JP2005190281A - Device, method, and program for managing work environment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and efficiently manage a work environment. <P>SOLUTION: A work environment management device 200 manages the work environment with Web page information displayed on a display screen. A character string designating part 205 designates a character string from the display content of the Web page information. A character string extracting part 206 extracts the designated character string. A location information extracting part 207 extracts location information of the Web page information. A registering part 208 registers work environment information. A restoration indication input part 210 receives the restoration indication input of the work environment. A deletion determining part 211 determines whether the Web page information is deleted from the display screen or not. A work environment information extracting part 212 extracts the registered work environment information, based on the determination result of the deletion determining part 211. A Web page information extracting part 213 extracts the Web page information deleted from the display screen from the location information of the Web page information. A display control part 204 displays the extracted Web page information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a work environment management apparatus, a work environment management method, and a work environment management program for managing a work environment in which Web page information to be worked is displayed on a display screen.

  Conventionally, when an electronic document is created using a computer terminal, information published on the Internet may be cited. In this case, in order to acquire information desired by the user from the Internet, a search engine is started up from the Web browser and a desired Web page is displayed on the display screen. Then, the character string displayed on the Web page is copied and pasted on the electronic document. When there are a plurality of pieces of desired information, a Web page is displayed on the display screen for each piece of desired information, and an electronic document is created.

  However, when the creation work is terminated in the work environment on the display screen as described above, the Web page displayed for quoting desired information may be terminated. Therefore, when resuming the creation work after that, when it is desired to display the previously displayed web page, it has to be searched from the history information of the web browser, and it takes time to resume the creation work.

  The history information of the web browser only displays the name of the web page and the URL of the web page, and if it is not clicked and displayed on the display screen, it cannot be determined whether the web page is desired by the user. There was a problem that it took time to resume. Furthermore, even if the Web page is displayed, it is unclear which part is being referred to, and there is a problem that it takes time and effort to search for a reference location.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a work environment management device, a work environment management method, and a work environment management program capable of easily and efficiently managing a work environment in order to eliminate the above-described problems caused by the prior art. And

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, a work environment management apparatus according to claim 1 is a work environment management apparatus that manages a work environment in which Web page information is displayed on a display screen, A character string designating unit for designating an arbitrary character string from the display content of the Web page information, a character string extracting unit for extracting a character string designated by the character string designating unit, and a character string extracted by the character string extracting unit. Location information extracting means for extracting the location information indicating the location of the extracted Web page information, work environment information comprising the character string extracted by the character string extracting means and the location information extracted by the location information extracting means And a registration means for registering.

  According to the first aspect of the invention, the work environment can be restored using the registered work environment information as a clue.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a work environment management apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the restoration instruction input means for accepting an input of the restoration instruction for the work environment and the restoration instruction input means input When there is an instruction to restore the work environment, an erasure determination unit that determines whether or not the Web page information has been deleted from the display screen, and a registration unit that determines whether the Web page information has been deleted from the display screen. Based on the work environment information extracting means for extracting the registered work environment information and the location information of the Web page information included in the work environment information extracted by the work environment information extracting means, the display is erased from the display screen. Web page information extracting means for extracting the Web page information and the display screen are controlled by the Web page information extracting means. Display control means for displaying the Web page information extracted, characterized in that it comprises a.

  According to the invention of claim 2, the work can be continued easily and efficiently by restoring the work environment.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the work environment management apparatus according to the second aspect, wherein the display control means includes the display contents of the Web page information extracted by the Web page information extraction means. A character string included in the work environment information extracted by the work environment information extraction unit is highlighted.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to recognize the character string in the Web page information referred to before the end of the work.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a work environment management method for managing a work environment in which Web page information is displayed on a display screen, wherein an arbitrary character is displayed from the display content of the Web page information. A character string designating step for designating a string, a character string extracting step for extracting the character string designated by the character string designating step, and a location indicating the location of the Web page information from which the character string has been extracted by the character string extracting step A location information extraction step for extracting information, and a registration step for registering work environment information composed of the character string extracted by the character string extraction step and the location information extracted by the location information extraction step. Features.

