JPH04299409A - Menu control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the selection of menus and also to satisfactorily ensure the security effect by editing dynamically a menu with the menu items suited to a user and displaying the menu on a screen. CONSTITUTION:A menu information file 3 stores the menu information showing menu items for each type of menus, and the identification information is added to each menu information to show the user who wants the display of the corresponding menu items. A menu selection mechanism 4 refers to the file 3 with the ID information recorded on an ID card 1 of the user and read by an ID reader 2 used as a key. Then the mechanism 4 selects only the menu information added with the identification information coincident with the key or including the key and registers the menu information into 8 menu file 5. Thus only the menu item corresponding to the registered menu information is edited into a menu and shown by a display device 6.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a system for displaying a menu consisting of various menu items on a screen and allowing the user to specify selections, and in particular, a menu management method for editing and displaying a menu suitable for the user. Regarding.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in systems that allow selection operations using a menu, a menu display method has been applied in which predetermined menu display data is statically displayed on the screen without editing. Therefore, all users used the same menu.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As described above, conventionally, the same menu was displayed to all users. Therefore, menu items that are unnecessary for some users and menu items that some users find difficult to select may be displayed. As a result, there is a problem in that the number of options increases and operations become complicated. Additionally, since anyone can select any menu item, there is also a security problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to simplify menu selection operations by dynamically editing and displaying a menu consisting of menu items suitable for the user on the screen. The objective is to provide a menu management method that can sufficiently exhibit security effects.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] This invention reads and inputs ID information for identifying a user from, for example, an ID card, and uses this input ID information as a selection condition to select a menu from a menu information file that matches the condition. This feature is characterized in that only menu information of an item is selected, edited into a menu, and displayed on the screen.

[0006]

[Operation] ID information for identifying a user is recorded on an ID card held by that user. This ID information includes at least one type of identification code. Types of this identification code include a department code for indicating the department to which the user belongs, and a special technical ability code for indicating the special technical ability possessed by the user.

[0007] When displaying the menu, ID information recorded on the user's ID card is read by the ID card reading device and passed to the menu selection means. This menu selection means is provided with a menu information file (
or connected). This file contains pairs of menu information indicating a menu item and user specification information for specifying a user who needs to display that menu item by identification code for each type of identification code, for each menu item. Stored.

[0008] The menu selection means refers to the menu information file using each identification code in the ID information read by the card reading device as key information, and selects user specified information having an identification code that matches each key information. Select only paired menu information. Here, if the identification code in the user specified information is a predetermined special code, it is unconditionally determined to be a match without comparing it with the key information.

[0009] When the menu selection means selects all the menu information of the menu items that match the ID information, the selected menu information is edited into one menu and displayed on the screen, and the corresponding user's Provided for selection specification.

0010

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system centered on a menu management mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a functional explanatory diagram for explaining the menu management function of the system in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure for menu management in the system in FIG.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an ID card on which ID information for identifying a user is recorded. As shown in the figure, the ID information recorded on the ID card 1 includes a department code (ID information #1) indicating the department to which the owner (user) of the card 1 belongs, and the ID information of the card 1. Special technical ability code (
Two types of identification codes (ID information #2) are included. Here, it is assumed that A, B, C, . . . are used as department codes, and a, b, c, . . . are used as special technical ability codes. Reference numeral 2 denotes an ID card reading device that reads ID information from the user's ID card 1.

[0012] 3 is information about menu items (hereinafter,
(referred to as menu information) is a menu information file stored for each menu item for all menu items managed by the system. As shown in the figure, the menu information stored in the menu information file 3 includes the name of the corresponding menu item (menu item name) and the job control language (hereinafter referred to as startup JCL) for starting the menu item. )It is included. In addition, the menu information includes the type 1 code corresponding to the department code (ID information #1) and the special technical ability code (ID information #1).
A type 2 code corresponding to 2) is added. Type 1
The code may be a department code of a user who requires display of the corresponding menu item (selection of the menu item is permitted) or a specific code (here, a space code). Further, as the type 2 code, a special technical ability code or a specific code (space code) of a user who requires display of the corresponding menu item (selection of the menu item is permitted) is used.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a menu selection mechanism that selects menu information indicating a menu item that matches the ID information read by the ID card reader 2 from the menu information file 3. In this embodiment, the menu selection mechanism 4 has the menu information file 3, but it is also possible to provide the same file 3 independently from the menu selection mechanism 4.

