JP2005208913A - Shared album preparing system, shared album preparing method, and shared album preparing program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate preparation of a shared album on a network. <P>SOLUTION: This shared album preparing system is configured to make a plurality of user peers 3a and 3b connected to a network transfer image data through peer-to-peer communication, and prepare shared data, and provided with an album peer 4 for, when an album preparation instruction is newly inputted from any user peer, and the image data to be registered in the album are selected, or when the registration of the other image data in the album is selected from the other user peer who participates in the album preparation, receiving each file path on the network of each image data registered in the album from each user peer who has instructed the registration of the image data in the album, and for transmitting it to the other user peer. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a shared album creation system or the like that allows a plurality of users connected to a network to create a shared album, and more particularly to a shared album creation system and a shared album for creating a shared album using via-to-peer communication technology The present invention relates to an album creation method and a shared album creation program.

  A peer-to-peer communication technique as described in Patent Document 1 below has been widespread. In this peer-to-peer communication technology, computers equipped with software for peer-to-peer communication among a large number of computers connected to a wide area network such as the Internet form a group, and content stored in each computer participating in the group Is shared by each computer in the group. As a result, a certain user can access a storage medium in another person's computer from his own computer and browse image data and the like stored therein.

  By using this peer-to-peer communication technology, a shared album can be created. For example, when Mr. A, Mr. B, and Mr. C who participated in a trip to Hokkaido took a number of photographs with their digital cameras and tried to create an album for a trip to Hokkaido at a later date, each person was at a distance. Even if you live and can't meet, you can exchange image data online and consult about album creation.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-57701

  However, conventionally, there is no dedicated system for a plurality of users connected to a wide area network such as the Internet to bring in each person's image data and create a shared album, so the problem of creating a shared album is troublesome There is. For example, it is troublesome to unify the file names of image data registered in the shared album among users, or to rename the file names when different image data owned by each user has the same file name. Many operations.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a shared album creation system, a shared album creation method, and a shared album creation program that allow a plurality of users to easily create a shared album on a network.

  The shared album creation system of the present invention is a shared album creation system in which a plurality of user peers connected to a network exchange image data by peer-to-peer communication to create a shared album, and a new album can be created from any user peer When the image data to be registered in the album is selected by inputting an instruction, or when the registration of another image data to the album is selected from another user peer participating in the album creation, the image data is registered in the album. An album peer that receives and holds each file path of each image data on the network from each user peer instructed to register each image data in the album and transmits it to another user peer is provided.

  With this configuration, since the album peer uniquely manages the file path of each image data in each user peer, album creation between the user peers is facilitated.

  The album peer of the shared album creating system of the present invention is configured such that when the image data is selected and title data of the image data and / or comment data for the image data is input to the album, the image data on the network The title data and / or the comment data are received and held together with a file path, and the file path of the image data registered in the album when the other user peer gives an instruction to browse the album, the other user peer And the title data and / or the comment data are transmitted.

  With this configuration, it is possible to increase the value of the album by adding data such as comments to each image data constituting the album.

  The album peer of the shared album creating system of the present invention requests the image data from the user peer holding the image data when the image data to be registered in the album is selected by any of the user peers, and has its own storage device Are stored as cache data.

  With this configuration, even if any of the user peers is turned off, the image data possessed by the user peer can be shown to other user peers.

  A shared album creation method of the present invention is a shared album creation method in which a plurality of user peers and album peers connected to a network exchange image data by peer-to-peer communication to create a shared album, and newly from any user peer When an instruction to create an album is input and image data to be registered in the album is selected, or when registration of another image data in the album is selected from another user peer participating in the album creation, The album peer receives, holds, and transmits the file path of each registered image data on the network from each user peer instructed to register each image data in the album to other user peers.

  With this configuration, since the album peer uniquely manages the file path of each image data in each user peer, album creation between the user peers is facilitated.

  The album peer of the shared album creating method of the present invention is configured such that when the image data is selected and title data of the image data and / or comment data for the image data is input to the album, the image data on the network The title data and / or the comment data are received and held together with a file path, and the file path of the image data registered in the album when the other user peer gives an instruction to browse the album, the other user peer And the title data and / or the comment data are transmitted.

  With this configuration, it is possible to increase the value of the album by adding data such as comments to each image data constituting the album.

