JP5649180B2 - Application creation apparatus, application creation system, and application creation method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for supporting creation of an application program.

There has been proposed a technique for assisting a user to easily create an application program (hereinafter abbreviated as “application”) regardless of whether the programming language is understood or not. By the way, the computer device that has executed the application operates in accordance with setting contents such as initial setting for the application. In general, setting information indicating settings for such an application is designated by a creator's manual setting in the application creation stage.
There are techniques disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 as techniques for supporting input of setting information indicating operation settings of a computer device.

  Patent Document 1 discloses that a setting support server deploys setting information received from a user terminal in a sharable manner, receives setting support from an operator terminal, and records an operation log such as a setting change from the user terminal. Discloses that a desired environment can be used. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228561 discloses that a common setting item and a unique setting item are collectively managed for each application, and initial setting of a plurality of applications can be performed by data input only once by a user.

JP 2007-305043 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-302192

In the invention described in Patent Document 1, it is determined that setting information is shared between operators belonging to the same organization (company or the like). The reason for this is that when support for setting information is provided to an operator of a company, if multiple operators belong to the same company, customer information may be shared among operators, but different companies This is because customer information is not usually shared between operators belonging to the group. In the invention described in Patent Document 2, it can be said that the users sharing the setting item data are the same user, and the data is not shared by a plurality of users.
In contrast, an object of the present invention is to share setting information indicating settings for an application among a plurality of creators according to the relationship between the creator of the application and the user.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the application creation apparatus of the present invention specifies a storage unit that stores program elements that are candidates for incorporation into an application program, and is specified by the creator of the application program corresponding to the user of the application program. A setting information storage unit that stores the created setting information in association with a creator ID that identifies the creator and a user ID that identifies the user, and an application provided to any of the users When the program is created in response to an instruction from the first creator, the setting information is stored in association with the creator ID of the second creator different from the first creator and the user ID of the user. The setting information stored in the storage unit is acquired, and the application program having the setting indicated by the acquired setting information is accumulated. Characterized in that it comprises an application creation unit that creates with the selected program element from.

  In the application creation device of the present invention, the setting information storage unit stores disclosure information indicating a creator who is permitted to disclose the setting information in association with the setting information, and the application creation unit includes the first information 2 When the first creator corresponds to the creator indicated by the disclosure information stored in the setting information storage unit in association with the creator ID of the creator, the stored setting information is acquired and the application A program is created, and when the first creator does not correspond to the creator indicated by the disclosure information, the setting information may not be acquired.

The application creation apparatus of the present invention includes a disclosure information acquisition unit that acquires the disclosure information specified by the user, and the setting information storage unit displays the disclosure information acquired by the disclosure information acquisition unit. May be stored in association with the user ID of the user who has designated the user ID and the creator ID.
In the application creation device of the present invention, the application creation unit creates an application program by performing a setting indicated by one setting information stored in the setting information storage unit on a plurality of program elements selected from the storage unit You may make it do.

  The application creation system of the present invention is an application creation system comprising an application creation device and a terminal device operated by the creator of the application program, and the application creation device is a candidate to be incorporated into the application program. A storage unit that stores program elements, setting information specified by the terminal device corresponding to the user of the application program, a creator ID that identifies the creator, and a user ID that identifies the user When the application program provided to any one of the users is created in response to an instruction from the first creator, the setting information storage unit stored in association with the first information is different from the first creator. 2 For the creator ID of the creator and the user ID of the user And an application creation unit that obtains setting information stored in the setting information storage unit and creates an application program set by the acquired setting information using a program element selected from the storage unit. The terminal device indicates an instruction to select a program element to be incorporated into an application program to be created by the application creation unit from a program element stored in the storage unit according to an operation of the creator, and a setting for the application program It has a creation instruction section for transmitting an instruction for designating setting information to the application creation apparatus.

  In addition, the application creation method of the present invention provides the setting information specified for the application user by the creator of the application program, the creator ID for identifying the creator, and the user for identifying the user. An acquisition step of acquiring the setting information from a setting information storage unit stored in association with an ID, wherein an application program provided to any one of the users is generated according to an instruction from the first creator And obtaining the setting information associated with the creator ID of the second creator different from the first creator and the user ID of the user, and candidates to be incorporated into the application program Using the program element selected from the storage unit that stores the program element to be acquired in the acquisition step And having an application creation step of creating an application program in which the setting of setting information indicates.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the setting information which shows the setting with respect to an application can be shared among several creators by the relationship between the creator of an application, and a user.

The figure which shows the whole structure of an application creation system. The block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a server apparatus. The figure which shows the data structure of program element DB. The figure which shows the data structure of setting information DB. The figure which shows the data structure of parameter DB. The block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a creator terminal. The block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a user terminal. The functional block diagram which shows the functional structure of an application creation system. The sequence chart which shows the flow of a process of an application creation system. The figure which shows the example of the screen display of a creator terminal. The figure which shows the example of the screen display of a creator terminal. The figure which shows the example of the screen display of a creator terminal. The figure which shows the example of the screen display of a creator terminal. The figure which shows the example of the screen display of a user terminal. The figure which shows the example of the screen display of a user terminal. The figure which shows the example of the screen display of a creator terminal. The functional block diagram which shows the functional structure of an application creation system. The sequence chart which shows the flow of a process of an application creation system. The figure which shows the data structure of setting information DB. The functional block diagram which shows the functional structure of a creator terminal.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of the application creation system 1.
The application creation system 1 is a communication system including a server device 10, a creator terminal 20, and a user terminal 30. FIG. 1 shows the first creator terminal 20a and the second creator terminal 20b among the plurality of creator terminals 20, but there are actually more. FIG. 1 shows only one of the user terminals 30, but there are actually a larger number. Each device constituting the application creation system 1 is connected to be communicable with each other via a network NW. Here, the network NW is a communication network including a mobile communication network, a gateway, and the Internet.

