JPH11212697A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make information intuitively understandable and also to surely reach target information by classifying contents of an optional information storing means and redisplaying information on an external information server through an operation of a user's input device to classified information. SOLUTION: A temporary information storing means 4 temporarily stores information acquired by a communicating means 2 which communicates with an external information server 1 through a communication line. An optical information storing means 11 converts a display image shown on an information displaying means 5 in response to an operation with which an user uses an input device in accordance with content displayed on the means 5 and stored content that is stored. An optical information classifying means 14 classifies contents of the means 11 with the operation with which the user uses the input device. An optical information redisplaying means 8 redisplays information on the server 1 with the operation that uses the input device to the information classified by the means 14.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a user interface for browsing information on an information server.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of information processing apparatus addresses information from an information server 1 through a communication line 3 using a communication means 2 and temporarily stores information stored in an information temporary storage means 4. Browse by. Further, at this time, when the user wants to save the information or check the location thereof, the user gives a predetermined operation using an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse. Is acquired, and the given title is obtained.
Is stored. In addition, checked by the user,
The stored addresses and titles are sorted by the address / title sorting means 7 as required by the user. The sorted address and title are
When the information is referred to by the user and is selected by the input device when the user wants to access the information again, the arbitrary information redisplay means 8 activates the communication means 2 to access the information in the information server 1 and display the information. The latest information is displayed on the means 5.

[0003] The above description is based on software called a web browser for browsing a document generally called a home page of the World Wide Web constructed on the Internet. This is an explanation of the operation of a function for acquiring the address and title of the homepage and referring to the displayed title so that necessary information can be easily accessed again later.

As a further advanced configuration, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-13 / 1997
Japanese Patent No. 8745 discloses a method in which homepages are classified by metaphor of "books" for each classification, and the homepage is taken out of a bookshelf and opened or closed and stored in a similar operation. ing.

[0005]

However, in such a configuration, images are frequently used, and a homepage with a lot of visually appealing information must be simply identified by character information such as a title and an address given to the homepage. In addition, the content corresponding to the title is intuitively difficult for the user to understand, and if several similar titles are mixed, trial and error may have to be repeated even if they are classified, There was a problem that it was difficult to use.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a communication means for communicating with an external information server through a communication line, and an information temporary storage for temporarily storing information obtained by the communication means. Storage means, information display means for displaying the contents of the information temporary storage means, and information corresponding to an operation performed by a user using an input device such as a keyboard or a pointing device according to the contents displayed on the information display means. Contents stored in the information temporary storage means having a display image storage section for converting a display image displayed on the display means into image data and storing the image data and an attribute data storage section for storing attribute data unique to the information Optional information storage means for processing and storing all or part of the information, and optional information classification for classifying contents of the optional information storage means by a user's operation using an input device Stage and, which is constituted by said arbitrary information any information redisplay means the information on the external information server is displayed again by the input device operation using user to classified information by the classification means.

[0007] According to the above configuration, when the user saves any information or checks the location of the information, the screen seen at that time is stored in association with the address and the title on the information server. The display screen converted into the image data is classified and operated by the user in that state, and when accessing the information server again, the display screen is operated while viewing the image. Therefore, the user can perform the operation of classifying and redisplaying with the same amount of information as when the information is checked, so that it is easy to intuitively understand and easily reach the target information.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention can be embodied in the form described in each claim. As described in claim 1, communication means for communicating with an external information server through a communication line; Temporary storage means for temporarily storing the information obtained by the above, information display means for displaying the contents of the information temporary storage means, and a user using a keyboard or pointing device according to the contents displayed on the information display means A display image storage unit for converting a display image displayed on the information display means into image data and storing the image data in response to an operation using an input device such as an input device, and an attribute data storage unit for storing attribute data unique to the information Optional information storage means for processing and storing all or part of the content stored in the information temporary storage means, and the optional information by an operation of a user using an input device Optional information classifying means for classifying the contents of the storage means, and optional information re-displaying the information on an external information server again by an operation of the user using the input device for the information classified by the optional information classifying means. When the user saves or checks the location of arbitrary information by comprising the display means, the screen seen at that time is stored in association with the address and title on the information server. Then, the display screen converted into the image data is classified and operated by the user in that state, and when accessing the information server again, the user can operate while viewing the image.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the display image storage unit stores only the visible portion displayed on the information display means when the user selects storage of the displayed information. This can be achieved by adopting a configuration in which the information is stored as

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the display image storage unit includes a part that cannot be displayed on the information display means and cannot be seen when the storage of the information displayed by the user is selected. This can be achieved by a configuration in which an image is stored as image data.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the arbitrary information classifying means includes an image stored in the display image storage section of the arbitrary information storage means and all or a part of the attribute data stored in the attribute data storage section. Information classification image display means for synthesizing and displaying on the screen, classification image sorting means for performing information classification by moving the information classification image displayed by the information classification image display means using an input device, Can be achieved by adopting a configuration from

