JPH0683290B2 - Computer dialogue device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a computer dialogue apparatus, and performs dialogue between remote locations by exchanging messages in real time between two terminals connected by a communication medium. It relates to a computer dialogue device.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of computer dialog device sends a sentence input by the key input means as a message to the other terminal, and the terminal receiving the message provides only a simple function of displaying the sentence in the message on the screen. Was there.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

To facilitate the dialogue, the documents created in advance are displayed on the screens of both terminals, and both interlocutors can specify the display page and correct necessary parts while always seeing the same screen contents. It is necessary (the contents displayed on the screens of both terminals are always the same, also called a shared screen). However, in the above-described conventional computer interaction device, the sentence input by the key input means is transmitted as a message to the other terminal, and the terminal receiving the message has a simple function of displaying the sentence in the message on the screen. However, there is a drawback in that the functions are not sufficient to facilitate the dialogue only by providing them.

An object of the present invention is to combine a communication means and an editor processing means that provides a wealth of functions for displaying / editing a document file, so that both interlocutors can use the same interface as the editor operation to edit a document on a shared screen. It is intended to provide a computer dialogue device capable of exchanging opinions by performing display / edit operations.

[Means for solving problems]

The computer interactive apparatus of the present invention is provided with a key input means for an interlocutor to input a command and one transmission right of a command message called a token for performing transmission right control between two terminals that perform a dialogue. Only one of the terminals has a token at the same time, and the status of each terminal indicates the status of owning the token depending on the presence or absence of the token, and the token is not owned and the token is requested. Token ownership status, which indicates that the message is not sent, and token ownership status, which indicates that the token is not owned and the token request message is sent and is waiting for a response. When a command is input from the key input means at, the input command is passed to the editor processing means and a frame containing the input command is sent. When the token request message is received through the communication medium in the token possession state, the token transmission message is transmitted to the communication medium and the state transits to the token non-ownership state. When the command message is received through the communication medium in the non-ownership state, the command is taken out from the message and passed to the editor processing means, and when the command is input from the key input means in the token non-ownership state, the token request message is communicated. When transmitting to the medium and transiting to the token request state, and when receiving the token transmission message in the token request state, the command input from the key input means is passed to the editor processing means, and the command message including the input command is sent. Create and send to communication media When a command message is received in the token request state and when the command message is received in the token request state, a sending and receiving means for extracting the command from the message and passing it to the editor processing means, and a file storage means for storing the document file used for the interaction in advance An editor processing means for inputting a command from the transmitting / receiving means and displaying / editing a document file in the file storage means according to the content thereof;
A display unit for displaying the result of the editing process.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings illustrating an embodiment.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram in which a computer dialogue device 26, which is the same as the computer dialogue device 6 of the present invention, is connected through a communication medium 10. The computer dialogue device 6/26 includes a display unit 1/21, a file storage unit 2/22, an editor processing unit 3/23, a key input unit 4/24, and a transmission / reception unit 5 connected to the communication medium 10. / 25 and.

It is assumed that the document file created by a word processor or the like for use in the dialogue is distributed in advance to the computer dialogue devices 6 and 26 of both dialogue parties and is stored in the file storage means 2.22. Further, at the time of starting the dialogue, one of the computer dialogue devices has a command message transmission right called a token, one computer dialogue device is in the token possession state, and the other computer dialogue device is in the token non-occupancy state. And

When the dialogue is started, one of the dialogue persons, for example, the dialogue person who uses the computer dialogue device 6, displays the document file such as referring to the document file, designating a display page, inserting and deleting characters, and the like.
When an edit command is input using the key input means 4, the command is passed to the transmitting / receiving means 5. When the command is input, the transmitting / receiving means 5 passes the command to the editor processing means 3 and creates a command message including the input command when the command is in the token possessing state, and transmits the command message through the communication medium 10 to the other computer dialogue device 26.

The computer dialogue device 26 is in the token non-ownership state,
The transmitting / receiving means 25 receiving the command message extracts the command from the message and passes it to the editor processing means 23. Further, when a command is input from the key input means 24 of the computer interactive device 26 in the token non-owning state,
The command is passed to the transmitting / receiving means 25.

Since the transmitting / receiving means 25 is in the token non-owning state, the token request message for requesting the token is transmitted as the communication medium.
It transmits to the computer interactive apparatus 6 through 10 and changes to a token request state. The transmitting / receiving means 5 of the computer interaction device 6 receives the token request message, transmits a token transmission message through the communication medium 10 to pass the token to the other computer interaction device 26, and transits to the token non-owning state.

