JP2011081601A - Character input method and program, communication terminal and web server - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a character input method and program, capable of inputting pictograms on a web page in a communication terminal, and to provide the communication terminal and a web server. <P>SOLUTION: An ML document with a form for determining a character input area is displayed on a screen of the communication terminal 11 (or 41). When the character input area on the web page is selected, character input is received, and the input characters are reflected in the display of the ML document. In response to a transmission instruction from a user, information input to the form is transmitted to a server 25 (or 43). If a pictogram is selected when receiving the character input, an URL indicating a pictogram image file is embedded in an input character string as an image input tag, and reflected in the display of the ML document again, the pictogram is displayed on the screen. When transmitting the input information, the image input tag in which the URL indicating the pictogram image file is embedded and the pictogram image file are transmitted together with the input character string. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a character input method and program for inputting pictographs on a web page, a communication terminal, and a web server.

  At present, a variety of services are provided to users of communication terminals such as mobile phone terminals as a result of multifunction and performance.

  In one of the services, e-mail (also simply referred to as e-mail), it is possible to use images of various patterns of specific sizes as so-called pictograms as text in addition to normal text. (See Patent Document 1). A technique has also been proposed in which pictographic image data other than such pre-registered pictographs is downloaded from the outside and used as pictographs when creating mail (see Patent Document 2). Furthermore, based on the vertical and horizontal sizes of such image data, it is determined whether the image data is a pictographic image file, and if it is a pictographic image file, it is stored in a specific storage area so that a display screen can be displayed when mail is created. A technique for improving the convenience of use by displaying a list of pictogram images is also proposed (see Patent Document 3).

  As another service, web browsing for browsing a web page provided on a web (Web) site on the Internet is also widely used. In such a website, a homepage where information is transmitted by a company or an individual or a simple homepage called a blog is provided. A homepage or a blog may be provided with a bulletin board or the like on which a viewer can write arbitrarily. In addition, the owner of the homepage or blog uploads information by inputting information in order to update the contents.

  In such a case, the user can start application software called a browser in a communication terminal that browses the web page, and can input characters in the input area presented on the web page displayed on the screen. . As the character, a character selected from a character set prepared by a predetermined standard is input.

JP 2004-295344 A JP 2003-114844 A JP 2008-065778 A

  However, in the communication terminal, when inputting characters into the input area on the web page, inputting the pictogram image data stored in the terminal as the pictogram is supported as a function of the terminal itself. There is no current situation.

  In addition, the pictograms originally prepared in the terminal, not the pictograms downloaded from the outside as described above, are dependent on the so-called carrier (mobile carrier). There is also a problem that it is not displayed.

  The present invention has been made in such a background, and the object thereof is a character input method and program capable of inputting pictograms held in the own terminal in an input area on a web page in a communication terminal, And providing a communication terminal and a web server.

  The character input method according to the present invention is a method for inputting characters on the browser screen, and the character input area is selected on the web page of the ML document with a form that defines the character input area displayed on the browser screen of the communication terminal. When received, the method includes a step of receiving character input, a step of reflecting the input character on the display of the ML document, and a step of transmitting input information to the form to the server in response to a transmission instruction. In the step of accepting character input, when a pictogram is selected, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) that indicates the pictogram image file including its location (path) is embedded in the input character string as an image input tag and transmitted. In the step, the pictographic image file is transmitted together with the input information.

  When a character input area is selected on the web page, the user can check the input result on the screen by accepting the character input and reflecting the input character on the display of the ML document. In the step of accepting character input, when a pictograph is selected, a URL indicating the pictographic image file is embedded in the input character string as an image input tag. Thereby, the character image file which exists in a terminal can be displayed as a pictograph on a web page. When the input information to the form is transmitted to the server in response to the transmission instruction, the input information including the pictogram, and thus the web page on which the input information is reflected is transmitted by including the pictogram image file. Can be faithfully reproduced on the server side.

  In one embodiment, when it is confirmed that predetermined identification information is included in the ML document, in the step of receiving the character input, it is possible to select the pictogram and embed an image input tag of the URL Start the emoji input mode. Thus, the pictogram input mode can be validated for the browser that analyzes and processes the ML document depending on the presence or absence of the identification information.

