JPH10143529A - Automatic pilot device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the standby time of a user at the time of obtaining data from the internet by executing a schedule based on an inputted schedule, obtaining an HTML file, performing storage in the HTML file and outputting the stored HTML file. SOLUTION: A schedule execution means 15 executes the schedule based on the schedule for accessing the HTML file inputted from a schedule input means 7 and obtains the HTML file. An HTML file storage means 25 stores the HTML file obtained by the schedule execution means 15. Then, the HTML file stored in the HTML file is outputted. Thus, the HTML file is automatically obtained corresponding to the schedule set beforehand and the standby time of the user at the time of obtaining the data from the internet 31 is reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an autopilot device for automatically obtaining information from the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the expansion of the Internet, much information can be obtained via the Internet. To obtain information from the Internet, software called "browser" is usually used. With a browser, it is possible to visually display the obtained data. Further, the user can input the link information existing on the displayed data,
By giving instructions such as clicking with the mouse,
New data can be obtained.

[0003]

However, since data obtained from the Internet includes data having a large data size such as an image or a moving image, it takes time to transfer the data, and it is difficult to obtain the data. Waiting time tends to be long, and for a dial-up user using a telephone line, the time to read data is also subject to billing, so that there is a problem that efficiency is poor.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide an autopilot device that can reduce the waiting time of a user when acquiring data from the Internet.

[0005]

In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides a communication means for connecting to the Internet;
Schedule input means for inputting a schedule for accessing the TML file; schedule execution means for executing a schedule based on the schedule input from the schedule input means to obtain an HTML file; and HTM obtained by the schedule execution means.
HTML file storage means for storing the L file;
Output control means for outputting an HTML file stored in the TML file storage means.

Thus, an autopilot device can be obtained which can reduce the user's waiting time when acquiring data from the Internet.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is a communication means for connecting to the Internet, a schedule input means for inputting a schedule for accessing an HTML file, and an input from the schedule input means. Execute the schedule based on the schedule,
Schedule execution means for acquiring an HTML file;
According to a configuration having an HTML file storage unit for storing an HTML file obtained by the schedule execution unit and an output control unit for outputting the HTML file stored in the HTML file storage unit, according to a preset schedule, The HTML file can be automatically obtained.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, an HTML file analyzing means for analyzing an HTML file stored in the HTML file storing means and an HTML file analyzing means analyze the HTML file. With the configuration including title acquisition means for extracting the title of the HTML file from the data, the title of the acquired HTML file can be browsed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the hierarchical structure recognizing means for recognizing the hierarchical structure of the HTML file stored in the HTML file storing means and the hierarchical structure recognizing means. By having a hierarchical structure storing means for storing the recognized hierarchical structure and a hierarchical structure output control means for outputting the hierarchical structure stored in the hierarchical structure storing means, the hierarchical structure of the acquired HTML file can be grasped. can do.

[0010] According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, translation designation storage means for storing an instruction as to whether or not to execute a translation, inputted from the schedule input means, and HTML. HTM for extracting a text portion from an HTML file stored in a file storage means
L file analysis means, translation means for executing translation of the text portion extracted by the HTML file analysis means, and control means for controlling the translation means in accordance with instructions stored in the translation designation storage means. Thus, the specified HTML file can be translated.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a search server automatic setting means for retrieving data to be accessed recursively based on an HTML file stored in an HTML file storage means. And search level storage means for storing the depth of recursive retrieval,
In accordance with the data set by the search server automatic setting means and the data stored in the search level storage means, the control means controls the schedule execution means. HTML files can be obtained at depth.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a configuration having file creation means for creating file data having link information to an HTML file stored in the HTML file storage means. As a result, file data having link information can be created.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a configuration having a creation date comparing means for comparing a time stamp of a newly accessed HTML file with a time stamp of an already acquired HTML file. As a result, duplication of the same file can be avoided.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided time information storage means for storing the execution start time of the schedule execution means, which is input from the schedule input means, and time information storage. With the configuration including the time management means for executing the schedule execution means at the start time stored in the means, it is possible to automatically start the HTML file acquisition work at a predetermined time.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a group information storing means for storing group information of URLs to be accessed at one time, which are inputted from the schedule inputting means, and the group information. With the configuration including the control unit that controls the schedule execution unit according to the group information stored in the storage unit, it is possible to access the URL in units of groups.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a retry number storing means for storing the number of times of accessing again when an access error occurs, which is inputted from the schedule input means, An acquisition error discriminating means for judging the occurrence of an error, and a control means for controlling the schedule execution means according to the number of times of access stored in the retry number storage means when the acquisition error discriminating means determines that an error has occurred. With this configuration, even if the access is erroneous, it is possible to access again a predetermined number of times.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the tenth aspect, there is provided a configuration in which a postponed URL storing means for storing the URL where the error has occurred, which is determined by the acquisition error determining means, is provided. Thus, access to the URL where the error has occurred can be postponed.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, search server storage means for storing a server in a search range, which is input from the schedule input means, and storage in the search server storage means. With the configuration including the control means for controlling the schedule execution means in accordance with the servers in the search range set, the server to be searched can be specified.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, priority information storage means for storing the priority of the URL to be accessed, which is input from the schedule input means, and priority information U stored in the storage means
With the configuration including the acquisition order control means for controlling the acquisition order of the schedule execution means according to the priority of the RL, the priority can be specified for the URL to be accessed.

