JP2009086900A - Data processing system, data processor, its computer program, and data processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data processing system capable of easily identifying how a plurality of free use areas of a free location space is used by arbitrary free address users. <P>SOLUTION: A data processor 100 includes: a conference storage part 110 for storing conference data by each one of a plurality of conferences held by each one of the plurality of free use areas; a user storage part 120 for storing user management data for each of the plurality of free address users; a user detecting part 130 for detecting the free address user for each of the plurality of free use areas; an update part 140 for storing the detected free address user as the participant of the conference in the conference data of the conference held in the free use area in association with the conference data; a participant providing part 160 for receiving the browsing request of the participant of the conference; and a present state output part 150 for generating the list of the participants of the conference in response to the browsing request, and outputting by displaying the list of the participants. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a data processing system, a data processing device, a computer program for the same, and a data processing method for managing data on the use states of arbitrary free address users in a plurality of free use areas prepared in a free location space.

  Currently, a free location space called a free address office has been proposed. In this free address office, desks and conference rooms are installed as a plurality of free use areas. In the free address office, free address users such as employees can freely use the free use area.

  For example, when a free address user comes to the office and sits at a desired desk, that desk becomes the seat of the free address user on that day. In such a free address office, the free address office can be utilized to the maximum extent in accordance with the visit of the free address user.

  On the other hand, in the free address office, the seat of the free address user is undefined as described above. For this reason, it is necessary to detect the presence / absence of a free address user, the seat position of a free address user who has visited the company, and the like.

  Therefore, a card reader is installed at the entrance / exit of the free address office, and the free address user possesses an IC (Integrated Circuit) card with a personal ID (IDentity) registered to detect entry and exit of the free address user. Data management is implemented.

  In addition, RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) readers are installed at various locations in the free address office so that free address users can carry RFID cards, and the location of free address users in the free address office is detected in real time for data management. It is also being implemented.

  Such real-time position detection includes PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) base station and private terminal, wireless LAN (Local Area Network) base station and mobile computer, infrared ID issuing device and ID It is also implemented in detectors.

The above-described technique is used in the security area in addition to the position detection of the free address user in the above-described free address office. Currently, there are various proposals as the above-described technique (for example, see Patent Documents 1 to 4).
JP 2007-142621 A JP 2006-023129 A JP 2006-309609 A JP 2004-138513 A

  By the way, although a conference room etc. is prepared as a free use area in the free location space, it can be reserved in advance or can be used at any time according to availability. For this reason, it is inconvenient if it is not possible to easily confirm how the free use area is used, whether it is used, or whether it is scheduled to be used.

  In addition, since a free use area can be used by any free address user, there may be a case where it is not known who the other free address users are currently using the same free use area.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to enable easy confirmation of how a plurality of free use areas in a free location space are used by arbitrary free address users. Data processing system, data processing apparatus, computer program thereof, and data processing method are provided. Another object of the present invention is to provide a data processing system, a data processing device, a computer program thereof, and a computer program for easily confirming who is an arbitrary free address user in a plurality of free use areas of a free location space. And a data processing method.

The first data processing apparatus of the present invention is a data processing apparatus for managing participants of a conference held in a plurality of free use areas prepared in a free location space,
Meeting storage means for storing meeting data for each of the plurality of meetings held for each of the plurality of free use areas;
User storage means for storing user management data for each of a plurality of free address users;
Detecting means for detecting the free address user for each of the plurality of free use areas;
Participant storage means for storing the free address user detected in the free use area in association with the conference data as the conference data in the conference data of the conference being held in the free use area;
Accepting means for accepting a viewing request of the participant of the conference held in the free use area;
In response to the browsing request received by the receiving unit, the conference storage unit is referred to, a list of the participants of the conference is generated based on the conference data of the requested conference, and the participants Output means for displaying and outputting the list.

A first data processing system of the present invention includes a first data processing apparatus of the present invention,
A mobile terminal including a transmitting means for transmitting user identification information carried by a free address user,
The detecting means of the data processing device receives the user identification information transmitted from the transmitting means of the portable terminal and detects the free address user.

A first computer program of the present invention is a computer program for realizing a data processing apparatus for managing participants of a conference held in a plurality of free use areas prepared in a free location space on a computer,
The computer
A conference storage device that stores conference data for each of the plurality of conferences held for each of the plurality of free use areas;
A user storage device for storing user management data for each of a plurality of free address users,
In the computer,
A detection procedure for detecting the free address user for each of the plurality of free use areas;
A participant storage procedure for storing the free address user detected in the free use area in association with the conference data as a participant in the conference in the conference data of the conference being held in the free use area;
An acceptance procedure for accepting a viewing request of the participant of the conference held in the free use area;
In response to the browsing request received in the receiving procedure, the conference storage device is referred to, a list of the participants in the conference is generated based on the conference data of the conference requested to be browsed, and the participants Execute the output procedure to display and output the list.

A first data processing method of the present invention is a data processing method of a data processing apparatus for managing participants of a conference held in a plurality of free use areas prepared in a free location space,
The data processing device includes a conference storage device that stores conference data for each of the plurality of conferences held for each of the plurality of free use areas, and a user storage unit that stores user management data for each of a plurality of free address users. Including,
Detecting the free address user for each of the plurality of free use areas,
Storing the free address user detected in the free use area in association with the conference data as a participant in the conference in the conference data held in the free use area;
Accepting a viewing request for the participants in the conference held in the free-use area;
In response to the received browsing request, the conference storage device is referred to, the list of participants of the conference is generated based on the conference data of the conference requested to be browsed, and the list of participants is displayed. Output.

