JP2005216004A - Program and communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program capable of providing a field of communication for information provided by content data even for the content data not including screen information for performing the communication. <P>SOLUTION: A server device 4 receives Web page data WP1 required by client devices 5_1 to 5_3 from a server device 2, extracts information from the Web page data WP1, generates Web page data WP2 including a communication screen, and transmits them to the client devices 5_1 to 5_3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a program and a communication method for supporting a plurality of users to communicate regarding information published on a network.

The server device receives the Web page data described in HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) in response to access from a personal computer via a network such as the Internet, based on a communication program such as http (HyperText Transport Protocol). There is a communication (network) system that transmits to a personal computer.
In such a communication system, the personal computer accesses the server device via the network, acquires Web page data, interprets it, and displays the screen.

By the way, there is a demand for communication such as exchange of opinions with other users accessing the same Web page data WP about information provided by the Web page data published by the server device.
In order to respond to such a request, there is a server device that transmits Web page data including screen information for communication such as opinion exchange together with the provided information to a personal computer.
However, the number of such server devices is limited, and there is a demand for providing a place for exchanging opinions regarding Web page data provided by server devices other than the server device.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a program and a communication method that can provide a place for communication of information provided by content data even for content data that does not include screen information for communication.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, a program according to a first invention receives first content data designated by a request from a first computer from a second computer, and receives the received first content data. A program that operates on a third computer that performs a predetermined process on the first computer and transmits the request to the first computer that issued the request, wherein the second computer responds to the request received from the first computer. A first procedure for accessing the computer and receiving the first content data, and designating access to the first content data from the first content data received in the first procedure A plurality of users of the first computer extract data necessary for displaying a screen for communication, and A second procedure for generating the content data, a third procedure for transmitting the second content data generated in the second procedure to the plurality of first computers, and the plurality of first A fourth procedure for receiving operation data indicating an operation performed by the computer based on the screen display; and a fifth procedure for transmitting the operation data received in the fourth procedure to the plurality of first computers. And causing the third computer to execute the procedure.

  A program according to a second invention is a program that is executed by a computer when a plurality of computers specify access to the same first content data provided by a predetermined server device on a network. The second content data providing a first screen on which the users of the plurality of computers communicate and the details of the operations performed by the other computers for the communication A first procedure for receiving the operation data to be displayed, and an image reflecting the operation content in the first screen based on the second content data and the operation data received in the first procedure. A second procedure for generating the third content data of the second screen to be displayed, and before the generation in the second procedure To execute a third routine for performing a display processing of the second screen based on the third content data to the computer.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication method comprising: a plurality of first computers; a second computer that provides first content data; and a third computer that receives an access request for the first content data from the first computer. A first method in which the first computer transmits an access request for the first content data to the third computer, and the third computer comprises: A second step of receiving the first content data by accessing the second computer in response to the access request received in the first step; and the third computer comprises the second procedure. From the first content data received in Step 1, a plurality of the first copies that issued an access request for the first content data. A third step of extracting data necessary to display a first screen for communication by a computer user and generating second content data; and the third computer includes the third computer A fourth step of transmitting the second content data generated in the procedure to the plurality of first computers; and the third computer is performed by the user of the first computer based on the screen display. A fifth step of receiving operation data indicating the contents of the operation from the first computer and transmitting the operation data to the plurality of first computers; and the first computer in the fourth step. Based on the received second content data and the operation data received in the fifth step, an image reflecting the operation content is displayed in the first screen. A sixth step of generating third content data of the second screen, and a display process of the second screen based on the third content data generated by the first computer in the sixth step And a seventh step.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the program and communication method which can provide the field of communication about the information which the said content data provide also about the content data which do not contain the screen information for performing communication can be provided.

Hereinafter, a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a communication system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As illustrated in FIG. 1, the communication system 1 includes, for example, a server device 2, a server device 3, a server device 4, and client devices 5_1, 5_2, and 5_3.
In the present embodiment, the server device 2 corresponds to the second computer of the first and third inventions and the server device of the second invention.
The server device 4 corresponds to the second computer of the first invention and the third invention.
The client devices 5_1 to 5_3 correspond to the third computer of the first and third inventions and the computer of the second invention.

The server device 2, the server device 3, the server device 4, and the client devices 5_1, 5_2, and 5_3 are connected to each other via a network 9 such as the Internet or an intranet, and communicate with each other based on a communication program such as http.
In the present embodiment, a case where three client apparatuses 5_1, 5_2, and 5_3 are used is illustrated, but any number of client apparatuses may be used.
1 illustrates the case where the client devices 5_1 to 5_3 specify access to a single server device 2, but in reality, a plurality of access devices specified from the client devices 5_1 to 5_3 are specified on the network 9. Server apparatus 2 exists.
Further, the server device 3 and the server device 4 may be realized by one server device.

