JP5843146B2 - Quality judgment program, quality data collection judgment program, and information processing apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for determining the quality of a program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a portable terminal download device that determines the degree of safety indicating how stable the propagation environment for downloading a program is, and downloads the program when it is determined that the degree of safety is high ( For example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2004-297125 A

However, the conventional technique described above determines whether or not to download a program based on the safety level of the propagation environment, and does not consider determining the quality of the program.
The present specification discloses a technique capable of determining the quality of a program.

  The quality determination program disclosed in the present specification is quality data collected by monitoring execution of the target program by one or more first computers in which the target program for quality determination is installed. An acquisition process for acquiring the quality data from a storage device storing quality data for determining the quality of the program, and a quality for determining the quality of the target program based on the quality data acquired by the acquisition process The information processing apparatus executes the determination process.

  The quality determination program determines whether the quality of the target program is equal to or higher than a reference level in the quality determination process, and determines that the quality of the target program is equal to or higher than the reference level by the quality determination process. Then, the information processing apparatus may be caused to execute a download process for downloading the target program to the information processing apparatus.

  The quality determination program causes the information processing apparatus to execute a reception process for receiving an input of a quality determination parameter indicating a determination condition used in the quality determination process. In the quality determination process, the quality data, The quality of the target program may be determined based on the quality determination parameter received by the reception process.

  The storage device stores the quality data collected by the first computer in association with execution environment information indicating an execution environment of a program executed by the first computer. In the acquisition process, the determination program may acquire quality data associated with execution environment information corresponding to execution environment information indicating an execution environment of a program executed by the information processing apparatus from the storage device.

  In addition, the quality determination program determines whether the quality of the target program is equal to or higher than a reference level in the quality determination process, and receives a query about whether the target program can be downloaded from a second computer; When the inquiry is received by the reception process, the second computer sends a response indicating that the download is possible when the quality determination process determines that the quality of the target program is equal to or higher than the reference level. The information processing apparatus may be caused to perform a reply process of returning a response indicating that the download is not possible to the second computer when it is determined that the content is less than the reference level.

  The inquiry includes parameter specifying information for specifying a quality determination parameter indicating a determination condition used in the quality determination process, and is included in the quality data and the inquiry in the quality determination process. The quality of the target program may be determined based on the quality determination parameter specified by the parameter specifying information.

  The storage device stores the quality data collected by the first computer in association with execution environment information indicating an execution environment of a program of the first computer, and the inquiry Including execution environment information indicating an execution environment of a program executed by the second computer that has transmitted the inquiry to the information processing apparatus, and the quality determination program includes the execution included in the inquiry in the acquisition process Quality data associated with execution environment information corresponding to the environment information may be acquired.

  The quality determination program may cause the information processing apparatus to execute a status update process for updating the quality status of the target program according to the quality determined by the quality determination process.

  Further, the quality determination program may cause the information processing apparatus to execute a publishing process for publishing the target program to the outside in a downloadable manner when the quality status reaches a predetermined quality status.

  The quality data collection determination program disclosed in the present specification is a quality data collection program executed by a computer in which a quality determination target program is installed, and the quality data collection determination program according to any one of claims 1 to 9. A quality data collection determination program comprising: a quality determination program, wherein the quality data collection program collects quality data for determining the quality of the target program by monitoring execution of the target program by the computer The computer is caused to execute data collection processing and transmission processing for transmitting quality data collected by the data collection processing to an external information processing apparatus.

  In the transmission process, the quality data collection determination program may transmit the quality data and execution environment information indicating an execution environment of the computer program to the external information processing apparatus.

  The present invention can be realized in various modes such as an information processing apparatus, a quality data collection determination system, a recording medium recording a quality data collection program, and a recording medium recording a quality data collection determination program.

  According to the quality determination program, the quality of the program can be determined.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a computer and a server according to the first embodiment. The block diagram which shows the electric constitution of a 2nd computer. The flowchart which shows the flow of the quality data collection process by a 1st computer. The flowchart which shows the flow of the quality determination and download process by a 2nd computer. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a computer and a server according to a second embodiment. The flowchart which shows the flow of the download process by a 2nd computer. The flowchart which shows the flow of the quality determination process by a server. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a computer and a server according to a third embodiment. The flowchart which shows the flow of the quality determination by a server, and a quality status update process. A table showing the relationship between quality and quality status.

<Embodiment 1>
The first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

(1) Network Configuration of Computer FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a first computer 1, a second computer 2, a server 3, and a network configuration in which they are connected to the Internet 5. The second computer 2 is an example of an information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. Note that the first computer 1, the second computer 2, and the server 3 may be connected by a LAN (Local Area Network).