A second data processing apparatus of the present invention is a data processing apparatus that manages free address users who are connected to user terminals of a plurality of free address users and that use a plurality of free use areas prepared in a free location space. Because
User storage means for storing user management data including profile information for each of the plurality of free address users;
Detecting means for detecting the free address user for each of the plurality of free use areas;
Current status output means for displaying a list of at least part of the user management data of the free address user detected for each free use area;
Accepting means for receiving from the user terminal a browsing request for the profile information of any free address user among the free address users displayed in the list;
In response to the browsing request received by the receiving unit, the user storage unit is referred to, and the profile information of the free address user is obtained based on the user management data of the free address user requested to browse the user. Profile output means for causing the terminal to display and output.

A second data processing system of the present invention includes a second data processing apparatus of the present invention,
A mobile terminal including a transmitting means for transmitting user identification information carried by a free address user,
The detecting means of the data processing device receives the user identification information transmitted from the transmitting means of the portable terminal and detects the free address user.

The second computer program of the present invention is a data for managing free address users who are using a plurality of free use areas prepared in a free location space in a computer connected to user terminals of a plurality of free address users. A computer program for realizing a processing device,
The computer includes a user storage device that stores user management data including profile information for each of the plurality of free address users,
In the computer,
A detection procedure for detecting the free address user for each of the plurality of free use areas;
A current status output procedure for listing and outputting at least a part of the user management data of the free address user detected for each free use area;
An acceptance procedure for accepting, from the user terminal, a request for browsing the profile information of any free address user among the free address users displayed in the list;
In response to the browsing request received in the receiving procedure, the user storage device is referred to, and the profile information of the free address user is displayed and output based on the user management data of the free address user requested to browse. The profile output procedure is executed.

The second data processing method of the present invention is a data processing apparatus for managing free address users who are connected to user terminals of a plurality of free address users and are using a plurality of free use areas prepared in a free location space. Data processing method,
The data processing device includes a user storage device that stores user management data including profile information for each of the plurality of free address users,
Detecting the free address user for each of the plurality of free use areas,
A list display of at least part of the user management data of the free address user detected for each free use area,
Accepting a request for browsing the profile information of any free address user from among the listed free address users from the user terminal,
In response to the received browsing request, the user storage device is referred to, and the profile information of the free address user is displayed and output based on the user management data of the free address user requested to browse.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements and a conversion of the expression of the present invention between a method, an apparatus, a system, a recording medium, a computer program, etc. are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  The various components of the present invention do not necessarily have to be independent of each other. A plurality of components are formed as a single member, and a single component is formed of a plurality of members. It may be that a certain component is a part of another component, a part of a certain component overlaps with a part of another component, or the like.

  In addition, although a plurality of procedures are described in order in the data processing method and the computer program of the present invention, the described order does not limit the order in which the plurality of procedures are executed. For this reason, when implementing the data processing method and computer program of this invention, the order of the several procedure can be changed in the range which does not interfere in content.

  Furthermore, the plurality of procedures of the data processing method and the computer program of the present invention are not limited to being executed at different timings. For this reason, another procedure may occur during the execution of a certain procedure, or some or all of the execution timing of a certain procedure and the execution timing of another procedure may overlap.

  According to the present invention, a data processing system, a data processing apparatus, a computer program thereof, and data for easily confirming how a plurality of free use areas in a free location space are used by an arbitrary free address user A processing method is provided. Further, according to the present invention, a data processing system, a data processing apparatus, a computer program thereof, and a computer program for easily confirming who is an arbitrary free address user in a plurality of free use areas of a free location space, and A data processing method is provided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In all the drawings, the same reference numerals are given to the same components, and the description will be omitted as appropriate.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a data processing system 1000 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The data processing system 1000 according to the present embodiment includes the data processing apparatus 100 and a user portable terminal 200 including a transmission unit (described later) that transmits user identification information carried by a free address user. The unit (described later) receives the user identification information transmitted from the transmission unit of the user portable terminal 200 and detects a free address user. In addition, although the user portable terminal 200 and the user detection device 300 are illustrated one by one in FIG. 1, the data processing system 1000 includes a plurality of user portable terminals 200 and a plurality of user detection devices 300. Can do.

  The data processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment performs data management on the use states of a plurality of free use areas prepared in a free address office, which is a free location space, for example, an arbitrary free address user FAU in a conference room.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the free address office FAO is set so that the free address user FAU is freely located in a plurality of free use areas FUA as described above. The free address user FAU may include, for example, an employee working for a free address office FAO. Alternatively, guests visiting the free address office FAO can be included.

  The free use area FUA is, for example, a seat or a conference room where a free address user FAU is freely located. The free address user FAU located in the free address office FAO always has the user portable terminal 200.

  The user portable terminal 200 includes various devices that allow the user detection device 300 to individually detect the free address user FAU for each free use area FUA.

  As will be described in detail later, the user portable terminal 200 includes, as shown in FIG. 1, an IC (Integrated Circuit) card 210, which is an employee ID card in which a user ID for each free address user FAU is registered, a free address user FAU. PHS terminal 220 which is a user portable terminal in which terminal ID, telephone number, e-mail address, etc. are individually set, and mobile computer 230 in which terminal ID, e-mail address, etc. for each free address user FAU are individually registered. Etc.

  In addition, the user detection device 300 can include various devices that can individually detect the free address user FAU for each free use area FUA by the PHS terminal 220 as described above.

  As will be described in detail later, such a user detection device 300 includes a card reader 310 that obtains a user ID from the IC card 210, a PHS base station 320 that communicates wirelessly with the PHS terminal 220, and a mobile computer 230 and a wireless LAN. An access point 330 for data communication can be included.