The server device 10 is an application creation device that provides a service for creating an application. The server device 10 creates an application in accordance with an application creation instruction from the creator terminal 20. Here, the creator terminal 20 and the user terminal 30 are smartphones. The creator terminal 20 is a terminal device operated by a user who is a creator of an application (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as “creator”). The creator (first creator) who creates an application on the first creator terminal 20a and the creator (second creator) who creates an application on the second creator terminal 20b are different users. The user terminal 30 is a terminal device that is operated by a user of an application created in response to a creation instruction from the creator terminal 20 (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as “user”).
The creator terminal 20 and the user terminal 30 are not limited to smartphones, and may be other terminal devices such as a mobile phone terminal, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). The creator terminal 20 and the user terminal 30 are not limited to separate terminal devices, and can be the creator terminal 20 when creating an application, and can be the user terminal 30 when using an application.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the server device 10. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the server device 10 includes a control unit 11, a communication unit 12, and a storage unit 13.
The control unit 11 is a microprocessor including a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a RAM (Random Access Memory). The CPU controls each unit of the server device 10 by reading out the program stored in the ROM or the storage unit 13 to the RAM and executing the program. The communication unit 12 is an interface for connecting to the network NW. The storage unit 13 includes, for example, a hard disk device, and stores a program element DB (Data base) 131, a setting information DB 132, and a parameter DB 133 in addition to software and an OS (Operating System) for executing the software.

The program element DB 131 is a database (corresponding to an element storage unit) that stores program elements that are candidates for incorporation into an application. The setting information DB 132 is a database (corresponding to a setting information storage unit) that stores setting information indicating settings for an application. The setting information is information indicating settings such as initial settings and standard settings (default settings) of the application, for example, and is information that configures the application in combination with program elements. The setting information is also information for defining an operation according to the application of the user terminal 30 that executed the application. The parameter DB 133 is a database that stores parameters indicating the degree of recommendation for each program element accumulated in the program element DB 131.
The server device 10 includes hardware devices such as an operation unit that includes a keyboard and a mouse and receives operations, in addition to the hardware other than the above.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the data structure of the program element DB 131.
As shown in FIG. 3, the program element DB 131 is a database that stores each piece of information indicated by “template ID”, “element ID”, and “program element” in association with each other. The template ID is identification information for identifying a template that is a template of an application. The template stores a plurality of types of data in the storage unit 13 in accordance with the application purpose. Templates include, for example, a navigation template for creating an application used to guide a user to a predetermined place, a guide template for creating an application used for guiding events such as parties, This is a housework assignment template for creating an application used for managing the role assignment of housework to each person. The application of this embodiment is assumed to be created for a relatively small number of people. Therefore, when creating an application for a certain purpose, the creator of the application can change the specification of the application for each user. The element ID is identification information for identifying a program element, and here, identifies each program element incorporated in advance in the template. The program element is a program element that is a candidate to be incorporated into the application, and corresponds to a function implemented in the application.

Here, the template ID of the navigation template is “Temp1”. The program element “prog101” is assigned an element ID “PID101”, and displays a telephone number of a waiting party at a designated time and makes a call ready state (hereinafter referred to as “function A” or “phone call assist function”). ) Is a program element corresponding to. The program element “prog102” is assigned the element ID “PID102”, and when the screen is turned on at a specified time, a function for transmitting an e-mail indicating that the user has already woken up (hereinafter referred to as “function B” or “has occurred” This is a program element corresponding to “mail function”. The program element “prog103” is assigned an element ID “PID103” and has a function for displaying a message when the screen is not turned on at a designated time (hereinafter referred to as “function C” or “schedule display function”). Corresponding program element. The program element “prog104” is assigned an element ID “PID104” and is referred to as a function (hereinafter referred to as “function D” or “road guidance function”) that provides a route guidance from a departure point such as a user's home to a destination point. ) Is a program element corresponding to.
Note that the case where the screen is not turned on is assumed that the user terminal 30 is not used by the user. Specifically, after a predetermined time has elapsed since the user terminal 30 was last operated. Or, if it is a foldable mobile phone terminal, it may be in a folded state.

In addition, the template ID of the guide template is “Temp2”. This guidance template also includes program elements corresponding to each function, like the navigation template. The template ID of the housework assignment template is “Temp3”, and the housework assignment template also includes program elements corresponding to each function. Although the contents of the program elements (functions) incorporated in the template are different for each template, program elements corresponding to the same function may be incorporated in a plurality of templates.
Furthermore, templates other than those listed above may be stored in the storage unit 13. Also, the program element corresponds to various functions such as a so-called remind function, a function for displaying a hyperlink for directing to a specific website, and a function corresponding to a function for providing a checklist. Things are assumed.
Note that the character strings in parentheses in FIG. 3 are described to help understanding of each information, and do not mean information actually stored in the program element DB 131.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the data structure of the setting information DB 132.
As shown in FIG. 4, the setting information DB 132 corresponds to each piece of information indicated by “creator ID”, “user ID”, “disclosure information”, “setting ID”, and “setting information”. It is a database that is attached and stored. The creator ID is user identification information for identifying the user of the creator terminal 20. Here, the creator ID of the creator who is the user of the first creator terminal 20a is “MID001”, and the creator ID of the creator who is the user of the second creator terminal 20b is “MID002”. The user ID is user identification information that identifies a user who is a user of the user terminal 30. The creator ID and the user ID are identification numbers assigned to each user so as not to overlap each other. In addition to this, the creator ID and the user ID may be a telephone number assigned to the user terminal 30, terminal identification information specified from a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card, or the like.

