JP7787376B2 - Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program.

Traditionally, when general contractors (construction companies that act as prime contractors and directly undertake various construction work projects as a package from clients and coordinate the entire project), or so-called general contractors, order personnel and other items needed for work on a construction site, they select parties to request quotes from and place orders with based on past business performance and other factors.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-265966

However, construction site workers do not have a fixed work location; once work at one site is finished, they move to the next; rather, their work location changes over a given period of time, making it difficult to optimize commuting time in this industry.
Due to these circumstances, when general contractors select companies to request quotes from or place orders with, there is almost no practice of considering geographical conditions such as commuting distances, and even if they do, they only consider the general geographical conditions of each branch (for example, Tokyo branch, Yokohama branch, Osaka branch, Tohoku branch, etc.). It is also difficult to say that the contractors take into consideration the location of the construction site. For this reason, it is still not uncommon for contractors to have to commute long distances to reach the construction site, and more effective selection methods are needed from the perspectives of carbon dioxide emissions, work style reform, etc.

The present invention was made in consideration of the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide an information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program that can recommend destinations that take commuting or the environment into consideration.

To solve the above problems, the information processing device of the present invention includes a location information acquisition unit that acquires location information for the work site and the people involved at the work site, an evaluation unit that evaluates the people involved based on the location information for the work site and the people involved acquired by the location information acquisition unit, and a recommendation unit that recommends people to assign to the work site based on the evaluation by the evaluation unit.

The present invention provides an information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program that can recommend destinations that take commuting or the environment into consideration.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration and functions of a server according to the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of points given by an evaluation unit of the server according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration and functions of a first user terminal according to the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen presented on a first user terminal according to the embodiment. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing of the information processing system according to the embodiment. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing of the information processing system according to the embodiment.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that in the following description, an embodiment will be described using a construction site as an example of a work site, but work sites are not limited to building sites, and various locations (positions) involving the movement of people can be work sites.

[Embodiment]
First, the configuration of an information processing system 1 will be described with reference to Fig. 1. As shown in Fig. 1, the information processing system 1 includes a server 2 (information processing device), and a first user terminal 3 and a second user terminal 4 connected to the server 2 via a network 5. The information processing system 1 may include any number of servers 2, first user terminals 3, and second user terminals 4. The first user terminal 3 and second user terminal 4 may be a desktop personal computer (PC), a tablet PC, a smartphone, or the like.

(Server 2)
Fig. 2 is a configuration diagram of the server 2. Fig. 2(a) shows the main hardware configuration of the server 2, and the server 2 has a configuration in which a communication IF 200A, a storage device 200B, and a CPU 200C are connected via a bus or the like. Although not shown in Fig. 2(a), the server 2 may also include an input device (e.g., a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel, etc.) and a display device (e.g., a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, etc.).

The communication IF 200A is an interface for communicating with other devices (e.g., the first user terminal 3 and the second user terminal 4).

Storage device 200B is, for example, a hard disk drive (HDD) or a semiconductor storage device (solid state drive (SSD)). Various types of information and information processing programs are stored in storage device 200B.

Next, we will explain the various types of information stored in the storage device 200B of server 2. The storage device 200B of server 2 stores a first user DB1, a second user DB2, an evaluation DB3, a construction site DB4, a carbon dioxide emission coefficient DB5, and the like.

(First user DB1)
The first user DB1 stores information about general contractors (construction companies that act as prime contractors and directly undertake various construction work projects from clients and coordinate the entire project), so-called general contractors (hereinafter referred to as first user information), in association with the first user's identification information (hereinafter referred to as first user ID).
The first user information includes, for example, the company name, contact information (main email address, main telephone number, SNS account, etc.), location information (for example, information indicating the location of the company such as the company address and latitude and longitude), and employee names (including temporary and part-time employees).
In addition, employee names (those involved in the construction site (first parties involved)) are associated with and stored information such as schedules (each employee's schedule (information such as when, which construction site (responsible construction site) they will be at, and what work they will be doing)), qualifications held, work content, department, job title, contact information (email address, telephone number, SNS account, etc.), and location information (for example, information indicating the location of their home (including company housing) address and latitude and longitude of their home).
The information stored in the first user DB1 is registered by the first user.

