JP2012242920A - Browsing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a browsing device for setting the display order of an icon for switching display/non-display of grouped threads under the consideration of convenience of a user.SOLUTION: A browsing device for browsing a Web page on which threads are displayed includes: icon display means for grouping users who use the threads, and for displaying an icon for accepting the setting of display/non-display of the threads relating to the group on a screen; an operation part for accepting an operation input; change acceptance means for accepting the change of the display order with respect to the icon selected in accordance with the operation input accepted by the operation part; and display position changing means for changing the display position of the icon in accordance with the accepted display order.

Description

  The present invention relates to a browsing device that browses web pages, and more particularly, to a browsing device that displays icons for use of services provided on web pages.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, browsing apparatuses that can browse web pages published on a network by connecting to a wide area network such as the Internet are known. Such a browsing device includes a web browser, and accesses the web server to download a desired web page.

  In addition, as an example of such a web page, there is known one in which a plurality of users access a service realized by a web application and form threads to form communication between users (for example, patents). Reference 1-3).

  Further, as a function of a service realized by a Web application, there is a function of registering thread users in a certain group and displaying only threads related to this group. Therefore, when the browsing device side groups a large number of users and registers them, and the user selects a specific group, only threads corresponding to this group can be displayed.

JP 2002-323946 A JP 2009-104499 A JP 2007-054242 A

  By the way, display / non-display of the group registered on the browsing device side is performed by operating an icon displayed on the screen. Therefore, as the number of registered groups increases, the number of icons displayed on the screen also increases. On the other hand, since there is no relationship between the display order of icons and the selection frequency, if the display order of icons with a high user selection frequency is later, a screen may be displayed in some cases to select this icon. In some cases, a complicated operation such as scrolling is required.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and is a browsing device capable of considering the convenience of the user in the display order of icons for switching display / non-display of grouped threads. For the purpose of provision.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is a browsing device for browsing a web page on which a thread is displayed, and groups users who use the thread, and displays threads related to the group on the screen. -Icon display means for displaying icons for accepting non-display settings, an operation unit for accepting operation inputs, and change acceptance for accepting changes in display order for the icons selected by the operation inputs accepted by the operation units And a display position changing means for changing the display position of the icon according to the received display order.

In the invention configured as described above, the icon display means displays an icon. Here, the icons are used to group users who use threads, and accept display / non-display settings of threads related to this group on the screen. The change accepting unit accepts a change in the display order for the icon selected by the operation input accepted by the operation unit. Then, the display position of the icon is changed according to the display order received by the display position changing means.
For this reason, the display order can be changed for the selected icon, so that the icon can be displayed in consideration of the convenience of the user.

  As described above, according to the present invention, operations for providing services can be made more convenient by displaying icons in consideration of user convenience.

It is a figure for demonstrating the service provision system constructed | assembled between the display apparatus 10 and the Web server 40 via the internet. 4 is a block configuration diagram for explaining a configuration of the display device 10. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a Web page displayed on a panel unit 34. FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the process performed when changing the display order of a list icon. It is a figure explaining the change of the display order of a list icon. It is a flowchart explaining the process performed when rearranging the list icon which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the change of the display order of a list icon.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in the following order.
1. First embodiment:
2. Second embodiment:
3. Other embodiments:

1. First embodiment:
Hereinafter, a display device 10 will be described as an example of a first embodiment that embodies the browsing device according to the present invention with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a service providing system constructed between the display device 10 and the Web server 40 via the Internet. FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram for explaining the configuration of the display device 10.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the service providing system is configured by connecting a Web server 40 and a display device 10 to a network N, and provides a service such as browsing a Web page to a user who uses the display device 10. To do. Further, a web application AP is interposed between the web server 40 and the display device 10, and the web server 40 or the display device 10 executes the web application AP to execute the processing for performing the above-described service. . Hereinafter, a miniblog will be described as an example of a service provided by the service providing system.

  The Web server 40 is realized by a computer, for example, and includes a recording unit and a database engine. In the recording unit, data related to a thread (hereinafter referred to as thread data) written to the user by the miniblog and a table for associating the thread data are recorded. Here, the thread is a concept meaning a collection of posts related to a specific topic in a service such as an electronic bulletin board, a mailing list, or a blog.

  As an example of a table provided in the Web server 40 (or provided by the Web application AP), there are a list table T1 and a thread table T2. The list table T1 groups service users according to certain rules. In the list table T1, the list number is associated with the IDs of users belonging to this list. Here, the association in the list table T1 includes a case where a user who uses the service sets each case or a case where the setting is automatically set by a Web application. The thread table T2 is a table that associates user IDs with thread data. The database engine can group the list and threads belonging to the list by referring to the list table T1 and the thread table T2. Hereinafter, a group of threads grouped in this way is referred to as a list.

