TWI790039B - System and method for enterprise instant message integrated with attendance mark - Google Patents

Abstract

This disclosure is related to a system and method for enterprise instant message integrated with attendance mark. Once an employee asks for a leave, the Enterprise Instant Message system will display an ask-for-leave-mark for the employee in a message-status-view. When a supervisor checks the message-status-view, he/she can understand the read/unread status of a message of each employee as well as who asked for a leave.

Description

System and method for enterprise instant message integration attendance mark

The present invention relates to an enterprise instant messaging system, in particular to a system and method for integrating attendance marks with enterprise instant messaging.

The time attendance system used by enterprises (also known as attendance system, Attendance System) is used to record the absence of employees. At present, there are the following types of attendance systems on the market: independent clock-in systems (such as clock-in clocks), and access control card-swiping systems Integration (such as integration of face recognition, fingerprint recognition or access control card swiping), integration with human resource system/personnel management system (such as integration of salary settlement, leave application), integration with online clock-in (such as integration of computer webpage online clock-in, mobile phone clock-in). ..wait. Although the above-mentioned diversified time attendance systems are currently available for enterprises to choose from, for enterprises that provide employees with "Working From Home" (Working From Home), the above systems are still insufficient.

There is a prior art 1, the Republic of China patent announcement number I563463 discloses a mobile check-in system and method and its cloud system. The system includes: a database storing a plurality of member information, and each member information includes at least one organization identification code and a check-in information, each of the organization identification codes corresponds to an organization; a server, accessing the database and establishing a network connection with at least one mobile communication device having one of the member information, the server according to An electronic map location coordinate, a designated time and a receiving The terminal list generates a check-in request, wherein the receiver list includes at least one push identification code corresponding to one of the member information; and a push gateway generates a push notification according to the check-in request, and through a push The broadcast host sends the push notification to the mobile communication device; wherein, the server receives the organization identification code and the check-in information uploaded by the mobile communication device through the network connection, wherein the organization identification code is used for verification , the check-in information is stored in the database; wherein, the database, the server and the push gateway are combined to form a cloud. The technical effect achieved by this previous technology is suitable for employee clock-in in enterprises. The supervisor sends a clock-in request through the system to request specific employees to clock in at a specific time and place and returns the clock-in information.

There is a prior art 2, the Republic of China patent announcement number I609342 discloses a corporate action information system and method, the system includes: a database storing at least one message, a plurality of member information and at least one read/unread information, the The message includes a message content and a receiver setting, and the read/unread information record is associated with a read/unread status of the member information for the message; a server accesses the database, including: a first A network communication module, which establishes a network connection with a mobile communication device associated with one of the member information; a login verification module, which verifies that the mobile communication device connects to the server through the network; a first message module set, generate a message receiver list according to the receiver setting of the message, the message receiver list includes a push identification code associated with the mobile communication device; and a notification resending module, based on the read/unread The information generates a retransmission list, the retransmission list includes the push identification code associated with the member information that has not read the message; and a push gateway generates a push notification according to the message, and sends it through an external push host Sending the push notification to the mobile communication device corresponding to the message receiving end list or the retransmission list; wherein, the database, the server and the push gateway are combined to form a cloud. The prior art 2 generates a read list or an unread list based on the read/unread information, and then resends unread posts to members in the unread list.

When an enterprise implements home work, in order to assign work tasks to subordinates, or colleagues need to exchange work ideas in real time, hold online meetings for discussion, they often use the Enterprise Instant Message System (Enterprise Instant Message System) for collaboration, so that people who cannot Supervisors who work face-to-face with employees can also use this system to assign tasks and keep track of progress even when working remotely. However, supervisors cannot understand employees' absences through the same system. Although the prior art 1 has integrated the attendance assessment module (see Figure 1 of the prior art 1 instruction manual) into the mobile clock-in system, the mobile clock-in system has not been integrated with the enterprise instant messaging system. The supervisor cannot directly know the employee's absence from work through the enterprise instant message system. To know the employee's absence from work, he needs to inquire through other systems (such as the check-in system of the previous technology 1) other than the enterprise instant message system. The enterprise mobile information system (i.e., enterprise instant messaging system) of the previous technology 2 reveals the technology of the read list and the unread list, but the supervisor in the enterprise cannot know the employee's absence status from it. When the home work period is implemented, When an employee appears on the unread list, it is possible that the employee has taken leave for some reason and has not read the message/post of the work task. If the supervisor is not aware of it for a while and mistakenly thinks that the subordinate is lazy and has not read the message/post of the work task, it is easy to cause a misunderstanding. In addition, when working from home, if employees can directly use the company's instant messaging system to perform automatic check-in instead of the complicated punch-in request and return punch-in information of the previous technology, the employee's check-in process can be greatly simplified. Therefore, it is really necessary to improve the conventional method and propose a system and method for integrating attendance marks with enterprise instant messaging with the resources of hardware and software collaboration, so that the supervisors of the enterprise can communicate with "not in the same space" through the same enterprise instant message system (such as working from home, or in different working locations) employees communicate in real time, and grasp their absence from work, so as to make up for the previous technical deficiencies.

In view of this, the present invention proposes a system and Method: After an employee submits a leave application, the enterprise instant message system can generate a leave mark corresponding to the associated employee in the status view based on the leave application, and the supervisor can simultaneously view the employee's reading status of the message in the state view of the enterprise instant message system. And grasp the absence status of employees.

