JP6461040B2 - Network system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a network system in which a terminal device can be remotely activated by a remote management device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a terminal device such as a portable notebook PC (Personal Computer) is used, for example, at an elevator maintenance site or office, it is operated as follows.

  That is, the user manually switches the network setting (LAN (Local Area Network) setting) according to the place of use after the terminal device is activated. Specifically, the network on site does not have a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server for simplifying the configuration, and operates with a fixed IP address. Therefore, the user sets the LAN setting to a fixed IP address when using the terminal device at the site, and sets the LAN setting to DHCP when using the terminal device at the office.

  On the other hand, the terminal device brought back from the site by the user is connected to the LAN cable and stored in the office in a power-off state. In addition, an IT administrator may remotely start a stored terminal device from a remote management device at night or the like, and change the setting of the terminal device or update S / W (Software) through a remote desktop connection. .

  However, when operated as described above, since the network setting of the terminal device is manually switched by the user, the LAN setting is not restored from the on-site setting to the office setting, but remains at the on-site setting. In this case, the remote desktop connection cannot be made after the remote activation, and the IT administrator cannot change the setting of the terminal device.

  In other words, remote activation can be performed by, for example, Wake on LAN or AMT (Active Management Technology) remote management. However, even if remote activation is successful, remote desktop connection is operated by OS (Operating System) management. The network setting for the OS needs to be performed appropriately.

  Therefore, as a technique for solving the above problems, even when the network setting of the terminal device is connected to the office LAN and stored in the power-off state with the on-site setting, the remote desktop is transferred from the remote management device to the terminal device. A network system that can be connected has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2013-150163 A

  Here, generally, a remotely activated terminal device is configured to receive necessary data such as an update file from a remote management device.

  In the case of the above configuration, the same data can be automatically and widely distributed from a remote management device to a plurality of terminal devices. However, since the actual user of the terminal device cannot be specified on the remote management device side, it is difficult to individually distribute data associated with the individual user of the terminal device to the user's terminal device. It is.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and individually distributes data associated with an individual user of a remotely activated terminal device to the terminal device of the user. The purpose is to obtain a network system.

  In the network system according to the present invention, a terminal device having a storage device for a terminal device in which personal information is written, a remote management device for bringing the terminal device from an idle state into an active state, and individual data are written in association with the personal information. A distribution server having a distribution server storage unit, and the terminal device reads personal information from the terminal device storage unit and transmits it to the distribution server when the terminal device is changed from the hibernation state to the active state by the remote management device. The distribution server reads individual data corresponding to the personal information received from the terminal device from the distribution server storage unit and distributes it to the terminal device.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a network system capable of individually distributing data associated with an individual user of a remotely activated terminal device to the user's terminal device.

It is a block block diagram which shows the network system in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the write-in procedure of the personal information to the memory | storage part for terminal devices in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows another example of the write-in procedure of the personal information to the memory | storage part for terminal devices in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows a series of operation | movement of the network system in Embodiment 1 of this invention.

  Hereinafter, a network system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings according to a preferred embodiment. In the description of the drawings, the same portions or corresponding portions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram showing a network system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, this network system includes a remote management device 10, a terminal device 20 connected to the remote management device 10 by remote desktop connection, and a distribution server 30 accessed by the terminal device 20.

  The remote management device 10 remotely activates the terminal device 20, that is, changes the terminal device 20 from the sleep state to the active state. In addition, the remote management device 10 distributes the same entire data to a plurality of terminal devices 20 that are remotely activated. The whole data here means common data distributed to a plurality of terminal devices 20, and examples thereof include an update file.

  When the terminal device 20 is operated, it is in an active state in which the OS is operating when the power is turned on, and in an inactive state where the power is turned off by software (although power is supplied to some devices). It switches to a certain hibernation state.

  The terminal device 20 has an active state operation unit 21 (OS) that operates only when the terminal device 20 is in an active state, and a steady operation that operates regardless of whether the terminal device 20 is in an active state or a sleep state. Part 22.

  The steady operation unit 22 is provided with a terminal device storage unit 23 which is a nonvolatile memory that operates in an active state and a dormant state of the terminal device 20. In addition, personal information is written in the terminal device storage unit 23. Here, the personal information means information for specifying the individual user of the terminal device 20, and examples thereof include a man number and a password.

