JP2000083047A - Telegraphic message connection processor and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording medium in which a program capable of realizing reduction processing of the number of telegraphic messages by connecting election telegraphic messages in recorded. SOLUTION: In a format conversion device 4 that performs pre-working processing of a telegraphic message to be worked which is sent from a collection and distribution system and transmits it to a composing system 3, this telegraphic message connection processor is provided with a telegraphic message working processing part 32 which performs prescribed pre-working processing for every predefined telegraphic message object to be worked and also transmits it to the typesetting system when the telegraphic message is other than a election telegraphic message, election telegraphic message storage processing parts 33 and 34 which store the telegraphic message for every election district and for every vote-counting time when they are election telegraphic messages having a user ID meaning an electoral district and a telegraphic message connection processing part 35 which connects plural election telegraphic messages based on a predefined connection user ID group and transmits the connected election telegraphic message to the composing system.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a message connection processing apparatus and a recording medium for connecting a plurality of election messages to reduce the number of messages.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it is indispensable that the processing of counting the number of election messages using a newspaper production system should be quick and accurate. Therefore, in this type of system, the format conversion device for the election message is used, the following message is pre-processed, and then the typesetting system is interrupted, thereby reducing the operation load on the typesetting system.

[0003] The pre-processing of election telegrams by this format conversion apparatus is performed by sending a user ID (identification information), a candidate name, the number of votes, and other necessary items for each constituency and each counting time sent from the collection and distribution system. Automatically received for each election telegram described, this automatically received election telegram, in addition to format conversion processing that matches the body text,
The sorting information is added and transmitted to the typesetting system. The sorting information refers to information that functions so that the candidate's history telegram can be sent to the text according to the number of votes in the typesetting process in the typesetting system. The history message is stored in the typesetting system in advance.

[0004] On the other hand, the typesetting system performs (1) a process of creating a list of candidate articles, and (2) a flow of a history article of the candidate in accordance with the sorting information and under the instruction of the operator. Do. Note that the namelist article data defines only the name of each candidate and winner information, and is used as management information.

[0005]

By the way, in the above-mentioned system, a pre-processing process is continuously performed by a format conversion device with respect to an election message of each constituency sequentially sent from a collection and distribution system. Therefore, when a large number of election telegrams are continuously transmitted from the collection / distribution system, the format conversion device interrupts the typesetting system for each election telegram after the pre-processing processing, and thus the specification of the typesetting system is reduced. In particular, recently, the impact of the increase in the number of election telegrams associated with the small constituency system requires more than twice the processing time as before.

Further, since a large number of election messages are sent on a network between a format conversion device and a typesetting system having a host function, there is a problem that a communication load increases and communication performance deteriorates.

[0007] Further, in the typesetting system, as the number of election messages increases, the number of processes for rearranging the candidate's history messages and the like according to the number of votes increases, and the processing performance decreases. Further, with the increase in the number of election telegrams, there is a problem that a large load is imposed on the operation and the screen processing is reduced.

[0008] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a message connection processing device that implements management processing of an election message by storing the election message. Also,
It is another object of the present invention to provide a message connection processing device that reduces the number of messages by connecting election messages, reduces communication load on a network, and improves specifications of typesetting processing. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium for recording a program for realizing a process of reducing the number of telegrams by connecting election telegrams.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to a message connection processing apparatus having a format conversion function for pre-processing a message to be processed from a collection and distribution system and transmitting the message to a typesetting system. A message processing means for performing a predetermined pre-processing process for each predetermined processing target message, and transmitting the processing target message to the typesetting system when the processing target message is other than an election message; In the case of an election telegram having a user ID meaning, the election telegram storage means for storing the election telegram for each electoral district and each election time is provided. A plurality of election messages are connected according to a predetermined rule based on a connected user ID group indicating a combination of a plurality of constituencies determined in advance, and this connection The election message is a structure in which a message connection process means for transmitting to the typesetting system.

According to the present invention, by taking the above measures, the election telegram processed by the telegram processing means is temporarily stored in a file or folder for each constituency Go and each time of counting votes. There is no need to constantly input an interrupt to the typesetting system, so that the communication load and the processing load of the typesetting system can be reduced.

