JPH10275107A - System and method for data registration - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable an operator of a machine for registration to perform data registering operation even during the service of a server for service as to the data registration system which registers data to the server for service from the machine for registration. SOLUTION: In addition to the machine 1 for registration and server 3 for service, a server 5 for temporary registration that no user accesses is provided. In the service hours of the server 3 for service, the operator registers data to the server 5 for temporary registration from the machine 1 for registration and confirms whether the data are correctly registered by using a check terminal 7. Once it is confirmed that the data are correctly registered, information needed to register the same data to the server 3 for service in the same format is recorded in a registration information file 6 on the machine 1 for registration. After the service hours of the server 3 for service, the machine for registration 1 automatically registers the same data to respective servers for service according to the information recorded in the registration information file 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data registration system for registering data from a registration machine to a service server via a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 1 shows an outline of a conventional general data registration system used in a video-on-demand system or the like.

The conventional data registration method includes a single registration machine 1, a plurality of service servers 3 respectively arranged in a plurality of service areas 2, and a plurality of user terminals 4 connected to each server 3. Having. Each server 3 functions as a video server for supplying video data to the user terminal 4. Each server 3 stores video data of the same content, and any service area 2 can receive the same service (supply of video data). For this purpose, the operator registers the same video data from the registration machine 1 to all the servers 3 via the communication network.

[0004]

In the conventional data registration system shown in FIG. 1, an operator uses a registration machine 1 to directly register data in each server 3. In this registration work, the operator uses a check terminal (not shown) at hand each time registration is made in each server 3 so that there is no failure that data could not be registered correctly due to an operator input error or the like. By checking the service from each server 3 on a trial basis, it is checked whether data is correctly registered in each server 3. Since such operations are performed for a plurality of servers 3, the registration operation requires an enormous amount of time. Further, since the data on the server 3 cannot be updated during the service, the above-mentioned registration work must be performed outside the service time, such as at night. Therefore, the burden on the registration work of the operator is very large.

[0005] The data on each server 3 must have the same contents.
If registration cannot be performed on some of the servers 3 due to downtime or network failure, grasping the registration status such as which data should be registered on which server 3 and managing the data are also troublesome tasks for the operator.

Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to provide a data registration system for registering data from a registration machine to a service server, which is useful for an operator of the registration machine.
An object of the present invention is to enable data registration work even during service of a service server.

A second object of the present invention is to make it possible to automatically recognize the registration status and manage data in the same system.

[0008]

A data registration method according to the present invention is a data registration method for registering data from a registration machine to a service server, wherein a temporary registration server for temporarily registering data from a registration machine is provided. Is provided.
Then, the registration machine is tentatively registered in the temporary registration server according to the registration information file for recording the registration information when the data is temporarily registered in the temporary registration server and the registration information in the registration information file. Main registration means for automatically registering the same data in the service server.

According to this method, the operator of the registration machine can temporarily register data in the temporary registration server even during the service time of the service server. When the temporary registration is performed, the registration information of the temporary registration is recorded in the registration information file of the registration machine. After that, outside the service hours of the service server, the registration machine
According to the registration information in the registration information file, the same data as that temporarily registered is automatically registered in the service server automatically. Since the main registration is performed according to the registration information at the time of the temporary registration, it can be performed in the same manner as the temporary registration. Therefore, if the operator performs the temporary registration correctly, it is guaranteed that the main registration is also correctly performed. The operator's work only requires temporary registration, and can be performed even during service hours.

In the method of the present invention, the registration information includes the registration status of each of the service servers, and the main registration means of the registration machine executes the main registration with respect to each service server. It is desirable to change the corresponding registration status in the registration information file according to the execution result. By doing so, if the registration fails due to a communication failure or the like at the time of the main registration, the fact is recorded in the registration information file, so that it is easy to deal with it later.

It is further desirable that the main registration means of the registration machine includes means for retrying the main registration when a registration error occurs due to a communication failure or the like.

Although the registration machine is typically a computer, a machine-readable computer program for causing the registration machine to execute the processing according to the present invention is a fixed program such as a disk-type storage or a semiconductor memory. Can be supplied to the registration machine by a medium carrying the program, or can be supplied to the registration machine by a medium carrying the program in a fluid manner such as a communication network.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 shows an overall configuration of a data registration system according to an embodiment of the present invention applied to a video-on-demand system.