(Second user DB2)
The second user DB2 stores information (hereinafter referred to as second user information) of contractors (construction site stakeholders (second stakeholders)) who receive orders for work at construction sites from so-called general contractors, in association with the second user's identification information (hereinafter referred to as second user ID).
The second user information includes, for example, company name, contact information (main email address, main telephone number, SNS account, etc.), location information (for example, company address or material storage area, or information indicating the location of the company or material storage area such as latitude and longitude), employee names (including temporary and part-time employees), and industry (for example, work that can be contracted).
In addition, employee names are associated with and stored with information such as schedules (each employee's schedule (information such as when they will be at which construction site, and what work they will be doing)), qualifications held, types of work they can do (e.g., rebar work, electrical work, etc.), department, position, contact information (email address, phone number, SNS account, etc.), and location information (e.g., home address (including company housing) and information indicating the home's location such as latitude and longitude).
The information stored in the second user DB2 is registered by at least one of the second user and the first user.
The types of work include, for example, earthwork, formwork, reinforcing bar work, plastering, air conditioning work, sanitary work, etc., but the way of classifying the types of work is not important.

(Evaluation DB3)
The evaluation of a second user by a first user is stored in association with the first user ID of the first user who made the evaluation and the second user ID of the user who received the evaluation. This allows the user to recognize which first user evaluated which second user and the evaluation. The second user's evaluation is made by the first user who ordered work or the like from the second user and received the service, rating the user's satisfaction on a scale of 0 to 10. 10 is the highest satisfaction level, and 0 is the lowest satisfaction level. If multiple first users have given evaluations to a second user, the average of the scores given by the multiple first users becomes the second user's evaluation score. Instead of the average score, the second user's evaluation score may be calculated using a weighted average or other statistical method. Furthermore, when a first user answers a questionnaire containing multiple questions, the first user may automatically be rated on a scale of 0 to 10 depending on the answers. Furthermore, satisfaction does not necessarily have to be rated on a scale of 0 to 10; it may be rated on a scale of 0 to 5, or on a scale of A to C.

(Construction site DB4)
The construction site DB 4 stores information about a construction site in association with identification information of the construction site (hereinafter referred to as a construction site ID). The construction site information includes, for example, the name of the construction project at the construction site and location information (for example, information indicating the location such as an address or latitude and longitude).

(Carbon dioxide emission coefficient DB5)
The carbon dioxide emission coefficient DB5 stores the amount of carbon dioxide emission per unit distance (e.g., 1 km) in association with the means of transportation (e.g., public transportation (e.g., train, bus), car, bicycle, walking). The calculation unit 205 of the server 2, which will be described later, calculates the amount of carbon dioxide emission associated with travel by referring to the carbon dioxide emission coefficient DB5. Note that when the means of transportation is walking or bicycle, the amount of carbon dioxide emission can be set to zero, as it is negligible compared to other means of transportation. Note that in the following explanation, carbon dioxide will also be referred to as "CO2".

In addition, some or all of the various information stored in storage device 200B may be stored in an external storage device such as a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory or an external HDD, or in the storage device of another information processing device connected via network 5. In this case, server 2 references or acquires the various information stored in the external storage device or the storage device of another information processing device.

The CPU 200C controls the server 2 according to this embodiment and includes ROM and RAM (not shown).

(Server 2 Functions)
Fig. 2(b) is a functional block diagram of the server 2. As shown in Fig. 2(b), the server 2 has functions such as a receiving unit 201, a transmitting unit 202 (output unit), a storage device control unit 203, an acquiring unit 204 (location information acquiring unit, means of transportation acquiring unit, industry acquiring unit, evaluation acquiring unit), a calculating unit 205, an evaluating unit 206, and a recommending unit 207. The functions shown in Fig. 2(b) are realized by the CPU 200C executing an information processing program stored in the storage device 200B.

The receiving unit 201 receives information, for example, from the first user terminal 3 and the second user terminal 4 via the network 5.

The transmitting unit 202 (output unit) transmits (outputs) information to, for example, the first user terminal 3 and the second user terminal 4 via the network 5 .
The transmitting unit 202 (output unit) transmits (outputs), for example, the following information to the first user terminal 3:
(A1) Location information of the construction site (A2) Location information, rating (overall rating), and information of the second user (e.g., company name, address, etc.) recommended by the recommendation unit 207 (described later)
(A3) The travel distance, travel time, and CO2 emissions between the second user and the construction site recommended by the recommendation unit 207 described below. Furthermore, the transmission unit 202 (output unit) transmits (outputs), for example, the following information to the first user terminal 3:
(B1) Location information of the construction site. (B2) Location information, evaluation (overall evaluation) of the employee of the first user recommended by the recommendation unit 207 (described later), and information of the first user (e.g., name, department, position, etc.).
(B3) Travel distance, travel time, and CO2 emissions between the first user's employee and the construction site recommended by the recommendation unit 207 (to be described later)

The storage device control unit 203 controls the storage device 200B. For example, the storage device control unit 203 writes and reads information to and from the storage device 200B.

