Business card management system, business card management method, business card management program, and business card

Abstract

To provide a business card management system, a business card management method, and a business card management program which facilitate sharing business card information.SOLUTION: The business card management system comprises business cards having electronic tags in which tag identification information is stored, terminals which perform a business card management program associated with the tag identification information, and a business card management device in which business card information associated with the tag identification information is stored. In the business card management system, a first terminal which performs read processing among the terminals acquires tag identification information from a plurality of electronic tags by a short-range radio communication function and transmits the tag identification information to the business card management device. The business card management device has a function of adding business card information associated with tag identification information received from the first terminal and business card information associated with the first terminal to business card information managed by a business card management program of a second terminal among the terminals, which is associated with the electronic tags subjected to the read processing.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a business card management system, a business card management method, and a business card management program.

Background Art

[0002] In recent years, short-range wireless communication technologies using electronic tags such as NFC (Near Field Communication) tags have been used in various services. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an information management system for managed information (business card information) attached to a business card. Patent Document 1 discloses that, by the information management system, by bringing an information communication terminal close to a business card, information data of the managed information stored in the wireless tag of the business card can be directly acquired by the information communication terminal. Therefore, without being restricted by location, the accurate managed information of the other party who is the person to be managed can be easily accumulated, browsed, or transferred to a management server through an external communication network and accumulated in the information communication terminal of the self who is the manager. It also discloses that an information management system capable of effectively and efficiently collecting and using the managed information attached to the business card can be realized.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] However, in the conventional method, when sharing business card information of a plurality of users with each other, there was a hassle such as each user performing an operation of reading business card information from the other party's business card.

[0005] An object of the present disclosure is to provide a business card management system, a business card management method, and a business card management program that facilitate sharing of business card information.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0006] To achieve the above object, the business card management system according to the present disclosure includes a business card having an electronic tag that stores tag identification information, a terminal that executes a business card management program associated with the tag identification information, and a business card management device that stores business card information associated with the tag identification information. Among the terminals, a first terminal that executes a reading process acquires the tag identification information from a plurality of the electronic tags by a short-range wireless communication function and transmits it to the business card management device. The business card management device has a function of adding the business card information associated with the tag identification information received from the first terminal and the business card information associated with the first terminal to the business card information managed by the business card management program of a second terminal associated with the electronic tag for which the reading process has been performed among the terminals.

[0007] To achieve the above object, the business card management system according to the present disclosure includes a business card having an electronic tag that stores tag identification information and business card information, a terminal that executes a business card management program associated with the tag identification information, and a business card management device that stores business card information associated with the tag identification information. Among the terminals, a first terminal that executes a reading process acquires the tag identification information and the business card information from a plurality of the electronic tags by a short-range wireless communication function, transmits the tag identification information to the business card management device, and adds the acquired business card information to the business card information managed by the business card management program of a second terminal associated with the electronic tag for which the reading process has been performed among the terminals. The business card management device associates the business card information associated with the tag identification information received from the first terminal with the management targets of the business card management programs of the first terminal and the second terminal.

Advantages of the Invention

[0008] According to the business card management system, business card management method, and business card management program of the present disclosure using the above means, business card information can be easily shared.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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[0010] Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below. In the present disclosure, an "electronic tag" is also called an IC tag, an RF tag, or a wireless tag, and is a tag using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology that reads and writes data of an IC chip in the tag in a non-contact manner using radio waves. An "NFC tag" is one of the standards of electronic tags, and is a tag that uses a frequency of 13.56 MHz and uses short-range wireless communication with a communication distance of about 10 cm, which is relatively shorter than that of other RFID. In the following embodiments, an example using an NFC tag as an electronic tag will be described, but the electronic tag is not limited to the NFC tag. Other electronic tags using short-range wireless communication comparable to that of the NFC tag may be used.

[0011] [Embodiment 1] [Configuration] FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a business card management system 1 according to Embodiment 1. The business card management system 1 includes a business card 2, a terminal 3 owned by a user (owner) of the business card 2 (that is, the terminal 3 is associated with the user of the business card 2), and a business card management device 4. The terminal 3 and the business card management device 4 are connected via a communication network such as the Internet. Each terminal 3 has wireless communication means such as Bluetooth and has a function of communicating with each other.

[0012] The business card 2 displays business card information as visual information on one or both of the front or back surfaces. The business card information includes, for example, some or all of the information such as a name or title, an address or residence, a telephone number, a fax number, or an email address displayed by printing or engraving. The business card information may be displayed in a manner readable by a person, or may be displayed in the form of a code such as a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code and decodable by a decoder. The business card 2 can use a material such as paper or resin.

[0013] The business card 2 is provided with an electronic tag 21. The electronic tag 21 is a passive electronic tag that can be read by the terminal 3 for information. The electronic tag 21 includes an IC and an antenna. The electronic tag 21 stores in the storage unit within the internal IC connection destination information 211 that identifies the address of the business card management device 4 and tag identification information 212 associated with each electronic tag 21.

[0014] The connection destination information 211 is information for the terminal 3 to connect to the business card management device 4. The connection destination information 211 is, for example, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). The tag identification information 212 is unique information associated with each business card 2 and is information associated with the user who owns the business card 2.

