JPH03179997A - Presence management control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the reliability of a presence managing device by displaying the presence of a user under moving to a destination by information as 'under moving'. CONSTITUTION:When the user moves the existing place, the next destination is inputted from a closest control panel 11 and the move is executed. While the user inputting the new destination arrives at the destination (during moving time), the information showing 'under moving' are set to a presence memory part 102 and therefore, when the presence of the user during the move is inquired, the 'under moving' is answered as the presence information. Thus, an inquiring source can recognize user communication is impossible. Afterwards, after the lapse of the moving time, the presence information 'under moving' of the presence memory part are changed to a spot shown by the destination data inputted in advance.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] This invention relates to a location management control method for managing location information of users at their destinations.

The purpose is to optimize the location information of users while they are moving to their destination.

Stores the input location information indicating the user's current location2.
A location management means for outputting location information in response to an inquiry request, a means for inputting a user's destination into the location management means, and a travel time storage means for setting the time required for travel between a plurality of predetermined points. When the user is notified of movement to a certain point, the location management means calculates the time required to move between the current point and the destination point from the movement time storage means, and stores the calculated movement time. During this period, the location information is set to indicate that the vehicle is moving, and after the travel time has elapsed, the location information is updated to the destination point.

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a location management control method for a location management device that manages location information at a user's destination.

When a user is not present, the location management device is useful as a means for inquiring about the user's whereabouts, responding to an incoming telephone call, informing the absent user of his/her destination, or enabling the transfer of the telephone call. It is something.

The location management control method of the present invention is suitable for situations where it takes a considerable amount of time for the user to travel to his or her destination.

This makes it possible to provide location information that takes travel time into consideration.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of a conventional location management device. In the figure, 10
11.12.13 is a location management device, 11.12.13 is an operation panel for destination notification installed at an appropriate place where users move, and 14.15.16 is an operation panel LL1.
2.13 and the location management device 10, 101 is a main control unit of the location management device, and 102 is a location storage unit.

Next, the operation will be explained.

The main control unit 101 of the location management device 10 causes the location storage unit 102 to store location information indicating the destination corresponding to the user's ID, and responds to the location inquiry with the destination indicated by the location information.

When a user changes their location, that is, when they move from one operation panel location to another, they can change their current location from the operation panel 11, for example, to their
Enter D and your destination.

The input ID and destination are transmitted to the location management device 10 via two lines 14. The main control unit 101 of the location management device IO identifies the ID notified by the user and updates the location information in the location storage unit 102 to the notified destination. Thereafter, the location management device 10 responds to inquiries regarding the user's location with updated location information. This operation is repeated every time there is a destination change notification from the user.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In conventional location management control methods, when a user moves, the user inputs the destination from the operation panel before moving.
At that point, your current location still matches your destination.
The user actually arrives at the destination after the time required for travel. Therefore, if there is an inquiry about the user's whereabouts during the journey, inappropriate location information will be output, and as a result, the user will be forced to make unnecessary calls to a destination that they have not yet arrived at. There was a problem with it being done.

The present invention aims to optimize location information while a user is moving to a destination.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention creates a table in advance of the time required to travel between certain points, and when a user has the manpower to travel to a new destination, the time required to travel to that destination is determined from the table, and the time required to travel between certain points is determined from the table. The location information is displayed as "on the move" until the time period has elapsed.

FIG. 1 illustrates the principles of the invention using an exemplary configuration.

In Figure 1 10 is a location management device.

Reference numerals 11 to 13 are operation panels installed at a plurality of destination candidate points, respectively, and used for destination input or location inquiries.

14 to 16 are lines connecting the location management device 10 and the operation panels 11 to 13, respectively.

Reference numeral 101 denotes a main control unit that controls the entire location management device, and executes processes such as setting, updating, and reading location information including the user's destination and current location information, and responding to inquiries.

102 is a location storage unit that stores location information of the user.

Reference numeral 103 denotes a travel time storage unit that stores a table in which estimated times, such as maximum and average times, required for travel between two of the plurality of nine destination candidates are set.

104 is a clock that generates one-time data.

When destination data is entered manually from one of the operation panels 11 to 13, the destination data is sent to the location management device 10 via a corresponding one of the lines 14 to 16.

The main control unit 101 of the location management device 10 uses destination data input manually from the operation panel and current location data stored in the location storage unit 102.

The time required to travel from the current point to the destination point is determined by referring to the travel time storage section 103, and the elapsed time is monitored based on the time data generated from the clock 104. During the travel time, the location storage section 102 stores ". "On the move" is set, and when the travel time is reached, the destination data is changed.

[For production]

The operation based on the principle of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 will be explained.

When the user wants to move from one location to another, the user inputs the tertiary destination from a nearby operation panel and then moves.

The location management device will keep track of the user who has entered a new destination until the user arrives at that destination (travel time).

