JP2001306509A - Data input method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To additionally update data, while referring to the other data displayed on a picture by preparing a new input frame at a prescribed position of the picture displayed in a markup language. SOLUTION: When displaying an input picture in the markup language, logical coordinate data are previously embedded together with a tag and when the picture is clicked with a mouse, a correspondent coordinate is acquired. Next, a page, having the data input frame at the prescribed position, is prepared by displaying the picture again while embedding the tag for preparing the data input frame at the relevant position, and next, a new data set is acquired by additionally updating the data inputted to this input frame into inputted data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for inputting data when correcting or adding display data on a terminal screen of a client, and more particularly to a method for directly inputting data on a screen displayed in a markup language. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the popularity of the Internet has been increasing and the number of users has been increasing year by year. One of the reasons for this growth is the HTML (Hyper Text Mak).
eupLanguage) has become widespread. This HTML is one of markup languages that are page description languages for setting the appearance, layout, character fonts, and the like of a document.
In addition, SGML, HTML, XML, CompactHT
ML and the like. In this markup language, HTM
L can be a hypertext link between a document and another Internet resource, and using HTML allows a person viewing an Internet Web page to jump to another location on the page or to a completely different Web page. Web pages with hyperlinks that can be created can be created.

For example, WWW (World Wide)
If HTML is available on the Web, WW
The client who has accessed W can access the page by inputting the page address (URL: universal resource locator) to be browsed in a predetermined place of his / her browser. That is, when the address is input, the browser requests the server to transmit the HTML file and the hyperlink information. Upon receiving the HTML file, the browser interprets the HTML file and displays it on the display screen of the client terminal.
It follows the HTML instructions embedded in the file.

[0004] This HTML instruction is composed of a “tag”.
, Which is a character string that defines format attributes that represent page features and elements. This tag (tag) causes the browser to execute various fixed functions. Specifically, the tag (tag) is surrounded by a left parenthesis (<) and a right parenthesis (>), and is represented as <command>. Thus, a left parenthesis (<) indicates the start of a tag and a right parenthesis (>) indicates the end of a tag. In HTML 3.0, about 100 types of tags are defined and can be used.

[0005] Also, the browser is WWW (World W
ide Web), is a navigation program on a computer having a guide function, and is used as browsing software.
cape) "Netscape is N
etscape's trademark "and Internet Explorer (Internet Explorer)" Internet Explorer (Internet Explorer)
orer) is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

On the other hand, a local area network (LA)
N), the screen display is often displayed in the HTML language even in the groupware which is software in which resources are shared by a plurality of clients. Notes (Note)
s) "Notes is a trademark of Lotus Corporation" is known as a representative.

As described above, there is a case where data is input from a client terminal to a Web page on the Internet or a display screen of groupware displayed in a markup language. Conventionally, when inputting data from a screen displayed in markup language, it is necessary to move from a page for browsing to a page for input, for example, separate the page for browsing and the page for input linked to It was displayed on the display screen, and the input operation was performed on this input page.

[0008]

However, in the above-described input method, only the input portion is displayed on the browser on the input page, so that the user can refer to other data displayed on the browse page while referring to other data. It was inconvenient because new data could not be entered. In addition, when inputting data, it is necessary to open a page for input, which is troublesome.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problem, and creates a new input frame at a predetermined position on a page for browsing while referring to other data displayed on the page for browsing. It is an object of the present invention to provide an input method that can input new data on the same page apparently without having to open an input page, and gives the user an intuitive operation feeling, thereby improving the operability of the user. I do.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided a data input method for adding or updating data stored in a server by a computer system in each client terminal, wherein logical coordinate data is added to the data stored in the server. The client terminal receives the data incorporating the logical coordinates, displays the data on the screen of the terminal, and adds or updates the data from the display screen. Specifically, when displaying the screen in the markup language, logical coordinate data is embedded together with the tag in advance, and the corresponding coordinates are acquired when the screen is clicked with the mouse, and the data input frame is provided at the corresponding position. The screen is redisplayed together with the input data, and a page for displaying a data input frame at a predetermined position is created. Next, a new data set is obtained by inputting data in the input box of this screen and adding the data to the input data.

In the present invention, the addition or update of the data redisplays a screen having a data input frame at a predetermined position on the display screen, and inputs data from the input frame.

According to the present invention, the predetermined position of the display screen is determined based on the information on the mouse click of the user of the client terminal.