[0015] Figure 2 is a configuration diagram of the terminal 3 and the business card management device 4. The terminal 3 is assumed to be a smartphone, but it may also be other terminals or devices such as a server, a personal computer, a tablet terminal, or a mobile phone. The terminal 3 has a control unit 31, a communication unit 32, a display unit 33, and a storage unit 34. The control unit 31 controls the operation of the terminal 3. The control unit 31 executes functions and / or methods realized by codes or instructions included in programs stored in the storage unit 34. The control unit 31 (similarly to the control unit 41 described later) can apply, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), a micro-processing unit (MPU), a GPU, a microcontroller unit (MCU), a processor core, a multi-processor, an ASIC, an FPGA, etc., and each process disclosed in each embodiment may be realized by a logic circuit or a dedicated circuit formed in an integrated circuit or the like. Also, these circuits may be realized by one or more integrated circuits, and it is also possible that a plurality of processes shown in each embodiment are realized by one integrated circuit.

[0016] The communication unit 32 has a function of reading information from the electronic tag 21 and a wired or wireless communication function with external devices such as other terminals 3 and the business card management device 4. The display unit 33 displays business card information (specifically, for example, a screen including information such as name, affiliation, and contact information) associated by the business card management device 4 with the tag identification information 212.

[0017] The storage unit 34 stores a business card management program 341, user identification information 342, business card information 343, and a website browsing program 344 (web browser). The storage unit 34 may store other programs in addition to the business card management program 341 and the website browsing program 344. The storage unit 34 (similarly to the storage unit 43 described later) is realized by various storage media such as HDD, SSD, and flash memory.

[0018] The business card management program 341 is executed by the terminal 3. The business card management program 341 operates in cooperation with the business card management program 431 executed by the business card management device 4 according to functions.

[0019] The user identification information 342 is information for identifying the user who uses the business card management program 341 and is unique information associated with each user. The user identification information 342 includes, for example, account identification information set for each account of the business card management program 341, or identification information of the terminal 3.

[0020] As described above, the tag identification information 212 of the business card 2 is unique information associated with each business card 2 of the user. Also, the user identification information 342 is information for identifying the user who uses the business card management program 341. Therefore, since the tag identification information 212 and the user identification information 342 are set for each user, the business card management program 341 is associated with the tag identification information 212.

[0021] The business card information 343 includes, for example, some or all of the information represented by characters, graphics, symbols, etc., such as name, title, affiliation, position, address, residence, telephone number, fax number, email address, and other contact information. The business card information 343 includes the business card information of the user associated with the user identification information 342 (i.e., the user's own business card information), but may also include the business card information associated with the user identification information 342 of other users.

[0022] The business card management device 4 is assumed to be a server, but may be other devices such as a personal computer, smartphone, tablet terminal, mobile phone, etc. The business card management device 4 is specified by the connection destination information 211. The business card management device 4 includes a control unit 41, a communication unit 42, and a storage unit 43.

[0023] The control unit 41 controls the operation of the business card management device 4. The control unit 41 executes functions and / or methods realized by codes or instructions included in the program stored in the storage unit 43. The communication unit 42 has a wired or wireless communication function with external devices such as the terminal 3.

[0024] The storage unit 43 stores a business card management program 431, business card correspondence information 432, and user correspondence information 433. The storage unit 43 may store other programs in addition to the business card management program 431.

[0025] The business card management program 431 is executed by the business card management device 4. The business card management program 431 operates in cooperation with the business card management program 341 executed by the terminal 3 according to the function.

[0026] Figure 3 is a configuration diagram of business card information 343, business card correspondence information 432, and user correspondence information 433. Note that the values of each piece of information ("aaa", "AAA", "111", etc.) are shown for convenience of explanation, and specific information is stored as the data actually memorized. In Figure 3, for example, "aaa", which is the business card information of oneself, is stored as the business card information 343. The business card information 343 "aaa" is information associated with the user of business card 2A. The business card information 343 can include one's own business card information and the business card information of others who have exchanged business cards 2, etc.

[0027] The business card correspondence information 432 stores the tag identification information 432a, user identification information 432b, and business card information 432c in association. The business card correspondence information 432 is information that manages the correspondence relationship between the tag identification information 212 stored in each business card 2, the user identification information 342, and the business card information 343 of the user. As shown in the business card correspondence information 432, the tag identification information 432a "AAA", "BBB", "CCC", "DDD", "EEE" is associated with the respective values of the user identification information 432b and the business card information 432c, and corresponds to business cards 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E.

[0028] The user correspondence information 433 stores the user identification information 433a, tag identification information 433b, and business card information 433c in association. The user correspondence information 433 is information managed by each user and is for managing the business card information 433c that each user has set to be viewable or editable via the terminal 3. The business card information managed by the user is information that can be displayed and edited by the user via the terminal 3.

[0029] The tag identification information 432a, 433b is information having the same configuration as the tag identification information 212 stored in the electronic tag 21. The user identification information 432b, 433a is information having the same configuration as the user identification information 342. Also, the business card information 432c, 433c is information having the same configuration as the business card information 343.

[0030] <Flow of processing> The operation of the terminal 3 according to Embodiment 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 and the like. Note that the processing of the terminal 3 is executed by the control unit 31. In FIG. 4 (the same applies to FIGS. 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, and 13 described later), the description of the processing performed between the terminal 3 and other devices is omitted or simplified.

[0031] In step S101, the terminal 3A (the first terminal) among the plurality of terminals 3 performs a reading operation of the business card 2 using the reading function. The terminal 3A executes the reading process of the business card 2 and acquires the connection destination information 211 and the tag identification information 212 from the electronic tag 21 by the short-range wireless communication function. The terminal 3A can sequentially read a plurality of business cards 2, for example, and acquire different tag identification information 212 from the plurality of electronic tags 21.

[0032] In step S102, if the terminal 3A has the business card management program, the process proceeds to step S103. On the other hand, if the terminal 3A does not have the business card management program, the process proceeds to step S106.