Hereinafter, each component of the communication system 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be described.
[Server device 2]
The server device 2 is a Web server that provides various types of information. The server device 4 stores Web page data WP1 (first content data of the present invention) held by itself specified by an access request from the server device 4. Send to.
For example, the Web page data WP1 does not include screen information for performing communication between users regarding information to be provided.

[Server device 3]
The server device 3 is, for example, a Java server that can handle a Java (registered trademark) language.
The server device 3 receives the operation data OP indicating the operation performed on each of the client devices 5_1 to 5_3 displaying the screen based on the Web page data WP2 provided by the server device 4 on the client device 5_1 to 5_3. Receive from.
The server device 3 associates the received operation data OP with the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) that is the address of the Web page data WP2 on which the operation has been performed, and the user ID of the user of the client device 5_1 that has performed the operation. Add and remember.
The operation is, for example, an operation in which the user of the client device 5_1 to 5_3 moves the character image assigned to the user in the virtual space provided by the communication screen provided by the server device 4 to the client device 5_1 to 5_3. Indicates.
In this embodiment, various information according to the position is provided in the virtual space, and the user can freely move in the virtual space to collect information and make a statement.
In addition, for example, the operation is performed by pasting a sticker indicating a remark (comment) or the like issued by the user on the wall with respect to information associated with the position of the character image assigned to the user in the virtual space. It is an operation.
Further, the server device 3 transmits the specified operation data OP to the server device 4 in response to a request from the server device 4.

[Server device 4]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the server device 4 shown in FIG.
As illustrated in FIG. 2, the server device 4 includes, for example, a communication circuit 11, a memory 12, and an arithmetic circuit 13, which are connected via a data line 10.
The communication circuit 11 exchanges requests and data with the server device 2, the server device 3, and the client devices 5_1 to 5_3 via the network 9.
The memory 12 stores data received via the communication circuit 11, data generated by the arithmetic circuit 13, and a program PRG1 (program of the first invention) that defines processing of the arithmetic circuit 13.
The arithmetic circuit 13 comprehensively controls the processing of the server device 4 based on the program PRG1 read from the memory 12.
The arithmetic circuit 13 controls the following processing of the server device 4 based on the program PRG1.

For example, the server device 4 receives an access request REQ including a URL from the client devices 5_1 to 5_3, and makes an access request to the server device 2 to which the URL on the network 9 is assigned based on the URL.
The server device 4 receives the Web page data WP1 corresponding to the access request from the server device 2 via the communication circuit 11 and writes it in the memory 12.
Then, the server device 4 analyzes the HTML tag and sentence structure in the Web page data WP1 read from the memory 12, extracts necessary information, and also receives the operation data OP received from the server device 3 via the communication circuit 11. The web page data WP2 (second content data of the present invention) for providing a communication screen is generated by adding information corresponding to, and written into the memory 12.
The communication screen provides a virtual space in which, for example, a plurality of users who have requested access to the web page data WP1 can communicate such as exchanging opinions on information provided by the web page data WP1. .

Specifically, the server device 4 includes attribute information “HREF” indicating the URL of the link destination in the Web page data WP described in HTML, “BACKGROUND” indicating the background color, and a value indicating the jpeg file “˜.jpg”. Web page data WP2 is generated by extracting “, a value indicating a gif file” to “gif” and attribute information “HEIGT”, “WIDTH” indicating the size of tag information <TABLE> indicating table data.
The server device 4 transmits the Web page data WP2 to the access request source client devices 5_1 to 5_3 in the PUSH format via the communication circuit 11.
Note that the tag information, attribute information, and the like are defined by a description language of Web page data such as HTML.

In addition, the server device 4 accesses the server device 3 at predetermined time intervals, for example, acquires operation data OP corresponding to the user operation of the client devices 5_1 to 5_3, and this corresponds to the PUSH type client device Send to 5_1 to 5_3.
Further, for example, when the server device 4 receives an acquisition request such as a message MES regarding the users of the client devices 5_1 to 5_3 from the client devices 5_1 to 5_3, the server device 4 acquires the message MES from the server device 3 in response to the acquisition request. To the client device 5_1 to 5_3 that is the acquisition request source.
Note that the server device 4 may be a search server that receives a search keyword from the client devices 5_1 to 5_3 and acquires a URL corresponding thereto.

[Client devices 5_1 to 5_3]
The client devices 5_2 and 5_3 have the same function as the client device 5_1.
Hereinafter, the client device 5_1 will be described.
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the client device 5_1 shown in FIG.
As illustrated in FIG. 3, the client device 5_1 includes, for example, an operation unit 31, a display unit 32, a communication circuit 33, a memory 34, and an arithmetic circuit 35, which are connected via a data line 30.
The operation unit 31 is an operation means such as a keyboard or a mouse.
The display unit 32 is a display that performs screen display and a speaker that performs audio output.
The communication circuit 33 exchanges requests and data with the server device 3 and the server device 4 via the network 9.
The memory 34 stores data received via the communication circuit 33, data generated by the arithmetic circuit 35, and a program PRG2 (program of the second invention) that defines the processing of the arithmetic circuit 35.
The arithmetic circuit 35 comprehensively controls processing of the client device 5_1 based on the program PRG2 read from the memory 34.
The arithmetic circuit 35 controls the following processing of the client device 5_1 based on the program PRG2.

