of each member,
The member registration means temporarily registers the authentication information generated by the authentication information generation means in association with member identification information,
The e-mail transmission means transmits an e-mail including authentication information generated by the authentication information generation means,
The server computer accepts the authentication information and member identification information notified by the e-mail transmitted by the e-mail transmission means from the accessor, and authenticates the accepted authentication information and member identification information. Comprising authentication means implemented based on a comparison between the authentication information stored in the member registration means and the member identification information;
The member registration means updates the provisional registration of the member identification information to regular registration on condition that the authentication in the authentication means matches.
According to this feature, the members who have been authenticated based on the authentication information notified by e-mail can be registered, so that registration using false or other e-mail addresses can be excluded and accessed. It is possible to confirm that the member is surely notified of the address of the access page.

The safety confirmation system according to claim 4 of the present invention is the safety confirmation system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The server computer includes group link means for ringing a plurality of groups,
The safety information distribution means distributes the safety information of members belonging to the group linked by the group link means to the group in addition to the safety information of each member belonging to the group corresponding to the access page. It is characterized by.
According to this feature, a member belonging to a group can notify his / her safety to other group members linked to the group to which the member belongs, and also confirms safety information of other linked group members. be able to.

A safety confirmation system according to claim 5 of the present invention is the safety confirmation system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the e-mail transmission means stores new safety information in the safety information storage means. When received, an e-mail containing the new safety information and member identification information is sent to members other than the member who newly received the safety information and / or members of the group linked by the link means. It is characterized by sending to an e-mail address.
According to this feature, it is not necessary to check whether the safety information has been updated by sequentially accessing the access page, and the deterioration of congestion due to frequent access and the consumption of batteries such as mobile phones are minimized. be able to.

The safety confirmation system according to claim 6 of the present invention is the safety confirmation system according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The safety information storage means accepts the contact information to other members together with the safety information, stores the information in association with the member identification information,
The safety information distribution means distributes the contact information in addition to the safety information.
According to this feature, not only the safety information but also the contact information is distributed, so it is possible to notify the contact contents to be transmitted to other members.

The safety confirmation system according to claim 7 of the present invention is the safety confirmation system according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The information terminal includes a single access operation means for accessing the address of the access page generated by the group address generation means.
According to this feature, it is possible to easily access the access page simply by operating the single access operation means, and it is possible for elderly people and women who are not good at machine operation even under dynamic conditions in the event of a disaster. Even so, the possibility of accessing the access page can be greatly increased.

A safety confirmation system according to claim 8 of the present invention is the safety confirmation system according to claim 7,
The access operation means can be attached to and detached from the information terminal, and is formed by attaching a storage medium for storing the address of the access page generated by the group address generation means to the information terminal. It is a feature.
According to this feature, by carrying these storage media in an emergency, for example, even if a mobile phone carried by the user malfunctions or runs out of battery, these storage media can be used by another person's mobile phone, PDA terminal, etc. By attaching to, you can access the access page and enter and confirm safety information.

A method for providing a safety confirmation service according to claim 9 of the present invention is as follows.
A method for providing a safety confirmation service for providing safety information to an accessor by a server computer connected to an open computer network such as the Internet,
The server computer
A group address generation step of forming a group to be subjected to safety confirmation and generating an address on the open computer network for enabling access to an access page unique to the group;
Member identification information that can individually identify members belonging to the group formed in the group address generation step is received, and the received member identification information is stored in association with group identification information that can individually identify the group. Member registration step to carry out member registration by doing,
Based on access to the access page corresponding to the group of which the accessor is a member by the address generated in the group address generation step from the accessor, the member belonging to the group corresponding to the access page A safety information storage step in which the accessor receives member identification information and safety information of the corresponding member, and stores the received member identification information and safety information in association with each other;
Safety information distribution step of distributing the safety information of each member belonging to the group corresponding to the access page to the accessor based on the safety information of each member stored in the safety information storage step;
It is characterized by including.
According to this feature, by using data communication via an open computer network such as the Internet network, accessing the access page uniquely assigned to each group and entering their own safety, the entered safety The information is distributed when other members of the group to which you belong accesses the access page, and the safety information of other members other than yourself is distributed and can be confirmed. Compared to confirmation, the time required for confirmation can be made significantly shorter, and only the safety information of members registered in advance in the group will be distributed, so an unspecified number of people will write Compared with bulletin boards, etc., safety confirmation can be performed quickly and efficiently. Even in the event of congestion such as a major earthquake, the possibility of connection by data communication by packet communication, which is data communication by a mobile phone, is higher than that by communication by telephone. Therefore, it is possible to construct a safety confirmation system with higher certainty.