[0033] In step S103, the terminal 3A executes the business card management program 341. Note that if the terminal 3 is already executing the business card management program 341, the process of step S103 may be omitted.

[0034] In step S104, the terminal 3 accesses the business card management device 4 via the communication network using the acquired connection destination information 211. At this time, the terminal 3 transmits the tag identification information 312 to the business card management device 4. In step S401, which will be described later with reference to FIG. 7, the terminal 3 acquires the business card information 432c transmitted from the business card management device 4 and displays the business card information 432c of other users corresponding to the read business card 2 (in other words, the business card information 432c associated with the terminals 3B to 3E) on the display unit 33.

[0035] In step S105, the terminal 3A stores the business card information 432c obtained from the business card management device 4 in the business card information 343 of the storage unit 34. If the business card information 432c obtained by the terminal 3A from the business card management device 4 is information that is not currently stored in the storage unit 34, the terminal 3A may add the business card information 432c to the business card information 343. If the business card information 432c obtained from the business card management device 4 is information of a user who is already registered, the terminal 3A may perform processing to update the business card information 343 of the user.

[0036] In step S106, the terminal 3A executes the website browsing program 344. If the terminal 3A is already executing the website browsing program 344, the processing in step S106 may be omitted.

[0037] In step S107, the terminal 3A obtains the business card information 432c transmitted from the business card management device 4 by the same processing as in step S104, and displays the obtained business card information 432c on the display unit 33.

[0038] In step S108, the terminal 3A receives guidance information for obtaining the business card management program 341 based on information provided from an external device such as the business card management device 4, and displays the guidance information on the display unit 33. The guidance information for obtaining the business card management program 341 is provided, for example, by guiding the user to a website for obtaining the business card management program 341 through the redirect function of the business card management device 4. After that, the terminal 3A accepts an input regarding whether it is necessary to obtain the business card management program 341.

[0039] In step S109, when the terminal 3A receives an instruction to obtain the business card management program 341 from the user via an operation on the touch panel (display unit 33), push buttons, etc., the terminal 3A obtains the business card management program from an external device, stores it in the storage unit 34, and executes the processing in step S105. On the other hand, when the terminal 3A does not receive an instruction to obtain the business card management program 341 from the user (or when it receives an instruction to reject the acquisition of the business card management program 341), the terminal 3A ends the processing.

[0040] FIG. 5 is a flowchart of processing when other terminals 3B to 3E that did not read the business card 2 receive a sharing request.

[0041] In step S201, terminals 3B to 3E (second terminals) among the plurality of terminals 3 receive a sharing request for business card information 432c from the business card management device 4.

[0042] In step S202, if terminals 3B to 3E have a business card management program, the process proceeds to step S203. On the other hand, if terminals 3B to 3E do not have a business card management program, the process proceeds to step S206.

[0043] In step S203, terminals 3B to 3E execute the business card management program 341. Note that if the terminal 3 is already executing the business card management program 341, the process of step S203 may be omitted.

[0044] In step S205, terminals 3B to 3E display on the display unit 33 that there is a sharing request for the business card information 432c (for example, a message such as "There is a request to share business card data. Do you permit it?") and accept an input on whether to share the business card information 432c. For example, when terminals 3B to 3E accept an input of sharing permission from the user by selection of an "OK" button, they transmit a response indicating that the sharing request has been permitted to the business card management device 4.

[0045] In step S210, terminals 3B to 3E acquire their own business card information 343 and the business card information 432c of the other business card 2 that has been exchanged and store them as one group unit. For example, terminals 3B to 3E store the shared business card information 432c in the business card information 343 in the storage unit 34 of the terminal 3, assign a group name such as "business card exchange group", and manage them in group units.

[0046] FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of a display unit 33 that displays business card information 432c of other terminals 3 with the terminals 3B to 3E permitting a sharing request in step S205. FIG. 6 shows a contact display screen 51 for individually displaying business card information 432c, a group display screen 52 of a business card exchange group, and a member display screen 53 for inviting members to each business card exchange group.

[0047] The contact display screen 51 is a screen for individually displaying business card information 343 that is linked to the terminal 3 and can be browsed. The displayed business card information 343 can be one or more depending on the display size of the characters and the amount of information.

[0048] The group display screen 52 is a screen on which business card exchange groups 521 created for each business card 2 collectively acquired by the terminal 3A (first terminal) are displayed in a list. An arbitrary name can be given to the business card exchange group 521.

[0049] The member display screen 53 is a screen that transitions when a business card exchange group 521 is selected on the group display screen 52. On the member display screen 53, business card information 511 (432c) of members belonging to the selected business card exchange group 521 is displayed. Further, the member display screen 53 has an invitation instruction unit 512 for adding a member not registered in the business card exchange group. When the invitation instruction unit 512 is selected, an unregistered member is added to the business card exchange group.

[0050] In step S206, the terminal 3A executes a website browsing program 344. Note that if the terminal 3A is already executing the website browsing program 344, the process of step S106 may be omitted.

[0051] In step S207, the terminals 3B to 3E acquire the business card information 432c transmitted from the business card management device 4 by the same process as in step S205, and display the acquired business card information 432c on the display unit 33.

[0052] In step S208, terminals 3B to 3E receive the guidance information for obtaining the business card management program 341 based on the information provided by an external device such as the business card management device 4, and display the guidance information on the display unit 33. The guidance information for obtaining the business card management program 341 is provided, for example, by guiding to a website for obtaining the business card management program 341 through the redirect function of the business card management device 4. Thereafter, terminals 3B to 3E accept an input on whether to obtain the business card management program 341.