[0020]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an autopilot device according to one embodiment of the present invention. The autopilot device of the present embodiment is connected to the Internet,
Acquires data written in a language called HTML (HyperText Markup Language).

In FIG. 1, 1 is a translation means for translating a sentence written in English into a Japanese sentence, 2 is a communication means for communicating with the Internet, and 3 is an HTML analysis for analyzing HTML data obtained from the Internet. Means 4, HT
Title acquisition means for acquiring the title of the HTML data using the ML analysis means 3, browser control means 5 for requesting the browser to display the acquired HTML data, and control means 6 for controlling the entire Internet autopilot.

7 is a schedule input means for inputting a processing procedure of the autopilot device, and 8 is a URL to be accessed.
(Uniform Resource Locator), a schedule storage unit 9 for storing group information of a plurality of URLs, a priority information storage unit 10 for storing priorities when accessing URLs, and a recursive 11 A search level storage unit for storing a level when a URL is accessed, a search server storage unit for designating a search range, a time information storage unit for storing an execution start time by a timer, and an access failure Retry count storage means for storing the number of times of access again when
Reference numeral 16 denotes a translation designation storage unit that stores whether to execute translation after acquiring each URL.

Reference numeral 15 denotes schedule execution means for executing the schedule stored in the schedule storage means 8, 17
Is a search server automatic setting unit that determines a URL to be accessed recursively from the accessed URL data, 18 is a creation date comparison unit that compares the data to be accessed with the time stamp of already acquired data, and 19 is a priority information storage unit. The acquisition order control means 20 determines the order of URLs to be accessed based on the priorities stored in the time information storage means 10. When the start time stored in the time information storage means 13 is reached, the acquisition order control means 20 Time management means for issuing an execution instruction; 21, an acquisition error discrimination means for detecting that the communication means 2 has failed in access; 22, a postponed URL storage means for storing the URL of which access failed;
Reference numeral 3 denotes a search URL temporary storage unit that stores URLs to be accessed in the order of access.

Reference numeral 24 denotes search result storage means for managing the data obtained by the schedule execution means 15, reference numeral 25 denotes an HTML file storage means for storing the obtained HTML data, and reference numeral 26 denotes a hierarchical structure recognizing means for recognizing the hierarchical structure of the obtained data. , 27 are hierarchical structure storing means for storing the hierarchical structure recognized by the hierarchical structure recognizing means 26.

Reference numeral 28 denotes search result output means for displaying search results on a browser 32 (described later) using the browser control means 5; 29, a hierarchical structure display means for displaying the hierarchical structure stored in the hierarchical structure storage means 27; This is an HTML file creating unit that creates an HTML file linked with the search results and reads the HTML file into the browser 32 (described later) using the browser control unit 5.

Reference numeral 31 denotes the Internet, and 32 denotes a browser for accessing the Internet 31.

FIG. 2 is a hardware block diagram of the autopilot device according to one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 100 denotes a CPU (central processing unit).
A control program stored in a ROM (read only memory) 101 is executed. A random access memory (RAM) 102 stores various data. 103 is a communication device for connecting to a communication network, 104 is an input device for inputting data, 10
5 is a display device for displaying data, and 106 is a clock device.

