KR102392223B1 - Method for inputting and outputting structure of procedure, and apparatus using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

In the present disclosure, disclosed is a method for inputting/outputting a structure of a procedure and a device using the same. Specifically, in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a computing device generates a procedure and a procedure item, which is one item belonging to the procedure, in response to a request to generate the procedure, adds a new procedure item to a selected position among one or more procedure items belonging to the procedure in response to a request to add a procedure item for the generated procedure, and outputs the procedure and at least one procedure item belonging to the procedure in response to a request for displaying the procedure. Therefore, the present invention is capable of improving a convenience of a user.

Description

Method for inputting and outputting the structure of procedures and apparatus using the same

The present disclosure discloses a method for inputting and outputting a procedure structure and an apparatus using the same. Specifically, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in response to a request for generating a procedure, the computing device generates a procedure and a procedure item that is an item belonging to the procedure, and in response to a request to add a procedure item to the generated procedure , adds a new procedure item to a selected position among one or more procedure items pertaining to the procedure, and outputs the procedure and at least one procedure item pertaining to the procedure in response to a procedure display request.

With the development of software related to schedule management or task management, techniques for systematically managing the entire procedure of a schedule or individual tasks are also developing.

For example, a technology that can input, store, and output the flow of a procedure using a personal computer (PC) in a WYSIWYG method is widely used in relation to ERP (Enterprise Resource Management).

For example, US Patent No. 6,243,857 discloses a flowchart based on a Windows GUI, and a method and system for generating a code based on the flowchart.

However, such a prior art is mainly made by using a mouse in a work environment diagrammed on a graphic user interface, and there is a problem in that it is difficult to adopt it as it is in the environment of today's generalized mobile terminals.

In particular, as the size of the display in charge of input/output of the terminal is smaller, it is not easy to write a flowchart of a complicated procedure with a human finger, which has lower precision than mouse pointing. Therefore, there is a need for a procedure input/output method more suitable for a mobile terminal than the input/output of a WYSIWYG method on a conventional graphical user interface.

US 6243857 B1

Therefore, in the present disclosure, by solving the problems of the prior art described above, it is possible to easily input the structure of a complex procedure according to the user's intention even in a work environment where delicate pointing such as a mobile terminal, that is, coordinate input is difficult, and from the input An object of the present invention is to provide a method for outputting the structure of a schematic procedure and an apparatus using the same.

The characteristic configuration of the present invention for achieving the object of the present invention as described above and for realizing the characteristic effects of the present invention to be described later is as follows.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for inputting and outputting the structure of a procedure, the method comprising: in response to a procedure generation request that is a signal requesting generation of a procedure, a computing device, including the procedure and the procedure belonging to the procedure A step of creating a procedure item as an item, wherein the procedure includes a title, the procedure item includes a title, content, and a connection relationship, and the connection relationship includes 'required', 'optional', 'next' and ' a procedure creation step selected from a linkage group including 'alternatives'; adding, by the computing device, a new procedure item to a selected position among one or more procedure items belonging to the procedure, in response to a request to add a procedure item, which is a signal requesting addition of a procedure item to the procedure ; and in response to a procedure display request, which is a signal for requesting display of the procedure, the computing device outputs the procedure and at least one procedure item belonging to the procedure or causes another device interworking with the computing device to perform the procedure and and supporting to output the at least one procedure item, including a procedure display step.

Preferably, the step of creating the procedure or the step of adding the procedure item comprises:

The method further includes obtaining the procedure item to be created or the procedure item to be added from the computing device or another device interworking with the computing device by providing predetermined first user interface elements.