The method for providing the safety confirmation service according to claim 10 of the present invention is the method for providing the safety confirmation service according to claim 9,
In the member registration step, the e-mail address of the member is received together with the member identification information, the received e-mail address is stored in association with the member identification information,
The server computer includes an e-mail transmission step of transmitting an e-mail including the address of the access page generated in the group address generation step with respect to the e-mail address received in the member registration step.
This feature not only saves the trouble of notifying each registered member of the address of the access page, but also greatly reduces the inconvenience caused by the incorrect address of the access page, and if the e-mail address is registered incorrectly. The e-mail containing the address of the access page is not sent to the member who is, but it becomes an error e-mail, so that the mistake of these e-mail addresses can be grasped in advance.

The method for providing a safety confirmation service according to claim 11 of the present invention is the method for providing the safety confirmation service according to claim 9 or 10,
The server computer includes an authentication information generation step of generating authentication information for use in authentication of each member,
In the member registration step, the authentication information generated in the authentication information generation step is provisionally registered in association with the member identification information,
In the e-mail transmission step, an e-mail including the authentication information generated in the authentication information generation step is transmitted,
The server computer
Accepting the authentication information and member identification information notified by the e-mail transmitted from the accessor in the e-mail transmission step, and authenticating the accepted authentication information and member identification information in the member registration step An authentication step performed based on a comparison between the stored authentication information and the member identification information;
A regular registration update step for updating the provisionally registered authentication information and member identification information to regular registration on the condition that the authentication in the authentication step matches,
It is characterized by including.
According to this feature, members who have been authenticated based on the authentication information notified by e-mail can be registered, so that registration using false or other person's e-mail address can be excluded and accessed. It is possible to confirm that the member is surely notified of the address of the access page.

A method for providing a safety confirmation service according to claim 12 of the present invention is the method for providing a safety confirmation service according to any of claims 9 to 11,
The server computer includes a group link step of ringing a plurality of groups,
In the safety information distribution step, in addition to the safety information of each member belonging to the group corresponding to the access page, the safety information of members belonging to the group linked in the group link step is distributed to the group It is characterized by that.
According to this feature, a member belonging to a group can notify his / her safety to other group members linked to the group to which the member belongs, and also confirms safety information of other linked group members. be able to.

The method for providing the safety confirmation service according to claim 13 of the present invention is the method for providing the safety confirmation service according to any one of claims 10 to 12,
In the e-mail transmission step, when new safety information is accepted in the safety information storage step, an e-mail including the new safety information and member identification information is newly accepted. It transmits to the email address of the member other than a member and / or the member of the group linked in the said link step.
According to this feature, it is not necessary to check whether the safety information has been updated by sequentially accessing the access page, and the deterioration of congestion due to frequent access and the consumption of batteries such as mobile phones are minimized. be able to.

A method for providing a safety confirmation service according to claim 14 of the present invention is the method for providing a safety confirmation service according to any one of claims 9 to 13,
In the safety information storage step, together with the safety information, contact information to other members is received and stored in association with the member identification information,
In the safety information distribution step, the contact information is distributed in addition to the safety information.
According to this feature, not only the safety information but also the contact information is distributed, so it is possible to notify the contact contents to be transmitted to other members.

Examples of the present invention will be described below.
FIG. 1 is a system outline diagram showing the configuration of a safety confirmation system of the present embodiment to which the method of providing the safety confirmation service of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a safety confirmation service used in the safety confirmation system of the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a server computer 1 installed in a service provider company (ASP) that provides a client with the client, and FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of each database stored in the server computer 1. 4 is a diagram showing a state of attachment of an access adapter used in the mobile phone 5 as an information terminal used in this embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the access adapter.

  First, as shown in FIG. 1, the safety confirmation system according to the present embodiment has a server computer 1 connected to an Internet network 6 that is an open computer network and installed in a service provider company (ASP), and the Internet. A computer terminal 7 connected to the network 6 and installed at a service user company (client), which is a contract company with the service provider company (ASP), has a function of connecting to the Internet network 6 and actually confirms safety. Mobile phone 5 possessed by an employee of the service use company (client) that is the target of the service.

  In the present embodiment, a mirror server 1 ′ corresponding to the server computer 1 is provided, so that even if the server computer 1 is damaged, the safety confirmation system can be operated by the mirror server 1 ′.

