JPH03231367A - Information collecting terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the capacity of a storage device of a small scale by deciding the effectiveness of information by a coincidence with a key word being an input condition set in advance, selecting and accumulating it, even if character- string information, chart information, etc., are mixed. CONSTITUTION:A buffer 25 stores temporarily transfer data, executes matching of a data transfer speed of an internal data bus 2 and a peripheral I/O bus 15, and simultaneously, saves input information until it is started to accumulate information to a storage device. A character-string information extracting circuit 26 extracts only character-string information from receiving information 29 in which chart information is mixed, and inputs its result 28 to a character- string retrieving circuit 27. A key word being a condition for inputting the receiving information to a floppy disk 6 or a hard disk 7 being an information accumulating means is set to the character retrieving circuit 27 from the bus 2. The character-string information 28 outputted from the circuit 26 is compared with this key word. In the case both coincide, the circuit 27 outputs an interruption request signal 9, and executes comparison to plural key words. The circuit 27 is realized easily by using an associative memory.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention is applicable to personal computers, word processors,
The present invention relates to workstations and computer terminals, and in particular to technology for realizing an information collection device that receives information including character string information transmitted using a telephone line or radio waves and automatically selects the information to be stored.

[Conventional technology]

As an automatic collection device for character string information, "ASCII" is the first
Volume 3, No. 7 (July 1989), pages 310 to 311
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P, 310-311), Systic's r-located EcH, which obtains information from teletext broadcasts,
There are ARTJs. The configuration was such that it was possible to specify in advance the programs and reception times to be received.5 On the other hand, as an information collection device that automatically determines the validity of received information and stores only valid information, Those described in No. 63-163986 and JP-A No. 63-238681 were known.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

According to the inventors' study, the above automatic character string information collection device does not take into account the function of selectively storing received information, which increases the capacity of the storage device for information storage. , it has become clear that there are problems such as an increase in the amount of information processing to be performed after reception.

In addition, conventional information collection devices that automatically judge and store the validity of received information do not take into consideration the function of determining the validity of information such as variable-length sentences consisting of one character string information. , it became clear that the method could not be applied to this type of information gathering.

The present invention aims to automatically collect only the information that is desired by the user from among the information composed of text, charts, etc. including character string information, and as a result, the storage device for storing information becomes smaller. Another purpose is to increase capacity and reduce the amount of information processing after information collection.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the information collecting terminal device of the present invention includes means for extracting only character string information from received information;
2. Sentence string search means that allows setting of multiple keywords and performs match detection between these keywords and input character strings. 2. Means for instructing the control processor to start a job based on the match detection result of the character string search means. Validation of received information. The present invention is characterized by providing a means for temporarily storing information until the gender is determined.

[Effect]

Whether a certain piece of information including character string information is valid for the user's needs can be determined by whether or not there is information that matches the keyword specified by the user. Since only the character string information is extracted from the transmitted information and input into the character string search means, the automatic judgment function of the validity of the received information will not malfunction due to chart information.

Since the information received until the validity judgment result is issued is stored in a temporary storage device, it is possible to accumulate a chunk of information including the keyword by matching the keyword. Automatic accumulation of information can be executed by a control processor whose job is activated by the match detection result of the character string search means.

With the above-described operation, it is possible to selectively and automatically store only a chunk of information including character information desired by the user, so that the capacity of the information storage storage device can be reduced. Furthermore, since the amount of automatically stored information is reduced, the amount of subsequent information processing can also be reduced.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to process flow diagrams shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a process flow diagram of means for setting conditions for receiving and storing information. Specifying the reception time and reception method is a condition for automatically receiving information.

When specifying the reception time, specify the reception start time and reception end time. It is also possible to specify the reception time after the start of reception instead of the reception end time. Furthermore, you can also specify the day or day of the week you want to receive it.

These designated values are set in a timer within the device. To specify the receiving method, specify the input means such as telephone line or radio waves, and also specify the input means such as radio waves that are transmitted over multiple channels.This specification information is stored in the storage means within the device. Nine.

The received information acquisition condition is a condition for storing received information. As a condition, specify a keyword expressed in a digital code string. It is also possible to set multiple keywords. Words, phrases, thesaurus classification codes, etc. set in text data searches can all be expressed as keywords in digital code strings.