[0053] In step S209, when terminals 3B to 3E receive an acquisition instruction for the business card management program 341 from the user via an operation on a touch panel (display unit 33), a push button, etc., they acquire the business card management program from an external device, store it in the storage unit 34, and execute the process of step S205. On the other hand, when terminals 3B to 3E do not receive an acquisition instruction for the business card management program 341 from the user (or when they receive an instruction to reject the acquisition of the business card management program 341), the process ends.

[0054] The users belonging to the group can conduct group chats, etc. in the group created by exchanging business cards 2 via terminals 3A to 3E and share each other's information (messages, data, etc.). The group is automatically created for carrying out a specific project. Also, the group can be manually created in multiple numbers, for example, by replicating the member configuration of an already created group. The sharing of information is performed, for example, by grouping the destinations in a group chat, a mailing list, etc. and transmitting the information to be sent by oneself in a broadcast manner. In the case of a group chat, it includes a function of displaying the information transmitted and received in the past in chronological order and listing them on the display unit 33 of each terminal 3. Also, in the sharing by mail, the information sent can be legally transmitted by associating the mail addresses of a plurality of users with one mail address. In addition, for the sharing of information, a shared storage on the cloud may be used.

[0055] Since mutual consent has been obtained for sharing information such as contact details through business card exchange, compared to general chat tools that create groups each time between affiliated entities (such as companies) to send and receive messages, the effort of registering members for group chats is saved, and it is possible to easily shift to the progress of business among members who have completed business negotiations, etc. Therefore, the business card management method of this embodiment can improve convenience.

[0056] FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the processing of the business card management system 1. Note that the processing of the business card management device 4 is executed by the control unit 41.

[0057] In step S311, among the plurality of terminals 3, the terminal 3A (first terminal) performs a reading operation of the business card 2 using the reading function. The terminal 3 executes the reading process of the business card 2 and acquires the connection destination information 211 and the tag identification information 212 from the electronic tag 21 by the short-range wireless communication function. In the example of FIG. 7, the terminal 3A executes the reading process of the business cards 2B to 2E respectively associated with the terminals 3B to 3E (second terminals). Thereby, the terminal 3A acquires the connection destination information 211 and the tag identification information 212 from the plurality of business cards 2B to 2E. Note that in this embodiment, the connection destination information 211 stored in each of the business cards 2A to 2E is the same.

[0058] In step S312, the terminal 3A transmits the tag identification information 212 acquired from the business cards 2B to 2E to the business card management device 4. The business card management device 4 receives the tag identification information 212 of the business cards 2B to 2E transmitted from the terminal 3A.

[0059] In step S401, the business card management device 4 refers to the business card correspondence information 432 stored in the storage unit 34 and acquires the business card information 432c associated with the tag identification information 432a. The business card management device 4 transmits the acquired business card information 432c to the terminal 3A. The terminal 3A receives each business card information 432c of the business cards 2B to 2E from the business card management device 4.

[0060] In step S313, the terminal 3A stores the business card information 432c received from the business card management device 4 in the storage unit 34 as business card information 343. Thereby, the terminal 3A can display, edit, and manage the business card information 343 associated with the scanned business cards 2B to 2E by the business card management program 341. Also, by storing the business card information 343 in the terminal 3A, the user of the terminal 3A can view the business card information 343 of others even in an offline environment.

[0061] In step S402, the business card management device 4 sends a sharing request for the business card information 432c to the terminals 3B to 3E (second terminals) associated with the electronic tag 21 on which the reading process is performed by the terminal 3A among the terminals 3.

[0062] In step S321, when the terminal 3B receives a sharing request from the business card management device 4, it displays on the display unit 33 that there is a sharing request for the business card information 432c (for example, a message such as "There is a request to share business card data. Do you permit it?") and accepts an input on whether to share the business card information 432c. For example, when the terminal 3B accepts an input of sharing permission from the user by the selection of an "OK" button, it sends a response indicating that the sharing request has been permitted to the business card management device 4.

[0063] In steps S331, S341, and S351, the same processing as in step S321 is performed. In the example of FIG. 7, the terminals 3B to 3E all send a response indicating that the sharing request for the business card information 432c has been permitted to the business card management device 4.

[0064] In step S403, the business card management device 4 sends the business card information 432c associated with the tag identification information 212 of the business card 2 to the terminals 3B to 3E that have permitted the sharing request. Note that the business card information 432c associated with the tag identification information 212 of the business card 2 may include the business card information 432c associated with the terminal 3A that has performed the reading process (for example, "aaa" in FIG. 3).

[0065] In steps S322, S332, S342, and S352, when each of terminals 3B to 3E receives an input of a registration instruction for business card information 432c of another person from the user, it registers the business card information 432c transmitted from the business card management device 4. This registration is executed as a process of registering the business card information 432c associated with terminals 3 other than its own terminal 3. For example, terminal 3B registers the business card information 432c "aaa", "ccc", "ddd", and "eee" associated with terminals 3A, 3C to 3E other than its own terminal 3B as the information of business card information 343.

[0066] Thereby, the business card management device 4 can add the business card information 432c associated with the tag identification information 212 received from the terminal 3A (the first terminal) and the business card information 432c associated with the terminal 3A to the business card information 343 managed by the business card management program 341 of the terminals 3B to 3E (3) associated with the electronic tag 21 on which the reading process has been performed among the terminals 3.

