JP2012009069A - Annotation use program, annotation use method and annotation use device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform different annotation display according to users or the situations of the users by an annotation use program for providing a function to be used by adding an annotation to display information.SOLUTION: This annotation use device is configured such that meta information is added to the annotation, and change filter information for controlling the display of the annotation based on the meta information is transmitted via a server 40 to a specific client by a filter processing part 140, and that the change filter information generated by the other client is received via the server 40 from the other client, and stored in a filter information storage part 130, and that the display of the annotation is controlled based on the change filter information stored in the filter information storage part 130 and annotation information stored in an annotation information storage part 110 by an annotation processing part 120.

Description

  The present invention relates to an annotation use program and an annotation use apparatus that provide a function for adding an annotation to display information and using the annotation, and in particular, an annotation use capable of controlling the display of an annotation according to a user or a user's situation. The present invention relates to a program, an annotation utilization method, and an annotation utilization apparatus.

  Annotation technology that uses an annotation added to display information is described in a system for dynamically expanding the contents of a document by adding meta information as described in Patent Document 1, or in Patent Document 2. As described above, it is used in a system that needs to identify the position of specific content in video data.

  In particular, in a shared information utilization system in which display information such as a web page acquired from a server via a network is commonly used by a plurality of computer terminals in an electronic conference or the like, the use of annotation technology is actively promoted. (For example, see Patent Document 3). Specifically, the annotation is used as a whiteboard for adding “instruction pointers” and “line drawings, characters” for attracting attention to specific places of the common display information.

JP 2003-114906 A JP 2004-357302 A JP 2001-243165 A

  However, in the conventional common information utilization system, all the annotations displayed on the computer terminal are the same, and the display of the annotation cannot be changed according to the state of the computer terminal (user, time, place, etc.) There is.

  For example, in an electronic conference held by members inside and outside the company, there is a problem that it is not possible to use information such as displaying information that only the members in the company want to show using annotations.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems caused by the prior art, and an annotation use program, an annotation use method, and an annotation that can control the display of an annotation according to a user or a user's situation. It aims at providing a utilization apparatus.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the annotation use program according to the present invention is an annotation use program that provides a function of adding an annotation to display information and using the annotation, and displaying the annotation and the annotation A transmission procedure for reading the annotation and the attribute information from storage means for associating and storing attribute information in which an aspect is defined, and transmitting the read annotation and attribute information to another device connected via a network. Let it run.

  According to the present invention, a filter that controls the display of annotation based on the attribute value added to the annotation as meta information is set, and the display of the annotation is controlled based on the set filter and the attribute value added to the annotation. Since it is configured as described above, it is possible to control the display of annotations by setting a filter.

  In the annotation use program according to the present invention as set forth in the invention described above, the transmission procedure transmits, to the other apparatus, information defining whether or not annotation display in the other apparatus is defined as the attribute information.

  According to the present invention, regarding display of annotations added to shared information shared among a plurality of users, filter information related to a filter designated for a specific user among the plurality of users is received in real time. Since the filter is set, the filter for a specific user can be set.

  In the annotation use program according to the present invention, in the above invention, the transmission procedure transmits operation information for operating display of the annotation to the other apparatus as the attribute information.

  According to the present invention, since the profile reflecting the user and the usage environment of the user is set as a part of the filter, the display of the annotation can be controlled based on the profile.

  In the annotation use program according to the present invention, in the above invention, the transmission procedure transmits, as the attribute information, information for specifying display information to which the annotation is added to the other apparatus.

  According to the present invention, a filter that controls the display of annotation based on the attribute value added to the annotation as meta information is set, and the display of the annotation is controlled based on the set filter and the attribute value added to the annotation. Since it is configured as described above, it is possible to control the display of annotations by setting a filter.

  An annotation using apparatus according to the present invention is an annotation using apparatus that provides a function of adding an annotation to display information for use, and stores the annotation and attribute information in which the display mode of the annotation is defined in association with each other. Transmitting means for reading the annotation and the attribute information from the storage means, and transmitting the read annotation and attribute information to another device connected via the network.

  According to the present invention, a filter that controls the display of annotation based on the attribute value added to the annotation as meta information is set, and the display of the annotation is controlled based on the set filter and the attribute value added to the annotation. Since it is configured as described above, it is possible to control the display of annotations by setting a filter.

  According to the present invention, since it is possible to control the display of annotation by setting a filter, it is possible to control the display of annotation by setting a filter according to the situation of the user or the user. Play.

  Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to set a filter for a specific user, so that an annotation can be displayed only for some users.