As shown in FIG. 2, for example, the card readers 310 are installed on the entrance side and the exit side of the free address office FAO. Moreover, the PHS base station 320 and the access point 330 are installed on the ceiling or the like for each free use area FUA, for example.
In the free address office FAO, a so-called fixed telephone terminal 340 is installed for each free use area FUA.

  In the data processing system 1000 of the present embodiment, a touch panel 240 functioning as an interphone is also installed on the entrance side of the free address office FAO, and this touch panel 240 is also connected to the data processing apparatus 100 as shown in FIG. Has been.

  The data processing apparatus 100 is a database server of a free address office FAO to which the above-described various user detection devices 300 are connected. In addition, in the following each figure, the structure of the part which is not related to the essence of this invention is abbreviate | omitted.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating configurations of the data processing device 100 and the user portable terminal 200 according to the present embodiment.
The data processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is a data processing apparatus 100 that manages participants (free address users FAU) of a conference held in a plurality of free use areas FUA prepared in a free location space. Conference storage unit 110 that stores conference data for each of a plurality of conferences held for each free use area FUA, a user storage unit 120 that stores user management data for each of a plurality of free address users FAU, and a plurality of free use The user detector 130 for detecting the free address user FAU for each area FUA, and the conference data of the conference held in the free use area FUA, the free address user FAU detected in the free use area FUA is included in the conference As an update unit 1 that is stored in association with the conference data In response to the browsing request received by the participant providing unit 160 and the participant providing unit 160 that receives the browsing request of the participants held in the free use area FUA, the conference storage unit 110 is referred to and browsed. A current status output unit 150 (and a participant providing unit 160) that generates a list of participants of the conference based on the conference data of the requested conference and displays and outputs the list of participants.

  Each component of the data processing apparatus 100 and the user portable terminal 200 includes a CPU, a memory of any computer, a program for realizing the components shown in the figure loaded in the memory, and a storage unit such as a hard disk for storing the program. It is realized by any combination of hardware and software, centering on the network connection interface. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that there are various modifications to the implementation method and apparatus. Each drawing described below shows a functional unit block, not a hardware unit configuration.

  More specifically, the data processing device 100 includes a conference storage unit 110, a user storage unit 120, a user detection unit 130, an update unit 140, a current status output unit 150, and a participant providing unit 160. ing.

  In the data processing device 100, the conference storage unit 110 can include, for example, conference information 410, conference participant information 420, conference room information 430, and schedule information 440 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, the conference information 410 stores a conference ID, a conference date and time, and a conference room ID, which is identification information for identifying the conference room, in association with each other. In addition, as shown in FIG. 4B, the conference participant information 420 associates a conference ID with a user ID, which is identification information for identifying a free address user FAU that has participated in the conference, for each of a plurality of conferences. Remembered.

  As shown in FIG. 4C, the conference room information 430 stores a conference room ID and a conference room name in association with each other for each of a plurality of free use areas FUA, for example, conference rooms. The conference room information 430 may include, for example, the extension number of the fixed telephone terminal 340 set in the free use area FUA.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4D, the schedule information 440 is a schedule such as a meeting. For example, for each of a plurality of schedules, a schedule ID, a date and time, a free use area FUA in which the schedule is executed, For example, the conference room ID, the contents of the schedule, for example, the name of the conference, the number of parties related to the schedule, for example, the number of people expected to participate in the conference, and the identification information for the free address user FAU, for example, Are stored in association with each other.

  In the data processing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment, a schedule storage unit (conference storage unit 110 in FIG. 3) that stores schedule management data (schedule information 440 in FIG. 4D) for each of a plurality of free address users FAU, The schedule registration unit (not shown) that accepts and registers the registration or update of the conference data for each conference in the schedule management data, and the schedule management data (FIG. 4D) of the schedule storage unit (conference storage unit 110 in FIG. 3) ) In the schedule information 440), when the conference data is registered or updated, a conference registration unit (not shown) that is reflected in the conference data in the conference storage unit 110 can be included.

  Thereby, conference data can be registered in conjunction with the scheduler, and participants of the conference held from the conference data registered in the schedule can be confirmed.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the user storage unit 120 stores user management data of a plurality of free address users FAU. The user management data includes, for example, identification information (user ID) and name of the free address user FAU, and may further include the telephone number and mail address of the PHS terminal 220, the mail address of the mobile computer 230, and the like.

  The user detection unit 130 detects a free address user FAU for each of a plurality of free use areas FUA. For example, the user detection unit 130 receives user identification information transmitted from an ID transmission unit 202 (described later) of the user portable terminal 200 carried by the free address user FAU and detects the free address user FAU.

  The update unit 140 updates the conference participant information 420 (FIG. 4B) in the conference storage unit 110 according to the detection result detected by the user detection unit 130. The current status output unit 150 creates and outputs a participant list screen 500 as shown in FIG. 5 for each free use area FUA where the conference is held, that is, for each conference room. The participant list screen 500 created by the current status output unit 150 can be temporarily stored in a storage unit (not shown). Various screens including the main menu screen of the data processing system 1000 of this embodiment are stored in a storage unit (not shown). These various screens are provided to the user portable terminal 200 by a participant providing unit 160 described later.

  For example, each screen can be a web page written in HTML (HyperText Markup Language), and each screen is designated by specifying a predetermined URL (Uniform Resource Locator) using a browser function in the user portable terminal 200. You can browse.

