JP2001014211A - Method and device for outputting data and recording medium recording processing program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make acquirable/outputtable only required information at a high speed corresponding to output conditions set for every user by acquiring and outputting data corresponding to a data attribute showing the purpose of using data or degree of importance. SOLUTION: A CD-ROM device 226 is a device for reading a CD-ROM recording various kinds of processing programs or data for controlling the operation of an entire data output device 106. A data attribute acquiring processing part 230 acquires a data attribute showing the purpose of using data or degree of importance. A data acquiring processing part 231 compares the data attribute of data to be acquired with output setting defining the purpose of using data to be an output object for this device and the degree of importance and acquires the data of a data attribute satisfying conditions in output setting. An output setting processing part 232 generates output setting information 227 by defining the purpose of using data such as image data, audio data or video data to be an output object for the data output device and the degree of importance.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data output device for outputting data acquired via a network, and more particularly, to acquiring image data and audio data via a network such as the Internet, and displaying and reproducing them. The present invention relates to a technology effective when applied to a data output device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Information on a page provided by a Web server in a network such as the Internet is HTML.
(HyperText Markup Language). The HTML file describes character information and information about a format, and can be used by calling a data file such as an image, an animation, a sound, and a video, or a program file called an applet from the HTML. Such information is output from a screen or a speaker through software called a browser of a user's computer. The image data and audio data are H
It is a separate file from the TML file. If there are many image data and audio data, they are individually downloaded and then output, so that it takes time to output them.
In addition, depending on the performance of the user's computer, the state of use, and the network environment, it may take a considerable time to perform these outputs.

[0003] Some conventional browsers can set display / non-display for each type of data such as image data, animation, video data, audio data, and applets. This is "Celebration Introduction Netscape &WWW" (P
aul E. Hoffman, Translated by Masumi Mukai, ISBN
4-89052-849-0), “Part2 Web
World Wid without Image "
"Let's imagine e-Web".

[0004] By setting the display / non-display for each data type, a low-performance computer can display information at high speed by changing the setting to display only characters without acquiring images, video and audio. When it is desired to view images and the like that are not displayed, they can be individually displayed by individually selecting and specifying the display.

[0005]

In the conventional display / non-display setting for each data type, it is necessary to perform an operation of individually selecting and specifying the display, so that the necessary information cannot be displayed efficiently. is there. Taking an image as an example, it is often unnecessary to simply use an image for advertisement or decoration, but an explanatory diagram used in the description is necessary. Images are essential information on pages intended to provide images. For this reason, in the conventional setting of display / non-display for each data type, it is necessary for the user to change the setting for each page to be browsed and to perform an operation of individually displaying a large amount of image data, thereby increasing efficiency. There is a problem of bad.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem and to provide a technique capable of quickly acquiring and outputting only necessary information according to output conditions set for each user.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a data output device for acquiring and outputting data via a network, wherein the data is acquired and output in accordance with a data attribute indicating a use or importance of the data. It is.

In the present invention, a data provider first adds data attributes such as use and importance to image data and audio data in advance. In addition, users who receive data are
An output setting that defines the use and importance of data to be output in the device is created.

When an HTML file is acquired from a Web server and displayed, a data attribute indicating the use and importance of data described in the HTML file is acquired and the HTML
The data attribute of the data described in the L file is compared with the output setting that defines the use and importance of the data to be output by the device, and it is checked whether the conditions during the output setting are satisfied.

When the data attribute of the data described in the HTML file satisfies the condition of the apparatus during the output setting, the data is received from the Web server and output.

As described above, according to the data output device of the present invention, data is acquired and output in accordance with the data attribute indicating the purpose and importance of the data, so that the data is output in accordance with the output conditions set for each user. It is possible to obtain and output only necessary information at high speed.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A data output device according to an embodiment for acquiring and outputting data such as images, sounds, and videos via the Internet will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a setting example of a screen display according to the present embodiment. The information provider stores the HT on the Web server 101.
The ML file 102 is stored. HTML file 10
2 can add not only character information but also information such as image data, audio data, and video data.

In the present embodiment, data attributes such as use and importance are defined for the additional information. In the present embodiment, H
In the TML file 102, image 1, image 2, image 3,
For the image 5, the application is decorated and the importance is set to low (data attribute example 103). For the image 4, the application is explained and the importance is set to high (data attribute example 104).

