Funeral information sharing server, funeral information sharing method, and program

Abstract

To smoothly share information related to a funeral among business operators.SOLUTION: According to the present invention, in a funeral information sharing system, a hospital terminal provides a funeral information sharing server with a death notice, the funeral information sharing server registers the death notice, the registered death notice is provided to a local government terminal in response to a death notice confirmation request, the local government terminal electronically issues a cremation permit corresponding to the death notice and provides at least the funeral information sharing server with it, the funeral information sharing server registers the cremation permit, the registered cremation permit is provided to a crematory terminal in response to the cremation permit request, the crematory terminal provides the funeral information sharing server with cremated information, the funeral information sharing server registers the cremated information, and the registered cremated information is provided to a graveyard terminal according to a cremated information request.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a funeral information sharing system. [Background technology]

[0002] Funerals happen suddenly, and it is not possible to decide on a date and make preparations in advance. Furthermore, the current situation is that it is not easy to share information about funerals with those who need it (including businesses and local governments).

[0003] For example, in light of the progress of digitalization, which has led to government agencies converting from paper-based documents and other documents that serve as evidence to electronic documents, a death insurance payment system has been proposed for life insurance that covers only the death of the person who has the right to use the graveyard where the cremated remains of a person are buried in a cemetery or temple, or a person approved by that person, in which an image of the burial permit is used as a means of death confirmation and the identity of the death insurance beneficiary is confirmed by an image of an official certificate, which is considered to be the claim for the death insurance. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 6850337 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] The present invention aims to provide a system that allows documents generated between the time of death and burial in a cemetery to be shared with each other. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] That is, the present invention is A funeral information sharing system including a funeral information sharing server, a hospital terminal, a local government terminal, a crematorium terminal, and a cemetery terminal, A step of providing a death notification from the hospital terminal to the funeral information sharing server; The funeral information sharing server registers the death notification; providing the registered death notification to the local government terminal in response to a death notification confirmation request; A step in which a cremation permit corresponding to the death notification is electronically issued from the local government terminal and provided to at least a funeral information sharing server; The funeral information sharing server registers the cremation permit; In response to a cremation permit request, the registered cremation permit is provided to the crematorium terminal; A step in which cremation information is provided from the crematorium terminal to the funeral information sharing server; The funeral information sharing server registers the cremation information; In response to the cremation information request, the registered cremation information is provided to a cemetery terminal. Provides a funeral information sharing system.

[0007] The present invention also provides A funeral information sharing system including a funeral information sharing server, a user terminal, a funeral parlor terminal, a local government terminal, and a crematorium terminal, The user terminal provides information regarding the death notification to the funeral home terminal, The funeral home terminal transmits an announcement to the user terminal prompting the user terminal to provide information about the death notification to the funeral information sharing server; The user terminal provides information regarding the death notification to the funeral information sharing server, The funeral information sharing server provides information regarding the death notification to the local government terminal, The local government terminal issues a cremation permit based on information about the death notification and provides the cremation permit to the funeral information sharing server, The crematorium terminal accepts a reservation for the crematorium terminal from the funeral home terminal, The funeral home terminal acquires a cremation permit from the funeral information sharing server and provides it to the crematorium terminal, The crematorium terminal issues a burial permit after the cremation is completed. Provides a funeral information sharing system. [Effects of the Invention]

[0008] According to the present invention, information generated in connection with the death of a client can be smoothly provided by digitizing it. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of a funeral information sharing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] This is the flow of the system in Figure 1. [Figure 3] FIG. 1 is a comparative image diagram with conventional technology. [Figure 4] FIG. 1 is a comparative image diagram with conventional technology. [Figure 5] FIG. 1 is a comparative image diagram with conventional technology. [Figure 6] FIG. 1 is a comparative image diagram with conventional technology. [Figure 7] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a processing flow according to a second embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 8] FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a continuation of the processing flow shown in FIG. 7. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0010] The present invention will be described below by listing the contents of the embodiments. The present invention has the following configuration. [Item 1] A funeral information sharing system including a funeral information sharing server, a hospital terminal, a local government terminal, a crematorium terminal, and a cemetery terminal, A step of providing a death notification from the hospital terminal to the funeral information sharing server; The funeral information sharing server registers the death notification; providing the registered death notification to the local government terminal in response to a death notification confirmation request; A step in which a cremation permit corresponding to the death notification is electronically issued from the local government terminal and provided to at least a funeral information sharing server; The funeral information sharing server registers the cremation permit; In response to a cremation permit request, the registered cremation permit is provided to the crematorium terminal; A step in which cremation information is provided from the crematorium terminal to the funeral information sharing server; The funeral information sharing server registers the cremation information; In response to the cremation information request, the registered cremation information is provided to a cemetery terminal. Funeral information sharing system. [Item 2] A funeral information sharing system including a funeral information sharing server, a user terminal, a funeral parlor terminal, a local government terminal, and a crematorium terminal, The user terminal provides information regarding the death notification to the funeral home terminal, The funeral home terminal transmits an announcement to the user terminal prompting the user terminal to provide information about the death notification to the funeral information sharing server; The user terminal provides information regarding the death notification to the funeral information sharing server, The funeral information sharing server provides information regarding the death notification to the local government terminal, The local government terminal issues a cremation permit based on information about the death notification and provides the cremation permit to the funeral information sharing server, The crematorium terminal accepts a reservation for the crematorium terminal from the funeral home terminal, The funeral home terminal acquires a cremation permit from the funeral information sharing server and provides it to the crematorium terminal, The crematorium terminal issues a burial permit after the cremation is completed. Funeral information sharing system.

