JP2019153345A - Browser, control method of browser, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a technique by which a function button for processing a processing form being in a display state in a browser of an information processing device is operably displayed in a region other than that of the processing form.SOLUTION: A browser that obtains a content from a server and displays the content in an information processing device obtains a relation between a form held by the content to be displayed and a button for processing a value which is input in the form; and, when the form held by the content is displayed in a form display region of the browser of the information processing device, displays a button for processing the form in a region other than the form display region, on the basis of the obtained information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for displaying function buttons displayed on an information processing apparatus.

  With the spread of smartphones and tablet terminals, content and web applications corresponding to smartphones and tablets have come to exist.

  However, there are still many contents and web applications targeted at PCs, and it is easy to browse and operate on information processing terminals that display information on a display screen smaller than the PC display screen, such as smartphones and tablet terminals. There are still many contents and Web applications that can be created.

  When viewing content and web applications targeted for PCs on information processing terminals such as smartphones and tablet terminals, the area that can be displayed on such information processing terminals is limited, and smooth browsing and operations cannot be performed. Is a problem.

  For example, when there are many contents of content to be displayed on one screen, and it is necessary to scroll and browse and operate a screen in which multiple processing buttons are combined with each of those contents. The operation becomes complicated and the load on the user increases.

  For example, when such a screen is handled in a mobile terminal such as a smart phone having a small screen, it is necessary to search where the processing button corresponding to the screen is located by performing an operation such as sliding the screen. In addition, when such an operation is performed, it is difficult to grasp the positional relationship between the input screen and the processing button. Therefore, it is determined whether the button for processing the input processing screen is an appropriate button. It becomes difficult.

  Moreover, it is conceivable that the user makes a transition to an unintended screen or performs an unintended process due to not pressing an appropriate button. Furthermore, there is a concern that the opportunity for the user to browse such content decreases due to the inconvenience of handling such a screen.

  A technique for facilitating browsing in such an information processing apparatus such as a mobile terminal has been disclosed.

JP2013-206068A JP 2010-102662 A

  For example, in Patent Document 1, when a plurality of headline links of a Web page exist at positions that cannot be displayed on one display screen and cannot be fit in one display area, a link display target list is extracted and aggregated. The technology to display is public.

  In this method, in the case of a Web page screen in which a large number of links are present, the links are aggregated and displayed on an information processing terminal having a limited display area, thereby accessing information on a large number of links. It becomes easy to do. However, although it is easy to access a large number of information sources, it is not possible to solve the problem of making it easy to perform processing on a screen on which values are input.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for enlarging and displaying a specific area so that a target link can be reliably touched.

  According to this method, the specific area of the part displayed on the display screen is enlarged, so it may be easy to operate, but the problem is solved in the currently recognizable area. However, it is not possible to solve the problem that a portion not displayed in the display area can be operated in conjunction with the displayed portion.

  If the contents of all Web pages cannot be displayed at once on the display screen of the information processing device, only the part of the button that enables processing corresponding to the content is different from the part that displays the content. It is desired that the content can be easily processed while browsing the content by displaying in the area.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to display function buttons for processing a processing form displayed in a browser of an information processing apparatus so that the function button can be operated in an area different from the processing form. To do.

  The present invention relates to a browser that acquires content from a server and provides the content to an information processing apparatus, and a relationship between a form possessed by the content to be displayed and a button for processing a value input to the form Acquisition means for acquiring, a form display means for displaying a form possessed by the content in a form display area of the information processing apparatus, and a button corresponding to the form displayed in the form display area by the form display means A specifying means for specifying from the relationship acquired by the acquiring means, and a form display for displaying the form specified by the specifying means with a button corresponding to the form specified by the specifying means when the form is displayed in the browser Buttons to be displayed in the button display area that is a separate display area And a indicates means accepts pressing of a button displayed on the button display area by the button display unit, characterized in that it makes it possible to process the form that appears in the form display region.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to display a function button for processing a processing form displayed in the browser of the information processing apparatus so that it can be operated in an area different from the processing form.