  The server computer 1 installed in the service provider company (ASP) used in the present embodiment is configured as shown in FIG. 2, and is a data that transmits and receives data inside the server computer 1. A central processing unit (CPU) 22 that performs various processes such as update processing of each database, which will be described later, based on a processing program, a RAM 23 used as a work memory of the CPU 22, and current time information A real-time clock (RTC) 24 that can output calendar information such as a day of the week, an arbitrary year, month, day, etc., a communication interface 26 that is connected to the communication device 2 connected to the Internet network 6 and transmits / receives data, and a magnetic field The various processing programs which are composed of a disk and a magneto-optical disk and executed by the central processing unit (CPU) 22 are shown in FIG. Registered in the group information database (DB), the member information database (DB) shown in FIG. 3B, the client information database (DB) shown in FIG. 3C, and the member information database (DB). Registration of each member, Jigsaw program (product name of FSE Co., Ltd.) for providing each member with a safety confirmation page, message file storing each member's message content, and each page The computer is connected to a storage device 25 in which page data and the like used for the storage are connected, and is a computer having relatively high computing power.

  In addition, the central processing unit (CPU) 22 of the server computer 1 of this embodiment forms a group to be subjected to safety confirmation, and a later-described safety confirmation that becomes an access page unique to the group. A group address generation process for generating a URL which is an address on the Internet for enabling access to a page is performed.

  Further, the CPU 22 of the server computer 1 of this embodiment accepts a member ID as member identification information that can individually identify members belonging to the group formed by the group address generation processing, and accepts the received member ID. Is registered (stored) in a group information table, which will be described later, in association with a group ID, which is group identification information that can individually identify the group, thereby performing member registration processing.

  Further, the CPU 22 of the server computer 1 according to the present embodiment, based on the access to the safety confirmation page that is the access page corresponding to the group, the accessor is the member belonging to the group corresponding to the access page. The safety information storage which receives member ID and safety information (ALIVE or dead) which are the member identification information of a corresponding member, and memorize | stores the received member ID and safety information in association with the received member identification information in a member information table. Perform the process.

  Further, the CPU 22 of the server computer 1 according to the present embodiment stores the safety information of each member belonging to the group corresponding to the safety confirmation page which is the access page, in each member information table stored in the safety information storage process. Based on the safety information of the member, a safety information distribution process for distributing to the accessor (member) is performed.

  Further, the CPU 22 of the server computer 1 according to the present embodiment is the safety page that is the access page generated by the group address generation process for the e-mail address accepted as the registered content of the member newly registered as a member. An e-mail transmission process for transmitting an e-mail including the URL of the confirmation page is performed.

  In addition, the CPU 22 of the server computer 1 according to the present embodiment performs an authentication information generation process for generating a member ID serving as authentication information for use in authentication of each member, and uses the generated member ID as member information. While registering in the table, the temporary registration value corresponding to the member ID is set to 1, and the registration is set as temporary registration. In this embodiment, in order to simplify the process, the authentication information and the member identification information are made the same, and the member ID is used. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the authentication information is not limited to this. May be generated separately from the member identification information.

  In addition, the CPU 22 of the server computer 1 of this embodiment accepts the member ID as authentication information notified by e-mail from a member (employee) newly registered as a member, and the member notified by e-mail An authentication process for performing authentication by comparison with the ID is performed, and the provisional registration of the member ID that is the member identification information and the authentication information is set to “0” that is regular registration on the condition that the authentication in the authentication process matches. Update.

  Further, the CPU 22 of the server computer 1 of the present embodiment registers the group ID of the group in which the member belonging to the group is the group leader of another group in association with the group as the link group ID. In the safety information distribution process, in addition to the safety information of each member belonging to the group corresponding to the safety confirmation page which is the access page, the group link process for attaching a plurality of groups is performed. On the other hand, the safety information of the members belonging to the linked group registered in the link group ID in the group link processing is also distributed.

  The CPU 22 of the server computer 1 according to the present embodiment uses the new safety information and the member identification information when the new safety information is received in the safety information storage process in the e-mail transmission process. An e-mail including a certain member ID is transmitted to e-mail addresses of members other than the member who newly received the safety information and / or members of the group linked by the link process.

  Further, in the safety information storage process, the CPU 22 of the server computer 1 of this embodiment accepts contact information (message) to other members together with the safety information and associates it with the member ID which is member identification information. In the safety information distribution process, the contact information is distributed based on the selection of the accessor in addition to the safety information.

  In the group information database (DB) of this embodiment stored in the storage device 25, as shown in FIG. 3A, each group is associated with a group ID which is group specifying information that can be specified. A dedicated page URL for storing the URL of the safety confirmation page unique to the group, a G reader ID for storing the group name, a member ID of the group leader, and a member ID of each member belonging to the group are stored. G member ID2, G member ID3, etc., and link group ID1, link group ID2,... In which the group ID of the link group in which the member belonging to the group is the group leader are stored.

