JPH10232880A - Bookmark supporting device and computer readable medium recording program for realizing function to the device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bookmark supporting device capable of setting a desired bookmark with a feeling close to the sensibility of a human without the need of troublesome judgement at the time of setting a bookmark and a computer readable medium recording a program for realizing the function of the device. SOLUTION: A storage device 18 stores the bookmark, a display part 14 displays at least one axis for an attributes to be added to the bookmark and an input device 10 and a mouse 10a specifies the attribute by specifying one point of the axis displayed at the display part 14. A sensibility numerical conversion part 20 digitizes the specified attribute and a control part 12 adds the attribute digitized by the sensibility numerical conversion part 20 to the bookmark and stores it in the storage device 18.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bookmark support apparatus and a computer-readable medium storing a program for realizing the function of the apparatus, and more particularly to a WWW browser (World Wide Web) used on the Internet or the like.
The present invention relates to a bookmark support device used in a browser and a computer-readable medium storing a program for realizing the function of the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, computer networks such as the Internet have been developed, and almost all countries have been interconnected via computer networks. At present, an Internet provider has started a service for opening a homepage for individuals, and can obtain not only information from major companies but also various information transmitted by individuals.

[0003] In order to obtain necessary information via a computer network, it is necessary to connect to a server that transmits the information. To specify the server, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is used. Must be specified. However, it is troublesome if the operator specifies the URL every time the user connects to the server, and the operator cannot forget the URL and cannot connect to the desired server. Has a bookmark function.

[0004] The above-mentioned bookmark can be said to be a function of a bookmark when the Internet is compared to one book. That is, when an operator sets a bookmark for a server, when the user accesses the server again, the server is automatically accessed only by selecting the bookmark for which the URL of the server is set. . That is, the operation of setting a bookmark corresponds to the operation of inserting a bookmark into a book, and the operation of selecting a bookmark corresponds to the operation of searching for a desired page by drawing a bookmark sandwiched between the books.

The bookmarks are stored in different directories according to genres, for example, as shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of setting a conventional bookmark. In the example of this figure, information on bookmarks is collectively stored in one subdirectory D1, and a plurality of subdirectories D1 are categorized under the subdirectory D1 in order to classify bookmarks by genre.
1 to D14 are provided. For example, bookmarks related to music are stored in a subdirectory D11, bookmarks related to movies are stored in a subdirectory D12, bookmarks related to sports are stored in a subdirectory D13, and bookmarks related to patent information are stored in a subdirectory D14.

[0006] In each of the sub directories D11 to D14, files f1-1, f1-2, f2-1, and f2- that include information on a bookmark set by the operator.
2, f3-1, f3-2, f4-1, f4-2 are stored. These files store the URL of the server set by the operator, and are stored, for example, in the format shown in FIG. Figure 7 shows the URL stored in the file
It is a figure showing an example of. This example shows the URL of the Patent Office.

When the operator accesses the server to which the URL shown in FIG. 7 is assigned, the operator simply selects the file in which the URL is stored (for example, double-clicks a button such as a mouse). Automatically accesses the server provided in the Patent Office. In this example,
For example, by setting the file name of the file storing the URL shown in FIG. 7 to, for example, “Patent Office”, it becomes clear at a glance what bookmark the file indicates.

Further, as described above, instead of storing bookmarks hierarchically for each directory, there are cases where a plurality of URLs are logically classified in one file and bookmarks are set. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a case where a bookmark is stored in one file. In this figure, the URL set for the bookmark is HTML
(Hyper Text Markup Language) format, and are hierarchically classified by tags T1, T11, and T12.

Also in this case, each bookmark is classified hierarchically from the tags T1, T11 and T12 of the file. When the operator attempts to set a bookmark, it is necessary to select a hierarchy to be set. To select a desired bookmark, it is necessary to first select a genre.

[0010]

Conventionally, as described above, all the bookmarks are hierarchically classified, and when an operator sets a bookmark, first, to which classification the bookmark to be set belongs. You need to think. For example, if the server that sets a bookmark is a server that transmits music information, it is necessary to first select a layer classified as music information, and set a bookmark in the selected layer.

When accessing a server in which a bookmark is set, firstly, to which hierarchy the bookmark belongs, the user selects a hierarchy, selects a desired bookmark, and then accesses the network. There is a need. That is, conventionally, when setting and selecting a bookmark, it is necessary to consider which layer the bookmark belongs to, and there is a problem that it is troublesome.

