JPH0855158A - Schedule management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily adjust the schedule of a group by providing a new evaluated value for the schedule adjustment. CONSTITUTION:An individual schedule input part 1 inputs individual schedules. A schedule management part 2 receives the individual schedules and manages the individual schedules. A schedule storage part 3 stores the individual schedules. A group schedule input/output part 4 inputs set information required to newly set the schedule of the group. A schedule adjustment part 5 receives the set information and adjusts the group schedule. The group schedule input/ output part 4 outputs information showing the schedule of the group adjusted by the schedule adjustment part 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a schedule management system, and more particularly to schedule adjustment in schedule management of group members.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the adjustment of the schedule of group members has been realized by the following two methods.

The first method, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-130870 (invention title "schedule display device"), is for a user to enter the schedule of a member of a group. I was entering the schedule of the members of the group on behalf of them.

The second method is whether the schedule can be canceled, can be shifted, or can be adjusted, as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 4-358263 (invention title "electronic schedule management system"). , The priority of the schedule was decided in 16 stages from the four viewpoints of whether the schedule could be divided.

[0005]

In the above-mentioned first method, since the schedule of each member must be input from the beginning to input the schedule of the member,
Since it was not possible to divert and input the data of related persons, there was a complicated aspect. Therefore, there is a need for a means by which an individual can easily enter the schedule of members associated with him.

Further, in the above-mentioned second method, when the schedule is adjusted, the person to be changed in the schedule is determined based on the priority assigned to the work content of each member. However, in the second method, even the degree of overlap of the work content itself is not taken into consideration, and therefore there may be a case where the schedule adjustment is inconvenient depending on the value calculated based on the priority. For example, if the members A and B of the group are 2
Consider the case where the work content is such as having a meeting with a person. In this case, conventionally, it was not possible to reflect that the schedules of members A and B can be changed at the same time in the evaluation value for schedule adjustment. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a means for considering the degree of duplication of the work contents of the members between the groups.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an environment in which the schedules of a plurality of persons can be easily entered by allowing an individual to enter the schedules of members who are related to him / her. is there.

Another object of the present invention is to give a new evaluation value of the degree of duplication to the degree of duplication of the work content itself, in addition to the priority of the work content, when the work overlaps in the same time zone. The purpose is to adjust the schedule of the group by providing a means for calculating an evaluation value for adjusting the schedule from the degree and the degree of overlap.

[0009] Still another object of the present invention is to make it possible to handle the place in the same manner as the member attribute, as an element necessary for adjusting the schedule.

The schedule management system of the present invention is a personal schedule input means for inputting a personal schedule, a schedule management means for receiving a personal schedule from the personal schedule input means and managing the personal schedule, and the schedule management means. A schedule storing means for storing the personal schedule received from the group, a group schedule inputting means for inputting setting information necessary for newly setting a group schedule, and a schedule storing means for receiving the setting information from the group schedule inputting means. A schedule adjusting unit that causes the managing unit to retrieve schedule information indicating the schedule of the corresponding member from the schedule storing unit and adjusts the schedule of the group, and the schedule adjusting unit. And having a group schedule output means for outputting information indicating the schedule of the group coordinated by means.

In the above schedule management system,
The schedule adjusting means acquires schedule information for acquiring information necessary for adjusting the schedule;
An individual schedule priority calculating means for calculating a priority for each individual schedule, a group schedule priority calculating means for detecting a schedule by the same member and calculating a priority of the group schedule, and the individual schedule priority calculating It is preferable to have a schedule evaluation means for determining a schedule from the means and the group schedule priority calculation means.

In the above schedule management system,
A location attribute that has location information storage means for storing the capacity of the location, and the schedule adjustment means determines the attribute of the location based on the capacity of the location stored in the location information storage means and calculates the priority. It is desirable to have a priority calculation means.

[0013]

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

A schedule management system according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The illustrated schedule management system includes a schedule input section 1, a schedule management section 2, a schedule storage section 3, and a group schedule input / output section 4.
And a schedule adjusting unit 5.

First, in order to input the schedule of each individual, the user inputs the schedule attribute from the personal schedule input section 1. In this example, the schedule attributes consist of “name”, “subject”, “schedule”, “time”, “place”, “priority”, and “related members”.

