JP7331381B2 - Portal server, portal system, layout adjustment method and layout adjustment program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a portal server, a portal system, a layout adjustment method and a layout adjustment program, and more particularly to a portal server, a portal system, a layout adjustment method and a layout adjustment program for adjusting the layout of a portal screen.

Mainly for corporate portal screens, for information control purposes, information about the placement of portlet content, which is a component of the portal, for example, which portlet content is placed where and how many on the browser, is usually displayed. It is set by the portal system administrator, and general users are often prevented from changing it. For example, if you want your employees to know your company's latest information and announcements, the portal system administrator will place those contents fixedly at the top of the portal screen, and general users can delete them or add them to the portal. I can't move to the bottom of the screen.

JP 2014-038517 A

However, content that an administrator considers important may not be important to some users. For example, information for a specific department is content of low value for users (employees) in other departments. If such portlets are arranged at the top of the portal screen and the number of portlet contents and the displayed contents are too large compared to the display area of the browser, the convenience of the portal screen is impaired. Furthermore, if there is really important portlet content at the bottom of the portal screen, it will be necessary to scroll the portal screen, which will reduce operability, and the content that the operating user considers more important will not appear unless it is scrolled and will be overlooked. It is also possible.

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a portal server, a portal system, a layout adjustment method, and a layout adjustment program capable of improving user convenience and browser screen visibility in view of the above-described problems.

A portal server according to an embodiment provides access frequency information indicating the frequency of accessing each portlet on a portal screen including a plurality of portlets displayed on a terminal screen of a user, and information on how each portlet is displayed on the terminal screen. a portlet access information storage unit that stores reference time information indicating the time that the portlet was accessed; and a portal screen generation unit that generates the portal screen in which the layout of each portlet is adjusted based on the access frequency information and the reference time information. And prepare.

According to one embodiment, it is possible to provide a portal server, a portal system, a layout adjustment method, and a layout adjustment program capable of improving user convenience and browser screen visibility.

1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a portal system according to Embodiment 1; FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a portal screen configured by a portal site administrator according to a comparative example; FIG. 4 is a diagram exemplifying a portal screen displayed by a client terminal in the portal system according to the first embodiment; FIG. 4 is a diagram exemplifying a portal screen displayed by a client terminal in the portal system according to the first embodiment; FIG. 4 is a diagram exemplifying a normal state, a non-display state, and a summary state of portlets on a portal screen displayed by a client terminal in the portal system according to the first embodiment; 4 is a diagram exemplifying access frequency information and reference time information stored in a portlet access information storage unit in the portal system according to the first embodiment; FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram exemplifying a portal screen displayed by a client terminal in the portal system according to the first embodiment; 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of a user displaying a portal screen using a web browser in the portal system according to the first embodiment; FIG. 4 is a flow chart diagram illustrating an operation of a user operating portlet content with a web browser in the portal system according to the first embodiment; FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of changing the display state of a portlet using a web browser in the portal system according to the first embodiment; 4 is a flow chart diagram illustrating an operation of a client terminal that displays a portlet screen on a web browser in the portal system according to the first embodiment; FIG.

(Embodiment 1)
A portal system according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a portal system according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the portal system 1 has a client terminal 10 and a portal server 20 . The portal system 1 may have multiple client terminals 10 . Each client terminal 10 displays a portal screen for each user. The client terminal 10 has a web browser 11 and a browser screen monitoring section 12 . The portal server 20 has a portal screen generation section 21 , a portlet container 22 , a portal screen initial layout setting information storage section 23 and a portlet access information storage section 24 .

The client terminal 10 is, for example, a PC, a smart phone, or the like. The user uses the web browser 11 on the client terminal 10 to display the portal screen. Specifically, the user uses the web browser 11 on the client terminal 10 to send a request to the portal screen generator 21 when displaying his/her own portal site screen. Then, the portal screen generator 21 transmits the generated portal screen to the client terminal 10 . This allows the user to display the portal screen on the client terminal 10 . Here, the portal screen generated by the portal system 1 of the present embodiment will be described in comparison with the portal screen configured by the administrator of the portal site of the comparative example.