The disclosure information is information indicating a creator who is permitted to disclose the setting information. The setting ID is identification information for identifying an item of setting information. The setting ID indicates, for example, items such as “address” (home address), “nearest station” (nearest station from home), “cooking” (favorite food genre), etc. May be described in the setting information DB 132. The setting information indicates the content of setting for the item indicated by the setting ID.
For example, in the record corresponding to the first row in FIG. 4, the address specified by the creator of the creator ID “MID002” corresponding to the user identified by the user ID “UID101” is “Kanagawa Prefecture”. Means "Yokohama City ...". Other records can be interpreted in the same manner.

  The above-described disclosure information is subdivided into “disclosure availability” and “disclosure scope”. The disclosure availability is information indicating whether the setting information designated by the creator indicated by the creator ID may be disclosed to other creators. When the disclosure permission is “◯”, the disclosure of the setting information to other creators is permitted. When the disclosure permission is “x”, the disclosure of the setting information to other creators is not permitted at all. “Disclosure range” is information indicating a range (group) of creators permitted to disclose setting information. Here, the disclosure range is defined by the relationship between the user indicated by the user ID and the creator indicated by the creator ID. For example, in the record corresponding to the first row in FIG. 4, disclosure permission / disapproval “◯” and disclosure range “family” are described. This description means that the setting information is disclosed to the creator only when the user's family is the creator of the application, and the setting information is not disclosed to other creators.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the data structure of the parameter DB 133.
As illustrated in FIG. 5, the parameter DB 133 is a database that stores information indicated by “user ID”, “element ID”, and “parameter” in association with each other. The user ID and the element ID are the same information as the element ID described in the program element DB 131. The parameter is a parameter indicating the recommended degree of the program element. The parameter is, for example, a value serving as an index of usability of the function corresponding to the program element for the application user. Here, the value of the parameter is determined by the usage record of the program element in the user terminal 30. Here, the parameter takes one of three values of “1”, “2”, and “3”. A smaller parameter value means that the program element has been used more frequently or frequently used in the user terminal 30 of the user indicated by the user ID. That is, as the parameter value is smaller, it can be used as an index for determining that the program element corresponds to a function that is convenient for the user. On the contrary, the larger the parameter value, the smaller the number of times the program element is used in the user terminal 30 of the user indicated by the user ID, or the lower the frequency of use.
In addition, the server apparatus 10 acquires the use track record (for example, use frequency and the frequency | count of use) of each program element from the user terminal 30 of each user, and individually sets the parameter according to the acquired use track record for every user. In addition, the parameter DB 133 is set individually for each program element. In addition, here, the parameter is represented by a numerical value of three stages, but may be represented by a numerical value of two stages, or may be represented by a numerical value of four or more stages.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the creator terminal 20. As illustrated in FIG. 6, the creator terminal 20 includes a control unit 21, a voice input / output unit 22, a wireless communication unit 23, a UI (User Interface) unit 24, and a storage unit 25.
The control unit 21 is a microprocessor including a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. The CPU controls each unit of the creator terminal 20 by reading the program stored in the ROM or the storage unit 25 into the RAM and executing it. The voice input / output unit 22 includes a microphone that collects received voice and the like and a speaker that emits transmitted voice, and realizes functions related to voice input / output. The wireless communication unit 23 includes a wireless communication circuit and an antenna, and is an interface for connecting to the network NW by wireless communication. The UI unit 24 includes a display surface for displaying an image and a touch panel superimposed on the display surface, and provides a GUI (Graphical User Interface). That is, the UI unit 24 realizes both functions as an operation unit that receives an operation from a user through a touch panel and a display unit that notifies information by an image displayed on a display surface. In the creator terminal 20, the operation unit and the display unit may be realized by independent hardware. The storage unit 25 includes, for example, an EEPROM (Electronically Erasable and Programmable ROM), and stores a creator ID assigned to a creator who is a user of the creator terminal 20, and software including an OS and a browser.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the user terminal 30. As shown in FIG. 7, the user terminal 30 includes a control unit 31, a voice input / output unit 32, a wireless communication unit 33, a UI unit 34, and a storage unit 35. The hardware configuration of the user terminal 30 is basically the same as that of the creator terminal 20. That is, each part of the user terminal 30 has a configuration equivalent to the component of the same name of the creator terminal 20.
However, the storage unit 35 stores the user ID assigned to the user who is the user of the user terminal 30.
The user terminal 30 includes hardware devices such as a positioning unit that performs positioning using a GPS (Global Positioning System) function, for example, in addition to the hardware other than the above.
Next, the functional configuration of the application creation system 1 will be described.

FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration of the application creation system 1.
The server device 10 realizes functions corresponding to the presentation unit 101, the setting information transmission unit 102, the instruction reception unit 103, the application creation unit 104, and the application provision unit 105. The creator terminal 20 implements functions corresponding to the element display unit 201 and the creation instruction unit 202.
When the application provided to the user is created, the presentation unit 101 displays the program elements stored in the program element DB 131 by a presentation method corresponding to the parameters stored in the parameter DB 133 corresponding to the user. Presented to the creator terminal 20. The parameters are referred to by the presentation unit 101 in order to define a presentation method such as, for example, the order (sort) order of program elements and the presence or absence of presentation of program elements.

  The setting information transmission unit 102 acquires setting information disclosed to the creator when the application is created from the setting information DB 132 and transmits the setting information to the creator terminal 20. However, the setting information transmission unit 102 transmits the setting information only when the disclosure of the setting information is permitted due to the information stored in the setting information DB 132 and the relationship between the creator of the application and the user.