  As described above, the terminal device 20 includes the terminal device storage unit 23 in which personal information is written.

  Here, an example of a procedure for writing the personal information to the terminal device storage unit 23 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure for writing personal information to the terminal device storage unit 23 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The flowchart in FIG. 2 is executed when a specific Web screen is opened by operating the remote management apparatus 10.

  In step S11, by operating the remote management apparatus 10, personal information is input on the Web screen of the remote management apparatus 10, and the process proceeds to step S12.

  In step S12, by operating the remote management device 10, the terminal device 20 to which the personal information input in step S11 is written is specified on the Web screen of the remote management device 10, and the process proceeds to step S13. .

  In step S13, the remote management device 10 writes the personal information input in step S11 in the terminal device storage unit 23 of the terminal device 20, and the series of processes ends.

  As shown in FIG. 2, as an example, the writing of personal information to the terminal device storage unit 23 of the terminal device 20 is performed from the remote management device 10 side.

  Next, another example of the procedure for writing the personal information to the terminal device storage unit 23 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing another example of a procedure for writing personal information into the terminal device storage unit 23 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Note that the flowchart of FIG. 3 is executed when the active state operation unit 21 is activated by operating the terminal device 20.

  In step S21, personal information is input to the terminal device 20 by operating the terminal device 20, and the process proceeds to step S22.

  In step S22, the terminal device 20 writes the personal information input in step S21 into the terminal device storage unit 23, and the series of processes ends.

  As shown in FIG. 3, as another example, the personal information is written into the terminal device storage unit 23 of the terminal device 20 from the terminal device 20 side.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 1, when the active state operation unit 21 is changed from the dormant state to the active state by the remote management device 10, the personal information is read from the terminal device storage unit 23 and the personal information is sent to the distribution server 30. Send.

  The distribution server 30 includes a distribution server storage unit 31. Individual data is written in the distribution server storage unit 31 in association with personal information. In response to the access from the terminal device 20, the distribution server 30 reads the individual data corresponding to the personal information received from the terminal device 20 from the distribution server storage unit 31 and distributes the individual data to the terminal device 20. . The individual data referred to here means data associated with an individual user of the terminal device 20, and includes, for example, organization table data unique to the individual user.

  As described above, the distribution server 30 includes the distribution server storage unit 31 in which individual data is written in association with personal information.

  1 illustrates a case where the remote management device 10 and the distribution server 30 are provided separately, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the distribution server 30 may be provided in the remote management device 10, that is, The function of the distribution server 30 may be incorporated in the remote management device 10.

  Further, in the network system according to the first embodiment, as the same function as the conventional technology described in Patent Document 1, the active state operation unit 21 uses the office LAN in which the network setting of the terminal device 20 is set as the remote network setting. A setting function is provided. Since this function is described in detail in Patent Document 1, the function will be briefly described below.

  Here, the terminal device 20 is in a dormant state, and the network setting of the terminal device 20 is either on-site setting or office setting. In this state, the remote management device 10 activates the terminal device 20. However, there is a possibility that the remote management apparatus 10 cannot be connected via the office LAN.

  Therefore, the remote management device 10 writes the office LAN setting in the terminal device storage unit 23 and then activates the terminal device 20. Further, when activated, the activity state operation unit 21 reads the office LAN setting from the terminal device storage unit 23 and sets the read office LAN setting as the network setting of the terminal device 20.

  Thus, after writing the remote network setting in the terminal device storage unit 23, the remote management device 10 changes the terminal device 20 from the dormant state to the active state. Further, when the terminal device 20 shifts from the hibernation state to the active state, the terminal device 20 reads the remote network setting from the terminal device storage unit 23 and sets the remote network setting as the network setting of the terminal device 20.

  With the configuration as described above, even if the network setting of the terminal device 20 is connected to the office LAN and stored in the dormant state with the on-site setting, the remote management device 10 activates the terminal device 20 in the active state. In this case, the remote management apparatus 10 can be connected via the office LAN.

  Next, a series of operations of the network system according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a series of operations of the network system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Note that the flowchart of FIG. 4 is executed when the terminal device 20 is changed from the sleep state to the active state by the remote management device 10.

  In step S31, the terminal device 20 reads the remote network setting from the terminal device storage unit 23, and the process proceeds to step S32.