  Further, according to the present invention, since the display of the annotation can be controlled based on the profile, it is possible to change the display of the annotation for each user and the usage environment of the user.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the concept of the situation-responsive dynamic annotation provided by the annotation use system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating the system configuration of the annotation utilization system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of meta information. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a format of annotation information transmitted / received between the client and the server. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of annotation information transmitted and received between a client and a server. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a format of change filter information transmitted / received between the client and the server. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of change filter information transmitted and received between a client and a server. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a transmission example of change filter information from the client to the server. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a format of operation filter information transmitted / received between the client and the server. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of operation filter information transmitted and received between the client and the server. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of transmission of operation filter information from the client to the server. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a playback menu screen displayed by the playback unit. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a format of reproduction processing related information transmitted / received between a client and a server. FIG. 14 is a process flow diagram illustrating a processing procedure of new annotation generation processing by the annotation using system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 15 is a process flow diagram illustrating the processing procedure of the change filter application process by the annotation use system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 16 is a process flow diagram illustrating the processing procedure of the operation filter application process by the annotation use system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 17 is a process flow diagram illustrating the processing procedure of the reproduction process by the annotation use system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an application example (1) of the annotation use system according to the present embodiment to another field. FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an application example (2) of the annotation use system according to the present embodiment to another field. FIG. 20 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a computer that executes the annotation use program according to the present embodiment.

  Exemplary embodiments of an annotation use program, an annotation use method, and an annotation use apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  First, the concept of the situation-aware dynamic annotation provided by the annotation usage system according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the concept of the situation-responsive dynamic annotation provided by the annotation use system according to the present embodiment. Here, the situation-adaptive dynamic annotation means an annotation in which different display is performed according to the situation and the display dynamically changes according to the change of the situation.

  FIG. 1 shows a case where exam questions are displayed on a common Web page on the terminals of teacher, student A and student B. FIG. Here, if the student A has already entered the answer to the test question, the model answer is displayed using annotations on the terminals of the student A and the teacher. On the other hand, if student B is entering an answer to the test question, a hint is displayed using annotations on the terminals of student B and the teacher.

  That is, since student A has completed answering and student B is currently answering, different annotations are displayed on the terminals of student A and student B corresponding to the situation of student A and student B. In this example, the teacher generates both the model answer and the hint as annotations, but the model answer is shared only between the teacher and student A, and the hint is shared only between the teacher and student B.

  Also, the student A's terminal displays the model answer that was not displayed when the student A was writing the answer after the answer entry was completed. That is, the annotation displayed on the terminal is dynamically changed in response to the change in the situation of the student A.

  As described above, the annotation use system according to the present embodiment can expand the use form of the annotation by providing a function of selectively or dynamically changing the display of the annotation according to the user's situation. it can.

  Next, a system configuration of the annotation use system according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating the system configuration of the annotation utilization system according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, in this annotation utilization system, a client 10 to 30 used by a user and a server 40 that receives and stores annotation information from the client 10 to 30 and distributes the annotation information to other clients via a network 50. Connected and configured. For convenience of explanation, only three clients 10 to 30 are shown here, but this annotation using system is composed of an arbitrary number of clients.

  The annotation use program 100 executed by each client includes an annotation information storage unit 110, an annotation processing unit 120, a filter information storage unit 130, a filter processing unit 140, a profile information storage unit 150, a reproduction unit 160, And a communication processing unit 170 that operates with the browser 11 to cause each client to function as an annotation using device.

  The annotation use program 100 is a Java (registered trademark) applet or Java (registered trademark) Script program that runs on the browser 11. Although the description will focus on the display of annotations here, Web pages shared between users are read from the Web server by the server 40 and distributed to each client, and displayed by the browser 11 of each client. Is done.

  The annotation information storage unit 110 is a storage unit that stores information related to all annotations created by the clients 10 to 30, and stores line drawing information and meta information for each annotation. Here, the line drawing information is VM-based, and the meta information is XML-based. However, since VML is XML-based, both line drawing information and meta-information can be managed on the XML base.

  Meta information is defined as an attribute (property), and comment information, URL link, and document file as free description can be defined as meta information in addition to an ID, generation time, and update time as an annotation identifier. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of meta information. As shown in the figure, in this example, importance, group, category, chain, and the like are defined as meta information.

  The annotation processing unit 120 is a processing unit that performs processing related to annotation, and performs display control of annotation and transmission / reception of annotation information to / from the server 40. Specifically, the annotation processing unit 120 performs display control on the annotations whose information is stored in the annotation information storage unit 110 based on information stored in the filter information storage unit 130 and the profile information storage unit 150. Do.