[0067] In step S404, the business card management device 4 adds new tag identification information 432a and business card information 432c to the tag identification information 433b and the business card information 433c associated with the user identification information 433a. For example, in the initial state, the tag identification information 433b and the business card information 433c associated with the user identification information 433a of terminal 3A are not stored. When terminal 3A performs the reading process of business cards 2B to 2E, the business card management device 4 stores the tag identification information "BBB" to "EEE" of business cards 2B to 2E as the tag identification information 433b and the business card information 432c "bbb" to "eee" of business cards 2B to 2E as the business card information 433c so as to be added. In this way, the business card management device 4 updates the user correspondence information 433.

[0068] Note that, as information regarding the group at the time of batch business card exchange, group information including a location (position information) and a time (time information) can be stored in the storage units 34 and 43 of one or both of the terminal 3 (3A to 3E) and the business card management device 4. These position information and time information are obtained by the terminal 3, for example, when the terminal 3 executes the reading process of step S101 or step S311 (or when the reading of all the business cards 2 of the business card exchange partner is completed), when the terminal 3 saves the business card information in steps S105 and S205, or when the terminal 3 executes the group registration process in step S210. The time information may be obtained when the business card management device 4 updates the user correspondence information in step S404. The time information may be date information or may include both date information and time information. The terminal 3 can display the group information on the display unit 33 as the creation or update date and time of the business card exchange group or use it as a search item.

[0069] Next, with reference to FIG. 8, a configuration for registering the personal information (business card information) of a user who does not have a business card 2 including the electronic tag 21 as business card information managed by the business card management program will be described. The terminal 3F is a terminal used by a user who does not have a business card 2. In FIG. 8, a state where the terminal 3F does not have the business card management program 431 is described as the initial state. Also, steps S361 to S363 show the processes executed by the terminals 3A to 3E that have exchanged business card information, but any one of the plurality of terminals 3A to 3E can execute them.

[0070] First, the terminal 3F transmits a request for acquiring the business card management program 431 to the business card management device 4 through the Internet or the like and acquires it (step S371). The business card management device 4 transmits the business card management program 431 to the terminal 3F in response to the request from the terminal 3F.

[0071] In step S372, the terminal 3F receives from the user an input of personal information to be registered in the business card information 343 and transmits it to the business card management device 4. The business card management device 4 stores the received business card information 343 as business card information 432c, 433c in the business card correspondence information 432 or the user correspondence information 433. The terminal 3F stores the input personal information as business card information 343 in the storage unit 34.

[0072] In step S361, the terminals 3A to 3E that exchanged the business card information in FIG. 7 acquire the user identification information 342 from the terminal 3F. The acquisition of the user identification information 342 is first executed by the terminals 3A to 3E displaying the invitation method selection screen 54 in FIG. 9 on the display unit 33 and allowing the user to select an invitation method. The business card user invitation unit 541 is an instruction unit for acquiring business card information from the terminal 3 of the user who owns the business card 2. The user name invitation unit 542 is an instruction unit for acquiring business card information from the terminal 3 that already has the business card management program 431 and in which the user name is registered. The terminals 3A to 3E can search for and select the terminal 3 of the user to be invited by inputting the user name of the user associated with the terminal 3 to be invited.

[0073] The code invitation unit 543 is a support unit for searching for the terminal 3 to be invited via a QR code (registered trademark). In the present embodiment, the terminals 3A to 3E select the code invitation unit 543 on the invitation method selection screen 54. Thereafter, for example, the information presentation screen 55 in FIG. 9 is presented on the display unit 33 of the terminal 3F. The information presentation screen 55 includes a two-dimensional code 551. The terminals 3A to 3E can acquire the user identification information 342 from the terminal 3F by reading the two-dimensional code 551. Note that instead of the two-dimensional code 551, a one-dimensional code, a color code, or other codes may be used.

[0074] In step S362, terminals 3A to 3E send the user identification information 342 of terminal 3F to the business card management device 4 and request authentication as to whether terminal 3F is already registered in the business card management program 341. In step S412, the business card management device 4 sends the authentication result as to whether the user identification information 342 is already registered to terminals 3A to 3E.

[0075] If the user identification information 342 of terminal 3F is already registered in the business card management program 341, in step S363, terminals 3A to 3E perform a group invitation completion operation. The member display screen 56 in FIG. 9 has business card information 561 of users belonging to the selected business card exchange group and an invitation instruction section 562. In step S363, by the user selecting the invitation instruction section 562, the contact information (business card information 343) of the user using terminal 3F can be invited to the business card exchange group.

[0076] After step S363, information indicating that the user of terminal 3F has been added to the group of terminals 3A to 3E is sent to the business card management device 4. The business card management device 4 sends information indicating that the business card information registered in its own terminal has been registered in the group to terminal 3F. As a result, in step S373, terminal 3F displays a group invitation completion notification (for example, a push notification) on the display unit 33. The notification screen 57 in FIG. 9 is an example of a display of the message display section 571. When the message display section 571 is selected by the user, terminal 3F can join the invited business card exchange group page.

[0077] Note that the process in FIG. 8 is performed after the processes shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, so that the business card information (personal information) of a user who does not have business card 2 can be added to the contact information of the group with less man-hours for an already created business card exchange group.

[0078] (Program) FIG. 10 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of the computer 101. The computer 101 includes a CPU 102, a main storage device 103, an auxiliary storage device 104, and an interface 105. The CPU 102 may be a GPU.

[0079] Here, the details of the program for realizing each function constituting the terminal 3 and the business card management device 4 according to Embodiment 1 will be described. Note that the program for the terminal 3 and the business card management device 4 according to Embodiment 2 is the same.

[0080] The terminal 3 and the business card management device 4 of this embodiment are implemented on the computer 101. Then, the operations of the respective components of each device are stored in the auxiliary storage device 104 in the form of a program. The CPU 102 reads the program from the auxiliary storage device 104 and expands it in the main storage device 103, and executes the above processing according to the program. Further, the CPU 102 secures a storage area corresponding to the above-described storage unit in the main storage device 103 according to the program.

