JP5783368B2 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program - Google Patents

Description

  Some embodiments according to the present invention relate to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program.

  Conventionally, for example, an administrator who publishes / provides WEB content sometimes sets a user group having an access right in order to restrict users who can view the content. However, when such a group is set, if the user who should be given access rights changes dynamically due to personnel changes or the like, the management is very complicated.

  Therefore, in Patent Document 1, conditions (position, affiliation, work location) to be satisfied by the users belonging to the group are set instead of registering each user for each group to which the access right is given. A system is disclosed in which a user who satisfies the conditions is automatically configured as a member of a group based on personnel information or the like.

JP 2006-113805 A

  However, in the system described in Patent Document 1, since group members are searched on the condition of the attributes (parameters) set for each user, there is a problem that group members are also updated when the user attributes are updated. there were.

  Some aspects of the present invention have been made in view of the above-described problems, and are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program capable of managing a group including users who belonged to the group in the past. Is one of the purposes.

  The information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes database means having user information related to a user and group information related to a group, registration means for registering a user who satisfies the conditions set by the user information as a group member in the group information, An update means for updating the group member by a user who satisfies the condition after registration by the registration means, and a history storage means for storing the user registered as the group member by the registration means as a group member history after the update With.

  The information processing method according to the present invention includes a step of registering a user who satisfies a set condition as a group member in a database, a step of updating the group member by a user who satisfies the condition after the registration, and the group member Registering in the database as a group member history that can be maintained even after the update.

  An information processing program according to the present invention is an information processing program for causing a computer to execute an information processing method. The information processing method includes: registering a user who satisfies a set condition as a group member in a database; After registration, the method includes a step of updating the group member by a user who satisfies the condition, and a step of registering the user registered as the group member in the database as a group member history that can be maintained even after the update.

  In the present invention, “unit” and “apparatus” do not simply mean physical means, but also include a case where the functions of the “part” or “apparatus” are realized by software. Further, even if the functions of one “unit” or “apparatus” are realized by two or more physical means or devices, the functions of two or more “parts” or “apparatus” are one physical means or It may be realized by an apparatus.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the information processing apparatus, the information processing method, and information processing program which can manage a group also including the user who belonged to the group in the past can be provided.

It is a functional block diagram which shows schematic structure of the information processing system in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the user information managed with the information processing system shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the group information managed with the information processing system shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the information processing system shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the information processing system shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the group information managed with the information processing system in other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the group information managed with the information processing system in other embodiment of this invention.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. In the following description and the description of the drawings to be referred to, the same or similar components are denoted by the same or similar reference numerals.

(Embodiment)
1 to 5 are diagrams for explaining an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a case where the responsible product is updated due to personnel changes or the like will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(Overview)
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a configuration of an information processing system that can constitute an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The information processing system 1 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes a database 10 that stores user information 11 and group information 13, a group member management device 20 that manages group information 13 of the database 10, and a group that extracts data from the database 10. Member extraction device 30.

  The group information 13 stored in the database 10 is information for managing, as a group member, a user who meets a preset condition (hereinafter also referred to as “member condition”). Since the user information 11 is dynamically updated, as a result, the group members belonging to the group managed by the group information 13 also dynamically change. That is, the group managed by the group information 13 is a dynamic group.

  Here, in the information processing system 1, a user who newly satisfies the member condition is added to the group information 13 as needed (dynamically) as a group member belonging to the group. On the other hand, for a user who no longer satisfies the member condition, the information is not completely deleted from the group information 13 of the group, but information is retained as a history until an expiration date described later. As a result, the information processing system 1 can manage not only users who currently belong to the group but also users who have previously belonged to the group.

  In general, when managing a dynamic group, members are searched on the condition of real-time parameters (attributes) possessed by the user, so that the members of the group are also updated when the user parameters are updated. That is, it is difficult to update a group member at a timing corresponding to the group (independent of the update timing of the user parameter).

  To explain with a specific example, when a product in charge of a certain user changes due to personnel changes, group members are also updated at the timing when the personnel changes occur. Therefore, even a user whose assigned product has changed cannot be flexibly operated such that it belongs to a group related to the past responsible product for one month after the personnel change occurs.

  One solution to this problem is to leave a history of past responsible products in the user parameters managed as user information, and search for users who meet the member conditions from the history to find group members. It is also possible to determine the method. However, in this method, when the administrator who determines the member condition and the like and manages the group information of the group is different from the administrator who manages the user information including the parameters regarding each user, the administrator of the user manages There is a problem that the manager of the group must be aware of whether there is a past history in the user parameters.