The present invention proposes an enterprise real-time message integrated attendance marking system, comprising: a database storing a plurality of members of an organization and their corresponding plurality of member information; a server accessing the database, comprising: a first A network communication module, which establishes a network connection with a mobile communication device associated with one of the members; a login verification module, which verifies that the mobile communication device connects to the server through the network; a first message module A group that receives an uploaded message and generates a list of message receivers according to a receiver setting, the list of message receivers includes at least one push identification code associated with the mobile communication device; an attendance management module receives the members among them One of a leave application, according to the leave application, a leave status is generated and stored in the database to associate the member, and a leave list is generated based on the leave status of the day and the associated member; a reading record management module , receive a read status of the message uploaded by one of the members and store it in the database to associate with the uploaded member, generate a read list based on the read status and the associated uploaded member, according to the The read status is compared with the receiving end to generate an unread list; and the mobile communication device includes: one or more processors and a screen, the processor executes a plurality of program instructions, and the program instructions include: a a first program instruction to enable the mobile communication device to establish a network connection with the server for login verification; a second program instruction to enable the mobile communication device to download the message from the server and display it on the screen, Accept a reading command of the message and upload the read status, accept a status view display command of the message to download the read list corresponding to the message and generate a status view accordingly, accept an unread list query of the message Command to download the unread list corresponding to the message and display it in the status view, and download the leave list of the day and generate a leave mark to correspond to the member associated with the leave status in the status view; a third program instructions that make the line The input of the mobile communication device to receive the message and the input of the receiving end setting, and the receiving end setting is associated with at least one of the members; a fourth program instruction to make the mobile communication device upload the message to the server; and a The push gateway generates a push notification according to the message, and sends the push notification to the mobile communication device corresponding to the associated members through an external push host.

The present invention goes further. In some embodiments, the leave application is imported from a third-party system, and the third-party system is selected from: a personnel management system, a human resources system, and an attendance system.

The present invention goes further. In some embodiments, the program instructions further include: a fifth program instruction to make the mobile communication device receive the leave application and upload it to the server.

The present invention goes further. In some embodiments, the attendance management module further includes: generating an attendance status according to the read status and storing it in the database to associate with the member who uploaded the read status, and, according to the attendance status The state and the associated member generate an attendance list; and, the second program instruction further includes: generating an attendance mark according to the attendance list to correspond to the member associated with the attendance state in the state view.

Further, in some embodiments of the present invention, when the second program instruction accepts the read instruction of the message and uploads the read status, it further includes: uploading a time stamp corresponding to the read instruction to record the reading of the message Time; when the reading record management module receives the read status and stores it in the database to associate with the uploaded member, it further includes: storing the timestamp; and, the attendance list further includes the timestamp, and, the The status view displays the attendance mark and the time stamp corresponding to the member associated with the attendance status.

The present invention goes further. In some embodiments, the message is a roll call message, which is sent once every working day by a manager with authority, and the time stamp when each member reads the roll call message is recorded as the The member's work check-in time on the day, and the automatically uploaded information after reading the roll call message The read status is considered as the member's attendance status for the day.

The present invention is further, in some embodiments, the database pre-stores a working time, when the time stamp is later than the working time, the second program instruction generates a late flag corresponding to the time stamp being later than the working time The time the member was in the state view.

The present invention further, in some embodiments, the attendance management module exports the leave list and the attendance list to a third-party system, the third-party system is selected from: personnel management system, human resources system and attendance system .

The present invention further proposes a method for integrating attendance marks in enterprise instant messages, which is applied between an enterprise information system and a mobile communication device combined by a database and a server. The method includes: storing an organization in the database The database is accessed by the server for multiple members and their corresponding multiple member information; the server receives a leave application from one of the members; the server generates a leave status based on the leave application and Save to the database to associate the member who submitted the leave application; the server generates a leave list according to the leave status of the day and the associated member; the server receives a message uploaded by one of the members and Generate a message receiver list according to a receiver setting, the message receiver list includes at least one push identification code associated with the mobile communication device; the server generates a push notification according to the message, and sends it through an external push host Send the push notification to the mobile communication device corresponding to the associated members; the mobile communication device downloads the message from the server and displays it on a screen; the mobile communication device accepts a reading instruction of the message and uploads a The read status to the server; the server receives the read status corresponding to the message and stores it in the database to associate with the member who uploaded the read status; the server relies on the read status and the associated uploaded The member generates a read list; the mobile communication device accepts a status view display command of the message to download the read list corresponding to the message and generates a status view accordingly; the mobile communication device receives an unread list of the message Query command to download an unread list corresponding to the message; the server is configured according to the read status to compare the receiving end to generate the unread list and send it back to the mobile communication device; the mobile communication device displays the unread The list is in the state view; wherein, the mobile communication device downloads the leave list of the current day and generates a leave mark corresponding to the member associated with the leave state in the state view.

The present invention goes further. In some embodiments, the leave application is imported from a third-party system, and the third-party system is selected from: a personnel management system, a human resources system, and an attendance system.

The present invention further, in some embodiments, the leave application is uploaded to the server after being received by the mobile communication device.

The present invention goes further. In some embodiments, the method further includes: the server generates an attendance status according to the read status and stores it in the database to associate with the member who uploaded the read status; the server based on the The attendance status and the associated member generate an attendance list; the mobile communication device downloads the attendance list and generates an attendance mark corresponding to the member associated with the attendance status in the status view.

