JPH07121610A - Schedule display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To constitute the system so that a planner of an event can confirm efficiently and exactly the optimal data and hour of the event by displaying in the lump the schedules of related persons and facilities which are set at every event by the planner of the event, in a schedule management system. CONSTITUTION:In the same way as a schedule of each individual, a schedule of a reserved state, etc., is set with regard to facilities, etc., which become management objects, as well, and at the time of selecting persons related to an event, the site of a meeting and necessary facilities by designation, etc., a degree of necessity and a degree of priority to each of them are stored in advance, and when the higher the degree of necessity and the degree of priority are, the deeper or darker they are displayed, the degree of priority of the related persons and facilities is reflected and displayed on a display device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Industrial application field] If it is possible to check the schedules of multiple people and facilities and plan dates for events, events, etc. with a device that manages the reservation status and schedule of individuals, facilities, resources, etc. Concerning the tightening method.

Further, the present invention relates to a system for making it possible to plan a schedule for each event to be set, with the necessity and priority assigned to the persons and facilities involved in the event.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional schedule management system,
When planning an event that involves multiple people or facilities, the planner can store individual schedules by means such as displaying, printing, and making notes, and then find a common free time from the availability of individual schedules and reservations. However, there are problems that it is troublesome to select the optimum date and time and facilities, that it takes time and time to plan, and that mistakes are made during transcription.

Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 60-103479,
In a schedule management device that publishes a common free time based on the availability of individual schedules, such as published in Sho 60-24984, a function that allows the designation of an agent or the priority of a schedule is managed in advance. If you are doing it, there is a function to automatically adjust other schedules according to the priority of the event and then display the optimal date and time of the event or set it in each individual schedule, but there is a function of multiple individuals and facilities related to the event. In particular, it is difficult to request the dates and times that the planner intended for the people who must participate, essential facilities, and their priorities.

[0005]

In the above prior art, it was necessary for the event planner to individually confirm or transcribe the schedules of the persons involved. According to the present invention, in a schedule management system, the event planner collectively displays the schedules of related persons and facilities to be set for each event, so that the event planner can efficiently and accurately determine the optimal date and time of the event. It is a method that makes it possible to confirm.

Further, in a schedule management system that does not manage the priority of the event, it is difficult to find a vacant time common to all persons related to the event, and a function of re-adjusting the schedule according to the priority is provided. In a schedule management system, there is a possibility that scheduling will be performed far from the planner's intention.

According to the present invention, even in a schedule management system which does not manage the priority of each schedule, the event planner can set the essentiality and the priority for the person or facility related to the event for each event. , By displaying the schedules of those designated parties collectively, it becomes possible for the event planner to efficiently and accurately set the optimal date and time of the event.

Further, when the above function is added to the conventional schedule management system, the conventional method involves a change in the format and processing method of the schedule management table, but in the present invention, a schedule display method is added. Since it can be realized with, it will be possible easily and at low cost.

[0009]

The above object can be achieved by the following means.

As with each individual's schedule, the schedule such as the reservation status is stored for the facilities to be managed.

When an event is set, a person, a venue, and necessary facilities related to the event are selected by their names, IDs, designation from a list, etc. and stored in a storage device.

A frame like a calendar with date and time scales is displayed on the display device.

From the individual schedules related to the event selected as described above during the event period, the position of the calendar frame with respect to the date and time for which the schedule has already been set is visually indicated such as color, brightness, and the like. Lines, bands, figures, symbols, etc. that give effects are displayed.

By performing the above-mentioned display for the persons and facilities related to the event, the individual schedules are overlapped and displayed on the display device.

At this time, when the people related to the event, the venue, and the necessary facilities are selected by designating, the necessity and the priority for each are stored, and the higher the necessity and the priority, the darker or When the display is dark, the display device reflects and displays the priorities of the persons and facilities concerned.

[0016]

With the above means, the display device is displayed with overlapping figures and symbols according to individual schedules, and the dark or dark portions are inconvenient for many people or facilities, or need or priority. The date and time when it is not convenient for people and facilities with high display and the display is faint or bright is the date and time that may be suitable for holding the event, and the part without display is the optimum event It can be judged as one of the dates and times.

