JP2008269217A - Information terminal device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information terminal device, capable of attaining a comfortable operation by using a pointer and an operation button at the time of link movement from a document. <P>SOLUTION: A document described in a markup language format is read from a communication part 12 and displayed on a display part 16. Link information is detected from the displayed document. A pointer is displayed on the display part 16, and the positional coordinate of the pointer is detected. Based on the positional coordinate of the pointer, the link information and a dial button are assigned and stored in a link assignment table 302. When the dial button is pressed down by a user, a link destination URL is read from the link assignment table 302 to move a WEB page. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information terminal device and a program.

  In recent years, with the spread of the Internet, there have been increased opportunities for users to acquire news and information via a network such as the Internet. Based on such a background, many information terminal devices such as mobile phones and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) equipped with a browser function are on the market. By using the browser function, it is possible to receive a document described in a markup language format received via a network and easily browse the received document at any time. A typical document described in the markup language format is a WEB page described in the HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) format.

  Here, when jumping from a WEB page displayed on a browser to another WEB page, a link is generally used. In the link, the URL of the link destination is embedded as tag information in the character string in the document. A character string in which the URL of the link destination is embedded (hereinafter referred to as “link character string”) is displayed on the WEB page with decoration such as an underline.

  A link character string is selected by a pointer displayed on the browser. Then, it is common to jump (move) the page based on the URL of the link destination embedded in the selected link character string.

  Here, in a small information terminal device such as a mobile phone or a PDA, it is common to operate a pointer using a direction button or the like, and a finer operation than a mouse or the like used in a computer or the like is performed. I can't do it.

Therefore, an invention is known in which a link destination and an operation button are stored in association with each other on a displayed homepage (see, for example, Patent Document 1). According to the present invention, it is possible to select and jump to a link destination without using a pointer.
JP 10-1111854 A

  Recently, information terminal devices equipped with a browser function called a “full browser function” are known. Many browsers installed in conventional small information terminal devices can only use some functions, but by using the “full browser function” that has the same functions as a computer browser, The WEB page can be browsed in the same state as viewed on a computer.

  However, unlike a large display device such as a display used in a computer, a display device used in a mobile phone or the like is generally a small size such as “2.4 inches” or “3 inches”. . Since the display screen is large, a lot of information is displayed. For example, many link destinations displayed on the WEB page are displayed, and it is difficult to select a link appropriately.

  In recent years, in order to display a large amount of information, high-resolution terminals having a display pixel number of VGA or more are appearing. In these information terminal devices, it is possible to display many characters and information by making the display screen fine. Furthermore, by reducing the size of the character font to be displayed, more displays can be performed.

  However, since many characters and information are displayed on the display screen, the display of the link character string is reduced, and the selection operation is difficult and complicated. In particular, when a link destination is selected using a pointer, it is extremely difficult to appropriately select a desired link character string from fine link character strings.

  Also, since the displayed link character string increases as the amount of information to be displayed increases, for example, the method shown in Patent Document 1 associates a considerable number of link destinations with operation buttons. There was a problem that it was necessary.

  Further, in the case of a mobile phone or the like, there is a problem that the operation buttons cannot be appropriately assigned to the link character string because the number of operation buttons is limited.

  In view of the above-described problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an information terminal device capable of realizing a comfortable operation by using a pointer and operation buttons when a link is moved from a document. It is.

  In view of the above-described problems, the information terminal device according to the first invention detects a selection button, document display means for reading and displaying a document described in a markup language format, and link information embedded in the document. Link detection means, pointer position detection means for detecting the position of the pointer displayed on the document displayed by the document display means, and the link detection means based on the position of the pointer detected by the pointer position detection means A link allocating means for allocating the link information detected by the link button to the selection button, and when the selection button is pressed, control is performed to jump to the link destination specified by the link information allocated by the link allocating means. Jump control means.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the information terminal device according to the first aspect, wherein the link information detected by the link detection means detects the link position coordinates displayed in the document. The link assignment means assigns link information of link position coordinates included in a predetermined range to a selection button from the position coordinates of the pointer detected by the pointer position detection means.

  The information terminal device according to the third invention is the information terminal device according to the first or second invention, wherein the link allocating means sequentially assigns to the selection button from the link information in the vicinity of the position of the pointer. Features.

