JP2001273254A - Information processor and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a processor capable of efficiently processing information by reducing an execution wait time related to processing such as data retrieval concerning information processing such as daily report processing or monthly total processing having previously expected processing timing or time. SOLUTION: On the basis of the frequency of processing requests from a user, a scheduler that a CPU 2 has predicts the next date/time of processing request and on that date/time, processing is requested to the CPU 2. Then, the CPU 2 executes processing corresponding to the processing request from the scheduler, stores the result into a storage medium 9 and stores execution history information thereof into an execution history file in the storage medium 9.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a storage medium for performing data processing in response to a processing request from a user and outputting the processing result.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In business, when data necessary for data processing is taken out of a database, it is common practice to start a retrieval application at the time when the data becomes necessary and to take out the data.

[0003]

However, when data is needed, a search application is started,
The conventional method of searching and extracting data requires an execution waiting time until the data search process is completed.
There was a problem that work efficiency was poor.

[0004] An object of the present invention is to reduce the execution waiting time related to processing such as data retrieval, etc., for information processing in which processing time and time are expected in advance such as daily report processing and monthly totaling processing, and to efficiently process information. It is an object of the present invention to provide a processing apparatus which can perform the processing.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 provides a data processing device (for example, the server 11 shown in FIG. 2) in response to a periodic processing request from a user. ), And outputs a processing result to the information processing apparatus (for example, the information processing apparatus 1 in FIG. 1). For each processing requested by a user, an execution history of the processing is stored. Based on history management means (for example, the storage medium 9 in FIG. 1) for storing as history information (for example, the execution history file 91 in FIGS. 2 and 3), each process is performed based on the history information stored in the history management means. A judgment means (for example, the scheduler 20 in FIG. 2) for analyzing the tendency of the date and time requested by the user and judging the date and time that the user is likely to request next, and the date and time determined by the judgment means Before the specified time Automatic execution registration means (for example, scheduler 20 in FIG. 2) for specifying a time and registering an automatic execution schedule of the processing, and a processing in which the automatic execution schedule is registered by the automatic execution registration means at a specified time. Automatic execution means for executing and acquiring the processing result from the data processing device (for example, CPU 2 in FIG. 1)
And characterized in that:

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus which issues a data processing request to a data processing apparatus in response to a periodic processing request from a user and outputs the processing result, The management unit stores, for each process requested by the user, the execution history of the process as history information, and the determination unit determines whether each process is performed by the user based on the history information stored in the history management unit. The automatic execution registration means specifies a date and time that is a predetermined time before the date and time determined by the determining means. hand,
A schedule for automatic execution of the processing is registered, and the automatic execution means executes the processing in which the automatic execution schedule is registered by the automatic execution registration means at a specified time, and acquires the processing result from the data processing device.

Therefore, in a process that is periodically executed in response to a user's request, the next process request time can be predicted in advance and the process can be executed in advance, and when a user requests a process, the process is already requested. Processing results can be obtained. Therefore, the execution waiting time can be reduced and the processing efficiency can be improved.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS.

First, the configuration will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of an information processing apparatus 1 to which the present invention has been applied. FIG.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration (functional concept) of a database search system that uses a.

In FIG. 1, an information processing apparatus 1 has a CPU
(Central Processing Unit) 2, display unit 3, printing unit 4, transmission control unit 5, input unit 6, RAM (Random Access Unit)
Memory) 7, a storage device 8, and a storage medium 9, and each part except the storage medium 9 is connected to a bus 10.

The CPU 2 executes a later-described database search process (see FIG. 4) in order to execute a process requested by the scheduler 20 or a user.

In this database search process, the CP
U2 first determines the processing content requested by the scheduler 20 or the user, reads out the stored data search processing program from the storage medium 9, and executes the stored data search processing described later (see FIG. 5). Then, a result indicating whether the saved data corresponding to the determined processing content is usable or not is acquired.

When a processing request is received from the scheduler 20, the CPU 2 accesses the database 12 of the server 11 via the transmission control unit 5 and obtains the requested processing result. The result is stored in the result file 92. Then, the corresponding latest processing result storage file name and the latest storage date and time of the execution history file 91 in the storage medium 9 are updated to the corresponding information, and stored in the storage medium 9.

When a processing request is made by a user,
The CPU 2 acquires the saved data from the saved file in the storage medium 9 as a processing result if the corresponding saved data is usable, and if not, the CPU 2 of the server 11 via the transmission control unit 5. Access the database 12 and obtain the required processing result.

Further, the CPU 2 causes the display unit 3 or the printing unit 4 to display or print the obtained processing result, reads out a schedule registration processing program from the storage medium 9, and executes a schedule registration processing described later (see FIG. 6). I do.