  Further, in the member information database (DB) of this embodiment stored in the storage device 25, as shown in FIG. 3B, each member is associated with a member ID which is member identification information that can be specified. , The password, the member's name, e-mail address, safety information (alive or dead), the path data to the message file containing the contact message received along with the safety information, whether the registration of the member ID is provisional registration (1 is registered at the time of provisional registration and updated to 0 at the time of main registration) is stored.

  Further, in the client information database (DB) of the present embodiment stored in the storage device 25, as shown in FIG. 3C, a client ID that is information that can identify each client (organization; organization base). The password for authentication is stored in association with each other, and when a new group is formed, the client ID and password are authenticated and the new group is accepted, so that these clients Only a specific administrator who knows the ID and password can register a new group.

  Next, the mobile phone 5 carried by each employee in this embodiment has an access function to the Internet network, and as shown in FIG. 4, an emergency key 8 is provided as a single operation key in the operation button group. By operating the emergency key 8, the URL of the safety confirmation page of the group to which you belong as a member can be accessed with one touch so that your ID and password are automatically entered. By doing so, it is not normally used, so even if you want to access the safety confirmation page in an emergency, you forget the URL, member ID and password, and you can not use it well, especially for elderly people Even if a person or a woman is unfamiliar with the operation of a mobile phone, the user can easily access the safety confirmation page even in a non-quiet environment in an emergency. It will be able to process.

  Also, in this embodiment, access to the safety confirmation page in an emergency can be easily performed using another person's mobile phone or laptop computer having a function of accessing the Internet network other than his own mobile phone. For this purpose, the access adapter 4 is distributed to each employee. The access adapter 4 used in this embodiment is a small module having a substantially forward and rear circular shape as shown in FIG. The access adapter 4 is carried in preparation for an emergency.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the access adapter 4 includes a control device 12 that can transmit and receive data to and from the connection interface 13 built in each mobile phone 5, and the control device 12. An EPROM 11, which is a non-volatile memory that is connected and can store various data, is mounted.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the EPROM 11 is used as the nonvolatile memory inside the access adapter 4, but the present invention is not limited to this. A rewritable EEPROM or flash memory may be used. In the present embodiment, the access adapter 4 does not contain a battery or the like and is supplied to the mobile phone 5 by being attached to the mobile phone 5. The invention is not limited to this, and a battery may be mounted.

  In the EPROM 11, as shown in FIG. 5, the member ID and password of the employee carrying the access adapter 4 and the URL (to the safety confirmation page unique to the group of which the employee is a member) Address) and an access instruction program (script) for causing the attached mobile phone 5 to access the URL address are stored, and the access adapter 4 is connected to the connection port 9 of the mobile phone 5. By attaching to the mobile phone 5, the access instruction program (script) and the URL address are output to the mobile phone 5, the access to the URL address is automatically performed, and the member ID and password are automatically input. become.

  Hereinafter, in the safety confirmation system of the present embodiment, the flow of group registration and member registration for actual operation and the operation status in an emergency will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  First, when newly registering a group, the administrator accesses the login page for the administrator who has been notified in advance to the administrator of each client from his / her personal computer 7 or his / her mobile phone. In this description, the administrator is a group leader, and the group leader also creates a group. Therefore, an example in which the group leader accesses from his / her mobile phone is shown in FIG. Show.

  In this access, a client login page shown in FIG. 6A is distributed and displayed from the server computer 1 on the administrator's mobile phone, so that the administrator can provide the service provider company to the company in advance. After inputting the client ID and password registered in the client database notified by the user, “Login” is selected and input.

  In this way, based on the client ID and password entered on the client login page, the CPU 22 of the server computer 1 changes the entered client ID and password to the client ID entered in the client database. It is determined whether the password matches the corresponding stored password, and an authentication process is performed. If the password matches, the login is permitted and the new group registration page shown in FIG. 6B is distributed.

  Then, in the distributed new group registration page, the administrator creates a group name to be newly created and an e-mail address of the group leader (in this embodiment, the administrator himself becomes the group leader, so his own e-mail address) After entering, select and enter “Send”.

  In this way, the CPU 22 of the server computer 1 that has received the newly created group name and the group leader's e-mail address on the new group registration page uses the group ID of the received group as the client ID of the client. And the serial number of the group created in the client. Specifically, when the client ID is “ak0001” and the first group created in the client and the serial number is “0001”, “ak00010001” is generated as the group ID.