5 is a menu file for registering menu information (menu item name, startup JCL, etc.) of the menu item selected by the menu selection mechanism 4; 6 is a menu indicated by the menu information registered in the menu file 5; This is a display device for displaying a menu (main menu) consisting of items.

Next, the operation of the configuration shown in FIG. 1 will be explained with reference to the functional diagram shown in FIG. 2 and the flowchart shown in FIG. First, a user who requests menu display (and associated menu item selection operations, etc.) to the system shown in FIG. (Step S1). This ID information includes a department code and a special technical ability code, and as shown in FIG. 2, it is assumed that "A" is read as the department code and "b" is read as the special technical ability code. ID information read by the ID card reader 2 (department code = A, special technical ability code =
b) is passed to the menu selection mechanism 4.

When the menu selection mechanism 4 receives the user's ID information (recorded on the ID card 1 held by the user) from the ID card reading device 2, it reads and accesses the menu information file 3 (step S2), and first menu information (here, menu information of menu #1 as is clear from FIGS. 1 and 2). Next, the menu selection mechanism 4 determines whether the type 1 code added to the retrieved menu information (of menu #1) is a space code (step S3).

Now, the type 1 code of the menu information of menu #1 is "A". In this way, if the type 1 code is not a space code, the menu selection mechanism 4 proceeds to the next step S4, and selects the department code (ID information #1) (here, ID information #1) in the ID information received from the ID card reader 2. "A") and the above-mentioned type 1 code ("A") are compared to determine whether they match or do not match. Then, if the two codes match as in this embodiment, the menu selection mechanism 4 proceeds to the next determination process of step S5. On the other hand, if there is a mismatch, the menu selection mechanism 4 returns to step S2 and extracts the next menu information from the menu information file 3.

In step S4, it is determined whether the type 2 code added to the menu information (menu information of menu #1) previously extracted from the menu information file 3 in step S2 is a space code. Ru. Here, the type 2 code of menu information for menu #1 is "b". In this way, if the type 2 code is not a space code, the menu selection mechanism 4 proceeds to the next step S5 and selects the special technical ability code (ID information #2) in the ID information received from the ID card reader 2.
Here, "b") is compared with the type 2 code ("b") to determine whether they match or do not match. Then, if the two codes match as in this embodiment, the menu selection mechanism 4 proceeds to the next step S7. On the other hand, if there is a mismatch, the menu selection mechanism 4 returns to step S2 and extracts the next menu information from the menu information file 3.

In step S7, the menu information previously extracted from the menu information file 3 in step S2 (here, menu information including the menu item name of menu #1 and the startup JCL, and is added to the information) is extracted from the menu information file 3 in step S2. (excluding type 1 code and type 2 code) is shown in Figure 2.
It is registered in the menu file 5 as shown in FIG. When the menu selection mechanism 4 finishes step S7, the menu selection mechanism 4 proceeds to step S7.
Return to step 2 and extract the next menu information (here menu information for menu #2) from menu information file 3.
The processes from step S3 described above are executed.

Note that if it is determined in step S3 that the type 1 code is a space code, step S4 is skipped and step S5 is executed, and in step S5 it is determined that the type 2 code is a space code. In this case, step S6 is skipped and step S7 is executed. This is because the space code in this example is defined to indicate all department codes (in the case of type 1 code) or all special technical ability codes (in the case of type 2 code), and therefore the space code in the menu information This is because it is treated as matching the department code (or special technical ability code).

