JPS60256289A - Picture information offer system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To control the generation of operation/offer information in response to input information of a terminal by storing page information to a processing memory in offering page information to the terminal, decoding control information so as to attain offer of information and conversation control to the terminal equipment. CONSTITUTION:An information storage device 11 of an information center 1 includes a service control information section 112 controlling a message between pages in the information in the unit of offered page, a processing command section 113 controlling information offer in response to the message to the page information and an offer information section 114 offering it to the terminal equipment according to the processing command. In offering the page control information 110 to the terminal equipment 3, the information is offered according to the processing command corresponding to the message. Further, the input information from the equipment 3 is received and the offered information is edited so as to control the information offer to the equipment 3 and the message information represented by the information section 112 is transmitted to the designated page and the information is retrieved by the equipment 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an image information providing system that provides image information in a conversational format in response to a request from a terminal.

"Prior Art" In a system that connects a terminal with an image display function and an information center via a communication path and provides image information in a conversational format, information stored in the information center in page Φ is A method is used in which a search is performed according to the options from the terminal and the search results are provided to the terminal.

In this case, although it is possible to receive page information stored in advance in the information center, it becomes difficult to generate and provide information depending on the status of the terminal. In other words, for example, a C that asks several questions as images from an information center, determines the grade based on the answers, and sends the results as an image.
In the case of AI (computer-aided education and learning) services, games, etc., it is necessary to store all expected information in advance so that this information can be selected, for example, in a tree format. Such an image information provision method not only requires a huge amount of information to be stored in the information center, but also has the risk of complicating information management.

In order to eliminate such shortcomings, some systems use a control method that stores information according to the input from the terminal on the screen and displays it on the terminal. It is used to confirm registered information for orders, etc. However, such a function is limited to controlling the provision of simple information such as characters, or the method thereof is fixed, so there is a drawback that its use is limited.

This invention includes, in the page information provided at the information center, control information necessary for receiving terminal input information, calculation, presentation information editing control, information presentation control, etc., as well as information to be provided and transmission to be transmitted to the page information of the pond. The message information is stored in advance, and when the page information is provided to the terminal, it is stored in a memory for processing, and the control information is interpreted to present information to the terminal and control the conversation. Its purpose is to perform conversation control including the above functions based on information managed in page information units.

Embodiment FIG. 1 shows a conceptual diagram of a system that provides image information in a conversational format from an information center that stores image information to a terminal device having an image display function. An information center 1 for storing and managing image information and providing information in response to requests from terminals is connected to a terminal device 3 having an image display function via a transmission line (3) 2 such as a telephone network. The information center 1 includes an information storage device 11 for storing image information, a control device 12 for controlling this, and a conversation control device 13 for controlling information provision to terminals.
It is composed of

In the system configured as described above, information such as search input information input into the terminal device 3 is transmitted to the information center 1 through the transmission path 2, interpreted and analyzed by the conversation control device 13, and sent to the control device 12. . The control device 12 extracts the relevant information from the storage device 11, sends it to the conversation control device 13, and transmits it to the terminal device 3 via the transmission line 2. The terminal device [13] receives the transmitted image information and displays it.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing the storage form of image information to be provided used in the present invention, and shows the structure of the provided information stored in the information storage device 11 in the information center 1 of FIG. be.

As shown in the figure, the management level of information provided to the terminal is called page information 110, and is stored in the information storage device 11 for each (4) page information 110. Here, each page information 110 is expressed as a collection of the following information.

(1) Page management information section 111 Page information 1 such as the creator and registrant of page information 110
Stores information necessary for managing 10.

(2) Service control information section 112 The service control information section 112 contains a correspondence table (received message pattern list) 112 a) between message patterns from song page information and the following processing names, and message pattern paste to other page information. This is the part that stores messages such as messages (sent message pattern list) 112b), and controls the exchange of messages between page information.

(3) Processing command section 113 The processing command section 113 is a section in which commands for controlling the interpretation of terminal input information, calculation, information presentation control, etc. are written for each process name shown in the service control information section 112. be.

(4) Presentation information section 114 This section stores image information to be presented to the terminal device 3, and is stored for each presentation control described in the processing command section 113.

FIG. 3 is an example of the storage format of the page information 110,
This is an example in which the service control information section 112, processing command section 113, and presentation information section 114 are stored separately.

The service control information section 112 receives the received message pattern 2.
a list 112a and sent message 2b list 11
2b, and each information is described as follows, for example.

a. Received message pattern 2a Received messages are based on the message type and message name (
message number, etc.) and the message data that follows. This is represented, for example, by a message name represented by a character string and a fixed length message data string.

The message type and message name are called a received message pattern 2a.

b. Transmission message pattern 2b A transmission message is composed of an identifier (page number, etc.) of the page information to which the message is to be transmitted, a message type, a message l'F (message number, etc.), and subsequent message data. Message type and message name of sent message Send message pattern 2
It is called 1).

C9 Process name and processing command list In the processing command section 113, a name 3a of a process to be performed is written in association with each received message pattern 2a. Each process name 3a is represented by a process identifier (such as a process number) or a process start address.