Further, as described above, when bookmarks are classified hierarchically, there is a problem that in many cases, a hierarchy suitable for the bookmark cannot be found. For example, even when a bookmark related to music information is set, if the music is the theme song of a movie, there may be a case where the user wants to belong to the hierarchy of the movie. In this case, it is necessary to consider whether to add a new layer or to classify into an existing layer. Furthermore, when a new hierarchy is added, it may be preferable to belong to the new hierarchy in terms of classification, and in some cases, it may be necessary to re-classify all bookmarks. Therefore, there is a problem that the operator needs to make a troublesome decision when setting a bookmark. In addition, depending on the method of classifying the hierarchy, it is difficult to know which hierarchy the set bookmark belongs to, and when selecting a desired bookmark, it is necessary to manually search a plurality of hierarchies, which is extremely difficult to handle. was there.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and does not require complicated judgment when setting a bookmark, and can set a desired bookmark with a sense close to human sensitivity. An object is to provide a support device. In addition, a bookmark support device that can select a desired bookmark with a feeling close to human sensitivity when selecting a set bookmark is provided, and a computer-readable medium that records a program that implements the function of the device is provided. Other purposes.

[0014]

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage unit for storing a bookmark, a display unit for displaying at least one axis corresponding to an attribute attached to the bookmark, Designation means for designating the attribute by designating one point of the axis displayed on the display means; and digitization means for digitizing the attribute,
Control means for adding the attribute quantified by the quantifying means to the bookmark and storing the attribute in the storage means. The invention according to claim 2 is
2. The bookmark support device according to claim 1, further comprising: an attribute designating unit that designates an attribute by designating one point of the axis displayed on the display unit, wherein the digitizing unit includes:
Digitizing the attribute specified by the attribute specifying means,
The control unit searches for the bookmark stored in the storage unit based on the attribute quantified by the quantification unit. According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the bookmark support apparatus according to the second aspect, further comprising a list display unit for displaying a list of bookmarks searched by the control unit. Claim 4
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the bookmark supporting apparatus according to the third aspect, the specifying unit selects one bookmark from the bookmarks displayed in a list on the list display device. The invention according to claim 5, wherein at least one axis corresponding to the attribute to be attached to the bookmark is displayed on the display means, and the attribute is specified by specifying one point of the axis displayed on the display means; A computer readable medium having a program recorded thereon, comprising: digitizing an attribute; and adding the digitized attribute to the bookmark and storing the bookmark in the storage unit. Features. According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the computer readable medium of the fifth aspect, a step of designating an attribute by designating one point of an axis displayed on the display means, and digitizing the designated attribute And a step of searching for a bookmark stored in the storage means in advance based on the attribute which has been digitized. According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the computer readable medium of the sixth aspect, there is provided a step of displaying a list of the searched bookmarks. According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the computer readable medium according to the seventh aspect, there is provided a step of selecting one bookmark from the list of bookmarks.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following description, a case in which a bookmark is set for a server that transmits musical sound information will be described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be freely set within the scope of the present invention. Can be changed.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a bookmark support apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes an input device such as a keyboard, to which instruction information corresponding to an operation of an operator is input. A mouse 10a is connected to the input device 10. A control unit 12 controls each unit of the bookmark support device. For example, the display content of the display unit 14 is changed based on the instruction information input from the input unit 10, the communication control of the communication unit 16 is performed, the data is written to the storage device 18, Or read. The control unit 12 is realized by a CPU (central processing unit). Further, the control unit 12 has a browser function, and communicates with a server that transmits information by using http (Hyper text).
Transfer of information is performed by a protocol such as transfer protocol).

The display section 14 is a CRT (Cathod Ray T).
ube), a liquid crystal panel, or the like, and displays display data output from the control unit 12. The communication unit 16 is a modem or TA
(Terminal Adapter) for general public lines and ISDN
(Integrated Services Digital Network) Connected to an Internet provider via a line. The communication unit 16 is, for example, a TCP / IP (Transmission Control).
Protocol / Internet Protocol). The storage device 18 is, for example, a hard disk, and stores various information obtained by performing the above-described bookmark and communication. Reference numeral 20 denotes a sentiment numerical value conversion unit that converts the instruction information input by the input device 10 into numerical values and converts the instruction information into sensible information based on the bookmark stored in the storage device 18. Note that in this specification, the term "sensitivity" is used to mean that the operational feeling when the operator uses the device is closer to the human sense.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the contents displayed on the display unit 14. As shown in FIG. In the figure, S is a selection area displayed when setting and selecting a bookmark. This selection area S has at least one slider bar B1, B
2 (axis for attribute) is set. The attributes a1, a2 of the slider bars B1, B2 can be arbitrarily set by the operator. In the example of FIG. 2, the attributes a1, a
2 is set to “tempo” and “tune”, respectively.