In the stored data search process (see FIG. 5), the CPU 2 executes the execution history file 91 in the storage medium 9.
When it is confirmed that the latest processing result storage file name corresponding to the requested processing content is not registered, the saved data is made unusable.

When the CPU 2 confirms that the corresponding latest processing result storage file name is registered,
The database 12 corresponding to the server 11 accessed via the transmission control unit 5 does not exceed a predetermined time from the latest storage date and time searched in the execution history file 91.
Confirm that the last change date and time information has not been updated after a certain time, and make the saved data usable.

In other cases, the stored data is not usable. If the processing request source is a user and the corresponding automatic execution schedule in the execution history file 91 is registered, the CPU 2 executes the execution history file. The number of re-searches 91 is incremented by one and stored in the storage medium 9.

If the number of re-searches is equal to or more than a predetermined number, the registered automatic execution schedule is re-registered with a slight delay in the date and time. Reregister the execution schedule at a free time.

Further, in the schedule registration processing (see FIG. 6), the CPU 2 searches the execution history file 91 in the storage medium 9 and adds the corresponding item of the processing count history of the corresponding processing name.

The CPU 2 has a function of the scheduler 20 shown in FIG. The scheduler 20 manages the execution history file 91 in the storage medium 9 and confirms that the date and time indicated by the clock in the information processing apparatus 1 matches the date and time of the registered automatic execution schedule.
A corresponding processing request is made to the program 30 which is the main function of U2.

The scheduler 20 executes the execution history file 91 in the schedule registration process (see FIG. 6).
The month, day, and time having the highest number of processing times are searched from the month, day, and time processing number history information, and the automatic execution schedule is registered.

In FIG. 2, a program 30 which is a main function of the CPU 2 is provided with a result file 92 or a server 11 in response to a processing request from a user or the scheduler 20.
And outputs it to the display unit 3 such as a CRT or PRT or the printing unit 4 and updates the corresponding item in the execution history file 91.

Input unit 6 in information processing apparatus 1 of FIG.
Is provided with a keyboard having cursor keys, numeric input keys, various function keys, and the like, and a mouse as a pointing device. The CPU outputs a key press signal of the keyboard to the CPU 2 and outputs an operation signal from the mouse to the CPU 2. Output to The user makes a processing request to the information processing device 1 via the input unit 6.

The display unit 3 is a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube)
And a liquid crystal display device that displays processing results and the like based on display data input from the CPU 2.

The printing unit 4 is constituted by a printer such as a laser printer or an ink jet printer.
And prints and outputs the processing result and the like based on the print data input from the server.

The transmission control unit 5 is composed of a modem, a terminal adapter, a router, or the like.
Control for communicating with an external device via a communication line such as an SDN line is performed. The modem modulates the digital data processed by the CPU 2 into an analog signal in the frequency band of the telephone line in order to communicate with an external device such as a personal computer via the telephone line. This is a device for demodulating an analog signal input thereto into digital data. The terminal adapter is a device that converts an existing interface into an interface corresponding to ISDN in order to communicate with an external device such as a personal computer via an ISDN line.

The RAM 7 has a program storage area for storing various processing programs and various application programs executed by the CPU 2, and a work area for temporarily storing input instructions, input data and processing results.

The storage device 8 has a storage medium 9 in which programs, data and the like are stored in advance, and this storage medium 9 is constituted by a magnetic or optical recording medium or a semiconductor memory. This storage medium 9 is a storage device 8
The storage medium 9 includes various application programs corresponding to the information processing apparatus 1, a database search processing program (see FIG. 4) described later, and a stored data search. It stores a processing program (see FIG. 5), a schedule registration processing program (see FIG. 6), data processed by each processing program, and the like.

The programs, data, and the like stored in the storage medium 9 are partially or wholly received from the transmission control unit 5 via a transmission medium such as a communication line from another device such as a server or a client. The storage medium may be configured to be stored, and the storage medium 9 may be a storage medium of a server constructed on a network. Further, the program may be configured to be transmitted to a server or a client via a transmission medium such as a network line and installed in these devices.

The storage medium 9 has a storage area for storing an execution history file 91 and a result file 92 (see FIG. 2) shown in FIG.

In FIG. 3, the execution history file 91 is
For each processing name, the latest processing result storage file name for storing the latest processing result executed by the request of the scheduler 20, the latest storage date and time, and the number of processing in units of month, day, and time when the processing request was made by the user Information such as a history, an automatic execution schedule registered by the scheduler 20, and the number of re-searches requested by the user for processing are stored.

