JPH06301502A - Personal information activity supporting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent various troubles by providing a work item table display means, a work item table updating means, a work item execution instructing means and an application program control means, as components, in the contents of a work item managing means. CONSTITUTION:For instance, immediately after being logged into a network, a work item table window 160 (W1) is displayed, and in a client area of the window 160, a work item table is displayed. The table is constituted of significance, a work item name, the number of days required, a startable day, a time limit, a use application program(AP) name, remarks, etc. A user determines one work item to be executed from the table, positions a mouse cursor to its work item, and selects the execution by a pull-down menu. As a result, the work item table window W1 is converted to an icon, an AP group required for executing the designated work item is actuated and the corresponding windows W2, W3 are opened automatically.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

The present invention relates to a plurality of clients Newwa - CSS connected to the server through a click (C li
It relates to the application of ent S erver S ystem), about the method in particular support the personal work of the office worker.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Documents, spreadsheets,
There is a wide variety of work such as information storage and retrieval. Commercially available distribution software is used as a tool to support these tasks on the client machine. Typical items are work item management software, word processing software, spread sheet software, database software, and so on.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional techniques are not always sufficient as techniques for effectively supporting personal work in the office, and have the following problems. In other words, even if there are individual application programs (work item management, word processor, spread sheet, database, etc.) that run on the client machine, none of these are organically linked or systematized. That is, the work item management program described above has only a function of displaying a list of a plurality of work items to be executed by an individual, and when executing a specific item on the list, it is necessary to execute the item. A worker manually started an application program group (word processor, spread sheet, database, etc.). Therefore, there is a problem that the operation until the necessary work environment is prepared is troublesome.

[0004]

In order to solve the above problems, according to the present invention, a work item list displaying means, a work item list updating means, and a work are provided inside the existing work item managing means as its constituent elements. An item execution instruction means and an application program control means are provided.

[0005]

[Operation] Each office worker has a client personal computer connected to the server via the network on each person's desk. When the personal computer is turned on, the work item list display means operates and a work item list window is displayed on the display screen of the personal computer. In this list, a list of work items to be executed by the worker is displayed. This work item is input by the worker himself and updated as necessary. The worker looks at this list and looks back at changes in the situation such as work results up to now, occurrence of new work items, change of already registered work items, etc. Update. At this time, the work item list updating means operates.

Looking at this list, the worker decides a work item to be executed, such as a work whose deadline is approaching, and instructs the work item execution instructing means to execute the work item. As a specific operation, position the mouse cursor on this work item and select "Execute" from the menu. In conjunction with this, the window is automatically made into an icon, and the application program control means activates the application program group necessary for executing the work and opens the window group.

The worker activates the windows necessary for the work and executes the necessary office work (word processor, spreadsheet, database, etc.).

To complete the work and return to the list window, double-click the icon. The list window will be displayed. Follow the same procedure as above.

Since each means operates as described above, it is not necessary for the worker to manually start the application program group one by one in order to prepare a necessary work environment when executing a work item, and this can be done with one touch. Because you can
The operation is not bothersome.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a CS for connecting a plurality of clients 20 to 40 to a server 10 via a network 50.
It is a configuration diagram of a S (C lient S erver S ystem ). Clients 1 to n are laptop computers and notebook computers installed one by one on the desks of office workers. A PC or workstation with higher performance than the client is usually used for the server.

FIG. 2 shows the hardware configuration of the server 10 and the clients 20-40. CPU 60, memory 7
0, hard disk 80, flexible disk 90,
Keyboard 100, mouse 110, display 12
0, LAN controller 130, and bus 140.

The CPU 60 has, for example, 16 bits or 3 bits.
It is a 2-bit microprocessor.

Programs and data are held in the memory 70. Particularly client memory, the client OS including a window system (O perating S y
stem) programs, application programs running on them, and data are retained.

The basic function of the hard disk 80 is to store programs and data. In particular, the server hard disk stores a server OS program, a client OS program, an application program, and data. A work item list for each user, which will be described later, is also stored here as data.

The flexible disk 90 provides a portable storage medium function for programs and data, inputs programs and data from a client or server to the outside, and outputs these programs from the client or server to the outside. Used to

The keyboard 100, the mouse 110, and the display 120 all provide interactivity. Applications that exist in memory on the client side
The program displays a work item list, documents, calculation tables, and the like, which will be described later, on the display 120 as windows. An office worker interactively executes work by operating these with a keyboard or mouse input.

FIG. 2 further shows the LAN controller 130.
including. The LAN controller provides a communication function via a network between the client and the server.

FIG. 3 shows the transition of screens during office work using the client. FIG. 7A is a screen immediately after the client is powered on and logged in to the network. Work item list window 160
(W ₁ ) is displayed. A work item list is displayed in the client area of the window. The display example is shown in FIG. Lists the work items that the logged-in user should perform. This list is composed of columns of, for example, check, importance, work item name, required number of days, startable date, deadline, AP name used, remarks. The "Check" column is
A column for checking completed work items, "Use AP"
The "Name" column is the AP ( A ppl
a column for holding the name of ication P in Program) group. Description of other columns is omitted.