  When the input information to the form is transmitted to the server, the local path in the URL may be deleted. Such a local path is not only necessary for the server, but since the unique information in the communication terminal is similar to personal information, it is meaningful not to provide such information to the outside.

  Transmission history information indicating which pictogram image file is transmitted to which server is stored in the communication terminal, and when the pictogram image file is transmitted to a server, the pictogram image file has been transmitted to the server. When it is confirmed based on the transmission history information, the transmission of the image information may be suppressed. Thereby, the amount of data transmitted to the server can be reduced.

  The present invention can also be understood as a character input program as a computer program that causes a computer to execute the character input method.

  A communication terminal according to the present invention includes a display unit that displays an ML document with a form that defines a character input area on a browser screen, an operation unit that receives character input when the character input area is selected, and a transmission instruction. The communication part which transmits the input information to the said form to a server, and the control means which controls the said display part, an operation part, and a communication part are provided. The control means reflects the input character on the display of the ML document, and when accepting the character input, when a pictogram is selected, a URL indicating the pictogram image file is used as an image input tag. It is embedded in the input character string and transmitted by the communication unit including the pictographic image file.

  The operation of this communication terminal is the same as the above character input method.

  A web server according to the present invention is a web server that provides an ML document to a communication terminal, and transmits the ML document with a form that defines a character input area in response to a request from the communication terminal; As input information of the form from the terminal, receiving means for receiving the pictogram image file together with an image input tag in which a URL indicating the pictogram image file is embedded, storage means for storing the pictogram image file, and the input information Processing means for reflecting in the ML document, and the processing means replaces the URL in the image input tag with a URL including a path of the storage location of the pictographic image file.

  In this web server, preferably, the storage unit stores a pictographic image file received for each user of the communication terminal, and the processing unit receives the image input tag without a pictographic image file. The corresponding pictographic image file is searched for, and if the corresponding pictographic image file exists, the pictographic image file is used. This corresponds to omission of transmission of the pictographic image file from the communication terminal.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to input pictograms on a web page using a pictographic image file held by the communication terminal. In addition, when a homepage or the like is updated with a web page (ML document) created in this way, an ML document including the pictogram is reproduced on the website, and another communication terminal views the web page. The pictograph can be displayed correctly.

It is the figure which showed schematic structure of the whole web browsing system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a schematic hardware configuration of a communication terminal illustrated in FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows a mode that the some pictographic image file in the memory | storage part shown in FIG. 2 was preserve | saved. It is the block diagram which showed the principal part structure of the web server in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the web page displayed on the screen of a communication terminal. It is a figure which shows the screen transition in the input process of the text in the web page of FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a description example of an ML document corresponding to the web page illustrated in FIG. 5. It is a figure which shows the example of description of the ML document corresponding to the screen 400b in the example of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the operation example of the communication terminal which accepts the pictogram input in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the specific process example of the visual input mode in a communication terminal. It is the figure which showed the example of the content of the specific folder in the memory | storage part of a server. It is explanatory drawing of the transmission log | history table preserve | saved with the communication terminal in the modification of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the specific process example of the visual input mode in the communication terminal corresponding to the modification of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process example of the communication terminal corresponding to the other modification of this invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of the entire web browsing system according to the present embodiment.

  A communication terminal (mobile terminal) 11 typified by a mobile phone terminal can be connected to the mobile communication network 13 via a wireless interface. The mobile communication network 13 is connected to the Internet 30 via a gateway 15. Web servers 25 and 43 that provide blogs and homepages are connected to the Internet 30 that is a communication network, and a non-portable terminal 41 such as a user's PC that uses the web browsing service is connected. A user who is a founder of a blog or a home page updates (uploads) from the non-mobile terminal 41 (in some cases, the mobile terminal 11).

  Usually, a web page request or response between a communication terminal and a web server via the Internet is performed in accordance with a standard protocol called HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). The gateway 15 performs protocol conversion and format conversion between the Internet and the mobile communication network 13.

  FIG. 2 shows a schematic hardware configuration of the mobile terminal 11.

  The portable terminal 11 includes a CPU 101, a storage unit 102, a display control unit 104, a display unit 105, a communication unit 106, an operation unit 107, a clock unit 109, an audio processing unit 113, a microphone 114, a speaker 115, and the like. .

