JP2002116973A - Content filtering system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a content filtering system for eliminating the need of constructing a DB for managing a device information, utilizing common WWW contents by the plural device of different kinds, eliminating the need of time and labor for constructing, maintaining an enhancing such a DB for managing the device information and lowering the cost of the system. SOLUTION: As to WWW content data 208 to be used for both of an ATM 102 and a personal computer 108, a part to be used only in the ATM is enclosed by ATM dedicated tags (ATM dedicated start tag/ATM dedicated end tag) and they are stored in an external storage device 105. A function, for deleting the part enclosed by the ATM exclusive tags inside the WWW content data if the device to use the data is the personal computer 108 or keeping it as it is if the device is the ATM, is provided as a filtering program 206. The WWW content data are sent through the filtering program to the ATM and the personal computer.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to contents of a network system in which common WWW contents can be used by an automatic teller machine (first apparatus) and a personal computer (second apparatus) connected to a WWW server. Related to the filtering method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, automatic teller machines (hereinafter referred to as ATMs) have been developed.
Technology for displaying content on a WWW server has been advanced, and balance inquiry transactions, deposit and withdrawal transactions,
Transactions conventionally performed on ATMs, such as passbook entry transactions, have become possible. In addition, personal computers can display WWW contents developed for ATMs, but they do not have a banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism that handles cash or a passbook printing mechanism that prints passbooks, unlike ATMs.
Transactions dealing with cash (such as deposit and withdrawal transactions) and passbook entry transactions cannot be executed. For this reason, WWW content data includes WWW for personal computers.
It is necessary to create WWW content data for each device to be used as content data and WWW content data for ATM.

In order to solve this problem, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-8
As shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 2039, there is a method of creating in a form suitable for a device using WWW content.
This uses WWW using device information registered in the DB in advance.
Since content is created, it is necessary to construct a DB for managing device information.

[0004]

In the prior art described in the above-mentioned publication, the WW is designed in a form suitable for the device to be used.
Since the W content must be created, a DB for managing the device information must be constructed, and it takes time and effort to construct, maintain, and enhance the DB, and as a result, the cost of the system increases. There was a problem.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, eliminate the need for constructing a DB for managing device information, make common WWW contents available to a plurality of different types of devices, and It is an object of the present invention to provide a content filtering method that eliminates the need for time and labor for building, maintaining, and enhancing a DB that manages content, and that can reduce the cost of the system as a result.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a first device (for example, an ATM) is provided.
And WWW content data to be used by both the second device (for example, a personal computer) and an ATM only tag (ATM-only start tag / ATM-only end tag) encloses a portion used only by ATM. deep. If the device that uses the WWW content data is other than an ATM (for example, a personal computer), the portion enclosed by the ATM-specific tag in the WWW content data is deleted, and the WWW content data is re-edited. A function to keep the data as it is is provided as a filtering program, and the WWW content data is transmitted to each device (ATM, ATM,
Personal computer). As a result, common WWW content data can be used, and content that is not required to be displayed or that is not preferable to be displayed on a specific device can be prevented from being displayed.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of a network system that embodies the present invention. In the figure, 101 is a bank, 102 is an ATM, 1
03 is a computer processing center, 104 is a server computer in the computer center 103, 105 is an external storage device connected to the server computer 104, 107 is a home (bank customer), 108 is a personal computer in the home, 106 is It is a network and A of the bank 101
The TM 102 and the computer 108 of the home (customer) 107 are connected to the server computer 104 of the computer processing center 103 via the network 106.

[0008] ATM 102 in bank 101 and home 1
07, a personal computer 108 (customer's computer) is stored in the external storage device 105 connected to the server computer 104.
Is received via the server computer 104 and the network 106, and performs the operation of the content specified by the received WWW content.

In the present invention, the WWW content data stored in the external storage device 105 is shared by the ATM and the personal computer, and the ATM-only portion used only by the ATM is specified by a specific tag (ATM-only tag).
If the device using this WWW content is not an ATM, a filtering program having a function of deleting the ATM-dedicated portion in the WWW content and re-editing the WWW content, and leaving it as it is if it is an ATM. , On the path from the server computer to the personal computer. The first embodiment described below is an example in which the filtering program is mounted on a server computer, and the second embodiment is an example in which the filtering program is mounted on a personal computer.