In the automatic execution schedule, the scheduler 20 searches and registers the condition having the highest processing ratio in the history of the number of processings in units of months, days or hours.

For example, in the monthly totaling process, the processing ratio is almost equal in every month in the unit of month, the processing ratio is highest on the 31st (or 30) day, which is the end of the month, and in the evening in the unit of time. At 16:00, the processing rate is found to be the highest, and the automatic execution schedule is registered as 16:00 on the 31st of every month.

The result file 92 exists corresponding to each processing content, stores processing results previously executed in response to a request from the scheduler 20 as storage data, and stores the latest processing result storage file name in the execution history file 91 as: The name of the file is registered.

Next, the operation will be described.

The operation of the information processing apparatus 1 in the database search processing will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When a user or a scheduler 20 requests data retrieval / processing, the CPU 2 stores the data in the storage medium 9.
It reads the database search processing program stored therein, and executes the subsequent database search processing.

First, the CPU 2 determines the requested processing content (step S11), and executes a later-described stored data search process (see FIG. 5) based on the determined processing content (step S12). By this stored data search processing, the CPU 2 acquires whether the stored data corresponding to the processing content is usable or not.

When the processing request source is the scheduler 20 (step S13: scheduler), the CPU 2 accesses the database 12 of the server 11 via the transmission control unit 5 and makes the above-mentioned determined processing request (step S13).
14).

When the requested processing result is obtained from the database 12 of the server 11 (step S15), the CPU 2
Saves the processing result in the result file 92 under the name corresponding to the determined processing content (step S16). In the execution history management file in the storage medium 9, the latest processing result storage file name corresponding to the above processing content is registered, and the latest storage date and time is updated and stored (step S17). Then, the CPU 2 ends the present database search process.

If the requester of the process is a user (step S13: user), the CPU 2 confirms that the corresponding stored data is usable based on the result obtained from the previous stored data search process (step S13: user). Step S18:
YES), the corresponding storage data is obtained from the storage file in the storage medium 9 as the processing result.

When it is confirmed that the corresponding stored data is unusable (step S18: NO), the database 12 of the server 11 is accessed via the transmission control unit 5 to make the above-described processing request ( Step S1
9), and obtain the processing result (step S20).

When the processing result corresponding to the requested processing content is obtained, the CPU 2 causes the display unit 3 or the printing unit 4 to display or print the obtained processing result (step S22).

Further, the CPU 2 reads out the schedule registration processing program in the storage medium 9 and executes the schedule registration processing (see FIG. 6) described later (step S).
23). When this schedule registration process is completed, the CP
U2 ends the present database search process.

The operation of the information processing apparatus 1 in the stored data search processing will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The CPU 2 searches the execution history file 91 in the storage medium 9 with the determined processing name (step S3).
1) When it is confirmed that the name of the latest processing result storage file is not registered (step S32: NO), the stored data corresponding to the processing content is disabled (step S44). Then, the present saved data search process ends,
The process proceeds to step S13 in FIG.

The CPU 2 executes the execution history file 91
After confirming that the latest processing result storage file name is registered (step S32: YES), the current date and time obtained from the clock in the information processing apparatus 1 is obtained by searching the execution history management file. If it is within a predetermined time from the latest storage date and time (step S33: NO), the server 11 is accessed via the transmission control unit 5 and the last change date and time information of the database 12 including the processing request data is obtained (step S34). ).

If the acquired last change date and time is not updated after a predetermined time from the latest storage date and time (step S35: NO), the corresponding saved data can be used (step S36). Then, the main storage data search process is completed, and the process proceeds to step S13 in FIG.

In step S33, the CPU 2 determines that the current date and time has passed a predetermined time or more from the latest storage date and time of the corresponding processing content (step S33: YE
S) or the corresponding database 1 of the server 11
2 is updated after the latest storage date and time (step S35: YES), the corresponding stored data is made unusable (step S37).

Further, the requester of the process is the user (step S38: YES), and the execution history file 91
If the corresponding automatic execution schedule is registered (step S39: YES), the re-search number is incremented by 1 (step S40) and stored in the storage medium 9.

If the number of times of re-search is more than a certain number (step S41: more than a certain number of times), the date and time of the registered automatic execution schedule are re-registered with a slight delay (step S42). If the number of times is not present (step S41: no), the date and time of the automatic execution schedule is re-registered in a vacant time zone such as midnight (step S43).

When the above processing is performed, the CPU 2 ends the stored data search processing, and shifts the processing to step 13 in FIG.

