JPH09212551A - Communication system and managing method for its telecommuting time at home - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately administer a working time and carry out equitable wage calculation at the time of working at a computer at home by storing the start and end times of work as operation history data and periodically reading the data out. SOLUTION: An employee when working at home selects an operation icon and then starts operating an operation program. Once the operation icon is selected, it is considered that the operation starts and the current start time is recorded by a recording program 222 in an operation history data buffer 225. Then when a private icon is selected after the operation icon is selected, it is considered that the operation ends, and the current end time is recorded. Thus, when the operation is intermittently done, the operation history data from the start to the end are added and recorded in the operation history data buffer 225 at each time. A server computer, on the other hand, reads the operation history data on the individual's computer out of the operation history data buffer 225 and totalizes working hours.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication system used as a next-generation office system, and in particular, a computer installed in a home and a computer installed in an office are connected by a network, and a home computer is used. TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a communication system suitable for use in business and a work-at-home time management method for the system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the spread of computers in recent years, a computer installed in a home and a computer installed in an office are connected by a network so that an individual works at home without going to the office. The number of companies introducing the telecommuting system has increased.

In such a system, when a business is performed using a home computer, the time when the operator of the computer, that is, the individual himself / herself performs the business is recorded, and is later recorded in the organization to which the individual belongs. The method of notifying and receiving the salary calculation is generally adopted.

[0004]

As described above, conventionally, when a business is performed using a home computer, an individual records the working hours and reports this to the organization to which the individual belongs. He was paid according to his working hours.

However, in such a method, since the individual records the working hours, the accuracy thereof becomes a problem. For this reason, the payer side (organization to which the individual belongs) cannot accurately calculate the salary commensurate with the actual working hours, and as a result, there is a problem in that the salary payment is not fair.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and when a computer installed in a home and a computer installed in an office are connected by a network and a computer at home is used for business, The present invention relates to a communication system capable of accurately managing work hours and performing fair payroll calculation, and a method for managing home working hours of the system.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

(1) The present invention is a communication system in which a computer installed in a home and a computer installed in an office are connected by a network, and the computer installed in the home specifies whether the purpose of use is business or private. And the time designated as the business by this designating means is determined as the start time of the business, and after the business is designated as the business by the above-mentioned designating means, the private means is designated by the designating means. Judgment means for judging the time designated to be present or the time when the computer is stopped as the end time of the business, and the start time and end time of the business judged by this judgment means are stored as business history data. The computer installed in the office is equipped with a work history recording means for A history acquisition unit that periodically reads the operational history data is obtained by including a collecting unit that aggregates the working time based on the business history data obtained by the history acquisition unit.

According to such a construction, by designating that the personal computer installed at home is a business, the start time and end time thereof are recorded as work history data of the business. The computer installed in the office regularly reads out and aggregates the work history data. As a result, even when working at home, it is possible to obtain an accurate working time and perform a fair salary calculation according to the working time.

(2) Further, in the present invention, in a communication system in which a computer installed in a home and a computer installed in an office are connected via a network, the computer installed in the home has a name of a program operated by the computer. , A history recording means for storing the start time and end time of the program as history data, and the computer installed in the office has a management means for managing the name of the program and a history stored in the history recording means. With reference to the history acquisition means for periodically reading out the data and the program name managed by the management means, only the history data concerning the work is extracted from the history data obtained by the history acquisition means, and the history data is stored in the history data. It is provided with a counting means for counting working hours based on the above.

With such a configuration, the start time and the end time when the program is operated on the personal computer side installed at home are recorded as history data. On the side of the computer installed in the office, when the history data is read out periodically, the history data regarding the work is judged according to the type of program and the history data is totaled. As a result, even when working at home, it is possible to obtain an accurate working time and perform a fair salary calculation according to the working time.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a communication system of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of personal computers 10-1, ..., 10 installed at home.
-N and the server computer 12 installed in the office
And are interconnected by a network 11.

The personal computer 10-1 is an information processing device used for work from home or for personal use. The server computer 12 is a personal computer 10-1,
... This is an information processing device for reading the work history on 10-n at regular intervals and totaling the work-at-home time.

First, the configuration of the personal computer 10-1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the personal computer 10-1 according to the first embodiment. Personal computer 10-
1 has a CPU 21, a memory 22, a screen display device 23, an input device 24, and a communication control device 25.