<First Embodiment> In a first embodiment of the present invention, a personal computer 10 is executed by a filtering program installed in a server computer 104.
8 for W stored in the external storage device 105.
The content in the range sandwiched between the ATM-specific tags is deleted from the WW content data and sent, and is sent to the ATM 102 without being deleted.

FIG. 2 shows a filtering program 206.
FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a first embodiment in which the ATM 10 is implemented in the server computer 104. The ATM 10 shown in FIG.
2, server computer 104, external storage device 105,
2 shows the internal configuration of the personal computer 108 in more detail.

As shown in FIG.
M program 201 and network program 20
The personal computer 108 has a WWW browser 203 and a network program 204, the server computer 104 has a network program 205, a filtering program 206, and a server program 207, and the external storage device 105 has a WWW
W content data 208 is stored. The WWW content data 208 includes an ATM tag 209 and a common tag 2
It has ten.

An ATM program 201 and a network program 202 are programs that operate inside the ATM 102. Specifically, the ATM program 201
Is a program for processing the operation specified by the WWW content data 208, and the network program 202 is a program for the ATM 102 to transmit and receive data to and from the server computer 104 connected via the network 106. .

The server program 207, the filtering program 206, the network program 20
5 is a program that operates inside the server computer 104. Specifically, the server program 207
Is a program that performs processing for commands and requests to the ATM 102 and the personal computer 108 to which the server computer 104 is connected via the network 106. The filtering program 206
When the W content data 208 is data to be transmitted via the network 106 to the personal computer 108, the WWW content data 20 to be transmitted is
8 is a program for analyzing the contents of the common tag 210, deleting the ATM-specific tag 209, and converting it to a format of only the common tag 210
The network program 205 is an ATM 102 to which the server computer 104 is connected via the network 106.
And a program for transmitting and receiving data to and from the personal computer 108.

The external storage device 105 connected to the server computer 104 stores WWW content data 208
Is stored. The WWW content data 208 includes an ATM-specific tag 2 that can be used only by the ATM 102.
09, the ATM 102 and the personal computer 108
Describes a common tag 210 that can be used in both.

The WWW browser 203 and the network program 204 are programs operating inside the personal computer 108. Specifically, W
The WWW browser 203 stores the WWW content data 208
Is a program that performs processing according to the content of the personal computer 108.
Is a program for transmitting and receiving data to and from the server computer 104 connected via the network 106.

<Second Embodiment> FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a second embodiment in which the filtering program 206 is mounted on the personal computer 108. As in FIG. 2, the ATM 102 and the server computer shown in FIG. 10
4, external storage device 105, personal computer 10
8 shows the internal configuration in more detail.

As shown in FIG.
M program 301 and network program 30
The personal computer 108 has a WWW browser 303, a filtering program 304 and a network program 305, the server computer 104 has a network program 306 and a server program 307, and the external storage device 105 has a WWW
W content data 308 is stored. The WWW content data 308 includes an ATM tag 309 and a common tag 3
It has ten.

The ATM program 301 and the network program 302 are programs operating inside the ATM 102. Specifically, the ATM program 301 is a program for processing an operation specified by the WWW content data 308, and the network program 302 is for transmitting and receiving data to and from the server computer 104 connected to the ATM 106 via the network 106. It is a program to be performed.

The server program 307 and the network program 306 are programs operating inside the server computer 104. More specifically, the server program 307 is a program that performs processing for commands and requests to the ATM 102 and the personal computer 108 to which the server computer 104 is connected via the network 106. Is a program for transmitting and receiving data to and from the ATM 102 and the personal computer 108 connected via the network 106.

The external storage device 105 stores WWW content data 308. The WWW content data 308 includes an AT that can be used only by the ATM 102.
An M-dedicated tag 309 and a common tag 310 usable by the ATM 102 and the personal computer 108 are described.

The WWW browser 303, the filtering program 304, and the network program 305 are programs operating inside the personal computer 108. Specifically, the WWW browser 303
A filtering program 304 for performing processing in accordance with the contents of the WWW content data 308;
Analyzes the contents of the WWW content data 308 received from the server computer 104, and
The network program 305 is a program that deletes the data 09 and converts the data to the format of the common tag 310 only. The network program 305 is a program that transmits and receives data between the personal computer 108 and the server computer 104 connected via the network 106.