In transmitting and receiving information on the Internet, a request from an information user sends a request
The file reaches the web server 101, and the web server 101 transmits the requested file. Information users are Web
The information sent from the server 101 is sent to the data output device 1
06, and displayed through the browser 107.

In this embodiment, items related to the display of data such as images, sounds, and videos are added to the screen display setting items of the browser 107. By setting the use and importance for each type of data displayed by the information user, only necessary information can be acquired at high speed. For example, when the display is set to display an image whose use is explained and importance is medium or higher with respect to display of an image (output setting example 10
8) On the browser 107, the image 1, the image 2, the image 3, and the image 5 (the non-display image 109) are not displayed because the purpose is not commentary, and the image 4 (the display image 110) has the commentary purpose and importance. Displayed for medium or higher.

FIG. 2 shows a data output device 106 according to this embodiment.
It is a figure which shows schematic structure of. As shown in FIG. 2, the Web server 101 of the present embodiment includes a CPU 201, a memory 20
2, a magnetic disk drive 203, and a keyboard 204
, Display device 205, CD-ROM device 20
6.

The CPU 201 is a device for controlling the operation of the Web server 101 as a whole. The memory 202 is a Web
A storage device that stores various processing programs and data for controlling the operation of the entire server 101. The magnetic disk device 203 stores various processing programs and data for controlling the operation of the entire Web server 101 and the HTML file 1 transmitted to the data output device 106 as a client.
02, and an apparatus for storing data files such as image data, audio data, and video data that are referenced from the HTML file 102.

The keyboard 204 is an HTML file 1
This is a device for inputting the purpose and importance of data referred to from 02. The display device 205 is a device that performs display for confirming the input data attribute. CD-R
The OM device 206 is a CD recording various processing programs and data for controlling the operation of the entire Web server 101.
-A device for reading ROM.

The Web server 101 has a file transmission processing unit 210 and a data attribute setting processing unit 211.

The file transmission processing unit 210 receives the request from the data output device 106, and receives an HTML file 102 or a HTML file 1 with a data attribute set.
The processing unit transmits a data file, such as image data, audio data, or video data, referred to from the data output device 02 to the data output device 106.

The data attribute setting processing section 211 has an HTML
A processing unit that sets the use and importance of data such as image data, audio data, and video data referred to from the file 102 in the HTML file 102 as data attributes.

A program for causing the Web server 101 to function as the file transmission processing unit 210 and the data attribute setting processing unit 211 is recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, stored on a magnetic disk or the like, and then loaded into a memory. Shall be executed. The recording medium for recording the program may be a recording medium other than the CD-ROM.

The data output device 106 includes a CPU 221
, Memory 222, magnetic disk device 223, keyboard 224, display device 225, CD-R
It has an OM device 226 and output setting information 227.

The CPU 221 is a device for controlling the operation of the entire data output device 106. The memory 222 is a storage device that stores various processing programs and data for controlling the operation of the entire data output device 106. The magnetic disk device 223 stores various processing programs and data for controlling the operation of the entire data output device 106, output settings defining data to be output by the data output device 106, and the HTML file 102 received from the Web server 101. It is a device to store.

The keyboard 224 is connected to the data output device 10.
6. Use and importance of data to be output in step 6, Web
This is a device for inputting an operation instruction indicating the HTML file 102 received from the server 101. Display device 2
An apparatus 25 displays an HTML file 102 received from the Web server 101 and image data to be output by the data output apparatus 106.

The CD-ROM device 226 is a device for reading a CD-ROM in which various processing programs and data for controlling the operation of the entire data output device 106 are recorded. The output setting information 227 is information indicating output settings that define the use and importance of data such as image data, audio data, and video data to be output by the data output device 106.

The data output device 106 has a data attribute acquisition processing section 230, a data acquisition processing section 231 and an output setting processing section 232.

The data attribute acquisition processing section 230 is a processing section for acquiring data attributes indicating the use and importance of data. The data acquisition processing unit 231 compares the data attribute of the data to be acquired with the output setting that defines the use and importance of the data to be output by the device, and determines the data attribute of the data attribute that satisfies the condition during the output setting. This is a processing unit that acquires data. The output setting processing unit 232 includes the data output device 1
At 06, a processing unit that defines the use and importance of data such as image data, audio data, and video data to be output, and generates output setting information 227.

A program for causing the data output device 106 to function as the data attribute acquisition processing section 230, the data acquisition processing section 231 and the output setting processing section 232 is a CD-R.
After being recorded on a recording medium such as an OM and stored on a magnetic disk or the like, it is assumed to be loaded into a memory and executed. The recording medium for recording the program may be a recording medium other than the CD-ROM.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for screen display according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating screen processing on the browser 107 according to the present embodiment, taking image data as an example.

