JPH05241765A - Icon display control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide e graphical user interface which is more visual with the improved operability and can facilitate the control of resources by displaying the resources on a screen as an icon and therefore displaying the icon in real time in response to the state of the resources changed by a user in a generated resource operating environment. CONSTITUTION:The icon display conditions are accumulated in an icon display control information file 101 and then collated with the operating histories 1.04-1.06 of the users secured to the resources, the internal states of the resources or the attribute of a resource file (107). Thus an icon form is specified. Then this icon form is updated into the present one (109) end displayed (110). In such a way, the communication can be kept to some extent by the icon form shown on a screen when the resources are shared by plural persons.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a graphical user interface for visualizing resources in a software operating environment, and in particular providing a smoother operating environment by visually recognizing the state of resources, and further Further, the present invention relates to an icon display control method suitable for building or customizing a unique software operating environment in a group and facilitating communication by sharing resources in a multi-user operating environment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an operating environment in which a resource is represented as an icon, as described in "Impact of Windows 3.0" (Nikkei byte 1990.8 NO75 PP260-274), the resource and the resource are displayed as an icon display method. There is a method of fixedly managing corresponding icons on a one-to-one basis and always displaying icons of the same shape. Also, when changing the display shape of the icon to a different shape, the user must
There is a method of intentionally changing the shape of an icon by defining the shape of the icon using a program called "NGE ICON" and newly defining the correspondence between the defined icon and the resource. For details on the settings for the display conditions for icons that express
World of System 7.0 "(Nikkei byte 1991.6 NO86 PP188 ~
As described in 206), for one resource, define multiple icons as the resource operating environment (directory) as the icon display conditions, and identify the icon corresponding to the operating environment (directory) from among the multiple icons. Then, there is a method of displaying the specified icon.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, in the above-mentioned Windows3.0, the resource is represented as an icon and the operating environment is constructed by the graphical user interface, but the correspondence between the resource and the icon is fixed. Therefore, the icon of the same shape is always displayed for a resource, and when changing the shape of the icon for a resource, the user intentionally launches another program for the change, and It is necessary to change the shape of the icon. Therefore, the shape of the icon is always fixed unless the user intentionally changes it. Furthermore, the shape of the icon cannot be automatically changed by the operation history of the resource by the user, the state change of the resource, or the attribute change of the resource.

Further, in the above-mentioned Macintosh System 7.0, a one-to-many relationship between resources and icons is managed, and different icons can be displayed depending on the operating environment (directory) of the resources. But,
The display condition of the icon is limited to the operating environment (directory). In order to automatically change the shape of the icon according to the operation history of the resource by the user, the resource status change, or the resource attribute change. Is the operation history of the resource by the user in the source code of the application program that manages the resource.
Alternatively, it is necessary to embed a process for changing the shape of the icon due to the change of the state of the resource or the change of the attribute of the resource.

A first object of the present invention is to define a plurality of icons for one resource and hold them in association with each other. From among the plurality of icons, the operation history of the resource by the user or the resource By holding a condition for specifying one icon to be displayed from multiple icons in response to a state change or a change in resource attribute, the icon shape is automatically changed according to the resource state. To provide a more visual operating environment.

A second object of the present invention is to specify the icon to be displayed according to the operation history of the resource by the user, the state change of the resource, or the change of the attribute of the resource, and the icon By separating the shape from the application program and managing it, it is possible to easily customize the operation environment unique to the user.

[0007]

The above-mentioned first purpose is 1
Define multiple icon shapes for one resource,
Further, the conditions for displaying the icon are respectively held in association with each other, and the history of operations on the user's resource or the result of the operation on the resource by the user, the change in the generated state, or the change in the attribute of the resource is accumulated, By collating the operation history, the change of the resource state, or the change of the resource attribute with the condition for displaying the icon, the icon satisfying the condition is specified from a plurality of icons, and the icon is displayed. It is achieved by displaying.

The second purpose is to separate the condition for displaying the icon and the change of the operation history or the state of the resource or the change of the attribute of the resource from the application program for managing the resource. This is achieved by having an editing function of managing and interactively updating the shape of the icon and the display condition of the icon.