The CPU 21 controls the entire information processing including communication processing. On the memory 22, a screen control program 221 for controlling the screen display, a recording program 222 for recording the operation history of the business program, various business programs 223-1, ..., 223 operated for performing the business.
-J, a communication program 224 for controlling communication with the server computer 12, a business history data buffer 225 for storing the start time and end time of the business program as business history data, and display on the screen display device 23. Screen operation data buffer 2 for storing various icon data and screen data of business programs
26 are provided.

The screen display device 23 is, for example, an LCD (Liquor
id Crystal Display), which displays the data. Here, when operating the program,
The operation screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. Input device 24
Is composed of, for example, a keyboard and a mouse, and is for inputting and instructing data. The communication control device 25
It controls communication with the server computer 12 via the network 11.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of an operation screen of the personal computer 10-1 according to the first embodiment. On the operation screen of the personal computer 10-1, a business icon 31 to be selected when performing a business, a private icon 32 to be selected at the end of the business, and an operation screen 33 for each business program.
-1, ..., 33-j are provided.

In such a configuration, the business icon 3
Screen operation data by operating 1 or private icon 32 is
It is stored in the screen operation data buffer 226 of FIG. Further, the start time and the end time of the business job program performed on the operation screens 33-1 ... 33-j are stored in the business history data buffer 225 as the business history data.

Next, the processing flow of the personal computer 10-1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of the personal computer 10-1 in the first embodiment. Personal computer 10-1
When carrying out a business at home, the operator of 1 selects the business icon 31 on the operation screen of FIG. 3 and then starts operating the business programs 223-1, ..., 223-j (step A11).

In this case, when the work icon 31 is selected, it is considered that the work has started, and the start time at that time is recorded in the work history data buffer 225 by the recording program 222 (step A12).

Next, the operator operates the business program 223-
, ..., 223-j on the operation screens 33-1, ..., 33-j
(Step A13), and when the operation is completed, that is, when the work is completed, the private icon 32 is selected (Step A14).

In this case, when the private icon 32 is selected after the business icon 31 is selected, it is considered that the business is completed, and the end time at that time is recorded in the business history data buffer 225 by the recording program 222 (step A1).
5).

When the work is intermittently performed in this way, work history data indicating from the start to the end is added and recorded in the work history data buffer 225 each time. On the other hand, the server computer 12 reads out the work history data on the personal computers 10-1, ..., 10-n from the work history data buffer 225 and performs a work time totaling process.

Here, the configuration of the server computer 12 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server computer 12 in the first embodiment. The server computer 12 has a CPU 51, a memory 52, and a communication control device 53.

The CPU 51 controls the entire information processing including communication processing. On the memory 52, a totaling program 521 that calculates the work-at-home time based on the work history data on the personal computers 10-1, ..., 10-n, a communication program 522 that controls the communication control device 53, and each individual The total time management table 523 for managing the total time for each computer, the history data buffer 524 for temporarily storing the business history data read from each individual computer, and the total time management table 523 are used to calculate salaries. A payroll calculation program 525 for totaling is provided.

The communication control device 53 controls communication with the personal computers 10-1, ..., 10-n via the network 11. Here, the total time management table 523
Will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the structure of the total time management table 523 in the first embodiment. The tally time management table 523 includes a personal computer name 61, a tally time 62 corresponding to the personal computer name 61, and an employee number 63 of an employee.

For example, the total result of the work-at-home time of the employee "S-1" on the personal computer 10-1 is "T-1", and the work-at-home time of the employee "S-n" at 10-n is the same. The total result of is “T-n”.

Next, the processing flow of the server computer 12 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of the server computer 12 in the first embodiment. First, as an initial setting, "1" is set to the index i of the total time management table 523 (step B11).

Whether or not all entries have been scanned is checked by "i> number of personal computers n" (step B12). If there is an entry, the tallying program 521 takes out the personal computer name 61 in the i-th entry of the tallying time management table 523 and passes it to the communication program 522 (step B13).

The communication program 522 reads the work history data 225 from the personal computer name 61 into the history data buffer 524 (step B14). The tallying program 521 scans the history data buffer 524, tallies the operation times of the business programs 223-1, ..., 223-j, and stores this in the tallying time 62 (step B15). After this, i
= I + 1 (step B16).

On the other hand, when there is no entry, the salary calculation program 525 calculates the salary of the employee having the employee number 63 based on the total time 62 stored in the total time management table 523 (step B17). After the calculation, the payroll calculation program 525 clears the total time 62 of each entry of the total time management table 523 to zero for the next total (step B18).

The above processing is performed at regular intervals by utilizing the function of the operating system of the server computer 12. The fixed time is, for example, a preset time interval such as a weekly unit or a monthly unit. For this, for example, a method of designating a program start time by a script language may be used.

