JPH07107685B2 - Editing method of schedule table - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Outline] Among a plurality of reference time data, the individual reference time data is set to be the highest and a storage area is provided, and a plurality of reference time data are searched in a predetermined order according to priority. Then, the first detected reference time data is set to the output start position of the schedule table and edited.By setting the reference time data in the personal time storage area, the output start position of the schedule table is set for each individual. It is a method to let.

[Industrial application field]

 The present invention relates to improvement of a schedule table editing method.

As one of the uses of the office terminal, there is a schedule management such as an individual action schedule, a reservation for use of a conference room or equipment.

A schedule management program for performing the above schedule management is usually provided in the host computer and the terminal device, and a predetermined schedule table is displayed on the terminal device and referred to online or offline, respectively.

The schedule table provided by this schedule management program includes a schedule table, a weekly table and a monthly table that are aggregates of the schedule table. The reference time data indicating the output start position is fixed in the system, such as the work start time. Is set to

However, due to the output limit of the display unit and printer, it is often impossible to output the entire schedule for 24 hours from the reference time, and it is necessary to perform the operation to output the required time period depending on the user's activity time period. It was inconvenient.

Therefore, there is a demand for a schedule table editing method for editing and outputting the schedule table for each user.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 4 is a system configuration diagram, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a schedule table.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a system composed of a host computer (hereinafter referred to as a host) 1 and a plurality of terminal devices 4. Schedule management programs 2a and 2b for creating a schedule table and controlling output are provided for the hosts 1 and 2, respectively. It is provided in the terminal device 4, and schedule processing is performed by online or offline processing.

The schedule management program 2a operates on the host 1 while interacting with the terminal device 4, and the reference time data 7a indicating the output start position in the schedule management program 2a.
Is provided, and the designated schedule table is edited based on the reference time data 7a and output to the terminal device 4.

The schedule management program 2b operates offline on the terminal device 4, and outputs a schedule table based on the reference time data 7b (same as the normal reference time data 7a) included in the schedule management program 2b.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the schedule table data 60 in a display format. The created schedule table data 60 is stored in an external storage device (not shown) included in the host 1 or the terminal device 4. When reading out (displaying and printing), the reference time data 7a, 7b (for example, 9 am
Of the schedule table data 60 of 0 to 24 hours, the display width of the display unit from the reference time 9:00 am (for example, 18 hours).
Edit and display in the output range 62 up to.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

Conventionally, the reference time data, which is the output start position of the schedule table, is conventionally set only in the schedule management program, and the schedule table is displayed or printed for all users based on the fixed reference time data.

However, if the output schedule is narrow and the entire schedule table is not output, the output start position must be manipulated (scrolling, etc. in the case of display) each time the user's usage time, business hours, etc. differ. There is a problem.

An object of the present invention is to provide a schedule table editing method that solves the above problems.

[Means for solving problems]

For the above purpose, the schedule table editing method of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1 for explaining the principle of the present invention, sets the highest priority among a plurality of reference time data and outputs it for each individual. A personal time storage area (A) for storing personal reference time data (50a) for setting a start position, and the storage areas (A to C) in a predetermined order based on the priority.
And an editing unit (18) for editing the schedule table data (60) with the reference time data detected first as the output start position.

[Action]

For example, in the system configuration shown in FIG. 4, individual priority levels are assigned to correspond to the individual time zone, the business time zone in which the terminal device is used, the time zone in which the host is frequently used, etc. A plurality of reference time data are provided, and time storage areas (A to C) are provided and stored in the external storage means for personal use, the terminal device, and the host, respectively.

When printing (or displaying) the schedule table, the time storage areas (A to C) are searched in a predetermined order based on the priority, and the schedule table data 60 is edited based on the first detected reference time data. .

Therefore, personal reference time data can be stored in an external storage device for personal use.
By registering 50a, a schedule table that matches the time zone of the user is output.

In the search order, the personal time storage area A is given the highest priority, and in the case of online, for example, the personal time storage area A, the terminal time storage area (denoted by B), the host time storage area (denoted by C) In this case, the personal time storage area A and the terminal time storage area B are searched in this order.

Incidentally, when it is not set in any of the above-mentioned storage areas, the reference time data peculiar to the program is adopted as usual.

〔Example〕

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The following shows a schedule management program used online and offline, and different reference time data is provided in the host, terminal device and external storage means for personal use. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the embodiment, FIG. FIG. 3 shows an operation flowchart of the embodiment.

The personal reference time data 50a is set for each terminal device 14 by registering the personal time storage area A in an external storage device for personal use such as a floppy disk owned by an individual or in a disk device included in the terminal device 14. The time data (terminal reference time data) 50b and the reference time data (host reference time data) 50C provided in the host can be respectively registered and can be referred to by the schedule management programs 12a and 12b in the memory area (terminal time storage area B and host). It is registered in the time storage area C).