The present invention also relates to a data input method for adding or updating data stored in a server by a computer system in each client terminal, wherein each terminal stores logical coordinate data in the data stored in the server. And the client terminal receives the data incorporating the logical coordinates, displays the data on the screen of the terminal in a markup language, and adds or updates data from the input frame of the screen displayed in the markup language. Is what you do.

According to the present invention, there is provided a data input method for adding or updating data stored in a server by a computer system in each client terminal, wherein each terminal incorporates logical coordinate data into the data stored in the server. And the client terminal receives the data incorporating the logical coordinates, displays the data on the screen of the terminal in a markup language, and adds or updates data from the input frame of the screen displayed in the markup language. Is what you do.

In the present invention, the markup language is a hypertext markup language (HTML) or a subset thereof.

According to the present invention, there is further provided a step of outputting data stored in a server by a computer system to each client terminal for display, and specifying a predetermined position on a display screen of the client terminal so that the server transmits coordinate data. Acquiring, creating data having an input box at the predetermined position, adding and updating data from the input box by a user, and input data input to the input box and the coordinate data. Updating the content of the data stored in the database of the server.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a computer network for performing various processes via the Internet or a local area network (LAN). FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an entire system including a client terminal and a server according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a data input procedure. FIG.

In FIG. 1, a server 1 is a network 3
And inputs / outputs necessary data and activates a predetermined program by an access from a client terminal 4 connected to the network 3 via a LAN or the like. Further, the server 1 has a database 2 as data storage means, and transmits data such as an HTML file 2 b stored in the database 2 to the client terminal 4 via the network 3 based on a request from the client terminal 4. Send and client terminal 4
Can be displayed on the screen. At this time, the HTML file 2b is output in association with the display information stored in the display information database 2a and displayed on the screen of the client terminal 4.

In FIG. 2, a server 1 performs a common gateway interface (hereinafter referred to as “CG”) for performing various processes in response to a command supplied from a client terminal 4.
I ". ) A program is stored, and the HTML file 2b is associated with the display information stored in the display information database 2a by the program.
Also, the command supplied by the client terminal 4 activates the CGI program via the network connection function of the server 1 and the WEB server. The display information and the HTML file 2b associated by the CGI program are output to the client terminal 4 via the network 3, and displayed on the web browser on the client terminal 4 via the network connection function.

Hereinafter, the data input method of the present invention will be described with reference to the sequence chart of FIG. FIG. 3 is a sequence chart showing a data input procedure according to the present embodiment. The numbers in parentheses in FIG. 3 indicate the order of the sequence, and the description will be made according to this order.
In FIG. 3, for example, data for browsing, which is input data, is acquired from the database 2 of the server 1, displayed on the screen of the client terminal 4, and corrected or added data is input based on the method of the present invention, and new data is input. The procedure up to creating a data set is shown. In the present embodiment, a hypertext markup language (hereinafter abbreviated as “HTML”) is used as an example of a markup language, but the language used is not limited to HTML.
L, HTML, XML, CompactHTML or the like may be used. The database 2 is a database system having an input / output function.

The server 1 acquires, for example, browsing data, which is data that has been input, from the database 2 (1), and then creates an HTML of the data and embeds the logical coordinate data of the data in the HTML. (2). For displaying the screen of the client terminal 4, the server 1 outputs the HTML data in which the logical coordinates are incorporated to the client terminal 4 via the network 3. At this time, the logical coordinates are embedded even if there is no HTML data.

To embed logical coordinates in HTML data, for example, <TR><TD></TD><//, which is a tag (tag) for creating a table in which rows and columns can be easily specified.
TR> or the like. Where TR, T
D represents the tag itself, <TD> and </ T
D> indicates the start and end of a special function together. Here, the logical coordinates on the client terminal 4, that is, the row and the column can be designated so that the clicked point can be recognized. At <TR><TD>, table creation for designating rows and columns is started, and at </ TD></TR>, table creation ends. That is, the end tag (tag)
Generally uses a slash (/) at the beginning of the name of the opening tag. Therefore, the tag <TR>
By using <TD></TD></TR>, logical coordinates can be incorporated into HTML data in a predetermined range.

FIG. 4 shows an example of data stored in the display information database 2a of the database 2. The display information database stores a display information data set for each row and column so that the clicked point can be recognized. Here, the display information data set 11
Numeral 11 indicates the location of the first row and the first column, and 12 of the display information data set 12 indicates the location of the first row and the second column. By recognizing which point in the matrix has been clicked, the logical coordinates on the client terminal 4 can be obtained. The display information data set includes display character string data and character string attribute data such as size, shape, and color.

