JP6481746B2 - Work support system, work support method and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a work support system that supports work.

Individual business owners and corporate owners in the restaurant and retail businesses can manage tax payments for property taxes, personal business taxes, etc., payroll applications that handle employee salary calculations, and store shift management. Employment management applications that handle employee attendance management, sales management programs that aggregate and analyze store sales by month, notification document management programs that create and manage notification documents for related businesses and employees, In many cases, business operations are carried out using a business application program such as a POP creation application for creating a POP (Point of purchase advertising) which is an advertising medium for sales promotion used in a store or the like.
Among the tasks that are processed using these business application programs, there are “things to do” and “things to be done” (hereinafter referred to as There are many todo tasks.)

By the way, in order to manage a plurality of ToDo tasks, there is a technique in which a ToDo list is created and execution management is performed by changing the display of ToDo tasks based on attributes (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Specifically, Patent Document 1 discloses a device that connects to a cloud NLP (Natural Language Processing) service via a network, generates a task (reminder) by NLP processing an email or a call, and based on attributes The task display is described.

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  According to the above prior art, the creation of a to-do list is facilitated, and the contents of the to-do task can be easily grasped. However, as described above, when applied to the restaurant and retail businesses that are operated by multiple business application programs, cooperation with the business application programs used to process ToDo tasks is not considered. There is a problem.

  An object of the present invention is to make it easy to grasp the contents of a task to be processed using an application.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the work support system of the present invention includes a check box for a user to input the content of a task to be processed using an application, an icon corresponding to the application, and completion of the processing of the task. A task display control unit that displays a list of a plurality of task indexes including a screen control unit that transitions a display screen to an application screen corresponding to the icon when the icon is selected, and the task display control The section includes a second icon for transitioning to an operation screen corresponding to the content of the task to be processed in addition to the first icon for transitioning to the first screen or initial screen of the application as the icon. When displaying to be included in the index, the first Towards the second icon displays the task index so as to position closer to the check box than icons.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily grasp the contents of a task to be processed using an application.

It is a figure which shows the structure of a work assistance system. It is a figure which shows an example of the portal service screen of PC. It is a figure which shows an example of the portal service screen of a portable terminal. It is a figure explaining the screen transition of a work support system. It is a figure which shows an example of an accounting management service processing screen. It is a figure which shows the example of the 1st display of a task index display. It is a figure which shows the 2nd example of a display of task index display. It is a figure which shows the 3rd example of a display of task index display. It is a figure explaining the structure which controls portal screen transition. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of task DB.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
"System configuration"
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a work support system 1 according to the embodiment.
The work support system 1 performs work support for mobile terminals 2a and 2b such as smartphones and tablet terminals and PCs (personal computers) 3a and 3b which are user terminals connected in the form of cloud computing. Hereinafter, the portable terminals 2a and 2b and the PCs 3a and 3b may be collectively referred to as user terminals. Note that the PCs 3a and 3b may be dedicated terminals such as electronic registers and POS terminals.

  Specifically, the work support system 1 according to the embodiment includes a sales management business 7 that performs daily sales and monthly sales aggregation and analysis based on the sales information DB, and tax payment processing such as property tax and personal business tax based on the accounting information DB. Accounting management business 8 that performs employee pay processing, salary management business 9 that performs salary calculation processing using the salary DB, and employment management business 10 that performs management of store staff shift and employee attendance management using the employment information DB POP creation that creates document management work 11 that creates and manages notification documents for related businesses and employees, and POP (Point of purchase advertising) that is an advertising medium for sales promotion used in stores and the like Provide work support for business 12.

  Each of the above operations includes a storage unit configured by a non-volatile storage device such as a hard disk drive, a memory configured by a volatile storage device such as a RAM, and a program held in the storage unit being read into the memory. An application program (hereinafter simply referred to as a CPU) that includes a calculation unit such as a CPU that performs determination, calculation, and control processing, and a communication unit that is connected to a network and performs communication processing with other devices. Provided as “application”) and used from the user terminal.