  The annotation processing unit 120 stores the annotation information created by the user of the own client in the annotation information storage unit 110 and transmits the annotation information to the server 40, and the annotation created by the user of another client. Information is received via the server 40 and stored in the annotation information storage unit 110.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a format of annotation information transmitted / received between the client and the server. As shown in the figure, the annotation information sent and received between the client and server includes communication information indicating the transmission source, distribution destination, new creation, etc., and meta information indicating the creator, identifier, importance, group, etc. , Visible information indicating line drawing information based on VML is included.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of annotation information transmitted and received between a client and a server. As shown in the figure, annotation information transmitted and received between a client and a server is defined using an XML tag <webcd>.

  The filter information storage unit 130 is a storage unit that stores condition information for designating display / non-display of annotation as filter information for annotation. As the condition information, display (visible = "true") or non-display (visible = "false") is specified for a combination of an attribute and an attribute value.

  The annotation processing unit 120 controls the display of the annotation using the filter information stored in the filter information storage unit 130. As described above, the filter information storage unit 130 of each client stores the conditions regarding the display of the annotation as filter information, and the annotation processing unit 120 controls the display of the annotation based on the filter information stored in the filter information storage unit 130. By doing so, different annotations can be displayed for each client.

  The filter processing unit 140 is a processing unit that processes the filter information of the annotation. Specifically, the filter processing unit 140 transmits the filter information created by the user of the own client to the client via the server 40 by specifying the distribution destination. Further, the filter processing unit 140 receives filter information created by the user of the own client or another client via the server 40 and stores it in the filter information storage unit 130.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a format of change filter information transmitted / received between the client and the server. Here, the change filter information is filter information used for controlling the display / non-display of annotations in each client. As shown in the figure, the change filter information transmitted / received between the client and the server includes communication information indicating a transmission source, a distribution destination, etc., and condition information specifying a display / non-display condition by a property (attribute). included.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of change filter information transmitted and received between a client and a server. As shown in the figure, the change filter information transmitted / received between the client and the server is defined using the XML tag <webcd> similarly to the annotation information.

  The condition information is defined using an XML tag <condition>. For example, in FIG. 7, a condition is specified such that if the attribute value (level) of the attribute “Group” of the annotation is “open”, it is not displayed (visible = “false”).

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of transmission of change filter information from the client to the server 40. FIG. 4A shows an example of a screen used by the user for specifying filter information. In FIG. 6A, the user designates the transmission destination of the change filter information by the user name, and designates the display / non-display of the annotation for the combination of the attribute and the attribute value by the group and the importance.

  For example, on this screen, the change filter information is sent to the user “IRII”, and for the attribute “group”, the annotation whose attribute value is “public” is hidden, and other attribute values are displayed. For the attribute, the condition that the annotation whose attribute value is “low” is hidden and the other attribute values are displayed is specified. In this example, “IRII” is displayed as the user, and the group and importance are displayed as the attributes. However, the user and the attributes are automatically displayed by the filter processing unit 140 based on the system user and the meta information. Is displayed.

  FIG. 4B shows filter information generated by the filter processing unit 140 from the screen of FIG. As shown in FIG. 5B, the filter processing unit 140 generates filter information described in XML.

  FIG. 4C shows the format of information transmitted from the client to the server 40. As shown in FIG. 5C, the filter information is transmitted to the server 40 with a protocol XML indicating that the following data is in the XML format.

  FIG. 4D shows information transmitted from the client to the server 40. As shown in FIG. 4D, information described using the XML tag <webcd> is transmitted from the client to the server 40 as filter information.

  In this way, the filter processing unit 140 specifies the destination client and transmits the changed filter information via the server 40, and the filter information stored in the filter information storage unit 130 based on the changed filter information received via the server 40. And the annotation processing unit 120 displays the annotation based on the filter information stored in the filter information storage unit 130, so that the display of the annotation can be dynamically controlled.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a format of operation filter information transmitted / received between the client and the server. Here, the operation filter information is filter information used for operations such as blinking of an annotation in each client, display of information accompanying the annotation, and execution of a program. Predetermined information can be pushed to a specific user using this operation filter information.

