JPH1185652A - Reading matter reference device and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reading matter reference device by which even a general user having no knowledge on a communication system can easily set a subnews group in the reading matter reference device such as a personal computer for referring to an article published on an internet, for example. SOLUTION: This device is provided with an area information storage part 1 for storing information regulating the respective areas of image allocated to plural news groups corresponding to the identification information of news groups to which these respective areas are allocated, means for displaying this image on a display part 5, component information storage part 2 for storing the information of components expressing the fine divided subnews groups of the news group, means for displaying these components on the display part 5, component information filing instruction part 7 for designating the position to file the component selected out of the displayed components, and component information setting part 8 for setting the subnews group expressed by the selected component as the subnews group of the news group corresponding to the area including the designated position.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an article reference device such as a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) for referring to an article posted on the Internet, and a recording medium readable by the article reference device. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Communication systems for exchanging opinions with a large number of people by referring to or posting articles from a personal computer connected to a network such as the Internet and personal computer communication have become widespread. In such a communication system, for example, information is exchanged or discussed according to the theme, and the information is grouped into a plurality of news groups.

[0003] Such a news group can be further subdivided to form a sub news group. For example, when a work contest is held for a participant in a news group on a theme of a certain hobby, a sub-news group on the theme of a work contest can be set. At this time, the sub news group
Inherits newsgroup attributes such as the right to post and view articles.

[0004]

However, in order to set a sub news group, a text command requesting the setting of a news group must be issued to a system such as a news server managing articles. . In order to set a sub-news group, it is necessary to have knowledge about the news group, for example, whether or not the news group restricts the right to read articles. Therefore, it is difficult for a general user who has no knowledge about the communication system to set a subnews group.

[0005] In the conventional communication system, the name of the news group, the title of the article, and the like are displayed in a text list, so that not only infants, school children, etc. but also ordinary users can understand the nature of the news group. It is difficult to motivate participation in communication due to reasons such as difficulty in communication and difficulty in interest.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and is to paste a part of a sub-news group into an image for selecting a news group to be referred to by designating its area. By setting up a sub-news group by
It is an object of the present invention to provide an article reference device such as a personal computer that allows a general user who has no knowledge of the system to easily set a subnews group, and a recording medium that can be read by the article reference device.

Further, the present invention allows a general user to select a news group to which an article is to be referred by designating a region of an image in which the character of the news group can be intuitively understood and which is of interest. It is an object of the present invention to provide an article reference device such as a personal computer that induces a desire to participate in communication, and a recording medium that can be read by the article reference device.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an article referencing apparatus which refers to articles of a system in which articles posted to a plurality of news groups are used as reference ranges of the respective news groups. Means for storing information defining each region of the image in which the plurality of regions are respectively assigned to the news group, in association with the identification information of the news group to which each region is assigned, and displaying the image , Means for storing information of parts expressing a sub-news group that divides a news group, means for displaying the parts, selecting a part from the displayed parts, and pasting the part Means for designating a position, and a sub-news group represented by the selected part being converted to a news corresponding to the area including the designated position. Characterized by comprising a means for setting a sub newsgroups group.

An article reference device according to a second aspect of the present invention is a device for referring to an article of a system in which articles respectively posted to a plurality of news groups are set as reference ranges of the respective news groups. Means for storing information defining each area of the image to which each area is assigned, in association with the identification information of the news group to which each area is assigned; means for displaying the image; Means for specifying a position on the specified image, detecting the position on the specified image, determining whether or not the user has a reference right to the article of the news group corresponding to the area including the position on the specified image, And means for instructing the user to refer to the article.

[0010] A recording medium according to a third aspect of the present invention is a recording medium readable by an apparatus that refers to articles in a system in which articles posted to a plurality of news groups are referred to by the respective news groups. In the device, information defining each region of the image, the plurality of regions are respectively assigned to a plurality of news groups,
Program code means for storing the information in association with the identification information of the news group to which each area is assigned;
Program code means for causing the device to display the image; program code means for causing the device to store information on parts expressing sub-news groups that subdivide the news group; and a program for causing the device to display the parts. Code means, program code means for allowing the device to select a component from among the displayed components, and to designate a position where the component is to be pasted, and a sub-code represented by the selected component to the device. Program code means for setting a news group as a sub news group of the news group corresponding to the area including the designated position.