For example, the client device 5_1 transmits an access request REQ including the URL of the server device 2 that desires access to the server device 4 via the communication circuit 33.
In response to the access request, the client device 5_1 receives the Web page data WP2 from the server device 4 via the communication circuit 33 and writes it in the memory 34.
Further, the client device 5_1 receives the operation data OP from the server device 4.
Then, the client device 5_1 generates Web page data (third content data of the present invention) according to the Web page data WP2 and the operation data OP, and displays, for example, the communication screen 60 shown in FIG. To display.
The communication screen 60 includes, for example, a virtual space column 61, a character information column 62, a calendar column 63, a message selection column 64, and a message display column 65.

The virtual space column 61 is a column for displaying the above-described virtual space, and provides, for example, the screen shown in FIG.
For example, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the virtual space column 61 includes a door image A1 associated with attribute information “HREF” indicating the URL of the link destination described in the Web page data WP2.
The virtual space column 61 includes a window image A2 corresponding to data indicating the value of the jpeg image file, as shown in FIG.
Also, the virtual space column 61 includes a picture image A3 corresponding to data indicating the value of the gif file, as shown in FIG.
Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the virtual space column 61 displays a table image A4 having a size corresponding to values such as attribute information “HEIGT” and “WIDTH” indicating the size of the tag information <TABLE> indicating the table data. Including.

Further, the client device 5_1 displays an image corresponding to the operation data OP in the virtual space column 61 based on the operation data OP received from the server device 4 in the push format.
For example, when the user pastes a sticker on which his / her remark is stated on a wall or the like on the virtual space, the client device 5_1 stores the sticker image A5 in the virtual space column 61 based on the operation data OP indicating the sticker. indicate.
In addition, the client device 5_1 displays the character image A6 associated with all users accessing the same Web page data WP1 via the server device 4 based on the operation data OP, in the virtual space. Is displayed at the specified position.

The character information column 62 displays character information in the Web page data WP1 corresponding to the position (position of the character image A6) designated by the user of the client device 5_1 in the virtual space.
The calendar column 63 displays the calendar of the month to which the current day belongs.
The message selection column 64 is a list of messages (comments) from other users on the sticker that the user of the client device 5_1 has pasted in the virtual space on the date designated based on the calendar column 63. Is displayed.
The message display field 65 displays the content of the message designated on the message selection field 64 by the user of the client device 5_1.

Hereinafter, an operation example of the communication system 1 illustrated in FIG. 1 will be described.
5 and 6 are flowcharts for explaining an operation example of the communication system 1 shown in FIG.
Step ST1:
For example, the client device 5_1 transmits an access request REQ including the URL of the server device 2 that holds the Web page data WP1 desired to be acquired to the server device 4.
At this time, the client device 5_1 includes the user ID of the user in the access request.
Step ST2:
For example, the server device 4 receives an access request REQ including a URL from the client devices 5_1 to 5_3, and makes an access request to the server device 2 to which the URL on the network 9 is assigned based on the URL.
The server device 2 transmits Web page data WP1 to the server device 4 in response to the access request.

Step ST3:
The server device 4 transmits to the server device 3 a request including the URL and user ID included in the access request REQ received in step ST1.
Then, the server device 3 acquires the operation data OP associated with the URL and the user ID included in the request, and transmits this to the server device 4.

Step ST4:
The server device 4 analyzes the HTML tag and sentence structure in the Web page data WP1 received in step ST1, extracts necessary information, and adds information corresponding to the operation data OP received in step ST3. For example, Web page data WP2 for providing the communication screen 60 shown in FIG. 4 is generated.
Step ST5:
The server device 4 transmits the web page data WP2 generated in step ST4 to the client device 5_1.
Step ST6
The client device 5_1 displays, for example, the communication screen 60 shown in FIG. 4 on the display unit 32 according to the Web page data WP2 received in step ST5.

The server device 4 periodically accesses the server device 3 to receive the operation data OP, and transmits the operation data OP to the client devices 5_1 to 5_3 in the push format.
The client devices 5_1 to 5_3 update the communication screen 60 based on the received operation data OP.
Thereby, all the user operations of the client devices 5_1 to 5_3 are reflected on the communication screen 60 displayed on the display unit 32 of the client devices 5_1 to 5_3.
Further, for example, in response to a designation operation based on the calendar column 63, the message selection column 64, and the message display column 65 by the user, the server device 4 performs the designation operation with information for updating these columns. It transmits to the client devices 5_1 to 5_3.

