JP2003281192A - Information obtaining method, information obtaining system, information obtaining device, computer program and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information obtaining device for obtaining stored information of an image file to configure a Web page for reducing user's load on retrieval and browsing by opening the image file stored by another Web server device to the public through a user interface provided by himself, and a recording medium recording a computer program for operating a computer as the information obtaining device. <P>SOLUTION: The computer 1 specifies a Web page stored by Web servers 2, 2, to the Web servers 2, 2, and obtains stored information of the lined image file from the Web page. When the stored information of the image file can't be obtained, a folder storing the Web page is specified to obtain the stored information of the image file. Further, when the stored information of the image file can't be obtained, the image file is specified to obtain the stored information of the image file. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an information acquisition method for acquiring storage information of a plurality of image files linked from a web page, an information acquisition system using the information acquisition method, and information acquisition used in the information acquisition system. The present invention relates to an apparatus, a computer program for causing a computer to function as the information acquisition apparatus, and a recording medium recording the computer program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the development of Internet technology, the disclosure of information via the Internet has been actively carried out.
The number of electronic museums and electronic libraries is increasing. In the electronic library, not only can the book name, author name, etc. be searched, but the contents of the book are also disclosed as image data, and the user can obtain information about the desired book without going to the library. You can also browse the contents of the book. In this way, by publishing books and the like via the Internet, it is possible for the user to actually go to each library and to save the trouble of searching for a desired book in each library, and to access each electronic library via the Internet. By accessing, desired information can be easily collected.

Further, in historical literature works and literary works, there are few documents and works remaining, and users who are far from libraries and museums that store such documents and who have difficulty going to these libraries and museums. Even in this case, desired documents and works can be browsed via the Internet.

[0004]

However, especially when it is desired to browse a document or the like in which the number of remaining works is extremely small,
A user needs to access a plurality of electronic libraries via the Internet and search for documents stored in each electronic library. In addition, each electronic library provides its own user interface, and the user has to follow the operation method of the user interface provided by each electronic library accessed, which makes the search process complicated. Therefore, there is a problem in that it takes time to search for desired information by the user interface provided in each electronic library, which imposes a heavy burden on the user's search processing. Also, by collectively managing each image file stored in each electronic library, each image file can be made public through the same user interface. There has been a problem that the amount of data becomes enormous and there is a problem of copyright and ownership, so that image files cannot be managed collectively.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and sets a link to an image file published by each web server device that constitutes each electronic library, so that its own web server Even image files that are not stored in the device can be published to the user through the user interface provided by the web server device of the device, and the user can manage the image files by using the same user interface. In order to configure a web page in which the image file to be viewed can be viewed, a publicly available web page is designated, storage information of the image file linked from the web page is acquired, and storage information of the image file is obtained. If the image file cannot be obtained, specify the folder that stores the image file and specify the image file. An information acquisition method capable of acquiring storage information of a plurality of image files at a time by acquiring storage information of an image file, an information acquisition system using the information acquisition method, an information acquisition device used in the information acquisition system, and a computer. An object of the present invention is to provide a computer program for operating as an information acquisition device and a recording medium recording the computer program.

Another object of the present invention is to specify the name of a folder storing a desired image file, and if the storage information of the image file cannot be obtained, specify the image file from the web server device. By acquiring the storage information of the image file by using the information acquisition apparatus, it is possible to reliably acquire the storage information of a desired image file even when the storage information of a plurality of image files cannot be acquired at a time. To provide.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information acquisition method for storing storage information of an image file from a web server which stores a web page and a plurality of image files linked from the web page in a folder. In the information acquisition method for acquiring, the web server device is requested to acquire the storage information of an image file linked from the web page by designating the web page, and the storage information of the requested image file is stored in the web server. When the storage information of the image file cannot be acquired from the device, a folder name indicating the folder that stores the image file is acquired, and the acquired folder name is specified to acquire the storage information of the image file. A request is made to the web server device, and storage information of the requested image file is sent to the web server. And obtaining placed al.

