JP4608359B2 - Pet birthday notification system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a birthday notification system capable of notifying an owner or the like of a pet's birthday via e-mail or the like.

  In recent years, with the pet boom, various services for pets have been proposed. For example, a service that informs the owner of the pet's birthday has also been proposed.

For example, Patent Document 1 below proposes an apparatus that informs an owner of an anniversary such as a birthday of a pet. This device is equipped with a setting unit for inputting the pet's anniversary, and when the anniversary such as a birthday is approaching, the owner is notified via the display control unit and the display unit. It is. According to such an apparatus, the owner can celebrate the birthday of the pet without forgetting it if the date of birth of the pet is input in advance.
JP 2001-66387 A

  By the way, normally, the birthday of a pet is set to the date according to the calendar corresponding to the date of birth of the pet. That is, for example, if April 15, 2005 is the date of birth of the pet, the birthday is set on April 15 every year after the following year.

  However, the degree of growth and lifespan of a pet are significantly different from the degree of growth of a human being. For example, if the pet is a small dog or a cat, the human 17 to 18 years old in 1 year. Grow to age. Therefore, if the birthday is celebrated every year according to the calendar, the birthday of the first year will be celebrated at the age of almost an adult human being, causing a sense of disparity. In addition, due to the difference in feeling, pets that have entered old age may be treated in the same way as younger pets, causing extreme exercise or improper meals. .

Therefore, the present invention has been made paying attention to the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a birthday notification system that can celebrate a pet's birthday in accordance with the degree of human growth.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a pet birthday notification system that includes a server computer and a client computer and outputs the pet birthday to the client computer in a reportable manner. An input unit that accepts information on the type and date of birth, and an e-mail address for receiving a birthday notification, and for sending the entered pet type, date of birth, and e-mail address to the server computer A transmission unit is provided, and on the server computer side, a storage unit that stores a function for calculating a human-corresponding age for each pet, and the storage unit stores the function based on the type and date of birth of the transmitted pet. Read the function and use it to calculate the number of days to reach human age A birthday extraction unit for adding the date of birth to the date and extracting a birthday corresponding to a person; A communication unit that transmits that the e-mail address is a birthday corresponding to a person when it is detected that the e-mail address is present.

  According to such an invention, since it is possible to know the birthday of a pet converted to each age of a human (hereinafter referred to as a “human-friendly birthday”), the birthday is celebrated in the same manner as a human being. Can do. In addition, since it is possible to know information on how old a person is, it is possible to exercise and give a meal in the same way as a person of that age.

In addition, as such a function, a function for calculating the number of days to reach the human corresponding age based on the discrete statistical information indicating the human corresponding age in the first year, two years, and three years of the pet is used. To.

  In this way, the person who operates the birthday notification service can also calculate the human-corresponding age in detail using the function, so calculate the age corresponding to each human age in advance, Therefore, it is possible to greatly reduce the labor of input setting. In particular, when the types and types of pets increase, a method for extracting a birthday corresponding to a human by such a function is effective.

  In the present invention, the birthday of the pet converted into the age of the human is extracted and notified to the owner, etc., so the birthday can be celebrated with the same feeling as a human, and the same as the human of that age You will be able to exercise and give meals.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a birthday notification system 1 for outputting a birthday of a pet. A server computer 3 provided on a service providing side and a client computer provided on a pet owner side. 2 is comprised. The client computer 2 is generally provided on the owner side, but can be installed not only on the owner side but also in a pet shop or an animal hospital. In particular, when provided in a pet shop or the like, since the date of birth of the pet can be specified almost accurately, the date of birth can be accurately input. Then, by knowing the birthday corresponding to the person calculated from the date of birth, it is possible to notify the owner of the birthday corresponding to the person together with the advertisement information by direct mail or the like. The client computer 2 is constituted by a personal computer, a portable terminal such as a mobile phone, and the like, and is connected to the server computer 3 via a communication network such as the Internet 4.