This system is, like the system shown in FIG. 1, a registration machine 1 and a plurality of service servers connected to the registration machine 1 via a communication network and arranged in a plurality of service areas 2. 3 and a plurality of user terminals 4 that can receive a video service from each server 3. In addition, the present system includes a temporary registration server 5 connected to the registration machine 1 via a communication network, and a check terminal 7 that can receive service provisionally from the temporary registration server 5. Further provision. The temporary registration server 5 is not accessed by the user, but exclusively by the operator of the registration machine 1. The check terminal 7 is used by the operator, and can receive a video service on a trial basis from the temporary registration server 5.

The operator uses the registration machine 1 to
The video data (stored in the disk storage device 1 'of the registration machine 1) is exclusively registered in the temporary registration server 5. "Temporary registration" is the registration work by this operator.
Call. Since the temporary registration server 5 is a separate machine from the service server 3, the temporary registration work can be performed even during the service of the service server 3. In the temporary registration, the operator uses the check terminal 7 to register the temporary registration server 5.
By receiving a service provisionally from, it is possible to check whether or not the desired video data has been correctly registered in the temporary registration server 5. If it can be confirmed that the registration has been performed correctly, the temporary registration work ends.

After the provisional registration work is completed, the registration machine 1 is automatically stored in the disk storage device 1 ′ of the registration machine 1 outside the service time of the service server 3 to the service server 3. Is registered). This automatic registration work is called "main registration". The main registration is performed in the same manner as the temporary registration in which it has been confirmed that the registration has been correctly performed by the operator. Therefore, in the real registration, it is guaranteed that the data can be correctly registered in the server 3.
Therefore, there is no need for the operator to actually check whether or not the data has been correctly registered, and there is no problem in performing this automatically. Further, in the main registration, the management of the registration status indicating to which server 3 the registration has succeeded or not, and the re-registration processing to the server 3 in which the registration has not succeeded are automatically performed. Therefore, in the case where registration to some of the servers 3 cannot be performed due to the server 3 going down or a network failure, the operator does not need to manage the registration status and the like.

At the time of the temporary registration, information relating to the registration necessary for performing the main registration in the same manner as the temporary registration is described in the registration information file 6 in the disk storage device 1 'of the registration machine 1. The following items are described in the registration information file 6.

(1) Status (2) Retry count initial value (3) Date (4) Service identification number (5) Update option (6) Parameter Here, “status” indicates the registration status of each service server 3, The characters are sequentially shown for each server 3. An example of the status format is shown below.

<Character><RegistrationStatus> “S_” SUCCEDED (registration successful) “F_” FAIL (registration failed (retrieved but not successful)) “W_” WAITING (waiting state before execution of registration) “01” The number of retries remaining is “W_” for all servers 3 at the stage when the temporary registration is completed (stage before the start of the main registration). Then, the status of each server 3 is rewritten.

The “initial value of the number of retries” is a preset maximum number of retries for retrying the main registration when the main registration is not successful. "Date" is the date when the main registration is performed. The “service identification number” is an identification number of a service (for example, a program) that provides video data to be registered. The “update option” indicates a registration mode (for example, new registration, overwriting, deletion, etc.).
The “parameters” are various parameters that need to be set in the server 3 in order for the server 3 to correctly execute the service for providing the registered video data.

Among these items, for example, “date”, “service identification number”, “update option”, and “parameter” are items that are input to the registration machine 1 by the operator at the time of provisional registration. If these items are entered correctly, the data will be registered correctly. In the temporary registration, after the operator inputs those items into the registration machine 1, video data is registered from the registration machine 1 to the temporary registration server 5, and thereafter, the check terminal 7 is registered.
To receive the registered service from the temporary registration server 5 to check whether the data has been registered correctly. As a result of this check, if the information is not correctly registered, the operator corrects the above input items and executes the registration to the temporary registration server 5 again. If it is confirmed as a result of the above check that the information has been correctly registered, the above input items are formally recorded in the registration information file 6 in the registration server 1. The registration information for each service in the registration information file 6 is called a “record”. If a plurality of services are provisionally registered, a plurality of records for those services are stored in the registration information file 6.
Will be stored. When the provisional registration is completed, the main registration of the same data from the registration machine 1 to the service server 3 is automatically performed according to the registration information file 6 (that is, in the same manner as the provisional registration) outside the service time thereafter. .

FIG. 3 shows a processing flow of the main registration performed by the registration machine 1.

First, in step S1, the registration information file 6
, One unread record is read. If the reading up to the last record in the file 6 has already been completed, the registration processing is terminated.

Next, in step S2, it is determined whether the status of the i-th server 3 in the read record is registered (that is, "S_" or "F_"). If registered, the process proceeds to step S4, but if not registered (ie, unregistered), the process proceeds to step S3. This step S2 is repeated by the number of servers 3, starting from i = 0 and increasing i by one.