An information acquisition system according to the second invention is a web server device for storing a web page and a plurality of image files linked from the web page in a folder,
In an information acquisition system communicatively connected to an information acquisition device that acquires stored information of the image file from the web server device, the information acquisition device specifies the web page to the web server device, The web server device includes a first requesting unit for requesting acquisition of storage information of an image file linked from a page,
The information acquisition apparatus further comprises means for transmitting the requested storage information of the image file to the information acquisition apparatus, the information acquisition apparatus acquiring the storage information of the image file from the web server apparatus; When the acquisition unit cannot acquire the storage information of the image file, the folder name acquisition unit that acquires the folder name indicating the folder that stores the image file and the folder name acquired by the folder name acquisition unit are specified. The web server device further comprises second requesting means for requesting the web server device to acquire the storage information of the image file, and the web server device includes means for transmitting the requested storage information of the image file to the information acquisition device. Further, the information acquisition device further includes second acquisition means for acquiring the storage information of the image file from the web server device. Characterized in that it obtain.

An information acquisition apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention is an information acquisition apparatus for acquiring storage information of an image file from a Web server apparatus that stores a Web page and a plurality of image files linked from the Web page in a folder. A first request means for requesting the web server device to acquire the storage information of an image file linked from the web page by designating the web page; and storing the image file requested by the first request means. First acquisition means for acquiring information from the web server device, and if the first acquisition means cannot acquire the storage information of the image file, acquires a folder name indicating the folder storing the image file. Means and the folder name acquired by the folder name acquisition means, and the storage information of the image file A second requesting means for requesting acquisition to the web server device, characterized in that it comprises a second acquisition means for acquiring information stored in the image file second requesting means requests from the web server device.

An information acquiring apparatus according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the information acquiring apparatus according to the third aspect, wherein when the second acquiring unit cannot acquire the storage information of the image file, the image file is designated and the image is acquired. A third requesting means for requesting the web server device to acquire the storage information of the file; and a third acquiring means for acquiring the storage information of the image file requested by the third requesting device from the web server device. Is characterized by.

A computer program according to a fifth aspect of the present invention causes a computer to acquire storage information of an image file from a web page and a web server device that stores a plurality of image files linked from the web page in a folder. In the computer program, the computer requests the web server device to specify the web page to request acquisition of storage information of an image file linked from the web page, and the first requesting means. A first obtaining means for obtaining the stored information of the image file from the web server device, and a folder name indicating the folder for storing the image file when the first obtaining means cannot obtain the stored information of the image file And a folder name acquisition means for acquiring Specifying the folder name acquired by the second request means for requesting the web server device to acquire the storage information of the image file; and storing the storage information of the image file requested by the second request means in the web server. It is characterized in that it is made to function as a second acquisition means for acquiring from the device.

A recording medium according to a sixth aspect of the present invention causes a computer to acquire storage information of an image file from a web server device that stores a web page and a plurality of image files linked from the web page in a folder. In a computer-readable recording medium in which a computer program is recorded, the computer requests the web server device to specify the web page and obtain storage information of an image file linked from the web page. And a first acquisition unit that acquires the storage information of the image file requested by the first request unit from the web server device, and the first acquisition unit cannot acquire the storage information of the image file. In this case, the folder name indicating the folder storing the image file is acquired. A folder name acquisition unit, a second request unit that specifies the folder name acquired by the folder name acquisition unit and requests the Web server device to acquire the storage information of the image file, and a request made by the second request unit. A computer program for causing the stored information of the image file to function as a second acquisition unit that acquires the storage information of the image file from the web server device is recorded.