The acquisition unit 204 acquires the following information (C1).
(C1) Location information of the construction site Furthermore, the acquisition unit 204 acquires available information from the following information (D1) to (D5) as information about the second user. Note that the means of transportation of the second user may be registered by the first user or may be registered by the second user.
(D1) Location information of the second user (D2) Location information of the second user's employee (D3) Industry of the second user (D4) Means of transportation to the construction site of the second user's employee (public transportation, car (including cases where multiple people ride in a vehicle), bicycle, walking, etc.)
(D5) User evaluation of the second user In the above, for example, when multiple people ride in a vehicle, the acquisition unit 204 may acquire a car as the means of transportation. Furthermore, when the means of transportation is a car, the acquisition unit 204 may acquire, as the location information of the second user, information indicating, for example, a company address or the location of a material storage area.

The acquisition unit 204 acquires the following information (E1) to (E2) as information about the first user. The means of transportation for the employee of the first user may be registered by the first user or by the class staff of the first user.
(E1) Location information of the first user's employee (E2) Means of transportation to the construction site of the first user's employee (public transportation, car, bicycle, walking, etc.)

The calculation unit 205 calculates the travel distance between the construction site and the second user based on the position information of the construction site and the second user.
Furthermore, the calculation unit 205 calculates the travel time and CO2 emissions between the construction site and the second user based on the location information of the construction site and the second user and the means of transportation.
In addition, when the second user's location information (for example, information indicating the location such as the company address or the latitude and longitude of the company) is used as the second user's location information, the calculation unit 205 calculates the travel distance, travel time, and CO2 emissions based on the second user's location information and the construction site's location information.
In addition, when location information (e.g., information indicating the location such as the address of the home (including company housing) or the latitude and longitude of the home) of the second user's employees (excluding employees such as office workers who do not normally enter or leave the construction site) is used as the location information of the second user, the calculation unit 205 calculates the centroid position (e.g., a position obtained by adding the latitude and longitude of the employees' homes and dividing the result by the number of employees) of the location information of the second user's employees (excluding employees such as office workers who do not normally enter or leave the construction site), and calculates the travel distance, travel time, and CO2 emissions based on this centroid position and the location information of the construction site.
In addition, the calculation unit 205 calculates the travel distance between the construction site and the first user's employee based on location information of the construction site and the first user's employee (for example, information indicating the location such as the address of the home (including company housing) and the latitude and longitude of the home).
Furthermore, the calculation unit 205 calculates the travel time between the construction site and the first user's employee and the amount of CO2 emissions based on the location information of the construction site and the first user's employee and the means of transportation.
The calculation unit 205 refers to the CO2 emission coefficient DB5, calculates the travel distance for each means of transportation to the construction site (for example, 0.5 km on foot to the construction site + 5 km by train), multiplies this travel distance for each means of transportation by the CO2 emission amount per unit distance, and adds up the CO2 emission amounts for each means of transportation to calculate the CO2 emission amount associated with traveling to the construction site.

The evaluation unit 206 evaluates the second user based on the location information of the construction site and the location information of the second user.
Specifically, the evaluation unit 206 assigns points to the following values (F1) to (F3) of the second user calculated by the calculation unit 205.
(F1) Travel distance between the construction site and the second user (F2) Travel time between the construction site and the second user (F3) CO2 emissions between the construction site and the second user Next, the evaluation unit 206 adds up the scores assigned to (F1) to (F3) above and the evaluation (score) of the second user by the first user stored in evaluation DB3 for each second user to arrive at the evaluation (overall evaluation) of the second user.
3A and 3B are diagrams showing examples of when the evaluation unit 206 assigns points to the above (F1) to (F3). Fig. 3A shows an example of when a point is assigned to the travel distance, Fig. 3B shows an example of when a point is assigned to the travel time, and Fig. 3C shows an example of when a point is assigned to the amount of CO2 emissions.
As shown in FIG. 3A, the evaluation unit 206 assigns a higher score to a shorter movement distance, a lower score to a longer movement distance, and assigns a score of 0 (zero) if the movement distance is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.
As shown in FIG. 3B, the evaluation unit 206 assigns a higher score to shorter travel times, a lower score to longer travel times, and assigns a score of 0 (zero) if the travel time is equal to or longer than a predetermined value.
As shown in FIG. 3(c), the evaluation unit 206 assigns a higher score to a vehicle with lower CO2 emissions, assigns a lower score to a vehicle with higher CO2 emissions, and assigns a score of 0 (zero) if the CO2 emissions are equal to or greater than a predetermined value.
The scoring shown in FIG. 3 is merely an example, and is not necessarily limited to the example shown in FIG.
In addition, the evaluation unit 206 may add up, for each second user, one or more of the scores assigned to (F1) to (F3) above and the evaluation (score) of the second user by the first user stored in evaluation DB3, to obtain the evaluation (overall evaluation) of the second user.

