JPH0467249A - Information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display all contents with a single operation in an information processing system by detecting the graphic information by a detection means when the document received by a reception means is displayed on a display means and outputting the output information corresponding to the detected graphic information. CONSTITUTION:The mail data are received by a computer set at the transmission side and stored once in an auxiliary storage device 8. Then the mail data are read out of the storage device 8 and sent to a main storage 3, and the storage 3 reads first a header part of the data and outputs a mail header. Then the first icon type is recognized and an application program corresponding to the recognized icon is retrieved through the storage 3 of device 8. The application program is started after decision of its presence or absence. At start-up of this program, the address information on the mail data stored in an address area is applied to the application program. Meanwhile error message is displayed when the corresponding application program is not available.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to information processing systems such as personal computers and workstations, and particularly to information processing systems capable of receiving e-mails via computer networks. be.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in e-mail systems using personal computers, workstations, etc., the display device was often a character display, so data communication was usually carried out only by character strings that could be displayed. There were many. However, in recent years, with the spread of bitmap displays and improvements in computer performance, it has become possible to create data such as figures and images, and it has become possible to send and receive pinary data other than character strings and display it on a display device. It was also possible to do so.

The method for achieving this is to abstract the documents prepared on the sending computer, such as word processing data, graphic data, image data, audio data, etc., into icons and paste them onto a single sheet of manuscript paper. It is used for transmission.

At this time, the sending side receives a document in the format shown in FIG. 2, for example. In the figure, 21 indicates the entire CR7 screen. 22 is a mailbox window. 23 and 24 are scroll bars for scrolling each area.

25 is a window showing expanded document data.

26 indicates the name of the mailbox.

27 is a document summary area within the mailbox.

28 is ivy to mail. 29 is the character string input in the email, 30 to 32 each abstract the document,
It is a pasted icon. 33 indicates that the mail in that area has been selected and displayed.

34 is a mail area showing the main text of the mail. In Figure 2, the mail shown at 33 or the mail area 3
4. Further, document 25 is expanded by selecting icon 30. Therefore, when the icon 31 is selected, the next corresponding document is displayed on the screen in a window similar to 25. Here, to select means to point and click on the area.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] In the above-mentioned e-mail system, what makes the operation complicated is that you have to select and expand the received e-mail, and if the icon is pasted, it is difficult to operate. The problem lies in the need to process the selection of icons.

The present invention aims to eliminate such inconvenience.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, the information processing system of the present invention includes a receiving means for receiving a document, a display means for displaying the document, an output means for outputting information, and an output means for outputting information. a storage means for storing information and graphic information in correspondence; a designation means for designating the graphic information displayed on the display means; and a means for outputting output information corresponding to the graphic information designated by the designation means. a control means for controlling the graphic information in the document received by the reception means; a detection means for detecting the graphic information in the document received by the reception means; and a detection means for performing detection by the detection means when displaying the document received by the reception means on the display means. , and second control means for controlling to output output information corresponding to the detected graphic information.

[Operation] According to the present invention, when displaying a document received by the receiving means on the display means, the detecting means detects graphic information and outputs output information corresponding to the detected graphic information.

[Example] FIG. 1 shows a block configuration of one embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a local area network line, and mail data is exchanged via this line 1.

2 is a CPU, which is in charge of controlling the entire system.

A main memory 3 is used for storing mail data to be developed on the display device 10, as well as various application programs such as processing procedures shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5.

4 is a keyboard for inputting characters; 5 is an audio input device such as a microphone for inputting audio data; 6 is an image input device for inputting image data; and 7 is a printing device for printing. 8 is an auxiliary storage device that stores received information and is used auxiliary to the main memory 3; 9 is a network interface for sending and receiving information via line 1; and 10 is information such as received mail. 11 is an audio output device such as a speaker, 12 is a pointing device such as a mouse for indicating a position on the screen of the display device 10, and 13 is an internal lotus for connecting each device.