Next, according to the sequence chart of FIG.
The client terminal 4 displays HTML data in which the logical coordinates transmitted from the server 1 are incorporated. Therefore, when the user using the client terminal 4 wants not only to view the display screen but also to input HTML data, the user clicks a predetermined position to input HTML data with the mouse (3). The click information of the displayed page is output to the server 1 as access from the browser by the logical coordinates embedded in the server, and the CGI program of the server 1 linked to the clicked position (coordinates) is started. By executing the program, the client terminal 4 acquires coordinate data embedded in the HTML data for browsing as link information (4).

In order to obtain the logical coordinates of the clicked position of the HTML data on the display screen by clicking the mouse on the client terminal 4, the tag for setting the link <A HREF = "coordinate data" Is obtained by using CGI? Coordinate data ">></A>. In addition, CGI (Common Gateway)
The abbreviation for “yinterface” is a program that is usually described in a Per1 script and assists the functions of the server 1. Generally, CGI is executed by access from a Web browser, and the result is
The data is sent to the user via the server b.

Next, along with the HTML data acquired from the database 2 based on the acquired logical coordinates, a tag for displaying an input frame is added at a predetermined clicked position to add the HTML data.
The ML is created (5), and the server 1 re-outputs the screen display data displaying the input frame to the display screen of the client terminal 4. To set the input frame, use the normal tag <FORM><
/ FORM> and a tag <INPUT> are used.

The user inputs new data or updated data in an input box displayed on the screen of the client terminal 4 and (6) clicks a send button set on the screen with a mouse to input data to the client. The information is transmitted from the terminal 4 to the server 1 via the network 3. The send button has the tag <INPUT TYPE = “submi”
It can be set by designating t ″>.

The server 1 acquires the input data transmitted from the client terminal 4 (7), and additionally updates the HTML data stored in the database 2 based on the coordinate data and the input data to the input frame (8). . A series of data input procedures is completed by creating HTML in which the update data is embedded, outputting it to the client terminal 4 and displaying it on the screen. By repeating this operation while moving the pointer of the database 2, the input and update of data can be continued.

[0029]

As is apparent from the above-mentioned invention, the data input method according to the present invention makes it possible to input new data apparently on the same page without having to open an input page. To the user to provide an input method for improving the operability of the user.

Further, since an input frame having a predetermined size is created at a predetermined position on the screen displayed in the markup language,
It is possible to input new data on the same page apparently or to update / add data while referring to data other than the input portion obtained from the database.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a computer network that performs various processes via the Internet or a local area network (LAN) according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the entire system including a client terminal and a server according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sequence chart showing a data input procedure according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in a database according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 server, 2 database, 2a display information database, 2b HTML file, 3 network, 4 client terminal.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A data input method for adding or updating data stored in a server by a computer system at each client terminal, incorporating logical coordinate data into the data stored in the server, transmitting the data to each terminal, A data input method, wherein data incorporating the logical coordinates is received by a client terminal, displayed on a screen of the terminal, and data is added or updated from the display screen. 2. The data input according to claim 1, wherein the adding or updating of the data redisplays a screen having a data input frame at a predetermined position on a display screen and inputs data from the input frame. Method. 3. The data input method according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined position of the display screen is determined based on mouse click information of a user of the client terminal. 4. A data input method for adding or updating data stored in a server by a computer system at each client terminal, incorporating logical coordinate data into the data stored in the server, transmitting the data to each terminal, Receiving the data incorporating the logical coordinates at the client terminal, displaying the data on the screen of the terminal in a markup language, and adding or updating data from an input frame of the screen displayed in the markup language. Data input method. 5. A data input method for adding or updating data stored in a server by a computer system in each client terminal, incorporating logical coordinate data into the data stored in the server, transmitting the data to each terminal, Receiving the data incorporating the logical coordinates at the client terminal, displaying the data on the screen of the terminal in a markup language, and adding or updating data from an input frame of the screen displayed in the markup language. Data input method. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the markup language is Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) or a subset thereof. 7. A step of outputting data stored in the server by the computer system to each client terminal and displaying the data, and a step of the server obtaining coordinate data by designating a predetermined position on a display screen of the client terminal. Creating data having an input box at the predetermined position; adding and updating data from the input box by a user; and inputting the input data into the input box and the coordinate data to a server database. Updating the content of the stored data.