FIG. 2 is a diagram exemplifying a portal screen configured by the administrator of the portal site according to the comparative example, and FIGS. 3 and 4 exemplify the portal screen displayed by the client terminal in the portal system according to the first embodiment. It is a diagram of FIG. 5 is a diagram exemplifying the normal state, non-display state, and summary state of portlets on the portal screen displayed by the client terminal in the portal system according to the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 2, the portal screen configured by the administrator includes a plurality of portlets A-G. The display surface 13 of the client terminal 10 may be smaller than the portal screen. On the display surface 13, the portlets can be viewed without scrolling. However, the portlet protruding from the display surface 13 is displayed on the display surface 13 by moving the portal screen by horizontal or vertical scrolling. For example, portlets A, B and D are initially displayed on the display surface 13 . Portlets C and E are only partially displayed on the display surface 13 . Portlets F and G are not displayed on display surface 13 . Therefore, the user scrolls left and right or up and down when portlets C, E, F and G are to be displayed.

The administrator considers portlets A and B to be important, and arranges portlets A and B at the top of the portal screen where they can be viewed without scrolling. However, portlet F may be more important to a user than portlets AE and G, for example. Also, for example, portlet G may be more important than portlets A-F to some other user.

As shown in FIG. 3, portlets A, B, D, and G are in a non-display state on the portal screen of the client terminal in the portal system of this embodiment. Also, portlets C and E are in a summary display state. As a result, the portlet F can be displayed without scrolling on the portal screen displayed on the display surface 13 of the client terminal 10 of a certain user.

As shown in FIG. 4, on the portal screen of the client terminal in the portal system of this embodiment, portlets A, B, C, and E are in a non-display state. Also, portlets D and F are in a summary display state. As a result, the portlet G can be displayed without scrolling on the portal screen displayed on the display surface 13 of the client terminal 10 of another user.

As shown in FIG. 5, the portlet in the normal state has a title display bar 14, content 15, and state change button 16. FIG. A state change button 16 is arranged on the title display bar 14 . The content 15 is arranged below the title display bar 14 . The content 15 is, for example, displayed over several lines.

Only the title display bar 14 is displayed for portlets in the hidden state. A portlet in the summary state displays only the first few characters in the title display bar 14 and content 15 .

When displaying the portal screen, the portal screen generation unit 21 acquires the information of the portlets to be arranged on the user's initial screen and the initial layout information from the initial layout setting information storage unit 23 . Based on the portlet information acquired from the initial layout setting information storage unit 23, the portal screen generation unit 21 requests the portlet container 22 to collect the content information of the target portlet. For example, the portal screen generator 21 requests the portlet container 22 to collect html information of the target portlet. The portlet container 22 acquires portlet content information. The portlet container 22 then transmits the acquired content information of the portlet to the portal screen generation unit 21 .

The portal screen generation unit 21 refers to the acquired content information of each portlet and the initial layout setting information to determine which portlet to place where on the browser screen. The portal screen generation unit 21 also refers to access frequency information and portlet reference time information stored in the portlet access information storage unit 24 . The portlet access information storage unit 24 indicates the access frequency information indicating the frequency of accessing each portlet and the time when each portlet was displayed on the terminal screen in the portal screen including a plurality of portlets displayed on the terminal screen of the user. store reference time information; The access frequency information is, for example, the cumulative number of operations performed to access the portlet. The access frequency information is not limited to the cumulative number of operations, and may be, for example, the number of operations performed during a predetermined period, or an average operation interval. The reference time information is, for example, the accumulated reference time of displaying the portlet. Note that the reference time information is not limited to the cumulative reference time, and may be, for example, the time displayed during a predetermined period or the average display time.

FIG. 6 is a diagram exemplifying access frequency information and reference time information stored in the portlet access information storage unit 24 in the portal system according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6, the portlet access information storage unit 24 stores target user names, target portlets, cumulative operation counts, and cumulative reference times in association with each other.

