Scheduling management system and its process control method

• US 6,892,356 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2001
• Issued: 05/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Corning Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Suganuma, Norihito, Ishizaki, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Cabeca, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vu, Kieu D.
• Application Number:
  US09/928,498
• Publication Number:
  US 20020054118A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,365 Days
• Field of Search: 715/751, 715/764, 715/769, 715/963, 715/810, 715/835, 715/979, 705/8, 705/9, 345/764, 345/810, 345/835, 345/751, 345/963
• US Class Current: 715/751
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/963 Calendar or scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/971 Cooperative decision support systems for group of users

Abstract

A simple and easy-to-memorize operation method for a scheduling management system is provided to perform main tasks such as referring to schedules of a selected member or a selected date. A software component indicating a schedule, a member, or a date is moved to any one of components constituting a GUI screen, and when the software component is superposed upon another component, the motion destination component constituting the GUI screen judges the type of the superposed software component to select a process to be performed. Main tasks can be performed by a simple operation method through superposition of software components.

Claims

1. A process control method for a scheduling management system, comprising the steps of:

selecting a movable software component on a certain component constituting a GUI screen using an input device;

moving and superposing the movable software component upon another component constituting the GUI screen;

notifying the motion destination other component of the superposed software component;

wherein as performed by a calendar component of the GUI screen, the method includes displaying a software component indicating a date in a calendar format on the GUI screen in accordance with acquired calendar information, and selecting, it another software component is superposed upon the software component by the input device, a process in accordance with a type of the other software component;

wherein as performed by a schedule display area component of the GUI screen, the method includes graphically displaying a software component indicating scheduling data in a corresponding area of a schedule screen having a time axis and a member axis in accordance with acquired scheduling data, and selecting, if another software component is superposed upon the software component by the input device, a process in accordance with a type of the other software component;

wherein as performed by a member select component of the GUI screen, the method includes, hierarchically displaying a software component indicating a member on the GUI screen in accordance with acquired member information, and selecting, if another software component is superposed upon the software component by the input device, a process in accordance with a type of the other software component;

wherein if the software component indicating the date on said calendar component is superposed upon said schedule display area component by the input device, supplying information of the software component from said calendar component to said schedule display area component, and judging that the software component is a software component of a type indicating the date, to thereby select a process of referring to the scheduling data of the designated date;

if the software component indicating the member on said member select component is superposed upon said schedule display area component by the input device, supplying information of the software component from said member select component to said schedule display area component, and judging that the software component is a software component of a type indicating the member, to thereby select a process of referring to the scheduling data of the member and judge from the information of the software component whether the member is an individual or a group to perform the selected process; and

if the software component indicating the member displayed on the schedule screen on said schedule display area component is superposed upon said member select component by the input device, supplying information of the software component from said schedule display area component to said member select component, and judging that the software component is a software component of a type indicating the member, to thereby select a process of deleting the scheduling data of the member from the scheduling screen.

2. A process control method for a scheduling management system, comprising the steps of:

selecting a movable software component on a certain component constituting a GUI screen using an input device;

moving and superposing the movable software component upon another component constituting the GUI screen;

notifying the motion destination other component of the superposed software component;

wherein as performed by a calendar component of the GUI screen, the method includes displaying a software component indicating a date in a calendar format on the GUI screen in accordance with acquired calendar information, and selecting, if another software component is superposed upon the software component by the input device, a process in accordance with a type of the other software component;

wherein as performed by a schedule display area component of the GUI screen, the method includes graphically displaying a software component indicating scheduling data in a corresponding area of a schedule screen having a time axis and a member axis in accordance with acquired scheduling data, and selecting, if another software component is superposed upon the software component by the input device, a process in accordance with a type of the other software component;

wherein as performed by a member select component of the GUI screen, the method includes, hierarchically displaying a software component indicating a member on the GUI screen in accordance with acquired member information, and selecting, if another software component is superposed upon the software component by the input device, a process in accordance with a type of the other software component;

wherein if the software component indicating the date on said calendar component is superposed upon said schedule display area component by the input device, supplying information of the software component from said calendar component to said schedule display area component, and judging that the software component is a software component of a type indicating the date, to thereby select a process of referring to the scheduling data of the designated date;

if the software component indicating the member on said member select component is superposed upon said schedule display area component by the input device, supplying information of the software component from said member select component to said schedule display area component, and judging that the software component is a software component of a type indicating the member, to thereby select a process of referring to the scheduling data of the member and judge from the information of the software component whether the member is an individual or a group to perform the selected process; and

if the software component indicating the scheduling data displayed on the schedule screen on said schedule display area component is superposed upon said member select component by the input device, supplying information of the software component from said schedule display area component to said member select component, and judging that the software component is a software component of a type indicating the scheduling data, to thereby select a process of registering scheduling data having the same contents as the scheduling data in the member selected by said member select component.

3. A process control method for a scheduling management system, comprising the steps of

selecting a movable software component on a certain component constituting a GUI screen using an input device;

moving and superposing the movable software component upon another component constituting the GUI screen;

notifying the motion destination other component of the superposed software component;

wherein as performed by a calendar component of the GUI screen, the method includes displaying a software component indicating a date in a calendar format on the GUI screen in accordance with acquired calendar information, and selecting, if another software component is superposed upon the software component by the input device, a process in accordance with a type of the other software component;

wherein as performed by a schedule display area component of the GUI screen, the method includes graphically displaying a software component indicating scheduling data in a corresponding area of a schedule screen having a time axis and a member axis in accordance with acquired, scheduling data, and selecting, if another software component is superposed upon the software component by the input device, a process in accordance with a type of the other software component;

wherein as performed by a visiting site/work matter incorporating component of the GUI screen, the method includes acquiring visiting site information and work matter information which is part of the scheduling data, and selecting, if another software component is superposed upon the software component by the input device, a process in accordance with a type of the other software component;

wherein it the software component indicating the date on said calendar component is superposed upon said schedule display area component by the input device, supplying information of the software component from said calendar component to said schedule display area component, and judging that the software component is a software component of a type indicating the date, to thereby select a process of referring to the scheduling data of the designated date;

if the software component indicating visiting site information on a visiting site/work matter incorporating component is superposed upon said schedule display area component by the input device, supplying information of the software component from said visiting site/work matter incorporating component to said schedule display area component, and judging that the software component is a software component of a type that indicating the visiting site information, to thereby select a process of setting the visiting site information indicated by the software component to a visiting site of the scheduling data to be newly registered;

if the software component indicating the work matter information on said visiting site/work matter incorporating component as superposed upon said schedule display area component by the input device, supplying information of the software component from said visiting site/work matter incorporating component to said schedule display area component, and judging that the software component is a software component of a type indicating the work matter information, to thereby select a process of setting the work matter information indicated by the software component in a work matter of the scheduling data to be newly registered; and

if the software component indicating the scheduling data on said schedule display area component is superposed upon said visiting site/work matter incorporating component by the input device, supplying information of the software component from said schedule display area component to said visiting site/work matter incorporating component, and judging that the software component is a software component of a type indicating the scheduling data, to thereby select a process of newly registering the visiting site information and the work matter information owned by the software component.