JP2000047992A - Software sharing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a software sharing system capable of realizing a comfortable work even when a software is shared among a lot of persons. SOLUTION: At a guest terminal 210, display information transmitted from a host terminal 200 is acquired by a communication control means 211 and outputted to an output means 215 such as display. Besides, a software sharing means 213 acquires the operation information or display information of a mouse cursor or the like and transfers it through a network 101 to the host terminal 200. At the host terminal 200, the received information is analyzed by a data analytic means 202 and applied to a sharing object software 206. Besides, since the display information of the sharing object software 206 is transferred from the host terminal 200 to the guest terminal 210, the sharing object software 206 is shared between the host terminal 200 and guest terminal 210. At such a time, the mouse cursor showing respective terminals is individually displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a software sharing system, and more particularly to a sharing system for controlling input and output when a plurality of terminals share software to perform a joint work.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional technique in a system for sharing software, there is, for example, an application sharing system disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-91288. This is because the display information of the software to be shared by the host computer terminal (hereinafter, referred to as the host terminal) is transferred to the guest computer terminal (hereinafter, referred to as the guest terminal) and displayed on the display or the like as the display means of the guest terminal. In addition, the operation information performed on the shared software by the guest terminal is transferred to the host terminal through the network,
In the host terminal, the transferred operation information is restored and reflected in the software to be shared, and by repeating this operation, the host terminal and the guest terminal are enabled to work together on the same screen.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram for explaining an example of a conventional software sharing system. 702, 7
Reference numeral 03 denotes a host terminal and a guest terminal, respectively, which are connected to the network 701. Also, the host terminal 702
Has a multi-window OS (Operating System) 712
Is operating, and is provided with sharing target software 710, host terminal sharing means 711, and a mouse 713,
A keyboard 714 and a display 715 are connected respectively. A multi-window OS 722 operates on the guest terminal 703, and the guest terminal sharing unit 72
1 and a mouse 723 and a keyboard 72
4. The display 725 is connected. Here, the multi-window OS is, for example, a function of acquiring input information input from a mouse and a keyboard without affecting applications running on the multi-window OS, such as Microsoft Windows, and a further optional function. Multi-window OS having a function of displaying the display information of
And has a function of acquiring display information of an arbitrary area of the display screen displayed by the multi-window OS.

[0004] A mouse 723 and a keyboard 72 are transmitted from the guest terminal 703 to the host terminal sharing means 711 operating on the host terminal 702 via the network 701.
When the input operation information transmitted from the guest terminal 703 and the input operation information transmitted from the guest terminal 703 are combined with the input operation information input from the mouse 713 and the keyboard 714 at the host terminal 702 when the input operation information is transmitted by the host terminal 702 or the like. Then, it is reflected on the sharing target software 710. Further, the host terminal sharing unit 711 acquires display information of the sharing target software and transfers the display information to the guest terminal 703 through the network 701. The guest terminal sharing unit 721 operating on the guest terminal 703 receives the data transferred from the host terminal 702. At this time, if the transferred data is display information of the sharing target software 710, the display information is output to the display 725 as an output unit. The mouse 72 as an input means
3 or the input operation information from the keyboard 724 is transferred to the host terminal through the network 701.

In the host terminal 702, the host terminal 702
After the input operation information input by the user terminal 703 and the input operation information input by the guest terminal 703 are combined, the input operation is reflected on the sharing target software 710, and the display information of the sharing target software 710 is simultaneously displayed on the host terminal 702. To the guest terminal 703. As a result, the input operation information input at the guest terminal 703 is
2 is reflected on the sharing target software 710 in the host terminal 702, and the sharing target software 710 running on the host terminal 702 is also displayed on the guest terminal 703. Therefore, the sharing target software 710 is shared between the host terminal 702 and the guest terminal 703. Is done.

[0006]

In the conventional software sharing system as described above, the display information of the software to be shared held in the host terminal is transferred to the guest terminal to display the same screen. Even when the software is shared by a plurality of people and they work together, only the same screen as the display screen on the host terminal is displayed. Therefore, for example, only one mouse cursor or the like indicating the work position is displayed, and it is very difficult to work together.

