Consistency determination device, consistency determination method, and consistency determination program

Abstract

To easily confirm the consistency between information that an autonomous community manages and information that a nursery facility manages.SOLUTION: A storage unit 12 stores a facility business office number and facility management children information acquired from a facility side device 3. The acquisition unit 21 acquires a contract file and a supply approved file from an autonomous community side device 2. A determination unit 22 determines the consistency between the information managed by the autonomous community side device 2 and the information managed by the facility side device 3 for a child of a supply approved person number if there is a supply approved person number that matches the supply approved person number of a confirmation target selected from the facility management child information in the supply authorized file, the facility business office number of the child of the supply approved person number of the confirmation target in the contract file matches the facility business office number stored in the storage unit 12, and the supply approval section of the child in the supply recognition file matches the supply approval section of the child in the facility management child information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a consistency determination device, a consistency determination method, and a consistency determination program. [Background technology]

[0002] Under the new child and child-rearing support system based on laws such as the Child and Child-rearing Support Act, childcare facilities such as nurseries, kindergartens, and certified child care centers apply to local governments for grants based on children who have been certified as needing childcare (certified for grants) (see Patent Document 1).

[0003] Local governments and childcare facilities each manage information about children, such as the classification of grant certification. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2017-220147 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] Applications for and payments of the above-mentioned benefits must be based on accurate information. For this reason, it is necessary to confirm the consistency of the information managed by local governments and childcare facilities regarding childcare.

[0006] Traditionally, this confirmation has been done visually, but there has been a demand for technology that can more easily confirm the consistency between the information managed by local governments regarding child care and the information managed by child care facilities.

[0007] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above, and aims to provide a consistency determination device, a consistency determination method, and a consistency determination program that can easily confirm the consistency between information managed by local governments regarding child care and information managed by child care facilities. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a consistency determination device comprising: a memory unit that stores information managed by a childcare facility, which is obtained from a facility-side device installed in the childcare facility; an acquisition unit that acquires a contract file and a payment approval file that manages information related to childcare for children from a local government-side device; and a determination unit that determines that there is consistency between the information managed by the local government-side device and the information managed by the facility-side device regarding the specified child if information that matches the information indicating the specified child stored in the memory unit is included in the payment approval file, information that matches the information regarding the specified child in the contract file is included in the information stored in the memory unit, and information that matches each of at least one other type of information regarding the specified child in the payment approval file is included in the information stored in the memory unit.

[0009] According to another aspect of the present invention, a storage unit stores first facility identification information indicating the childcare facility where the facility-side device is installed, the first facility identification information being acquired from a facility-side device that manages information on children belonging to the childcare facility at the childcare facility, and first payment certification information, which is managed by the facility-side device and includes, for each child, first payment certification information that is assigned to a child who has been certified as needing childcare and at least one other type of information related to the childcare certification; a contract file, which is acquired from a local government-side device that manages information on childcare for children in a local government, and associates child identification information for identifying a child in the local government-side device with second facility identification information that is managed by the local government-side device and indicates the childcare facility to which the child belongs; and a contract file, which is acquired from a local government-side device that manages information on childcare for children in a local government, and associates the child identification information with the second payment certification information that is assigned to a child who has been certified as needing childcare and the other information included in the first payment certification information. and a judgment unit that judges that there is consistency between the information managed by the local government device and the information managed by the facility device for a specified child if the second payment certification file contains second payment certification information that includes at least one type of other information that is the same as the first payment certification information of the specified child stored in the memory unit, the second facility identification information associated with the child identification information of the specified child in the contract file matches the first facility identification information, and at least one type of other information included in the second payment certification information associated with the child identification information of the specified child in the payment certification file matches at least one type of other information included in the first payment certification information of the specified child.

[0010] According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a consistency determination method performed by a consistency determination device including: a memory unit that stores first facility identification information indicating the childcare facility in which the facility device is installed, the first facility identification information being acquired from a facility device that manages information on children belonging to the childcare facility at the childcare facility; first provision certification information managed by the facility device, the first provision certification information including first provision certification person identification information assigned to each child who has been certified as needing childcare and at least one other type of information related to the childcare certification for each child; an acquisition unit that acquires information from a local government device that manages information on childcare for children in a local government; and a determination unit that determines consistency between the information managed by the local government device and the information managed by the facility device, wherein the acquisition unit acquires from the local government device a contract file that associates child identification information for identifying a child in the local government device with second facility identification information managed by the local government device that indicates the childcare facility to which the child belongs, and information on the child identification information and the need for childcare managed by the local government device. a step of acquiring a payment certification file that associates second payment certification identification information assigned to a child who has been certified as a specified child with second payment certification information that includes at least one type of other information that is the same as the other information included in the first payment certification information; and a step of the judgment unit determining that there is consistency between the information managed by the local government device and the information managed by the facility device for the specified child if the second payment certification identification information that matches the first payment certification identification information of the specified child stored in the memory unit is present in the payment certification file, the second facility identification information associated with the child identification information of the specified child in the contract file matches the first facility identification information, and at least one type of other information included in the second payment certification information associated with the child identification information of the specified child in the payment certification file matches at least one type of other information included in the first payment certification information of the specified child.

