Business card management system and business card management program

Abstract

To allow updated business card information to be notified at appropriate timing.SOLUTION: Provided is a business information management system, wherein each of a plurality of operation terminals 2 includes at least one of an update processing part for updating business card information stored in a business card database and a visit destination acquisition part for acquiring visit destination information including a visit schedule to a visit destination of a user, and a management server 1, when the business card information is updated by the operation terminal 2 having an update processing unit, performs an update information generation process of generating update information indicating update contents, and using the updated business information as post-update business information, and using an operation terminal 2 including a visit destination obtaining unit as a target operation terminal 2c, when the target operation terminal 2c acquires visit destination information indicating a visit schedule to a person indicated by the post-update business information or the affiliation destination of the person, notification processing for notifying the target operation terminal 2c of the update information is executed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a business card management system and a business card management program for acquiring and managing a plurality of pieces of business card information. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent Document 1 (JP Patent Publication No. 2014-528186) discloses an example of a business card management system that includes a management server (10) that manages multiple pieces of business card information and multiple operation terminals (12) that accept operations by users, and that allows the business card information to be viewed and managed via the multiple operation terminals. In this business card management system, for example, when business card information is updated via one operation terminal (12), the business card information is transmitted to another operation terminal (12) used by a user who requests the updated business card information. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Special Publication No. 2014-528186 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Updated business card information is often useful in sales activities, and therefore it is preferable to present it to the user as necessary. In the business card management system disclosed in the above Patent Document 1, when business card information is updated, the updated business card information is notified to the user who requests the business card information, but the notification is not made in accordance with the user's sales activities, etc., and there is room for improvement in terms of notifying the updated business card information at an appropriate time.

[0005] In view of the above background, it is desirable to provide a business card management system and a business card management program that are capable of notifying updated business card information at an appropriate time. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In view of the above, the business card management system is as follows: a management server connected to a business card database in which a plurality of pieces of business card information are stored and which manages the business card information; A business card management system including a plurality of operation terminals communicably connected to the management server and configured to receive operations by users, Each of the plurality of operation terminals an update processing unit that updates the business card information stored in the business card database; A visit destination acquisition unit that acquires visit destination information including a visit schedule of the user to the visit destination; At least one of the following is provided: The management server includes: When the business card information is updated by the operation terminal having the update processing unit, an update information generation process is executed to generate update information indicating the update contents; The updated business card information is treated as updated business card information, and the operation terminal having the visited destination acquisition unit is treated as a target operation terminal, When the visit destination acquisition unit of the target operating terminal acquires the visit destination information indicating the planned visit to a person indicated in the updated business card information or the person's affiliation, a notification process is executed to notify the target operating terminal of the updated information.

[0007] According to this configuration, when the business card information is updated, the updated information is notified to the target operating terminal that has acquired the visit destination information indicating the planned visit to the person shown in the updated business card information or the person's affiliation, so that the updated information can be notified at an appropriate time to a user who has a planned visit to the person shown in the updated business card information or the person's affiliation and may need the updated information. As a result, for example, when a user who holds the target operating terminal visits the person shown in the updated business card information or the person's affiliation to conduct sales activities, etc., the user can easily use the updated information. In this way, according to this configuration, a business card management system that can notify updated business card information at an appropriate time can be realized.

[0008] As one preferred embodiment, a management server connected to a business card database in which a plurality of pieces of business card information are stored and which manages the business card information; A business card management system including a plurality of operation terminals communicably connected to the management server and configured to receive operations by users, the business card management program causing a computer to realize a business card management function of the management server, comprising: Each of the plurality of operation terminals, an update processing unit that updates the business card information stored in the business card database; A visit destination acquisition unit that acquires visit destination information including a visit schedule of the user to the visit destination; and The management server includes: When the business card information is updated by the operation terminal having the update processing unit, an update information generation process is executed to generate update information indicating the update contents; The updated business card information is treated as updated business card information, and the operation terminal having the visited destination acquisition unit is treated as a target operation terminal, When the visit destination acquisition unit of the target operating terminal acquires the visit destination information indicating the planned visit to a person indicated in the updated business card information or the person's affiliation, a notification process is executed to notify the target operating terminal of the updated information.