The slider buttons B1 and B2 move the slide buttons s1 and s2 from the left end to the right end of the slider bars B1 and B2 in the figure. When the slide buttons s1 and s2 are moved, the operator
By operating the mouse 10a connected to the “0”, the slide buttons s1 and s2 are dragged by the cursor C shown in FIG. Numerical values are assigned to the slider bars B1 and B2 in advance from the left end to the right end in the figure by the sensitivity value conversion unit 20 in FIG.
One numerical value is selected according to the position of. For example, when the slide buttons s1 and s2 are located at the center of the slide bars B1 and B2, the numerical value “50” is selected.

The selection area S is used not only when setting a bookmark, but also when selecting a bookmark. L in FIG. 2 is a display area for displaying a bookmark searched by the slider bars B1 and B2 when a bookmark is selected. The display area L is provided for displaying a list of bookmarks when a plurality of bookmarks are selected by the slider bars B1 and B2.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a bookmark stored in the storage device. The bookmark is stored in a single file in a format including a plurality of records, and each record R has a variable length. Also, each record R
Is a field F1 for storing a URL (information indicating an address), and a field F for storing a comment (for example, a title or the like) for the URL stored in the field F1.
2, a field F3 for storing the number of items of information indicating the attribute attached to the URL, and fields F4, F5, F6,... For storing the attribute. These fields F
4, F5, F6,... Are provided in a number equal to the number of items stored in the field F3. The number of items is set to the number of slider bars B1, B2 (see FIG. 2) set by the operator, and fields F4, F5, F6,.
Are provided by the number of slider bars B1 and B2.

Fields F4 and F for storing the above attributes
5, F6,... Further have subfields F4a, F5a, F6a indicating types of attributes, and subfields F4b, F5b, F6b storing attributes relating to URLs, respectively. In the subfields F4a, F5a, and F6a, for example, a numerical value “1” is stored for information indicating a music tempo, and a numerical value “2” is stored for information indicating a tune. Also, in the subfields F4b, F5b, F6b,
For example, each attribute that has been converted into numerical values and divided into 100 levels by the sensitivity numerical value conversion unit 20 is stored.

In the above configuration, the operator operates the input device 10
Is operated to send an instruction to connect to the server that transmits the music information, the operation information is sent to the control unit 12, and the control unit 12 instructs the communication unit 16 to connect to the specified server. Perform processing. When the connection between the communication unit and the designated server is completed, the control unit 12 starts up a browser, and
Communication is performed according to the protocol p. For example, a homepage provided by a server connected to a browser is displayed.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure for setting a bookmark. 4, first, the operator determines whether or not to create the slider bars B1 and B2 shown in FIG. This is performed when the operator changes the attribute given to the bookmark or adds or deletes the attribute. Usually, two slider bars are displayed as shown in FIG. Input device 10 by the operator
Is operated, it is determined whether or not to create a slider bar (step SA1). The result of this determination is “YE
If "S", the process proceeds to Step SA2, where a process of creating a slider bar is performed. In this process, for example, when the operator presses the key “c” on the keyboard, a new slider bar is displayed, and
Prompt for attributes. When the operator inputs the attributes, a slider bar such as the slider bar B1 having the attribute a1 as shown in FIG. 2 is created.

When a new slider bar is created, the numerical value conversion unit 20 assigns a numerical value “0” to the left end of the slider and a numerical value “10” to the right end of the slider, for example.
A process of assigning 0 "is performed. When a numeric value is assigned to the slider bar B1 by the affective numeric value conversion unit 20, a numeric value indicating the attribute is calculated according to the position of the slide button s1.

When the processing in step SA2 is completed, the processing proceeds to step SA3, where it is determined whether it is not necessary to create a new slider bar. When the operator presses the key “n” on the keyboard, for example, it is determined that the creation has not been completed, and the process returns to step SA2. on the other hand,
When the operator presses, for example, the key "y" on the keyboard in step SA3, it is determined that the creation is completed, and the process proceeds to step SA4. The process also proceeds to step SA4 when the result of the determination in step SA1 is "NO".

