JPH11289587A - Time-designated operation terminal managing method and system device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively utilize and reduce time for time-designated operation terminal managing processing by transmitting a command including an action executing time to each terminal from a managing center so as to simultaneously executed the action and receiving a report including an action executing result from each terminal. SOLUTION: The command is transmitted from the managing center 2a to each of all the terminals 2a1, 2a2,..., 2an so as to prevent the transmission from overlapping at the same time before an action executing time T0 and to transmit an action executing instruction to an executing time managing means of each terminal from the executing time managing means at the time T0 to allow each pertinent action executing means to simultaneously execute the action. The transmission of the command to each terminal from the center 1a can be executed any time before the time T0 so that the congestion of traffic is avoided by having a transmitting time deviated to each terminal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a management system in which a plurality of terminals installed in remote locations are operated by these terminals at predetermined times, and the execution results are centrally managed. The present invention relates to a method for managing a time designation operation terminal by a center and a system device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, at a plurality of terminals installed at remote locations, action instructions are sequentially issued from a management center that manages the terminals in order to simultaneously execute some action at a certain timing common to the terminals. Time specified operation terminal management was performed.

[0003] The prior art will be described below with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a conventional time designation operation terminal management system device, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a communication sequence in FIG.

The conventional time designation operation terminal management system device γ comprises a management center 1c for managing a plurality of terminals, and n kth terminals 2ck (k = 1) connected to the management center 1c and executing an action. , 2,..., N: n is an arbitrary natural number). However, it is assumed that the k-th terminal 2ck is represented as one terminal representing all terminals of the total number n of terminals, and the same applies hereinafter. Therefore, the management center 1c is connected to each terminal.

[0005] The management center 1c includes a target terminal address storage unit 3c for transmitting the terminal address Bck of the k-th terminal 2ck for which an action is to be performed, and an action execution management unit 15 for transmitting an action execution instruction at an action execution request time. A command transmitting unit 5c for receiving the terminal address Bck and the action execution instruction and transmitting a command to the k-th terminal 2ck, and receiving a report from the k-th terminal 2ck and transmitting an action execution result Ack It has a report receiving means 6c for transmitting and an action execution result accumulating means 7c for receiving and accumulating the action execution result Ack and performing management processing.

[0006] The k-th terminal 2ck receives the command from the management center 1c and transmits an action execution instruction. The k-th terminal 2ck receives the action execution instruction and executes the action. Ack sending action execution means 10c and the center address C which is the address of the management center 1c.
and a report transmitting unit 12c for receiving the action execution result Ack and the center address Cc and transmitting the report to the management center 1c.

[0007] In executing the action simultaneously to all the terminals 2c1, 2c2, ..., 2cn, the k-th terminal 2ck
To execute the action, first, the management center 1c
, The target terminal address storage means 3c stores the k-th terminal 2c of the action execution target stored in itself.
The terminal address Bck of k is transmitted to the command transmitting means 5c.

The action execution managing means 15 transmits an action execution instruction to the command transmitting means 5c when the action execution request time comes. The command transmission unit 5c receives the terminal address Bck and the action execution instruction, creates a command from the action execution instruction, and transmits the command to the k-th terminal 2ck described in the terminal address Bck. .

Next, in the k-th terminal 2ck, the command receiving means 8c receives the command from the command transmitting means 5c, extracts the action execution instruction in the command, and executes the action executing means 10c Send to The action execution unit 10c receives the action execution instruction, executes an action at the k-th terminal 2ck, and executes an action execution result Ack
Is transmitted to the report transmitting means 12c.

Further, the center address storage means 11c
The center address Cc of the management center 1c stored therein is transmitted to the report transmission unit 12c. The report transmission unit 12c receives the action execution result Ack and the center address Cc, creates a report from the action execution result Ack, and transmits the report to the management center 1c described in the center address Cc.

[0011] Again, in the management center 1c, the report receiving means 6c receives the report from the report transmitting means 12c, extracts the action execution result Ack from the report, and sends it to the action execution result storage means 7c. Send. The action execution result accumulating means 7c receives the action execution result Ack, accumulates the action execution result Ack at any time, takes out the action execution result Ack at an arbitrary time, and performs necessary processing on the action execution result Ack in a timely manner. Perform management processing.

The above-described action execution procedure is performed for all terminals 2c.
In order to perform the commands up to 1, 2c2,..., 2cn, the command is transmitted from the management center 1c to each of the terminals 2c1, 2c2,. Also, the transmission of the report may be transmitted at a fixed time after the action is executed in each terminal.

Referring to FIG. 6, the transmission of the action execution instruction in the command from the management center 1c to each terminal is performed in the order from the first terminal 2c1 to the n-th terminal 2cn. The time required for the action instruction, which is the average time lag of command transmission, is Δt,
The action execution start time of the terminal 2c1 is T0.

The action execution start time of the second terminal 2c2 is T0 + Δt, the action execution start time of the nth terminal 2cn is T0 + (n-1) Δt,
A maximum delay time (n-1) Δt between the terminals has occurred,
Similarly, the maximum delay time (n-
1) Δt occurs.