In the above embodiment, the filtering program 304 is stored in the server computer 104 (see FIG. 2) or the personal computer 108 (see FIG. 3).
Although the description has been given of the case where the present invention is implemented in either one of the above, the case where the present invention is implemented in both the server computer 104 and the personal computer 108 can be considered. Furthermore, a configuration is also conceivable in which a node computer is provided in the middle of the path from the server computer 104 to the personal computer 108, and the filtering program is installed in the node computer.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a flowchart executed by the filtering program 206 in FIG. 2 and the filtering program 304 in FIG. In step 401 of FIG. 4, a port number x used for communication (usually described as http: //www.....co.jp: x, and when x is omitted, x = “8
The value of “0” is analyzed to determine whether the data is for the ATM 102 or the personal computer 108.

For example, if the port number x is omitted or "80", it is determined that the data is for the ATM, and if the port number x is "90", it is determined that the data is for the personal computer. At step 401, the ATM1
As information that can be used to determine whether the password is 02 or the personal computer 108, registry information, information on an initialization file, and the like can be considered in addition to the port number.

In step 401, if the WWW content data 208 or 308 is data to a personal computer (port number x is "90") (step 401: Y), the WWW content data 208
Alternatively, it is determined that the ATM-dedicated tags 209 and 309 in the 308 should be deleted, and the process proceeds to the following step 402, where the ATM
(Port number x is "80") (step 401: Y), it is determined that the ATM-specific tags 209 and 309 in the WWW content data 208 or 308 are not deleted, and the processing of the filtering program ends. I do.

In step 402, one line is read from WWW content data, and in step 403,
It is determined whether or not the WWW content data of the read line is an ATM-only start tag. If it is an ATM-only start tag (step 403: Y), WWW is executed in step 404.
Read the next line from the content data.

In step 405, step 404
It is determined whether or not the one line read in is an ATM-only end tag. If the one line is not an ATM-only end tag (step 40)
5: N), return to step 404, read the next line from the WWW content data, and repeat the same processing until an ATM-only end tag is detected. The line of the WWW content data read in step 404 is discarded.

When the ATM-only end tag is detected (step 405: Y), the next line is read from the WWW content data in step 406, and steps 403 to 4 are performed until all the WWW content data is read.
07 is repeated to read all the WWW content data (step 407: Y), the processing of the filtering program 206 or 304 ends. Through the above processing (especially, the processing of steps 404 and 405), the WWW content data dedicated to ATM sandwiched between the ATM dedicated start tag and the ATM dedicated end tag has been deleted.
WW content data is obtained.

Next, an example of filtering WWW content data will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 shows the WWW
FIG. 3 is a diagram for describing filtering of content data. 2, reference numeral 501 denotes WWW content data (208 in FIG. 2) stored in the external storage device 105.
Or 308 in FIG. 3). Of the WWW content data 501, 502 and 502 ′ are common tags (corresponding to 210 in FIG. 2 and 310 in FIG. 3), specifically, 502 is a common start tag, and 502 ′ is a common end tag.

Reference numerals 503 and 503 'denote ATM-dedicated tags (equivalent to 209 in FIG. 2 and 309 in FIG. 3). More specifically, 503 is an ATM-dedicated start tag and 503' is an ATM-dedicated end tag. 504 is a designation to display a “transaction selection” screen, 505 is a designation to display a “balance inquiry” key on the screen, 506 is a designation to display a “payment” key on the screen, 5
07 is a designation for displaying a “withdraw” key on the screen.
ATM-only start tag 530 and ATM-only end tag 50
The designation 506 for displaying the “payment” key and the designation 507 for displaying the “withdrawal” key on the screen described in the range sandwiched between 3 ′ are ATM-specific designation statements that are displayed only on the ATM. , And ATM, it should be deleted by filtering.

Reference numerals 510 and 520 show the results of executing the filtering program on the WWW content data 501. 510 is a WW to the ATM 102
Since it is W content data, it is the same as the original WWW content data 501 (original format). 520
Is the WWW content data to the personal computer 108, the range specified by the ATM-specific tag (specifically, the range valid only for the ATM sandwiched between the ATM-specific start tag 503 and the ATM-specific end tag 503 ') is deleted. (Filtering format).

FIG. 530 shows the result of executing the WWW content data 510 in the original format.
531 "Please select a transaction" according to the display instruction of the "Transaction selection" screen of 504 in the W content data 510, the key 532 "Balance inquiry" by the display instruction of the "Balance inquiry" key of 505, and "506 of" Key 533 “Payment” by display instruction of “payment” key, and key 534 “Withdraw” by display instruction of “507” withdrawal key
Is displayed.