More preferably, the step of generating the procedure comprises: before the first user interface elements are provided, or at the same time the first user interface elements are provided, the computing device or the other device by providing predetermined second user interface elements. The method further includes obtaining information including a title of the procedure from

Advantageously, the step of displaying the procedure comprises: interpreting procedure items belonging to the procedure; and graphically displaying the interpreted result by providing predetermined third user interface elements.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a computer program comprising instructions embodied for performing the methods according to the present invention. For example, such a computer program may be stored in a machine-readable non-transitory recording medium.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computing device for inputting and outputting the structure of a procedure, the computing device comprising: a communication unit for acquiring a procedure generation request, which is a signal for requesting generation of a procedure; and in response to the request for creating a procedure, a process of generating the procedure and a procedure item that is an item belonging to the procedure, wherein the procedure includes a title, the procedure item includes a title, content, and a connection relationship; A relationship is selected from a group of connections including 'necessary', 'optional', 'next' and 'alternative', a procedure generating process, a procedure for the procedure created When a request for adding a procedure item, which is a signal for requesting addition of an item, is obtained through the communication unit, adding a procedure item for adding a new procedure item to a selected position among one or more procedure items belonging to the procedure in response to the request for adding the procedure item When a process display request, which is a signal for requesting display of a process and the procedure, is obtained through the communication unit, in response to the procedure display request, the procedure and at least one procedure item belonging to the procedure are outputted or through the communication unit and a processor for performing a procedure display process for supporting other interworking devices to output the procedure and the at least one procedure item.

According to the invention of the present disclosure, even in a work environment in which delicate pointing, ie, coordinate input, is difficult such as a mobile terminal, a structure of a complex procedure can be easily input as intended by the user, thereby improving user convenience.

The accompanying drawings for use in the description of the embodiments of the present invention are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs (hereinafter referred to as "a person skilled in the art") is separate Other drawings may be obtained on the basis of these drawings without effort sufficient to arrive at the invention of
1 is a conceptual diagram schematically illustrating an exemplary configuration of a computing device that performs a method of input/output of a procedure structure (hereinafter referred to as a “procedure structure input/output method”) according to the present disclosure.
2 is an exemplary block diagram illustrating hardware or software components of a computing device that performs a procedural structure input/output method according to the present disclosure.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a procedure structure input/output method according to the present disclosure.
4 is a diagram illustrating a procedure to explain the procedure structure input/output method of the present disclosure.
5 is a diagram exemplarily illustrating a first user interface provided according to an embodiment of the procedural structure input/output method of the present disclosure.
6 is a diagram exemplarily illustrating a second user interface provided according to an embodiment of the procedural structure input/output method of the present disclosure.
7 is a diagram exemplarily illustrating a user interface indicating one or more procedure items pertaining to a procedure according to an embodiment of the procedure structure input/output method of the present disclosure.
8 is a diagram exemplarily illustrating a user interface provided in a procedure item adding step according to an embodiment of the procedure structure input/output method of the present disclosure.
9A is a diagram exemplarily illustrating a state in which procedure items are further added to the user interface of FIG. 7, and FIG. 9B is a diagram exemplarily illustrating a user interface provided for changing the order between procedure items in FIG. 9A, FIG. 9c is a diagram exemplarily illustrating aspects of procedure items displayed on a user interface.
10 is a diagram exemplarily illustrating a third user interface provided according to an embodiment of the procedural structure input/output method of the present disclosure.
11 is a diagram exemplarily showing a current state display provided according to an embodiment of the procedural structure input/output method of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The following detailed description of the present invention refers to the accompanying drawings, which show by way of illustration a specific embodiment in which the present invention may be practiced, in order to clarify the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the present invention. In the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals regardless of the reference numerals, and the overlapping description thereof will be omitted. Like reference numerals in the drawings refer to the same or similar functions throughout the various aspects.

Although terms such as “first” or “second” may be used to describe various elements, these terms should be interpreted only for the purpose of distinguishing one element from another, and no order is implied. because it doesn't For example, a first component may be termed a second component, and similarly, a second component may also be termed a first component.

When a component is referred to as being “connected to” another component, it may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but it should be understood that another component may exist in between.

The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present disclosure, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate that the described feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof exists, and includes one or more other features or numbers, It should be understood that the possibility of the presence or addition of steps, operations, components, parts or combinations thereof is not precluded in advance.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in a commonly used dictionary should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and unless explicitly defined in the present disclosure, it should be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning doesn't happen

Moreover, the present invention encompasses all possible combinations of the embodiments indicated in the present disclosure. It should be understood that various embodiments of the present invention are different but need not be mutually exclusive. For example, specific shapes, structures, and characteristics described herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention in relation to one embodiment. In addition, it should be understood that the position or arrangement of individual components in each disclosed embodiment may be changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the detailed description given below is not intended to be taken in a limiting sense.