[0015]

Therefore, in the time-designated operation terminal management, the action execution start is not performed at the same time, and the maximum delay time (n-1) Δt of the action execution start time between the terminals is set to a certain value. In many cases, it is necessary to keep the time within the time, and when the total terminal number n or the value of the required action instruction time Δt is large, the number of management centers is increased, or a high-performance management center with a small required action instruction time Δt The size of the equipment had to be made large by installing such equipment.

In addition, in the time designation operation terminal management, excessive traffic congestion occurs around the action execution time T0 in the management center 1c due to concentration of transmission processing, so that the burden on the management center 1c is large. Accordingly, if the action execution time of each terminal is the same, even if a certain period of time is left after the action is executed at each terminal, reception of the action execution result Ack in the report at the management center in the vicinity of the reception time is performed. Excessive traffic congestion occurs due to the concentration of processing, and the burden on the management center 1c is increased.

In addition, although excessive traffic congestion occurs only around the action execution time T0 and the reception time of the action execution result Ack, communication hardly occurs during other times. It was not used effectively. Further, when communication becomes impossible due to the traffic congestion, retransmission of data frequently occurs, and as a result, it may take a long time.

Here, the main objects to be solved by the present invention are as follows. A first object of the present invention is to provide a time-designated operation terminal management method and a system device that can prevent occurrence of a delay time in the action execution time of each terminal.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a time-designated operation terminal management method and a system device capable of reducing the burden on the management center.

A third object of the present invention is to provide a time-designated operation terminal management method and a system device capable of effectively utilizing and reducing the time of the time-designated operation terminal management.

Other objects of the present invention are as follows:
In particular, it will be obvious from the description of each claim in the claims.

[0022]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has a function of designating at least an action execution time for each terminal in advance, and managing an action execution result of a plurality of terminals. And a plurality of terminals connected to the management center and having at least a clock and a timer function for controlling at least the action execution in advance. Transmitting a command including the action execution time at the action execution time, receiving a command including the command, transmitting a report including the action execution time from the terminal to the management center, The management center has a feature of a method of receiving the report and managing the action execution result.

More specifically, in solving the problem, the present invention achieves the above object by adopting a novel characteristic construction method or means ranging from a superordinate concept to a subordinate concept as listed below. Is done.

That is, a first feature of the method of the present invention is that remote control of a reservation instruction for setting an action execution time is remotely performed for each terminal, and the action execution result returned from each executed terminal is remotely controlled. The present invention resides in adopting a configuration of a time designation operation terminal management method which is centrally managed.

The second feature of the method of the present invention is that remote reservation control of reservation of both setting of the action execution time and the action execution result notification time is performed for each terminal, and the setting is performed from each of the executed terminals. The present invention resides in adopting a configuration of a time-designated operation terminal management method in which an action execution result returned at a time is centrally managed remotely.

According to a third feature of the method of the present invention, the setting of the action execution time or the action execution result notification time in the first or second feature of the method of the present invention is the same as that of the clock function or the timer function newly installed in each terminal. The present invention resides in adopting a configuration of a time designation operation terminal management method using a set.

A fourth feature of the method of the present invention resides in that a time designation is performed in which the centralized remote control and the remote centralized management in the first, second or third aspect of the above-mentioned method of the present invention are performed centrally in a management center. The present invention lies in the configuration adoption of the operation terminal management method.

A fifth feature of the method of the present invention is that the reservation instruction in the first, second, third or fourth feature of the method of the present invention is executed with a time difference staggered for each terminal. It is in the configuration adoption of the time designation operation terminal management method.

A sixth feature of the method of the present invention is that the action execution result in the first, second, third, fourth or fifth feature of the above-described method of the present invention is obtained by shifting a time difference for each terminal. The present invention resides in adopting the configuration of the time designation operation terminal management method that is notified.

A seventh feature of the method of the present invention is that, when executing an action in a plurality of terminals simultaneously, a command including an action execution time is transmitted from the management center to each terminal, and each terminal simultaneously executes the action execution time simultaneously. An action is executed, a report including an action execution result is transmitted from each terminal to the management center, and the management center employs a configuration of a time-designated operation terminal management method in which management processing is performed using the action execution result.

According to an eighth feature of the method of the present invention, the command in the seventh feature of the method of the present invention includes an execution result notification time in addition to the action execution time, and the transmission of the report includes
The present invention resides in adopting a configuration of a time designation operation terminal management method performed at each terminal at an individual execution result notification time.

According to a ninth feature of the method of the present invention, the transmission of the command in the seventh or eighth feature of the method of the present invention is performed by transmitting the command simultaneously with the terminal address which is the address of each terminal, and the transmission of the report is performed. And a method of managing a time-designated operation terminal, which is transmitted in synchronization with the center address which is the address of the management center.

A tenth feature of the method of the present invention is that the transmission of the command in the seventh, eighth or ninth feature of the above-described method of the present invention is not simultaneous with each terminal at any time before the action execution time. The time-specified operation terminal management method which is performed in such a way as to be shifted is in a proper adoption.