The transmission / reception means 25 of the computer interactive device 26 in the token request state receives the token transmission message, passes the command input from the key input means 24 to the editor processing means 23, and creates a command message including the input command to generate a computer. It is transmitted to the dialog device 6, and the token request state is transited to the token possession state. The transmitting / receiving means 5 of the dialogue device 6 receiving the command message extracts the command from the message and passes it to the editor processing means 3. The editor processing means 3 and 23 of both computer dialogue devices 6 and 26 respectively display and edit the document files in the file storage means 2 and 22 in accordance with the command input from the transmitting and receiving means 5 and 25, and display the results. It is displayed on the display means 1.21.

As a result of the above, the commands input from the respective key input means 4/24 of either computer interaction device 6/26 are all in the same order and the editor processing means 3 /
Passed to 23. Also, the same document files are stored in advance in the file storage means 2 and 22 of both computer dialogue devices 6 and 26, respectively. Therefore, the editor processing means 3.23 processes the same command for the same document file in the same order and displays the result of the display / edit processing on the display means 1.21.
To display. As a result, the two interlocutors can perform the display / editing operation while always viewing the document having the same content on the display means 1.21, and can smoothly conduct the dialogue between remote places.

FIG. 2 is a state transition diagram of the computer dialogue system of the present invention. Token possession state 30, token non-ownership state 31, token request state 32, and arc 40
It consists of ~ 45.

The arc 40 indicates that when a command is input from the key input means in the token possession state 30, the input command is passed to the editor processing means, and a command message including the input command is created and transmitted to the communication medium.

An arc 41 indicates that when a token request message is received from the communication medium in the token possession state 30, a token transmission message is created and transmitted to the communication medium, and at the same time, the token disapproval state 31 is entered.

The arc 42 indicates that when the command message is received from the communication medium in the token non-owning state 31, the command in the command message is taken out and passed to the editor processing means.

An arc 43 indicates that when a command is input from the key input means in the token non-owning state 31, the token request message is transmitted to the communication medium and the state transits to the token request state.

When the arc 45 receives the token transmission message from the communication medium in the token request state 32, it passes the command input from the key input means to the editor processing means, creates a command message including the input command, and transmits it to the communication medium. Indicates a transition to the token possession state.

The arc 44 indicates that when the command message is received from the communication medium in the token request state 32, the command in the message is taken out and passed to the editor processing means.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, since two interlocutors can refer to and edit a document while looking at the same document displayed on the display means, a dialogue between remote places can be smoothly performed. The effect is that you can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a state transition diagram of the present invention. 1.21 ... Display means, 2.22 ... File storage means, 3
・ 23 …… Editor processing means, 4 ・ 24 …… Key input means,
5 ・ 25 …… Transmission / reception means, 6 ・ 26 …… Computer dialogue device, 10 …… Communication medium, 30 …… Token ownership status, 31 ……
No token possession status, 32 ... Token request status, 40-45
……arc.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A computer dialogue device for dialogue between remote places by bidirectionally communicating in real time as a message a sentence or the like input from a key input means between two terminals connected by a communication medium. A key input means for a person to input a command and one transmission right of a command message called a token for performing transmission right control between two terminals that interact with each other are provided at either terminal at the same time. Only the token has the token, and the status of each terminal is indicated by the presence or absence of the token, indicating that the token is owned, and that the token is not owned and the token request message is not sent. Token-not-owned state and a token indicating that the token is not owned and the token request message is sent and waiting for a response. When the command is input from the key input means in the token possession state, the input command is passed to the editor processing means and a command message including the input command is created and transmitted to the communication medium. Also, when the token request message is received through the communication medium in the token possession state, the token transmission message is transmitted to the communication medium and the state transits to the token non-owned state, and the command message is received through the communication medium in the token non-owned state. Then, the command is extracted from the message and passed to the editor processing means.When the command is input from the key input means in the token non-owning state, the token request message is transmitted to the communication medium and the state transits to the token request state. Also, in the token request state, the token transmission message When the message is received, the command input from the key input means is passed to the editor processing means, a command message including the input command is created and transmitted to the communication medium, and the state changes to the token possession state and the token request state. When a command message is received by, the sending means for extracting the command from the message and passing it to the editor processing means, the file storing means for pre-storing the document file used for the dialogue, the command input from the sending / receiving means, and the contents thereof According to the editor processing means for displaying / editing the document file in the file storage means, and displaying / editing the editor processing means for the document file.
And a display means for displaying the result of the editing process.