The element display unit 201 of the creator terminal 20 displays the program element presented by the presentation unit 101 according to the presentation method defined by the presentation unit 101.
When any one of the program elements displayed by the element display unit 201 is selected by the creator, the creation instruction unit 202 instructs the server device 10 to incorporate the selected program element into the application. In addition, when using the setting information transmitted from the setting information transmitting unit 102, the creation instruction unit 202 instructs the server device 10 to perform the setting indicated by the setting information for the application.

The instruction receiving unit 103 of the server apparatus 10 receives an application creation instruction from the creation instruction unit 202.
The application creation unit 104 creates an application by incorporating the program elements stored in the program element DB 131 in accordance with the instruction received by the instruction reception unit 103. In addition, the application creation unit 104 performs the setting indicated by the setting information for the application in accordance with the instruction received by the instruction receiving unit 103.
The application providing unit 105 transmits the application created by the application creating unit 104 to the user terminal 30 and provides the application to the user.
Next, the operation of the application creation system 1 will be described.

FIG. 9 is a sequence chart showing the flow of processing of the application creation system 1. Hereinafter, an operation when the first creator terminal 20a operates using the setting information input via the second creator terminal 20b will be described. 10 to 16 are diagrams illustrating screen displays on the creator terminal 20 or the user terminal 30. FIG.
Prior to the creation of the application in the first creator terminal 20a, processing for storing the setting information in the setting information DB 132 is executed in the application creation system 1.
For example, when the application is created, the control unit 21 of the second creator terminal 20b accepts input information designated by the creator of the application (step S1). Specifically, the control unit 21 inputs the user ID of the user to whom the application is provided, the setting ID indicating the setting information item, the setting information, and the disclosure information corresponding to the setting information by the creator. This is accepted by operating the UI unit 24. Here, the control unit 21 uses the user ID “UID101”, the setting ID “nearest station” and the setting information “Yokohama Station”, and also disclosure permission “o” and disclosure range “family, friends, company” ”Is received.

  Next, the control unit 21 of the second creator terminal 20b transmits the creator ID of the own device and the input information received in step S1 to the server device 10 by the wireless communication unit 23 (step S2). . Here, the control unit 21 transmits the creator ID “MID002” and the input information to the server device 10.

  When the control unit 11 of the server apparatus 10 receives the data transmitted in step S2 by the communication unit 12, the control unit 11 updates the setting information DB 132 according to the received data (step S3). Here, the control unit 11 updates the setting information DB 132 by describing the received creator ID, user ID, disclosure information, setting ID, and setting information in the setting information DB 132 in association with each other. As a result, like the record shown in the second row of FIG. 4, in the setting information DB 132, the creator ID “MID002”, the user ID “UID101”, the disclosure availability “o”, and the disclosure range “family, friend” , Company ”, setting ID“ nearest station ”, and setting information“ Yokohama station ”are associated with each other.

The update of the setting information DB 132 as described above can be performed not only by the second creator terminal 20b but also by each creator terminal 20. Further, the setting information DB 132 may be updated not only when the application is created on the creator terminal 20 but also on another occasion. In this way, the setting information DB 132 as shown in FIG. 4 is generated. Further, the information included in the input information is merely an example, and if there is information that the server device 10 can grasp in advance, the information may be omitted from the input information.
Next, the operation of the application creation system 1 when an application is created by the first creator terminal 20a will be described.

First, the control unit 21 of the first creator terminal 20a transmits a request to present a program element that is a candidate to be incorporated into an application to the server device 10 by the wireless communication unit 23 (step S4). The process of step S4 is specifically as follows.
When the control unit 21 of the first creator terminal 20 a receives an operation for instructing the creator to start creating an application by the UI unit 24, the control unit 21 displays a template selection screen illustrated in FIG. 10A on the UI unit 24. As shown in FIG. 10A, on the template selection screen, soft buttons B1 to B3 with names of templates that can be used for creating an application are arranged. The creator selects one of the templates by operating the UI unit 24 according to the application he / she wants to create. In addition, the control unit 21 receives an operation for designating which user's application is to be created by the UI unit 24, and specifies the user ID assigned to the user.
In the parameter DB 133, the user ID of the user (user) of the user terminal 30 is described. Therefore, the server device 10 may cause the creator to specify one of the user IDs described in the parameter DB 133.

  And the 1st creator terminal 20a transmits the presentation request | requirement of the program element containing the creator ID of an own apparatus, template ID of the template to be used, and user ID of the user who provides an application. Here, it is assumed that the first creator terminal 20a has transmitted a presentation request including the creator ID “MID001”, the template ID “Temp1”, and the user ID “UID101”.

Next, when the control unit 11 of the server device 10 receives the program element presentation request through the communication unit 12, the control unit 11 refers to the parameter DB 133 and defines the presentation method of the program elements stored in the program element DB 131 (step S5). ). Here, the control unit 11 sets all program elements associated with the template ID and user ID included in the presentation request in the program element DB 131 as presentation targets. And the control part 11 prescribes | regulates the presentation method of arranging (sorting) the program element of presentation object in order with the small value of the parameter described in parameter DB133. That is, the control unit 11 defines a presentation method in which the degree of recommendation for the user comes first in the arrangement order of the program elements.
When there are a plurality of program elements having the same parameter value, the control unit 11 sets the program element in which the element ID is described first (upper side in the figure) in the program element DB 131 as the upper order of arrangement. That's fine. Here, the control unit 11 performs “function C” (element ID; PID 103) → “function D” (element ID; PID 104) → “function A” (element ID; PID 101) → “function B” (element ID; PID 102). ) Is specified.

Next, the control part 11 presents a program element with respect to the 1st creator terminal 20a according to the presentation method prescribed | regulated by the process of step S5 (step S6). Here, the control unit 11 transmits necessary data to the creator terminal 20 by the communication unit 12 so that the screen display with the function corresponding to the program element and the description of the function is performed using the browser. .
The control unit 21 of the first creator terminal 20a displays the program element presented by the server device 10 on the UI unit 24 based on the data received by the communication of the wireless communication unit 23 (step S7). Here, the control unit 21 executes the browser and causes the UI unit 24 to display an element display screen as shown in FIG.