The present invention further, in some embodiments, when the mobile communication device receives the reading instruction of the message and uploads the read status, it further includes: the mobile communication device uploads a time stamp corresponding to the reading instruction to record the The reading time of the message; when the server receives the read status and stores it in the database to associate with the uploaded member, it further includes: storing the timestamp; wherein, the attendance list further includes the timestamp, and, the The status view displays the attendance mark and the time stamp corresponding to the member associated with the attendance status.

The present invention goes further. In some embodiments, the message is a roll call message, which is sent once every working day by a manager with authority, and the time stamp when each member reads the roll call message is recorded as the The member's work check-in time on the day, and the automatically uploaded information after reading the roll call message The read status is considered as the member's attendance status for the day.

The present invention further, in some embodiments, the database pre-stores a work time, when the time stamp is later than the work time, the mobile communication device generates a late flag corresponding to the time stamp is later than the work time the member in the state view.

The present invention goes further. In some embodiments, the method further includes: the server exports the leave list and the attendance list to a third-party system, and the third-party system is selected from: personnel management system, human resource system and attendance system.

The detailed features and advantages of the present invention are described in detail below in the implementation mode, and its content is enough to make any person familiar with the related art understand the technical content of the present invention and implement it accordingly, and according to the content disclosed in this specification, the scope of the patent application and the drawings , anyone skilled in the art can easily understand the purpose and advantages of the present invention.

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Fig. 1 is a system architecture diagram of an embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a screen image of a state view of an embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a screen image of a state view of an embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the present invention A schematic diagram of the screen screen of the three-state view of the embodiment of the invention; and, Fig. 5 is an operation flow chart of the embodiment of the invention.

The so-called "instant message" (Instant Message) of the present invention, in one embodiment, is applied to the bulletin board message of the mobile bulletin board (Bulletin Board), and can be applied to the bulletin message from top to bottom in the enterprise or organization, for example : important announcement of the company; in one embodiment, it is applied to chat messages in a mobile chat room (Chat Room), for example: all members carry out a multi-person online meeting in a chat room, and send chat messages to each other; in one embodiment, they are applied to Articles of action dynamic news (Timeline News, or News Feed), for example: a member sends an article to other members in the enterprise organization.

Referring to Fig. 1, a system architecture diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the system of the present invention includes: a database 24 at the server end, a server 10 and a push gateway 22, and a mobile communication device 28 at the client end . Here, the server can send messages to the client through an external push system, but this external push system is not within the scope of the system of the present invention and is only for illustration.

The database 24 pre-stores a plurality of members of an organization and corresponding plurality of member information, and each member information includes an account number and a password.

The server 10 includes one or more processors, and implements the following modules in a cooperative manner of hardware and software: the first network communication module 12, the login verification module 14, the attendance management module 16, the first message module 18 and reading record management module 20.

The first network communication module 12 is used to establish a network connection with the second network communication module 32 of the mobile communication device 28 at the user end. In different embodiments of the present invention, the network connection is based on TCP Protocol (including Socket and WebSocket connections), HTTP protocol, HTTPS protocol, HTTP/2 protocol or SPDY protocol.

Log in to the verification module 14, verify that the mobile communication device 28 is connected to the server 10 through the network, and receive the account number and password uploaded by a member through the mobile communication device 28, and then store the account number and password with the member in the database 24 The account number and password of the information are verified.

The attendance management module 16 receives a leave application from one of the members, generates the leave status and stores it in the database 24 to associate the member who submitted the leave application, and generates a leave list based on the leave status of the day and the associated member. Any member of the organization can submit an application for a leave (Apply for a leave), and there are two ways to apply for a leave. The first method is for members to apply to a third-party system (such as: personnel management system, human resources system or attendance system) Apply for leave, and then, the third-party system exports the data of the leave application to the attendance management module 16 (for example: integrate with API interface to export the data); the second method is that the members directly use the application program of the mobile communication device 28 30 put forward an application for leave and upload it to the attendance management module 16. After the attendance management module 16 receives the leave application, it will generate the leave status accordingly and store it in the database 24 to associate the member who made the leave application (that is, store it in the "member information" of the "member who made the leave application" in the database 24 a leave status for the current day). In some embodiments, the "leave status" only means that "the member has applied for leave", and the system of these embodiments does not include the sign-off function of the leave process, and the leave application needs to be exported to the attendance system (or personnel HR system/personnel management system) to complete the sign-off process. Here, the purpose of generating the leave mark in the system of the present invention is to allow the direct supervisor or relevant personnel in the organization to know the current teleworker in the same set of collaborative software (that is, the enterprise instant messaging system) at the first time Absence status (for example: whether there is an employee applying for leave). The attendance management module 16 of the present invention can be integrated with a third-party system, and the third-party system is selected from: a personnel management system, a human resource system and an attendance system, and there are two methods for system integration. In some embodiments, the EIM system It is installed at the front end of the third-party system. Members first apply for leave application through the application program 30 (that is, members submit application for leave through the EIM system), and the EIM system then exports the leave list automatically (such as providing API for system integration) or manually and related attendance information to complete the follow-up leave process approval, or the calculation of personnel salary; in some embodiments, the EIM system is set at the back end of the third-party system, and the members first submit the leave application to the third-party system, Then, the third-party system exports the leave application data to the attendance management module 16 . Test Attendance management module 16 generates a leave list according to the leave status of the day and the associated members, that is, all members who apply for leave are included in a list of leave of the day (there are leave requests stored on the same date in the database 24) state member). In some embodiments, leave applications can be subdivided into: personal leave, sick leave (which can be subdivided into injury and sick leave and business injury and sick leave), vacation (special leave), public leave, typhoon leave, parental leave, etc.

