JP2008112242A - Information processing system and information processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing system by which a user can easily process an object to be processed by using a system at a remote place even when the number of the objects being retrieval results becomes large. <P>SOLUTION: The acceptance means of an information processing system accepts a retrieval instruction to which user identification information for identifying a user is attached, and an association means associates a processing object as an individual retrieval result retrieved based on a retrieval instruction accepted by the acceptance means with destination information relating to the destination for transmitting an instruction to execute processing to the processing object, and a transmission means transmits the processing object associated by the association means with the destination information by using the user identification information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing system and an information processing program.

A system in a remote place is used from a user terminal through communication such as the Internet. However, if the system to be used is in the intranet, it is often protected by a firewall in general, so it is difficult to use the procedure from a terminal outside the intranet. Therefore, an attempt has been made to issue an instruction from the user terminal to the system using electronic mail.
As a technology related to these, for example, Patent Document 1 has a problem of performing an external access to an intranet system isolated by a firewall, and is provided in a mail server provided inside the firewall. An e-mail is sent from the outside to the job processing engine, and the sender's recognition information and job instruction information are described in the body of the e-mail, and the sender authentication unit authenticates the received mail. The job recognition unit recognizes the job instruction, the job execution unit executes the job, and the job execution result is transmitted to the sender as a reply mail or FAX.
In addition, for example, Patent Document 2 has an object of receiving information on a WWW server in a system from outside a system provided with a firewall, and a mail receiving unit receives information from a mail client via the mail server. The e-mail is received, the e-mail analysis unit decomposes the e-mail content into information indicating the e-mail sender and the access content, and the security management unit determines whether access to the URL specified by the e-mail sender is permitted. If it is permitted, the HTTP server access unit accesses the WWW server indicated by the access content, receives information from the document position indicated by the URL, and the mail creation unit receives the information. Create a return e-mail containing the e-mail, and send the e-mail to the e-mail client. Rukoto have been disclosed.
JP 2002-358274 A JP 2000-330885 A

  The present invention has been made in the background of such a background art, and even if the number of processing objects as search results increases using a remote system, the user can It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing system and an information processing program that can be easily processed.

The gist of the present invention for achieving the object lies in the inventions of the following items.
[1] accepting means for accepting a search instruction with user identification information that can identify a user;
Associating means for associating a processing target, which is an individual search result searched based on the search instruction received by the receiving means, with destination information relating to a destination for transmitting an instruction to execute processing on the processing target; ,
An information processing system comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit the processing target and destination information associated by the association unit using the user identification information.

[2] The information processing system according to [1], wherein the association unit associates a processing target corresponding to the destination for each user identification information.

[3] Accepting means for accepting a search instruction with user identification information that can identify a user;
Search means for performing a search based on a search instruction received by the reception means;
Associating means for associating a processing target, which is an individual search result searched by the search means, with destination information related to a destination for transmitting an instruction to execute processing on the processing target;
A transmission unit that transmits the processing target and destination information associated by the association unit using the user identification information;
Receiving means for receiving an instruction transmitted for the destination information;
An information processing system comprising: a process execution unit that executes a process on a processing target associated by the association unit according to destination information received by the reception unit.

[4]
A reception function that accepts a search instruction with user identification information that can identify a user;
An association function for associating a processing target that is an individual search result searched based on a search instruction received by the reception function with destination information related to a destination for transmitting an instruction to execute processing on the processing target; ,
An information processing program comprising: a transmission function for transmitting a processing target and destination information associated by the association function using the user identification information.

[5] The information processing program according to [4], wherein the association function associates a processing target corresponding to the destination for each user identification information.

  According to the information processing system of claim 1, even if the number of processing targets that are search results is increased using a system in a remote place as compared with the case where this configuration is not provided, the user can The processing object can be easily processed.

  According to the information processing system of the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the information processing system of the first aspect, the destination information can be saved.

  According to the information processing system of the third aspect, even when the number of processing targets as search results increases using a system in a remote place as compared with the case where this configuration is not provided, the user can The processing object can be easily processed, and the convenience is further improved.

  According to the information processing program of the fourth aspect, even if the number of processing targets as search results increases using a system in a remote place as compared with the case where this configuration is not provided, the user can The processing object can be easily processed.

