JP2003108572A - Information control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information control system for allowing visual confirmation of the content of transmitting-receiving information and data. SOLUTION: This information control system has a client 10 and a server 12 joined by a network 11. The server 12 has a database 17 for storing the information or the data inputted from the client 10, a retrieving engine 18 for executing retrieval or prescribed calculation processing on information or data stored in the database 17 according to the information or the data inputted from the client 10, and an output engine 19 for outputting a result or the retrieval or the calculation processing of the retrieving engine 18 to the client 10. The information or the data is transmitted and received between the client 10 and the server 12 by a thumbnail image.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information management system that manages various kinds of information using the Internet or intranet. Throughout this specification, "information" is created and obtained visually and aurally such as textual information such as text data, still image information such as drawings, illustrations and photographs, moving image information such as video images and audio information. ,
It means the information that can be provided, such as documents, documents, booklets, drawings, forms recorded on recording paper, electronic record information recorded on flexible disks, magnetic recording media, semiconductor memory, etc., and personal computers. The electronic data in the state displayed on the display screen of the information device is included.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, transmission and reception of image information using a computer has been remarkably developed, and a system in which many personal computers are connected to a server for accumulating and managing image information by a LAN or the like has been positively used in public offices and companies. There is. Also,
It is also popular to combine these personal computers with external servers and personal computers via networks such as the Internet to send and receive information.

[0003]

In these conventional systems, when character data or image data is exchanged between a client and a server, raw data is transmitted / received. Therefore, normal text data is given a name for transmission / reception. is doing. In this case, if the name is simple, the details of the content are difficult to understand, and if the name is detailed, it often becomes a long sentence. Further, in the case of similar information and data, the names are similar, so it is difficult to distinguish the contents.

The present invention solves these problems, and an object thereof is to provide an information management system capable of visually confirming the contents of information and data to be transmitted and received. Further, according to the present invention, when a server administrator mounts engines for various information services on the server and performs various information services to users, information or data is transmitted and received between the client and the server by thumbnail images. ASP (Application Service Provider)
The purpose is to provide a business model of the method.

[0005]

An information management system according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises a client and a server connected by a network, and the server stores a database for accumulating information or data input from the client. A search engine for performing a search or predetermined calculation processing on the information or data stored in the database according to the information or data input from the client, and an output for outputting the result of the search or calculation processing of the search engine to the client An engine is provided, and information or data is transmitted and received between the client and the server by a thumbnail image. An information management system according to a second aspect of the present invention is the information management system according to the first aspect, wherein the client or the server has means for creating a thumbnail image from information or data input from the client. And The information management system according to claim 3 of the present invention is
In the information management system according to claim 1 or 2,
The server is characterized by accumulating information or data input from the client in a database as thumbnail images. An information management system according to claim 4 of the present invention is the information management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the server has means for creating a search result of the search engine or a predetermined calculation processing result in a thumbnail image. It is characterized by having. An information management system according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the information management system according to the first or second aspect, wherein the thumbnail image can be enlarged or reduced by clicking.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An information management system according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes a client and a server connected by a network, and the server stores a database for accumulating information or data input from the client. An engine for performing a search or a predetermined calculation process on the information or data stored in the database according to the information or data input from the client, and an output for outputting the result of the search or calculation process of the engine to the client Since it has an engine and sends and receives information or data between the client and server with thumbnail images, you can add input while checking input data and visually checking information and data contents.
Processing such as change, modification, new creation, move, copy, delete,
Can manage. Therefore, the database management work becomes very simple, and the processing speed can be greatly improved. Further, by viewing the thumbnail image, it is possible to confirm at a glance the entire contents of the transmitted / received information or data and the transmission / reception history.

In the information management system according to the second embodiment of the present invention, in the information management system according to the first embodiment, the client or the server creates a thumbnail image from the information or data input from the client. With this, it is possible to easily confirm the input data and the content of the received information by the thumbnail image.