<Outline of ToDo Portal Service>
The user terminal can directly execute the application for each business described above, but the processing complexity such as management of the execution destination of the application for each business and login processing must be performed by each application. Is a problem. In addition, there is a problem that it is not easy to centrally manage the ToDo tasks of each business and execute the ToDo tasks.
Therefore, the work support system 1 according to the embodiment provides the user terminal with the ToDo portal service 5 for centrally managing the above-described ToDo tasks for individual tasks and starting up applications related to the ToDo tasks. Thereby, a one-stop service for business can be performed.
The ToDo portal service 5 is a web application in a markup language such as HTML5 that is linked with the above-mentioned individual business applications, and is provided as an application of a server device. The user terminal accesses this application using a web browser or the like, and executes the ToDo portal service 5.

  The work support system 1 according to the embodiment includes a task DB 6 that stores a ToDo task for each user terminal (user). The ToDo portal service 5 refers to the DB 6 and displays a summary of the ToDo task and a list of task indexes 23 serving as an index for executing related business applications on the user terminal. Then, the ToDo portal service 5 activates an application related to the ToDo task by the user operation of the task index 23.

  The work support system 1 includes a user authentication unit 4, and the ToDo portal service 5 performs login authentication of a user terminal (user) in cooperation with the user authentication unit 4. By this user authentication, authentication processing when starting an application related to a ToDo task, which will be described in detail later, is performed collectively. This makes it easy to launch apps related to ToDo tasks and improves usability.

《PC portal service screen》
Next, the screen configuration of the portal service screen displayed on the user terminal will be described with reference to FIGS. 2A and 2B.
FIG. 2A shows a portal service screen displayed on the screen by the web browser of the PCs 3a and 3b.

《App menu bar》
In the upper part of the portal service screen, a menu bar is displayed in which icons for starting a plurality of business application programs (hereinafter collectively referred to as application icons 20) are arranged for each application. Specifically, the menu bar includes an application icon 20a for sales management business 7, an application icon 20b for accounting management business 8, an application icon 20c for salary management business 9, an application icon 20d for work management business 10, and an application icon for POP creation business 12. An icon 20e and an application icon 20f of the document management work 11 are displayed.
When the user clicks or taps the application icon 20 on the menu bar, the screen transitions to a predetermined processing screen of the application corresponding to the application icon 20, and the business application can be activated. Here, the predetermined processing screen is a processing screen of a representative function among a plurality of functions of the application, an initial screen, or a setting screen.
This menu bar is always displayed even if the screen transitions to the application processing screen.

Task registration area
A task registration area (text box) 21 labeled “Enter task” is displayed at the bottom of the menu bar. By inputting characters in this area, the user can manually register the ToDo task separately from the ToDo task notified from each business application, the details of which will be described later.

《Task number display area》
A task number display area 22 is displayed below the task registration area 21. In the task number display area 22, the total number of ToDo tasks (10 cases in FIG. 2A) and the number of ToDo tasks for each application are displayed together with corresponding application icons 20.
When the task notification is received from the business application, the ToDo portal service 5 increases the number of ToDo tasks of the application, and when the user executes the application corresponding to the ToDo task, the ToDo task service 5 decreases the number of ToDo tasks. The total number of ToDo tasks increases or decreases in conjunction with the increase or decrease in the number of ToDo tasks. Thereby, the user can easily grasp the amount of ToDo tasks to be processed.

<Task index list display area>
Below the task number display area 22, a task index list display area 25 displaying a list of task indexes representing an outline of the ToDo task is displayed. In this task index list display area 25, task indexes 23a, 23b, 23c, and 23d that have not been processed ToDo tasks, and task indexes 23e, 23f, 23g, 23h, and 23i that have been processed ToDo tasks are stored. Multiple are displayed. In the following description, each task index may be collectively referred to as a task index 23.
In the task index list display area 25, for example, unfinished task indexes 23 are listed and displayed in order of ascending date (ascending order) based on the execution deadline date. Next, the completed task index 23 is displayed in a list in order of late date (descending order) based on the execution date.
When the number of task indexes 23 to be displayed in a list is larger than the number of task indexes that can be displayed in the task index list display area 25, the list of task indexes 23 is scroll-displayed.
Here, as shown in FIG. 2A, the display information amount by not displaying the icon of the executed task index 23 or the execution deadline date is reduced, and the number of display of the unfinished task index 23 is increased.