[0007] In the conventional software sharing system, mouse operation information and the like input at each terminal are all synthesized. For example, when two terminals perform a mouse operation at the same time, the result of combining the operations is reflected on the shared software, so that it is very difficult to perform a joint operation. Furthermore, when the host terminal is performing other operations than the sharing target software, and the guest terminal performs any input operation on the sharing target software, the mouse input operation information of the host terminal and the guest terminal is combined. This makes it very difficult for the host terminal to perform another task during software sharing.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a software sharing system that can realize comfortable work even when a large number of people share software.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a host computer terminal and a guest computer terminal are connected to a network, and the guest computer terminal uses software held by the host computer terminal via the network. By transmitting and receiving the input information and the processing information by the shared software between the host computer terminal running the shared software and the guest computer terminal, the host computer terminal In a software sharing system that enables an operation on shared software and a display of an operation result by a computer terminal and the guest computer terminal, the host computer terminal includes: a host-side input unit configured to perform an operation input; A strike side presenting means, the host communication control unit for performing data communication via the network,
A host-side data analyzing unit that analyzes data received by the host-side communication control unit; and displaying the data obtained by the host-side data analyzing unit on the host-side presenting unit by reflecting the data in the processing of the shared software. Generate presentation information,
A software sharing unit for controlling transmission of the generated presentation information to the guest computer, wherein the guest computer terminal includes a guest side input unit for performing an operation input, a guest side presentation unit, and a Guest-side communication control means for performing data communication with the guest-side communication control means, guest-side data analysis means for analyzing data received by the guest-side communication control means, and analysis data obtained by the guest-side data analysis means Means for controlling the transmission of input information input to the shared software by the guest-side input means to the host computer terminal, the input information being input by the guest-side input means. Is the change of the coordinate information of the guest input means in the host data analysis means. When determined, the host computer terminal generates presentation information indicating an input position on the presentation of the guest-side input means in accordance with the coordinate information changed by the guest computer terminal, and generates the host-side input. The present invention is characterized in that the host-side presenting means and the guest-side presenting means can simultaneously present the position information on the presentation of the means and the positional information of the guest-side input means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the host computer terminal receives the input information input by the guest-side input means, and the received input information is sent to the host-side data analysis means. When it is determined that it is work command input information for the shared software,
Under predetermined conditions, the position information of the guest-side input means and the position information of the host-side input means are exchanged.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the predetermined condition is such that the position information of the host-side input means belongs to an operation target area of the shared software. It is.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects of the present invention, a mouse is used for the host-side input means and / or the guest-side input means.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, a keyboard is used for the host-side input means and / or the guest-side input means.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fifth aspects of the present invention, a display that can be visually recognized is used for the host-side presenting means and / or the guest-side presenting means. is there.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In a software sharing system according to the present invention, when a guest terminal moves a mouse cursor, the amount of movement and the position of the mouse cursor of the host terminal are not synthesized, but the guest terminal is moved to the moved destination. The mouse cursor is displayed, and the host terminal transfers the display information of the sharing target software to the guest terminal, so that the host terminal and the guest terminal can appear to have the mouse cursor. When the guest terminal makes an input to the sharing target software, the guest terminal can operate the sharing target software of the host terminal by exchanging the coordinates of the mouse cursor between the host terminal and the guest terminal.

Next, an embodiment of a software sharing system according to the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the attached drawings. Note that here, the state in which the host terminal and the guest terminal share the sharing target software, that is, the state in which the host terminal and the guest terminal perform network connection processing by the communication control unit and are subsequently connected to each other on the network. In addition, it is assumed that the sharing target software is available from both the host terminal and the guest terminal. In the following description, an operation example using a mouse and a keyboard as input means and a display as output means will be described.