An information management system according to a third embodiment of the present invention is the same as the information management system according to the first or second embodiment, wherein the server stores the information or data input from the client in a database by a thumbnail image. Since the information is stored, it is possible to perform processing and management such as addition, change, correction, new creation, movement, copying, and deletion while visually checking the contents of the received information. Therefore, the task of database management becomes very easy,
The processing speed can also be greatly improved.

An information management system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention is the information management system according to any one of the first to third embodiments, in which the server displays a search result of the search engine or a predetermined calculation processing result as a thumbnail image. Since it has a means for creating, the search result and the calculation processing result can be confirmed at a glance by the thumbnail image.

The information management system according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention is the same as the information management system according to the first to fourth embodiments, since the thumbnail image can be enlarged or reduced by clicking. Can be confirmed by freely enlarging or reducing the display.

[0011]

Embodiments of the information management system of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration when the information management system according to the present invention is used as a system for storing and managing data such as drawings, documents and photographs. The basic configuration of this system includes a client 10 used by a user and a server 12 connected to the client 10 via a network 11 such as the Internet or an intranet. Client 10 is browser 1
3, a data registration screen is opened to register information and data, a thumbnail image is created by the thumbnail image creation device 15 from the registered information and data, and the client ID 1
The number 4 is added and transmitted to the server 12 using the network 11. The thumbnail image creation device 15 can be configured by hardware, but may be configured by software. The server 12 stores a web page memory 16 that stores and transmits / receives various web pages, a user ID, various information and data registered by the user, and the server 1 by the user.
A user database 17 for storing the usage history of 2;
A search engine 18 that searches for and calculates desired information based on a user request input from the client 10, an output engine 19 that outputs the search result of the search engine 18 together with the information and data extracted from the user database 17, A history management database 20 that accumulates and manages the usage history of the server 12 for each user, by date and time, search software, browsing software, thumbnail image creation software,
The warehouse database 21 stores output formats and the like. The server 12 allows the administrator to perform daily management and operation of various data and information in the user database 17 and the history management database 20, and
The specifications and versions of the search engine 18 and the output engine 19 are changed, maintenance is performed, and the service is provided to the user by the ASP method.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a data registration and browsing web page. The data registration screen 51 is a screen for the user to input various information and data such as documents, drawings, and photographs that the user wants to register. The data registration screen 51 is directly input to the screen by operating the client 10, or if existing paper information is captured by a scanner. Input by Electronic data recorded on an electronic medium can be converted into a predetermined format and electronically captured. A thumbnail image 52 is created from the input information and data by the thumbnail image creating device 15 provided in the client 10. The thumbnail image 52 can be added or deleted by the user's client 10, and the thumbnail image 52 can be freely enlarged or reduced by clicking the thumbnail image 52. The browsing screen 53 is a screen for displaying the search result output from the output engine 19 to the client 10. The illustrated example shows an example of a construction drawing of a condominium displayed as a thumbnail image.

Next, the operation will be described. When registering data, the user uses the client 10 to access the browser 13
When the server 12 is opened and the server 12 is called, the data registration web page 51 is presented from the web page memory 16 of the server 12. The user inputs various information and data such as documents, drawings and photographs to be registered on the presented data registration screen 51. The input information and data are displayed as the thumbnail image 52. When it is desired to correct the registered information and data, the thumbnail image 52 is double-clicked to be enlarged and displayed, and the thumbnail image 52 is corrected and re-registered. When it is desired to delete the registered information or data, the corresponding thumbnail image 52 is clicked to invert it, and the deletion is performed by selecting the delete key or right-click to delete. When the registration on the data registration screen 51 is completed, the client I
D14 is added and transmitted to the server 12 by the network 11. The server 12 collates the client ID 14 in the data from the transmitted information and data with the user database 17, and if the ID is already registered in the user database 17, the user database 17 is selected from the transmitted information and data. Information required for registration to
Data is extracted and updated and registered in the corresponding user column.
If the client ID 14 of the transmitted data is not registered in the user database 17, it is newly registered in the user database 17. At this time, the ASP service charge for document data storage is calculated and stored in the user database 17. In addition, the usage history and information of the server 12 and the history of data registration are accumulated in the history management database 20 for each user and each date and time. In this history management, the usage history can be confirmed by the images by accumulating the thumbnail images 52 in FIG. 2 in the order of use. In this way, various types of information and data owned by the user are registered, accumulated, and stored in the server 12. Therefore, it is not necessary for the user to install a memory device or a document file for accumulating and managing information and data in his or her surroundings.