Although details will be described later, the task index 23 displayed in a list on the portal service screen includes the contents of tasks to be processed using the application, a first icon for transitioning to the top screen or initial screen of the application, A second icon for making a transition to the operation screen of the application corresponding to the content of the task to be processed is displayed.
Further, depending on the contents of the task, the second icon is not displayed in the task index 23, and the task index 23 transitions to the contents of the task to be processed using the application and the first screen or initial screen of the application. And a first icon to be displayed may be displayed.
When the first icon displayed in the task index 23 is clicked or tapped by the user, the screen transitions from the portal service screen to the first screen or initial screen of the application that processes the ToDo task.
Further, when the user clicks or taps the second icon displayed in the task index 23, it corresponds to the contents of the ToDo task among the applications that process the above-mentioned ToDo task from the portal service screen. The screen changes to the operation screen of the application, and the ToDo task can be processed using the application.

  In addition, when the user clicks or taps the rectangular area of the unprocessed (unfinished) task index 23 displayed in the task index list display area 25, the top screen or initial screen of the application that processes the ToDo task from the portal service screen The screen may be changed to a screen so that the application can be activated.

《Gadget display area》
A gadget display area 24 for displaying real-time sales information and the like is provided at the left end of the screen. The gadget display area 24 and the menu bar of the application are always displayed on the screen even when the screen is changed. For this reason, the processing screen of the application activated by clicking or tapping the icon is displayed using the screen area other than the display area of the gadget display area 24 and the application icon 20 at the top of the screen.

《Portal service screen of mobile terminal》
FIG. 2B shows a portal service screen displayed on the screen by the web browser of the mobile terminals 2a and 2b.
The mobile terminals 2a and 2b are more vertically long than the display screens of the PCs 3a and 3b, and have a smaller screen width. The portable terminals 2a and 2b are configured to secure a task index list display area 25 without displaying the gadget display area 24 in order to prevent a reduction in display quality due to reduced display.
Specifically, an application menu bar is arranged at the top of the screen, and a task registration area 21, a task number display area 22, and a task index list display area 25 for ToDo tasks are arranged below the application menu bar. Since the contents of each area are the same as those in FIG. 2A, description thereof is omitted here.
By the way, among the portable terminals 2a and 2b, there is a terminal having a function of changing a screen display direction in accordance with the direction of the terminal. Such a terminal may be switched to a portal service screen including the gadget display area 24 shown in FIG. 2A according to the orientation of the terminal.

"Screen transition"
Here, the outline of the screen transition of the user terminal controlled by the work support system 1 of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
When the ToDo portal service 5 (see FIG. 1) is activated and accessed from the user terminal, the ToDo portal service 5 displays a login screen 31 on the user terminal in cooperation with the user authentication unit 4 (see FIG. 1). .
When the login ID and password of the user are input on the login screen 31 and the user authentication unit 4 performs authentication, the ToDo portal service 5 displays the portal screen 32 corresponding to the user based on the login ID (FIGS. 2A and 2B). Display).
At this time, a business application authentication process, which will be described later, is also performed, and the authentication process when starting the business application on the portal screen is not performed. Specifically, the user authentication unit 4 manages the login ID and password of the business application for each user terminal (user), authenticates the login screen 31, and then stores the business application in the ToDo portal service 5. Notify your password. The ToDo portal service 5 performs business application authentication processing based on the notified password.
Although not shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, when the “Logout” button on the portal screen 32 is clicked or tapped, the ToDo portal service 5 performs logout processing and transitions to the login screen 31. At this time, logout processing of the business application is also performed.

The ToDo portal service 5 displays the application processing screen 33 of the application associated with the icon by clicking or tapping the icon described with reference to FIGS. 2A and 2B so that the ToDo task can be processed.
When the service processing by the application processing screen 33 is completed, the portal screen 32 is returned to and the ToDo portal service 5 displays a list of the task index 23 that has not been completed and the task index 23 that has been performed. At this time, the task index of the processed ToDo task is changed from the unfinished task index 23 group to the completed task index 23 group and displayed in a list.
You may make it change to the login screen 31 from the application process screen 33. FIG.