At step SA4, the operator operates the slider bar to set an attribute to be attached to the bookmark. The operator operates the mouse 10a to move the cursor C
(See FIG. 2) slide button s1 and slide button s
2 and drag the slide button s1 or the slide button s2. When the process of step SA4 is completed, the process proceeds to step SA5, and it is determined whether the setting of the slider bar is completed. When the operator presses, for example, the key "n" on the keyboard, the process returns to step SA4. When the operator presses, for example, the key "y" on the keyboard, the process proceeds to step SA6.

At Step SA6, the slide button s
The control unit 12 outputs the positions of 1 and s2 to the sensibility numerical value conversion unit 20, and the kansei numerical value conversion unit 20 converts the attribute of each attribute into a numerical value based on this position. The simplest conversion method is to divide the slider bar into 100 equal parts. In this case, when the slide button s1 is at the center of the slider B1,
The attribute is converted to a numerical value “50”. Then, a title input is displayed on the display unit 14, and when the operator inputs a title from the input device 14, the URL of the currently connected server is displayed in the field F1 shown in FIG. Moves to field F2 with slider bars B1,
The number of B2 is input to the field F3, and the numerical value of each attribute converted by the sensitivity numerical value conversion unit 20 is input to the fields F4 and F5, and is stored in the storage device 18 in a file format.

Next, an operation for selecting a bookmark will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure for selecting a bookmark. When selecting a bookmark, the operator first selects the slider bar B shown in FIG.
1 and B2 are determined. The operator can freely change the number and attributes of the slider bars according to the bookmark search conditions. Normally, two slider bars are displayed as shown in FIG.

When the input device 10 is operated by the operator, it is determined whether or not to create a slider bar (step SB1). If the result of this determination is "YES", the process proceeds to step SB2 where a process for creating a slider bar is performed. In this process, for example, when the operator presses the key “c” of the keyboard, a new slider bar is displayed and the user is prompted to input an attribute. When the operator inputs the attributes, FIG.
Slider bar B1 to which an attribute a1 is attached as shown in FIG.
Is created.

When a new slider bar is created, the sensitivity value conversion unit 20 assigns a numerical value “0” to the left end of the slider and a numerical value “10” to the right end of the slider, for example.
A process of assigning 0 "is performed. When a numeric value is assigned to the slider bar B1 by the affective numeric value conversion unit 20, a numeric value indicating the attribute is calculated according to the position of the slide button s1.

When the process of step SB2 is completed, the process proceeds to step SB3, where it is determined whether it is not necessary to create a new slider bar. When the operator presses the key “n” on the keyboard, for example, it is determined that the creation has not been completed, and the process returns to step SB2. on the other hand,
If the operator presses, for example, the key "y" on the keyboard in step SB3, it is determined that the creation is completed, and the process proceeds to step SB4. The process also proceeds to step SB4 when the result of the determination in step SB1 is "NO".

At step SB4, the operator operates the slider bar to specify a desired tempo and music length. The operator operates the mouse 10a to move the cursor C (see FIG. 2) to the position of the slide button s1 or s2, and drags the slide button s1 or s2. When the process of step SB4 is completed, the process proceeds to step SB5, and it is determined whether or not the setting of the slider bar is completed. When the operator presses the key “n” on the keyboard, for example, the process returns to step SB4. When the operator presses the key “y” on the keyboard, for example, the process proceeds to step SB6.

At Step SB6, the slide button s
The control unit 12 outputs the positions of 1 and s2 to the sensibility numerical value conversion unit 20, and the kansei numerical value conversion unit 20 converts the attribute of each attribute into a numerical value based on this position. As described above, the simplest conversion method is to divide the slider bar into 100 equal parts. In this case, when the slide button s1 is located at the center of the slider B1, the attribute is converted to a numerical value “50”. . The control unit searches the contents of the file stored in the storage device 18 using the numerical value converted by the sensitivity numerical value conversion unit 20 as a key. When a plurality of attributes are specified, this search is performed by taking a logical product or a logical sum of them, or by giving a certain width to a key numerical value.

When the search is performed, the URL stored in the field F1 of the record that matches the search condition and the information on the title stored in the field F2 are listed in the display area L in FIG. When the above process ends, the process proceeds to Step SB7, and when the operator operates the mouse 10a to select one of the URLs listed in the display area L, the selected URL is passed to the browser, and the browser executes An access is made to the server to which the URL is attached.