The portal screen generation unit 21 generates the portal screen in which the layout of each portlet is adjusted based on the access frequency information and the reference time information. Specifically, the portal screen generation unit 21 determines whether the target portlet is a portlet with a high degree of importance, based on the cumulative number of operations and the cumulative reference time. The portal screen generation unit 21 adjusts the layout of the portal screen so that the portlet with a low degree of importance is displayed in a "non-display state" or a "summary display state". The level of importance is determined based on the access frequency information and reference time information stored in the portlet access information storage unit 24, based on whether the number of operations and reference time of the target portlet exceeds a certain reference value. do.

For example, the portal screen generation unit 21 puts a portlet whose access frequency information is equal to or less than a predetermined frequency and whose reference time information is equal to or less than a predetermined time into a "non-display state" in which only the title is displayed. In addition, the portal screen generation unit 21 generates a portlet whose access frequency information exceeds a predetermined frequency and whose reference time information is equal to or less than a predetermined time, and a portlet whose access frequency information is equal to or less than a predetermined frequency and whose reference time information exceeds a predetermined time. For the portlet with the title and part of the contents displayed, it is set to the “summary display state”.

For example, the reference values are 10 times of operation and 300 hours of reference time. For example, if both the number of operations and the reference time are below the reference value, it will be "hidden", and if either is exceeded, it will be in the summary display state. do.

After adjusting the layout, the portal screen generation unit 21 transmits the finally determined portal screen to the web browser 11 . This allows the user to refer to the portal screen.

Here, when the user performs some operation, such as inputting parameter information or clicking link information, for the portlet displayed on the portal screen, the portlet container 22 is requested for the information. Then, the portlet container 22 stores the access frequency information and the reference time information of each portlet displayed on the portal screen in the portlet access information storage part 24 in association with the information of the user who displayed the portal screen. Specifically, the portlet container 22 causes the portlet access information storage unit 24 to record the user name, the portlet name, the increased number of operations, and the increased reference time as access status information.

The browser screen monitoring unit 12 monitors the portlets displayed on the web browser 11 and the access frequency information and reference time information of each portlet when the user displays the portal screen on the web browser 11 of the client terminal 10 . The browser screen monitoring unit 12 then acquires access frequency information and reference time information, and transmits the acquired access frequency information and reference time information to the portlet access information storage unit 24 .

FIG. 7 is a diagram exemplifying a portal screen displayed by a client terminal in the portal system according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7 , when the user displays the portal screen on the web browser 11 of the client terminal 10 , the browser screen monitoring unit 12 monitors the reference time of the portlet displayed on the web browser 11 . For example, when the user moves the display surface 13 with the scroll bar, the browser screen monitoring unit 12 stores the user name, the portlet name, and the reference time in the portlet access information storage unit 24. record the minutes. The browser screen monitoring unit 12 also updates the reference time information of each portlet displayed on the terminal screen of the client terminal 10 at regular intervals.

Next, the operation of the portal system 1 of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of displaying a portal screen by a user using a web browser in the portal system according to the first embodiment.

As shown in step A1 in FIG. 8, first, the user transmits a request to the portal server 20 from the web browser 11 to display the portal screen.

In response to this, the portal server 20 transmits login screen information to the web browser 11 as shown in step A2.

Next, as shown in step A3, the user logs in by entering the user and password from the login screen displayed on the web browser 11. FIG. As a result, the user information is transmitted from the web browser 11 to the portal server 20 .

Next, the portal server 20 transmits the user information to the portal screen generator 21 as shown in step A4. Then, the portal screen generation unit 21 acquires from the initial layout setting information storage unit 23 the portlet displayed by the user and the initial layout information indicating where the portlet is to be displayed.

Next, as shown in step A5, the portal screen generation unit 21 requests the portlet container 22 to acquire the html of each portlet so as to acquire the information of the corresponding portlet content. The portlet container 22 acquires html information of each portlet.