[0081] As an example, the program causes a computer 101 to execute a business card management system 1 including a business card 2 having an electronic tag 21 that stores tag identification information 212, a terminal 3 that executes a business card management program 341 associated with the tag identification information 212, and a business card management device 4 that stores business card information 432c associated with the tag identification information 212. The business card management programs 341 and 431 include a step in which a first terminal (3A) that executes a reading process among the terminals 3 acquires tag identification information 212 from a plurality of electronic tags 21 by means of a short-range wireless communication function and transmits it to the business card management device 4, and a step in which the business card management device 4 adds the business card information 432c associated with the tag identification information 212 received from the terminal 3 and the business card information 432c associated with the terminal 3A to the business card information 343 managed by the business card management programs 341 of the terminals 3B to 3E associated with the electronic tag 21 for which the reading process has been performed among the terminals 3.

[0082] Note that the auxiliary storage device 104 is an example of a non-transitory tangible storage medium. Other examples of non-transitory tangible storage media include storage media such as a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, and a semiconductor memory connected via the interface 105.

[0083] Also, the program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Further, the program may be what is realized in combination with another program already stored in the auxiliary storage device 104 for the functions described above, that is, a so-called difference file (difference program).

[0084] [Embodiment 2] Next, the business card management system 1A of Embodiment 2 will be described. FIG. 11 is an overall configuration diagram of the business card management system 1A according to Embodiment 2. In the description of the business card management system 1A, for the configurations similar to those of the business card management system 1 of Embodiment 1, the same reference numerals are given and the description thereof is omitted or simplified.

[0085] The electronic tag 21 of the business card 2 shown in FIG. 11 stores the connection destination information 211, the tag identification information 212, and the business card information 213 in the storage unit inside the IC.

[0086] FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the processing of the terminal 3 in the present embodiment. After the processing of step S105, the terminal 3A executes the processing of step S110. In step S110, the terminal 3A transmits the business card information 213 of each of the business cards 2B to 2E associated with the tag identification information 212 of the business card 2 to the other terminals 3B to 3E. That is, in the present embodiment, since the terminal 3A can directly acquire the business card information 213 from the business card 2, the sharing of the business card information 213 to the other terminals 3B to 3E can be performed without passing through the business card management device 4.

[0087] FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the business card management system 1A in the present embodiment. In step S314, the terminal 3A transmits a sharing request of the business card information 213 acquired from the business cards 2B to 2E to the terminals 3B to 3E associated with the electronic tag 21 for which the reading process has been performed by the terminal 3A among the terminals 3.

[0088] Terminals 3B to 3E execute the processes of steps S323, S333, S343, and S353 instead of steps S321, S331, S341, and S351 described in Embodiment 1. In step S323, when terminal 3B receives a sharing request from terminal 3A, it displays on the display unit 33 that there is a sharing request for business card information 432c, and accepts an input on whether to share the business card information 213. When terminal 3B accepts an input of sharing permission from the user, it transmits a response indicating that the sharing request has been permitted to terminal 3A.

[0089] Note that in steps S333, S343, and S353, the processing is the same as in step S321. In the example of FIG. 13, terminals 3B to 3E all transmit a response indicating that the sharing request for business card information 432c has been permitted to terminal 3A.

[0090] In step S315, terminal 3A transmits the business card information 213 associated with the tag identification information 212 of business card 2 to terminals 3B to 3E. Note that the business card information 213 associated with the tag identification information 212 of business card 2 may include the business card information 213 "aaa" associated with terminal 3A that has performed the reading process.

[0091] With the configuration of Embodiment 2, in the business card management system 1A, the terminal 3A (first terminal) that executes the reading process among terminals 3 acquires the tag identification information 212 and the business card information 213 from a plurality of electronic tags 21 by means of a short-range wireless communication function, transmits the tag identification information 212 to the business card management device 4, and adds the acquired business card information 213 to the business card information 343 managed by the business card management program 341 of terminals 3B to 3E (second terminals) associated with the electronic tag 21 for which the reading process has been performed among terminals 3.

[0092] As described above, in the business card management system 1 including the business card 2, the terminal 3, and the business card management device 4 in the first embodiment, the first terminal that executes the reading process among the terminals 3 acquires the tag identification information 212 from the plurality of electronic tags 21 by the short-range wireless communication function and transmits it to the business card management device 4. The business card management device 4 adds the business card information 432c associated with the tag identification information 212 received from the first terminal and the business card information 432c associated with the first terminal to the business card information 343 managed by the business card management program 341 of the second terminal associated with the electronic tag 21 for which the reading process has been performed among the terminals 3. The business card management system 1 can share the business card information of users associated with a plurality of other terminals 3 with each other by having the representative terminal 3 execute the reading process of the business card 2. Therefore, the business card management system 1 can easily share the business card information.

[0093] Also, in the second embodiment, in the business card management system 1A including the business card 2, the terminal 3, and the business card management device 4, the first terminal that executes the reading process among the terminals 3 acquires the tag identification information 212 and the business card information 213 from the plurality of electronic tags 21 by the short-range wireless communication function, transmits the tag identification information 212 to the business card management device 4, and adds the acquired business card information 213 to the business card information 343 managed by the business card management program 341 of the second terminal associated with the electronic tag 21 for which the reading process has been performed among the terminals 3. The business card management device 4 associates the business card information 213 associated with the tag identification information 212 received from the first terminal as a management target of the business card management programs 341 of the first terminal and the second terminal. The business card management system 1A can share the business card information of users associated with a plurality of other terminals 3 with each other by having the representative terminal 3 execute the reading process of the business card 2, even when the terminal 3 cannot communicate with the business card management device 4 (for example, in an offline state). Therefore, the business card management system 1A can easily share the business card information.