  According to the invention of claim 4, the work environment can be restored using the registered work environment information as a clue.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a work environment management method according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, wherein the restoration instruction input step of inputting a restoration instruction of the working environment and the operation input by the restoration instruction input step. When there is an environment restoration instruction, an erasure determination step for determining whether or not the Web page information has been deleted from the display screen, and a registration by the registration step based on the determination result determined by the erasure determination step The work environment information is extracted from the display screen based on the work environment information extraction process for extracting the work environment information and the location information of the Web page information included in the work environment information extracted by the work environment information extraction process. Web page information extraction step for extracting Web page information, and Web page information extracted by the Web page information extraction step, A display step of displaying the serial display screen, characterized in that it contains.

  According to the invention of claim 5, the work can be continued easily and efficiently by restoring the work environment.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the work environment management method according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the display step includes the operation of the display contents of the Web page information extracted by the Web page information extraction step. Character strings included in the work environment information extracted by the environment information extraction step are highlighted.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to recognize the character string in the Web page information referred to before the end of the work.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, a work environment management program causes a computer to execute the work environment management method according to any one of the fourth to sixth aspects.

  According to the invention of claim 7, the work environment management method according to any one of claims 4 to 6 can be realized by using a computer.

  According to the work environment management device, the work environment management method, and the work environment management program according to the present invention, by registering the character string quoted from the Web page information displayed on the display screen and the location information of the Web page information. The work environment can be restored using the registered work environment information as a clue. Therefore, there is an effect that the work once completed can be continued easily and efficiently.

  Exemplary embodiments of a work environment management device, a work environment management method, and a work environment management program according to the present invention will be explained below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(Embodiment)
(Hardware configuration of work environment management device)
First, the hardware configuration of the work environment management apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a hardware configuration of a work environment management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the work environment management apparatus is an example of a CPU 101, a ROM 102, a RAM 103, an HDD (hard disk drive) 104, an HD (hard disk) 105, an FDD (flexible disk drive) 106, and a removable recording medium. FD (flexible disk) 107, display 108, I / F (interface) 109, keyboard 110, mouse 111, scanner 112, and printer 113. Each component is connected by a bus 100.

  Here, the CPU 101 controls the entire work environment management apparatus. The ROM 102 stores a program such as a boot program. The RAM 103 is used as a work area for the CPU 101. The HDD 104 controls reading / writing of data with respect to the HD 105 according to the control of the CPU 101. The HD 105 stores data written under the control of the HDD 104.

  The FDD 106 controls reading / writing of data with respect to the FD 107 according to the control of the CPU 101. The FD 107 stores data written under the control of the FDD 106 or causes the work environment management apparatus to read data stored in the FD 107. In addition to the FD 107, the removable recording medium may be a CD-ROM (CD-R, CD-RW), MO, DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), flash memory, or the like. The display 108 displays data such as a document, an image, and function information as well as a cursor, an icon, or a tool box. As the display 108, for example, a CRT, a TFT liquid crystal display, a plasma display, or the like can be adopted.

  The I / F 109 is connected to a network such as the Internet through a communication line, and is connected to other devices via this network. The I / F 109 controls a network and an internal interface, and controls data input / output from an external device. For example, a modem or a LAN adapter may be employed as the I / F 109.

  The keyboard 110 includes keys for inputting characters, numbers, various instructions, and the like, and inputs data. Moreover, a touch panel type input pad or a numeric keypad may be used. The mouse 111 performs cursor movement, range selection, window movement, size change, and the like. A trackball or a joystick may be used as long as they have the same function as a pointing device.

  The scanner 112 optically reads an image and takes in the image data into the work environment management apparatus. The printer 113 prints image data and document data. For example, a laser printer or an ink jet printer can be employed as the printer 113.

(Functional configuration of work environment management device)
Next, a functional configuration of the work environment management apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a functional configuration of the work environment management apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. 2, the work environment management apparatus 200 includes a Web page information acquisition unit 201, a Web page information storage unit 202, a display unit 203, a display control unit 204, a character string specifying unit 205, and a character string extraction unit 206. A location information extraction unit 207, a registration unit 208, a work environment information storage unit 209, a restoration instruction input unit 210, an erasure determination unit 211, a work environment information extraction unit 212, and a Web page information extraction unit 213. It is equipped with.

  The Web page information acquisition unit 201 acquires Web page information desired by the user from a network 214 such as the Internet. Specifically, by entering a URL in a browser displayed on the display screen or designating a URL registered in advance, the Web server corresponding to the domain name included in the URL is accessed. A file (Web page information) in the directory represented by the URL transmitted from the Web server is received. Specifically, the Web page information acquisition unit 201 executes, for example, a program stored in the ROM 102, RAM 103, HD 105, FD 107, and the like shown in FIG. The function is realized by F109.