A processing command list 3b is written following each processing name 3a. The processing command list 31) is a command list for interpreting terminal input information and controlling the generation and presentation of presentation information. An example of the processing command is shown in FIG.

d. Presentation Information (7) The presentation information section 114 describes information to be presented to the terminal as instructed by the information presentation command of the processing command. This information area can be accessed by arithmetic commands (arithmetic operations, transfer commands, etc.) and input/output commands shown in FIG. 4, so that information can be embedded or rewritten. This can be achieved, for example, by specifying the address of the presentation information storage unit at the time of processing the above command.

FIG. 5 shows an example of control for providing information to a terminal in a conversational format using page information stored in the format shown in FIG. 3, in which a processing management table 50 is provided corresponding to each line. The message storage section 501 stores the message specified by the message transfer command (FIG. 4) in the page information retrieved immediately before.

A method for controlling the provision of information in a conversational format will be described with reference to FIG. In step S1, the information center 1 of FIG.
When the page information stored in the information storage device 11 in 8) is searched and extracted, the received message pattern list 112a (FIG. 3) in the page information and the message pattern in the processing management table 50 of the corresponding line (8) are searched and extracted. message identifier), and the corresponding process name is extracted in step S8. Next, in step S4, the processing command list 3b listed in the corresponding processing name in the processing command section 113 of FIG. 3 is extracted,
Perform each process accordingly. For example, processing commands having functions as shown in FIG. 4 are determined, and control as shown in FIG. 5 is performed according to each command. Here, the file input/output command performs the file input/output processing in step S, the manual control of information from the terminal in step S6, and the sending of presentation information to the terminal in step S7, and reads the data stored in the data file of the information center. Use to reference and update its data files. For example, by storing information input from a terminal in a file, it is possible to support order entry services and the like. The message transfer command controls the transfer of data and message types to the pond page information, and in step S8 the message storage unit 50 in the line-compatible processing management table 50
1. Store the message specified by the message transfer command and the message sender page name in the message sender page name 502, respectively, and set the message sender page name of the previous page in step S. Step S
The IG performs calculations and branch processing. Steps S5-S7
rS,. After processing, the process returns to step S4, and steps S,
After processing, the process returns to step S1.

As shown in FIG. 4, there are, for example, three types of message transfer commands. These commands generally take the form: Based on the command type, message pattern, message data, destination page name (page number, etc.), and such message transfer commands, the specified destination page is searched and the control shown in FIG. 5 is continued. The above message forwarding command allows you to control the search and provision of forwarding destination page information, as well as the message pattern (message identifier) and message data. Since it can be controlled by two sets of message transfer commands, a variety of service formats are possible, such as counting CAI points and providing screens according to grades.

As a specific application example, a simple CAI service example will be shown. In CAI, the question is presented, the answerer's answer is displayed as correct/incorrect,
It is necessary to present explanations, calculate scores, and select courses according to scores. Based on a page that determines one question and its answer, an example of the correspondence between the above processing and presentation to the terminal or input from the terminal can be considered as shown in Figure 6, and the page used for this can be considered. The information 110 shown in FIG. 7 is used. In this example, the received message data (sent data from the previous page) RD represents the score up to that point, and the score is added only when the answer to the question is correct, and the score up to that point (Y) is Threshold A
11) It is assumed that the next course (page) is selected depending on whether it is larger or smaller than u. The page information stored in step S1 is searched and extracted, and the received message pattern list 112
The processing name P1 is known from the received message salt MRi (i=1°2.3) in a and the received message data RD, and the presentation information section is executed in step S2 according to the command in the processing command list of the processing name P1 of the processing command section 113. 1
The question screen D1 in 14 is sent to the terminal [7], and when the answer to the question screen D1 from the terminal is input, it is accepted in step S8, and in step S4 it is determined whether the answer is correct. In the case of , the previous score Y4゜score A is added in step S5, the correct answer is embedded in the presentation information in step S6, and the solution V' explanation screen with the correct answer embedded is added in the presentation information in step S7. 114 to the terminal. If the answer is incorrect, the error is embedded in step S8, and an explanation screen with the embedded error is sent out in step S7. In step S, the message pattern MSi (i=112
The score Y is written as the transmission message data SD of t3). In step SIO, it is checked whether the score Y is larger than the threshold value A, and if it is large (12), the process moves to a search request for page NP by the no-response message transfer command in step S11, and if Y is smaller than All. In step SI2, a search request for page NP2 is made.

In such a simple case, control can be achieved with only one page information for both the received message and the sent message, as shown in FIG. In a more complicated case, for example, when the evaluation of grades to be accumulated differs depending on the course, both received and transmitted messages will have a number of messages depending on the type of evaluation.

The above is the basic control method of the page information storage format and conversation control method according to the present invention. Next, FIG. 8 shows an example of the configuration of the information terminal 1. As shown in FIG. The control device 12 is the information storage device 1
The conversation control device 13 performs registration, management, and search control of page information stored in the device 1, and the conversation control device 13 performs conversation control C with the terminal device. The conversation control device 13 includes an interface section 131 that controls the exchange of information with the control device 12, a conversation control section 1.32 that controls conversation with the terminal device to provide page information, and a page information storage buffer 133. , a storage buffer 134 for information to be provided to the terminal, an information input control section 135 that receives information input from the terminal, and an information transmission control section 13 that sends out the information in the provided information storage buffer 134 to the terminal.
6, and a line corresponding section 137 that interfaces with the transmission line 2.

