JP7303431B2 - Information processing device, information processing system, control method thereof, and program - Google Patents

Description

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

2. Description of the Related Art Document data such as an order form, an order form, and an order slip are transmitted and received between companies (for example, Patent Document 1). The data is transmitted and received, for example, at a time determined between the companies on a monthly, weekly, or daily basis.

Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-200002 describes a technique that enables selection between printing and delivering form data or outputting/delivering form data as electronic data.

JP 2017-84405 A JP 2017-84398 A JP-A-2002-158823

Several methods are conceivable for the output/distribution method. For example, according to Cited Document 3, information about received data (facsimile) can be sent by e-mail to a terminal of a user who views the information. For example, it notifies the receiving number of the facsimile and the sender information.

In addition, for example, by attaching the data to one email and forwarding it, it is conceivable to notify the user of the contents of the data.

On the other hand, in commonly used chat applications and the like, messages and images are sent, received, and displayed separately.

Information received by e-mails and chat applications is generally notified and displayed on the home screen of a smartphone or the desktop screen of a PC in the order received.

If the notification display location, range, or area is limited, the image itself cannot be displayed as the notification because the image itself cannot fit in the area. Also, once a notification is displayed, it disappears when the next notification is issued. That is, the time during which the user can check the notification differs depending on the order and timing of sending and receiving messages.

For example, if a message to be transmitted to the user is sent first and then other information is immediately transmitted, the notification of the message to be transmitted disappears immediately on the receiving terminal side, and the notification of the other information is lost. is displayed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism capable of appropriately transmitting data to a chat and making it possible to notify the user.

The information processing system of the present invention includes:
generating means for generating an image based on information received outside the chat;
Acquisition means for acquiring the image generated by the generation means ;
Sending the image acquired by the acquisition means to the destination chat,
and control means for controlling transmission of a text related to the image to the destination chat after transmission of the image to the chat.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the mechanism which can transmit data appropriately to a chat and can be notified can be provided.

It is a figure showing an example of composition of an information processing system in an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of various apparatuses in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure showing an example of functional composition of various devices in an embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a flow chart showing the flow of processing in the embodiment of the present invention; 4 is a flow chart showing the flow of transfer processing in the first embodiment of the present invention; It is a figure which shows an example of a screen structure in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. 9 is a flow chart showing the flow of transfer processing in the second embodiment of the present invention; be. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a screen configuration in the second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of notification processing in the embodiment of the present invention; It is a figure which shows an example of a data structure in embodiment of this invention.

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

First, with reference to FIG. 1, an example of the configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In the information processing system of the present invention, a server 100A managed by company A, a server 100B managed by company B, and a user terminal 200 are connected via a network 101. FIG. The network 101 is, for example, a WAN (Wide Area Network).

A WAN is just an example of a network. A LAN (Local Area Network) may be used as long as the server 100B and the user terminal 200 can communicate with each other.

In this embodiment, the user terminal 200 is a mobile terminal. For example, smartphones.

The server 100A transmits the form data to the server 100B. The server 100A receives and stores the form data. It also has a function of transferring the stored form data to the user terminal 200 . The above is the description of FIG.

Next, with reference to FIG. 2, an example of hardware configuration of various devices in the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration applicable to the server 100 (server 100A, server 100B) and user terminal 200 shown in FIG.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 201 denotes a CPU that controls devices and controllers connected to a system bus 204 in an integrated manner.

In addition, the ROM 202 or the external memory 211 stores a BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) that is a control program for the CPU 201, an operating system (OS), and functions necessary for realizing the functions executed by each server or each PC. Various programs and the like, which will be described later, are stored.

A RAM 203 functions as a main memory, a work area, and the like for the CPU 201 . The CPU 201 loads necessary programs and the like for execution of processing from the ROM 202 or the external memory 211 to the RAM 203, and executes the loaded programs to realize various operations.

An input controller 205 controls input from an input device 209 such as a keyboard (KB) or a pointing device such as a mouse (not shown).

The input device is not limited to this, and may be a touch panel, such as a multi-touch screen, capable of detecting positions touched by multiple fingers.