The schedule management unit 2 receives a schedule attribute from the personal schedule input unit 1, adds a schedule ID to the schedule attribute, and stores the schedule attribute in the schedule storage unit 3.

The form of storage in the schedule storage unit 3 is shown in the upper part of FIG. A group schedule table 30 is provided in the schedule storage unit 3. The group schedule table 30 includes first to eighth items 31 to 31.
38 are provided. The first item 31 is a column of "ID" showing a schedule ID, the second item 32 is a column of "name", the third item 33 is a column of "subject", and the fourth item 34.
Is the "date" column, the fifth item 35 is the "time" column, the sixth
Item 36 indicates the "place" column, the seventh item 37 indicates the "priority" column, and the eighth item 38 indicates the "related member" column.

In the illustrated example, the first item, "I
“001” is stored in the first line of the column 31 of “D”. "Kichifu" is stored in the first line of the column 32 of the "name" which is the second item. "Group meeting" is stored in the first line of the column 33 of "Subject name" which is the third item. "94/4/15", which indicates April 15, 1994, in the first line of the fourth item, "Schedule" column 34
Is remembered. The fifth item "Time" column 35
"13: 00-15: 00" is stored in the first line of the. “3502 conference room” is stored in the first line of the column 36 of “place” which is the sixth item. “8” is stored in the first line of the column 37 of “Priority” which is the seventh item. The names of "Tarumizu" and "Tabuchi" are stored in the first line of the column 38 of "related members", which is the eighth item.

At the time of storage in the schedule storage unit 3, the name of the related member in the schedule attribute (the column of the “related member” of the eighth item 38 of the group schedule table 30) is referred to and related. The schedule of the member is stored in the schedule storage unit 3. The form of the memory is shown in the lower part of FIG.

The method of storing (rule) is as follows. The schedule ID is stored for each “related member”. The member name is stored in the "Name" column 32. Among the schedule attributes input by the personal schedule input unit 1, the attributes except "name" and "related members" are stored. Of the schedule attributes input by the personal schedule input unit 1, the names obtained by removing the previously stored name from the “name” and “related members” are stored in the “related members” column 38.

In the case of this example, the column 38 of "related members"
The names of "Tarumizu" and "Tabuchi" are stored in,
“002” and “003” are stored in the second and third lines of the “ID” column 31 in accordance with the above rules, respectively, and the second line of the “Name” column 32 is stored in accordance with the above rules. And the names of "Tarumizu" and "Tabuchi" are stored in the third and third lines, respectively. In addition, in accordance with the above rules, the second and third lines of the “subject” column 33, the second and third lines of the “schedule” column 34, the first line of the “time” column 35 2nd and 3rd lines, 2nd and 3rd lines in the "Place" column 36
The second line and the third line of the line 37 and the "priority" column 37
The same information as that stored in the first row of the corresponding column is stored in each row. Finally, according to the above rules, the second line of the "related members" column 38 is "Kichifu".
The names of "Tabuchi" and "Tabuchi" are stored, and the names of "Kichifu" and "Tarumizu" are stored in the third line of the "related members" column 38.

Next, the user inputs the "schedule", "required time" and "participating member name" from the group schedule input / output unit 4 in order to establish a common schedule within the group. When the group schedule input / output unit 4 sends the “schedule”, the “duration time” and the “participating member name” to the schedule adjustment unit 5, the schedule adjustment unit 5 requests the schedule management unit 2 for the schedule of the corresponding member.

The schedule management unit 2 fetches schedule information indicating the schedule of the corresponding member from the schedule storage unit 3 and sends it to the schedule adjustment unit 5. This schedule information is in the form previously stored in the schedule storage unit 3. When the schedule adjusting unit 5 sends this schedule information to the group schedule input / output unit 4, the group schedule input / output unit 4 outputs the schedule information to the user.

A schedule management system according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The illustrated schedule management system concretely shows the schedule adjustment unit 5 shown in FIG. The schedule adjustment unit 5 has a schedule acquisition unit 51, an individual schedule priority calculation unit 52, a group schedule priority calculation unit 53, and a schedule evaluation unit 54.

