JP2008234425A - Display system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the number of simultaneously displayed pop-ups for preventing overlooking of a pop-up and an operation mistake due to the oversight. <P>SOLUTION: Relations between tabs and pop-ups are held as a data table so that only the content of a pop-up related to a tab displayed on the forefront screen can be displayed in a screen display based on a multiple tab display method. When the tag displayed on the forefront screen is changed or when an instruction for display or deletion of a pop-up is made, display content of the pop-up is switched. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a display system, and relates to a display process by a terminal device connected to a device such as a cash processing device or a passbook printer used in a bank.

  A bank accounting system generally has a server connected to a host installed in a center, and further includes a terminal, a PC (personal computer), and a plurality of devices such as a cash processor and a passbook printer. Are connected and configured. The PC has a display function such as a Web browser, and displays various types of information according to instructions from a host server and operations of staff.

  For example, in the display of a PC, a plurality of business contents may be displayed on one display screen in order to perform a plurality of business operations simultaneously. As a display format, a format in which a plurality of windows are displayed (hereinafter referred to as a multi-window display method) or a format in which a plurality of display contents are provided on one window and the display contents are switched using tabs (hereinafter referred to as a multi-tab display method). )and so on. The multi-tab display method is used in Web browsers.

  The multi-tab display method has an advantage that the screen contents can be displayed larger than the multi-window display method. For this reason, it is used for a terminal having a small display device such as a mobile phone or a portable information terminal.

  Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-40880) has a display screen that displays a plurality of options, and details of the selected option by selecting at least one of the plurality of options. A display device for a user interface that displays a pop-up screen for expanding items is disclosed.

  A pop-up is a small new window that is displayed in the foreground while the PC is in use, and is used for urgent or highly important display or advertisement display on a Web page. Even when a failure occurs in the dedicated device, the pop-up warning display is effective because of the high urgency.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-40880

  When a failure occurs in a device connected to a terminal, a pop-up may be displayed in response to that failure. The pop-up display is intended to make the display contents noticeable, so it is displayed in a place where it is easily noticed such as the center of the screen. However, if a plurality of pop-ups are displayed at the same time, the portion of the normal display content is hidden and the screen display becomes difficult to see. In addition, the pop-up may be overlooked and the attendant's operation mistake may occur.

  An object of the present invention is to prevent pop-ups from being overlooked and operation mistakes associated therewith by suppressing the number of pop-ups displayed simultaneously.

The display system according to the present invention is preferably a display system capable of displaying a plurality of pop-up screens on the display screen by a multi-tab display method, and displays a pop-up screen displayed on the forefront of the display screen in association with the displayed tab. A first managing means for managing, a second managing means for managing the association between the tabs that can be displayed and the pop-up screen, the contents of the first managing means and the second managing means are changed according to the change of the tabs, and The display system includes a display control unit that displays a pop-up screen managed by the second management unit on the same screen, which is related to the pop-up screen displayed on the forefront by the one management unit.
In a preferred example, the first management means has a tab table for registering a display flag for managing whether or not to display in the foreground corresponding to the tab name, and the second management means is related to the tab. When the tab displayed in the foreground is replaced or deleted, the contents of the tab table and the related table are changed.
Preferably, the tab further includes a pop-up table for managing a pop-up name to be displayed, display contents, and a flag indicating whether the display contents may be pop-up displayed, and displayed on the forefront by the first management means. A screen in which the pop-up display flag related to is turned on is displayed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the number of pop-ups displayed at the same time and make it easy to see the display content on the screen. Thereby, it is possible to prevent a pop-up from being overlooked and an operation error.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[Example 1]
This example is applied to a bank accounting system that displays a plurality of pop-ups in conjunction with a plurality of devices.
As shown in FIG. 1, this system includes a host 101, a server 102 connected to the host 1, a database (DB) 103 connected to the server 102, a plurality of terminals 104 connected to the server 102, and a display device 1061. And the PC 105 including the input device 1062 and the devices 107, 108 and 109. A plurality of terminals 104 operated by a bank clerk are connected in the accounting system and can perform processing such as depositing and withdrawing.

  Devices connected to the terminal 104 include a cash processing machine 107, a passbook printing printer 108, and a card reader / writer 109, which are devices (dedicated devices) unique to financial terminals, in addition to the PC 106 for operating the terminal.

  Further, the terminal 104 has a function of displaying information on the screen of the display device 1062 in accordance with an instruction from the server 102 or an instruction of the input device 1062 operated by a clerk. As the display function of the terminal, a dedicated display function or a display function such as a PC web browser is used. The display device 1062 displays a plurality of windows in a multi-window format.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of a display screen according to this embodiment. In this example, a plurality of screens are displayed in a tab format by the multi-tab display method. In the figure, two tabs, a deposit tab 201 and a withdrawal tab 202, are displayed. The tab currently displayed in the forefront is a deposit tab 201, and a pop-up 211 of contents related thereto is displayed.

