JP6759638B2 - Character conversion device, information terminal, character conversion system, conversion candidate registration method, and conversion candidate registration program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a technique for registering conversion candidates or predictive conversion candidates in a dictionary used for character conversion.

Conventionally, various techniques for converting input characters and predictive conversion using input characters have been proposed. For example, the system of Patent Document 1 includes a mobile phone terminal having a character conversion function and a dictionary data management server.

The mobile phone terminal uses the predictive conversion candidates extracted from the dictionary of the own terminal and the additional predictive conversion candidates received from the dictionary data management server when performing the predictive conversion for the input characters. The dictionary data management server acquires history information from the mobile phone terminal and determines additional predictive conversion candidates based on the history information. The historical information is determined based on the past predictive conversion candidates in the mobile phone terminal.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2012-1988863

However, in the system of Patent Document 1, the dictionary data management server is general-purpose, and the history information of the mobile phone terminal is acquired by this general-purpose dictionary data management server. For this reason, this system may not be highly secure.

On the other hand, in the mode in which the general-purpose dictionary server is not used, the capacity of the dictionary of the own terminal such as a mobile phone terminal is smaller than the capacity of the general-purpose dictionary server, so that the conversion is performed as compared with the mode in which the general-purpose dictionary server is used. It is not easy to increase efficiency.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to increase the conversion efficiency for input characters while ensuring high security.

The character conversion device of the present invention is configured as follows in order to achieve the above object.

The character conversion device of the present invention is connected to a standard dictionary and a user dictionary in which character conversion candidates are stored. The character conversion device includes a character conversion I / F, an external candidate acquisition unit, and a dictionary registration unit. Character conversion I / F sends the conversion candidates request data for requesting the external conversion candidate characters to the external device, receiving a conversion candidate response data to the conversion candidate request data from the external device. The conversion candidate request data includes request target information indicating an external device to which the conversion candidate request data has been transmitted. The external candidate acquisition unit acquires an external conversion candidate from the conversion candidate response data. The dictionary registration unit acquires the registration type associated with the external conversion candidate, and registers the user-specific external conversion candidate indicating that the registration type has been extracted from the user dictionary in the user dictionary.
Further, when the character conversion I / F receives the conversion candidate request data, it detects an external device to which the conversion candidate request data has not been transmitted based on the request target information included in the received conversion candidate request data. , The request target information of the conversion candidate request data received this time is changed and transmitted to the detected external device.

In this configuration, the conversion efficiency is improved by registering the external conversion candidate in the user dictionary. Further, the external conversion candidate is registered in the user dictionary even if the user does not perform the registration operation. In particular, when the conversion candidate request data is received, the received conversion candidate request data is transferred to another device and the external conversion candidate is registered in the user dictionary. Therefore, the external conversion candidate is efficiently registered in the user dictionary. it can. Furthermore, upon request of the external conversion candidates, security is ensured high.

The character conversion apparatus of the present invention, a conversion candidate extractor for extracting internal conversion candidate as a conversion candidate from the standard dictionary and user dictionary, a conversion candidate determination section that match the internal conversion candidates and external conversion candidate integration, Further prepare.

In this configuration, external conversion candidates are also output (displayed) as conversion targets, so conversion efficiency is improved.

Further, the character conversion device of the present invention performs a process of integrating the internal conversion candidate and the external conversion candidate and a process of registering the external conversion candidate in the user dictionary in parallel.

In this configuration, the internal conversion candidate and the external conversion candidate can be integrated and output, and the external conversion candidate can be registered in the user dictionary in parallel.

According to the present invention, it is possible to increase the conversion efficiency for input characters while ensuring high security.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the main part of the information terminal including the character conversion apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the minimum structure of the network group of the character conversion system including the information terminal of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the character conversion method and the dictionary registration method which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the dictionary registration method which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of application of the network group of the character conversion system including the information terminal of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the transfer of the predictive conversion candidate and the dictionary registration method which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, a character conversion device, an information terminal, a character conversion system, a conversion candidate registration method, and a conversion candidate registration program according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the following description, a mode for extracting predictive conversion candidates for characters will be shown, but the configuration of the present invention can also be applied to a mode for extracting conversion candidates. That is, the "conversion candidate" of the present invention is applied to both the conversion candidate of a single character and the predictive conversion candidate of a character.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of an information terminal including a character conversion device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information terminal 1 includes a character conversion unit 10, a character input unit 21, a display unit 22, and a dictionary DB 30 corresponding to the "character conversion device" of the present invention. The character input unit 21, the display unit 22, and the dictionary DB 30 are connected to the character conversion unit 10. The information terminal 1 may be, for example, a terminal having a character input function such as a smartphone, a mobile phone device, a television device, a recording / playback device, or a personal computer.