In some embodiments, in order to simplify the check-in process for employees who work remotely or work at home, the present invention allows supervisors (such as direct department supervisors or senior supervisors) or their administrators with relevant authority (such as personnel department supervisors) to The first work-related message sent on a working day is regarded as a "Roll Calling Message". Employees only need to click and read the roll calling message, and the application 30 in the mobile communication device 28 of the client will automatically return the message. The read status of the roll call message is sent to the server 10, and after the reading record management module 20 receives it, it is stored in the database 24 to correlate with the uploaded employees, and then the attendance management module 16 converts the read status to the same day The attendance status and store it in the database 24 to associate with the employee who uploaded the read status. That is to say, the supervisor or administrator sends a roll call message every working day, and employees only need to read the message on the screen 44 of the application program 30 to automatically complete the sign-in of the day. The attendance management module 16 then generates an attendance list according to the attendance status of all employees. In some embodiments, when the employee opens the roll call message presented on the screen 44 of the application program 30 (that is, the time of clicking on the message), the application program 30 generates a time stamp (Timestamp) of the read status and uploads it to the server 10 . The time stamp of this read state is regarded as the employee's work check-in time of the day by the attendance management module 16 of the server 10 and is stored in the database 24 to associate with the employee who uploaded the read state, and this time stamp (as the employee's day of the day) Check-in time for work) is also recorded in the aforementioned attendance list.

The first message module 18 receives the messages uploaded by the mobile communication device 28 (including the general messages sent by the members, and the roll call messages sent by the supervisor/administrator once every working day) and A list of message receivers is generated according to the settings of the receivers. The list of message receivers includes at least one associated mobile communication device 28's scheduling identification code (Push ID). A push ID corresponds to a member's receiving device (i.e. device 28). When setting the Buda object of the message (that is, the receiving end setting), it is usually to select the members in the organization address book by checking, and the first message module 18 needs to carry out the comparison work (Mapping) to map the Buda object (that is, , "the selected members in the organization's address book") is converted into a list of message receivers (that is, the "push identification code" of the selected members).

The reading record management module 20 receives the read status of a specific message uploaded by one of the members and stores it in the database 24 to associate with the uploaded members, generates a read list based on the read status and associated uploaded members, and generates a read list based on the read The status is compared with the setting of the receiving end to generate an unread list. The read status of each message is stored in the database 24 by the reading record management module 20 to associate and upload members who have read the status, and the reading record management module 20 generates according to the read status of a specific message and the associated uploaded members Corresponding to the read list of the specific message (that is, the read list only corresponds to a specific message, and lists the members who have read), read the record management module 20 and compare the receiving terminal settings according to the read status (that is, the message received All members in the destination list) to generate an unread list corresponding to the specific message (ie, the members of the unread message in the message receiver list).

In the embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned modules included in the server 10 should be understood as a kind of resource for the cooperative operation of hardware and software, and the technical characteristics of each module can be a part of a plurality of program instructions or application programs. However, the technical effect of each module must be realized in the form of one or more processors executing the program instructions or application programs (that is, resources for the cooperative operation of hardware and software), and the present invention aims to solve The biggest problem is to improve through such hardware and software cooperating resources.

The above-mentioned server 10 and database 24 are not limited to be deployed on a specific number of devices. In different embodiments of the present invention, both the server 10 and the database 24 can be deployed on the same device. Alternatively, the two can be deployed separately on devices in a cluster structure, or cluster devices in different places.

The broadcast scheduling gateway 22 generates a broadcast scheduling notification according to the message, and sends a push notification to the mobile communication device 28 corresponding to the message receiving end list through an external push host 26 (eg, Microsoft Azure, MPNS, GCM, and APNS). In one embodiment of the present invention, the message scheduling notification includes partial or complete message content and the push identification code on the message receiver list, and the push notification includes a non-repeated push notification sequence number (or are unique, at least to the extent that recent data can be queried).

In different embodiments of the present invention, the mobile communication device 28 is a smart phone and a tablet computer running an iOS, Android or Windows 10 operating system, and the mobile communication device 28 includes one or more processors and a screen, and the processor can execute A plurality of program instructions or application programs 30 (namely Application, also called App). The application program 30 executed by the processor includes: a second network communication module 32, a login module 34, a data access module 36, a second message module 38, a message input module 40 and a leave application module 42 .

The second network communication module 32 is used to establish a network connection with the first network communication module 12 of the server 10. In different embodiments of the present invention, the network connection is based on TCP protocol, HTTP protocol , HTTPS protocol, HTTP/2 protocol or SPDY protocol.

The login module 34 receives the account number and password input by the user (ie member) from the input interface of the mobile communication device 28, and uploads it to the server 10 for verification. In another embodiment of the present invention, the account number and password can be Temporarily stored in the memory of the mobile communication device 28, within a period of time (for example: one day or one week) repeated logins can automatically log in without manually inputting the account number and password.

The data access module 36 is a network connection (TCP protocol, HTTP protocol, HTTPS protocol, HTTP/2 protocol) established by the second network communication module 32 and the first network communication module 12 of the server 10. or SPDY protocol), download messages, read list, unread list, leave list, attendance list, etc. from the server 10.