Furthermore, the evaluation unit 206 evaluates the first user's employees based on the location information of the construction site and the location information of the first user's employees.
Specifically, the evaluation unit 206 assigns points to the following values (G1) to (G3) of the employee of the first user calculated by the calculation unit 205.
(G1) Travel distance between the construction site and the first user's employees (G2) Travel time between the construction site and the first user's employees (G3) CO2 emissions between the construction site and the first user's employees Specifically, the evaluation unit 206 adds up the points assigned to (G1) to (G3) above for each of the first user's employees to obtain an evaluation (overall evaluation) for each of the first user's employees.
The points given to (G1) to (G3) can be given in the same manner as the evaluation of the second user described above.
In addition, the evaluation unit 206 may add up one or more of the points assigned to (G1) to (G3) above for each employee of the first user to obtain an evaluation (overall evaluation) for each employee of the first user.

The recommendation unit 207 recommends second users to be assigned to the construction site based on the evaluation by the evaluation unit 206. Specifically, the recommendation unit 207 extracts up to a predetermined number of second users in descending order of the evaluation (score) by the evaluation unit 206, and sets them as recommended second users. Note that in this embodiment, the recommendation unit 207 recommends second users as candidates for requesting an estimate, but may also recommend them as candidates for ordering work.
Furthermore, the recommendation unit 207 recommends employees of the first user to be assigned to the construction site based on the evaluation by the evaluation unit 206. Specifically, the recommendation unit 207 extracts up to a predetermined number of employees of the first user in descending order of the evaluation (score) by the evaluation unit 206, and sets these as recommended employees of the first user.

(First user terminal 3)
The first user terminal 3 is a terminal used by the first user. Fig. 4 is a configuration diagram of the first user terminal 3. Fig. 4(a) shows the main hardware configuration of the first user terminal 3, and the first user terminal 3 has a configuration in which a communication IF 300A, a storage device 300B, an input device 300C, a display device 300D, and a CPU 300E are connected via a bus or the like.

Communication IF300A is an interface for communicating with other devices (e.g., Server 2).

The storage device 300B is, for example, a hard disk drive (HDD) or a semiconductor storage device (solid state drive (SSD)). The storage device 300B stores a terminal identifier, an information processing program, and the like. The terminal identifier is an identifier for identifying the first user terminal 3. By assigning the terminal identifier to information sent from the first user terminal 3, the server 2 can determine which first user terminal 3 sent the received information. Note that the terminal identifier may be an IP (Internet Protocol) address, a MAC (Media Access Control) address, or the like, or may be assigned by the server 2 to the first user terminal 3.

The input device 300C is, for example, an input device such as a keyboard, mouse, or touch panel, but may also be any other device or equipment that is capable of input. It may also be an audio input device.

The display device 300D may be, for example, a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, or an organic EL display, but may also be any other device or equipment capable of displaying (for example, a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube)).

The CPU 300E controls the first user terminal 3 according to this embodiment, and is equipped with ROM and RAM (not shown).

Figure 4(b) is a functional block diagram of the first user terminal 3. As shown in Figure 4(b), the first user terminal 3 has functions such as a receiving unit 301, a transmitting unit 302, a storage device control unit 303, an input accepting unit 304, and a display device control unit 305. Note that the functions shown in Figure 4(b) are realized by the CPU 300E executing an information processing program stored in the storage device 300B.

The receiving unit 301 receives, for example, information transmitted from the server 2.

The transmission unit 302 transmits, for example, information corresponding to the input operation received by the input reception unit 304 to the server 2.

The storage device control unit 303, for example, controls the storage device 300B to write and read information.

The input reception unit 304 receives input operations from, for example, the input device 300C.

The display device control unit 305 controls, for example, the display device 300D and displays the information received by the receiving unit 301 on the display device 300D.