Also, since a plurality of election messages are connected in accordance with a predetermined rule and transmitted to the typesetting system, the number of election messages is greatly reduced, and the number of interrupts to the typesetting system is reduced, and the specifications of the typesetting process are improved. Can contribute to

Further, another invention is a recording medium for recording a program for connecting and processing an election message among processing messages transmitted from the collection / distribution system, wherein the computer stores the program in a computer. A predetermined pre-processing process for each, and a message processing function to be transmitted to the typesetting system when the processing target message is other than an election transmission message, and an election transmission message having a user ID indicating that the processing target message indicates a constituency. In the case of, the election telegram storage function of accumulating the election telegram for each electoral district and each count time, and a plurality of election telegrams are connected based on a predetermined connection user ID group, and the connected election telegrams are A computer-readable recording medium storing the program for realizing a message connection function to be transmitted to a typesetting system is provided.

According to such a storage medium, election telegrams can be appropriately accumulated according to the processing situation, and a plurality of election telegrams can be connected in accordance with a predetermined combination to reduce the number of election telegrams and automatically transmit them to the typesetting system. A series of processes can be realized.

[0014]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a message connection processing apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a newspaper production system including a message connection processing device.

This system is based on election result information of candidates for each constituency collected from a locality having each constituency via a network such as ISDN, and is used by a broadcasting station or a communication company to collect votes for each constituency. A collection / distribution system 1 that collects and distributes election telegrams for each time, and various types of telegrams connected to the collection / distribution system 1 via a network 2 including election telegrams of each constituency sent from the collection / delivery system 1 Is connected via a network 2 to a collection / distribution system 1 and a message connection processing device 3 for pre-processing the data.
It is composed of a typesetting system 4 that performs a layout process on a preprocessed message sent from the message connection processing device 3 according to a predetermined layout, and further creates and outputs a print film.

For the collection and distribution system 1, various types of messages including an election message may be created by inputting message information using a word processor, for example. Here, one election message is, as shown in FIG. 2, a user ID (c), each candidate (d), the number of votes (e), etc. for each constituency (a) and each time for counting votes (b). Is described.

The electronic message connection processing device 3 performs a connection processing for integrating the electronic mail of each constituency into, for example, the Hokkaido area and the six prefectures of Tohoku, in addition to the pre-processing function of the general electronic mail and the electronic mail of the conventional art. An election message connection processing function is provided.

The typesetting system 4 arbitrarily rearranges the election messages after the pre-processing process and the election message connection process by the message connection processing device 3 on the basis of the rearrangement information (f), performs layout processing, and performs photolithography for printing. Has the ability to

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a functional configuration which is an embodiment of the transmission and reception of a message between the message connection processing device 3 and the typesetting system 4 and the message connection processing device 3. It should be noted that the dotted arrows in the drawing indicate the flow of the normal processing of the present invention and the flow of the conventional election message, and the solid lines in the drawing indicate the flow of the election message according to the present invention.

The typesetting system 4 receives the election message from the collection / distribution system 1 and transmits it to the message connection processing device 3 via the transmission unit of its own host communication processing unit 41. This telegram connection processing device 3 has a receiving unit that receives a general telegram and an election telegram from the typesetting system 4, and a communication processing unit that has a transmission unit that transmits to the typesetting system 4 an election telegram connecting a plurality of constituencies by connection processing. 31 and this communication processing unit 3
1. A message processing unit 32 for performing a pre-processing process of the general message and the election message received by the receiving unit 1; Is stored in the telegram storage unit 33 such as a file or folder for each election district, and the respective election districts of the telegram storage unit 33 stored and processed by the election telegram storage processing unit 34 are stored. Message connection processing unit 35 for connecting a plurality of election messages for each of them in accordance with a predetermined rule and transmitting them to the typesetting system 4 via the transmission unit
And a message management processing unit 36 that corrects connection data of a connection data table (not shown) incorporated in the message connection processing unit 35 based on an external instruction.
Reference numeral 37 denotes a message data storage unit for temporarily storing a connection message or a connection word election message.

Next, the operation of the above apparatus will be described. Normally, a message from the collection and distribution system 1 is sent to the message connection processing device 3 via the typesetting system 4. The communication processing unit 31 of the message connection processing device 3 includes a typesetting system 4
The presence / absence of a message is confirmed by the host communication processing unit 42. Here, when there is a message, the message is received and passed to the message processing unit 32.