In the above embodiment, the slider bars are formed as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. However, a plurality of (for example, eight) slider bars are provided in advance, and FIG. The processing of steps SA1 to SA3 in FIG. 5 and the processing of steps SB1 to SB3 in FIG. 5 may be omitted.

Although the bookmark support apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, the case where browsing of a server that transmits music information is described in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, but a case where a bookmark is set to another server such as a server that transmits movie information is described. The same is true for. At this time, only the attribute of the slider bar in FIG. 2 changes, and the operator can set a bookmark by the same operation, and a special operation is not required when selecting a bookmark. .

That is, in the above-described embodiment, the bookmark can be set with a feeling closer to human sensitivity by the same operation, and a bookmark can be selected with a feeling closer to human sensitivity. Therefore, the operability is extremely good from the viewpoint of the operator.

Further, according to the present invention, a program for realizing the functions of the above-described apparatus is stored in a flexible disk, a CD-R,
The information may be recorded on a computer-readable medium such as an OM, a magneto-optical disk, an IC card, and a DVD-ROM, and may be operated as needed. By recording a program for realizing the embodiment of the present invention on such a medium, there is an advantage that a dedicated device is not required and general media such as a personal computer can be used. In this case, if the above-described WWW browser is configured to include the same function of the embodiment of the present invention, it is extremely convenient to specify a URL.

The recording medium according to the present invention is not limited to a medium in which a program is statically recorded, such as the above-described optical disk or magnetic disk, but may be a dedicated line of the Internet,
One that dynamically holds the program for a short time, such as a communication line when transmitting a program through a communication line such as a telephone line, and a certain period of time, such as a server or computer internal memory in that case. This includes those holding programs.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention,
At least one axis corresponding to the attribute to be attached to the bookmark is displayed on the display means, the attribute is designated by designating one point of the axis by the designation means, and the designated attribute is digitized and added to the bookmark. There is no need to consider in which hierarchical level the bookmark is to be stored, and the bookmark can be set with a feeling close to human sensibility, resulting in an extremely good operation feeling. Also, when selecting a bookmark, the attribute is specified by specifying one point of the axis displayed on the display means and the bookmark is searched, so the bookmark is searched with a sense closer to human sensitivity. Since the selection can be made, there is an effect that the operability is extremely good. Furthermore, by recording a program for realizing the present invention on a computer-readable medium, there is an advantage that a dedicated device is not required and general equipment such as a personal computer can be used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a bookmark support device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of contents displayed on a display unit 14;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a bookmark stored in a storage device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure for setting a bookmark.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure for selecting a bookmark.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a setting example of a conventional bookmark.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a URL stored in a file.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a case where a bookmark is stored in one file.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 18 storage device (storage means) 10 input device (designation means, attribute designation means) 10a mouse (designation means, attribute designation means) 20 sensibility numerical value conversion unit (digitization means) 12 control unit (control means) 14 display unit (display) Means, list display means)

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing a bookmark, and at least one axis for an attribute attached to the bookmark.
Display means for main display, designation means for designating the attribute by designating one point of the axis displayed on the display means, digitization means for digitizing the attribute, and digitization by the digitization means Control means for adding the attribute to the bookmark and storing the attribute in the storage means. 2. An attribute designating means for designating an attribute by designating one point of an axis displayed on the display means, wherein the digitizing means digitizes the attribute designated by the attribute designating means, 2. The bookmark support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit searches for the bookmark stored in the storage unit based on the attribute quantified by the quantification unit. 3. The bookmark support apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a list display unit for displaying a list of bookmarks searched by said control unit. 4. The bookmark supporting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said specifying means selects one bookmark from the bookmarks listed on the list display device. 5. A step of displaying at least one axis corresponding to an attribute attached to a bookmark on a display unit, a step of designating the attribute by designating one point of the axis displayed on the display unit, and a step of designating the attribute with a numerical value Computer-readable medium having a program recorded thereon, comprising: converting the attribute into a bookmark; and storing the attribute in the storage unit. 6. A step of designating an attribute by designating a point on an axis displayed on the display means, a step of digitizing the designated attribute, and a step of: Searching the bookmark stored in the storage means. The computer-readable medium according to claim 5, wherein the program is recorded. 7. The computer-readable medium according to claim 6, further comprising a step of displaying a list of the searched bookmarks. 8. From the bookmark displayed in the list, 1
The computer-readable medium according to claim 7, wherein the program has a step of selecting one bookmark.