  As shown in the figure, the operation filter information transmitted and received between the client and the server includes communication information indicating a transmission source, a distribution destination, an identifier (ID) for identifying an operation target annotation, an operation motion, and parameter information. And operation information for specifying such as.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of operation filter information transmitted and received between the client and the server. As shown in the figure, the operation filter information transmitted / received between the client and the server is defined using the XML tag <webcd> similarly to the annotation information. Further, the operation information is defined using XML tags <action>, <blinkid>, and the like. For example, in FIG. 10, “blink” (blinking display) is specified as the operation, and “VML_SHAPE_ΔMr. Takashi Mura_1” is specified as the parameter information. When pushing predetermined information to a specific user, the URL of a Web page storing the predetermined information as parameter information and a program for pushing the predetermined information are designated.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of transmission of operation filter information from the client to the server 40. FIG. 4A shows an example of a screen used by the user for specifying filter information. In FIG. 5A, the user designates the identifier of the annotation to be operated.

  For example, in this screen, “VML_SHAPE_IRII_1” is specified as the operation target annotation. In this example, two annotation identifiers are displayed, but the filter processing unit 140 automatically displays a list of annotations based on information stored in the annotation information storage unit 110.

  FIG. 4B shows filter information generated by the filter processing unit 140 from the screen of FIG. 4A, and FIG. 4C shows the format of information transmitted from the client to the server 40. (D) indicates information transmitted from the client to the server 40.

  In this way, the filter processing unit 140 specifies the destination client and transmits the operation filter information via the server 40, and the filter information stored in the filter information storage unit 130 based on the operation filter information received via the server 40. , And the annotation processing unit 120 displays the annotation based on the filter information stored in the filter information storage unit 130, so that an annotation operation and information push can be performed on a specific client.

  Returning to FIG. 2, the profile information storage unit 150 is a storage unit that stores information unique to the client, and stores information such as the user name of the user.

  The playback unit 160 is a processing unit that receives a request for playing back an annotation use session performed in the past in non-real time from a user and transmits the request to the server 40 that stores information on the annotation use session. Here, the annotation use session is a unit of annotation use such as one electronic meeting.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a playback menu screen displayed by the playback unit 160. The figure is transmitted and received while displaying a list of annotation use sessions stored in XML format, a list of Web pages constituting an annotation use session selected from the list, and a Web page selected from the Web page list in order from the top. Information (protocol).

  For example, data whose protocol is “xml” indicates information transmitted and received in the XML format. Users can also use this playback menu screen to display all annotations that have been input, updated, and operated in the past, and display annotations as they are input, updated, and operated along the time axis. The reproduction display to be performed can be specified.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a format of reproduction processing related information transmitted / received between a client and a server. As shown in the figure, the reproduction processing related information transmitted / received between the client and the server includes reproduction instruction information sent from the client to the server 40, annotation information sent from the server 40 to the client, and from the server 40 to the client. There is filter information to be sent.

  The reproduction instruction information includes communication information and supplementary information, and the supplementary information includes conditions relating to reproduction such as reproducing all information at once. Note that the annotation information and the filter information have the same format as information transmitted and received between the client and the server in a real-time session in which a plurality of users share the annotation in real time.

  The communication processing unit 170 is a processing unit that communicates with the server 40 and the like via the network 50, and transmits and receives Web page information, annotation information, filter information, and the like.

  The annotation use server program 200 executed by the server 40 includes an annotation information storage unit 210, a filter information storage unit 220, a session information storage unit 230, a storage processing unit 240, a reproduction processing unit 250, and a communication processing unit 260. And makes the server 40 function as an annotation information relay / storage device.

  The annotation information storage unit 210 is a storage unit that stores annotation information transmitted from the clients 10 to 30. The annotation information stored in the annotation information storage unit 210 is used when an annotation use session is reproduced in non-real time.

  The filter information storage unit 220 is a storage unit that stores filter information transmitted from the clients 10 to 30. The filter information stored in the filter information storage unit 220 is also used when an annotation use session is reproduced in non-real time.

  The session information storage unit 230 is a storage unit that stores session information related to the annotation use session. The session information storage unit 230 also stores session information in XML format.

  The storage processing unit 240 stores annotation information and filter information transmitted from the clients 10 to 30 in the annotation information storage unit 210 and the filter information storage unit 220, respectively, and transmits the annotation information and filter information to the client specified by the distribution destination. It is. Further, the storage processing unit 240 stores session information related to the annotation use session in the session information storage unit 230.

  The reproduction processing unit 250 receives an annotation use session reproduction request from the client, and transmits information necessary for annotation use session reproduction to the client using the annotation information storage unit 210, the filter information storage unit 220, and the session information storage unit 230. It is a processing unit.