FIG. 2 is a processing flow diagram of a means for automatically receiving information and automatically storing only information that satisfies the received information acquisition conditions shown in FIG. 1.

Receiving a message is done by a start command from a timer with the reception time set, or by a call command to the terminal if a telephone line or network is specified as the reception method.
Started automatically. At the same time as reception begins, only character string information is extracted from the received information and compared with preset keywords. If the comparison results match, the entire received information is automatically stored in the storage device.

The reception is automatically terminated by a termination instruction from a timer set with the reception termination time, or by a transmission completion instruction to the terminal when a telephone line or network is specified as the reception method.

Figure 3 shows the means for setting conditions for receiving and storing the information shown in Figure 1, and the means for automatically receiving the information shown in Figure 2 and automatically selecting only the information that satisfies the information acquisition conditions. FIG. 2 is a configuration block diagram showing an embodiment of a terminal device equipped with means for accumulating information. C in the terminal device:
PU1 executes information processing according to a program stored in main memory 3 connected to internal data bus 2.

C: The information processed by the PUl is transferred to a floppy disk controller (FDC) 4 connected to the internal data bus 2.
Data can be stored on a floppy disk 61 and hard disk 7 through a hard disk controller (HDC) 5. The timer 8 receives control information from the internal data bus 2 and outputs an interrupt request signal 9 at a set time. Interrupt request signal 9 is input to interrupt control circuit 10 . The interrupt control circuit 10 determines the next interrupt process to be executed, and instructs the CPU 1 through line 11 to start one interrupt process.

The information input from the keyword 12 can be processed by the (:PUl) through the I10 control circuit 13. The circuit 14 controls the input/output of information between the peripheral I10 bus 15 and the internal data bus 2. Radio wave information 16 input through the antenna is controlled by a control signal 17 given through the peripheral ■/○ bus 15. is received by the tuner 18 and converted into digital information by the signal conversion circuit 19. This digital information is received by the control signal 1
7, the signal is output to the peripheral I10 bus 15.

Information 20 on the telephone line or network is received by a communication control circuit 21 . The communication control circuit 21 transmits information 2
0 is received, an interrupt request signal 9 is sent through line 22.
Output. In response to instructions from a control signal 23 applied through the peripheral I10 bus 15, the communication control circuit 23 converts the received information into digital information and outputs it to the peripheral I10 bus 15.

The I10 control circuit 14, which has means for setting received information acquisition conditions and means for determining whether the received information matches the acquisition conditions, is composed of an I10 control circuit 24° buffer 252 a character string information extraction circuit 262 and a character string search circuit 27. be done. The I10 control circuit 24 is connected to the internal data bus 2 and the peripheral I10 control circuit 24.
10 buses 15. buffer 2
5 temporarily stores the transfer data and connects the internal data bus 2.
and the peripheral I10 bus 15, and at the same time, input information is stored until information storage in the storage device begins. The character string information extraction circuit 26 extracts only character string information from the received information 29 mixed with chart information, and inputs the result 28 to the character string search circuit 27 . A keyword as a condition for importing the received information into the floppy disk 6 or hard disk 7, which is an information storage means, is set in the character string search circuit 27 from the internal data bus 2. The character string information 28 output from the character string information extraction circuit 26 is compared with this keyword. If the two match, the character string search circuit 27 outputs an interrupt request signal 9. Compare multiple keywords. The character string search circuit 27 can be easily realized using an associative memory.

Conditions for receiving and storing information are input using the keyboard 12 or the like. Among the input conditions, the designation of the reception time is converted into control information for the timer 8 through CPU processing, and is set in the control register within the timer 8 . The designation of the reception method is converted by the processing of the CPU 1 into information for managing tasks to be executed after processing one interrupt, and is stored in the main memory 3.
Or a floppy disk 6 as an external storage means,
It is stored in the hard disk 7. Furthermore, it is required when executing automatic reception processing. Parameters such as the frequency of received radio waves are also stored in the same manner as described above. The keyword that is the reception information acquisition condition may be set in the character string search circuit 27 from the beginning, or may be stored in the main memory 3 or the external storage means 6 and 7 in the same way as the reception method designation. Conceivable. In the latter case, during the process to start automatic reception, the keyword that is the reception information acquisition condition is read from the main memory 3 or the external storage means 6.7 and set in the character string search circuit 27 via the internal data bus 2. do.