540 is a diagram showing the result of executing the WWW content data 520 in the filtering format.
In the WWW content data 520, a key 542 "select balance" is displayed according to a display instruction of a 504 "select transaction" screen 504, and a key 542 "balance inquiry" is displayed according to a display instruction of a "balance inquiry" key 505.

In this embodiment, the personal computer 1
08 is a key display (key 5 in the case of ATM) corresponding to these because cash cannot be deposited or withdrawn.
33 "Deposit", key 534 "equivalent to withdrawal" is not displayed, and the key display required on personal computer 108 (541 "Please select transaction" and key 542)
Filtering is performed so that only "Balance Inquiry") is displayed.

As described above, a plurality of types of devices (AT
M, personal computer) by simply preparing common WWW content data in an external storage device.
Each device can receive necessary WWW content data and use it for display, etc., and time and labor are not required for construction, maintenance, and enhancement of a DB for managing device information as in the related art, and system cost is reduced. Down becomes possible.

In the above embodiment, the ATM tag is used as the dedicated tag.
Exclusive tag (ATM exclusive start tag / ATM exclusive end tag)
The ATM uses all common WWW content data, and the personal computer uses the ATM.
Although the range specified by the special tag is deleted and used,
PC-only tag for personal computer similar to ATM-only tag (PC-only start tag / PC-only end tag)
, The common WWW in ATM
It is also possible to delete the data in the range specified by the PC-specific tag from the content data and use it.

In the above embodiment, the filtering is performed using W
Although the processing is performed by the WWW server (the first embodiment) or the personal computer (the second embodiment), the processing may be performed in a path between the WWW server and the personal computer (for example, a node in the middle). .

In the above embodiment, the common WWW content data is used by the personal computer and the ATM, and the personal computer does not display the ATM-specific content data portion of the common WWW content data by filtering. Although an example has been described, the present invention is not limited to an ATM and a personal computer, but is applicable to any other type of device (model, user).

Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the common WWW content data is shared by the two types of devices, the personal computer and the ATM, has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the two types, and three or more types of devices ( It is also applicable to a case where the data is composed of a specific type of device (model, user), and specific data (unnecessary data or secret) of the common WWW content data is applied to a specific type of device (model, user). This is extremely effective in the case of not sending necessary data. Needless to say, in this case, a dedicated tag (start tag / end tag) for each device (for each model and each user) is set in the common WWW content data, and the own device among the common WWW content data is set. Needless to say, it is necessary to perform a filtering process for deleting the range specified by the dedicated tag of the other device.

[0041]

As described above, according to the filtering method of the present invention, there is no need to create WWW content data for each model that uses WWW content data, and a plurality of different types of devices (for example, ATMs) can be used. ,
Common WWW content can be used on a personal computer or the like, and as a result, D
The construction, maintenance, and enhancement of B do not require time or labor, resulting in a remarkable effect that the cost of the system can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of an overall configuration of a network system that implements the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a first embodiment in which a filtering program is mounted on a server computer (server side), and is a diagram illustrating an example of mounting a filtering program on the server side.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a second embodiment in which the filtering program is mounted on a personal computer (client side).

FIG. 4 is an example of a flowchart executed by a filtering program.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining filtering of WWW content data.

[Explanation of symbols]

101: Bank, 102: ATM, 103: Computer Processing Center, 104: Server Computer, 105: External Storage Device, 106: Network, 107: Home (Customer of Bank), 108: Personal Computer, 201: AT
M program, 202: network program, 20
3: WWW browser, 204: network program, 205: network program, 206: filtering program, 207: server program, 20
8: WWW content data, 209: ATM dedicated tag, 210: common tag, 301: ATM program, 3
02: network program, 303: WWW browser, 304: filtering program, 305: network program, 306: network program, 307: server program, 308: WWW content data, 309: ATM dedicated tag, 310: common tag

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A device comprising at least a first device and a second device, and a WWW server for holding contents used by the first device and the second device, wherein the first device or the second device is provided. Is a content filtering method in a network system that receives and uses the content from the WWW server, wherein, among the content, a content commonly used by the first device and the second device, A tag indicating the range of the content used by one of the first device and the second device is set in advance, and the device using the content is set by the other device of the first device and the second device. A content filtering method for deleting content in a range indicated by the tag in the case. 2. The content according to claim 1, wherein the deletion of the content is performed in one of the WWW server, the other device, and a route from the WWW server to the other device. Filtering method. 3. The content filtering system according to claim 1, wherein said one device is an automatic cash transaction device and said other device is a personal computer.