The event planner can select the optimum date and time for holding the event simply by determining the difference in lightness and darkness on the display device.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a schedule management device in which a schedule is centrally managed by a host computer or the like. 101 is a schedule storage unit, 102
Is a party table storage unit, 103 is a calculation unit, 104 is an input device, and 105 is a display device.

The schedule storage unit 101 is a storage device that stores the names and IDs of individuals and facilities and their schedule information such as event names, dates, start times, end times, and venues. Is. When the event planner selects a person who participates in the event, a facility to be used, etc., the schedule information of the corresponding person or facility is read from this schedule information.

The related person table 102 is a list in which the persons participating in the event and the facilities to be used, selected by the event planner, are entered, and the ID of the schedule information stored in the schedule storage section and the event information. It is composed of the necessity level and the priority level. The calculation unit 103 reads the entered ID, the degree of necessity, and the priority from the related party table 102 in order, reads the schedule information of the corresponding ID from the schedule storage unit 102, and calculates the number of numerical values of the priority and the degree of necessity. Generate a line segment.

Further, a calendar frame of the event allowable period input by the event planner is generated.

The input device 104 is an input device for giving instructions to a computer, such as a mouse and a keyboard, and selects the participants of the event, the facility to be used, the priority, and the allowable period for holding the event. Used to enter.

The display device 105 is a display device such as a CRT, and displays a calendar frame generated by the calculation unit 103 and line segments corresponding to schedules and priorities.

FIG. 2 shows a format for storing schedule information of individuals and facilities.

The schedule information is a record including the name and ID of an individual or facility, the date and time the event is held, the start time, the end time, the name, and the venue.

The schedule storage unit 101 in FIG. 1 stores schedule information in such a format.

FIG. 3 shows the format of the related party table.

The related person table is a record consisting of IDs corresponding to persons and facilities related to the event, their necessity and priority.

The related person table storage unit 102 of FIG. 1 stores the people and facilities related to the event in such a format.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to the flow chart of FIG.

When an event schedule input instruction is received from the event planner, the event schedule information input waits (step 401).
When the event planner inputs the range of the allowable period of the event (from August 10 to August 13) and gives an instruction to complete the input (step 402), the name of the individual or facility to be managed by the schedule, Display device 105 showing IDs and outlines in list form
To display. (Step 403). When the event planner inputs the person related to the event or the ID of the facility and the necessity degree and priority corresponding to each, and gives an input completion instruction (step 404), the input ID, necessity degree, priority A degree table is created in the related person table 102 (step 40).
5). The display of the calendar frame of the permissible holding period of the event input in step 402 and an instruction indicating that the display process is being performed are displayed on the display device 105 (step 406). While the display device 105 is displaying the calendar frame, the schedule storage unit 101 calculates from the schedule storage unit 101 the schedule of the event allowable period for the first ID in the related person table.
3 is read (step 408), and the priority of the relevant ID in the related person table is read into the calculation unit 103. (Step 409) In the calculation unit 103, from the position of the display device 105 corresponding to the date and time when another event is stored in the schedule of the ID, a line segment having a length corresponding to the time of the event is assigned a priority. The display device 105 gives an instruction to display the number of lines.
Instruct. (Step 410) Steps 408 to 410 are repeated for the ID entered in the related person table, and when the processing for the last ID in the related person table is completed (step 407), the display processing displayed on the display device 105 in step 406. The display inside the display device 1 is erased and a display indicating that the display processing is completed is displayed.
No. 05 is displayed (step 411). The event planner is
As shown in FIG. 5, the date and time with the smallest number of line segments displayed on the display device 105 is selected as the optimal date and time for the event. After determining the date and time of the event, detailed information of the event such as the name of the event and requested items is input, and the event is registered in the schedule of the ID entered in the related person table (step 412).

FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of a schedule management system in which individual schedules are distributed and managed for each office by computers connected by communication lines such as networks. 601A, 601B, 601
C is a schedule management device, 602 is its schedule storage unit, 603 is a network, 604 is a temporary schedule storage unit, 605 is a person table storage unit, 606 is a calculation unit, 607 is a calendar table storage unit, 608 is a keyboard, mouse, etc. Is an input device, and 609 is a display device.

Schedule management devices 601A and 601
B and 601C are installed in each office building, floor, etc., and manage schedule information of employees in each office building, floor, meeting rooms, and the like.

Each schedule management device is connected to each other via a network 603 or the like, and when another schedule management device inquires about the schedule of an individual or facility to be managed, the schedule management device responds with the schedule. Have a function.

The schedule storage unit 602 is a storage device that stores the names and IDs of individuals and facilities and their schedule information such as event names, dates, start times, end times, and venues. is there. When the event planner selects a person who participates in the event, a facility to be used, etc., the schedule information of the corresponding person or facility is read from this schedule information.

The network 603 is a schedule management device 601A, 601B, 6 such as LAN or public line network.
01C is a transmission network for communicating with each other.

The schedule temporary storage unit 604 is a storage device for temporarily storing the schedule information returned from each schedule management device. Calculation unit 606
From this storage device, the schedule information of the person or facility related to the event, which is stored in the schedule management device at the remote place, is used.

The related person table 605 is a list in which the people who participate in the event and the facilities to be used, which are selected by the planner of the event, are entered, and the ID of the schedule information stored in the schedule storage unit and the event information. It is composed of the necessity level and the priority level.

The calculation unit 606 creates a table in the calendar table storage unit for displaying the calendar frame of the event allowable period, which is input by the event planner. Further, the entered ID, the necessity degree, and the priority are sequentially read from the related person table 605, the schedule information of the corresponding ID is read from the schedule temporary storage unit, and the numerical value indicating the presence or absence of the schedule, the priority, and the necessity degree are read. The value is multiplied and added to the brightness of the position on the calendar frame of the calendar table storage unit 607 for the date and time when the schedule has already entered.

The calendar table storage unit 607 stores a table of calendar frames of the event allowable period input by the event planner. The calendar table is a table for associating the days and times of the allowable period of the event with the numerical values of the brightness for displaying corresponding to the schedule of the date and time. The brightness value is obtained by multiplying the number of people related to the event entered in the related party table, the individual priority of the facility and the necessity level, and the value indicating the presence or absence of the schedule already reserved in the schedule management device. It is the sum of the values.

The larger the value, the more inconvenient the date and time is, and when the value is 0, the date and time is one of the optimal dates and times.

The input device 608 is an input device for giving instructions to a computer, such as a mouse and a keyboard, and selects the participants of the event, the facility to be used, the priority, the allowable period for holding the event, and the like. Used to enter.

The display device 609 is a display device such as a CRT, and displays the reservation status of the schedule based on the brightness value of the date and time corresponding to the calendar frame of the calendar table stored in the calendar table storage section.

FIG. 7 shows a format for storing schedule information of individuals and facilities.

As the schedule information, a time scale of 30 minutes is assigned to an address for each individual, facility name, and ID, and for the addresses where the schedule has already been filled, a value from 1 to 5 depending on the degree of necessity. Is stored, and 0 is stored in an address that has no schedule.

The schedule storage unit 602 and the temporary schedule storage unit 604 of FIG. 6 store schedule information in such a format.

FIG. 8 shows the format of the related party table.

The related party table is composed of IDs corresponding to persons and facilities related to the event, their necessity, priority, and an identifier such as a network address for identifying a schedule management apparatus managing the IDs. It's a record.