[0011] According to another aspect of the present invention, a consistency determination device includes a memory unit that stores first facility identification information indicating the childcare facility in which the facility device is installed, the first facility identification information being acquired from a facility device that manages information about children belonging to the childcare facility at the childcare facility, and first payment certification information that includes first payment certifier identification information and at least one other type of information related to childcare certification for each child that is managed by the facility device; an acquisition unit that acquires information from a local government device that manages information about childcare for children in a local government; and a determination unit that determines consistency between the information managed by the local government device and the information managed by the facility device. The acquisition unit acquires from the local government device a contract file that associates child identification information for identifying a child in the local government device with second facility identification information that is managed by the local government device and is indicating the childcare facility to which the child belongs, and a contract file that stores the child identification information and the first payment certifier identification information for each child that is managed by the local government device that is certified as needing childcare. and a step in which the judgment unit determines that there is consistency between the information managed by the local government device and the information managed by the facility device for the specified child if the second payment certifier identification information that matches the first payment certifier identification information of the specified child stored in the memory unit is present in the payment certification file, the second facility identification information associated with the child identification information of the specified child in the contract file matches the first facility identification information, and at least one type of other information included in the second payment certification information associated with the child identification information of the specified child in the payment certification file matches at least one type of other information included in the first payment certification information of the specified child. [Effects of the Invention]

[0012] According to the present invention, it is possible to easily check the consistency between information regarding child care managed by a local government and information managed by a child care facility. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0013] [Figure 1] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a server device according to an embodiment. [Figure 2] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a contract file. [Figure 3] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a payment certification file. [Figure 4] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing information managed by a childcare facility. [Figure 5] 10 is a flowchart of a consistency checking process. [Figure 6] 10 is a flowchart of a consistency checking process. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0014] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0015] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0016] As shown in FIG. 1, a server device (corresponding to a consistency determination device) 1 according to this embodiment includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, and a communication unit 13.

[0017] Here, the server device 1 is connectable via a network 4 such as the Internet to a municipality-side device 2 (described later) provided in the municipality 100, and a facility-side device 3 (described later) provided in a childcare facility 200 located in the municipality 100. The childcare facility 200 is a nursery school, kindergarten, certified children's center, small-scale childcare business, etc.

[0018] 1 shows only one each of the municipality-side device 2 and the facility-side device 3, but in reality, a plurality of municipality-side devices 2 provided in each of a plurality of municipalities 100, and a plurality of facility-side devices 3 provided in each of a plurality of childcare facilities 200 located in each of the municipalities 100, are connectable to the server device 1. Since the plurality of municipality-side devices 2 are all similar to each other and the plurality of facility-side devices 3 are also all similar to each other, only one each of the municipality-side device 2 and the facility-side device 3 is shown, and the other municipality-side devices 2 and other facility-side devices 3 are not shown.

[0019] The server device 1 processes applications for benefits to be paid to a childcare facility 200 by a local government 100 under the new child and child-rearing support system based on laws such as the Child and Child-rearing Support Act. The server device 1 is configured by a computer equipped with a CPU, ROM, RAM, a hard disk, etc. The server device 1 may also be a cloud server provided on a cloud.

[0020] The control unit 11 controls the overall operation of the server device 1. The control unit 11 is configured to include a CPU and the like. The control unit 11 includes an acquisition unit 21, a determination unit 22, and an application processing unit 23. The acquisition unit 21 and the determination unit 22 of the control unit 11 are configured by the CPU executing a consistency determination program stored in the storage unit 12. The application processing unit 23 is configured by the CPU executing an application program stored in the storage unit 12.

[0021] The acquisition unit 21 acquires various types of information from the local government device 2 and the facility device 3. Specifically, the acquisition unit 21 acquires the facility establishment number and information on the child (facility-managed child information) (described later) managed by the facility device 3 from the facility device 3, and stores (registers) these in the storage unit 12. Furthermore, the acquisition unit 21 acquires a contract file 31 and a payment authorization file 32 (described later) from the local government device 2 in a consistency confirmation process (described later).

[0022] In the consistency confirmation process, the determination unit 22 determines the consistency between the information about children managed by the local government side device 2 and the information about children managed by the facility side device 3 (facility-managed child information).

[0023] The application processing unit 23 processes applications for benefits submitted by the childcare facility 200 to the local government 100 .

[0024] The memory unit 12 stores the facility establishment number and facility-managed child information acquired from the facility-side device 3. The memory unit 12 also stores the contract file 31 and payment authorization file 32 acquired from the local government-side device 2 in the consistency confirmation process. The memory unit 12 also stores various programs such as a consistency determination program executed by the CPU of the server device 1. The memory unit 12 is configured with a hard disk, etc.