It is a figure which shows an example of a system configuration | structure in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure showing an example of hardware constitutions of an information processor and a server in an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a function structure in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the initial display process of a content display process and a button display process in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process which verifies matching of the button process corresponding to a content in embodiment of this invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of content display processing and button display processing when scrolling is performed in the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the content displayed on the information processing apparatus 101 in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the source of the content displayed on the information processing apparatus 101 in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the table for demonstrating matching of a form and a button in embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a state in which a button identifier is embedded in a content source displayed on the information processing apparatus 101 according to the embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the source of the content displayed on the information processing apparatus 101 in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the table for demonstrating matching of a form and a button in embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a state in which a button identifier is embedded in a content source displayed on the information processing apparatus 101 according to the embodiment of this invention. In the embodiment of the present invention, an example of how the priority is registered in the table when the display priority is given to the form displayed at the top of the display area of the information processing apparatus 101 FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the content displayed on the information processing apparatus 101 in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the condition where a content is displayed in the information processing apparatus 101 in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the state in which the button which can process the content currently displayed on the form display area is displayed on the button display area in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the display method of all the buttons displayed on the button display area of the content in display in embodiment of this invention.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the system according to the present embodiment, the information processing apparatus 101 accesses the server 103 and displays the contents of the server 103 on the information processing apparatus 101 via the browser 102. The information processing apparatus 101 may be a PC or a portable terminal that can be carried. Note that the content is acquired by accessing the server 103 via the information processing apparatus 101, the public line, or the Internet.

  Next, referring to FIG. 2, a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration in the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 101 and the server 103 according to the embodiment of this invention.

  The CPU 201 comprehensively controls each device and controller connected to the system bus 204.

  Further, the R0M 202 or the external memory 211 is necessary to realize a BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) or an operating system program (hereinafter referred to as OS) that is a control program of the CPU 201, and a function executed by each server or each PC. Various programs to be described later are stored. The RAM 203 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 201.

  The CPU 201 implements various operations by loading a program necessary for execution of processing into the RAM 203 and executing the program.

  An input controller (input C) 205 controls input from a pointing device such as a keyboard 209 or a mouse (not shown).

  However, the input to the portable terminal is controlled by directly touching the soft keyboard or the screen.

  A video controller (VC) 206 controls display on a display device such as a CRT display (CRT) 210. The display device may be a liquid crystal display as well as a CRT. These are used by the administrator as needed. The present invention is not directly related.

  The memory controller (MC) 207 is a hard disk (HD), floppy (registered trademark) disk (FD), or PCMCIA that stores a boot program, browser software, various applications, font data, user files, editing files, various data, and the like. Controls access to an external memory 211 such as a CompactFlash (registered trademark) memory connected to the card slot via an adapter.

A communication I / F controller (communication I / FC) 208 is connected to and communicates with an external device via a network, and executes communication control processing in the network. For example, Internet communication using TCP / IP is possible.
In the case of a portable terminal, in addition to Internet communication, communication as a telephone may be possible using a public line.

  Note that the CPU 201 enables display on the CRT 210 by executing outline font rasterization processing on a display information area in the RAM 203, for example. In addition, the CPU 201 enables a user instruction with a mouse cursor (not shown) on the CRT 210.

  A program for realizing the present invention is recorded in the external memory 211, and is executed by the CPU 201 by being loaded into the RAM 203 as necessary.