  Further, although not shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, a setting icon and an account name button are displayed on the portal screen 32 and the application processing screen 33. When these are clicked or tapped, the ToDo portal service 5 transits to various setting screens 35 so that account information can be displayed / changed and program settings of the ToDo portal service 5 can be changed.

If a system error occurs on the login screen 31, the portal screen 32, the application processing screen 33, or the various setting screens 35, the error screen 34 is displayed and the error content is displayed. And
Logout processing is performed, and the screen transitions to the login screen 31.

  The login screen 31, portal screen 32, application processing screen 33, and various setting screens 35 are provided with “Help” buttons and “Usage Terms” display buttons. When these buttons are clicked or tapped, the screen transitions to the support screen 36 and displays help information such as how to use the application program and terms of use.

Next, the application processing screen 33 will be described.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a processing screen of the accounting management service 8.
An application menu bar is provided at the top of the screen, and the same application icon 20 as the portal screen of FIGS. 2A and 2B is displayed. Then, the application icon 20b of the accounting management service 8 and the processing screen of the accounting management service 8 are associated with each other by a triangular image figure 41 indicating the relevance. Thereby, the user can easily recognize that the processing screen relates to the accounting management service 8.

  The app icon 20 in the menu bar of the app at the top of the screen is displayed on the app processing screen 33 (see FIG. 3) for each app, and is fixedly displayed regardless of the content of the app processing screen 33. When one of these app icons 20 is clicked or tapped, the screen transitions to a predetermined processing screen of the app corresponding to each app icon 20, and the app can be activated. This makes it possible to start another business application program without returning to the portal screen.

  Near the menu bar, a “return” button 40 is displayed. Clicking or tapping the “return” button 40 returns to the portal screen 32 (see FIG. 3). At this time, if the processing of the ToDo task has been completed, the task index 23 that has not been completed for the ToDo task is changed to the task index 23 that has been executed.

4 has a plurality of functions (programs), and each of these functions is displayed on the tab bar 42 as a tab of a function name character string. Specifically, the processes of “basic setting”, “transaction input”, “declaration form”, “ledger / subsidiary book”, “financial account related”, and “yearly carry forward” of the accounting management business 8 are assigned to the tab of the tab bar 42. .
When one tab on the tab bar 42 is clicked or tapped, a function (program) assigned to the tab is activated.

The processing screen of the “ledger / subsidiary” tab of the tab bar 42 is a processing screen of a general ledger display service. The processing screen of the “ledger / subsidiary” tab is a typical processing screen of the accounting management service 8. When the application icon 20b is clicked or tapped on the processing screen of an application other than the accounting management service 8 or the portal screen 32, a transition is made to the processing screen of the “ledger / auxiliary book” tab.
Although details will be described later, the task index 23 icon and the rectangular area of the task index 23 may be associated with the processing screen of the “ledger / auxiliary book” tab.

The processing screen 45 is associated with a “ledger / subsidiary” tab by a triangular image figure 43 indicating the relationship. Thereby, the user can easily recognize that the processing screen 45 relates to the processing of the “ledger / auxiliary book” of the accounting management service 8.
The processing screen 45 displays the contents of the ledger by setting search conditions for the general ledger in the accounting process, and a detailed description of the screen configuration is omitted.

  The processing screen 45 is provided with a task display field 44 for simply displaying the contents of the related task index 23. In the task display field 44, for example, a comment when the ToDo task displayed in the task index 23 is generated is displayed. As a result, the user can easily grasp the background of the work even when the user leaves the seat in the middle of the work and then returns to work after returning.