[0025] The communication unit 13 performs communication processing with the local government device 2 and the facility device 3 via the network 4 .

[0026] The local government side device 2 manages information related to child care in the local government 100. Specifically, the local government side device 2 manages information related to child care using a contract file 31 shown in Fig. 2 and a payment authorization file 32 shown in Fig. 3.

[0027] The local government side device 2 is configured by a computer equipped with a CPU, ROM, RAM, hard disk, etc. The local government side device 2 stores a contract file 31 and a payment authorization file 32 in a storage unit consisting of a hard disk, etc.

[0028] For example, files with intermediate standard layout specifications can be used as the contract file 31 and the payment authorization file 32. Specifically, among the target services of the intermediate standard layout specifications, contract files and payment authorization files in the category of "children and childcare support" that handle information related to childcare children and childcare facilities can be used as the contract file 31 and the payment authorization file 32, respectively.

[0029] The interim standard layout specification is a layout specification for migration files that defines the item names, data types, number of digits, and other attribute information of the migration data as a standard format in order to smoothly migrate data from the existing system to the next system when updating the information system of a local government. Note that the contract file and payment certification file of the interim standard layout specification also include items that are not shown in the contract file 31 in Figure 2 and the payment certification file 32 in Figure 3, respectively.

[0030] The contract file 31 is a file (table) that associates a child identification number (corresponding to child identification information) with a facility establishment number that indicates the childcare facility to which the child belongs.

[0031] The child identification number is a number for identifying a child in the local government device 2. The child identification number is assigned to each child in order to manage children uniformly within the local government 100.

[0032] The facility establishment number is a number assigned by the local government 100 to identify the childcare facility 200. The facility establishment number managed by the local government device 2 in association with the child identification number in the contract file 31 corresponds to the second facility identification information.

[0033] The payment authorization file 32 is a file (table) that associates a child identification number, a payment authorization category, a childcare requirement category, a payment authorization number, and a payment authorization date.

[0034] The grant certification category indicates the category of certification (grant certification) for a child's need for childcare. There are three grant certification categories: Type 1 certification, Type 2 certification, and Type 3 certification. The grant certification category is determined based on the child's age (whether they are 3 years old or older), whether they need childcare, etc. If you are Type 1 certified, you can use kindergartens and certified childcare centers. If you are Type 2 certified, you can use daycare centers and certified childcare centers. If you are Type 3 certified, you can use daycare centers, certified childcare centers, small-scale childcare businesses, etc.

[0035] The childcare requirement category indicates the category of the amount of childcare required for a child. There are three types of childcare requirement category: standard education hours certification, standard childcare hours certification, and short-term childcare certification, and the hours that childcare facilities 200 can be used vary depending on the childcare requirement category. The childcare requirement category is determined based on the parents' working hours, etc. If the payment certification category is Type 1 certification, the childcare requirement category will be standard education hours certification. If the payment certification category is Type 2 certification or Type 3 certification, the childcare requirement category will be standard childcare hours certification or short-term childcare certification.

[0036] The childcare certification number is a number assigned to each child who has been certified as needing childcare.

[0037] The date of approval for payment indicates the date on which the child's need for childcare was approved.

[0038] The second payment certification information is made up of the payment certification category, childcare requirement category, payment certified person number, and payment certification date, which are managed by the local government device 2 in association with the child identification number in the payment certification file 32. The payment certified person number in the payment certification file 32 corresponds to the second payment certified person identification information. The payment certification category, childcare requirement category, and payment certification date in the payment certification file 32 correspond to other information included in the second payment certification information.

[0039] The facility-side device 3 manages information about children belonging to the childcare facility 200 (facility-managed child information) at the childcare facility 200.

[0040] The facility-side device 3 is configured by a computer equipped with a CPU, ROM, RAM, hard disk, etc. The facility-side device 3 stores the facility establishment number and information about the child (facility-managed child information) shown in Figure 4 in a storage unit consisting of a hard disk, etc.

[0041] The facility establishment number stored in the facility device 3 is a number assigned by the local government 100 to the childcare facility 200 in which the facility device 3 is installed, and is used to identify the childcare facility 200.

[0042] As shown in Figure 4, the facility-managed child information includes the payment certification category, childcare requirement category, payment certification number, and payment certification date for each child belonging to the childcare facility 200 where the facility-side device 3 is installed.

[0043] The facility establishment number stored in the facility device 3 corresponds to the first facility identification information. The facility-managed child information corresponds to the first payment certification information. The payment certification number included in the facility-managed child information corresponds to the first payment certification identification information. The payment certification category, childcare requirement category, and payment certification date included in the facility-managed child information correspond to other information included in the first payment certification information.

