Repair supporting method, repair supporting server and repair subject multi-functional peripheral
First Claim
1. A repair support method for storing data showing repair parts carried by plural servicemen in a memory, storing data showing an installation place of a multi-functional peripheral subject to repair in a memory, managing data showing current positions of the servicemen by a service center, and managing data showing the current condition of servicemen by the service center according to the communication with servicemen, the method comprising;
- judging parts required for repair by the service center based on trouble information requested for repair from the multi-functional peripheral subject to repair;
searching a serviceman carrying parts required for repair based on repair parts data stored in the memory by the service center;
searching a serviceman who is able to go most fast to an installation place of a multi-functional peripheral subject to repair among the servicemen who are carrying parts required for repair by the service center based on the current positioning data and the current condition data of servicemen who are being managed and the installation place data of an multi-functional peripheral subject to repair stored in the memory; and
notifying the repair direction to a portable terminal carried by a service man who is searched to be capable of most fast going to the installation place of the multi-functional peripheral to be repaired.
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Abstract
A service center judges parts required for repair according to the trouble information received from a multi-functional peripheral (MFP), searches servicemen carrying repair parts based on the contents of the serviceman carrying parts memory, and contacts a portable terminal carried by an applicable servicemen. Then, by grasping the condition of the serviceman, e.g., whether he is in working, traveling or taking a rest, stores the condition of servicemen in the serviceman condition memory. In succession, based on the contents of the serviceman positioning memory, the serviceman condition memory and the MFP installation place memory, the service center searches a serviceman who is able to go most fast to the installing place of a MFP to be repaired among servicemen who carry required repair parts, and gives a repair direction to a portable terminal carried by this searched serviceman together the installing place of the MFP and contents of the trouble.
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13 Claims
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1. A repair support method for storing data showing repair parts carried by plural servicemen in a memory, storing data showing an installation place of a multi-functional peripheral subject to repair in a memory, managing data showing current positions of the servicemen by a service center, and managing data showing the current condition of servicemen by the service center according to the communication with servicemen, the method comprising;
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judging parts required for repair by the service center based on trouble information requested for repair from the multi-functional peripheral subject to repair;
searching a serviceman carrying parts required for repair based on repair parts data stored in the memory by the service center;
searching a serviceman who is able to go most fast to an installation place of a multi-functional peripheral subject to repair among the servicemen who are carrying parts required for repair by the service center based on the current positioning data and the current condition data of servicemen who are being managed and the installation place data of an multi-functional peripheral subject to repair stored in the memory; and
notifying the repair direction to a portable terminal carried by a service man who is searched to be capable of most fast going to the installation place of the multi-functional peripheral to be repaired. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A service center connected to plural multi-functional peripheral to be repaired through a network and portable terminals carried by plural servicemen connected through a wireless communication, comprising:
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a memory to store data showing repair parts carried by the plural servicemen and data showing an installation places of the plural multi-functional peripheral to be repaired;
managing means for managing data showing the current positions of the servicemen and data showing the current conditions of the servicemen through the communication with them;
judging means for judging parts required for repair based on trouble information for which the repair is requested from the multi-functional peripheral to be repaired;
first searching means for searching servicemen carrying parts required for the repair based on the repair parts data stored in the memory;
second searching means for searching a serviceman who is able to go most fast to the installation place of the multi-functional peripheral to be repaired among the servicemen searched by the first searching means based on the current positioning data and the current condition data of the servicemen managed by the managing means; and
notifying means for notifying the repair direction to the portable terminal carried by the serviceman searched by the second searching means. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A multi-functional peripheral connected to a service center to which plural portable terminals carried by plural servicemen through a wireless communication through a network, comprising:
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grasp means for grasping contents of trouble to prepare trouble information;
sending means for sending the trouble information prepared by the trouble information preparing means to the service center; and
display means for displaying prescribed information for informing a user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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