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the information classification image display means stores the unique address of the information stored in the attribute data storage section in the display image storage section of the arbitrary information storage section. This can be done by combining and displaying.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the information classification image display means stores the title given to the information stored in the attribute data storage section in the image stored in the display image storage section of the arbitrary information storage section. This can be done by combining and displaying.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the information classification image display means stores both the unique address and the title of the information stored in the attribute data storage section in the display image storage section of the arbitrary information storage means. This can be achieved by a configuration in which the image is combined with the stored image and displayed.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, the arbitrary information redisplaying means uses a pointing device by a user at a position where an address on the information classification image displayed by the information classification image display means is displayed. This operation can be performed by reconnecting to the information on the information server by performing an operation and displaying the information on the information display means.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, the arbitrary information redisplaying means uses a pointing device by a user at a position where the title on the information classification image displayed by the information classification image display means is displayed. This operation can be performed by reconnecting to the information on the information server by performing an operation and displaying the information on the information display means.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, the arbitrary information storage means replaces the information displayed on the information display means by the arbitrary information redisplay means with the information before the display and updates the information. I can do it.

[0018]

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

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an information system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The present system includes an information server 2 installed in an external information service organization, an information terminal 1 installed in a home, devices such as a hot water supply device 4a, an air conditioner 4b, a gas meter 4c, and a microwave oven 4d. , 4b, 4c, and 4d as device communication means 5a, 5b,
5c and 5d. The information terminal 1 includes a pen input device 102 as a data input unit 101 also serving as a pointing device, an input control unit 103 for controlling the pen input device 102, and device communication units 5a, 5b, 5c, and 5d.
Information terminal communication means 104 as a second communication means for exchanging data with the information server, information server communication means 105 as a third communication means for communicating with the information server 2, and a device program corresponding to each device Air conditioning equipment program 106a, hot water supply equipment program 1 as 106
06b, the gas meter program 106c, the microwave program 106d, and the device program 10
6, a report creation unit 107 for creating a report in a unified format based on the processing content of No. 6, a related information collection unit 108 for collecting information from the device 4 or related information according to the processing content of the program 106, Report storage means 109 for storing the generated report, an LCD (liquid crystal display device) 110 as a display means,
Report display control means 1 for displaying a report on D110
11, a clock 112 for measuring time, and a clock 1
A calendar generating means 113 for generating a calendar based on twelve times and a calendar display control means 114 for displaying a calendar on the LCD 110 are provided.

The communication between the devices 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d and the information terminal 1 is performed, for example, by using a home bus system (planned by the Japan Electronic Machinery Association, planned by the Radio Technology Association,
T-2101 "Home Bus System", September 1988
) Or existing technology such as wireless communication means.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of the information terminal 1 of FIG. 1. The DPU 201, the memory 202, the hard disk 203, the communication means 104 for the information terminal, the communication means 105 for the information server, the LCD control unit 204, the LCD 11
0, an input control means 103, and a pen input device 102. The pen input device 102 includes a touch panel 204 mounted on the LCD 114 and a pen 205 operated on the touch panel 204 in the manner of handwriting input, and also operates as a pointing device. Since these correspond to the hardware configuration of a conventional general personal computer, the details of the hardware will not be described.

FIG. 3 is a table showing an example of the contents of the report storage means 109. One report is managed by record number, creation date and time, title, icon number, calendar date and time, display state, display position, and data content file name.

Here, the “record number” is a report management number in the report storage means 109.

The “creation date” is the report creation means 107
Is the date on which the report was created.

"Title" is the name of the device that made it, its type, or the name given to a report arbitrarily input by the user.

The "icon number" is the number of the icon representing the report displayed on the calendar according to the type of the report.

The “date and time on the calendar” is displayed on the LCD 110
Indicates the date on which the report is placed on the report display calendar displayed in.

The "display state" indicates whether the address is displayed or enlarged when the data is displayed. The meaning of the address display is display information used to list approximately what reports are present when many reports exist on the calendar. In other words, the LCD 1 with the limited area
Even if a large amount of data is displayed on 10, the type of each icon can be distinguished by the icon pattern. Conversely, in the case of enlargement, it is a display state used when a specific report is selected and its contents are to be viewed in detail.

The "display position" is the coordinate position of the report on the LCD 110. “Report file name” is the name of the file that stores the body of the report corresponding to the record number.

In the above configuration, the operation is shown in FIGS.
This will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 and an example of a display screen on the LCD 110.

FIG. 4 shows the overall operation. First,
When the program is started, a calendar of the week including the current day is displayed on the LCD 110 by measuring the time of the clock 112 (step 401). Subsequently, the data of the week being displayed is loaded from the report storage means 109 stored in the hard disk 203 into the memory 202, and the icon is displayed on the calendar with reference to the table of FIG. 3 (step 402). At this time, the display on the LCD 110 is shown in FIG. 5, in which a one-week calendar 501 and icons 502a, 502b, 502c, and 502d are displayed. Each icon corresponds to the table shown in FIG. 3, and is a report of the hot water supply device 4a, the air conditioner 4b, the gas meter 4c, and the microwave oven 4d, respectively. Also,
503a and 503b are scroll buttons for scrolling the week displayed on the calendar. Further, a “report creation” button 5 is used as a start button when the user makes a report creation request using the pen input device 102.
04 is provided.