  FIG. 2 illustrates the functional configuration of the birthday notification system 1. The client computer 2 constituting the system 1 communicates with the server computer 3 via the Internet 4, an input unit 21 such as a keyboard or a numeric keypad, a display output unit 22 for displaying a web screen or a mail transmission / reception screen, and the Internet 4. Communication unit 23 at least. The client computer 2 communicates with the server computer 3 to obtain an input screen such as the date of birth of the pet, and displays the information on the date of birth of the pet by displaying it on the display output unit 22. Let the user who is

  An example of the input information is shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is an example of a screen displayed on the display output unit 22 of the client computer 2 and includes an input field for information on the pet type, type, date of birth, and the like. According to this input screen, the user can enter the last name, pet name, owner name, pet gender, date of birth (birth date), pet type and type, e-mail address for personal computers and e-mail addresses for mobile devices, etc. Enter. Then, by accepting an input of the “Register” button in the lower right column, the input information is transmitted to the server computer 3 via the communication unit 23 and stored in the storage unit 31 of the server computer 3. Here, the type of pet means a type classified into dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, ferrets, etc. The type of pet is, for example, a dog, a chihuahua, a miniature dachshund. , Meaning Shiba Inu, Golden Retriever, etc. These types and types are selected by pressing the triangular pull tab.

  On the other hand, the server computer 3 stores a storage unit 31 for storing information such as the date of birth of the pet transmitted from the client computer 2 side, and a pet that reaches each age of the human from the date of birth of the pet. A birthday extraction unit 32 for extracting a birthday (a birthday corresponding to a human) and a communication unit 33 for transmitting the extracted birthday to the client computer 2 side are provided. In addition to this, the server computer 3 includes an input unit 34 for inputting discrete statistical information for indicating the age relationship between a human and a pet, a printer 35 for printing out various information, and the like. Are connected.

  In this storage unit 31, as shown in FIG. 4, a customer database composed of pet information input by the user, an age extraction program for extracting the age for each pet type / type, Breeding information on breeding methods according to the age of the pet is stored.

  This customer database includes the owner's last name and owner's name, pet name, pet gender, prefecture, pet birthday (date of birth), pet date entered according to the input screen shown in FIG. The type, pet type, e-mail address for personal computer, e-mail address for mobile phone, etc. are stored. Of these pieces of information, prefectures are input according to a user registration screen (not shown) provided for receiving the provision of a birthday notification service.

The age extraction program stored in the storage unit 31 holds a function for calculating the human-corresponding age for each pet, and uses this function and the date of birth input earlier, the human-corresponding birthday To extract. For example, this function uses the age equivalent to a human being as AGE _h , the actual number of years since the pet was born as Y (year), the value of Y in days as D (date), and the pet in the first year A _{1 is} the age corresponding to the human being taken by A ₁ , A _{2 is} the age corresponding to the human being taken by the pet from the first year to the second year, and A ₂ is the age equivalent to the human being taken by the pet every year after the third year. _{When it is 3} , it is expressed by the following formula.

<First year>
_{AGE h = Y × A 1 =} D × A 1/365 ... ( Equation 1)

<First year to second year>
AGE _h = A ₁ + (Y-1) × (A ₂ −A ₁ ) = A ₁ + (D−365) × (A ₂ −A ₁ ) / 365 (Formula 2)

<After the third year>
_{AGE h = A 2 + (Y} -2) × A 3 = A 2 + (D-365 × 2) × A 3/365 ... ( Equation 3)

These A ₁ , A ₂ , A _{3 and the} like are input and set for each type and kind of pet as discrete statistical information. For example, when the pet is a small dog or cat, the age A1 in the _first year is set to 17 years based on statistical information issued by a predetermined institution, and in the second year age _{a 2} is the 24-year-old, age _{a 3} to take the seventh year is set to be 44 years old. And, from the function set based on these discrete information, when calculating the number of days to reach the human corresponding age of 1 year for small dogs, from Equation 1,

D = AGE _h × 365 / A ₁ = 1 × 365/17 ≒ 21.4 (Sun)
And the date of birth is added to this to extract the birthday corresponding to the person.