  The CPU 101, the storage unit 102, the display control unit 104, the communication unit 106, the operation unit 107, the clock unit 109, and the audio processing unit 113 are connected to the bus 110, and exchange data and commands with each other via the bus 110. Is being sent and received.

  The CPU 101 reads a predetermined program (to be described later) from the storage unit 102 and executes predetermined processing according to the program, thereby performing control of each unit and necessary processing. The CPU 101 constitutes control means according to the present invention.

  The storage unit 102 is a storage unit such as a memory that temporarily stores and stores programs such as an operating system (OS) and various applications, calculation results of the CPU 101, and data acquired from the outside.

  In particular, the program includes a browser for browsing the web, an ML editor 122 for editing an ML document, and a character input application 123 that supports character input including pictogram input in this embodiment. In addition, although not shown, a mailer for performing mail creation support and transmission / reception may be included.

  The data includes document data 124 such as an ML document constituting a web page, pictographic image data 125 constituting pictographs, and the like. FIG. 3 shows a state where a plurality of pictographic image files in a specific file format are stored in a predetermined location (for example, a location defined by a path of Data / image /) in the storage unit 102. The file format is shown as an example of gif, but is not limited to this. Conventionally, a unique character code is assigned to a pictograph prepared in advance in a mobile terminal for use in e-mail, but in this embodiment, whether or not a character code is assigned to a pictograph is questioned. No (There is no problem even if no character code is assigned). Even a pictograph to which a character code is assigned can be used on a web page by converting the pictographic image into a predetermined pictographic image file of the present invention.

  The storage unit 102 further stores information such as a mail address, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), and telephone directory data. At least a part of the storage unit 102 may have a storage area or memory for storing data in a nonvolatile manner.

  The communication unit 106 has a function of establishing a connection with a communication network such as the mobile communication network 13 and transmitting / receiving data to / from other devices via the communication network.

  The operation unit 107 includes a numeric keypad and various instruction keys, and provides a user input interface.

  The display control unit 104 has a function of receiving display information such as text and images from the CPU 101 and driving the display unit 105 based on the display information.

  The display unit 105 includes an arbitrary display device such as a liquid crystal device or an organic EL device, and has a function of optically displaying an image in accordance with a drive signal from the display control unit 104.

  The clock unit 109 includes a real-time clock and provides functions of a calendar, a clock, and a timer.

  The configuration of the non-mobile terminal 41 is not particularly illustrated, but is basically the same as the configuration of the mobile terminal 11 except for differences in the communication interface, the characteristics and performance of the display unit, the operation unit, and the like.

  Each of the web servers 25 and 43 shown in FIG. 1 is a computer device, and includes a CPU, a communication unit, a storage device, and various input / output devices.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the web server in the present embodiment. That is, each main part 200 of the web servers 25 and 43 includes a communication unit 201, a data processing unit 203, and a storage unit 204. In this example, the storage unit 204 includes a web data storage unit 205 and a user management data storage unit 207.

  The communication unit 201 is a part that is connected to the Internet 30 and performs mutual communication with clients such as the non-mobile terminal 41 and the mobile terminal 11 via the Internet 30.

  The storage unit 204 includes a web data storage unit 205, a script storage unit 206, a user management data storage unit 207, and the like.

  The web data storage unit 205 is a part that stores various data such as an ML document and an image constituting a web page provided on the site. The script storage unit 206 stores a client-side script such as CGI (Common Gateway Interface) described later. The user management data storage unit 207 is a part that stores and manages user information of registered users when performing services for registered users.

  The data processing unit 203 is a part that performs various processes related to web data, user management data, and the like in response to a request from a client.

  FIG. 5 shows a web page 400 as an example of a simplified web page having an input form displayed on the screen of the communication terminal. This web page 400 includes a character string 401 for giving an instruction to the user, a title input area 402, a text input area 403, and a send button 405. The user of the communication terminal selects the title input area 402 and inputs an arbitrary character by operating the operation unit 107. Next, the text input area 403 is selected and an arbitrary character is input. At this time, it is also possible to input pictograms. Therefore, the character input application 123 is provided with a pictogram input mode (also referred to as “visual input mode” in the present embodiment) for inputting pictograms, and at least in a specific input area (here, the text input area 403) Allows emoji input. After these inputs are completed, when the user instructs the transmission button 405, the input information is transmitted to the server together with a predetermined processing request.