In this disclosure, unless otherwise indicated or clearly contradicted by context, items referred to in the singular encompass the plural unless the context requires otherwise. In addition, in describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Hereinafter, in order to enable those skilled in the art to easily practice the present invention, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram schematically illustrating an exemplary configuration of a computing device that performs a procedural structure input/output method according to the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a computing device 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a communication unit 110 and a processor 120 , and communicates with an external computing device (not shown) through the communication unit 110 . Can communicate directly or indirectly.

Specifically, the computing device 100 may include typical computer hardware (eg, a computer, a processor, a memory, storage, an input device and an output device, a device that may include other components of a conventional computing device; a router; , electronic communication devices such as switches, etc.; electronic information storage systems such as network-attached storage (NAS) and storage area networks (SANs)) and computer software (ie, enabling the computing device to operate in a specific way). to achieve the desired system performance by using a combination of instructions that make it function as The storage may include a storage device such as a hard disk and a Universal Serial Bus (USB) memory, as well as a storage device based on a network connection such as a cloud server.

The communication unit 110 of such a computing device may transmit/receive a request and a response between an interworking other computing device, for example, a dedicated storage, for example, a database server, etc. As an example, such a request and a response are the same TCP ( Transmission Control Protocol) may be performed by a session, but is not limited thereto, and may be transmitted and received as, for example, User Datagram Protocol (UDP) datagrams.

Specifically, the communication unit 110 may be implemented in the form of a communication module including a communication interface. For example, the communication interface is WLAN (Wireless LAN), WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) Direct, DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance), WiBro (Wireless Broadband), WiMax (World interoperability for Microwave access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), etc. Including wireless Internet interface of wireless internet interface and short-distance communication interface such as Bluetooth™, RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), UWB (Ultra-WideBand), ZigBee, NFC (Near Field Communication) can do. In addition, the communication interface may indicate all interfaces through which the processor can communicate with the outside (eg, multiple buses such as a data bus, wired/wireless interfaces).

For example, the communication unit 110 may transmit/receive data to and from other computing devices through the appropriate communication interface as described above. In addition, in a broad sense, the communication unit 110 may include or interwork with a keyboard, a mouse, other external input devices, printing devices, displays, and other external output devices for receiving commands or instructions. In order to enable interaction with a user by displaying and providing an appropriate user interface to a user of a computing device, for example, a server, a terminal personal computer (PC), or a portable terminal, the computing device 100 has a built-in display unit. Alternatively, it is known that the communication unit 110 may be linked with an external display device. For example, such a display unit or display device may be a touch screen capable of a touch input.

In addition, the processor 120 of the computing device may include one or more micro processing units (MPUs), central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs) having internal memory and/or external memory such as cache memory. , a microprocessor, such as a neural processing unit (NPU) or tensor processing unit (TPU), a controller such as a microcontroller, an embedded microcontroller, a microcomputer, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, such as , a programmable digital signal processor or other programmable device. In addition, the operating system may further include a software configuration of an application for performing a specific purpose.

Now, a procedure structure input/output method according to the present disclosure will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 11 .

2 is an exemplary block diagram illustrating hardware or software components of a computing device 200 that performs a procedural structure input/output method according to the present disclosure, and FIG. 3 is an embodiment of a procedural structure input/output method according to the present disclosure It is a flowchart showing an example.

2 and 3, first, the procedure structure input/output method of the present disclosure is obtained from a computing device 200 of a user who wants to create a procedure or a terminal 300 that is another computing device interworking with the computing device. , in response to a procedure generation request that is a signal requesting generation of the procedure, the procedure generation module 210 implemented by the computing device 200 generates the procedure and a procedure item that is an item belonging to the procedure, and causing the storage 240 of the to hold the created procedure (procedure creation step; S100).