When releasing the program to the user on the server 3, the beta version whose quality is not stable is released early as the early release version program 31, or the development version is built every day in a style called Nightly build, and the built program is In some cases, the published version program 31 is published every day.
In addition, there is a user group called Early Adapter who has a high interest in the latest technology and downloads and uses it as soon as the early release program 31 is released. Since it has not been passed through, it may be in a state of containing problems in quality, and there are also user groups who refrain from downloading due to the occurrence of errors and bugs.

  By the way, among the user groups who are refraining from downloading, there are users who want to try the early release version program 31 if the quality has reached a certain level. However, in the past, such users had no choice but to judge the quality by themselves by collecting trial reports from other users in Internet forums or the like.

In addition, there are various program execution environments (hereinafter referred to as “program execution environments”) depending on combinations of hardware, operating systems (OS), and the quality evaluation of the early release version program 31 may vary depending on the program execution environments. . For this reason, the user wants to know the evaluation in the same program execution environment as his / her own program execution environment, but sometimes the desired information cannot be obtained conveniently.
For this reason, a method for improving the convenience of the user who seeks information regarding the quality of the early release version program 31 is required.

  Therefore, in the first embodiment, the quality of the early public version program 31 is determined by monitoring the execution of the early public version program 31 by the first computer 1 that is the computer of the user who downloaded the early public version program 31. Quality data is collected, and the collected quality data is transmitted to the server 3. And quality data is acquired from the server 3 by the 2nd computer 2 which is a user's computer which wants to try the early release version program 31, and quality is determined based on the acquired quality data. If the determined quality is equal to or higher than the reference level, the early release version program 31 is downloaded from the server 3 and installed in the second computer 2.

(2) Electrical Configuration of Computer Since the electrical configurations of the first computer 1, the second computer 2, and the server 3 are substantially the same, the second computer 2 will be described as an example here.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the second computer 2. The second computer 2 is a personal computer and includes a CPU 21, ROM 22, RAM 23, timer 24, display unit 25, operation unit 26, storage unit 27, communication interface unit 28, and the like.

  The CPU 21 controls each unit of the second computer 2 by executing various programs stored in the ROM 22 and the storage unit 27. The ROM 22 stores various programs executed by the CPU 21 and data. The RAM 23 is used as a main storage device for the CPU 21 to execute various processes.

The timer 24 is used for obtaining the current time and measuring the processing time.
The display unit 25 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display, a display drive circuit that drives the display device, and the like.
The operation unit 26 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like.

The storage unit 27 is a device that stores various programs and data using a non-volatile memory such as a hard disk or a flash memory. Here, the storage unit included in the server 3 is an example of a storage device.
The communication interface unit 28 is communicably connected to the first computer 1 and the server 3 via the Internet 5.

(3) Program Configuration As shown in FIG. 1, an early release version program 31 and a quality data collection program 32 are installed in the first computer 1. The early release version program 31 may be any program as long as it is a program provided to the user, for example, a printer driver. The early release version program 31 is an example of a target program.

  The quality data collection program 32 is a resident program that resides in the first computer 1 as a service, daemon, or startup program. The quality data collection program 32 monitors the execution of the early release version program 31 by the first computer 1 and uses the early release version program 31. The quality data is collected and the collected quality data is transmitted to the server 3. The quality data collection program 32 is automatically installed when the early release version program 31 is installed.

The quality data collection program 32 may not be a resident program, and may be executed by being called from the early release version program 31 when the early release version program 31 is executed.
Further, the user may be asked whether or not to install the quality data collection program 32 and installed after obtaining the user's consent.

  The server 3 includes a storage unit corresponding to the storage unit 27 described above, stores an early release version program 31 downloaded by the first computer 1 and the second computer 2, and a quality data collection program 32. The quality data transmitted from the first computer 1 that executes is stored.

A quality determination program 33 is installed in the second computer 2. The quality determination program 33 determines the quality of the early release version program 31 based on the quality data acquired from the server 3, and if the quality is equal to or higher than the reference level, the early release version program 31 is downloaded from the server 3 and the second release version program 31 is downloaded. Is a program to be installed on the computer 2.
As described above, in this embodiment, the quality data collection program 32 is installed together with the early release version program 31. Therefore, the second computer 2 becomes the first computer 1 when the early release version program 31 is installed.

  The quality data collection program 32 and the quality determination program 33 are examples of the quality data collection determination program.