[0009]

According to the present invention, a plurality of icons and a condition for displaying the icons are associated with one resource and held, and an operation history of the user's resource,
Or the state of the resource changed by user operation,
Alternatively, the shape of the displayed icon is used to identify one icon from multiple icons according to changes in attributes such as resource size and update date, and display the identified icon as a representation of the current resource. The resource status can be easily grasped from the above, and it becomes unnecessary to perform an operation for grasping the resource status. In addition, since the icon shape and icon display conditions are managed separately from the application program that manages the resources, and the edit function for changing the icon shape and icon display conditions is provided, it is necessary to make changes to the application program. Instead, the shape of the icon and the display condition of the icon can be changed. This makes it easy to customize the operating environment unique to the user.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the system according to the present invention. Icon display control information file 10
1 is an icon ID for uniquely identifying an icon, a resource name indicated by the icon, an icon display condition, an icon display attribute, as information for displaying a resource as an icon on a screen by using pictures and characters. Are associated with each other and have. Icon display condition extraction unit 102
From the various information accumulated in the icon display control information file 101, the command execution unit 103 extracts the display condition for displaying the icon for the target resource. The command execution unit 103 executes the operation (command) issued by the user on the icon (resource) displayed on the screen, and notifies the icon display condition extraction unit 102 of the ID of the target icon. .. The resource operation history information acquisition unit 104 includes a command execution unit 10
The name of the operation executed in 3 and the icon ID of the resource that is the operation target are acquired, and a resource operation history NO indicating the number of the operation performed on the resource is added. The resource operation history information file 105 includes the resource operation history information acquisition unit 10
The icon ID which is the operation target acquired in step 4, the name of the operation executed for the icon, and the resource operation history NO for the operation are associated and held. The resource operation history information extraction unit 106 extracts, from the resource operation history information file 105, the resource operation history NO and the operation name corresponding to the resource that is the operation target in the command execution unit 103. Icon display condition matching unit 107
Compares the icon display conditions extracted by the icon display condition extraction unit 102 with the operation history of the resource extracted by the resource operation history information extraction unit 106. The icon display attribute updating unit 108 includes an icon display condition checking unit 107.
When the display condition of the icon is satisfied as a result of the collation, the display attribute of the icon defined as the icon to be displayed is extracted from the icon display control information file 101. The icon display attribute updating unit 109 updates the display attribute of the icon before the resource operation to the display attribute of the icon extracted by the icon display attribute extracting unit 108. The icon display unit 110 includes an icon display attribute update unit 109.
The icon is displayed on the screen according to the icon display attribute updated in. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram. Figure 4
Is the internal configuration of the resource operation history information file 105. The resource operation history information file 105 includes an icon ID for uniquely identifying an icon and an icon ID.
The operation history information file corresponding to is uniquely composed of an identifier (hereinafter referred to as a file pointer). The operation history information file 105 is composed of an icon operation history NO indicating the order in which operation commands are issued, and a command name. FIG. 5 shows the internal structure of the icon display control information file 101 in which the operation history for resources is used as the icon display condition. The icon display control information file 101 includes an icon ID, a resource name, an icon display condition, and an icon display attribute.
Icon display conditions are operation history No. and command name,
The icon display attribute includes the shape, size, and display position of the icon. In addition, it is possible to add color, brightness, etc. as display attributes. FIG. 6 is a resource operation history-display condition matching table used when matching the icon display conditions with the resource operation history, and FIG. 7 is an example of a screen during execution in this embodiment. The flow of each process will be described in detail below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. After executing the operation command issued by the user for the icon displayed on the screen (201), the icon ID which is the identifier of the icon corresponding to the resource to be operated is acquired (202), and at the same time The operation command name and the icon operation history NO are stored in the resource operation history information file 105 shown in FIG. 4 (203). It is judged whether the display condition of the icon corresponding to the icon ID acquired in the process 202 is defined in the icon display control information file 101 (204). If it is not defined, the display attribute of the icon is not updated. finish. That is, the shape of the icon does not change. When the display condition is defined, when the resource operation history NO and the command name are acquired from the icon display control information file 101 as the icon display condition, the composite condition number is acquired at the same time (205). The composite condition number indicates the number of conditions set for displaying one icon for one icon. In the icon display control information file 101 of FIG. 5, the composite condition number of the icons defined in the uppermost row is 2. The resource operation history NO and the command name acquired in the process 205 are expanded in the resource operation history-display condition matching table shown in FIG. 6, respectively. In the operation history-display condition matching table shown in FIG. 6, the vertical axis is a matrix of commands that can be issued for the resource to be operated, and the horizontal axis is a matrix of operation history numbers (orders) indicating the order in which the commands are issued. To be done. Here, to create the resource operation history-display condition matching table, the command name acquired in step 205,
And the resource operation history NO
Pattern matching is performed for each column, and the matching points on the matrix are marked. The marking is done by substituting an arbitrary number.
Using the resource operation history NO acquired in the process 205 as a key, the operation name corresponding to the resource operation history NO is acquired from the resource operation history information file 104 shown in FIG. 4 (208). The operation name as the operation history acquired in the process 208 and the resource operation history NO are compared on the resource operation history-display condition comparison table (209). It is determined (210) whether the two match. That is, process 2
Whether the resource operation history NO acquired in 05 and the resource operation history-display condition matching table corresponding to the operation name acquired in process 208 are marked is determined. If they match, "1" is assigned to the match flag (21
1) and increments the composite condition counter (21
2). Processes 208 to 212 are performed for all the composite conditions. If the composite condition counter exceeds the number of composite conditions in the judgment process 207, that is, if the judgment process is completed for all conditions of the composite condition, the match flag is "
If it is "1", the display attribute of the icon corresponding to the matched icon display condition is acquired (215) from the icon display control information file 101 shown in FIG. The icon is displayed on the screen according to the acquired display attribute of the icon (216).
If the match flag is "0" in the determination processing 214, that is, if the display condition of the icon is not satisfied, the display attribute of the icon is not updated. Further, when the determination process 210 does not match, “0” is assigned to the match flag (213),
Acquire the display condition of the icon defining the following icon display attribute from the icon display control information file 101,
Steps 205 to 213 are repeated until the icon display condition is satisfied while the icon display condition exists.