The procedure includes a title, and the procedure item includes a title, content, and connection relationship. For example, the content may include specific instructions for performing the procedural item, eg, a due date.

The linkage is selected from the linkage group, and the linkage group includes 'necessary', 'optional', 'next' and 'alternative'. For example, when the procedure is created ( S100 ), the connection relationship of the first procedure item included in the procedure may be initialized to 'next'. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that the names of individual connections such as 'required' and 'optional' are only appropriately selected in relation to the functional meaning of the individual connections, and are arbitrary that may be specifically substituted with other names. There will be.

4 is a diagram illustrating the structure of a procedure in order to explain the procedure structure input/output method of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 4 , a procedure 400 with the title of “set rice” and procedure items 420 to 460 pertaining thereto are exemplified. Procedure items 420 , 430 , 440 , 450 , 460 may be divided into one or more phases, as given phase numbers 412 , 414 , 416 , 418 , which are entirely concatenations of procedure items. It depends on the interpretation of the relationship.

For example, if the connection relationship of any one of the procedure items 420 and 440 is 'next', the procedure items 420 and 440 have no immediately preceding procedure item (in the case of 420) or even if there is (in the case of 440). A phase 412 of the immediately preceding procedure item 430 may be divided into a different phase 424 .

If the connection relationship of any one procedure item is 'required' (for 470), 'optional' (for 430), or 'alternative' (for 450), the procedure item immediately preceding the procedure item (460, 420) , 440) are interpreted as belonging to the same phase.

'Required' means a procedure item that must be performed for the completion of the relevant phase, 'optional' means a procedure item that can be performed arbitrarily regardless of the completion of the relevant phase, and 'alternative' means the procedure item It means that it is a procedure item that can be performed by replacing the procedure item immediately preceding the .

Now, the procedure structure input/output method of the present disclosure will be described with the procedure illustrated in FIG. 4 .

5 is a view exemplarily showing a first user interface provided according to an embodiment of the procedural structure input/output method of the present disclosure, and FIG. 6 is a second view provided according to an embodiment of the procedural structure input/output method of the present disclosure. It is a diagram exemplarily showing a user interface.

In the procedure generation step (S100), the procedure generation module 210 obtains the title and contents of the procedure item to be included in the procedure first from the computing device 200 or the terminal 300 by providing the elements of the first predetermined user interface. Possibly, the first user interface is as illustrated in FIG. 5 .

Referring to FIG. 5 , in the first user interface 500 , a text field 510 for inputting the name of a procedure item and a text area 520 for entering the content of the procedure item , a complete button 580 allowing to complete the input of the procedure item and triggering a procedure creation request, and a cancel button 590 to cancel the input are provided.

Additionally, before the first user interface elements are provided, or at the same time as the first user interface elements are provided, the procedure creation module 210 may cause the computing device 200 or the terminal by providing elements of a predetermined second user interface. It is possible to obtain the title of the procedure from 300 , and its second user interface is as illustrated in FIG. 6 .

Referring to FIG. 6 , a text field 630 in which a name of a procedure can be entered into the second user interface 600 , and a Done button that enables completion of input of the procedure and triggering a procedure creation request. 680 and a cancel button 690 allowing to cancel an input may be provided, for example, with the first user interface 500' allowing obtaining a procedure item to be included in the procedure for the first time. As such, the elements of the second user interface 600 may be displayed together with the elements of the first user interface 500', but as an alternative, not shown, may be provided prior to the provision of the first user interface elements.

The procedure generated in the procedure creation step S100 can be implemented as a data structure of a list, and individual items included in the list can be viewed as procedure items, and are well known to those skilled in the art. Excessively detailed description of the list in question will be omitted. It goes without saying that the procedures mentioned in the present disclosure and procedure items included therein are not limited to those that can be implemented only as a list.

Referring back to FIGS. 2 and 3 , in the procedure structure input/output method of the present disclosure, a procedure item addition request, which is a signal requesting addition of a procedure item to the procedure generated in the procedure generation step S100, is transmitted to the computing device 200 ) or from the terminal 300, the procedure item addition module 220 implemented by the computing device 200, in response to the request for adding the procedure item, places a new procedure at a selected location among one or more procedure items belonging to the procedure. It further includes a procedure item adding step (S200) of adding an item, and causing the storage 240 to hold the new procedure item.

