JP4398211B2 - Encapsulated document generation program, encapsulated document generation method, and encapsulated document generation apparatus - Google Patents

Description

The present invention provides a capsule that generates a document in which a content information file, a program code file that causes a computer to execute predetermined processing on the content information file, and a structure file that defines the document structure are encapsulated as a single document. document generation program, the encapsulated document generation method relates及 beauty the encapsulated document generation apparatus.

  E-mail is widely used as a tool for communication with remote places because of its convenience. E-mail is a typical asynchronous communication tool, where the sender and receiver do not exchange information at the same time, and the sender and receiver of information can send and receive information at their convenience. Is to do. On the other hand, a representative type of synchronous communication is a telephone. Communication is not established until the caller and the callee exchange voice information at the same time. As described above, when communicating with a remote place, there are two types, that is, asynchronous communication such as e-mail and synchronous communication such as a telephone.

  Further, in the electronic mail mentioned as an example of the synchronous communication described above, basically, text information is exchanged. On the other hand, in order to make information richer, mailers that can send and receive in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) format have become widespread, and multimedia transmission using e-mail technology is also becoming popular. Some techniques have also appeared (see Patent Documents 1 to 10).

JP 2000-163331 A JP 2002-324036 A JP 05-260083 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-040188 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-063592 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-124415 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-198615 JP-A-10-307792 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-326236 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-120097

  The advantage of asynchronous communication is that the recipient does not have to interrupt the work. Unlike the synchronous communication such as telephone, the recipient can easily concentrate on the work because it is only necessary to check whether the information is received at his convenience. The information sender can also send information without worrying about the other party's situation. However, since it is confirmed when the receiver is convenient, the sender does not know when the receiver has acquired the information. Therefore, asynchronous communication is not suitable when there is an urgent matter. In addition, if it is just a notification, it is easy to communicate because there is little information to be exchanged with each other. However, when discussing on some agenda, the information must be sent and received many times, and the discussion proceeds. There are difficult aspects. For this reason, there is a problem that it is difficult to perform complicated communication.

  On the other hand, contrary to asynchronous communication, synchronous communication is easy to carry out complicated communication, and it is easy to handle urgent matters. On the other hand, communication is often started in a way that interrupts the situation of the other party, and in order to start communication, it is often necessary to care about the situation of the other party.

  In this way, there is a conflict between the advantages and problems of asynchronous communication means and synchronous communication means. If they are not used properly, the other party feels uncomfortable or falls into a state of lack of communication. There is a high possibility that Therefore, communication can be made smoother if the advantages of both can be combined well.

  An object of the present invention is to realize a new remote communication that combines asynchronous communication and synchronous communication.

The invention of the encapsulated document generation program according to claim 1 describes a content information file that is a document expression entity and a plurality of functional modules that cause a computer connected to a network to execute predetermined processing on the content information file. A program that encapsulates a program code file and a structure file that defines the document structure of the document as a single document, the program code file displaying a window for creating and sending an e-mail on the computer A function for generating an e-mail based on information input using the e-mail creation / transmission window, an e-mail transmission button provided on the e-mail creation / transmission window, and a document attachment The button for attaching the document is clicked Create a copy of the self-encapsulated document to the case, and a copy of the generated self encapsulated document accompanying function to the electronic mail, the electronic mail through the network in response to the click of a button for sending the e-mail An encapsulated document including a function module description for transmitting and receiving an electronic mail sent via the network is generated.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the encapsulated document generation program according to the first aspect , the program code file has a function of selecting one or more content information files in the computer and the selected content. And a function module for executing the function of transmitting the information file along with the electronic mail.

Invention of claim 3, wherein, in the encapsulated document generation program according to claim 2, wherein the program code file, the computer selected the content information file and the reproduction program for reproducing the content information file It includes a description of a functional module that performs the function of encapsulating the code file as a single document to be sent with the e-mail.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the encapsulated document generation program according to the first aspect , the program code file is a description of a functional module that causes the computer to execute a function of transmitting and receiving the structure file along with an electronic mail. including.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the encapsulated document generation program according to the first aspect , the program code file has a function of selecting one or more content information files in the computer and the selected content. It includes a description of a function module that executes a function for generating a structure file related to the information file and a function for transmitting and receiving the generated structure file along with an electronic mail.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the encapsulated document generation program according to the fourth or fifth aspect , the program code file is generated in the computer to generate an encapsulated document based on the structure file. It includes a description of a functional module that executes the function of sending a program with the structure file.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the encapsulated document generating program according to the sixth aspect , the program code file encapsulates the computer to generate the encapsulated document based on the structure file and the structure file. It includes a description of a functional module that executes the function of encapsulating the document generation program as a single document to be transmitted along with the electronic mail.