[0009] According to this configuration, when the business card information is updated, the updated information is notified to the target operating terminal that has acquired the visit destination information indicating the planned visit to the person shown in the updated business card information or the person's affiliation, so that the updated information can be notified at an appropriate time to a user who has a planned visit to the person shown in the updated business card information or the person's affiliation and may need the updated information. This allows the user who owns the target operating terminal to easily use the updated information, for example, when visiting the person shown in the updated business card information or the person's affiliation to conduct sales activities. In this way, according to this configuration, a business card management program that can notify the updated business card information at an appropriate time can be realized.

[0010] Further features and advantages of the business card management system and the business card management program will become apparent from the following description of exemplary and non-limiting embodiments which are illustrated with reference to the drawings. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0011] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration of a business card management system. [Diagram 2] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a system configuration of an operation terminal. [Diagram 3] FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing another example of the system configuration of the operation terminal. [Figure 4] Flowchart including the processing of the business card management program [Diagram 5] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display of registered business card information and an update button for updating the information. [Figure 6] A diagram showing an example of a screen display for inputting sales activity schedules. [Figure 7] A diagram showing an example of a screen display of a list of visit schedules [Figure 8] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display in which update information is notified. [Figure 9] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display of a notification history of update information. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0012] Hereinafter, an embodiment of a business card management system and a business card management program will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of the system configuration of a business card management system 100. As shown in FIG. 1, the business card management system 100 includes a management server 1 that manages a plurality of business card information, and a plurality of operation terminals 2 that accept operations by users. In the business card management system 100, the plurality of operation terminals 2 and the management server 1 are connected to each other via a network 5 so that they can communicate with each other. The network 5 includes both wired and wireless networks. For example, a relay device (not shown) and the management server 1 may be connected via a wired network, and the operation terminal 2 and the relay device may be connected via a wireless network. The management server 1 includes a database 6, and here, as the database 6, a business card database 61 in which a plurality of business card information is stored, an account information database 62 in which a plurality of account information is stored, a news report database 63 in which a plurality of news report information is stored, and a sales database 64 in which a visit schedule and a visit record of a user to a visit destination are stored are exemplified. The management server 1 may include a plurality of servers, and the functions of the management server 1 may be realized by these multiple servers.

[0013] In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1, the operation terminal 2 is exemplified by a portable information terminal (PDA: Personal Digital Assistant) 2a that can be carried by a user, and a computer system 2b having a personal computer or the like as its core.

[0014] In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the mobile information terminal 2a, which is the operation terminal 2, includes an input / output device 7, a calculation device 8, a storage device 9 (an example of a storage unit), and a communication device 10. Such a mobile information terminal 2a is, for example, a tablet terminal, a smartphone, etc. The input / output device 7 is configured with a touch panel 7a (shown in FIG. 1) equipped with an input unit 71 and an output unit 72. The calculation device 8 includes at least one microprocessor as a core, a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), and other peripheral elements, and is realized by the cooperation of these hardware and software. The storage device 9 is an internal storage of the mobile information terminal 2a configured with an SRAM, a flash memory, etc. The communication device 10 is, for example, a wireless LAN adapter built into the mobile information terminal 2a. Of course, the communication device 10 may include a wired LAN adapter.