(Second user terminal 4)
The second user terminal 4 is a terminal used by a second user. Note that the configuration of the second user terminal 4 is similar to the configuration of the first user terminal 3 described with reference to FIG. 4, and therefore a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Fig. 5 is an example of a screen displayed on the display device 300D of the first user terminal 3. The diagram illustrated in Fig. 5 is displayed on the display device 300D of the first user terminal 3 based on information transmitted from the transmission unit 202 of the server 2.
In the example shown in FIG. 5, the construction site P1 and the locations P2-P4 of each recommended second user are displayed on a map. This allows for easy understanding of the positional relationship between the construction site and each recommended second user. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the locations P2-P4 of the second users are displayed in different ways (different fill patterns in the example shown in FIG. 5) for every 30-minute increase in commute time, but this is not limited to this example. For example, different colors, sizes, shapes, etc. may be used. Furthermore, instead of commute time, the locations of the second users may be displayed in different ways for commute distance, CO2 emissions, or evaluation (overall evaluation) scores. Furthermore, within a frame L on the right side of the screen of the display device 300D, information about each recommended second user (e.g., company name and address) and their evaluation (overall evaluation) are listed in descending order of evaluation (overall evaluation). Furthermore, the displayed industry can be changed (including the case where no industry is specified) by selecting from the options displayed in a pull-down box B1 on the left.

In the above explanation, the screen illustrated in Figure 5 is configured to be displayed on the display device 300D of the first user terminal 3, but as mentioned above, it may also be displayed on the display device of the server 2, the display device of the second user terminal 4, etc.

(Information Processing)
6 and 7 are flowcharts showing an example of information processing in the information processing system 1. Below, the information processing in the information processing system 1 will be described with reference to Fig. 6 and 7. In the following description, the same components as those described with reference to Figs. 1 to 5 will be assigned the same reference numerals, and duplicated description will be omitted.

(Second user selection process)
6 is a flowchart showing an example of a second user selection process in the information processing system 1. Hereinafter, an example of a second user selection process in the information processing system 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

(Step S101)
The receiving unit 201 of the server 2 receives the selection conditions (designation of construction site, type of business, etc.).

(Step S102)
The acquisition unit 204 of the server 2 determines whether the selection conditions include a designation of an industry. If a designation of an industry is included (YES), the server 2 executes the process of step S103. If a designation of an industry is not included (NO), the server 2 executes the process of step S104.

(Step S103)
The acquisition unit 204 of the server 2 selects second users in the specified business category.

(Step S104)
The acquisition unit 204 of the server 2 acquires the location information, the means of transportation, and the evaluation.
Specifically, the acquisition unit 204 acquires location information of the specified construction site and location information of the second user. As described above, location information of the second user (e.g., information indicating the location of the company, such as the company address or the latitude and longitude of the company) may be acquired as the location information of the second user, or location information of an employee of the second user (e.g., the address of the home (including company housing) or the center of gravity of the home, such as the latitude and longitude of the home) may be acquired. The first user may be able to specify whether the location information of the second user or the location information of the employee of the second user is to be acquired as the location information of the second user.
The acquisition unit 204 also acquires the means of transportation for the second user's employees to the construction site (as described above, the means of transportation registered by the first user or the second user may be acquired). When multiple people are riding in the same vehicle, the acquisition unit 204 may be configured to acquire a car as the means of transportation. In this case, the acquisition unit 204 acquires, as the second user's location information, information indicating, for example, the company address or the location of a material storage area.
Furthermore, the acquiring unit 204 acquires the user evaluation of the second user from the evaluation DB 3 .
If the type of business is specified, the acquisition unit 204 acquires the location information, the means of transportation, and the evaluation of the second user selected in step S103.

(Step S105)
The calculation unit 205 of the server 2 calculates the travel distance, travel time, and CO2 emission amount. Note that the calculation method of the calculation unit 205 for the travel distance, travel time, and CO2 emission amount has already been described, so a duplicate description will be omitted.
If the type of business is specified, the calculation unit 205 calculates the travel distance, travel time, and CO2 emissions for the second user selected in step S103.

(Step S106)
The evaluation unit 206 of the server 2 evaluates the second user (overall evaluation). Note that the method for evaluating the second user by the evaluation unit 206 has already been described, so a duplicated description will be omitted.
If the type of business is specified, the evaluation unit 206 evaluates the second user selected in step S103.

(Step S107)
The recommendation unit 207 of the server 2 recommends second users to be assigned to the construction site based on the evaluation (overall evaluation) by the evaluation unit 206. Specifically, the recommendation unit 207 extracts up to a predetermined number of second users in descending order of the scores of the evaluation (overall evaluation) by the evaluation unit 206, and sets them as recommended second users.

(Step S108)
The transmitting unit 202 of the server 2 transmits (outputs) the following information to the first user terminal 3:
(A1) Location information of the construction site (A2) Location information, rating (overall rating), and information of the second user recommended by the recommendation unit 207 (A3) Travel distance, travel time, and CO2 emissions between the second user and the construction site recommended by the recommendation unit 207 The information (A1) to (A3) above sent by the transmission unit 202 of the server 2 is received by the receiving unit 301 of the first user terminal 3, and based on the information (A1) to (A3) above, is displayed on the display device 300D of the first user terminal 3, for example, as the screen shown in Figure 5.