Next, as shown in step A6, the portlet container 22 transmits the acquired html information of each portlet to the portal screen generation unit 21. FIG. The portal screen generation unit 21 acquires html information of each portlet from the portlet container. Then, the portal screen generation unit 21 generates a portal screen according to the acquired html information of each portlet and screen layout information of each user.

Next, as shown in step A7, the portal screen generation unit 21 refers to the access frequency information and reference time information stored in the portlet access information storage unit 24 to determine whether each portlet is of high importance. to decide. Then, the portal screen generation unit 21 adjusts the layout of the portal screen generated in step A6 so as to hide or display a summary of portlets of low importance.

Next, as shown in step A8, the portal screen generator 21 transmits the adjusted portal screen to the web browser 11 in step A7. As a result, the portal screen is displayed on the web browser 11 of the client terminal 10 .

Next, a detailed description will be given of processing when the user operates the portlet content on the Web browser 11. FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of a user operating portlet content with a web browser in the portal system according to the first embodiment.

As shown in step B1 of FIG. 9, when the user performs some operation on the portlet displayed on the portal screen on the web browser 11, the web browser 11 sends the portlet container 22 the operation. Request is sent. In response to this, the portlet container 22 responds to the operation request and transmits the operation result of the portlet to the web browser 11, as shown in step B2. At the same time, as shown in step B3, the portlet container 22 records the operated user information, the portlet name, and the increment of the number of operations in the portlet access information storage unit 24 as access frequency information.

Next, the processing for changing the display state of the portlet on the Web browser 11 will be described in detail. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of changing the display state of a portlet in the web browser 11 in the portal system according to the first embodiment.

As shown in step C1 of FIG. 10, the user operates buttons in the title of the portlet displayed on the portal screen on the web browser 11 to change the display state of the portlet to "normal" or "non-portable". Display state", manually change to "Summary state".

Next, the processing on the client terminal side while the portlet screen is being displayed on the Web browser 11 will be described in detail. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of a client terminal that displays a portlet screen using a web browser in the portal system according to the first embodiment.

As shown in step D1 of FIG. 11, the browser screen monitoring unit 12 constantly monitors the display contents displayed on the terminal screen of the client terminal 10 while the web browser 11 displays the portal screen. Then, as shown in step D2, the browser screen monitoring unit 12 analyzes the display contents on the terminal screen at regular intervals, and determines the reference time of the "normal state" portlet displayed on the terminal screen. count up. For example, when monitoring at intervals of 1 second, if a certain portlet A is repeatedly displayed, 1 second of reference time is added.

Next, as shown in step D3, the browser screen monitoring unit 12 causes the portlet access information storage unit 24 to record the reference time of each portlet as access frequency information at regular intervals.

Next, the effects of this embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, a portal screen is generated based on the importance of portlet content to be displayed on the portal screen. Therefore, the portlet desired by the user can be arranged at a position that is easy to see. Thereby, the user can display the important content without bothering to scroll the display surface 13 . Therefore, it is possible to improve the convenience of the user and the visibility of the browser screen.

The importance of a portlet is determined, for example, based on access frequency information accessed by the user and reference time information referred to by the user. Therefore, the degree of importance of portlets can be changed for each user, and convenience and visibility can be improved for each user. In addition, since the portal screen generation unit 21 changes the screen layout according to the degree of importance, it is possible to change the screen layout according to each user's preference at low cost.

As the access frequency information, the accumulated number of operations for accessing the portlet is used. Therefore, it is possible to reflect the user's request. Further, when a user accesses a portlet, the portlet container 22 associates the user information with the portlet and stores it in the portlet access information storage unit 24 . Therefore, access frequency information and reference time information can be stored in the portlet access information storage unit 24 for each user.

In the client terminal 10, the browser screen monitoring unit 12 transmits the access frequency information and the reference time information to the portlet access information storage unit 24 to store them in the portlet access information storage unit 24. FIG. As described above, in the present embodiment, each piece of information is directly transmitted to the portlet access information storage unit 24 from the portlet container 22 and the browser screen monitoring unit 12 of each client terminal 10, so that the latest Information can be updated.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and can be modified as appropriate without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, the following layout adjustment program for causing a computer to execute the layout adjustment method in this embodiment is also included in the scope of the technical idea of the embodiment.

