Data management apparatus and method thereof

• US 8,554,582 B2
• Filed: 10/12/2005
• Issued: 10/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nissay Information Technology Company Limited (Nippon Life Insurance Company)
• Original Assignee: Nissay Information Technology Company Limited (Nippon Life Insurance Company)
• Inventors: Ikeda, Mitsuyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Badii, Behrang
• Application Number:
  US11/576,999
• Publication Number:
  US 20080016099A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,918 Days
• Field of Search: 705/4, 705/3, 705/2, 707/999.107, 463/25, 463/29
• US Class Current: 705/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 90/00 Systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not involving significant data processing

Abstract

The present invention provides a data management apparatus (i-Win (trademark)) which carries out centralized management of data containing data on each product during the management of product data having different data items to be handled and which has increased maintenance-ability in system and program(s).

A data storage part 13 stores transaction data (contract data) including class ID (logic key) and data contents ID (variable). A data definition part 17 records data contents IDs and data contents (clause data) for each clause ID. A data processing means 15 acquires combination data of a data contents ID and data content from the data definition part 17 (definition body) in accordance with a class ID recorded in the data storage part 13 and performs processing which relates to data contents of a predetermined data item (contract condition). In this way, centralized management of plurality of product data having different product features from its clause and prospectus and the like can be carried out.

Claims

1. A data management apparatus comprising:

a data storage part storing plural data on a physical storage media each of which has at least a policy ID for specifying each insurance policy which is a contract between an insurer and an insured, a clause ID for specifying each type of the insurance policy-including specifying each insurance policy goods and a contractual coverage content ID for specifying contractual coverage, said data storage part having a policy ID storing region for storing the policy ID, a clause ID storing region for storing the clause ID and variable storing regions for storing contractual coverage IDs, each of said variable storing regions being identified by variable name,

a correspondence definition part for storing correspondences between said each variable name and each contractual coverage item name, the correspondence definition part being provided for each clause ID for specifying each type of the insurance policy,

a data definition part for storing data correspondences between said each contractual coverage ID and each contractual coverage, the data correspondence being provided for each clause ID and each contractual coverage item name,

a means for obtaining data having a given policy ID from the data storage part,

a means for construing data, including a CPU, the data processing including identifying the contractual coverage item name corresponding to the variable name in reference to the correspondence recorded in said correspondence definition part identified by the clause ID of said obtained data and obtaining the contractual coverage corresponding to the contractual coverage ID of said obtained data in reference to the data correspondence recorded in said data definition part identified by said identified contractual coverage item name of the variable name, thereby identifying the contractual coverage item name and the contractual coverage of said obtained data;

means for assessing whether two contractual coverages to be updated satisfy a predetermined condition that shows the two contractual coverages are possible in the same insurance policy,

means for updating the data with the two contractual coverage referring to the correspondence definition part and the data definition part, when the assessing means judges that the two contractual coverage satisfy the predetermined condition, and

wherein the data management apparatus judges whether a combination of the contractual coverage ID and the contractual coverage to be processed is appropriate or not based on appropriate combinations of the contractual coverage IDs and the contractual coverages.

2. The data management apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein definition storing part is provided for each clause ID, said definition storing part having storing part for storing processing program for each processing name,

wherein said correspondence definition part selectively stores the data item names which are used in the processing program, said correspondence definition part being provided for said each processing name,

wherein said data processing means processes the data in response to receive the processing name and the policy ID,

wherein said data processing means obtains the processing program corresponding to said given processing name from the definition storing part corresponding to the clause ID of the data having the given policy ID, identifies the data item name used in said processing program in reference to the definition storing part corresponding to the given processing name of the definition storing part corresponding to the clause ID of the data having the given policy ID and obtaining the contractual coverage corresponding to the contractual coverage ID of the obtained data based on said obtained data item name in reference to the data definition part corresponding to said given processing name of the definition storing part corresponding to the clause ID of the data having the given policy ID thereby deciding the data item name and the contractual coverage of the obtained data having said given policy ID,

wherein said processing means selectively obtains the contractual coverage corresponding to the contractual coverage item name which is necessary to carry out said obtained processing program of said given processing name from the data having the given policy ID and carries out said obtained processing program using said obtained contractual coverage.

3. A computer-readable medium storing a data management program, said computer having (a) a data storage part storing plural data each of which has at least a policy ID for specifying each insurance policy which is a contract between an insurer and an insured, a clause ID for specifying each type of the insurance policy, including specifying each insurance policy goods and a contractual coverage ID for specifying contractual coverage, said data storage part having a policy ID storing region for storing the policy ID, a clause ID storing region for storing the clause ID and variable storing regions for storing contractual coverage IDs, each of said variable storing regions being identified by variable name, (b) a correspondence definition part for storing correspondences between said each variable name and each data item name, the correspondence definition part being provided for each clause ID, (c) a data definition part for storing data correspondences between said each contractual coverage ID and each contractual coverage, the data correspondence being provided for each clause ID and each contractual coverage item name,

said management program carrying out the steps of:

obtaining data having a given policy ID from the data storage part,

processing data, the data processing including identifying the contractual coverage item name corresponding to the variable name in reference to the correspondence recorded in said correspondence definition part identified by the clause ID of said obtained data and obtaining the contractual coverage corresponding to the contractual coverage ID of said obtained data in reference to the data correspondence recorded in said data definition part identified by said identified data item name of the variable name, thereby identifying the contractual coverage item name and the contractual coverage of said obtained data;

assessing whether two contractual coverages to be updated satisfy a predetermined condition that shows the two contractual coverages are possible in the same insurance policy,

updating the data with the two contractual coverage referring to the correspondence definition part and the data definition part, when the assessing means judges that the two contractual coverage satisfy the predetermined condition, and

wherein the data management program judges whether a combination of the contractual coverage ID and the contractual coverage to be processed is appropriate or not based on appropriate combinations of the contractual coverage IDs and the contractual coverages.

4. The computer-readable medium storing data management program according to claim 3,

wherein definition storing part is provided for each clause ID, said definition storing part having storing part for storing processing program for each processing name,

wherein said correspondence definition part selectively stores the data item names which are used in the processing program, said correspondence definition part being provided for said each processing name,

wherein said data processing means processes the data in response to receive the processing name and the policy ID,

wherein said data processing means obtains the processing program corresponding to said given processing name form the definition storing part corresponding to the clause ID of the data having the given policy ID, identifies the data item name used in said processing program in reference to the definition storing part corresponding to the given processing name of the definition storing part corresponding to the clause ID of the data having the given policy ID and obtaining the contractual coverage corresponding to the contractual coverage ID of the obtained data based on said obtained data item name in reference to the data definition part corresponding to said given processing name of the definition storing part corresponding to the clause ID of the data having the given policy ID thereby deciding the data item name and the contractual coverage of the obtained data having said given policy ID,

wherein said processing means selectively obtains the contractual coverage corresponding to the contractual coverage item name which is necessary to carry out said obtained processing program of said given processing name from the data having the given policy ID and carries out said obtained processing program using said obtained contractual coverage.

5. The computer-readable medium storing data management program according to claim 4,

wherein the definition storing part stores a processing code for executing processing for checking whether a combination of contractual coverage corresponding to at least two contractual coverage item names is appropriate or not and appropriate combinations of the contractual coverage IDs and the contractual coverages,

wherein the data management program obtains from the definition storing part the processing code together with the appropriate combinations of the contractual coverage IDs and the contractual coverages, and

wherein the data management program judges whether combination of the contractual coverage ID and the contractual coverage to be processed is appropriate or not based on the appropriate combinations of the contractual coverage IDs and the contractual coverages.