JPH05189343A - Operational circumstance reproduction system for network circumstance - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To smoothly start an operation by automatically attaining the reproduction of a circumstance at the time of the preceding operation at the time of operating a log-in for resuming the operation. CONSTITUTION:An operational circumstance reproduction request accepting means REQ is started by an inputting part each time an operator operates an inputting operation, and whether or not the inputted content is the reproduction request of the present operational circumstance at the time of the next log-in is judged. When it is the reproduction request, an operational circumstance reproduction information collecting means COL is started, information necessary for the reproduction of the present operational circumstance at the time of the next log-in is collected, and the result is transmitted to a server SRV. And also, the log-in request operated by a user at a client CLT is transmitted to the server SRV, and then an operational circumstance reproduction executing means RCV is started by a processing part accompanied with a processing for a response transmitted from the server SRV. Then, when the reproduction of the operational circumstance is necessary, the reproduction of the operational circumstance at the time of the preceding log-out is realized based on the operational circumstance reproduction information transmitted with the response from the server SRV.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a personal computer or a workstation connected to a network such as a LAN,
The present invention relates to an operation method of a personal computer or a workstation in a network environment in which a server including a commonly used disk or printer is accessed for processing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, personal computers and workstations with a battery backup have become widespread along with the trend toward smaller and lighter equipment, and at the same time, when the power switch was turned on and the power switch was turned off last time. An increasing number of computers have a resume function that reproduces operating environment conditions. As a result, there is no need to wait for the computer to boot up after power is turned on, and there is no need to perform environment setting operations to continue the operations that were performed previously, so extremely efficient operations are possible. Has become.

[0003]

The above-mentioned prior art is realized only when each computer is used as a stand-alone. On the other hand, with the spread of personal computers and the like, the usage patterns that enable common data access and data exchange between computers have increased, and networking of computers has become indispensable. In such an operating environment, the files used and resources for communication processing are shared by multiple computers, so the implementation method is simpler than when using standalone as described above. In addition, depending on the contention state of the common resource, it cannot always be surely reproduced. Further, when a computer different from the computer used last time is used, there is a problem that the previous operating environment cannot be reproduced.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, when the user logs out on the operating computer and wants to reproduce the current operating environment at the next login, the information of the current operating environment is used. Are collected and registered in the server, and when logging in, it is determined whether or not the previous operating environment needs to be reproduced. If necessary, the registered operating environment information is retrieved and based on this, It was designed to be reproduced.

As a means for realizing the above processing, as shown in FIG. 1, on the computer (hereinafter, referred to as client CLT) side operated by a user,
Means REQ for receiving a request for reproducing the current operation environment at the next login, and means C for collecting operation environment information necessary for reproducing the operation environment and transmitting it to the server SRV.
A reproduction request receiving unit composed of an OL and a reproduction executing unit composed of a means RCV for executing a process for reproducing an operating environment are provided.
On the server SRV side, a means ENT that accepts a request for reproducing the operating environment, and at the time of accepting a login request from the client CLT, determine whether or not the operating environment needs to be reproduced, and if the reproduction is necessary, retrieve the operating environment reproduction information. , A reproduction information management unit comprising means TAK for transmitting to the client CLT.

The operating environment reproducing method of the present invention configured as described above comprises computers connected to a network, and each computer is the above-mentioned client CLT.
Or the server SRV, for example, as shown in FIG.
It is applied to workstations and personal computers having the functions shown in. In this case, the reproduction request receiving unit 8 and the reproduction executing unit 9 are respectively attached to the input unit 1 and the processing unit 2 of the computer positioned as the client CLT, and the reproduction information management unit 18 is the processing unit of the computer positioned as the server SRV. It is attached to 12.

[0007]

Operation: The reproduction request receiving unit in FIG. 1 is the client CLT.
On the side, the user starts the operation by requesting the input unit 1 of FIG. 2 to reproduce the current operating environment at the next login using a keyboard or the like. The operation environment reproduction request reception unit REQ is activated by the input unit 1 every time the operator performs an input operation, determines whether or not the input content is a reproduction request of the current operation environment at the next login, and reproduces the operation environment. If it is a request, the operating environment reproduction information collecting means COL is activated, the information necessary for reproducing the current operating environment at the next login is collected, and the result is transmitted to the server SRV. In addition, the operation environment reproduction execution means RCV of the reproduction execution unit in FIG.
Is transmitted to the server SRV by the user in the client CLT and is activated by the processing unit 2 of FIG. 2 in accordance with the processing for the response transmitted from the server SRV. Has
Based on the operating environment reproduction information sent together with the response from the server SRV, the operating environment at the previous logout is reproduced.

On the other hand, when the operation environment reproduction request registration means ENT of the reproduction information management unit of FIG. 1 receives the operation environment reproduction request from the client CLT in the communication control unit 17 of FIG. The operation environment reproduction request is registered based on the operation environment reproduction information sent together with the operation environment reproduction information. In the communication control unit 17, the client C
When a login request is received from the LT, the validity of the login is checked based on the identifier and password of the logged-in user, as in a general network OS, and then the operating environment is reproduced. The information extracting means TAK is activated, and it is determined whether or not the previous operation environment needs to be reproduced. If necessary, the operation environment reproduction information corresponding to the identifier of the user who logged in is extracted, and the request source Send to client CLT.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[Arrangement of Embodiment] FIG. 2 shows the system arrangement of an embodiment of a computer constituting the mail system according to the present invention.