(4) Quality Data Collection Processing by the First Computer FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the flow of quality data collection processing by the first computer 1. As described above, the quality data collection program 32 is a resident program, and this processing is repeatedly executed while the first computer 1 is powered on.

  In S101, a CPU that executes the quality data collection program 32 (hereinafter simply referred to as “quality data collection program 32”) collects quality data for each quality determination item. There are various quality determination items for determining the quality of the program. In the first embodiment, the following (Item 1) to (Item 4) will be described as examples of the quality determination items. Note that the quality determination items are not limited to those shown below, and all the items shown below are not necessarily used.

(Item 1) Number of uses When the quality of a program is low, the user may stop using the program. Therefore, if the quality of the program is low, the number of times the program is used decreases. In other words, it can be estimated that the more frequently the program is used, the higher the quality of the program. Therefore, the quality data collection program 32 collects the number of times the early release version program 31 is used.

Specifically, the quality data collection program 32 monitors the start of the early release version program 31 by the CPU, and when the start of the early release version program 31 is detected, the quality data collection program 32 sets 1 to the counter that counts the number of times the early release version program 31 is used. to add.
Detection of the activation of the early release version program 31 can be performed by various methods. For example, the quality data collection program 32 acquires a task list, which is a list of tasks currently being executed, from the OS at regular time intervals. If the task list acquired last time does not include a task for executing the early release version program 31 and the task list acquired this time includes a task for executing the early release version program 31, the early release version program It may be assumed that 31 is activated.

  Further, for example, when the early release version program 31 is activated, the quality data collection program 32 is notified of the activation by inter-process communication, and the quality data collection program 32 receives the notification to activate the early release version program 31. It may be detected.

(Item 2) Usage time If the quality of the program is low, the user may stop using the program. Therefore, when the quality of the program is low, the use time of the program is shortened. Conversely, it can be estimated that the longer the program usage time, the higher the quality of the program. Therefore, the quality data collection program 32 collects the usage time of the early release version program 31.
Specifically, when the quality data collection program 32 detects the activation of the early release version program 31, it records the current time at that time in the RAM of the first computer 1 as the activation time. When the quality data collection program 32 detects the end of the early release version program 31, the quality data collection program 32 acquires the current time at that time as the end time, and uses the time from the start time to the end time as the use time as a use time. to add.

  The end of the early release version program 31 can be detected by various methods. For example, the quality data collection program 32 acquires a task list from the OS at regular time intervals. Then, the quality data collection program 32 may detect the end of the early release version program 31 when the task list does not include a task for executing the early release version program 31. Alternatively, the quality data collection program 32 may detect the end by receiving a notification of the end from the early release version program 31 by inter-process communication.

  The early release version program 31 itself may measure the usage time and transmit the usage time to the quality data collection program 32. Alternatively, the early release version program 31 may be configured to write the usage time in a predetermined file and the quality data collection program 32 reads the usage time from the file. When the early release version program 31 itself measures the usage time, a part of the quality data collection program 32 is implemented in the early release version program 31. The same applies to other quality determination items.

(Item 3) Number of errors If the number of errors in a program is small, it can be estimated that the quality of the program is high. Therefore, the quality data collection program 32 collects the number of error occurrences of the early release version program 31.
When an abnormality occurs during the execution of a certain process, a process that interrupts the current process and executes another process is generally called exception processing. Exception handling can be realized by using an exception handling function incorporated in a programming language. When the occurrence of an abnormality is detected by the exception handling function, the early release version program 31 executes a process for notifying the quality data collection program 32 of the occurrence of an error as an exception process. When the quality data collection program 32 receives the notification, it adds 1 to the counter that counts the number of error occurrences.

(Item 4) Execution time required to execute a specific process It can be estimated that the higher the performance index of the program, the higher the quality of the program. Therefore, the quality data collection program 32 collects the execution time required to execute the specific process of the early release version program 31 in order to determine the performance index of the early release version program 31.
Specifically, the specific processing is, for example, 3D graphics display processing. When the user issues an instruction to execute display processing of specific 3D graphics, the early release version program 31 notifies the quality data collection program 32 of the start of display processing by inter-process communication before starting the display processing. When the quality data collection program 32 receives the notification, it records the current time at that time in the RAM of the first computer 1 as the start time.

  When the 3D graphics display process is completed, the early release version program 31 notifies the quality data collection program 32 of the end of the display process. Upon receiving the notification, the quality data collection program 32 acquires the current time at that time as the end time, and records the time from the start time to the end time as the execution time in the storage unit of the first computer 1.