  The album peer of the shared album creating method of the present invention requests the image data from the user peer holding the image data when the image data to be registered in the album is selected by any of the user peers, and has its own storage device Are stored as cache data.

  With this configuration, even if any of the user peers is turned off, the image data possessed by the user peer can be shown to other user peers.

  The shared album creating program of the present invention is installed in a user peer or album peer connected to a network, and executes the shared album creating method described in any of the above.

  By installing this shared album creation program, any computer connected to the network can create a shared album.

  According to the present invention, a shared album can be easily created by a plurality of user peers.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a shared album creation system using peer-to-peer communication technology according to an embodiment of the present invention. This shared album creating system includes a center server 2 connected to the network 1 and personal computers (user peers) 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d... (4 terminals in this example) connected to the network 1. And the album peer 4 for providing the album service are connected. The album peer 4 is installed in an album binding service store or the like, and has a function of collecting image data of a shared album created by the user peers 3a,.

  Such a shared album creation system is configured by installing and starting a shared album creation program distributed by a system provider equipped with the center server 2 in each user peer 3a, 3b,.

  FIG. 2 shows that a user of personal computer 3a (hereinafter referred to as user peer A) and a user of personal computer 3b (hereinafter referred to as user peer B) bring their respective image data together to create a shared album. It is a sequence diagram showing a processing procedure until a book binding of a shared album is requested to the album peer 4.

  First, the user peer A, user peer B, and album peer 4 are registered with the center server 2 as members of the shared album creation system.

  When the user Peer B's user logs in to the network 1 of the shared album creating system, the start screen shown in FIG. On this activation screen, the user of user peer B selects a menu. Here, when selecting the creation of a new album and inputting the album name, for example, “Hokkaido Travel”, a subfolder of “Hokkaido Travel” is created in the user peer B, and a group key for “Hokkaido Travel” is generated. The This group key is provided to the album peer 4, and the album peer 4 obtains the access right for the new album “Hokkaido Travel”.

  When the user Peer B user creates a new album “Hokkaido Travel” in cooperation with the User Peer A user, this group key is notified to the User Peer A by e-mail or the like. Thereby, the user of the user peer A can access the new album “Hokkaido Travel” using this group key.

  When the user Peer B creates a new album “Hokkaido Travel”, the monitor screen of the user Peer B shifts to the album edit screen. On this editing screen, the user of the user peer B selects image data to be included in the album from the image data held in the storage device of the user peer B, adds a title to each image data, and adds a comment. Can do.

  FIG. 4 shows a list view screen of the album “Hokkaido Travel” being edited. In this screen, the iconized images of the three pieces of image data “001.jpg”, “002.jpg”, “003.jpg” entered in the album, and the titles “Morinaka” “Sunflower” “Fuji” ”And each comment“ It was a fantastic landscape. ”“… ”“… ”Are displayed in a list.

  In addition, in the screen of FIG. 4, each folder of album names that have already been created is displayed as a tree on the left side of the screen, and the names of members participating in the selected album name are displayed on the lower left side of the screen. Is displayed. In this member name, the name of the member who is currently logged in and the name of the member who is logged off are displayed in different colors.

  When album editing is performed as described above, the file path in each network of “001.jpg”, “002.jpg”, “003.jpg”, each title, and each comment Is transmitted from the user peer B to the album peer 4, and the album peer 4 registers and holds the information in its own storage device.

  Thereafter, the album peer 4 requests the image data “001.jpg”, “002.jpg”, “003.jpg” from the user peer B, and the user peer B sends these image data to the album peer 4. When transmitted, the album peer 4 holds these three pieces of image data as cache data in its own storage device.

  When the user of user peer B logs in to view the album “Hokkaido Travel” after the user editing of the album “Hokkaido Travel” by the user of user peer B, user peer A sends album “Hokkaido Travel” to album peer 4. Request. As a result, the album peer 4 sends to the user peer A the respective file paths in the network of the image data “001.jpg”, “002.jpg”, “003.jpg”, the respective titles, and the respective comments. . As a result, the user peer A requests each image data from the user peer B based on the file path in the network of each image data.

  When the user peer B receiving this request sends the image data to the user peer A, a list view as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the monitor of the user peer A. In this case, the folder name of the album name on the left side of FIG. 4 is the folder name of the album in which the user Peer A participates. When the user of the user peer A wants to see a large image, it is only necessary to click an image that is an icon of each image.