  The information terminal device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the information terminal device according to any one of the first to third aspects, further comprising document acquisition means for acquiring the document via the Internet, wherein the link allocation means is In the link information, when the domain of the document acquired by the document acquisition means and the link destination domain included in the link information are the same, the link information is assigned to the selection button.

  Moreover, the information terminal device in 5th invention further has the exclusion link destination memory | storage means which memorize | stores the link information for excluding as a link destination in the information terminal device of any one of 1st to 4th invention, The link assigning means assigns link information other than link information including the link destination stored in the excluded link destination storage means to the selection button.

  An information terminal device according to a sixth invention is the information terminal device according to any one of the first to fifth inventions, wherein the selection button is a numeric button, and the link allocation means is detected by the link detection means. A number button link assigning means for assigning the linked information to the number button, and a number corresponding to the number button assigned to the number button link assigning means is assigned to the document link displayed by the document display means. It is further characterized by further comprising numeric button display means for displaying the attached information.

  According to the present invention, a document described in a markup language format is displayed, and link information embedded in the document is detected. Further, the position of the pointer displayed on the displayed document is detected, and link information is assigned to the selection button based on the detected position of the pointer. When the selection button is pressed, a jump is made to the link destination specified by the assigned link information. Therefore, the user can appropriately perform the jump operation by pressing the selection button.

  Further, according to the present invention, the link information of the link position coordinates included in the predetermined range is assigned to the selection button from the position coordinates of the pointer. Therefore, by moving the pointer to a position where the desired link character string is located, the desired link information can be more appropriately assigned to the selection button.

  Further, according to the present invention, the link information in the vicinity of the position of the pointer is sequentially assigned to the selection button. Therefore, by moving the pointer to the vicinity of the link information to be used, the pointer is more appropriately assigned to the selection button, and the jump operation can be appropriately performed.

  Further, according to the present invention, when acquiring a document via the Internet, if the acquired document domain and the link destination domain included in the link information are the same, the link information is assigned to the selection button. Become. Therefore, if the domain of the acquired document is different from the link destination domain included in the link information, the link information will not be assigned to the selection button. can do.

  According to the present invention, link information for exclusion as a link destination is stored as an exclusion list, and link information other than link information including the link destination stored in the exclusion list is assigned to the selection button. It will be.

  Further, according to the present invention, the selection button is a numeric button, and the detected link information is assigned to the numeric button, and a number corresponding to the assigned numeric button is attached to the document link and displayed. It will be.

  Then, the information terminal device in this invention is demonstrated.

[Constitution]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an appearance of a mobile phone 1 when applied to a mobile phone as an example of the information terminal device of the present invention. The mobile phone 1 includes a display unit 3 and various operation buttons, and particularly includes a direction button 5 and a dial button 7 as operation buttons.

  The display unit 3 can display various information, settings, received WEB pages, and the like in the mobile phone 1.

  Further, buttons for selecting various operations are provided, and in particular, a direction button 5 and a dial button 7 are provided. The direction buttons are used for various selection operations in the mobile phone 1 and are used when a pointer displayed on the display unit 3 is operated. Further, the dial button 7 is used not only when the telephone operation is performed but also when selecting a function.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the mobile phone 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile phone 1 includes a processing unit 10, a communication unit 12, an operation unit 14, a display unit 16, an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM) 20, and a storage unit 30. It is configured.

  The processing unit 10 is a processing device that controls each operation unit of the mobile phone 1. Each process is realized by reading and executing various programs stored in the mobile phone 1. For example, the jump process is realized by reading the jump program 202 from the EEPROM 20 and executing it. Similarly, link assignment processing is realized by reading and executing the link assignment program 204 from the EEPROM 20.

  The communication unit 12 is a functional unit for the mobile phone 1 to transmit / receive data to / from the outside. An antenna for communicating with an external network (base station) is connected to the communication unit 12. Here, the communication unit 12 performs transmission / reception of various data in addition to a normal call. Specifically, an HTML document (WEB page) is received from the server as a document described in a markup language format. A tag for instructing character decoration or the like is embedded in the HTML document, and link information is included in the tag.

