KR20020084329A - System and Method for Management of Attendance/Absence in Cyber University - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are an attendance management system and method using user fingerprint authentication in a cyber university operated through a communication network.

The attendance management system may be configured independently or independently of the cyber university service system. When the user's ID and password are input as the user attempts to log in to the cyber university service system, the fingerprint reading means reads out the user's fingerprint information, and the fingerprint authentication means refers to the ID input by the user to the database. The stored user fingerprint and the user fingerprint read out from the fingerprint reading means are compared to determine whether they are the same fingerprint. The attendance check means stores the attendance status of the student in the database according to whether or not the user logs in with reference to the authentication result of the fingerprint authentication means.

According to the attendance management system and method using fingerprint authentication, it is possible to prevent proxy attendance, theft of ID and password, and the theft of paid courses.

Description

System and Method for Management of Attendance / Absence in Cyber University}

The present invention relates to an education service system and an operation method provided through a communication network, and more particularly, to an attendance management system and method of a cyber university.

Communication technology, including the Internet, is becoming an important part of the modern industrial society. Due to the development of the telecommunications business, it is no exaggeration to say that Internet users are always connected to each other online, and various contents are provided by Internet information providers.

In line with the development of communication technology, cyber university, a service that enables students to take lectures through the Internet, has recently attracted attention. Cyber university is operated for students who are enrolled in the real university and students who have entered the cyber university through the prescribed admission procedure. These cyber colleges can take courses wherever students can access the cyber college's website through the communication network without having to go to school directly, and the courses they have applied for at any time during the validity period when the lecture contents are uploaded. There is such an advantage that you can take.

In addition, students can take courses at other universities as well as courses established at their school through cyber universities, and if they take courses at other universities with which they are affiliated, they are recognized as credits. There are also many advantages in terms of information exchange between schools.

However, a problem that cannot be overlooked in the operation of cyber universities is student attendance management. In the case of lectures conducted in the real classroom, the student attendance rate is often reflected in credits, but in the case of cyber universities, attendance management cannot be made transparent. In other words, students of cyber university access the web server of cyber university through a predetermined authentication process in order to take the courses that they apply. Conventionally, each student is given a unique ID and password and uses the web of cyber university User authentication was performed by logging into the site. However, in the case of performing user authentication by simply ID and password, there is not enough to confirm that the logged in user is the student of the corresponding course.

In other words, a student who is taking the course of cyber university can try to attend by telling others his or her ID and password, and the leak of ID and password can be stealed by a third party who has not signed up. There is a problem. However, at present, the method of making attendance management transparent is insufficient, and development of desirable and reliable attendance management system is urgently needed for the activation of various cyber education media including cyber universities.

On the other hand, in recent years, in order to realize more convenient and secure personal authentication, a fingerprint recognition system, which is one of biometrics, has been widely used. Fingerprints are one of the physical characteristics of a person, and each person is different and does not change forever unless he is injured. Because of these characteristics, fingerprints have long been used as material evidence in commerce and criminal investigations as an effective means of personal identification. Fingerprint identification is possible by examining feature points (such as ridge endpoints or bifurcation points) that are known to have an average of 100 revisions per finger.If two or more fingerprints are compared, it can be concluded that they are identical if more than 12 feature points match. .

Such a fingerprint recognition system is mainly used to control access and access of unauthorized persons in door opening devices and computer security systems of general houses, businesses, and research institutes, and is expected to be further expanded in the future.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, there is a technical problem to make the attendance management transparent by using the fingerprint information of the student in the attendance certification process of cyber university students.

In addition, the present invention has another technical problem to prevent the student of the cyber university to leave the seat only by performing a fingerprint input request to the student at any time after the lecture is started.

Another technical problem of the present invention is to prevent a paid course from being stealed through the self-certification of cyber university students.

1 is an embodiment of a communication network to which the attendance management system of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the cyber university service system shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a program module and a database mounted in the cyber university service system of FIG. 2 in detail.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of an attendance management method of a cyber university according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of the attendance management method of the cyber university according to the present invention.