  Then, the group ID assigned in this way is stored in the group database, the group name received in the new group registration page is stored in association with the group ID, and the main registration dedicated to the group is stored. The URL of the receiving page is generated, and the generated URL is registered (stored) in the corresponding dedicated page URL item. (The URL of the dedicated page URL item is updated from the URL of the main registration acceptance page to the URL of the safety confirmation page after the main registration described later.) Further, the member ID of the group leader of the group is The group ID is generated by adding the member number of the group to the assigned group ID, and the generated group leader member ID is registered in the G reader ID item corresponding to the group ID.

  The member ID registered in the G reader ID item and the group leader's e-mail address received in the new group registration page are stored in association with the member information database, and the corresponding temporary registration data is temporarily stored. “1” indicating registration is stored.

  Based on the completion of registration in the group information database and member information database, the CPU 22 of the server computer 1 includes the URL of the main registration acceptance page and the group name stored in the group information table in FIG. The e-mail shown in d) is transmitted, and the acceptance completion page of the new group shown in FIG. 6C is distributed, and the registration is performed by accessing the page notified in the e-mail sent to the group leader. To be notified.

  When the group leader (administrator in this example) accesses the URL notified by the email based on the reception of the email shown in FIG. 6D, the CPU 22 of the server computer 1 Based on the access, it is determined that the URL is definitely notified to the group leader, the group ID in which the accessed URL is registered is specified, and dedicated to the group based on the specified group ID The URL of the safety confirmation page is generated, and the generated safety confirmation page URL is updated and stored in place of the accessed URL, so that the group is registered and the generated safety confirmation page. The registration acceptance page shown in FIG. 6 (e) including the URL and the reader ID of the group is distributed. To notify the URL of the reader ID and the safety confirmation page to be a member ID of the group leader.

  Then, upon receiving the distribution of the main registration acceptance page, the group leader stores the URL of the safety confirmation page and the reader ID serving as its member ID in the mobile phone 5 and is provided on the safety confirmation page. After the name and password are entered in the respective items of the reader name and password, “Send” is selected and input, thereby delivering the main registration completion page shown in FIG.

  In this way, the name and password of the group leader received on the main registration acceptance page are registered in the name and password in the member information database corresponding to the member ID of the group leader, and the corresponding temporary registration The data is updated from “1” indicating temporary registration to “0” indicating main registration. In the present embodiment, the URL of the safety confirmation page is generated by the server computer 1 and notified so as not to become an invalid URL. However, it may be possible to change the address to a cheaper address and notify the group leader of the validity or invalidity of the changed URL.

  At the stage where these registrations are completed, the CPU 22 of the server computer 1 distributes the main registration completion page shown in FIG. 6 (f) and is dedicated to the leader for the member registration shown in FIG. 7 (a). An e-mail including the URL of the page is transmitted to the e-mail address of the group leader.

  When the group leader who has received the e-mail accesses the leader-dedicated page of his / her group notified by the received e-mail, the leader-dedicated page shown in FIG. Various menu contents provided on the page can be processed. First, the group leader selects “3 member registration” to register each member belonging to the group of which he is the group leader. carry out.

  When this “3 member registration” is selected, as shown in FIG. 7C, a member registration page is distributed, and the e-mail address is input together with the name of each member. By inputting “Send” after inputting the member's name and e-mail address, the CPU 22 of the server computer 1 assigns a member ID to each member received on the member registration page, Are registered in G member ID2, G member ID3,... Corresponding to the group ID in the group information table, and the member ID, the member name of the member, and the e-mail address are associated with each other. Register (store) in the member information database and temporarily register the data of each registered member Shown to store a "1".

  Then, an e-mail for encouraging the main registration including the URL of the member information registration page shown in FIG. 8A is transmitted to the e-mail address of each member who has performed the temporary registration.

  When the member who has received the mail accesses the URL of the member information registration page notified by the mail, the member information registration page shown in FIG. 8B is distributed.

  In this member information registration page, as shown in FIG. 8 (b), a member ID item for inputting his / her member ID notified by the e-mail, and a password item for inputting a password, After entering the member ID and password in each item, selecting “Send” allows the password of the member information database corresponding to the member ID received on the member information registration page to be entered. In the item, the received password is stored, and the corresponding temporary registration data is updated from “1” indicating temporary registration to “0”, as shown in FIG. The URL of the dedicated safety confirmation page is notified to the member.