Next, the operation of the schedule management system shown in FIG. 3 will be described. First, in order to incorporate the group schedule, the user inputs the "schedule", "required time" and "participating member name" from the group schedule input / output unit 4. The "schedule" can be input with a certain width such as "2 to 7 days after today".

When the group schedule input / output unit 4 sends the "schedule", "required time" and "participating member name" to the schedule acquisition unit 51 of the schedule adjustment unit 5, the schedule acquisition unit 51 displays the schedule of the corresponding member. In order to confirm, "schedule", "required time" and "member name" are sent to the schedule management unit 2.

The schedule management unit 2 retrieves schedule information indicating the designated schedule of the designated member from the schedule storage unit 3 and sends it to the schedule acquisition unit 51. The description content of this schedule information is, for example,
These are “date and time”, “work content”, “priority of work content” and the like. The "priority" is, for example, "0" to "10", and the larger the number, the higher the priority. "0"
“Priority” indicates that there is no work.

When the schedule acquisition unit 51 receives the schedule information of the designated member from the schedule management unit 2, the schedule information and the "required time" previously acquired from the group schedule input / output unit 4 are calculated as individual schedule priorities. Send to section 52.

Upon receiving the schedule information from the schedule acquisition unit 51, the personal schedule priority calculation unit 52 calculates the personal schedule priority by the following method.
Investigate the priority of each member at each time. The time unit is, for example, every 10 minutes. The priorities of all the members surveyed above are totaled every hour. When the continuous time zone in which the above total value is “0” exceeds the required time for work, the schedule for all can be secured, so the evaluation value calculation ends and the schedule can be registered in the schedule evaluation unit 54. Send information to the effect that.

When the time required for the work is not exceeded, the personal schedule priority calculating section 52 sends the schedule information to the group schedule priority calculating section 53.

When the group schedule priority calculating unit 53 receives the schedule information from the individual schedule priority calculating unit 52, the group schedule priority calculating unit 53 calculates the group schedule priority by the following method. This will be described with reference to FIG.

In the description content of the schedule, the time zone portion of the same work content among the members is extracted, and the degree of duplication is given to that portion. The degree of overlap is, for example, "1" when they do not overlap and "2" when the work contents of two persons overlap. In FIG. 4, since “Kichifu” and “Tabuchi” have the same work content, the degree of overlap is set to “2”, but “Miyashita”, which partially overlaps the work time, is another work, and therefore the degree of overlap with “Miyashita” Is "1".

An evaluation value for each time period is calculated from the priority value and the redundancy value. As the method of calculating the evaluation value, for example, the product of the priority and the reciprocal of the degree of overlap is summed for each time period. The evaluation value calculated for each time is sent to the schedule evaluation unit 54.

The schedule evaluation unit 54 receives the "evaluation value" or "schedule" from the group schedule priority calculation unit 53.
When the "time zone" is received, the "evaluation value" or "schedule" / "time zone" is sent to the group schedule input / output unit 4.

The group schedule input / output unit 4 notifies the user by displaying the received "evaluation value" or "schedule" / "time zone".

A schedule management system according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The illustrated schedule management system includes a schedule adjustment unit 5
3 has the same configuration as that shown in FIG. 3 except that the schedule adjusting unit 6a is replaced with the place information storing unit 6. The schedule adjusting unit 6a has the same configuration as the schedule adjusting unit 5 shown in FIG. 3 except that the place priority calculating unit 55 is included.

FIG. 6 shows a storage form in the schedule storage unit 3 in this embodiment. The schedule storage unit 3 is provided with a group schedule table 30a. The group schedule table 30a has first to eighth items 31 to 38 similar to those of the group schedule table 30 shown in FIG. 2, and further has a ninth item 39. The ninth item 39 indicates a "place move information" column indicating place move information.

FIG. 7 shows a storage form in the location information storage unit 6. The place information storage unit 6 is provided with a place information table 60. This location information table 60 contains
An “ID” item 61, a “place name” item 62, and a “capacity” item 63 are provided.

Next, the operation of the schedule management system according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. As in the case of the second embodiment described above, the schedule, start time, required time, and members of the group schedule are fixed. Therefore, in order to confirm the open place of the date and time,
The group schedule input / output unit 4 again causes the schedule acquisition unit 51 of the schedule adjustment unit 5a to notify the schedule “date”, “start time”, and “required time” (hereinafter,
These are called "date and time information").