Since office work usually has many uncertainties, if there is a change in a work item, the user changes it each time, and this list is always updated to the latest one.

The user looks at this list, decides one work item to be executed (such as a work item whose deadline is approaching), positions the mouse cursor on the work item, and selects "execute" from the pull-down menu. .

The screen is as shown in FIG. 3 (b).
That is, the work item list window W ₁ is automatically iconified, the application programs necessary for executing the work item previously specified are activated, and the corresponding window groups (W ₂ , W ₃ ) are automatically created. Open to. The user operates these windows to execute the work item (if a word processor is to be activated, the word processor window is activated to do this. The same is true for spreadsheets, databases, etc.).

When the work item is completed in this way, the user opens the work item list window (W ₁ ) by double-clicking the icon (FIG. 7 (c)).

The user looks at this list, decides the work item to be executed next, and specifies the execution in the same manner as above. The work item list window (W ₁ ) is automatically iconified, and the previously displayed window group (W ₂ ,
W ₃₎ are erase all newly required window group (W _4, W ₅₎ is displayed (Fig. (D)). The same applies hereinafter.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the software loaded in the memory 70 on the client side. It is composed of a client OS 170 and a plurality of application programs (AP _{1 to} APn) operating on the client OS 170. Immediately after logging in to the network, the client OS and AP
₁ (work item management program) only. These exist on the hard disk 80 of the server 10 and are loaded into the memory 70 on the client side upon login. The data flow is shown by the bold line in FIG. AP ₂ ~
APn is an application program loaded when a work item to be executed is specified on the work item list (for example, word processing software).

The application program has a message-driven programming style compatible with the window system (a part of the client OS), and has a main function (Main) and a window function (Win).
It consists of and.

FIG. 7 shows an outline of processing by the main function and the window function. The figure (a) is a main function, (b)
Is a processing outline of the window function.

In the main function, after the window class registration, creation, display, initialization of the timer, etc. (10) are performed, the message sent from the window system is acquired (30) and the acquired message is acquired. Is delivered to the window function (40) and the process is repeated (20).

In the window function, the type of message delivered from the main function is judged (10), and message processing corresponding to each is performed (20-40).

For example, when the window is opened in FIG. 3A, the window function receives the window open message and, as a corresponding process, displays the work item list of the corresponding user in the window client area.
This list data is the hard disk 80 of the server 10.
It is held for each user on the top, and the window function is
By requesting transfer of this user data to the window system, it is loaded and displayed on the memory of the corresponding client. The data flow is the same as in FIG.

The work item list is updated by the user by operating the mouse or the keyboard. In response to these operations, the window function receives the message and updates the list according to the message.

When the user positions the mouse cursor on an item to be executed on the work item list and specifies the execution of the item by the pull-down menu, the window function receives the message and performs the following processing.

(1) Icon of the work item list window
Make the work item list window icon
API for iconization (ApplocationProgramming
Interface) function is called.

(2) Provision of necessary window environment The old window group is deleted and the necessary window group is opened. The old window group is deleted by sending an end message to the old window group stored in the table. To open a new window group, based on the information in the "Used AP name" column of the work item list, convert the file name by performing a table search, load the file from the server hard disk, and execute it. It is realized by requesting the window system. The data flow is the same as in FIG.

The above is the description of the embodiments of the present invention.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the work item list is stored / displayed, the work to be executed is forgotten, the important work has expired, etc., which has frequently occurred in the office. There is an effect that various troubles can be prevented.

If the user selects a work item to be executed on the work item list, the necessary window environment is automatically provided, and the user needs to prepare the necessary window environment one by one as in the conventional case. There is no problem, and there is an effect that the operation is not bothersome.

[Brief description of drawings]

[1] may be applied method of the present invention CSS (C lient S
erver is a configuration diagram of a S ystem).

FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of a client and a server in CSS.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a screen transition of a client when performing an office work according to the method of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of a work item list.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a program existing in a memory on the client side.

FIG. 6 is a data flow diagram when a program or data is loaded from a hard disk on the server side to a memory on the client side.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an outline of processing of an application program AP ₁ (work item management software) (same for AP _{2 to} APn).

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Server, 20-40 ... Client, 50 ... Network, 60 ... CPU, 70 ... Memory, 80 ... Hard disk, 90 ... Flexible disk, 100 ... Keyboard, 110 ... Mouse, 120 ... Display, 1
30 ... LAN controller, 140 ... Bus, 150 ... Screen, 160 ... Work item list window, 170
... Client OS, 180-200 ... Application program.

Claims (2)

[Claims] To [claim 1] CSS (C lient S erver S ystem ) on the display screen of the client machine, displaying a plurality of work items to be executed office worker individual is in list format, it should be undertaken by the operator A personal information activity support method characterized in that, when a work item is specified on the list, the application programs required to execute the specified work item are automatically started in synchronization with the operation. 2. The personal information activity support system according to claim 1, wherein the work item list is constructed and created by a worker himself / herself.