JP2005321900A - Web data control system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Web data control system capable of preparing easily a Web page by an end user not knowing a format of Web document data such as an HTML document and an XML document, without depending on a function provided by a Web server, and capable of editing easily the web page even from any client computer. <P>SOLUTION: A control program for uploading and editing the Web data is uploaded in the server from the client computer to the server, a script for starting up a control program in the client computer is incorporated into a prescribed HTML file out of the Web data uploaded to the server, and the control program is downloaded and installed from the server to the client computer, in the case where the control program is not installed in the client computer when the script is executed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a Web data management system and method for configuring an Internet homepage and the like.

The applicant of the present application has proposed a homepage creation program disclosed in Patent Document 1.
JP 2003-6105 A

  This homepage creation program uses HTML form option menus, check boxes, radio buttons, and other functions on the Internet Web to input the HTML source that constitutes the homepage and simple numeric and character input and check boxes. It is possible to create a homepage that can be easily expressed in a variety of ways using a server-side program such as CGI.

  According to the above conventional method, since the server side program is used, there is a restriction that only the function provided by the server must be used. However, there are various use restrictions such as CGI for each server. It is impossible to build a versatile and highly functional system. For example, many Web servers are only allowed to install a predetermined CGI that implements an access counter, a bulletin board, and the like. In such a case, the conventional method cannot be used.

  The present invention can easily create a Web page even by an end user who does not know the format of Web document data such as an HTML document or an XML document, without depending on the function provided by the Web server, and any client computer. The present invention provides a Web data management system and method that can easily edit a Web page even from the beginning.

  The present invention is a Web data management system for uploading, via a network, Web page configuration data that configures a Web page from a client computer on which a Web browser is installed to a Web server computer, and management executed on the client computer A management program that is uploaded to the server computer, the management program uploading the Web page configuration data in the client computer to the server computer, and the Web in the server computer. A download function for downloading all or part of page configuration data to a client computer, and the W downloaded in the client computer An editing function for editing b-page configuration data and a home page automatic generation function for generating Web document data that can be browsed by a Web browser based on the editing result of the editing function are realized in a client computer. The uploaded Web page configuration data includes the Web document data that can be viewed on a client computer by a Web browser via a network line, and the document data includes a script for starting the management program on the client computer. If the management program is not installed on the client computer when the script is executed, the management program is downloaded from the server computer to the client computer. And it is characterized in that it is adapted to be installed is.

  In the Web data management system of the present invention, the client computer includes a connection information storage unit that stores connection information to the server for uploading the Web page configuration data from the client computer to the server computer. When uploading the management program itself to the server computer, the connection information is also uploaded to the server computer, and when the management program is downloaded from the server computer to the client computer by executing a script, the server stores the server. The connection information is also downloaded to the client computer, and the server connection setting of the management program in the client computer is performed based on the connection information. It may be.

  The script can be configured to be automatically assigned to the data by the management program when the document data in the client computer is uploaded to the server computer by the data upload function of the management program.

  The script may be automatically added to the document data by the management program when the document data is generated by the homepage automatic generation function of the management program.

  Preferably, the management program can be configured to perform a user authentication process when activated and to be executed only when authenticated.

  The web page configuration data includes definition data that defines the contents of the web document data, and the download function of the management program can download the definition data but not the web document data. .

  In addition, the image processing apparatus includes a real-time image uploading device that uploads image data captured by a camera to a server computer at predetermined time intervals, and the management program further downloads the image data to a client computer at predetermined time intervals to a Web browser. A Web image real-time display function to be displayed may be realized on a client computer.

  In addition, the audio upload device for uploading the audio data acquired by the microphone to the server computer is provided, the audio upload device has a plurality of buffers for dividing and recording the audio, and any of the audio data acquired by the microphone is selected. When the audio data of a predetermined size is accumulated in the buffer, the audio data is accumulated in the other buffer so that the audio data is sequentially and time-sequentially stored in the plurality of buffers. The storage program is configured to upload the buffer to a server computer in parallel with the audio data storage process every time audio data of a predetermined size is stored in one buffer. In addition, the plurality of buffers are downloaded from the server computer and are arranged in chronological order. It may be used for realizing the real-time audio playback function for raw client computer.

