JP2013003875A - Server device and relay processing system having the same device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seamless environment with respect to content.SOLUTION: The relay processing system includes a virtual server device 200 configured such that content transmitted from a server device 100, and stored in a content storage medium 210 is read by reading means 210, and that the masking of the peripheral area of the predetermined area of the content is performed by masking means 220, and that the predetermined amounts of masking toward either a positive direction or a negative direction in the peripheral area is released by release means 230.

Description

  The present invention relates to a server device and a relay processing system including the same, and more particularly to a server device that edits content for a client device and a relay processing system including the server device.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for improving information security of a business information system. Here, the business information protection device controls the remote access from the client terminal to the server device of the business information system, and the access application information indicating the server device that is the target of the remote access and the user who is scheduled to execute the remote access. When receiving, managing the remote access schedule for each server device, appropriately changing the user group to which each user belongs according to the remote access schedule, when a remote access request to any server device from the client terminal is made, Remote access to the server device is permitted on the condition that the user is a regular user belonging to a user group having access authority to the server device.

JP 2008-226058 A

  However, in the system disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example, in a situation where application software that is incompatible between client devices is not installed, content created on one client device is browsed on another client device, etc. Can not do it. With this, the advantage of remote access cannot be obtained.

  In addition, for example, the system disclosed in Patent Document 1 enables a part of content to be browsed for a certain client device, while only another part of the content is permitted to another client device. Processing such as sending cannot be performed.

  In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a seamless environment for content.

In order to solve the above problems, the server device of the present invention provides:
Masking means for masking a peripheral area of a predetermined area of the content;
Release means for releasing the masking of only a part of the peripheral area of the predetermined area masked by the masking means.

  The release means may release only a predetermined amount in either the positive direction or the negative direction. This has the advantage that only the desired portion of the masked peripheral region can be canceled at a minimum.

  The masking unit can superimpose a mask image having an opening corresponding to the predetermined area on the content. In this case, the release unit may move the mask image and the content superimposed by the masking unit in the plane direction.

  Furthermore, the release means may include a lock means for locking movement in the direction opposite to the one direction with respect to the predetermined area.

  Furthermore, the server device can be virtualized. If client devices that display content processed by the server device are installed in Japan, virtualization is not essential. However, if the client device is installed outside of Japan, data transfer is assumed to be a virtual server device. It is preferable in terms of reducing the load on the system and improving security.

The relay processing system of the present invention
The server device;
A storage medium storing the specific information for specifying the predetermined area and the content;
A client device for browsing an image masked by the server device.

  In particular, the relay processing system of the present invention can be suitably used in a cloud computing environment.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the typical relay processing system of embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the flow of a process of the relay processing system of Example 1 of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the flow of a process of the relay processing system of Example 2 of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the flow of a process of the relay processing system of Example 3 of this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Server apparatus 200 Virtual server apparatus 210 Storage medium 220 Reading means 230 Editing means 240 Transmission means 250 Recording means 260 Reception means 270 Reflection means 300A-300C Client apparatus 500 Network

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  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  First, an outline of the relay processing system of this embodiment will be described. Here, a relay processing system that can be suitably used in a cloud computing environment will be described.

  For example, there is a case where BPO (business process outsourcing) using a cloud computing environment is performed as processing of a specific business in the banking business. In this case, from the perspective of the outsourcing destination, usually, when a specific business process of a certain bank A is undertaken, the same specific process work of another bank B is undertaken to perform the same work. Therefore, it should be efficient from a business perspective. For example, in the case of undertaking customer information input processing for bank A, it should be more efficient to undertake customer information input processing for bank B.

  Therefore, as an outsourcing destination, in the above example, the contents related to the customer information input processing business in each bank A and B, the software that can handle the contents, and further the processing in cooperation with them. It is preferable to change the hardware or the like to be performed according to the convenience of the user.