In step S38, when the processing request source is the scheduler 20 (step S38: N
O) Or, if the automatic execution schedule is not registered in the execution history file 91 in step S39 (step S39: NO), the CPU 2 ends the main saved data search processing as it is, and proceeds to step S13 in FIG. Transition.

The operation of the information processing apparatus 1 in the schedule registration process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The CPU 2 is requested to process by the user,
When the processing is completed, the subsequent processing is subsequently executed.

First, the CPU 2 executes the execution history file 91
And the month, day, and time processing history items corresponding to the requested processing name are added and stored in the storage medium 9 (step S51).

Then, the scheduler 20 searches the month, day, and time processing number history information for the month, day, and time having the highest processing number ratio, and registers an automatic execution schedule (step S52).

After performing the above processing, the CPU 2 ends the present schedule registration processing and shifts the processing to step S23 in FIG.

As described above, in the business process that is periodically executed in response to a request from the user, the time required for the next process is predicted in advance and executed in advance, so that when the user requests the process, Processing results such as search are obtained, and the execution waiting time can be reduced.

Further, it is possible to obtain a more accurate processing result by determining whether or not the processing result (stored data) acquired in advance based on the date and time information is usable.

Further, by adjusting the automatic execution schedule in accordance with the frequency requested by the user, it is possible to execute processing such as retrieval in advance at a more appropriate date and time, thereby improving the processing efficiency of daily work.

[0063]

According to the first or fifth aspect of the present invention,
In processing that is periodically executed in response to a user request, the next processing request time can be predicted in advance and the processing can be executed in advance, and when the user makes a processing request, the requested processing result is already obtained. Can be kept. Therefore, the execution waiting time can be reduced and the processing efficiency can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, by storing the previously obtained processing result, the processing result requested by the user based on the processing result is obtained. Can be output.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, by storing in advance the date and time information of the execution of the processing, the processing result requested by the user is obtained. Can be determined whether or not
Further, a highly accurate processing result can be obtained, and the processing efficiency can be improved.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the third aspect of the present invention, the processing can be performed in advance according to the request frequency of the user, and the processing efficiency can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of an information processing apparatus 1.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration (functional concept) of a database search system using the information processing apparatus 1;

FIG. 3 is an execution history file 91 stored in a storage medium 9;
FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a database search process.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a stored data search process.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a schedule registration process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 information processing device 2 CPU 3 display unit 4 printing unit 5 transmission control unit 6 input unit 7 RAM 8 storage device 9 storage medium 91 execution history file 92 result file 10 bus 11 server 12 database 20 scheduler

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. In response to a periodic processing request from a user,
An information processing device for issuing a data processing request to a data processing device and outputting the processing result, wherein for each process requested by a user, history management means for storing an execution history of the process as history information; Based on the history information stored in the history management means, analyze the tendency of the date and time each process is requested by the user,
Determining means for determining the date and time when the user is likely to request next; and automatic execution for specifying a date and time a predetermined time before the date and time determined by the determining means and registering a schedule for automatic execution of the processing. A registration unit; and an automatic execution unit configured to execute, at a designated time, a process in which an automatic execution schedule is registered by the automatic execution registration unit, and obtain a processing result from the data processing device. Information processing device. 2. An acquisition information using means for storing a processing result obtained by the automatic execution means and outputting information based on the stored obtained processing result when a processing is requested by a user thereafter. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. An acquisition date / time storage means for storing date / time information on the processing result obtained by the automatic execution means, and a date / time stored in the acquisition date / time storage means when a processing request for the processing is made by a user. A substitutability determining unit that determines whether or not the processing result obtained by the automatic execution unit can be substituted as the requested processing result based on the information; and that the substituting possibility determining unit determines that the substituting is not possible. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a re-acquisition unit configured to make a data processing request to the data processing apparatus again when the processing is performed, and to acquire the processing result again. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising adjusting means for registering the automatic execution schedule again by said automatic execution registering means and adjusting the date and time in accordance with a situation in which the processing result determined by said substitute possibility determining means is substituted. 4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein: 5. In response to a periodic processing request from a user,
A storage medium storing a computer-executable program for making a data processing request to a data processing device and outputting the processing result, and for each processing requested by a user, an execution history of the processing. Based on the stored history information, a computer-executable program code for storing the history information is used to analyze the tendency of the date and time when each process is requested by the user, and the user requests next. A computer-executable program code for determining a likely date and time, and specifying a date and time a predetermined time before the determined date and time,
A computer-executable program code for registering an automatic execution schedule of the processing; and executing the processing in which the automatic execution schedule is registered at a specified time, and obtaining the processing result from the data processing apparatus. A computer-readable storage medium comprising: a computer-executable program code.