As mentioned above, the server 2 may be provided with a display device, and based on the information (A1) to (A3) above, the display device of the server 2 may display, for example, the screen shown in Figure 5.

(First user employee selection process)
7 is a flowchart showing an example of an employee selection process by the first user of the information processing system 1. Hereinafter, an example of an employee selection process by the first user of the information processing system 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

(Step S201)
The receiving unit 201 of the server 2 receives the selection conditions (construction site).

(Step S202)
The acquisition unit 204 of the server 2 acquires location information of the employee of the first user (for example, information indicating the location such as the address of the home (including company housing) and the latitude and longitude of the home).
The acquisition unit 204 also acquires the means of transportation used by the first user's employees to get to the construction site (as described above, the means of transportation may be registered by the first user or by the first user's employees).

(Step S203)
The calculation unit 205 of the server 2 calculates the travel distance, travel time, and CO2 emissions for each employee. Note that the method for calculating the travel distance, travel time, and CO2 emissions by the calculation unit 205 has already been explained, so a duplicate explanation will be omitted.

(Step S204)
The evaluation unit 206 of the server 2 evaluates the first user's employee (overall evaluation). Note that the method for evaluating the first user's employee by the evaluation unit 206 has already been explained, so a duplicate explanation will be omitted.

(Step S205)
The recommendation unit 207 of the server 2 recommends employees of the first user to be assigned to the construction site based on the evaluation (overall evaluation) by the evaluation unit 206. Specifically, the recommendation unit 207 extracts up to a predetermined number of employees of the first user in descending order of the scores of the evaluation (overall evaluation) by the evaluation unit 206, and sets them as recommended first users.

(Step S206)
The transmitting unit 202 of the server 2 transmits (outputs) the following information to the first user terminal 3:
(B1) Location information of the construction site (B2) Location information, evaluation (overall evaluation) of the employee of the first user recommended by the recommendation unit 207, and information of the first user (e.g., name, department, position, etc.)
(B3) Travel distance, travel time, and CO2 emissions between the first user's employee recommended by the recommendation unit 207 and the construction site The information (B1) to (B3) above sent by the transmission unit 202 of the server 2 is received by the receiving unit 301 of the first user terminal 3, and based on the information (B1) to (B3) above, for example, information showing the location of the construction site and the location of the recommended first user's employee (e.g., home or company housing) on a map, or a list of the recommended first user's employees in descending order of evaluation, is displayed on the display device 300D of the first user terminal 3.

As described above, server 2 may be provided with a display device, and based on the information (B1) to (B3) above, the display device of server 2 may display, for example, information showing the location of the construction site and the location of the first user's recommended employees (e.g., their homes or company housing) on a map, or a list of the first user's recommended employees in descending order of evaluation.

The first user's employee selection process described above with reference to Figure 7 may also include a process of acquiring the first user's employee schedules and presenting the acquired first user's employee schedules (a process of sending them to the first user terminal 3), and a process of accepting the selection of the first user's employees to be excluded from the selection process. This improves convenience by allowing the first user's employees who should be excluded from the selection process because they are already assigned to another construction site, for example, to be identified and excluded from the selection process. The above-described process may be performed, for example, after step S201 in Figure 7 and before step S204.

As described above, the server 2 according to this embodiment includes an acquisition unit 204 that acquires location information of the construction site and related parties (the first user's employees or the second user), an evaluation unit 206 that evaluates the related parties based on the location information of the construction site and related parties acquired by the acquisition unit 204, and a recommendation unit 207 that recommends related parties to be assigned to the construction site based on the evaluation by the evaluation unit 206. The first user can then request an estimate from the recommended second user or actually place an order for work. The first user can also assign the recommended employee of the first user as a person in charge of the construction site.
In this way, the system recommends the parties to be assigned based on the relative positions of the construction site and the parties involved in the construction site, making it possible to recommend a selection that takes commuting and the environment into consideration. This allows for the reduction or optimization of commuting distance or commuting time, and also reduces carbon dioxide emissions.

The server 2 according to this embodiment also includes a calculation unit 205 that calculates the travel distance or travel time between the construction site and the relevant parties based on the location information of the construction site and the relevant parties. The evaluation unit 206 evaluates the relevant parties based on the travel distance or travel time calculated by the calculation unit 205.
In this way, the construction site and the people involved at the construction site are evaluated based on the travel distance or travel time of the people involved at the construction site, and the people to be assigned are recommended. This makes it possible to reduce or optimize the commuting distance or commuting time.