[0044] When using childcare facility 200, the guardian of the child applies for a grant certification to local government 100, and as a result of the certification, a certificate is issued by local government 100. This certificate contains the grant certification category, childcare requirement category, grant certification number, and date of grant certification. When the child enrolls in childcare facility 200, the guardian must present the certificate to childcare facility 200.

[0045] If the grant certification category is Type 2 or Type 3, the guardian of the child applies for admission to the local government 100. The local government 100 decides which childcare facility 200 to admit the Type 2 or Type 3 certified child to, taking into consideration the availability of spaces at each childcare facility 200, the guardian's financial situation, the guardian's wishes, etc. The childcare facility 200 is notified by the local government 100 of the grant certification category, childcare requirement category, grant certified person number, and grant certification date of the Type 2 or Type 3 certified child to be admitted. The childcare facility 200 inputs the grant certification category, childcare requirement category, grant certified person number, and grant certification date notified by the local government 100 into the facility-side device 3 and saves them as facility-managed child information.

[0046] That is, in the case of Type 2 certification and Type 3 certification, the childcare facility 200 generates and manages facility-managed child information in the facility-side device 3 based on information notified from the local government 100.

[0047] On the other hand, when the grant certification category is Type 1, unlike in the cases of Type 2 and Type 3 certification, the guardian applies for admission of the child to the childcare facility 200. The local government 100 is not involved in which childcare facility 200 a Type 1 certified child will enroll in. Therefore, in the case of Type 1 certification, unlike in the cases of Type 2 and Type 3 certification, the local government 100 does not notify the childcare facility 200 of the grant certification category, childcare need category, grant certification number, and grant certification date of the child.

[0048] Therefore, in the case of Type 1 certification, the childcare facility 200 inputs the payment certification category, childcare requirement category, payment certification number, and payment certification date written on the aforementioned certificate presented by the guardian into the facility-side device 3 and stores them as facility-managed child information.

[0049] That is, in the case of Type 1 certification, the childcare facility 200 generates and manages facility-managed child information in the facility-side device 3 based on information obtained from the certificate presented by the guardian.

[0050] In addition, in the case of Type 1 certification, the local government 100 ascertains which childcare facility 200 the child belongs to by checking with the guardian. This confirmation is performed, for example, at predetermined intervals (for example, once a year). For Type 1 certified children, the facility business number of the childcare facility 200 to which each child belongs based on the confirmation results is entered into the contract file 31.

[0051] In the case of Type 2 certification and Type 3 certification, as mentioned above, the local government 100 decides which childcare facility 200 to enroll the child in. For this reason, the local government 100 knows which childcare facility 200 each child belongs to. Therefore, in the case of Type 2 certification and Type 3 certification, the facility establishment number of the childcare facility 200 to which each child belongs, as known by the local government 100, is entered into the contract file 31.

[0052] The payment authorization file 32 is generated in the local government device 2 based on the authorization result of the local government 100.

[0053] Incidentally, in order to change the grant certification category, etc., the child's guardian may apply for a change to the local government 100. In this case, the local government 100 will issue a revised certificate. The guardian must present the revised certificate to the childcare facility 200. In addition, the local government 100 will change the information in the grant certification file 32 according to the changes.

[0054] If the change in the grant certification category results in Type 1 certification, the childcare facility 200 will input the grant certification category, childcare requirement category, grant certification number, and grant certification date written on the revised certificate presented by the guardian into the facility-side device 3 and store them as facility-managed child information.

[0055] Furthermore, when the childcare requirement category of a child with Type 2 certification or Type 3 certification is changed, the childcare facility 200 is notified of the changed childcare requirement category of the child from the local government 100. Upon receiving this notification, the childcare facility 200 changes the childcare requirement category of the child in question.

[0056] Next, the consistency checking process in the server device 1 will be described.

[0057] The consistency check process is a process for checking the consistency between the information managed by the local government side device 2 and the information managed by the facility side device 3 regarding child care.

[0058] Here, since the municipality-side device 2 and the facility-side device 3 manage information individually, for some reason, a discrepancy may occur between the information managed by the municipality-side device 2 and the information managed by the facility-side device 3.

[0059] For example, if a child's family moves across municipalities but does not submit a moving-out or moving-in notification, if the place of residence differs from the address on the resident registration card, or if there are circumstances that prevent the resident registration card from being changed, a discrepancy may occur between the information managed by the municipality-side device 2 and the information managed by the facility-side device 3.

[0060] Furthermore, for example, due to input errors in the local government-side device 2 and the facility-side device 3, a discrepancy may occur between the information managed by the local government-side device 2 and the information managed by the facility-side device 3.

[0061] In addition, in the case of Type 1 certification, for example, due to failure to present the certification certificate or improper information management at the childcare facility 200, a discrepancy may occur between the information managed by the municipality-side device 2 and the information managed by the facility-side device 3.

[0062] Since application for and payment of benefits must be based on accurate information, the server device 1 performs consistency checking processing.

[0063] 5 and 6 are flowcharts of the consistency checking process.