The areas for storing the system reference time data 50 'and 50d (corresponding to the reference time data 7a, 7b, respectively) set in the schedule management programs 12a, 12b are referred to as system time storage areas D', D.

The order of priority is personal reference time data 50a, terminal reference time data 50b, host reference time data 50c, and system reference time data 50d (or 50d ').

In FIG. 2, in the terminal device 14, 12b is a schedule table management program that operates (offline) on the terminal device 14, and system reference time data
The schedule table data 60 is searched by searching the time storage area D of 50d and the respective reference time data based on a predetermined priority.
Editing section 18 for editing and edited schedule table data
An edit memory 17 for storing 61 is provided, and 19 is a display control unit, which is an edited schedule table data 61.
(See FIG. 3) is read from the editing memory 17 and is displayed corresponding to the display width of the display unit 25. A is identification information (for example, ID number) in the personal external storage device 22.
Together with the personal time storage area in which the personal reference time 50a is registered, B is the terminal time storage area in which the terminal reference time data 50b is stored, 24 is the schedule table external storage device for storing the schedule table data 60, 25 is the display unit, Is.

Further, in the host 11, reference numeral 12a is a schedule management program that is provided in the host 11 and operates online, and has a schedule management function similar to that of the schedule management program 12b provided in the terminal device 14, while interacting with the terminal device 14. The schedule processing is performed, and the system time storage area D'for storing the system reference time data 50d 'is provided.

C is a host time storage area for storing host reference time data 50c.

Edit the schedule table data 60 by offline processing using the schedule management program 12b provided in the terminal device 14,
The output operation will be described with reference to FIG.

(1) Schedule table user has a personal external storage device 2
2, that is, the personal reference time data 50a is registered in the personal time storage area A of the floppy or disk device, the schedule management program 12b is called, and the registered personal identification ID number is input.

(2) The editing unit 18 reads the schedule table data 60 from the schedule table external storage device 24 and searches the personal time storage area A based on the ID number.

Here, if the individual reference time data 50a is registered, the output start position is set based on the reference time data 50a,
It is edited as shown in FIG. 5 edited schedule table data 61 and stored in the editing memory 17.

(3) If the personal reference time data 50a is not registered, the terminal time storage area B is searched, and if it is not registered, the system time storage area D'is searched and the schedule table data 60 is searched based on the first detected reference time data. Edit
Store in edit memory 17.

(4) Based on the display size of the display unit 25, the display control unit 19 reads the schedule table data having a predetermined width from the reference time from the editing memory 17, and sends it to the display unit 25 for display. If the schedule data is input, the contents of the edit memory 17 are updated and the updated schedule table data is displayed. If there is a printer output instruction, the printer controller (not shown) sets a predetermined output width. Edit and print out.

(5) When the end key is pressed, the schedule table data 60 in the schedule table external storage device 24 is updated, and the process ends.

In the case of online processing, the schedule management program 12a included in the host searches for the reference time data with the priority of the personal terminal host system, but requests the personal reference time data 50a and the terminal time data 50b to the terminal device 14.

As described above, when schedule management is performed with terminal devices that operate online and offline, many users can output according to their own time zones because the reference time data is selected according to the priority of the personal terminal host system. It is possible to eliminate inconvenience in operation.

〔The invention's effect〕

The present invention provides a personal reference time with the highest priority,
It provides a method of retrieving reference time data registered in the order of predetermined priority, such as personal, terminal, host, and system, and editing and outputting the schedule table. Schedule table that suits the user's time zone Since it is possible to output, it is easy to use, and it is not necessary to operate the output of the schedule table.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment, FIG. 3 is an operation flow chart of the embodiment, FIG. 4 is a system configuration diagram, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a schedule table. ,. In the figure, 1 and 11 are host computers and hosts, 4 and 14 are terminal devices, 12a is a schedule management program that runs on the host, 12b is a schedule table management program that runs on the terminal device, 18 is an editing unit, and 17 is Editing memory, 19 is a display control unit, 22 is a personal external storage device, 24 is a schedule table external storage device, A is a personal time storage area, B is a terminal time storage area, C is a host time storage area, and D, D '. Is a system time storage area, 50a is personal reference time data, 50b is terminal reference time data, 50c is host reference time data, 50d and 50d 'are system reference time, 60 is schedule table data, 61 is edited schedule table data, Is.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A schedule table in which time storage areas (A to C) for respectively storing a plurality of reference time data are searched in a predetermined order based on priority, and the first detected reference time data is used as an output start position. A method of editing a schedule table for editing and outputting data (60), wherein the priority is set to the highest among the plurality of reference time data, and the individual reference time data for setting the output start position for each individual (50a) for storing a personal time storage area (A), and the storage area (A to C) in a predetermined order based on the priority.
And an editing section (18) for editing the schedule table data (60) with the reference time data detected first as the output start position, and is stored in the personal time storage area (A). A schedule table editing method characterized in that the schedule table data (60) is edited and output based on the individual reference time data (50a).