The character input unit 21 includes a keyboard, a software keyboard, and the like, and accepts character input from the user. The character input unit 21 outputs the received character (character to be converted) to the character conversion unit 10.

The display unit 22 is realized by a liquid crystal display or the like, and displays a list of predictive conversion candidates in a predetermined display mode. For example, the display unit 22 displays the predictive conversion candidates side by side according to the priority.

The dictionary DB 30 includes a standard dictionary 31 and a user dictionary 32. The standard dictionary 31 stores a plurality of general-purpose predictive conversion candidates. The standard dictionary 31 is not updated. The user dictionary 32 stores predictive conversion candidates having a high frequency of use in the past (frequency determined and used at the time of conversion) and predictive conversion candidates registered and operated by the user. The user dictionary 32 can be updated. The standard dictionary 31 and the user dictionary 32 are each connected to the character conversion unit 10.

The character conversion unit 10 includes a conversion candidate extraction unit 11, a character conversion I / F 12, an external candidate acquisition unit 13, a conversion candidate determination unit 14, and a dictionary registration unit 15.

The conversion candidate extraction unit 11 receives the conversion target character from the character input unit 21. The conversion candidate extraction unit 11 extracts predictive conversion candidates from the standard dictionary 31 and the user dictionary 32 based on the characters to be converted. The predictive conversion candidates extracted from the standard dictionary 31 and the user dictionary 32 in this way are internal predictive conversion candidates and correspond to the "internal conversion candidates" of the present invention.

"Reading", "priority", and "registration information" are associated with the "character" of the internal predictive conversion candidate. The registration information includes "general purpose" and "user specialization". "General purpose" indicates that it was extracted from the standard dictionary 31. "User specialization" indicates that the dictionary 32 has been extracted.

The conversion candidate extraction unit 11 outputs the extracted internal predictive conversion candidates to the conversion candidate determination unit 14. Further, the conversion candidate extraction unit 11 can output the extracted internal prediction conversion candidates to the character conversion I / F 12 for the purpose of generating the prediction conversion candidate response data described later.

The character conversion I / F12 can be connected to an external information terminal. The character conversion I / F12 can also be connected to an external server device for character conversion. The external device connected to the character conversion I / F 12 preferably constitutes the same network group as the own terminal (information terminal 1). In this case, each device participating in this network group may be identified by the device ID, and the network group may be configured by a plurality of permitted devices.

The character conversion I / F 12 transmits predictive conversion candidate request data including the conversion target character to an external information terminal or server device. The character conversion I / F 12 receives the predictive conversion candidate response data corresponding to the predictive conversion candidate request data from an external information terminal or server device. Predictive conversion candidate response data includes predictive conversion candidates extracted by an external device or a server device. The character conversion I / F 12 outputs the predictive conversion candidate response data to the external candidate acquisition unit 13.

The external candidate acquisition unit 13 acquires the predictive conversion candidate from the predictive conversion candidate response data. The predictive conversion candidate from the predictive conversion candidate response data is an external predictive conversion candidate and corresponds to the "external conversion candidate" of the present invention. Similar to the internal predictive conversion candidate, the "character" of the external predictive conversion candidate is associated with "reading", "priority", and "registration information".

The external candidate acquisition unit 13 outputs the external predictive conversion candidate to the conversion candidate determination unit 14 and the dictionary registration unit 15.

The conversion candidate determination unit 14 integrates the external predictive conversion candidate and the internal predictive conversion candidate to determine a list of predictive conversion candidates. The conversion candidate determination unit 14 determines a list of predictive conversion candidates, for example, arranging them in descending order of priority according to the priority associated with each of the external predictive conversion candidate and the internal predictive conversion candidate. The conversion candidate determination unit 14 outputs a list of predictive conversion candidates to the display unit 22.