When the schedule acquisition unit 51 sends "date and time information" to the schedule management unit 2, the schedule management unit 2
Receives from the schedule storage unit 3 the "member name" that plans to use the place at the same date and time as the "date and time information", its "place name", and "place moveable information" (see FIG. 6). The “place name” and its “capacity” are received from the place information storage unit 6 (see FIG. 7), and the information (called “place information”) is sent to the schedule acquisition unit 51 through the schedule management unit 2. Here, the movable information is information indicating whether or not a predetermined place can be moved to perform a scheduled work. For example, “1” indicates that the movement is allowed, and “1” indicates that the movement cannot be performed. It has a value of "0".

When the schedule acquisition section 51 receives the "location information", it sends the "location information" to the location priority calculation section 55.

The place priority calculating unit 55 compares the number of members in the place in the "place information" with the number of members who newly schedule a capacity. The comparison method is as follows. Find a place with more than the number of newly scheduled members. See if the place is used by others. If it is not used, the place name is sent to the schedule evaluation unit 54. If it is used, check the number of people and the information on possible movement, and if it is possible, look for a place with a capacity of at least that number. If there is a place to move to, the place of use of the member is moved, and the place that the member had previously planned to use becomes the place to newly schedule.

As a result of the above, the place priority calculation unit 55 gives the information indicating that the place cannot be used if there is no corresponding place, and the place name if there is a corresponding place, to the schedule evaluation unit 54.
Send to The schedule evaluation unit 54 uses the evaluation value or schedule /
When the time zone is received, the group schedule input / output section 4
Send the place name or place unavailable information to. The group schedule input / output unit 4 displays the place name or the place unusable information to notify the user.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it is needless to say that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0046]

As described above, the schedule management system according to the present invention has the following effects.
The schedules of other members can be registered as the schedules of related members when inputting the personal schedule. If the schedule overlaps with other members, the priority can be dynamically changed by newly setting a priority measure for the overlap, so that the time period in which a new schedule can be taken increases. The number of other members whose capacity is less than the capacity (for example, 3 people for 5 people)
If there is a place where the number of people is less than or equal to the capacity (for example, capacity is 4 people), other members will be moved to that place and a new place can be reserved. Becomes

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schedule management system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schedule storage method in a schedule storage unit in the schedule management system shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schedule management system according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of schedule adjustment of a schedule adjustment unit in the schedule management system shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a schedule management system according to a third exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram showing a schedule storage method in a schedule storage unit in the schedule management system shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a method of storing location information in a location information storage unit in the schedule management system shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 personal schedule input unit 2 schedule management unit 3 schedule storage unit 4 group schedule input / output unit 5, 5a schedule adjustment unit 6 location information storage unit 51 schedule acquisition unit 52 individual schedule priority calculation unit 53 group schedule priority calculation unit 54 schedule Evaluation part 55 Location priority calculation part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A personal schedule input means for inputting a personal schedule, a schedule management means for receiving a personal schedule from the personal schedule input means and managing the personal schedule, and a personal schedule received from the schedule management means. A schedule storage unit that stores the setting information, a group schedule input unit that inputs setting information necessary for newly setting a group schedule, the setting information that is received from the group schedule input unit, and the group management input unit that receives the setting information from the group management unit. Schedule adjustment means for extracting schedule information indicating the schedule of the corresponding member from the schedule storage means, and adjusting the schedule of the group; and the group adjusted by the schedule adjustment means. Schedule management system characterized by having a group schedule output means for outputting information indicating the schedule. 2. The schedule adjusting means, a schedule acquiring means for acquiring information necessary for adjusting a schedule, an individual schedule priority calculating means for calculating a priority for each individual schedule, and a schedule by the same member. Group schedule priority calculation means for detecting the priority of the group schedule, and schedule evaluation means for determining a schedule from the individual schedule priority calculation means and the group schedule priority calculation means. The schedule management system according to claim 1, wherein: 3. A place information storage unit for storing the place capacity, wherein the schedule adjustment unit judges the attribute of the place based on the place capacity stored in the place information storage unit and determines the priority. 3. The schedule management system according to claim 2, further comprising a place attribute priority calculation means for calculating.