In this way, by designating that the personal computer 10-1 installed at home is a business, the start time and end time thereof are recorded as work history data of the business. On the side of the server computer 12 installed in the office, the work history data is periodically read and totaled. As a result, even when working at home, it is possible to obtain an accurate working time and perform a fair salary calculation according to the working time.

In the first embodiment, the time when the private icon 32 is operated after the business icon 31 is operated on the operation screen shown in FIG. 3 is determined as the business end time. The time when the computer 10-1 is stopped may be determined as the business end time.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the communication system of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of personal computers 10-1, ..., 1 installed at home.
0-n and server computer 1 installed in the office
2 and 2 are connected to each other by a network 11.

The personal computer 10-1 is an information processing device used for work from home or for personal use. The server computer 12 is a personal computer 10-1,
... This is an information processing device for reading the work history on 10-n at regular intervals and totaling the work-at-home time.

First, the configuration of the personal computer 10-1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the personal computer 10-1 according to the second embodiment. Personal computer 10-
1 has a CPU 81, a memory 82, a screen display device 83, an input device 84, and a communication control device 85.

The CPU 81 controls the entire information processing including communication processing. On the memory 82, a screen control program 821 for controlling the screen display, a recording program 822 for recording the operation history of the program, a program 823-1 for operating for any purpose (business or private), ..., 82
3-j, a communication program 824 that controls communication with the server computer 12, a history data buffer 825 for storing the start time and end time of the program as history data, and displayed on the screen display device 83. A screen operation data buffer 826 for storing the screen data of the program is provided.

The screen display device 83 is, for example, an LCD (Liquor
id Crystal Display), which displays the data. Here, when operating the program,
The operation screen as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. Input device 84
Is composed of, for example, a keyboard and a mouse, and is for inputting and instructing data. The communication control device 85
It controls communication with the server computer 12 via the network 11.

FIG. 9 is a view showing the arrangement of the operation screen of the personal computer 10-1 according to the second embodiment. .., 91-j of each program are provided in the operation screen of the personal computer 10-1.

Next, the flow of processing of the personal computer 10-1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of the personal computer 10-1 according to the second embodiment. Personal computer 10
-1, the operator at home is program 823-1, ...,
The operation of 823-j is started (step C11). At this time, the start times of the programs 823-1, ..., 823-j are recorded in the history data buffer 8 by the recording program 822.
25 is recorded (step C12).

The operator uses the programs 823-1, ..., 8
23-j is operated on the operation screens 91-1, ..., 91-j (step C13). When the operation ends, the end time is recorded by the recording program 822.
25 is recorded (step C14).

When the operation is intermittently performed for business or personal use in this way, history data indicating from the start to the end is added and recorded in the history data buffer 825 each time.

On the other hand, the server computer 12 reads out the history data on the personal computers 10-1, ..., 10-n from the history data buffer 825 to perform the working time totaling process.

Here, the configuration of the server computer 12 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server computer 12 in the second embodiment. The server computer 12 has a CPU 11
1, a memory 112, and a communication control device 113.

The CPU 111 controls the entire information processing including communication processing. On the memory 112, a totaling program 112a for calculating the work-at-home time based on each history data on the personal computers 10-1, ..., 10-n,
Communication program 112 for controlling communication control device 113
b, a total time management table 112c for managing total time for each individual computer, a history data buffer 112d for temporarily storing history data read from each individual computer, total time management table 1
12c and a business program name table 112f are used to provide a payroll calculation program 112e for calculating a salary and a business program name table 112f in which the names of business programs are registered.

Here, the structure of the total time management table 112c will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the configuration of the total time management table 112c in the second embodiment. The total time management table 112c includes the personal computer name 121 and the total time 12 corresponding to the personal computer name 121.
2. The employee number 123 of the employee.

For example, the total result of the work-at-home time of the employee "S-1" on the personal computer 10-1 is "T-1", and the work-at-home time of the employee "S-n" at 10-n is the same. The total result of is “T-n”.

Next, the processing flow of the server computer 12 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of the server computer 12 in the second embodiment. First, as an initial setting, "1" is set to the index i of the total time management table 112c (step D11).

Whether or not all the entries have been scanned is checked by "i> number of personal computers n" (step D12). If there is an entry, the tallying program 112a retrieves the personal computer name C-1 in the i-th entry of the tallying time management table 112c and passes it to the communication program 112b (step D13).