  Next, referring to FIG. 3, a functional configuration diagram according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The functional configuration of the present invention is composed of various functional configurations of the browser 102. The browser 102 includes an acquisition unit 301, a form display unit 302, a specifying unit 303, a button display unit 304, a registration unit 305, an identifier embedding unit 306, and a highlight display unit 307.
The acquisition unit 301 acquires a relationship between a form possessed by the content to be displayed and a button for processing a value input to the form.
The form display unit 302 displays the form possessed by the content in the form display area of the information processing apparatus.
The specifying unit 303 specifies the button corresponding to the form displayed in the form display area by the form display unit 302 from the relationship acquired by the acquiring unit 301.
Also, the button corresponding to the form displayed in the form display area specified by the specifying unit 303 is specified from the relationship registered in the correspondence table.
When the form is displayed on the browser 102, the button display unit 304 is a button that is a display area different from the form display area that displays the form specified by the specifying unit 303 corresponding to the form specified by the specifying unit 303. Display in the display area. Further, when the button displayed in the button display area by the button display unit 304 is accepted, the form displayed in the form display area can be processed.
The registration unit 305 registers the relationship between the form possessed by the content acquired by the acquisition unit 301 and the button for processing the value input to the form in the correspondence table.
The identifier embedding unit 306 performs the processing of the value input to the form based on the relationship between the form possessed by the content to be displayed acquired by the acquisition unit 301 and the button for processing the value input to the form. An identification indicator for a button to be embedded is embedded in the content source code for displaying the form corresponding to the button.
The highlighting unit 307 highlights the button when it is a button related to form processing among the buttons displayed in the button display area.

  Subsequently, processing in the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 4 shows an initial display process when the viewer obtains information via the browser. In step S401, the information processing apparatus 101 accepts the start of browsing of content by the viewer.

  In step S402, the browser 102 accepts browsing of information in the browser 102 from the viewer.

  In step S <b> 403, the browser 102 accesses the HTML content, and obtains a display page HTML and JavaScript (registered trademark) to be displayed on the browser 102 used in the information processing apparatus 101.

  In step S404, the browser 102 verifies which button is used to process the form constituting the page displayed by the browser 102, and associates the form with the button (when any button in the HTML content is pressed, Process to verify which form is processed). That is, the relationship between the form possessed by the content to be displayed and the button for processing the value input to the form is acquired. This process will be described with reference to the process of FIG. Here, the form is a part of a screen constituting HTML content.

  Subsequently, the process of step S404 is performed with reference to FIG.

  In step S <b> 501, the browser 102 extracts a JavaScript (registered trademark) function referring to a form constituting a page displayed by the browser 102 from an HTML source code. That is, a JavaScript (registered trademark) function that performs a process such as Submit with reference to a form is extracted from the HTML source code.

  In step S502, the browser 102 determines in step S501 whether or not a JavaScript (registered trademark) function performing processing such as Submit with reference to the form has been extracted from the HTML source code. If it is determined that the extraction has been completed, the process proceeds to step S503. If it is determined that extraction has failed, the process proceeds to step S505.

  FIG. 8 shows the HTML source of the screen shown in FIG. 7, and in the creation of the screen by the source code of FIG. 8, JavaScript 810 and 811 perform processing such as Submit with reference to the form. Since it is a (registered trademark) function, in the case of the source code pattern of FIG. 8, it is determined in step S502 that there is a JavaScript (registered trademark) function that performs processing such as Submit by referring to the form. To do. That is, in the creation of the screen of FIG. 8, the user registration form to be referred to in the process when the user registration button is pressed is in a format referred to from outside the user registration form by using JavaScript (registered trademark). That is. Also, there is no button processing in the Form tag.

  FIG. 11 is also the HTML source of the screen shown in FIG. 7. In the source code of FIG. 11, the method of creating the screen using HTML is based on JavaScript (Submit etc.) that performs processing such as Submit. In step S502, it is determined that there is no JavaScript (registered trademark) function that performs processing such as Submit with reference to the form. That is, FIG. 11 shows that the screen is created with button processing in the Form tag.

  In the present invention, the explanation of the processing will be advanced by taking the creation of these two screens as an example.