In the case of the first, second, third, fifth and sixth inventions, a desired web page is output from a web server device which stores a web page and a plurality of image files linked from the web page in a folder. When a plurality of image files are linked to the web page, the storage information of the image files linked from the web page is acquired by specifying can do. Further, when the storage information of the plurality of image files cannot be acquired at one time, a folder name indicating a folder for storing the image files is acquired, and the folder name is designated from the web server device to specify the image file By acquiring the storage information, when a plurality of image files are stored in the folder, the storage information of all the image files stored in the folder can be acquired at one time.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, when the folder name in which a desired image file is stored is specified and the storage information of the image file stored in the folder indicated by the folder name cannot be obtained, the web server is used. By specifying the image file from the device and acquiring the storage information of the image file, even if the storage information of a plurality of image files cannot be acquired at a time as described above, the desired image file can be surely acquired. It is possible to acquire the stored information of.

As described above, when the storage information of a desired image file is acquired, a link to each image file is set from a web page provided in one web server device based on the acquired storage information. An image file not stored by the user can also be disclosed to the user through a user interface provided by a web page provided for the user, and the user can store the image file in a different web server device by using the same user interface. You can browse the image files that are
The search and browsing processing becomes easy, and the burden on the user can be reduced. Further, since the web server device does not need to store the image file, it does not impose a heavy load on the memory of the web server device and does not cause problems such as copyright and ownership.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An information acquisition system according to the present invention will be described below in detail based on an embodiment in which a computer is used as an information acquisition device. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information acquisition system according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 indicates a computer as an information acquisition device,
The computer 1 has a web browsing function, is connected to a plurality of web server devices 2 and 2 via a network N, acquires web pages from the web server devices 2 and 2 as necessary, and displays its own display. It can be displayed and viewed at 11.

The computer 1 includes a CPU 10, a display 11, a keyboard 12, a mouse 13, a RAM 14,
An HD 15, an external storage device 16, and a communication interface 17 for communicating with the outside are provided. CPU10
Is connected to each of the above-described hardware units of the computer 1 via a bus, controls them, and sequentially executes computer programs stored in the HD 15. The RAM 14 is composed of SRAM, DRAM, flash memory, etc., and stores temporary data generated when the CPU 10 executes the computer program.

The HD 15 is a computer 1 according to the present invention.
Various computer programs necessary for the operation of are stored in advance. Further, the storage information of the image files linked from the web page, which are respectively acquired from the web server devices 2 and 2 storing the desired web page,
Specifically, the IP (Internet Prot
The full path of the image file including the address is stored in the storage information file. The external storage device 16 is C
Acquiring stored information of the computer program of the present invention from a portable recording medium 18 such as a CD-ROM or a flexible disk, which is configured by a D-ROM drive or a flexible disk drive, and stores the computer program of the present invention. The request processing program and the storage information acquisition processing program are read and stored in the HD 15.

Each of the web server devices 2 and 2 has a CPU 2
0, a RAM 21, a HD 22, a communication interface 23 for communicating with the outside, and the like. CPU 20
It is connected to each of the above-mentioned hardware parts of the web server devices 2 and 2 via a bus, controls them, and sequentially executes the computer programs stored in the HD 22.

The RAM 21 is composed of SRAM, DRAM, flash memory and the like, and stores temporary data generated when the CPU 20 executes the computer program. The HD 22 stores in advance various computer programs required for the operation of the web server devices 2 and 2. Further, a plurality of web pages and image files linked from each web page are stored for each folder.

For each folder storing the web page and the image file, it is set by the user who manages the folder whether or not the list display of the file names stored in this folder is permitted. , When another user who operates the computer 1 requests a list of file names in a folder for a folder for which the list of file names is not permitted, the file names in this folder can be displayed in a list. Of course, the other user cannot check each file stored in this folder. In addition, in the present embodiment,
When the computer 1 specifies the web page specified by the user and requests the web server device 2 that stores the web page to acquire the storage information of the image file linked from the web page, The requested web server device 2 judges whether or not the list display of the file names in the folder for the folder storing the web page is permitted, and if it is permitted, the image is sent to the computer 1. By transmitting the storage information of the file, the computer 1 can obtain the storage information. On the other hand, when the list display of the file names is not permitted, the web server device 2 does not transmit the storage information of the image file to the computer 1, and the computer 1 cannot acquire the storage information.

