Work agent referral system

Abstract

To provide a work proxy mediation system capable of easily searching for a work proxy suitable for work.SOLUTION: A work proxy mediation system includes a server 4, a user terminal 2, and a proxy candidate terminal. The user terminal 2 transmits a proxy request including a predetermined work plan to the server 4. The server 4 is configured to, when receiving the proxy request relative to the predetermined work plan from the user terminal 2, select a work proxy candidate having an agricultural machine necessary for executing the predetermined work plan from among the work proxy candidates, and provide a mediation Web site that can be browsed by a user and the selected work proxy candidate.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a work agent placement system. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent Document 1 discloses a member-based agricultural support system that includes a farmer terminal, a consumer terminal, and a management server connected to a network. The management server is operated by a manager who manages farmland. The farmer terminal is a terminal used by a farmer who provides farmland to the manager by leasing or transferring it. The consumer terminal is a terminal used by a consumer who has the right to use the farmland.

[0003] In the member agricultural support system of Patent Document 1, consumers can select the most suitable farmland based on their desired variety, price, harvest date, etc., and then decide whether to do the farming themselves or to ask a farmer who provides the farmland through leasing or transfer to do the farming. In other words, Patent Document 1 discloses that if a consumer does not do the farming themselves on a certain piece of farmland, they can ask the farmer who provided the land to do the farming. However, Patent Document 1 does not disclose a specific method for consumers to ask a farmer to do the farming. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-254711 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] An object of the present invention is to provide a work agent referral system that can easily find a work agent suitable for a work. Another object of the present invention is to provide a work agent referral system that can easily find an agricultural machinery sharer suitable for the work. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] One embodiment of the present invention provides a work agent referral system including: a server having a first memory unit that stores, for each user and for each task scheduled by the user, work plan information including a planned work date, a field to be worked on, and a task name; a second memory unit that stores, for each work agent candidate and for each task scheduled by the work agent candidate, work plan information including the planned work date, a field to be worked on, and a task name; and a third memory unit that stores, for each work agent candidate, agricultural machinery owned by the work agent candidate; a user terminal that, when the user wishes to request a substitute for a specific work plan, sends a substitute request including the specific work plan to the server; and a substitute candidate terminal that allows the work agent candidate to communicate with the server; and the server is configured, when it receives the substitute request request from the user terminal, to select, from the work agent candidates, a work agent candidate that owns the agricultural machinery necessary to execute the specific work plan, and to provide a referral website that can be viewed by the user and the selected work agent candidate.

[0007] This configuration makes it easy to find a suitable substitute for the job. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the mediation system. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the first work plan table. [Figure 3] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the second work plan table. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a proxy / sharer candidate information table. [Figure 5A] FIG. 5A is a sequence diagram for explaining part of the operations of a user terminal, an intermediary server, and a candidate terminal for agent / sharer when a user searches for a work agent or agricultural machinery sharer. [Figure 5B]FIG. 5B is a sequence diagram for explaining part of the operations of the user terminal, the intermediary server, and the candidate terminals for agent / sharer when a user searches for a work agent or agricultural machinery sharer. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0009] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the mediation system. The brokerage system 1 is a system for brokering a work agent who performs work on behalf of a user who uses agricultural machinery, or a farm machinery sharer who shares the farm machinery. In this embodiment, the brokerage system 1 is an example of the "work agent brokerage system" and "farm machinery sharer brokerage system" of the present invention. The farm machinery includes a tractor, a rice transplanter, a combine harvester, etc.

[0010] The brokerage system 1 includes a user terminal 2 used by a user who owns one or more farm fields, a proxy / sharer candidate terminal 3 used by a work proxy / agricultural machinery sharer candidate (hereinafter referred to as a "proxy / sharer candidate") who can perform work on behalf of the user or share agricultural machinery, and a brokerage server 4. In this embodiment, the "proxy / sharer candidate terminal 3" is an example of the "proxy candidate terminal" and "sharer candidate terminal" of the present invention. The brokerage server 4 is an example of the "server" of the present invention.

[0011] The user terminal 2 and the proxy / sharer candidate terminal 3 are capable of communicating with the mediation server 4 via a network 5 . In this embodiment, the user terminal 2 is a smartphone, and includes a control unit 21, a display unit 22, an operation unit 23, and a communication unit 24. The communication unit 24 is a communication interface that enables the control unit 21 to communicate with the mediation server 4 via the network 5.

[0012] The control unit 21 includes a CPU, memory, etc. (not shown) The memory stores an OS (operating system), as well as programs such as a browser for viewing web pages, an application for searching for a work agent or agricultural machinery sharer via the intermediation server 4 (hereinafter referred to as an "agent / sharer search application"), and other necessary data.