The eleventh feature of the method of the present invention is the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, or tenth feature of the method of the present invention. The action execution result lies in the adoption of the configuration of the time-designated operation terminal management method in which the result of the action execution is the right or wrong of the action execution and the identification information of the terminal that is the subject of the action execution.

A twelfth feature of the method of the present invention is that the management center according to the seventh, eighth, ninth or tenth feature of the method of the present invention transmits a report, which is a subject of action execution, in receiving a report. An object of the present invention is to adopt a configuration of a time designation operation terminal management method in which identification information is created from an identification result of an original terminal and additionally included in the action execution result having the right or wrong of the action execution.

A thirteenth feature of the method of the present invention is that the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh of the method of the present invention are described. Alternatively, the action execution result in the twelfth aspect is in the configuration adoption of the time designation operation terminal management method including supplementary items in the action execution.

A fourteenth feature of the method of the present invention is that the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh of the above-described method of the present invention. In the twelfth or thirteenth feature, the action execution time or the execution result notification time is measured by using the same internal clock, and the time designation operation terminal management method is adopted.

A fifteenth feature of the method of the present invention is the ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth or first feature of the above-described method of the present invention.
The terminal address and the center address in the feature of item 4 are
This is a number of a public communication line, and the present invention has a configuration of a time designation operation terminal management method in which transmission is performed via the public communication line.

A sixteenth feature of the method of the present invention resides in that the management processing in the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, or fifteenth feature of the above-described method of the present invention is performed. Another aspect of the present invention resides in adopting a configuration of a time-designated operation terminal management method that accumulates action execution results and extracts and executes action execution results at an arbitrary time.

The seventeenth feature of the method of the present invention is the same as the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, or sixteenth feature of the above-described method of the present invention. The transmission of the report consists in adopting the configuration of the time-designated operation terminal management method in which the transmission of the report is performed at a fixed time after the execution of the action.

An eighteenth feature of the method of the present invention is that the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh of the method of the present invention are described. , Twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth,
The action in the fifteenth, sixteenth, or seventeenth feature lies in the adoption of the configuration of the time designation operation terminal management method that is different for each terminal.

A first feature of the system apparatus of the present invention is that in a time designation operation terminal management system apparatus for simultaneously executing an action in a plurality of terminals, a command including an action execution time is transmitted to each terminal, and an action execution result is obtained. Of a terminal management system that has a management center that receives reports containing information from each terminal and a plurality of terminals that are connected to the management center and execute actions simultaneously at the time of action execution. is there.

A second feature of the system device of the present invention is that the command in the first feature of the system device of the present invention is as follows.
The present invention includes a configuration of a time designation operation terminal management system device that includes an execution result notification time in addition to an action execution time, and that transmits a report at the execution result notification time.

A third feature of the system device of the present invention is that the management center according to the first feature of the system device of the present invention includes a target terminal address storage unit for transmitting a terminal address, and a designated time for executing an action common to each terminal. Action execution time designation means for transmitting an action execution time, a command transmission means for receiving a terminal address and an action execution time and transmitting a command to each terminal, and receiving a report from each terminal to obtain an action execution result. The present invention resides in adopting a configuration of a time designation operation terminal management system device including a report receiving means for transmitting, and an action execution result accumulating means for receiving and storing an action execution result from the report receiving means and performing management processing.

A fourth feature of the system device of the present invention is that the management center according to the second feature of the present system device is characterized in that a target terminal address accumulating means for transmitting a terminal address and a time designation of an action execution common to each terminal. Action execution time designation means for transmitting an action execution time as an instruction, execution result notification time designation means for receiving a terminal address and transmitting an execution result notification time, and receiving a terminal address, an action execution time and an execution result notification time Command sending means to send commands to each terminal, report receiving means to receive reports from each terminal and send action execution results, and receive, accumulate and manage action execution results from report receiving means And a time designation operation terminal management system device having an action execution result accumulation means for performing processing. In the adopted adult.

A fifth feature of the system device of the present invention is that each terminal in the first or third feature of the above-described system device of the present invention is a command receiving means for receiving a command from the management center and transmitting an action execution time. Action execution time management means for receiving an action execution time and transmitting an action execution instruction at the action execution time, action execution means for receiving the action execution instruction, executing the action and transmitting the action execution result, and a center address And a report transmission means for receiving the action execution result and the center address and transmitting a report to the management center.

A sixth feature of the system device of the present invention is that each terminal in the second or fourth feature of the above-described system device of the present invention receives a command from the management center and sets an action execution time and an execution result notification time. Command receiving means for sending, action execution time management means for receiving an action execution time and sending an action execution instruction at the action execution time, and action for receiving the action execution instruction and executing the action and transmitting the action execution result Execution means, execution result notification time management means for receiving the execution result notification time and transmitting a report transmission instruction at the execution result notification time, center address storage means for transmitting the center address, action execution result and report transmission instruction, Report that receives the center address and sends the report to the management center In the configuration adopting timed operation terminal management system apparatus comprising and a signal means.

The seventh feature of the system device of the present invention is that the action execution result in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth feature of the above-described system device of the present invention is a The present invention resides in adopting a configuration of a time designation operation terminal management system device including identification information of each terminal.