The second message module 38 generates a message view (a prior art, not shown) and a status view 46 and displays it on the screen 44 of the mobile communication device 28. The message view is a graphical user interface of the application program 30 for the user Browsing or operating messages, when the user clicks to read the message (generates the reading instruction of the message), the second message module 38 automatically uploads the read status corresponding to the message to the server 10, when the user clicks to view a certain When the message is in the reading state (the status view display command is generated), the second message module 38 triggers the data access module 36 to download the read list corresponding to the message and generates a status view 46 accordingly, and the status view 46 is used to display specific messages The member's reading status (including read and unread) can also check the member's absence mark, so that when the supervisor inquires about the reading status of a specific message, he can immediately understand the reason why a member has not read the message (for example, the member Temporary application for leave on the same day for some reason), without the need to compare and inquire whether the member has applied for leave through other systems (such as attendance system, punch card system, etc.) through complicated operating procedures. When the user clicks the "unread button" or "unread tab" (generating an unread list query command), the second message module 38 triggers the data access module 36 to download the unread list corresponding to the message and displays it on Status View 46. In addition, the second message module 38 triggers the data access module 36 to download the current day's leave list and generate a leave mark corresponding to the member with the associated leave status (ie, the member who submitted the leave application) in the status view 46 . In some embodiments, the second message module 38 triggers the data access module 36 to download the attendance list and generate an attendance mark corresponding to the member in the status view 46 corresponding to the attendance status. In some embodiments, the attendance list further includes a "time stamp of read roll call message" (also, a "time stamp of clock-in time"). In some embodiments, the database 24 pre-stores the working time (for example: "8:30 in the morning", "9:00 in the morning", "10:00 in the morning" ... etc.), when the time stamp of "check in at work" When " is later than this working time, the second message module 38 promptly produces the late mark to correspond to the member who is late in the state view 46.

The message input module 40 receives user instructions to input message content (comprising general message and roll call message), receiving end setting and theme, and input message is to click message input box (by message input module) 40, not shown in the figure), to generate a message, in addition to the content of the input message, it also includes the setting of the receiving end (that is, the Buda object, and the setting interface is also generated by the message input module 40). The so-called "receiver setting" can be: when entering a new message, select a specific member from the address book (such as the organization address book) by checking it, and when replying to the message, the recipient of the original message is used as the recipient. Receiver settings (that is, no need to check the address book). In some embodiments, the roll call message includes a special attribute (Attribute), which needs to be checked or selected by the supervisor or a manager with authority (for example: ticking with a check box, or pressing the button / menu to select, not shown).

In some embodiments, the application 30 further includes a leave application module 42 . The leave application module 42 is used to receive the leave application from the user and upload it to the server 10 . The user can use the "leave request menu", "leave request icon" or "leave request button" of the application program 30 (clicking will generate a leave request form, and then according to the leave date and hours filled in by the user on the leave application form) Wait for the selection result to generate a leave application instruction (not shown), the leave application module 42 uploads the corresponding text, symbol, code or flag to the server 10 after receiving the leave application instruction.

The above-mentioned processor can execute a plurality of program instructions including: the first program instruction enables the mobile communication device 28 to establish a network connection with the server 10 for login verification; the second program instruction enables the mobile communication device 28 to connect to the server 10 10 download the message and display it on the screen, make the mobile communication device 28 accept the reading instruction of the message and upload the read status, make the mobile communication device 28 accept the status view display command of the message to trigger the data access module 36 to download the corresponding message Read the list and generate the status view 46 accordingly, so that the mobile communication device 28 accepts the unread list query command of the message to trigger the data access module 36 to download the unread list of the corresponding message and display it on the status view 46, and make the mobile communication The device 28 triggers the data access module 36 to download the current day's leave list and generates a leave mark to correspond to the member in the state view 46; the third program command enables the mobile communication device 28 to receive the input and receiver settings of the message the input, and The receiving end is set to associate at least one of the members; the fourth program instruction makes the mobile communication device 28 upload a message to the server 10, and the message includes a time stamp; and the fifth program instruction makes the mobile communication device 28 upload the leave application to server 10.

In different embodiments of the present invention, the first program instructions, the second program instructions, ... executed by the processor respectively represent a set of a plurality of program instructions, and the first, second, ..., etc. are not It is not intended to limit the steps of the technical features or methods expressed in the first program instruction, the second program instruction, . . . Those skilled in this invention can understand that the technical features or method steps expressed in the first program instruction, the second program instruction, . . . can be combined or combined to be expressed by different sets of program instructions.

Referring to FIG. 2 , a schematic diagram of the screen 44 of the state view 46 in the first embodiment of the present invention, which illustrates the graphical use of the state view 46 in the mobile communication device 28 executing the application program 30 on the screen 44 in the first embodiment of the present invention. interface. The status view 46 is when the user clicks on the reading status of a specific message in the message view (which belongs to the prior art, not shown in the figure) (generates a status view display command) and triggers the data access module by the second message module 38 36 Generated after downloading the read list corresponding to the message. The legend illustrates that the status view 46 shows the member's reading status (comprising read and unread) of a specific message, and at the same time, the absence mark of the member (Buda object) can also be viewed. page tab presents), it can be clearly seen in the read list that "member Adam" has a leave mark 48 marked.

Referring to Fig. 3, the screen diagram of the screen 44 of the state view 46 in the second embodiment of the present invention, this embodiment is to illustrate that the user clicks "unread tab" in the state view 46 of Fig. 2 (generating an unread list query command), the second message module 38 triggers the data access module 36 to download the unread list corresponding to the message and display it on the status view 46. It can be clearly seen from the legend that "member Vivian" and "member Ben" each have a leave mark 48 marked. Therefore, the present invention allows the supervisor to check the reading status of a specific message , you can immediately understand the reason why a member did not read the message (for example, the member temporarily applied for leave for some reason on the day), without the need to go through other systems (such as attendance system, punch card system...etc.) Compare and query whether the member asks for leave.