[0013] In this embodiment, the agent / sharer candidate terminal 3 is a smartphone, and includes a control unit 31, a display unit 32, an operation unit 33, and a communication unit 34. The communication unit 34 is a communication interface that enables the control unit 31 to communicate with the mediation server 4 via the network 5. Although not shown, the control unit 31 includes a CPU, memory, etc. The memory stores an OS (operating system), programs such as a browser for viewing web pages, and other necessary data.

[0014] The brokerage server 4 includes a server control unit 40. The server control unit 40 includes a microcomputer equipped with a CPU and memory (volatile memory, non-volatile memory, etc.) 40A. A communication unit 41, an operation display unit 42, an operation unit 43, and a storage unit 44 are electrically connected to the server control unit 40. The communication unit 41 is a communication interface that enables the server control unit 40 to communicate with the user terminal 2 and the proxy / sharer candidate terminal 3 via the network 5. The operation display unit 42 is, for example, a touch panel display. The operation unit 43 includes, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, etc.

[0015] The storage unit 44 is configured with storage devices such as a hard disk, non-volatile memory, etc. The storage unit 44 stores a first work plan table 44A, a second work plan table 44B, a proxy / sharer candidate information table 44C, etc. As shown in FIG. 2, for example, the first work plan table 44A stores work plan information such as the user name, planned work date, work target field number, work identification information, and work name for each user ID and for each work planned by the user. The user name is the name of the user. The planned work date is the planned date on which the work is to be performed. The work target field number is the number (field ID) of the field where the work is to be performed. The work identification information (work ID) is information for identifying the work. The work name is the name of the work.

[0016] In the example of FIG. 2, for the sake of convenience, only user A with user ID AAAA is shown as a user. The second work plan table 44B stores work plan information such as the name of the candidate substitute / sharer, the planned work date, the field number to be worked on, work identification information, and work name for each candidate substitute / sharer ID and for each work planned by the candidate substitute / sharer, as shown in Fig. 3. The candidate substitute / sharer name is the name of the candidate substitute / sharer.

[0017] In the example of Figure 3, for the sake of convenience, the proxy / sharer candidates are shown as proxy / sharer candidate B with proxy / sharer candidate ID BBBB, proxy / sharer candidate C with proxy / sharer candidate ID CCCC, and proxy / sharer candidate D with proxy / sharer candidate ID DDDD. In the candidate agent / sharer information table 44C, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, the candidate agent / sharer name, email address, name of agricultural machinery owned by the candidate agent / sharer, the agent unit price, the share unit price, etc. are stored for each candidate agent / sharer ID.

[0018] The email address is the email address set in the proxy / sharer candidate terminal 3. The agricultural machinery name is the model name in this embodiment. The agency fee is the agency fee per hour. The share fee is the agricultural machinery sharing fee per hour. 5A and 5B are sequence diagrams for explaining the operations of the user terminal 2, the intermediary server 4, and the candidate agent / sharer terminal 3 when a user searches for a work agent or agricultural machinery sharer.

[0019] Here, we will explain the case where user A (see Figure 2) is looking for a work agent or agricultural machinery sharer. In Figure 5A, the agent / sharer candidate terminals used by agent / sharer candidates B, C, and D are denoted by 3B, 3C, and 3D, respectively. Referring to FIG. 5A, user A operates user terminal 2 to transmit to intermediary server 4 a request for issuing an application activation key (key issuance request) required to activate the proxy sharer search application (step S1).

[0020] Upon receiving the key issuance request, the intermediary server 4 provides the application activation key to the user terminal 2 (step S2). User A inputs the application startup key provided by the intermediary server 4 into the user terminal 2. When the application startup key is input (step S3: YES), the proxy sharer search application is launched in the user terminal 2, and a proxy share request including the user ID is sent to the intermediary server 4 (step S4). As a result, the user terminal 2 is linked to a predetermined intermediary website present on the intermediary server 4.

[0021] When the intermediary server 4 receives the proxy / share request request including the user ID, it provides the user terminal 2 with a web page including a work plan selection screen that allows the user to select a work plan that is the subject of work proxy or agricultural machinery sharing (step S5). Specifically, the intermediary server 4 reads all work plan information corresponding to the received user ID from the first work plan table 44A. The intermediary server 4 then creates a web page including a work plan selection screen that has a list of the read work plan information and selection buttons for selecting each work plan information, and provides the web page to the user terminal 2.

[0022] As a result, a work plan selection screen is displayed on the display unit 22 of the user terminal 2 (Step S6). On the work plan selection screen, User A presses a selection button corresponding to one work plan that is the target of work substitution or agricultural machinery sharing, thereby selecting that work plan as the target work plan. When any of the selection buttons on the work plan selection screen is pressed (step S7: YES), work plan identification information for identifying the work plan (target work plan) corresponding to the pressed selection button is sent to the brokerage server 4 (step S8).