6 is another embodiment of a communication network to which the attendance management system of the present invention is applied.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10-1 to 10-n: user computer 20: communication network

30: cyber university service system 40: attendance management server

50-1 to 50-n: fingerprint input device 52: web server

54: application program interface 56: application

58: database management system 60: database

62: Course Management Module 64: Student Management Module

66: grade management module 68: fingerprint reading module

70: fingerprint authentication module 72: attendance check module

74: lecture DB76: student DB

78: Attendance DB80: Grade DB

The present invention for achieving the above-described technical problem includes a web server, and a database for receiving and storing course information, user information, user-specific attendance information and grade information from the web server, to provide a course desired by the user In a cyber university, the present invention relates to an attendance management system for authenticating user information received from the web server and managing attendance status of each user. The fingerprint information of the user inputted according to the ID and fingerprint input request of the web server is provided. Fingerprint reading means for reading, by referring to the ID of the user input according to the request of the web server, and comparing the user fingerprint stored in the database with the user fingerprint read by the fingerprint reading means to determine whether or not the same fingerprint Fingerprint authentication means for the user and the course To include a strong attendance confirmation means for storing the attendance status of students in the database, depending on whether or not the log in the cyber university.

The present invention also relates to an attendance management method of a cyber university service system connected to at least one or more user computers through a communication network to provide a lecture desired by a user. The ID of the admitted user is granted to the user. Receiving password and fingerprint information in a database, requesting the user to log in as the user accesses a cyber university service system, and when the user's ID and fingerprint information are input, input the user's ID. Comparing the fingerprint information of the user with the fingerprint information stored in the database, if the fingerprint information input at the login and the fingerprint information stored in the database are not the same, transmitting an authentication failure message to the user; Entered at the login If the fingerprint information and the fingerprint information stored in the database is the same, transmitting a successful authentication message, and storing the student's attendance fact in the database.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a communication network to which the attendance management system of the present invention is applied. In this embodiment, the attendance management server 40 is configured to be included in the cyber university service system 30, but is not limited thereto. As described below, the attendance management server 40 may be configured separately from the cyber university service system 30. In the present invention, the cyber university service system is not limited to providing educational contents provided by an educational institution referred to as a general university, but is a primary and secondary learning lecture and hobby that can be provided to a user through a communication network. It means a service system that provides all educational services such as lectures.

The cyber university service system 30 holds personal information including IDs and passwords of students who have passed through a predetermined admission procedure, and includes at least one user computer 10-1 to 10-n and a communication network 20 including the Internet. ) Can be used to communicate with each other. As used herein, the communication network 20 is a set of networks interconnected by standard protocols such as TCP / IP, HTTP, and wireless Internet protocols (eg, WAP), and changes or additions to existing standard protocols. The concept includes various changes that can be made in the future, including.

The user computers 10-1 to 10-n are equipped with a modem and are connected to the cyber university service system 30 via the Internet using a telephone line, a dedicated line or a wireless communication network, and browse the site using a conventional web browser. It means any type of computing device that can do it. In addition, the user computers 10-1 to 10-n include a fingerprint input module and are connected to the optical or electronic fingerprint input devices 50-1 to 50-n through a conventional interface device. The fingerprint input devices 50-1 to 50-n include all devices capable of reading a user's fingerprint, such as a fingerprint keyboard, a fingerprint mouse, and a fingerprint monitor.

On the other hand, the cyber university service system 30 includes an attendance management server 40, which is input through the fingerprint input devices 50-1 to 50-n, and is cyber-connected from the user computers 10-1 to 10-n. A user's fingerprint sent to the university service system 30 may authenticate the user and manage attendance.

Although not shown, in the present embodiment, the cyber university service system 30 may be connected to at least one real university and the communication network 20, thereby providing various courses to students who want to take courses of other universities. have.

FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the cyber university service system shown in FIG. 1.

As shown, the cyber university service system 30 includes a web server 52, attendance management server 40 and the database 60.

The web server 52 includes an application program interface (API) 54, an application program 56, and a database management system (DBMS) 58, and each user computer 10-1 through. 10-n) acts as an HTML server to serve HTML documents. In addition, each user computer 10 that can continuously obtain a course list and lecture contents, accumulate it in the database 60, access the application 56 through the API 54, and be accessed by the communication network 20. The application 56 is executed in response to a request of -1 to 10-n) and provides at least some of the contents of the lecture stored in the database 60.

The attendance management server 40 stores the fingerprint information for each user accessed through the user computers 10-1 to 10-n in the database 60, and the user whenever the user wants to log in using his or her ID. It receives the fingerprint information of the and compares it with the fingerprint according to the ID stored in the database 60 to authenticate whether the user is a legitimate. In addition, the attendance status of each student is stored in the database 60 according to whether or not the student has logged in to take the corresponding course by referring to the student registration details.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a program module and a database mounted in the cyber university service system of FIG. 2 in detail. In a preferred embodiment, the web server 52 includes programs such as a course management module 62, a student management module 64, a grade management module 66, and the attendance management server 40 with a fingerprint reading module ( 68), fingerprint authentication module 70, attendance confirmation module 72 and the like are mounted. The database 60 also includes a course DB 74, a student DB 76, an attendance DB 78, and a grade DB 80, which may each consist of one table or multiple tables. It may consist of.