  However, such changes are not very realistic because they involve great difficulty. Therefore, it is desirable to cope with this kind of change as much as possible. On the other hand, even if a technique that avoids the above change as much as possible is adopted, a problem of personal information leakage may occur next. That is, there is a possibility that personal information may be leaked from an operator in charge of input processing work.

  Here, the personal information is meaningful by, for example, a set of a name, an address, and a telephone number. That is, even if only 100 names are leaked, it is unlikely that they will suffer an unexpected disadvantage. The same applies when only the address or only the telephone number is leaked.

  Therefore, in the relay processing system of this embodiment, for example, a bank visitor has been requested to input personal information consisting of a set of name, address, and telephone number among those handwritten on paper. In this case, only the “name” can be referred to by the first operator, only the “address” can be referred to by the second operator, and only the “telephone number” can be referred to by the third operator. Is. This is because the problem of leakage of personal information can be avoided by adopting such measures.

  Here, for the first to third operators, as a method of allowing only “name”, “address”, and “phone number” to be referred to, an application was filed by the present applicant and This is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-004558, which is incorporated in the present specification.

  In this patent specification, a storage medium storing information necessary for editing content stored in a server device, reading means for reading content stored in the server device, and the reading means Disclosed is a relay processing apparatus comprising: editing means for editing content read by the information based on information stored in the storage medium; and transmission means for transmitting the content edited by the editing means to a client device. Has been.

  As a typical example of editing by the editing means here, for example, a sheet on which personal information is written is scanned, and only an area where the “name” will be written is divided, and the operator in charge is divided. In other words, it is possible to refer only to the divided area and not to allow other responsible operators to refer to the area.

  However, when scanning a sheet on which personal information is written, the operator in charge may not be able to divide the area where only the “name” will be written, for example, when the sheet is scanned obliquely. May not be able to read the name properly and may not be able to input it. The relay processing system of this embodiment is devised to avoid the above problem.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a schematic relay processing system according to an embodiment of this invention. FIG. 1 shows a server device 100, a virtual server device 200, a client device 300A, a client device 300B, a client device 300C, a storage medium 400, and a network 500, which will be described below.

  The server apparatus 100 transmits contents including various files. Typical content includes a scan data file of paper on which personal information is described as described above, but is not limited to this. Further, the server device 100 is configured to be able to remotely access the storage medium 400 on condition that a predetermined authentication process or the like is performed by a known method.

  The storage medium 400 should be accessible to the content storage medium 410 in which the content transmitted from the server apparatus 100 is stored and the operators of the client apparatuses 300A to 300C among the contents stored in the content storage medium 410. And a specific information storage medium 420 in which specific information for specifying a predetermined area is stored. The predetermined area here refers to each description area such as name, address, and telephone number when the content is a scan data file of a sheet on which personal information or the like is described.

  The virtual server device 200 includes a reading unit 210, a masking unit 220, a release unit 230, a lock unit 240, and a transmission unit 250, which will be described below. In the present embodiment, a virtualized server device is described as an example, but a physically existing server device can also be used. If a client device that displays content processed by this server device is installed in Japan, virtualization is not essential. However, if the client device is installed outside of Japan, data is assumed to be a virtual server device. It is preferable from the viewpoint of reducing the load of transfer and improving security.

  In response to a request from any of the client devices 300A to 300C, the reading unit 210 transmits the content stored in the content storage medium 410 and the specific information stored in the specific information storage medium 420 via the network 500. Is read out.

  The masking means 220 masks the peripheral area of the predetermined area of the content read by the reading means 210 based on the specific information. The masking referred to here means all actions for making the contents of the peripheral area invisible to the client devices 300A to 300C, and is typically a mask in which only the predetermined area portion is opened with respect to the content. For example, an overlay process with an image is performed.