The statistical information A _{1 to} A ₃ from Formula 1 to Formula 3 is input for each pet type and each type, but the pet types and types are several hundred according to today's pet boom. There is a possibility that more than the type. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, if the degree of growth of the pet's human-corresponding age is the same to some extent, one function of Equations 1 to 3 is prepared in advance, and a predetermined coefficient is added to the function. You may make it produce | generate the function for the human corresponding age calculation of a pet. In this case, since it is not necessary to input A ₁ , A ₂ , and A ₃ of Formula 1 to Formula 3 for each pet type and type, the data input operation can be greatly simplified.

  Of course, without using such a function, as another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, for each pet type and type, based on the relationship between the human-corresponding age and the actual age of the pet, The number of days to reach the human-corresponding age may be input in advance.

  The storage unit 31 also stores breeding information such as how to take a walk, how to give a meal corresponding to the actual age of each pet, an illness that is likely to occur, and a coping method. This breeding information is input based on an information magazine or the like generally issued from a predetermined organization or the like. Normally, the magazines issued by these organizations describe the breeding method based on the actual age of the pet, and accordingly, the breeding method based on the actual age of the pet is input accordingly. And stored in the storage unit 31.

  The communication unit 33 determines whether or not the extracted pet-friendly birthday of the pet is approaching, and notifies the owner's personal computer or portable terminal by e-mail several days before and on the day of the birthday. In this notification, not only the pet's last name and name, but also the breeding information such as the age of the pet's human support, how to give food, how to exercise, etc. are also notified.

  Next, a flowchart in the birthday notification system 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

As a premise, A ₁ , A ₂ , A _{3, and the} like as statistical information are input to the server computer 3 for each pet type and kind, and a function for calculating a human-corresponding age based on this information. Is generated. In addition, it is assumed that the user has already accessed the birthday notification service home page and registered his / her name and address according to a user registration screen (not shown).

  First, when the user receives the birthday notification service, by accessing the birthday notification service home page stored in the server computer 3 (step S1), the input of the date of birth of the pet as shown in FIG. A screen is displayed (step S2). Then, input of information on the date of birth of the pet and an e-mail address for receiving a birthday notification is accepted via the input unit 21 (step S3), and the registration button is pressed (step S4). The contents are transmitted to the server computer 3 (step S5).

  Upon receiving this information (step T1), the server computer 3 stores information on the pet's date of birth transmitted from the client computer 2 in the storage unit 31 (step T2), and at that time, the pet's A function for calculating the human-corresponding age from the type and type is read out, and the human-corresponding birthday is extracted based on the date of birth of the pet (step T3). Then, the extracted birthday corresponding to a person is stored in the storage unit 31 (step T4).

  Then, the server computer 3 manages the date every day, and when it detects that the date is a few days before the birthday or on the same day (step T5), the mail address of the pet owner, the age for human beings, etc. Are read from the storage unit 31 and the breeding information corresponding to the age is read out of the breeding information already stored in the storage unit 31 from the actual age of the pet (step T6). Then, a message for congratulations is added to the information and transmitted to the user's mail address (step T7).

  When the client computer 2 receives the information from the server computer 3 (step S6), it displays the pet's human-facing birthday, congratulations, etc., as well as the pet's human-corresponding age, breeding information for the pet, etc. Display (step S7).

  As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, the birthday corresponding to the person is extracted from the date of birth of the pet and the owner is notified so that the birthday can be celebrated in the same manner as the person. After grasping the age of the child, it will be possible to exercise and eat according to the age of the pet.