  The participant list screen 500 displays, for each of a plurality of free use areas FUA, information on a conference being held and user management data of free address users FAU participating in the conference. In the example of FIG. 5, for example, the names of five free address users FAU attending the “Project A Meeting”, a meeting held from 10:00 to 12:00 on September 1, 2007 in the first conference room, are shown. Is displayed. The free address user FAU is schematically indicated by a participant mark 510.

  The conference room name, conference date and time, and conference name displayed on the participant list screen 500 are information acquired from the schedule information 440 in FIG. 4D, and the attending free address user FAU is shown in FIG. ) Conference participant information 420 and the name of each free address user FAU are displayed as information acquired from the user management data in the user storage unit 120.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the participant providing unit 160 provides the user portable terminal 200 with a screen such as the participant list screen 500 output by the current status output unit 150, and accepts an operation on each screen from the user portable terminal 200, Switch screens. The participant providing unit 160 can also display the participant list screen 500 and various screens on a display unit (not shown) of the data processing apparatus 100.

  In the case of the PHS terminal 220 or the mobile computer 230, the user portable terminal 200 includes an ID transmission unit 202, an operation unit 204, a display unit 206, and an interface unit 208. The ID transmission unit 202 transmits the user identification information of the free address user FAU carrying the user portable terminal 200 via the interface unit 208.

  When the user portable terminal 200 is the PHS terminal 220, the operation unit 204 is an operation key, an operation button, a jog dial, a touch pad, or the like, and accepts the operation of the free address user FAU. The operation received by the operation unit 204 is transmitted to the data processing device 100 via the interface unit 208, and the participant providing unit 160 described above receives the operation in the data processing device 100. For example, the operation unit 204 of the user portable terminal 200 can request the data processing apparatus 100 to browse conference participants.

When the user portable terminal 200 is the PHS terminal 220, the display unit 206 is an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), an organic EL (ElectroLuminescence) display, or the like, and displays various screens provided from the data processing apparatus 100 via the interface unit 208. Receive and display.
For example, the display unit 206 can receive and display a list of conference participants provided from the data processing apparatus 100 via the interface unit 208.

  For example, in the case of the mobile computer 230, the interface unit 208 performs wireless communication with the access point 330 in FIG. 1, connects to the network to which the data processing device 100 is connected, and receives various screens provided by the data processing device 100. Then, an operation instruction by the operation unit 204 of the user portable terminal 200 is transmitted to the data processing apparatus 100.

The current status output unit 150 of the data processing apparatus 100 further creates and outputs the schedule list screen 550 of FIG.
In the data processing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment, the current status output unit 150 generates a list of conference data for a plurality of conferences held in a plurality of free use areas FUA, displays and outputs a list of conference data, and is provided by a participant The unit 160 can select and accept a conference that should be browsed from the conference data list.

  Then, the participant providing unit 160 provides the schedule list screen 550 to the user portable terminal 200. The schedule list screen 550 is created based on the schedule information 440 in FIG. 4D, and schematically shows a schedule for each free use area FUA. Thereby, the schedule list screen 550 is displayed on the display unit 206 of the user portable terminal 200, and the free address user FAU can confirm the schedule of each free use area FUA on the schedule list screen 550.

Further, for example, by selecting the link 552 of each schedule on the schedule list screen 550 with the operation unit 204, the participant of FIG. 5 showing the participants of the conference held or held in the free use area FUA. The list screen 500 can be displayed on the display unit 206 of the user portable terminal 200.
Alternatively, the conference room and date / time may be selected from the schedule list screen 550 so that the schedule can be registered.

  The data processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment executes various processing operations corresponding to the computer program implemented as described above, thereby realizing the various units 110 to 160 as various functions. ing.

  The computer program of the present embodiment is a computer program for realizing the data processing apparatus 100 that manages participants of a conference held in a plurality of free use areas FUA prepared in a free location space on a computer, The computer includes a conference storage unit 110 that stores conference data for each of a plurality of conferences held for each of a plurality of free use areas FUA, a user storage unit 120 that stores user management data for each of a plurality of free address users FAU, A detection procedure for detecting a free address user FAU for each of a plurality of free use areas FUA in a computer, and free addresses detected in the free use area FUA in conference data held in the free use area FUA Meeting user FAU Storage procedure in association with the conference data as a participant, a reception procedure for receiving a browsing request of a participant held in the free use area FUA, a meeting memory in response to the browsing request received in the reception procedure Referring to the section 110, it is described to generate a list of participants of the conference based on the conference data requested to be browsed, and to execute an output procedure for displaying and outputting the list of participants.

In the configuration as described above, a data processing method by the data processing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment will be described below. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the data processing system 1000 of this embodiment.
The data processing method of this embodiment is a data processing method of the data processing apparatus 100 that manages participants of a conference held in a plurality of free use areas FUA prepared in a free location space. Includes a conference storage unit 110 that stores conference data for each of a plurality of conferences held for each of a plurality of free use areas FUA, and a user storage unit 120 that stores user management data for each of a plurality of free address users FAU. A free address user FAU is detected for each of the plurality of free use areas FUA (Y in step S31), and the free address detected in the free use area FUA is included in the conference data held in the free use area FUA. Store user FAU as conference participant in association with conference data (Step S33), a request for viewing a participant in a conference held in the free use area FUA is accepted (Y in Step S35), and in response to the received viewing request, the conference storage unit 110 is referred to and a browsing request is made. Based on the conference data of the conference, a list of participants in the conference is generated (step S37), and the list of participants is displayed and output (step S39).

  Specifically, first, the data processing system 1000 of the present embodiment is used in the free address office FAO as described above.