  In step S32, the terminal device 20 sets the remote network setting read in step S31 as the network of the terminal device 20, and the process proceeds to step S33.

  In step S33, the terminal device 20 receives the entire data from the remote management device 10, and the process proceeds to step S34.

  In step S <b> 34, the terminal device 20 determines whether or not personal information is written in the terminal device storage unit 23. If it is determined in step S34 that personal information is written in the terminal device storage unit 23 (that is, YES), the process proceeds to step S35, and the personal information is written in the terminal device storage unit 23. If it is determined that there is no (that is, NO), the process proceeds to step S38.

  In step S35, the terminal device 20 reads the personal information from the terminal device storage unit 23, transmits the personal information to the distribution server 30, and the process proceeds to step S36. In this case, the distribution server 30 receives the personal information from the terminal device 20, reads the individual data corresponding to the personal information from the distribution server storage unit 31, and transmits the individual data to the terminal device 20 corresponding to the personal information. To deliver.

  As described above, when the terminal device 20 is changed from the hibernation state to the active state by the remote management device 10, the personal information is read from the terminal device storage unit 23 and transmitted to the distribution server 30. Further, the distribution server 30 reads individual data corresponding to the personal information received from the terminal device 20 from the distribution server storage unit 31 and distributes it to the terminal device 20.

  In step S36, the terminal device 20 receives the individual data from the distribution server 30, and the process proceeds to step S37.

  In step S37, the terminal device 20 deletes the personal information from the terminal device storage unit 23, and the process proceeds to step S38.

  As described above, when the reception of the individual data distributed from the distribution server 30 is completed, the terminal device 20 deletes the personal information written in the terminal device storage unit 23.

  Note that step S37 may not be provided in the flowchart of FIG. In this case, after step S36 is executed, the process proceeds to step S38.

  In step S38, the terminal device 20 transmits a completion signal to the remote management device 10, and the process proceeds to step S39.

  In step S39, the terminal device 20 shifts from the active state to the dormant state, and the series of processes ends.

  Specifically, the terminal device 20 transmits a completion signal to the remote management device 10 when reception of the individual data distributed from the distribution server 30 is completed. Moreover, the terminal device 20 changes from the active state to the dormant state after the completion signal is transmitted. Note that the transition from the active state to the dormant state of the terminal device 20 is illustrated as being performed from the terminal device 20 side, but may be configured to be performed from the remote management device 10 side. .

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, when the terminal device is changed from the hibernation state to the active state by the remote management device, the personal information is read from the storage device for the terminal device and transmitted to the distribution server. Individual data corresponding to the personal information received from the terminal device is read from the distribution server storage unit and distributed to the terminal device.

  Thereby, data associated with the individual user of the remotely activated terminal device can be individually distributed to the user's terminal device. In addition, it is possible to distribute data associated with individual users during times when terminal devices are not used, such as at night. As a result, compared with the case where individual data is downloaded by operating individual terminal devices by individual users. The download waiting time can be eliminated.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Remote management apparatus, 20 Terminal device, 21 Activity state operation part, 22 Steady state operation part, 23 Terminal device memory | storage part, 30 Distribution server, 31 Distribution server memory | storage part.

Claims (4)

A terminal device having a storage unit for terminal device in which personal information is written;
A remote management device that activates the terminal device from a dormant state;
A distribution server having a distribution server storage unit in which individual data is written in association with the personal information;
With
The terminal device
When the remote management device is changed from the hibernation state to the active state, the personal information is read from the terminal device storage unit and transmitted to the distribution server,
The distribution server
A network system that reads the individual data corresponding to the personal information received from the terminal device from the distribution server storage unit and distributes the data to the terminal device. The terminal device
The network system according to claim 1, wherein when the reception of the individual data distributed from the distribution server is completed, the network system shifts from the active state to the dormant state. The terminal device
The network system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the reception of the individual data distributed from the distribution server is completed, the personal information written in the terminal device storage unit is deleted. The remote management device is:
After writing the remote network setting in the storage device for the terminal device, the terminal device is changed from the dormant state to the active state,
The terminal device
The network according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein when transitioning from the dormant state to the active state, the remote network setting is read from the terminal device storage unit and set as the network setting of the terminal device. system.

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