  In step S <b> 503, the browser 102 identifies a form that is a processing target of a JavaScript (registered trademark) function that is processing with reference to the form. In this method, a form to be processed is specified from a JavaScript (registered trademark) function that is actually processed. For example, from 810 in FIG. 8, 820 forms are identified, and from 811 in FIG. 8, 821 forms are identified.

  In FIG. 7, the form 820 is the user registration form of FIGS. 7 and 710, and the form 821 is the questionnaire response form of FIGS. Further, this association may be registered in a table as shown in the form information table 901 in FIG.

  In step S504, the browser 102 specifies, from the HTML source, a button for calling a JavaScript (registered trademark) function that performs processing such as Submit with reference to the form.

  In the case of FIG. 8, a button for performing user registration processing at 830 and a button for performing questionnaire response processing at 831 are extracted. In FIG. 7, the button for performing user registration processing at 830 is 730 in FIG. 7, and the button for performing questionnaire response processing at 831 is 740 in FIG. In addition, this association may be registered in a table such as the button information table 902 in FIG.

  In step S505, the browser 102 associates the button specified in step S504 with the form specified in step S503 and associated with the button. That is, the relationship between the form possessed by the content to be displayed and the button for processing the value input to the form is acquired.

  It should be noted that, based on information registered in the form information table 901 in FIG. 9 and the button information table 902 in FIG. 9, a form-button correspondence table 903 in which forms and buttons are associated as shown in 903 in FIG. Assume that the association is registered. That is, the relationship between the form possessed by the acquired content and the button for processing the value input to the form is registered in the correspondence table.

  In the case of the screen source in FIG. 11, the association can be recognized by the browser 102 reading the source. For example, in the source code of FIG. 11, the form portions are FIGS. 11, 1100 (user registration form) and FIGS. 11, 1110 (questionnaire answer form), but the button for processing the corresponding form is 1100. Corresponds to 1101 user registration buttons, and 1110 corresponds to 1111 questionnaire response buttons. As for the information recognized by the browser 102, the association may be registered in the correspondence table 1200 between the form and the button as shown in FIG. In other words, the relationship between the form possessed by the acquired content and the button for processing the value input to the form may be registered in the correspondence table.

  In step S506, the browser 102 generates a code that can identify the correspondence with the button in the form specified by the browser 102 based on the association between the button and the form associated in step S505 (for example, FIG. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. That is, based on the relationship between the form possessed by the content to be displayed and the button for processing the value input to the form, the button identifier indicator for processing the value input to the form is assigned to the button. Embed in the content source code to display the corresponding form. In this way, by embedding the corresponding button description in the form description, the browser can identify what button corresponds to the form displayed in the display area.

  For example, in the case of the source code of FIG. 8, as shown in 1001 and 1002 of FIG. --- TARGET_BUTTON: memberRegist ---> is inserted into the source code (1001 in FIG. 10), and for the questionnaire response form, <! --- TARGET_BUTTON: QuestionEntry-> is inserted into the source code (1002 in FIG. 10).

  In the case of the source code in FIG. 11, as shown in 1301 and 1302 in FIG. --- TARGET_BUTTON: memberRegist ---> is inserted into the source code (1301 in FIG. 13), and for the questionnaire response form, <! --- TARGET_BUTTON: QuestionEntry-> is inserted into the source code (1302 in FIG. 13).

  In this example, an identifier that can be identified is embedded in the form. However, the correspondence table 903 between the form and the button and the correspondence between the form and the button, which are tables storing the correspondence between the form and the button in step S505. Since the table 1200 can be used to specify the button displayed in the button display area based on the form displayed in the form display area, the identifier itself need not be incorporated.

  Subsequently, returning to the processing of FIG. In step S405, the browser 102 extracts a button in the HTML content displayed on the browser 102 of the information processing apparatus 101. For example, in the case of FIG. 8, two buttons 803 and 831 are extracted. In the case of FIG. 11, two buttons 1101 and 1111 are extracted. The extraction here means that a button to be displayed is extracted in the button display area for displaying only the button at the bottom of the display screen.