[0015] Furthermore, the mobile information terminal 2a is equipped with at least one of an update processing unit 8a that updates the business card information stored in the business card database 61 as software executed by the calculation device 8, and a visited destination acquisition unit 8b that acquires the user's visited destination information from a sales management program provided in the management server 1. Note that Fig. 2 shows a configuration equipped with both the update processing unit 8a and the visited destination acquisition unit 8b. The update processing unit 8a is a browser installed in the mobile information terminal 2a, and the visited destination acquisition unit 8b is a visited destination acquisition program installed in the mobile information terminal 2a. Here, the sales management program is a program that allows a user to register and manage visit schedules and visit records to his / her own visit destinations in the sales database 64. The sales management program stores and registers the visit schedule or visit records in the sales database 64 by inputting the date and time of the sales activity, categories such as schedule and record, means of the sales activity such as visits or web meetings, customer information such as the customer name and the customer's company information, internal related parties, etc., on the sales activity schedule input screen shown in Fig. 6 and pressing the register button S4. The visit schedule or visit records can be updated, deleted, and acquired (viewed) by the sales management program, and the visit schedule can be acquired (viewed) by the visit destination acquisition program as the visit destination acquisition unit 8b.

[0016] The operation terminal 2 may be configured as a system including a plurality of devices, instead of an integrated terminal device like the mobile information terminal 2a. FIG. 3 shows an example of the operation terminal 2 configured by a computer system 2b with a personal computer or the like as its core. The arithmetic device 8 is, for example, a motherboard built into the main body of the personal computer, includes at least one microprocessor as the core, and is configured with a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) and other peripheral elements. The input device 73 is, for example, a keyboard 73a (shown in FIG. 1) or a mouse 73b (shown in FIG. 1), and the output device 74 is a display 74a (shown in FIG. 1). The storage device 9 (an example of a storage unit) is, for example, a hard disk drive (HDD) or a solid state drive (SSD) built into the main body of the personal computer. Of course, the storage device 9 may be an HDD or SSD connected to the outside of the main body. The communication device 10 is, for example, a wireless LAN adapter or a wired LAN adapter built into the main body of the personal computer. Although the computer system 2b having a so-called desktop personal computer as its core has been exemplified here, the computer system 2b may also be configured having a notebook (laptop) personal computer as its core.

[0017] An embodiment of the business card management system 100 and the business card management program will be described in detail below. The business card management program is a program that realizes a business card management function in the management server 1 in the business card management system 100. The business card management function is realized by cooperation between hardware centered on the computing device 8 and software (the business card management program).

[0018] 4, the business card management program causes the management server 1 to execute an update information generation process for generating update information indicating the update contents when the business card information is updated by the operation terminal 2 equipped with the update processing unit 8a, and causes the management server 1 to execute a notification process for notifying the target operation terminal 2c of the update information when the target operation terminal 2c acquires visiting destination information indicating a visit schedule to an affiliation of a person indicated in the updated business card information, with the operation terminal 2 equipped with the visiting destination acquisition unit 8b as the target operation terminal 2c. Note that in the following explanation, a case where the target operation terminal 2c is the mobile information terminal 2a will be explained as an example.

[0019] Fig. 4 is a flow chart including the processing of the business card management program. As shown in Fig. 4, the business card management system 100 executes the following in the order described: updating of business card information by the operating terminal 2 #01, business card information update processing by the management server 1 #02, updated information generation processing #03, acquisition processing #04 of visited information, determination of whether the visited destination in the visited destination information matches the affiliation of the updated business card information #05, notification processing #06 by the management server 1, and display processing #07 by the target operating terminal 2c. That is, the business card management program causes the management server 1 to execute a business card information update process #02, an update information generation process #03, a determination #05 as to whether the destination in the visit information matches the affiliation of the updated business card information, and a notification process #06.