  The storage processing unit 240 stores the annotation information, filter information, and session information in the annotation information storage unit 210, the filter information storage unit 220, and the session information storage unit 230, respectively, and the reproduction processing unit 250 stores the annotation information storage unit 210, filter information. By using the storage unit 220 and the session information storage unit 230 to transmit information necessary for reproducing the annotation using session to the client, it is possible to reproduce the annotation using session in non-real time.

  The communication processing unit 260 is a processing unit that communicates with the clients 10 to 30 and the like via the network 50, and transmits and receives Web page information, annotation information, filter information, and the like.

  Next, a processing procedure of new annotation generation processing by the annotation using system according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 14 is a process flow diagram illustrating a processing procedure of new annotation generation processing by the annotation using system according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, in this annotation using system, the annotation processing unit 120 of the annotation using program 100 receives information related to the annotation from the user and creates new annotation information (step S101). Note that the annotation processing unit 120 can also input information related to the annotation stored in the external medium instead of receiving information related to the annotation from the user.

  Then, the annotation processing unit 120 stores the annotation information in the annotation information storage unit 110, and the communication processing unit 170 transmits the annotation information to the server 40 based on an instruction from the annotation processing unit 120 (step S102).

  Then, the communication processing unit 260 of the annotation use server program 200 receives the annotation information (step S103), and passes the received annotation information to the storage processing unit 240. Then, the storage processing unit 240 sends the annotation information to the client based on the distribution destination information (step S104) and stores it in the annotation information storage unit 210 (step S105).

  Then, the communication processing unit 170 of the annotation use program 100 operating on the annotation information transmission destination client receives the annotation information (step S106) and passes it to the annotation processing unit 120. The annotation processing unit 120 stores the annotation information in the annotation information storage unit 110, generates display information based on the filter information and profile information (step S107), and the browser 11 displays the annotation (step S108).

  In this way, the storage processing unit 240 of the annotation usage server program 200 sends annotation information to each client based on the information of the distribution destination and stores it in the annotation information storage unit 210, thereby using annotation in non-real time. Session playback is possible.

  Next, a processing procedure of change filter application processing by the annotation use system according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 15 is a process flow diagram illustrating the processing procedure of the change filter application process by the annotation use system according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, in this annotation using system, the filter processing unit 140 of the annotation using program 100 receives information related to filter change from the user and creates changed filter information (step S201). Note that the filter processing unit 140 can also input information related to the filter change stored in the external medium, instead of receiving information related to the filter change from the user. Then, the communication processing unit 170 transmits the changed filter information created by the filter processing unit 140 to the server 40 (step S202).

  Then, the communication processing unit 260 of the annotation use server program 200 receives the change filter information (step S203), and passes the received change filter information to the storage processing unit 240. Then, the storage processing unit 240 sends the changed filter information to the client based on the distribution destination information (step S204) and stores it in the filter information storage unit 220 (step S205).

  Then, the communication processing unit 170 of the annotation use program 100 operating on the client to which the changed filter information is transmitted receives the changed filter information (step S206) and passes it to the filter processing unit 140. Then, the filter processing unit 140 updates the filter information in the filter information storage unit 130 based on the changed filter information (step S207), and the annotation processing unit 120 sets the display state based on the updated filter information and profile information. (Step S208), the browser 11 displays the annotation (Step S209).

  As described above, the filter processing unit 140 of the annotation use program 100 that has received the changed filter information updates the filter information stored in the filter information storage unit 130, and the annotation processing unit 120 updates the annotation information based on the updated filter information. By generating the display information, it is possible to change the annotation display for each user and dynamically change the display state of the annotation.

  Next, a processing procedure of operation filter application processing by the annotation use system according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 16 is a process flow diagram illustrating the processing procedure of the operation filter application process by the annotation use system according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, in this annotation using system, the filter processing unit 140 of the annotation using program 100 receives information on the operation filter from the user and creates operation filter information (step S301). Note that the filter processing unit 140 can also input information about the operation filter stored in the external medium instead of receiving information about the operation filter from the user. Then, the communication processing unit 170 transmits the operation filter information created by the filter processing unit 140 to the server 40 (step S302).

  Then, the communication processing unit 260 of the annotation use server program 200 receives the operation filter information (step S303), and passes the received operation filter information to the storage processing unit 240. Then, the storage processing unit 240 sends the operation filter information to the client based on the distribution destination information (step S304) and stores it in the filter information storage unit 220 (step S305).