Various instructions can be given by the user pressing (touching with a finger or the like) an icon, cursor, or button displayed on the touch panel.

A video controller 206 controls display on a display 210, which is a display device. It is assumed that the display 210 is a display device such as a CRT display or a liquid crystal display.

Also, a display of a notebook computer integrated with the main body of the information processing apparatus or a projector may be used. These are for use by administrators as needed.

Also, the display 210 capable of accepting touch operations retains the function of the input device 209 .

A memory controller 207 is connected via an adapter to a hard disk (HD), a flexible disk (FD), or a PCMCIA card slot for storing boot programs, various applications, font data, user files, edit files, and various data. It controls access to an external memory 211 such as a compact flash (registered trademark) memory that is

A communication I/F controller 208 connects and communicates with an external device via a network (for example, the network 101 shown in FIG. 1), and executes communication control processing in the network. For example, communication using TCP/IP is possible.

It should be noted that the CPU 201 enables display on the display 210 by, for example, rasterizing outline fonts to a display information area in the RAM 203 . The CPU 201 also allows the user to issue instructions using a mouse cursor (not shown) on the display 210 .

Various programs described later for realizing the present invention are recorded in the external memory 211 and are executed by the CPU 201 by being loaded into the RAM 203 as necessary.

Furthermore, definition files and various information tables used when executing the above programs are also stored in the external memory 211, and detailed descriptions of these will be given later. The above is the description of FIG.

Next, with reference to FIG. 3, an example of functional configurations of various devices in the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

A form data transmission unit 301 of the server 100A is a transmission unit that transmits form data (eg, an XML file) to the server 100B.

A form data receiving unit 311 of the server 100B is a control unit that receives and stores form data. The data generation unit 312 is a generation unit that generates, from the form data, image data of the form (image data) and additional information on the form (text data indicating the source of the form and the name of the form data). .

The data acquisition unit 313 is an acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of data to be transmitted, such as image data and text data.

The destination specifying unit 314 is a specifying unit that specifies to which destination of which application data to be sent is to be sent.

The data type identification unit 315 identifies the data type for each data to be transmitted. For example, specify image data or text data.

The transmission order determination unit 316 is a functional unit that determines the order in which to transmit a plurality of pieces of data according to which application the transmission destination is. It also has a function of determining the transmission order according to the data type.

The data transmission unit is a transmission unit that transmits data to be transmitted to the user terminal 200 . The data receiving unit 321 of the user terminal 200 is a functional unit that receives the data.

The notification unit 322 is a notification unit that displays and notifies the received data in the order received. The notification display time is 5 seconds, but if the next notification is received within 5 seconds, the notification being displayed is hidden and the next notification is immediately displayed. The above is the description of FIG.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, the flow of processing in the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

At step S401, the server 100B receives the form data transmitted from the server 100A. An example of form data is indicated by 1000 in FIG.

In this embodiment, it is assumed that the form data is information in XML format. The sender of the form data can be identified from the identification information of the sending company described in the <Company_Code> tag.

The correspondence between the identification information (Company_Code) and the company name of the transmission source can be specified based on the correspondence table indicated by 1030 in FIG. 10 stored in the external memory 211 .

In step S402, server 100B stores the received form data in the form database (external memory 211) in association with the reception date and time.

In step S403, the server 100B determines whether the received date and time is later than the scheduled date and time of receipt of the form data.

The scheduled reception date and time are stored in the external memory 211 for each company that is the transmission source of the form data and for each form data. An example is shown at 1010 in FIG. 1010 indicates from which source 1011 the form of which type 1012 is transmitted and at which date and time 1013 it is scheduled to be received.

If the reception is delayed from the schedule, it is possible that the user who was waiting to check the form data until the date and time is absent due to other business or going out. Therefore, it is desirable to notify the user of information related to the form data.

Therefore, if the server 100B determines that the received date and time is before the scheduled reception date and time (received as planned), the server 100B ends the process. If it is determined that the received date and time is later than the scheduled reception date and time (reception is delayed), the process proceeds to step S404.