Referring to FIG. 4 , it is a schematic diagram of a screen 44 of a three-state view 46 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, in addition to marking the leave mark 48 of the member, it is also marked with an attendance mark 50 , a late mark 52 and a time stamp. In some embodiments, the time stamp represents the time when the message is read (that is, the time when the read status is generated); in the embodiment of Figure 4, the time stamp represents the time when the member checks in for work (such as the time in the legend), Or, the time when the member applies for leave (for example, the time stamp of "member Adam" in the legend is "8:50:04").

Referring to Fig. 5, the operation flow chart of a kind of embodiment of the present invention illustrates the operation process of a supervisor using the state view 46 for a certain message in the enterprise instant messaging system to inquire about the member's attendance status and read/unread status. Please refer to Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 at the same time, the method of the present embodiment comprises:

Step S101: the database 24 stores a plurality of members (ie, employees) of an organization and their corresponding plurality of member information (eg account number, password, contact information, member attribute (attribute)...etc.), The database 24 is accessed by the server 10 .

Step S102: Receive leave applications from members. When a member wants to ask for leave, there are two ways to apply for leave. The first method is that the member submits the application for leave to the third-party system (such as: personnel management system, human resource system or attendance system), and then the third-party system sends the leave application information Export to the attendance management module 16; the second method is that members use the "leave menu", "leave icon" or "leave button" of the application 30 (click and operate to generate a leave application command, not shown), After the leave application module 42 receives the leave application instruction, it uploads the characters, symbols, codes or flags representing the leave application to the server 10. Attendance management module16.

Step S103: Generate the leave status and store it in the database 24 to associate with the member who made the leave application. After the attendance management module 16 in the server 10 receives the leave application, it generates the leave status accordingly and stores it in the database 24 to associate with the member who made the leave application, that is, in the database 24, the "member who made the leave application" and other "Member Information" stores a leave status of the day; where the leave application may be several hours, the day, or multiple days of the day.

Step S104: Generate a leave request list according to the leave request status of the day and associated members. The attendance management module 16 in the server 10 generates a leave list according to the leave status of the day and the associated members, that is, all members who apply for leave are included in the leave list of the day (in the database 24 at members with leave status stored on the same date). When a member's leave application is for multiple days, the attendance management module 16 will automatically generate a leave status corresponding to the member's day in the leave list every day according to the period of the leave application.

Step S105: Receive a message uploaded by one of the members and generate a message receiver list according to the settings of the receiver. The first message module 18 in the server 22 receives the messages uploaded by the mobile communication device 28 (may include general messages sent by members, and roll call messages sent by supervisors/administrators once every working day), and Generate a list of message receivers according to the settings of the receivers. The list of message receivers includes at least one push identification code associated with the mobile communication device 28, and the first message module 18 needs to perform comparison work to convert the Buda object (that is, "the selected member in the organization's address book") into A list of message receivers (that is, the "push ID" of the selected member). Here, after the application program 30 in the mobile communication device 28 of the supervisor logs into the server 10, since the server 10 has recorded its member attribute (it is the supervisor or a manager with authority), the application program 30 will send the The messages sent by it to all members of the message receiver list may be considered as "roll call messages", and are marked on the screen of the application program 30, so that the The supervisor checks to confirm. Or, in terms of another embodiment of the present invention, the application program 30 can judge whether the message sent by the supervisor at this time is a roll call message based on the current time stamp and comparing the working hours recorded by the system.

Step S106: Generate a push notification and send it to the associated mobile communication device 28 through the external scheduling host. The push gateway 22 generates a push notification according to the message, and sends the push notification to the mobile communication device 28 corresponding to the message receiving end list through an external push host 26 (eg, Microsoft Azure, MPNS, GCM, and APNS).

Step S107: Download the message and display it on the screen of the mobile communication device 28. The data access module 36 in the mobile communication device 28 of all members in the message receiving end list passes through the network connection established by the second network communication module 32 and the first network communication module 12 of the server 10 ( Such as: TCP protocol, HTTP protocol, HTTPS protocol, HTTP/2 protocol or SPDY protocol), download the message from the server 10, after downloading the message, the second message model among the mobile communication devices 28 of all members in the message receiving end list The group 38 generates a message view (a conventional technique, not shown) and displays it on the screen of its mobile communication device 28 .

Step S108: Accept the message reading instruction and upload the read status to the server 10. When the user in the message receiver list clicks on the message to read in the message view displayed on his mobile communication device 28 (the reading instruction of the message is generated), the second message module 38 automatically uploads the corresponding message. Read status to server 10.

Step S109: Receive the read status and store it in the database to associate with the member who uploaded the read status. After receiving the uploaded read status, the reading record management module 20 in the server 10 stores it in the database 24 to associate members who uploaded the read status.

Step S110: Generate a read list according to the read status and related uploaded members. wait The reading record management module 20 in the server 10 generates a read list of the corresponding message according to the read status of the message and the associated uploaded members (that is, the read list only corresponds to a specific message and lists the read members) , and generate an unread list at the same time.

Step S111: Download the read list and generate the status view 46 accordingly. When the user clicks to check the reading status of a certain message (to generate a status view display command), the second message module 38 of the application program 30 in the mobile communication device 28 will trigger the data access module 36 to download the corresponding message. The list is read and a status view 46 is generated accordingly.