  Then, the communication processing unit 170 of the annotation use program 100 operating on the client to which the operation filter information is transmitted receives the operation filter information (step S306) and passes it to the filter processing unit 140. Then, the filter processing unit 140 updates the filter information in the filter information storage unit 130 based on the operation filter information and sets an event (step S307), and the annotation processing unit 120 executes the event (step S308). The browser 11 displays information attached to the annotation or executes an operation (step S309).

  As described above, the filter processing unit 140 of the annotation use program 100 that has received the operation filter information updates the filter information stored in the filter information storage unit 130 and sets the event, and the annotation processing unit 120 executes the event. Thus, operations on annotations, display of information accompanying annotations, and execution of programs can be performed. It is possible to push predetermined information to a specific user by displaying information accompanying the annotation and executing a program.

  Next, the processing procedure of the reproduction process by the annotation use system according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 17 is a process flow diagram illustrating the processing procedure of the reproduction process by the annotation use system according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, in this annotation utilization system, the reproduction unit 160 of the annotation utilization program 100 receives reproduction conditions from the user and creates reproduction instruction information (step S401), and the communication processing unit 170 performs the reproduction unit 160. Based on this instruction, the reproduction instruction information is transmitted to the server 40 (step S402).

  Then, the communication processing unit 260 of the annotation use server program 200 receives the reproduction instruction information (step S403), and passes the received reproduction instruction information to the reproduction processing unit 250. Then, the playback processing unit 250 generates annotation information and filter information based on the playback conditions (step S404), and sends them to the client that has made the playback request (step S405).

  Then, the communication processing unit 170 of the annotation use program 100 operating on the client that has made the reproduction request receives the annotation information and the filter information (step S406), passes the annotation information to the annotation processing unit 120, and passes the filter information to the filter processing unit. 140.

  Then, the filter processing unit 140 updates the filter information in the filter information storage unit 130 based on the filter information (step S407), and the annotation processing unit 120 sets the display state based on the updated filter information (step S408). The browser 11 displays the annotation (step S409).

  In this way, the playback unit 160 of the annotation use program 100 receives playback conditions from the user, creates playback instruction information and transmits it to the server 40, and the playback processing unit 250 of the annotation use server program 200 sets the playback conditions as playback conditions. An annotation use system can be used asynchronously by generating annotation information and filter information based on this and sending it to the client who has made a reproduction request.

  As an asynchronous application, there is an application to a document system such as adding a comment to a document using an annotation. By using the annotation utilization system according to this embodiment as a document system, filter information, profile information, etc. It is possible to realize a document system that can change a comment to be displayed according to a user's situation by using.

  Next, an application example of the annotation use system according to the present embodiment will be described. Although the case where the annotation use system according to the present embodiment is applied to education has been described with reference to FIG. 1, the annotation use system according to the present embodiment can also be applied to other fields.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an application example (1) of the annotation use system according to the present embodiment to another field. This figure shows a case where a plurality of users share meeting minutes using a Web page. Specifically, “Citizen A1” and “Citizen A2” belonging to Citizen Group A share questions and comments using annotations on the meeting minutes. In addition, “Citizen B” adds a question to the meeting minutes using annotations, and “Citizen C” adds a comment to the meeting minutes using annotations.

  In such a situation, the “manager D1” can see only the question by setting a filter that is conditional on displaying the annotation related to the question. In addition, the “manager D2” can see only the questions and comments regarding the citizen group A by setting a filter on condition that the annotation of the citizen group A is displayed.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an application example (2) of the annotation use system according to the present embodiment to another field. This figure shows a case where users at a plurality of bases share information, and various bases such as temperature sensors are installed at each base. In such a case, the display of annotations at each site can be changed according to the status of the site detected by the sensor. For example, it is possible to change the display between day and night by detecting the brightness of the base with an optical sensor.

  That is, information related to the detection result of the optical sensor is added as meta information to the annotation, and information related to the detection result of the optical sensor is set as condition information by the change filter. Then, by generating XML format attribute information from the detection result of the optical sensor and using it as profile information of each site, the display at each site can be changed between day and night. In this way, information from sensors or information generated by other systems can be stored in an external medium or the like in XML format, and such information can be read out from the external medium or the like to dynamically change the display of annotations. .

  As another application example, by retrieving an annotation using an attribute value added as meta information to the annotation as a key, only a specific web page is reproduced from web pages shared in a certain annotation use session. Can be used. For example, in a remote conference, while discussing on the basis of Web content materials, for important matters, the importance “high” is set in the meta information of the annotation, and after the conference, the importance “high” is the key. By narrowing down the search, it is possible to create a digest version of the conference, which can be used by those who are absent, mid-participants, and absent from the conference later to grasp the summary of the conference.