  FIG. 6 shows screen transitions in the text input process on the web page of FIG.

  The screen 400a shows a state in which a character string “It is already autumn” is input in the title input area 402. After the title input area 402 is input, when the user instructs the text input area 403 using the operation unit 107, for example, the focus moves from the title input area 402 to the text input area 403. When the user presses any character (here, “A”), a character input screen such as a screen 410a is displayed. In the present embodiment, pictograms can be input on this character input screen. In the example shown in the figure, “pictogram”, “decision”, and “menu” buttons (so-called soft keys) are displayed in the guidance display area 412 at the bottom of the character input screen. Buttons can be specified.

  It is assumed that the user continues character input and inputs a character string “It has become cold in the morning and evening” in the character input area 411 as in the screen 410b. Thereafter, when the “pictogram” button is instructed, a pictogram list screen is displayed in the pictogram window 413, and pictogram choices are presented as images. The presentation of the options may be a list display of file names. When the user selects a desired pictogram and presses the “OK” button, the pictogram 420 is added to the current cursor position (position following the last character of the character string that has been normally input) as shown in the screen 410c. Displayed. The pictographs in the character input screen are also displayed by the browser based on the pictographic image file.

  Although not essential in the present invention, when the user designates the “menu” button, other functions such as copy, paste, and fixed phrase input can be executed.

  After the character input on the character input screen is completed, when the user instructs the “OK” button, those characters are transferred and displayed in the text input area 403 as shown in the screen 400b. When the “Send” button 405 is designated, the input information is sent to the server. This input information includes pictographic information as will be described later.

  Although not shown, a known predictive conversion function may be employed. The predictive conversion function is an input method in which a plurality of corresponding input candidates are presented based on one character or several characters that are input and the user is allowed to select. The input candidates may be presented including applicable pictographs.

  Although the character input screen is shown as a screen different from the form screen, it may be displayed together with a part of the form screen.

  Further, so-called inline input may be employed in which character input is directly performed in the form input area without using the character input screen.

  FIG. 7 shows a description example of an ML document (this example is an HTML document) 500 corresponding to the web page shown in FIG.

  An element 501 is a FORM tag that defines a form, and designates a CGI script as a predetermined program that requests execution on a specific server as a so-called HTML embedded server-side script. CGI is a mechanism for operating a user program on a web server, and is a server-side script in which the user program is described in a script language.

  An element 502 is a character string displayed on the screen for prompting the user to input, and corresponds to the character string 401 in FIG.

  An element 503 is an input tag that defines a display character “title”, followed by a text type input area named “title”. This corresponds to the title input area 402 in FIG.

  An element 504 is a display character “text”.

  An element 505 is a TEXTAREA tag that defines a text input area named “HONBUN”, and corresponds to the text input area 403 in FIG. “Rows” and “cols” are parameters for determining the area size. “Visual =” is a new attribute added in the present invention, and designates whether or not to enable the visual input mode by the method of the present invention in the input area. When the attribute visual = “ON”, validation of such pictogram input is instructed. If the visual designation is not “ON” such as visual = “OFF” for the input area in the ML document, or if the visual = description itself does not exist, the pictogram input mode is not activated.

  Note that the new attribute notation visual = “ON” of the present invention is not limited to this, and any flag information for activating the pictogram input function of the present invention may be used, and there is no conflict with existing tags or attributes. An arbitrary character string or the like that is not used can be used. Of course, the browser that analyzes and processes the ML document also needs to be expanded in function accordingly. Visual = “ON” is ignored in browsers that have not been expanded, and the processing is not affected.

  An element 506 is an input tag of a submit attribute that defines a transmission button with a display label of “Send”, and corresponds to the “Send” button 405 in FIG.

  FIG. 8 shows a description example of the ML document 500a corresponding to the screen 400b in the example of FIG. As can be seen from this figure, a character string input by the user is inserted between the start tag <TEXTAREA> and the end tag </ TEXTAREA> of the text area tag. The pictograph is described as <image src = “Data / image / 003.gif> using the image input tag <image src = ...>. In this example,“ 003.gif ” Is a file name as identification information of the pictographic image file, and “Data / image /” is a local path indicating the location of the file in the storage unit 102 of the communication terminal. When the input information is transmitted together with the input pictographic image file, this local path is not necessary, and since it belongs to the individual of the terminal user, it is deleted before transmission.