[0064] At the time of starting the consistency confirmation process, the server device 1 has already obtained the facility establishment number and facility-managed child information managed by the facility device 3 from the facility device 3 and stored these in the memory unit 12.

[0065] 5, the acquisition unit 21 acquires the contract file 31 and the payment authorization file 32 from the local government-side device 2 and stores them in the storage unit 12. Here, the contract file 31 and the payment authorization file 32 of the local government-side device 2 are transmitted from the local government-side device 2 to the server device 1 in response to an operation of the local government-side device 2 by an employee of the local government 100.

[0066] Next, in step S2, the determination unit 22 selects one payment certified person number to be checked for consistency from the facility-managed child information.

[0067] Next, in step S3, the determination unit 22 refers to the facility management child information and determines whether the grant certification category of the child (corresponding to the predetermined child) with the grant certification number to be confirmed is Type 1 certification.

[0068] If it is determined that the person is Type 1 certified (step S3: YES), in step S4, the judgment unit 22 judges whether or not a payment certification number matching the payment certification number to be confirmed exists in the payment certification file 32.

[0069] If it is determined that a matching payment approval number exists (step S4: YES), in step S5, the judgment unit 22 determines whether the facility establishment number managed by the local government side device 2 as the facility establishment number of the childcare facility to which the child with the payment approval number in the payment approval file 32 that matches the payment approval number being confirmed belongs matches the facility establishment number obtained from the facility side device 3 and stored in the memory unit 12.

[0070] Specifically, the judgment unit 22 obtains, from the payment certification file 32, the child identification number associated with the payment certification number that matches the payment certification number to be confirmed, as the child identification number of the child with the payment certification number to be confirmed. Next, the judgment unit 22 obtains, from the contract file 31, the facility establishment number associated with the child identification number of the child with the payment certification number to be confirmed. Then, the judgment unit 22 determines whether the facility establishment number obtained from the contract file 31 matches the facility establishment number obtained from the facility device 3 and stored in the memory unit 12.

[0071] If it is determined that the facility business numbers match (step S5: YES), in step S6 of Figure 6, the judgment unit 22 determines whether the payment certification category, childcare requirement category, and payment certification date associated with the child identification number of the child with the payment certification number being confirmed in the payment certification file 32 match the payment certification category, childcare requirement category, and payment certification date of the child with the payment certification number being confirmed in the facility management child information, respectively.

[0072] If it is determined that the payment approval category, childcare requirement category, and payment approval date match (step S6: YES), in step S7, the judgment unit 22 determines that there is consistency between the information managed by the local government side device 2 and the information managed by the facility side device 3 for the child with the payment approval number being confirmed.

[0073] Next, in step S8, the determination unit 22 determines whether or not the determination of consistency has been completed for all of the grant certification numbers in the facility management child information.

[0074] If it is determined that there is a payment certified person number for which consistency determination has not been completed (step S8: NO), in step S9, the determination unit 22 selects one payment certified person number to be the next target for confirmation from the facility management child information. After this, the determination unit 22 returns to step S3 in FIG. 5.

[0075] In step S8, if it is determined that the consistency determination has been completed for all the payment authorization numbers in the facility management child information (step S8: YES), the determination unit 22 ends the consistency confirmation process.

[0076] If it is determined in step S4 of Figure 5 that there is no payment approval number in the payment approval file 32 that matches the payment approval number being checked (step S4: NO), if it is determined in step S5 that the facility business number matches (step S5: NO), or if it is determined in step S6 of Figure 6 that at least one of the payment approval category, childcare requirement category, and payment approval date does not match (step S6: NO), then in step S10 the judgment unit 22 determines that there is no consistency between the information managed by the local government side device 2 and the information managed by the facility side device 3 for the child with the payment approval number being checked.

[0077] 5, if it is determined that the certification is Type 2 or Type 3 (Step S3: NO), the determination unit 22 proceeds to Step S11. The process of Step S11 is the same as the process of Step S4 described above.

[0078] If it is determined that a matching payment certification number exists (step S11: YES), the judgment unit 22 proceeds to step S7 of Figure 6 and determines that there is consistency between the information managed by the local government side device 2 and the information managed by the facility side device 3 for the child with the payment certification number being confirmed.

[0079] If it is determined that a matching payment certification number does not exist (step S11: NO), the judgment unit 22 proceeds to step S10 in Figure 6 and determines that there is no consistency between the information managed by the local government side device 2 and the information managed by the facility side device 3 for the child with the payment certification number being confirmed.

[0080] Here, in the case of Type 2 certification and Type 3 certification, unlike Type 1 certification, as described above, the local government 100 decides which childcare facility 200 to admit children with Type 2 certification and Type 3 certification to. The local government 100 then notifies the childcare facility 200 of the grant certification category, childcare need category, grant certification number, and grant certification date of the children with Type 2 certification and Type 3 certification who will be admitted.