  In the process of step S7, the control unit 21 displays the program element having a smaller parameter value in the higher rank in the sense that the recommended degree of use is higher. In other words, the control unit 21 displays the program elements by arranging them in order of increasing parameter values (that is, it can be determined that the user can use them easily). When there are more program elements to be presented, the program elements in the lower order of arrangement are presented by operating the UI unit 24 (for example, flick operation). Therefore, the control unit 21 displays the program elements in such a manner that the program elements in the order of arrangement can be selected with a smaller operation amount.

Next, the control part 21 receives the instruction | indication regarding creation of an application by operation of the UI part 24 by a creator (step S8). Here, the control unit 21 receives an operation for selecting a program element to be incorporated into an application. In FIG. 11, when the soft button B5 with “X” in the “O” mark in FIG. 11 is designated by the operation of the UI unit 24, the control unit 21 deletes the corresponding program element so that it is not incorporated into the application. To. On the other hand, when another program element is to be incorporated into the application, if the creator selects the soft button B4 labeled “Add function”, the control unit 21 causes the creator to designate a program element that is a candidate for incorporation. (Not shown) is displayed on the UI unit 24. Here, for example, the control unit 21 displays a list of program elements that can be added on the UI unit 24, but may display program elements incorporated in another template as program elements that can be added.
Further, in the process of step S <b> 8, the control unit 21 receives an operation for designating setting information indicating settings for the application by the UI unit 24.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen display on the first creator terminal 20a when setting information for an application is designated. FIG. 12A is a diagram showing a screen display when setting information is designated for the “road guide function” (function D).
In the route guidance function (function D), the server device 10 accepts the designation using the departure point of the user's home or the like used for route guidance as setting information. At that time, a setting information input screen shown in FIG. 12 is displayed on the UI unit 24. On the setting information input screen, a soft button B6 labeled “Select from map” and a soft button B7 labeled “Select by setting information” are arranged. The creator selects one of the soft buttons B6 and B7 and designates the setting information.

Here, the creator selects the soft button B6 when designating the setting information without using the setting information stored in the setting information DB 132. When receiving the operation of the soft button B6, the control unit 21 causes the UI unit 24 to display a setting information input screen as illustrated in FIG. Here, the control unit 21 displays a map on the UI unit 24 and allows the creator to manually set the departure point of the user. For example, the creator performs an operation of designating a departure point by performing an operation such as changing the scale of the map or changing the display area.
Note that the mark M1 represented by “★” represents the destination point, and is designated at an opportunity different from the input of the setting information.

On the other hand, when using the setting information stored in the setting information DB 132, the creator selects the soft button B7. At this time, the control unit 21 transmits a setting information presentation request to the server device 10 by the wireless communication unit 23 (step S9). The setting information presentation request includes the user ID of the application user, the creator ID of the first creator terminal 20a, and the setting ID.
Note that the setting ID corresponding to the necessary setting information may be defined in advance corresponding to a template or a program element, for example.

When the communication unit 12 receives the setting information presentation request, the control unit 11 of the server device 10 determines whether or not the setting information can be presented (step S10). The control unit 11 refers to the user ID included in the setting information presentation request and the field associated with the setting ID in the setting information DB 132. Here, it is assumed that the server apparatus 10 has received a setting information presentation request including the creator ID “MID001”, the user ID “UID101”, and the setting ID “address”. In this case, the control unit 31 specifies disclosure permission “o” and disclosure range “family, friend” as the disclosure information of the record in the first row in FIG. 4 in the setting information DB 132.
The creator ID “MID001” also has fields associated with the user ID “UID101” and the setting ID “address”, but the field of the setting ID “address” is blank. It is not a specific target according to the setting information presentation request.

  Then, the control unit 11 discloses the setting information only when it is determined that the creator who is the user of the first creator terminal 20a corresponds to the family or friend of the user of the application based on the creator ID. . The relationship between the creator of the application and the user may be set by the user in advance using the creator ID and the user ID and stored in the storage unit 13 of the server device 10, for example. . Further, this relationship may be in accordance with the relationship defined by the contents registered in the phone book in the user terminal 30.

When determining that the creator is a user's friend and permitting disclosure of the setting information, the control unit 11 transmits the setting information to the first creator terminal 20a by the communication unit 12 (step S11).
Note that, when there are a plurality of setting information items to be disclosed, the control unit 31 may transmit the setting information in a format in which any one of the plurality of setting information items is selected.

When the setting information is received by the wireless communication unit 23, the control unit 21 of the first creator terminal 20a displays a setting information input screen as shown in FIG. 13B on the UI unit 24 according to the received setting information. Let Here, the control unit 21 displays a map on the UI unit 24 as shown in FIG. 13B, and sets the home of the user indicated by the setting information as a departure point. In FIG. 13B, the mark M1 represented by “★” represents the destination point, and the mark M2 represented by “☆” represents the departure point designated by the setting information. In this case, the creator only needs to accept the use of this setting information. For example, the creator can change the scale of the map, change the display area, or specify the departure point by looking at the map. No operation is required. As a result, for the creator, the operation burden is reduced compared to the case where the setting information is designated by manual setting.
On the other hand, when the server device 10 determines not to permit disclosure of the setting information, the setting information is not presented even when the setting information presentation request is received.

  Upon receiving an instruction to use setting information from the creator (step S12), the control unit 21 transmits an application creation instruction to the server device 10 by the wireless communication unit 23 (step S13). This creation instruction includes an element ID for selecting a program element to be incorporated into an application and setting information indicating settings for the application.