  In step S406, the browser 102 performs a process of highlighting only the buttons corresponding to the form. This process makes it possible to recognize only buttons associated with the form in the button display area. Since the button corresponding to the form has already been acquired in the process of step S404, the information is used for highlighting. That is, among the buttons displayed in the button display area, when the button is related to the form processing, the button is highlighted.

  In step S <b> 407, the browser 102 displays a display screen of the form displayed in the form display area of the information processing apparatus 101 on the display screen of the information processing apparatus 101 via the browser 102. That is, the form possessed by the content is displayed in the form display area of the information processing apparatus 101.

  In step S <b> 408, the browser 102 generates a button display area screen that displays buttons (buttons extracted in step S <b> 405) that exist in the HTML content of the information processing apparatus 101. Display in the button display area. That is, the button display area collectively displays all buttons related to content processing. That is, all buttons related to the form in the content and buttons not related to the form (for example, a return button that does not process the form) are displayed. The button arranged in the button display area is a button that moves in the same manner as when a button (in the same process) existing in the form display area is pressed. That is, when a press of a button displayed in the button display area is accepted, the form displayed in the form display area can be processed.

  FIG. 6 shows buttons in the button display area corresponding to the HTML screen form displayed at the top of the form display area when the HTML display screen displayed on the browser is scrolled by the user. It is a process to do.

  In step S <b> 601, the browser 102 accepts the start of browsing content acquired from the server 103 via the browser 102 of the information processing apparatus 101 from the user.

  In step S <b> 602, the browser 102 determines whether or not the user has finished scrolling the screen displayed on the information processing apparatus 101 via the browser 102. That is, it is determined whether or not the scroll operation for displaying the form possessed by the content in the form display area of the information processing apparatus 101 is completed. If it is determined in step S602 that the process has not ended, the browser 102 repeats the process of step S602. If it is determined in step S602 that the process has ended, the browser 102 advances the process to step S603.

  In step S <b> 603, the browser 102 identifies a form displayed on the information processing apparatus 101.

  In step S <b> 604, the browser 102 determines whether there is a change in form on the screen displayed on the information processing apparatus 101. If the browser 102 determines in step S604 that there is no change, the browser 102 ends the process. If the browser 102 determines that there is a change, the browser 102 advances the process to step S605.

  In step S <b> 605, the browser 102 determines whether there are a plurality of forms in the content displayed on the information processing apparatus 101. If it is determined in step S605 that there are a plurality of items, the process proceeds to step S606. If it is determined that there are not a plurality of items (only a single form exists), the process proceeds to step S607.

  In step S <b> 606, the browser 102 gives priority to the form displayed at the top of the browser 102. The image is as shown in FIG. Priorities are given in the order of display from the top of the screen. For example, as shown in the priority management table 1400, when a QuestionEntry (questionnaire answer) form is displayed at the top of the browser 102 of the information processing apparatus 101, the priority is 1 for this form. It is attached as follows. Note that this association may be provided on the memory.

  In step S607, the browser 102 acquires the button corresponding to the form assigned the highest priority displayed in the form display area from the information of the button corresponding to the form acquired in step S404. To do. In other words, the button corresponding to the form displayed in the form display area is specified from the relationship between the form and the button that acquired the button. Further, the button corresponding to the form displayed in the form display area is specified from the relationship registered in the correspondence table. Alternatively, the button corresponding to the form displayed in the form display area is specified by the embedded identification indicator.

  In step S608, the browser 102 acquires a button corresponding to the form displayed in the form display area from the button information corresponding to the form acquired in the process of step S404. In other words, the button corresponding to the form displayed in the form display area is specified from the relationship between the form and the button that acquired the button. Further, the button corresponding to the form displayed in the form display area is specified from the relationship registered in the correspondence table. Alternatively, the button corresponding to the form displayed in the form display area is specified by the embedded identification indicator.