  Next, a computer (client) that executes the annotation use program 100 according to the present embodiment will be described. Here, a computer that executes the annotation use program 100 according to the present embodiment will be described, but the annotation use server program 200 according to the present embodiment can also be executed by a computer having the same configuration.

  FIG. 20 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a computer that executes the annotation use program according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the computer 300 includes a RAM 310, a CPU 320, an HDD 330, a LAN interface 340, an input / output interface 350, and a DVD drive 360.

  The RAM 310 is a memory that stores a program, a program execution result, and the like. The CPU 320 is a central processing unit that reads a program from the RAM 310 and executes the program.

  The HDD 330 is a disk device that stores programs and data, and the LAN interface 340 is an interface for connecting the computer 300 to other computers via the LAN.

  The input / output interface 350 is an interface for connecting an input device such as a mouse or a keyboard and a display device, and the DVD drive 360 is a device for reading / writing a DVD.

  The annotation use program 100 executed in the computer 300 is stored in the database of the server 40 connected via the LAN interface 340, read from the database, transferred to the computer 300, and executed as the annotation use process 321. Is done.

  As described above, in this embodiment, meta information is added to the annotation, and the filter processing unit 140 transmits the changed filter information for controlling the display of the annotation based on the meta information to the specific client via the server 40. In addition, the changed filter information generated by another client is received from the other client via the server 40 and stored in the filter information storage unit 130. The changed filter information and annotation information stored in the filter information storage unit 130 Since the annotation processing unit 120 controls the display of the annotation based on the annotation information stored in the storage unit 110, different annotations can be displayed on the client, and the display on each client is dynamically changed. be able to

  In this embodiment, the user information such as the user name is stored in the profile information storage unit 150 as profile information, and the filter processing unit 140 stores filter information for controlling the display of annotations based on the profile information. Is transmitted to a specific client via the server 40, and filter information generated by another client is received from the other client via the server 40, stored in the filter information storage unit 130, and stored in the filter information storage unit 130. Since the annotation processing unit 120 controls the display of the annotation based on the filtered filter information and the profile information stored in the profile information storage unit 150, different annotations can be displayed on the client, and each client can be displayed. Oh Display it is possible to dynamically change that.

  Further, in this embodiment, the filter processing unit 140 transmits operation filter information for manipulating annotations to other clients via the server 40, and operation filter information generated by other clients via the server 40. The annotation processing unit 120 receives the annotation from the other client and stores it in the filter information storage unit 130, and the annotation processing unit 120 generates an annotation based on the operation filter information stored in the filter information storage unit 130 and the annotation information stored in the annotation information storage unit 110. Since we decided to operate it, we can operate the annotation of a specific client. It is also possible to push predetermined information to a specific user by designating browser or program activation as an annotation operation parameter.

  In this embodiment, the annotation information and filter information transmitted from the client are saved together with the session information of the annotation usage session by the storage processing unit 240 of the annotation usage server program 200, and when an annotation usage session reproduction request is received from the client, Since the annotation information and the filter information are transmitted to the client based on the stored session information, the annotation use system can be used as an asynchronous system.

(Supplementary note 1) An annotation use program that provides a function for adding an annotation to display information and using it.
A filter setting procedure for setting a filter for controlling the display of the annotation based on the attribute value added as meta information to the annotation;
A display control procedure for controlling the display of the annotation based on the filter set by the filter setting procedure and the attribute value added to the annotation;
An annotation use program characterized by causing a computer to execute.

(Appendix 2) The display information is information shared among a plurality of users,
The annotation use program according to appendix 1, wherein the filter setting procedure receives in real time filter information related to a filter designated for a specific user among a plurality of users and sets the filter.

(Supplementary Note 3) The computer further executes an operation setting procedure for setting an operation for the annotation,
The annotation use program according to appendix 1 or 2, wherein the display control procedure further performs an operation set by the operation setting procedure.

(Supplementary Note 4) The annotation use program according to Supplementary Note 1, 2, or 3, wherein the filter setting procedure sets a user and a profile that reflects a user's usage environment as a part of the filter.

(Supplementary Note 5) Any one of Supplementary Notes 1 to 4, further causing a computer to execute a reproduction procedure for reproducing the added annotation using the recording information in which the annotation added to the display information is recorded. Annotation usage program described in 1.

(Additional remark 6) The said reproduction | regeneration procedure has a function which displays simultaneously several annotation added to display information, The annotation utilization program of Additional remark 5 characterized by the above-mentioned.