  In order to solve such a problem, in the information processing system 1 of the present embodiment, the time limit (or period) for updating the group member based on the member condition is held as a parameter of the group information 13. In addition, information on users (users registered as group members) that meet the member conditions within that period (until the deadline is reached) is retained as a member history for a certain period. At this time, by managing the timing of deleting the member history, it becomes possible to manage the timing at which the management as the group member is stopped after the user information is changed.

(System configuration)
As described above, the information processing system 1 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes the database 10, the group member management device 20, and the group member extraction device 30.

  The database 10 stores (holds / stores) user information 11 and group information 13. The data structure of the user information 11 and group information 13 stored in the database 10 will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  The group member management apparatus 20 is connected to the database 10 and manages the group information 13 stored in the database 10. The group member management apparatus 20 includes a member search unit 21, a member history registration unit 23, and a member history deletion unit 25.

  The member search unit 21 searches the user information 11 using a member condition as a key, and registers (updates) a user that matches the condition in the group information 13 as a group member. That is, the member search unit 21 has a search function for searching the user information 11, a function for registering group members in the group information 13, and a function for updating registered group members. Note that these functions can be implemented as separate modules.

  The member history registration unit 23 registers a user who is a group member within the effective period of the history as a member history in the group information 13. The member history deletion unit 25 deletes the member history registered in the group information 13 after the history validity period ends (after the history expiration date).

  The group member extraction device 30 includes an interface unit 31 and a group member extraction unit 33. The interface unit 31 is, for example, an interface for group member extraction provided to the related system 40 to an external system. The group member extraction unit 33 has a function of accessing the database 10 and extracting group members using the group information 13.

  The related system 40 is, for example, a document management system for registering a user who has access rights to a document using the group information 13 registered in the database 10. At this time, the group member extraction device 30 is used for data extraction from the database 10.

  The database 10, the group member management device 20, the group member extraction device 30, and the related system 40 can be flexibly combined and implemented. For example, the database 10, the group member management device 20, and the group member extraction device 30 can be realized as one software. At this time, this software operates on an arithmetic processing unit such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and operates in cooperation with a storage medium for storing data.

  Alternatively, the group member extraction device 30 can be implemented separately from the group member management device 20 as an API (Application Program Interface).

(Specific examples of database and database management)
Hereinafter, user information 11 and group information 13 and an outline of management of these information will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. In the example of FIGS. 2 and 3, the responsible product as the user parameter is updated at the timing B due to personnel changes, and the group information 13 is also updated accordingly.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the user information 11. In the example of FIG. 2, user information 101A, 101B, and 101C corresponding to three users are included in the user information 11. Each of the user information 101A to 101C includes a user ID and a user name, and a product in charge is managed as a parameter of the user.

  Here, at timing A, the products in charge of the user information 101A having the user ID “YAMADA” and the user information 101C having the user ID “HAYASHI” are “database” and “workflow”, respectively. However, at timing B, the products in charge of the user information 101A and the user information 101C are changed to “cabinet” and “database”, respectively. That is, the administrator of the user information 11 updates the responsible product, which is a user parameter, as needed according to personnel changes.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the group information 13. In the example of FIG. 3, the group information 13 corresponds to one group. In the example of FIG. 3, for group information 13 having a group ID “DATABASE-GROUP” and a group name “group of database staff”, member conditions, group validity period, (latest) group member (member), Group parameters such as member history, member update period, and valid period of member history are set.

In the example of the group information 13 in FIG. 3, even if the responsible product that is the user parameter is updated at the timing B due to personnel changes, the member update period is from April 1, 2011 to September 2011. A user who has met the member condition for 30 days is registered in the member history. As a result, users who no longer meet the member condition can be managed in the same manner as group members until October 31, 2011, which is the end point of the valid period of the member history (expiration date of the member history).
Hereinafter, a management example of the user information 11 and the group information 13 will be described.

  1) At timing A, the member search unit 21 of the group member management apparatus 20 searches the user information 11 using the member condition of the group information 13 as a key, that is, “product in charge” = “database” as a key.

  2) As a result of the search in 1), the user information 101A and 101B having the user IDs “SATOU” and “YAMAADA” satisfy the member condition, so the member search unit 21 registers the user in the group information 13 as a group member. ("Member" item of group information 13).

  3) If the timing A is within the member renewal period (April 1, 2011 to September 30, 2011), the member history registration unit 23 calculates the difference (addition) between the member and the past member history as a member. Register in history (if new registration, all members become member history). In the example of FIG. 3, “SATOU” and “YAMADA” are newly registered in the member history.

