JP2006040077A - Destination posting system and destination display method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically change a destination display as a user moves inside or outside a premises.
A plurality of access points arranged for each of a plurality of divided areas, and a destination notice system connected to the access point, the mobile phone being arranged for each of the divided areas and located in the area A plurality of access points 9 that are connected to only the terminal 10 via wireless signals, a data table 3B that stores the names of users corresponding to the mobile terminal identification information assigned to each mobile terminal 10, and the access point location A destination information database 3 including a data table 3C storing corresponding destination names, a schedule information database 5 storing a schedule including a destination and time for each user, and an electronic bulletin board 7 displaying a destination for each user. The movement of the user is discriminated by receiving the signal from the access point 9 and displayed on the electronic bulletin board 7. System.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a destination posting system and a destination display method that can manage and display a destination of a company employee, for example, and more particularly to a destination posting system and a destination display method that can be easily changed when the destination is changed. .

  In general, the destination management of employees in a company or the like is generally performed by posting a destination bulletin board for each department, for example, and the employee himself / herself writing the destination etc. on the destination bulletin board. In recent years, a destination posting system having a function of automatically displaying and updating a destination display has been proposed in the following patent document in order to save the above-described trouble of filling in the destination of the employee.

For example, Patent Document 1 describes that a display on a destination bulletin board is automatically updated when a scheduled time is reached based on a schedule input in advance from a terminal, and Patent Document 2 includes a scheduled time. In addition to when a schedule change occurs, there is a description that a destination display can be changed by manual operation from a terminal. Patent Document 3 describes which base station of a PHS terminal owned by a user is being updated. Patent Document 4 describes a method for acquiring whether there is a destination and managing this information as destination information. In Patent Document 4, a user passes an ID card through a card reader installed at the entrance of each room when entering the room. The information on the current room is acquired and this information is managed as destination information.
JP 09-212755 A JP 2000-231589 A JP 2001-312583 A JP 2002-049972 A

  Since the technique described in Patent Document 1 updates the display of the destination automatically according to the schedule, there is a possibility that it does not match the actual user's behavior when the schedule is changed. Although the described technology can change the destination display when changing the schedule, the manual operation from the terminal is necessary, and the technology described in Patent Document 3 can detect the movement of the user using the PHS terminal. In general, since the PHS radio wave coverage is as wide as 100 meters, for example, movement between rooms in the company cannot be detected, and the technique described in Patent Document 4 is used every time a user moves between rooms. There was a problem that the ID card had to be inserted into the card reader and only movement between rooms could be detected.

  In particular, the destination posting system according to the prior art requires this data to be input when the user temporarily takes a seat out of schedule or during an unplanned business trip, and the destination display can be easily changed. There was also a problem that it was difficult.

  An object of the present invention is to eliminate the inconvenience caused by the prior art, and a destination display system capable of automatically changing a destination display in accordance with the movement of a user for each area in which an access point is divided into a plurality of areas in advance. And providing a destination display method.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an access point arranged for each of a plurality of partitioned areas and a destination notice system connected to the plurality of access points, wherein the destination posting system is connected to each of the plurality of partitioned areas. A data table storing a plurality of access points that are arranged and connected via wireless signals only to mobile terminals located in the area, and names of users corresponding to mobile terminal identification information assigned to the respective mobile terminals And a destination information database including a data table storing a destination name corresponding to the location of the access point, a schedule information database storing a schedule including the destination and time for each user, and a destination and time for each user. And an electronic bulletin board displaying the schedule including

  When the access point receives a radio signal from a certain mobile terminal, it searches each data table in the destination information database using the mobile terminal identification number of the received mobile terminal as a key, and acquires the user name and destination The first feature is that the acquired user name and destination are displayed on the electronic bulletin board. In this destination posting system, if the access point cannot receive a radio signal from a certain portable terminal, it cannot be received. Searching the schedule information database using the mobile terminal identification number of the mobile terminal as a key to acquire the destination and user name registered in the schedule, and displaying the acquired user name and destination on the electronic bulletin board. Features.