The eighth feature of the system device of the present invention resides in that the report receiving means in the third, fourth, fifth or sixth feature of the above-mentioned system device of the present invention is arranged such that the report receiving means determines the source of the report based on the identification result in receiving the report. The present invention resides in adopting a configuration of a time designation operation terminal management system device having a function of creating identification information of a terminal and additionally including the identification information in an action execution result.

The ninth feature of the system device of the present invention is that the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and fifth aspects of the system device of the present invention described above.
The sixth, seventh, or eighth feature resides in adopting a configuration of a time designation operation terminal management system device in which the management center and each terminal are connected via a public communication line.

A tenth feature of the system device of the present invention is that the action execution time management means in the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, or ninth feature of the system device of the present invention is a general-purpose real-time clock IC. The present invention resides in adopting a configuration of a time designation operation terminal management system device having an internal clock.

The eleventh feature of the system device of the present invention is that the execution result notification time management means in the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth or tenth feature of the system device of the present invention is a general-purpose real-time clock IC. The present invention resides in adopting a configuration of a time designation operation terminal management system device having an internal clock.

The twelfth feature of the system device of the present invention is that the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and first features of the system device of the present invention described above.
The action execution time management means and the execution result notification time management means according to the zeroth or eleventh aspect are characterized by adopting a configuration of a time designation operation terminal management system apparatus sharing an internal clock which is a general-purpose real-time clock IC.

A thirteenth feature of the system device of the present invention is that the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and tenth aspects of the system device of the present invention described above. Eleventh or first
The action in the second feature lies in the adoption of the configuration of the time designation operation terminal management system apparatus which is a different execution operation in each terminal.

A fourteenth feature of the system device of the present invention is that the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and tenth aspects of the system device of the present invention are described above. Eleventh, twelfth
Alternatively, the management center according to the thirteenth feature adopts a configuration of a time designation operation terminal management system apparatus in which each terminal sends a terminal address and a command to each terminal, and each terminal sends a center address and a report to the management center. is there.

According to a fifteenth feature of the system device of the present invention, the command transmitting means in the fourteenth feature of the system device of the present invention transmits the terminal address to the command receiving means together with the command, and the report transmitting means transmits the report receiving command. The present invention resides in adopting a configuration of a time designation operation terminal management system device which transmits a center address to a means together with a report.

[0057]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a system device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. .

(Example 1 of System Apparatus) An example of this system apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a time designation operation terminal management system device of the present system device example.

The time designation operation terminal management system device α of the present system device example is a management center 1 for managing a plurality of terminals.
a and n-th k-th terminals 2ak (k = 1, 2,..., n: n) connected to the management center 1a and executing an action
n is an arbitrary natural number). However, for the purpose of comparison with the above-mentioned conventional technology, the description is combined with the above-mentioned conventional technology. It is assumed that the k-th terminal 2ak is represented as one terminal representing all terminals of the total number n of terminals, and so on. Therefore, the management center 1a is actually connected to each terminal.

The management center 1a is provided with a target terminal address storage means 3a for transmitting the terminal address Bak of the k-th terminal 2ak of the action execution target, and an action execution time T0 which is a designated time of the action execution common to the terminals. , An action execution time designation means 4a for transmitting the terminal address Bak and the action execution time T0.
Command transmitting means 5a for receiving a command and transmitting a command to the k-th terminal 2ak; a report receiving means 6a for receiving a report from the k-th terminal 2ak and transmitting an action execution result Aak; Result A
and an action execution result accumulating means 7a for receiving and accumulating ak and performing management processing.

The k-th terminal 2ak receives a command from the management center 1a and transmits a command execution time T0 extracted by the command reception means 8a. The k-th terminal 2ak receives the action execution time T0 and transmits an action execution time T0. Action execution time management means 9a for transmitting an action execution instruction to T0, action execution means 10a for receiving and setting the action execution instruction, executing an action and transmitting an action execution result Aak, and a center for transmitting the center address Ca Address storage means 11a;
A report transmitting unit 12a that receives the action execution result Aak and the center address Ca and transmits the report to the management center 1a.

The terminal address Bak and the center address Ca are determined by the command transmission
a and the report transmission means 12a indicate information capable of uniquely identifying the transmission destination. For example, when each of the terminals is independently connected to a telephone line or a public communication line such as ISDN, The number of the public communication line can be used for the terminal address Bak and the center address Ca.

The action execution time management means 9
a requires a clock and an alarm function internally, and a commercially available inexpensive general-purpose real-time clock IC or the like can be used as the internal clock.

(Method Example 1) This method example 1 is applied to the system apparatus example 1 and will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the communication sequence in FIG.

In executing the action to all the terminals 2a1, 2a2,..., 2an all at once, the k-th terminal 2ak
To execute an action, first, the management center 1a
, The target terminal address storage means 3a stores the k-th terminal 2a of the action execution target stored in itself.
The terminal address Bak of k is transmitted to the command transmission unit 5a, and the action execution time designation unit 4a transmits the action execution time T0 to the command transmission unit 5a at an arbitrary time before the action execution time T0.

