JP2000155633A - Data input processor and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically input data to the respective input items of a data input form. SOLUTION: At the time of inputting data to the respective input items of a data input form, a computer main body 10 extracts the input item in the data input form in accordance with the call of the data input form and discriminates an input attribute type which is to be inputted to the extracted input item by referring to a retrieval name table 18B. Data of an attribute suited to the input attribute type is read from the individual information data memory 18A and is inputted to the pertinent input item in the input form.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data input processing device for automatically inputting data to each input item of a data input form, and a program including instructions for causing a computer to execute the operation of such a data input processing device. The present invention relates to a computer-readable recording medium that stores the information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various services such as online shopping have been provided due to the fact that the Internet can be easily used. By the way, in order to receive such services,
In a predetermined form input screen, it is necessary to input personal data in input items such as a name, an address, and an e-mail address.

[0003] In general, data input on such a form input screen is usually performed by oneself.

[0004]

However, in such an input method, the same contents must be input every time, and the input is troublesome.

[0005] In addition to receiving such Internet services, for example, when preparing various forms such as a pay slip or a deduction for insurance premiums, each data input form is entered. In the item, it is necessary to input personal information such as a name and an address, and therefore, there is a similar problem.

[0006] Further, regarding the Internet service, the Internet connection status in today's ordinary homes requires a charge in proportion to the connection time, so that much time is required for inputting the data, and accordingly the time is required. There was a problem that the fee was taken.

An object of the present invention is to enable data to be automatically input to each input item of a data input form.

[0008]

Means of the present invention are as follows. The determining means extracts an input item in the data input form in response to the call of the data input form, and determines an input attribute type to be input to the input item. The item data input means reads data of an attribute corresponding to the input attribute type determined by the determination means from the predetermined storage means and inputs the data to a corresponding input item in the input form.

The means of the invention according to claim 5 is as follows. The computer-readable recording medium stores a program including an instruction for causing the computer to execute the following processing when data is input to each input item of the data input form. The first process is a process of extracting input items in the data input form in response to the call of the data input form. The second process is a process of determining an input attribute type to be input to the extracted input item. The third process is a process of reading data of an attribute corresponding to the determined input attribute type from a predetermined storage unit and inputting the data to a corresponding input item in the input form.

The operation of the means according to the first and fifth aspects of the invention is as follows. In response to the call of the data entry form, extract the input items in the data entry form, determine the input attribute type to be entered in the input item,
The data of the attribute corresponding to the input attribute type is read from the predetermined storage means and input to the corresponding input item in the input form. Therefore, data can be automatically input to each input item of the data input form.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 (A) to 4 (B).

FIG. 1A is a diagram showing a configuration of a computer system to which a data input processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. That is, in the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a computer main body for controlling the whole. Reference numeral 12 denotes an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, and 14 denotes a CRT.
And 16 is a printing device such as a printer. Reference numeral 18 denotes a storage device such as a hard disk (HD) for storing information such as an operating system (OS), various application files, and a program for a form input process described later. This storage device 18
Further, a plurality of database files (database #
1, # 2,...) And a search name table.

The computer main unit 10 has an internal memory 10A for use as a work memory when executing a program stored in the storage device 18. The internal memory 10A stores the program And other information is expanded.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a recording medium driving device for driving a portable recording medium 22 such as a floppy disk (FD) or a CD-ROM, and stores an OS, a program, a file, and the like in the portable recording medium. 22 and stored in the storage device 18 or, conversely, the storage device 18
Data and files stored in the portable recording medium 2
2 is written. Reference numeral 24 denotes a communication interface with another device (not shown). The communication interface 24 receives an OS, a program, a file, and the like from another device (not shown) via the communication interface 24 and stores the OS, program, file, or the like in the storage device 18. Conversely, data and files stored in the storage device 18 are transmitted to the device.

FIGS. 1B and 1C show the contents of a personal information data memory 18A and a search name table 18B, respectively, as one of a plurality of databases stored in the storage device 18, respectively. It is. Here, in the personal information data memory 18A, “name (last name)”, “name (first name)”, “e-mail address”,
"Gender", "Postal code", "Address", "Phone number", ...
Personal data is stored in association with item names such as Further, the search name table 18B includes “name (last name)”, “name (first name)”, “e-mail address”,
Corresponding to item names such as "postal code", "address", "telephone number",..., Item names similar to the respective item names are stored as search item names. Therefore, the personal information data memory 18A and the search name table 18B are linked by these same item names. The search name table 18B stores data used as a dictionary when searching for an item name in a form input process to be described later, and finds a corresponding item from close elements (candidates) included therein. Will be.

Next, the operation in such a configuration will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a form input process in a computer system to which the data input processing device according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied. A program for realizing each function described in this flowchart is stored in the storage device 18 or the portable recording medium 22 in the form of a program code readable by the computer main body 10.

That is, a data input form is first called (step S10), and an input item is searched for in the form data describing the data input form (step S12). Then, referring to the search name table 18B, the type of the searched input item (input attribute type) is determined and stored in the internal memory 10A (step S14). Thereafter, it is determined whether the search for all the input items in the form data has been completed (step S16), and if not, the process returns to step S12.

For example, if a WWW browser accesses a page including a data input form 14A such as a questionnaire screen shown in FIG. 3A, the server sends a page shown in FIG. The structure of the hypertext data (hereinafter referred to as HTML) as shown in FIG. 3B is analyzed, and a data input form 14A as shown in FIG. 3A is displayed. Then, the elements constituting the tag are analyzed from the HTML data, and <input type
pe> tag, and the input type is "te"
If it is “xt”, the character code defined by “name =” included in the <input type> tag is checked, and the input item type of the character code is obtained from the search name table 18B and stored. For example, "nam
Assuming that the character code defined by e = ”is“ surname ”,“ name (surname) ”is stored as the input item type.