When the control unit 11 of the server apparatus 10 receives the creation instruction by the communication unit 12 and obtains it, the control unit 11 creates an application according to the creation instruction (step S14). Here, the control unit 11 acquires the program element associated with the element ID included in the creation instruction from the program element DB 131 and incorporates it into the application, and further performs the setting indicated by the setting information acquired by the creation instruction to Create
The first creator terminal 20a does not need to be configured to transmit a creation instruction or a use instruction to the server device 10 after receiving all instructions related to application creation in the processes of steps S8 and S12. For example, every time an operation related to creation of an application is performed by the UI unit 24, the first creator terminal 20a may transmit a creation instruction or a usage instruction according to the operation. In this case, the server device 10 may transmit screen information for causing the corresponding screen display to be performed after each operation to the first creator terminal 20a. Further, the setting ID may not be included in the setting information presentation request transmitted in the process of step S9. In this case, the server device 10 may disclose all setting information that can be disclosed in correspondence with the user in the process of step S11 to the creator, and allow the first creator terminal 20a to select necessary setting information. .

Next, when the creation of the application is completed, the control unit 11 of the server device 10 is addressed to the user terminal 30 of the user indicated by the user ID acquired in the process of step S4 in order to provide the application to the user. And transmitted by the communication unit 12 (step S15). Here, the control unit 11 transmits an e-mail describing the storage location of the application in the storage unit 13 to the user terminal 30 and receives a transmission request for the application designating the storage location from the user terminal 30. The application may be transmitted from.
It is assumed that the server device 10 stores an e-mail for providing an application to the user in association with each user ID.

In the user terminal 30 to which the application is provided as described above, when the control unit 31 receives the application by the wireless communication unit 33, the application is executed.
For example, the control unit 11 causes the UI unit 34 to display an execution screen as illustrated in FIG. 14 by executing the application. FIG. 14A shows a screen display example when a route display from a departure point to a destination point is performed. In this case, the shortest route from the departure point to the destination point is represented on the map by an arrow. FIG. 14B shows a screen display example when the current position of the user obtained by GPS positioning at the user terminal 30 is also displayed on the map. In this case, the current position of the user (illustrated by the mark M3), the departure point, and the destination point are displayed on the map, and the user can visually grasp the positional relationship between them.
The above is the description of the operation of the application creation system 1. The method of using the setting information acquired by the server apparatus 10 from the setting information DB 132 differs depending on what application is created.

  For example, when an application for guiding to a dinner party is created using a guide template, there is a case where the organizer wants to know a dish desired by the user. At this time, it is assumed that an application execution screen as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the UI unit 34 of the user terminal 30 to select a desired dish. In such an application, it is preferable that the user can easily select a soft button corresponding to a dish that is presumed to be specified by the user.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display when setting information is designated at the time of creating the application in the first creator terminal 20a.
Here, the server device 10 causes the creator to specify the genre of the food to be preferentially presented on the application execution screen as the setting information. On the setting information input screen, a soft button B8 labeled “Select with setting information” and pull-down menus P1 to P3 are arranged. The creator selects the soft button B8 or selects pull-down menus P1 to P3 and inputs setting information.

Here, in the case where the creator inputs the setting information without using the setting information stored in the setting information DB 132, the creator selects a genre of food by manual setting using the pull-down menus P1 to P3, and FIG. ). On the other hand, when using the setting information stored in the setting information DB 132, the creator selects the soft button B8. In this case, in the application creation system 1, the processing steps of steps S9 to S11 are executed, and the first creator terminal 20a can obtain setting information. Here, in the setting information DB 132, as shown in the third row of FIG. 4, the setting information “Italian → French” is associated with the creator ID “MID002”, the user ID “UID101”, and the setting ID “cooking”. → "Japanese food". The first creator terminal 20a that has acquired such setting information automatically selects a dish with high priority from the pull-down menus P1 to P3, and displays a result as shown in FIG. 16B. Because the setting information input support does not require the creator to select a dish from the pull-down menu, the operation burden on the creator is reduced accordingly.

Regardless of which program element is incorporated in the application, the server device 10 can acquire the setting information from the setting information DB 132 and perform the setting for the application, thereby reducing the operation burden on the creator regarding the setting for the application. For example, when creating an application for guiding a movie appreciation party, the server device 10 may want the user to select the genre of the movie to be watched. In this case, the server device 10 may acquire setting information corresponding to the setting ID “movie” from the setting information DB 132. Further, in creating an application for holding a drinking party, the server apparatus 10 may want the user to select the nearest station of the venue. In this case, the server device 10 may acquire setting information corresponding to the setting ID “nearest station” from the setting information DB 132.
In this way, if a program element that needs to be set by the creator is incorporated in the application, the server apparatus 10 acquires the setting information from the setting information DB 132, so that the creator related to the designation of the setting information The operation burden can be reduced.

As described above, the server device 10 converts the setting information set by the application creator corresponding to the application user into the creator ID of the creator and the user ID for identifying the user. It has a setting information DB 132 that stores it in association with it. Then, when the application provided to the user is created by the first creator, the server device 10 includes the creator ID of the second creator different from the first creator and the user ID of the user. The setting information stored in the setting information DB 132 in association with the setting information DB 132 is acquired, and the setting indicated by the acquired setting information is performed to create an application.
Thus, in the application creation system 1, setting information indicating settings for an application can be shared among a plurality of creators. As a result, the application creator can also use the setting information specified by other creators, and is more concerned with specifying the setting information than when using only the setting information used in the past. The operation burden is further reduced.