In step S404, the server 100B enables the received form data to be read by an application other than the application dedicated to displaying the form data (to allow the user to view the form even on a terminal in which the dedicated application is not installed). 2) Convert the form data into image data. That is, the image data of the form is generated.

Specifically, the form analysis application installed in the server 100B analyzes the form data indicated by 1000 in FIG. 10 and converts it into an image. As shown in 1002, the image of the form is generated by using the information delimited by the <form> tag as one image (for one page).

At step S405, the server 100B performs transfer processing for transferring the image data to the user terminal. Details of the transfer process will be described later in the description of each embodiment. The above is the description of FIG.

<First embodiment>
Next, referring to FIG. 5, the flow of transfer processing in the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. The processing in FIG. 5 is executed by the CPU 201 of the server 100B.

In step S501, the server 100B identifies the source of the form data. For example, Company_Code is identified from 1001 of the form data 1000, and the correspondence table 1030 is referenced to identify the transmission source corresponding to the Company_Code.

In step S502, the server 100B refers to the transfer destination list 1020 of FIG. 10, and specifies the destination application to which the information related to the form data is to be transmitted (transferred) and the destination of the application.

Specifically, the person in charge (user) corresponding to the transmission source identified in step S501 is identified from the combination of transmission source 1021 and user 1022 .

Then, the application 1023 corresponding to the user 1022 is specified, and the identification information (destination 1024) of the user 1022 in the application is specified.

For example, if the application 1023 is an email application, the destination 1024 is an email address. Also, when the application 1023 is a chat application, the destination 1024 is the user ID of the user 1022 in the chat application. (It is assumed that the chat application can send messages (text and images) to the user ID.)
In step S503, server 100B determines the destination application. For example, it determines whether it is a chat application or an email application. If it is determined to be a chat application, the process proceeds to step S504. If it is determined that the application is the mail application, the process proceeds to step S508.

In step S504, server 100B determines to transmit data in the order of image and text (determines the order of transmission). The text is generated in step S505.

Server 100B repeats the processing of steps S505 to S507 by the number of images generated in step S404.

At step S505, the server 100B generates text data indicating the source of the form data 1000 and stores it in the RAM 203. FIG.

In step S505, server 100B transmits the image data of the form generated in step S404 to the chat application ID (destination) specified in step S502.

After that, in step S506, server 100B transmits the text generated in step S505 to the ID (destination) of the chat application specified in step S502.

In step S508, the server 100B determines to attach the image data of the form to the mail and transmit the mail. That is, it is decided to transmit the text and image of the mail simultaneously as one set of data.

In step S509, server 100B generates a new mail and sets the destination mail address specified in step S502. Also, the text indicating the sender specified in step S501 is inserted into the subject of the mail.

In step S510, server 100B attaches all the image data of the form generated in step S404 from the transmission source to the mail and stores the mail. Then, in step S511, the mail is transmitted. The above is the description of FIG.

Next, with reference to FIG. 9, the flow of notification processing in the embodiment of the present invention will be described. Each process in FIG. 9 is executed by the CPU 201 of the user terminal 200 using each application installed in the user terminal and the functions of the OS.

In step S901, the mail application receives mail. In step S902, the subject of the mail and the first line of the body of the mail are extracted and stored in the RAM 203 as text data.

In step S903, the mail application notifies the OS of the text data. For example, the OS is requested to notify the text data on the home screen.

Also, in step S904, the chat application receives a chat message. There are multiple types of messages, such as texts and images, for example.

In step S905, the chat application determines the type of message. Here, it is determined whether the received message is an image or a text. If it is text, the process proceeds to step S906. In the case of an image, the process proceeds to step S908.

In step S908, the chat application generates text indicating that the image data has been received. For example, the text "image received" is generated and stored in the RAM 203 . After that, the process proceeds to step S907.

In step S907, the chat application notifies the OS of the text data. For example, the OS is requested to notify the text data on the home screen.

In step S<b>906 , the chat application acquires the first two lines of the received text (here, one line is 20 bytes) and stores them in the RAM 203 . After that, the process proceeds to step S907.