《Task index display type》
Next, display examples of the unprocessed task index 23 shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B will be described with reference to FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 5C.
The display form of the task index 23 has the following three types regarding the handling of association of applications that process ToDo tasks.
One is a ToDo task that requires processing using an application as shown in FIG. 5A, and an application icon display area 51 (first icon) for transitioning to the top screen or initial screen of the application, Comment display area 52 for displaying the contents of the task to be processed using the application, ToDo task registration date display area 53, ToDo task processing deadline and remaining days display area 54, and ToDo task to be processed The thumbnail display area 55 (second icon) for displaying the thumbnail image of the graph or table corresponding to the operation screen for transitioning to the operation screen of the application corresponding to the contents of the input, and that the processing of the ToDo task has been completed This is a type for displaying a check box 56 to be displayed.
In this type, an icon that associates the function of the application that processes the ToDo task with the thumbnail image is used as an icon, and clicking or tapping this icon changes to the application processing screen (operation screen) corresponding to the contents of the ToDo task to be processed. .
In the display example shown in FIG. 5A, the thumbnail image of the shift table is displayed as the second icon, and the shift management function (application program) in the work management business application is associated.

Second, in the case of a ToDo task that requires application processing as shown in FIG. 5B, unlike FIG. 5A, the operation screen for transitioning to the application operation screen corresponding to the contents of the ToDo task to be processed is shown. This is a type in which the thumbnail display area 55 (second icon) for displaying the thumbnail image of the corresponding graph or table is not displayed.
In this type, the function of the application that processes the ToDo task is associated with the display area 51 (first icon) of the application icon displayed in the task index 23 and the rectangular area of the task index 23. When the rectangular area 23 is clicked or tapped, the screen transitions from the portal screen 32 to the operation screen of the application that processes the contents of the ToDo task.
When the application icon display area 51 is clicked or tapped, the portal screen 32 transits to the first screen or initial screen of the application corresponding to the application icon.

The third type is a case of a ToDo task that does not require application processing such as status notification from the application, as shown in FIG. 5C. In the task index 23, a thumbnail display area 55 (second icon) for displaying a thumbnail image of a graph or table indicating the status of the work is displayed.
In this type, since it is not necessary to start an application to process a ToDo task, the function of the application that processes the ToDo task is not associated with the thumbnail.

<Display field configuration>
Next, the display contents of the task index 23 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5A. 5B and 5C also have the same display field configuration.
The display area of the task index 23 includes an application icon display area 51 (first icon) for transitioning to the first screen or initial screen of the application, a comment display area 52 indicating the contents of the generated ToDo task, and a ToDo. Corresponding to a display area 53 representing the registration date of the task, a display area 54 representing the processing deadline date and the number of remaining days of the ToDo task, and an operation screen for transitioning to the operation screen of the application corresponding to the contents of the ToDo task to be processed A thumbnail display area 55 (second icon) for displaying a thumbnail image of the graph or table to be displayed, and a check box 56 for inputting that the processing of the ToDo task has been completed.
The display contents of each display area are recorded in a task DB 6 (see FIG. 1) described later and displayed as a list.
By setting the task index 23 to the above display configuration, it becomes easy to grasp the contents of the unprocessed ToDo task.
Then, the icon image in the application icon display area 51 and the thumbnail image displayed in the thumbnail display area 55 are associated with different functions (processes) of the application, respectively, to form icons. By clicking or tapping these icons, you can select and launch an app that handles ToDo tasks, making it easier to process ToDo tasks.
In addition, as shown in FIG. 5B, even when a thumbnail is not displayed, an application that processes a ToDo task is activated by associating the rectangular function area of the task index 23 with an application function that processes the ToDo task. It can be done easily.
Specifically, when an area excluding the application icon display area 51 from the rectangular area of the task index 23 is clicked or tapped, the screen transitions from the portal screen 32 to the operation screen of the application that processes the contents of the ToDo task.
When the application icon display area 51 is clicked or tapped, the portal screen 32 transits to the first screen or initial screen of the application corresponding to the application icon.

A configuration for controlling the screen transition between the portal screen 32 (see FIG. 3) and the application processing screen 33 (see FIG. 3) described above will be described with reference to FIG.
The ToDo portal service 5 is implemented as a web application program of the server device, and includes a portal screen control unit 61 that performs display control and transition control of the portal screen and the application processing screen shown in FIG. 2A and FIG. The task information display control unit 62 controls the list display, and the task context update unit 63 controls the update of the contents of the task index 23.