  Furthermore, disclosure information is described in the setting information DB 132, and whether or not each setting information is disclosed is specified. As described above, since all setting information in the setting information DB 132 is not disclosed to all creators, even if highly confidential information such as an address is included in the setting information, such setting information is not displayed. Disclosure to third parties unknown to the user can be suppressed.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the application creation system 1 according to the first embodiment described above, the disclosure information is designated by the creator. However, the application user may designate the disclosure information of the setting information regarding itself. The hardware configuration of each device of the application creation system 1 is basically the same as that of the first embodiment described above.

FIG. 17 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration of the application creation system 1. In FIG. 17, functional blocks that function in the same manner as in the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. The server device 10 realizes functions corresponding to the disclosure information acquisition unit 106 in addition to the presentation unit 101, the setting information transmission unit 102, the instruction reception unit 103, the application creation unit 104, and the application provision unit 105. The user terminal 30 realizes functions corresponding to the disclosure information reception unit 301 and the disclosure information transmission unit 302.
The disclosure information receiving unit 301 receives input of disclosure information designated by the user.
The disclosure information transmitting unit 302 transmits the disclosure information received by the disclosure information receiving unit 301 to the server device 10.
The disclosure information acquisition unit 106 acquires the disclosure information described in the setting information DB 132. Here, the disclosure information acquisition unit 106 acquires the disclosure information transmitted by the disclosure information transmission unit 302 and updates the setting information DB 132.

FIG. 18 is a sequence chart showing the flow of processing of the application creation system 1.
In the application creation system 1, as in the first embodiment described above, setting information is designated and an application is created (steps S1 to S4). Thereafter, when the processing steps S5 to S14 are executed and the application is provided to the user terminal 30 (step S15), the control unit 31 of the user terminal 30 sets the setting designated for the provided application. The user is prompted to specify disclosure information for the setting information shown. And the control part 31 receives designation | designated of disclosure information by operation of a user's UI part 34 (step S16). Here, it is assumed that the user terminal 30 is requested by the server device 10 to specify disclosure information for the setting information “Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture” of the setting ID “address”.

  Next, the control unit 31 transmits the designated disclosure information and the setting ID of the setting information corresponding to the disclosure information to the server device 10 by the wireless communication unit 33 (step S17). Here, the user ID “UID101” designates the disclosure availability “◯” and the disclosure range “family, friend” corresponding to the setting ID “address”, and the designation result is obtained from the user terminal 30. It is assumed that it is transmitted to the server device 10.

When the control unit 11 of the server device 10 receives the disclosure information and the setting ID transmitted in the process of step S17 by the communication unit 12, the control unit 11 updates the setting information DB 132 according to the received disclosure information and the setting ID (step S1). S18). Here, the control unit 11 describes the received setting ID and disclosure information in association with the creator ID “MID001” and the user ID “UID101” of the first creator terminal 20a. The DB 132 is updated. As a result, as shown in a thick frame in FIG. 19, in the setting information DB 132, the creator ID “MID001”, the user ID “UID101”, the setting ID “address”, and the setting information “Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture” .. ”Is associated with disclosure availability“ ◯ ”and disclosure range“ family, friends ”as disclosure information.
The update of the setting information DB 132 as described above is not limited to when an application is created on the second creator terminal 20b, and may be performed at an arbitrary timing.

  According to the second embodiment described above, the same effects as the first embodiment described above can be obtained, and whether or not the setting information can be disclosed and the disclosure range can be specified by the user himself / herself. This makes it possible to more reliably avoid the use of the setting information corresponding to the creator who the user does not want while allowing the setting information to be shared among a plurality of creators. .

[Modification]
The present invention can be implemented in a form different from the above-described embodiment. The present invention can also be implemented in the following forms, for example. Further, the following modifications may be combined as appropriate.
[Modification 1]
In each of the above-described embodiments, the relationship between the creator and the user, such as a friend or family member of the application user, is defined by the group. May be.

[Modification 2]
In the first embodiment described above, the disclosure information is specified by the creator. In the second embodiment described above, the disclosure information is specified by the user. However, the server apparatus 10 may automatically set the disclosure information. . For example, the server device 10 stores the disclosure information corresponding to each setting ID in advance, and may follow the stored contents. Thereby, the server device 10 always disallows disclosure of addresses or permits only family members to disclose, and discloses setting information to more creators about movies and dishes, thereby providing disclosure information. The operation burden on the creator or user related to the designation can be reduced.
Also, depending on the setting information item, it may be disclosed to all creators. In this case, the configuration relating to the disclosure information can be omitted from the application creation system 1.

[Modification 3]
In each embodiment described above, the server device 10 may create an application by performing a setting indicated by one setting information stored in the setting information DB 132 for a plurality of program elements selected from the program element DB 131. . For example, in a plurality of program elements incorporated in one application, when setting information of the setting ID “address” is required, the setting information corresponding to the setting ID “address” is once generated by the first creator terminal 20a. When specified, the server apparatus 10 may create an application so that setting information corresponding to the address acquired from the setting information DB 132 is shared by a plurality of program elements in the application.
According to the configuration of this modified example, when it is necessary to specify the same setting information in a plurality of program elements incorporated in the application, the operation burden on the creator is further increased by the amount that it is not necessary to specify the setting information one by one. Will be reduced.