In this embodiment, a keyboard KB, a pointing device MUS, or the like is connected as an input device to input data or the like, and a processing unit 2 or 2 for performing processing based on the input data. 12, an internal memory 3 or 13 for storing and holding input data, arithmetic processing data, and the like, an external storage unit 4 or 14 for connecting the magnetic disk device MD or the like to store data, and a display C
A display unit 5 or 15 for displaying on an RT or the like, an output unit 6 or 16 for connecting a printer PRT or the like to print out data or the like, and a LAN adapter via a LAN adapter LADP or the like for connecting to another computer. It is applied to a data processing device such as a workstation or a personal computer having a communication control unit 7 or 17 for communicating with

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the operating environment reproduction request receiving means REQ and the operating environment reproduction information collecting means CO.
As shown in FIG. 2, the reproduction request receiving unit 8 including L and the reproduction executing unit 9 including the operation environment reproduction executing unit RCV are as shown in FIG.
The input unit 1 and the processing unit 2 of the computer, which are positioned as the client CLT, are provided separately,
Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the operating environment reproduction request registration means EN
As shown in FIG. 2, a reproduction information management unit 18 including T and an operation environment reproduction information extraction unit TAK is attached to the processing unit 12 of the computer positioned as the server SRV.

[Operation of Embodiment] Next, the operation of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the client CLT, which is a computer operated by the user, every time the user performs an input operation from the keyboard, the operation environment reproduction request reception means REQ of the reproduction request reception unit is activated by the input unit 1 of FIG. It is determined whether or not a specific input (for example, Ctrl + R) for making a request to reproduce the operating environment at the next login is performed. If it is an input for a reproduction request, the operation environment reproduction information collecting means COL is activated, and after collecting information for reproducing the operation environment, a request for registering the resulting information is reproduced as the operation environment. Server SRV through the communication control unit 7 of FIG.
Send to. As information for reproducing the operating environment,
As shown in FIG. 3, the current drive, directory, path setting, and currently running program and its memory allocation are listed.
It can be obtained by the system call provided in rating System). On the server SRV side, the information sent from the client CLT side is the communication control unit 1 of FIG.
7 is received and the information is a request for reproducing the operating environment, the operating environment reproduction request registration means ENT is activated, and the operating environment reproduction request shown in FIG. 3 is generated based on the user identifier used when the user logged in. Register in the registration information together with the above operating environment reproduction information.

On the other hand, on the client CLT side, when a user logs in to start an operation in a network environment, a login request is made together with a user identifier and a password input at the same time as a general network OS does. The information is sent to the server SRV, and the server SRV side checks the validity of the user identifier and the correspondence with the password. When it is determined that the login is valid, the request is normally notified to the requesting client CLT, and the operation on the client CLT side becomes possible. In the present invention, after it is determined that the login is valid, the operation environment reproduction information extraction unit TAK of the reproduction information management unit in FIG. 1 is activated, and the logged-in user requests the reproduction of the previous operation environment. 2 is determined based on the operation environment reproduction request registration information of FIG. 3, and if the operation environment reproduction request registration information is requested, the operation environment reproduction information corresponding to the user is taken out, and the login completion notification and the notification of FIG. It is transmitted to the requesting client CLT through the communication control unit 17. On the client CLT side,
When the communication control unit 7 in the figure receives the login completion notification accompanied by the request for reproducing the operation environment, the processing unit 2 activates the operation environment reproduction executing means RCV of the reproduction executing unit in FIG. 2 to reproduce the operation environment. Based on the information, the system environment call of the OS reproduces the same operating environment as the previous operation. Above client CLT and server S
FIG. 4 shows an example of a communication sequence for passing information between RVs, and FIG. 5 shows an example of a data structure of communication information used at that time.

Next, the operations on the client CLT side and the server SRV side will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 6 to 9.

First, an example of the operation when the client CLT side receives an operation environment reproduction request is shown in the flowchart of FIG. When an input operation is performed by the operator on the client side, it is received by the input unit 1 of FIG. 2 and is activated each time the operation environment reproduction request reception means REQ.
In step S1, the presence / absence of the operation environment reproduction request is determined by whether or not a specific key (for example, Ctrl + R) representing the operation environment reproduction request has been pressed (S1). If there is no request, the processing is immediately terminated, and if there is a request, the operation environment reproduction request receiving means COL is activated. The operating environment reproduction request receiving means COL collects information necessary for reproducing the operating environment as shown in FIG. 3 by a system call of the OS (S2),
Create a replay registration request to send to server SRV
(S3), transmission is performed to the server SRV through the communication control unit 7 of FIG. 2 (S4), and a response from the server SRV is awaited.
(S5). When the login completion notification from the server SRV is received, the acceptance completion message of the operation environment reproduction request is displayed (S6), and when the error notification is received, the error message is displayed (S7).