  In step S609, the button corresponding to the form display area of the browser 102 of the information processing apparatus 101 is scrolled in the button display area so as to be displayed in the button display area. That is, when a form is displayed on the browser 102, a button corresponding to the form is displayed in a button display area which is a display area different from the form display area for displaying the form. The button arranged in the button display area is a button that moves in the same manner as when a button (in the same process) existing in the form display area is pressed. That is, when a press of a button displayed in the button display area is accepted, the form displayed in the form display area can be processed.

  In this method, the browser 102 detects a form displayed at the top of the browser 102. Subsequently, the control ID (part of the control ID displayed on the right side of name =) or the form / button correspondence table 903, which is incorporated in the source of the form in step S506, is an HTML button identifier in the form display area. Alternatively, the button information corresponding to the form read from the form / button correspondence table 1200 is detected. Next, based on the detected button information, a button having the same function as the button information is displayed in the uppermost portion of the button display area.

  15, 16, 17, and 18, function buttons that can process the content displayed in the form display area and the content displayed in the button display area in the information processing apparatus 101. An example of display will be described.

  For example, assume that the content shown in FIG. This content is a content in which a name, kana, other telephone numbers, etc. can be input, content confirmation can be performed, and member registration can be performed.

  If this content is displayed, for example, in a browser with a narrow display area such as a mobile terminal, only the location indicated by the dotted line in FIG. 16 can be displayed, and the content to be pressed after entering a name, kana, etc. Confirmation and member registration function buttons cannot be displayed on one screen.

  However, by applying the present invention, as shown in FIG. 17, a part that holds items to be input is displayed in the form display area 1700 and the content displayed in the form display area 1700 is processed. By displaying the function button for performing in the button display area 1710, the input value can be processed without searching for the function button.

  Note that the buttons displayed in the button display area do not display only function buttons that enable processing of the content displayed in the form display area of FIG. Button is displayed.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 18, 1810 is a diagram showing a situation where the button display area of FIG. 17 is displayed. However, when the scroll portion (1811) is actually scrolled, 1810 of FIG. The illustrated button will be displayed. For example, there are function buttons such as save, update, delete, and return. These buttons are all function buttons in the display content. In addition, when the part of the content linked to the function button (this is called a form) is displayed in the form display area, the function button for processing related to the form is displayed in an identifiable manner in the button display area. That is. That is, when the display is in the form display area 1700 in FIG. 17, the portion 1821 in FIG. 18 is displayed in the button display area.

  With the above processing, the function buttons for processing the processing form displayed in the browser of the information processing apparatus can be displayed so as to be operable in an area different from the processing form.

  By this processing, even if the content display area and the function buttons for processing the content are configured with a display area larger than the area that can be displayed at once by the browser of the information processing apparatus, the content being browsed by the information processing apparatus Since the function button capable of processing is always displayed in a region different from the content display region, the content can be processed without performing a scroll operation for searching for the function button.

  For example, in a process of inputting an item in a content and registering the content using a function button, when a part of the item is corrected, the function button that reflects the item and the correction displays the content of the information processing apparatus Even if it is not displayed together with the content at once, the function button that reflects the correction is displayed in the button display area, so that the correction can be reflected by pressing the function button immediately after the correction is made. .

  Although one embodiment has been described above, the present invention can take an embodiment as a system, apparatus, method, program, recording medium, or the like. Specifically, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices, or may be applied to an apparatus composed of a single device.

  The program according to the present invention is a program that allows a computer to execute the processing methods of the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 4, 5, and 6, and the storage medium according to the present invention uses the processing methods of FIGS. A computer executable program is stored. Note that the program in the present invention may be a program for each processing method of each apparatus in FIGS. 4, 5, and 6.

  As described above, a recording medium that records a program that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the program stored in the recording medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by executing reading.