In FIG. 8, the information storage device 11 is controlled by the control device 12.
The page information retrieved by
The information is transferred to the page information storage buffer 133 via the page information storage buffer 133.

At the same time, the conversation control unit 132 executes control as shown in FIG. 5 on the page information stored in the page information storage buffer 133. When controlling information presentation to a terminal, the relevant presentation information is transferred to the presentation information storage buffer 134 and the information transmission control unit 1
36 and sends it to the transmission line 2. Similarly, the conversation control section 132 executes the conversation control of the page information shown in FIG.

A more specific example of the conversation control device 13 is shown in FIG.

The outline of the operation in FIG. 9 is as follows. The page information stored in the page information storage buffer 133 is stored in the control unit 132
and processed by the method shown in FIG. At this time, the corresponding presentation information is transferred to the presentation information storage buffer 134a using a transfer command. Also, by the next transfer command, the presentation information storage buffer 134b
Store presentation information in . After storing the above presentation information, the presentation information storage buffer 134a11 when executing the information presentation command
34b and sends these data to the line corresponding section 137.
Send via. At this time, the presentation information storage buffer 134
By inserting special code data into the data stored in a and 134b, and controlling the readout of the buffer using this code, the transmission of data in each buffer is selectively controlled. This is to achieve the position of the presented information on the screen without being aware of the relationship between the two screens, for example.

In the above explanation, an information provision method has been described in which a service control information section 111, a processing command (15) cape section 112, and a presentation information section 113 are provided for each page information 110 as shown in FIG. It is also possible to provide a plurality of units of information each consisting of a service control information section, a processing command section, and a presentation information section in the page information, and perform conversation control as described above only within the page information. With such a method, page information retrieved by a general page information search method (such as tree search) can be controlled by the provision method described above.

"Effects of the Invention" As explained above, when providing accumulated image information to a terminal in a conversational format, according to the present invention, a service control information section for controlling inter-page messages is included in page information, and a A processing command section that describes processing commands such as information presentation control corresponding to the message, and a presentation information section that is presented to the terminal by the processing command are provided, and when providing the page information, the processing command corresponding to the message is provided. Provide information to the terminal according to the terminal (16
), it is possible to control services such as calculations according to the input information of the terminal, control of creation of presentation information, registration in data files, etc., as well as search of pages through the above messages. You can also do That is, according to this invention, when providing page information, CAI
It is possible to control services that require conversation control, such as order entry and order entry, as well as to perform flexible page information search control through inter-page messages. Furthermore, since the conversation control as described above is performed at the medium level of page information, there is an advantage that inputting/creating page information and managing the page information is easy.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a block diagram showing the concept of a system that provides image information from end to end, Figure 2 is a diagram showing the concept of how information is stored in an information center, and Figure 3 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of page information. , Fig. 4 is a diagram showing examples of various commands, Fig. 5 is a flowchart showing the concept of a control method when providing page information to a terminal in a conversational format, and Fig. 6 is a processing example when applied to CAI service. 7 is a diagram showing an example of page information used for the CAI service in FIG. 6, FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the concept of the configuration of the conversation control device in the information center, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific example of the device 13. FIG. 1: Information center, 2: Transmission path, 3: Terminal device, 11: Information storage neck, 12: Control device, 13: Conversation control device, 1
10: Page information storage format, 131: Interface unit, 132: Conversation control unit, 133: Page information storage buffer, 134: Presentation information storage buffer, 135: Information input control unit, 136: Information transmission control unit, 137 Line support department. Patent Applicant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation Agent Higashi Kusano (19) 77 MRI RD+ P+ R2 R3 MS 1 SD+ S2 S3 Cultivation! P1<Y=RD1 SHOW D+ INPUT SI NP2 ND

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a method in which image information is transmitted and provided from an information center that stores image information to a terminal device via a transmission path, the provided page-by-page information is transmitted to a service control information unit that controls messages between pages, and its A processing command section that controls information presentation in response to messages to page information, and a presentation information section that is provided to the terminal according to the processing command are configured and stored in the information storage device of the information center, and the When providing page information, the information provision to the terminal device is controlled by providing information to the terminal device, receiving input information from the terminal device, and editing presentation information in accordance with the processing command corresponding to the above message. An image information providing method characterized in that message information indicated in a service control information section is transmitted to a designated page, and the page information is retrieved from the information storage device. (2) In the system, the page information accumulated in the information center consists of a plurality of units of information that control information provision, and the units of information are divided into a service control unit that controls messages between information 141 places and the messages. It is composed of a processing command section that controls information presentation, etc., and a presentation information section that is provided to the terminal according to the processing command, and controls the provision of information for each unit of the above information, and provides the page information to the terminal. The image information providing system according to claim 1, characterized in that provision is controlled.