  The display device 10 is realized by, for example, a television receiver, and includes a main controller 20, an operation input I / F 31, an OSD circuit 32, a video circuit 33, a panel unit 34, a network I / F 35, and an operation unit 36. .

  The operation unit 36 is realized by a remote controller or other user interface, and outputs an operation input from the user to the main controller 20 through the operation input I / F 31. The video circuit 33 performs predetermined signal processing on input data such as graphics output from the OSD circuit 32 and outputs the processed data to the panel unit 34. The panel unit 34 displays a video based on the processed input data output from the video circuit 33. In the present embodiment, the Web page is displayed on the panel unit 34, so that the user can browse the Web page. The network I / F 35 is realized by a modem, a LAN, or the like, and connects the display device 10 to the network N.

  The main controller 20 is implemented by including a CPU, a ROM that records programs and data executed by the CPU, and a RAM that functions as a work area for the CPU. The CPU also has functions as a Web browser 21, a history information acquisition unit (history information acquisition unit) 22, and a style setting unit 23 by executing various programs stored in the ROM. Note that the functions of the history information acquisition unit 22 and the style setting unit 23 described above may be realized as a part of the Web browser 21. The OSD circuit 32 creates and outputs a graphic serving as a web page platform to be displayed on the panel unit 34 according to a command from the style setting unit 23.

  The web browser 21 executes processing related to browsing for displaying a web page. Further, by combining with the Web application AP, processing related to the service provided by the Web application AP is executed.

  The history information acquisition unit 22 calculates the browsing frequency of the list. Here, the browsing frequency means the number of times the thread related to the list is browsed on the display device 10, and in this embodiment, the history is recorded every time the list is selected. Note that, depending on the default setting, a specific list may be displayed on the screen without being selected, so the history may be updated for the list displayed by default.

  The style setting unit 23 sets the thread data and other graphic layouts that make up the Web page. In the present embodiment, the display order of the list icons is changed by the style setting unit 23. That is, the style setting unit 23 includes a display order setting table that defines the correspondence between the list icons and the display order, and displays each list icon in the display order specified in the display order setting table. Since each list icon is displayed by the style setting unit 23, the style setting unit 23 implements an icon display unit according to the present invention.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a Web page displayed on the panel unit 34. In FIG. 3, threads downloaded from the Web server 40 are displayed on the screen according to the list. That is, on this Web page, threads related to the selected list (list A in FIG. 3) are displayed. For example, each thread relates to a user who has registered with the user of the display device 10. Each thread is updated in real time to form a timeline.

  In addition, a list icon for switching the display / non-display of each list is displayed at the left end of the screen in FIG. 3. When the user operates the operation unit 36 to select each list icon, the list icon is associated with the list icon. List (ie, threads grouped as a list). Of course, besides this, it is also possible to display threads related to a plurality of lists on the same screen.

  The web application AP is executed on the web browser 21 to realize processing for thread data communication with the display device 10 via the network N with the web server 40. That is, when the user operates the operation unit 36 to select each icon, the Web browser 21 transmits an input related to the selected icon to the Web server 40. When receiving the input, the Web server 40 performs a process corresponding to the input (for example, transmission of list data) to the Web browser 21.

  Incidentally, as the number of lists registered by the user increases, naturally, the number of list icons displayed on the screen also increases. For example, when the display order of the list icons is determined according to the time when the list is registered, the list icon related to the last registered list is displayed later than the first registered list icon. . When the user selects the last created list icon, it is necessary to display the list icon by scrolling the screen by operating the scroll bar, and to select the icon. Therefore, a list icon related to a frequently browsed list may be displayed at the bottom of the screen. In this embodiment, in order to solve such a problem related to the display of the list icon, the display device 10 can change the display order of the list icon.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining processing executed when the display order of list icons is changed. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the change of the display order of the list icons. In FIG. 5, it is assumed that the user has already registered lists A to L as lists.

  In step S1, the style setting unit 23 accepts selection of a list icon for changing the display order. That is, when the user operates the operation unit 36 to select the list 3 displayed on the screen, the style setting unit 23 recognizes the selected list icon as a list icon for changing the display order.

  In addition, the color of the list icon is changed according to the browsing frequency acquired by the history information acquisition unit 22. For this reason, the style setting unit 23 displays the display color in a different color for the list icon related to the list whose browsing frequency is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold compared to the list icon whose browsing frequency is equal to or lower than the threshold. In the screen shown in FIG. 5A, the browsing frequency of the list icon J is equal to or higher than the threshold, and the display color of the list icon J is different from other list icons. Therefore, the user can recognize that the list icons having different display colors are frequently viewed. Hereinafter, it is assumed that the user operates the operation unit 36 to select the list icon J.