The invention according to claim 8 is the encapsulated document generating program according to claim 1, wherein the program code file causes the computer to execute a function of adding an ID for encapsulated document to an e-mail to be transmitted. Is included.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the encapsulated document generating program according to the first aspect , when the program code file receives an e-mail using the function of transmitting / receiving an e-mail to the computer, the encapsulated document is generated. A description of a functional module that executes a function of receiving only an e-mail to which an ID is added is included.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the encapsulated document generation program according to the first aspect , the program code file has a function for acquiring an event generated by a user operation in the computer and operation information regarding the acquired event. And a function module for executing the function to be transmitted along with the electronic mail.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the encapsulated document generation program according to the tenth aspect , the operation information is described in XML.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the encapsulated document generation program according to the tenth or eleventh aspect , the program code file has a function of analyzing the received operation information to the computer and the analysis result is a self- encapsulated document. And a description of the function module that executes the function to be reflected.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the encapsulated document generating program according to the first aspect , the program code file is stored in the computer via the same encapsulated document running on another computer and the network. A description of a functional module that executes a function of transmitting and receiving a message is included.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the encapsulated document generation program according to the thirteenth aspect , the program code file causes the computer to execute a function of acquiring its own network environment information and storing it in the structure file. Contains a description of the functional module.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the encapsulated document generation program according to the fourteenth aspect , the program code file is stored in the same capsule that is activated in another computer based on network environment information when the computer is activated. A description of a functional module that executes a function that attempts to establish communication with a computerized document is included.

The invention of the encapsulated document generation method according to claim 16 is a program describing a content information file related to a document representation entity and a plurality of functional modules for causing a computer connected to a network to execute a predetermined process for the content information file. the a code file computers, displays a window for email creation transmission, ability to generate electronic mail on the basis of information input by using the window for the e-mail created transmission, transmission creates the email The self-encapsulated document generated by generating a copy of the self-encapsulated document when the e-mail sending button and the document attaching button provided on the trust window are clicked. function of attach a copy to the e-mail, and the e-mail transmission Via the network sends the e-mail in response to the click of the button, and a program code file containing a description of the function module to execute the function, of receiving an electronic mail sent through the network Receiving a structure file including a URI indicating a storage location of resource information, acquiring the content information file and the program code file based on the URI included in the received structure file, and acquiring Encapsulating the content information file and the program code file and the received structure file as a single document.

The invention of the encapsulated document generation program according to claim 17 is installed in a computer, and the computer executes a content information file related to a document representation entity and a predetermined process for the content information file on a computer connected to a network. A program code file describing a plurality of functional modules to be displayed on the computer, and a window for creating and sending an email is displayed on the computer, and an email is sent based on information input using the window for creating and sending an email A function to generate, a copy of a self-encapsulated document when the button for attaching a document is clicked among the button for sending an email and the button for attaching a document provided on the window for creating and sending the email Generate and copy the generated self-encapsulated document Over attach function email, and the ability to receive the electrons through the network to send the e-mail according to the mail click button for transmission, e-mail sent through the network And a function for receiving a structure file including a URI indicating a storage location of resource information including a program code file including a description of a function module for executing the function, and based on the URI included in the received structure file A function of acquiring a content information file and the program code file and a function of encapsulating the acquired content information file and the program code file and the received structure file as a single document are executed.

The invention of the encapsulated document generation apparatus according to claim 18 is a program describing a content information file related to a document representation entity and a plurality of functional modules for causing a computer connected to a network to execute predetermined processing on the content information file. the a code file computers, displays a window for email creation transmission, ability to generate electronic mail on the basis of information input by using the window for the e-mail created transmission, transmission creates the email The self-encapsulated document generated by generating a copy of the self-encapsulated document when the e-mail sending button and the document attaching button provided on the trust window are clicked. function of attach a copy to the e-mail, and the e-mail transmission Via the network sends the e-mail in response to the click of the button, and a program code file containing a description of the function module to execute the function, of receiving an electronic mail sent through the network Means for receiving a structure file including a URI indicating a storage location of resource information; means for acquiring the content information file and the program code file based on the URI included in the received structure file; And means for encapsulating the content information file and the program code file and the received structure file as a single document.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, electronic mail can be transmitted and received from a document in which a content information file, a program code file, and a structure file are encapsulated as a single document (hereinafter referred to as an encapsulated document). .

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the self- encapsulated document can be easily transferred to the other party if only the e-mail address is known.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the content information file in the encapsulated document can be easily transmitted to the other party. In this case, only the necessary content information file in the encapsulated document is encapsulated and transmitted. Thus, the data capacity to be transmitted can be reduced.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the program for reproducing the content information file to be transmitted is encapsulated and transmitted together with the content information file to be transmitted, the content information file can be reliably viewed at the other end. Can do.

According to the inventions of claims 4 and 5 , since only the structure file is transmitted, the data capacity to be transmitted can be greatly reduced.

According to the inventions described in claims 6 and 7, by sending together a program capable of generating an encapsulated document from a structure file, it is possible to reliably generate an encapsulated document at the other end.

According to the eighth and ninth aspects of the invention, the e-mail received by the encapsulated document can be distinguished from other e-mails on the e-mail receiving side.

10. According to the invention of mounting 11,1 2 SL can exchange documents information between encapsulated document.

13. According to the invention of 14,1 5 Symbol mounting, can facilitate the transmission of documents by using electronic mail, also sets information necessary for communication establishment, such as a pre-IP address to the document This makes it easy to establish communication between documents.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  The present invention relates to a data structure (encapsulated document structure) of an electronic document operated by various information processing apparatuses typified by a personal computer and its mounting form. First, a general personal computer will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of a general or standard personal computer to which this embodiment is also applied. The computer 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 2 that performs information processing, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 3 that stores a BIOS (Basic Input Output System), and a RAM (Random) that temporarily stores information during processing. (Access Memory) 4 and other primary storage devices, HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 5 and other storage devices that store processing results, etc., information is stored or distributed outside, or information (encapsulated document 21) is external A drive 6a of a removable medium 6 which is a storage medium to be obtained from the network, a network interface 8 for connecting to a network 7 for communicating with other external computers 1 ', ..., processing progress, processing results, etc. A display 9 to be displayed to the user, and an input device such as a keyboard 10 and a mouse 11 for an operator to input commands and information to the computer 1 Is configured, the data communication between the bus controller 12 is operating in the arbitration.