Next, an example of a screen when it is executed according to the flowchart of FIG. 2 will be described with reference to FIG. On the upper screen of FIG. 7, icons representing two resources of “business trip report” and “schedule book” are displayed. Here, in the icon “business trip report”, as shown in the icon display control information file 101 shown in FIG. 5, icon display conditions and icon display attributes are defined. Among them, the icon "Business trip report" has 2 as a compound condition.
One condition is defined. It is assumed that the commands "host transfer" and "print" are issued for the icon "business trip report" displayed on the upper screen of Fig. 7. In this case, "host transfer" and "print" are used as the icon operation history. 4 ”is registered in the icon operation history information file 104 shown in FIG. 4. Next, the icon display control information file 101 shown in FIG.
From, the icon display condition of the icon "business trip report" is read and developed in the resource operation history-display condition comparison table of FIG. Resource operation history-Compare the operation history of the icon with the display condition matching table. In this case, the icon display condition is that the latest operation command is "print",
The (latest-1) th operation command is "host transfer", which matches the operation history of the icon in FIG. Therefore, the icon display control information file 1 of FIG.
The display attribute of the icon shown in the top row of 01 is set for the icon "business trip report". The display attribute of the icon in this case is the shape shown in the display shape column at the top of FIG. 5, the size is the same size, and the display coordinates are 100 and 100. Display this on the screen. A screen displaying an icon after updating the display attribute of the icon is shown in the lower part of FIG. 7.
The above is the execution example in the present embodiment. Issuing the operation commands "host transfer" and "print" to the icon "business trip report" changes the shape of the icon. Due to this change, when the resource "business trip report" was in the upper screen of Fig. 7, the "business trip report" was being created, while in the lower screen after the operation command was executed, the "business trip report" was displayed. It is possible to easily understand that the printout has been completed after the creation of ".