The message processing unit 32 determines which message is to be processed, and performs pre-processing for each type of the message to be processed. For example, in the case of an election message, a message matching the body text in the message is processed. The processing is performed, and the sorting information is further added. Then, when the processing target message is an election message, the election message storage processor 34 is activated, and when the message is a message other than the election message, the message is transmitted to the typesetting system 4 via the communication processor 31.

The election message storage processor 34 stores the election message in the file or folder of each constituency in the message storage unit 33 by using the election message counting time (b) as a key. The message storage unit 33 manages messages using the user ID (c). This user ID (C) is predetermined for each constituency. The constituency and the user ID have a paired relationship.

Therefore, when receiving the election message of the same user ID (C), the election message storage processor 34 checks, for example, the counting time (B), and the time is longer than the same counting time or the previous counting time. In the case of the counting time after the elapse, the election message is overwritten on the corresponding file or folder of the message storage unit 33 based on the user ID.

As described above, after the election telegrams of each constituency are stored in the telegram storage unit 33 according to the vote counting status, or when an instruction from the telegram storage processing unit 34 is received, or when the time set in advance by the timer is reached. The message connection processing unit 35 executes a message connection process.

Although not shown in the message connection processing unit 35, for example, a group of connected user IDs (election districts), for example, for organizing all the constituencies in Hokkaido, retrieving the six prefectures of Tohoku, or organizing by prefecture. It is tabulated.

Therefore, the message connection processing unit 35 reads a predetermined connected user ID group from the table, and determines a connected user ID in which a plurality of user IDs are put together. The connection user IDs are, for example, user ID = A01 in Hokkaido 1 ward, user ID = A02 in Hokkaido 2 wards, and user ID = A03 in Hokkaido 3 wards. Like.

By the way, messages of a plurality of required constituencies are connected. At this time, a plurality of types of connection patterns are prepared in advance, and connection is made according to the connection patterns. This connection pattern can be variously considered, for example, to combine predetermined fierce battle zones, or to combine electoral districts in urban areas.

Therefore, the message connection processing unit 35 searches for an election message from the message storage unit 33 according to the connected user ID group in the table, using the counting time of the operation as a key. That is, for the connected user group, an election message is searched for the past time closest to the key counting time, and the respective election messages are connected according to the following rules, for example, and the connection election message as shown in FIG. Create (1) First, the joint headers a and b in the election telegram are combined into one based on the agreement. For example, the joint header adopts the joint header a of the first message (the first “header S” in the connection order). The user ID is replaced with the user ID after connection as described above. (2) In the provisional heading, the counting time is arranged in the order of the number of each constituency. (3) Sorting information is added according to a predetermined rule. (4) The texts are continuously connected as they are in the order of each constituency, and are temporarily stored in the message data storage unit 37. (5) Transmit a connection election message as shown in FIG.

Therefore, according to the above embodiment,
In the case of election telegrams among the telegrams sent from the collection and distribution system 1, since the election telegrams for each election time are accumulated for each constituency, many telegrams flow into or interrupt the network 2 and the typesetting system 4. The message management process is facilitated, the communication load can be reduced, and the communication use efficiency can be increased, and the load on the system 4 can be reduced.

Further, since a plurality of election messages are connected and transmitted to the typesetting system 4, the number of election messages can be greatly reduced.
It is possible to improve the specifications of the typesetting process and the performance of the election sorting process.

Next, a recording medium according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a hardware configuration diagram of a portion related to message connection in the message connection processing device 3 having a recording medium. In this figure, the same components as in FIG. 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

More specifically, a recording medium 41 for recording a message connection processing program, a message storage unit 33, a message data storage unit 37, and a connection data table in which message connection data for connecting election messages in advance are set. 42, a display device 43, an input device 44, and a CPU that reads a program recorded on a recording medium 41 and realizes a predetermined function.
And a message connection processing unit 45 composed of

The recording medium 41 is generally a CD-ROM.
Although a ROM is used, for example, a magnetic tape, a magnetic disk, a DVD-ROM, a floppy disk, an MO, an MD, a CD-R, a memory card, or the like may be used.