  The removable medium 6 includes a magnetic storage medium such as a flexible disk, a hard disk, and a magnetic tape, a magneto-optical storage medium such as an MO, a CD, a CD-ROM, a CD-R, a CD-RW, Various storage media such as optical storage media such as DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD + RW, and semiconductor memory can be applied.

  In data transmission, data is sent to the network interface 8 of the computer 1, so that the network interface 8 outputs a signal to the network 7. Further, regarding the signal received by the network interface 8, it is determined whether or not it is necessary in the network interface 8, and processing such as fetching if necessary data and discarding if unnecessary is performed. In other words, all data transmission / reception is performed via the network interface 8.

  In general, when the user turns on the power of the computer 1, the CPU 2 starts a program called a loader included in the BIOS in the ROM 3 and manages the hardware and software of the computer 1 called the operating system from the HDD 5. The program is read into the RAM 4. When the operating system is activated, it supports activation of application programs, reading of information, storage, and the like in accordance with user operations. Typical operating systems are Windows (registered trademark), UNIX (registered trademark), and the like. A user normally operates a digital information recorded in a storage device in units of a file in order to activate a program intended by the user through the OS and edit, save, delete, etc. necessary data. That is, when the user performs various operations on the computer, all the programs and data are handled in units of “files” and are stored in the storage device.

  Next, a case where the OS starts a program held in a storage medium such as a secondary storage device according to a user instruction will be described with reference to FIG. When the user instructs the OS to start a specific program, the OS reads the program code from the storage medium using the hardware of the storage device, and loads the code into the RAM 4 that is the primary storage device (memory) of the computer 1. The program is executed when the CPU 2 executes the program from the developed specific address. Usually, such an independently executed program is called a “process” or “task” and is distinguished from a “program code” held in a storage medium.

  Many current OSs generally have a multitasking function capable of running a plurality of such processes or tasks simultaneously. In addition, today's OS operates by allocating memory independently for each process in order to run such a plurality of processes simultaneously.

  In addition, a virtual file called a metafile is formed on a memory for interprocess communication for exchanging data between such processes, and information is transmitted and received through file access.

  Next, an outline of the data structure (encapsulated document structure) of the document already proposed by the applicant will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, this encapsulated document 21 is used as an electronic document. The encapsulated document 21 is characterized by a content information file 22 that holds the displayed content information and a plurality of functional modules that are displayed and added by interpreting and executing the content information file 22 on a computer. The program code file 23 and the structure file 24 defining the document structure are encapsulated in one file format.

  Here, activation of each functional module of the encapsulated document 21 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the program code executed by the computer as each functional module is roughly classified into two. The program code of the first one functional module is the “program code of the startup function module” 23a that is first started by the computer in accordance with the instruction of the OS. The other one is a “functional module program code” 23b that is read and activated by the activation function module.

  A step of starting and displaying such an encapsulated document 21 using a computer will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, first, the user gives an instruction through the OS to activate a specific encapsulated document (step S1). Next, the OS expands the program code 23A of the activation function module in the document in the memory, and executes the activation function module by executing the expanded program code (S2). Next, the activated activation function module reads and activates the program code 23B of the function module in the encapsulated document 21 (S3). The activated functional module reads the content information file 22 in the encapsulated document 21 and executes a function such as display (S4).

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the state of such steps. First, when the user instructs activation of a document, the OS expands and activates the program code 23A of the activation function module in the encapsulated document 21 held on the storage medium in the memory (RAM 4), and starts execution. Next, the activation function module being executed by the computer expands the necessary function module in the memory (RAM 4) and activates it. The activated functional module reads necessary content information from the encapsulated document 21, and displays or edits the document by inputting / outputting to a mouse, a display, or the like connected to the computer through the OS according to the function. .

  FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the data structure of the encapsulated document according to the present embodiment. The encapsulated document 21 includes a document file 22a representing the contents of the document, a content information file 22 composed of multimedia files such as an image file 22b and a moving image file 22c, and a program for viewing and operating the content information file 22. The program is generated from a program code file 23 that describes a function module that is a program group to which a function is added, and a structure file 24 that defines the structure of the encapsulated document.

  The document viewer 23 a, the image viewer 23 b, and the moving image viewer 23 c are program code files 23 for browsing the content information file 22 held in the encapsulated document 21, and the mail program 23 d has a new function for the encapsulated document 21. This is a program code file 23 to be added.

  The structure file 24 is described in XML, and includes a document configuration, a program to be used, a correspondence relationship between the content information file 22 and the program code file 23, a URI (Uniform) of a storage location of the content information file 22 and the program code file 23. Resource Identifiers) and the like are described (see FIG. 8).

  FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram illustrating functions that the encapsulated document 21 according to the present embodiment causes the computer 1 to execute. The encapsulated document 21 of the present embodiment causes the computer 1 to execute a mail creation function (means), a mail transmission function (means), and a mail reception function (means) by a mail program 23d. The computer 1 executes various operations as described below by such a mail creation function (means), a mail transmission function (means), and a mail reception function (means).

  First, the operation up to mail transmission by the encapsulated document 21 will be described. When the encapsulated document 21 is activated, a document as illustrated in FIG. 10 is activated. A mail creation button 101 is prepared in the document. When the user clicks the mail creation button 101, a window 102 as shown in FIG. 11 is displayed. Therefore, when the user inputs a destination, a subject, a body text and the like in this window 102 and clicks a send button 103 in FIG. 11, an e-mail is sent. Thereafter, the same function as that of normal e-mail transmission is achieved.

  In the above processing, the program code file 23 in the encapsulated document 21 describes the functional module that causes the computer 1 to execute the function of generating an electronic mail and the function of transmitting and receiving an electronic mail via the network 7. It is realized by including.

  Next, an operation for transmitting the encapsulated document 21 itself will be described. The encapsulated document 21 realizes a copy attachment function of its own document when an e-mail is transmitted. That is, the encapsulated document 21 can generate a copy of the encapsulated document 21 and attach the copied own document to an electronic mail. For this purpose, as shown in FIG. 12, a document attachment button 104 is added in the e-mail creation / transmission window 102. When the user clicks the document attachment button 104, the encapsulated document 21 generates a copy of the document itself, and the copied encapsulated document 21 is attached to the e-mail. As illustrated in FIG. 13, the processing on the computer 1 is performed by the encapsulated document 21 according to the present embodiment using the mail program 23d, the mail creation function (means), the mail transmission function (means), and In addition to the mail receiving function (means), it is realized by causing the computer 1 to execute a document copying function (means). An e-mail document to which the copied encapsulated document 21 is attached is shown in FIG. Therefore, when the user inputs a destination, a subject, a body text, and the like and clicks the send button 103 in FIG. 14, an e-mail attached with a copy of the encapsulated document 21 is sent.

  In the above processing, the program code file 23 in the encapsulated document 21 has a function of generating a copy of the own document and a function of transmitting the generated copy of the own document along with an e-mail to the computer 1. This is realized by including a description of the function module to be executed.

  Next, an operation of selecting the content information file 22 in the encapsulated document 21 and transmitting the selected content information file 22 by e-mail will be described. As shown in FIG. 15, a content attachment button 105 is added in the e-mail creation / transmission window 102 so that the content information file 22 selected by the user can be attached to the e-mail. As illustrated in FIG. 16, such processing is performed by the encapsulated document 21 according to the present embodiment using the mail program 23d by the content selection function (means), the mail creation function (means), and the mail transmission function (means). ) Is executed by causing the computer 1 to execute. That is, when the user clicks the content attachment button 105, the content information selection window 106 illustrated in FIG. 17 is activated. The content information selection window 106 displays a plurality of content information files 22. Therefore, when the user selects a desired content information file 22 from the content information selection window 106 and clicks an OK button 107 displayed in the content information selection window 106, the selection is performed as illustrated in FIG. The content information file 22 is attached to the electronic mail as an attached file. When the user inputs a destination, subject, text, etc. and clicks the send button 103, an e-mail attached with the selected content information file 22 is sent.

  In the above processing, the program code file 23 in the encapsulated document 21 causes the computer 1 to select one or more content information files 22, and the selected content information file 22 is attached to the e-mail. This is realized by including a description of a function module for executing the function to be transmitted.

  Next, if only the content information file 22 is transmitted, there is a possibility that the content information file 22 cannot be viewed on the receiving side. This is because a moving image file, a 3D file, or the like may not have a browsing application or may not support the format. Therefore, an encapsulated document 21 in which the content information file 22 and a program code file 23 for browsing the content information file 22 are encapsulated is generated, and the encapsulated document 21 is attached to an e-mail. Such problems can be solved.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a procedure for generating an encapsulated document 21 that encapsulates a content information file 22 and a program code file 23 for reproducing (browsing) the content information file 22. When the desired content information file 22 is selected from the content information selection window 106 as illustrated in FIG. 15, the computer 1 acquires the corresponding program code file 23 from the selected content information file 22 (step S101). The program code file 23 corresponding to the selected content information file 22 can be easily discriminated by referring to the structure file 24. Then, the structure file 24 of the encapsulated document 21 to be generated is generated (step S102). The structure file 24 can be easily generated by extracting a necessary part from the structure file 24 illustrated in FIG. However, it is necessary to reset the layout of the content information file 22 to be transmitted. Thereafter, the selected content information file 22, the reproduction program code files 23a to 23c, which are program code files for reproducing (browsing) the selected content information file 22, and the generated structure file 24 are encapsulated. The encapsulated document 21 is generated (step S103). Then, the generated encapsulated document 21 is attached to the e-mail (step S104). As a result, the content information file 22 can be reliably browsed even on the receiving side.

  As illustrated in FIG. 20, the encapsulated document 21 according to the present embodiment is processed by the mail program 23d using the content selection function (means), the encapsulation function (means), the mail creation function (means), And it implement | achieves by making the computer 1 perform the mail transmission function (means). That is, the program code file 23 in the encapsulated document 21 sends the selected content information file 22 and the reproduction program code files 23a to 23c for reproducing the content information file 22 to an electronic mail. By including the description of the functional module that executes the function of encapsulating as a single document to be transmitted together, the above processing is realized.