  The link information is a link destination URL and a character string (link character string) to be linked. For example, when the predetermined character string is a link character string, the link destination URL is embedded in the link character string using a tag. When the user selects the link character string, the user jumps to the WEB page displayed in the link destination URL.

  The operation unit 14 is a functional unit for transmitting an operation input by the user to the processing unit 10. For example, in FIG. 1, the direction button 5 and the dial button 7 correspond. Here, although the operation unit 14 is described as an operation button in the present embodiment, it is needless to say that the operation unit 14 can be realized, for example, on a touch panel.

  The display unit 16 is a functional unit for displaying various character strings and the like on the mobile phone 1, and corresponds to the display 3 in FIG. Here, the display unit 16 is realized by TFT (Thin Film Transistor) liquid crystal, organic EL (electroluminescence), or the like.

  The EEPROM 20 is a functional unit that stores data such as various initial settings, a program for performing communication, and the like. In the present embodiment, a jump program 202 and a link assignment program 204 are stored.

  The storage unit 30 is a memory that can be written at any time to hold data and the like related to the execution of various programs executed by the processing unit 10. In the present embodiment, the storage unit 30 stores a link allocation table 302, an exclusion list table 304, a history list table 306, and setting data 308.

  The link assignment table 302 is a table for storing the correspondence between the link destination in the currently displayed screen and the dial button 7 assigned to the link destination. An example of the data structure of the link allocation table 302 is shown in FIG. The link allocation table 302 includes screen coordinates (for example, “(20, 10) to (80, 25)”) on which a link character string is displayed, and a link destination URL (for example, “http” http://www.a.co.jp/xxx/ ”) and a dial button (for example,“ 1 ”) assigned to the link destination are stored in association with each other.

  The exclusion list table 304 is a table that stores URLs (exclusion URLs) that are not assigned to dial buttons among the detected link destination URLs. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the exclusion list table 304 stores an exclusion URL (for example, “http://www.a.co.jp/yyy/”).

  The history list table 306 is a table that stores URLs of link destinations selected so far as history URLs. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the history list table 306 stores a history URL (for example, “http://www.b.go.jp/”).

  The setting data 308 is a table for storing parameters set by the user. In the present embodiment, whether or not to assign a dial button to an external site link, whether or not to assign a dial button to an excluded URL link, and whether or not to assign a dial button using a history URL are set as values. I remember it.

[Process flow]
(Jump processing)
Next, jump processing in the mobile phone 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The jump process is a process realized by the processing unit 10 reading the jump program 202 from the EEPROM 20 and executing it.

  First, the processing unit 10 reads a WEB page from the network via the communication unit 12 (step S10). For example, a WEB page (document) described in HTML is received from the WEB server via the Internet. Then, the received HTML is analyzed and displayed on the display unit 16 as a WEB page.

  Subsequently, when the direction button 5 is pressed, the pointer displayed on the display unit 16 is moved according to the direction button 5 (step S12). Here, if the pointer has not been moved for a predetermined time, it is determined that the pointer has been stopped (step S14; Yes), and the position coordinates where the pointer is currently displayed are detected (step S16). And the process part 10 performs a link allocation process by running the link allocation program 204 (step S18).

  Although details of the link assignment processing in step S18 will be described later, when the link assignment processing is executed, the link destination URL and the dial button 7 are stored in the link assignment table 302 in association with each other.

  When the dial button 7 is pressed (step S20; Yes), the processing unit 10 reads the link destination URL from the link assignment table 302 corresponding to the pressed dial button 7. Based on the read link destination URL, a process of jumping to the WEB page of the URL is executed (step S22).

  On the other hand, if the dial button 7 has not been pressed, it is determined again whether or not the pointer has moved (step S20; No → step S24). Here, when it is determined that the pointer has moved again (step S24; Yes), the processing is executed again from step S12. If the movement of the pointer is not detected (step S24; No), it is determined whether or not to cancel the jump process (step S26). Here, when the jump process is not stopped (step S26; No), the process is executed again from step S12.

(Link assignment process)
Next, the link assignment process will be described with reference to FIG. The link allocation process is a process realized by the processing unit 10 reading the link allocation program 204 from the EEPROM 20 and executing it.