  4) After that, at timing B, it is assumed that the user's product in charge is changed due to personnel changes. At this time, in the example of FIG. 2, the administrator of the user information 11 updates the “in charge product” of the user information 101A and 101C of the user ID “YAMADA” and “HAYASHI” to “cabinet” and “database”, respectively.

  5) At the update timing of the members of the group information 13 (in this example, timing B (immediately after the update of the user information 11)), the member search unit 21 searches the user information 11 again using the member condition as a key. That is, in this example, as in the above 1), the member search unit 21 searches the user information 11 using “in charge product” = “database” as a key.

  6) As a result of the search in 5), the user information 101A and 101C having the user IDs “SATOU” and “HAYASHI” satisfy the member condition, so the member search unit 21 registers the user in the group information 13 as a group member. (Update group information 13).

  That is, the user with the user ID “YAMADA” is excluded from the group members, and the user with the user ID “HAYASHI” is the group member. However, since the member history is not deleted until the expiration date of the member history (when the expiration date of the member history ends), the user corresponding to the user ID “YAMADA” can be handled in the same manner as the group member until the expiration date. It becomes possible.

  7) Similar to 3) above, the member history registration unit 23 registers the difference (addition) between the member and the member history in the member history. In this example, since “HAYASHHI” is newly a group member in 5), the member history registration unit 23 adds “HAYASHHI” to the member history.

(Process flow)
Hereinafter, the processing flow of the information processing system 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing relating to management of the group information 13 by the group member management apparatus 20. This process is executed by the group member management apparatus 20 at any time (at any timing / dynamically).

  The member search unit 21 searches the user information 11 based on the member condition set in the group information 13 (S401). As a result of the search, the member search unit 21 registers the user that matches the member condition in the group information 13 as the latest group member (item “member”).

  The member history deletion unit 25 reads the valid period of the member history from the group information 13 and checks whether or not the current date and time (processing time) is within the valid period (S403). If it is not within the valid period (No in S403), the member history deletion unit 25 checks whether or not a member history exists in the group information 13 (S405). When the member history does not exist (No in S405), the group member management apparatus 20 ends the process. When the member history exists (Yes in S405), the member history deleting unit 25 deletes the member history from the group information 13 (S407), and the group member management apparatus 20 ends the process.

  If it is within the valid period in S403 (Yes in S403), the member history registration unit 23 reads the member update period from the group information 13 and determines whether or not the current date and time (processing time) is in the member update period. Is confirmed (S409). If it is not during the member update period (No in S409), the group member management apparatus 20 ends the process.

If the member update period is in S409 (Yes in S409), the member history registration unit 23 compares the search result obtained in S401 with the member history registered in the group information 13 to find a member difference. (New addition) is extracted (S411). If there is a member difference (new addition) (Yes in S413), the member history registration unit 23 registers the user corresponding to the difference in the member history of the group information 13 (S415).
If there is no member difference in S411 (No in S413), the member history does not need to be newly registered, and the group member management apparatus 20 ends the processing.
Next, the process of extracting data from the group information 13 by the group member extraction device 30 will be described with reference to FIG.

When the interface unit 31 receives a group member extraction request (including history) from the related system 40, the group member extraction unit 33 reads from the group information 13 the latest member and all member histories related to the group to be searched. Are extracted (S501). Then, the group member extraction unit 33 creates member list data by merging (ORing) the latest member and all the members included in the member history (S503). That is, the list of users included in at least one of the latest group member and member history is the member list.
The interface unit 31 outputs the member list obtained as a result of S503 to the related system 40 as a group member including the history (S505).

(Operation and effect of the embodiment)
As described above, in the information processing system 1, a user who satisfies the member condition is registered by the member search unit 21 as a group member of the group parameter. Group parameter members (group members) are dynamically updated (registered) based on the latest search results.

Further, when the time when the search is performed falls within the member update period set for the group, the user who satisfies the member condition is registered not only in the group member but also in the member history. At this time, the user already registered in the member history is not newly registered, and only the difference (additional) user is newly registered in the member history. Since the member history is registered every time a group member is searched, the administrator can keep accumulating (holding) members belonging to the group in the past without being particularly aware of the user parameters.
In addition, an expiration date of the member update period can be set in the group information 13, and when the expiration date expires, the member history deletion unit 25 deletes the member history.

  In the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment, the group manager can manage the group members without being aware of the parameter history of the user information 11, and can further manage the update timing.