  Next, the structure file 24 illustrated in FIG. 8 can describe the URI (Uniform Resource Identifiers) of the content information file 22 and the corresponding program code files 23 held in the encapsulated document 21. If there is only the file 24, the encapsulated document 21 can be generated by acquiring resources such as the content information file 22 and the program code file 23 based on the URI. For example, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 21, when the reception side already holds an encapsulated document generation program for generating the encapsulated document 21 from the structure file 24, the transmission side starts the mail program 23d (step S201). ) Attach the structure file 24 of the encapsulated document 21 being activated to the e-mail (step S202), input necessary items such as a destination (step S203), and send the e-mail (step S204). .

  In this process, as illustrated in FIG. 22, the encapsulated document 21 according to the present embodiment is converted into a structure file acquisition function (means), mail creation function (means), and mail transmission function (means) by the mail program 23d. This is realized by causing the computer 1 to execute. That is, the program code file 23 in the encapsulated document 21 includes the description of the function module that causes the computer 1 to execute the function of transmitting / receiving the structure file along with the e-mail.

  As another embodiment, processing corresponding to the case where the content information file 22 is selected and encapsulated together with the program code file 23 for reproducing (browsing) the content information file 22 is also possible. That is, by transmitting only the selected content information file 22 and the corresponding program code file 23, in other words, only the structure file 24 excerpting only the necessary files 22, 23, the desired encapsulated document is sent to the other party. 21 can be generated. Such processing includes a function in which the program code file 23 in the encapsulated document 21 selects one or more content information files 22 in the computer 1 and a structure file 24 related to the selected content information file 22. This function is realized by including a description of a function module that executes a function for generating the function and a function for transmitting and receiving the generated structure file 24 along with an electronic mail.

  FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing a procedure for generating the encapsulated document 21 from the received structure file 24. On the receiving side, the mailer is activated (step S251), the e-mail attached with the structure file 24 is received (step S252), the structure file 24 is analyzed (step S253), and necessary resources are analyzed and acquired. (Step S254), the encapsulated document 21 is generated (Step S255). In this way, the encapsulated document 21 can be transferred to the other party only by exchanging the structure file 24.

  As illustrated in FIG. 24, the above processing is performed in the computer 1 on the receiving side by a structured document analysis function (means), a resource acquisition function (means), a mail creation function (means), and a mail transmission function (means). It is realized by executing. In order for the receiving computer 1 to execute such a function, a computer program for executing such processing, that is, an encapsulated document generation program is installed in the receiving computer 1 in advance, or the capsule computer 1 Such an encapsulated document generation program may be transmitted from the transmission-side computer 1 that activates the document 21 to the reception-side computer 1.

  In the former case, the encapsulated document generation program for generating the encapsulated document 21 from the received structure file 24 may be installed in the receiving computer 1. As an example of such an encapsulated document generation program, it is installed in a computer 1, and is interpreted and executed on the computer 1 by a content information file 22 relating to a document expression entity and a computer 1 connected on the network 7. A function for receiving a structure file 24 including a URI indicating a storage location of resource information including a program code file 23 describing a plurality of functional modules for causing the computer 1 to execute display and other processing on the content information file; The function of acquiring the content information file 22 and the program code file 23 based on the URI included in the structured file 24, the acquired content information file 22 and the program code file 23, and the received structure file 2 , A function of encapsulating the door as a single document can be used encapsulated document generation program for execution.

  The computer 1 in which such an encapsulated document generation program is installed is interpreted and executed by the content information file 22 relating to the document representation entity and the computer 1 connected to the network 7 and displayed on the content information file 22. Means for receiving a structure file 24 including a URI indicating a storage location of resource information including a program code file 23 describing a plurality of functional modules for causing the computer 1 to execute other processing; The means for acquiring the content information file 22 and the program code file 23 based on the included URI, and the acquired content information file 22 and the program code file 23 and the received structure file 24 as a single document. It means for encapsulation is generated as the encapsulated document generating apparatus having a.

  Further, the encapsulated document generation apparatus generated in this way is displayed on the content information file 22 by interpreting and executing the content information file 22 relating to the expression entity of the document and the computer 1 connected on the network 7, and other processing. And receiving a structure file 24 including a URI indicating a storage location of resource information including a program code file 23 in which a plurality of functional modules for causing the computer 1 to execute are included, and included in the received structure file 24 Obtaining the content information file 22 and the program code file 23 based on the URI; encapsulating the obtained content information file 22 and the program code file 23 and the received structure file 24 as a single document; With Performing cell document generation method.

  In the latter case, the program code file 23 in the encapsulated document 21 interpreted and executed by the sending computer 1 causes the computer 1 to generate the encapsulated document 21 based on the structure file 24. This is realized by including a description of a functional module that executes a function of transmitting the generation program together with the structure file 24. In this case, the program code file 23 in the encapsulated document 21 that is interpreted and executed by the computer 1 on the transmission side is used to generate the encapsulated document 21 on the computer 1 based on the structure file 24 and the structure file 24. The encapsulated document generation program may include a description of a functional module that executes a function of encapsulating the encapsulated document generation program as a single document to be transmitted along with an electronic mail.