  The web page information storage unit 202 stores the web page information acquired by the web page information acquisition unit 201. Specifically, the Web page information storage unit 202 realizes its function by, for example, the ROM 102, the RAM 103, the HD 105, and the FD 107 shown in FIG.

  The display unit 203 has a display screen. Specifically, the display unit 203 realizes its function by, for example, the display 108 shown in FIG. The display control unit 204 controls the display screen to display the Web page information stored by the Web page information storage unit 202 or the Web page information extracted by the Web page information extraction unit 213. Specifically, the display control unit 204 is executed by, for example, the CPU 101 executing a program stored in the ROM 102, the RAM 103, the HD 105, the FD 107, or the like shown in FIG. 1, or by the I / F 109 shown in FIG. Realize its function.

  The character string specifying unit 205 specifies an arbitrary character string from the display content of the Web page information displayed on the display screen. Specifically, for example, it can be specified by operating the mouse 111 and dragging a desired character string. Specifically, the character string designating unit 205 is executed when the CPU 101 executes a program stored in the ROM 102, the RAM 103, the HD 105, the FD 107, or the like shown in FIG. 1, or the I / F 109 shown in FIG. The function is realized by.

  The character string extraction unit 206 extracts the character string designated by the character string designation unit 205. Specifically, the character string dragged by the mouse 111 is temporarily stored in the memory. Specifically, the character string designating unit 205 is executed when the CPU 101 executes a program stored in the ROM 102, the RAM 103, the HD 105, the FD 107, or the like shown in FIG. 1, or the I / F 109 shown in FIG. The function is realized by.

  The location information extraction unit 207 extracts location information representing the location of the Web page information from the Web page information stored in the Web page information storage unit 202. Here, the location information can be represented by, for example, the URL of the Web page information, the folder name in which the Web page information is stored, and the path to the folder. Specifically, the location information extraction unit 207 is executed by the CPU 101 executing a program stored in the ROM 102, the RAM 103, the HD 105, the FD 107, or the like shown in FIG. 1, or the I / F 109 shown in FIG. The function is realized by.

  The registration unit 208 registers the work environment information including the character string extracted by the character string extraction unit 206 and the location information extracted by the location information extraction unit 207 in the work environment information storage unit 209. Specifically, for example, the registration unit 208 is executed by the CPU 101 executing a program stored in the ROM 102, the RAM 103, the HD 105, the FD 107, or the like shown in FIG. 1, or by the I / F 109 shown in FIG. Realize the function.

  The work environment information storage unit 209 stores work environment information including the character string extracted by the character string extraction unit 206 and the location information extracted by the location information extraction unit 207. Here, the contents stored in the work environment information storage unit 209 will be described. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents stored in the work environment information storage unit 209. In FIG. 3, work environment information of Web page information is stored for each work name. The work environment information of the Web page information is composed of a Web page name, an extracted character string, and location information.

  The work environment information storage unit 209 may store document file information. The work environment information of the document file is, for example, work environment information related to a document file to which a character string displayed in Web page information is pasted, and includes a file name and location information representing a stored folder. Has been. Specifically, the work environment information storage unit 209 realizes its function by, for example, the ROM 102, the RAM 103, the HD 105, and the FD 107 shown in FIG.

  The restore instruction input unit 210 receives an input of a work environment restore instruction. Specifically, the restoration instruction input unit 210 is executed by the CPU 101 executing a program stored in the ROM 102, the RAM 103, the HD 105, the FD 107, or the like shown in FIG. 1, or the I / F 109 shown in FIG. The function is realized by.

  The erasure determination unit 211 determines whether or not the work environment for which a restoration instruction has been issued has been erased from the display screen. Specifically, the erasure determination unit 211 is executed by, for example, the CPU 101 executing a program stored in the ROM 102, RAM 103, HD 105, FD 107, or the like shown in FIG. 1, or by the I / F 109 shown in FIG. Realize its function.