  This free address office FAO is classified as, for example, a conference room in which a plurality of seats are a plurality of free use areas FUA. And the free address user FAU who is an employee is not fixed in his / her seat, and freely uses the free use area FUA.

  For this reason, the free address user FAU does not uniquely recognize the mutual position. However, in the data processing system 1000 of the present embodiment, each of the free address user FAUs as described above has a user portable terminal 200 such as an IC card 210, a PHS terminal 220, a mobile computer 230, and the like.

  When such a free address user FAU enters the free address office FAO, the card reader 310 is made to detect the IC card 210 possessed. Thus, entry is physically permitted, and the data processing apparatus 100 recognizes that the free address user FAU has entered the free address office FAO.

  In this state, for example, when the free address user FAU is seated in the free use area FUA where the conference is held, for example, the PHS terminal 220 or the mobile computer 230 of the free address user FAU is connected to the PHS of the free use area FUA. It is detected by the base station 320 or the access point 330.

  Specifically, identification information of the free address user FAU is transmitted from the ID transmission unit 202 of the user portable terminal 200 formed by the free address user FAU (step S11). In the data processing apparatus 100, the user detection unit 130 receives the identification information transmitted from the user portable terminal 200, and detects the free address user FAU (Y in step S31). At this time, each time the PHS terminal 220 or the mobile computer 230 of the free address user FAU is detected by the PHS base station 320 or the access point 330 of the free use area FUA as described above in FIG. The current relationship is temporarily stored in the conference participant information 420 (FIG. 4B) in the conference storage unit 110 (step S33).

  By constantly executing the processing operations as described above, the current status of the plurality of free address users FAU in each free use area FUA of the free address office FAO is temporarily stored in the conference storage unit 110 of the data processing device 100 in real time. The

  In this state, for example, when a certain free address user FAU is in a certain free use area FUA, for example, when it is desired to confirm a free address user FAU participating in a certain conference, the PHS terminal 220 or mobile By operating the operation unit 204 of the computer 230, a browsing request for the participant list screen 500 is transmitted to the data processing apparatus 100 via the interface unit 208 (step S13).

  Then, when this browsing request is received (Y in step S35), the current status output unit 150 creates the participant list screen 500 (step S37), and the participant providing unit 160 displays the participant list screen 500 on the user portable terminal 200. Provide (step S39).

  In the user portable terminal 200, the participant list screen 500 is received via the interface unit 208, and the participant list screen 500 is displayed on the display unit 206 (step S15).

  As described above, according to the data processing system 1000 of this embodiment, a participant in a free use area FUA, for example, a conference held in a conference room is detected, stored in association with the conference data, and presented. Can do.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the data processing system 1100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The data processing system 1100 according to the present embodiment is different from the data processing system 1000 according to the above-described embodiment in that the data processing apparatus 100 includes a profile providing unit 170. That is, the data processing apparatus 100 of this embodiment can display the profile of the participant of the meeting currently being held on the user portable terminal 200, for example.

  The data processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment manages a free address user FAU that is connected to the user portable terminals 200 of a plurality of free address users FAU and uses a plurality of free use areas FUA prepared in a free location space. And a user storage unit 120 for storing user management data including profile information for each of a plurality of free address users FAU, and a user detection for detecting a free address user FAU for each of a plurality of free use areas FUA Unit 130, current status output unit 150 (participant providing unit 160) that displays and outputs at least a part of user management data of free address user FAU detected for each free use area FUA, and free address users displayed as a list From FAU In response to the viewing request received by the participant providing unit 160 and the viewing request received by the participant providing unit 160, a browsing request is made by referring to the user storage unit 120. A profile providing unit 170 that causes the user portable terminal 200 to display and output the profile information of the free address user FAU based on the user management data of the free address user FAU.

  Furthermore, the data processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment includes a conference storage unit 110 that stores conference data for each of a plurality of conferences held for each of a plurality of free use areas FUA. The detected free address user FAU is a participant of a conference held in the free use area FUA, and the profile providing unit 170 displays and outputs profile information of the participants of the conference held in the free use area FUA.

  In addition, in this embodiment, it was set as the structure which detects the participant of the meeting currently hold | maintained in free use area FUA, and displays and outputs the profile information of the detected participant, However, It is not limited to a meeting, It is only necessary to detect a free address user FAU that uses the free use area FUA and display and output profile information of the free address user FAU in the free use area FUA.

  In the present embodiment, the current status output unit 150 generates a participant list screen 520 shown in FIG. The participant list screen 520 is different from the participant list screen 500 of the above embodiment in that it includes a participant link 512. The participant providing unit 160 in FIG. 8 provides a participant list screen 520 to the user portable terminal 200 in response to a browsing request from the user portable terminal 200.

  The user portable terminal 200 includes a request unit (operation unit 204) that requests the data processing device 100 to browse profile information of an arbitrary free address user FAU, and profile information of the free address user FAU provided from the data processing device 100. And a display unit (display unit 206) for receiving and displaying the information.

  That is, in the user portable terminal 200, by operating the participant link 512 of the participant list screen 520 of FIG. 10 using the operation unit 204, the data of the participant selected by the data processing apparatus 100 via the interface unit 208 is displayed. An operation instruction for browsing the profile information is transmitted. In the data processing apparatus 100, the participant providing unit 160 receives an operation instruction, and instructs the profile providing unit 170 to provide the user portable terminal 200 with the profile screen 620 of FIG.

