JP6311301B2 - Information providing program, information providing method, and information providing apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing program, an information providing method, and an information providing apparatus.

  Conventionally, there is a service called account aggregation that aggregates and displays information on a plurality of sites on one screen. According to account aggregation, for example, information on a plurality of accounts of different financial institutions held by depositors in Internet banking or the like can be aggregated and displayed on a list screen.

  As related prior art, for example, a server cuts out an image of a rectangular area from an image, recognizes the text by OCR processing, and extracts the text having the highest degree of coincidence with the text recognized from the source of the html file. There is a technique for transmitting to a client terminal. In addition, there is a web page information extraction system for extracting a part that a user needs.

  Further, there is a technique for extracting an extracted data object from an html document acquired from a plurality of sites based on a cut-out rule, vocabulary information, and an inference operation, using a tag of the html document. Technology that captures and stores time-varying information by capturing a screen containing time-varying information as image data and using character recognition for the image data, and displays it in a specified area on the screen There is.

JP 2011-123740 A JP 2003-308275 A JP 2004-062446 A JP 2007-206908 A

  However, according to the prior art, when the screen configuration of the site and the contents of the site are changed, it is not possible to obtain the information as intended by the user. Takes time and effort.

  In one aspect, an object of the present invention is to provide an information providing program, an information providing method, and an information providing apparatus capable of supporting a setting change for information acquired from a site.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, the information related to the tag is specified from the acquired screen information of the site based on the site identification information recorded in advance and the information related to the tag in the screen information of the site. An information providing program, an information providing method, and an information providing apparatus are proposed that output data of the site based on the acquired screen information of the site when the data is searched and the data is not searched.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to support a setting change for information acquired from a site.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an example of the information providing method according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a system configuration example of the system 200. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the information providing apparatus 101. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the server 201. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents stored in the account aggregation information DB 220. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents stored in the site-specific purpose data attribute DB 230. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a screen example of a list setting screen. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a screen example of an area initial setting screen. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a screen example of a list screen. FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the information providing apparatus 101. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram (part 1) of a screen example of an area reset screen. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram (part 2) of the screen example of the area resetting screen. FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an information provision processing procedure of the information provision apparatus 101. FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a specific processing procedure of the new registration processing. FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a specific processing procedure of the list display processing. FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a specific processing procedure of the target data setting process. FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a specific processing procedure of the area reset screen display process.

  Exemplary embodiments of an information providing program, an information providing method, and an information providing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

(One example of information providing method)
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an example of the information providing method according to the embodiment. In FIG. 1, an information providing apparatus 101 is a computer having a function of collecting and outputting information on a plurality of sites on one screen. A site is a page or a set of pages, for example, a website.

  The page is information disclosed on the network, for example, a web page. The page includes an electronic document (html data, xhtml data) or image data described by html (HyperText Markup Language) or xhtml (Extensible HyperText Markup Language).

  Here, it is assumed that information on the bank site S1, the securities company site S2, and the pension site S3 is collected and output on the list screen 110. In this case, for each site of the bank site S1, the securities company site S2, and the pension site S3, the user sets in advance which part of which page of each site information is to be acquired.

  As an example, it is assumed that the annual amount (expected) of the welfare pension information page of the pension site S3 is acquired. In this case, for example, the user designates an area 120 for displaying the annual amount (expected) on the screen of the welfare pension information page of the pension site. Thereby, the information in the area 120 of the welfare pension information page of the pension site can be displayed at a preset position on the list screen 110.

  On the other hand, the provider of each site is often different, and the screen configuration and posted content of each site are arbitrarily changed by the provider. If the screen configuration or posted content of each site is changed, the position of a region (for example, region 120) set in advance for each site may be shifted, and information as intended by the user may not be displayed on the list screen 110. .

  In the example of FIG. 1, since the posting content of the welfare pension information page of the pension site S3 has been changed, the position of the annual amount (expected) on the screen of the welfare pension information page is shifted. Therefore, in order to display the information as intended by the user on the list screen 110, when the setting of the information acquisition position in each site is changed in accordance with the change in the screen configuration and posted contents of each site. There is.

  However, each time the screen configuration or posted content of each site is changed, it is time-consuming and time-consuming for the user to access each site to check the changed content and change the settings for information acquisition location at each site. It takes. In addition, the user may not be aware that the screen configuration or posted content of each site has been changed, and may not be aware of information that is not intended on the list screen 110.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, when the site screen configuration and posted contents are changed and information that the user intended can no longer be acquired, it is reset as to which part of the site information is acquired. An information providing method for facilitating and reducing the labor required for setting changes will be described. Hereinafter, an embodiment of the information providing process of the information providing apparatus 101 will be described.

  (1) The information providing apparatus 101 acquires the screen information of the site S with reference to the identification information of the site S recorded in advance. Here, the site S is one of a plurality of sites that collect and display information on one screen. The identification information of the site S is information for identifying the site S, and is, for example, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the site S.

  More specifically, the identification information of the site S is, for example, a URL of a page including the information of the site S displayed on the list screen. The list screen is a screen that aggregates and displays information on a plurality of sites. The information on the site S is any data in the screen of the site S. The screen information of the site S is information for displaying a page including the information of the site S, and is, for example, html data or xhtml data of a page including the information of the site S.

  In the following description, the information on the site S displayed on the list screen may be referred to as “target data”. Further, a page including the target data of the site S may be referred to as “target page”. Further, “html data” will be described as an example of the screen information of the site S.

  Specifically, for example, the information providing apparatus 101 accesses the employee pension information page by specifying the URL of the employee pension information page of the pension site S3, and acquires the html data 130 of the employee pension information page. The welfare pension information page is a purpose page including the purpose data of the pension site S3.

  (2) The information providing apparatus 101 specifies the tag-related information from the acquired html data of the site S based on the information related to the tag in the html data of the site S recorded in advance in association with the identification information of the site S. Search for data to be used.