Automatic reception of information is performed by a timer 8 set with the reception time.
Or a call signal 20 from a telephone line or network
The interrupt request is started by the interrupt request signal 9 outputted through the line 22 by the communication control circuit 21 that received the interrupt request.

The interrupt request signal 9 is input to an interrupt control circuit 10, and a start address of a program for controlling automatic reception is prepared. Furthermore, the interrupt control circuit 10 causes the CPU to execute the program from the prepared startup address.
Give commands to I. The CPUI starts automatic reception processing by executing a program instructed by the interrupt control circuit 10. If the main body of the program for automatic reception processing is stored on the floppy disk 6 or the hard disk 7, it is first loaded into the main memory 3 and the loaded program is activated. If the main body of the program is already in the main memory 3, it is sufficient to execute it. If a keyword, which is a condition for storing information, is stored on the floppy disk 6 or the hard disk 7, it is loaded and set in the character string search circuit 27. Furthermore, the received information 29 input through the I10 control circuit 24 and the character string information 28 output from the character string information extraction circuit 26 are made valid, and the interrupt request signal 9 which is the output of the character string search circuit 27 is activated. Set the state so that automatic storage processing can be started.

To start receiving radio waves, the CPU turns on tuner 18.
In contrast, control information stored in advance as information specifying the reception method is input from line 23 through peripheral I10 bus 15. This allows the tuner 18 to receive the designated channel of the multi-channel broadcast.

When the above preparations are completed, the CPU
4 to start automatic reception. The received information is passed from the peripheral I10 bus 15 through a line 29 under the control of the I10 control circuit 24 to a buffer 25 for storing - hours.
be taken into account.

Of the received information taken into the buffer 25, only the character string information is compared in the character string search circuit 27 with keywords that are preset conditions for storing information. 1 if the received information matches the keyword of the import condition
The character string search circuit 27 outputs an interrupt request signal 9. In response to this interrupt request, the CPUI starts the process of storing information on the floppy disk 6 or the hard disk 7. Since the received information is temporarily stored in the buffer 25, it is sufficient to read the information through the internal data bus 2 and write it to the means 6.7 for short-term product of the information.

In FIG. 4, the processing shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is executed. FIG. 4 is a configuration block diagram showing another embodiment different from the configuration shown in FIG. 3; In the configuration shown in Figure 3, the CPU
I also performed arithmetic processing of abnormalities and automatically received and stored information. On the other hand, in the embodiment shown in FIG.
Normal arithmetic processing is performed by the CPU 33. Programs and data to be processed are stored in main memory 35. CPU3
3 reads programs and data from the main memory 35 through the internal data bus 34 and performs normal arithmetic processing. A peripheral processor 30 controls input and output of data from peripheral devices such as the floppy disk 6 and the hard disk 7 . When the CPU 33 requires information stored in a peripheral device, it instructs the peripheral processor 30 to retrieve the information. A program for information import processing is stored in the local memory 32.

Peripheral processor 30 executes a program stored on local memory 32 according to a command from CPU 33.
It is read through the internal ■/○ bus 31 and executes information acquisition processing.

The peripheral processor 30 controls automatic reception and storage of information. A peripheral processor 30 is connected to the CPU 1 shown in FIG. 3, and an internal I1 is connected to the internal data bus 2.
The 0 bus 31 corresponds to the main memory 3 and the local memory 32. By separating the part that performs normal arithmetic processing and the part that processes information input/output between peripheral devices as in this example, the influence of the operating speed of the peripheral devices on normal arithmetic processing performance can be reduced. be able to.

In FIG. 5, the processing shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is executed. FIG. 2 is a configuration block diagram showing another embodiment different from the embodiment described above. Means 36, 42 for extracting only character string information from the received information; means 38, 44 for setting keywords as information import conditions and comparing them with the character string information in the received information; and means 38, 44 for temporarily accumulating and storing the received information. The point is that means 40 and 46 for storing the data are provided on the peripheral device side.

This is different from the embodiment shown in FIG. This example will be described below.

Conditions for receiving and storing information are input using the keyboard 12 or the like. Among the input conditions, designation of reception time, reception method, and necessary parameters such as frequency of received radio waves are performed in the same manner as in the embodiment shown in FIG. The keyword, which is the reception information acquisition condition, may be set from the beginning in the character string search circuit 38, 44 in the peripheral device serving as the receiving means, or may be stored in the main memory 3 or external storage means 6, 7. You could think so. In the latter case, in the process for starting automatic reception, the keyword that is the reception information acquisition condition is searched in the character string search circuit 38.4.
Set to 4.