[0081] For this reason, in the case of Type 2 certification and Type 3 certification, basically, there will be no discrepancy between the information managed by the local government-side device 2 and the information managed by the facility-side device 3. As mentioned above, in cases such as when a child's family moves across local governments, a discrepancy between the information managed by the local government-side device 2 and the information managed by the facility-side device 3 (such as when the local government-side device 2 does not have information about childcare for a child who belongs to the childcare facility 200), but this is an exceptional situation in the case of Type 2 certification and Type 3 certification.

[0082] For this reason, in the case of Type 2 certification and Type 3 certification, it is sufficient to check whether information relating to childcare for children belonging to childcare facility 200 exists in local government-side device 2. Therefore, in the consistency confirmation process, in the case of Type 2 certification and Type 3 certification, as described above, the consistency between the information managed by local government-side device 2 and the information managed by facility-side device 3 is determined simply by determining whether a payment certification number matching the payment certification number to be confirmed exists in payment certification file 32 (step S11).

[0083] As explained above, in the server device 1, if the payment certification category of the child with the payment certification number to be confirmed selected from the facility management child information stored in the memory unit 12 is Type 1 certification, the judgment unit 22 will judge that there is consistency between the information managed by the local government side device 2 and the information managed by the facility side device 3 for the child with the payment certification number to be confirmed if a payment certification number matching the payment certification number to be confirmed exists in the payment certification file 32, the facility business number associated with the child identification number of the child with the payment certification number to be confirmed in the contract file 31 matches the facility business number stored in the memory unit 12, and the payment certification category, childcare requirement category, and payment certification date associated with the child identification number of the child with the payment certification number to be confirmed in the payment certification file 32 match the payment certification category, childcare requirement category, and payment certification date of the child with the payment certification number to be confirmed in the facility management child information, respectively.

[0084] In addition, if the grant certification category of the child with the grant certification number being checked is Type 2 certification or Type 3 certification, the judgment unit 22 will determine that there is consistency between the information managed by the local government side device 2 and the information managed by the facility side device 3 for the child with the grant certification number being checked, if a grant certification number that matches the grant certification number being checked exists in the grant certification file 32.

[0085] This allows the consistency between the information about child care managed by the local government 100 and the information managed by the child care facility 200 to be easily confirmed without visual inspection.

[0086] In addition, if the child with the payment certification number being checked is certified as type 2 or type 3, the determination of whether the information managed by the local government device 2 matches the information managed by the facility device 3 for the facility business number, payment certification category, childcare requirement category, and payment certification date is omitted, thereby simplifying the consistency confirmation process.

[0087] In the case of Type 2 certification and Type 3 certification, as in the case of Type 1 certification, it may also be determined whether the facility establishment number, payment certification category, childcare need category, and payment certification date are consistent between the information managed by the local government device 2 and the information managed by the facility device 3. Even in this way, the consistency between the information managed by the local government 100 regarding childcare and the information managed by the childcare facility 200 can be easily confirmed without visual inspection.

[0088] In the above-described embodiment, the payment certification category, childcare requirement category, and payment certification date were used as types of information (other information) other than the payment certification number and facility establishment number in the information regarding childcare certification, but some of these may be omitted.In addition, information regarding childcare certification of types other than these may be used as other information regarding childcare certification.

[0089] In the above-described embodiment, a determination is made as to whether the facility establishment number associated with the child identification number of the child with the payment certification number to be confirmed in the contract file 31 matches the facility establishment number stored in the memory unit 12. However, it is not limited to the facility establishment number, and it is also sufficient to determine whether information contained in the contract file managed by the local government-side device 2 contains information that matches the information in question and is included in the information managed by the facility-side device 3. Here, as described above, for example, a contract file with intermediate standard layout specifications also includes items that are not shown in the contract file 31 in Figure 2.

[0090] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the components can be modified and embodied in practice without departing from the spirit of the invention. Furthermore, various inventions can be created by appropriately combining multiple components disclosed in the above-described embodiments. For example, some components may be omitted from all the components shown in the embodiments.

[0091] [Note] The present application discloses the following inventions.

[0092] (Appendix 1) a storage unit that stores information managed by the childcare facility, the information being acquired from a facility-side device installed in the childcare facility; an acquisition unit that acquires a contract file and a payment authorization file that manage information related to childcare from the local government device; a determination unit that determines that there is consistency between the information managed by the local government device and the information managed by the facility device regarding the specified child when the payment authorization file contains information that matches the information indicating the specified child stored in the storage unit, the information stored in the storage unit contains information that matches the information regarding the specified child in the contract file, and the information stored in the storage unit contains information that matches each of at least one type of other information regarding the specified child in the payment authorization file; A consistency determination device comprising:

