JP3120801B2 - Parts management system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parts management system in which a database for storing parts information is distributed to a server other than a search server and connected through the Internet so that information search is not concentrated on one database.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional component management system generally has a system configuration as shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a conventional component management system. As shown in FIG. 3, a client 10 that is a terminal that can use search software, a search server that holds component information, searches for component information according to instructions from the client 10 that is connected via an in-house network, and displays a result 34.
The search server 34 searches the database 16 for component information and control information for the search, and a search condition specified by the client 10 from the database 16 and obtains all relevant component information. 18 and a search result display section 20 for displaying the acquired component information. Conventionally, one search server performs processing with all databases.

An example of a conventional search system for searching data using the Internet or the like is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-2188.
No. 80. The document data search system described in this publication includes a WWW server including a CPU that controls a search agent program for extracting summary information including bibliographic information, keywords, data storage locations, and the like from stored document data, a database server, and Has a file server,
The extracted summary information is transmitted to a search server via a communication line, and document data stored in a device other than the WWW server can be searched.

[0004]

However, in the conventional equipment management system, since one search server has all the databases, the amount of data in the database is increased, and the amount of data is increased and the data is transferred to the database. Data search and access time is slow.

[0005] In recent years, the spread of the Internet has rapidly advanced, and it has become possible to read homepages on the Internet using a browser and obtain information. On the Internet, it is not necessary to centrally manage all information, and it is only necessary to centrally manage only the management database. Here, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-218880
The document data search system disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. H11-107421 aims to search data and does not have a function of downloading actual data.

An object of the present invention is to provide a parts management system capable of acquiring desired data without having to concentrate on one database by dispersing and holding parts data and parts management data necessary for searching for part information. Is to do.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a parts management system comprising: a client capable of searching for parts information at a terminal capable of using an Internet browser; a client connected to the client via the Internet; a gateway for checking, holds data retrieving component data, searches the component information by an instruction from the client, the search server that returns search results to the client, the commodity information
Detailed description of parts that are information, the entity of parts is distributed and saved,
A recording medium connected via the Internet.
The search server stores the component data.
Location data and information for managing the part data
Database to be stored and browser of the client
The relevant data from the search condition received from the database
A search condition processing unit to be retrieved from the search condition processing unit
A search result that displays the searched data to the client
Result display unit and the component data held by the database.
Save the part data from the client
A component download processing unit for downloading to the
Extract detailed explanation information of the part data
A component description processing unit for displaying the
Are the component download processing unit and the component description processing unit
And are connected via the Internet .

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention relates to management of software components (hereinafter abbreviated as components). By inputting a search condition of a component to be searched from a client, a detailed description of the corresponding component content can be displayed from a database of a server connected to the Internet, and a component entity can be downloaded. This system is
Information necessary for component search (hereinafter referred to as component management data) is centrally managed, and component actual information and component related information (hereinafter referred to as component data) are distributed and stored in a recording medium connected to the Internet. That is, these data are H
Stored in TML (Hypertext Markup Language) file
Read by HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol).
Will be issued. The feature is that, by separating the component management data and the component data, rapid search of component information and maintainability can be improved.

The configuration of an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the Internet component management system of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a client 10 capable of retrieving part information with a terminal capable of using an Internet browser, a gateway 12 connected to the client 10 via the Internet, and checking the Internet, a company network, security, and a license user. And a search server 14 that holds the component information, searches for the component information according to an instruction from the client 10, and returns the search result to the client 10.
And

The search server 14 stores a unique number of a part, a part name, a part classification, a purpose of the part, an available OS,
A place where detailed descriptions of the creation department, creator, and parts are stored (for example, server name, IP address, URL, file name), and a part-related homepage (for example, URL (U
niform Resource Locato
r)), the database 16 stores component management data at the location (eg, server name, IP address, URL, file name) where the component administrator's e-mail address and component entity are stored; A search condition processing unit 18 for extracting relevant data from the database 16 from search conditions received from the browser of the client 10, a search result display unit 20 for displaying the data searched by the search condition processing unit 18 on the client 10, and a database 16 A component description processing unit 22 that extracts detailed component description information from the location information storing detailed descriptions of the components that the component has and displays it on the client 10, and a connection unit 24 that is connected to the component homepage created by the component provider and connected via the Internet. Where the entity of the component stored in the database 16 is stored (for example, server name, P address, URL, file name)
A component download processing unit 26 that downloads the entity of the component from the client 10 to the client 10, and a component manager contact processing unit 28 that can send an e-mail about the component. Fulfill the requirements.