  According to the information processing program of the fifth aspect, in addition to the effect of the information processing program according to the fourth aspect, the destination information can be saved.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a conceptual module configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
The module generally refers to a component such as software or hardware that can be logically separated. Therefore, the module in the present embodiment indicates not only a module in a program but also a module in a hardware configuration. Therefore, the present embodiment also serves as an explanation of a program, a system, and a method. In addition, the modules correspond almost one-to-one with the functions. However, in mounting, one module may be composed of one program, or a plurality of modules may be composed of one program. A plurality of programs may be used. The plurality of modules may be executed by one computer, or one module may be executed by a plurality of computers in a distributed or parallel environment. Hereinafter, “connection” includes not only physical connection but also logical connection.
The system includes a configuration in which a plurality of computers, hardware, devices, and the like are connected via a network and the like, and includes a case where the system is realized by one computer, hardware, devices, and the like.

Hereinafter, as a process for a search result file, a description will be mainly given of a case where a file selected by a user is printed by a printer.
E-mail is used as a means of exchanging information between the user's terminal and the system (for example, presentation of search instructions and search results), and an e-mail address is mainly used as user identification information that can identify the user. An example will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1, the present embodiment includes a mail reception module 110, a search module 120, a search processing result mail generation module 130, a mail transmission module 140, a processing module 150, and an address-file correspondence table 160. .
As shown in FIG. 1, the mail receiving module 110 is connected to the search module 120 and the processing module 150, and receives an electronic mail transmitted from a user. The e-mail is attached with a sender's e-mail address that can identify the user, and includes a search instruction and the like. Then, the content of the received mail is passed to the search module 120 or the processing module 150 according to the destination (more specifically, the received mailbox).
As shown in FIG. 1, the search module 120 is connected to the mail reception module 110 and the search processing result mail generation module 130, and in accordance with a search instruction in the received mail passed from the mail reception module 110, Perform a search. The search result (the name of the file including the keyword in the search instruction, etc.) is passed to the search processing result mail generation module 130.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the search processing result mail generation module 130 is connected to the search module 120, the mail transmission module 140, and the address-file correspondence table 160, and is an individual search result passed from the search module 120. Associate the file name with the generated email address. The mail address is for transmitting an instruction to execute print processing on the file. When the mail address is received at the mail address, the mail receiving module 110 passes the contents of the received mail to the processing module 150. The associated result is passed to the mail transmission module 140 and the address-file correspondence table 160. A file corresponding to the generated mail address may be associated with each sender mail address.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mail transmission module 140 is connected to the search processing result mail generation module 130, and the electronic mail received by the mail reception module 110 receives the association result passed from the search processing result mail generation module 130. Reply to the sender's email address.
As shown in FIG. 1, the processing module 150 is connected to the mail receiving module 110 and the address-file correspondence table 160, and executes print processing according to the email received by the mail receiving module 110. At this time, the target file stored in the address-file correspondence table 160 is extracted according to the mail address of the received mail, and the file is printed. Alternatively, a target file stored in the address-file correspondence table 160 may be extracted according to the mail address of the received mail and the mail address of the sender, and the file may be printed. The e-mail received by the mail receiving module 110 may be an empty mail. Sending to the mail address is an instruction to print the corresponding file.
As shown in FIG. 1, the address-file correspondence table 160 is connected to the search processing result mail generation module 130 and the processing module 150, and stores the results associated by the search processing result mail generation module 130. . The result is referred to by the processing module 150.

Next, with reference to FIG. 2, the overall configuration including the surrounding environment and the operation / operation (operation) of the embodiment will be described.
The configuration shown in FIG. 2 is a mobile phone 210, a server 220, a PC 230, a printer 240, a network 260 that is an intranet that connects the server 220 and the printer 240, and an Internet 250 that connects the server 220 and the mobile phone 210. The mobile phone 210 and the Internet 250 are connected via a wireless public communication line. The Internet 250 and the network 260 are connected via a firewall. For example, the server 220, the PC 230, the printer 240, and the network 260 are built in-house and are used by employees from the outside.

In step S <b> 21, the user transmits an e-mail to the server 220 using the mobile phone 210. A search for a document file in the PC 230 is instructed by the electronic mail. The search instruction includes a search keyword, a target folder, and the like.
In step S22, the mail receiving module 110 in the server 220 receives the electronic mail, and the search module 120 accesses and searches the designated shared folder of the PC 230 based on the search instruction in the electronic mail. The search module 120 in the server 220 acquires the name of the document file including the search keyword as a search result.