[0011] A recording medium according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is a recording medium readable by an apparatus that refers to articles of a system in which articles posted to a plurality of news groups are referred to by each news group. In the device, information defining each region of the image, the plurality of regions are respectively assigned to a plurality of news groups,
Program code means for storing the information in association with the identification information of the news group to which each area is assigned;
The device, program code means for displaying the image, program code means for causing the device to accept designation of a position on the displayed image, and causes the device to detect the position on the designated image, Program code means for judging the presence or absence of the reference right to the article of the news group corresponding to the area including the position on the designated image, and instructing to refer to the article when having the reference right .

In the first and third aspects of the present invention, when information of a component expressing a sub-news group is pasted on an image for selecting a news group to refer to an article by designating the area, the pasting position is included. The sub news group represented by the pasted component is set in the news group of the area. Therefore, communication
Even a general user who has no knowledge of the system can easily set a sub news group.

According to the second and fourth aspects of the present invention, the character of the news group can be intuitively understood and assigned to an area of an image which is more interesting, and when the area is designated by a user, the area is designated. If the user has the right to refer to the news group, he / she instructs the news group to refer to the article. Therefore, the user is motivated to participate in the communication.

[0014]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a personal computer as an article reference device according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 4 are conceptual diagrams of storage states of respective information. The area information storage unit 1 stores coordinate information including XY coordinates, width (W), and height (H) of each area of the background image to which a plurality of news groups are assigned, and the name of the news group assigned to the area. Attribute information such as pointers (eg, PARTS 01, PARTS 02) to parts in the sub news group (eg, NG 01, NG 02) are associated with the area names (eg, FIELD 01, FIELD 02) of each area. Area information is stored (see FIG. 2). With the area name of the area information as the news group name, these two data
It may be one. The image information of this background image is, for example,
Like a background image, a news group image, and a sub news group image, the image is hierarchized into a plurality of layers in order to display each region in a more detailed manner by enlarging it in a plurality of stages.

The component information storage unit 2 stores XY coordinates of the pasted component, coordinate information including the width (W) and height (H) of the component, the name of the sub news group represented by the component (eg, S
UBNG 01, SUBNG 02), the article name as a pointer to the article information of the subnews group (eg ARTICLE 01, ARTI
CLE 02), the identification information of the material data that makes up the part (eg: D
Attribute information such as ATA 01, DATA 02) is stored in association with the component name of each component (see FIG. 3). The part name of the part information may be set as a sub news group name, and these two data may be combined into one.

The article information storage unit 3 is a communication
Article name of the article posted on the system (e.g. ARTICLE 0
1, ARTICLE 02), and the contents of the article are stored (see FIG. 4). The user information storage unit 4 is associated with a user name (eg, USER 01, USER 02) and assigned to a news group in which the user participates, that is, a news group to which the user has a right of reference. Area name as a pointer to the area on the image that is located (eg, FIELD 01, FIELD
D 02) is stored as the attribute information (see FIG. 4).

In this embodiment, these article information storage units 3
And the structure in which the user information storage unit 4 is provided in a personal computer as an article reference device which is a client of the communication system. Is also possible.

The display unit 5 has a display such as a liquid crystal display, and displays on the display the area information assigned to the area by the news group, the parts to be pasted on the background image, the article information to be referred to, and the like.
The component information reference unit 6 acquires the component information from the component information storage unit 2 and causes the display unit 5 to display the component, and allows the user to perform operations such as drag and drop with a mouse on the background image. The component information including the coordinate information of the component whose position has been determined is provided to the component information setting unit 8.