The automatic reception of information is carried out through the line 22 by the timer 8 set with the reception time or by the communication control circuit 21 which receives the call signal 20 from the telephone line or network, as in the embodiment shown in FIG. It is started by an interrupt request of the interrupt request signal 9 to be output. The interrupt control circuit 10 inputs a 1-interrupt request signal 9 and instructs the CPU, through a line 11, to start processing for starting automatic information reception. In response to this activation command, the CPUI activates the tuner 18 and signal conversion circuit 19 through the line 17 in order to receive the radio wave information 16, and activates the tuner 18 and the signal conversion circuit 19 through the line 17 in order to receive the radio wave information 16. The communication control circuit 21 is activated through the communication control circuit 21.

The digitized received information 37.43 is temporarily stored in a buffer 40.46 within the peripheral device. At the same time, from this received information 37.43, the character string information extraction circuit 36
．． 42, character string information 39.45 is extracted. The character string information 39.45 is input to a character string search circuit 38.44, and is compared with keywords set in advance as conditions for receiving received information. When a match is detected, the string search circuits 38 and 44 search lines 41 and 41, respectively.
The interrupt request signal 9 is output through 47.

In response to this interrupt request, the CPUI takes in the information temporarily stored in the buffer 40 or 46 into the buffer 25 through the peripheral I10 bus 15 and the I10 control circuit 24, and also takes in the information temporarily stored in the buffer 40 or 46 into the buffer 25 via the peripheral I10 bus 15 and the I10 control circuit 24.
C) 4 and hard disk controller (HDC) 5 in an external storage means 6.7.

In this embodiment, since a capture condition setting circuit is provided in each peripheral device, the main device including the CPUI can communicate with the peripheral devices. Ordinary workstation, personal computer.

You can use a word processor, etc. as is.

It is also possible to simultaneously receive the radio wave information 16 and the information 20 transmitted over a telephone line or network.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the invention, automatically received string information.

Even if the information is a mixture of diagrams, tables, etc., the effectiveness of the information can be determined by matching keywords as preset import conditions, and the information can be selected and stored, reducing the capacity of the storage device used to store the information. It has the effect of being able to be transformed into

Further, since unnecessary information is removed from the accumulated information according to conditions, there is also the effect that the load for processing received information can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a processing flow diagram of a means for setting conditions for receiving and storing information according to the present invention, and Fig. 2 is a process flow diagram for automatically receiving and storing only information that satisfies the conditions for receiving received information according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the configuration of an embodiment of the terminal device of the present invention for realizing the processing flow shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and FIG. 4 shows a similar process. FIG. 7 is a configuration block diagram of another embodiment for realizing the flow. FIG. 5 is a configuration block diagram of yet another embodiment for realizing a similar processing flow. 1... CPU, 3... Main memory, 6... Floppy disk device, 7... Hard disk device, 8... Timer, 9... Interrupt request signal, 10... Interrupt control circuit, 18... ...Tuner, 21...Communication control circuit,
24... I10 control circuit, 25... Human output buffer, 26... Character string information extraction circuit, 27... Character string search circuit. 30...Peripheral processor, 32...Local memory, 36.42...Character string information extraction circuit, 38°44...Character string search circuit, 40.43...In peripheral device! Sensou Zu So Zu Roku 4 Kokuto

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. For storing received information in a terminal device having means for receiving digital information sent via telephone line, network, or radio waves, and means for storing received information. Means for setting a keyword which is character string information as a condition for information, means for extracting only character string information from received information, means for detecting a match between the keyword and character string information in the received information, and means for detecting a match between the keyword and character string information in the received information. An information gathering terminal device comprising: means for temporarily accumulating received information; and means for accumulating received information stored in the temporary accumulating means based on the result of the coincidence detection. 2. In a terminal peripheral device having means for receiving information sent via telephone line, network, or radio waves, and means for converting the received information into digital information and outputting it, means for setting keywords that are character string information; means for extracting only character string information from the received information; means for detecting a match between the keyword and the character string information in the received information;
A peripheral communication device for an information gathering terminal, characterized in that it is provided with means for temporarily accumulating received information and means for outputting the result of the coincidence detection.