  Further, in the above embodiment, when extracting the human-corresponding age of the pet, a function is generated from discrete statistical information, instead of inputting the number of days to reach the human-corresponding age in advance in the table, Since this function is used to extract the age corresponding to humans and the birthday corresponding to humans, the side that operates the birthday notification service can greatly reduce the time and effort required to input and set the age relationship between humans and pets. be able to.

  In addition, this invention can be implemented in various aspects, without being limited to the said embodiment.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the system 1 is constructed by the server computer 3 and the client computer 2, but another computer may be provided to construct the system. For example, the server computer 3 may be composed of a plurality of computers, the first computer may be used for communication with the client computer 2, and the other computer may be used as a computer for calculating a human-friendly birthday.

  Conversely, the birthday notification system may be completed with a single computer. For example, a program for displaying the screen shown in FIG. 3 or a program for executing a flowchart corresponding to FIG. 7 is installed in a computer provided on the owner side, and the birthday notification service is provided only by the computer. May be completed. In this case, a program for notifying the birthday is stored in a storage medium such as a compact disc, and this program is installed and executed to notify the birthday corresponding to a person. Alternatively, the program may be executed in the same manner by storing the program in the server computer 3 and downloading the program.

  In the above embodiment, the birthday is notified by e-mail several days ago or on the same day. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the display output unit 22 and the printer are displayed as a “birthday list” regardless of the birthday. 35 may be output.

  In the above embodiment, the server computer 3 unilaterally notifies the birthday. However, with such a configuration, the birthday is notified even when the pet dies. Will end up. Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, a screen for stopping the service when the pet dies may be prepared, and the service may be stopped by an input according to this screen. In this case, if an entry field for the death date and cause of death of the pet is provided, the life of the pet can be known from the date of death. You will be able to collect cause statistics. In FIG. 8, since there is a possibility that several pets are kept in the family, the pet name can be specified by inputting the last name, pet name, type, kind, and the like.

  In the above embodiment, the birthday is notified on the assumption of a pet that is an actual animal. However, the present invention is not limited to an actual animal, and is also applicable to a case where a birthday of a virtual pet is notified. can do.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the date of birth of the pet is input. However, when the date of birth of the pet cannot be accurately grasped, the date of birth of the pet is assumed to be input. It may be.

Schematic of the birthday notification system in one embodiment of the present invention Functional configuration diagram of birthday notification system in the same form Example screen for entering the date of birth of a pet from a client computer in the same form The figure which shows the information memorize | stored in the memory | storage part in the same form Graph showing age for human beings in the same form Table indicating age for human beings according to another embodiment Flow chart of birthday notification service in the same form Example of input screen for stopping birthday notification service in another embodiment

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Birthday notification system 2 ... Client computer 3 ... Server computer 4 ... Internet (communication network)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 ... Input part 22 ... Display output part 23 ... Communication part 31 ... Memory | storage part 32 ... Birthday extraction part 33 ... Communication part 34 ... Input part 35 ... Printer

Claims (2)

In the pet birthday notification system , which consists of a server computer and a client computer and outputs to the client computer the pet birthday,
On the client computer side,
An input unit that accepts information about the pet type and date of birth, and an email address to receive a birthday notification,
A sending unit is provided to send the entered pet type, date of birth, and email address to the server computer.
On the server computer side,
A storage unit for storing a function for calculating a human-corresponding age for each pet;
Based on the type and date of birth of the transmitted pet, the function stored in the storage unit is read, and the number of days for reaching the human-corresponding age is calculated using the function, and the date of birth is added to this. A birthday extraction unit that extracts a human-friendly birthday,
The calculated human-corresponding birthday is stored, and when it is detected that it is a predetermined date several days before the human-corresponding birthday, the fact that it is the human-corresponding birthday is transmitted to the e-mail address. A communication department;
A pet birthday notification system characterized by comprising: 2. The function according to claim 1, wherein the function is a function that calculates the number of days to reach a human-corresponding age based on discrete statistical information indicating the human-capable age in the first year, two years, and three years of a pet. Pet birthday notification system.

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