Step S112 : Download the unread list and display it on the status view 46 . When the user clicks the "unread button" or "unread tab" (to generate an unread list query command), the second message module 38 of the application program 30 in the mobile communication device 28 will trigger the data access module 36 The unread list corresponding to the message is downloaded and displayed in the status view 46 .

Step S113: Download the leave request list of the current day and generate a leave request mark to correspond to the associated member in the status view 46 . The second message module 38 of the application program 30 in the mobile communication device 28 triggers the data access module 36 to download the leave list of the day generated by the server 10, and accordingly generates a leave mark 48 to correspond to the member in the associated leave status (that is, The member who applies for leave) is in the state view 46, as shown in Figure 2 or Figure 3.

Step S114 : Download the attendance list of the day and generate an attendance mark to correspond to the associated member in the status view 46 . The second message module 38 triggers the data access module 36 to download the attendance list and generates an attendance mark 50 and a lateness mark 52 to correspond to the members in the state view 46 of the associated attendance state, as shown in FIG. 4 . Step S113 is similar to step S114. When the application program 30 in the mobile communication device 28 judges that the logged-in user has special attributes (it is a supervisor or a manager with authority), the attendance check in the server 10 can be performed. The time point set by the management module 16 (for example, the opening of the working hours every day) At the beginning, or after sending the roll call message, or before leaving get off work every day, etc.) to download the day's leave list or the day's attendance list. Wherein, the way of generating the attendance list of the day may be: the attendance management module 16 of the server 10 receives the roll call message in step S105, and judges and generates it from the read list and unread list in step S110. That is, when the application program 30 in the mobile communication device 28 of the supervisor confirms that the roll call message is generated and is sent to the server 10, the server 10 will generate the read information generated by the user in the message receiver list associated with the supervisor. After the information is collected, it is organized into an attendance list.

It can be understood for different embodiments of the present invention that the program instructions executed by the computer can implement each block in the flow chart, the combination of blocks in the flow chart, and the steps in each embodiment. providing the program instructions to a processor for execution to produce a machine or resources cooperating with hardware and software, whereby the instructions, when executed on the processor, will produce actions for performing the actions specified in the flowchart blocks or components of technical effects. Different sets of program instructions can also make at least some of the operation steps shown in the blocks of the flow chart be performed in parallel, and the technical content expressed by the first, second, ... program instructions of an application program may vary according to different embodiments rather different. Moreover, some of these steps can also be performed on more than one processor, such as may occur in a multi-processor server computer system, or in a mobile communication device where a microprocessor and a peripheral interface processor work together . Furthermore, one or more blocks or combinations of blocks in the flowcharts may be performed concurrently with other blocks or combinations of blocks, or even in an order different from that shown, without departing from the scope or spirit of the present invention. .

Accordingly, the blocks of the flowchart of the present invention support combinations of means for performing specified actions or technical effects, combinations of steps for performing specified actions or technical effects, and program instruction means for performing specified actions or technical effects. It will also be understood that these specified actions or technical effects are performed by a special-purpose hardware system or special-purpose hardware and program instructions cooperating to implement each block of the flow chart of the present invention and the combination of blocks in the flow chart.

To sum up, the system and method disclosed by the present invention for integrating attendance marks with enterprise instant messaging solves the problem of the prior art that “the employee’s message reading status and attendance status cannot be checked simultaneously through the enterprise instant messaging system”. The present invention It enables the supervisor of the enterprise organization to communicate with the employees who work remotely or at home through the same enterprise instant messaging system, and at the same time grasp the employee's absence status, eliminating the need to open another system to check the employee's attendance status. In addition, the roll call message of the present invention is regarded as a work sign-in by automatically returning the read status, which can greatly simplify the process of employees' work sign-in.

Although the technical content of the present invention has been disclosed above with preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modification and modification made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention should be covered by the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be defined by the scope of the appended patent application.

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Claims (16)