The component information pasting instruction section 7 gives a component pasting instruction to the component information setting section 8, and outputs the component information reference section 6.
Passes the acquired component information to the component information setting unit 8, and the component information setting unit 8 stores the XY coordinates of the pasted component in the component information storage unit 2 and the component name of the component information in the region information storage unit 1, respectively. Set.

The news group reference designating section 9 is means for detecting the XY coordinates inputted by the user with a keyboard, a mouse or the like, and instructing the reference right determining section 10.

The reference right determining unit 10 determines the designated area based on the XY coordinates passed from the news group reference instructing unit 9, the user name at the time of login, and the coordinate information of the area in the area information storage unit 1. The specified area is compared with the area name of the news group name in which the user participates, which is stored in the user information storage unit 4, and the user refers to the news group specified as a reference target. Determine whether you have the right. If the user is a news group to which the user has a reference right, the article information of the designated news group is displayed on the display unit 5, and if the user does not have the reference right, the reference is prohibited. When the sub-news group is specified, the reference right determination unit 10 determines the specified area from the XY coordinates passed from the news group reference designating unit 9 and the part information storage unit 2 when determining the specified area. Confirmed parts.

Next, the procedure for setting the sub-news group of the article reference apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the setting example diagrams of FIGS. 5 and 6 and the flowchart of FIG. The user pastes a component to any region of the background image by, for example, dragging and dropping a mouse (step S1).

In FIG. 5, the news groups "mountain" (X1, Y1, W1, HI) and "sea" (X
2, Y2, W2, H2) are assigned to the respective areas of the background image, and the newsgroup with the theme of “mountain” is subdivided into “hut 1” (for example, with the theme of plant A sub-news group has already been formed.

In this state, the user moves the hut parts to the "mountain".
Paste in the area of, the news group "Mountain"
Sub-news group "Hut 2" different from "Hut 1"
(For example, the theme of fishing). The lower half of FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram of the storage state of the area information after the setting of the subnews group “Hut 2” and the component information used for the setting.

In FIG. 6, a newsgroup "School 1" (X1, Y1, W
1, HI) and “school 2” (X2, Y2, W2, H2) are assigned to the respective areas of the background image, and the newsgroup “school 2” is subdivided into “classroom 2”. A sub-news group (for example, on the theme of class content) has already been formed. In this state, when the user pastes the classroom components into the area of “classroom 1”, a “classroom 1” (for example, a sub-news group whose theme is the class content) is formed in the news group “school 1”. You.

Here, "classroom 1" and "classroom 2" are groups of the same theme, but in the case of "classroom 1", participants of the news group "school 1" can participate in the topic space. Yes, and in the case of “Classroom 2”, it is a participant of the newsgroup “School 2”. The lower half of FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram of the storage state of the area information after the setting of the sub news group “Classroom 1” and the component information used for the setting.

When the component is pasted as described above, the component information reference unit 6 acquires the component information from the component information storage unit 2, and passes the component information including the coordinate information of the component to the component information setting unit 8 ( Step S2). The component information setting unit 8 compares the coordinate information of each area in the area information storage unit 1 with the coordinate information of the component passed from the component information reference unit 6, and sets the attribute information (pointer to the component) of the corresponding area. The pointer of the pasted component is set in the area for storing () (step S3).

Further, the procedure when the article reference device of the present invention refers to a newsgroup will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the user designates the parts of the news group and the sub-news group on the screen with the XY coordinates (step S11), the news group reference designating section 9 passes the XY coordinates to the reference right determining section 10, and the reference right determining section 10 Refers to the attribute information of the area in the area storage unit 1 and the attribute information of the user (pointer to the area) in the user information storage unit 4 based on the XY coordinates and the user name at the time of login (step). S12).

Whether or not the part specified by the user is within the area of the attribute information of the user is determined by referring to the user information and the area information in the case of the part of the news group. In this case, the determination is further made by referring to the attribute information of the component (step S13). If the component is not in the area, the reference is rejected. If the part specified by the user is within the area of the attribute information of the user, the display unit 5 displays the article information by referring to the attribute information (pointer to the article information) of the designated part (step S14). ).