The dictionary registration unit 15 extracts the registration information associated with the external predictive conversion candidate. The dictionary registration unit 15 acquires an external predictive conversion candidate whose registration information is “user-specific”. The dictionary registration unit 15 updates and registers the "user-specific" external predictive conversion candidates in the user dictionary 32. As a result, the predictive conversion candidates stored in the user dictionary of the other information terminal of the same network group are stored in the user dictionary 32.

Therefore, the user can register a new predictive conversion candidate according to the user in the user dictionary 32 without having to bother to register the predictive conversion candidate in the user dictionary 32. As a result, after that, even if the information terminal 1 is not connected to an external information terminal, it becomes easy to extract a desired predictive conversion candidate, and the conversion efficiency is improved.

Further, the external predictive conversion candidates registered in the user dictionary 32 are not "general purpose" but limited to "user-specific" ones. As a result, the number of predictive conversion candidates stored in the user dictionary 32 does not increase unnecessarily, and it is possible to improve the conversion efficiency and effectively utilize the resources.

If the predictive conversion candidate to be registered from the external predictive conversion candidate is already stored in the user dictionary 32, the dictionary registration unit 15 can update the predictive conversion candidate so as to raise the priority.

Further, in the above configuration, a list of predictive conversion candidates in which the internal predictive conversion candidates and the external predictive conversion candidates are integrated is displayed on the display unit 22. Therefore, as compared with the mode in which only the internal predictive conversion candidates are used (the mode in which the information terminal 1 is not connected to the external information terminal and the server device), the number of predictive conversion candidates is increased and the conversion efficiency is improved.

In the above description, the transmission / reception of data between the information terminal 1 and the external information terminal is schematically shown, but more specifically, the transmission / reception of data is performed by the following configuration and processing.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a minimum configuration of a network group of a character conversion system including the information terminal of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, this character conversion system includes an information terminal 1 and an information terminal 1A. The information terminal 1A has the same configuration as the information terminal 1, but the predictive conversion candidates stored in the user dictionary of the dictionary DB 30A do not match the user dictionary 32 of the information terminal 1. In FIG. 2, data is transmitted and received between the character conversion unit 10 and the character conversion unit 10A, but in reality, the character conversion I / F 12 in the character conversion unit 10 and the character conversion I in the character conversion unit 10A are performed. Data is sent and received with / F.

The character conversion unit 10 of the information terminal 1 transmits the predictive conversion candidate request data S1 including the conversion target character to the character conversion unit 10A of the information terminal 1A. The predictive conversion candidate request data S1 includes (request target terminal) and "conversion target character". The request target terminal is information that identifies the target terminal or server device that requests the predictive conversion candidate. In this case, since only the information terminal 1A is connected, it becomes (1A). The request target terminal may include the own terminal (information terminal 1). In this case, the request target terminal is (1,1A).

The character conversion unit 10A of the information terminal 1A receives the predictive conversion candidate request data S1. The character conversion unit 10A acquires the conversion target character included in the predictive conversion candidate request data S1. The character conversion unit 10A extracts predictive conversion candidates from the dictionary DB 30A (consisting of a standard dictionary and a user dictionary (not shown)) based on the characters to be converted. Specifically, the conversion candidate extraction unit of the character conversion unit 10A acquires the conversion target character from the character conversion I / F and extracts the predictive conversion candidate from the standard dictionary and the user dictionary (see FIG. 1). At this time, the character conversion unit 10A sets the "registration type" according to the extraction source of the predictive conversion candidate. "General purpose" is set for the predictive conversion candidates extracted from the standard dictionary, and "user-specific" is set for the predictive conversion candidates extracted from the user dictionary. The character conversion unit 10A associates "reading", "character", "priority", and "registration type" with each predictive conversion candidate, and generates predictive conversion candidate response data R1. The character conversion unit 10A transmits the predictive conversion candidate response data R1 to the character conversion unit 10 of the information terminal 1.