[0020] The business card information update #01 is a process in which the operation terminal 2 accepts an update of the business card information. The operation terminal 2 accesses the business card management program installed in the management server 1 by an update processing unit 8a such as a browser installed in the operation terminal 2, displays a login screen (not shown), and accepts input of account information such as an ID and a password. The business card management program verifies the input account information with the account information stored in the account information database 62, and if the input account information matches, the operation terminal 2 displays a business card management screen (not shown). When part of the business card information such as the name, company name, and department name is input on the business card management screen from the touch panel 7a or the keyboard 73a, the business card information that matches the input content is displayed in a list, and when the desired business card information is selected, a business card details screen linked to the desired business card information is displayed. On the business card details screen, as shown in FIG. 5, memo information of the business card and an image of the business card are displayed together with basic business card information such as the company name, address, job title, name, kana name, telephone number, FAX number, and email address. Furthermore, the business card details screen displays a business card basic information update button S1 for updating the business card basic information, and a memo information update button S2 for updating the memo information. When the business card basic information update button S1 is pressed, an update screen (not shown) for updating the business card basic information is displayed, and when the memo information update button S2 is pressed, an update screen (not shown) for updating the memo information is displayed, and the update contents are entered on the update screen. Although not shown in the flowchart, when a registration operation for registering multiple pieces of business card information is performed on the operation terminal 2 before the business card information update #01, the business card management program executes a process for registering the business card information in the business card database 61. Also, when a deletion operation for business card information is performed on the operation terminal 2, the business card management program executes a process for deleting the business card information from the business card database 61.

[0021] Business card information update process #02 is a process in which the management server 1 updates the business card information when the input of the update contents on the update screen is completed. The management server 1 updates the business card information by overwriting and saving the update contents on the business card information stored in the business card database 61. In this embodiment, the updated business card information is called updated business card information.

[0022] The update information generation process #03 is a process in which the management server 1 generates update information indicating the updated contents. In other words, the management server 1 generates the difference between the business card information before the update and the updated business card information after the update as update information, and stores it in the business card database 61 in a form linked to the updated business card information.

[0023] The visit information acquisition process #04 is a process in which the visit acquisition unit 8b of the target operating terminal 2c acquires visit information including a visit schedule to the visit destination of the user. The visit acquisition program as the visit acquisition unit 8b acquires visit information via the sales management program of the management server 1, for example, when the target operating terminal 2c is operated by the user. Here, the user is the user of the target operating terminal 2c. When the user performs an operation to acquire a visited destination, the visited destination acquisition program displays, for example, a list of the user's visiting schedule for each date on the touch panel 7a of the target operating terminal 2c, as shown in FIG.

[0024] In the determination #05 of whether the destination of the destination information matches the affiliation of the updated business card information, the business card management program determines whether the destination of the destination information (corporation, organization) acquired by the target operating terminal 2c matches the affiliation of the updated business card information that has already been updated (corporation, organization). The business card management program acquires the destination of the destination information acquired by the destination acquisition program from the sales management program. The business card management program determines whether the destination of the acquired destination information matches the affiliation of the updated business card information by searching the affiliation of the updated business card information stored in the business card database 61. If the destination of the acquired destination information matches the affiliation of the updated business card information (Yes in #05), the business card management program executes the following notification process #06. On the other hand, if they do not match (No in #05), the business card management program executes the determination of #05 at predetermined intervals.

[0025] Notification process #06 is a process for notifying the target operating terminal 2c of the updated business card information corresponding to the destination of the destination in the destination information, when the destination of the destination information acquired by the visited destination acquisition program matches the affiliation of the updated business card information. The business card management program accesses the business card database 61, reads the update information linked to the updated business card information, and notifies the target operating terminal 2c that executed the visited destination information acquisition process #04 of the update information. The notification process #06 is executed at least one of when the sales management program registers the visit destination information in the sales database 64 and a predetermined period of time before the visit date and time indicated in the visit destination information.

[0026] Furthermore, the business card management program executes notification process #06 with an operating terminal 2 (mobile information terminal 2a) that has not yet accessed the updated business card information as the target operating terminal 2c. Here, the operating terminal 2 (mobile information terminal 2a) that has not yet accessed the updated business card information is an operating terminal 2 that has not viewed the updated business card information in the business card database 61 connected to the management server 1 via a browser, or an operating terminal 2 that has not been notified of the update information by notification process #06. In this embodiment, the business card details screen shown in FIG. 5 has a change notification setting area S3 in which the notification destination, notification destination category, priority, and read confirmation request can be set, and when at least one of the notification destination and notification category is set in the change notification setting area S3, the range in which the update information is notified is limited to the target operating terminals 2c that satisfy the set conditions of the set notification destination and notification category.