The command transmitting means 5a receives the terminal address Bak and the action execution time T0, creates a command from the action execution time T0, and generates a command from the kth terminal 2 described in the terminal address Bak.
The command is transmitted to ak.

Next, in the k-th terminal 2ak, the command receiving means 8a receives the command from the command transmitting means 5a, extracts the action execution time T0 in the command, and extracts the action execution time T0. The action execution time management means 9
a receives the action execution time T0, sets its own internal clock, and when the time reaches the action execution time T0, sends an action execution instruction to the action execution means 10a.
Send to

The action execution means 10a receives the action execution instruction, executes the action at the k-th terminal 2ak, and obtains the action execution result Aa
k is transmitted to the report transmitting unit 12a, and the center address storing unit 11a transmits the center address Ca of the management center 1a stored therein to the report transmitting unit 12a.

The report transmitting means 12a receives the action execution result Aak and the center address Ca, creates a report from the action execution result Aak, and sends the report to the management center 1a described in the center address Ca. Send

Again, in the management center 1a, the report receiving means 6a receives the report from the report transmitting means 12a, extracts the action execution result Aak from the report, and sends it to the action execution result storage means 7a. Send. The action execution result accumulating means 7a receives the action execution result Aak, accumulates the action execution result Aak in itself, performs necessary processing on the action execution result Aak in a timely manner, and performs management processing.

Here, the action execution result Aak
May include not only the success or failure of the action execution but also supplementary matters. The supplementary information is information on each situation when the result of the action execution covers a plurality of modes.

The action execution result Aak includes the identification information of the terminal that is the subject of the action execution. The identification information of the terminal that executes the action is created by the action execution unit 10a of the k-th terminal 2ak, or is identified by the report reception unit 6a of the management center 1a. It may be created from the results and included.

The procedure for executing the above-described action is performed on all terminals 2a.
1, 2a2,..., 2an, the command is sent from the management center 1a to all the terminals 2a1, 2a2,
, And 2an before the action execution time T0 so as not to overlap with the same time, and the action execution time T0 stores the action execution time management means 9a of each terminal.
Sends an action execution instruction to the action execution means 10a, and the action execution means 10a of each terminal simultaneously executes the actions.

Further, the transmission of the report by each terminal may be performed at a certain time after the execution of the action at each terminal so that the transmission and the reception are not performed simultaneously in the management center 1a.

Referring to FIG. 2, the command may be transmitted from management center 1a to each terminal at any time before the action execution time T0, and the transmission time to each terminal may be shifted. The management center 1a
It is possible to avoid excessive traffic congestion due to the concentration of the transmission processing, reduce the load on the management center 1a during the transmission processing, and eliminate the retransmission of communication, so that the transmission processing can be completed in a short time. Can be.

The delay time of the action execution time T0 between the terminals is caused only by an error in the internal clock of the action execution time management means 9a of each terminal, and the actions can be executed almost simultaneously.

However, if the action execution time of each terminal is equal, on the other hand, the management center 1a
The transmission of the report to the management center 1a is performed almost at the same time, so that excessive traffic congestion occurs due to the concentration of the reception processing of the management center 1a because the delay time between the terminals does not occur as in the conventional technique. .

In the above description of the method example, it is assumed that the action of each terminal has been previously negotiated between the management center 1a and each terminal. It is also possible to specify each action execution and use multiple actions.

Further, in addition to the command, the terminal address Bak is transmitted together with the command from the command transmitting means 5a to the command receiving means 8a, and the command receiving means 8a checks whether the command has been transmitted to a normal address. Alternatively, the center address Ca may be transmitted together with the report from the report transmission unit 12a to the report reception unit 6a, and the report reception unit 6a may check whether the report has been transmitted to a normal address. Is also good.

(Example 2 of System Apparatus) This example of the system apparatus is an improvement of the above-described example 1 of the system apparatus.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the time designation operation terminal management system device of the present system device example.

The time designation operation terminal management system device β of the present system device example is a management center 1 for managing a plurality of terminals.
b and n-th k-th terminals 2bk (k = 1, 2,..., n: n) connected to the management center 1b and executing an action
n is an arbitrary natural number). However, for the purpose of comparison with the above-mentioned conventional technology, the description is combined with the above-mentioned conventional technology. It is assumed that the k-th terminal 2bk is represented as one terminal representing all terminals of the total number n of terminals, and so on. Therefore, the management center 1b and each terminal are actually connected.

Further, an individual result time at each terminal for transmitting a center address Cb and a report to the management center 1b after completion of the action execution at the k-th terminal 2bk is defined as an execution result notification time tk.

The management center 1b includes a target terminal address storage means 3b for transmitting the terminal address Bbk of the k-th terminal 2bk to be subjected to the action, and an action execution time T0 which is a designated time of the action execution common to all the terminals.
, An execution result notification time specifying unit 13 that receives the terminal address Bbk and transmits an execution result notification time tk, the terminal address Bbk, the action execution time T0, and the execution result. A command transmitting means 5b for receiving a notification time tk and transmitting a command to the k-th terminal 2bk;
A report receiving unit 6b for receiving the report from the terminal 2bk and transmitting an action execution result Abk, and an action execution result storage unit 7b for receiving and storing the action execution result Abk for management processing.