The communication program 112b reads the history data 825 from the personal computer name 121 into the history data buffer 112d (step D14). The totaling program 112a extracts only the program names registered in the business program name table 112f from the program operation history on the history data buffer 112d, totalizes the operation times of the business programs, and totals the total time 122 (Step D15). Then, in order to proceed to the next entry, i = i + 1 is set (step D16).

On the other hand, when there is no entry, the payroll calculation program 112e determines the total time management table 112c.
Employee number 12 based on the total time 122 stored in
The salaries of the employees of No. 3 are calculated (step D17). After the calculation, the payroll calculation program 112e clears the total time 122 of each entry of the total time management table 112c to zero for the next total (step D18).

The above processing is performed at regular intervals by utilizing the function of the operating system of the server computer 12. The fixed time is, for example, a preset time interval such as a weekly unit or a monthly unit. For this, for example, a method of designating a program start time by a script language may be used.

In this way, the start time and end time when the program is operated on the personal computer 10-1 side installed at home is recorded as history data of the operation. On the side of the server computer 13 installed in the office, when the history data is read out periodically, the history data regarding the work is judged according to the type of program,
The history data is totaled. As a result, even when working at home, it is possible to obtain an accurate working time and perform a fair salary calculation according to the working time.

[0055]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a communication system in which a computer installed in a home and a computer installed in an office are connected by a network, the personal computer installed in the home can perform work. By designating that there is something, the start time and end time are recorded as work history data, and the work history data is regularly read and aggregated by the computer installed in the office. Even if you do, you can get an accurate working time and you can do a fair salary calculation according to the working time.

In the communication system, the start time and end time when the program is operated on the personal computer installed at home are recorded as history data, and the history is recorded on the computer installed in the office. Accurate working hours can be obtained in the same manner as above by determining historical data related to work according to the type of program when data is read out periodically and collecting the historical data. It is possible to perform fair payroll calculations.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a personal computer according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of an operation screen of a personal computer according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the personal computer according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a server computer according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a total time management table of a server computer according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the server computer according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a personal computer according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display screen of a personal computer according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of a personal computer according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server computer according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the configuration of a total time management table of a server computer according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the server computer according to the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10-1, 10-n ... Personal computer 11 ... Network 12 ... Server computer 22 ... Memory 31 ... Business icon 32 ... Private icon

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A communication system in which a computer installed in a home and a computer installed in an office are connected by a network, and the computer installed in the home is used for designating whether the purpose of use is business or private. The designating means and the time designated as the business by the designating means are judged as the start time of the business, and after the business is designated by the designating means, the designated means is for private use. Determination means for determining the specified time or the time when the computer is stopped as the end time of the task, and the task of storing the start time and the end time of the task determined by the determination means as task history data A computer equipped with a history recording means, and the computer installed in the above-mentioned office serves as the business history recording means. A communication system, comprising: history acquisition means for periodically reading the received business history data; and totaling means for totaling the working hours based on the business history data obtained by the history acquisition means. 2. In a communication system in which a computer installed in a home and a computer installed in an office are connected by a network, the computer installed in the home has a name of a program operated and a start time of the program. The computer installed in the office has a history recording unit for storing the end time as history data, and a history unit for periodically reading out the history data stored in the history recording unit and a management unit for managing the name of the program. With reference to the acquisition means and the program name managed by the management means, only the history data regarding the work is extracted from the history data obtained by the history acquisition means, and the working hours are totalized based on the history data. A communication system comprising an aggregating means. 3. The computer installed in the office is provided with a means for inputting a result of counting working hours to a payroll calculation system, and the working hours are reflected in payroll calculation. Communication system. 4. A telecommuting time management method for a communication system in which a computer installed at home and a computer installed at office are connected by a network, wherein the computer installed at home is used for business or private use. It has an operation screen for specifying whether or not it is, and the time when the business is specified on this operation screen is judged as the start time of the business, and after the business is specified, I Is designated as the business end time, or the time when the computer is stopped is determined as the end time of the business, and the start time and end time are stored in the business history recording memory as business history data. The computer installed in the office regularly reads out the work history data stored in the work history recording memory, and Telecommuting time management method is characterized in that so as to aggregate working times based on historical data. 5. A telecommuting time management method for a communication system in which a computer installed in a home and a computer installed in an office are connected by a network, wherein the computer installed in the home is the name of an operated program, The start time and end time of the program are stored as history data in the history recording memory, and the computer installed in the office has a management table for managing the name of the program and is stored in the history recording memory. The history data is read periodically, only the history data related to the work is extracted from the history data by referring to the program name managed by the management table, and the working hours are calculated based on the history data. A work-at-home time management method characterized in that