  When the server device 4 receives operation data OP indicating that the user has clicked the door image A2 from the server device 3 on the communication screen 60 shown in FIG. 4, the link destination associated with the image A2 is received. New web page data WP1 is received from the server device 2 or other server device based on the URL of the URL, and the communication screen in the virtual space corresponding to the linked page is displayed on the client's client through the processing described above. Displayed on the devices 5_1 to 5_3.

As described above, according to the communication system 1, regarding the web page data WP1 provided by the server device 2 that does not include screen information for communication, the client device 5_1 also provides information provided by the web page data WP1. It is possible to provide a place for communication among users of ˜5_3.
Further, according to the communication system 1, only the operation data OP indicating the operation performed by each user on the communication screen 60 is transmitted from the server device 4 to the client devices 5_1 to 5_3. Compared with the case of sending, the data transmission amount can be reduced.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above.
For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the server device 4 encounters an image A6a of the first user character and an image A6b of the second user character in the virtual space provided by the virtual space column 61. A communication screen for chatting regarding information provided by the Web page data WP1 may be provided.
The program PRG2 may be provided with a customization function in which the user of the client devices 5_1 to 5_3 changes a part of the code of the program PRG2 and displays a virtual space screen according to his / her preference.

  The present invention is applicable to a system in which a plurality of users communicate with each other regarding information published on a network.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the server apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the client devices 5_1 to 5_3 illustrated in FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a communication screen displayed by the client devices 5_1 to 5_3 illustrated in FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an operation example of the communication system shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining display of other virtual space columns according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Communication system, 2 ... Server apparatus, 3 ... Server apparatus, 4 ... Server apparatus, 5_1-5_3 ... Client apparatus, 9 ... Network

Claims (7)

The first content data designated by the request from the first computer is received from the second computer, the received first content data is subjected to predetermined processing, and the first issuer of the request is issued. A program that runs on a third computer that transmits to a computer,
A first procedure for accessing the second computer in response to the request received from the first computer and receiving the first content data;
From the first content data received in the first procedure, a screen for communication by a plurality of users of the first computer that specify access to the first content data is displayed. A second procedure for extracting the data necessary for generating the second content data;
A third procedure for transmitting the second content data generated in the second procedure to the plurality of first computers;
A fourth procedure for receiving operation data indicating operation contents performed by the plurality of first computers based on the screen display;
A program that causes the third computer to execute a fifth procedure of transmitting the operation data received in the fourth procedure to the plurality of first computers. The program according to claim 1, wherein the first content data and the second content data are Web page data described in HTML. When a plurality of computers specify access to the same first content data provided by a predetermined server device on a network, the program is executed by the computer,
Regarding the content provided by the first content data, the second content data providing a first screen on which the users of the plurality of computers communicate and the other computer performed for the communication A first procedure for receiving operation data indicating operation contents;
Based on the second content data and the operation data received in the first procedure, the third content data of the second screen that displays an image reflecting the operation content in the first screen is displayed. A second procedure to generate;
A program that causes the computer to execute a third procedure for performing display processing of the second screen based on the third content data generated in the second procedure. The program according to claim 3, further comprising: a fourth procedure for transmitting the operation data indicating an operation content performed on the second screen. In the second procedure, the communication includes the tag name included in the second content data, the image corresponding to the data indicating the attribute name of the tag name, and the image corresponding to the content indicated by the operation data. The program according to claim 3, wherein the third content data of the second screen that defines a virtual space for the second screen is generated. In the second procedure, based on the operation data, an image assigned to the user of the first computer is displayed at a position designated by the user in the virtual space. The program according to claim 5, wherein the third content data of the second screen that displays data associated with the position is generated. A communication method using a plurality of first computers, a second computer that provides first content data, and a third computer that receives an access request for the first content data from the first computer There,
A first step in which the first computer transmits an access request for the first content data to the third computer;
A second step in which the third computer accesses the second computer in response to the access request received in the first step and receives the first content data;
A plurality of users of the first computer that have made access requests to the first content data from the first content data received by the third procedure by the third computer communicate with each other. A third step of extracting data necessary to display the first screen for generating second content data;
A fourth step in which the third computer transmits the second content data generated in the third procedure to the plurality of first computers;
The third computer receives operation data indicating the operation content performed by the user of the first computer based on the screen display from the first computer, and the operation data is received from the plurality of first computers. A fifth step of transmitting to
The first computer displays the operation content in the first screen based on the second content data received in the fourth step and the operation data received in the fifth step. A sixth step of generating third content data of the second screen for displaying the reflected image;
And a seventh step in which the first computer performs display processing of the second screen based on the third content data generated in the sixth step.

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