In step S909, the OS of the user terminal 200 receives the notification of step S903 or S907. Then, in step S910, the notified texts are displayed in the order in which the notifications were received.

The notification display time is 5 seconds, but if the next notification is received within 5 seconds, the notification being displayed is hidden and the next notification is immediately displayed.

FIG. 6 shows how the notification is made. 610 and 620 in FIG. 6 are home screens of the user terminal 200 . In the chat application, when the text is sent/received after the image as shown in the image 601 and the text 602 of the chat screen 600, the notification 611 of 610 indicates that the image has been received. After that, the text is notified as in 621 of 620 at the timing of receiving the text.

Text such as 621 is also notified when an email is received in the email application.

As described above, according to the present invention, regardless of whether the application is a chat application or an email application, the sender of the image (the information) and notify the user.

That is, it is possible to provide a mechanism capable of appropriately transmitting data and making a notification according to the application.

<Second embodiment>
A second embodiment of the invention will now be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, description is omitted about the part which is common in 1st Embodiment.

First, referring to FIG. 7, the flow of transfer processing in the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The processing in FIG. 7 is executed by the CPU 201 of the server 100B. The process of FIG. 7 is executed, for example, as step S405 of FIG. 4 instead of the process of FIG. 5 of the first embodiment.

In step S701, the server 100B identifies the source of the form data. The processing is the same as step S501 in FIG.

In step S702, the server 100B refers to the transfer destination list 1020 of FIG. 10, and specifies the destination application to which information related to the form data is to be transmitted (transferred) and the destination of the application. The processing is the same as step S502 in FIG.

In step S703, server 100B determines the destination application. The determination is the same as step S503 in FIG. If it is determined to be a chat application, the process proceeds to step S704. If it is determined that the application is the mail application, the process proceeds to step S508.

In step S704, the server 100B determines whether or not there are multiple images of the same destination form. If there is only one sheet, the process proceeds to step S505. If there are more than one, the process proceeds to step S705.

In step S705, the server 100B determines to notify the source of the form data of the information after notifying the location where the plurality of image data are collectively stored.

In step S706, the server 100B generates text data indicating the transmission source of the form data 1000 and stores it in the RAM 203. FIG. If there are multiple senders, text data containing multiple senders is generated.

In step S707, server 100B creates an album in which the plurality of images identified in step S705 are put together. For example, a folder storing the plurality of images is generated in the external memory 211 of the server 100B. Let this folder be an album folder.

In step S708, server 100B acquires the URL of the album (folder) generated in step S707, and transmits it to the ID (destination) of the chat application specified in step S502.

After that, in step S709, server 100B transmits the text generated in step S706 to the ID (destination) of the chat application specified in step S502. The above is the description of FIG.

Thereafter, in the process of FIG. 9, the chat application of the user terminal 200 receives the message in the order of the URL and the text indicating the sender. Since the URL is also text, the OS of the user terminal 200 displays the text in the order in which it is received. That is, after the URL is notified first, the text of the transmission source is notified.

FIG. 8 shows how the notification is made. 810 and 820 in FIG. 8 are home screens of the user terminal 200 . In the chat application, as shown in URL 801 and text 802 on the chat screen 800, when the text indicating the sender is sent/received after the URL, first, like the notification 811 of 810, the notification to the effect that the URL has been received is sent. be done. After that, the text is notified as in 821 of 820 when the text is received.

Text such as 821 is also notified when an email is received in the email application.

As described above, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, when transmitting a plurality of images, the plurality of images can be reliably stored regardless of whether the application is a chat application or an email application. It is possible to display the transmission source (information related to the image) related to the image for a period of time longer than the notification indicating the event and the location, and notify the user.

That is, it is possible to provide a mechanism capable of appropriately transmitting data and making a notification according to the application.

The present invention can also be embodied as, for example, a system, apparatus, method, program, or storage medium. , may be applied to a device consisting of one device.

It should be noted that the present invention includes those that directly or remotely supply a software program that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or apparatus. The present invention also includes a case where the computer of the system or apparatus reads and executes the supplied program code.