Next, information registered in the server 12
If you want to retrieve the data, the user is client 1
The browser 13 of 0 is opened, the predetermined search condition is input to the data search web page presented from the web page memory 16 of the server 12, and the data is sent to the server 12 together with the client ID 14. The server 12 is the client I
D14 is compared with the client ID registered in the user database 17, and if they match, the search engine 18 calls the search software from the warehouse database 21 based on the received search condition, Search for relevant information and data, and
The charge data for the P service is supplied to the output engine 19. The output engine 19 writes the search result in the browse web page of the web page memory 16 using the browsing software and the output format accumulated in the warehouse database 21, and is transmitted to the client 10 by the network 11 together with the billing data. The client 10 views the transmitted information and data in the browsing screen 5 of FIG.
By displaying thumbnail images on the screen of 3, the retrieved information and data can be browsed on the screen. Therefore, the received search result of the search engine 18 and the calculation processing result can be confirmed at a glance by the thumbnail image.

The transmitted information and data can be downloaded to the client 10 as needed. If downloaded, the client 10
Then, it becomes possible to use it as a stand-alone for the information and data. Similar to the registration history, the search history is also stored in the history management database 20 in the thumbnail image 52 in the order of use according to the user, the date, and the like.
In the above embodiments, the user's terminal is described as a client such as a personal computer, but an information terminal such as a PDA or a mobile phone can be used by connecting to the Internet.

[0016]

As described above, according to the information management system of the present invention, even a user who does not have a unique server can use the network to store and store necessary information and data while keeping confidentiality. With it, you can easily take it out whenever you want. In this case, since information and data are sent and received using thumbnail images,
It is possible to perform processing and management such as addition, change, modification, new creation, movement, copying, and deletion while visually confirming input data and visually confirming information and data contents. Therefore, the task of database management becomes very easy,
The processing speed can also be greatly improved. Also,
By viewing the thumbnail image, it is possible to confirm at a glance the entire contents of the transmitted / received information or data and the transmission / reception history.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an example of a data registration and browsing web page in the embodiment of the information management system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 clients 11 network 12 servers 13 Browser 14 Client ID 15 Thumbnail image creation device 16 Web page memory 17 user database 18 search engine 19 Output engine 20 History management database 21 Warehouse database 51 Data registration screen 52 thumbnail images 53 Browse screen

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Goetsu Miyazaki             1-24-8 Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo             In Splus One F term (reference) 5B075 KK07 PQ02 PQ46 PQ48

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A client and a server connected by a network, wherein the server stores a database that stores information or data input from the client.
A search engine for performing a search or a predetermined calculation process on the information or data stored in the database according to the information or data input from the client, and an output engine for outputting the result of the search or calculation process of the search engine to the client An information management system comprising: a thumbnail image for transmitting and receiving information or data between the client and the server. 2. The information management system according to claim 1, wherein the client has means for creating a thumbnail image from information or data input from the client. 3. The information management system according to claim 1, wherein the server stores the information or data input from the client in the database as a thumbnail image. 4. The information management system according to claim 1, wherein the server has means for creating a search result of the search engine or a predetermined calculation processing result in the thumbnail image. 5. The thumbnail image can be enlarged or reduced by clicking.
The information management system according to any one of to 4.