  Note that the Web image real-time display function and the real-time audio playback function can be implemented independently.

  Further, the present invention installs a management program from a portable recording medium or via the Internet to a client computer, creates Web page configuration data for configuring the Web page in the client computer by the management program, and the Web page In a Web data management method for uploading configuration data from a client computer to a server computer by a management program, the management program is uploaded to the server computer, and the Web page configuration data is uploaded to the server computer and connected to a network line. Web document data that can be browsed by a client computer via a Web browser, and the management program generates the document data Includes a script for starting the management program on the client computer in the document data when uploaded to the server computer, and when the script is executed, the management program is not installed on the client computer. A Web data management method comprising downloading and installing the management program from a server computer to a client computer.

  In the Web data management method of the present invention, when uploading the management program to the server computer, connection information to the server for uploading data from the client computer to the server computer is also uploaded to the server computer and managed by executing a script. When the program is downloaded from the server computer to the client computer, the server connection information stored in the server is also downloaded to the client computer, and the server connection setting of the management program in the client computer is performed based on the connection information. be able to.

  When the document data in the client computer is uploaded to the server computer by the data upload function of the management program, the script can be automatically given to the data by the management program.

  The script may be automatically assigned to the document data by the management program when the document data is generated by the management program.

  Preferably, user authentication processing is performed when the management program is started, and the management program is executed on the client computer only when the management program is authenticated.

  According to the present invention, a management program for editing Web page configuration data stored in a server computer is stored in the server computer itself, and the management program is stored in the Web document data browsed by the Web browser of the client computer. By describing a script to be started, a Web page is displayed on an arbitrary client computer in which the Web page editing application is not installed, and then a script for starting a management program can be generated by, for example, clicking a character or figure in the Web page. When executed, the management program is automatically downloaded and installed on the computer from the server and activated, and the Web page can be edited. Therefore, even a person who is not familiar with a computer or an application executed on the computer can easily create / edit a Web page, and can also create / edit / update a Web page within a Web browser. When a web page is displayed and browsed by a web browser, editing can be performed immediately.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a Web page management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. This system includes an FTP server and a server computer 1 functioning as a Web server, and Microsoft Internet Explorer (Web browser). It is mainly composed of an installed client computer 2 and an image / sound real-time upload device 3 for uploading images and sounds to a server in real time, and these computers are communicably connected via the Internet. In the present embodiment, the real-time upload device 3 and the client computer 2 are illustrated as separate computers, but they may be the same computer.

  The server computer 1 has an FTP server and a Web server (usually an http server) installed on an appropriate OS such as Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, or the like. In the present invention, since it is not necessary to use a server-side script such as CGI, server computers of almost all providers that provide a general FTP server function and a Web server function can be used as such a server computer.

  The client computer 2 is preferably a personal computer in which Microsoft Windows is installed. In the embodiment described below, the function of the ActiveX control incorporated in Windows Internet Explorer is used. It is also possible to implement using other applications having functions equivalent to the ActiveX control, such as JAVA applet of Sun Microsystems.