In step S3, video data is registered in the i-th server 3 according to the read record. After the execution of the registration, the description of the status of the i-th server 3 of the record in the registration information file 6 is changed according to the execution result. That is, if the registration is successful, the registration is changed to "S_", and if a registration error occurs due to a network failure or the like, the current number of remaining retries (the initial value, ie, the initial value of the number of retries if currently "W_") Is changed to a numerical value obtained by subtracting 1 from (if this numerical value is 0, “F_”).

FIG. 4 shows an example of a record in the registration information file 6 during the registration process. Record 11
Indicates that the registration has been completed for all the servers 3 except the last server 3, but the last server 3 has two retries. Record 12
The registration has been completed for the first three servers 3, but the remaining servers 3 have not been registered yet. As in these examples, the registration has not been completed (that is, the status is “W_” or “01” to “99”).
If there is a server 3, the registration for that server 3 is completed (that is, the status is “S_” or “F_”
Step S3 is repeatedly executed for the server 3 until this is reached.

In the last step S4, all the servers 3
The process waits until the process in step S3 is completed, and when the process is completed for all servers 3, the process returns to step S1. And for the next unread record,
The above process is repeated.

If the registration has succeeded for all the service servers 3 (that is, the status has become "S_"), the corresponding record and video data in the disk 1 'of the registration machine 1 are automatically deleted. I do. On the other hand, if there is at least one server 3 whose registration has failed (that is, the status is “F_”), the corresponding record and video data in the disk 1 ′ are left without being deleted, and the main registration is performed again later. Be able to do it.

For services that do not require registration retry in the event of a registration error, the retry can be prevented from being performed by setting the retry count initial value to "0".

In this embodiment, the operator can perform the registration work even during the service time, and the registration target is only the temporary registration server 5. Further, by reflecting the processing result of the main registration processing in the registration information file 6, the data for which registration has failed can be automatically re-registered in the next main registration processing. Further, when registration with all the servers 3 is successful, data on the registration machine 1 that becomes unnecessary is automatically deleted, so that data management is easy. As a result, the workload of the operator is greatly reduced.

The present invention can be applied not only to a video-on-demand system but also to a system for other uses. For example, the present invention can be applied to data registration processing in an electronic newspaper system, an education on demand system, a television shopping system, a weather information on demand system, and the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a general data registration method.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a data registration method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a main registration process performed by a registration machine.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a record description example of a registration information file.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Registration machine 2 Service area 3 Service server 4 User terminal 5 Temporary registration server 6 Registration information file 7 Check terminal

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A data registration method for registering data from a registration machine to a service server, comprising: a temporary registration server for temporarily registering the data from the registration machine, wherein the registration machine comprises: A registration information file for recording registration information when the data is temporarily registered in the temporary registration server; and, according to the registration information in the registration information file, the same data as temporarily registered in the temporary registration server. A data registration system having a main registration unit for automatically registering a service in a service server. 2. The data registration method according to claim 1, further comprising a check terminal for checking whether or not the data has been correctly registered in the temporary registration server. 3. The registration information recorded in the registration information file includes a registration status of each of the service servers, and the main registration unit of the registration machine transmits the data to each service server. 2. The data registration method according to claim 1, further comprising: means for changing a corresponding registration status in the registration information file according to a result of the execution of the registration processing. 4. The registration means further comprises means for automatically retrying the data registration processing with respect to a service server corresponding to the registration status indicating unregistered in the registration information file. 4. The data registration method according to claim 3, including: 5. The registration machine automatically deletes the data in the registration machine and the registration information corresponding to the data when the registration of the data to all the service servers succeeds. 2. The data registration method according to claim 1, further comprising means. 6. A data registration method for registering data from a registration machine to a service server, comprising: temporarily registering data from the registration machine to a temporary registration server prepared in advance; Recording the registration information when the data is provisionally registered in the registration machine; and, in accordance with the recorded registration information, the same data temporarily registered in the provisional registration server in the service server. Automatically registering from the registration machine. 7. The registration machine in a data registration method comprising a registration machine, a service server, and a temporary registration server, wherein the temporary registration means for temporarily registering data in the temporary registration server; A registration information file for recording registration information when the data is provisionally registered in the registration server; and, according to the registration information in the registration information file, the same data provisionally registered in the temporary registration server as the service. A computer-readable recording medium that carries a program for causing a computer to function as the registration machine having a main registration unit for automatically registering in a server.