The process of acquiring the storage information of the image file linked from the web page stored in the web server devices 2 and 2 by the computer 1 having the above-described configuration will be described below. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the acquisition processing of the storage information of the image file by the computer 1. In the computer 1 having the above-described configuration, the user stores the storage information (web server) of the image file linked from the web page (for example, the XX story homepage) stored in the web server devices 2 and 2 connected via the network N. When the user wants to obtain the full path of the image file including the IP address of the device 2 from the web server device 2, the keyboard 12 and the mouse 13 are operated to obtain the URL (Unifo) of the web page.
rm Resource Locator) to instruct the execution of the acquisition processing of the storage information of the image file linked from the web page.

The CPU 10 uses the URL designated by the user as described above (eg, 111.222.3.44/story1/XX/i).
(ndex.html), when the execution instruction of the acquisition processing of the storage information of the image file linked from the web page is acquired (S1: YES), a new file for storing the storage information to be acquired is created. (S2). Next, the CPU 10 executes a request processing program for acquiring the stored information from the HD 15 (for example, Amurisu webget Co., Ltd.)
The UR designated by the user to the web server device 2 by being read out to the AM 14 and sequentially executed
By designating L, the acquisition of the storage information of the image file linked from the web page indicated by the URL is requested (S3).

CPU 20 in the web server device 2
As described above, when the computer 1 requests a desired URL and obtains the storage information of the image file linked from the web page indicated by the URL, the folder storing the specified web page is , It is determined whether or not the list display of the file names in the folder is permitted. Also, if the specified web page is stored in the folder that is permitted to display the list, C
The PU 20 reads the storage information of the image file from the HD 22 and sends it to the computer 1. On the other hand, when the designated web page is stored in the folder which is not permitted to display the list, the CPU 20 ends the process without responding to the request from the computer 1.

Therefore, the CPU 10 of the computer 1 is
If the folder storing the designated web page is permitted to display the list of file names, the storage information of the image file linked from the designated web page is acquired from the web server device 2 (S4: YES), The acquired storage information is stored in the file created in step S2 (S9). FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a file in which stored information is stored.
From the web page indicated by RL (111.222.3.44/story1/XX/index.html), 5 image files (1sho.gif, 2sho.g
if, 3sho.gif, 4sho.gif, 5sho.gif) are linked, the computer 1 can obtain the storage information of each linked image file from this web page.

On the other hand, the CPU 10 of the computer 1 acquires the storage information of the image file linked from the specified web page when the folder for storing the specified web page is not permitted to display the list of file names. In this case (S4: NO), the specified U
The folder name for storing the web page in the HD 22 of the web server device 2 is acquired from the RL (S
5). In this embodiment, the acquired folder name is 111.22.
2.3.44 / story1 / XX, and the CPU 10 executes a request processing program for acquiring stored information from the HD 15 (for example, Manabu Inui MI).
down) is read to the RAM 14 and sequentially executed to request the Web server device 2 to acquire the storage information of all the image files stored in the folder by designating the acquired folder name. (S6).

In this embodiment, the folder for storing the web page designated by the user is designated and the acquisition of the storage information of each image file stored in the folder is requested. , A folder name for storing one image file of the image files is acquired based on the description of the web page, and the storage information of each image file stored in the folder is specified by designating the folder name. It may be configured to acquire.

When the web server device 2 is requested by the computer 1 to specify the desired folder and obtain the storage information of the image file stored in this folder as described above, the web server device 2 stores the requested image file. Memory information HD
It is read out from 22 and transmitted to the computer 1. The computer 1 acquires the storage information of the image file from the web server device 2 (S7: YES), and stores the acquired storage information in the file created in step S2 (S9). FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a file in which storage information is stored. In the figure, five image files are stored in the specified folder (111.222.3.44/story1/XX).
(1sho.gif, 2sho.gif, 3sho.gif, 4sho.gif, 5sho.gif) is stored, and the computer 1 stores the storage information of each image file stored in this folder. Can be obtained.