[0011] First Embodiment Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this specification and the drawings, components having substantially the same functional configurations are designated by the same reference numerals, and redundant description will be omitted.

[0012] <System configuration> Figure 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a funeral information sharing system according to one embodiment of the present invention. The funeral information sharing system facilitates information sharing between hospitals, local governments, crematoriums, cemeteries, and the bereaved families who handle procedures for these organizations.

[0013] As shown in the diagram, traditionally, when a person dies, a death notification is issued by a hospital or other medical institution. The surviving family submits the death notification to the local government. The local government issues a cremation permit and provides it to the surviving family. The surviving family submits the issued cremation permit to the crematorium, and the deceased person's cremation takes place. Once the cremation has taken place, the cremation permit is stamped with a cremation stamp (hereafter, the stamped cremation permit will be referred to as a burial permit). After the 49th day memorial service and other events, when it is time to inter the ashes, the burial permit is submitted to the cemetery administrator.

[0014] <Hardware configuration> The funeral information sharing system according to this embodiment includes a funeral information sharing server, a hospital terminal, a local government terminal, a crematorium terminal, and a cemetery terminal. Each piece of hardware can be implemented, for example, by computer hardware, a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), or software. For example, when implemented by software, the system is actually configured with a computer's CPU, RAM, ROM, etc., and is implemented by running a program stored in RAM, ROM, a hard disk, a semiconductor memory, or other storage media. The series of processes performed by the system and terminal described herein can be implemented using software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware. A computer program for implementing each function of the funeral information sharing device according to this embodiment can be created and installed on a PC or other device. A computer-readable storage medium on which such a computer program is stored can also be provided. Examples of storage media include magnetic disks, optical disks, magneto-optical disks, and flash memory. The computer program can also be distributed, for example, via a network, without using a storage medium.

[0015] <Software configuration> As shown in FIG. 2, the funeral information sharing system according to the embodiment of the present invention executes the following process by cooperation of each piece of hardware.

[0016] A death notification is provided from the hospital terminal to the funeral information sharing server (SQ01), and the funeral information sharing server registers the death notification in a death notification database (not shown) (SQ02).

[0017] When a user (e.g., a surviving family member) requests the local government to issue a cremation permit (not shown), the local government terminal sends a death notification confirmation request to the funeral information sharing server (or accesses the funeral information sharing server) to confirm whether a death notification has been issued for the person in question (SQ03).

[0018] The funeral information sharing server provides the registered death notification to the local government terminal (SQ04). After the local government terminal confirms and authenticates the death notification, it electronically issues a cremation permit corresponding to the death notification and provides it to at least the funeral information sharing server (SQ05).

[0019] The provided cremation permit is associated with the death notification and registered in a cremation permit database (not shown) (SQ06). Next, the crematorium terminal sends a cremation permit confirmation request to the funeral information sharing server (or accesses the funeral information sharing server) to confirm whether a cremation permit has been issued for the person requesting the cremation (SQ07).

[0020] The funeral information sharing server provides the registered cremation permit to the crematorium terminal (SQ04). After the crematorium terminal confirms and authenticates the cremation permit, it cremates the body (SQ09).

[0021] When the cremation is carried out, the crematorium terminal provides the cremated information to the funeral information management server (SQ10), and the cremated information is registered in a cremated information database (not shown).

[0022] The cemetery terminal sends a burial permit confirmation request to the funeral information sharing server (or accesses the funeral information sharing server) to confirm whether a burial permit has been issued for the person requested for burial (SQ12).

[0023] The funeral information sharing server provides the registered cremation permit to the crematorium terminal (SQ013).

[0024] In this embodiment, death certificates, cremation permits, and burial permits can be managed in a single system, so they will not be damaged or lost.

[0025] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, they can be embodied in various other forms and can be implemented with various omissions, substitutions, and modifications. These embodiments, modifications, and omissions, substitutions, and modifications are included in the technical scope of the claims and their equivalents.

[0026] For example, the funeral information sharing server of the present invention may also register and store documents such as medical certificates, autopsy reports, death certificates, cemetery use permits (permanent use permits), acceptance certificates, reburial permits, burial site names, family register copies, and resident registration cards in a designated database in a designated format, and update and provide this information as needed.

[0027] In addition, digitized seal impressions or identification information / codes obtained by predetermined authentication may be used for seals and stamps of family members, bereaved relatives, doctors, local government officials, crematorium managers, cemetery managers, etc.

[0028] <Second embodiment> The processing flow of the funeral information sharing system according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to Figures 7 and 8. The funeral information sharing system according to this embodiment includes a funeral information sharing server, a bereaved family terminal, a funeral home terminal, a crematorium terminal, and a municipal terminal.

