JPH02207375A - Picture retrieval processing control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To output all the picture information of an application program to a general terminal by registering only the starting picture of the application program to a system picture control information. CONSTITUTION:Starting picture information 106 of the application program are registered to system picture control information 104 in advance. When retrieval is demanded from a general terminal 107, a system picture retrieval function 101 retrieves the table of the system picture control information 104. When the starting picture of the application program is shown, the starting picture is outputted to the general terminal and after that, when the picture retrieval is demanded, input information from the general terminal 107 are informed of an application program 102 as they are. The application program 102 generates and retrieves the picture information by the peculiar function and after that, the picture information are sent through the system picture retrieval function 101 to the general terminal 107. Thus, the retrieval of the picture information can be executed from the general terminal.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a screen information search control method, and in particular, to a screen information search control method, in which a plurality of application programs each having a screen search function independently manage screen information. The present invention relates to a screen search processing control method suitable for use when exchanging screen search information and screen information between each application program and a general terminal device.

[Conventional technology]

As a conventional technique related to a screen search processing control method, for example, a technique described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-39080 is known. In this type of conventional technology, the key information specified from the terminal device is included in the screen control information (next screen number information) for purposes other than branching to the next screen number (for example, the embedding position of fill-in information). - Determine whether the key information of the information registered in the list matches or not, and if they match, generate that information (for example, fill-in-the-blank information), and send said information to the terminal device according to the purpose. It was intended to be output.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the prior art, the system operator needs to register the frame painter for display and the next screen information (embedding control information for the frame screen) in a screen information list that is uniquely managed by the system. For this reason, when this conventional technology is applied to a system composed of a large number of terminal devices capable of outputting screen information, which is the subject of the present invention, and a center device equipped with a screen search function, each application program can be individually managed. It is necessary to register all of the control information for selecting one piece of screen information from the currently displayed screen information in the above-mentioned list in advance, and the registration process for this and updates due to changes in screen information, etc. However, there was a problem in that the amount of maintenance required was enormous.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, and to prevent access to a system in which a plurality of application programs independently manage screen information from image information (information selection guide) managed by the system. In the same way as when searching for screen information (screens, etc.), it can be performed for application programs as well, and the time required to search for screen information requested from general terminals can be shortened even when the amount of screen information to be searched increases. The object of the present invention is to provide a screen search processing control method that allows the user to perform the following tasks.

[Means to solve the problem]

According to the present invention, the purpose is to specify whether screen information selected by a general terminal is screen information of a screen search function in the system or screen information of an individual screen search for a plurality of application programs. The start screen, which is branch information to the application program, is registered in the screen information list of the screen search function, and when the application program is identified,
After that, the terminal device identification information is added to the search request information from the general terminal, and the search request information from the general terminal is passed to the application program as a search process for screen information managed by the application program. The search process is performed, and when the screen search is completed, terminal identification information (branch information to the terminal) is added to the screen information to be output to the general terminal and passed to the system screen search function. This is achieved by outputting only information to the general terminal.

Furthermore, the above purpose is to make it possible to search for screen information for each application program by setting the start screen number of each application program as a fixed value in the system and making it possible to select the start screen of an application program directly from a general terminal. , - After the application program is selected, without performing selection processing,
This is achieved by immediately passing the selection information from the general terminal to the application program.

[For production]

The system screen search function searches for screen information registered in a list uniquely managed by the system, and outputs the searched screen information to the general terminal of the search client. At this time, if the searched screen number is the start screen of an application program, the system screen search function will search for subsequent search request information from the general terminal for the application program based on the correspondence table between the start screen number and the application program. Notify the program.

The application program that receives this notification generates or searches screen information through its own conversion process, and sends this screen information to the system screen search function.

The system screen search function that received this screen information searches the correspondence table between general terminal identification information and application programs in the same way as the screen information searched by the system screen search function, and retrieves the screen information from the application program. Output the screen information to the source general terminal.

As a result, the present invention eliminates the need to register all the screen information and selection information (embedded information, etc.) independently managed by multiple application programs in the L list that is uniquely managed by the system. , it is possible to search for screen information from a general terminal.

In addition, during a series of search processing from a general terminal, unless there is an instruction from the terminal user, the screen managed by the application program is directly accessed from the general terminal based on the correspondence table between terminal identification information and application program. Since information can be searched, the screen information search time can be shortened.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the screen search processing control method according to the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing processing functions, and FIG. 3 is a flow chart explaining the operation. In Figure 1,
101 is a system screen search function, 102 is an application program, 104 is system double-sided management information, 10
5 is application program screen management information, 106
is application program start screen information, 107 is a general terminal, 108 is a screen information search system, 205 is a screen number notification destination screen search function table, 206 is application program notification information, 208 is system screen search function notification information, 210 is a terminal - This is an application program correspondence table.

In FIG. 1, an application program 102 generates specific screen information under the system, and system screen management information 104 stores a conventionally used screen number list and keys. Used to select a uniquely defined screen number in the system based on information. In the embodiment of the present invention, only the start screen number of the application program and the notification destination of the application program are registered in the system screen management information 104 in advance.

Now, if there is a search request from the general terminal 107 for outputting screen information, the system screen search function 101 searches the list of system screen management information 104 and determines that the screen number of the searched screen indicates the start screen of the application program. If not, the same screen information as before is output to the general terminal that is the source of the search request. In addition, system screen search function 10
1, if the screen number of the searched screen indicates the start screen of the application program, the start screen is output to the general terminal that is the source of the search request, and at the time of subsequent screen search requests, it is output from the general terminal 107. The input information is notified to the application program 102 as is.