  First, the link character string included in the page displayed on the display unit 16 and the coordinates of the link character string are detected as link candidates (step S50). Therefore, at this time, all the links displayed on the display unit 16 are detected.

  Subsequently, a dial button is assigned to each detected link candidate, and the link assignment table 302 is updated (step S52). Here, referring to the setting data 308, if the setting is to exclude the external site (step S54; Yes), the dial button assigned to the external site is excluded from the assignment (step S56).

  Further, referring to the setting data 308, if the setting is to use the exclusion list (step S58; Yes), the dial button assigned to the site stored in the exclusion list table 304 as a link destination is displayed. Exclude (step S60).

  Subsequently, it is determined whether the setting is to use the history list with reference to the setting data 308 (step S62). Here, when the history list is used (step S62; Yes), a dial button is preferentially assigned to a site stored in the history list table 306 as a link destination (step S64).

  And the process part 10 updates the link allocation table 302 based on said process (step S66). Further, based on the contents stored in the link assignment table 302, the link destination number (for example, the assigned dial button number) is displayed in the vicinity of the character string indicating the link displayed on the display unit 16 (step). S68).

[Operation example]
Subsequently, operations of the jump process and the link allocation process will be described with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 8A is a diagram showing an example of the display screen W10 when the setting data 308 is registered. On the display screen W10, it is possible to select whether to exclude an external site in the region R102, whether to use the exclusion list in the region R104, and whether to use the history in the region R108. Here, the set value is stored as setting data 308. When the exclusion list is used, the link destination URL to be excluded is input in the region R106 and stored in the exclusion list table 304.

  FIG. 8B is a diagram showing an example of the display screen W12 when the WEB page is actually displayed on the mobile phone 1. On the display screen W12, a character string (link character string) for which a link is set is underlined. For example, when the link character string M122 “inquiry” is selected, the jump process is executed based on the link destination URL embedded in the “inquiry”.

  Here, when the pointer P120 stops (step S14 in FIG. 6; Yes), pointer coordinates are detected (step S16 in FIG. 6). Then, dial buttons are assigned corresponding to the link character strings included in a predetermined range (region R120 in FIG. 8B) around the pointer P120 (step S18 in FIG. 6, steps S50 and S52 in FIG. 7). .

  Here, various methods can be considered as a method of assigning the dial button 7 to the link character string. For example, a method of assigning dial buttons in order from the upper part of the screen to a link character string included in a predetermined range (region R120) is conceivable. An example of the display screen at this time is a display screen W14 in FIG. On the display screen W14, dial buttons are assigned to link character strings in order from the top of the screen based on the position of the pointer P140. For example, the dial button “1” is assigned to the link character string M140 “update information”, and the mark M142 is displayed (step S68 in FIG. 7).

  Further, the display screen W16 shown in FIG. 9B shows an example when dial buttons are assigned around the pointer P160. The pointer P160 is assigned the dial button “1” to the link character string M160 “inquiry” nearest to the pointer P160 and the dial button “2” to the link character string M162 “company information” next to the pointer P160.

  A display screen W18 shown in FIG. 10 shows an example when dial buttons are assigned to link character strings by the link assignment processing. First, the link character string M186 is a link character string whose link destination is an external site. In this case, if the setting for excluding the external site is made, no dial button is assigned to the link character string (step S54 in FIG. 7; Yes → step S56).

  The link destination URL of the link character string M184 is registered in the exclusion list table 304. In this case, if the use of the exclusion list is set, no dial button is assigned to the link character string (step S58 in FIG. 7; Yes → step S60).

  Subsequently, the link destination URL of the link character string M180 is registered in the history list table 306. In this case, if the history list is set to be used, a dial button is preferentially assigned to the link character string M180 (step S62 in FIG. 7; Yes → step S64).

  Thus, according to the present embodiment, links are allocated corresponding to the dial buttons with the pointer position at the center. That is, the user first moves the pointer to a position near the position where the desired link character string is displayed as a jump destination. Then, link information is assigned to the dial buttons around the place. Therefore, when selecting a link character string, an unnecessarily accurate operation is not required, and an appropriate jump operation can be performed.