The character conversion unit 10 of the information terminal 1 receives the prediction conversion candidate response data R1, acquires the external prediction conversion candidate as described above, and registers it in the user dictionary 32 of the dictionary DB 30. Further, the character conversion unit 10 determines a list of predictive conversion candidates including external predictive conversion candidates.

Although the "request target terminal" can be omitted, unnecessary transfer of the predictive conversion candidate request data S1 can be prevented by using the "request target terminal". Specifically, the information terminal 1A can detect the "request target terminal" and identify the information terminal to which the predictive conversion candidate request data S1 is transmitted. For example, when the above-mentioned "request target terminal" is "1A", the destination of the predictive conversion candidate request data S1 is the information terminal 1A. Here, if it is acquired that the source of the predictive conversion candidate request data S1 is the information terminal 1, the predictive conversion candidate request data S1 is not transmitted to the information terminal 1 and unnecessary transfer can be prevented. In this respect, by setting the "request target terminal" to "1, 1A", it is possible to prevent unnecessary transfer of the predictive conversion candidate request data S1 only by detecting the "request target terminal".

In the above description, a mode is shown in which registration in the user dictionary and determination of a list of predictive conversion candidates in which external predictive conversion candidates and internal predictive conversion candidates are integrated are shared by a plurality of functional units. However, the above-mentioned processing executed by the character conversion unit 10 may be programmed, recorded on a recording medium or the like, and the program may be read and executed by a computer. In this case, the computer may execute the process according to the following flow. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing of the character conversion method and the dictionary registration method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the computer accepts the characters to be converted (S101). The computer generates and transmits predictive conversion candidate request data including the characters to be converted (S102). The computer receives the predictive conversion candidate response data for the predictive conversion candidate request data (S103).

After that, the computer executes the registration process in the user dictionary and the determination process of the list of predictive conversion candidates in parallel.

As a registration process in the user dictionary, the computer acquires the registration type of the external predictive conversion candidate included in the predictive conversion candidate response data (S104). If the registration type is "user-specific" (S105: YES), the computer registers the external predictive conversion candidate in the user dictionary (S106). The computer does not register the external predictive conversion candidate in the user dictionary unless the registration type is "user-specific" (S105: NO). This process is executed for each external predictive conversion candidate.

As a process of determining the list of predictive conversion candidates, the computer extracts the external predictive conversion candidates included in the predictive conversion candidate response data and also extracts the internal predictive conversion candidates (S111). The computer integrates the external predictive conversion candidates and the internal predictive conversion candidates to determine a list of predictive conversion candidates (S112).

Although FIG. 3 shows the process of executing the registration in the user dictionary and the determination of the list of predictive conversion candidates in parallel, as shown in FIG. 4, it is also possible to execute only the registration in the user dictionary. it can. In this case, the computer may execute the process according to the following flow. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing of the conversion candidate registration method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the computer accepts the character to be converted (S101). The computer generates and transmits predictive conversion candidate request data including the characters to be converted (S102). The computer receives the predictive conversion candidate response data for the predictive conversion request data (S103). The computer acquires the registration type of the external predictive conversion candidate included in the predictive conversion candidate response data (S104). If the registration type is "user-specific" (S105: YES), the computer registers the external predictive conversion candidate in the user dictionary (S106). The computer does not register the external predictive conversion candidate in the user dictionary unless the registration type is "user-specific" (S105: NO).

In the above description, the case where the number of information terminals constituting the character conversion system is two is shown, but it is also possible to use more information terminals and server devices. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an application configuration of a network group of a character conversion system including the information terminal of the present invention.

The character conversion system shown in FIG. 5 includes a plurality of information terminals 1, 1A, 1B, and a server device 40 for character conversion. Although only the character conversion unit 10 and the dictionary DB 30 are described in FIG. 5, the information terminal 1 has the same configuration as that shown in FIG. The plurality of information terminals 1A and 1B have the same configuration as the information terminal 1, but are predictive conversion candidates registered in the user dictionary 32 of the dictionary DB30, the user dictionary of the dictionary DB30A, and the user dictionary of the dictionary DB30B, respectively. Is different.