  The image / sound real-time uploading device 3 (live video providing computer) includes a Web camera and a microphone, and can be realized by a computer installed with an appropriate OS or a dedicated device in addition to the Windows PC. The apparatus 3 stores image data captured by the Web camera at a predetermined file name (for example, Photo.jpg) in a predetermined ftp folder (/ Photos / in the illustrated example) of the server computer every predetermined time (for example, every second). ), And a plurality of buffers for dividing and recording audio, the audio data acquired by the microphone is stored in one of the buffers, and audio data of a predetermined size is accumulated in the buffer By accumulating audio data in another buffer, the audio data is sequentially stored in a plurality of buffers in time series, and each time audio data of a predetermined size is accumulated in one buffer, the buffer Is uploaded to a folder in the server computer where the image data is stored in parallel with the audio data storage process. There. Specifically, as shown in FIG. For example, when audio data for one second is accumulated, it is accumulated in the dat file. 1. Stop recording to dat In addition to starting accumulating audio data in dat, Start uploading the dat file to the server computer. Similarly, 2. When data for 1 second is accumulated in dat, audio data is stored in 3. While accumulating in dat, 2. Start uploading dat. In the same manner, proceed sequentially. When audio data for 1 second is accumulated in dat, the counter is reset and 1. Audio data is accumulated in dat. With this process, even if the device 3 is blocked from the Internet by a firewall, real-time video is always present on the server computer, so that real-time video can be viewed from any client computer at the same time. It can be suitably used. Note that the number of buffers is the last buffer, that is, 7. By the time the audio is stored in the dat file, the first 1. It is preferable to prepare a number having a sufficient margin for completing the upload of the dat file.

  The web page management system according to the present embodiment includes a management program executed on the client computer 2. The management program is preferably provided as an ActiveX control and extends the function of Internet Explorer (Web browser) to display the execution result of the program in the browser window. The management program is a binary executable program created using an appropriate program development language, and may be provided in the form of a single binary file or provided in the form of a separate binary file for each function. It may be. In the illustrated embodiment, NEWWEBP. ocx and NEWWEBBL. for live video display. A management program is provided in the form of two ocx binary files.

  The management program and initial data of the Web configuration data constituting the Web page are uploaded in advance from the client computer to the server by the uploader program. The uploader program can be configured by, for example, a Windows application, and can be recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM and distributed, or can be downloaded from a FTP server or a Web server to a user's computer via a network. . FIG. 2 is an example of an execution screen of the uploader, and an input unit for inputting predetermined server connection information is provided in the execution screen. The server connection information includes an FTP server address, a port number, a user name (user ID), a password, a Web virtual folder name, and an http server address (Web server address). The input server connection information is temporarily stored in the memory and temporary file (connection information storage unit) of the client computer. When all the connection information is properly input and then the execution button is clicked, the management program and the initial data of the Web configuration data are uploaded into a predetermined virtual folder of the ftp server based on the connection information.

  An example of the management program and the initial data is shown below the server 1 in FIG.

  index. html is Web document data that can be browsed on a client computer by a Web browser via a network line, and is composed of an HTML document file. An example of the file contents is shown in FIGS. The JavaScript function used in the file may be described in the file, but in this embodiment, newwebcom. It is defined in the js file. An example of the function definition file is shown in FIGS. This function definition file is index. Since it is included in the html file, it constitutes a part of the Web document data.

  index. In the html file, NEWWEBBP. A script for starting the ocx program on the client computer is incorporated in line 147. The script is called Setup. When the mouse is clicked on the gif image, newwebcom. This calls the ShowWindows () function defined in the js file. The function is newwebcom. defined in lines 36 to 47 of the js file. The html file is displayed on the web browser.

  setup. The html file is NEWWEBBP. The ocx program is started on a Web browser, and an example is shown in FIG. When the file is displayed on the Internet Explorer (Web browser), the NEWWEBP.NET file is displayed by the mechanism of the ActiveX control incorporated in Windows. If the ocx program is already installed on the client computer, the program is started. If the ocx program is not installed, setup. Based on the data that is encrypted and described in the html file, the NEWWEBBP. After the ocx file is downloaded to the client computer and subjected to authentication processing, it is installed and executed on the client computer. Since the mechanism of starting such ActiveX control is conventionally known, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  Also, in this embodiment, link.com that combines favorite links as Web document data. html file (see FIG. 12), afterMail. for easily sending e-mail with images in postcard format. html (see FIG. 13) and eMail. WEB (see FIG. 14), NEWWEBBL. which allows a client computer to implement a live video function including a Web image real-time display function and a real-time audio playback function. image to start ocx. html (see FIG. 14) is generated and uploaded to the server computer. The file contents shown in FIGS. 12 to 14 are initial values and the contents are not set. At this stage, a message for prompting initialization or setting is displayed.

