Clerical procedures processing apparatus and clerical procedures processing system

• US 20030210263A1
• Filed: 05/09/2003
• Published: 11/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Noborio, Yasuhisa, Toyofuku, Kumi, Okuni, Hitoshi, Kamikido, Yoshinobu, Shikida, Masaru
• Granted Patent: US 7,480,871 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/741
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Up until now, when an employee had a personal change, it was possible that that employee did not know all of the items (events) that needed to registered with the company. This invention comprises a combination-storage means for storing a combination of one or a plurality of registration events that are associated with a procedure subject, and the procedure subject relating to clerical procedures, and a plurality of guidance means corresponding to a plurality of registration events and performing guidance for the user to result in input of data about said registration event. Also, based on the combination stored in the combination-storage means, a registration-event-extraction means extracts one or a plurality of registration events relating to a procedure subject selected by the user. Next, an execution means activates one or a plurality of guidance means corresponding to the registration events extracted by the registration-event-extraction means, and a registered-contents-storage means stores the contents of the registration events input by the user.

Claims

1. A clerical-procedures-processing apparatus comprising:

a combination-storage means for storing a combination of one or a plurality of registration events that are associated with a procedure subject, and the procedure subjects relating to clerical procedures;

a plurality of guidance means corresponding to a plurality of said registration events and performing guidance for the user to result in input of data about a event;

a registration-event-extraction means for extracting one or a plurality of registration events relating to said procedure subject that is selected by the user, based on said combination stored in said combination-storage means;

an execution means for executing one or a plurality of said guidance means corresponding to registration events that are extracted by said registration-event-extraction means; and

a registered-contents-storage means for storing data input by the user about said registration event.

2. The clerical-procedures-processing apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

an attribute-confirmation means for checking attributes of said user based on identifiers from said user for identifying said user; and

wherein

said registration-event-extraction means extracts one or a plurality of said registration events based on said procedure subject selected by said user and on attributes checked by said attribute-confirmation means.

3. The clerical-procedures-processing apparatus of claim 2 wherein said registration-event-extraction means extracts one or a plurality of registration events further based on personal data.

4. The clerical-procedures-processing apparatus of claim 2 further comprising a manual-call-up means for providing said user with a manual corresponding to a selected procedure subject, based on a procedure subject selected by said user, on attributes checked by said attribute-confirmation means and personal data.

5. The clerical-procedures-processing apparatus of claim 1 wherein

said registered-contents-storage means stores a postponement intention from said user indicating a desire to postpone registration of data about said registration events, and wherein

said execution means activates said guidance means corresponding to said postponement intention when there was a registration-restart intention from said user after said postponement intention was recorded indicating an intention to restart registration of data about said registration events corresponding to said postponement intention.

6. A clerical-procedures-processing system comprising:

a clerical procedures terminal having a procedure subject-selection means for letting a user select a procedure subject relating to clerical procedures, a display means for displaying guidance for guiding said user to input data about said registration events, and a registered-contents-receiving means for receiving contents of said registration events from said user; and

a clerical-procedures-processing apparatus having a combination-storage means for storing a combination of one or a plurality of registration events that are associated with a procedure subject, and the procedure subjects relating to clerical procedures;

a plurality of guidance means corresponding to a plurality of said registration events and performing guidance for the user to result in input of data about a event;

a registration-event-extraction means for extracting one or a plurality of registration events relating to said procedure subject that is selected by the user, based on said combination stored in said combination-storage means;

an execution means for executing one or a plurality of said guidance means corresponding to registration events that are extracted by said registration-event-extraction means; and

a registered-contents-storage means for storing data input by the user about said registration event.

7. A clerical-procedures-processing method comprising:

a registration-event-extraction step of extracting one or a plurality of registration events relating to a procedure subject selected by a user, based on a combination of one or a plurality of said registration events that are associated with a procedure subject, and the procedure subjects relating to clerical procedures;

a related-execution step of executing guidance corresponding to said registration events that were extracted in said registration-event-extraction step from among guidance for prompting the user to input data about said registration events; and

a registered-contents-storage step of storing data input by the user about said registration events.

8. A program for making a computer function as:

a combination-storage means for storing a combination of one or a plurality of registration events that are associated with a procedure subject, and the procedure subjects relating to clerical procedures;

a plurality of guidance means corresponding to a plurality of said registration events and performing guidance for the user to result in input of data about said registration events;

a registration-event-extraction means for extracting one or a plurality of registration events relating to said procedure subject that is selected by the user, based on said combination stored in said combination-storage means;

an execution means for executing one or a plurality of said guidance means corresponding to registration events that are extracted by said registration-event-extraction means; and

a registered-contents-storage means for storing data input by the user about said registration events.