  Here, the tag is additional information described in a form embedded in a document by a predetermined notation. In html data (or xhtml data), by embedding half-width alphanumeric characters enclosed in “<” and “>” as tags in the original document, the document structure, format, character decoration, etc. are given to the browser. You can instruct and embed images and links to other documents.

  Moreover, the information regarding a tag is information for specifying a tag of an html element including target data among the html data of the site S. The html element is an element that constitutes html data and includes a start tag, contents, and an end tag. That is, the information regarding the tag is information for specifying the tag of the html element that includes the target data in the content portion.

  As an example, the html element including the target data in the html data of the site S is set as the second td among the four td included in the html data of the site S. In this case, the tag-related information 140 is, for example, “second among all four td”. Note that td is an element indicating a data cell (table data cell).

  The data specified by the information related to the tag is data described in the content part of the html element specified by the information related to the tag among the html data of the site S. That is, for example, the information providing apparatus 101 retrieves data described in the content part of the second td out of all four td from the html data 130 of the welfare annuity information page.

  (3) The information providing apparatus 101 outputs the image data of the site S based on the acquired html data of the site S when the data specified by the information about the tag is not searched. In the example of FIG. 1, the content posted on the welfare pension information page of the pension site S3 is changed, and the total number of td included in the html data is changed from “4” to “5”.

  In this case, the data specified by the information 140 related to the tag, that is, the data described in the content portion of the second td among all four td is not retrieved. For this reason, the information providing apparatus 101 outputs the image data 150 of the employee pension information page based on the html data 130 of the employee pension information page.

  Specifically, for example, first, the information providing apparatus 101 expands the html data 130 of the welfare annuity information page into a memory (for example, VRAM: Video Random Access Memory) and generates the image data 150 of the welfare annuity information page. To do. Then, the information providing apparatus 101 outputs a resetting screen 160 including the image data 150 of the employee pension information page stored in the memory.

  As described above, according to the information providing apparatus 101, when the data specified by the information about the tag is searched from the acquired html data of the site S, and the data is not searched, the acquired html data of the site S The image data of the base site S can be output.

  This makes it easier to reconfigure which part of the site S is to be acquired when the screen configuration and posted content of the site S are changed and the information as intended by the user cannot be acquired. It is possible to reduce the time and effort required to change settings.

  For example, when it becomes impossible to acquire information as intended by the user from the pension site S3, the resetting screen 160 is displayed so that the user can be aware that the posted content of the pension site S3 has been changed. Further, in the resetting screen 160, it is possible to reset the area 120 for the employee pension information page of the pension site S3.

(System configuration example of system 200)
Next, a system configuration example of the system 200 according to the embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a system configuration example of the system 200. In FIG. 2, the system 200 includes an information providing apparatus 101 and a server 201. In the system 200, the information providing apparatus 101 and the server 201 are connected to each other via a wired or wireless network 210 so that they can communicate with each other. The network 210 is, for example, the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), or the like.

  Here, the information providing apparatus 101 includes an account aggregation information DB (database) 220 and a site-specific purpose data attribute DB 230. Specifically, for example, the information providing apparatus 101 is a PC (Personal Computer) installed with a browser, a notebook PC, a tablet PC, a smartphone, a mobile phone, or the like.

  The account aggregation information DB 220 and the site-specific purpose data attribute DB 230 will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  The server 201 is a computer that transmits screen information of the site S including html data and images in response to a request from the information providing apparatus 101. The information providing apparatus 101 can display the screen of the site S based on the screen information of the site S from the server 201. Specifically, for example, the server 201 is a Web server.

(Example of hardware configuration of information providing apparatus 101)
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the information providing apparatus 101. In FIG. 3, the information providing apparatus 101 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 301, a memory 302, a disk drive 303, a disk 304, a display 305, an I / F (Interface) 306, a keyboard 307, a mouse. 308, a scanner 309, and a printer 310. Each component is connected by a bus 300.

  Here, the CPU 301 governs overall control of the information providing apparatus 101. The memory 302 includes, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a flash ROM. Specifically, for example, a flash ROM or ROM stores various programs, and a RAM is used as a work area for the CPU 301. The program stored in the memory 302 is loaded into the CPU 301 to cause the CPU 301 to execute the coded process.

  The disk drive 303 controls reading / writing of data with respect to the disk 304 according to the control of the CPU 301. The disk 304 stores data written under the control of the disk drive 303. Examples of the disk 304 include a magnetic disk and an optical disk.

  A display 305 displays data such as a document, an image, and function information as well as a cursor, an icon, or a tool box. As the display 305, for example, a CRT, a TFT liquid crystal display, a plasma display, or the like can be adopted.

  The I / F 306 is connected to the network 210 via a communication line, and is connected to another computer (for example, the server 201) via the network 210. The I / F 306 controls an internal interface with the network 210 and controls data input / output from other computers. For example, a modem or a LAN adapter may be employed as the I / F 306.

  The keyboard 307 includes keys for inputting characters, numbers, various instructions, and the like, and inputs data. The keyboard 307 may be a touch panel type input pad or a numeric keypad. The mouse 308 performs cursor movement, range selection, window movement, size change, and the like.

  The scanner 309 optically reads an image and takes in image data into the information providing apparatus 101. The scanner 309 may have an OCR (Optical Character Reader) function. The printer 310 prints image data and document data. As the printer 310, for example, a laser printer or an ink jet printer can be employed. Note that the information providing apparatus 101 may not include the scanner 309, the printer 310, or the like among the above-described components.

(Hardware configuration example of server 201)
FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the server 201. In FIG. 4, the server 201 includes a CPU 401, a memory 402, an I / F 403, a disk drive 404, and a disk 405. Each component is connected by a bus 400.