  In this embodiment, the index. A definition file that defines the structure of an html file is Newweb. Created as a txt file and uploaded to the server. In accordance with the contents defined in the file, the management program uses an index. Generate an html file. Newweb. An example of a txt file is shown in FIG. 16. In this file, server connection information for a client computer to connect to an ftp server is set in the CPString variable, and the user name and password required when starting the management program are set. The encrypted character string generated based on the USER1 variable is set.

  NEWWEBP. The ocx program includes a data upload function for uploading web page configuration data in the client computer to the server computer by the ftp protocol, and a download function for downloading all or a part of the web page configuration data in the server computer to the client computer. , An editing function for editing the Web page configuration data downloaded in the client computer, and the index. Can be browsed by the Web browser based on the editing result of the editing function. A home computer automatic creation function for generating an html file (Web document data) is realized on a client computer.

  setup. From the html file NEWWEBBP. When ocx is executed, first, a Newweb. txt is downloaded to the client computer and NEWWEBBP. The user authentication process is performed by using the information read into the ocx program and set in the USER1 variable at the time of activation, and the execution of the program is continued only when authenticated. Newweb. You can download txt from NEWWEBBP. ocx is preferably started each time, but NEWWEBP. ocx is first executed, i.e. NEWWEBP. When ocx is downloaded from the server and installed, it can be configured to download only once. Once authentication is complete, Newweb. Based on the information set in the CPString variable in txt, NEWWEBP. The ocx program can be connected to the ftp server. In this embodiment, NEWWEBP. The ocx program includes index. html and setup. The html file is not read, and Newweb. These html files are generated each time based on the txt file, but the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment. Without providing a txt file, index. It is also possible to analyze the html file itself and obtain the page configuration information.

  FIG. 17 shows NEWWEBP. This is a management room screen that is displayed at the beginning of the ocx program, and various setting screens can be launched from the screen.

  FIG. 18 shows an example of a user management screen serving as a master management room, where the administrator's user name and password can be set and changed. In addition, it is preferable from an operational aspect that only one user name of the administrator of the top page of the Web page is fixed. The setting contents on this screen are as follows. Reflected in the txt file.

  FIG. 19 shows an example of a setting page for the top page of a Web page. The color and size of a character string to be displayed, an image to be displayed, a background image, and a page are displayed on the client computer when the page is displayed. Background audio can be edited (Web page configuration data editing function), and the setting content on the screen is Newweb. When it is reflected in the txt file and the execution button is clicked with the mouse, index. An html file (Web document data) is generated (homepage automatic generation function), Newweb. txt, index. Web page configuration data including html and various files referenced from these are uploaded to a predetermined folder of the ftp server.

  On the setting page of the top page, a Web camera can be set as a display photo. When a Web camera is selected, an input box for a network camera photo data storage folder name appears as shown in FIG. ing. Enter the path name (/photos/photo.jpg) where the above live video is stored in this input box and click the execute button with the mouse to create a link to the image.html file on the top page. You can configure the image.html file to be displayed when you click the link with the mouse. An example of an image.html file when the Web camera is set is shown in FIG. 25, and NEWWEBBL. ocx program is called from the server computer by the program. jpg and 1. dat-7. dat is acquired every predetermined time, image data from a web camera is displayed in real time in a web browser, and audio data from a microphone is reproduced in time series.

  When a link page (sub top page) is created on the top page setting screen, a subfolder (for example, / Data1 /) is created on the ftp server, and the same index. html files and setup. An html file is created. Therefore, when the sub top page is displayed on the Web browser, NEWWEBBP. When the script for starting the ocx program is executed, a sub-top page setting screen as shown in FIG. 21 is displayed after the authentication process similar to the above, and the page can be edited. The link page from the sub-top page can be set as a photo page that automatically arranges a plurality of photos in a good-looking manner on the photo page setting screen shown in FIG. When set as a photo page, a plurality of photos are automatically enlarged / reduced according to the designated number of lines and display type, and the appearance can be quickly changed with simple settings.