In step S23, for each file hit as a result of the search, the corresponding mail address is set by the search processing result mail generation module 130 in the server 220, and the mail transmission module 140 sends the result to the mobile phone 210 by e-mail. Send back. The result is stored in the address-file correspondence table 160 in the server 220.
The correspondence between the document file as a search result and the mail address will be described with reference to FIG. The search result file / mail address correspondence table 300 includes a file name column 301 and a corresponding address column 302. The file name column 301 is a column for storing the file name as a result of the search in step S22, and the corresponding address column 302 is a column for storing the mail address generated in association with the file in step S23. The e-mail address is generated differently for each file. For example, it is generated in order from 001 to “001@mailadd.co.jp, 002@mailadd.co.jp,...” Or by combining the file name with the date and time.

  Further, for each user's mail address (the mail address of the mail sender when the e-mail is transmitted from the mobile phone 210 to the server 220 in step S21), an e-mail address associated with the search result may be generated. That is, the e-mail address generated by the search processing result e-mail generation module 130 is independent for each e-mail sender, and different e-mail senders can correspond to different files even with the same e-mail address. This will be specifically described with reference to FIG. The correspondence table 400 between the search result file and the mail address includes a mail destination field 401 and a mail sender field 402. The mail destination column 401 corresponds to the corresponding address column 302 in FIG. 3, and is a column for storing the mail address generated in association with the file in step S23. However, the generated e-mail address is independent for each e-mail sender. The mail sender column 402 is a column for storing the mail sender, and is divided for each mail sender. For example, when a search instruction mail is transmitted from each of the two mobile phones 210, as shown in FIG. 4, User_A @ mailadd. co. jp, User_B @ mailadd. co. A jp field is generated. And User_A @ mailadd. co. jp, the mail address “001@mailadd.co.jp” generated by the search processing result mail generation module 130 corresponds to the file “File A”, and User_B @ mailadd. co. For jp, the same mail address “001@mailadd.co.jp” corresponds to the file “File C”.

  In addition, a specific example of the contents of the email generated by the search processing result mail generation module 130 in step S23 will be described with reference to FIG. The search result transmission mail 500 includes a subject name 501 and a mail text 502. The mail text 502 describes a search result and a corresponding mail address 503. The search result and the corresponding mail address 503 are the contents of the search result file and mail address correspondence table 300 shown in FIG. 3, or the search result file and mail address correspondence table corresponding to the corresponding mail sender shown in FIG. 400 contents.

In step S24, the mobile phone 210 receives the e-mail returned from the server 220, and the user transmits an e-mail by selecting an e-mail address corresponding to the file to be printed on the search result screen. For example, the search result shown in FIG. 5 and the 001 @ mailadd. co. jp or 002 @ mailadd. co. Send e-mail to jp.
In step S25, the mail receiving module 110 in the server 220 receives the electronic mail in step S24, and the processing module 150 refers to the correspondence table in the address-file correspondence table 160, and according to the destination of the electronic mail. The corresponding file is extracted from the PC 230 and printed using the printer 240. For example, User_A @ mailadd. co. jp @ 001 @ mailadd. co. If a mail addressed to jp is received, File A is printed.

  The hardware configuration of the computer (server 220) on which the program according to the present embodiment is executed is a general computer that can be a server as shown in FIG. 6, specifically, the mail receiving module 110, Stores a CPU 901 that executes programs such as a search module 120, a search processing result mail generation module 130, a mail transmission module 140, and a processing module 150, a RAM 902 that stores the programs and data, a program for starting the computer, and the like. ROM 903, HD 904 which is an auxiliary storage device for storing the contents of the address-file correspondence table 160, an input device 906 for inputting data such as a keyboard and a mouse, and an output device 905 such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display , Communication network Communication line interface 907 for connecting to the workpiece, and, and a bus 908 for exchanging data by connecting them. A plurality of these computers may be connected to each other via a network.

  Note that the hardware configuration shown in FIG. 6 shows one configuration example, and the present embodiment is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG. 6, and is a configuration capable of executing the modules described in the present embodiment. I just need it. For example, some modules may be configured with dedicated hardware (for example, ASIC). In particular, in addition to personal computers, they are incorporated into copiers, fax machines, scanners, printers, multifunction machines (also called multifunction copiers, which have functions such as scanners, printers, copiers, and fax machines). It may be.