  In this way, upon receiving the notification of the URL of the safety confirmation page dedicated to the group shown in FIG. 8C, the member selects the URL of the notified safety confirmation page, and then the emergency key 8 described above. By operating the emergency key 8, the URL of the safety confirmation page is registered in the mobile phone 5 as the URL accessed by operating the emergency key 8, and as shown in FIG. By accepting the necessity of storage in the mobile phone 5, the member ID and password can be stored. By storing the member ID and password, the storage is performed in an emergency access described later. The entered member ID and password are automatically entered.

  Next, when each member belonging to these groups conducts safety confirmation when an earthquake or the like occurs, data communication is possible by operating the emergency key 8 as shown in FIG. If it is a situation, you can access the safety confirmation page dedicated to the group with one touch, and your member ID and password are automatically entered.

  Also, if the mobile phone 5 that you carry is unusable, you can borrow another person's mobile phone 5 and attach the access adapter 4 that you carry with you to access the safety confirmation page dedicated to that group. Alternatively, it may be accessed by inputting a URL from a personal computer connected to the Internet.

  Then, by selecting “ALIVE” or “dead” which is his / her safety information, the entered member ID and password are members belonging to the accessed group and entered in the member information database. Authentication is performed based on whether or not the password corresponding to the member ID matches, and when the password matches the password in the authentication, the safety information corresponding to the member ID is input to the safety information, for example, “ Updated to “ALIVE”. In this embodiment, “ALIVE” or “dead” is selected, but the fact that there is access is regarded as evidence that “ALIVE” is present, and if the information of “dead” is unnecessary, “ALIVE” may be registered in the corresponding safety information at the stage where the authentication by the member ID and the password is confirmed.

  When the safety information is newly updated, the CPU 22 of the server computer 1 sends the safety information of the accessing member to an e-mail to the members of the group linked to the group other than the member. 9b, as shown in FIG. 9 (b), the notification of the e-mail is transmitted to the other members, and the message reception item for accepting the contact message and the other members' A page having a menu item for confirming safety is distributed.

  When the member wants to transmit a message to another member or a member of another group that is linked, after inputting the message in the message reception item in the page shown in FIG. By selecting and inputting “Send”, the contents of the input message are added to the message file specified in the member information database from the member ID of the member, and the message file is updated.

  If the member wants to confirm the safety of other members or other linked members, select a menu item for confirming the safety of other members on the page shown in FIG. By doing so, the safety of other members of the group to which the member belongs at that time and the members of other linked groups are identified based on the registered contents of the group information database and member information database, and FIG. ), It is possible to easily confirm the safety of other members.

  If you want to see messages from these other members, select and input the “browse” selection input section corresponding to the member, and the message contents stored in the selected member's message file. Is delivered, the message from each member is transmitted to the other members.

  In this embodiment, in addition to the other members of the group to which the member belongs, the safety of other group members linked to the member can be confirmed. However, as a group member who can confirm the safety of these members. As shown in FIG. 10, the safety of a member of a group directly linked to the group to which the member belongs can be confirmed, and the safety of a member of a group further linked to the linked group can be confirmed. Can not be confirmed.

  As described above, according to the safety confirmation system of the present embodiment, by using data communication via an open computer network such as the Internet network, access to the safety confirmation page which is an access page uniquely assigned to each group is performed. By entering, the input safety information is distributed when other members of the group to which the user belongs accesses the access page, and the safety information of other members other than himself is distributed. Therefore, the time required for confirmation can be significantly shortened compared with confirmation by voice, and only the safety information of members registered in advance in the group is distributed. Therefore, the safety confirmation can be carried out quickly and efficiently compared to bulletin boards where many unspecified people write. That. Even in the event of congestion such as a major earthquake, the possibility of connection by data communication by packet communication, which is data communication by a mobile phone, is higher than that by communication by telephone. Therefore, it is possible to construct a safety confirmation system with higher certainty.

  In addition, according to the safety confirmation system of this embodiment, since the URL address of the safety confirmation page which is an access page is notified to each member registered by e-mail, the address of the access page is given to each member registered. Not only can you save the trouble of notifying you, you can greatly reduce the inconvenience due to the wrong address of the access page, but the e-mail containing the address of the access page is not sent to the members who are registered with the wrong e-mail address. By making an error mail, it is possible to grasp in advance the mistake of these e-mail addresses.

  In addition, according to the safety confirmation system of the present embodiment, the information indicating the temporary registration is changed from “1” to “0” by the member who has been authenticated based on the member ID as the authentication information notified by the e-mail. By being registered as a regular registration and being registered, it is possible to eliminate registrations using false or other people's e-mail addresses, etc., and members who have accessed are surely notified of the address of the access page Can be confirmed.