  When set as the photo page, the client computer 2 operates as a Web image mail delivery system that delivers image data displayed on the Web browser by mail. Specifically, the photo set on the photo page is, for example, Photo1. An html file is generated and configured to be displayed by this file. The file contains NEWWEBP. A script for starting the ocx program with the argument “objMail” is incorporated, and this script is generated by generating a predetermined event (for example, a mouse click of a character string is an image) in a screen displaying image data on a Web browser. When the program is started, the mail transmission screen shown in FIG. 23 is displayed in the Web browser. At this time, the program downloads the image data from the http server, displays it on the image display unit 5, inputs necessary information such as the destination and subject, and presses the send button. Deliver e-mail containing image data. Then, NEWWEBP. The ocx program also functions as a Web mail distribution program.

  In the mail transmission screen, the voice data associated with the web page when the image data is displayed on the web browser is also acquired from the server together with the image data, and the mail including the image data and the voice data is distributed. It is also possible to make a setting for delivering voice data recorded using the voice data recording function of the program and mail containing the image data.

  When entering the room entry data list from the management room screen, the screen shown in FIG. 22 is displayed, so that past room entry data can be managed. For such history management, the server computer is updated with Weblog. The log file is saved.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the design can be changed as appropriate.

It is a simple block block diagram of the Web data management system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is one Example of the execution screen of the uploader program of a management program. Index. Is one of Web page configuration data. It is a program list of one Example of an html file. Index. Is one of Web page configuration data. It is a program list of one Example of an html file. Newwebcom., Which is one of Web page configuration data. It is a program list of one Example of a js file. Newwebcom., Which is one of Web page configuration data. It is a program list of one Example of a js file. Newwebcom., Which is one of Web page configuration data. It is a program list of one Example of a js file. Newwebcom., Which is one of Web page configuration data. It is a program list of one Example of a js file. Newwebcom., Which is one of Web page configuration data. It is a program list of one Example of a js file. Newwebcom., Which is one of Web page configuration data. It is a program list of one Example of a js file. One of Web page configuration data, setup. It is a program list of one Example of an html file. Link., One of Web page configuration data. It is a program list of one Example of an html file. AfterMail., Which is one of Web page configuration data. It is a program list of one Example of an html file. EMail., Which is one of Web page configuration data. It is a program list of one Example of an html file. Image. Which is one of Web page configuration data. It is a program list of one Example of an html file. Newweb.net is one of Web page configuration data and definition data that defines the contents of Web document data. It is a program list of one Example of a txt file. It is a screen block diagram which shows the initial screen when a management program is performed within a web browser. It is a screen block diagram which shows the user management screen of the management program. It is a screen block diagram which shows the web page edit screen of the top page of the management program. It is a screen block diagram at the time of setting a display photograph to a Web camera in the same Web page edit screen. It is a screen block diagram which shows the web page edit screen of the sub top page which can be browsed via a hyperlink from a top page. It is a screen block diagram which shows the management screen of the access history of the management program. It is a screen block diagram which shows the transmission screen of the audio | voice photo mail with the management program. It is a simplified explanatory drawing explaining operation | movement of the some buffer of an audio | voice upload apparatus. Image when the Web camera is set. It is a program list of one Example of an html file. It is a screen block diagram which shows the photograph page setting screen of the management program. When creating a photo page, photo1. It is a program list of one Example of an html file.