  Next, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 25, the encapsulated document 21 transmitted as described above can be used to send and receive the document status using e-mail. That is, in FIG. 25, when the user A browses the page 3 of the encapsulated document 21, the information is transmitted to the user B encapsulated document 21 via the network 7, and the page is also displayed in the user B encapsulated document 21. 3 can be opened, and communication using the encapsulated document 21 can be performed synchronously. In this example, an example of one-to-one communication is shown. Of course, one-to-multiple communication is also possible.

  As shown in FIG. 26, the basic processing flow in this case is to create an operation information file after acquiring an event (step S301) in the encapsulated document 21 interpreted and executed by the computer 1 on the transmission side (step S301). In step S302), the computer 1 executes a process of creating an e-mail attached with the operation information file (step S303) and transmitting the e-mail (step S304). Using the same encapsulated document 21 interpreted and executed by the computer 1, e-mail reception (step S351), operation information file acquisition (step S352), operation information file analysis (step S353), and reflection in the own document (step S354) The process is to execute the process.

  In order to realize such processing, as shown in FIG. 27, in both the transmitting and receiving computers 1, an event acquisition function (means), an operation information file generation function (means), and an operation information file analysis function (means) It is necessary to execute a mail creation function (means), a mail transmission function (means), a mail reception function (means), and an information reflection function (means). Such functions of the computers 1 are provided to the computers 1 by way of example by the encapsulated document mail program 23d running on the computers 1.

  In order to execute the above processing in the sending computer 1, the program code file 23 in the encapsulated document 21 interpreted and executed by the computer 1 obtains an event generated by a user operation in the sending computer 1. This is realized by including a description of a function module that executes a function to execute and a function to transmit operation information described in XML, for example, about the acquired event along with an electronic mail.

  Further, in order to execute the above processing on the receiving computer 1, the program code file 23 in the encapsulated document 21 interpreted and executed by the computer 1 analyzes the received operation information on the receiving computer 1. This is realized by including a description of a function module that executes a function to execute the function and a function to reflect the analysis result in the own document.

  The program code file 23 uses a description of functional modules that cause the computer 1 to execute a function of adding an ID for an encapsulated document to an electronic mail to be transmitted, and a function of transmitting and receiving an electronic mail to the computer 1. When receiving an electronic mail, it is desirable to include a description of a functional module that executes a function of receiving only an electronic mail with an ID for an encapsulated document added. Thereby, the e-mail received by the encapsulated document can be distinguished from other e-mails on the e-mail receiving side.

  However, since it is not very realistic to exchange the document state by e-mail, in addition to the data structure of the encapsulated document 21 illustrated in FIG. 7, communication for exchanging document information as illustrated in FIG. The data structure of the encapsulated document 21 with the program 23e added is desirable.

  The operation when the encapsulated document 21 illustrated in FIG. 28 is used will be described below.

  Here, the communication program 23e is a program code file 23 that transmits and receives a document state using TCP / IP, and realizes communication by P2P. As illustrated in FIG. 25, the user can activate the same encapsulated document 21 as his / her encapsulated document 21 as a communication partner, synchronize the document states with each other, and communicate with each other. . When such an exchange is performed between the encapsulated documents 21, each user must hold the same encapsulated document 21. That is, when a user wants to communicate with one or more other people using the encapsulated document 21 that the user has, the encapsulated document 21 must be distributed by some method. There are various modes of distribution, such as downloading to a Web server to which each person has access rights, or burning media to a CD-R or other media and sending the media. On the other hand, as a method for distributing the encapsulated document 21, a method that uses an e-mail by the mail program 23d built in the encapsulated document 21 is the simplest and is considered to have high speed. Although the encapsulated document 21 may be sent as an attached file by an ordinary mail client (mailer), it is always a problem how a P2P application finds a communication partner. Normally, even if you know the email address of the other party, you will usually not know the IP address of the machine you normally use, and even if you happen to know the IP address of that machine, There is also the possibility of starting the encapsulated document 21 on a different machine. Therefore, before distributing the encapsulated document 21, a function of automatically setting its own network environment (such as an IP address) in the encapsulated document 21 attached to the e-mail and transmitting it to the other party is required. . In this way, the receiving side can communicate with the encapsulated document on the transmitting side simply by activating the encapsulated document 21. In order to automatically set the IP address in advance, it is easiest to activate the encapsulated document 21 itself and cause the internal program code file 23 to acquire the IP address and the like. On the other hand, if the encapsulated document 21 is attached using a mail client, it is difficult to automatically set the IP address.

  The method of transmitting the encapsulated document 21 to the other party includes attaching the encapsulated document itself, sending only the structure file 24, selecting the content information file 22 and generating and sending the encapsulated document 21. As described above, in the encapsulated document 21, information necessary for communication such as the IP address of the transmission source and the port number used for communication, that is, the network environment information of the own device is stored in the structure file 24 in advance. It is set in the structure file 24. Such various network environment values are set in the structure file 24 by acquiring an IP address or the like when the encapsulated document 21 is activated. Accordingly, the structure file 24 illustrated in FIG. 29 includes <mail address => xxx> /> and <com IP == in the <mail address /> and <comm />, respectively, as illustrated in FIG. “Xxx” port = “xxx” /> is set.