Therefore, the program code itself installed in the computer to implement the functional processing of the present invention also implements the present invention. That is, the present invention also includes the computer program itself for realizing the functional processing of the present invention.

Recording media for supplying programs include, for example, flexible disks, hard disks, optical disks, magneto-optical disks, MOs, CD-ROMs, CD-Rs, and CD-RWs. There are also magnetic tapes, non-volatile memory cards, ROMs, and DVDs (DVD-ROM, DVD-R).

Another method of supplying the program is to connect to a home page on the Internet using a browser on the client computer. It can also be supplied by downloading the computer program itself of the present invention or a compressed file including an automatic installation function from the home page to a recording medium such as a hard disk.

It is also possible to divide the program code constituting the program of the present invention into a plurality of files and download each file from a different home page. In other words, the present invention also includes a WWW server that allows a plurality of users to download program files for implementing the functional processing of the present invention on a computer.

In addition, the program of the present invention is encrypted, stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM, distributed to users, and key information for decryption is downloaded from a homepage via the Internet to users who have cleared predetermined conditions. Let Then, by using the downloaded key information, the encrypted program can be executed and installed in the computer.

Also, the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the computer executing the read program. In addition, based on the instructions of the program, the OS or the like running on the computer performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments can also be realized by the processing.

Further, the program read from the recording medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer. After that, based on the instruction of the program, the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the processing also realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

It should be noted that the above-described embodiments merely show specific examples for carrying out the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention should not be construed to be limited by these.
That is, the present invention can be embodied in various forms without departing from its technical concept or main features.

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Claims (12)

generating means for generating an image based on information received outside the chat;
Acquisition means for acquiring the image generated by the generation means ;
Sending the image acquired by the acquisition means to the destination chat,
an information processing system, comprising: control means for controlling transmission of a text related to the image to the destination chat after transmission of the image to the chat. When the image transmitted to the chat or the text related to the image is received at the destination terminal, a first notification indicating that the image has been received is displayed , and the newly transmitted to the chat is displayed . Claims characterized in that, when an image or a text related to the image is received while the first notification is being displayed , the first notification is hidden and a second notification indicating that the image is newly received is displayed. Item 1. The information processing system according to item 1. The control means determines whether or not to transmit a text related to the image to the destination after transmission of the image acquired by the acquisition means, and whether or not to transmit the image acquired by the acquisition means to the destination by chat. 3. An information processing system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the information processing system is differentiated according to . The control means transmits the image acquired by the acquisition means and the text related to the image in one email when the image acquired by the acquisition means is transmitted to the destination by email instead of by chat. 4. The information processing system according to claim 3, wherein the information processing system controls. 3. The control means, when the image acquired by the acquisition means is transmitted to the destination by e-mail, performs control so that the subject of the e-mail includes a text related to the image and is transmitted. 5. The information processing system according to 4. 6. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the information received outside the chat is form data received from a transfer source . 7. The information processing system according to claim 6 , wherein the text regarding the image indicates the transfer source. 8. The information processing system according to claim 6, wherein said generating means generates an image based on the form data transmitted from said transfer source. Depending on whether the date and time when the information received outside the chat is received is before or after the scheduled reception date, the control means
If it is before, the image generated by the generation means is not controlled to be transmitted to the destination,
9. The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein control is performed so that the image generated by said generating means is transmitted to said transmission destination when said image generation means is later. a generating step of generating an image based on information received outside the chat;
an obtaining step of obtaining an image generated by the generating step ;
Send the image acquired in the acquisition step to the destination chat,
A control method for an information processing system, comprising: a control step for controlling transmission of a text related to the image to the chat of the transmission destination after transmission of the image to the chat. A program for causing at least one computer to function as each means of the information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 9. generating means for generating an image based on information received outside the chat;
Acquisition means for acquiring the image generated by the generation means ;
Sending the image acquired by the acquisition means to the destination chat,
and control means for controlling transmission of a text related to the image to the destination chat after transmission of the image to the chat.

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