Furthermore, the calculation unit 205 of the server 2 according to this embodiment calculates the amount of carbon dioxide emissions associated with the travel of the relevant person based on the acquisition unit 204, which acquires the means of transportation of the relevant person to the construction site, and the means of transportation acquired by the acquisition unit 204. Then, the evaluation unit 206 evaluates the relevant person based on the amount of carbon dioxide emissions calculated by the calculation unit 205.
In this way, the parties to whom the assessment is made and allocation is recommended based on the amount of carbon dioxide emissions associated with the movement, so that CO2 emissions can be reduced.

The server 2 according to this embodiment also includes an acquisition unit 204 that acquires a user evaluation of the related person (second user). The evaluation unit 206 evaluates the related person (second user) based on the user evaluation acquired by the acquisition unit 204.
In this way, the parties to be assigned are recommended based on the evaluation of the second user (user evaluation), so that, for example, it is possible to consider who to request an estimate from or who to order from by referring to evaluations of past work.

The server 2 according to this embodiment also includes a transmission unit 202 that transmits the location information of the construction site and the people involved.
Therefore, for example, a map showing the relative positions of the construction site and related parties can be displayed on the display device 300D of the first user terminal 3, allowing the relative positions of the construction site and related parties to be understood at a glance.

Furthermore, the transmitting unit 202 of the server 2 according to this embodiment transmits information for displaying a list of evaluations of related parties (second users) by the evaluation unit 206 .
Therefore, for example, the evaluations of related parties (second users) can be displayed in a list on the display device 300D of the first user terminal 3, making it possible to see at a glance which related parties (second users) have received the highest evaluations.

Furthermore, the receiving unit 201 of the server 2 according to this embodiment receives information (selection conditions) specifying the type of business of the related person (second user), and the evaluation unit 206 evaluates the related person in the specified type of business.
This is highly convenient as it allows evaluations to be made for each industry.

[Modification of the embodiment]
In the above embodiment, the receiving unit 201 may receive weightings of information to be referenced when evaluating the second user (e.g., travel distance, travel time, CO2 emissions, evaluation of the second user by the first user), and the evaluation unit 206 may evaluate the second user based on the weightings received by the receiving unit 201. Alternatively, the receiving unit 201 may receive weightings of information to be referenced when evaluating the first user's employee (e.g., travel distance, travel time, CO2 emissions), and the evaluation unit 206 may evaluate the first user's employee based on the weightings received by the receiving unit 201. Alternatively, a configuration may be adopted in which weightings are assigned in advance to information to be referenced when evaluating the first user's employee or the second user, and the first user's employee or the second user is evaluated based on the assigned weightings. Furthermore, the weightings may be changeable.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the acquisition unit 204 of the server 2 may acquire information about the first user who is the evaluator of the evaluation of the second user's work, and the evaluation unit 206 may evaluate the second user based on the information about the first user who is the evaluator acquired by the acquisition unit 204. For example, in the evaluation of the second user by the first user, the first user's own evaluation may be weighted more heavily, and evaluations by other first users may be weighted less heavily.

The server 2 may also be provided with a schedule comparison unit in which the acquisition unit 204 of the server 2 acquires the schedules of the second user's employees (the timetable of each employee (information such as when they will be at which construction site, what work they will be doing, etc.)) and compares the work schedule at the construction site with the schedule of the second user's employees acquired by the acquisition unit 204, and a notification unit that notifies the second user's employees of the schedule based on the comparison results by the schedule comparison unit. For example, if the second user's employees have other plans on the date and time they are scheduled to work at the construction site, the server 2 may be notified that the schedule does not match, or if the second user's employees have no other plans on the date and time they are scheduled to work at the construction site, the server 2 may be notified that there are no problems with the schedule.
Furthermore, in the above embodiment, if a schedule conflict occurs, for example, because an employee of the second user has other plans on the date and time of the scheduled work at the construction site, the employee of the second user may be excluded from recommendations by the recommendation unit 207. In addition, if an employee of the second user is excluded, it is preferable to configure the system to notify the user of the name of the excluded employee of the second user and the fact that the employee has been excluded.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the calculation unit 205 of server 2 calculates the travel distance or travel time for each means of transportation (in this embodiment, public transportation or vehicle) based on location information. However, a search server (not shown) that searches for routes based on location information may be connected to network 5, and server 2 may be configured to transmit location information and information on the means of transportation to the search server, and obtain the travel distance and travel time from the search server.

Furthermore, some or all of the functions provided by the server 2 (e.g., the acquisition unit 204, calculation unit 205, evaluation unit 206, and recommendation unit 207) may be provided by the first user terminal 3 or the second user terminal 4.