(Supplementary note 7) An annotation use server program that receives information about an annotation from a client that adds an annotation to display information and displays the information, and distributes the information to a client that shares the display information.
A filter information reception procedure for receiving filter information related to a filter that controls display of an annotation based on an attribute value added as meta information to the annotation together with information of a distribution destination client;
A filter information distribution procedure for transmitting the filter information received by the filter information reception procedure to the distribution destination client;
An annotation use server program that causes a computer to execute.

(Supplementary note 8) An annotation use system including a distribution device that receives information about an annotation from a client that adds an annotation to display information and displays the information, and distributes the information to a client that shares the display information, and a plurality of clients.
The client
Filter information transmission means for transmitting filter information related to a filter for controlling the display of the annotation based on the attribute value added as meta information to the annotation to the distribution apparatus together with information of the distribution destination client.
The distribution device includes:
Filter information receiving means for receiving the filter information transmitted from the client together with information of the destination client;
Filter information delivery means for delivering the filter information received by the filter information receiving means to the delivery destination client;
An annotation use system characterized by having

(Supplementary note 9) An annotation use method for adding display information to an annotation and using it,
A filter setting step for setting a filter for controlling the display of the annotation based on the attribute value added as meta information to the annotation;
A display control step for controlling the display of the annotation based on the filter set in the filter setting step and the attribute value added to the annotation;
Annotation usage method characterized by including.

(Supplementary Note 10) An annotation using device that provides a function of adding an annotation to display information and using it,
A filter setting means for setting a filter for controlling the display of the annotation based on an attribute value added as meta information to the annotation;
Display control means for controlling the display of the annotation based on the filter set by the filter setting means and the attribute value added to the annotation;
An annotation using device characterized by comprising:

  As described above, the annotation use program, the annotation use method, and the annotation use apparatus according to the present invention are useful for a shared information use system such as an electronic conference system in which a plurality of users use shared information. This is suitable when you want to change the display dynamically according to the user's situation.

10, 20, 30 Client 11 Browser 40 Server 50 Network 100 Annotation Usage Program 110 Annotation Information Storage Unit 120 Annotation Processing Unit 130 Filter Information Storage Unit 140 Filter Processing Unit 150 Profile Information Storage Unit 160 Reproduction Unit 170 Communication Processing Unit 200 Annotation Usage Server Program 210 Annotation information storage unit 220 Filter information storage unit 230 Session information storage unit 240 Storage processing unit 250 Reproduction processing unit 260 Communication processing unit 300 Computer 310 RAM
320 CPU
321 Annotation Usage Process 330 HDD
340 LAN interface 350 I / O interface 360 DVD drive

Claims (5)

An annotation use program that provides a function for adding annotations to display information and using them.
The filter read from the filter storage unit that stores the annotation read from the annotation storage unit that stores the annotation and the filter that controls the display of the annotation based on the attribute value added as meta information to the annotation via the network. A first transmission procedure for transmitting to other connected devices,
A reception procedure for receiving operation filter information for operating the display of the annotation from the user via the filter;
An annotation use program for causing a computer to execute a second transmission procedure for transmitting the operation filter information received by the reception procedure to the other device. The acceptance procedure accepts designation of a device as a destination among other devices connected via the network,
The annotation use program according to claim 1, wherein the second transmission procedure transmits the operation filter information to a device that has received the designation among the other devices. Annotation usage method that provides a function to add annotations to display information and use them.
Computer
The filter read from the filter storage unit that stores the annotation read from the annotation storage unit that stores the annotation and the filter that controls the display of the annotation based on the attribute value added as meta information to the annotation via the network. A first transmission step of transmitting to other connected devices
A reception step of receiving operation filter information for operating the display of the annotation from the user via the filter;
And a second transmission step of transmitting the operation filter information received in the reception step to the other device. The accepting step accepts designation of a device as a destination among other devices connected via the network,
The annotation use method according to claim 3, wherein the second transmission step transmits the operation filter information to a device that has received the designation among the other devices. An annotation using device that provides a function to add an annotation to display information and use it,
The filter read from the filter storage unit that stores the annotation read from the annotation storage unit that stores the annotation and the filter that controls the display of the annotation based on the attribute value added as meta information to the annotation via the network. A first transmitter for transmitting to another device connected to
A reception unit that receives operation filter information for operating the display of the annotation from the user via the filter;
An annotation using apparatus comprising: a second transmission unit configured to transmit the operation filter information received by the reception unit to the other device.

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