In a portal screen including a plurality of portlets displayed on a terminal screen of a user, access frequency information indicating the frequency of accessing each portlet, and reference time information indicating the time when each portlet was displayed on the terminal screen. remember,
generating the portal screen in which the layout of each portlet is adjusted based on the access frequency information and the reference time information;
A layout adjustment program that lets a computer do things for you.

1 Portal system 10 Client terminal 11 Web browser 12 Browser screen monitoring unit 13 Display surface 14 Title display bar 15 Contents 16 State change button 20 Portal server 21 Portal screen generation unit 22 Portlet container 23 Initial layout setting information storage unit 24 Portlet access information storage Department

Claims (9)

In a portal screen including a plurality of portlets displayed on a user's terminal screen, access frequency information indicating the frequency with which each portlet is accessed, and reference time indicating the time at which each portlet was displayed on the terminal screen in a normal state. a portlet access information storage unit that stores information;
a portal screen generation unit that generates the portal screen in which the layout of each portlet is adjusted based on the access frequency information and the reference time information;
Portal server with . The portal screen generation unit displays only the title of the portlet whose access frequency information is equal to or less than a predetermined frequency and whose reference time information is equal to or less than a predetermined time, and displays only the title of the portlet whose access frequency information exceeds the predetermined frequency. part of the title and content of the portlet whose reference time information is equal to or less than a predetermined time and whose access frequency information is equal to or less than a predetermined frequency and whose reference time information exceeds a predetermined time. to display
The portal server according to claim 1. further comprising a portlet container that acquires content information of the portlet;
The portlet container stores the access frequency information and the reference time information of each of the portlets displayed on the portal screen in the portlet access information storage unit in association with the information of the user who displayed the portal screen. remember,
A portal server according to claim 1 or 2. a portal server according to any one of claims 1 to 3;
a client terminal having a browser screen monitoring unit that acquires the access frequency information and the reference time information and transmits the acquired access frequency information and the reference time information to the portlet access information storage unit;
A portal system with The browser screen monitoring unit updates the reference time information of each of the portlets displayed on the terminal screen of the client terminal at regular intervals.
Portal system according to claim 4. In a portal screen including a plurality of portlets displayed on a user's terminal screen, access frequency information indicating the frequency with which each portlet is accessed, and reference time indicating the time at which each portlet was displayed on the terminal screen in a normal state. storing the information;
generating the portal screen in which the layout of each portlet is adjusted based on the access frequency information and the reference time information;
Layout adjustment method with In the step of generating the portal screen,
Only the title is displayed for the portlet whose access frequency information is equal to or less than a predetermined frequency and whose reference time information is equal to or less than a predetermined time, and whose access frequency information exceeds the predetermined frequency and whose reference time information is displaying the title and a part of the content of the portlet whose access frequency information is less than or equal to a predetermined time and whose reference time information exceeds a predetermined time;
7. The layout adjustment method according to claim 6. In a portal screen including a plurality of portlets displayed on a user's terminal screen, access frequency information indicating the frequency with which each portlet is accessed, and reference time indicating the time at which each portlet was displayed on the terminal screen in a normal state. store information and
generating the portal screen in which the layout of each portlet is adjusted based on the access frequency information and the reference time information;
A layout adjustment program that lets a computer do things for you. When generating the portal screen,
Only the title is displayed for the portlet whose access frequency information is equal to or less than a predetermined frequency and whose reference time information is equal to or less than a predetermined time, and whose access frequency information exceeds the predetermined frequency and whose reference time information is displaying the title and a part of the content of the portlet whose access frequency information is less than or equal to a predetermined time and whose reference time information exceeds a predetermined time;
9. The layout adjustment program according to claim 8, causing a computer to execute the above.

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