  Further, the present invention is a destination display method including an access point arranged for each of a plurality of partitioned areas and a schedule information management means connected to the plurality of access points, wherein each destination is divided into the plurality of partitioned areas. A data table storing a plurality of access points that are arranged and connected via wireless signals only to mobile terminals located in the area, and names of users corresponding to mobile terminal identification information assigned to the mobile terminals And a destination information database including a data table storing a destination name corresponding to the location of the access point, a schedule information database storing a schedule including the destination and time for each user, and a destination and time for each user. With an electronic bulletin board displaying the schedule including

  When the access point receives a radio signal from a certain mobile terminal, it searches each data table of the destination information database using the mobile terminal identification number of the received mobile terminal as a key, and acquires the user name and destination A third feature is to execute a first step and a second step of displaying the user name and destination acquired in the first step on the electronic bulletin board. In this destination display method, the access point is provided If the wireless signal from the mobile terminal cannot be received, the third step of searching the schedule information database using the mobile terminal identification number of the mobile terminal that cannot be received as a key to acquire the destination registered in the schedule and the name of knowing forgiveness, and the acquisition Execute the fourth step of displaying the name and destination of the user on the electronic bulletin board A fourth characteristic in that.

  In the destination posting system and method according to the present invention, when the access point receives a radio signal from a mobile terminal, the access point searches each data table of the destination information database using the mobile terminal identification number of the received mobile terminal as a key. If the access point cannot receive a radio signal from a portable terminal, the user name and the destination are acquired, and the acquired user name and destination are displayed on the electronic bulletin board. By searching the schedule information database using the mobile terminal identification number as a key to acquire the destination and user name registered in the schedule, and displaying the acquired user name and destination on the electronic bulletin board, the user for each area The destination display can be automatically changed with the movement of.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a destination posting system and a destination display method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing the entire destination posting system in the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a display format of an electronic bulletin board in the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 is an example of a data configuration of a destination information DB in the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a processing procedure of the destination information management means until the destination display change request is transmitted to the electronic bulletin board in response to the movement of the user.
<Description of configuration>

  As shown in FIG. 1, the overall configuration of the destination posting system according to the present embodiment includes a destination management / display server 1 that provides a service in the system, a destination information database 3 that holds a user's current destination data, and a usage Installed on the premises of a company, etc., a schedule information database 5 that holds the user's schedule data, an electronic bulletin board 7 that displays the user's destination electronically, a personal computer (PC) 8 that displays the user's destination, etc. A plurality of wireless access points 9 such as a wireless LAN, and a mobile terminal 10 that is always carried by the user and has a wireless LAN function and a WEB browsing function. The destination management / display server 1 and the access point 9 may be connected via a local area network 11 and further connected to an external network 12 such as the Internet.

  The destination management / display server 1 includes destination information management means 2 for controlling data update and display change requests for user destination information, and schedule information management means 4 for managing input / change / deletion of user schedules. And display change means 6 for receiving display destination data display change instructions and outputting display content data.

As the destination display displayed on the electronic bulletin board 7 and the PC 8, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, a name column / destination column / return time column is provided. In the example shown in FIG. The return time is “18:00”.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3 (A), the destination information database 3 includes mobile terminal identification information (not shown) for uniquely identifying a mobile terminal such as a MAC address uniquely assigned to identify each device. In this example, T01, T02...) And access point identification information (A01, A023... In the illustrated example) for uniquely identifying the access point to which the mobile terminal is connected are stored in the data table 3A. 3B, a data table 3B for storing user names (for example, patent Taro, etc.) given in advance in correspondence with the mobile terminal identification information, and as shown in FIG. 3C. Corresponding to the access point identification information described above, the power supply for each partition area (for example, a conference room in a company building, a room corresponding to a department, a corridor, a front door, etc.) is arranged. (In the example shown in the figure, the head office,..., Shonan Branch, ...) destination name to post (Display) on the bulletin board and a data table 3C to store and. The destination information database 3 stores a schedule of the user's schedule (destination, start / end time, etc.) for each user name.

In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the destination information management unit 2, the schedule information management unit 4, and the display change unit 6 are configured by one casing has been described, but these may be configured by a plurality of casings. The number of mobile terminals 10 and access points 9 is not limited to that shown in the figure, and an example in which a wireless LAN is used as a transmission means between the mobile terminal 10 and the access point 9 will be described. For example, other wireless transmission media such as BLUETOOTH and IRDA that can wirelessly transmit a signal only in a short-distance area such as indoors may be used. In the present embodiment, an example in which the access point 9 is arranged in one in-house / building is described. However, for example, the access point 9 may be arranged in a plurality of buildings such as a head office and a branch in a remote place.
<Description of operation>

  Next, the operation of the destination notice system according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the destination information management means 2. This operation is performed when the destination information management means 2 receives data from the access point 9 (step 100), and disconnects whether the received data is a connection notification. It is determined whether the notification is made (step 101). If it is determined in step 101 that the received data is a connection notification (101B) indicating that a certain mobile terminal has connected to the access point, the mobile terminal identification information is referred to the data table 3A in the destination information database 3. Is searched for a record matching the key, and the access point identification information is updated to the identification information of the newly connected access point (step 102). Then, the record of the record matching the corresponding access point identification information is retrieved from the data table 3C. The destination name is acquired, and the destination display changing means 6 is requested to change the “destination” column of the electronic bulletin board 6 to this (step 103). That is, when the access point 9 that receives a signal from the mobile terminal 10 changes due to the movement of the user, the access point identification information in the data table 3A indicating the current position for each user is updated and the position is detected. A destination name indicating the location of the access point 9 is displayed in the “destination” column of the electronic bulletin board 6.