The k-th terminal 2bk receives a command from the management center 1b, and receives command extraction means 8b for transmitting the action execution time T0 and the execution result notification time tk, and the action execution time T0.
Execution time management means 9b for receiving an action set and transmitting an action execution instruction at action execution time T0
An action execution unit 10b that receives the action execution instruction, executes the action, and transmits the action execution result Abk, and receives and sets the execution result notification time tk, and issues a report transmission instruction at the execution result notification time tk. Execution result notification time management means 14 to transmit, and center address storage means 11 to transmit the center address Cb
b, and a report transmitting unit 12b that receives the action execution result Abk, the report transmission instruction, and the center address Cb and transmits the report to the management center 1b.

The terminal address Bbk and the center address Cb are determined by the command transmission means 5
b and the report transmission means 12b indicate information capable of uniquely identifying a transmission destination. For example, when each of the terminals is independently connected to a telephone line or a public communication line such as ISDN, The number of the public communication line can be used for the terminal address Bbk and the center address Cb.

The action execution management means 9b and the execution result notification time management means 14 need a clock and an alarm function internally, and use a commercially available inexpensive general-purpose real-time clock IC or the like as the internal clock. It is also possible to share the internal clock within the k-th terminal 2bk, thereby preventing mutual errors from occurring.

(Method Example 2) The method example 2 is applied to the system apparatus example 2 and will be described with reference to FIG. 3 and FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the communication sequence in FIG.

In executing the action to all the terminals 2b1, 2b2,..., 2bn all at once, the k-th terminal 2bk
To execute the action, first, the management center 1b
, The target terminal address storage means 3b stores the k-th terminal 2b of the action execution target stored in itself.
k terminal address Bbk and execution result notification time designation means 1
3 and the command transmission means 5b, and the execution result notification time designation means 13 receives the terminal address Bbk, and outputs the k-th terminal 2 described in the terminal address Bbk.
An execution time notification time tk corresponding to bk is transmitted to the command transmission means.

The action execution time designation means 4b
Transmits the action execution time T0 to the command transmission means 5b at an arbitrary time before the action execution time T0. The command transmission means 5b is configured to transmit the terminal address B
bk, the execution time notification time tk, and the action execution time T0, and creates a command from the execution time notification time tk and the action execution time T0;
The k-th terminal 2bk described in the terminal address Bbk
To send the command.

Next, in the k-th terminal 2bk, the command receiving means 8b receives the command from the command transmitting means 5b, and executes the action execution time T0 and the execution time notification time tk in the command. And transmits the action execution time T0 to the action execution time management means 9b.

Further, the execution time notification time tk is transmitted to the execution result notification time management means 14. The action execution time management means 9b receives the action execution time T0, sets its own internal clock, and transmits an action execution instruction to the action execution means 10b when the action execution time T0 is reached.

The action execution means 10b receives the action execution instruction, executes the action at the k-th terminal 2bk, and executes the action execution result Ab.
k to the report transmitting means 12b, and the execution result notification time management means 14 receives the execution time notification time tk, sets its own internal clock, and, when the execution result notification time tk is reached, reports The transmitting instruction is transmitted to the report transmitting means 12b, and the center address storing means 11b is transmitted.
Transmits the center address Cb of the management center 1b stored therein to the report transmitting means 12b.

The report transmission means 12b receives the action execution result Abk and the center address Cb, creates a report from the action execution result Abk, and writes the report to the center address Cb when receiving the report transmission instruction. The report is transmitted to the management center 1b.

In the management center 1b again, the report receiving means 6b receives the report from the report transmitting means 12b, extracts the action execution result Abk from the report, and sends it to the action execution result storage means 7b. Send. The action execution result accumulating means 7b receives the action execution result Abk, accumulates the action execution result Abk in itself, performs necessary processing on the action execution result Abk in a timely manner, and performs management processing.

Here, the action execution result Abk
May include not only the success or failure of the action execution but also supplementary matters. The supplementary information is information on each situation when the result of the action execution covers a plurality of modes. The action execution result Abk includes the identification information of the terminal that is the subject of the action execution. The identification information of the terminal executing the action is created by the action execution unit 10b of the k-th terminal 2bk, or is identified by the report reception unit 6b of the management center 1b. It may be created from the results and included.

The above procedure for executing the action is performed by all terminals 2b.
1, 2b2,..., 2bn, the command is sent from the management center 1b to the all terminals 2b1, 2b2,
, 2bn, and the action execution time T
At 0, an action execution instruction is transmitted from the action execution time management means 9b of each terminal to the action execution means 10b.

The action execution means 10b of each terminal executes an action simultaneously at the same time, and the report is sent to all the terminals 2b1, 2b2,
, And 2bn are transmitted to the management center 1b at the set individual execution result notification times tk.

Further, the transmission of the report by each terminal may be performed by adjusting the execution result notification time tk in the management center 1b so that transmission and reception are not performed simultaneously.