Here, since the web page and the image file are stored in the respective folders by the user who manages them, depending on the web server device 2, the web page and the image file linked from the web page are stored in the respective folders. It may be stored in another folder. In the present embodiment, in step S6, the folder for storing the web page designated by the user is designated, and the acquisition of the storage information of the image file stored in the folder is requested. As described above, when the created web page is stored in a folder different from the image file linked from itself, the computer 1 cannot obtain the storage information of the desired image file. Therefore, in this case (S7: NO),
The computer 1 acquires the web page indicated by the URL designated by the user from the web server device 2, and outputs an HTML (Hyper Text Markup Languag
The storage information of the image file linked from the web page is acquired from the description or the like by e) or the like (S8).
The acquired storage information is stored in the file created in step S2 (S9).

As described above, when a desired web page is designated, the storage information of the image file linked from the web page is acquired, and when the storage information cannot be acquired, the By obtaining the folder name that stores the web page, specifying this folder name, and obtaining the storage information of the image files stored in the folder with the folder name, the storage information of multiple image files can be stored at once. Can be obtained. Further, even when the storage information of a plurality of image files cannot be obtained at a time, the storage information of the desired image file can be surely obtained by obtaining the storage information of each image file based on the description of the web page. Can be obtained.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a web page having a link to an image file, and in the figure, XX.
The search results when the search process is performed using the story as a keyword are shown. As shown in the figure, by using the storage information of each image file acquired as described above, by providing a web page in which a link to each image file is set, a web server device that stores this web page,
For image files that are not stored by the user, each image file can be published on the web page of the user. Therefore, a user who browses such a web page can easily browse a desired image file by understanding only the operation method of the user interface provided by this web page.

In the web page shown in FIG. 5, the user can browse the designated material by clicking each material name with the mouse 13. In addition, by displaying the holding place of each material and the owner, etc., not only can you browse each material, but you can also know the library and electronic library holding each material at the same time. It is possible to realize an electronic library in which desired materials can be easily browsed in a short time as compared with a case where access is performed and a search process is performed in each electronic library.

[0033]

According to the first, second, third, fifth and sixth inventions, a desired web server device for storing a web page and a plurality of image files linked from the web page in a folder is selected. When a plurality of image files are linked to the web page by specifying the web page and acquiring the storage information of the image file linked from the web page, the storage information of the plurality of image files is once stored. Can be obtained. Also,
When the storage information of the plurality of image files cannot be obtained at one time, a folder name indicating a folder for storing the image files is obtained, and the folder name is designated from the web server device to specify the storage information of the image files. By acquiring, when the plurality of image files are stored in the folder, the storage information of all the image files stored in the folder can be acquired at one time.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, when the folder name in which a desired image file is stored is specified and the storage information of the image file stored in the folder indicated by the folder name cannot be obtained, the web server is used. By specifying the image file from the device and acquiring the storage information of the image file, even if the storage information of a plurality of image files cannot be acquired at a time as described above, the desired image file can be surely acquired. It is possible to acquire the stored information of.

As described above, when the storage information of a desired image file is acquired, a link to each image file is set from a web page provided in one web server device based on the acquired storage information. An image file not stored by the user can also be disclosed to the user through a user interface provided by a web page provided for the user, and the user can store the image file in a different web server device by using the same user interface. You can browse the image files that are
The search and browsing processing becomes easy, and the burden on the user can be reduced. Further, since the web server device does not need to store the image file, it does not impose a heavy load on the memory of the web server device and does not cause problems such as copyright and ownership.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information acquisition system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a process of acquiring stored information of an image file by a computer.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a file in which stored information is stored.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a file in which stored information is stored.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a web page provided with a link to an image file.