  In this case, the program itself read from the recording medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the recording medium storing the program constitutes the present invention.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program, for example, a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD-ROM, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, EEPROM, silicon A disk, solid state drive, or the like can be used.

  Further, by executing the program read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) operating on the computer based on an instruction of the program is actually It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the processing and the processing is included.

  Furthermore, after the program read from the recording medium is written to the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board is based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that the case where the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  Further, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or apparatus. In this case, by reading a recording medium storing a program for achieving the present invention into the system or apparatus, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  Furthermore, by downloading and reading a program for achieving the present invention from a server, database, etc. on a network using a communication program, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  In addition, all the structures which combined each embodiment mentioned above and its modification are also included in this invention.

100 Network 101 Client Terminal 102 Client Terminal 103 Workflow Server 104 Mail Server 105 Management Terminal 201 CPU
202 R0M
203 RAM
204 System bus 205 Input controller 206 Output controller 207 External memory controller 208 Communication I / F controller 209 Input unit 210 Output unit 211 External memory 212 Program

Claims (7)

In a browser that acquires content from a server and provides the content to an information processing device,
Acquisition means for acquiring a relationship between a form possessed by the content to be displayed and a button for processing a value input to the form;
Form display means for displaying a form possessed by the content in a form display area of the information processing apparatus;
A specifying means for specifying a button corresponding to the form displayed in the form display area by the form display means from the relationship acquired by the acquisition means;
When the form is displayed in the browser, a button corresponding to the form specified by the specifying unit is displayed in a button display area which is a display area different from the form display area for displaying the form specified by the specifying unit. Button display means,
A browser which is capable of processing a form displayed in the form display area when the button display means accepts pressing of a button displayed in the button display area. Based on the relationship between the form possessed by the acquisition means acquired by the acquisition means and the button for processing the value input to the form, the button for processing the value input to the form An identifier embedding unit that embeds an identification indicator in the source code of the content for displaying the form corresponding to the button;
2. The browser according to claim 1, wherein a button corresponding to the form displayed in the form display area specified by the specifying means is specified by the identification indicator embedded by the embedding means. A registration unit for registering a relationship between a form possessed by the content acquired by the acquisition unit and a button for processing a value input in the form in a correspondence table;
2. The browser according to claim 1, wherein a button corresponding to the form displayed in the form display area specified by the specifying means is specified from the relationship registered in the correspondence table. The browser according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the button display area collectively displays all buttons related to the processing of the content. 5. The browser according to claim 1, wherein among the buttons displayed in the button display area, if the button is related to the processing of the form, the button is highlighted. In a browser control method for acquiring content from a server and providing the content to an information processing device,
An obtaining step for obtaining a relationship between a form possessed by the content to be displayed and a button for processing a value input to the form;
A display means for displaying a form possessed by the content in a form display area of the information processing apparatus;
A specifying step of specifying a button corresponding to the form displayed in the form display area by the form display step from the relationship acquired in the acquisition step;
When the form is displayed in the browser, the display means displays a button corresponding to the form specified in the specific step, which is a display area different from the form display area for displaying the form specified in the specific step Button display step to display in the area,
A control method for a browser, characterized in that a form displayed in the form display area can be processed when a press of a button displayed in the button display area is accepted in the button display step. A program that can be executed in a browser that acquires content from a server and provides the content to an information processing device,
Acquisition means for acquiring a relationship between a form possessed by the content to be displayed and a button for processing a value input to the form;
Form display means for displaying a form possessed by the content in a form display area of the information processing apparatus;
A specifying means for specifying a button corresponding to the form displayed in the form display area by the form display means from the relationship acquired by the acquisition means;
When the form is displayed in the browser, a button corresponding to the form specified by the specifying unit is displayed in a button display area which is a display area different from the form display area for displaying the form specified by the specifying unit. Function as a button display means,
A program executable in a browser, which allows processing of a form displayed in the form display area upon receipt of a press of a button displayed in the button display area by the button display means.

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