FIG. 1 is a diagram conceptually showing a configuration example of a software sharing system for implementing the present invention. In FIG. 1, a plurality of terminals 100 are connected via a network 101, respectively. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display during operation of the software sharing system of the present invention, showing a state in which the operation of the software 602 to be shared is displayed on the display 601. On the sharing target software 602, mouse cursors 603 and 604 of different terminals can be independently operated.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining a configuration example of a software sharing system according to the present invention. The host terminal 200 is connected to the network 101,
Communication control means 20 for controlling communication and communicating with other terminals
1. Data analysis means 2 for analyzing transferred data
02, software sharing means 2 for controlling sharing
03. Software 206 to be shared, which is the object of software sharing, is operating. Input means 204 for inputting to the software sharing means 203;
Output means 205 such as a display for displaying the processing contents of the software is connected.

The guest terminal 210 is connected to the network 10
1, a communication control unit 211 for controlling communication and communicating with other terminals, a data analyzing unit 212 for analyzing transferred data, and a software sharing unit 213 for controlling sharing. are doing. The software sharing means 213 is connected to an input means 214 for inputting and an output means 215 such as a display for displaying the processing contents of the software.

The processing shown in the block diagram of FIG. 2 will be described in detail. First, the display information of the software 206 to be shared is acquired by the software sharing means 203 operating on the host terminal 200. The information obtained is
The data is transmitted to the guest terminal 210 via the network 101 by the communication control means 201. In the guest terminal 210, the transmitted display information is acquired by the communication control unit 211, and the obtained display information is output to the output unit 215. Also, the software sharing unit 213 includes the input unit 21
4 and the display information of the input means 214, for example, the mouse cursor information of the guest terminal 210, and transfers the obtained information to the host terminal 200 via the network 101 by the communication control means 211.

In the host terminal 200, the information transmitted from the guest terminal 210 is analyzed by the data analyzing means 202, and the input operation information input by the guest terminal 210 and the display information of the mouse cursor indicating the guest terminal 210 are obtained. In the software sharing means 203, the data analysis means 2
By applying the input operation information of the guest terminal 210 and the display information of the mouse cursor obtained in step 02 to the sharing target software 206, the input operation information and display information of the guest terminal 210 are reflected on the sharing target software 206 of the host terminal 200. The display information of the software 206 to be shared is transmitted from the host terminal 200 to the guest terminal 210.
, The sharing target software 206 is shared between the host terminal 200 and the guest terminal 210. At this time, the mouse cursor indicating each terminal is individually displayed.

FIGS. 3 to 5 are flowcharts for explaining examples of processing operations of the software sharing system according to the present invention. FIG. 3 shows processing on the host side, and FIGS. 4 and 5 show processing on the guest side. Things. The processes shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 to 5 are performed when a host terminal and a guest terminal perform some processing operation on the software to be shared, for example, a moving operation of a mouse as an input unit, an input operation of a mouse button, and the like. This indicates a case where a key input process of a keyboard is performed, a case where display information is reflected on software to be shared, and the like. Therefore, the start of the processing shown in each flowchart indicates a time when any input operation is performed on the sharing target software.

The processing of the host terminal shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3 will be described in detail. First, some input operation is performed on the sharing target software 206 to start the processing. In step S301, the processing information obtained by the data analysis unit 202 is stored in the guest terminal 21.
It is determined whether the information is mouse input information relating to mouse operation starting from 0. If the content of the obtained processing information is related to the coordinate movement of the mouse cursor, step S
At 302, a mouse cursor indicating the guest terminal 210 is displayed at the position indicated by the coordinate information on the operation display screen of the sharing target software. And step S3
Proceed to 07.

If mouse input information has not been obtained in step S301, it is determined in step S303 whether or not the information relates to keyboard input information from the guest terminal 210. If the obtained information is keyboard input information, the keyboard input information is reflected on the sharing target software 206 in step S304, and the process proceeds to step S307. If the keyboard input information from the guest terminal 210 has not been obtained in step S303, it is determined in step S305 whether the information relates to mouse input information from the host terminal 200. If the obtained data is information related to the coordinate movement of the mouse cursor of the host terminal 200, the obtained coordinate information is reflected on the sharing target software, and the process proceeds to step S307.