  Here, the CPU 401 governs overall control of the server 201. The memory 402 includes, for example, a ROM, a RAM, a flash ROM, and the like. Specifically, for example, a flash ROM or ROM stores various programs, and the RAM is used as a work area of the CPU 401. The program stored in the memory 402 is loaded on the CPU 401 to cause the CPU 401 to execute the coded process.

  The I / F 403 is connected to the network 210 via a communication line, and is connected to another computer (for example, the information providing apparatus 101 shown in FIG. 2) via the network 210. The I / F 403 controls an internal interface with the network 210 and controls input / output of data from other computers. For example, a modem or a LAN adapter may be employed as the I / F 403.

  The disk drive 404 controls reading / writing of data with respect to the disk 405 according to the control of the CPU 401. The disk 405 stores data written under the control of the disk drive 404. Examples of the disk 405 include a magnetic disk and an optical disk. Note that the server 201 may include, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a display, and the like in addition to the components described above.

(Contents stored in the account aggregation information DB 220)
Next, the contents stored in the account aggregation information DB 220 included in the information providing apparatus 101 will be described. The account aggregation information DB 220 is realized by, for example, a storage device such as the memory 302 and the disk 304 of the information providing apparatus 101 illustrated in FIG.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents stored in the account aggregation information DB 220. In FIG. 5, the account aggregation information DB 220 has fields of ID, PW, login URL, and data URL. By setting information in each field, account aggregation information (account aggregation information 500-1 to 500-7) is stored as a record.

  Here, ID (identification) is an identifier for identifying a user of the site S. PW (password) is a user password for logging in to the site S. The login URL is a URL for displaying a Web page (so-called login screen) for logging into the site S.

  The data URL is a URL for displaying a Web page including information on the site S to be displayed on the list screen. The list screen is a screen that aggregates and displays information on a plurality of sites S. Here, the data URL is a URL of a CGI (Common Gateway Interface) script.

  For example, the account aggregation information 500-1 indicates ID “12345”, PW “P111111”, login URL “A.html”, and data URL “A / 12345.cgi”.

(Storage contents of site-specific purpose data attribute DB 230)
Next, the contents stored in the site-specific purpose data attribute DB 230 of the information providing apparatus 101 will be described. The site-specific objective data attribute DB 230 is realized by a storage device such as the memory 302 and the disk 304 of the information providing apparatus 101, for example.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents stored in the site-specific purpose data attribute DB 230. In FIG. 6, the site-specific purpose data attribute DB 230 includes fields for data URL, data specific html attribute, data attribute, list position, and setting time information. By setting information in each field, site-specific target data attribute information (for example, site-specific target data attribute information 600-1 to 600-5) is stored as a record.

  Here, the data URL is a URL for displaying the target page of the site S. The data specifying html attribute is information for specifying a tag of an html element including target data. The data attribute is an attribute of the target data. Examples of data attributes include numerical values, kanji, kana, kana, and alphabet.

  The list position is information indicating a position where the target data of the site S is displayed on the list screen. Here, the list position indicates the number of a box (for example, boxes B1 to B3 shown in FIG. 7) in the list screen. The setting time information is image data of the target page including the region T when the region T including the target data on the screen of the target page is set.

  For example, the site-specific objective data attribute information 600-1 includes a data URL “A / 12345.cgi”, a data specific html attribute “second among all four td”, a data attribute “numerical value”, a list position “1”, and The setting time information “9876.jpg” is indicated.

(Example of list setting screen)
Next, a screen example of the list setting screen displayed on the display 305 of the information providing apparatus 101 will be described. The list setting screen is a screen for setting the screen configuration of the list screen displaying the target data of the plurality of sites S and the posting contents.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a screen example of a list setting screen. In FIG. 7, a list setting screen 700 is a screen for setting item names and display positions of target data to be displayed on the list screen. In the list setting screen 700, an item name of target data to be displayed on the list screen can be set by a user operation input using the keyboard 307 or the mouse 308 shown in FIG.

  In the example of FIG. 7, the item names “number of months of pension participation”, “pension receipt (expected) amount” and “bank balance of X bank” of the target data displayed on the list screen are set. The “months of pension participation” and “pension receipt (expected) amount” are information on a certain pension site. Further, “deposit balance of bank X” is information on a certain bank site.

  In the list setting screen 700, a box for displaying target data can be set by a user operation input. In the example of FIG. 7, the box B1 that displays the target data of the item name “pension participation months”, the box B2 that displays the target data of the item name “pension receipt (expected) amount”, and the item name “bank X deposit balance”. The box B3 for displaying the target data “is set.

(Example of initial area setting screen)
Next, a screen example of the area initial setting screen displayed on the display 305 of the information providing apparatus 101 will be described. The area initial setting screen is a screen for setting an area T including target data on the screen of the target page.

  FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a screen example of an area initial setting screen. In FIG. 8, a region initial setting screen 800 is a screen for setting a region T including target data on the screen of the welfare pension information page of the pension site. The area initial setting screen 800 displays image data 810 of the pension site welfare pension information page.

  In the region initial setting screen 800, the region T including the target data on the screen of the welfare annuity information page can be set by selecting a range including the target data on the image data 810 by a user operation input. Regions T1 and T2 including target data on the screen of the welfare pension information page are set.

  Here, area | region T1 is an area | region containing the numerical sequence which shows the enrollment period [month] of an employee pension information page. The region T2 is a region including a numeric string indicating the annual amount (expected) [yen] of the employee pension information page. On the region initial setting screen 800, when the setting completion button 820 is clicked (pressed) by a user operation input, the setting of the region T is completed.

(Screen example of list screen)
Next, a screen example of a list screen displayed on the display 305 of the information providing apparatus 101 will be described. The list screen is a screen that aggregates and displays the target data of a plurality of sites S.

  FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a screen example of a list screen. In FIG. 9, a list screen 900 is a screen that collectively displays the purpose data of the welfare pension information page of the pension site and the purpose data of the account information page of the bank site. Specifically, on the list screen 900, the number of months of pension participation on the welfare pension information page of the pension site is displayed in box B1, and the amount of pension receipt (expected) is displayed in box B2.

  In the list screen 900, the deposit balance of the bank site account information page is displayed in a box B3. According to the list screen 900, the user can confirm at a glance the number of months of pension participation on the welfare pension information page of the pension site, the pension receipt (expected) amount, and the deposit balance on the account information page of the bank site.

(Functional configuration example of the information providing apparatus 101)
FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the information providing apparatus 101. In FIG. 10, the information providing apparatus 101 includes a reception unit 1001, an acquisition unit 1002, a registration unit 1003, a display control unit 1004, a recognition unit 1005, a specification unit 1006, a search unit 1007, and a determination unit 1008. It is the structure containing these. The reception unit 1001 to the determination unit 1008 are functions as control units. Specifically, for example, by causing the CPU 301 to execute a program stored in a storage device such as the memory 302 and the disk 304 illustrated in FIG. Alternatively, the function is realized by the I / F 306. The processing result of each functional unit is stored in a storage device such as the memory 302 and the disk 304, for example.

<When a new registration request is accepted>
First, processing contents of each functional unit when a new registration request is received will be described. The new registration request is a request for newly registering target data to be displayed on the list screen.

  The accepting unit 1001 accepts a new registration request. Specifically, for example, the reception unit 1001 receives a new registration request by a user operation input using the keyboard 307 or the mouse 308. The receiving unit 1001 may receive a new registration request by receiving a new registration request from an external computer.

  The acquisition unit 1002 acquires the ID, PW, login URL, and data URL of the site S in response to receiving a new registration request. Specifically, for example, the acquisition unit 1002 acquires the ID, PW, login URL, and data URL of the site S by a user operation input. At this time, the acquisition unit 1002 may acquire the data URL of the target page by changing the screen to the target page by a user operation input.

  Note that the ID, PW, login URL, and data URL of the site S may be included in the new registration request. In this case, the acquisition unit 1002 acquires the ID, PW, login URL, and data URL of the site S from the accepted new registration request.

  The registration unit 1003 registers the acquired ID, PW, login URL, and data URL of the site S in the account aggregation information DB 220. Specifically, for example, the registration unit 1003 sets the acquired site S ID, PW, login URL, and data URL in each field of the account aggregation information DB 220.

  As a result, new account aggregation information is newly registered in the account aggregation information DB 220.

  The acquisition unit 1002 acquires image data of the screen of the target page. Specifically, for example, first, the acquisition unit 1002 accesses the login screen of the site S using the acquired login URL of the site S. Then, the acquisition unit 1002 logs in to the site S using the acquired ID and PW of the site S. Next, the acquisition unit 1002 acquires html data of the target page of the site S using the acquired data URL of the site S. Then, the acquisition unit 1002 acquires the image data of the screen of the target page by capturing the screen of the target page based on the acquired html data. Note that capture means saving a screen image displayed on the display 305 as image data.

  The display control unit 1004 outputs the acquired image data of the screen of the target page. Specifically, for example, the display control unit 1004 displays an area initial setting screen (for example, the area initial setting screen 800 shown in FIG. 8) including the image data of the screen of the target page on the display 305.

  The accepting unit 1001 accepts selection of an area T including the target data on the image data of the output target page screen. Specifically, for example, the accepting unit 1001 selects an area T (for example, areas T1 and T2) including target data on the image data 810 (see FIG. 8) by a user operation input on the area initial setting screen 800. Accept.

  The recognition unit 1005 performs character recognition processing on the image data of the selected region T. Here, the character recognition process is a process of identifying a character from image data based on the shape of the character and converting it into character data that can be handled on a computer. The character recognition process is, for example, an OCR process.

  Specifically, for example, first, the recognition unit 1005 extracts the image data of the selected region T from the image data of the screen of the target page. Then, the recognition unit 1005 performs OCR processing on the extracted image data of the region T. Thereby, the text data of the target data can be acquired.

  The specifying unit 1006 specifies information related to the tag of the html element including the target data in the html data of the target page. Specifically, for example, first, the specifying unit 1006 searches the html element including the text data of the target data obtained by the OCR process from the html data of the target page. Then, the specifying unit 1006 specifies the data specifying html attribute of the tag of the searched html element in the html data of the target page as information related to the tag.

  The data specifying html attribute is information for specifying the position of the tag of the html element including the text data of the target data in the html data of the target page. The data specifying html attribute indicates, for example, the type of tag and the tag number from the top of all tags of the same type in the html data.

  The specifying unit 1006 determines the data attribute of the data recognized by the character recognition process. Specifically, for example, the recognition unit 1005 analyzes the text data of the target data obtained by the OCR process, and determines the data attribute of the data (for example, numeric value, kanji, kana, kana, alphabet).

  The acquisition unit 1002 may acquire image data of the screen of the target page in which the region T is set. Specifically, for example, the acquisition unit 1002 acquires the image data of the screen of the target page with the region T set as the setting time information by capturing the image data with the region T set.

  More specifically, for example, the acquisition unit 1002 captures image data 810 (see FIG. 8) in which the region T1 is selected, and thereby the image data of the employee pension information page (target page) in which the region T1 is set. Is acquired as setting time information. The acquisition unit 1002 acquires the image data of the welfare pension information page in which the region T2 is set as the setting time information by capturing the image data 810 in which the region T2 is selected.

  Note that the setting time information is used, for example, to display image data 1110 and 1120 of an area resetting screen 1100 shown in FIG.

  The registration unit 1003 registers the data specific html attribute, data attribute, list position, and setting time information in the site-specific target data attribute DB 230 in association with the data URL of the target page. The list position is acquired by, for example, a user operation input. Specifically, for example, the registration unit 1003 sets a data URL, a data specific html attribute, a data attribute, a list position, and setting time information in each field of the site-specific purpose data attribute DB 230.