The server device 40 includes a character conversion unit 41 and a standard dictionary DB 42. The character conversion unit 41 acquires the conversion target character from the predictive conversion candidate request data, and extracts the predictive conversion candidate from the standard dictionary 42. The standard dictionary DB 42 of the server device 40 has a larger capacity than the standard dictionaries of the dictionaries DB30, 30A, 30B of the plurality of information terminals 1, 1A, 1B, and stores more predictive conversion candidates. Therefore, the server device 40, the predictive conversion candidate generic, a plurality of information terminals 1, 1A, can be extracted by 1 B remote.

The character conversion unit 10 of the information terminal 1 transmits the predictive conversion candidate request data S1 to the information terminal 1A and the server device 40. The "request target terminal" of the predictive conversion candidate request data S1 is "1,1A, 40". The character conversion unit 10A of the information terminal 1A receives the prediction conversion candidate request data S1 and extracts the prediction conversion candidate from the dictionary DB 30A. Further, the information terminal 1A detects that the predictive conversion candidate request data S1 has not been transmitted from the "request target terminal" to the character conversion unit 10B of the information terminal 1B in the character conversion system, and predicts to the character conversion unit 10B. The conversion candidate request data S2 is transmitted. The predictive conversion candidate request data S2 is obtained by changing the "request target terminal" of the predictive conversion candidate request data S1 to "1,1A, 1B, 40".

The character conversion unit 10B of the information terminal 1B receives the prediction conversion candidate request data S2 and extracts the prediction conversion candidate from the dictionary DB 30B. The character conversion unit 10B generates the predictive conversion candidate response data R2 and transmits it to the character conversion unit 10A of the information terminal 1A. The predictive conversion candidate response data R2 includes a predictive conversion candidate by the information terminal 1B.

The character conversion unit 10A of the information terminal 1A receives the predictive conversion candidate response data R2. The character conversion unit 10A integrates the predictive conversion candidate from the dictionary DB 30A and the predictive conversion candidate of the predictive conversion candidate response data R2 to generate the predictive conversion candidate response data R10, and causes the character conversion unit 10 of the information terminal 1 to generate the predictive conversion candidate response data R10. Send.

Further, the character conversion unit 10A of the information terminal 1A registers the "user-specific" predictive conversion candidates among the predictive conversion candidates of the predictive conversion candidate response data R2 in the user dictionary (not shown) of the dictionary DB 30A.

The character conversion unit 41 of the server device 40 receives the prediction conversion candidate request data S1 and extracts the prediction conversion candidate from the standard dictionary DB 42. The character conversion unit 41 generates the predictive conversion candidate response data R3 and transmits it to the character conversion unit 10 of the information terminal 1. The predictive conversion candidate response data R3 includes a predictive conversion candidate by the server device 40.

The character conversion unit 10 of the information terminal 1 receives a plurality of predictive conversion candidate response data R10 and R3. The character conversion unit 10 integrates the predictive conversion candidates from the dictionary DB 30 and the predictive conversion candidates of the plurality of predictive conversion candidate response data R10 and R3 to determine a list of predictive conversion candidates. The character conversion unit 10 registers the "user-specific" predictive conversion candidates among the predictive conversion candidates of the predictive conversion candidate response data R10 in the user dictionary 32 (see FIG. 1) of the dictionary DB 30.

By using such a configuration, the information terminal 1 can use the predictive conversion candidates (external predictive conversion candidates) of the plurality of information terminals 1A and 1B and the server device 40 for character conversion, and the character conversion efficiency. Is improved.

Further, in the user dictionary of the information terminal 1, the predictive conversion candidates stored in the user dictionaries of the plurality of information terminals 1A and 1B are newly stored. Therefore, after that, the character conversion efficiency in the information terminal 1 is improved.

Further, only the information terminal 1A transfers the predictive conversion candidate from the information terminal 1B to the information terminal 1, and the user dictionary of the information terminal 1A newly stores the predictive conversion candidate stored in the user dictionary of the information terminal 1B. Will be done. Therefore, after that, the character conversion efficiency in the information terminal 1A is improved. That is, even in the information terminal 1A, new predictive conversion candidates according to the user are stored in the user dictionary without the user performing the registration operation.