  When the user peer A requests the user peer B to send image data, if the user peer B is powered off, the user peer A requests the album peer 4 to send image data, and the album peer 4 caches The image data held as data is sent to the user peer A.

  When the user Peer A's user adds the fourth image data “004.jpg” he / she owns to the “Hokkaido Travel” album and enters the title and comment, the file path of this image data in the network , Title and comment are sent to the album peer 4 and registered in the album peer. Thereafter, the album peer requests the fourth image data from the user peer A, and the user peer A transmits the image data “004.jpg” to the album peer 4. As a result, the album peer 4 holds the image data “004.jpg” as cache data.

  When user peer B orders album binding from album peer after editing the album, such as adding, deleting, or changing the order of image data, the album peer confirms acceptance of the order with user peer B and then registers it in the album The collected image data is collected from each of the user peers A and B based on the respective file paths in the network, the image data is printed, and the album is bound. At this time, if either of the user peers A and B is turned off and the image data cannot be collected, the image data stored as cache data in the storage device in the album peer 4 is used. Bookbinding.

  In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the user of the user peer A browses the album and adds the image data after the user of the user peer B edits the album has been described. However, the user peer A and the user peer B are simultaneously connected to the network. The user can edit the album in parallel while consulting with each other by chat, and if the user peer A and the user peer B are connected to the PC camera and the voice input microphone, respectively. With the videophone function, the user can edit the album while actually talking with each other.

  In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the participants of each album are distinguished by a different group key for each of a plurality of albums has been described. However, when there is only one album, the group key is unnecessary. In addition, the embodiment in which the album peer performs up to the album binding service avoids a situation in which the album peer retains each image data as cache data and cannot collect the image data necessary for bookbinding. If the configuration does not, it is not necessary to store each image data as cache data in its own storage device.

  According to the present invention, since a plurality of users can edit one shared album on the network using the peer-to-peer communication technology, it is useful as a shared album creating system with excellent usability.

It is a block diagram of the shared album creation system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the process sequence between each peer shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen displayed on the monitor of each peer shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen displayed on the monitor of each peer shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Network 2 Center servers 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, ... User peer 4 Album peer

Claims (7)

  A shared album creation system in which a plurality of user peers connected to a network exchange image data by peer-to-peer communication to create a shared album, and an image to be registered in the album is newly input from any user peer When data is selected, or when registration of another image data to the album is selected from another user peer participating in the album creation, each image data registered in the album is each on the network. A shared album creating system comprising: an album peer that receives and holds each image data from each user peer that has instructed to register the image data in the album, and transmits the received image data to another user peer.   The album peer, when the image data is selected and the title data of the image data and / or comment data for the image data is input to the album, the title data and / or the file data path on the network of the image data. Alternatively, the comment data is received and held, and when there is an instruction to browse the album from another user peer, the file path of the image data registered in the album is transmitted to the other user peer and the title data and 2. The shared album creating system according to claim 1, wherein the comment data is transmitted.   The album peer requests the image data from the user peer that holds the image data when the image data to be registered in the album is selected by any user peer, and holds the image data as cache data in its own storage device. The shared album creating system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that:   A method of creating a shared album in which a plurality of user peers and album peers connected to a network exchange image data by peer-to-peer communication to create a shared album, and an instruction to newly create an album is input from any of the user peers. When image data to be registered is selected, or when registration of another image data to the album is selected from another user peer participating in the album creation, the network of each image data registered in the album A method for creating a shared album, characterized in that the above-mentioned file paths are received by each album peer from each user peer instructed to register each image data in the album, and are transmitted to other user peers.   The album peer, when the image data is selected and the title data of the image data and / or comment data for the image data is input to the album, the title data and / or the file data path on the network of the image data. Alternatively, the comment data is received and held, and when there is an instruction to browse the album from another user peer, the file path of the image data registered in the album is transmitted to the other user peer and the title data and 5. The shared album creation method according to claim 4, wherein the comment data is transmitted.   The album peer requests the image data from the user peer that holds the image data when the image data to be registered in the album is selected by any user peer, and holds the image data as cache data in its own storage device. 6. The shared album creating method according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that:   7. A shared album creation program installed on a user peer or album peer connected to a network and executing the shared album creation method according to claim 4.

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