In the above embodiment, the print processing of the file selected by the user is shown as the processing for the search result file. However, the file selected by the user is stored in the shared drawer, Processing such as sending an e-mail that announces the storage, processing for deleting the selected file, processing for translating the selected file, and the like may be used.
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the example which uses an email as a means of the exchange of information between a user's terminal and a system was shown, a chat, an online instruction | indication, etc. may be sufficient. In this case, the user identification information is a login name or the like. However, when a firewall is provided, it is suitable to use e-mail. The network 260 is not limited to an intranet.
Further, in the search processing result mail generation module 130, the file and the mail address are associated with each other, but a processing device may be further associated. For example, in addition to a file, a printer that prints the file may be associated. That is, the user can designate a printer for printing. In that case, a plurality of mail addresses are associated with one file.
Further, although the mobile phone 210 is shown as a terminal used by a user, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), a portable PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) having a communication function, a personal computer, or the like. It is particularly suitable when the speed, terminal processing capacity, etc. are low, or when there is an economic reason due to packet charges.
Further, a database storing document files is constructed in the PC 230, and the search may be performed on the database.

The described program can be stored in a recording medium, and the program can be provided by communication means. In that case, for example, the above-described program can also be regarded as an invention of a “computer-readable recording medium recording the program”.
The “computer-readable recording medium on which a program is recorded” refers to a computer-readable recording medium on which a program is recorded, which is used for program installation, execution, program distribution, and the like.
The recording medium is, for example, a digital versatile disc (DVD), which is a standard established by the DVD Forum, such as “DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM,” and DVD + RW. Standards such as “DVD + R, DVD + RW, etc.”, compact discs (CDs), read-only memory (CD-ROM), CD recordable (CD-R), CD rewritable (CD-RW), etc. MO), flexible disk (FD), magnetic tape, hard disk, read only memory (ROM), electrically erasable and rewritable read only memory (EEPROM), flash memory, random access memory (RAM), etc. It is.
The program or a part of the program can be recorded on the recording medium and stored or distributed. Also, by communication, for example, a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), a wired network used for the Internet, an intranet, an extranet, etc., or wireless communication It can be transmitted using a transmission medium such as a network or a combination of these, and can also be carried on a carrier wave.
Furthermore, the above program may be a part of another program, or may be recorded on a recording medium together with a separate program. Moreover, it may be divided and recorded on a plurality of recording media. Further, it may be recorded in any manner as long as it can be restored, such as compression or encryption.

It is a conceptual module block diagram about the structural example of this Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the specific structural example and process of this Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a data structure of the correspondence table of the file and mail address which are search results. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a data structure of the correspondence table of the file and mail address which are search results. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the content of a search result transmission mail. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware structural example of the computer which implement | achieves this Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 110 ... Mail reception module 120 ... Search module 130 ... Search processing result mail generation module 140 ... Mail transmission module 150 ... Processing module 160 ... Address-file correspondence table 210 ... Mobile phone 220 ... Server 230 ... PC
240 ... Printer 250 ... Internet 260 ... Network

Claims (5)

A receiving means for receiving a search instruction with user identification information for identifying a user;
Associating means for associating a processing target, which is an individual search result searched based on the search instruction received by the receiving means, with destination information relating to a destination for transmitting an instruction to execute processing on the processing target; ,
An information processing system comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit the processing target and destination information associated by the association unit using the user identification information. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the association unit associates a processing target corresponding to the destination for each user identification information. A receiving means for receiving a search instruction with user identification information for identifying a user;
Search means for performing a search based on a search instruction received by the reception means;
Associating means for associating a processing target, which is an individual search result searched by the search means, with destination information related to a destination for transmitting an instruction to execute processing on the processing target;
A transmission unit that transmits the processing target and destination information associated by the association unit using the user identification information;
Receiving means for receiving an instruction transmitted for the destination information;
An information processing system comprising: a process execution unit that executes a process on a processing target associated by the association unit according to destination information received by the reception unit. On the computer,
A reception function that accepts a search instruction with user identification information that can identify a user;
An association function for associating a processing target that is an individual search result searched based on a search instruction received by the reception function with destination information related to a destination for transmitting an instruction to execute processing on the processing target; ,
An information processing program comprising: a transmission function for transmitting a processing target and destination information associated by the association function using the user identification information. The information processing program according to claim 4, wherein the association function associates a processing target corresponding to the destination for each user identification information.

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