  The work environment information extraction unit 212 extracts from the work environment information storage unit 209 the work environment information of Web pages and document files for the work environment that has been instructed to be restored and has been deleted from the display screen. Specifically, this work environment information extraction unit is executed by the CPU 101 executing a program stored in the ROM 102, RAM 103, HD 105, FD 107, and the like shown in FIG. 1, and the I / F 109 shown in FIG. The function is realized by.

  The web page information extraction unit 213 extracts web page information based on the work environment information extracted by the work environment information extraction unit 212. Specifically, the Web page information is extracted from a folder in the Web page information storage unit 202 when the location information is a folder name and a path to the folder. On the other hand, in the case of a URL, the Web page information can be extracted via the Web page information by the Web page information acquisition unit 201 using this URL as a clue.

  The document file is extracted by using the folder name, which is the location information of the document file, and the path to the folder as a clue. The extracted document file is automatically activated by an application that activates the document file. Specifically, the Web page information extraction unit 213 is executed by the CPU 101 executing a program stored in the ROM 102, the RAM 103, the HD 105, the FD 107, or the like shown in FIG. 1, or the I / I shown in FIG. The function is realized by F109.

  Next, an information storage structure for work environment information will be described. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an information storage structure of work environment information. In FIG. 4, the information storage structure of the work environment information has a hierarchical structure and can be freely set by the user. For example, if the work content of work A is work content related to “gourmet”, work B is work content related to “Japanese food”, work C is work content related to “Italian restaurant”, and work D is work content related to “ramen”. can do. By clicking these buttons 401 to 412, the corresponding work environment can be restored.

  Next, a working environment in which Web page information is displayed on the display screen will be described. 5 and 6 are explanatory diagrams showing a work environment in which Web page information is displayed on the display screen. In FIG. 5, two Web page information 501 and 502 and one document file 503 are displayed on the display screen 500. In this example, a working environment example of a work in which character strings 504 and 505 designated in two pieces of Web page information 501 and 502 are pasted on a document file 503 is shown. Here, the character strings 504 and 505 designated in the Web page information can be highlighted as if they were colored with the markers 506 and 507.

  In FIG. 6, when a history icon 508 is clicked, a marker history window 600 can be displayed. In the marker history window 600, buttons 601 to 608 representing operations A to L (operations A to H in the drawing) shown in FIG. 4 are displayed. When an arbitrary button (the work F button 606 in the figure) is clicked, a registration area 610 is displayed. Then, the designated character strings 504 and 505 are extracted from the Web page information and registered in the registration area 610. At this time, the location information of the Web page information is also registered. In the registration area 610, the registered character strings 504 and 505 can be linked and displayed by the location information. Therefore, when the registered character string is designated, Web page information in which the character strings 504 and 505 are described can be extracted using the location information as a clue.

(Work environment management processing procedure)
Next, a work environment registration procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a work environment registration procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 7, first, when Web page information is acquired (step S701: Yes), the Web page information is displayed on the display screen as shown in FIG. 5 (step S702).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 6, when an arbitrary character string is specified from the displayed contents of the displayed Web page information (step S703: Yes), the character string is extracted (step S704), and the extracted character is displayed. The location information of the Web page information for displaying the column is also extracted (step S705). Then, the work environment information composed of the extracted character string and location information is registered in the work environment information storage unit 209 shown in FIG. 2 (step S706). As a result of this registration, as shown in FIG. 6, the extracted character strings 504 and 505 are displayed as links in the registration area 610 according to the location information. Then, when there is an instruction to finish the work (step S707: Yes), the work is finished. On the other hand, when there is no work end instruction (step S707: No), the process proceeds to step S701.

  Next, a work environment restoration procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a work environment restoration procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 8, when a work environment restoration instruction is input (step S801: Yes), it is determined whether or not the work environment for which the restoration instruction is input is erased from the display screen (step S802). If the work environment has not been erased (step S802: No), the process proceeds to step S801.

  On the other hand, if the work environment has been erased (step S802: Yes), the work environment information of the work for which the restoration instruction has been issued is extracted (step S803). Then, Web page information is extracted using the location information included in the extracted work environment information as a clue (step S804). The Web page information is extracted from the folder in the Web page information storage unit 202 when the location information is a folder name and a path to the folder. On the other hand, in the case of a URL, the Web page information can be extracted via the Web page information by the Web page information acquisition unit 201 using this URL as a clue. Then, the extracted web page information is displayed on the display screen (step S805). As a result, a work environment that has already been completed can be restored.