If the mouse input information from the host terminal 200 has not been obtained in step S305, it is determined in step S306 whether the information relates to keyboard input information from the host terminal 200. If the obtained information is the input information of the keyboard of the host terminal 200, the obtained keyboard input information is reflected on the sharing target software 206, and the process proceeds to step S307. In step S307, the display information acquisition unit acquires display information of the sharing target software, and transfers the display information obtained in step S308 to the guest terminal via the network 101. Then, the process ends.

Next, the processing of the guest terminal shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5 will be described in detail. First, some input operation is performed on the sharing target software, and the processing is started. In step S401,
It is determined whether the processing information obtained by the data analysis unit 212 relates to display information of the software 206 to be shared from the host terminal 200. If the information is related to the display information, in step S402 the guest terminal 2
The display information is output to the ten output means 215. If display information from the host terminal 200 has not been obtained in step S401, it is determined in step S403 whether the display information relates to mouse operation information from the guest terminal. If the input information is mouse cursor input information, it is determined in step S404 whether the mouse input information is mouse movement input information or button input information. If the input information of the mouse is the movement information of the mouse cursor, the mouse cursor display information of the guest terminal 210 is obtained in step S405, and the display coordinates of the mouse cursor are obtained in step S406. Then, the process proceeds to step S414.

If it is determined in step S404 that the mouse operation information from the guest terminal 210 is mouse button input information, that is, information indicating that something is to be input to the sharing target software 206, the process proceeds to step S407.
It is determined whether the mouse cursor of the host terminal 200 is within the operation display area of the software 206 to be shared. If the mouse cursor of the host terminal 200 is within the operation display area of the software 206 to be shared, the coordinates of the mouse cursor of the guest terminal 210 and the coordinates of the mouse cursor of the host terminal 200 are exchanged in step S408. A mouse cursor indicating the guest terminal 210 is displayed at the place where the mouse cursor of the terminal was. Then, the process proceeds to step S414.

In step S407, the mouse cursor of the host terminal 200 is moved to the software 20 to be shared.
If it does not exist in the operation display area of No. 6, step S41
At 0, it is determined whether the mouse cursor of the guest terminal 210 is within the operation display area of the software 206 to be shared. If the mouse cursor of the guest terminal 210 is within the operation display area of the sharing target software 206, button input by the mouse of the guest terminal 210 is prohibited in step S411. Then, the process proceeds to step S414. Also, in step S403, the guest terminal 21
If mouse operation information from 0 is not obtained, step 4
At 12, it is determined whether the information relates to keyboard operation information from the guest terminal 210. If the information is related to keyboard input information, keyboard input information is obtained in step S413, and the process proceeds to step S414. In step S414, the obtained information is transferred to the host terminal via the network 101, and the process ends.

By repeating the above operation, the sharing target software 20 operating on the host terminal 200
6 is displayed on the display (output means 215) of the guest terminal 210, and at the same time, the input information of the mouse and the keyboard from the guest terminal 210 is transferred to the host terminal 200, whereby the host terminal 200 and the guest terminal 210 are displayed. The sharing target software 206 can be shared between the terminals. Then, the display information of the mouse cursor indicating the guest terminal is transmitted from the guest terminal 210 to the host terminal 2.
00, and by reproducing it on the host terminal 200, a mouse cursor indicating the guest terminal 210 is displayed on the display information of the sharing target software 206 transferred to the guest terminal 210. Further, the coordinates of the mouse cursor of the host terminal 200 and the guest terminal 2
By exchanging the coordinates of the mouse cursor 10, the position of the mouse cursor of the host terminal 200, which can be actually input to the sharing target software, can be the same as that of the guest terminal 210. It becomes possible to make an input to the sharing target software.