  In this way, by embedding a pictographic image file in an ML document with an image input tag, the pictograph can be displayed as an image on the web page displayed by the communication terminal. Also, by transmitting the pictographic image file together with the input information to the server, the server side reproduces the ML document including the pictograph, and the ML document is read by the viewer in response to a request from an arbitrary viewer. It can be distributed to communication terminals. The browser at the communication terminal of the viewer does not need to be extended according to the present invention, and an existing browser is sufficient.

  With reference to FIG. 9, an operation example of a communication terminal that allows pictogram input in the present embodiment will be described. The communication terminal is assumed to be a mobile terminal, but may be a non-mobile terminal.

  First, an ML document with a form that defines a character input area on the browser screen is acquired from, for example, a predetermined web server (S11). Based on the ML document, corresponding display information is generated by the analysis (S12). This display information is displayed on the screen of the display unit 105.

  As described with reference to FIG. 6, when a character input area on the screen is selected by a user operation, it is checked whether or not the attribute visual of the character input area is “ON” (S13). In the case of “ON”, it is determined as “visual input mode”, and a visual input mode that enables embedding to be selected and an image input tag including the URL of the pictogram file to be embedded in the input character string is started (S14). ). Details of the visual input mode will be described later. If the attribute visual is not “ON”, it is determined that the normal input mode is selected, and the normal input mode is entered (S15). Thereafter, when there is a transmission instruction by an operation such as pressing a transmission button (S16, Yes), the input information of the form is transmitted to the server (S17). If there is a pictogram, the image input tag information specifying the file name and the pictogram image file are transmitted. At that time, the local path in the URL of the image data file is deleted. In the example of FIG. 8, “Data / image” corresponds to a local path. (As a result, the URL is only the file name of the pictographic image file.) In the example shown in FIG. 6, “title = It is already autumn & HONBUN = It has become cold in the morning and evening & <img src = 003.gif> & 003 “gif image data” is transmitted to the server. When there is no pictogram, the image input tag information and the image data are not transmitted.

  As a form of input information to be transmitted to the server, as a known technique, it is possible to transmit each input character string and image data as URL-encoded or MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions encoding) multipart data. it can.

  FIG. 10 shows a specific processing example of the visual input mode in the communication terminal.

  First, a character input is received (S21). The input characters are sequentially added to predetermined locations of the ML document by the action of the ML editor 122 (FIG. 2). Thereby, in the browser display, the input character is reflected in the display of the ML document by updating the display target ML document itself. If it is not a pictograph, the character is added to a predetermined position in the ML document (S24). This input character string is reflected in the display result of the ML document and can be confirmed by the user on the browser screen (400b in FIG. 6). If the input character is a pictogram (S22, Yes), as described above, the image file of the pictogram (a URL indicating this) is embedded in the input character string of the ML document with the image input tag (S23). This image input tag information is also reflected in the display result of the ML document, and can be confirmed by the user on the browser screen (400b in FIG. 6). In this embodiment, the URL of the pictographic image file inserted in the image input tag is a combination of the file name as the file identification information and the local path indicating the storage location in the terminal. The above process is repeated until the user input is completed (S25). When the input is completed, the process returns to the process of FIG.

  With the above configuration, it is possible to input an arbitrary desired pictograph having a pictographic image file in the communication terminal on the web page.

  Next, a modification of the present embodiment will be described.

  In the above description, the pictographic image file is transmitted to the server together with the image input tag information in which the pictographic image file is embedded. However, as shown in FIG. 11, when the pictographic image file received for each user is stored in a specific folder 700 in the storage unit 204 of the server, the communication terminal once sends the pictographic image file once sent to the server to the next time. From there is no need to send. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 12, in the storage unit of the communication terminal, as the transmission history information indicating which pictogram image file has been transmitted to which server, the file identification information of the pictogram image file sent for each server ID (see FIG. 12). File name) is stored in the transmission history table 127, and duplicate transmission of the transmitted pictographic image file is suppressed. As a result, transmission of a pictographic image file having a data amount relatively larger than that of character data is omitted, so that the amount of communication data to the server can be reduced.