  The profile providing unit 170 accesses the user storage unit 120, acquires profile information of the free address user FAU requested to be browsed, creates a profile screen 620, and provides it to the user portable terminal 200. In the present embodiment, the user storage unit 120 in FIG. 8 stores the profile information 610 in FIG. The profile information 610 stores, for each free address user FAU, a user ID, a name, a face photo, an email address, a company name, a department name, a job title classification, a special skill, a work history, and the like. The face photo may be stored in association with the face photo data file, its file name and storage location.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the profile screen 620 displays various types of information (profile information 610 in FIG. 9) of the free address user FAU included in the user management data in the user storage unit 120. The profile screen 620 may include a face photo 622 of each free address user FAU, name, email address, company name, department name, position classification, special skill, work history, and the like. In particular, in the present embodiment, the profile screen 620 includes the face photo 622 so that, for example, the free address user FAU participating in the conference can be confirmed with the face and the photo, so there are unacquainted participants. Even so, the profile of the free address user FAU can be viewed.

  The data processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment executes various processing operations corresponding to the computer program implemented as described above, thereby realizing the various units 110 to 170 as various functions as described above. ing.

  The computer program of the present embodiment allows a free address user FAU using a plurality of free use areas FUA prepared in a free location space to be connected to the user portable terminal 200 of a plurality of free address users FAU. A computer program for realizing a data processing apparatus 100 to be managed, the computer including a user storage unit 120 that stores user management data including profile information for each of a plurality of free address users FAU. Detection procedure for detecting free address user FAU for each free use area FUA, current output for displaying at least a part of user management data of free address user FAU detected for each free use area FUA In order, the user storage unit 120 responds to the reception procedure received from the user portable terminal 200 and the browsing request received in the receiving procedure from the user portable terminal 200 from the list of displayed free address users FAU. , And a profile output procedure for displaying and outputting profile information of the free address user FAU based on the user management data of the free address user FAU requested to be viewed.

In the configuration as described above, a data processing method by the data processing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment will be described below. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the data processing system 1100 of the present embodiment.
The data processing method of the present embodiment manages a free address user FAU that is connected to the user portable terminals 200 of a plurality of free address users FAU and uses a plurality of free use areas FUA prepared in a free location space. A data processing method of the data processing apparatus 100, the data processing apparatus 100 including a user storage unit 120 that stores user management data including profile information for each of a plurality of free address users FAU, and for each of a plurality of free use areas FUA The free address user FAU is detected (Y in step S31), and at least a part of the user management data of the free address user FAU detected for each free use area FUA is displayed and displayed as a list (steps S37 and S39). Free address The user FAU receives a request for browsing the profile information of the user FAU at any free address from the user terminal (Y in step S41), and in response to the received browsing request, the user storage unit 120 is referred to and the free requested for browsing. Based on the user management data of the address user FAU, the profile information of the free address user FAU is displayed and output (steps S43 and S45).

In FIG. 12, steps S11 to S15 and steps S31 to S39 in the above embodiment are the same, and thus description thereof is omitted.
Specifically, in the state where the participant list screen 520 (FIG. 10) is displayed on the user portable terminal 200, the participant link 512 of the free address user FAU with the participant list screen 520 is displayed on the user portable terminal 200. When operated, a profile browsing request of the free address user FAU corresponding to the operated participant link 512 is transmitted to the data processing apparatus 100 via the interface unit 208 (step S17). .

  When this browsing request is received (Y in step S41), the profile providing unit 170 generates a profile screen 620 (FIG. 11) from the user management data of the free address user FAU requested to browse from the user storage unit 120 (step S43). The profile screen 620 is provided to the user portable terminal 200 (step S45).

  In the user portable terminal 200, the profile screen 620 is received via the interface unit 208, and the profile screen 620 is displayed on the display unit 206 (step S19).

  As described above, according to the data processing system 1100 of the present embodiment, user management data of the free address user FAU in the free use area FUA, such as a profile, can be presented to the user portable terminal 200. The free address user FAU in the free use area FUA can display the other person's profile on the user portable terminal 200 for browsing. Thereby, when an unfamiliar free address user FAU is in the same free use area FUA, it is possible to know who the other person is, which is convenient.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described with reference to drawings, these are the illustrations of this invention, Various structures other than the above are also employable.

  For example, in any of the above data processing systems, the data processing apparatus 100 according to another embodiment can register related data related to the conference, for example, a document, and the conference participants can view and acquire the related data. Also good.

  In other words, the data processing apparatus 100 accepts registration of related data related to the conference, and from the related data storage unit (not shown) registered in association with the conference data, and the free address user FAU registered as a conference participant, A providing unit (not shown) that receives a related data browsing request, refers to the conference storage unit 110 and the related data storage unit, and provides related data related to the conference data of the requested conference. it can.

  Here, the related data is, for example, conference materials, and includes various document files, spreadsheet files, data files created by presentation software, image files, PDF (Portable Document Format) files, and the like.

  According to this configuration, the material scheduled to be distributed at the conference or the distributed material can be registered in association with the conference, and the free address user FAU who participated in the conference can acquire and view the materials related to the conference. .

  In the data processing apparatus 100 of the above embodiment, the configuration in which the profile information can be freely browsed among all the free address users FAU has been described. However, in the data processing apparatus 100 of other embodiments, the browsing restriction is performed. Also good.

  That is, in the data processing apparatus 100, the user management data of a plurality of free address users FAU stored in the user storage unit 120 can include attribute information of the free address user FAU. 120, the free address user requested to browse based on the attribute information of the free address user FAU of the user portable terminal 200 that has transmitted the accepted browsing request and the attribute information of the free address user FAU requested to browse A restriction unit (not shown) for restricting browsing of the FAU profile can be included.

  The attribute information of the free address user FAU can be, for example, a company name, internal / external classification, department, job title, supplier rank, predetermined viewing order, and the like.