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the embodiment of the method of updating the display attribute of the icon by using the operation history for the resource of the user as the display condition of the icon has been described. Hereinafter, an example of a method of updating the display attribute of an icon by the internal information of the resource instead of the operation history of the resource of the user will be described. Internal information of resources is information unique to each resource,
Depends on the resource management form. FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the system of this embodiment. The icon display control information file 801 stores, as information for displaying an icon on the screen, a process for analyzing internal information of the resource in addition to the icon ID, the resource name, the icon display condition, the icon display attribute. It has a file pointer which is an identifier of the created file. The icon display condition extracting unit 802 displays the display condition corresponding to the icon of the resource targeted by the command executing unit 103 and the file pointer as the icon display control information file 80.
Extract from 1. The resource internal information analysis unit 803 analyzes the internal information of the resource by executing the file indicated by the file pointer acquired by the icon display condition extraction unit 802. The resource internal information extraction unit 804
The result analyzed by the resource internal information analysis unit 803 is extracted as resource internal information and stored in the resource internal information file 805. Resource internal information collating unit 806
Matches the internal information of the resource extracted by the resource internal information extracting unit 804 with the icon display condition extracted by the icon display condition extracting unit 802. The icon display attribute extraction unit 108 extracts, from the icon display control information file 801, the display attribute of the icon corresponding to the display condition satisfied as a result of the collation by the resource internal information collation unit 206. The icon display attribute updating unit 109 updates the current icon display attribute to the display attribute of the icon extracted by the icon display attribute extracting unit 807. Icon display section 110
Displays an icon in accordance with the icon display attribute updated by the icon display attribute update unit 109. FIG. 10 shows the internal structure of the icon display control information file 801 that uses the internal information of the resource as the display condition of the icon. For the icon display control information file 101 of FIG. 5, the icon display condition is replaced with the internal information of the resource. ,further,
The configuration is such that a file pointer that accumulates the processing for analyzing the internal information of the resource is added. FIG. 11 shows a resource internal information file 805 for accumulating the analysis result of the internal information of the resource, which is composed of parameters to be analyzed and the values of the parameters. The flow of each process will be described in detail below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The user acquires the icon ID of the icon to be operated (202). Next, as shown in the icon display control information file 801 of FIG. 10, a pointer to a file in which processing for analyzing the internal information of the defined resource for the icon ID to be operated is accumulated. Is acquired and the file is executed (901). As a result of the analysis, the acquired information is registered in the resource internal information file 802 shown in FIG. 11 (902). The resource internal information file 802 is composed of a matching parameter expressing the internal information of the resource and the value of the matching parameter.
Next, it is judged whether the icon display condition for the internal information of the resource is defined (204), and if it is not set, the display attribute of the icon is not changed and the process ends. If the icon display condition is set, the icon display condition for the internal information of the resource and the composite condition number are acquired from the icon display control information file 101 in FIG. 10 (903). The icon display conditions acquired in the process 903 are collated with the resource internal information table created in the process 902 (904). As a result of the collation, it is determined whether the two match (210), and if they match, the match flag is set to "1" (211),
The compound condition counter is incremented (212). The processes 904 to 212 are repeated for the number of set composite conditions. If the composite condition counter exceeds the composite condition number in the judgment processing 207, that is, if the judgment processing is completed for all the conditions of the composite conditions, it is judged whether the coincidence flag is "1" (214). , "1", the icon display control information file 801 shown in FIG.
The display attribute of the icon corresponding to the matched icon display condition is acquired from (215), and the icon is displayed on the screen according to the acquired display attribute of the icon (21).
6). If the match flag is "0" in the determination processing 214, that is, if the display condition of the icon is not satisfied, the display attribute of the icon is not updated. Also, the determination process 210
If they do not match with each other, "0" is assigned to the match flag (21
3) Then, the icon display condition defining the next icon display attribute is acquired from the icon display control information file 801, and the processes 903 to 213 are repeated until the icon display condition is satisfied while the display condition exists. .. As described above, the shape of the icon can be updated according to the internal information of the resource. With this, for example, when it is applied to a publicly known e-mail system, the display attribute of the icon is set based on the number of e-mails that have been sent but have not been opened. If it is defined to be updated, as shown in the icon display control information file of FIG. 10, it is possible to recognize whether or not there is an unopened mail simply by looking at the shape of the icon, and there is an unopened mail. The operation to recognize whether or not is unnecessary.