An enterprise real-time message integrated attendance mark system, comprising: a database, storing multiple members of an organization and their corresponding multiple member information; a server, accessing the database, comprising: a first network communication A module for establishing a network connection with a mobile communication device associated with one of the members; a login verification module for verifying that the mobile communication device connects to the server through the network; a first message module for receiving Upload a message and generate a message receiver list according to a receiver setting, the message receiver list includes at least one push identification code associated with the mobile communication device; an attendance management module, receiving one of the members A leave application, generating a leave status based on the leave application and storing it in the database to associate the member, and generating a leave list based on the leave status of the day and the associated member; a reading record management module, receiving the A read status of the message uploaded by one of the members is stored in the database to associate with the uploaded member, and a read list is generated based on the read status and the associated uploaded member, and based on the read status Comparing the receiver settings to generate an unread list; and the mobile communication device including: one or more processors and a screen, the processor executes a plurality of program instructions, the program instructions include: a first program an instruction to enable the mobile communication device to establish a network connection with the server for login verification; A second program instruction, causing the mobile communication device to download the message from the server and display it on the screen, accept a reading instruction of the message and upload the read status, accept a status view display instruction of the message to download Generate a status view corresponding to the read list of the message, accept an unread list query command of the message to download the unread list corresponding to the message and display it in the status view, and download the leave of the day list and generate a leave mark to correspond to the member in the status view associated with the leave status; a third program instruction to enable the mobile communication device to receive the input of the message and the input set by the receiving end, and the receiving end setting and associating at least one of the members; a fourth program instruction, causing the mobile communication device to upload the message to the server; and, a push gateway, generating a push notification according to the message, and through an external The push host sends the push notification to the mobile communication devices associated with the members. The system for integrating attendance marks with enterprise instant messaging as described in claim 1, wherein the attendance management module further includes: generating an attendance status based on the read status and storing it in the database to associate with the member who uploaded the read status , and, generating an attendance list according to the attendance state and the associated member; and, the second program instruction further includes: generating an attendance mark according to the attendance list to correspond to the member associated with the attendance state in the status view. The enterprise instant messaging integrated attendance marking system as described in claim 2, wherein the When the second program instruction accepts the reading instruction of the message and uploads the read status, it further includes: uploading a time stamp corresponding to the reading instruction to record the reading time of the message; the reading record management module receives the read When the status is stored in the database to associate with the uploaded member, it further includes: saving the time stamp; and, the attendance list further includes the time stamp, and, the state view displays the attendance mark corresponding to the time stamp Associate this member with this attendance status. The enterprise instant message integrated attendance marking system as described in claim 3, wherein the message is a roll call message, which is sent once every working day by a manager with authority, and each member who reads the roll call message The time stamp is recorded as the member's work check-in time on that day, and the read status automatically uploaded after reading the roll call message is regarded as an attendance status of the member on that day. In the enterprise instant message integration attendance marking system described in claim 4, wherein the database pre-stores a work time, when the time stamp is later than the work time, the second program instruction generates a late mark to correspond to the time stamp Members whose timestamps are later than the business hours are in the status view. The system for integrating attendance marks with enterprise instant messaging as described in claim 1, wherein the attendance management module exports the leave list and the attendance list to a third-party system, and the third-party system is selected from: personnel management system, HR system and attendance system. In the enterprise instant message integrated attendance marking system described in claim 1, the leave application is imported from a third-party system, and the third-party system is selected from: personnel management system, human resources system and attendance system. In the enterprise instant message integrated attendance marking system described in claim 1, the program instructions further include: a fifth program instruction, enabling the mobile communication device to receive the leave application and upload it to the server. A method for integrating attendance marks in enterprise instant messages, applied between an enterprise information system and a mobile communication device combined by a database and a server, the method includes: storing a plurality of members of an organization in the database The database is accessed by the server for the information of a plurality of members corresponding to each; the server receives a leave application from one of the members; the server generates a leave status based on the leave application and saves it in the data The library associates the member who submitted the leave application; the server generates a leave list according to the leave status of the day and the associated member; the server receives a message uploaded by one of the members and according to a receiving terminal Set to generate a message receiver list, the message receiver list includes at least one push identification code associated with the mobile communication device; the server generates a push notification according to the message, and sends the push through an external push host Notify to the mobile communication device corresponding to the associated members; the mobile communication device downloads the message from the server and displays it on a screen; the mobile communication device accepts a reading instruction of the message and uploads a read status to The server; the server receives the read status corresponding to the message and stores it in the database to associate with the member who uploaded the read status; the server generates a read status based on the read status and the associated uploaded member read list; the mobile communication device accepts a status view display command of the message to download the read list corresponding to the message and generate a status view accordingly; The mobile communication device accepts an unread list query command of the message to download an unread list corresponding to the message; the server compares the settings of the receiving end with the read status to generate the unread list and send it back to the Mobile communication device; the mobile communication device displays the unread list in the state view; wherein, the mobile communication device downloads the leave list of the day and generates a leave mark to correspond to the member who is associated with the leave status in the state view . The method for integrating attendance marks in enterprise instant messages as described in claim item 9, wherein the method further includes: the server generates an attendance status based on the read status and stores it in the database to associate with the member who uploaded the read status ; the server generates an attendance list according to the attendance status and the associated member; and, the mobile communication device downloads the attendance list and generates an attendance mark corresponding to the member associated with the attendance status in the status view. The method for integrating time attendance marks in enterprise instant messages as described in request item 10, wherein when the mobile communication device accepts the reading instruction of the message and uploads the read status, it further includes: the mobile communication device uploads the information corresponding to the reading instruction A time stamp to record the reading time of the message; when the server receives the read status and stores it in the database to associate with the uploaded member, it further includes: storing the time stamp; wherein, the attendance list further includes the time stamp, and the state view displays the attendance mark and the time stamp to correspond to the member associated with the attendance state. The method for integrating attendance marks in enterprise instant messages as described in request item 11, wherein the message is a roll call message, which is sent once every working day by a manager with authority, and each member reads the roll call message The time stamp is recorded as the member's work check-in time on that day, and the read status automatically uploaded after reading the roll call message is regarded as an attendance status of the member on that day. The method for integrating attendance marks in enterprise instant messages as described in claim 12, wherein the database pre-stores a work time, and when the time stamp is later than the work time, the mobile communication device generates a late mark to correspond to the time Stamp the member who is later than the working time in the status view. The method for integrating attendance marks in enterprise instant messaging as described in claim item 13, wherein the method further includes: the server exports the leave list and the attendance list to a third-party system, and the third-party system is selected from: Personnel Management system, HR system and attendance system. The method for integrating attendance marks in enterprise instant messages as described in claim item 9, wherein the leave application is imported from a third-party system, and the third-party system is selected from: personnel management system, human resources system and attendance system. The method for integrating attendance marks in enterprise instant messages as described in claim item 9, wherein the method further includes: the mobile communication device uploads the leave application to the server after receiving the leave application.

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