  According to this configuration, since browsing of profile information can be restricted according to the attribute of the user requesting browsing and the attribute of the user to be browsed, for example, the boss can see the profile of the subordinate. , Subordinates can not see the profile of the supervisor, outsiders such as customers and traders can be restricted, such as not see the profile of the people involved in the office. In addition, browsing of all profile information need not be restricted, and browsing of at least some of the profile information can be restricted. Moreover, you may change the profile information to restrict | limit browsing for every attribute relationship.

Further, in the data processing apparatus 100 of another embodiment, the profile providing unit 170 refers to the schedule storage unit (schedule information 440 of the conference storage unit 110) together with the participant profile information, and manages the schedule of the conference scheduled to participate. At least a part of the data (schedule information 440) may be displayed and output.
According to this configuration, it is possible to view conference data of other conference participants. For example, when scheduling the next meeting, each person's schedule can be grasped, which is convenient.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the plurality of user portable terminals 200 are composed of the IC card 210, the PHS terminal 220, and the mobile computer 230, and the user detection device 300 is composed of the card reader 310, the PHS base station 320, and the access point 330. did.

  However, as the user portable terminal 200, an infrared receiver connected to the mobile computer 230, and as the user detection device 300, an infrared transmission that transmits an individual ID for each individual or an area ID for each free use area FUA to the infrared receiver. A vessel, etc. can also be used (not shown).

  Such an infrared transmitter is attached to, for example, a fluorescent lamp on the ceiling of a free use area FUA, and converts the emitted light into electric power to transmit the registered individual ID and area ID by infrared.

  Then, the infrared receiver that has received this causes the individual ID and area ID to be transmitted from the mobile computer 230 to the data processing apparatus 100 via a wireless LAN or the like. Therefore, the data processing apparatus 100 can also recognize the position of the free address user FAU.

  Similarly, a wireless IP (Internet Protocol) telephone terminal compatible with a wireless LAN can be used as the user portable terminal 200. In this case, the wireless LAN access point 330 can detect both the wireless IP telephone terminal and the mobile computer 230.

  Moreover, in the said form, it illustrated only that the data processing apparatus 100 detects the free address user FAU by several different methods as mentioned above. However, the plurality of types of detection results may be displayed in a list for each free address user FAU (not shown).

  In this case, the presence / absence of visiting or visiting the free address office FAO is displayed based on the detection result of the IC card 210, the seat position of the day is displayed based on the detection result of the mobile computer 230, and the PHS terminal 220 Based on the detection result, the real-time current position of the free address user FAU can be displayed and output.

  Therefore, it is possible to confirm whether the free address user FAU has already gone to the office or visited, and can simply determine whether or not attendance at the meeting is delayed. It is possible to prompt attendance.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the data processing system of this embodiment. It is a typical top view which shows the structure of the free address office which is a free location space. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the data processor of this embodiment, and a user portable terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of the various information memorize | stored in the meeting memory | storage part of the data processor of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the participant list screen of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the schedule list screen of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the data processing system of this embodiment. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the data processing system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of the profile information memorize | stored in the user memory | storage part of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the participant list screen of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the profile screen of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the data processing system of this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Data processor 110 Conference memory | storage part 120 User memory | storage part 130 User detection part 140 Update part 150 Present condition output part 160 Participant provision part 170 Profile provision part 200 User portable terminal 202 ID transmission part 204 Operation part 206 Display part 208 Interface part 210 IC card 220 PHS terminal 230 Mobile computer 240 Touch panel 300 User detection device 310 Card reader 320 PHS base station 330 Access point 340 Fixed telephone terminal 410 Conference information 420 Conference participant information 430 Conference room information 440 Schedule information 500 Participant list screen 510 Participation Participant Mark 512 Participant Link 520 Participant List Screen 550 Schedule List Screen 552 Link 610 Profile Information 620 Profile Screen 622 Face Photo 000 data processing system 1100 data processing system FAO free address office FUA free youth area FAU free address user

Claims (17)