  If it is determined in step 101 that the received data is a disconnection notification (101A) indicating that a certain mobile terminal has disconnected from the access point that has been connected so far, it waits for a certain period of time (step 104), In the meantime, it is determined whether or not there is a connection notification of the portable terminal (step 105). .

  If it is determined in step 105 that there is no connection notification even after a predetermined time has elapsed, the system refers to the data table 3A and searches for a record that matches the mobile terminal-specific information with the key, and the access point After updating the identification information to “none” (step 106), the schedule information management means 4 is inquired about the schedule (step 107), and the result is judged (step 108).

  When it is determined in step 108 that the system is currently out of the schedule, the system uses the destination display change means to reflect the destination and the scheduled return time obtained from the result of the schedule inquiry on the electronic bulletin board. Request (step 109). In step 108, if there is no plan to go out on the schedule, the destination display changing means is requested to change the destination column of the electronic bulletin board to “external” (step 110).

  As described above, in the destination posting system and method according to the present embodiment, the access point 9 monitors the received data from the mobile terminal 10, and the user moves in the area such as the office where the access point is arranged. When the received data is detected by the access point 9 in the company, the location (room, etc.) where the access point 9 is located is displayed on the bulletin board 7, and the mobile terminal identification of the mobile terminal 10 registered in advance at the access point 9 When the information cannot be received, the operation is performed such that “outside” or “destination” corresponding to the user stored in the schedule information database 5 is posted on the bulletin board 7.

  Next, the sequence of the entire system until the display on the electronic bulletin board 7 is updated will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram when a certain mobile terminal 10 is newly connected to the access point 9, FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram when the connection between the mobile terminal 10 and the access point 9 is disconnected, and FIG. It is a sequence diagram which changes the display content of an electronic bulletin board via an external network.

  First, a sequence of the entire system until the display on the electronic bulletin board 7 is updated when the user moves in an area such as a room partitioned into a plurality of sections will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, when the mobile terminal 10 newly connects to the access point 9 (step 200), an access point change notification is issued from the access point 9 to the destination information management means 2 (step 201). Receiving this notification, the destination information management means 2 updates the destination information database 3 (step 202) and notifies the destination display change means 6 of the change of destination information on the electronic bulletin board (step 203). Receiving this notification, the destination display changing means 6 operates to change the display of the electronic bulletin board 7 in response to the change request (step 204). As described above, when the access point 9 receives data from the new mobile terminal 10, the destination posting system according to the present embodiment changes the destination of the user of the mobile terminal 10 in the destination information database 3, and the electronic bulletin board. It operates to change the destination display on 7.

  Next, the operation when the user goes out of the area where the access point 9 is arranged (outside the company) will be described. The sequence from the disconnection of the connection between the portable terminal 10 and the access point 9 to the change of the display content of the electronic bulletin board 7 is as shown in FIG. 6, where the connection between the portable terminal and the access point is disconnected (step 300). In this case, a disconnection notification (step 301) is issued from the access point 9 to the destination information management means 2, and the destination information management means 2 that has received this notification waits for a predetermined time (step 302) by the disconnection notification. Then, it is determined whether the portable terminal is newly connected to the access point (step 303).

  In this determination 303, if there is a connection notification, the process proceeds to the sequence of FIG. 5 described above. If there is no connection, the contents of the destination information database 3 are updated to "None" (step 304) and the schedule is inquired to the schedule information management means 4 (Step 305), the schedule information management means 4 having received this inquiry searches the schedule information database 5 (Step 306), acquires the search result (Step 307), and returns it to the destination information management means 2 (Step 305). 308). Receiving this, the destination information management means 2 instructs the destination display changing means 6 to change the display (step 309) based on the acquired schedule, and the destination display changing means 6 receiving this instruction displays the electronic bulletin board 7 display. Is changed to the destination (step 310).