[0027] Furthermore, in notification process #06, the business card management program notifies the user of press information related to the updated business card information in addition to the update information. The press information related to the updated business card information is information stored in the press database 63, and is press information showing the person shown in the updated business card information and the corporation or organization to which that person belongs.

[0028] Display process #07 is a process of displaying the update information on the touch panel 7a by the push notification function of the target operating terminal 2c. As shown in Fig. 8, an outline of the update information is displayed on the touch panel 7a of the target operating terminal 2c, and by tapping the notification, details of the update information and news report information (not shown) related to the update information are displayed. The storage device 9 of the target operating terminal 2c stores the update information already notified in notification process #06 as a notification history, and executes a display process to display at least one of the stored notification histories in a selectable manner on the touch panel 7a, as shown in FIG. 9.

[0029] Other embodiments (1) In the above embodiment, the business card management system 100 is configured to include the news report database 63. However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration, and the database 6 may include only the business card database 61 and the account information database 62. In this configuration, news report information is not notified in notification process #06.

[0030] (2) In the above embodiment, the display process #07 is configured to display the update information on the touch panel 7a by the push notification function of the target operating terminal 2c. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and the display process #07 may be configured to notify the update information by SNS (Social Networking Service), e-mail, or SMS (Short Message Service).

[0031] (3) In the above embodiment, the sales management program is configured to be provided in the management server 1. However, the sales management program may be provided in the operation terminal 2. In this configuration, the sales management program provided in the operation terminal 2 accesses the management server 1 via the network 5, and executes registration, update, deletion, acquisition, etc. of the visit schedule and visit record of the user to the visit destinations in the sales database 64.

[0032] (4) In the above embodiment, the management server 1 includes a sales management program, and the visited destination acquisition program as the visited destination acquisition unit 8b acquires visited destination information via the sales management program of the management server 1. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and the management server 1 may include a schedule management program for managing a schedule including a user's plans to visit his or her visited destinations, and the visited destination acquisition unit 8b of the target operating terminal 2c may acquire the visited destination information of the user from the schedule management program. The schedule management program may be provided in the operation terminal 2.

[0033] (5) Furthermore, the business card management program may be configured so as not to treat the operating terminal 2 (mobile information terminal 2a) that has updated the business card information as the target operating terminal 2c.

[0034] (6) In the above embodiment, the business card management program is configured to determine whether the destination in the destination information matches the affiliation in the updated business card information in step #05. However, without being limited to this configuration, the business card management program may be configured to determine whether the person indicated in the destination information matches the person indicated in the updated business card information in step #05.

[0035] (7) The configurations disclosed in the above-described embodiments can be applied in combination with configurations disclosed in other embodiments, as long as no contradiction occurs. As for other configurations, the embodiments disclosed in this specification are merely examples in all respects. Therefore, various modifications can be made as appropriate within the scope of the present disclosure.

[0036] [Outline of the present embodiment] The business card management system 100 and the business card management program described above will now be briefly outlined.

[0037] In view of the above, the business card management system is as follows: a management server connected to a business card database in which a plurality of pieces of business card information are stored and which manages the business card information; A business card management system including a plurality of operation terminals communicably connected to the management server and configured to receive operations by users, Each of the plurality of operation terminals an update processing unit that updates the business card information stored in the business card database; A visit destination acquisition unit that acquires visit destination information including a visit schedule of the user to the visit destination; At least one of the following is provided: The management server includes: When the business card information is updated by the operation terminal having the update processing unit, an update information generation process is executed to generate update information indicating the update contents; The updated business card information is treated as updated business card information, and the operation terminal having the visited destination acquisition unit is treated as a target operation terminal, When the visit destination acquisition unit of the target operating terminal acquires the visit destination information indicating the planned visit to a person indicated in the updated business card information or the person's affiliation, a notification process is executed to notify the target operating terminal of the updated information.