[0023] Furthermore, the intermediary server 4 selects agent / sharer candidates who have agricultural machinery that matches the target work plan selected by user A based on the agent / sharer candidate information table 44C (step S9). Here, it is assumed that agent / sharer candidates B and C have been selected from agent / sharer candidates B, C, and D (see FIG. 4). 5B, the mediation server 4 sends an email containing a predetermined URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and notifying that a proxy / share request has been received (hereinafter referred to as a "notification email") to the proxy / sharer candidate terminals 3B and 3C used by the proxy / sharer candidates B and C selected in step S9 (steps S10 and S11). The predetermined URL is a URL representing the mediation website located on the mediation server 4.

[0024] When the proxy / sharer candidates B and C receive the notification email, they click on the URL in the email. For example, if agent / sharer candidate B clicks on the URL in the notification email (step S12: YES), agent / sharer candidate terminal 3B is linked to the aforementioned mediation website. As a result, a web page containing the target work plan selected by user A is provided from mediation server 4 to agent / sharer candidate terminal 3B, and the target work plan is displayed on display unit 32 of agent / sharer candidate terminal 3B (step S13). This allows agent / sharer candidate B to recognize the target work plan. From this point on, user A and agent / sharer candidate B can negotiate work agency or agricultural machinery sharing by posting on the electronic bulletin board on the aforementioned mediation website (mediation server 4).

[0025] Similarly, when agent / sharer candidate C clicks on the URL in the agent / share request notification email (step S14: YES), agent / sharer candidate terminal 3C is linked to the agency website. As a result, a web page containing the target work plan selected by user A is provided from agency server 4 to agent / sharer candidate terminal 3C, and the target work plan is displayed on the display unit 32 of agent / sharer candidate terminal 3C (step S15). This allows agent / sharer candidate C to recognize the target work plan. From this point on, user A and agent / sharer candidate C can negotiate work agency or agricultural machinery sharing by posting on the electronic bulletin board on the agency website (agency server 4).

[0026] After the candidate agent / sharer terminals 3B, 3C are linked to the brokerage website, negotiations regarding work substitution and agricultural machinery sharing are conducted between user A and candidate agent / sharer B and between user A and candidate agent / sharer C (step S16). When user A has decided on the final candidate for agent / sharer by negotiating with candidate agents / sharers B and C for work substitution or agricultural machinery sharing, user A notifies the mediation server 4 of the final candidate for agent / sharer and the details of the request (such as whether it is work substitution or agricultural machinery sharing) (step S17).

[0027] When the mediation server 4 is notified of the final proxy / sharer candidate and the request details, it adds the work plan selected by user A (target work plan) to the work plan of the work proxy candidate (step S18). In the above-described embodiment, when a user wants to find a work agent to perform a certain task, the user can easily find a work agent suitable for the task. Also, when a user wants to find an agricultural machinery sharer to share agricultural machinery used for a certain task, the user can easily find an agricultural machinery sharer suitable for the task.

[0028] Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention can also be embodied in other forms. For example, the mediation server 4 may charge a mediation fee to the final agent / sharer candidate. In the above-described embodiment, the proxy / sharer candidate information table 44C (see FIG. 4) stores, for each proxy / sharer candidate ID, the proxy / sharer candidate name, email address, name of the agricultural machinery owned by the proxy / sharer candidate, proxy unit price, share unit price, etc. However, the proxy / sharer candidate information table 44C may also include the registered location of the proxy / sharer candidate and the available distance from the registered location. The available distance refers to the distance from the location of the user terminal 2 of the proxy / share requester.

[0029] In this case, in step S9 of FIG. 5 described above, the intermediary server 4 selects a proxy / sharer candidate who has agricultural machinery that matches the work plan selected by user A and whose registered location is within the supportable distance from the location of user A's user terminal 2, based on the proxy / sharer candidate information table 44C. Various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims. [Explanation of symbols]

[0030] 1. Brokerage System 2. User terminal 3. Proxy / sharer candidate devices 4. Brokerage Server 5. Network 21 Control section 22 Display section 23 Control section 24 Communications Department 31 Control Unit 32 Display section 33 Operation section 34 Communications Department 40 Server control unit 41 Communications Department 42 Operation display section 43 Operation section 44 Memory section 44A First Work Plan Table 44B Second Work Plan Table 44C Agent / Sharer Candidate Information Table

Claims

[Claim 1] a server including a first storage unit that stores work plan information including a planned work date, a work target field, and a work name for each user and for each work planned by the user; a second storage unit that stores work plan information including a planned work date, a work target field, and a work name for each work substitute candidate and for each work planned by the work substitute candidate; and a third storage unit that stores, for each of the work substitute candidates, agricultural machines owned by the work substitute candidate; a user terminal for transmitting a proxy request including a predetermined work plan to the server when the user desires to request proxy execution of the predetermined work plan; a substitute candidate terminal for the work substitute candidate to communicate with the server, When the server receives the substitution request request from the user terminal, it selects, from the work substitute candidates, a work substitute candidate who owns agricultural machinery necessary to execute the predetermined work plan, Providing a mediation website that can be viewed by the user and the selected work agent candidate Work agent referral system.

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