The early release version program 31 itself may measure the execution time and transmit the execution time to the quality data collection program 32.
Further, the specific process is not limited to the 3D graphics display process, and may be, for example, some process with a heavy load on the CPU.

In S102, the quality data collection program 32 determines whether or not the transmission time for transmitting quality data to the server 3 has arrived. If it has arrived, the process proceeds to S103, and if not, the process returns to S101.
For example, if the quality data collection program 32 is set to send quality data every day at midnight, it is determined that the data transmission time has arrived if it has reached midnight.

In S <b> 103, the quality data collection program 32 transmits the quality data and execution environment information indicating the program execution environment of the first computer 1 to the server 3.
Specifically, the program execution environment includes a CPU product name, RAM capacity, graphics board product name, network bandwidth, OS product name and version, and the like.

However, the program execution environment is intended only for those that affect the quality of the early release version program 31. For example, when the early release version program 31 does not communicate with an external device, the network bandwidth does not affect the quality, so information indicating the network bandwidth may not be included in the execution environment information.
When the server 3 receives the quality data and the execution environment information from the first computer 1, the server 3 associates them and stores them in the storage unit of the server 3.

  In S104, the quality data collection program 32 deletes the transmitted quality data from the storage unit of the first computer 1, and resets various counters to 0 (zero).

(5) Quality Determination and Download Processing by Second Computer FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of quality determination and download processing by the second computer 2. This process is started when the user instructs execution of the quality determination program 33.

In S201, the CPU 21 that executes the quality determination program 33 (hereinafter simply referred to as “quality determination program 33”) receives execution environment information corresponding to execution environment information indicating the program execution environment of the second computer 2 from the server 3. Get associated quality data. S201 is an example of an acquisition process.
Specifically, for example, when the execution environment information is two, that is, the product name of the CPU 21 and the capacity of the RAM 23, the quality determination program 33 includes the second computer 2 out of the quality data stored in the server 3. The CPU 21 obtains quality data associated with the CPU product name and the RAM capacity that match the CPU 21 product name and the RAM 23 capacity.

  In S202, the quality determination program 33 determines the quality of the early release version program 31 based on the quality data acquired in S201. S202 is an example of a quality determination process. Specifically, for example, the quality determination program 33 determines the quality by using Equation 1 shown below.

  Quality Q = Total number of times of use × a1 + Total time of use × a2 + Average performance index × a3-Total number of error occurrences × a4 + Elapsed days from date of program release × a5 Expression 1

The total number of uses is a value obtained by totaling the obtained use times, and the quality Q increases as the total number of uses increases.
The total usage time is a value obtained by totaling the acquired usage times, and the quality Q increases as the total usage time increases.
The average performance index is a value that is inversely proportional to the average value of the acquired execution times, and the average performance index increases as the average value of the execution times decreases.
The total number of error occurrences is a value obtained by totaling the acquired error occurrence numbers. The total number of error occurrences is a value subtracted from the quality Q. The larger the total number of error occurrences, the smaller the quality Q value.

  The number of days elapsed from the program release date is the number of days elapsed since the early release version program 31 was released. If the number of days since the program release date is long, there is a high possibility that bugs have been discovered and fixed in the meantime. Therefore, it can be estimated that the longer the number of days elapsed since the program release date, the higher the quality of the program.

  The elapsed days from the program release date can be grasped on the server 3 side as the elapsed days from the date when the early release version program 31 was released by the server 3. That is, the above-mentioned usage count to error occurrence count is quality data collected on the first computer 1 side, and the elapsed days from the program release date is quality data collected on the server 3 side.

  a1 to a5 are quality determination parameters indicating conditions for determining quality. Although the default value of the quality determination parameter is set by the program provider, the user can set the quality determination parameter by operating the operation unit 26 of the second computer 2. For example, when the user wants to determine the quality with an emphasis on the number of error occurrences, the quality parameter a4 is made larger than the default value, while the quality judgment parameters a1 to a3 and a5 are made smaller than the default value. In other words, the user can change the weight or priority of the quality determination item by changing the quality determination parameter. The process in which the quality determination program 33 receives the setting of the quality determination parameter by the user via the operation unit 26 is an example of a reception process.

  The above-described formula 1 is an example, and the formula for determining the quality from the quality data is not limited to this. It can be determined as appropriate which equation is used to obtain the quality Q.

In S203, the quality determination program 33 determines whether or not the quality Q obtained by the equation 1 is equal to or higher than the reference level. If the quality Q is equal to or higher than the reference level, the process proceeds to S204. .
The default value of the reference level is set by the program provider of the quality determination program 33, but the user can also change the reference level by operating the operation unit 26 of the second computer 2.