[0038] According to this configuration, when the business card information is updated, the updated information is notified to the target operating terminal that has acquired the visit destination information indicating the planned visit to the person shown in the updated business card information or the person's affiliation, so that the updated information can be notified at an appropriate time to a user who has a planned visit to the person shown in the updated business card information or the person's affiliation and may need the updated information. As a result, for example, when a user who holds the target operating terminal visits the person shown in the updated business card information or the person's affiliation to conduct sales activities, etc., the user can easily use the updated information. In this way, according to this configuration, a business card management system that can notify updated business card information at an appropriate time can be realized.

[0039] As one preferred embodiment, a management server connected to a business card database in which a plurality of pieces of business card information are stored and which manages the business card information; A business card management system including a plurality of operation terminals communicably connected to the management server and configured to receive operations by users, the business card management program causing a computer to realize a business card management function of the management server, comprising: Each of the plurality of operation terminals, an update processing unit that updates the business card information stored in the business card database; A visit destination acquisition unit that acquires visit destination information including a visit schedule of the user to the visit destination; and The management server includes: When the business card information is updated by the operation terminal having the update processing unit, an update information generation process is executed to generate update information indicating the update contents; The updated business card information is treated as updated business card information, and the operation terminal having the visited destination acquisition unit is treated as a target operation terminal, When the visit destination acquisition unit of the target operating terminal acquires the visit destination information indicating the planned visit to a person indicated in the updated business card information or the person's affiliation, a notification process is executed to notify the target operating terminal of the updated information.

[0040] According to this configuration, when the business card information is updated, the updated information is notified to the target operating terminal that has acquired the visit destination information indicating the planned visit to the person shown in the updated business card information or the person's affiliation, so that the updated information can be notified at an appropriate time to a user who has a planned visit to the person shown in the updated business card information or the person's affiliation and may need the updated information. This allows the user who owns the target operating terminal to easily use the updated information, for example, when visiting the person shown in the updated business card information or the person's affiliation to conduct sales activities. In this way, according to this configuration, a business card management program that can notify the updated business card information at an appropriate time can be realized.

[0041] In addition, the management server When the visited destination acquisition unit of the target operating terminal acquires the visited destination information of a person indicated in the updated business card information or the person's affiliation, it is preferable to execute the notification process at least one of the time when the visited destination information is registered and a predetermined period of time before the visit date and time indicated in the visited destination information.

[0042] According to this configuration, it is possible to notify the user of updated information regarding the visited destination information at least one of the timing when the visited destination information is registered, when the user is likely to come into contact with the visited destination information including the user's visit schedule, and the timing when the user is likely to need information regarding the visited destination, that is, a certain period before the visit date and time indicated in the visited destination information. Therefore, it is possible to notify the user of the updated information at an appropriate timing.

[0043] In addition, the target operation terminal is a storage unit that stores the update information already notified in the notification process as a notification history; It is preferable to execute a display process for selectively displaying at least one of the notification histories.

[0044] When a user of a target operating terminal has received a notification of update information in the past, the user may not be able to check the details of the notification, or even if the user does check the notification, the user may have forgotten the update information at the time of the visit to the destination. According to this configuration, the target operating terminal uses a display process to selectively display the history of content notified in past notification processes, allowing the user to view update information not only at the time of notification via the notification process, but also at a time that is convenient for the user.

[0045] At least one of the management server and the operation terminal includes a schedule management program for managing a schedule including the user's visit plan to the visit destination, It is preferable that the visited destination acquisition unit of the target operating terminal acquires the visited destination information of the user from the schedule management program.

[0046] According to this configuration, update information is notified based on a schedule management program in which the user inputs information such as plans to visit places to be visited, so that the visited place information can be easily and appropriately acquired by the visited place acquisition unit.

[0047] At least one of the management server and the operation terminal is provided with a sales management program that allows the user to register and manage the visit schedule and visit record to the visit destinations, It is preferable that the visited destination acquisition unit of the target operating terminal acquires the visited destination information of the user from the sales management program.