  Next, operations up to establishment of communication between the transmission side and the reception side will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 31, the transmission side starts the encapsulated document 21 (step S451), and uses the method described above to send the encapsulated document 21 itself or encapsulate to the receiving side using e-mail. Information for generating the document 21 is notified (steps S402 and S403). On the reception side, the mail client is activated in advance (step S451), and the electronic mail transmitted on the transmission side is received (step S452). Then, information for generating an encapsulated document or the encapsulated document 21 itself is acquired from an attached file attached to the e-mail (step S453), and the encapsulated document 21 is activated (step S454). FIG. 32 is an example of a document based on the encapsulated document 21 activated on the receiving side.

  Here, in the encapsulated document 21 activated on the receiving side, network environment information such as a source IP address is described in the structure file 24. Therefore, when the user clicks on the communication button 108 in FIG. 32, communication with the encapsulated document 21 activated at the transmission source is established using network environment information such as an IP address described in the structure file 24. Attempt (step S455). At this time, a plurality of destinations can be designated. In the case of transmission to a plurality of destinations, as illustrated in FIG. 33, communication is established with the receiver in a radial manner from the sender. That is, since communication between each receiver is not established, when the sender establishes communication with each receiver, the sender notifies the other receivers of the information of the receiver, and FIG. As illustrated, communication between each participant is established. As another example, for example, since the e-mail received by the recipient 1 should have the email addresses of the recipient 2 and the recipient 3 in the destination column, each establishes a connection based on this information. It is also possible to try.

  Further, as described above, the encapsulated document 21 capable of browsing the selected content information file 22 can be transmitted. At this time, if the communication program 23e is also encapsulated, the encapsulated document 21 is displayed. You can also use it to communicate. In this case, a program code file 23 for selecting which function expansion program to encapsulate may be incorporated in the content information file 22 as a selection program.

  In order to execute the above processing, the program code file 23 in the encapsulated document 21 has a function of transmitting / receiving information to / from the computer 1 via the network 7 with the same encapsulated document running on another computer. Description of the function module to be executed, description of the function module to execute the function to acquire the network environment information of its own device and store it in the structure file 24, and start up on another computer based on the network environment information at startup And a description of a functional module that executes a function that attempts to establish communication with the same encapsulated document.

  The program code file 23 in the encapsulated document 21 can be handled as an applet by creating it with JAVA (registered trademark). In this case, in the electronic mail, the applet itself may be sent, or a desired encapsulated document 21 may be activated by sending a text describing a link to the applet.

It is a hardware block diagram which shows the personal computer of one embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the outline | summary of the role of OS. It is a schematic diagram which shows the basic example of the data structure of an encapsulated document. It is a schematic diagram which shows the basic example of the data structure of a more practical encapsulated document. It is a schematic flowchart which shows the browsing process example. It is a schematic diagram which shows the flow of the process clearly. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the data structure of the encapsulated document of this Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of a structure file. It is a functional block diagram which shows an example of the function performed by the computer which started the encapsulated document. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the document which has the "mail creation button" which appears when the encapsulated document starts. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the window for mail preparation transmission which has a "send button". “Send button” and “document attachment button”. It is a functional block diagram which shows an example of the function performed by the computer which started the encapsulated document. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the window for mail preparation transmission to which the copy of the encapsulated document was attached. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the window for mail preparation transmission which has a "content attachment button". It is a functional block diagram which shows an example of the function performed by the computer which started the encapsulated document. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the window for content information selection. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the window for mail preparation transmission to which the selected content information file was attached. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the procedure which produces | generates the encapsulated document which encapsulated the content information file and the program code file for browsing the content information file, and attaches and transmits to an email. It is a functional block diagram which shows an example of the function performed by the computer which started the encapsulated document. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the procedure which attaches and transmits a structure file to an email. It is a functional block diagram which shows an example of the function performed by the computer which started the encapsulated document. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure which produces | generates the encapsulated document from the received structure file. It is a functional block diagram which shows an example of the function performed by the computer which started the encapsulated document. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example which transmits / receives a document state using an email. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process which transmits / receives a document state using an email. It is a functional block diagram which shows an example of the function performed by a computer. It is a schematic diagram which shows another example of the data structure of an encapsulated document. It is a schematic diagram which illustrates a structure file. It is a schematic diagram which illustrates the state by which network environment information was set to the structure file. It is a flowchart which shows the process until communication establishment between a transmission side and a receiving side. It is an example of the document based on the encapsulated document started on the receiving side. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the connection relationship between senders and receivers. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the last form of the connection relationship between senders and receivers.

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1 Computer 7 Network 21 Encapsulated Document 22 Content Information File 23 Program Code File 24 Structure File