Information indicating that the user is "on the move" is set in the location storage unit, so if there is an inquiry about the user's whereabouts during this time,
"Moving" is answered as the location information.

Therefore, the inquirer can recognize that it is impossible to contact the user. Thereafter, when the travel time has elapsed, the location information "in transit" in the location storage section is changed to the point indicated by the previously input destination data.

Therefore, future location inquiries will be answered with location information indicating the destination point. For this reason.

The inquirer to whom the destination point is answered can carry out processes such as communication without waste.

〔Example〕

The configuration of the present invention is exemplarily shown in FIG.

However, the location management device existed independently.

The present invention can also function effectively when applied to a telephone switching network such as a PBX (private branch exchange).

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a PBX, and the location management device shown in FIG. 1 is embodied in a telephone terminal.

In FIG. 2, 30 is a PBX, 31 is a calling side telephone terminal, 32 is a receiving side telephone terminal, 33 and 34 are lines, 31
1 is a main control unit, and 312 is an operation panel.

313 is a communication control unit, 314 is a network control unit, 321 is a main control unit, 322 is a location storage unit, and 323 is a travel time storage unit.

324 is a clock, 325 is a schedule storage unit that stores the user's schedule within a certain period, that is, the planned destination and time, and 326 is a communication control unit that executes the procedure for transferring data with the communication partner telephone terminal. , 327 is a network control unit 328 which releases the line connection, and is an operation panel.

Each operation panel 312 of the calling side telephone terminal 31 is composed of a keyboard and a display, and the keyboard can be used to input commands, user ID, destination data, etc., and location information etc. can be displayed on the display.

The user's ID may be, for example, the telephone number of the receiving telephone terminal at the user's seat.

When the ID and destination data are entered manually from the operation panel 312, the main control section 311 activates the communication control section 313, and further activates the network control section 314.

The network control unit 314 connects the receiving telephone terminal 32 based on the ID.
A call is made to the receiver, and lines 33 and 34 are connected to the network control unit 327 of the receiving telephone terminal 32 via the PBX 30. Next, the communication control unit 313 transmits destination data according to a predetermined communication procedure.

The communication control unit 326 of the receiving side telephone terminal 32 passes the received destination data to the main control unit 321.

The location management function of the main control unit 321 is shown in a flowchart in FIG. The main control unit 321
Explain the operation.

The main control section 321 is.

■ Identify whether destination data is being entered.

■ If it is destination data, retain it for -1 time.

(2) Read the location information indicating the current location from the location storage unit 322 and set the location information as "moving" instead.

(2) Refer to the travel time storage unit 323 using the destination point indicated by the destination data and the current point to find the travel time between the corresponding points.

■ Read the current time from the clock 324.

■ Add the travel time to the current time to find the estimated time of arrival at one destination.

- Monitor the time on the clock 324 and detect if it matches the expected arrival time.

- When the estimated arrival time is reached, the location information "in transit" in the location storage section 322 is changed to "destination point" in the destination data.

Whenever there is a location inquiry request, the main control section 321 refers to the location storage section 322 and responds with location information.

A location inquiry request occurs, for example, when a user of the receiving telephone terminal 32 is absent in response to an incoming call to the receiving telephone terminal 1 32. location information is sent. When the calling side telephone terminal 31 sends the destination user's location information, it outputs and displays it on the operation panel 312.

Allows you to call back to your destination.

Also, instead of the user directly inputting destination data, the user's schedule information stored in the schedule storage unit 325 of the receiving phone terminal 32 is called up to the calling phone terminal 31 and displayed on the operation panel 312, and the information is displayed on the operation panel 312. It is also possible to specify the destination to the receiving telephone terminal by specifying the destination. In addition, a means for the user to call his or her own telephone terminal from the telephone terminal at the destination using the ID card may be added.

Further, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, a location management device is provided in each telephone terminal, but it may also be provided in the PBX 30 to centrally manage the location of each telephone user.

2 [Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, by displaying the information of the user's location while traveling to 9 destinations as "on the move", it becomes possible to manage the user's location in accordance with the actual situation, thereby improving the reliability of the location management device. In addition, it is possible to reduce the occurrence of wasteful processing in cases where location information is used.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a diagram of the principle configuration of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 3 is a flow diagram of location management in the embodiment of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a conventional location management diagram. , is a constituent country of the medical equipment. In Figure 1. 10: Location management devices 11-13: Operation panel. 14-16: Line. 101: Main control unit 102: Location storage unit. 103: Travel time storage unit 104: Clock.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Storing location information indicating the input current location of the user,
A location management means for outputting location information in response to an inquiry request, a means for inputting a user's destination into the location management means, and a travel time storage means for setting the time required for travel between a plurality of predetermined points. When the user is notified of movement to a certain point, the location management means calculates the time required to move between the current point and the destination point from the movement time storage means, and stores the calculated movement time. A location management control method characterized in that the location information is set to indicate that the travel time is in progress, and the location information is updated to a destination point after the travel time has elapsed.