  In this embodiment, the terminal 104 performs tab processing and pop-up processing. Further, the DB 103 stores a tab table 301, a related table 302, and a pop-up table 303, which will be described later. The terminal 104 performs processing such as browsing and updating of these tables 301 to 303. The terminal 104 instructs the PC 105 to display.

Next, the configuration of each table will be described with reference to FIG.
In this embodiment, a tab table 301, a relation table 302, and a pop-up table 303 are provided as data tables.
The tab table 301 manages information on the currently displayed tab, and registers a tab name 3011 and a foreground display flag 3012. The tab whose frontmost display flag is ON is displayed in the foreground, and a pop-up related to this is displayed as necessary. On the other hand, the tab for which the foreground display flag is OFF is behind, and can be displayed in the foreground by switching (turning on) this tab thereafter.

The association table 302 manages popup names related to tabs, and registers tab names 3021 and popup names 3022 related to the tabs.
The pop-up table 303 registers and manages pop-up names 3031 to be displayed, display contents 3032 and display flags 3033. These contents are assumed to be registered in advance. When the display flag is ON, it means that pop-up display is possible. A pop-up is displayed when a related pop-up display flag is ON in a tab whose frontmost display flag is ON in the tab table 301.

  The pop-up display switching is performed when there is a change in the tab display and when a pop-up display / deletion instruction is issued. A tab display change is when a tab is created, switched, or deleted. In the following, an example of pop-up display switching will be described using DB operation language SQL.

Next, the tab creation process will be described with reference to FIG.
First, tab information is added to the tab table 301 and the related table 302 by the processing of the terminal 104 (S401, 402). Information is added to the related table 302 by the number of related pop-ups. Next, the created tab is displayed on the screen of the display device 1061 of the PC 105 according to an instruction from the terminal 104 (S403). Finally, tab switching processing is performed and the created tab is displayed in the foreground (S404).

For example, an example of processing for additionally displaying another tab (exchange processing tab) while the deposit processing tab is displayed will be described. First, the exchange processing tab is registered in the tab table 301 (S401). Specifically, tab name = exchange processing and foreground display flag = OFF are registered in the tab table. Here, the currency exchange processing tab is not displayed foremost for the time being.
Next, a pop-up “cash machine exclusive control” related to the exchange processing tab is added to the related table 302 (S402). Specifically, tab name = exchange processing and pop-up name = cash machine exclusive control are registered in the related table 302. Next, the terminal 104 instructs the PC 105 to display the deposit processing tab on the display device 1061 (S403).

Next, the frontmost display tab of the tab table 301 is switched (S404). Specifically, the foreground display flag of the tab table 301 is switched as follows.
First, the frontmost display flag of tab name = payment processing is switched from ON to OFF. Next, the frontmost display flag of tab name = exchange processing is switched from OFF to ON.

  Thereafter, the terminal 104 instructs the PC 105 to switch the foreground display tab from the deposit processing tab to the exchange processing tab. Finally, a popup associated with the currency exchange processing tab is retrieved and displayed. Here, the pop-up table in which the pop-up name = the cash machine exclusive control display flag is ON is displayed.

Next, the tab switching process will be described with reference to FIG.
Before switching the tab, the currently displayed popup is temporarily deleted (S501). Next, the front-most display flag of the front-most display tab is switched from ON to OFF (S502). This switching process is performed by writing from the terminal 104 to the tab table stored in the DB 103.

Then, the terminal 104 issues a tab display switching instruction to the PC 105 (S503).
Then, since the foreground display tab has been switched, the pop-up to be displayed is also changed, and a pop-up to be newly displayed is searched (S504). Then, a pop-up display is performed on the display device 1061 (S505).

Next, the tab deletion process will be described with reference to FIG.
Before deleting a tab, it is checked whether or not the tab is being displayed in the foreground (S601). If the forefront display is being performed, the tab switching process (S500) of FIG. 5 is performed, and the foreground display tab is changed in advance. Next, the tab information of the tab to be deleted is deleted from the tab table and the related table (S602, 603). Finally, the tab is deleted from the screen (S604).

Next, the pop-up display process will be described with reference to FIG.
First, regarding a popup to be displayed in the popup table 303, the popup display flag is switched from OFF to ON (S701). Next, it is checked whether or not the popup to be displayed can be displayed immediately (relevance to the frontmost display tab) (S702). Specifically, it is checked whether or not the combination table 302 has a combination of the tab name of the tab whose frontmost display flag = ON and the pop-up name in step S701 exist.
Next, in order to determine whether to display this pop-up on the screen, as a result of checking the relevance with the foreground display tab, if there is relevance (if the SQL result is not 0) (S703), the pop-up is displayed. The actual display is performed (S704).