Further, in this configuration, the predictive conversion candidate of the server device 40, which is a general-purpose predictive conversion candidate, is not stored in the user dictionary of the information terminal 1. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the number of predictive conversion candidates stored in the user dictionary of the information terminal 1 from increasing unnecessarily, and it is possible to improve the conversion efficiency of the information terminal 1 and effectively utilize the resources.

Further, in the above configuration, the information terminal 1A does not transmit the predictive conversion candidate request data to the server device 40 by using the request target terminal of the predictive conversion candidate request data. Further, the information terminal 1B does not transmit the predictive conversion candidate request data to the information terminal 1 and the server device 40. Further, the server device 40 does not transmit the predictive conversion candidate request data to the plurality of information terminals 1A and 1B. This makes it possible to prevent unnecessary transfer of the predictive conversion candidate request data.

Even when having a transfer function such as the information terminal 1A, each process may be programmed, recorded on a recording medium or the like, and this program may be read and executed by a computer. In this case, the computer may execute the process according to the following flow. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing of the transfer of the predictive conversion candidate and the dictionary registration method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, the computer receives the predictive conversion candidate request data (S201). The computer detects the request target terminal from the predictive conversion candidate request data (S202). The computer transmits predictive conversion candidate request data to a third information terminal (for example, the information terminal 1B for the information terminal 1A in FIG. 5) that is not included in the request target terminal (S203). At this time, the computer updates the predictive conversion candidate request data so that the request target terminal includes the third information terminal.

The computer receives the predictive conversion candidate response data from the third information terminal (S204).

After that, the computer executes the registration process in the user dictionary and the transmission process of the predictive conversion candidate response data in parallel.

As a registration process in the user dictionary, the computer acquires the registration type of the external predictive conversion candidate included in the predictive conversion candidate response data received from the third information terminal (S205). If the registration type is "user-specific" (S206: YES), the computer registers the external predictive conversion candidates in the user dictionary (S207). The computer does not register the external predictive conversion candidate in the user dictionary unless the registration type is "user-specific" (S206: NO).

As a process of determining the list of predictive conversion candidates, the computer integrates the predictive conversion candidates extracted by itself and the external predictive conversion candidates of the third information terminal (S211). The computer generates predictive conversion candidate response data including the predictive conversion candidate after integration, and the information terminal 1 of the source of the predictive conversion candidate request data received by the computer (for example, the information terminal 1 with respect to the information terminal 1A in FIG. 5). ) (S212).

1,1A, 1B ... Information terminals 10, 10A, 10B ... Character conversion unit 11 ... Conversion candidate extraction unit 12 ... Character conversion I / F
13 ... External candidate acquisition unit 14 ... Conversion candidate determination unit 15 ... Dictionary registration unit 21 ... Character input unit 22 ... Display unit 30, 30A, 30B ... Dictionary DB
31 ... Standard dictionary 32 ... User dictionary 40 ... Server device 41 ... Character conversion unit 42 ... Standard dictionary DB
R1, R2, R3, R10 ... Predictive conversion candidate response data S1, S2 ... Predictive conversion candidate request data

Claims (7)

