JPH10149328A - Screen saver system with message display function corresponding to computer network - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To drive a screen saver having a conventional function on a computer network, to display a message on the screen saver and to collectively manage all display data by the computer network. SOLUTION: A program is driven by a client computer. A program stored in a server computer is driven by the client computer as a screen saver through a LAN. A message stored in the server computer is read out and the read message is displayed by the screen saver driven by the client computer. The program driven as the screen saver by the client computer and the read message are collectively managed by the computer network.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides a screen saver with a message display function on a server computer of a computer network, and causes a client computer to display the same screen saver to transmit a message and collectively manage those data. Screen saver system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional screen savers operate only on a single computer, operate on a computer network, and none of them can display a message. There was no system that collectively manages screen saver display data and message data on a computer network.

[0003]

Heretofore, there has been a device which can display a message on a screen saver on a single computer, while there is an electronic mail which transmits a message on a LAN. However, there is no system that has both functions and can simultaneously provide a conventional screen saver function and a message transmission function to a user of a client computer on a LAN, and there is no system that collectively manages message data and screen saver display data on a computer network. Therefore, it is intended to provide a highly convenient system that combines these functions.

[0004]

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by a computer system. The computer system is a system for operating a screen saver with a message on a personal computer on a network. The system operates a program on a client computer and reads a program and a message on a server computer via a LAN. Means for displaying the obtained program and message as a screen saver on a client computer, and means for managing a setting file and a message.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram for realizing the present invention, FIG. 2 shows a procedure of a program executed on a client computer, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a processing flow chart of a setting file and a message managing means, which are executed on a computer. In describing an embodiment of the invention A program: a program that operates on a client computer, and is a program for calling the following B program into a main memory on the client computer B program: a program that operates as a screen saver on the client computer And a program setting file stored in a file device on the server computer: a file stored in a file device on the client computer and storing a B program in the file device on the server computer A file that stores the location and the storage location of the message in the file device on the server computer. Message: Stored in the file device on the server computer. The message. First, the A program is operated on the client computer. Then, the program A (FIG. 2) operates, issues a command to the central processing unit, reads the setting file (FIG. 2), and determines the storage location of the program B on the server computer. Based on the determined storage location, the program B is read into the main memory on the client computer via the LAN and operated as a screen saver (FIG. 2), and the operation of the program A ends (FIG. 2). The operated B program is
The storage location of the message is determined from the setting file (FIG. 2). Based on the determined storage location, the message is read via the LAN (FIG. 2) and displayed on the display on the client computer. The operating B program is terminated by operating the keyboard or the mouse (FIG. 2). The setting file and the message can be managed by activating the environment setting program on the client computer.

As described above, the present invention can provide a conventional screen saver function by operating a conventional screen saver which operates only on a single computer on a computer network, and provides a conventional screen saver function.
The same message can be transmitted to all users at once. It is also useful as a screen saver system that integrates the function of collectively managing screen saver display data and message data on a computer network.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram for realizing the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a procedure of a program executed on a client computer.

FIG. 3 is a processing flow executed on a client computer.

FIG. 4 is a processing flow of a setting file and message management unit;

[Description of Signs] Start of operation of A program Reading of setting file of A program Reading of B program of A program and starting of operation of B program End of A program Reading of setting file of B program Reading of message of B program B program End of

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A system for operating a screen saver with a message display function on a computer on a computer network, wherein a program on a client computer is operated and a file on a server computer is transmitted via a local area network (hereinafter referred to as "LAN"). A system comprising: means for reading programs and messages in the apparatus; means for displaying the read programs and messages as a screen saver on a client computer; and means for managing setting files and messages.