[0093] (Appendix 2) a storage unit that stores first facility identification information indicating the childcare facility in which the facility device is installed, obtained from a facility device that manages information about children belonging to the childcare facility at the childcare facility, and first payment certification information that includes first payment certification person identification information assigned to children who have been certified as needing childcare, and at least one other type of information related to childcare certification, which is managed by the facility device; an acquisition unit that acquires, from a local government device that manages information related to childcare in a local government, a contract file that associates child identification information for identifying a child in the local government device with second facility identification information that indicates the childcare facility to which the child belongs and that is managed by the local government device, and a payment certification file that associates the child identification information with second payment certification information that is managed by the local government device and includes second payment certification identification information that is given to a child who has been certified as needing childcare and at least one type of other information that is the same as the other information included in the first payment certification information; a determination unit that determines that there is consistency between the information managed by the local government device and the information managed by the facility device for the specified child when the second payment certification file contains second payment certification information that matches the first payment certification information for the specified child stored in the storage unit, the second facility identification information associated with the child identification information for the specified child in the contract file matches the first facility identification information, and at least one type of other information included in the second payment certification information associated with the child identification information for the specified child in the payment certification file matches at least one type of other information included in the first payment certification information for the specified child; A consistency determination device comprising:

[0094] (Appendix 3) The other information includes payment certification category information indicating the category of certification of the need for childcare, The consistency judgment device described in Appendix 2 is characterized in that, when the payment certification category information included in the other information of the first payment certification information of the specified child stored in the memory unit is information indicating type 2 certification or type 3 certification, if the second payment certification person identification information that matches the first payment certification person identification information of the specified child stored in the memory unit exists in the payment certification file, it judges that there is consistency between the information managed by the local government side device and the information managed by the facility side device for the specified child.

[0095] (Appendix 4) a storage unit that stores first facility identification information indicating the childcare facility where the facility-side device is installed, the first facility identification information being acquired from a facility-side device that manages information about children belonging to the childcare facility at the childcare facility, and first grant certification information that includes first grant certification identification information and at least one other type of information related to childcare certification, the first grant certification information being managed by the facility-side device for each child; an acquisition unit that acquires information from a local government-side device that manages information about childcare for children in a local government; and a judgment unit that judges the consistency between the information managed by the local government-side device and the information managed by the facility-side device, The acquisition unit acquires from the local government device a contract file associating child identification information for identifying a child in the local government device with second facility identification information managed by the local government device that indicates the childcare facility to which the child belongs, and a payment certification file associating the child identification information with second payment certification information managed by the local government device that includes second payment certification person identification information assigned to a child who has been certified as needing childcare and at least one type of other information that is the same as the other information included in the first payment certification information; a step in which the determination unit determines that there is consistency between the information managed by the local government device and the information managed by the facility device for the specified child when the second payment certification file contains the second payment certification information that matches the first payment certification information for the specified child stored in the storage unit, the second facility identification information associated with the child identification information for the specified child in the contract file matches the first facility identification information, and at least one type of other information included in the second payment certification information associated with the child identification information for the specified child in the payment certification file matches at least one type of other information included in the first payment certification information for the specified child; A consistency determination method comprising:

[0096] (Appendix 5) a consistency determination device including: a storage unit that stores first facility identification information indicating the childcare facility in which the facility device is installed, the first facility identification information being acquired from a facility device that manages information about children belonging to the childcare facility at the childcare facility; and first grant certification information, which is managed by the facility device and includes first grant certification identification information given to children who have been certified as needing childcare for each child, and at least one other type of information related to the childcare certification; an acquisition unit that acquires information from a local government device that manages information about childcare for children in a local government; and a determination unit that determines consistency between the information managed by the local government device and the information managed by the facility device; The acquisition unit acquires from the local government device a contract file associating child identification information for identifying a child in the local government device with second facility identification information managed by the local government device that indicates the childcare facility to which the child belongs, and a payment certification file associating the child identification information with second payment certification information managed by the local government device that includes second payment certification person identification information assigned to a child who has been certified as needing childcare and at least one type of other information that is the same as the other information included in the first payment certification information; a step in which the determination unit determines that there is consistency between the information managed by the local government device and the information managed by the facility device for the specified child when the second payment certification file contains the second payment certification information that matches the first payment certification information for the specified child stored in the storage unit, the second facility identification information associated with the child identification information for the specified child in the contract file matches the first facility identification information, and at least one type of other information included in the second payment certification information associated with the child identification information for the specified child in the payment certification file matches at least one type of other information included in the first payment certification information for the specified child; A consistency determination program for executing the above. [Explanation of symbols]

[0097] 1. Server device 2 Local government equipment 3 Facility equipment 11 Control section 12 Storage section 13 Communications Department 21 Acquisition Department 22 Judgment Department 23 Application Processing Department 31 Contract File 32 Payment Certification File 100 municipalities 200 childcare facilities