The part explanation processing unit 22 and the part downloader
The d processing unit 26 is connected via the Internet to a recording medium 30 that stores detailed descriptions of components and the entity of the components. The number of the recording media 30 can be plural. The parts homepage and the connection unit 24 are connected via the Internet to a parts homepage 32, which is a homepage related to the creation of parts and a part provider of the corresponding parts of the creation department.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flowchart of the operation of the component management system of the present invention. Access the URL of the parts management system from the browser of the client 10 and display the parts management homepage (step A
1). The part search conditions are input from the client 10 (step A2), and the part management data that matches the search conditions registered in the database 16 from the part search condition processing unit 18 is displayed using the search result display unit 20. When searching by classification, all parts information that matches the classification is extracted, and all the parts management data corresponding to the browser of the client 10 is displayed by the processing of the search condition processing unit 18 and the search result display unit 20. For example, when it is desired to search for a spreadsheet component, by inputting a search condition for the spreadsheet process, management data of the corresponding component is searched from the database 16 and the result is displayed on the browser of the client 10. The contents to be displayed are simple information of the part, such as the name of the part, the classification of the part, the creation department (company), the creator, and the purpose of use of the part. Further, buttons for displaying a detailed introduction, displaying a component-related homepage created by a component provider, downloading a component, and contacting a component manager are displayed (step A3).

When the user wants to read the detailed description of the part, he presses a detail introduction display button on the display screen (step A41).
By pressing the detail introduction display button, the component description processing unit 22
Calls up a file of detailed description of parts from the recording medium 30 connected to the Internet, displays the file on the client 10 (step A51), and proceeds to step A6.

If the user wants to link to the related home page 32 of the part created by the part creating department (company) and the part provider, the user presses the part related home page display button (step A42). When the part-related home page display button is pressed, the part home page and the connection unit 24 call up the part-related home page via the Internet, display the same on the client 10 (step A52), and proceed to step A6.

If you want to download a part,
Press the download button (step A43). Component download by pressing the component download button
The oad processing unit 26 downloads component information from the recording medium 30 connected to the Internet (step A53), and proceeds to step A6.

If you are asking a question about a part,
A button for contacting the parts manager is pressed (step A44).
When the button for contacting the parts manager is pressed, the parts manager and the communication processing unit 28 contact the parts manager by e-mail (step A54) and proceed to step A6.

It is determined whether or not to return to the previous page (step A6). If the result of the determination is that it returns, any one of steps A41 to A44 is performed. If the result of the determination does not return, it is determined whether or not to perform the next search (step A7). If the result of the determination is that the search is to return, the process returns to step A2. If not, the process ends.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the present embodiment, a similar Internet information system is configured by replacing the component information in the above-described embodiment with other information instead of the component information.

The personnel management information system stores personnel data (data, images, departments, departments, and personal homepages) of each department on separate servers, creates a personnel management database at the head office, and stores all information from there. to manage.

The hospital's data management information system distributes and stores patient data (diagnosis records, digital photographs such as X-rays, videos), medicine information and doctor information in each department, and manages information in each department. I do. Create a hospital-wide management database from which all information can be referenced.

[0021]

According to the component management system of the present invention, since the component data and the component management data are separated, the data amount of each database is reduced, and the data search and access time is shortened. Further, by distributing the data, the load on the server can be distributed. Furthermore, by separating the component management database from the component entity and the detailed description of the component, even if the computer that stores the entity of a component fails, the data on other computers is not affected, and maintainability is improved. Is to be high. Also distributed to recording media connected to the Internet
After searching for the saved part data, download it.
Clients can use it in common.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an Internet component management system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of an operation of the component management system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a conventional component management system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Client 12 Gateway 14 Search server 16 Database 18 Search condition processing part 20 Search result display part 22 Parts explanation processing part 24 Parts homepage and connection part 26 Parts download processing part 28 Parts manager and contact processing part 30 Recording medium 32 Parts related homepage 34 search server

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A client capable of retrieving part data at a terminal capable of using an Internet browser, a gateway connected to the client via the Internet and performing security and license user checks, and retrieving the part data. hold data, the searching component data by an instruction from the client, the search results and the search server returns to the client, a detailed description of the the trade information component, the substance of the component min
Records saved and connected via the internet
And a search medium, wherein the search server stores data of a location where the
Database for storing information for managing parts data
And the search condition received from the browser of the client.
Search condition processing to retrieve the data from the database
Unit and the data retrieved by the retrieval condition processing unit.
A search result display section to be displayed on a component, and the component data stored in the database.
Download the part data from the location to the client
A component download processing unit for loading, and extracting detailed explanation information of the component data,
The component download processing unit and the unit
Connected to the product description processing unit via the Internet
A parts management system characterized by: 2. The database stores a unique number of a part, a part name, a part classification, a purpose of use of the part, an available OS, a creation department, a creator, a place where a detailed description of the part is stored, and parts-related information. 2. The parts management system according to claim 1 , further comprising: parts management data representing a homepage, an e-mail address of the parts manager, and a place where the substance of the parts is stored. 3. The component server according to claim 1, wherein the search server accesses a homepage of the component data created by a provider of the component data and displays the component homepage and a connection unit on the client 10. parts management system of claim 1 wherein the component manager and notification processing unit that makes it possible to transmit the e-mail to the administrator, and further comprising a. 4. The parts management system according to claim 3, wherein the parts home page and the connection unit are connected to the parts data home page via the Internet.