[Modification]
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the information terminal device of the present invention is applied to a mobile phone has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to a mobile phone, and is not limited to a mobile phone, a small computer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a car navigation system, a portable game. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to electronic devices such as machines.

  The information terminal device of the present invention can also be applied to devices having similar operation buttons. For example, when applied to a television remote control (remote controller), the same effect can be obtained by assigning a channel button as a selection button.

  In the above-described embodiment, the WEB page described in the HTML format is described as an example of the document type. However, the present invention can be applied to any document having a link structure. For example, it may be a help file for explaining the operation method, or a file described in the XML format or the SGML format.

  In addition to the above-described embodiment, various methods are conceivable regarding the link assignment processing. For example, tag information of a read home page may be analyzed, and dial buttons may be assigned only to predetermined items (tag information). For example, on the display screen W30 shown in FIG. 11A, dial buttons are assigned only to large items in the displayed menu items.

  In the above-described embodiment, the link character string is assigned to the dial button. However, for example, an input form or a radio button may be used. For example, on the display screen W40 shown in FIG. 11B, dial buttons are assigned to the input forms M400 and M402 and the radio buttons M404 and M406 based on the pointer P400.

  In the above-described embodiment, the pointer coordinates are detected when the pointer stops. For example, the pointer coordinates may be detected when a predetermined operation is performed. For example, when the dial button “#” is pressed while the pointer is movable, the pointer coordinates may be detected.

It is the figure which showed the external appearance of the mobile telephone in this embodiment. It is the figure which showed the structure of the mobile telephone in this embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the data structure of the link allocation table in this embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the data structure of the exclusion list table in this embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the data structure of the log | history list table in this embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the operation | movement flow concerning the jump process in this embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the operation | movement flow concerning the link allocation process in this embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the operation | movement screen in this embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the operation | movement screen in this embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the operation | movement screen in this embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the operation | movement screen in a modification.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Processing part 12 Communication part 14 Operation part 16 Display part 20 EEPROM
202 Jump program 204 Link allocation program 30 Storage unit 302 Link allocation table 304 Exclusion list table 306 History list table 308 Setting data

Claims (7)

A select button,
A document display means for reading and displaying a document described in a markup language format;
Link detection means for detecting link information embedded in the document;
Pointer position detection means for detecting the position of the pointer displayed on the document displayed by the document display means;
Link allocation means for allocating link information detected by the link detection means to a selection button based on the position of the pointer detected by the pointer position detection means;
Jump control means for performing control to jump to the link destination specified by the link information assigned by the link assignment means when the selection button is pressed;
An information terminal device comprising: The link information detected by the link detection means further comprises link coordinate detection means for detecting link position coordinates displayed in the document,
2. The information according to claim 1, wherein the link assignment unit assigns link information of link position coordinates included in a predetermined range to a selection button from the position coordinates of the pointer detected by the pointer position detection unit. Terminal device.   The information terminal apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the link allocation means sequentially allocates to the selection button from link information in the vicinity of the position of the pointer. It further has document acquisition means for acquiring the document via the Internet,
The link allocating unit allocates link information to a selection button when the domain of the document acquired by the document acquiring unit and the link destination domain included in the link information are the same in the link information. Item 4. The information terminal device according to any one of Items 1 to 3. An exclusion link destination storage unit that stores link information for exclusion as a link destination;
5. The link allocation unit allocates link information other than link information including a link destination stored in the excluded link destination storage unit to a selection button. 6. Information terminal equipment. The selection button is a numeric button,
The link allocation means includes numeric button link allocation means for allocating link information detected by the link detection means to numeric buttons,
The number button display means further comprises a number button display means for displaying a number corresponding to a number button assigned to the number button link assignment means in association with a document link displayed by the document display means. The information terminal device according to any one of 1 to 5. On a computer with a select button,
A document display function that reads and displays documents written in markup language format,
A link detection function for detecting link information embedded in the document;
A pointer position detection function for detecting the position of the pointer displayed on the document displayed by the document display function;
A link allocation function for allocating link information detected by the link detection function to a selection button based on the position of the pointer detected by the pointer position detection function;
A jump control function for performing control to jump to the link destination specified by the link information allocated by the link allocation function when the selection button is pressed;
A program to realize

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