  Further, according to the safety confirmation system of the present embodiment, a member belonging to a group can notify his / her safety to other group members linked to the group to which the group belongs, and the other group linked to the group. Member safety information can also be confirmed.

  Further, according to the safety confirmation system of the present embodiment, the safety information is updated by notifying other members of the updated safety information by e-mail based on the update of the safety information. Therefore, it is not necessary to sequentially check whether or not the access has been made, and it is possible to minimize deterioration of congestion due to frequent access and consumption of a battery such as a mobile phone.

  In addition, according to the safety confirmation system of the present embodiment, it is possible to easily access the access page only by operating the emergency key 8 which is an independent access operation means, and the state of movement at the time of disaster (non-sedation state) ) The possibility of being able to access the safety confirmation page, which is an access page, can be greatly increased even for elderly people and women who are not good at machine operation.

  Further, according to the safety confirmation system of the present embodiment, the access adapter 4 serving as the storage medium is carried in preparation for an emergency, so that, for example, even if the cellular phone 5 carried by the user fails or runs out of battery. By attaching these storage media to another person's mobile phone 5, a PDA terminal, or the like, it becomes possible to access the safety confirmation page, which is an access page, and to input and confirm safety information.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and modifications and additions within the scope of the present invention are included in the present invention. It is.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the service provider company (ASP) has provided an example of providing a safety confirmation service for confirming the safety of employees to a client company. Costs and expenses will be shared among many users, and it will be possible for companies, organizations, and homes to introduce a safety confirmation system at a low cost while keeping the costs for maintenance and operation of these systems low. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the server computer 1 serving as the safety confirmation system may be installed and operated by a company or an organization alone.

  In the above embodiment, the mirror server 1 ′ is installed. However, the location (for example, overseas) where the mirror server 1 ′ is installed and the number thereof may be selected as appropriate.

  In the above embodiment, the cellular phone 5 is described as an example of an information terminal owned by a member. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the information terminal is an Internet network that is an open computer network. For example, an MCA terminal or an amateur radio terminal that can use the TCP-IP protocol may be used.

  In the above embodiment, the member himself / herself accesses and inputs his / her safety information on the safety confirmation page. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the safety information is, for example, a school. At a kindergarten or nursing home, etc., the group leader inputs the information, and the entered safety information is sent to the parent of another group who is the “guardian” of the member, the doctor of the other group, a caregiver, etc. May also be notified.

  Since the present invention uses the Internet network, the member's location is not limited to the same country, but may be a member who lives outside the country.

It is a system outline figure showing the composition of the safety confirmation system in the example of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the server computer used for the safety confirmation system in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows each database registered into the server computer used for the safety confirmation system in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the mounting condition of the mobile phone used for the Example of this invention, and the access adapter used by mounting | wearing to this mobile phone. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the access adapter used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the access screen at the time of implementation of group registration in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the access screen at the time of implementation of member temporary registration in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the access screen at the time of implementation of member main registration in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the access screen to the safety information page in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the link of several groups and the group range which can confirm safety | security in the Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

l Server computer 1 'Mirror server 4 Access adapter 5 Mobile phone 6 Internet network 7 Computer terminal 9 Connection port 11 EPROM
12 Control Device 13 Connection Interface 21 Data Bus 22 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
23 RAM
24 real time clock 25 storage device 26 communication interface

Claims (14)