A data processing apparatus for managing participants of a conference held in a plurality of free use areas prepared in a free location space,
Meeting storage means for storing meeting data for each of the plurality of meetings held for each of the plurality of free use areas;
User storage means for storing user management data for each of a plurality of free address users;
Detecting means for detecting the free address user for each of the plurality of free use areas;
Participant storage means for storing the free address user detected in the free use area in association with the conference data as the conference data in the conference data of the conference being held in the free use area;
Accepting means for accepting a viewing request of the participant of the conference held in the free use area;
In response to the browsing request received by the receiving unit, the conference storage unit is referred to, a list of the participants of the conference is generated based on the conference data of the requested conference, and the participants And a data processing apparatus. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1,
Schedule storage means for storing schedule management data for each of the plurality of free address users;
Schedule registration means for accepting or registering registration or update of the conference data for the plurality of conferences in the schedule management data;
And a conference registration unit configured to reflect the conference data in the conference storage unit when the conference data is registered or updated in the schedule management data of the schedule storage unit. The data processing device according to claim 1 or 2,
The output means generates a list of the conference data of the plurality of conferences held in the plurality of free use areas, and displays and outputs the list of the conference data,
The accepting means is a data processing device for accepting the conference by selecting the conference to be requested to be browsed from the conference data list. The data processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Accepting registration of related data related to the conference, and related data storage means for registering in association with the conference data;
Accepting a browsing request for the related data related to the conference from the free address user registered as the participant of the conference, referring to the conference storage unit and the related data storage unit, and the conference of the conference requested to be browsed Providing means for providing said related data related to data. A data processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A mobile terminal including a transmitting means for transmitting user identification information carried by a free address user,
The data processing system in which the detection means of the data processing device receives the user identification information transmitted from the transmission means of the portable terminal and detects the free address user. The data processing system according to claim 5, wherein
The portable terminal is
Request means for requesting the data processing device to view the participants of the conference;
Display means for receiving and displaying a list of the participants of the conference provided from the data processing apparatus. A computer program for realizing a data processing device for managing participants of a conference held in a plurality of free use areas prepared in a free location space on a computer,
The computer
A conference storage device that stores conference data for each of the plurality of conferences held for each of the plurality of free use areas;
A user storage device for storing user management data for each of a plurality of free address users,
In the computer,
A detection procedure for detecting the free address user for each of the plurality of free use areas;
A participant storage procedure for storing the free address user detected in the free use area in association with the conference data as a participant in the conference in the conference data of the conference being held in the free use area;
An acceptance procedure for accepting a viewing request of the participant of the conference held in the free use area;
In response to the browsing request received in the receiving procedure, the conference storage device is referred to, a list of the participants in the conference is generated based on the conference data of the conference requested to be browsed, and the participants A computer program for executing an output procedure for displaying and outputting a list of items. A data processing method of a data processing device for managing participants of a conference held in a plurality of free use areas prepared in a free location space,
The data processing device includes a conference storage device that stores conference data for each of the plurality of conferences held for each of the plurality of free use areas, and a user storage device that stores user management data for each of a plurality of free address users. Including,
Detecting the free address user for each of the plurality of free use areas,
Storing the free address user detected in the free use area in association with the conference data as a participant in the conference in the conference data held in the free use area;
Accepting a viewing request for the participants in the conference held in the free-use area;
In response to the received browsing request, the conference storage device is referred to, the list of participants of the conference is generated based on the conference data of the conference requested to be browsed, and the list of participants is displayed. Data processing method to be output. A data processing apparatus for managing free address users connected to user terminals of a plurality of free address users and using a plurality of free use areas prepared in a free location space,
User storage means for storing user management data including profile information for each of the plurality of free address users;
Detecting means for detecting the free address user for each of the plurality of free use areas;
Current status output means for displaying a list of at least part of the user management data of the free address user detected for each free use area;
Accepting means for receiving from the user terminal a browsing request for the profile information of any free address user among the free address users displayed in the list;
In response to the browsing request received by the receiving unit, the user storage unit is referred to, and the profile information of the free address user is obtained based on the user management data of the free address user requested to browse the user. A data processing apparatus comprising: profile output means for displaying on a terminal. The data processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein
The user management data of the plurality of free address users stored in the user storage means includes attribute information of the free address users,
Based on the attribute information of the free address user of the user terminal that transmitted the received browsing request with reference to the user storage means, and the attribute information of the free address user requested to browse, the browsing A data processing apparatus including a restricting means for restricting browsing of the profile information of the requested free address user. The data processing apparatus according to claim 9 or 10,
Comprising a meeting storage means for storing meeting data for each of a plurality of meetings held for each of the plurality of free use areas,
The free address user detected in the free use area by the detection means is a participant of the conference held in the free use area, and the profile output means is the conference held in the free use area. A data processing apparatus for displaying and outputting the profile information of the participant. The data processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein
Accepting registration of related data related to the conference, and related data storage means for registering in association with the conference data;
Accepting a browsing request for the related data related to the conference from the free address user registered as the participant of the conference, referring to the conference storage unit and the related data storage unit, and the conference of the conference requested to be browsed Providing means for providing said related data related to data. The data processing apparatus according to claim 11 or 12,
Including schedule storage means for storing schedule management data of a meeting scheduled to participate for each of the plurality of free address users,
The profile output unit refers to the schedule storage unit together with the profile information of the participant, and displays and outputs at least a part of the schedule management data of the conference scheduled to participate. A data processing device according to any one of claims 9 to 13,
A mobile terminal including a transmitting means for transmitting user identification information carried by a free address user,
The data processing system in which the detection means of the data processing device receives the user identification information transmitted from the transmission means of the portable terminal and detects the free address user. 15. The data processing system according to claim 14,
The portable terminal is
Request means for requesting the data processing device to view the profile information of an arbitrary free address user;
Display means for receiving and displaying the profile information of the free address user provided from the data processing device. A computer program for realizing a data processing apparatus for managing free address users using a plurality of free use areas prepared in a free location space in a computer connected to user terminals of a plurality of free address users There,
The computer includes a user storage device that stores user management data including profile information for each of the plurality of free address users,
In the computer,
A detection procedure for detecting the free address user for each of the plurality of free use areas;
A current status output procedure for listing and outputting at least a part of the user management data of the free address user detected for each free use area;
An acceptance procedure for accepting, from the user terminal, a request for browsing the profile information of any free address user among the free address users displayed in the list;
In response to the browsing request received in the receiving procedure, the user storage device is referred to, and the profile information of the free address user is displayed and output based on the user management data of the free address user requested to browse. A computer program for executing a profile output procedure. A data processing method of a data processing apparatus for managing free address users who are connected to user terminals of a plurality of free address users and use a plurality of free use areas prepared in a free location space,
The data processing device includes a user storage device that stores user management data including profile information for each of the plurality of free address users,
Detecting the free address user for each of the plurality of free use areas,
A list display of at least part of the user management data of the free address user detected for each free use area,
Accepting a request for browsing the profile information of any free address user from among the listed free address users from the user terminal,
A data processing method for displaying the profile information of the free address user based on the user management data of the free address user requested to browse the user storage device in response to the received browsing request .

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