The related person table storage unit 605 of FIG. 6 stores the people and facilities related to the event in such a format.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the schedule management device 601C receives an event schedule input instruction from the event planner, it waits for event schedule information input (step 901). From the event planner,
When the range of allowable event period (from August 10th to August 13th) is input and the input completion instruction is received (step 902), a list of names and outlines of people and facilities to be managed by the schedule is displayed. It is displayed on the display device 609 in the format (step 903). From the event planner, the name of the person or facility related to the event is selected by the input device 608 such as a keyboard or mouse, the necessity and the priority corresponding to each are selected, and the input completion instruction is received (step 90).
4) and the names and needs of people and facilities involved in the event,
A priority table is created in the related person table storage unit 605 (step 905). The calendar table of the calendar frame of the event allowable period input in step 902 is created in the calendar table storage unit 607 (step 906). The schedule management device 601A managing the schedule is inquired about the schedule of the event allowable period for the first person or facility in the related party table (step 907), and the schedule management device 601A.
Reads out the corresponding schedule from the schedule storage unit 602 (step 908) and returns it to the inquiring schedule management device 601C (step 909).
The schedule management device 601C stores the returned schedule in the temporary schedule storage unit 604 (step 910).

Steps 907 to 910 are repeated for persons and facilities who are entered in the person concerned table (step 911).

At the same time, the schedule temporary storage unit 6
Steps 913 to 915 are repeated until there are no more entries in 04 (step 912).

The schedule stored in the temporary schedule storage unit 604 is read into the arithmetic unit 606 (step 913), and the numerical value in the address (presence / absence of schedule and priority value) is multiplied by the priority value in the related person table ( (Step 914) The value is added to the value of the address of the corresponding date and time in the calendar table (step 915).

When there are no more entries in the temporary schedule storage unit 604 (step 912), the calendar frame in the calendar table storage unit and the reservation status of the schedule are displayed on the evaluation device 609 (step 906).

At this time, as shown in FIG. 10, on the display device 609, the schedules of the persons and facilities related to the event within the allowable period of the event are overlapped and displayed. It is displayed brightly, and the event planner looks at this screen to determine the date and time of the event.

When the determined date and time is designated from the input device 608 (step 917), the mail is delivered based on the related person table and the event information is registered in each schedule storage device (step 918).

FIG. 10 shows the contents of the calendar table displayed on the display device 609. The calendar table is displayed in a batch with the schedules of the people and facilities involved in the event within the allowable period of the event overlapping, and is displayed brighter at the date and time that is appropriate for holding the event. To determine the date and time for the event.

[0059]

According to the present invention, in the schedule management system, the event planner collectively displays the schedules of the related persons and facilities to be set for each event.
It is a method that enables event planners to efficiently and accurately check the optimal dates and times for events.

Further, according to the present invention, even in a schedule management system that does not manage the priority of each schedule, the planner of the event can specify the necessity and priority of the person or facility related to the event for each event. In addition, when the above function is added to the conventional schedule management system, it can be realized by adding the schedule display method, so that it is possible at low cost easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a schedule management device in which a schedule is centrally managed by a host computer or the like.

FIG. 2 is a format for storing schedule information such as individuals and facilities.

FIG. 3 is a format of a party table.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the schedule management device of FIG.

5 is an example of a schedule table screen in the schedule management device of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a distributed schedule management system.

FIG. 7 is a format for storing schedule information such as individuals and facilities.

FIG. 8 is a format of a party table.

9 is a flowchart of the distributed schedule management device of FIG.

10 is an example of display of a calendar table in the distributed schedule management device of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 ... Schedule storage unit, 102 ... Related party table storage unit, 103 ... Calculation unit, 104 ... Input device, 105 ... Display device, 601 ... Schedule management device, 602 ... Schedule storage unit, 603 ... Network, 604 ... Schedule temporary storage Part, 605 ... Participant table storage part, 606 ... Calculation part, 607 ... Calendar table storage part, 608 ... Input device such as keyboard and mouse, 609 ... Display device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] In a schedule management system, when a planner selects an optimal schedule based on availability of each individual or facility in order to plan an event such as a meeting, in addition to designating a person or facility related to the event The means to set the necessity and priority of the person or facility to the event, and the individual person or facility related to the event during the planning period of the event according to the above-mentioned need or priority. A schedule display method characterized by displaying schedules in an overlapping manner.