  On the server side, the pictographic image file received for each user of the communication terminal is stored, and the data processing unit 203 (FIG. 4) stores the image input tag information without the pictographic image file in the storage unit 204. A pictographic image file corresponding to is searched, and if a corresponding pictographic image file exists, the pictographic image file is used.

  At least in this example, in order for the server to recognize the user, the user performs a login operation to the site through authentication of a user ID, a password, and the like when using the service of the web server.

  FIG. 13 shows a specific processing example of the visual input mode in the communication terminal corresponding to this modification. Steps similar to those shown in FIG. 10 are given the same reference numerals, and redundant descriptions are omitted.

  The process up to the confirmation of the transmission instruction in step S17 is the same as in FIG. In subsequent step S31, it is checked whether or not there is a pictograph in the input information to be transmitted (S31). If not, the process proceeds to step S17 as described above. If there is, the transmission history table 127 is referenced to check whether or not the pictograph has been transmitted to the server (S32). If not transmitted, the input information including the pictographic image file is transmitted in step S17 as described above. If it has been transmitted, the pictographic image file is removed from the transmission target (S34), and the input information is transmitted to the server (S17a).

  According to this modification, in the communication terminal, it is not necessary to transmit the image file to the server again for the transmitted pictograms, and the amount of communication data at the time of transmission (the number of packets at the time of packet communication) can be reduced. .

  Next, another modified example will be described. In the above example, when the input information of the form is used for updating the homepage etc., when the other communication terminal views the homepage, the other terminal acquires and displays the updated ML document. . Therefore, the reception history information of the pictographic image file may be stored in the communication terminal that receives the ML document. As a specific means for that purpose, a reception history table having the same configuration as the history table 127 for storing transmission history information as shown in FIG. 12 can be adopted. In that case, even if the servers are different, the “server ID” is not necessarily required if the file identification information of the pictographic image file is unique. The pictographic image file in the terminal registered as the reception history information does not necessarily have to be acquired from the server. For example, it may be registered at the time of shipment of the terminal, or may be input from an external memory or the like. Since such a pictographic image file was originally received from the outside in some form, the file information is also referred to as “reception” history information in the present embodiment.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the processing of the communication terminal on the side that receives such an ML document.

  The communication terminal that stores the reception history information accesses a home page and acquires an ML document including an image input tag that designates a pictographic image file (S21). Next, the ML document is analyzed (S22), and it is checked whether the pictogram specified by the image input tag exists in the ML document (S23). If it exists, it is checked whether or not the pictographic image file (image input tag) exists in the terminal (S24). If a pictographic image file exists in the terminal, the pictographic image file is read from the terminal (S25). This eliminates the need to receive the same pictographic image file again from the server, and reduces the amount of communication data and the storage capacity in the terminal. If the pictographic image file does not exist in the terminal itself, the pictographic image file is acquired from the server (S26). Display information is generated based on these processing results (S27) and displayed as a web page on the screen (S28). According to this modification, in the communication terminal, it is not necessary to request the image file for the received pictogram again from the server, and the amount of communication data at the time of reception (number of packets at the time of packet communication) can be reduced. .

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, but various modifications and changes other than those mentioned above can be made.

  The present invention can be applied to character input on an arbitrary web page such as a home page, a blog, web mail, or a bulletin board.

  In the above description, when the input information to the form is transmitted to the server, the local path in the URL is deleted, but this deletion in the communication terminal is not essential. On the server side, the URL in the image input tag may be replaced with a URL including the path where the pictographic image file is stored.

  A computer program for realizing the functions described in the above embodiments by a computer and a recording medium storing the program in a computer-readable manner are also included in the present invention.