  The canceling unit 230 cancels a predetermined amount of masking in one of the positive direction and the negative direction in the peripheral area masked by the masking unit 220. Here, the positive direction and the negative direction are directions opposite to each other. If the positive direction is the left direction, the negative direction is the opposite right direction. Similarly, if the positive direction is the upward direction, the negative direction is this. If the positive direction is the clockwise direction, the negative direction is the opposite counterclockwise direction.

  The locking means 240 locks the movement in the direction opposite to the one direction with respect to the predetermined area. Therefore, for example, when moving only to the left with respect to the predetermined area, it is possible to move to the right, which is the negative direction, but after returning to the default predetermined area, It is impossible to move to the right. However, it is possible to move leftward again.

  Instead of the lock unit 240, a content cut-out processing unit may be provided. In this case, prior to the masking process by the masking unit 220, the cutting process unit may cut out the periphery of the predetermined area with a larger size and then perform the masking process. In this way, the release processing in the left and right and up and down directions may be performed with the cutout size width as the upper limit, and in such a case, the lock unit 240 is not necessary. Note that the size that is slightly larger may be a size that, for example, an operator who can browse “name” cannot browse the “address” portion or the like. As an example, for example, the size can be increased by about 5% to 10% in the vertical and horizontal directions of a predetermined area, or can be increased by about 5 mm in the vertical and horizontal directions.

  The transmission unit 250 transmits information constituting the personal information input by the client devices 300A to 300C to the content storage medium 410 of the storage medium 400 in a state associated with the content related to the information. . Therefore, when the information constituting the personal information about a specific person is transmitted from each of the client devices 300A to 300C and the transmission means 250 transmits to the storage medium 400 thereafter, the input of the personal information of the specific person is completed. Then, it can be referred to by the operator of the server apparatus 100.

  The client devices 300A to 300C are based on the content after being masked by the masking means 220, or further based on the content after the predetermined amount of masking in one direction is released by the releasing means 230, Information constituting personal information such as a name is input.

  In this embodiment, the client devices 300A to 300C do not directly access the server device 100 or the storage medium 400 directly. Therefore, the virtual personal network is set so that the client devices 300A to 300C can remotely access the virtual server device 200 and the virtual server device 200 can remotely access the storage medium 400.

  Therefore, the user of each client device 300A to 300C operates each client device 300A to 300C as if they are directly accessing the server device 100 or the storage medium 400 directly. become.

  The network 500 is various networks such as the Internet, and connects the server device 100, the storage medium 400, the virtual server device 200, and the client devices 300A to 300C to each other.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory diagram of the operation of the relay processing system shown in FIG. First, the operator of this relay processing system registers the position information of the input fields of the address, name, and telephone number of the content A described below in the specific information storage medium 420.

  In addition, in the example shown in FIG. 2, the operator of the relay processing system transmits specific information related to “address” to the virtual server device 200 so as to mask an area other than “address” when accessing from the client device 300A. Similarly, when accessing from the client devices 300B and 300C, specific information related to “name” and “telephone number” is transmitted.

  In this state, when the server apparatus 100 transmits content A, which is scan data including an address, name, and telephone number, to the storage medium 400, the content A is stored in the content storage medium 410.

  Similarly, a plurality of scan data such as content A ′, A ″... Is transmitted from the server apparatus 100 and stored in the content storage medium 410. Hereinafter, attention is paid to processing related to the content A. However, in reality, when the processing of the content A is completed, the processing target sequentially proceeds as content A ′, A ″.

  Next, for example, when the operator of the client apparatus 300A tries to input an “address” through a keyboard or the like, the virtual server apparatus 200 is accessed by performing a required operation on the client apparatus 300A. It will be.

  When the virtual server device 200 receives an access from the client device 300A, the reading unit 210 causes the content A stored in the content storage medium 410 and the “address” stored in the specific information storage medium 420 to be specified. Read information.

  The reading unit 210 outputs the content A and the specific information to the masking unit 220 and outputs that the reading target is the content A to the transmission unit 250.