The course management module 62 stores a list of a plurality of courses opened in the cyber university service system 30 and provided to students in the course DB 74, and the progress of each course (opening, closing, closing, lecture planning, etc.). ).

The student management module 64 stores a list of students enrolled in cyber universities, IDs, passwords, course registration details, and fingerprint data of each student in the student DB 76.

The grade management module 66 calculates the grades of each student according to the criteria set by the professor of the corresponding course and stores the grades in the grade DB 80.

The fingerprint reading module 68 reads input fingerprint information of a user according to a fingerprint input request of the web server 52. In addition, when the user information including the fingerprint information is encrypted and transmitted, it also performs a function of decrypting it.

The fingerprint authentication module 70 compares the user fingerprint read by the fingerprint reading module 68 with the user fingerprint stored in the student DB 76 to determine whether the fingerprint is the same.

The attendance check module 72 stores the attendance / absence status of the student in the attendance DB 78 according to whether or not a legitimate student has logged in to the cyber university service system 30 to take a course applied for by the student. A student is asked to input fingerprints at random time intervals to keep track of attendance. A student can log in to the cyber university service system 30 by inputting fingerprint data in addition to his ID and password. Here, the password may be omitted and configured for the convenience of the operator.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of an attendance management method of a cyber university according to the present invention.

In order to take courses established at cyber universities, users must first be admitted, and each admitted user is allowed to register as a cyber university student by entering his or her fingerprint information in addition to a unique ID and password. (S101). According to the user registration procedure, the user's ID, password, and fingerprint information are stored in the student DB 76.

Students who have received the registration permission select a course they want and register for the course, and then access the cyber university service system 30 to take the course. Accordingly, when the cyber university service system 30 requests to log in (S102), the student attempts to log in by inputting his or her ID, password, and fingerprint information.

The ID and password entered by the student are authenticated by a normal user authentication method, and the fingerprint information is authenticated by referring to fingerprint information for each ID stored in the student DB 76 in the fingerprint authentication module 70 of the attendance management server 40. (S103). That is, the fingerprint authentication module 70 compares the fingerprint information of the corresponding ID stored in the student DB 76 with the fingerprint information input at the time of login to determine whether the user is a legitimate user (S104).

The attendance management module 72 transmits an authentication failure message to the user computer when the fingerprint authentication module 70 is not a legitimate user, that is, when the fingerprint information does not match (S105). On the other hand, if the user is a legitimate user transmits a successful authentication message (S106), the fact that the student's attendance of owning the ID is stored in the database. After that, the logged-in user provides a list of courses to be registered (S107), and when a student selects a desired course, a lecture of the corresponding lecture is provided (S108).

5 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of the attendance management method of the cyber university according to the present invention. In this embodiment, the procedures (S101 to S108) from the time of registration and login to the cyber university until the lecture is provided are the same as those described in FIG.

In order to prevent the student from leaving the seat for the purpose of attendance only after the lecture has been provided according to the fingerprint authentication procedure, the attendance check module 72 may input the fingerprint again after a certain time after the lecture is started. It is required (S109). The fingerprint reading module 68 reads the fingerprint information input by the user according to the fingerprint input request of the attendance confirmation module 72 and compares the fingerprint information input with the fingerprint information input during the login process (S110). Thereafter, the fingerprint authentication module 70 determines whether the fingerprint information is the same as the user fingerprint information input at the time of login according to the result of comparing the fingerprint information (S111), and if the same fingerprint is the same, continues to provide the contents of the lecture (S112). The attendance fact of the owned student is stored in the attendance DB 78. On the other hand, when fingerprint authentication fails due to input of a different fingerprint or non-fingerprint input, an authentication error message is transmitted to the user's computer (S113) and the provided lecture is stopped (S114). In this case, the student who owns the ID may be counted as absent or withdrawn even if the initial login process proves to be a valid user.

6 is another embodiment of a communication network to which the attendance management system of the present invention is applied. In the present embodiment, the attendance management server 40 may be configured and operated separately from the cyber university service system 30. In this case, the attendance management server 40 may perform only the attendance management of each cyber university student in association with a plurality of cyber universities 30, and should have its own web server, database, and fingerprint authentication module.