  Further, the character string displayed in the extracted Web page information is compared with the character string included in the extracted work environment information (step S806). If the character strings match (step S807: Yes), the matched character string is highlighted, for example, a display state in which coloring is applied with a marker (step S808).

  As described above, according to the work environment management device, the work environment management method, and the work environment management program, the character string quoted from the Web page information displayed on the display screen and the location information of the Web page information are registered. Thus, the work environment can be restored using the registered work environment information as a clue. Therefore, once completed work can be continued easily and efficiently.

  The work environment management method described in this embodiment can be realized by executing a program prepared in advance on a computer such as a personal computer or a workstation. This program is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a hard disk, a flexible disk, a CD-ROM, an MO, and a DVD, and is executed by being read from the recording medium by the computer. The program may be a transmission medium that can be distributed via a network such as the Internet.

  As described above, the work environment management apparatus, the work environment management method, and the work environment management program according to the present invention manage the work environment in which the Web page information to be worked is displayed on the display screen. It is useful for a work environment management method and a work environment management program.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the hardware constitutions of the work environment management apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the functional structure of the working environment management apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the memory content of a work environment information storage part. It is explanatory drawing which shows the information storage structure of work environment information. It is explanatory drawing which shows the working environment where Web page information is displayed on the display screen (the 1). It is explanatory drawing which shows the work environment where Web page information is displayed on the display screen (the 2). It is a flowchart which shows the work environment registration procedure concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the working environment restoration procedure concerning embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 200 Work environment management apparatus 203 Display part 204 Display control part 205 Character string designation | designated part 206 Character string extraction part 207 Location information extraction part 208 Registration part 210 Restoration instruction | indication input part 211 Deletion determination part 212 Work environment information extraction part 213 Web page information extraction Part

Claims (7)

A work environment management apparatus for managing a work environment in which Web page information is displayed on a display screen,
A character string designating unit for designating an arbitrary character string from the display content of the Web page information;
A character string extraction means for extracting a character string designated by the character string designation means;
Location information extraction means for extracting location information indicating the location of the Web page information from which the character string has been extracted by the character string extraction means;
Registration means for registering work environment information composed of the character string extracted by the character string extraction means and the location information extracted by the location information extraction means;
A work environment management apparatus comprising: A restoration instruction input means for receiving an input of a restoration instruction for the work environment;
An erasure determination unit that determines whether or not the Web page information has been erased from the display screen when there is an instruction to restore the work environment input by the restoration instruction input unit;
A work environment information extracting unit that extracts the work environment information registered by the registration unit based on the determination result determined by the erasure determination unit;
Web page information extracting means for extracting Web page information erased from the display screen based on location information of Web page information included in the work environment information extracted by the work environment information extracting means;
Display control means for controlling the display screen and displaying the web page information extracted by the web page information extraction means;
The work environment management device according to claim 1, further comprising: The display control means includes
The character string included in the work environment information extracted by the work environment information extraction unit among the display contents of the Web page information extracted by the Web page information extraction unit is highlighted. 2. The work environment management device according to 2. A work environment management method for managing a work environment in which Web page information is displayed on a display screen,
A character string designating step of designating an arbitrary character string from the display content of the Web page information;
A character string extraction step for extracting the character string designated by the character string designation step;
A location information extraction step for extracting location information indicating the location of the Web page information from which the character string has been extracted by the character string extraction step;
A registration step of registering work environment information including the character string extracted by the character string extraction step and the location information extracted by the location information extraction step;
The working environment management method characterized by including. A restoration instruction input step of inputting a restoration instruction of the work environment;
An erasure determination step of determining whether or not the web page information has been erased from the display screen when there is an instruction to restore the work environment input by the restoration instruction input step;
Based on the determination result determined by the erasure determination step, a work environment information extraction step for extracting the work environment information registered by the registration step;
A Web page information extraction step for extracting Web page information erased from the display screen based on location information of the Web page information included in the work environment information extracted by the work environment information extraction step;
A display step of displaying the Web page information extracted by the Web page information extraction step on the display screen;
The work environment management method according to claim 4, further comprising: The display step includes
The character string included in the work environment information extracted by the work environment information extraction step among the display contents of the Web page information extracted by the Web page information extraction step is highlighted. 5. The work environment management method according to 5. A work environment management program which causes a computer to execute the work environment management method according to claim 4.

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