[0048] According to this configuration, since update information is notified based on a sales management program in which information such as visit schedules to visit destinations is input, the visit destination acquisition unit can easily and appropriately acquire visit destination information.

[0049] In addition, the management server connected to a news database in which news information is stored; In the notification process, it is preferable to notify the press information related to the updated business card information in addition to the update information.

[0050] According to this configuration, in the notification process, in addition to the business card update information, news report information related to the updated business card information, for example, news report information including the company name included in the updated business card information, can be notified. Therefore, the usefulness of the notification to the user who receives the notification can be further improved. [Industrial Applicability]

[0051] The technology according to the present invention can be used in a business card management system and a business card management program that can notify updated business card information at an appropriate time. [Explanation of symbols]

[0052] 1: Management server 2: Operation terminal 2a: Mobile information terminal (operation terminal, target operation terminal) 2b: Computer system (operation terminal, target operation terminal) 2c: Target operating device 8a: Update processing section 8b: Visit destination acquisition department 9: Storage device (storage unit) 61: Business card database 63: Press Database 100: Business card management system

Claims

1. a management server connected to a business card database in which a plurality of pieces of business card information are stored and which manages the business card information; A business card management system including a plurality of operation terminals communicably connected to the management server and configured to receive operations by users, Each of the plurality of operation terminals an update processing unit that updates the business card information stored in the business card database; A visit destination acquisition unit that acquires visit destination information including a visit schedule of the user to the visit destination; At least one of the following is provided: The management server includes: When the business card information is updated by the operation terminal having the update processing unit, an update information generation process is executed to generate update information indicating the update contents; The updated business card information is treated as updated business card information, and the operation terminal having the visited destination acquisition unit is treated as a target operation terminal, A business card management system that executes a notification process to notify the target operating terminal of the updated information when the visit destination acquisition unit of the target operating terminal acquires the visit destination information indicating the planned visit to a person indicated in the updated business card information or that person's affiliation.

2. The management server includes:

2. The business card management system of claim 1, wherein when the visitation acquisition unit of the target operating terminal acquires the visitation information of a person shown in the updated business card information or the person's affiliation, the notification process is executed at least one of when the visitation information is registered and a predetermined period of time before the visit date and time shown in the visitation information.

3. The target operation terminal is a storage unit that stores the update information already notified in the notification process as a notification history; The business card management system according to claim 1 , further comprising a display process for selectively displaying at least one of the notification histories.

4. At least one of the management server and the operation terminal includes a schedule management program for managing a schedule including the user's visit plan to the visit destination, The business card management system according to claim 1 , wherein the visited destination acquisition unit of the target operation terminal acquires the visited destination information of the user from the schedule management program.

5. At least one of the management server and the operation terminal is provided with a sales management program that allows the user to register and manage the visit schedule and visit record to the visit destinations, The business card management system according to claim 1 , wherein the visit destination acquisition unit of the target operation terminal acquires the visit destination information of the user from the sales management program.

6. The management server includes: connected to a news database in which news information is stored; 3. The business card management system according to claim 1, wherein in the notification process, in addition to the update information, the press information related to the updated business card information is notified.

7. A business card management system including a management server connected to a business card database storing a plurality of pieces of business card information and managing the business card information, and a plurality of operation terminals communicably connected to the management server and accepting operations by users, comprising: a business card management program for causing a computer to realize a business card management function of the management server, Each of the plurality of operation terminals, an update processing unit that updates the business card information stored in the business card database; A visit destination acquisition unit that acquires visit destination information including a visit schedule of the user to the visit destination; and The management server includes: When the business card information is updated by the operation terminal having the update processing unit, an update information generation process is executed to generate update information indicating the update contents; The updated business card information is treated as updated business card information, and the operation terminal having the visited destination acquisition unit is treated as a target operation terminal, A business card management program that executes a notification process to notify the target operating terminal of the updated information when the visit destination acquisition unit of the target operating terminal acquires the visit destination information indicating the planned visit to a person indicated in the updated business card information or that person's affiliation.

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