Further, a task calendar 64 that stores a processing calendar for each business is connected to the ToDo portal service 5, and the ToDo portal service 5 generates a ToDo task with reference to the task calendar 64.
Further, the task DB 6 is connected to the ToDo portal service 5, and the display information of the task index 23 is stored in the task DB 6, and the display of the task index 23 registered in the task DB 6 based on the notification from each business application. Update the contents.

  The sales management business 7, the accounting management business 8, the salary management business 9, and the employment management business 10 are implemented as application programs of the server device, and the application program of each business corresponds to the tab of the tab bar 42 shown in FIG. Have multiple functions (programs). Each business application program has a main command processing unit 66 that performs processing of typical functions, and a plurality of subcommand processing units 65 that perform processing of other functions.

Next, the processing procedure of the ToDo portal service 5 will be described.
In the task calendar 64, for example, business events such as a processing date for year-end adjustment for each year and a salary transfer date for each employee for each month are recorded. The ToDo portal service 5 refers to the task calendar 64 and acquires a business event (S01).
Based on the acquired business event, the ToDo portal service 5 issues a task issuance request for a ToDo task that must be processed by the related business application (S02).

Based on the task issuance request, the application such as the work management job 10 includes a program ID that is identification information of a program of the application that performs the ToDo task process, and service information that indicates a process status of the job such as a sales graph and a shift table. The ToDo task notification including this is transmitted to the ToDo portal service 5 and responds to the task issuance request (S03).
In addition, when the work management service 10 directly receives a request for an employee shift change or the like, a ToDo task notification is transmitted to the ToDo portal service 5. In this case, the service information may be a shift table of the shift change request date and time.

  Further, when the confirmation notification such as the sales target arrival notification shown in FIG. 5C is a ToDo task, the program ID and the sales graph of the function (program) of the sales aggregation processing are shown from the sales management business 7 application. ToDo task notification (S03) including service information and comment information to be displayed in the comment display area 52 (see FIG. 5A) of the task index 23 is transmitted to the ToDo portal service 5.

The ToDo portal service 5 that has received the ToDo task notification (S03) described above registers the ToDo task notification in the task DB 6 (S05).
Note that the ToDo task entered in the task registration area (text box) 21 in FIGS. 2A and 2B is also registered in the task DB 6 (S04).
Here, the configuration of the task DB 6 will be described with reference to FIG.

In the task DB 6, a plurality of items 71 to 80 shown in FIG. 7 are registered for each task ID 70 assigned to the ToDo task to be registered.
The task DB 6 is referenced for each ToDo task by the task information display control unit 62 described later, and the registered contents of the task DB 6 are displayed as task indexes 23a to 23i in the task index list display area 25 (see FIGS. 2A and 2B). Is done.
In addition, the task DB 6 is referred to by the portal screen control unit 61 to be described later, the number of ToDo tasks is totaled for the processing application name 76, and the total number is displayed in the task number display area 22 (see FIGS. 2A and 2B).

Next, the registration items in the task DB 6 shown in FIG. 7 will be described in detail. 7 corresponds to FIG. 5A (Task0001), FIG. 5B (Task0002), and FIG. 5C (Task0003).
Application processing necessity 71 indicates whether or not the ToDo task requires application processing. As described above, “No” is set in FIG. 5C (Task 0003) because of a status notification task from the application.

The processed flag 72 indicates whether or not the processing of the application corresponding to the ToDo task has been completed. As described above, FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 5C are all set to “incomplete” because of the incomplete task index 23. When the application corresponding to the ToDo task is processed, it is set to “Done”.
Further, the processed flag 72 is referred to by the task information display control unit 62, and the unfinished task indexes 23a, 23b, 23c, and 23d and the completed task indexes 23e, 23f, 23g, 23h, and 23i (see FIG. 2A). Referenced to the selection of

The registration date 73 is date information when the ToDo task is registered. It is referred to by the task information display control unit 62 and displayed in the display area 53 (FIG. 5A) of the registration date of the ToDo task in the task index 23.
The processing deadline date 74 is date information of the processing deadline date of the ToDo task. Referenced by the task information display control unit 62, the unfinished task index 23 is displayed in a list in ascending order and displayed in the display area 54 (FIG. 5A) of the processing deadline date and the remaining number of days of the ToDo task.
The processing date 75 is date information when the application corresponding to the ToDo task is executed and the processing of the ToDo task is completed. Referenced by the task information display control unit 62, the task index 23 is displayed as a list of processed task indexes 23 arranged in order of late date (descending order) based on the implementation date.