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a hardware configuration for realizing the present invention. The hardware includes a personal computer 81 as a processing device, a display 82 for displaying character data and the like, and a keyboard 83 and a mouse 84 as input devices. The personal computer 81 stores a program for performing the above-described processing in a portable recording medium 85 such as a magnetic disk or a CD-ROM, or in a center capable of communicating the program with the personal computer 81 wirelessly or by wire. Line destination memory provided
86, or from a recording medium such as a RAM 87 provided in the personal computer 81 and a memory 87 for the processing apparatus such as a hard disk.

[0031]

As described above, the article reference device and the recording medium of the present invention provide a sub news group by pasting parts of a sub news group to an image for selecting a news group to refer to an article by designating its area. Since the news group is set, an excellent effect that even a general user who has no knowledge of the communication system can easily set the sub news group is achieved.

Further, the article reference device and the recording medium of the present invention allow the user to select a news group to which an article is to be referred by designating a region of an image in which the character of the news group can be intuitively understood and the interest is high. It has an excellent effect of inviting general users to participate in communication.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an article reference device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of a storage state of area information.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of a storage state of component information.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of a storage state of article information and user information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of an example (part 1) of setting a sub news group according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a diagram of an example (part 2) of setting a sub news group according to the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart when a sub news group is set according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart when a news group is referred to according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a hardware configuration for realizing the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 area information storage unit 2 component information storage unit 5 display unit 6 component information reference unit 7 component information pasting instruction unit 8 component information setting unit 9 news group reference instruction unit 10 reference right determination unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An apparatus for referring to an article of a system in which articles posted to a plurality of news groups are set as reference ranges of the respective news groups, wherein the plurality of regions are respectively assigned to the plurality of news groups. Means for storing information defining each area of the image in association with the identification information of the news group to which the area is assigned; means for displaying the image; and sub-news groups for subdividing the news group. Means for storing information of the represented parts; means for displaying the parts; means for selecting a part from the displayed parts and designating a position where the part is to be pasted; As a sub news group of the news group corresponding to the area including the designated position. An article reference device comprising: a setting unit. 2. An apparatus for referring to an article of a system in which articles posted to a plurality of news groups are set as a reference range of each news group, wherein the plurality of regions are respectively assigned to the plurality of news groups. Means for storing information defining each area of the image in association with the identification information of the news group to which the area is assigned; means for displaying the image; and specifying a position on the displayed image. Means for detecting the position on the designated image, determining whether or not the user has the right to refer to the article of the news group corresponding to the area including the position on the designated image. An article reference device, comprising: means for instructing reference. 3. A recording medium that can be read by an apparatus that refers to an article of a system in which an article posted to each of a plurality of news groups is set as a reference range of each news group. Program code means for storing information defining each area of the image to which the plurality of areas are respectively assigned to the news group in association with the identification information of the news group to which the respective areas are assigned; and Program code means for displaying the image; program code means for causing the device to store information of parts expressing sub-news groups that subdivide the news group; and program code means for causing the device to display the parts. Selecting a part from the parts displayed on the device, and selecting the part Program code means for accepting designation of a position to be pasted, and program for causing the apparatus to set a sub-news group represented by a selected part as a sub-news group of a news group corresponding to the area including a designated position A recording medium characterized by including code means. 4. A recording medium readable by an apparatus that refers to an article of a system in which an article posted to each of a plurality of news groups is set as a reference range of each news group. Program code means for storing information defining each area of the image to which the plurality of areas are respectively assigned to the news group in association with the identification information of the news group to which the respective areas are assigned; and Program code means for displaying the image; program code means for causing the device to accept designation of a position on the displayed image; and causing the device to detect the position on the designated image. Determine whether you have the right to read the newsgroup article corresponding to the area including the position on the image, and have the reference right If the recording medium which comprises a program code means for instructing a reference of the article.