[0094] The business card management system 1 and the like described in each embodiment are economical and sustainable technologies because they do not require the exchange of physical business cards 2 for sharing business card information. In addition, since the business card management system 1 and the like can store business card data as contact information in a business card management device or the like, business card information can be easily managed as digital data from the beginning.

[0095] As described above, some embodiments of the present disclosure have been described. However, these embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are intended to be included in the scope and gist of the invention, as well as in the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

[0096] For example, the electronic tag 21 is not limited to a passive tag, and an active tag may be used.

[0097] In addition, in the flowchart of the processing of the business card management system 1A shown in FIG. 13 of Embodiment 2, the processing in step S312 may be omitted. For example, the terminal 3A can perform the processing in step S312 when the communication state between the terminal 3A and the business card management device 4 is good. Therefore, the terminal 3A can execute the processing after step S314 without waiting for the processing in step S312.

[0098] In addition, the user correspondence information 433 in FIG. 3 may include only the tag identification information 433b and business card information 433c of other users for each user identification information 433a, or may include both the tag identification information 433b and business card information 433c of both the self and other users. When the user correspondence information 433 includes only the tag identification information 433b and business card information 433c of other users, the user's own business card information can be managed by the business card information 343 stored in the storage unit 34 in the terminal 3.

[0099] In addition, the configurations and processes described in Embodiment 1 may be combined by substitution or addition with the configurations and processes described in Embodiment 2 within a non - conflicting range.

[0100] In addition, the business card management program 341 is not limited to acquiring the business card information 343 via the electronic tag 21, and may also capture the business card information displayed as visual information of a business card without an electronic tag 21 using a camera, convert it into text data by an OCR (Optical Character Reader) function, and acquire it as the business card information 343. Also, when the business card information 343 cannot be converted into text data, it may be stored as image data. End

[0101] The present disclosure includes, for example, the following aspects. [1] A business card having an electronic tag that stores tag identification information, A terminal that executes a business card management program associated with the tag identification information, A business card management device that stores business card information associated with the tag identification information, comprising Among the terminals, the first terminal that executes the reading process acquires the tag identification information from a plurality of the electronic tags by a short-range wireless communication function and transmits it to the business card management device, The business card management device has a function of adding the business card information associated with the tag identification information received from the first terminal and the business card information associated with the first terminal to the business card information managed by the business card management program of the second terminal associated with the electronic tag for which the reading process has been performed among the terminals. Business card management system. [2] The business card management system according to [1], wherein when the second terminal receives an input of a registration instruction for another person's business card information, it registers the business card information transmitted from the business card management device. [3] The business card management system according to [1], wherein when the business card management device receives the tag identification information from the first terminal, it transmits the business card information associated with the tag identification information to the first terminal and the second terminal. [4] The first terminal is When having the business card management program, display the business card information of the second terminal acquired from the business card management device. When not having the business card management program, accept an input on whether it is necessary to acquire the business card management program. The business card management system according to [1]. [5] When the business card management device receives the tag identification information from the first terminal, it transmits the business card information associated with the tag identification information to the first terminal and the second terminal. The first terminal When having the business card management program, display the business card information of the second terminal acquired from the business card management device, and when not having the business card management program, accept an input on whether it is necessary to acquire the business card management program. When the second terminal receives an input of an instruction to register business card information of others, it registers the business card information transmitted from the business card management device. The business card management system according to [1]. [6] A business card having an electronic tag that stores tag identification information and business card information, A terminal that executes a business card management program associated with the tag identification information, A business card management device that stores business card information associated with the tag identification information, and includes Among the terminals, the first terminal that executes a reading process acquires the tag identification information and the business card information from a plurality of the electronic tags by a short-range wireless communication function, transmits the tag identification information to the business card management device, and adds the acquired business card information to the business card information managed by the business card management program of the second terminal associated with the electronic tag for which the reading process has been performed among the terminals. The business card management device associates the business card information associated with the tag identification information received from the first terminal with the management targets of the business card management programs of the first terminal and the second terminal. Business card management system. [7] When the second terminal receives an input of an instruction to register another person's business card information, it registers the business card information transmitted from the first terminal in the business card management system according to [1]. [8] The first terminal When having the business card management program, displays the business card information of the second terminal acquired from the business card management device, When not having the business card management program, receives an input on whether it is necessary to acquire the business card management program, The business card management system according to [1]. [9] The first terminal, when having the business card management program, displays the business card information of the second terminal acquired from the business card management device, and when not having the business card management program, receives an input on whether it is necessary to acquire the business card management program, When the second terminal receives an input of an instruction to register another person's business card information, it registers the business card information transmitted from the first terminal, The business card management system according to [1].

[10] The first terminal and the second terminal Create a group for performing a specific case progress including the business card information associated with the electronic tag read by the first terminal and the business card information associated with the first terminal, Have a function of sharing information with each other, The business card management system according to [1] or [6].

[11] A business card management method in a business card management system including a business card having an electronic tag storing tag identification information, a terminal executing a business card management program associated with the tag identification information, and a business card management device storing business card information associated with the tag identification information, A step in which a first terminal that executes a reading process among the terminals acquires the tag identification information from a plurality of the electronic tags by a short-range wireless communication function and transmits it to the business card management device, The step of adding the business card information associated with the tag identification information received from the first terminal and the business card information associated with the first terminal to the business card information managed by the business card management program of the second terminal associated with the electronic tag for which the reading process has been performed among the terminals; A business card management method including the above.