An information user wants to view a URL (Uniform Resource Locators) of a homepage that the user wants to browse with the browser 107.
Is transmitted (step 301), the request reaches the Web server 101 of the information provider via the network. File transmission processing unit 2 of Web server 101
10 transmits the requested HTML file 102 to the terminal of the information user (step 302).

In step 303, the HTML file 1
02 is processed by the browser 107 of the information user's terminal,
If the setting is such that the image data is not displayed, the browser 107 displays only the text data and ends the processing.

If the setting to display the image data is made in step 303, the data attribute acquisition processing section 230 in step 304 reads the image data from the HTML file 102 for the portion where the reading of the image data is described. Read data attributes.

In step 305, the data acquisition processing unit 231
Compares the data attribute of the image data to be acquired with the contents of the output setting information 227 that defines the use and importance of the data to be output by the device, and based on the settings related to the display of the image data, Determine whether to acquire and display data.

If it is determined in step 305 that the image data is to be displayed, then in step 306 the Web
It requests the server 101 to transmit image data. In step 307, the file transmission processing unit 210 of the Web server 101 transmits the requested image data. In step 308, the image data transmitted from the Web server 101 is acquired and displayed on the browser 107, and the process proceeds to step 3.
Go to 09.

In step 309, it is checked whether all the necessary image data has been displayed. If not all the necessary image data has been displayed, the flow returns to step 304. If all the necessary image data has been displayed, The process ends.

If it is determined in step 305 that image data is not to be displayed, the flow advances to step 309 without requesting transmission of image data. Note that these processing procedures are performed similarly for other audio data and video data.

FIG. 4 shows an HTML file 10 according to this embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a description example of a data attribute in FIG. The data attribute setting processing unit 211 according to the present embodiment can set data attributes such as use and importance for additional data such as images and sounds on the screen by extending the description of HTML. , Audio data, and video data are classified into three types based on their uses.

Specifically, it is classified into "description" such as a commentary diagram, "decoration" such as screen decoration, and "no setting" other than the above two types. In this embodiment, “description”, “decoration”,
Three levels of importance are set for the classification items for the purpose of "no setting".

As an example of implementation in HTML, “USG” indicating the purpose of use is added, and its attribute is described as “explanation” (HTM
L description example 402), "decoratio"
n "(HTML description example 401)," o
attribute ". “IMP” was added as an attribute indicating importance, and “1” was set for “high importance”, “2” was set for “medium importance”, and “3” was set for “low importance”. The assumed value of the application and importance is set to “USG =” o
ther ”” and “IMP = 2”, and if there is one that is not set, the assumed value is used.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the setting items of the output setting of the screen display on the browser 107 of this embodiment and the setting values. The information user sets a selection criterion for data acquired from the Web server 101 on the setting screen of FIG. 5 displayed by the output setting processing unit 232, and determines image data and audio data to be displayed and reproduced on the browser 107. I do. Hereinafter, description will be given taking image data as an example.

Selection of the target data type is performed by pressing tags 501 to 503 on the display setting screen. For each data, there are options of "display all" (radio button 504), "customize display settings" (radio button 505), and "do not display" (radio button 509).
Be sure to select one of the options.

Next, the degree of importance to be displayed is selected for each use of the target data. In this embodiment, for the image data, the figure for the purpose of explanation is medium importance or higher (check box 50
6), for the purpose of decoration, only the high importance (check box 507) is displayed, and for the figure without the use setting, only the high importance (check box 508) is displayed. This shows the set state. The same setting method as for image data is used when setting for data such as audio and video other than images.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of all the screens of the present embodiment. FIG. 6 shows an example in which all screens are displayed when the output setting of the screens as shown in FIG. 5 is not performed.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a display based on the display settings of the present embodiment. FIG. 7 shows an example in which the same HTML file 102 as that in FIG. 6 is displayed based on the settings in FIG.

According to the HTML description example 402 shown in FIG. 4, both of the image examples 702 are “USG =“ explanation ””.
IMP = 1 ”and the check box 50 in FIG.
6 is set to display the one with the higher importance, the image is displayed. The remaining undisplayed image (image example 701) does not satisfy the criteria set by the check boxes 507 and 508 in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a view showing another example of the display based on the display setting of the present embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an HTML file 102 different from those shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.