  As a result, new site-specific purpose data attribute information is newly registered in the site-specific purpose data attribute DB 230.

<When a list display request is accepted>
Next, processing contents of each functional unit when a list display request is received will be described. The list display request is a display request for a list screen (for example, the list screen 900 shown in FIG. 9) that aggregates and displays the target data of a plurality of sites S.

  The accepting unit 1001 accepts a list display request. Specifically, for example, the reception unit 1001 receives a list display request by a user operation input. The receiving unit 1001 may receive a list display request by receiving a list display request from an external computer.

  The acquiring unit 1002 acquires html data of the screen of the target page in response to receiving the list display request. Specifically, for example, first, the acquisition unit 1002 acquires account aggregation information (record) from the account aggregation information DB 220. Then, the acquisition unit 1002 accesses the login screen of the site S using the login URL of the acquired account aggregation information. Next, the acquisition unit 1002 logs into the site S using the ID and PW of the acquired account aggregation information. Then, the acquisition unit 1002 acquires html data of the target page of the site S using the data URL of the acquired account aggregation information.

  The search unit 1007 searches the html data of the acquired target page for data specified by information on the tag recorded in advance in association with the data URL of the target page. Specifically, for example, first, the search unit 1007 acquires site-specific objective data attribute information (record) corresponding to the data URL of the target page from the site-specific target data attribute DB 230. Then, the search unit 1007 searches the data specified by the data specifying html attribute of the acquired site-specific target data attribute information from the html data of the target page. For example, the search unit 1007 searches if the total number of tags set in the data specific html attribute matches the total number of tags in the html data of the target page, but does not search if the number does not match.

  When data is retrieved by the retrieval unit 1007, the determination unit 1008 determines whether or not the data attribute of the data matches a data attribute recorded in advance in association with information related to the tag. Specifically, for example, the determination unit 1008 determines whether or not the data attribute of the retrieved data matches the data attribute of the site-specific target data attribute information corresponding to the data URL of the target page.

  When the search unit 1007 does not retrieve data, the display control unit 1004 outputs image data of the target page screen based on the acquired html data of the target page screen. Specifically, for example, the display control unit 1004 displays on the display 305 an area reset screen including image data of the screen of the target page. An example of the area reset screen will be described later with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12.

  As a result, an area reset screen for resetting the area T including the target data on the screen of the target page after the change when the target page cannot be acquired due to the change in the screen configuration or posted content of the target page. It can be displayed on the display 305.

  Further, when the determination unit 1008 determines that the data attributes of the data do not match, the display control unit 1004 outputs the image data of the target page screen based on the obtained html data of the target page screen. May be. As a result, when the screen configuration or posted content of the target page is changed and the data attribute of the data of the region T is changed, the region reset for resetting the region T including the target data on the screen of the target page after the change is performed. A setting screen can be displayed on the display 305.

  The accepting unit 1001 accepts selection of an area T including the target data on the image data of the output target page screen. Specifically, for example, the accepting unit 1001 accepts selection of an area T including target data on the image data 1210 (see FIG. 12) by a user operation input on an area resetting screen 1200 described later.

  The recognition unit 1005 performs character recognition processing on the image data of the selected region T. The specific processing content of the character recognition processing is the same as when a new registration request is made.

  The specifying unit 1006 specifies information related to the tag of the html element including the target data in the html data of the target page. The specific processing content for specifying information related to the tag is the same as when a new registration is requested. The specifying unit 1006 specifies the data attribute of the data recognized by the character recognition process. The specific processing content for specifying the data attribute is the same as when a new registration is requested.

  Further, the acquisition unit 1002 may acquire image data of the screen of the target page in which the region T is reset. Specifically, for example, the acquisition unit 1002 acquires the image data of the screen of the target page in which the region T is reset as capture time information by capturing the image data in a state in which the region T is reset. .

  The registration unit 1003 updates the information related to the tag recorded in advance in association with the URL of the target page with the information related to the tag specified by the specifying unit 1006. Specifically, for example, the registration unit 1003 overwrites the specified data specific html attribute with the data specific html attribute of the site-specific target data attribute information in the site-specific target data attribute DB 230 corresponding to the data URL of the target page. To do.

  Also, the registration unit 1003 overwrites the identified data attribute with the data attribute of the site-specific purpose data attribute information. Also, the registration unit 1003 overwrites the acquired setting time information with the setting time information of the site-specific purpose data attribute information. As a result, the site-specific purpose data attribute in the site-specific purpose data attribute DB 230 is updated in accordance with the change in the screen configuration of the target page and the posted content.

  The display control unit 1004 outputs a list screen in which the data searched by the search unit 1007 is inserted at a position recorded in advance in association with the position information of the region T on the list screen. Specifically, for example, the determining unit 1008 inserts the retrieved data into the list position of the site-specific target data attribute information in the site-specific target data attribute DB 230 corresponding to the data URL of the target page (for example, , A list screen 900) shown in FIG. As a result, a list screen can be displayed on the display 305 that aggregates and displays the target data of the plurality of sites S.

  In the above description, the information providing apparatus 101 has the function units 1001 to 1008. However, the server 201 may have the function units 1001 to 1008. Specifically, for example, the system 200 may be realized by SaaS (Software as a Service) that enables the information providing apparatus 101 to use a necessary function as a required service.

(Screen example of area reset screen)
Next, a screen example of the area resetting screen displayed on the display 305 of the information providing apparatus 101 will be described. The area reset screen is a screen for resetting the area T including the target data on the screen of the target page.

  11 and 12 are explanatory diagrams illustrating an example of the area reset screen. In FIG. 11, a region reset screen 1100 is a screen for selecting a region T to be reset for the welfare pension information page of the pension site. Specifically, the area resetting screen 1100 displays image data 1110 and 1120 (setting time information) when the area T for the welfare pension information page of the pension site is set.