[Example] Next, a method of e-mail expansion will be described. In the present invention, mail data takes the form of a 1s3 diagram.

Therefore, once received from the sending computer and once stored in the auxiliary storage device 8, the format is as shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, 41 is a mail header area, which stores the contents to be developed in the mail header 28. 42.44 is an icon type area for recognizing the type of icon, and 43 is an area 42°4.
Reference numeral 5 designates address areas each indicating an address of an area in which data corresponding to area 43 is stored. 4
6. 47 is a data area for character strings, images, figures, sounds, etc. 0For example, in the case of data or character string 29, there is no icon data, so the icon type area 42 contains information indicating that there is no icon. , information by which the first address of the character string 29 can be recognized is stored in the address area 43. These pieces of information make it possible to display the character string 29 at an appropriate position within the mail area 34, as shown in FIG. Next, FIG. 4 shows the flow of processing from the start of reading the stored mail data to the expansion of the mail. In step S61, the mail data stored in the auxiliary storage device 8 is read into the main memory 3. Once transferred to the main memory 3, step S6
2) First read the header section and type the mail header 28. Next, in step S63, the first icon type is recognized. Next, in 64, the main memory 3 or auxiliary memory 8 is searched for an application program corresponding to the recognized icon, the presence or absence of the application program is determined in step S65, and the application program is activated in step S66. For example, if the icon type is a word processor, it is checked whether the word processor program exists in the main memory 3, and if it does not exist, the auxiliary storage is searched. Further, at the time of startup, the address information of the mail data stored in the address area 43 is given to the program. If the corresponding application program is not found in step S65, an error message is displayed in step S67. Once the execution of the application program is finished, step S
In step S68, it is determined whether or not there is next data, and if there is, the process returns to step S63 and steps 563 to 67 are repeated. If not, the process ends.

By the way, when displaying an email, is it possible to display and expand all the contents in one operation as shown in the above example? 1) If the contents are confidential or if the icons are opened at once If there are any disadvantages, it may be preferable to display the icon in the conventional format.

In preparation for such a case, as shown in FIG. 5, it is also possible to set the mail oven mode to determine whether or not to automatically open the icon. After going to step S81 and reading the mail data in the same manner as step S61, it is determined in step S82 whether or not the automatic open mode is set. If auto open mode, step S
The process proceeds to 62 and below, resulting in a flow similar to that of FIG. 4 described above. Also, when the automatic oven mode is not activated, step S8 is the same as before.
Proceed to step 4 to enter icon display mode. The automatic oven mode setting may be written in the head section of the mail data, or may be written in the environment area of the receiving computer.

[Effects of the invention] When opening a received email, it is now possible to display the entire contents with one operation, eliminating the hassle of multiple operations.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of displaying an incoming e-mail. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the data format of the e-mail. , Flowchart of mail data expansion processing, FIG. 5 is a flowchart of another embodiment. In the diagram, 1 is the local area network line, 2 is the CPU
, 3 is a main memory, 4 is a keyboard, 5 is an audio input device, 6 is an image input device, 7 is a printing device, 8 is an auxiliary storage device, 9 is a network interface, IO is a display device 11 is an audio output device, 12 is a pointing device,
13 is the internal bus, 41 is the email ivy area, 42.4
4 is an icon type area, 43.45 is an address area, and 46.47 is a data area. Dzumi

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Receiving means for receiving a document; Display means for displaying a document; Output means for outputting information; Storage means for storing output information and graphic information in correspondence; a specifying means for specifying the graphical information displayed in the document; a control means for controlling output information corresponding to the graphical information specified by the specifying means; and a control means for controlling the graphical information in the document received by the receiving means. a detection means for detecting, and when displaying a document received by the reception means on the display means, the detection means performs detection and controls so that output information corresponding to the detected graphic information is output. An information processing system comprising a second control means.