Now, it is assumed that the above processing has been performed on the menu information of all menu items stored in the menu information file 3, and the process returns to step S2. In this case, since there is no menu information to be retrieved next, the menu selection mechanism 4 determines the end of selection processing for all menu items (actually, this is determined based on a specific flag EOF indicating the end of menu information). ). At this time, in the menu file 5, the department code (ID information #1) of the ID information recorded on the user's ID card 1 is "A", and the special technical ability code (ID information #2) is "b". In this embodiment, menu information in which the type 1 code is a space code or "A" and the type 2 code is a space code or "b" (specifically, menus #1, #3, #5 , #7) is selected from the menu information file 3 and stored as shown in FIG.

Now, when the menu selection mechanism 4 determines that the selection processing for all menu items has been completed, the menu selection mechanism 4 displays the display device 6.
The menu display process is started (step S8). As a result, the menu information registered in the menu file 5 (here, menus #1, #3, #5, #7
A display image of a menu (main menu) is created according to the menu information (menu information), and a menu display screen as shown by reference numeral 7 in FIG. 2 is displayed on the display device 6. If a desired menu item (menu item name) is selected and designated in this state using the mouse or cursor keys, a menu (submenu) in the lower layer of that menu item is displayed according to the activation JCL of that menu item. By repeating these steps, the user can perform the desired processing.

[0023] In the above embodiment, the ID information is composed of a department code and a special technical ability code, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, if you want to limit users by company for each menu item, you can add the partner company code etc. to the ID information, add the corresponding type code to the menu information, and also limit the users by individual. If you want to add a personal ID code, etc. to the ID information, and also add a corresponding type code to the menu information, the present invention is not limited to the contents of the ID information. Further, the number of types of identification codes (number of items) included in the ID information and the number of type codes of menu information corresponding thereto can also be set arbitrarily.

Further, in the above embodiment, the ID information recorded on the ID card is read by the ID card reading device,
By selecting the menu item (menu information) that matches the read ID information, you can
D Use information effectively to suit the user (permissible)
We explained the case where only menu items are displayed, but
It is not always necessary to use an ID card, and the user may input his or her own ID information by operating an input device such as a keyboard.

[0025]

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention,
Enter the user's ID information such as ID information recorded on an ID card, manage the menu using the input ID information as selection conditions, and select only menu items that match the conditions, that is, menu items that are suitable for the user. Since the menu is dynamically edited and displayed on the screen by selecting a menu, unnecessary menu items are not displayed for the user, which simplifies the menu selection operation. Since menu items that would otherwise be inconvenient will no longer be displayed, the security effect can be fully demonstrated.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system centered on a menu management mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional explanatory diagram for explaining a menu management function of the system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a menu management processing procedure in the system of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...ID card, 2...ID card reader, 3...menu information file, 4...menu selection mechanism, 5...menu file, 6...display device, 7...menu display screen.

Claims (2)

[Claims] [Claim 1] An input means for inputting ID information of a user; a menu information file in which menu information indicating menu items is stored for each menu item;
menu selection means for selecting menu information of a menu item that matches the condition from the menu information file, using ID information input by the input means as a selection condition; menu information selected by the selection means; A menu management method characterized in that only menu items indicated by are edited into a menu and displayed on the screen. [Claim 2] At least one for identifying a user
A card reading device that reads ID information from an ID card on which ID information including an identification code of each type is recorded, and menu information indicating menu items and users who need to display the menu items by identification code type. A pair of user specified information for specifying by code is stored in a menu information file stored for each menu item, and each identification code in the ID information read by the card reader and the menu information file. Menu selection means that compares identification codes in user specified information stored for each menu item with the same identification code type, and selects menu information of the menu item to be displayed according to the comparison result; A menu management system characterized in that only the menu items indicated by the menu information selected by the selection means are edited into a menu and displayed on the screen.