Claims (13)

A web data management system for uploading web page configuration data constituting a web page from a client computer on which a web browser is installed to a web server computer via a network,
A management program executed on the client computer, the management program being uploaded to the server computer;
The management program includes a data upload function for uploading the web page configuration data in a client computer to a server computer, a download function for downloading all or part of the web page configuration data in the server computer to a client computer, and a client An editing function for editing the Web page configuration data downloaded in the computer and a home page automatic generation function for generating Web document data that can be browsed by a Web browser based on the editing result of the editing function are realized in the client computer. Is,
The Web page configuration data uploaded to the server computer includes the Web document data that can be browsed by a client computer by a Web browser via a network line, and the document data is used for starting the management program on the client computer. If the management program is not installed on the client computer when the script is executed, the management program is downloaded from the server computer to the client computer and installed. A featured Web data management system. The web data management system according to claim 1,
The client computer includes a connection information storage unit that stores connection information to a server for uploading the Web page configuration data from the client computer to the server computer, and when the management program is uploaded to the server computer, the connection information Is also uploaded to the server computer, and when the management program is downloaded from the server computer to the client computer by executing a script, the server connection information stored in the server is also downloaded to the client computer, and the connection information is downloaded. A Web data management system configured to perform server connection setting of a management program in a client computer based on the above. The Web data management system according to claim 1 or 2,
The Web data management system, wherein the script is automatically given to the data by the management program when the document data in the client computer is uploaded to the server computer by the data upload function of the management program. The Web data management system according to claim 1 or 2,
The Web data management system, wherein the script is automatically given to the document data by the management program when the document data is generated by the homepage automatic generation function of the management program. 5. The Web data management system according to claim 1, wherein the management program is configured to execute a user authentication process when activated and to be executed only when authenticated. A Web data management system characterized by the above. 6. The Web data management system according to claim 1, wherein the Web page configuration data includes definition data that defines a content of the Web document data, and a download function of a management program includes the definition data A Web data management system, wherein the Web document data is not downloaded. 7. The Web data management system according to claim 1, further comprising a real-time image upload device that uploads image data captured by a camera to a server computer at predetermined time intervals, and the management program further includes: A Web data management system, wherein a client computer realizes a Web image real-time display function for downloading the image data to a client computer at predetermined intervals and displaying the image data on a Web browser. The web data management system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising a voice upload device that uploads voice data acquired by a microphone to a server computer.
The audio upload device has a plurality of buffers for dividing and recording audio, stores audio data acquired by a microphone in any one of the buffers, and stores audio data of a predetermined size in the buffer. By accumulating audio data in another buffer, the audio data is sequentially stored in the plurality of buffers in time series, and each time audio data of a predetermined size is accumulated in one buffer, The buffer is configured to upload to the server computer in parallel with the audio data storage process,
The management program further causes a client computer to realize a real-time audio reproduction function of downloading the plurality of buffers from a server computer and reproducing them in time series. A management program is installed in a client computer from a portable recording medium or via the Internet, Web page configuration data for configuring a Web page in the client computer is created by the management program, and the Web page configuration data is generated by the management program. In a Web data management method for uploading from a client computer to a server computer,
The management program is uploaded to a server computer,
The web page configuration data includes web document data uploaded to a server computer and viewable by a client computer by a web browser via a network line,
The management program incorporates a script for starting the management program on a client computer into the document data when the document data is generated or uploaded to a server computer.
When the script is executed, if the management program is not installed on the client computer, the management program is downloaded from the server computer to the client computer and installed.
A Web data management method characterized by the above. The web data management method according to claim 9, wherein
When uploading the management program to the server computer, connection information to the server for uploading data from the client computer to the server computer is also uploaded to the server computer, and the management program is downloaded from the server computer to the client computer by executing the script. In the Web data management method, the server connection information stored in the server is also downloaded to the client computer, and the server connection setting of the management program in the client computer is performed based on the connection information. The Web data management method according to claim 9 or 10,
A Web data management method, wherein when the document data in a client computer is uploaded to a server computer by the data upload function of the management program, the script is automatically assigned to the data by the management program. The Web data management method according to claim 9 or 10,
A Web data management method, wherein when the document data is generated by a management program, the script is automatically assigned to the document data by the management program. 13. The Web data management method according to claim 9, wherein user authentication processing is performed when the management program is activated, and the management program is executed by a client computer only when authenticated. Web data management method.