An information terminal having a function of connecting to an open computer network such as the Internet and carried by an accessor;
A server computer connected to the open computer network for providing safety information to the accessor based on access from the information terminal;
A safety confirmation system comprising:
The server computer
A group address generation means for generating an address on the open computer network for enabling access to an access page unique to the group, and forming a group to be subjected to safety confirmation;
Member identification information that can individually identify members belonging to the group formed by the group address generation means is received, and the received member identification information is stored in association with group identification information that can individually identify the group. Member registration means to carry out member registration by doing,
Corresponding to the access page based on access to the access page corresponding to the group of which the accessor is a member by the address generated by the group address generation means from the information terminal carried by the accessor Safety information storage means for receiving member identification information and safety information of the corresponding member among the members belonging to the group, and storing the received member identification information and safety information in association with each other,
Safety information distribution means for distributing the safety information of each member belonging to the group corresponding to the access page to the accessor based on the safety information of each member stored in the safety information storage means;
A safety confirmation system comprising: The member registration means receives the member's email address together with the member identification information, stores the received email address in association with the member identification information,
The server computer includes an e-mail transmission unit that transmits an e-mail including an access page address generated by the group address generation unit to an e-mail address received by the member registration unit. The safety confirmation system according to claim 1. The server computer includes authentication information generation means for generating authentication information for use in authentication of each member,
The member registration means temporarily registers the authentication information generated by the authentication information generation means in association with member identification information,
The e-mail transmission means transmits an e-mail including authentication information generated by the authentication information generation means,
The server computer accepts the authentication information and member identification information notified by the e-mail transmitted by the e-mail transmission means from the accessor, and authenticates the accepted authentication information and member identification information. Comprising authentication means implemented based on a comparison between the authentication information stored in the member registration means and the member identification information;
3. The safety confirmation system according to claim 1, wherein the member registration unit updates the temporary registration of the member identification information to regular registration on condition that the authentication in the authentication unit matches. The server computer includes group link means for ringing a plurality of groups,
The safety information distribution means distributes the safety information of members belonging to the group linked by the group link means to the group in addition to the safety information of each member belonging to the group corresponding to the access page. The safety confirmation system according to any one of claims 1 to 3.   The e-mail transmitting means, when new safety information is received in the safety information storage means, an e-mail including the new safety information and member identification information is newly received by the member who has received the safety information. The safety confirmation system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the information is transmitted to an email address of a member other than the member and / or a member of a group linked by the linking means. The safety information storage means accepts the contact information to other members together with the safety information, stores the information in association with the member identification information,
6. The safety confirmation system according to claim 1, wherein the safety information distribution unit distributes the contact information in addition to the safety information.   The safety confirmation system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the information terminal includes a single access operation unit for accessing an address of an access page generated by the group address generation unit. .   The access operation means can be attached to and detached from the information terminal, and is formed by attaching a storage medium for storing the address of the access page generated by the group address generation means to the information terminal. The safety confirmation system according to claim 7, wherein the system is a safety confirmation system. A method for providing a safety confirmation service for providing safety information to an accessor by a server computer connected to an open computer network such as the Internet,
The server computer
A group address generation step of forming a group to be subjected to safety confirmation and generating an address on the open computer network for enabling access to an access page unique to the group;
Member identification information that can individually identify members belonging to the group formed in the group address generation step is received, and the received member identification information is stored in association with group identification information that can individually identify the group. Member registration step to carry out member registration by doing,
Based on access to the access page corresponding to the group of which the accessor is a member by the address generated in the group address generation step from the accessor, the member belonging to the group corresponding to the access page A safety information storage step in which the accessor receives member identification information and safety information of the corresponding member, and stores the received member identification information and safety information in association with each other;
Safety information distribution step of distributing the safety information of each member belonging to the group corresponding to the access page to the accessor based on the safety information of each member stored in the safety information storage step;
A method for providing a safety confirmation service, comprising: In the member registration step, the e-mail address of the member is received together with the member identification information, the received e-mail address is stored in association with the member identification information,
The server computer includes an e-mail transmission step of transmitting an e-mail including the address of the access page generated in the group address generation step with respect to the e-mail address received in the member registration step. Item 10. A method for providing a safety confirmation service according to Item 9. The server computer includes an authentication information generation step of generating authentication information for use in authentication of each member,
In the member registration step, the authentication information generated in the authentication information generation step is provisionally registered in association with the member identification information,
In the e-mail transmission step, an e-mail including the authentication information generated in the authentication information generation step is transmitted,
The server computer
Accepting the authentication information and member identification information notified by the e-mail transmitted from the accessor in the e-mail transmission step, and authenticating the accepted authentication information and member identification information in the member registration step An authentication step performed based on a comparison between the stored authentication information and the member identification information;
A regular registration update step for updating the provisionally registered authentication information and member identification information to regular registration on the condition that the authentication in the authentication step matches,
The method for providing a safety confirmation service according to claim 9 or 10, characterized by comprising: The server computer includes a group link step of ringing a plurality of groups,
In the safety information distribution step, in addition to the safety information of each member belonging to the group corresponding to the access page, the safety information of members belonging to the group linked in the group link step is distributed to the group The method for providing a safety confirmation service according to any one of claims 9 to 11.   In the e-mail transmission step, when new safety information is accepted in the safety information storage step, an e-mail including the new safety information and member identification information is newly accepted. The method for providing a safety confirmation service according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein transmission is performed to an email address of a member other than the member and / or a member of the group linked in the linking step. In the safety information storage step, together with the safety information, contact information to other members is received and stored in association with the member identification information,
The method for providing a safety confirmation service according to any one of claims 9 to 13, wherein, in the safety information distribution step, the contact information is distributed in addition to the safety information.

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