In S <b> 204, the quality determination program 33 downloads the early release version program 31 from the server 3.
In S <b> 205, the quality determination program 33 installs the downloaded early release version program 31 in the second computer 2. Specifically, for example, the quality determination program 33 installs the early release version program 31 in the second computer 2 by starting the installer of the downloaded early release version program 31.

(6) Effect of Embodiment According to the quality determination program 33 according to the first embodiment described above, the quality of the early release version program 31 can be determined. Therefore, a user who wants to determine whether or not to download the early release version program 31 to the second computer 2 based on the quality of the early release version program 31 himself / herself determines the quality of the early release version program 31 himself / herself. It is not necessary to judge. Therefore, according to the quality determination program 33, it is possible to improve the convenience of the user who determines whether or not to download the early release version program 31 to the second computer 2 based on the quality of the early release version program 31.

  Further, according to the quality determination program 33, it is determined whether or not the quality of the early release version program 31 is equal to or higher than the reference level. If it is determined that the quality is higher than the reference level, the early release version program 31 is downloaded and the second Since it is installed on the computer 2, the convenience of the user who wants to install it is improved when the quality of the early release version program 31 exceeds the standard level.

Further, the quality determination program 33 determines the quality of the early release version program 31 based on the quality data and the quality determination parameters, and accepts the setting of the quality determination parameters by the user.
When the quality is determined based on the quality data and the quality determination parameter, whether or not the quality exceeds the reference level depends on the quality determination parameter. For example, even if the quality is relatively low, depending on the quality determination parameter, the quality may be determined to be higher than the reference level, or even if the quality is relatively high, the quality is determined to be lower than the reference level depending on the quality determination parameter. There is also a case.
That is, the user can specify the quality that is equal to or higher than the reference level by setting the quality determination parameter. In other words, the user can specify the quality with which the early release version program 31 is downloaded. Thereby, the convenience for the user is further improved.

Further, according to the quality determination program 33, the quality data associated with the execution environment information corresponding to the execution environment information indicating the program execution environment of the second computer 2 is acquired from the storage unit of the server 3. If the program execution environment is different between two computers, even if the quality is judged based on the quality data collected on one computer, the quality will be improved based on the quality data collected on the other computer. When judged, it may happen that the level is below the reference level. A typical example is the average performance index.
According to the quality determination program 33, the quality is determined based on the quality data collected in the program execution environment corresponding to the program execution environment of the second computer 2, so that the quality is the reference level when actually installed and executed. It can reduce that it is less than.

  Further, according to the quality data collection program 32 according to the first embodiment, quality data for monitoring the execution of the early release version program 31 by the first computer 1 and determining the quality of the early release version program 31 is automatically collected. Therefore, the convenience of the user who determines whether or not to install the early release version program 31 based on the quality of the early release version program 31 is improved.

  Further, according to the quality data collection program 32, the quality data and the execution environment information indicating the program execution environment of the first computer 1 are transmitted to the server 3. Therefore, the quality of the early release version program 31 is improved in the second computer 2. When determining, quality can be determined in consideration of the program execution environment.

<Embodiment 2>
Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the first embodiment, the case where the quality of the early release version program 31 is determined on the second computer 2 side has been described as an example. In the second embodiment, the quality is determined on the server 3 side. The server 3 is an example of an information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment.
Then, the second computer 2 inquires of the server 3 about the quality of the early release version program 31, and if the quality of the early release version program 31 is determined to be higher than the reference level, the early release version program 31 is downloaded from the server 3. And install.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating the first computer 1, the second computer 2, and the server 3 according to the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, a quality determination program 41 is installed in the server 3. The quality determination program 41 according to the second embodiment is a resident program, and is repeatedly executed while the server 3 is powered on. A download program 42 for downloading the early release version program 31 is installed in the second computer 2. The program configuration of the first computer 1 is the same as that of the first embodiment.

(1) Transmission of Quality Determination Parameter by Second Computer In the second embodiment, the quality determination parameter can be transmitted to the server 3 in advance for each second computer 2 and stored in the storage unit of the server 3. The identification for identifying the quality determination parameter so that the second computer 2 can identify the quality determination parameter transmitted by itself and the quality determination parameter transmitted by the other second computer 2 on the server 3 side. Information is also sent together. For example, the IP address of the second computer 2 or the user ID of the user of the second computer 2 can be used as the identification information. The identification information is an example of parameter specifying information.

  When the server 3 receives the quality determination parameter and the identification information from the second computer 2, they are associated with each other and stored in the storage unit of the server 3.

(2) Download Processing by Second Computer FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of download processing by the second computer 2. This process is started when the user instructs execution of the download program 42.

  In S <b> 301, the CPU 21 that executes the download program 42 (hereinafter simply referred to as “download program 42”) transmits an inquiry about whether or not the early release version program 31 can be downloaded to the server 3. This inquiry includes the above-described identification information and execution environment information indicating the program execution environment of the second computer 2.

  When the server 3 receives the inquiry, it executes a quality determination process. Although details will be described later, in the quality determination process, the server 3 determines the quality of the early release version program 31 to determine whether or not the download is possible, and the response indicating that the download is possible or the download is not possible. A response indicating that there is a response is sent back to the second computer 2.

In S302, the download program 42 determines whether the response received from the server 3 indicates that the download is possible or indicates that the download is not possible. The process proceeds to S303, and if it indicates that download is not possible, this process ends.
In S303, the download program 42 downloads the early release version program 31 from the server 3.
In S <b> 304, the download program 42 installs the downloaded early release version program 31 in the second computer 2.

(3) Quality Judgment Processing by Server FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of quality judgment processing by the server 3.
In S401, the CPU that executes the quality determination program 41 (hereinafter simply referred to as “quality determination program 41”) determines whether or not an inquiry has been received, and proceeds to S402 when an inquiry is received.

In S <b> 402, the quality determination program 41 acquires quality data associated with execution environment information corresponding to the execution environment information included in the received inquiry from the storage unit of the server 3. S402 is an example of an acquisition process.
In S <b> 403, the quality determination program 41 acquires a quality determination parameter associated with the identification information included in the inquiry received from the second computer 2 from the storage unit of the server 3.

In S404, the quality determination program 41 determines the quality of the early release version program 31 based on the quality data acquired in S402 and the quality determination parameter acquired in S403, as in S202 described above. S404 is an example of a quality determination process.
In S405, the quality determination program 41 determines whether or not the determined quality Q is greater than or equal to the reference level. If it is greater than or equal to the reference level, the process proceeds to S406, and if it is less than the reference level, the process proceeds to S407.

In S <b> 406, the quality determination program 41 returns a response indicating that download is possible to the second computer 2. S406 is an example of a reply process.
In S407, the quality determination program 41 returns a response indicating that the download is impossible to the second computer 2. S406 is an example of a reply process.

(4) Effects of the Embodiment According to the quality determination program 41 according to the second embodiment described above, when the server 3 receives an inquiry from the second computer 2, whether or not the quality of the early release version program 31 is equal to or higher than a reference level. If it is determined that it is equal to or higher than the reference level, a response indicating that the download is possible is sent back to the second computer 2, so whether or not the early release version program 31 is to be installed in the second computer 2. The convenience of the user who makes a determination based on the quality of the early release version program 31 can be improved.

  Furthermore, according to the quality determination program 41, the server 3 receives the quality determination parameter from the second computer 2, and based on the quality data and the quality determination parameter received from the second computer 2, the quality of the early release version program 31 is determined. Therefore, the quality with which the early release version program 31 is downloaded can be designated for each second computer 2.

  Furthermore, according to the quality determination program 41, since the quality data associated with the execution environment information corresponding to the execution environment information received from the second computer 2 is acquired from the storage unit of the server 3, the early release version program is actually When 31 is installed in the second computer 2 and executed, it can be reduced that the quality is less than the reference level.

<Embodiment 3>
Next, Embodiment 3 will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the third embodiment, the quality status corresponding to the quality of the early release version program 31 is disclosed to the user. The user of the second computer 2 intends to download when the quality status of the early release version program 31 reaches a predetermined quality status, and checks the published quality status as needed, and if the quality status reaches the predetermined quality status, the server 3. Download the early release version program 31 from 3 and install it.

By the way, since the quality of the early release version program 31 changes day by day, in order to make the quality status of the early release version program 31 public to the user, the program provider must periodically perform the work of judging the quality. Furthermore, when the quality status is raised, the quality status disclosed to the user must be updated, which is a burden on the program provider.
Therefore, in the third embodiment, the server 3 determines the quality of the early release version program 31, and automatically updates the quality status disclosed to the user according to the quality. The server 3 is an example of an information processing apparatus according to the third embodiment.

  FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating the first computer 1, the second computer 2, and the server 3 according to the third embodiment. The first computer 1 according to the third embodiment is used for developing the early release version program 31 on the program provider side. That is, in the first and second embodiments, the quality data is collected on the user side of the early release version program 31, but in the third embodiment, the quality data is collected on the program provider side. A quality determination program 51 is installed in the server 3 according to the third embodiment. The quality judgment program 51 is also a resident program.

(1) Quality Determination and Quality Status Update Process by Server FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of quality determination and quality status update process by the server 3.
In S501, the CPU that executes the quality determination program 51 (hereinafter simply referred to as “quality determination program 51”) determines whether or not the quality determination time has come. If the quality determination time has come, the process proceeds to S502.
In S502, the quality determination program 51 acquires quality data from the storage unit of the server 3 for each execution environment information. The reason why the quality data is acquired for each execution environment information is to determine the quality for each execution environment information. S502 is an example of an acquisition process.

In S503, the quality determination program 51 determines the quality of the early release version program 31 for each execution environment information based on the quality data acquired in S502. S503 is an example of a quality determination process.
In the third embodiment, since the user who downloads the early release version program 31 has not yet been determined at the stage of determining the quality of the early release version program 31, the default quality determination parameter set in advance by the program provider side is used. The quality shall be judged.

  In S504, the quality determination program 51 changes the quality status of the early release version program 31 to the quality status corresponding to the quality Q determined in S503 for each execution environment information. S504 is an example of status update processing. This will be specifically described below.

  FIG. 10 is a table showing the relationship between the quality Q and the quality status. Q1 to Q40 shown in FIG. 10 indicate values representing the quality Q defined by the above formula. For example, when the quality Q determined in S503 is included in the range of Q10 to Q20, the quality determination program 51 changes the quality status to β if the quality status is α. If the quality status is already β, leave it as it is.

(2) Effects of the Embodiment According to the quality determination program 51 according to the third embodiment described above, the server 3 performs the quality determination and the quality status update, so that the burden on the program provider can be reduced.

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The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described with reference to the above description and drawings. For example, the following embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  (1) In the first embodiment, the case where the early release version program 31 and the quality data collection program 32 are separate programs has been described as an example. However, part or all of the quality data collection program 32 is the same as the early release version program 31. It may be integrated.

  (2) In the second embodiment, the quality determination parameter is transmitted to the server 3 in advance for each second computer 2, and when the inquiry about whether or not the early release version program 31 can be downloaded is transmitted to the server 3, the quality determination is performed on the inquiry. Although the case where the identification information of the parameter is included has been described as an example, the second computer 2 does not transmit the quality determination parameter to the server 3 in advance, but when the inquiry is transmitted to the server 3, the quality determination is performed on the inquiry. You may transmit including the parameter itself. In this case, the quality determination parameter included in the inquiry is an example of parameter specifying information.

  (3) In the third embodiment, the case where the early release version program 31 is disclosed to the user regardless of the quality status of the early release version program 31 has been described as an example, but it is early until the quality status reaches a predetermined quality status. The published version program 31 may not be disclosed to the user, and the early published version program 31 may be disclosed to the user when the quality status reaches a predetermined quality status.

However, in this case, the program provider must monitor the quality status of the early release version program 31 and, when reaching the predetermined quality status, must perform the work of releasing the early release version program 31 to the user. It is a burden for the program provider. Therefore, when the quality status reaches a predetermined quality status, the server 3 may automatically execute the publication process of the early publication version program 31. Thereby, the burden on the program provider can be reduced.
Here, the publication process means that the user can download the early publication version program 31 by adding a link to the early publication version program 31 on the WEB server or uploading the early publication version program 31 to the FTP server. It means to make.

  (4) In the above embodiment, the case where the occurrence of an error is detected by exception processing has been described as an example. For example, if it is possible to detect that the program has ended abnormally, the abnormal end of the program may be counted as the number of error occurrences. Good.

  (5) In the above embodiment, a personal computer has been described as an example of the first computer 1 and the second computer 2, but these computers may be mobile phones or mobile information terminals.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... 1st computer, 2 ... 2nd computer, 3 ... Server, 5 ... Internet, 21 ... CPU, 22 ... ROM, 23 ... RAM, 24. ..Display unit 25 ... Operation unit 26 ... Storage unit 27 ... Communication interface unit 31 ... Early release version program 32 ... Quality data collection program 33 ... Quality Judgment program, 41 ... Quality judgment program, 42 ... Download program, 51 ... Quality judgment program

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Quality data collected by monitoring the execution of the target program by one or more first computers in which the target program for quality determination is installed, and storing the quality data for determining the quality of the target program An acquisition process for acquiring the quality data from the storage device being performed;
A quality determination process for determining whether the quality of the target program is equal to or higher than a reference level based on the quality data acquired by the acquisition process;
When the quality determination process determines that the quality of the target program is equal to or higher than the reference level, a download process for downloading the target program to the information processing device;
A quality determination program for causing the information processing apparatus to execute. The quality determination program according to claim 1 ,
Causing the information processing apparatus to execute a reception process for receiving an input of a quality determination parameter indicating a determination condition used in the quality determination process;
In the quality determination process, a quality determination program that determines the quality of the target program based on the quality data and the quality determination parameter received by the reception process. A quality determination program according to claim 1 or claim 2 , wherein
In the storage device, the quality data collected by the first computer and execution environment information indicating an execution environment of a program executed by the first computer are stored in association with each other,
In the acquisition process, the quality determination program acquires quality data associated with execution environment information corresponding to execution environment information indicating an execution environment of a program executed by the information processing apparatus from the storage device. Judgment program. Quality data collected by monitoring the execution of the target program by one or more first computers in which the target program for quality determination is installed, and storing the quality data for determining the quality of the target program An acquisition process for acquiring the quality data from the storage device being performed;
A quality determination process for determining whether the quality of the target program is equal to or higher than a reference level based on the quality data acquired by the acquisition process;
A receiving process for receiving an inquiry as to whether or not the target program can be downloaded from a second computer;
When the inquiry is received by the reception process, if the quality determination process determines that the quality of the target program is equal to or higher than the reference level, a response indicating that download is possible is sent to the second computer. A reply process for replying and returning a response indicating that the download is impossible to the second computer when it is determined that the level is less than the reference level;
Is executed by the information processing apparatus ,
The inquiry includes parameter specifying information for specifying a quality determination parameter indicating a determination condition used in the quality determination process,
In the quality determination process, a quality determination program that determines the quality of the target program based on the quality data and the quality determination parameter specified by the parameter specifying information included in the inquiry . The quality determination program according to claim 4 ,
In the storage device, the quality data collected by the first computer and execution environment information indicating an execution environment of a program of the first computer are stored in association with each other,
The inquiry includes execution environment information indicating an execution environment of a program executed by the second computer that has transmitted the inquiry to the information processing apparatus,
The quality determination program is a quality determination program for acquiring quality data associated with execution environment information corresponding to the execution environment information included in the inquiry in the acquisition process. A quality data collection program to be executed on a computer on which the target program for quality judgment is installed;
And quality determination program,
A quality data collection judgment program comprising:
The quality data collection program includes:
A data collection process for collecting quality data for monitoring the execution of the target program by the computer and determining the quality of the target program;
Causing the computer to execute transmission processing for transmitting quality data collected by the data collection processing and execution environment information indicating an execution environment of a program of the computer to an external information processing device ;
The quality judgment program is:
An acquisition process for acquiring the quality data from a storage device in which the quality data is stored;
A quality data collection determination program for causing the computer to execute a quality determination process for determining the quality of the target program based on the quality data acquired by the acquisition process . Quality data collected by monitoring execution of the target program by one or more computers in which the target program for quality determination is installed, and quality data for determining the quality of the target program is stored. An acquisition unit for acquiring the quality data from a storage device;
A quality determination unit that determines whether the quality of the target program is equal to or higher than a reference level based on the quality data acquired by the acquisition unit;
When the quality determination unit determines that the quality of the target program is equal to or higher than the reference level, a download unit that downloads the target program to an information processing device;
An information processing apparatus comprising:   Quality data collected by monitoring the execution of the target program by one or more first computers in which the target program for quality determination is installed, and storing the quality data for determining the quality of the target program An acquisition unit for acquiring the quality data from the storage device being configured;
  A quality determination unit that determines whether the quality of the target program is equal to or higher than a reference level based on the quality data acquired by the acquisition unit;
  A receiving unit for receiving an inquiry about whether the target program can be downloaded from a second computer;
  When the inquiry is received by the receiving unit, if the quality determining unit determines that the quality of the target program is equal to or higher than the reference level, a response indicating that the download is possible is sent to the second computer. A reply unit that replies and returns a response indicating that download is not possible to the second computer when it is determined that the level is less than the reference level;
  The inquiry includes parameter specifying information for specifying a quality determination parameter indicating a determination condition used in the quality determination unit,
  The information processing apparatus, wherein the quality determination unit determines the quality of the target program based on the quality data and the quality determination parameter specified by the parameter specifying information included in the inquiry.

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