The operation of the thus configured autopilot apparatus will be described below.

FIG. 15, FIG. 16, FIG. 17, and FIG. 18 are flowcharts of the auto-pilot device according to one embodiment of the present invention. The flow of processing of the auto-pilot device will be described with reference to these flowcharts.

First, the processing flow of step A in FIG. 15 will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 16, in step 1, a schedule is input by the schedule input means 7. As a result, in step 2, the following data is stored.

The schedule storage means 8 stores a list of URLs to be accessed, as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, the group information storage means 9 stores information obtained by grouping the URLs stored in the schedule storage means 8 into groups.

As shown in FIG. 5, the priority information storage means 10 stores the access priority of the URLs stored in the schedule storage means 8.

As shown in FIG. 6, the search level storage means 11 stores a search level for a search.

As shown in FIG. 7, the search server storage means 12 stores a recursive search range for each URL stored in the schedule storage means 8 for each server.

As shown in FIG. 8, the time information storage means 13 stores a search start time for each group stored in the group information storage means 9.

As shown in FIG. 9, the retry count storage means 14 stores the number of times of re-access when an access fails.

As shown in FIG. 10, the translation designation storage means 16 designates the execution of translation for each URL stored in the schedule storage means 8.

Next, the flow of the processing in step B of FIG. 15 will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 17, in step 11,
When the start time stored in the time information storage unit 13 by the time management unit 20 has come, the schedule execution unit 15 is notified of the URL group to be accessed and requests execution.

In step 12, the acquisition order control means 19
Determines the access order based on the priority stored in the priority information storage means 10 and stores the access order in the search URL temporary storage means 23. FIG. 12 shows an example of the URL temporary storage means 23 at that time.

In step 13, the URL temporary storage means 2
3 and retrieves the first URL stored in
Is used to access the Internet 31.

In step 14, the acquisition error determining means 2
1 to determine whether the access was successful. If it fails, the URL retrieved in step 13 is postponed, stored in the URL storage means 22 (see FIG. 11), and the process returns to step 13.

On the other hand, if successful, at step 16,
The data of the same URL that has already been acquired is compared with the time stamp. If it is new data, in step 17,
HTML file storage means 25 in search result storage means 24
The hierarchical structure recognizing means 26 determines the hierarchical relationship with the data which has already been acquired, and stores the data in the hierarchical structure storing means 27.

At step 18, the search level storage means 11
Search level stored in the search server storage means 12
It is determined whether or not the condition of the search range stored in is satisfied. If both are satisfied, step 19
Then, the search server automatic setting means retrieves the URL of the new link destination and stores it in the inspection URL temporary storage means 23.

In step 20, it is determined whether or not data remains in the inspection URL temporary storage means 23. If there is, the process returns to step S13. If not, at step 21
It is determined whether or not data is stored in the postponed URL storage unit 22. If there is, in step 22, the number of retries is compared with the value stored in the retry number storage unit 14. If the number of actual retries is smaller, the process returns to step S13.

Next, regarding step C in FIG.
The translation unit 1 translates the data stored in the ML file storage unit 25 based on the translation execution specification stored in the translation designation storage unit 16.

Next, regarding step D in FIG. 15, FIG.
The outline of the process will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 18, at step 31, it is determined whether or not to create an HTML file. If an HTML file is to be created, at step 32, the HTML file creating means 30 checks the HTML file.
An HTML file having link information to the data stored in the file storage means 25 is created.
This file is read by the browser using the browser control means 5.

When the HTML file is not created, a list of data stored in the HTML file storage means 25 is displayed on the hierarchical structure display means 29 based on the hierarchical structure stored in the hierarchical structure storage means 27. In step 35, the user selects data to be displayed on the browser, and in step 36
Is displayed on the browser using the browser control means 5.

[0052]

As described above, according to the present invention, data on the Internet can be automatically acquired according to a schedule specified in advance, and the waiting time when a user reads data is reduced.