In a character conversion device that joins a network group and is connected to a standard dictionary and a user dictionary in which character conversion candidates are stored respectively.
Character conversion I / F for transmitting and receiving conversion candidate request data for requesting external conversion candidates for characters and conversion candidate response data for the conversion candidate request data to and from external devices participating in the network group .
An internal candidate acquisition unit that acquires internal conversion candidates from a standard dictionary and a user dictionary connected to the own device based on the conversion candidate request data received by the character conversion I / F.
An external candidate acquisition unit that acquires the external conversion candidate from the conversion candidate response data received by the character conversion I / F, and
The external conversion candidate, which is a user specialization indicating that the registration type associated with the external conversion candidate is acquired and the registration type is extracted from the user dictionary connected to the external device, is connected to the own device. It is equipped with a dictionary registration unit that registers in the user dictionary.
The conversion candidate request data includes request target information indicating an external device to which the conversion candidate request data has been transmitted.
The character conversion I / F is
Upon receiving the conversion candidate request data, an external device that joined the network group, for a different external device to the requested information of the conversion candidate request data received this time is not shown, it received this time The request target information of the conversion candidate request data is changed and transmitted .
The change of the request target information is a change of adding an external device for transmitting the conversion candidate request data received this time.
The internal conversion candidate acquired by the internal candidate acquisition unit and the external conversion candidate included in the conversion candidate response data received from the other external device are integrated with respect to the device to which the received conversion candidate request data is transmitted. And send it as conversion candidate response data,
A character conversion device characterized by that. The character conversion I / F is, when transmitting the converted candidate request data characters input in the character input section connected to the own device to the external device, the requested information of the conversion candidate request data to be transmitted Include your device in
The character conversion device according to claim 1 . The process of integrating the internal conversion candidate and the external conversion candidate and the process of registering in the user dictionary are performed in parallel.
The character conversion device according to claim 1 or 2 . The character conversion device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and
With the standard dictionary
With the user dictionary
An information terminal characterized by being equipped with. The information terminal according to claim 4 is provided.
The plurality of information terminals are connected by their respective character conversion I / Fs.
A character conversion system that features that. A computer of a character conversion device that joins a network group and is connected to a standard dictionary and a user dictionary in which character conversion candidates are stored respectively.
The character conversion I / F is controlled to send and receive conversion candidate request data for requesting an external conversion candidate for the character and conversion candidate response data for the conversion candidate request data to and from an external device participating in the network group. Communication control processing and
An internal candidate acquisition process for acquiring an internal conversion candidate from a standard dictionary and a user dictionary connected to the own device based on the conversion candidate request data received by the character conversion I / F.
External conversion candidate acquisition processing for acquiring the external conversion candidate from the conversion candidate response data received by the character conversion I / F, and
The external conversion, which is a user specialization indicating that the registration type associated with the external conversion candidate acquired in the external conversion candidate acquisition process is acquired and the registration type is extracted from the user dictionary connected to the external device. Execute the registration process to register the candidates in the user dictionary connected to the own device ,
The conversion candidate request data includes request target information indicating the external device to which the conversion candidate request data has been transmitted.
For the communication control process,
When the conversion candidate request data is received by the character conversion I / F, it is sent to another external device that is an external device participating in the network group and whose request target information of the conversion candidate request data received this time is not indicated. On the other hand, a process of changing and transmitting the request target information of the conversion candidate request data received this time is included .
The change of the request target information is a change of adding an external device for transmitting the conversion candidate request data received this time.
The internal conversion candidate acquired in the internal candidate acquisition process and the external conversion candidate included in the conversion candidate response data received from the other external device are integrated with respect to the device to which the received conversion candidate request data is transmitted. Further includes processing to send as conversion candidate response data,
A conversion candidate registration method characterized by this. Join the network group and connect to the computer of the character conversion device connected to the standard dictionary and user dictionary in which character conversion candidates are stored respectively.
The character conversion I / F is controlled to send and receive conversion candidate request data for requesting an external conversion candidate for the character and conversion candidate response data for the conversion candidate request data to and from an external device participating in the network group. Communication control processing and
An internal candidate acquisition process for acquiring an internal conversion candidate from a standard dictionary and a user dictionary connected to the own device based on the conversion candidate request data received by the character conversion I / F.
External conversion candidate acquisition processing for acquiring the external conversion candidate from the conversion candidate response data received by the character conversion I / F, and
The external conversion, which is a user specialization indicating that the registration type associated with the external conversion candidate acquired in the external conversion candidate acquisition process is acquired and the registration type is extracted from the user dictionary connected to the external device. The registration process of registering the candidate in the user dictionary connected to the own device is executed.
The conversion candidate request data includes request target information indicating the external device to which the conversion candidate request data has been transmitted.
For the communication control process,
When the conversion candidate request data is received by the character conversion I / F, it is sent to another external device that is an external device participating in the network group and whose request target information of the conversion candidate request data received this time is not indicated. On the other hand, a process of changing and transmitting the request target information of the conversion candidate request data received this time is included .
The change of the request target information is a change of adding an external device for transmitting the conversion candidate request data received this time.
The internal conversion candidate acquired in the internal candidate acquisition process and the external conversion candidate included in the conversion candidate response data received from the other external device are integrated with respect to the device to which the received conversion candidate request data is transmitted. Further includes processing to send as conversion candidate response data,
A conversion candidate registration program characterized by this.

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