  Masking means 220 masks a peripheral area of a predetermined area in content A based on content A output from reading means 210 and specific information. Specifically, a predetermined area in the content A output from the reading unit 210 is masked based on the specific information. The content A that has been subjected to the masking process is displayed on the display of the client device 300A by remote access by the client device 300A.

  FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of ideal masking by the masking means 220. When the mask of the peripheral area of “address” shown in FIG. 3A and the content A shown in FIG. 3B are superimposed in an ideal state, as shown in FIG. Only the part can be viewed. Therefore, the operator of the client device 300A can browse only the address portion of the content A.

  An image displayed on the display of the client device 300A is schematically shown on the right side of the client device 300A in FIG. Since the address is properly displayed in the address field of the display, the address may be input in the input field in accordance with the display contents of the address field.

  FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of non-ideal masking by the masking means 220. The mask of the peripheral area of “address” shown in FIG. 4A and the content A shown in FIG. 4B are not ideal (here, the paper related to the content A is scanned in an oblique state). As shown in FIG. 4 (c), only the “address” part is missing, so that browsing is impossible. For this reason, the operator of the client apparatus 300A cannot browse the address of the content A satisfactorily.

  Therefore, when the operator of the client device 300A designates the release direction as appropriate by clicking the “clock” button with a mouse or the like in the example shown in FIG. 4C, the release unit 230 releases the masking in the clockwise direction. Image processing is executed. For this purpose, for example, the virtual server device 200 may perform the same processing as the “rotation” function in so-called image drawing software or the like.

  Further, when the release direction is appropriately designated by clicking the “right” button or the “left” button through a mouse or the like as required, the masking is released by the release means 230 in the right direction or the left direction. As a result, an ideal superimposed state as shown in FIG. 3C is obtained, so that the address is properly displayed in the address field of the display shown in FIG.

  Note that FIG. 4C shows a superimposed state that may occur when the paper related to the content A is scanned in an oblique state. Even in the case where the ideal overlap state is not obtained as a result of shifting only in the direction, similarly, the release direction can be appropriately set by clicking the button corresponding to the shifted direction through a mouse or the like. specify.

  Further, the locking means 240 included in the releasing means 230 locks the movement in the counterclockwise direction, which is the opposite direction to the clockwise direction. For example, the allowable rotation angle in the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction should be about 5 to 10 degrees, and the allowable movement distance in the vertical and horizontal directions should be about several mm on the paper. is there. Otherwise, for example, by misusing the “down” button, not only “address” but also “name” can be viewed by the operator, and personal information may be leaked.

  When the operator of the client device 300A inputs an address and presses the “Send” button, the input data is transmitted to the virtual server device 200. In the virtual server device 200, when the input data transmitted from the client device 300A is received, the transmission unit 250 adds that the content related to the input data is the content A to the input data. 400.

  In the storage medium 400, the input data transmitted from the virtual server device 200 is stored in the content storage medium 410 in association with the content A. After that, when the client device 300B, 300C accesses the content A for data input, the processing is performed in the same procedure as the case of the client device 300A, and the content A is finally stored in the content storage medium 410. Data related to all the contents including the content A being displayed is input.

Claims (6)

Masking means for masking a peripheral area of a predetermined area of the content;
A server apparatus comprising: release means for releasing masking of only a part of a peripheral area of the predetermined area masked by the masking means.   The server device according to claim 1, wherein the release unit releases only a predetermined amount in one of the positive direction and the negative direction. The masking means superimposes a mask image having an opening corresponding to the predetermined area on the content,
The server device according to claim 1, wherein the release unit moves the mask image and the content superimposed by the masking unit in a plane direction.   The server device according to claim 1, wherein the release unit includes a lock unit that locks movement in a direction opposite to the one direction with respect to the predetermined area.   The server device according to claim 1, which is virtualized. A server device according to claim 1;
A storage medium storing the specific information for specifying the predetermined area and the content;
A relay processing system comprising: a client device for browsing an image masked by the server device.

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