Referring to FIG. 4, the transmission of the command from management center 1b to each terminal may be performed any time before the action execution time T0, and the transmission time to each terminal is shifted. Thereby, excessive traffic congestion due to the concentration of the transmission processing of the management center 1b can be avoided, the load of the management center 1b at the time of the transmission processing can be reduced, and retransmission of communication is eliminated. Can be completed in a short time.

The delay time of the action execution time T0 between the terminals is determined by the action execution time management means 9b and the execution result notification time management means 14 of each terminal.
The action can be performed almost at the same time only by the error of the internal clock, and can be performed at the same time if the internal clock is shared.

Furthermore, the management center 1 from each of the terminals
b, the reception of the report is performed at the individual execution result notification time at each terminal. Therefore, by shifting the execution result notification time, it is possible to avoid excessive traffic congestion due to concentration of reception processing at the management center 1b. The burden on the management center 1b during the transmission process can be reduced, and the retransmission of communication is eliminated, so that the action execution management process can be completed in a short time.

In the above description of the method example, it is assumed that the action of each terminal has been previously negotiated between the management center 1b and each terminal. It is also possible to specify each start time and use a plurality of actions.

Also, in addition to the command, the terminal address Bbk is transmitted together with the command from the command transmitting means 5b to the command receiving means 8b, and the command receiving means 8b checks whether the transmission of the command has been performed to a normal address. Alternatively, the center address Cb may be transmitted together with the report from the report transmitting unit 12b to the report receiving unit 6b, and the report receiving unit 6b may check whether the report has been transmitted to a normal address. Is also good.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not necessarily limited only to the above-described means and methods, and achieves the objects of the present invention and achieves the effects of the present invention. Changes can be made as appropriate within the scope of the above.

[0105]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Action execution can be performed simultaneously by each terminal, and the management center can avoid excessive traffic congestion due to concentration of transmission processing and reception processing. This need not be performed, and the time required for the time designation operation terminal management processing can be effectively used and shortened.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a first time designation operation terminal management system device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a communication sequence according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a second time designation operation terminal management system device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a communication sequence according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional time designation operation terminal management system device.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a communication sequence according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

α, β, γ: time designation operation terminal management system device 1a, 1b, 1c: management center 2ak, 2bk, 2ck: k-th terminal (k = 1, 2,
..., n) 3a, 3b, 3c ... target terminal address storage means 4a, 4b ... action execution time designation means 5a, 5b, 5c ... command transmission means 6a, 6b, 6c ... report reception means 7a, 7b, 7c ... action execution Result storage means 8a, 8b, 8c Command reception means 9a, 9b Action execution time management means 10a, 10b, 10c Action execution means 11a, 11b, 11c Center address storage means 12a, 12b, 12c Report transmission means 13 ... Execution result notification time designation means 14 ... Execution result notification time management means 15 ... Action execution management means Aak, Abk, Ack ... Action execution result (k =
1, 2,..., N) Bak, Bbk, Bck ... terminal address (k = 1, 2, 2)
~, N) Ca, Cb, Cc ... center address T0 ... action execution time tk ... execution result notification time (k = 1, 2, ..., n)

Claims (33)