7 is a diagram exemplarily showing a user interface showing one or more procedure items belonging to a procedure according to an embodiment of the procedure structure input/output method of the present disclosure, and FIG. 8 is an embodiment of the procedure structure input/output method of the present disclosure It is a diagram exemplarily showing a user interface provided in the step of adding a procedure item according to an example.

Referring to FIG. 7 , the title 710 of the procedure illustrated above and the first two procedure items 722 and 724 belonging to the procedure are listed on the user interface 700 .

As an example, an 'add procedure item' button 730 may be provided on the user interface 700 to obtain a procedure item addition request from the user, and the user first selects a new procedure item on the user interface 700 After selecting a location to be added, for example, a procedure item (eg, 724 ) that will be a procedure item immediately before the new procedure item, press the procedure item add button 730 of FIG. 7 , as illustrated in FIG. 8 . In order to receive an input of a connection relationship of a new procedure item to be added, a user interface 800 that can be selected may be provided.

Of course, properties such as the name, shape, and location of the 'add procedure item' button 730 are exemplary and may be variously changed for the convenience of the user.

Here, the user's operation of selecting the procedure item immediately preceding the new procedure item may be, for example, a click or tab on the user interface element 724 displaying the procedure item immediately preceding the new procedure item. In FIG. 7 , a shaded display is provided as an example of various display methods for indicating that the procedure item 724 has been selected, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

As an alternative, of course, a modified example in which a position to add a new procedure item in the procedure item adding step ( S200 ) is selected for each phase is possible. As another alternative, it may be possible to add a new procedure item without the procedure item or phase selected. In this case, the new procedure item may be added after the last procedure item of the corresponding procedure.

After receiving the connection relationship of the new procedure item, the procedure item addition module 220 is performed from the computing device 200 or the terminal 300 by providing the elements of the first user interface 500 illustrated in FIG. 5 above. obtain the title and content of the procedure item to be added to, for example, a Done button 580 is provided to enable the user to complete the input of the new procedure item and trigger a request to add a procedure item; , a cancel button 590 is provided to allow the user to cancel the input of a new procedure item.

Based on what has been described so far for the creation of a procedure, input of a procedure item included in the procedure, and addition of a procedure item, a person skilled in the art can create a technical configuration enabling modification of a procedure item and user interface elements for the same. Since it can be easily assumed, a local description of the revision of such procedure items will be omitted. The modification of this procedure item may include adding information on whether the corresponding procedure item has been completed to the procedure item.

9A is a diagram exemplarily illustrating a state in which procedure items are further added to the user interface of FIG. 7 , and FIG. 9B is a diagram exemplarily illustrating a user interface provided for changing the order between procedure items in FIG. 9A, FIG. 9c is a diagram exemplarily illustrating aspects of procedure items displayed on a user interface.

Referring to FIG. 9A , in an embodiment of the procedure structure input/output method of the present disclosure, a procedure correction module 250 (not shown) implemented by the computing device 200 by a user's operation belongs to the procedure. Changing the order between the procedure items, and allowing the storage 240 to retain the change (S400) may be further included.

For example, by dragging the procedure item 942 of 'preparing the spoon' as illustrated on the user interface 900 to the position of the target procedure item 944 to exchange the order and drop it , accordingly, the computing device 200 may reverse the order among the procedure items 942 and 944 belonging to one procedure. In addition, since it may be inconvenient if manipulation of a certain procedure item 942 directly leads to dragging, drag is usually made impossible, but the user lengthens the procedure item 942 to switch to a mode in which the order can be changed by dragging, etc. It is also possible to use a press operation (so-called 'long tab').

For example, in the mode in which the order can be changed, positions at which the procedure item 942 can be moved may be displayed with a dotted line 990 for the convenience of the user, as illustrated in FIG. 9B .