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Claims (15)

Receiving a character input when a character input area is selected on a web page of an ML document with a form that defines the character input area displayed on the screen of the communication terminal;
Reflecting the input characters in the display of the ML document;
Transmitting the input information to the form to a server in response to a transmission instruction,
In the step of accepting the character input, when a pictogram is selected, the URL indicating the pictogram image file is embedded in the input character string as an image input tag, and is reflected on the display of the ML document again to display the pictogram on the screen. Displayed above,
In the transmitting step, the pictogram image file and identification information of the file are transmitted together with the input character string as the input information.   When it is confirmed that predetermined flag information is included in the ML document, in the step of receiving the character input, a pictogram input mode that enables selection of the pictogram and embedding of the image input tag of the URL is performed. The character input method according to claim 1, which is activated.   The character input method according to claim 1, wherein when the input information to the form is transmitted to the server, the local path in the URL is deleted.   Transmission history information indicating which pictogram image file is transmitted to which server is stored in the communication terminal, and when the pictogram image file is transmitted to a server, the pictogram image file has been transmitted to the server. The character input method according to claim 1, wherein when it is confirmed based on the transmission history information, transmission of the image information is suppressed. Receiving a character input when a character input area is selected on a web page of an ML document with a form that defines the character input area displayed on the screen of the communication terminal;
Reflecting the input characters in the display of the ML document;
Transmitting input information to the form to a server in response to a transmission instruction;
When a pictogram is selected in the step of accepting the text input, a URL indicating the pictogram image file is embedded in the input character string as an image input tag, and is reflected on the display of the ML document again to display the pictogram on the screen. A character input program that causes a computer to execute the step of transmitting the pictographic image file and the identification information of the file in the step of displaying and transmitting the pictographic image file.   When it is confirmed that predetermined flag information is included in the ML document, in the step of receiving the character input, a pictogram input mode that enables selection of the pictogram and embedding of the image input tag of the URL is performed. The character input program according to claim 5, which is activated.   The character input program according to claim 5, wherein a local path in the URL is deleted when input information to the form is transmitted to a server.   Transmission history information indicating which pictogram image file is transmitted to which server is stored in the communication terminal, and when the pictogram image file is transmitted to a server, the pictogram image file has been transmitted to the server. The character input program according to claim 5, wherein when it is confirmed based on the transmission history information, transmission of the image information is suppressed. A display unit for displaying an ML document with a form for defining a character input area on the screen;
When the character input area is selected, an operation unit that receives character input;
A communication unit that transmits input information to the form to a server in response to a transmission instruction;
Control means for controlling the display unit, the operation unit and the communication unit,
The control means reflects the input character on the display of the ML document, and when accepting the character input, when a pictogram is selected, a URL indicating the pictogram image file is used as an image input tag. The pictograph is embedded on the input character string and reflected on the display of the ML document again to display the pictograph on the screen. The communication unit embeds the URL indicating the pictographic image file together with the input character string as the input information. A communication terminal that transmits the received image input tag and the pictographic image file.   When it is confirmed that predetermined flag information is included in the ML document, in the step of receiving the character input, a pictogram input mode that enables selection of the pictogram and embedding of the image input tag of the URL is performed. The communication terminal according to claim 9, which is activated.   The communication terminal according to claim 9, wherein a local path in the URL is deleted when transmitting input information to the form to a server.   Transmission history information indicating which pictogram image file is sent to which server is stored in the terminal, and when the pictogram image file is sent to a server, the pictogram image file has been sent to the server The communication terminal according to claim 9, wherein the transmission of the image information is suppressed when it is confirmed based on the transmission history information.   When reception history information representing a pictographic image file stored in the terminal is stored in the terminal and an ML document with an image input tag for designating a pictograph is received from the server, the pictograph is stored in the terminal. The communication terminal according to claim 9, wherein the communication terminal checks whether or not the pictographic image file is stored in the server without requesting the server to request the pictographic image file. A web server that provides an ML document to a communication terminal,
Transmitting means for transmitting the ML document with a form for defining a character input area in response to a request from a communication terminal;
Receiving means for receiving the pictogram image file as input information of the form from the communication terminal, as input information, together with an input character string and an image input tag in which a URL indicating a pictogram image file is embedded;
Storage means for storing the pictographic image file;
Processing means for reflecting the input information in the ML document,
The processing means replaces the URL in the image input tag with a URL including a path of the storage location of the pictographic image file.   The storage unit stores a pictographic image file received for each user of the communication terminal, and when the processing unit receives an image input tag without a pictographic image file, the corresponding pictographic image file is stored in the storage unit. The web server according to claim 14, wherein the web server searches and uses the pictographic image file when the corresponding pictographic image file exists.

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