  When a group member request (including the past) is received from the related system 40 from the related system 40, the group member extraction unit 33 performs an OR operation between the (latest) group member and the user included in all member histories. Return (output). Thereby, the related system 40 can acquire the members including the past.

(Other embodiments)
As a method for managing the group information 13, not only the format shown in FIG. 3 but also several methods can be considered. 6 and 7 are diagrams illustrating examples of the group information 13 according to another embodiment.

  Note that, even in the examples of the group information 13A and 13B in FIGS. 6 and 7, the functional configuration and operation outline of the information processing system 1 are almost the same as those in the above-described embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted. Further, the operational effects obtained in the above embodiment can be obtained in the same manner even with the group information 13A and 13B shown in FIGS.

  FIG. 6 shows an example in which a plurality of member conditions are set as group parameters for one group. In the example of the group information 13A in FIG. 6, the member history, the member update period, and the expiration date of the member history can be set for each condition.

  FIG. 7 shows an example in which the method for setting the expiration date of the member history is changed. In the group information 13B of FIG. 7, an elapsed time after the history is registered is set as the expiration date of the member history. In the example of FIG. 7, the administrator sets the expiration date of the member history as one month in the group information 13, and the member search unit 21 registers the member history update date when registering the member history. Then, the member history update date is confirmed at the time of member search, and if there is a member history updated one month or more ago, the member history deletion unit 25 deletes it.

(Additional notes)
Note that the configurations of the above-described embodiments may be combined or some of the components may be replaced. The configuration of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
A part or all of each of the above-described embodiments can be described as in the following supplementary notes, but is not limited thereto.

(Appendix 1)
Database means having user information related to users and group information related to groups; registration means for registering users satisfying conditions set by the user information as group members in the group information; after registration by the registration means, An information processing apparatus comprising: update means for updating the group member by a satisfying user; and history storage means for storing a user registered as the group member by the registration means as a group member history even after the update.

(Appendix 2)
The information processing apparatus according to supplementary note 1, further comprising a deletion unit that deletes the group member history after the set expiration date has passed.

(Appendix 3)
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising output means for outputting a list of users included in at least one of the group member and the group member history.

(Appendix 4)
The information processing apparatus according to appendix 2, wherein the history storage unit can store a plurality of group member histories and can set the expiration date for each group member history.

(Appendix 5)
The information according to any one of appendix 1 to appendix 4, further comprising condition setting means for setting the condition, wherein the registration means registers, as the group member, a plurality of users who satisfy the plurality of conditions set by the condition setting means. Processing equipment.

(Appendix 6)
Registering a user who satisfies the set condition as a group member in the database, updating the group member by a user who satisfies the condition after the registration, and updating the user registered as the group member Registering in the database as a group member history that can be retained later.

(Appendix 7)
An information processing program for causing a computer to execute an information processing method, comprising: registering a user who satisfies a set condition as a group member in a database; and a user who satisfies the condition after the registration An information processing program comprising: updating the group member; and registering a user registered as the group member in the database as a group member history that can be maintained even after the update.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Database, 20 ... Group member management apparatus, 21 ... Member search part, 23 ... Member history registration part, 25 ... Member history deletion part, 31 ... Interface part, 33. ..Group member extraction unit, 30 ... group member extraction device, 40 ... related system

Claims (7)

Database means having user information about users and group information about groups;
Registration means for registering a user who satisfies the conditions set by the user information as a group member in the group information;
An update means for updating the group member by a user who satisfies the condition within a group member update period set in the group information after registration by the registration means;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a history storage unit that stores a user who has been registered as the group member by the registration unit as a group member history even after the update. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a deletion unit that deletes the group member history after a set expiration date. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an output unit that outputs a list of users included in at least one of the group member and the group member history. The history storage means can store a plurality of the group member histories and can set the expiration date for each group member history.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2. It further comprises condition setting means for setting the condition,
The registration unit registers, as the group member, a user who satisfies the plurality of conditions set by the condition setting unit.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. Registering users satisfying the set conditions as group members in the database;
After the registration, updating the group member by a user who satisfies the condition within the group member update period set in the group information ;
Registering the user registered as the group member in the database as a group member history that can be retained even after the update. An information processing program for causing a computer to execute an information processing method,
Registering users satisfying the set conditions as group members in the database;
After the registration, updating the group member by a user who satisfies the condition within the group member update period set in the group information ;
An information processing program comprising: registering a user registered as the group member in the database as a group member history that can be retained even after the update.

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