In the present embodiment, the attendance management server 40 includes at least one cyber university information, course information for each cyber university, a student management module for storing user information including fingerprint information of a user who has been admitted to a cyber university in a student DB, Fingerprint reading module for receiving and reading the user's fingerprint information as the user attempts to log in to the cyber university service system, and compares the user fingerprint read from the fingerprint reading module with the user fingerprint stored in the student DB. Fingerprint authentication module to determine whether or not, according to whether the user logged in to the cyber university service system to take the course he applied for, the student's attendance status is stored in the attendance DB, and any time for the logged in student Fingerprint input is required at regular intervals to continuously check attendance status. Attendance confirmation module and the like are mounted for the purpose.

The attendance management server 40 provides the attendance management result according to whether or not a user logs in according to the request of the cyber university service system 30.

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. Therefore, the above-described embodiments are to be understood as illustrative in all respects and not as restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

As described above, the present invention manages the attendance status of the cyber university with the fingerprint information of the student, thereby solving problems not revealed in the cyber university such as substitute attendance. In addition, if a user inputs a fingerprint input to the user at least once at any time during the lecture, the student may solve the problem of leaving the seat after performing a login procedure to simply notify the attendance. In addition, it is possible to prevent theft of IDs and passwords and the use of paid and useful courses.

Claims (6)

A user receiving from the web server at a cyber university that provides a course desired by the user, including a web server and a database for receiving and storing course information, user information, attendance information, and grade information from the web server. Attendance management system for authenticating information and managing attendance status of each user accordingly, Fingerprint reading means for reading fingerprint information of a user input in response to an ID of the web server and a fingerprint input request; Fingerprint authentication means for comparing the user fingerprint stored in the database with the user fingerprint read out from the fingerprint reading means to determine whether the fingerprint is the same by referring to an ID of the user input at the request of the web server; And Attendance checking means for storing a student's attendance status in the database according to whether the user has logged in to the cyber university to take a course applied for by the user; Attendance management system of cyber universities, including. According to claim 1, The attendance check means of the attendance management system of the cyber university that requires the user to input the fingerprint at least once at any time period. The present invention relates to an attendance management method of a cyber university service system connected to at least one user computer and a communication network to provide a desired course. Admitting the user and receiving ID and fingerprint information of the admitted user and storing the received ID in a database; Requesting the user to log in as the user accesses a cyber university service system; Comparing the fingerprint information stored in the database with the fingerprint information of the user with reference to the ID of the user when the ID and fingerprint information are input by the user; Transmitting an authentication failure message to the user when the fingerprint information input at the login and the fingerprint information stored in the database are not the same; And If the fingerprint information input at the login and the fingerprint information stored in the database are the same, transmitting an authentication success message and storing the student's attendance in a database; Attendance management method of cyber university comprising a. The method of claim 3, wherein Providing the lecture selected by the user may include requesting a fingerprint input from the user at any interval while the lecture is provided; Comparing the fingerprint information input according to the fingerprint input request of the cyber university service system with the fingerprint information input during the login process; Comparing the fingerprint information and continuing to provide lecture contents when the fingerprint is the same as the user fingerprint information entered at login, and storing the attendance fact of the corresponding user in the database; And As a result of comparing the fingerprint information, if it is not the same as the user fingerprint information input at the time of login or the fingerprint is not input, the authentication error message is sent to the user's computer and the provided lecture is interrupted, and the absence or departure of the student is not confirmed. Storing in a database; Attendance management method of cyber colleges further comprising. A cyber university attendance management system connected to a cyber university service system through a communication network to manage the attendance status of the user of the online education service system, Attendance management server, and the database for receiving and storing cyber university and course information, user information, user-specific attendance information from the attendance management server, The attendance management server includes at least one cyber university information, course information for each cyber university, and student management means for storing user information including fingerprint information of a user who has been admitted to a cyber university in the database; Fingerprint reading means for receiving an ID and fingerprint information of a user input as the user attempts to log in to a cyber university service system and reading the fingerprint information; Fingerprint authentication means for comparing the user fingerprint stored in the database with the user fingerprint read out from the fingerprint reading means to determine whether the fingerprint is the same by referring to an ID of the user input at the request of the attendance management server; And According to whether the user has logged in to the cyber university service system in order to take the course he or she applied for, the attendance status of the student is stored in the attendance database, and the logged in student is asked to input fingerprints at random time intervals to attend continuously. Attendance checking means for checking the situation; Attendance management system of cyber universities, including. The method of claim 5, The attendance check means of the attendance management system of the cyber university that requires the user to input the fingerprint at least once at any time period.