[12] A business card management method in a business card management system including a business card having an electronic tag storing tag identification information and business card information, a terminal executing a business card management program associated with the tag identification information, and a business card management device storing business card information associated with the tag identification information, the method comprising: A step in which a first terminal that executes a reading process among the terminals acquires the tag identification information and the business card information from a plurality of the electronic tags by a short-range wireless communication function, transmits the tag identification information to the business card management device, and adds the acquired business card information to the business card information managed by the business card management program of a second terminal associated with the electronic tag for which the reading process has been performed among the terminals; The step of associating the business card information associated with the tag identification information received from the first terminal as a management target of the business card management programs of the first terminal and the second terminal; A business card management method including the above.

[13] A business card management program for causing a computer of a business card management system including a business card having an electronic tag storing tag identification information, a terminal executing a business card management program associated with the tag identification information, and a business card management device storing business card information associated with the tag identification information to execute, the program comprising: A step in which a first terminal that executes a reading process among the terminals acquires the tag identification information from a plurality of the electronic tags by a short-range wireless communication function and transmits it to the business card management device; The step of adding the business card information associated with the tag identification information received from the first terminal and the business card information associated with the first terminal to the business card information managed by the business card management program of a second terminal associated with the electronic tag for which the reading process has been performed among the terminals; A business card management program including

[14] A business card management program for causing a computer of a business card management system including a business card having an electronic tag for storing tag identification information and business card information, a terminal for executing a business card management program associated with the tag identification information, and a business card management device for storing business card information associated with the tag identification information to execute, wherein a first terminal that executes a reading process among the terminals acquires the tag identification information and the business card information from a plurality of the electronic tags by a short-range wireless communication function, transmits the tag identification information to the business card management device, and adds the acquired business card information to the business card information managed by the business card management program of a second terminal associated with the electronic tag for which the reading process has been performed among the terminals; and the business card management device associates the business card information associated with the tag identification information received from the first terminal with the management targets of the business card management programs of the first terminal and the second terminal. A business card management program including

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[0102] 1,1A Business card management system 2(2A~2E) Business cards 3(3A~3F Terminals 4 Business card management device 21 Electronic tag 31 Control unit 32 Communication unit 33 Display unit 34 Storage unit 41 Control unit 42 Communication unit 43 Storage unit 51 Contact display screen 52 Group display screen 53 Member display screen 54 Invitation method selection screen 55 Information presentation screen 56 Member display screen 57 Notification screen 101 Computer 102 CPU 103 Main memory device 104 Auxiliary storage device 105 Interface 211 Destination information 212 Tag identification information 213 Business card information 312 Tag identification information 341 Business card management program 342 User identification information 343 Business card information 344 Website browsing program 431 Business card management program 432 Business card correspondence information 432a Tag identification information 432b User identification information 432c Business card information 433 User correspondence information 433a User identification information 433b Tag identification information 433c Business card information 511 Business card information 512 Invitation instruction section 521 Business card exchange group 541 Business card user invitation section 542 Username invitation section 543 Code invitation section 551 Two-dimensional code 561 Business card information 562 Invitation instruction section 571 Message display section

Claims

1. a business card having an electronic tag that stores tag identification information; A terminal and a business card management device that stores business card information associated with the tag identification information; Equipped with a first terminal that executes the reading process among the terminals, acquires the tag identification information from the electronic tag using a short-range wireless communication function, and transmits the acquired tag identification information to the business card management device; The business card management device has a function of adding the business card information associated with the tag identification information received from the first terminal as business card information associated with the first terminal, or the first terminal has a function of receiving and displaying the business card information associated with the tag identification information read by the first terminal from the business card management device. Business card management system.

2. The first terminal and a second terminal associated with the electronic tag that has been read are: creating a group for carrying out a specific project, including the business card information associated with the electronic tag read by the first terminal and the business card information associated with the first terminal; It has the function of sharing information with each other, The business card management system according to claim 1 .

3. A business card management method in a business card management system including a business card having an electronic tag that stores tag identification information, a terminal, and a business card management device that stores business card information associated with the tag identification information, comprising: a step in which a first terminal that executes a reading process acquires the tag identification information from the electronic tag using a short-range wireless communication function and transmits the tag identification information to the business card management device; a step in which the business card management device adds the business card information associated with the tag identification information received from the first terminal as business card information associated with the first terminal, or the first terminal receives and displays the business card information associated with the tag identification information read by the first terminal from the business card management device; A business card management method including:

4. In a business card management system including a business card having an electronic tag that stores tag identification information, a terminal, and a business card management device that stores business card information associated with the tag identification information, there is provided a business card management program to be executed by a computer of the terminal and the business card management device, a step in which a first terminal that executes a reading process acquires the tag identification information from the electronic tag using a short-range wireless communication function and transmits the tag identification information to the business card management device; a step in which the business card management device adds the business card information associated with the tag identification information received from the first terminal as business card information associated with the first terminal, or the first terminal receives and displays the business card information associated with the tag identification information read by the first terminal from the business card management device; A business card management program including.

5. A business card having an electronic tag that stores tag identification information, a first terminal that executes the business card reading process acquires the tag identification information from the electronic tag using a short-range wireless communication function, and transmits the tag identification information to a business card management device that stores business card information associated with the tag identification information; The business card management device has a function of adding the business card information associated with the first terminal as business card information associated with the tag identification information of the electronic tag from which the business card has been read, or a function of receiving the business card information associated with the tag identification information read by the first terminal from the business card management device and displaying it. business card.

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