Next, an embodiment in which file attributes such as the size of the resource file and the creation date are applied to the icon display conditions will be described. FIG. 12 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the system of this embodiment. In the icon display control information file 1201, the file attribute of the resource file is set as a condition for displaying the icon on the screen. Icon display condition extraction unit 1202
Extracts the display condition corresponding to the icon of the resource targeted by the command execution unit 103 from the icon display control information file 1201. The resource file attribute information extraction unit 1202 extracts attributes such as the size and creation date of the resource file and stores them in the resource file attribute information file 1203. The resource file attribute information matching unit 1204 matches the attribute accumulated in the resource file attribute information file with the display condition of the icon extracted by the icon display condition condition extracting unit 102. The icon display attribute extraction unit 108 extracts the icon display attribute when the icon display condition is satisfied as a result of the collation from the icon display control information file 1201. The icon display attribute updating unit 109 updates the current icon display attribute to the icon display attribute extracted by the icon display attribute extracting unit 108. The icon display unit 110 displays icons according to the icon display attributes updated by the icon display attribute updating unit 109. FIG. 14 shows the internal structure of an icon display control information file in which the file attributes of resource files are used as icon display conditions, and FIG. 15 shows the resource file attributes that accumulate the information obtained as a result of analyzing the file attributes of resource files. The information file 1203 is composed of attribute parameters and attributes of the resource file. The flow of each process will be described in detail below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The user acquires the icon ID of the icon to be operated (202). The file attribute of the resource corresponding to the icon ID that is the operation target is analyzed (1301), and the result is registered in the resource file attribute information file 1203 of FIG. 15 (130).
2). Next, it is determined whether the icon display condition for the file attribute of the resource is defined (204).
If not set, the display attribute of the icon is not changed and the process ends. If the icon display conditions are set, the icon display control information file 1 shown in FIG.
The icon display condition for the file attribute of the resource and the number of composite conditions are acquired from 201 (1303). The display condition of the icon acquired in process 1303 and process 13
The resource internal information file created in 02 is collated (1304). As a result of the collation, it is determined whether the two match (210). If they match, the match flag is "1".
Is set (211) and the compound condition counter is incremented (212). The processes 1304 to 212 are repeated for the number of set composite conditions. If the composite condition counter exceeds the composite condition number in the judgment processing 207,
That is, when the determination process is completed for all the conditions of the composite condition, it is determined whether the match flag is “1” (21
4) If it is "1", the display attribute of the icon corresponding to the matched icon display condition is acquired from the icon display control information file 1201 shown in FIG. 5 (215).
Then, the icon is displayed on the screen according to the acquired display attribute of the icon (216). If the match flag is "0" in the determination processing 214, that is, if the display condition of the icon is not satisfied, the display attribute of the icon is not updated. Further, when the determination process 210 does not match, “0” is assigned to the match flag (213), the icon display condition defining the next icon display attribute is acquired from the icon display control information file 1201, and the process is performed from the process 1303. Two
13 is repeated until the display condition of the icon is satisfied while the display condition is present. As described above, the shape of the icon can be updated according to the file attribute of the resource. Thus, for example, when applied to a known cabinet management system that stores various files, if the icon display condition is set according to the storage capacity of the cabinet, the allowable amount of the cabinet can be easily grasped by the shape of the icon.

Next, an embodiment will be described in which the icon display control information unique to the user is created by interactively editing the icon display control information. FIG. 16 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the system in this embodiment. The icon display control information reading unit 1601 reads the defined icon display control information from the icon display control information file 101. Icon display control information display section 16
02 displays the information read by the icon display control information reading unit 1601 on the screen. The icon display control information editing unit 1603 edits the icon display control information according to a user's instruction. The icon display control information storage unit 1604 stores the edited icon control information in the icon display control information file 101. This allows
User-specific icon display conditions and icon display attributes can be set.