[Claims] 1. A remote centralized control of a reservation instruction for setting an action execution time for each terminal, and a remote centralized management of the action execution result returned from each executed terminal. Time-specified operation terminal management method. 2. A remote centralized control of a reservation instruction for setting both an action execution time and an action execution result notification time for each terminal, and the executed terminal replies at each of the set times. A time-specified operation terminal management method, comprising: centrally managing an action execution result remotely. 3. The time specifying operation according to claim 1, wherein the setting of the action execution time or the action execution result notification time is performed by setting a clock function or a timer function newly installed in each terminal. Terminal management method. 4. The time-designated operation terminal management method according to claim 1, wherein the remote centralized control and the remote centralized management are integrally performed by a management center. 5. The time designation operation terminal management method according to claim 1, wherein the reservation instruction is executed with a time difference staggered for each terminal. 6. The time designation operation terminal management method according to claim 1, wherein the action execution result is notified with a time difference staggered for each terminal. . 7. When simultaneously executing an action at a plurality of terminals, a command including an action execution time is transmitted from the management center to each terminal, and the action is simultaneously executed at the terminal at each of the terminals. A time-specified operation terminal management method, wherein a report including an action execution result is transmitted from each terminal to the management center, and the management center performs management processing using the action execution result. 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the command includes an execution result notification time in addition to the action execution time, and the transmission of the report is performed at each of the terminals at the execution result notification time. 8. The time-designated operation terminal management method according to item 7. 9. The transmission of the command is performed simultaneously with a terminal address which is an address of each terminal, and the transmission of the report is performed simultaneously with a center address which is an address of the management center. The time-designated operation terminal management method according to claim 7 or 8, wherein: 10. The transmission of the command according to claim 7, wherein the transmission of the command is performed at an arbitrary time before the action execution time so as not to be synchronized with the terminals. Time-specified operation terminal management method. 11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the action execution result is information indicating whether the action execution is correct or not, and identification information of a terminal that performs the action execution.
11. The time-designated operation terminal management method according to 8, 9, or 10. 12. The management center, upon receiving the report, creates identification information from an identification result of a terminal that is a source of the report, which is a subject of the action execution, and generates the identification information based on whether the action execution is correct or not. 11. The time designation operation terminal management method according to claim 7, wherein the time designation operation terminal management method is additionally included. 13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the action execution result includes supplementary items in the action execution.
8. The time-designated operation terminal management method according to 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12. 14. The action execution time and the execution result notification time are measured using the same internal clock.
8. The time-designated operation terminal management method according to 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, or 13. 15. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the terminal address and the center address are numbers of a public communication line, and the transmission is performed via a public communication line. Or the time-designated operation terminal management method according to 14. 16. The management process according to claim 7, wherein the action execution result is accumulated, and the action execution result is retrieved and executed at an arbitrary time.
2. The time-designated operation terminal management method according to 2, 13, 14 or 15. 17. The method according to claim 7, wherein the transmission of the report is performed at a fixed time after the execution of the action.
2. The time-designated operation terminal management method according to 2, 13, 14, 15, or 16. 18. The method according to claim 1, wherein the action is different for each terminal.
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, or 17, the time-designated operation terminal management method. 19. A time designation operation terminal management system for simultaneously executing an action in a plurality of terminals, wherein a command including an action execution time is transmitted to each terminal, and a report including an action execution result is received from each terminal. A time designation operation terminal management system device, comprising: a management center; and a plurality of terminals respectively connected to the management center and executing actions simultaneously at the action execution time. 20. The time designation operation according to claim 19, wherein the command includes an execution result notification time in addition to the action execution time, and the report is transmitted at the execution result notification time. Terminal management system device. 21. An apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said management center includes: a target terminal address storage unit for transmitting said terminal address; an action execution time designating unit for transmitting an action execution time that is a designated execution time of an action execution common to said terminals; Command transmitting means for receiving the address and the action execution time and transmitting the command to each terminal; report receiving means for receiving the report from each terminal and transmitting an action execution result; and the report receiving means. 20. The time designation operation terminal management system device according to claim 19, further comprising: an action execution result accumulation unit that receives, accumulates, and performs the management process by receiving the action execution result. 22. The management center, comprising: a target terminal address storage unit for transmitting the terminal address; an action execution time designating unit for transmitting an action execution time which is a time designation command for an action execution common to the terminals; An execution result notification time designation unit that receives a terminal address and transmits an execution result notification time; and a command transmission that receives the terminal address, the action execution time and the execution result notification time, and transmits the command to each of the terminals. Means, a report receiving means for receiving the report from each of the terminals and transmitting an action execution result, and an action execution result accumulation for receiving and accumulating the action execution result from the report receiving means and performing management processing 21. The time-designated operation terminal management according to claim 20, comprising: System device. 23. Each of the terminals receives a command from the management center and transmits an action execution time, and a command receiving means that receives the action execution time from the command receiving means and sets the action execution time. An action execution time management unit that transmits an action execution instruction; an action execution unit that receives the action execution instruction, executes an action, and transmits the action execution result; a center address storage unit that transmits the center address; 22. The time designation operation terminal management system device according to claim 19, further comprising: report transmission means for receiving the action execution result and the center address and transmitting the report to the management center. 24. Each terminal receives a command from the management center and transmits an action execution time and an execution result notification time, and receives the action execution time from the command receiving means. An action execution time management means for transmitting an action execution instruction at an action execution time, an action execution means for receiving the action execution instruction, executing an action and transmitting the action execution result, and An execution result notification time management unit that receives and transmits a report transmission instruction at the execution result notification time; a center address storage unit that transmits the center address; receives the action execution result, the report transmission instruction, and the center address To send the report to the management center And a port transmitting means, timed operation terminal management system according to claim 20 or 22, characterized in that. 25. An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said action execution result includes identification information of each terminal which is a subject of said action execution.
Or the time designation operation terminal management system device according to 24. 26. The report receiving means having a function of creating identification information of a transmission source terminal from an identification result in receiving the report, and additionally including the identification information in the action execution result. Item 25. The time designation operation terminal management system device according to item 21, 22, 23 or 24. 27. The management center and each of the terminals are connected via a public communication line.
The time designation operation terminal management system device according to 3, 24, 25 or 26. 28. The action execution time management means has an internal clock which is a general-purpose real-time clock IC.
8. The time designation operation terminal management system device according to 7. 29. The execution result notification time management means has an internal clock which is a general-purpose real-time clock IC.
9. The time designation operation terminal management system device according to 8. 30. The action execution time management means and the execution result notification time management means share an internal clock, which is a general-purpose real-time clock IC.
Or the time designation operation terminal management system device according to 29. 31. The terminal according to claim 19, wherein the action is a different execution operation in each terminal.
3. The time designation operation terminal management system device according to 3, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 or 30. 32. The management center sends a terminal address to the terminal together with the command, and each terminal sends a center address to the management center together with the report. 19, 20, 21, 22, 2
3, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, or 3
2. The time designation operation terminal management system device according to 1. 33. The command transmitting means, transmits the terminal address to the command receiving means together with the command, and the report transmitting means transmits the center address to the report receiving means together with the report. 33. The time designation operation terminal management system device according to claim 32, wherein: