JP6699219B2 - System, information processing apparatus, information processing method and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a system, an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program.

  Conventionally, there is known a system (conference system) in which office devices (projector, MFP/LP, intelligence whiteboard, etc.) in a nearby space are connected to user terminals (PC, smartphone, tablet, etc.) via a network. A technique is known in which a conference is held using such a system, and minutes are created based on the materials created by the participants of the conference.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration that manages the time at which conference material such as a presentation presented by an output electronic device in a network environment is output and arranges the conference material in time series to create minutes data. Has been done.

  However, in the past, the conference materials were simply arranged in a time series, and there was no mechanism for selecting the important conference materials as the point of the conference. That is, in the past, it was difficult to collect the points of the conference and look back after the conference.

In order to solve the above problems and achieve the object, the present invention is a system that includes an information terminal, an information processing device, and a device, which are mutually connectable via a network. Processing that is executed by the processing unit, data handled in the processing, and reception means that receives instruction information that specifies the device that executes the processing, and the instruction information that is specified by the instruction information based on the instruction information received by the reception unit. Generating means for generating a job for instructing the device to execute the process specified by the instruction information using the data specified by the instruction information; Execution control means for controlling the device to execute the job, and whether or not the data is edited as the execution history of the job, the display time of the data, and the presence or absence of printing based on the data. At least one of the condition information, the process, the data, and the device, history information storage means for storing history information, and one or more of the history information stored by the history information storage means. Selection means for selecting the data associated with the condition information satisfying a predetermined condition based on history information; and storage control means for controlling the storage of one or more data selected by the selection means. , e Bei instruction information issuing means for issuing said instruction information, the process is a display process for displaying the data, the data is page data indicating the size of the display unit, the instruction information issuing means When receiving an instruction to display a file indicating a set of the plurality of page data, the display process and the device that executes the display process are designated, and the data at the beginning of the file is specified as the data. Issuing first instruction information indicating the instruction information for designating page data, and the generation means specifies the device designated by the first instruction information and designated by the first instruction information. A first job indicating the job for instructing the execution of the display process for displaying the page data at the head of the file is generated, and the history information storage means stores the history information as the history information corresponding to the first job. , The condition information indicating the display time of the page data at the head of the file, the display process, the page data at the head of the file, and the device designated by the first instruction information are associated with each other. And a system for storing the history information .

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the important conference material which becomes a point of a conference can be selectively presented in the conference performed using the system which connected one or more apparatuses and a user terminal with the network.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the information terminal. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of functions of the information terminal. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of functions of the client application. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the information processing server. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of functions of the information processing server. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of history information. FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation procedure of the system. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of history information. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of history information. It is a flow figure showing an example of a procedure in case one arbitrary conferencing system prepares for a meeting. FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation procedure of the system. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of history information. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of history information. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of history information. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the information processing server. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of functions of the client application. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of the job execution screen. FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of the history information screen. FIG. 19 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation procedure of the system. FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of a storage form of review data. FIG. 21 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation procedure of the system.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a system, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a system 100 of this embodiment. The system 100 of this embodiment is constructed as a network conferencing system in a logically closed environment. As shown in FIG. 1, the system 100 includes an information processing server 10, an intermediary device 20, an information terminal 30, a projector 40, an electronic blackboard 50, and an MFP 60. The information processing server 10, the intermediary device 20, the projector 40, the electronic blackboard 50, and the MFP 60 are connected via a conference network 70 (hereinafter, simply referred to as “network 70”). The intermediary device 20 is, for example, an access point, and the range of the radio wave emitted by the intermediary device 20 may be referred to as a “boundary”. The intermediary device 20 uses the wireless communication technology such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) or WiFi (registered trademark) to connect the information terminal 30 (the information terminal 30 used by the conference participants) existing in the boundary to the network 70. Is an intermediary means for.

  Although one information terminal 30 is illustrated in FIG. 1 for the sake of convenience of description, the number of information terminals 30 connected to the network 70 via the intermediary device 20 is not limited to this and is arbitrary. Further, in the example of FIG. 1, the projector 40, the electronic blackboard 50, and the MFP 60 are given as examples of the devices included in the system 100, but the invention is not limited to this, and the types and the number of devices included in the system 100 are arbitrary. It can be changed.

  First, the configuration of the information terminal 30 will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the information terminal 30. The information terminal 30 is composed of a portable multifunction device (smart device) such as a smartphone or a tablet. As shown in FIG. 2, the information terminal 30 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 102, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 103, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 104, a device I/F 105, and a wireless communication. It has a communication I/F 108, which are connected to each other by a bus 109. A display unit 106 and an operation unit 107 are connected to the device I/F 105.

  The CPU 101 is a computing means and controls the overall operation of the information terminal 30. The RAM 102 is a volatile storage medium capable of reading and writing information at high speed, and is used as a work area when the CPU 101 processes information. The ROM 103 is a read-only nonvolatile storage medium, and stores programs such as firmware. The HDD 104 is a non-volatile storage medium capable of reading and writing information, and stores an OS (Operating System), various control programs, application programs, and the like.

  The device I/F 105 is an interface for connecting each of the display unit 106 and the operation unit 107 to the bus 109. The display unit 106 is a visual user interface for displaying various types of information, and is composed of, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). The operation unit 107 is a user interface such as a keyboard and a mouse for the user to input various information to the information terminal 30. The wireless communication I/F 108 is an interface for the information terminal 30 to perform wireless communication with the intermediary device 20.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of functions of the information terminal 30 (functions executed by the CPU 101 of the information terminal 30). For convenience of description, FIG. 3 mainly illustrates the functions related to the present embodiment, but the functions of the information terminal 30 are not limited to these. As shown in FIG. 3, the information terminal 30 includes an operation control unit 312, a display control unit 313, a wireless communication control unit 314, and a client application 315. The operation control unit 312 acquires an operation signal input via the operation unit 107, and inputs the operation signal to a module operating in the information terminal 30 such as the client application 315. It can be considered that the operation control unit 312 has a function of receiving an operation by the user. The display control unit 313 controls the display unit 106 to display various information regarding the information terminal 30, such as a GUI (Graphical User Interface) of the client application 315. The wireless communication control unit 314 controls communication with other devices via the wireless communication I/F 108. For example, the wireless communication control unit 314 acquires information input via the wireless communication I/F 108, and transmits information to be transmitted to another device via the wireless communication I/F 108.

  The client application 315 is a software module that provides various functions in the information terminal 30, and is configured by a software program corresponding to each function. A dedicated application for using the conference system according to this embodiment is also included in the client application 315.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of functions provided by the client application 315. For convenience of explanation, the example of FIG. 4 illustrates only the function according to the present embodiment, but the function provided by the client application 315 is not limited to this. As shown in FIG. 4, the client application 315 has a command instruction issuing unit 301.

  The command instruction issuing unit 301 is an example of an “instruction information issuing unit”, and issues a command instruction for instructing execution of a job indicating an instruction for causing any device in the system 100 to execute a predetermined process. To do. In this example, the command instruction issuing unit 301 generates a command instruction according to a user's instruction, and transmits the generated command instruction to the information processing server 10. The command instruction is an example of “instruction information”, and is information that specifies at least a process to be executed by the device, data handled in the process, and a device to execute the process. In this example, the data handled in the processing of each device (image data of the conference material in this example) is stored in the information processing server 10, and the command instruction indicates the storage location of the data in the information processing server 10. The identifiable information (document/image file path in this example) is designated.

  The information processing server 10 that has received the command instruction creates a job based on the received command instruction. Then, the generated job is transmitted to the target device to execute the job, and the execution history of the job is recorded. The specific content of the information processing server 10 will be described later. Further, as in the conventional case, the client application 315 has a function of creating/editing the start time and the end time of the meeting, a request to join/leave the meeting, a request to hold the meeting, a notification of the end of the meeting, and the like. It also has a function of generating information (conference information) about the information and transmitting it to the information processing server 10.

  Next, the configuration of the information processing server 10 will be described. The information processing server 10 is an example of an “information processing device” and manages the entire conference, manages data (saves and deletes), controls output to devices (the projector 40, the electronic whiteboard 50, the MFP 60, etc.). . FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the information processing server 10. As shown in FIG. 5, the information processing server 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 201, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 202, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 203, a HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 204, a device I/F 205, It has a network I/F 208, and these are connected to each other by a bus 209. A display unit 206 and an operation unit 207 are connected to the device I/F 205.

  The CPU 201 is an arithmetic means, and controls the overall operation of the information processing server 10. The RAM 202 is a volatile storage medium that can read and write information at high speed, and is used as a work area when the CPU 201 processes information. The ROM 203 is a read-only nonvolatile storage medium, and stores programs such as firmware. The HDD 204 is a non-volatile storage medium capable of reading and writing information, and stores an OS (Operating System), various control programs, application programs, and the like.

  The device I/F 205 is an interface for connecting each of the display unit 206 and the operation unit 207 to the bus 209. The display unit 206 is a visual user interface for displaying various kinds of information, and is composed of, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). The operation unit 207 is a user interface such as a keyboard and a mouse for the user to input various information to the information processing server 10. The network I/F 208 is an interface for connecting the information processing server 10 to the network 70.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of functions of the information processing server 10. For convenience of description, FIG. 6 mainly illustrates the functions related to the present embodiment, but the functions of the information processing server 10 are not limited to these. As shown in FIG. 6, the information processing server 10 includes a reception unit 111, a generation unit 112, a conference material storage unit 113, an execution control unit 114, a history information recording unit 115, a history information storage unit 116, a selection unit 117, and storage control. It has a part 118.

  The accepting unit 111 is an example of “accepting means” and accepts the above-mentioned command instruction from the information terminal 30.

  The generation unit 112 is an example of a “generation unit”, and based on the command instruction accepted by the acceptance unit 111, uses the data designated by the command instruction for the device designated by the command instruction. A job is instructed to execute the processing specified by the command instruction. For example, when the job target process is a display process for displaying data, the process target data is page data indicating the size of the display unit. Here, the display process includes a process of projecting data on the projection target object (process executed by the projector 40), a process of projecting data on the electronic blackboard 50 (process executed by the electronic blackboard 50), and the like. The conference material storage unit 113 stores data to be processed by each device (image data of conference material used in the conference).

  The execution control unit 114 is an example of an “execution control unit”, and controls execution of the job generated by the generation unit 112 on a target device (device specified by a command instruction that is a source of the job). .. The history information recording unit 115 records the history of jobs executed by the execution control unit 114 (job execution history). More specifically, the history information recording unit 115 determines whether or not the data (data to be processed by the job) is edited, the display time of the data, and the data as the execution history of the job. One or more pieces of history information in which condition information indicating at least one of presence/absence of printing, processing, the data, and a device are associated with each other are recorded in the history information storage unit 116. In this example, the history information storage unit 116 is an example of a “history information storage unit”, and as a job execution history, whether or not the data (data to be processed corresponding to the job) is edited, One or more pieces of history information in which the display time and the condition information indicating at least one of the presence or absence of printing based on the data, the process, the data, and the device are associated with each other are stored.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of history information stored in the history information storage unit 116. In the example of FIG. 7, five pieces of history information are illustrated. Here, each history information includes a history ID for identifying history information, a meeting ID for identifying a meeting, a date and time when a process is executed, and a user for identifying a user (operator) of the information terminal 30 that has issued a command instruction. A name, a document/image file path that identifies the data handled in the process (in this example, the location where the data is stored in the conference material storage unit 113), and device information indicating the device that executed the process And the processing information indicating the content of the processing and the condition information are associated with each other. In the example of FIG. 7, the condition information includes three pieces of information indicating the presence/absence of editing, information indicating the display time of data, and information indicating the presence/absence of printing, but the condition information is not limited to this.

  As an example, a case where the information terminal 30 (command instruction issuing unit 301) receives an instruction to project a file indicating a set of a plurality of page data by the projector 40 (not limited to this, the electronic blackboard 50 may be used) is taken as an example. The method of recording history information will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, first, the information terminal 30 (command instruction issuing unit 301), in response to a user's instruction, performs a projection process (an example of a display process), the above-mentioned file, and the page data at the beginning of the file. A command instruction for designating the document/image file path and the projector 40 is generated (step S1). Then, the command instruction generated in step S1 is transmitted to the information processing server 10 (step S2). The information processing server 10 that has received this command instruction generates a job for instructing the projector 40 designated by the command instruction to execute the projection process for projecting the first page data designated by the command instruction. (Step S3), the generated job is transmitted to the projector 40 (step S4). Then, the information processing server 10 generates corresponding history information and records it in the history information storage unit 116 (step S5).

  At this time, the history information storage unit 116 stores two pieces of history information as shown in FIG. The history information in the first row is history information including the document/image file path (“/xxx/A.png”) indicating the storage location of the file, and the history information in the second row is the beginning of the file. Is history information including a document/image file path (“/xxx/A1.png”) indicating the storage location of the page data. Information other than the document/image file path is the same. In this example, in the condition information, nothing is written in the information indicating the presence or absence of editing and the information indicating the presence or absence of printing. Further, at this stage, nothing is written in the information indicating the display time. The description of the information indicating the display time will be made clear later.

  Here, when the command instruction issuing unit 301 of the information terminal 30 receives an instruction to display a file indicating a set of a plurality of page data, it designates the display process and the device that executes the display process, and As the data handled in the display processing, a command instruction (first instruction information) designating the top page data of the file is issued. Then, the generation unit 112 of the information processing server 10 instructs the device (the projector 40 in the above example) designated by the first instruction information to start the page data of the file designated by the first instruction information. A job (first job) for instructing execution of a display process for displaying is generated. Then, the history information storage unit 116 of the information processing server 10 stores, as the history information corresponding to the first job, the condition information indicating the display time of the page data at the top of the file, the display process, and the page at the top of the file. It can be considered to store history information in which the data and the device designated by the first instruction information are associated with each other. The method of recording the condition information indicating the display time will be apparent from the description below.

  Returning to FIG. 8, the information terminal 30 (command instruction issuing unit 301) receives an instruction to project the next page data of the page data currently being displayed (projecting) (the first page data in this example) by the projector 40. The recording method of the history information will be described by taking the case as an example.

  After step S5, the information terminal 30 (command instruction issuing unit 301) performs an operation for turning the page of the page data being projected displayed on the screen of the information terminal 30 (by pressing the page feed button. If a command such as a flick operation on the screen is accepted), the projection process, the document/image file path of the next page data, and the projector 40 are designated. 2) is generated (step S6). Then, the command instruction generated in step S6 is transmitted to the information processing server 10 (step S7). The information processing server 10 that has received this command instruction projects the page data designated by the command instruction (the page data next to the page data currently being projected) onto the projector 40 designated by the command instruction. A job for instructing execution of the projection process is generated (step S8), and the generated job is transmitted to the projector 40 (step S9). Then, the information processing server 10 generates corresponding history information and records it in the history information storage unit 116 (step S10).

  At this time, the history information storage unit 116 newly stores history information as shown in the third row of FIG. In this example, the history information in the third row is the document/image file path (“/xxx/A2.png”) indicating the storage location of the page data next to the first page data (page data of the second page). It is history information including. In addition, here, the data display time is represented by the interval between the job corresponding to the data and the job corresponding to the next data to be displayed, so the history of the job corresponding to the page data of the second page is displayed. When the information is recorded, the display time of the page data (first page data) of the first page is fixed. In the example of FIG. 10, the execution date and time of the job corresponding to the page data of the first page is “January 22, 12:12:01”, and the execution date and time of the job corresponding to the page data of the second page is “ Since “January 22, 12:22:02””, the display time of the page data of the first page is recorded as “10 minutes 01 seconds” representing this interval (see FIG. 10).

  Here, when the command instruction issuing unit 301 of the information terminal 30 receives an instruction to display the next page data of the page data currently being displayed, it specifies the display process and the device that executes the display process, At the same time, a command instruction (second instruction information) for designating the next page data is issued as the data handled in the display process. Then, the display unit 112 of the information processing server 10 displays the page data specified by the second instruction information on the device (the projector 40 in the above example) specified by the second instruction information. A job (second job) for instructing execution of is generated. Then, the history information storage unit 116 of the information processing server 10 stores, as history information corresponding to the second job, condition information indicating the display time of the page data (next page data) designated by the second instruction information. It can be considered that the display process, the history information in which the page data designated by the second instruction information and the device designated by the second instruction information are associated with each other are stored.

  In addition, as another example, a case where the information terminal 30 (command instruction issuing unit 301) receives an instruction to save the page data displayed (projected) on the electronic blackboard 50, The recording method will be described. As shown in FIG. 11, first, the information terminal 30 (command instruction issuing unit 301) performs an image saving process of saving page data displayed on the electronic whiteboard 50 according to a user's instruction, and a document of the page data. A command instruction for designating the image file path and the electronic whiteboard 50 is generated (step S21). Then, the command instruction generated in step S21 is transmitted to the information processing server 10 (step S22). The information processing server 10 that has received this command instruction creates a job for instructing the electronic blackboard 50 specified by the command instruction to execute the image saving process for saving the page data specified by the command instruction. (Step S23), the generated job is transmitted to the electronic blackboard 50 (step S24). Then, the information processing server 10 generates corresponding history information and records it in the history information storage unit 116 (step S25).

  At this time, history information as shown in FIG. 12 is recorded in the history information storage unit 115. In this example, when the process designated by the command instruction received from the information terminal 30 is the above-described image saving process, the information processing server 10 determines the condition information included in the history information corresponding to the job based on the command instruction. , Information indicating that the data (data to be processed) has been edited (information indicating “present” in the example of FIG. 12) is recorded.

  Here, when the command instruction issuing unit 301 of the information terminal 30 receives an instruction to save the page data displayed on the electronic blackboard 50, the image saving process, the page data handled in the image saving process, and the electronic blackboard 50. A command instruction (third instruction information) that specifies and is issued. Then, the generation unit 112 of the information processing server 10 instructs the electronic blackboard 50 specified by the third instruction information to execute the image saving process of saving the page data specified by the third instruction information. A job (third job) is generated. Then, the history information storage unit 116 of the information processing server 10 stores, as the history information corresponding to the third job, condition information indicating that the page data designated by the third instruction information has been edited. It can be considered that the image storage processing, the page information designated by the third instruction information, and the history information in which the device designated by the third instruction information are associated with each other are stored.

  Further, for example, the electronic blackboard 50, when the data being displayed is written, information indicating that the data being displayed has been written to the information processing server 10 (“writing notification information”). (Referred to) may be transmitted. The information processing server 10 (history information recording unit 116) can also set the condition information indicating the presence or absence of editing in accordance with the writing notification information received from the electronic whiteboard 50.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 13, the page data of the first page of the file “b” (page data specified by the document/image file path “/xxx/b1.png”) is sequentially projected onto the electronic blackboard 50, It is assumed that the page data of the third page (page data specified by the document/image file path "/xxx/b3.png") is currently projected on the electronic blackboard 50. At this time, when the information processing server 10 (history information recording unit 115) receives write notification information from the electronic blackboard 50, the write notification information indicating that the page data of the third page (page data currently being projected) has been written. As shown in FIG. 14, as the condition information included in the history information corresponding to the page data of the third page, information (information indicating “present”) indicating that editing has been performed is set (recorded). You can That is, in this example, the condition information indicating that the data to be processed has been edited may be set even if the job for instructing the execution of the image saving process has not been generated.

  Returning to FIG. 6, the description will be continued. The selection unit 117 is an example of a “selection unit” and selects data associated with condition information satisfying a predetermined condition, based on one or more pieces of history information stored in the history information storage unit 116. Here, the predetermined condition is any one of that the data is edited, the display time of the data is equal to or longer than the threshold value, and that the printing based on the data is performed. It can be considered as a condition for determining the appropriate data (data regarding the points of the conference). In this example, the selection unit 117 selects history information including condition information indicating that data is being edited from among the one or more pieces of history information stored in the history information storage unit 116, and the display time of the data. History information including condition information indicating that it is equal to or more than a threshold value, history information including condition information indicating that printing based on data is performed, and a document included in each of the specified one or more history information is specified. -Select (extract) the data specified by the image file path as the data that will be the point of the conference. Each of the one or more data selected by the selection unit 117 is used as data that constitutes review data for collecting the points of the meeting and reviewing them after the meeting.

  The storage control unit 118 controls to store one or more data selected by the selection unit 117. In this example, the storage control unit 118 generates review data composed of one or more data selected by the selection unit 117, and stores the created review data in a storage unit (HDD 204 or the like) in the information processing server 10. Control.

  For example, the information processing server 10 starts the generation of the above-described retrospective data upon receiving a notification indicating the end of the conference from the information terminal 30, and performs control to display the generated retrospective data on the information terminal 30. You can also For example, the control may be performed such that each of a plurality of pieces of data forming the review data is sequentially displayed in a slide show format. Note that the timing is not limited to this, and the timing of starting the generation of the above-described review data is arbitrary. For example, the information terminal 30 requests the review data from the information processing server 10 in response to the reception of an instruction to request the review data from the user (for example, it may be any timing after the meeting), The information processing server 10 may be configured to start generation of review data upon receiving a request from the information terminal 30 and transmit the generated review data to the information terminal 30.

  Note that, for example, in the case of a configuration in which a plurality of network conferencing systems in a logically closed environment are provided and one information processing server 10 manages a conference conducted in each conference system, the history information storage unit 116 stores History information of different conference IDs will be recorded. In such a case, for example, the conference end notification may include the conference ID. The information processing server 10 specifies one or more pieces of history information including the meeting ID included in the meeting end notification, and condition information indicating that data is being edited from the specified one or more pieces of history information. The history information including the history information, the history information including the condition information indicating that the display time of the data is equal to or more than the threshold, and the history information including the condition information indicating that the printing based on the data is performed, and the specified 1 The data specified by the document/image file path included in each of the above history information can be selected as the data to be the point of the conference.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the information processing server 10 when the review data is generated. As shown in FIG. 15, first, the information processing server 10 (selection unit 117) focuses on one piece of history information that has not been subjected to a process described below, out of one or more pieces of history information stored in the history information storage unit 116. Yes (step S31). For convenience of description, the history information focused on in step S31 will be referred to as "focus history information" below. Next, the information processing server 10 (selection unit 117) confirms whether or not the condition information included in the attention history information is the condition information indicating that editing is being performed (step S32).

  When the result of the above step S32 is affirmative (step S32: Yes), the process proceeds to step S35 described later. When the result of step S32 is negative (step S32: No), in the information processing server 10 (selection unit 117), the condition information included in the attention history information is the condition information indicating that the data display time is 10 minutes or more. It is confirmed whether or not (step S33). In this example, “10 minutes” is adopted as the above-mentioned threshold value, but the threshold value is not limited to this value, and may be any value as long as it is data that is the point of the conference.

  If the result of the above step S33 is affirmative (step S33: Yes), the process proceeds to step S35 described later. When the result of step S33 is negative (step S33: No), the information processing server 10 (selection unit 117) determines whether the condition information included in the attention history information is condition information indicating that printing is being performed. It is confirmed whether or not (step S34). When the result of step S34 is affirmative (step S34: Yes), the process proceeds to step S35 described later. When the result of step S34 is negative (step S34: No), the process proceeds to step S36 described later.

  In step S35, the information processing server 10 (selection unit 117) selects the data included in the attention history information, and the process proceeds to step S37 described below. Further, in step S36, the information processing server 10 (selection unit 117) deselects the data included in the attention history information, and the process proceeds to step S37 described below.

  In step S37, the information processing server 10 (selection unit 117) confirms whether or not attention has been paid to all the history information stored in the history information storage unit 116. When the result of step S37 is affirmative (step S37: Yes), the information processing server 10 (save control unit 118) generates review data including one or more data selected as described above, and the created review data. Is stored (step S38). On the other hand, when the result of step S37 is negative (step S37: No), the information processing server 10 repeats the processing of step S31 and subsequent steps.

  In addition, for example, when the number of data selected as described above exceeds a predetermined number N, three conditions (editing is performed, display time is equal to or more than a threshold, and printing) It is also possible to preferentially select the data satisfying the condition of high priority, based on the priority order set in advance for each of the above. The priority setting method can be arbitrarily changed. Further, it is possible to set the priority order more finely even among the data satisfying the same condition. For example, among the data satisfying that the editing is being performed, the priority of the data to be the image saving process is the data to be the projecting process (that the editing has been performed by receiving the writing notification information described above). The priority may be set higher than the priority of the data for which the condition information indicating (1) is set.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, as a job execution history, whether or not data (data handled in the process corresponding to the job, image data of conference material in this example) has been edited, data display time, and History information in which condition information indicating at least one of presence/absence of printing based on data, processing corresponding to the job, data handled in the processing, and a device that executes the processing is stored. Then, based on the stored one or more history information, the data associated with the condition information satisfying a predetermined condition is selected, and the selected one or more data is saved (saved as review data). To do. As a result, it is possible to automatically select the important conference material that is the point of the conference, so that it becomes possible to collect the conference points and look back after the conference.

(Second embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment will be described. Descriptions of portions common to the above-described first embodiment will be appropriately omitted. In the present embodiment, the selection unit 117 selects one or more data from the data included in each of the one or more history information according to the user's operation. More specifically, when the selection unit 117 receives an operation for selecting the data from the execution job screen that displays the data handled in the process being executed (the data that is the target of the job being executed), Select the data. Further, when the selection unit 117 receives an operation of selecting any history information from the history information screen displaying one or more history information, the selection unit 117 can also select the data included in the selected history information. .. The present embodiment is different from the above-described first embodiment in that the data forming the look-back data is manually selected. The specific contents will be described below.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of functions provided by the client application 315 of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 16, the client application 315 further includes a selection screen display control unit 302 and a review data display control unit 303.

  The selection screen display control unit 302 controls to display the execution job screen and the history information screen described above. The retrospective data display control unit 303 acquires the retrospective data from the information processing server 10 according to a user's instruction, and performs control to display the acquired retrospective data.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of the execution job screen. In this example, after the command instruction is issued by the command instruction issuing unit 301, the selection screen display control unit 302 receives corresponding data from the information processing server 10 (data to be the job corresponding to the command instruction), It is possible to control the display of the received data on the display unit 106. Then, when the selection screen display control unit 302 receives the pressing of the button 311 for instructing to select the data being displayed as the review target, the selection screen display control unit 302 instructs the information processing server 10 to select the data. Give instructions. The information processing server 10 (selection unit 117) selects the data according to this instruction. In addition, when the selection screen display control unit 302 receives the pressing of the button 312 for instructing to display the above history information screen on the execution job screen, the selection screen display control unit 302 displays the history information screen as shown in FIG. It can also be controlled. Then, when an operation of selecting any of the history information as a review target (in the example of FIG. 18, an operation of checking a check box) is accepted, the data included in the history information is displayed to the information processing server 10. Instruct to select. The information processing server 10 (selection unit 117) selects the data according to this instruction.

  FIG. 19 is a sequence diagram showing an example of an operation procedure when saving the data that constitutes the review data. First, the information terminal 30 receives an operation for selecting a review target (step S41). The type of operation is as described above. Next, the information terminal 30 instructs the information processing server 10 to select the data to be reviewed (step S42). The information processing server 10 that has received this instruction selects the data to be reviewed in accordance with the instruction (step S43). Then, control is performed to save the data selected in step S43 as review data (step S44). For example, as shown in FIG. 20, the information processing server 10 (save control unit 118) displays the display order for each data to be stored as review data (in the example of FIG. 20, for each document/image file path identifying the data). It is also possible to allocate an index for defining the above and save it in the storage unit (HDD 204 or the like) in the information processing server 10. In the example of FIG. 20, the history ID, the conference ID, and the date and time are associated with each other in addition to the index, but the invention is not limited to these.

  FIG. 21 is a sequence diagram showing an example of an operation procedure when browsing the review data on the information terminal 30. First, the information terminal 30 receives an operation for giving an instruction to browse the review data (step S51). Next, the information terminal 30 transmits a retrospective data request that requests retrospective data to the information processing server 10 (step S52), and receives the retrospective data from the information processing server 10 as a response (step S53). Then, the information terminal 30 displays the look-back data received from the information processing server 10 (step S54). For example, the information terminal 30 also acquires, from the information processing server 10, the above-mentioned index associated with each piece of data constituting the look-back data, and one or more pieces constituting the look-back data according to the index. It is also possible to perform control to sequentially display the data.

  Even with the configuration of the present embodiment described above, as in the first embodiment described above, it is possible to select important conference material that is the point of the conference. It becomes possible to look back.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, and constituent elements can be modified and embodied at the stage of implementation without departing from the scope of the invention. . Further, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above-described embodiments. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Further, constituent elements in different embodiments and modifications may be combined as appropriate.

  Further, the program executed by the information processing system 100 (information processing server 10, information terminal 30) of the above-described embodiment is a file in an installable format or an executable format in a CD-ROM, a flexible disk (FD), It may be configured to be provided by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-R, a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), and a USB (Universal Serial Bus), or provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet. It may be configured to. In addition, various programs may be configured to be provided by being pre-installed in a ROM or the like.

10 Information Processing Server 20 Mediator 30 Information Terminal 40 Projector 50 Electronic Blackboard 60 MFP
70 network 100 system 111 reception unit 112 generation unit 113 conference material storage unit 114 execution control unit 115 history information recording unit 116 history information storage unit 117 selection unit 118 save control unit 301 command instruction issuing unit 302 selection screen display control unit 303 review data Display control unit

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Claims (13)

A system including an information terminal, an information processing device, and a device, which are mutually connectable via a network,
Processing for causing the device to execute, data handled in the process, and reception means for receiving instruction information specifying the device for executing the process,
On the basis of the instruction information received by the receiving unit, the device specified by the instruction information is used to execute the process specified by the instruction information by using the data specified by the instruction information. Generating means for generating a job to instruct,
An execution control unit that controls the target device to execute the job generated by the generation unit;
As the execution history of the job, condition information indicating at least one of the presence or absence of editing of the data, the display time of the data, and the presence or absence of printing based on the data, the process, the data, and History information storage means for storing history information in which devices are associated with each other,
Selecting means for selecting the data associated with the condition information satisfying a predetermined condition based on one or more pieces of the history information stored by the history information storage means;
Storage control means for controlling storage of one or more of the data selected by the selection means,
E Bei instruction information issuing means for issuing said instruction information,
The process is a display process for displaying the data,
The data is page data indicating the size of the display unit,
The instruction information issuing means, when receiving an instruction to display a file indicating a set of a plurality of the page data, specifies the display process and the device that executes the display process, and as the data, Issuing first instruction information indicating the instruction information designating the page data at the head of the file,
The generation means instructs the device designated by the first instruction information to execute the display process for displaying the page data at the head of the file designated by the first instruction information. Generate a first job representing the job,
The history information storage means,
As the history information corresponding to the first job, the condition information indicating the display time of the page data at the head of the file, the display process, the page data at the head of the file, and the first Storing the history information associated with the device specified by the instruction information,
system. The predetermined condition is any one of that the data is edited, that the display time of the data is a threshold value or more, and that printing based on the data is performed.
The system of claim 1. When the instruction information issuing unit receives an instruction to display the page data next to the page data currently being displayed, the instruction information issuing unit specifies the display process and the device that executes the display process, and As data, the second instruction information indicating the instruction information for designating the next page data is issued,
The generating unit may execute the job for instructing the device specified by the second instruction information to execute the display process for displaying the next page data specified by the second instruction information. Create a second job, showing
The history information storage means,
The history information corresponding to the second job is specified by the condition information indicating the display time of the page data specified by the second instruction information, the display process, and the second instruction information. And storing the history information in which the page data is associated with the device designated by the second instruction information.
The system according to claim 1 or 2 . The display time of the data is represented by an interval between the job corresponding to the data and the job corresponding to the data to be displayed next,
The system according to any one of claims 1 to 3 . When the instruction information issuing unit receives an instruction to save the page data displayed on the electronic blackboard, an image saving process of saving the page data displayed on the electronic blackboard and the image saving process Issuing third instruction information indicating the page data and the instruction information designating the electronic blackboard,
The generating unit may execute the job for instructing the electronic blackboard specified by the third instruction information to execute the image saving process for saving the page data specified by the third instruction information. Create a third job, showing
The history information storage means,
As the history information corresponding to the third job, the condition information indicating that the page data designated by the third instruction information is edited, the image saving process, and the And storing the history information in which the page data designated by the third instruction information and the device designated by the third instruction information are associated with each other.
The system according to any one of claims 1 to 4 . A system including an information terminal, an information processing device, and a device, which are mutually connectable via a network,
Processing for causing the device to execute, data handled in the process, and acceptance means for accepting instruction information designating the device for executing the process,
On the basis of the instruction information received by the receiving unit, the device specified by the instruction information is used to execute the process specified by the instruction information by using the data specified by the instruction information. Generating means for generating a job to instruct,
An execution control unit that controls the device specified by the instruction information to execute the job generated by the generation unit;
History information storage means for storing history information in which the processing, the data, and the device are associated with each other as the job execution history,
Selecting means for selecting one or more data from the data included in each of the one or more history information in response to a user operation;
E Bei and a storage control means for controlling to store one or more of the data selected by said selecting means,
The selection means, when receiving an operation of selecting any one of the history information from a history information screen displaying one or more pieces of the history information, selects the data included in the selected history information,
system. The selecting means selects the data when an operation of selecting the data is received from an execution job screen displaying the data handled in the process being executed,
The system of claim 6 . An information processing apparatus that can be connected to each of an information terminal and a device via a network,
Processing for causing the device to execute, data handled in the process, and acceptance means for accepting instruction information designating the device for executing the process,
On the basis of the instruction information received by the receiving unit, the device specified by the instruction information is used to execute the process specified by the instruction information by using the data specified by the instruction information. Generating means for generating a job to instruct,
An execution control unit that controls the device specified by the instruction information to execute the job generated by the generation unit;
As the execution history of the job, condition information indicating at least one of the presence or absence of editing of the data, the display time of the data, and the presence or absence of printing based on the data, the process, the data, and History information storage means for storing history information in which devices are associated with each other,
Selecting means for selecting the data associated with the condition information satisfying a predetermined condition based on one or more pieces of the history information stored in the history information storage means;
E Bei and a display control means for performing control to display the data selected by said selecting means,
The selection means, when receiving an operation of selecting any one of the history information from a history information screen displaying one or more pieces of the history information, selects the data included in the selected history information,
Information processing device. An information processing apparatus that can be connected to each of an information terminal and a device via a network,
Processing for causing the device to execute, data handled in the process, and acceptance means for accepting instruction information designating the device for executing the process,
On the basis of the instruction information received by the receiving unit, the device specified by the instruction information is used to execute the process specified by the instruction information by using the data specified by the instruction information. Generating means for generating a job to instruct,
An execution control unit that controls the device specified by the instruction information to execute the job generated by the generation unit;
History information storage means for storing history information in which the processing, the data, and the device are associated with each other as the job execution history,
Selecting means for selecting one or more data from the data included in each of the one or more history information in response to a user operation;
E Bei and a display control means for performing control to display the data selected by said selecting means,
The selection means, when receiving an operation of selecting any one of the history information from a history information screen displaying one or more pieces of the history information, selects the data included in the selected history information,
Information processing device. An information processing method by a system including an information terminal, an information processing device, and a device, which are mutually connectable via a network,
A receiving step of receiving a process to be executed by the device, data handled in the process, and instruction information designating the device to execute the process;
Based on the instruction information received in the receiving step, the device specified by the instruction information is used to execute the process specified by the instruction information by using the data specified by the instruction information. A generation step for generating a job to be ordered,
An execution control step of performing control to cause the device specified by the instruction information to execute the job generated by the generation step;
As the execution history of the job, condition information indicating at least one of the presence or absence of editing of the data, the display time of the data, and the presence or absence of printing based on the data, the process, the data, and A selection step of selecting the data associated with the condition information satisfying a predetermined condition, based on one or more pieces of history information stored in history information storage means for storing history information in which a device and a device are associated with each other. When,
See containing and a display control step of performing control to display the data selected by the selecting step,
The record selecting step selects the data included in the selected history information when an operation of selecting any one of the history information is received from the history information screen displaying one or more pieces of the history information,
Information processing method. An information processing method by a system including an information terminal, an information processing device, and a device, which are mutually connectable via a network,
A receiving step of receiving a process to be executed by the device, data handled in the process, and instruction information designating the device to execute the process;
Based on the instruction information received in the receiving step, the device specified by the instruction information is used to execute the process specified by the instruction information by using the data specified by the instruction information. A generation step for generating a job to be ordered,
An execution control step of performing control to cause the device specified by the instruction information to execute the job generated by the generation step;
As the execution history of the job, the data included in each of the one or more history information stored in the history information storage unit that stores history information in which the process, the data, and the device are associated with each other. A selection step of selecting one or more of the data from the inside according to a user operation;
A display control step of performing control to display the data selected by the selection step,
When the operation of selecting any one of the history information is accepted from the history information screen displaying one or more pieces of the history information, the selecting step selects the data included in the selected history information,
Information processing method. An information processing device connectable to each of the information terminal and the device via the network,
A reception step of receiving a process to be executed by the device, data handled in the process, and instruction information designating the device to execute the process;
Based on the instruction information received in the receiving step, the device specified by the instruction information is used to execute the process specified by the instruction information by using the data specified by the instruction information. A generation step for generating a job to be ordered,
An execution control step of performing control to cause the device specified by the instruction information to execute the job generated by the generation step;
As the execution history of the job, condition information indicating at least one of the presence or absence of editing of the data, the display time of the data, and the presence or absence of printing based on the data, the process, the data, and A selection step of selecting the data associated with the condition information satisfying a predetermined condition, based on one or more pieces of history information stored in history information storage means for storing history information in which a device and a device are associated with each other. When,
A program for executing a display control step of performing a control of displaying the data selected by the selection step ,
When the operation of selecting any one of the history information is accepted from the history information screen displaying one or more pieces of the history information, the selecting step selects the data included in the selected history information, program. An information processing device connectable to each of the information terminal and the device via the network,
A receiving step of receiving a process to be executed by the device, data handled in the process, and instruction information designating the device to execute the process;
Based on the instruction information received in the receiving step, the device specified by the instruction information is used to execute the process specified by the instruction information by using the data specified by the instruction information. A generation step for generating a job to be ordered,
An execution control step of performing control to cause the device specified by the instruction information to execute the job generated by the generation step;
As the execution history of the job, the data included in each of the one or more history information stored in the history information storage unit that stores history information in which the process, the data, and the device are associated with each other. A selection step of selecting one or more of the data from the inside according to a user operation;
A program for executing a display control step of performing control to display the data selected by the selection step ,
When the operation of selecting any one of the history information is accepted from the history information screen displaying one or more pieces of the history information, the selecting step selects the data included in the selected history information, program.

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