1: Information processing system 2: Server 200A: Communication IF
200B: Storage device 200C: CPU
201: Receiving unit 202: Transmitting unit 203: Storage device control unit 204: Acquisition unit (location information acquisition unit, transportation means acquisition unit, industry acquisition unit, evaluation acquisition unit)
205: Calculation unit 206: Evaluation unit 207: Recommendation unit 3: First user terminal 300A: Communication IF
300B: Storage device 300C: Input device 300D: Display device 300E: CPU
301: Receiving unit 302: Transmitting unit 303: Storage device control unit 304: Input accepting unit 305: Display device control unit 4: Second user terminal 5: Network

Claims (12)

a location information acquisition unit that acquires location information of a work site and each of the people involved in the work site;
a transportation means acquisition unit that acquires the type of transportation means of the person involved to the work site;
a calculation unit that calculates the travel distance and travel time between the work site and the relevant person and the carbon dioxide emissions associated with the travel of the relevant person based on the location information of the work site and the relevant person and the type of transportation acquired by the transportation acquisition unit;
an evaluation unit that evaluates the person involved based on the travel distance, travel time, and carbon dioxide emission amount calculated by the calculation unit;
a recommendation unit that recommends a party to be assigned to the work site based on the evaluation by the evaluation unit;
An information processing device comprising: a rating acquisition unit that acquires user ratings for the related person;
The evaluation unit
evaluating the related person based on the user evaluation acquired by the evaluation acquisition unit;
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: The calculation unit
refer to a storage unit in which means of transportation and the amount of carbon dioxide emissions by said means of transportation are stored in association with each other by type , and calculate the amount of carbon dioxide emissions associated with the movement of said related person based on the type of means of transportation acquired by said means of transportation acquisition unit;
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: The aforementioned parties include :
including a prime contractor for the work and a candidate for receiving an order from the prime contractor ;
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: a step in which a location information acquisition unit acquires location information of a work site and each of the people involved in the work site;
a step of acquiring a type of transportation means used by the person involved to travel to the work site by a transportation means acquisition unit;
a calculation unit calculating the travel distance and travel time between the work site and the relevant person and the amount of carbon dioxide emissions associated with the travel of the relevant person based on the location information of the work site and the relevant person and the type of transportation acquired by the transportation acquisition unit;
an evaluation unit evaluating the person concerned based on the travel distance, travel time, and carbon dioxide emission amount calculated by the calculation unit;
a recommendation unit recommending a participant to be assigned to the work site based on the evaluation by the evaluation unit;
An information processing method comprising: a step of acquiring a user evaluation of the related person by an evaluation acquisition unit;
The evaluation unit
evaluating the related person based on the user evaluation acquired by the evaluation acquisition unit;
6. The information processing method according to claim 5, The calculation unit
refer to a storage unit in which means of transportation and the amount of carbon dioxide emissions by said means of transportation are stored in association with each other by type , and calculate the amount of carbon dioxide emissions associated with the movement of said related person based on the type of means of transportation acquired by said means of transportation acquisition unit;
6. The information processing method according to claim 5, The aforementioned parties include :
including a prime contractor for the work and a candidate for receiving an order from the prime contractor ;
6. The information processing method according to claim 5, Computer,
a location information acquisition unit that acquires location information of the work site and the people involved in the work site;
a transportation means acquisition unit that acquires the type of transportation means used by the person involved to travel to the work site;
a calculation unit that calculates the travel distance and travel time between the work site and the relevant person, and the amount of carbon dioxide emissions associated with the travel of the relevant person, based on the location information of the work site and the relevant person and the type of travel means acquired by the travel means acquisition unit;
an evaluation unit that evaluates the person involved based on the travel distance, travel time, and carbon dioxide emission amount calculated by the calculation unit;
a recommendation unit that recommends a party to be assigned to the work site based on the evaluation by the evaluation unit;
An information processing program characterized by causing the program to function as: The computer
functioning as an evaluation acquisition unit that acquires user evaluations of the related person;
The evaluation unit
evaluating the related person based on the user evaluation acquired by the evaluation acquisition unit;
10. The information processing program according to claim 9, The calculation unit
refer to a storage unit in which means of transportation and the amount of carbon dioxide emissions by said means of transportation are stored in association with each other by type , and calculate the amount of carbon dioxide emissions associated with the movement of said related person based on the type of means of transportation acquired by said means of transportation acquisition unit;
10. The information processing program according to claim 9, The aforementioned parties include :
including a prime contractor for the work and a candidate for receiving an order from the prime contractor ;
10. The information processing program according to claim 9,