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US 11,107,043 B2Granted
Information management device, method of managing arrival/departure, and recording medium
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorTsuyoshi Ohsumi
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Abstract
An arrival/departure management device performs near-field communication with a wireless communication terminal and identifies a user of the wireless communication terminal, registers a time of arrival or departure for the user of the wireless communication terminal that was identified, and sends or receives information corresponding to the identified user on the basis of the registered content.
Claims5
An information management device, comprising:
- a processor;
- a storage device connected to the processor;
- and
- a near-field wireless communication unit connected to the processor, configured to wirelessly communicate with a portable wireless communication terminal assigned to and carried by a user when the user with the wireless communication terminal is within a near-field communication range,
- wherein the processor identifies the user to which the wireless communication terminal is assigned based on information received by the near-field wireless communication unit from the wireless communication terminal,
- wherein the processor registers a time of arrival or departure of the user identified by the processor in the storage device when the user with the wireless communication terminal is within the near-field communication range for the arrival or departure,
- wherein the near-field wireless communication unit is installed at a workplace so that the arrival is the user arriving to work or returning from an outing, and the departure is the user departing from work or leaving for the outing,
- wherein when the processor registers the time of arrival as a first form of arrival that is the user arriving to work as a result of the user being within the near-field communication range due to the arrival, the processor, at the same time while the user is still within the near-field communication range, causes the near-field wireless communication unit to send information on a first task to be performed by the identified user at the workplace to the wireless communication terminal assigned to the identified user,
- wherein when the processor registers the time of departure as a first form of departure that is the user leaving for the outing work as a result of the user being within the near-field communication range due to the departure, the processor, at the same time while the user is still within the near-field communication range, causes the near-field wireless communication unit to send information on a second task to be performed by the identified user at another place that is a destination of the outing other than the workplace to the wireless communication terminal assigned to the identified user,
- wherein when the processor registers the time of departure as a second form of departure that is the user departing from work as a result of the user being within the near-field communication range due to the departure, the processor, at the same time while the user is still within the near-field communication range, causes the near-field wireless communication unit to receive completion status information of said first task that has been performed at the workplace by the identified user from the wireless communication terminal assigned to the identified user, and
- wherein when the processor registers the time of arrival as a second form of arrival that is the user returning from the outing as a result of the user being within the near-field communication range due to the arrival, the processor, at the same time while the user is still within the near-field communication range, causes the near-field wireless communication unit to receive completion status information of said second task that has been performed by the identified user at the another place from the wireless communication terminal assigned to the identified user.
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A method of managing arrival/departure using a device having a processor;
- a storage device connected to the processor;
- and a near-field wireless communication unit connected to the processor, configured to wirelessly communicate with a portable wireless communication terminal assigned to and carried by a user when the user with the wireless communication terminal is within a near-field communication range, the method being performed by the processor and comprising:
- identifying the user to which the wireless communication terminal is assigned based on information received by the near-field wireless communication unit from the wireless communication terminal;
- and
- registering a time of arrival or departure of the user identified by the processor in the storage device when the user with the wireless communication terminal is within the near-field communication range for the arrival or departure,
- wherein the near-field wireless communication unit is installed at a workplace so that the arrival is the user arriving to work or returning from an outing, and the departure is the user departing from work or leaving for the outing, and
- wherein the method further includes:
- when the time of arrival is registered as a first form of arrival that is the user arriving to work as a result of the user being within the near-field communication range due to the arrival, at the same time while the user is still within the near-field communication range, causing the near-field wireless communication unit to send information on a first task to be performed by the identified user at the workplace to the wireless communication terminal assigned to the identified user,
- when the time of departure is registered as a first form of departure that is the user leaving for the outing as a result of the user being within the near-field communication range due to the departure, at the same time while the user is still within the near-field communication range, causing the near-field wireless communication unit to send information on a second task to be performed by the identified user at another place that is a destination of the outing other than the workplace to the wireless communication terminal assigned to the identified user,
- when the time of departure is registered as a second form of departure that is the user departing from work as a result of the user being within the near-field communication range due to the departure, at the same time while the user is still within the near-field communication range, causing the near-field wireless communication unit to receive completion status information of said first task that has been performed at the workplace by the identified user from the wireless communication terminal assigned to the identified user, and
- wherein when the time of arrival is registered as a second form of arrival that is the user returning from the outing as a result of the user being within the near-field communication range due to the arrival, at the same time while the user is still within the near-field communication range, causing the near-field wireless communication unit to receive completion status information of said second task that has been performed by the identified user at the another place from the wireless communication terminal assigned to the identified user.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions executable by a processor that is connected to a storage device and a near-field wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a portable wireless communication terminal assigned to and carried by a user when the user with the wireless communication terminal is within a near-field communication range, the instructions causing the processor to perform the following:
- identifying the user to which the wireless communication terminal is assigned based on information received by the near-field wireless communication unit from the wireless communication terminal;
- and
- registering a time of arrival or departure of the user identified by the processor in the storage device when the user with the wireless communication terminal is within the near-field communication range for the arrival or departure,
- wherein the near-field wireless communication unit is installed at a workplace so that the arrival is the user arriving to work or returning from an outing, and the departure is the user departing from work or leaving for the outing, and
- wherein the instructions cause the processor to further perform the following:
- when the time of arrival is registered as a first form of arrival that is the user arriving to work as a result of the user being within the near-field communication range due to the arrival, at the same time while the user is still within the near-field communication range, causing the near-field wireless communication unit to send information on a first task to be performed by the identified user at the workplace to the wireless communication terminal assigned to the identified user,
- when the time of departure is registered as a first form of departure that is the user leaving for the outing as a result of the user being within the near-field communication range due to the departure, at the same time while the user is still within the near-field communication range, causing the near-field wireless communication unit to send information on a second task to be performed by the identified user at another place that is a destination of the outing other than the workplace to the wireless communication terminal assigned to the identified user, and
- when the time of departure is registered as a second form of departure that is the user departing from work as a result of the user being within the near-field communication range due to the departure, at the same time while the user is still within the near-field communication range, causing the near-field wireless communication unit to receive completion status information of said first task that has been performed at the workplace by the identified user from the wireless communication terminal assigned to the identified user, and
- wherein when the time of arrival is registered as a second form of arrival that is the user returning from the outing as a result of the user being within the near-field communication range due to the arrival, at the same time while the user is still within the near-field communication range, causing the near-field wireless communication unit to receive completion status information of said second task that has been performed by the identified user at the another place from the wireless communication terminal assigned to the identified user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.