Reordering of individual procedural items as well as reordering between individual aspects 952 , 954 comprising one or more procedural items may be possible, for example, fourth aspect 952 may be displayed on user interface 900 . If you drag and drop it to the location of the third phase 954, which is a target phase whose order is to be exchanged, and drop it, the computing device 200 may reverse the order between phases 952 and 954 belonging to a procedure. .

As illustrated in FIG. 9A , a phase may be displayed in front of procedure items included in the phase, and may be displayed in a bar form with phase numbers as indicated by reference numerals 952 and 954, but is not limited thereto. Also, the phases may be displayed separately from each other by the phase separator 980 .

In addition, if a procedure item with an "alternative" link is added to an aspect, it is indicated that the procedure item has the same aspect number ("1") as that aspect but is distinct within that aspect (955, 956, 957) ) can be done, as illustrated in FIG. 9C . There may be no limit to the number of such "alternative" procedural items.

2 and 3 , in the procedure structure input/output method of the present disclosure, when a procedure display request for requesting display of the procedure is obtained from the computing device 200 or the terminal 300, the computing device ( 200), the procedure display module 230 outputs the procedure and at least one procedure item belonging to the procedure in response to the procedure display request or supports the terminal 300 to output the procedure display step (S300) ) is further included.

For example, the request for displaying the procedure may be triggered by a user's manipulation of a 'show schematic' button 960 provided in the user interface 900 of FIG. 9A .

The procedure display step (S300) is specifically, the step of interpreting the procedure items belonging to the procedure (S320) and the step of graphically displaying the analyzed result by providing predetermined third user interface elements (S340) ) may be included.

Interpreting the procedure items in step S320 is a data structure that can be directly schematized as a diagram of individual procedure items constituting the procedure by sequentially reading the connection relationship of the procedure items, for example, a tree structure. structure).

10 is a diagram exemplarily illustrating a third user interface provided according to an embodiment of the procedural structure input/output method of the present disclosure.

An example of the procedure items interpreted in step S320 and the corresponding schematic display provided to the third user interface 1000 in step S340 is as shown in FIG. 10 , as such, the title of the procedure, the at least one The title of the procedure item and the connection status between each other can be output.

On the other hand, in an embodiment of the procedure structure input/output method of the present disclosure, in response to a request for displaying the current state, the computing device 200, based on progress such as whether one or more procedure items belonging to the procedure have been completed It may include displaying the phase to which the latest procedure item that can be currently performed belongs, that is, the current phase, or supporting the terminal 300 to display the current phase (not shown).

For example, the request for displaying the current state may be triggered by a user's manipulation of the 'current state' button 970 provided on the user interface 900 of FIG. 9A .

11 is a diagram exemplarily showing a current state display provided according to an embodiment of the procedural structure input/output method of the present disclosure. Referring to FIG. 11 , it is indicated by the current phase indication 1110 that phase 1 to phase 3 have been completed, and phase 4 can now be performed. There may be various display methods for displaying the current state, and of course, the present invention is not limited to the white display, which is only one example.

Optionally, whether the above procedure items have already been completed, are in the completed phase but have not been completed (due to alternatives being completed or optional, etc.) It may include a progress status that distinguishes whether it is possible (ie, the current phase), and whether it is not possible to proceed immediately now and whether it can proceed in the future.

For example, a procedure item 1120 that has already been completed, a procedure item 1130 that belongs to an already completed phase but is not completed, a procedure item 1140 that is currently in progress, and a procedure item that cannot be proceeded immediately and can proceed in the future As illustrated in FIG. 11 , 1150 may be distinguished from each other by color, but the method for displaying the division is not limited thereto.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that, unless logically necessary, the precedence and the back of the various steps in the procedural structure input/output method of the present disclosure as described above may be reversed. That is, notwithstanding the above description, a person skilled in the art will understand that all the above-described steps may be interchanged with each other regardless of the magnitude of the numbers indicated to refer to the steps, unless logical justification intervenes.

In addition, creation of a procedure, addition and update of individual procedure items belonging to a procedure, etc. may be performed once, but may be intermittently or repeatedly performed by a user's operation.

According to the invention of the present disclosure, even in a work environment in which delicate pointing, ie, coordinate input, is difficult such as a mobile terminal, a structure of a complex procedure can be easily input as intended by the user, thereby improving user convenience.