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A content information file serving as a document representation entity, a program code file describing a plurality of functional modules that cause a computer connected to a network to execute predetermined processing on the content information file, and a structure that defines the document structure of the document A program that encapsulates a file as a single document,
The program code file is stored in the computer.
A function for displaying an e-mail creation and transmission window, and generating an e-mail based on information input using the e-mail creation and transmission window ;
Generates a copy of the self-encapsulated document when the button for attaching a document is clicked among the button for sending an email and the button for attaching a document provided on the window for creating and sending the email. The ability to attach a copy of a self-encapsulated document to an email,
A function of said response to the click of a button for email sending the electronic mail through the network, to receive an e-mail sent through the network,
An encapsulated document generation program comprising a description of a functional module that executes The program code file is stored in the computer.
A function of selecting one or more content information files;
A function of sending the selected content information file along with an e-mail;
The encapsulated document generation program according to claim 1, further comprising a description of a functional module that executes the function. The program code file encapsulates the selected content information file and a reproduction program code file for reproducing the content information file as a single document to be transmitted along with an e-mail to the computer. The encapsulated document generation program according to claim 2 , further comprising a description of a function module that executes the function to be performed. 2. The encapsulated document generation program according to claim 1, wherein the program code file includes a description of a functional module that causes the computer to execute a function of transmitting and receiving the structure file along with an electronic mail. The program code file is stored in the computer.
A function of selecting one or more content information files;
A function of generating a structure file related to the selected content information file;
A function of transmitting and receiving the generated structure file along with an e-mail; and
The encapsulated document generation program according to claim 1, further comprising a description of a functional module that executes the function. The program code file includes a description of a functional module that causes the computer to execute a function of transmitting an encapsulated document generation program for generating an encapsulated document based on the structure file together with the structure file. The encapsulated document generation program according to claim 4 or 5 . The program code file is encapsulated as a single document that is transmitted to the computer along with the structure file and an encapsulated document generation program for generating an encapsulated document based on the structure file. 7. The encapsulated document generation program according to claim 6 , further comprising a description of a function module that executes the function to be converted. 2. The encapsulated document generation program according to claim 1, wherein the program code file includes a description of a function module that causes the computer to execute a function of adding an ID for an encapsulated document to an electronic mail to be transmitted. The program code file is a functional module that causes the computer to execute a function of receiving only an email to which an ID for an encapsulated document is added when receiving an email using a function of sending and receiving an email. The encapsulated document generation program according to claim 1, further comprising a description. The program code file is stored in the computer.
A function to acquire events generated by user operations;
A function to send operation information about the acquired event along with an e-mail;
The encapsulated document generation program according to claim 1, further comprising a description of a functional module that executes the function. The encapsulated document generation program according to claim 10 , wherein the operation information is described in XML. The program code file is stored in the computer.
A function to analyze received operation information;
A function to reflect the analysis result in the self- encapsulated document;
Claim 10 or 11 encapsulated document generation program according characterized in that it comprises a description of the function module to execute. The program code file includes a description of a functional module that causes the computer to execute the same encapsulated document running on another computer and a function of transmitting and receiving information via the network. 1. An encapsulated document generation program according to 1 . 14. The encapsulated document generation according to claim 13 , wherein the program code file includes a description of a function module that causes the computer to execute a function of acquiring the network environment information of its own device and storing it in the structure file. Program . The program code file includes a description of a functional module that causes the computer to execute a function of attempting to establish communication with the same encapsulated document activated on another computer based on network environment information at the time of activation. 15. The encapsulated document generation program according to claim 14, wherein: A program code file that describes a content information file related to a document representation entity and a plurality of functional modules that cause a computer connected to a network to execute predetermined processing on the content information file . A function for generating an e-mail based on information input using the e-mail creation and transmission window, an e-mail transmission button provided on the e-mail creation and transmission window, of buttons for document accompanying the generating a copy of the self-encapsulated document when the button for the document attached is clicked, attach function copies the generated self encapsulated document to the e-mail, and the electronic through the network in accordance with the click of a button for sending mail The send email, including a URI indicating the storage location of the resource information including the program code file containing a description of the function module to execute the function, of receiving an electronic mail sent through the network Te Receiving a structure file;
Obtaining the content information file and the program code file based on a URI included in the received structure file;
Encapsulating the acquired content information file and the program code file and the received structure file as a single document;
An encapsulated document generation method comprising: Installed on the computer, on this computer,
A program code file that describes a content information file related to a document representation entity and a plurality of functional modules that cause a computer connected to a network to execute predetermined processing on the content information file . A function for generating an e-mail based on information input using the e-mail creation and transmission window, an e-mail transmission button provided on the e-mail creation and transmission window, of buttons for document accompanying the generating a copy of the self-encapsulated document when the button for the document attached is clicked, attach function copies the generated self encapsulated document to the e-mail, and the electronic through the network in accordance with the click of a button for sending mail The send email, including a URI indicating the storage location of the resource information including the program code file containing a description of the function module to execute the function, of receiving an electronic mail sent through the network Te The ability to receive structure files;
A function of acquiring the content information file and the program code file based on a URI included in the received structure file;
A function of encapsulating the acquired content information file and the program code file and the received structure file as a single document;
Encapsulated document generation program that executes A program code file that describes a content information file related to a document representation entity and a plurality of functional modules that cause a computer connected to a network to execute predetermined processing on the content information file . A function for generating an e-mail based on information input using the e-mail creation and transmission window, an e-mail transmission button provided on the e-mail creation and transmission window, of buttons for document accompanying the generating a copy of the self-encapsulated document when the button for the document attached is clicked, attach function copies the generated self encapsulated document to the e-mail, and the electronic through the network in accordance with the click of a button for sending mail The send email, including a URI indicating the storage location of the resource information including the program code file containing a description of the function module to execute the function, of receiving an electronic mail sent through the network Te Means for receiving the structure file;
Means for obtaining the content information file and the program code file based on a URI included in the received structure file;
Means for encapsulating the acquired content information file and the program code file and the received structure file as a single document;
An encapsulated document generating apparatus comprising:

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