  That is, the destination posting system and method according to the present embodiment refers to the destination information database 3 when the mobile terminal information identification number cannot be detected by the access point due to the user going out of the area where the access point 9 is arranged. The destination is updated to “None”, and when “Destination” is registered in advance with reference to the schedule information database 5, the “Destination” is posted on the electronic bulletin board 7, and “Destination” is registered. If not, the operation is performed so that the “outing” is posted on the electronic bulletin board 7.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the access point that receives the radio signal from the mobile terminal 10 carried by the user by the access point arranged for each of the partitioned areas such as the room is received. 9, the position of the user is determined and posted on the electronic bulletin board 7, and when there is a mobile terminal 10 that cannot be received by the access point 9, a schedule “ By operating so as to display “destination” or “going out” on the electronic bulletin board 7, the destination display can be automatically changed as the user moves.

  In other words, in situations such as telephone receptions from business partners, information such as the person's presence / absence and the current destination when leaving the office is used as a judgment material for the next reception, such as telephone transfers and message memos. It will also be an indication of when to return if not present. However, the destination posting system and method according to the present embodiment automatically changes the destination display, in contrast to the fact that the information may not be correctly displayed on the conventional destination bulletin board due to forgetting to write or the like. Therefore, in the scene as described above, the current destination information of the person can be posted immediately.

  In the destination posting system and method according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the user connects the mobile terminal 10 to the destination management / display server 1 via the Internet 12 / terminal terminal / router via an external network from an outside location. Then, the user himself / herself updates the destination information in the schedule information database 5 (step 401), and the destination information management means 2 that has detected this update notifies the destination display change means 6 of the change of the destination information ( In step 402), the destination display changing means 6 that receives this may change the destination display on the electronic bulletin board 7.

The figure which shows the whole structure of the destination notice system by one Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the example of a display of the electronic bulletin board in this embodiment. The figure which shows the data structural example of the destination information database in this embodiment. The operation | movement flowchart of the destination information management means in this embodiment. It is a sequence diagram when the user by campus moves on the premises. The sequence diagram when the user by this embodiment moves outside the office. In the sequence diagram when the user changes the destination display via the external network.

Explanation of symbols

  1: destination management / display server, 2: destination information management means, 3: destination information database, 3A-3C: data table, 4: schedule information management means, 5: schedule information database, 6: destination display change means, 7 : Electronic bulletin board, 9: access point, 10: portable terminal, 11: local area network, 12: Internet.

Claims (4)

An access point arranged for each of a plurality of partitioned areas, and a destination notice system connected to the plurality of access points,
A plurality of access points that are arranged for each of the plurality of partitioned areas and that are connected to only the mobile terminals located in the areas via wireless signals;
A destination information database including a data table storing a name of a user corresponding to the mobile terminal identification information assigned to each mobile terminal and a data table storing a destination name corresponding to the location of the access point;
A schedule information database storing a schedule including a destination and time for each user;
An electronic bulletin board that displays a schedule including the destination and time of each user;
When the access point receives a radio signal from a certain mobile terminal, it searches each data table in the destination information database using the mobile terminal identification number of the received mobile terminal as a key, and acquires the user name and destination The destination posting system, wherein the acquired user name and destination are displayed on the electronic bulletin board.   If the access point is unable to receive a radio signal from a mobile terminal, search the schedule information database using the mobile terminal identification number of the mobile terminal that cannot be received as a key to obtain the destination and user name registered in the schedule, 2. The destination posting system according to claim 1, wherein the acquired user name and destination are displayed on the electronic bulletin board. A destination display method including an access point arranged for each of a plurality of partitioned areas and a schedule information management means connected to the plurality of access points,
Corresponding to a plurality of access points that are arranged for each of the plurality of divided areas and that are connected to only the mobile terminals located in the area via wireless signals, and the mobile terminal identification information given to each of the mobile terminals A destination information database including a data table storing the name of the user and a data table storing a destination name corresponding to the location of the access point; a schedule information database storing a schedule including the destination and time for each user; And an electronic bulletin board displaying a schedule including the destination and time for each user,
When the access point receives a radio signal from a certain mobile terminal, it searches each data table of the destination information database using the mobile terminal identification number of the received mobile terminal as a key, and acquires the user name and destination A destination display method comprising: executing a first step and a second step of displaying a user name and a destination acquired in the first step on the electronic bulletin board.   When the access point cannot receive a radio signal from a portable terminal, the schedule information database is searched by using the portable terminal identification number of the portable terminal that cannot be received as a key, and the destination registered in the schedule and the name of knowing forgiveness are acquired. 4. The destination display method according to claim 3, wherein three steps and a fourth step of displaying the acquired user name and destination on the electronic bulletin board are executed.

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