[0030]

As described above, in the software sharing system according to the present invention, for example, when a large number of people share software and work together, for example, the mouse cursor indicating the working position of the host terminal and the guest terminal is individually provided. The display can be performed, and the collaborative work can be performed very easily. Further, since the respective mouse operation information is not synthesized, it is very easy to work together. Further, when the guest terminal performs a button input to the software to be shared, the mouse coordinates of the host terminal and the guest terminal are exchanged, and the input by the guest terminal is performed at the input position of the host terminal. The button input can be performed on the sharing target software even at the work position, and the host terminal and the guest terminal can separately input the sharing target software.

Further, in the case where the host terminal is performing other work than work on the software to be shared,
By setting conditions for the mouse operation of the guest terminal, it becomes possible to perform software sharing without hindering the work by the host terminal. Furthermore, even in a configuration in which two or more guest terminals are connected to the host terminal, the information transferred from the guest terminal to the host terminal does not change, and the host terminal is connected to all guest terminals using software sharing. On the other hand, by transferring the display information of the sharing target software operating on the host terminal, it is possible to perform software sharing by two or more guest terminals of the host terminal.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram conceptually illustrating a configuration example of a software sharing system for implementing the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a software sharing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a processing operation example of the software sharing system of the host terminal according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing operation of a software sharing system for a guest terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a processing operation example of a software sharing system for a guest terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display when the software sharing system of the present invention operates.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a conventional software sharing system.

[Explanation of symbols]

100: multiple terminals, 101, 701: network,
200, 702: host terminal, 201, 211: communication control means, 202, 212: data analysis means, 203, 2
13: Software sharing means, 204, 214 ... Input means, 205, 215 ... Output means, 206, 208, 60
2,710 ... software to be shared, 210, 703 ...
Guest terminals, 216, 601, 715, 725 display, 603, 604 mouse cursor, 711 host terminal sharing means, 712, 722 multi-window OS (Operating System), 713, 723 mouse
714, 724: keyboard, 721: guest terminal sharing means.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A host computer terminal and a guest computer terminal are connected to a network, and the software held by the host computer terminal is used by the guest computer terminal via the network to share the software. By transmitting and receiving input information to the shared software and processing information by the shared software between the host computer terminal running the software and the guest computer terminal, shared software between the host computer terminal and the guest computer terminal In the software sharing system, which is capable of performing an operation on and displaying an operation result, the host computer terminal includes: a host-side input unit for performing an operation input; a host-side presenting unit; A host-side communication control unit that performs data communication via the host, a host-side data analysis unit that analyzes data received by the host-side communication control unit, and the shared data obtained by the host-side data analysis unit. Software sharing means for controlling the transmission of the generated presentation information to the guest computer, generating presentation information to be displayed on the host-side presentation means as reflected in software processing, and the guest computer terminal includes: Guest-side input means for performing operation input, guest-side presenting means, guest-side communication control means for performing data communication through the network, and guest-side data for analyzing data received by the guest-side communication control means Analyzing means for displaying the analysis data obtained by the guest-side data analyzing means on the guest-side presenting means; A software sharing unit that controls transmission of input information input to the shared software by the input unit to the host computer terminal, wherein the input information by the guest-side input unit is input to the host-side data analysis unit. When it is determined that the change is the change of the coordinate information of the guest-side input means, the host computer terminal determines the input position on the presentation of the guest-side input means according to the coordinate information changed by the guest computer terminal. That the host-side input unit and the guest-side input unit can simultaneously present the position information on the presentation by the host-side input unit and the position information on the guest-side input unit. Characteristic software sharing system. 2. The software sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the host computer terminal receives input information input by the guest-side input means, and the received input information is shared by the host-side data analysis means. A software sharing system, wherein, when it is determined that the input information is work command input information for software, the position information of the guest-side input means and the position information of the host-side input means are exchanged under predetermined conditions. 3. The software sharing system according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined condition is a state in which position information of the host-side input means belongs to an operation target area of the shared software. . 4. The software sharing system according to claim 1, wherein a mouse is used for the host-side input unit and / or the guest-side input unit. 5. The software sharing system according to claim 1, wherein a keyboard is used for the host-side input unit and / or the guest-side input unit. 6. The software sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the host-side presenting unit and / or the guest-side presenting unit use a display that is visible.