[0029] The hardware configuration of the funeral home terminal according to this embodiment can be implemented using, for example, computer hardware, a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), or software. For example, when implemented using software, the terminal is actually configured with a computer's CPU, RAM, ROM, etc., and is implemented by running a program stored in RAM, ROM, a hard disk, a semiconductor memory, or other storage medium. The series of processes performed by the system and terminal described herein can be implemented using software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware. A computer program for implementing each function of the funeral information sharing device according to this embodiment can be created and installed on a PC or other device. A computer-readable storage medium on which such a computer program is stored can also be provided. Examples of storage media include magnetic disks, optical disks, magneto-optical disks, and flash memory. The computer program can also be distributed, for example, via a network, without using a storage medium.

[0030] As shown in Figure 7, the bereaved family terminal receives the death certificate from the doctor (hospital). At this point, the bereaved family selects and contacts a funeral home. The funeral home terminal selects where to submit the death notification. At this time, the funeral home checks whether the local government to which the death notification should be submitted has introduced DX (Digital Transformation). This check can also be made via communication with a local government terminal electronically connected to the funeral home relay terminal. If the local government to which the death notification should be submitted has not introduced DX, the death notification will be submitted as usual to the local government's counter.

[0031] The funeral home terminal displays a message on the bereaved family terminal urging them to upload the death notification to the funeral information sharing server. This allows the user to use their user terminal to access the Sasogi information sharing terminal system and register information about the chief mourner (their own person). The funeral information sharing server issues a one-time URL and sends it to the user terminal. The user uses this URL to access the funeral information sharing server and sends information about the deceased, including the death notification, to the funeral information education server.

[0032] The funeral information sharing server sends information about the deceased to the local government terminal. The local government terminal verifies whether the death information is acceptable. If it is acceptable, it deletes the family register and accesses the funeral information sharing server to send a cremation permit. The funeral information sharing server issues a digital cremation permit.

[0033] The funeral home terminal checks whether the crematorium (funeral hall) has implemented DX, and if so, makes a cremation reservation with the funeral information sharing server.On the other hand, if the crematorium has not implemented DX, the cremation reservation is made manually with the crematorium.

[0034] The funeral information sharing server provides the accepted cremation reservation to the crematorium terminal. The crematorium terminal checks the cremation reservation data and verifies the contents of the cremation permit. Once the cremation is carried out, the crematorium terminal notifies the local government terminal and the funeral information sharing server of the cremation. The funeral information sharing server performs the registration process for the cremation. Once the cremation has been carried out, the crematorium terminal issues a burial permit. The burial permit is sent to the bereaved family terminal. The user carries out the burial by presenting the burial permit to the cemetery administrator (cemetery terminal) (not shown).

[0035] The series of processes performed by the device described in this specification may be realized using software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware. A computer-readable recording medium on which such a computer program is stored may also be provided. Examples of the recording medium include a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, and a flash memory. The computer program may also be distributed, for example, via a network, without using a recording medium.

[0036] Furthermore, the processes described herein using flowchart diagrams do not necessarily have to be performed in the order shown. Some process steps may be performed in parallel. Additional process steps may be employed, and some process steps may be omitted.

[0037] Furthermore, the effects described in this specification are merely descriptive or exemplary and are not limiting. In other words, the technology according to the present invention may achieve other effects that will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the description of this specification, in addition to or in place of the above-described effects.

Claims

1. A funeral information sharing system including a funeral information sharing server, a hospital terminal, a local government terminal, a crematorium terminal, and a cemetery terminal, The hospital terminal provides a death notification to the funeral information sharing server, The funeral information sharing server registers the death notification, In response to a death notification confirmation request from a user, the registered death notification is provided to the local government terminal; The local government terminal electronically issues a cremation permit corresponding to the death notification and provides it to at least a funeral information sharing server; The funeral information sharing server registers the cremation permit, In response to a cremation permit request from the user, the registered cremation permit is provided to the crematorium terminal; The crematorium terminal provides cremation information to the funeral information sharing server, The funeral information sharing server registers the cremated body information, In response to a request for cremated information, the registered cremated information is provided to a cemetery terminal. Funeral information sharing system.

2. A funeral information sharing system including a funeral information sharing server, a user terminal, a funeral parlor terminal, a local government terminal, and a crematorium terminal, The user terminal provides information regarding the death notification to the funeral home terminal, The funeral home terminal transmits an announcement to the user terminal prompting the user terminal to provide information about the death notification to the funeral information sharing server; The user terminal provides information regarding the death notification to the funeral information sharing server, The funeral information sharing server provides information regarding the death notification to the local government terminal, The local government terminal issues a cremation permit based on information about the death notification and provides the cremation permit to the funeral information sharing server, The crematorium terminal accepts a reservation for the crematorium terminal from the funeral home terminal, The funeral home terminal acquires a cremation permit from the funeral information sharing server and provides it to the crematorium terminal, The crematorium terminal issues a burial permit after the cremation is completed. Funeral information sharing system.

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