When a telephone line is used, the connection time is minimized, and the connection fee can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an autopilot device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a hardware block diagram of an autopilot device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing group information storage means in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing priority information storage means in one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing search level storage means in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing search server storage means in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing time information storage means in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a retry count storage unit in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a translation designation storage unit in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a later URL storage means according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing search URL temporary storage means in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing search result storage means in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a hierarchical structure storage unit in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of an autopilot device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of an autopilot device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of an autopilot device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of an autopilot device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of an autopilot device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 translation means 2 communication means 3 HTML analysis means 4 title acquisition means 5 browser control means 6 control means 7 schedule input means 8 schedule storage means 9 group information storage means 10 priority information storage means 11 search level storage means 12 search server storage means 13 Time information storage means 14 Retry count storage means 15 Schedule execution means 16 Translation designation storage means 17 Search server automatic setting means 18 Creation date comparison means 19 Acquisition order control means 20 Time management means 21 Acquisition error discrimination means 22 Subsequent URL storage means 23 Search URL temporary storage means 24 search result storage means 25 HTML file storage means 26 hierarchical structure recognition means 27 hierarchical structure storage means 28 search result output means 29 hierarchical structure display means 30 HTML file creation means 31 interface Net 32 browser

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Kazutoshi Kurita 1006 Kazuma Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Claims (13)

[Claims] Communication means for connecting to the Internet; schedule input means for inputting a schedule for accessing an HTML file; executing a schedule based on the schedule input from the schedule input means to obtain an HTML file Schedule execution means, an HTML file storage means for storing the HTML file obtained by the schedule execution means, and an output control means for outputting the HTML file stored in the HTML file storage means. Autopilot device. 2. An HTML file analysis means for analyzing an HTML file stored in the HTML file storage means, and a title acquisition means for extracting a title of the HTML file from data analyzed by the HTML file analysis means. The autopilot device according to claim 1, wherein: 3. A hierarchical structure recognizing means for recognizing a hierarchical structure of the HTML file stored in the HTML file storing means, a hierarchical structure storing means for storing the hierarchical structure recognized by the hierarchical structure recognizing means, 2. The autopilot apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a hierarchical structure output control means for outputting the hierarchical structure stored in the structure storage means. 4. A translation designation storage means for storing an instruction as to whether or not to execute a translation inputted from the schedule input means, and an HTM for extracting a text portion from an HTML file stored in the HTML file storage means.
L file analysis means, translation means for performing translation of a text portion extracted by the HTML file analysis means, and control means for controlling the translation means in accordance with instructions stored in the translation designation storage means The autopilot device according to claim 1, wherein: 5. Search server automatic setting means for retrieving data to be accessed recursively based on an HTML file stored in the HTML file storage means, search level storage means for storing a recursive retrieval depth, 2. The auto-pilot apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising control means for controlling said schedule execution means in accordance with data set by said search server automatic setting means and data stored in said search level storage means. . 6. The auto-pilot apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising file creation means for creating file data having link information to the HTML file stored in said HTML file storage means. 7. An autopilot apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a creation date comparing means for comparing a time stamp of a newly accessed HTML file with a time stamp of an already acquired HTML file. 8. A time information storage means for storing an execution start time of the schedule execution means inputted from the schedule input means, and executing the schedule execution means at a start time stored in the time information storage means. 2. The auto-pilot device according to claim 1, further comprising time management means for causing the auto-pilot to operate. 9. A group information storage means for storing group information of URLs to be accessed at one time inputted from the schedule input means, and the schedule execution means according to the group information stored in the group information storage means. The autopilot device according to claim 1, further comprising control means for controlling. 10. A retry number storage means for storing the number of times of access again when an access error occurs, an acquisition error judgment means for judging occurrence of an error, and an acquisition error judgment means inputted from the schedule input means. 2. The autopilot apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising control means for controlling the schedule execution means according to the number of times of access stored in the retry number storage means when it is determined that an error has occurred. 11. An autopilot apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising: a postponed URL storing means for storing a URL in which an error has occurred, determined by said acquisition error determining means. 12. Control for controlling the schedule execution means according to a search server storage means for storing a server of a search range input from the schedule input means, and a server of the search range stored in the search server storage means. 2. The autopilot device according to claim 1, further comprising means. 13. A priority information storage means for storing priority of a URL to be accessed, which is inputted from said schedule input means, and a UR stored in said priority information storage means.
2. The autopilot apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an acquisition order control unit that controls an acquisition order of the schedule execution unit according to the priority of L.