Further, from the client CLT side to the server S
An example of the operation when the login completion notification is received from the server SRV based on the login request made by the user to the RV is shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7. Server SRV
When a login completion notification from the server is received, as in a general network OS, a series of preset processes are performed by the login information provided from the server before the actual operation is started. Figure 2
The operating environment reproduction executing means RCV is started. First, based on the information included in the login completion notification, it is determined whether or not the operating environment needs to be reproduced (S11). If there is no need, the operation is immediately terminated, and if necessary, the operation completion information is reproduced from the login completion notification. It is taken out (S12), and based on the information, the previous operating environment is reproduced by an OS system call or the like (S13). When an error occurs during reproduction of the operating environment, an error message is displayed (S14).

On the other hand, on the server SRV side, an example of the operation when the reproduction registration request is received is shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8, and an example of the operation related to the operation environment reproduction when the login request is received is shown in the flowchart of FIG. Server SRV
If you receive a request to reproduce the operating environment at
Operation environment reproduction request registration means ENT by the processing unit 2 of FIG.
Is activated, the user identifier corresponding to the request source is acquired (S21), it is registered in the operation environment reproduction request registration information shown in FIG. 3 (S22), and it is sent together with the reproduction registration request from the client CLT. Store operating environment reproduction information
(S23). After that, the reproduction registration completion notification is transmitted to the requesting client CLT through the communication control unit 17 in FIG.
(S24).

When the server SRV receives the login request, the validity of the login is checked by checking the validity of the login with the user identifier and password sent together, as is done by a general network OS. For example, the operating environment reproduction information extracting unit TAK of FIG. 2 is activated. In the operation environment reproduction information extraction means TAK, first,
In the operation environment reproduction request registration information of FIG. 3, whether or not reproduction is necessary is determined depending on whether or not the identifier of the logged-in user is registered (S31), and if not necessary, reproduction is performed in the login completion notification transmitted to the client CLT. Nothing is written (S32), and the process ends. If reproduction is necessary, the operation environment reproduction information is extracted from the operation environment reproduction request registration information in FIG. 3 (S33), the reproduction completion is written in the login completion notification sent to the client CLT, and the operation environment reproduction information is added (S34). ). In addition, after deleting the reproduction registration of the user identifier from the operation environment reproduction request registration information of FIG.
35) and ends. After that, the login completion notification is transmitted to the requesting client CLT through the communication control unit 17 in FIG. 2, as is done by a general network OS.

[0021]

According to the present invention, in a network operating environment in which a client accesses a server, when a login is made to restart the operation by simply requesting reproduction of the operating environment by pressing a specific key before logging out. In addition, since the environment at the time of the previous operation is automatically reproduced, it is possible to start the operation smoothly and to give the feeling that you can continue the previous operation,
Even in a network operating environment, you can easily end operations.
It can be restarted. Further, since it is possible to start the operation on the client side personal computer or workstation, which is different from the operation that was performed last time, there is an effect that the operation can be made flexible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a reproduction request reception unit, a reproduction execution unit, and a reproduction information management unit, which are necessary for realizing an operation environment reproduction system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of a computer to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of information used when implementing the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a communication sequence diagram showing the transfer of information between a client and a server when implementing the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of information transferred between a client and a server when the present invention is implemented.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a reproduction request receiving unit.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a reproduction executing unit.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of an operation environment reproduction request registration unit of a reproduction information management unit.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of an operation environment reproduction information extraction unit of a reproduction information management unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 CLT ... Client, SRV ... Server, REQ ... Operation environment reproduction request reception means, COL ... Operation environment reproduction information collection means, RCV ... Operation environment reproduction execution means, ENT ... Operation environment reproduction request registration means, TAK ... Operation environment reproduction information extraction Means, 1, 11 ... Input unit, 2, 12 ... Processing unit, 3, 13 ... Internal memory, 4, 14 ... External storage unit, 5, 15 ... Display unit, 6, 16 ... Output unit, 7, 17 ... Communication Control unit, 8 ... Reproduction request receiving unit, 9 ... Reproduction execution unit, 18 ... Reproduction information management unit, KB ... Keyboard, MUS ... Pointing device, CRT ... Display, MD ... External storage device, PRT ... Printer, LAN ... Local Area network, LADP ... LAN adapter, S1 to S35 ... Each step of processing.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A device (hereinafter referred to as a server) provided with a disk or printer commonly used from a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) or a workstation connected to a network such as a LAN (Local Area Network). In the network operating environment to access
On the personal computer or workstation side, the means for receiving the request to reproduce the current operating environment at the next login, the means for collecting the necessary operating environment information for reproduction and transmitting it to the server, and the means for reproducing the operating environment. If there is a need to reproduce the operating environment at the time of log-in acceptance, it is necessary to reproduce the operation environment by receiving the operation environment reproduction information sent to the server and registering it. Is a method for reproducing an operating environment in a network environment, which has means for extracting the operating environment reproduction information and transmitting it to the requesting computer.