[Explanation of symbols] 1 computer 2 Web server device 10 CPU 15 HD 18 recording media

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An information acquisition method for acquiring storage information of the image file from a web server device that stores a web page and a plurality of image files linked from the web page in a folder, wherein the web server device comprises: It is impossible to obtain the storage information of the image file by designating a web page and requesting the storage information of the image file linked from the web page to obtain the storage information of the requested image file from the web server device. In this case, a folder name indicating the folder that stores the image file is acquired, the acquired folder name is specified, and the web server device is requested to acquire the storage information of the image file. Information acquisition method characterized in that stored information is acquired from the web server device . 2. A web server device that stores a web page and a plurality of image files linked from the web page in a folder, and an information acquisition device that acquires the storage information of the image file from the web server device can communicate with each other. In the information acquisition system connected to, the information acquisition device includes a first request unit that requests the web server device to acquire the storage information of the image file linked from the web page by designating the web page. The web server device includes means for transmitting the requested storage information of the image file to the information acquisition device, and the information acquisition device acquires the storage information of the image file from the web server device. If the acquisition unit and the first acquisition unit cannot acquire the storage information of the image file, the image file Folder name acquiring means for acquiring a folder name indicating the folder storing the file, and requesting the web server device to acquire the storage information of the image file by designating the folder name acquired by the folder name acquiring means. The web server apparatus further comprises a means for transmitting the requested storage information of the image file to the information acquisition apparatus, wherein the information acquisition apparatus stores the storage information of the image file. An information acquisition system further comprising second acquisition means for acquiring from the web server device. 3. An information acquisition device for acquiring storage information of the image file from a web server device that stores a web page and a plurality of image files linked from the web page in a folder, wherein the web server device includes: First requesting means for designating a web page and requesting acquisition of storage information of an image file linked from the web page, and acquiring storage information of the image file requested by the first requesting means from the web server device And a folder name acquiring unit that acquires a folder name indicating the folder storing the image file when the first acquiring unit cannot acquire the storage information of the image file. Specify the folder name acquired by the web server device to acquire the storage information of the image file. Information acquisition device, characterized in that it comprises a second requesting means for requesting, and a second acquisition means for acquiring information stored in the image file second requesting means requests from the web server device. 4. A third requesting means for designating the image file and requesting the web server device to acquire the storage information of the image file when the second acquisition means cannot acquire the storage information of the image file. The information acquisition device according to claim 3, further comprising: a third acquisition unit configured to acquire the storage information of the image file requested by the third request unit from the web server device. 5. A computer program for causing a computer to acquire stored information of an image file from a web server device that stores a web page and a plurality of image files linked from the web page in a folder, the computer program comprising: First requesting means for requesting the web server device to acquire the storage information of the image file linked from the web page by designating the web page;
First acquisition means for acquiring the storage information of the image file requested by the first request means from the web server device;
When the first acquisition unit cannot acquire the storage information of the image file, the folder name acquisition unit that acquires the folder name indicating the folder that stores the image file and the folder name acquired by the folder name acquisition unit are specified. do it,
Second request means for requesting the web server apparatus to acquire the storage information of the image file, and second acquisition means for acquiring the storage information of the image file requested by the second request means from the web server apparatus. A computer program characterized by: 6. A computer program for causing a computer to acquire storage information of the image file from a web server device that stores a web page and a plurality of image files linked from the web page in a folder. In a computer-readable recording medium, first requesting means for requesting the computer to specify the web page to the web server device to request acquisition of storage information of an image file linked from the web page,
First acquisition means for acquiring the storage information of the image file requested by the first request means from the web server device;
When the first acquisition unit cannot acquire the storage information of the image file, the folder name acquisition unit that acquires the folder name indicating the folder that stores the image file and the folder name acquired by the folder name acquisition unit are specified. do it,
Second request means for requesting the web server apparatus to acquire the storage information of the image file, and second acquisition means for acquiring the storage information of the image file requested by the second request means from the web server apparatus. A computer-readable recording medium having a computer program for recording recorded thereon.