The processing application name 76 indicates the name of the application corresponding to the ToDo task.
The program ID 77 of the corresponding process indicates the program ID of the application or program corresponding to the ToDo task. When an icon in the thumbnail display area 55 of the task index 23 or a rectangular area of the task index 23 is clicked or tapped, the portal screen control unit 61 refers to the application specified by the program ID.

The comment 78 represents an outline of the processing contents of the ToDo task, and stores a character string to be displayed in the comment display area 52 (see FIG. 5A) of the task index 23. The task information display control unit 62 refers to and displays the information.
The thumbnail ID 79 indicates an identification ID of a thumbnail image displayed in the thumbnail display area 55 (see FIG. 5A) of the task index 23.
The thumbnail data 80 is thumbnail image information of table data and graph data displayed in the thumbnail display area 55.
The thumbnail ID 79 and the thumbnail data 80 are referred to by the task information display control unit 62 and displayed in the thumbnail display area 55 of the task index 23. The task context update unit 63 also updates the thumbnail image update information from the application. Updated based on.

Returning to FIG. 6, the continuation of the processing of the ToDo portal service 5 will be described.
The portal screen control unit 61 of the ToDo portal service 5 controls the task information display control unit 62 to display the portal screen shown in FIG. 2A and FIG. Control.

The task information display control unit 62 refers to the task DB 6 to acquire the context of the ToDo task (S06), generates the task index 23, and displays a list based on a predetermined priority order.
Then, the task information display control unit 62, when the portal screen control unit 61 transitions from the application processing screen to the portal screen when the processing of the application corresponding to the ToDo task is completed,
The unfinished task index 23 that has processed the ToDo task is changed to the processed task index 23, and the list display of the task index 23 is updated.

  By the way, since the sales of the store and the shift schedule of employees are changing at any time, it is necessary to update the service information notified by the ToDo task notification (S03). Therefore, the task context update unit 63 acquires the update information of the sales graph and the shift table thumbnail generated based on the sales information DB of the sales management business 7 and the employment information DB of the employment management business 10 (S07), The context of the ToDo task is updated by storing it in the thumbnail data 80 of the task DB 6 (S08). Thereafter, the task information display control unit 62 updates the thumbnail of the task index 23.

When the portal screen control unit 61 detects a click or tap of an icon in the application icon display area 51 of the task index 23, the portal screen control unit 61 activates a main command processing unit 66 that performs processing of a representative function of the application associated with the icon. (S09). Then, the portal screen control unit 61 performs screen control so that the first screen or initial screen of the application associated with the icon is displayed instead of the list display of the task index 23 by the display information from the main command processing unit 66. (S10).
Further, when the portal screen control unit 61 detects a click or tap of the icon in the thumbnail display area 55 of the task index 23 or the rectangular area of the task index 23, the sub-command performs processing of the function of the application associated with the icon or area. The processing unit 65 is activated (S11). Then, the portal screen control unit 61 displays the operation screen of the application corresponding to the contents of the ToDo task displayed in the task index 23 according to the display information from the subcommand processing unit 65 in place of the list display of the task index 23. The screen control is performed (S12).

When the task context update unit 63 acquires the progress information of the application process (S13) and detects the completion of the ToDo task process, the task context update unit 63 sets the processed flag 72 (see FIG. 7) of the corresponding ToDo task in the task DB 6 to “Done”. (S14).
The task information display control unit 62 refers to the task DB 6 to obtain the task index 23 corresponding to the ToDo task whose processed flag 72 is updated to “completed” from the uncompleted task index 23 group. Change to a group and display a list.

  According to the work support system of the above-described embodiment, it is easy to start a business application related to a plurality of ToDo tasks, and thus work efficiency can be improved.