When the message connection processing unit 45 receives a message from the collection / distribution system 1 via the typesetting system 4, the message connection processing unit 45 performs a pre-processing process determined for each message to be processed, and converts the message to be processed into an election message. Or a message other than the election message, and in the case of a message other than the election message, the message is determined to be a normal message, and a message processing function to be transmitted to the typesetting system 4; When it is determined that the election telegram has a meaningful user ID, an election telegram storage function of storing the election telegram of each counting time for each election district in the telegram storage unit 33 such as a file or a folder, and a connection data table in advance. A message connection function for connecting a plurality of election messages based on the connected user ID group set in 42 and transmitting the connected election messages to the typesetting system To achieve.

The message connection processing section 45 reads the program recorded on the recording medium 41 and performs the processing shown in FIG. That is, the message connection processing unit 45 confirms the presence / absence of a message with respect to the typesetting system 4. If there is a message, it is determined whether the message is received by itself (S1). If there is a message, the message to be processed is determined, and the pre-processing process of the typesetting system 4 predetermined for each message to be processed is performed. (S2).

It is determined whether the message to be processed after the pre-processing is an election message or another message (S3). If the message is not an election message, the message is transmitted to the typesetting system 4. In the case of an election telegram having a user ID meaning a constituency, the election telegram for each election time is stored in the telegram storage unit 33 such as a file or folder according to the user ID (S).
4).

Thereafter, when an operator's instruction or a preset time set by a timer has been reached, connection processing is started (S5). This connection processing is performed in the connection data table 42
Of connected user IDs of user I
D is determined (S6). The user ID after the connection may be determined in advance, or may be automatically determined from each connected user ID. For example, if each user ID is A01
In the case of A05, the user ID after connection is A10, and so on. In this state, the connected user group is searched for an election message of the past counting time that is the closest from the counting time that is the key by the operation (S7), and the respective election messages are connected in accordance with a predetermined rule, as shown in FIG. A connection election telegram is created (S8). Then, it is determined whether or not the connection is completed (S9). If the connection is completed, the connected election electronic message is transmitted to the typesetting system 4 (S10).

Therefore, if a recording medium on which the above-described program is recorded is used, a plurality of election messages are stored in advance and connected to a plurality of election messages in advance, and frequently transmitted to the typesetting system 4 for each election message. No need to
Election messages can be appropriately managed, the frequency of transfer to the network is reduced, the number of interrupts to the typesetting system is reduced, efficient use of communication can be ensured, and the system 4 greatly contributes to the reduction of the system 4 load.

[0040]

As described above, according to the present invention, management processing is facilitated by accumulating election messages, and the number of election messages can be significantly reduced by connecting election messages, thereby improving the specifications of typesetting processing. be able to. Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a recording medium that can reduce the number of election electronic messages by connecting the electronic messages.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a newspaper production system including a message connection processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of one election telegram sent from the collection and distribution system.

FIG. 3 is a functional configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a message connection processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a connected election telegram processed by the telegram connection processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of a message connection processing device having a recording medium.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a process in which a computer reads and processes a program recorded on a recording medium.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Collection | distribution system 3 ... Message connection processing apparatus (format conversion apparatus) 4 ... Typesetting system 32 ... Message processing part 33 ... Message storage part 34 ... Message storage processing part 35 ... Message connection processing part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A message connection processing device with a format conversion function for pre-processing a message to be processed from a collection / distribution system and transmitting the message to a typesetting system, wherein a predetermined pre-processing process is performed for each predetermined message to be processed. In addition, if the processing target message is other than an election message, a message processing means for transmitting to the typesetting system, and if the processing target message is an election message, the message is processed for each electoral district and for each election time. A message connection processing device comprising: an election message storage unit for storing. 2. The message connection processing device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of election messages are connected in accordance with a predetermined rule based on a connected user ID group indicating a predetermined combination of a plurality of election districts. A message connection processing device for transmitting a selected election message to the typesetting system; 3. A recording medium for recording a program for connecting and processing an election message among the processing messages sent from the collection and distribution system, wherein the computer stores, in a computer, a predetermined advance message for each of the predetermined processing messages. When performing the processing, the processing target message is other than the election telegram, a telegram processing function to be transmitted to the typesetting system, and when the processing target telegram is an election telegram having a user ID meaning a constituency, A plurality of election telegrams are connected based on an election telegram storage function for accumulating the election telegrams for each constituency and each count time, and a predetermined connection user ID group;
A computer-readable storage medium storing the program for realizing a message connection function of transmitting the connected election message to the typesetting system;