Above, based on the description of various embodiments of the present disclosure, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the method and/or processes of the present invention, and the steps thereof, are hardware, software, or hardware and software suitable for a specific application. It can be clearly understood that they can be realized in any combination.

In addition, those of ordinary skill in the art who read the present disclosure are familiar with various user interfaces that may be provided through computing devices and terminals. With or without explanation, a person skilled in the art will be able to easily imagine various user interfaces that enable various manipulations of the user necessary for the method of the present disclosure.

The hardware devices may include general purpose computers and/or dedicated computing devices or specific computing devices or special features or components of specific computing devices. The processes may be realized by a processor as described above coupled with a memory such as ROM/RAM or the like for storing program instructions and configured to execute instructions stored in the memory. Additionally, or alternatively, the processes may be implemented using an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a programmable gate array, such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a programmable logic unit (PLU) or programmable array logic. (Programmable Array Logic; PAL) or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions, any other device or combination of devices that can be configured to process electronic signals. The processing device may run an operating system and one or more software applications running on the operating system. A processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to execution of the software. For convenience of understanding, although one processing device is sometimes described as being used, one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the processing device includes a plurality of processing elements and/or a plurality of types of processing elements. It can be seen that can include For example, the processing device may include a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as parallel processors. The hardware device may also include a communication unit as described above capable of sending and receiving a signal to and from an external device.

Software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of these, and either independently or collectively configure the processing device to operate as desired. ) to the processing unit. The software and/or data may be any kind of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage medium or apparatus, to be interpreted by or provide instructions or data to the processing device. , or may be permanently or temporarily embody in a transmitted signal wave. The software may be distributed over networked computer systems and stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored in one or more machine-readable recording media.

Moreover, the objects of the technical solution of the present invention or parts contributing to the prior arts may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer components and recorded in a machine-readable medium. The machine-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the machine-readable recording medium may be specially designed and configured for the embodiment, or may be known and used by those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of the machine-readable recording medium include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and Blu-rays, and floppy disks. ), and hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include any one of the devices described above, as well as heterogeneous combinations of processors, processor architectures, or combinations of different hardware and software, or stored and compiled or interpreted for execution on a machine capable of executing any other program instructions. machine code, which may be created using a structured programming language such as C, an object-oriented programming language such as C++ This includes not only bytecode, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

Accordingly, in one aspect according to the present invention, when the above-described method and combinations thereof are performed by one or more computing devices, the methods and combinations of methods may be implemented as executable code for performing respective steps. In another aspect, the method may be implemented as systems performing the steps, the methods may be distributed in various ways across devices or all functions may be integrated into one dedicated, standalone device or other hardware. In another aspect, the means for performing the steps associated with the processes described above may include any of the hardware and/or software described above. All such sequential combinations and combinations are intended to fall within the scope of this disclosure.

In the above, the present invention has been described with specific details such as specific components and limited embodiments and drawings, but specific structural or functional descriptions of the embodiments are provided for the purpose of illustration and to help a more general understanding of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may devise various modifications and variations from these descriptions.

Therefore, the technical spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, and the claims appended to the present disclosure, including changes or substitutes included in the technical spirit, as well as the claims equivalent to these claims Or it will be said that all equivalent modifications fall within the scope of the spirit of the present invention. For example, the described techniques are performed in an order different from the described method, and/or the described components of the system, structure, apparatus, circuit, etc. are combined or combined in a different form than the described method, or other components Or substituted or substituted by equivalents may achieve an appropriate result.

Such equivalent or equivalent modifications will include, for example, logically equivalent methods capable of producing the same results as practiced by the methods according to the present invention, the spirit and spirit of the present invention. The scope should not be limited by the above-described examples, and should be understood in the broadest sense permitted by law.