  By clicking (pressing) any of reset buttons 1130 and 1140 on the area reset screen 1100 by the user's operation input, the area T to be reset can be selected from the areas T1 and T2. On the area reset screen 1100, when the reset completion button 1150 is clicked (pressed) by a user operation input, the resetting of the area T is completed.

  Here, it is assumed that the reset button 1140 is clicked by the user's operation input. In this case, the display content of the display 305 is switched to the area resetting screen 1200 shown in FIG. In the area reset screen 1100, the image data to be reset among the image data 1110 and 1120 may be highlighted (for example, blinked).

  In FIG. 12, an area resetting screen 1200 is a screen for resetting an area T2 including target data on the welfare pension information page screen of the pension site. On the area resetting screen 1200, image data 1210 of the screen of the welfare pension information page of the pension site is displayed.

  By selecting an arbitrary range on the image data 1210 by the user's operation input on the area resetting screen 1200, the area T2 including the target data on the screen of the welfare annuity information page can be reset.

  In the example of FIG. 12, the region T2 including a numeric string indicating the annual amount (expected) [yen] on the screen of the welfare annuity information page is reset by the user's operation input. When the setting completion button 1220 is clicked (pressed) by the user's operation input on the area resetting screen 1200, the resetting of the area T2 is completed, and the display content of the display 305 is shown in FIG. The area reset screen 1100 is displayed.

  Thus, according to the area reset screen 1100, the area T to be reset can be selected from the areas T1 and T2 set in the welfare pension information page of the pension site. Moreover, according to the area reset screen 1200, the area T2 including the target data on the screen of the welfare pension information page of the pension site can be reset.

(Information provision processing procedure of information provision apparatus 101)
Next, an information providing process procedure of the information providing apparatus 101 will be described.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an information provision processing procedure of the information provision apparatus 101. In the flowchart of FIG. 13, first, the information providing apparatus 101 determines whether a new registration request has been received (step S1301).

  Here, when a new registration request is received (step S1301: Yes), the information providing apparatus 101 executes a new registration process (step S1302). A series of processes according to this flowchart is terminated. A specific processing procedure of the new registration processing will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  On the other hand, when a new registration request has not been received (step S1301: No), the information providing apparatus 101 determines whether a list display request has been received (step S1303). Here, when the list display request is not received (step S1303: No), the information providing apparatus 101 returns to step S1301.

  On the other hand, when a list display request is received (step S1303: Yes), the information providing apparatus 101 executes list display processing (step S1304). A series of processing by this flowchart is complete | finished. A specific processing procedure of the list display processing will be described later with reference to a flowchart of FIG.

<Specific processing procedure of new registration processing>
Next, a specific processing procedure of the new registration processing in step S1302 shown in FIG. 13 will be described.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a specific processing procedure of the new registration processing. In the flowchart of FIG. 14, first, the information providing apparatus 101 acquires the ID, PW, login URL, and data URL of the site S (step S1401).

  The information providing apparatus 101 registers the acquired site S ID, PW, login URL, and data URL in the account aggregation information DB 220 (step S1402). As a result, new account aggregation information is newly registered in the account aggregation information DB 220.

  Next, the information providing apparatus 101 acquires html data of the target page of the site S using the acquired ID, PW, login URL, and data URL of the site S (step S1403). Then, the information providing apparatus 101 acquires the target page image data by capturing the target page based on the acquired html data (step S1404).

  Next, the information providing apparatus 101 displays a region initial setting screen including the acquired image data of the target page on the display 305 (step S1405). Then, the information providing apparatus 101 determines whether or not the region T including the target data on the image data of the target page is selected by the user's operation input (step S1406).

  Here, the information providing apparatus 101 waits for the area T to be selected (step S1406: No). When the region T is selected (step S1406: Yes), the information providing apparatus 101 extracts the image data of the region T from the image data of the target page and performs the OCR process on the image data of the region T. Then, the text data of the target data is acquired (step S1407).

  In the following description, text data obtained by the OCR process may be referred to as “region data”.

  Next, the information providing apparatus 101 captures the image data of the target page in which the region T is set, thereby acquiring the image data of the target page in which the region T is set as setting time information (step S1408). . Then, the information providing apparatus 101 specifies the data attribute of the area data (step S1409).

  Next, the information providing apparatus 101 specifies the data specifying html attribute of the tag of the html element in the html data of the target page by searching for the html element including the area data from the html data of the target page (step S1410).

  Then, the information providing apparatus 101 registers the acquired setting time information, the specified data specifying html attribute, and the data attribute in the site-specific target data attribute DB 230 in association with the data URL of the target page (step S1411). Return to the step that called the registration process.

  As a result, new site-specific purpose data attribute information is newly registered in the site-specific purpose data attribute DB 230. Note that the list position corresponding to the data URL of the target page is received by a user operation input on a list setting screen (for example, the list setting screen 700), so that the site-specific target data is associated with the target page data URL. Set in the attribute DB 230.

<Specific processing procedure of list display processing>
Next, a specific processing procedure of the list display processing in step S1304 shown in FIG. 13 will be described.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a specific processing procedure of the list display processing. In the flowchart of FIG. 15, first, the information providing apparatus 101 generates html data of a list screen in which target data is not inserted (step S1501).

  Next, the information providing apparatus 101 acquires the number n of records in the account aggregation information DB 220 (step S1502) and sets “i = 1” (step S1503). The information providing apparatus 101 executes target data setting processing (step S1504). A specific processing procedure of the target data setting process will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  Next, the information providing apparatus 101 increments “i” (step S1505), and determines whether “i” is larger than “n” (step S1506). If “i” is equal to or smaller than “n” (step S1506: No), the information providing apparatus 101 returns to step S1504.