When the input item types of all the input items in the input data form have been stored in this way, the same input item type as the discriminated and stored input item type is referred to by referring to the search name table 18B. A database having an item type is selected (step S18). Then, a record is arbitrarily selected (step S20), and item data for each input item type is extracted.
(Step S22).

For example, if the input item type is "name (last name)"
Then, a database having the same input item type as that, that is, a database having the same or similar item name such as “last name” or “last name” is searched from the storage device 18. This is done for each input item type, and the database that hits the most is selected as the database to be used in the following processing. Here, assuming that the personal information data memory 18A as shown in FIG. 1B is selected as the database, “○ tail”, “Taro”,.
For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, the item data is stored in the storage device 18 by adding the item data to the search name table 18B.

When each item data is stored in this way,
Next, an input item is searched for in the form data (step S24), and the input item type of the searched input item is determined (step S26). Then, it is determined whether or not the item data corresponding to the determined input item type is stored (step S28). If the item data is stored, the stored item data is stored at the position of the searched input item. Input (step S30), and if not stored, skip step S30. Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the processing for all the input items has been completed (step S32).
Return to 4.

As a result, as shown in FIG.
Item data is input to each of the input items of “name (last name)”, “name (first name)”, “E-mail”, and “address” in the data input form 14A. Note that the item data input in step S30 is displayed in reverse video so that it can be determined that the input data is default input data automatically input by this process.

When the processing has been completed for all the input items, a search is made for input items for which data has not been input in the form data (step S34), and it is determined whether or not the input items are present (step S36). ). If there is an uninput item, the cursor 14B is moved to the position of the uninput item as shown in FIG. 4B (step S3).
8). In this way, the cursor 14B is automatically moved to an unentered item.
Item data can be input to an uninput item (step S40). Then, after inputting the data, the process returns to the step S34 to search for an uninput item.

After the data input for all the input items is completed, if the user wants to correct the data of the default input items (step S42), the user moves the cursor 14B to the desired default input item position (step S42). In step S44, the data is corrected (step S44).
46). For the corrected input item, the reverse display is canceled and the display is changed to the normal display. Then, the above step S4
Return to 2.

If it is not necessary to correct the data of the default input items, a predetermined end operation by the user is waited for (step S48), and if not, the process returns to step S42.

When a predetermined ending operation is performed, all data is determined (step S50), the form data is stored (step S52), and the form input processing is ended. Thereafter, the process proceeds to a process of transmitting data or performing printing.

As described above, when displaying HTML on the Internet by a WWW browser, for example,
The W browser analyzes the HTML data (form data of the data input form) received from the server,
If the parameter name in the specification field of the form input contains information related to personal information such as "address" and "telephone number", the database (own personal information data) prepared in advance is used for the corresponding form field. Since the data is automatically entered in the Internet, the Internet connection time can be reduced. Further, the number of input operation procedures can be reduced. Further, by storing personal information, data can be reused.

In the above embodiment, the tags and character codes in the HTML data are checked in Japanese when analyzing the data. However, the check may be performed in other languages.

Further, in the above embodiment, a database in which personal information is input is prepared in advance, but the timing of inputting the personal information may be performed at any stage.

Further, in the above embodiment, data is used for one person's personal information, but data storage processing using a plurality of pieces of personal information data may be made possible. By doing so, even when creating various forms such as salary statements and insurance deduction declarations, personal information such as the name and address of each individual is entered in the input items of the data entry form for each individual. Each can be entered.

[0031]

According to the present invention, an input item in the data input form is extracted in response to the call of the data input form, and an input attribute type to be input to the input item is determined. Since the data of the attribute corresponding to the determined input attribute type is read from the database prepared in advance and is input to the corresponding input item in the input form, each input item of the data input form is Can automatically input data, thereby reducing input operation procedures and input time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1A is a diagram showing a configuration of a computer system to which a data input processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, and FIGS. 1B and 1C are a personal information data memory and a search name table, respectively; FIG. 6 is a diagram showing stored contents of B.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a form input process in a computer system to which the data input processing device according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied;

3A is a diagram illustrating an example of a data input form, and FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating form data of the data input form of FIG. 3A;

FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating a storage example of item data extracted from a personal information data memory, and FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating a data input form in which item data is input;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Computer main body 10A Internal memory 12 Input device 14 Display device 14A Data input form 14B Cursor 16 Printing device 18 Storage device 18A Personal information data memory 18B Search name table 20 Recording medium drive device 22 Portable recording medium 24 Communication interface

Claims (5)

[Claims] A determining means for extracting an input item in the data input form in response to calling of the data input form and determining an input attribute type to be input to the input item; Item data input means for reading data of an attribute corresponding to the determined input attribute type from a predetermined storage means and inputting the data to a corresponding input item in the input form. apparatus. 2. The item data input unit according to claim 1, wherein the item data input unit selects a storage unit storing a record having the same attribute type as that of the input item of the data input form. Data input processing device. 3. The data according to claim 1, further comprising identification display means for identifying and displaying data input by the item data input means for each input item of the data input form. Input processing device. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a cursor display unit for moving a cursor to an input item which cannot be input by the item data input unit among the input items of the data input form. 2. The data input processing device according to 1. 5. A process for extracting input items in a data input form in response to a call to the data input form when data is input to each input item of the data input form; A process of determining an input attribute type to be input to an input item; a process of reading data of an attribute corresponding to the determined input attribute type from a predetermined storage unit and inputting the data to a corresponding input item in the input form A computer-readable recording medium that stores a program including instructions for causing a computer to execute the following.