As described in the above embodiment, the icon display control information can be defined as user-specific information. An example in which each user manages the defined icon display control information in user units or in group units will be described below. FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure in this embodiment. FIG.
Is the internal structure of the icon display control information file management file, and is composed of a user ID or group ID and the name of the icon display control information file. Figure 1
The flowchart shown in FIG. 7 is implemented by being added to the processing of the icon display condition acquisition unit 205 of the flowchart of FIG. The user ID or group ID of the user who has operated the resource is acquired (1701). Next, the icon display control information file management file is read (170
2). It is determined whether the user ID or group ID acquired in the process 1701 is registered in the icon display control information file management file of FIG. 18 (1703).
Then, if registered, the name of the icon display control information file corresponding to the user ID or the group ID is acquired. Accordingly, the icon display control information set by a plurality of users can be extracted for each user who has operated the resource, and the icon can be displayed according to the icon display attribute unique to the user.

In the above, the embodiment for changing the display attribute of the icon has been described. An embodiment will be described below in which change histories of icon display attributes are accumulated and the change histories are displayed in the form of icon shape changes. FIG. 19 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the system of this embodiment. This embodiment is realized by adding the functional block diagram of FIG. 19 to the icon display attribute updating unit 109 of the functional block diagram of FIG. Icon display attribute change history storage unit 19
01 stores the change history in the icon display attribute change unit 101 in the icon display attribute change history file 1902. FIG. 20 shows the icon display attribute change history file 19
The internal structure of 02 is shown. The icon display attribute change history file 1902 includes an icon ID, a resource name, and an icon shape, and is registered in the order in which the icon display attribute is changed. That is, the lower the level, the newer the information. The icon display attribute change history display unit 1903 is configured to display the icon display attribute change history file 19
The icon change history information accumulated in 02 is read and displayed in the order of change. Thereby, the operation (change history) performed on the resource can be grasped by the change in the shape of the icon.

It is also possible to apply the present invention to a network environment composed of a plurality of information processing devices.
This is because the resource operation history information file 105 and the icon display control information file 101 are centrally managed by one information processing device, and the same resource operation environment can be obtained by any information processing device. FIG. 21 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the system of this embodiment. FIG. 21 shows that the information processing apparatus A centrally manages the icon display control information 101 and the resource operation history information file 105. Input data extraction unit 21
01 extracts the icon ID and the operation name as the operation target as the data input in the information processing apparatus A. The input data transmitting unit 2102 transmits the extracted icon ID and operation name to the information processing apparatus A. The input data receiving unit 2103 receives the information sent from the input data transmitting unit 2102. The input data analysis unit 2104 stores the received icon ID and operation name in the resource operation history information file 105. Icon display attribute search unit 2105
Retrieves the icon attribute from the resource operation history information file 105 and the icon display control information file 101. The icon display attribute transmission unit 2106 transmits the icon display attribute acquired by the icon display attribute search unit 2105 to the information processing apparatus B. Icon display attribute receiving unit 210
7 receives the sent icon display attribute. The icon display unit 101 displays an icon according to the received icon display attribute. As a result, not only the information processing device that defines the icon display control information but also another information processing device can obtain a similar resource operation environment.

[0018]