[Modification 4]
In the application creation system 1, the server device 10 defines the presentation method according to the parameters set according to the usage record by the user, but the algorithm specified by the other creators and the algorithm analysis of the program elements You may prescribe the presentation method with the parameter according to the parameter according to the result, or the combination of those. When the algorithm analysis is employed, the server device 10 determines that the more complicated the processing content or the greater the operation burden on the user, the less convenient the user according to the analysis result of the algorithm of the program element. Increase the value of.
In the application creation system 1, individual parameters are set for each user. However, a parameter common to a plurality of users is obtained by using a statistical result (for example, an average value or a median value) of a plurality of user parameters. May be set. Functions that are easy to use for some users are often functions that are easy to use for other users, and functions that are not easy to use for other users are functions that are easy to use for other users. Because it is considered bad.
Further, the present invention may not have such a concept of parameters. In this case, the server device 10 may present each function to the creator by a predetermined presentation method.
[Modification 5]
In each embodiment mentioned above, although the application was produced by cooperation of the server apparatus 10 and the creator terminal 20, the creator terminal 20 may be provided with all the components required for this.
FIG. 20 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration of the creator terminal 20 according to this modification. As illustrated in FIG. 20, the creator terminal 20 corresponds to a presentation unit 101, an instruction reception unit 103, an application creation unit 104, an application provision unit 105, an element display unit 201, and a creation instruction unit 202. Realize the function.
In the present modification, the creator terminal 20 has the program element DB 131. However, the program element DB 131 may be updated by receiving update data from an external server (not shown). Alternatively, the program element DB 131 may be in an external server, and the creator terminal 20 may download the program element from the external server and create an application. In addition, the setting information DB 132 describes only the field in which the terminal ID of its own terminal is described in the creator ID. For data related to other creators, the creator terminal 20 receives information from the creator terminal 20 of the creator. You may acquire by communication.
In this modification, the creator terminal 20 corresponds to the application creation device of the present invention.

Moreover, although the server apparatus 10 had both the structure which concerns on presentation of a program element and setting information, and the structure which produces an application using a presentation result, you may have another apparatus, respectively. In this case, the first server device realizes the presentation unit 101 and the setting information transmission unit 102, and the second server device corresponds to the instruction reception unit 103, the application creation unit 104, and the application provision unit 105. What is necessary is just to realize the function to perform.
Even in the configuration of the application creation system 1 of this modified example, since the element IDs in the parameter DB 133 and the program element DB 131 are common, an application can be created in the same manner as in each of the above-described embodiments.
In this modification, the application creation apparatus of the present invention is configured by the cooperation of the first server apparatus and the second server apparatus.

[Modification 6]
Each function realized by each of the server device 10, the creator terminal 20, and the user terminal 30 can be realized by a combination of a plurality of programs, or can be realized by cooperation of a plurality of hardware resources.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Application creation system, 10 ... Server apparatus, 101 ... Presentation part, 102 ... Setting information transmission part, 103 ... Instruction reception part, 104 ... Application creation part, 105 ... Application provision part, 106 ... Disclosure information acquisition part, 11 ... Control unit, 12 ... communication unit, 13 ... storage unit, 20 ... creator terminal, 20a ... first creator terminal, 20b ... second creator terminal, 201 ... element display unit, 202 ... creation instruction unit, 21, 31 ... Control part, 22, 32 ... Voice input / output part, 23, 33 ... Wireless communication part, 24, 34 ... UI part, 25, 35 ... Storage part, 30 ... User terminal, 301 ... Disclosure information receiving part, 302 ... Disclosure information transmitter

Claims (6)

An accumulator for accumulating candidate program elements to be incorporated into the application program;
Setting information specified by the creator of the application program corresponding to the user of the application program is stored in association with a creator ID for identifying the creator and a user ID for identifying the user. A setting information storage unit;
When an application program provided to any one of the users is created in response to an instruction from the first creator, the creator ID of the second creator different from the first creator and the use of the user An application creation unit that acquires setting information stored in the setting information storage unit in association with a user ID, and creates an application program set by the acquired setting information using a program element selected from the storage unit An application creation apparatus comprising: The setting information storage unit
Storing the disclosure information indicating the creator who is permitted to disclose the setting information in association with the setting information;
The application creation unit
When the first creator corresponds to the creator indicated by the disclosure information stored in the setting information storage unit in association with the creator ID of the second creator, the stored setting information is acquired. The application creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the first creator does not correspond to the creator indicated by the disclosure information, the setting information is not acquired. A disclosure information acquisition unit for acquiring the disclosure information designated by the user;
The configuration information storage unit stores the disclosure information acquired by the disclosure information acquisition unit in association with the user ID of the user who specified the disclosure information and the creator ID. 2. The application creation device according to 2. The application creation unit
4. The application program is created by performing a setting indicated by one setting information stored in the setting information storage unit on a plurality of program elements selected from the storage unit. 5. The application creation apparatus according to item 1. An application creation system comprising an application creation device and a terminal device operated by the creator of the application program,
The application creation device
An accumulator for accumulating candidate program elements to be incorporated into the application program;
Setting information stored in association with a creator ID for identifying the creator and a user ID for identifying the user, the setting information specified by the terminal device corresponding to the user of the application program A storage unit;
When an application program provided to any one of the users is created in response to an instruction from the first creator, the creator ID of the second creator different from the first creator and the use of the user An application creation unit that acquires setting information stored in the setting information storage unit in association with a user ID, and creates an application program set by the acquired setting information using a program element selected from the storage unit And
The terminal device
An instruction to select a program element to be incorporated into an application program to be created by the application creation section from a program element stored in the storage section according to an operation of the creator, and an instruction to specify setting information indicating a setting for the application program And a creation instructing unit that transmits the information to the application creation device. Setting information stored in association with the creator ID for identifying the creator and the user ID for identifying the user, the setting information specified by the creator of the application program corresponding to the user of the application An acquisition step of acquiring the setting information from a storage unit;
When an application program provided to any one of the users is created in response to an instruction from the first creator, the creator ID of the second creator different from the first creator and the use of the user An acquisition step of acquiring the setting information associated with the person ID;
An application creation step of creating an application program set by the setting information acquired in the acquisition step using a program element selected from a storage unit that stores candidate program elements to be incorporated into the application program. A featured application creation method.

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