Claims

1. a storage unit that stores information managed by the childcare facility, the information being acquired from a facility-side device installed in the childcare facility; an acquisition unit that acquires a contract file and a payment authorization file that manage information related to childcare from the local government device; a determination unit that determines that there is consistency between the information managed by the local government device and the information managed by the facility device regarding the specified child when the payment authorization file contains information that matches the information indicating the specified child stored in the storage unit, the information stored in the storage unit contains information that matches the information regarding the specified child in the contract file, and the information stored in the storage unit contains information that matches each of at least one type of other information regarding the specified child in the payment authorization file; A consistency determination device comprising:

2. a storage unit that stores first facility identification information indicating the childcare facility in which the facility device is installed, obtained from a facility device that manages information about children belonging to the childcare facility at the childcare facility, and first payment certification information that includes first payment certification person identification information assigned to children who have been certified as needing childcare, and at least one other type of information related to childcare certification, which is managed by the facility device; an acquisition unit that acquires, from a local government device that manages information related to childcare in a local government, a contract file that associates child identification information for identifying a child in the local government device with second facility identification information that identifies the child and is managed by the local government device and indicates the childcare facility to which the child belongs, and a payment certification file that associates the child identification information with second payment certification information that is managed by the local government device and includes second payment certification identification information that is given to a child who has been certified as needing childcare and at least one type of other information that is the same as the other information included in the first payment certification information; a determination unit that determines that there is consistency between the information managed by the local government device and the information managed by the facility device regarding the specified child when the second payment certification file contains second payment certification information that matches the first payment certification information of the specified child stored in the storage unit, the second facility identification information associated with the child identification information of the specified child in the contract file matches the first facility identification information, and at least one type of other information included in the second payment certification information associated with the child identification information of the specified child in the payment certification file matches at least one type of other information included in the first payment certification information of the specified child; A consistency determination device comprising:

3. The other information includes payment certification category information indicating the certification category of the need for childcare, The consistency determination device described in claim 2, characterized in that when the payment certification category information included in the other information of the first payment certification information of the specified child stored in the memory unit is information indicating type 2 certification or type 3 certification, if the second payment certification person identification information that matches the first payment certification person identification information of the specified child stored in the memory unit exists in the payment certification file, it determines that there is consistency between the information managed by the local government side device and the information managed by the facility side device for the specified child.

4. a storage unit that stores first facility identification information indicating the childcare facility where the facility-side device is installed, the first facility identification information being acquired from a facility-side device that manages information about children belonging to the childcare facility at the childcare facility, and first grant certification information that includes first grant certification person identification information and at least one other type of information related to childcare certification, the first grant certification information being managed by the facility-side device for each child; an acquisition unit that acquires information from a local government-side device that manages information about childcare for children in a local government; and a judgment unit that judges the consistency between the information managed by the local government-side device and the information managed by the facility-side device, The acquisition unit acquires from the local government device a contract file associating child identification information for identifying a child in the local government device with second facility identification information managed by the local government device that indicates the childcare facility to which the child belongs, and a payment certification file associating the child identification information with second payment certification information managed by the local government device that includes second payment certification person identification information assigned to a child who has been certified as needing childcare and at least one type of other information that is the same as the other information included in the first payment certification information; a step in which the determination unit determines that there is consistency between the information managed by the local government device and the information managed by the facility device for the specified child when the second payment certification file contains the second payment certification information that matches the first payment certification information for the specified child stored in the storage unit, the second facility identification information associated with the child identification information for the specified child in the contract file matches the first facility identification information, and at least one type of other information included in the second payment certification information associated with the child identification information for the specified child in the payment certification file matches at least one type of other information included in the first payment certification information for the specified child; A consistency determination method comprising:

5. a consistency determination device including: a storage unit that stores first facility identification information indicating the childcare facility in which the facility device is installed, the first facility identification information being acquired from a facility device that manages information about children belonging to the childcare facility at the childcare facility; and first grant certification information, which is managed by the facility device and includes first grant certification identification information and at least one other type of information related to the childcare certification, assigned to each child who has been certified as needing childcare; an acquisition unit that acquires information from a local government device that manages information about childcare for children in a local government; and a determination unit that determines consistency between the information managed by the local government device and the information managed by the facility device; The acquisition unit acquires from the local government device a contract file associating child identification information for identifying a child in the local government device with second facility identification information managed by the local government device that indicates the childcare facility to which the child belongs, and a payment certification file associating the child identification information with second payment certification information managed by the local government device that includes second payment certification person identification information assigned to a child who has been certified as needing childcare and at least one type of other information that is the same as the other information included in the first payment certification information; a step in which the determination unit determines that there is consistency between the information managed by the local government device and the information managed by the facility device for the specified child when the second payment certification file contains the second payment certification information that matches the first payment certification information for the specified child stored in the storage unit, the second facility identification information associated with the child identification information for the specified child in the contract file matches the first facility identification information, and at least one type of other information included in the second payment certification information associated with the child identification information for the specified child in the payment certification file matches at least one type of other information included in the first payment certification information for the specified child; A consistency determination program for executing the above.

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