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In the method of inputting and outputting the structure of the procedure,
In response to a request to create a procedure, which is a signal for requesting creation of a procedure, the computing device generates, by the computing device, a procedure item that is an item belonging to the procedure and the procedure, wherein the procedure includes a title, wherein the procedure item includes a title; a first link indicating that completion of the procedure item is essential to completion of the aspect to which the procedure item belongs, wherein the linkage includes a first link indicating that completion of the procedure item is essential to completion of the aspect to which the procedure item belongs; A second connection indicating not essential, a third connection indicating that the one immediately preceding the procedure item and the procedure item belong to different phases, and completion of the phase to which the one immediately preceding the procedure item belongs a procedure generating step of being selected from a connection relation group including a fourth connection relation indicating that the procedure item can replace the preceding one item in determining whether or not to do so;
adding, by the computing device, a new procedure item to a selected position among one or more procedure items belonging to the procedure, in response to a request to add a procedure item, which is a signal for requesting addition of a procedure item to the procedure ; and
In response to a procedure display request, which is a signal requesting display of the procedure, the computing device outputs the procedure and at least one procedure item pertaining to the procedure or causes another device interworking with the computing device to perform the procedure and the procedure. a procedure display step, supporting outputting at least one procedure item
including,
The procedure display step is,
interpreting procedure items belonging to the procedure; and
graphically displaying the interpreted result by providing predetermined third user interface elements;
includes,
In the step of interpreting the procedure items belonging to the procedure, the phase to which each of the procedure items belongs is determined based on a connection relationship of each of the procedure items. According to claim 1,
The step of creating the procedure or the step of adding the procedure item is,
The method further comprising the step of obtaining the procedure item to be created or the procedure item to be added from the computing device or another device interworking with the computing device by providing predetermined first user interface elements. 3. The method of claim 2,
The process creation step is
information including the subject of the procedure from the computing device or the other device by providing certain second user interface elements before the first user interface elements are provided, or at the same time as the first user interface elements are provided The procedural structure input/output method further comprising the step of obtaining. delete A computer program, stored in a machine-readable recording medium, comprising instructions implemented to cause a computing device to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 3. In the computing device for inputting and outputting the structure of the procedure,
a communication unit for obtaining a procedure generation request, which is a signal for requesting generation of a procedure; and
A process of generating the procedure and a procedure item, which is an item belonging to the procedure, in response to the procedure creation request, wherein the procedure includes a title, the procedure item includes a title, content, and a connection relationship, and the connection relationship is a first linkage indicating that completion of the procedure item is essential to completion of the aspect to which the procedure item belongs, a second linkage representing that completion of the procedure item is not essential for completion of the aspect to which the procedure item belongs, the A third connection relationship indicating that the one item immediately preceding the procedure item belongs to different phases and the preceding one item in determining whether the phase to which the one immediately preceding the procedure item belongs is completed A procedure creation process selected from a connection relationship group including a fourth connection relationship indicating that the procedure item can be replaced, and a procedure item addition request, which is a signal requesting addition of a procedure item to the generated procedure, are sent to the communication unit obtained through, in response to the request to add the procedure item, a procedure item addition process for adding a new procedure item to a selected position among one or more procedure items belonging to the procedure, and a procedure indication that is a signal requesting display of the procedure When a request is obtained through the communication unit, in response to the procedure display request, outputting the procedure and at least one procedure item belonging to the procedure or causing another device to interwork through the communication unit to output the procedure and the at least one procedure item A processor that performs a procedure display process that supports the output of
including,
The procedure display process is
a process of interpreting procedure items belonging to the procedure; and
The process of graphically displaying the interpreted result by providing certain third user interface elements.
includes,
In the process of interpreting the procedure items belonging to the procedure, an aspect to which each of the procedure items belongs is determined based on a connection relationship of each of the procedure items. 7. The method of claim 6,
The processor is
In the process creation process or the process item addition process,
A procedural structure input/output device, wherein the procedure item to be created or the procedure item to be added is obtained by providing predetermined first user interface elements or supporting the other device to provide the first user interface elements. 8. The method of claim 7,
The processor is
In the procedure creation process,
before the first user interface elements are provided, or simultaneously with the first user interface elements being provided, by providing certain second user interface elements or assisting the other device to provide the second user interface elements; A procedure structure input/output device for obtaining information including a title of the procedure. delete

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