  In step S <b> 2, the style setting unit 23 accepts designation of the change position of the list icon whose display order has been changed. That is, when the user operates the operation unit 36 and designates the position (order) to be displayed in the display area of the list icon, the style setting unit 23 recognizes the designated position as the changed position. Then, the list icons selected in step S1 are recorded in the selected order of the display order setting table. In FIG. 5B, the top of the display order (the position where the list A is currently displayed) is selected as the display order after the change of the list J. In this embodiment, the list icon (list icon A in FIG. 5) located at the change destination in the display order setting table is the next order of the selected list icon (list icon J in FIG. 5). The display order setting table is updated so as to be positioned at. Therefore, the process of step S1 and step S2 implements the change acceptance unit of the present invention.

  In step S3, when the user operates the operation unit 36 to input that the display order is to be changed (step S3: YES), in step S4, the style setting unit 23 displays the display order setting table. Refer to and change the display order of each list icon. That is, in FIG. 5C, the display order of the list icon J is changed to the top of the display order, and the list icon A is changed to the position of the next order of the list icon J. Therefore, the display position changing means of the present invention is realized by the process of step S4.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the display order of the list icons displayed on the screen can be changed to a position desired by the user, so that the convenience when using the service is improved. be able to.
In addition, by setting a list icon having a high browsing frequency to a display color different from that of other list icons, it is possible to assist a user in changing the display order of the list icons.

2. Second embodiment:
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating processing executed when rearranging the list icons according to the second embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the change of the display order of the list icons. The processing according to the second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in the configuration in which the display order is set according to the selection order of the list icons.

  In step S11, the style setting unit 23 accepts selection of a list icon for changing the display order. That is, when the user operates the operation unit 36 to select a list icon displayed on the screen, the style setting unit 23 recognizes the selected list icon as a list icon whose display order is changed. In FIG. 7A, selection of list icon J is performed.

  In step S12, the style setting unit 23 updates the display order update table according to the selection order of the list icons. That is, in FIG. 7A, the list icon J selected first is recognized as the head of the display order, and the list icon J is recorded at the head (first) of the display order update table.

  When the user operates the operation unit 36 and does not input to determine the change of the display order (step S13: NO), the process returns to step S11, and the style setting unit 23 displays the list whose display order is second. Accept icon selection. For example, assume that the list icon C is selected in FIG. 7B. Therefore, in step S12, the style setting unit 23 records the list icon C in the second in the display order update table. Hereinafter, similarly, it is assumed that the processing of steps S1 and S2 is repeated and the list icon B and the list icon I are sequentially selected.

  In step S13, when the user operates the operation unit 36 to input that the display order is to be updated (step S13: YES), the style setting unit 23 is in the order recorded in the display order update table. The display order of each list icon is rearranged (step S14). Therefore, the list icons are displayed in the order of list icons J, C, B, and I from the top of the screen (FIG. 7C). It is assumed that the list icon that has not been selected is displayed below the list icon that has been selected.

  As described above, in the display device 10 according to the second embodiment, in addition to the effects of the display device 10 according to the first embodiment, the trouble of specifying the position where the list icons are rearranged is omitted. It is possible to increase the convenience of operation.

3. Other embodiments:
The description of the display device as an example of the browsing device is an example, and any device that can display a Web page may be used.
In addition, the display order of the list icons is an example of the sub-scanning direction from the upper part to the lower part of the screen, and other display order, for example, the display may be shifted from the left to the right in the main scanning direction.

Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. It goes without saying for those skilled in the art,
・ Applying mutually interchangeable members and configurations disclosed in the above embodiments by appropriately changing the combination thereof.− Although not disclosed in the above embodiments, it is a publicly known technique and the above embodiments. The members and configurations that can be mutually replaced with the members and configurations disclosed in the above are appropriately replaced, and the combination is changed and applied. It is an embodiment of the present invention that a person skilled in the art can appropriately replace the members and configurations that can be assumed as substitutes for the members and configurations disclosed in the above-described embodiments, and change the combinations and apply them. It is disclosed as.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Display apparatus, 22 ... History information acquisition part, 23 ... Style setting part, 31 ... Operation input I / F, 32 ... OSD circuit, 33 ... Video circuit, 34 ... Panel part, 35 ... Network I / F, 36 ... Operation unit, 40 ... Web server

Claims (4)

A browsing device for browsing a web page on which a thread is displayed,
Icon display means for grouping users who use the thread, and displaying an icon for accepting the display / non-display setting of the thread related to the group on the screen;
An operation unit that accepts operation inputs;
Change accepting means for accepting a change in display order for the icon selected by the operation input accepted by the operation unit;
And a display position changing means for changing a display position of the icon according to the received display order.   The browsing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the change accepting unit accepts designation of a display position of the selected icon by an operation input accepted by the operation unit.   The browsing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the change receiving unit determines a display order according to a selection order of icons selected by an operation input received by the operation unit. The icon display means is
Having history information acquisition means for recording the history of selection of each icon;
The display color of the icon is set to a color different from that of an icon with a predetermined number of times or less when the number of times of selection is a predetermined number or more according to the recorded history. 4. The browsing device according to any one of 3.

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