This homepage has the purpose of publishing and providing so-called button image data, and is used for decoration. However, unlike a commonly used one, it has a high degree of importance, and thus the image data is displayed ( An example of the image example 802) is shown. Even in the image data of the button shown in FIG. 8, the image example 801 is not displayed as an image because the importance is lower than that of the image example 802.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a conventional screen display. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a conventional screen display process on a browser, taking image data as an example.

When the information user transmits the URL of the home page to be browsed by the browser (step 901), the request reaches the information provider's Web server via the network. The Web server transmits the requested HTML file to the information user terminal (step 902).

When the HTML file is processed by the browser of the information user's terminal and is set to display the image data (step 903), the file in which the reading of the image data is described is sent to the Web server. Requesting data transmission to acquire image data and display it on the browser (steps 904 to 907). If you choose not to display image data,
Only the text data is displayed, and the process ends (step 903). This processing method is the same for other audio data and video data.

As described above, in the conventional display / non-display setting for each data type, if the setting is to display image data, all the image data is acquired and displayed, and the image data is not displayed. If the setting has been made, acquisition and display of all image data are not performed. For this reason, in the conventional setting of display / non-display for each data type, it is necessary for the user to change the setting for each page to be browsed and to perform an operation of individually displaying a large amount of image data, thereby increasing efficiency. There is a problem of bad.

As described above, according to the data output device of the present embodiment, data is acquired and output according to the data attribute indicating the purpose and importance of the data, so that the output condition set for each user is obtained. , It is possible to acquire and output only necessary information at high speed.

[0055]

According to the present invention, data is acquired and output according to the data attribute indicating the purpose and importance of the data, so that only the necessary information can be obtained at high speed according to the output conditions set for each user. Can be obtained and output.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a setting example of a screen display according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a data output device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of screen display according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a description example of a data attribute in an HTML file 102 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing setting items and setting values of output settings for screen display in the browser 107 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of all screens of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of display based on display settings according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another example of a display based on the display settings of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a conventional screen display.

[Explanation of symbols]

101: Web server, 102: HTML file, 1
03 and 104: Data attribute example, 105: Network, 106: Data output device, 107: Browser, 10
8: output setting example, 109: non-display image, 110: display image, 201: CPU, 202: memory, 203: magnetic disk device, 204: keyboard, 205: display device, 206: CD-ROM device, 210: file Transmission processing unit, 211 ... data attribute setting processing unit, 221 ...
CPU, 222: memory, 223: magnetic disk device,
224 keyboard, 225 display device, 22
6 CD-ROM device, 227 output setting information, 230
... Data attribute acquisition processing section, 231 ... Data acquisition processing section,
232: output setting processing unit; 401 and 402: HTML
Description example, 501-503 ... tag, 504 and 505 ... radio button, 506-508 ... check box, 50
9 radio button, 701 and 702 image examples, 801
And 802: image examples.

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat II (Reference) G09G 5/00 530 G06F 15/40 310F (72) Inventor Masakazu Karika 6-81 Ouecho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. In-house F term (reference) 5B069 DC00 DD20 5B075 ND06 ND14 NK46 PP02 PQ02 PR08 5B082 EA07 5B089 GA01 GB04 HA01 JA22 JB02 JB04 JB05 JB06 KA03 KA05 KC39 LB01 LB13 BA01 BA01 BA01 BA01 BA01 BA01 BA01 BA01 DA51 DA73 DA87 MM02 MM10

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A data output method for acquiring and outputting data via a network, comprising the steps of: acquiring a data attribute indicating a use and importance of the data; a data attribute of the data to be acquired; Comparing the output setting with the output setting that defines the use and importance of the data to be output, and acquiring data having a data attribute that satisfies the condition in the output setting. 2. A data output device for acquiring and outputting data via a network, comprising: a data attribute acquisition processing unit for acquiring a data attribute indicating a use and importance of the data; And a data acquisition processing unit for comparing the output setting defining the use and importance of the data to be output with the device and acquiring data having a data attribute satisfying the condition during the output setting. Data output device. 3. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for functioning as a data output device for acquiring and outputting data via a network is recorded. The attribute acquisition processing unit compares the data attribute of the data to be acquired with the output setting that defines the use and importance of the data to be output by the device, and the data of the data attribute that satisfies the conditions during the output setting. A recording medium on which is recorded a program for causing the program to function as a data acquisition processing unit for acquiring a program.