The invention described in the scope of claims attached to the application of this application will be added below. The item numbers of the claims described in the appendix are as set forth in the claims attached to the application of this application.
[Appendix]
<Claim 1>
To transition to the operation screen of the application corresponding to the content of the task to be processed using the application, the first icon for transition to the first screen or initial screen of the application, and the content of the task to be processed A task information display control unit that displays a list display screen on which a plurality of task indexes including a second icon are displayed,
When the first icon is selected, the task index list display screen is changed to the first screen or initial screen of the application, and when the second icon is selected, the task index list display screen is displayed. A screen control unit that transitions to the operation screen of the application corresponding to the content of the task to be processed,
Work support system comprising
<Claim 2>
The work support system according to claim 1, wherein the second icon is a thumbnail image of a graph or a table corresponding to the operation screen of the application.
<Claim 3>
To transition to the operation screen of the application corresponding to the content of the task to be processed using the application, the first icon for transition to the first screen or initial screen of the application, and the content of the task to be processed Displaying a list display screen on which a plurality of task indexes including a second icon are displayed,
When the first icon is selected, the task index list display screen is changed to the first screen or initial screen of the application, and when the second icon is selected, the task index list display screen is displayed. Transition to the operation screen of the application corresponding to the content of the task to be processed,
A work support method.
<Claim 4>
Computer
To transition to the operation screen of the application corresponding to the content of the task to be processed using the application, the first icon for transition to the first screen or initial screen of the application, and the content of the task to be processed A task information display control unit for displaying a list display screen on which a plurality of task indexes including a second icon are displayed.
When the first icon is selected, the task index list display screen is changed to the first screen or initial screen of the application, and when the second icon is selected, the task index list display screen is displayed. A screen control unit that transitions to the operation screen of the application corresponding to the content of the task to be processed,
Program to function as.

1 Work support system 5 ToDo portal service 6 Task DB
7 Sales Management Business 8 Accounting Management Business 9 Salary Management Business 10 Employment Management Business 51 App Icon Display Area 52 Comment Display Area

Claims (6)

Task display control unit for displaying a list of a plurality of task indexes including contents of a task to be processed using an application, an icon corresponding to the application, and a check box for a user to input that the processing of the task is completed When,
A screen control unit that transitions the display screen to an application screen corresponding to the icon by selecting the icon;
With
The task display control unit has a second icon for transitioning to the operation screen corresponding to the content of the task to be processed in addition to the first icon for transitioning to the first screen or initial screen of the application as the icon. When displaying an icon so as to be included in the task index, the task index is displayed so that the second icon is closer to the check box than the first icon. Work support system. When displaying the task index so that the second icon is included in the task index, the task display control unit arranges the first icon, the content of the task, the second icon, and the check box in this order. The task support system according to claim 1, wherein the task index is displayed on the screen. When displaying the task index so that the second icon is not included in the task index, the task display control unit displays the task index by setting a region where the second icon is to be displayed as a blank region. The work support system according to claim 1 or 2. The work support system according to claim 1, wherein the second icon is an image in which a predetermined graph or table is thumbnailed. A first step of displaying a list of a plurality of task indexes including a content of a task to be processed using an application, an icon corresponding to the application, and a check box for a user to input that the processing of the task is completed; ,
A second step of transitioning the display screen to an application screen corresponding to the icon by selecting the icon;
Have
In the first step, a second icon for transitioning to an operation screen corresponding to the content of the task to be processed in addition to the first icon for transitioning to the first screen or initial screen of the application as the icon Is displayed so as to be included in the task index, the task index is displayed so that the second icon is closer to the check box than the first icon. Work support method. Computer
Task display control means for displaying a list of a plurality of task indexes including contents of a task to be processed using an application, an icon corresponding to the application, and a check box for a user to input that the processing of the task is completed ,
Screen control means for transitioning the display screen to an application screen corresponding to the icon by selecting the icon,
Function as
The task display control means has a second icon for transitioning to an operation screen corresponding to the content of the task to be processed in addition to the first icon for transitioning to the first screen or initial screen of the application as the icon. When displaying an icon so as to be included in the task index, the task index is displayed so that the second icon is closer to the check box than the first icon. Program to do.