Application program 10 that received this notification
2 generates and searches screen information using its unique function, and then sends the screen information to the system screen search function 101. When the system screen search function 101 receives this screen information, it sends this screen information to the general terminal 107 from which the search is requested, in the same manner as when searching the system screen management information 104.

As described above, the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.
All of the screen information can be output to the general terminal 107 in the same way as the screen information managed by the system screen search function 101.

Next, the above-mentioned operation will be explained in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

(1) When a search request and screen number selector are input from the general terminal 107 for outputting screen information, the system screen search function 101 searches the terminal-application program correspondence table 210 and On the other hand, it is checked whether the start screen of the application program has been output (step 301).

(2) If the start screen of the application program has not been output in step 301, determine the screen number based on the input information such as the function key designation screen number, and search the system screen information 313 in the system screen management information 104. (steps 302 and 303).

(3) Checks whether the screen searched in step 303 is the start screen of the application program. If it is not the start screen of the application program, the system screen search function 101 retrieves the screen information from step 303, for example. is obtained by searching the screen number notification destination screen search function table 205 using the screen number selector 1.
Output the screen information with screen number 6000oooooooo to the general terminal 107 for outputting screen information and end the process,
Wait for next input. The operations described above are similar to those in the prior art (steps 304 and 306).

(4) In step 304, if the screen searched in step 303 is
In the case of an application program that performs specific screen processing such that screen information can be determined in a fill-in-the-blank manner based on product name, unit, quantity, amount, customer name, etc., the system screen search function 101 searches system screen search information in advance. 3
The frame screen searched from 13 is output to the general terminal 107. At the same time, the system screen search function 101
The application program 102 is notified that the application program 102 has been selected (step 305).

(5) Application program 102 that received the notification
generates and selects start screen information from the application screen information 314 based on function key information and designated screen number, which are terminal input information, and sends the obtained screen information and terminal identification information to the system screen search function 101. Notify (steps 311 and 312).

(6) System screen search function 10 that received this notification
1 transmits start screen information from an application program 102 to a general terminal 10 designated by terminal identification information.
Output to 7. At the same time, the system screen search function 101 registers, in the terminal application program correspondence table 210, the correspondence between the terminal identification information and the application program (for example, telephone shopping) that is the screen search function of the notification destination (step 306).

(7) After that, the system screen search function 101 and the application program 102 enter a state of waiting for input. If the product number, quantity, etc. are input from the general terminal 107 in this state, the system screen search function 101 determines the registered application program 10 by determining the terminal application program correspondence table 210.
2, the input information and terminal identification information are immediately transferred.

As a result, the application program 102 searches for, for example, a purchase information screen from the input information and outputs the screen information in the same manner as described above (step 30).
1.311.312.306).

The above-mentioned operation of the present invention has been explained using the case where telephone shopping is selected as the application program, but one embodiment of the present invention also operates as described above when IP information introduction is selected as the application program. Similarly, screen information is determined using information unique to this application program, such as IP address, name, age, occupation, profile, etc., as key information.

In other words, if the screen number directly specified from the general terminal 107 is the IP information introduction screen number, when the frame screen is output to the general terminal 107, it will be recognized that the program has been selected as the IP information introduction application program. Notification is made, the start screen is output, and the correspondence with the general terminal is registered in the terminal application program correspondence table 210.

After that, when the IP address, name, etc. are entered from the general terminal 107, the system screen search function 101 searches the terminal application program correspondence table 210 and selects the registered IP information introduction application program.
The entered input information 206 is notified. The IP information introduction application program receives this input information, generates and searches for IP introduction information, and displays the IP introduction screen information 20.
8 to the system screen search function 101. The system screen search function 101 outputs the IP introduction screen information 20B to the general terminal 107 in the same way as the screen information searched by the system screen search function 101.

In the operation of the embodiment of the present invention, the general terminal 107
Terminal identification information is added to the input information 206 from the computer and the screen information 208 generated and searched by the application program, and this information allows information to be exchanged between the general terminal 107 and the application program without error. Can be done.

According to one embodiment of the present invention described above, a unique screen generation,
Screen information of the application program that performs the search,
It can be separated from the screen information managed by the system screen search function, giving flexibility to application programs. Furthermore, in the past, it took time to search the screen depending on the amount of screen information, but according to an embodiment of the present invention, after the application program is determined, the input information from the general terminal can be searched immediately. Since the relevant application program is notified, screen generation and search processing can be performed on an application program basis, thereby reducing search time.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, each of a plurality of application programs having a screen search function outputs screen information registered in the system without registering the screen information in the system screen search function. Screen information can be managed using the following steps, making it easy to maintain and manage individual board information, and also registering frame screens.
It is economical because only one need be provided for each application program.

Further, according to the present invention, since each application program can manage screen information in a distributed manner, it is possible to reduce the burden of searching for screen information, and the screen number of each application program can be set to the start screen of each application program. Since it is unique as long as you select , the screen search time from a general terminal can be shortened.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing processing functions, and FIG. 3 is a flow chart explaining the operation. 101... System screen search function, 102...
...Application program, 104...
...System screen management information, 105...Application program screen management information, 106...
・Application program start screen information, 107・
... General terminal, 108 ... Screen information search system, 205 ... Screen number notification destination screen search function table, 206 ... Application program notification information, 208. ...System screen search function notification information, 210...Terminal-application program correspondence table. Figure 1 N0B Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a system that includes a center device with a screen search function and a large number of terminal devices housed in the center device, the center device has an individual screen search function that independently manages screen information, and each and a system screen management function for managing screen information in which start screen information of the individual screen search function is registered, and the system screen management function, when the terminal device selects one individual screen search function,
A screen search processing control method characterized by establishing a correspondence between the terminal device and the individual screen search function, and outputting screen information searched by the individual screen search function to the terminal device.