According to the present invention, one icon is specified from a plurality of icons defined by the user according to the operation history of the resource, the internal state of the resource, or the attribute of the resource file. , You can change the shape of the icon in real time. Therefore, it is not necessary for the user to start an application program that manages the resource to grasp the resource state, and to grasp the resource state to some extent by changing the shape of the icon displayed on the screen. It is possible to improve the operability of resources and provide a more visual graphical user interface. Furthermore, when a resource is shared by a plurality of people, the shape of the icon displayed on the screen can facilitate communication between groups. Further, the user can easily update the icon display control information in which information such as the display condition of the icon and the display shape of the icon is accumulated by the user interactively editing. Therefore, it is possible to easily construct an operation environment of the resource unique to the user.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram of a computer system used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a resource operation history information file according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 5 is an icon display control information file according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 6 is a resource operation history-icon display condition matching table according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 7 is an execution screen example in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a system configuration diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an icon display control information file according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a resource internal information table according to the second embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 12 is a system configuration diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an icon display control information file according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a resource file attribute information file according to the third embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 16 is a system configuration diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart in the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is an icon control information file management file according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a system configuration diagram showing a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is an icon display attribute change history file according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a system configuration diagram showing a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 ... Icon display control information file, 102 ... Icon display condition extraction unit, 103 ... Command execution unit, 104
... resource operation history information storage unit, 105 ... resource operation history information file, 106 ... resource operation history information extraction unit, 107 ... icon display condition matching unit, 108 ... icon display attribute extraction unit, 109 ... icon display attribute update unit,
110 ... Icon display section.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus having a computer and a dialogue terminal, and an icon representing software / hardware resources (hereinafter referred to as resources) on a screen with pictures or characters, and a group of instructions for operating the resources. (Hereinafter referred to as a command), an icon in which an icon name and a display condition for displaying the icon, display attributes such as the shape, color, and display position of the icon are associated and accumulated. Has display control information,
A history of issuing commands for the resource issued by the user is accumulated as operation history information, and at the end of execution of the operation command for the resource issued by the user, the operation history information is collated with the icon display control information. According to the method, the icon display attribute corresponding to the operation history of the resource is extracted from the icon display control information, and the icon is displayed on the screen according to the extracted icon display attribute. 2. The internal information of the changed resource is extracted by an operation command for the resource issued by the user, and at the end of execution of the operation command, the internal information of the extracted resource is collated with the icon display control information. The icon display attribute according to the internal state of the resource is extracted from the icon display control information, and the icon is displayed on the screen according to the extracted icon display attribute. Control method. 3. A resource attribute such as a changed resource size and date is analyzed by an operation command for a resource issued by a user, and at the end of execution of the operation command, the analyzed resource attribute and the icon display control. The icon display attribute according to the attribute of the resource is extracted from the icon display control information by collating the information, and the icon is displayed on the screen according to the extracted icon display attribute. Icon display control method. 4. The content of the icon display control information in the icon display control information in which the name of the icon, the display condition for displaying the icon, the display attributes such as the shape, color, and display position of the icon are stored in association with each other. Is displayed on the screen by associating the icon name, display condition, and display attribute with each other, and the displayed icon display control information is interactively added, deleted, changed, etc. on the screen.
The icon display control method according to claim 1, wherein the icon display control information is updated. 5. The icon display control information is managed for each user or group, and when the execution of the operation command for the resource issued by the user ends, the operation history of the resource,
Alternatively, the internal information of the resource, the icon display control information to be collated with the resource attribute, the user name or the user I
The icon display control information specified from D, the group name, or the group ID is collated with the specified operation history of the resource, the internal information of the resource, or the resource attribute, and the icon display control information displays the icon display attribute. The icon display control method according to claim 1, further comprising: extracting the icon and displaying the icon according to the extracted icon display attribute. 6. A history of operation commands for a resource, internal information of the resource, and a display attribute of an icon changed according to the attribute of the resource are accumulated as icon display attribute change history information, and the icon display attribute is changed by the user's designation. It is possible to dynamically display the change history of the icon display attribute by extracting the display attribute of the icon from the history information in the order in which the change is made and displaying the icon on the screen according to the extracted icon display attribute. The icon display control method according to claim 1, which is characterized in that. 7. In a network environment composed of a plurality of information processing devices, one information processing device stores operation command history for resources, resource internal information, resource attributes, and icon display control information. However, when changing the icon display attribute, the operation command history for the resource, or the internal information of the resource,
The attribute of the resource and the icon display control information are shared between the information processing apparatuses, and the update of the icon display attribute is reflected in each information processing apparatus to display the same icon in each information processing apparatus. And icon display control method.