  On the other hand, when “i” becomes larger than “n” (step S1506: Yes), the information providing apparatus 101 displays the html data of the list screen on the display 305 (step S1507) and calls the list display process. Return to step.

  As a result, a list screen (for example, list screen 900) in which target data of a plurality of sites S are aggregated can be displayed on the display 305.

<Specific processing procedure of target data setting processing>
Next, a specific processing procedure of the target data setting process in step S1504 shown in FIG. 15 will be described.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a specific processing procedure of the target data setting process. In the flowchart of FIG. 16, the information providing apparatus 101 first acquires the i-th record (hereinafter referred to as “record Ra”) of the account aggregation information DB 220 (step S1601).

  Next, the information providing apparatus 101 accesses the login screen of the site S using the acquired login URL of the record Ra, and logs in to the site S using the ID and PW of the record Ra (step S1602). The information providing apparatus 101 acquires the html data of the target page of the site S using the data URL of the record Ra (step S1603).

  Next, the information providing apparatus 101 acquires a record (hereinafter referred to as “record Rb”) corresponding to the data URL of the acquired record Ra from the site-specific objective data attribute DB 230 (step S1604). When there are a plurality of records Rb corresponding to the data URL of the record Ra, the information providing apparatus 101 acquires a plurality of records Rb from the site-specific purpose data attribute DB 230.

  Then, the information providing apparatus 101 searches the data specified by the data specification html attribute of each acquired record Rb from the acquired html data of the target page (step S1605).

  Next, the information providing apparatus 101 determines whether data has been retrieved from the html data of the target page (step S1606). Here, when data is searched (step S1606: Yes), the information provision apparatus 101 specifies the data attribute of each searched data (step S1607).

  Then, the information providing apparatus 101 determines whether or not the identified data attribute matches the data attribute of each record Rb (step S1608). Here, if the data attributes match (step S1608: Yes), the information providing apparatus 101 inserts each searched data into the html data on the list screen based on the list position of each record Rb ( In step S1609), the process returns to the step that called the target data setting process. As a result, it is possible to generate html data of a list screen in which the target data of the site S is embedded at a preset list position.

  If no data is retrieved in step S1606 (step S1606: No), the information providing apparatus 101 executes area reset screen display processing (step S1610) and returns to step S1601. A specific processing procedure of the area reset screen display process will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S1608, when the data attributes do not match (step S1608: No), the information providing apparatus 101 proceeds to step S1610.

<Specific processing procedure of area reset screen display processing>
Next, a specific processing procedure of the area resetting screen display process in step S1610 shown in FIG. 16 will be described.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a specific processing procedure of the area reset screen display process. In the flowchart of FIG. 17, the information providing apparatus 101 first acquires image data of the target page by capturing the target page based on the html data of the target page (step S1701).

  Next, the information providing apparatus 101 acquires the setting time information of each record Rb (step S1702). Then, the information providing apparatus 101 displays an area reset screen (for example, the area reset screen 1100) including the acquired setting time information on the display 305 (step S1703).

  Next, the information providing apparatus 101 determines whether any reset button has been pressed in response to a user operation input on the area reset screen (step S1704). If the reset button is pressed (step S1704: YES), an area reset screen (for example, area reset screen 1200) including the acquired image data of the target page is displayed on the display 305 (step S1705). .

  Next, the information providing apparatus 101 determines whether or not the region T including the target data on the image data of the target page has been selected by the user's operation input on the region reset screen (step S1706). Here, the information providing apparatus 101 waits for the area T to be selected (step S1706: No).

  When the area T is selected (step S1706: Yes), the information providing apparatus 101 extracts the image data of the area T from the image data of the target page, and performs the OCR process on the image data of the area T. Area data is acquired (step S1707).

  Next, the information providing apparatus 101 captures the image data of the target page with the region T set, thereby acquiring the image data of the target page with the region T set as setting time information (step S1708). . Then, the information providing apparatus 101 specifies the data attribute of the area data (step S1709).

  Next, the information providing apparatus 101 specifies the data specification html attribute of the tag of the html element in the html data of the target page by searching the html element including the area data from the html data of the target page (step S1710).

  Then, the information providing apparatus 101 updates the site-specific purpose data attribute DB 230 by overwriting the record Rb with the acquired setting time information, the specified data attribute, and the data specifying html attribute (step S1711), and then proceeds to step S1704. Return. Note that the record Rb to be overwritten is a record Rb including setting time information corresponding to the reset button pressed in step S1704.

  Thereby, the storage content of the site-specific purpose data attribute DB 230 can be updated in accordance with the change of the screen configuration of the target page and the posted content.

  If the reset button has not been pressed in step S1704 (step S1704: No), the information providing apparatus 101 determines whether the reset completion button has been pressed by a user operation input on the area reset screen. Is determined (step S1712).

  If the reset completion button has not been pressed (step S1712: No), the information providing apparatus 101 returns to step S1704. On the other hand, when the reset completion button is pressed (step S1712: Yes), the information providing apparatus 101 returns to the step that called the area reset screen display process.

  As described above, according to the information providing apparatus 101 according to the embodiment, the data specified by the information related to the tag recorded in advance can be searched from the html data of the acquired target page. Further, according to the information providing apparatus 101, when the data is not searched, an area reset screen (for example, the area reset screen 1200) including the image data of the target page based on the acquired html data of the target page is displayed. 305 can be displayed.

  As a result, it is possible to determine whether or not information as intended by the user can no longer be acquired due to a change in the screen configuration of the target page or the posted content, depending on whether or not the data specified by the information related to the tag can be searched. Further, when it becomes impossible to acquire information as intended by the user, it is easy to re-set which part of the target page information is to be acquired, and it is possible to reduce the trouble of changing the setting.

  Further, according to the information providing apparatus 101, it is possible to update the information related to the tag recorded in advance with the information related to the tag specified by the data of the region T set on the output image data of the target page. Thereby, the storage content of the site-specific purpose data attribute DB 230 can be updated in accordance with the change of the screen configuration of the target page and the posted content.