Next, the pop-up deletion process will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the pop-up display flag of the pop-up table 303 is switched from ON to OFF for the pop-up to be deleted (S801). Next, it is checked whether or not this pop-up is being displayed (S802). Specifically, it is checked whether or not the combination of the tab name of the tab whose frontmost display flag = ON in the tab table 301 and the pop-up name in step S801 exist in the related table 302. As a result of the check, if it is being displayed, the pop-up is deleted from the screen (S803, S804).

  As described above, when tabs and popups are displayed in association with each other, popups that are not related to the tab being displayed in the foreground cannot be displayed, thereby reducing the number of popups displayed.

[Example 2]
In the first embodiment, since new pop-up display and deletion frequently occur, a burden is imposed on the terminal 104. As a result, the display speed of the pop-up may be slow. A method for reducing the number of new pop-up display processes in order to reduce the processing load will be described in the second and third embodiments.

  As a method of reducing the new pop-up display process, the displayed pop-up deletion process (S501) in the tab switching process (FIG. 5) is modified. FIG. 9 shows the process 501 after correction. In the process of FIG. 9, if a pop-up related to a tab to be newly displayed in the foreground is being displayed during the tab switching process, it is continuously displayed as it is.

  The new process 501 performs a search process for a displayed pop-up (S901) and searches for a pop-up associated with a newly displayed tab (S903), and obtains a pop-up to be deleted (S904). Then, the pop-up is deleted (S905).

  In the processing according to the second embodiment, when the pop-up being displayed on the display device 1061 is also displayed on the tab that is newly displayed in the foreground, the processing is not changed from “delete pop-up” to “pop-up display” and is left as it is. Process. According to this, since the number of times of switching from display processing to deletion processing is reduced, the number of pop-up deletion processing itself is also reduced. Compared with the example of FIG. 5 (Embodiment 1), the processing time per operation is increased in Embodiment 2, but the number of times the process of FIG. 9 is called is reduced, the processing load on the terminal is reduced, and the deletion time is also reduced. Effects such as reduction can be obtained.

[Example 3]
As a method for reducing the number of new pop-up display processes to only once when the terminal 104 is activated, a method for hiding the pop-up on the back of the display screen will be described. An example of the screen is shown in FIG.
When the terminal is activated, all pop-ups that may be displayed are created as non-display pop-ups 1001 on the back side of the foremost display tab 1002. At this time, the pop-up 1001 is hidden behind the tab 1002 and cannot be seen. When displaying a pop-up, it is displayed in front of the tab 1002 (displaying pop-up 1003). In this way, the pop-up can be displayed / hidden by moving the pop-up to the front / back of the foremost display tab. Thereby, the display speed of the pop-up is improved as compared with the first and second embodiments.

In addition, as a method of reducing the number of new pop-up displays, the hidden pop-up is placed on the back of the screen in the above example. However, in the alternative example, it is possible to hide the pop-up without placing the pop-up on the back of the screen. is there. This switching between display and non-display can be realized by switching the flag on and off for each pop-up being displayed.
The present invention is not limited to a bank system, and can be realized by a PC or a display system that controls display of popups by relating tabs and popups. For example, when the present invention is realized by a PC, the display control function by the terminal 104 described above may be provided in the PC.

The figure which shows the structure of the bank system with which one Example is applied. The figure which shows the example of the screen display by a multi-tab display. The figure which shows the structural example of each data table. The flowchart of a tab creation process. The flowchart of a tab switching process. The flowchart of a tab deletion process. The flowchart of a pop-up display process. The flowchart of a pop-up deletion process. 9 is a flowchart of pop-up tab switching processing according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a pop-up display in the third embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

101: Host, 102: Server, 103: DB, 104: Terminal, 105: PC, 1061: Display device, 1062: Input device, 107: Cash processing machine, 108: Passbook printer, 109: Card reader / writer, 201 202: Tab, 211: Pop-up, 301: Tab table, 302: Related table, 303: Pop-up table.

Claims (3)

In a display system that can display multiple pop-up screens on the display screen by the multi-tab display method,
A first management means for managing a pop-up screen displayed in front of the display screen in association with a displayed tab;
A second management means for managing the association between the tabs that can be displayed and the pop-up screen;
The contents of the first management means and the second management means are changed according to the change of the tab, and managed by the second management means related to the pop-up screen displayed on the forefront by the first management means. Display control means for displaying a pop-up screen on the same screen;
A display system comprising: The first management means has a tab table for registering a display flag for managing whether or not to display in the foreground corresponding to the tab name,
The second management means has an association table for registering pop-up contents that can be displayed in association with a tab,
2. The display system according to claim 1, wherein when the tab being displayed in the foreground is replaced or deleted, the contents of the tab table and the related table are changed. Furthermore, it has a pop-up table for managing a pop-up name to be displayed, display contents, and a flag indicating whether the display contents may be pop-up displayed,
3. The display system according to claim 1, wherein a screen in which the display flag of the pop-up relating to the tab displayed on the forefront is displayed by the first management unit is displayed.

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