  Further, according to the information providing apparatus 101, when data is searched, it can be determined whether or not the data attribute of the data matches the data attribute recorded in advance in association with the information related to the tag. Further, according to the information providing apparatus 101, the image data of the acquired target page can be output when it does not match the data attribute recorded in advance.

  As a result, even if the data is searched, if the data attribute of the searched data is different from the pre-recorded data attribute, it is determined that the information as intended by the user cannot be obtained, and the image data of the target page is Can be output.

  Also, according to the information providing apparatus 101, if the data attribute matches the pre-recorded data attribute, the list screen in which the searched data is inserted is output at the pre-recorded list position in association with the tag information. be able to. As a result, a list screen (for example, list screen 900) in which target data of a plurality of sites S are aggregated can be displayed on the display 305.

  The information providing method described in the present embodiment can be realized by executing a program prepared in advance on a computer such as a personal computer or a workstation. The information providing program is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a hard disk, a flexible disk, a CD-ROM, an MO, and a DVD, and is executed by being read from the recording medium by the computer. The information providing program may be distributed via a network such as the Internet.

  The following additional notes are disclosed with respect to the embodiment described above.

(Supplementary note 1)
Based on the pre-recorded site identification information and information on the tag in the screen information of the site, search the data specified by the information on the tag from the acquired screen information of the site,
When the data is not searched, the image data of the site based on the acquired screen information of the site is output.
An information providing program for executing a process.

(Supplementary note 2)
The process of updating the information related to the tag recorded in advance by the information related to the tag in the screen information of the site specified by the data of the area set on the output image data of the site is performed. The information provision program according to attachment 1.

(Supplementary note 3)
When the data is searched, a process for determining whether the attribute of the data matches the attribute of the data recorded in advance in association with the information about the tag,
The output process is as follows:
The information providing program according to appendix 1 or 2, wherein the image data of the site is output when the attribute of the prerecorded data does not match.

(Supplementary note 4)
If the attribute of the pre-recorded data matches, the searched data is inserted at the position recorded in association with the information on the tag in the list screen displaying the information of a plurality of sites in an aggregated manner. 4. The information providing program according to appendix 3, wherein a process for outputting the list screen is executed.

(Supplementary note 5)
Causing the character recognition processing of the image data of the region extracted from the output image data of the site to be executed,
The update process is as follows:
The information providing program according to claim 2, wherein the information related to the tag recorded in advance is updated with information related to the tag in the screen information of the site specified by the data recognized by the character recognition process. .

(Appendix 6) The screen information of the site is html data of the screen of the site,
The information regarding the tag in the screen information of the site is information for specifying a position of a tag of an html element including any data in the screen in the html data. Information providing program described in 1.

(Appendix 7) The computer
Based on the pre-recorded site identification information and information on the tag in the screen information of the site, search the data specified by the information on the tag from the acquired screen information of the site,
When the data is not searched, the image data of the site based on the acquired screen information of the site is output.
An information providing method characterized by executing processing.

(Supplementary Note 8) A storage unit that associates and stores site identification information and information related to tags in the screen information of the site;
Based on the stored contents of the storage unit, the data specified by the information about the tag is searched from the acquired screen information of the site, and when the data is not searched, the acquired screen information of the site A control unit for outputting image data of the site based on;
An information providing apparatus comprising:

(Appendix 9)
Based on the pre-recorded site identification information and information on the tag in the screen information of the site, search the data specified by the information on the tag from the acquired screen information of the site,
When the data is not searched, the image data of the site based on the acquired screen information of the site is output.
An information-providing program for executing processing is recorded on the computer-readable recording medium.

101 Information Providing Device 200 System 201 Server 220 Account Aggregation Information DB
230 Site-specific purpose data attribute DB
1001 Reception unit 1002 Acquisition unit 1003 Registration unit 1004 Display control unit 1005 Recognition unit 1006 Identification unit 1007 Search unit 1008 Judgment unit

Claims (7)

On the computer,
Based on the pre-recorded site identification information and information on the tag in the screen information of the site, search the data specified by the information on the tag from the acquired screen information of the site,
When the data is not searched, the image data of the site based on the acquired screen information of the site is included, and an operation screen for updating information on the tag recorded in advance is output.
An information providing program for executing a process. In the computer,
A process of updating the information related to the tag recorded in advance with information related to the tag in the screen information of the site specified by the data of the area set on the image data of the site of the output operation screen The information providing program according to claim 1, wherein: In the computer,
When the data is searched, a process for determining whether the attribute of the data matches the attribute of the data recorded in advance in association with the information about the tag,
The output process is as follows:
The information providing program according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the operation screen is output when the attribute of the pre-recorded data does not match. In the computer,
If the attribute of the pre-recorded data matches, the searched data is inserted at the position recorded in association with the information on the tag in the list screen displaying the information of a plurality of sites in an aggregated manner. The information providing program according to claim 3, wherein a process for outputting the list screen is executed. The screen information of the site is html data of the screen of the site,
The information regarding the tag in the screen information of the site is information for specifying a position of a tag of an html element including any data in the screen in the html data. The information providing program according to one. Computer
Based on the pre-recorded site identification information and information on the tag in the screen information of the site, search the data specified by the information on the tag from the acquired screen information of the site,
When the data is not searched, the image data of the site based on the acquired screen information of the site is included, and an operation screen for updating information on the tag recorded in advance is output.
An information providing method characterized by executing processing. A storage unit that stores the identification information of the site and the information about the tag in the screen information of the site in association with each other;
Based on the stored contents of the storage unit, the data specified by the information about the tag is searched from the acquired screen information of the site, and when the data is not searched, the acquired screen information of the site A control unit that includes image data of the site based on and outputs an operation screen for updating information on the tag stored in the storage unit ;
An information providing apparatus comprising:

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