Hereinafter, a series of processing procedures will be described. First,
When the user clicks on the icon 502c displayed on the LCD 110 with the pen 205 (step 403), the CPU 201, the LCD control unit 204, and the like act on the LCD 110 in response to the touch panel 204 sensing it. Is changed (step 404). This operation will be described later.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the icon 502a displayed on February 3 is touched with the pen 205, and the pen 205 is shifted to the position of February 6 as it is. When the operation is performed (Step 40)
5) The icon 502a moves to the position of February 6, and the "date and time on the calendar" and the "display position" in the table of the report storage means 109 in FIG. 3 are rewritten (step 406).

Further, when the information terminal communication means 104 receives data from any device 4 (step 40).
7) After the device program 104 corresponding to the device is activated and subjected to data processing, information is added as necessary by the related information collecting unit 108, and the report creating unit 1
07, a new report is created (step 40).
8). Details of this processing will be described later.

Next, a report creation button 5 is provided by the user.
04 is pressed, or when a report creation request is issued from the information server 2 through the communication line 3 and the information server communication means 105 (step 409), the other device program 104 is started in response to the request and responds to the request. Data relating to the device is acquired and processed, and a report is created by the operation of the report creating means 107 based on the result (step 410). Details of this processing will be described later.

When the scroll button 503b shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 for scrolling the displayed week of the calendar 501 to the next week is touched with the pen 205 (step 411), the displayed week of the calendar 501 is changed. The next week (step 412), data to be newly displayed in the week is loaded, and an icon is displayed (step 402). When the scroll button 503a is pressed, the display week is set to the previous week, and the same operation is performed.

The above is the flow of the entire processing. Next, the flow of the report display processing (step 404) will be described with reference to FIG.

For example, from the state shown in FIG.
Icon 50 showing gas consumption meter reading report by
2c is clicked with the pen 205 (step 4 in FIG. 4).
03), the contents of the data are superimposed and displayed on the calendar 501 (step 701). The state at this time is shown in FIG. Then, the "display state" of the corresponding portion of the table (FIG. 3) in the report storage means 109 is rewritten to "enlarge" (step 702). Here, when this report is composed of a plurality of pages (step 703), a page turning button 801 is displayed on the displayed report, and by clicking on it, the second page is switched to the first page and displayed. The page can be sequentially turned and returned (step 705). Further, when the data 502c 'being enlarged is clicked again (step 706), the data 502c' being enlarged is returned to the icon display (step 707), and "display" of the corresponding portion of the table (FIG. 3) in the database 108 is performed. The state is returned to the "icon" (step 708). At this time, the state shown in FIG. 5 is returned.

Next, referring to FIG.
The data creation process when the data 04 receives data from any device 4 (step 407) will be described. FIG. 9 shows the overall flow. First, it is determined from where the data is received (steps 901, 903, 90).
5, 907), corresponding device programs 1
06 to perform the processing (steps 902 and 90
4, 906, 908). Next, a process of collecting related information is performed according to the content of the data (step 909), and a report is created by the report creating unit 107 from the processing result of the device program 106 and information related thereto (step 910). . Further, whether the report should be transmitted to the information server 2 is determined by the device program 10.
6 (step 911), the information determined to be transmitted is connected to the communication line 3 by the information server communication means 105, and transmitted to the information server 2 (step 91).
2). Further, the created report is stored in the report storage means 109 (step 913), and the
It is displayed on the calendar 501 displayed at D110 in the state shown in FIG. 8 (step 914). At this time, if the report is a content requesting an instruction from the user (step 915), the instruction is received from the user by the data input unit 101, and the device program 106 processes the data as data to be returned to the device 4. Reply to the device (step 916).

Next, the case where a report creation request is made in FIG. 4 (step 409) will be described. FIG.
0 indicates a flowchart. First, it is determined where the request was made (step 1001). If the request was made by the user, the procedure goes to step 1002. The request from the user is a process when the report creation button 504 is pressed in FIG. 5, and FIG. 11 shows a display screen on the LCD 110. Here, the user operates the pen 2 of the pen input device 102.
05 shows an example in which the air conditioner 4b and "sensor information" are selected as contents to be known. Each item is clicked with the pen 205 in order, and finally "execute" is clicked. When requested by the information server 2, the device and the contents thereof are received as preset data. Then, the selected device 4
For example, a change in the room temperature is received as sensor information from the air conditioner 4b, and the air conditioner program 106b performs data processing based on the received information. Subsequent processing (steps 1005 to 1011) is the same as the report creation processing at the time of transmission from the device in FIG.

Next, the related information collection process will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. As an operation of step 909 in FIG. 9, when it is determined that the related information is to be collected as a result of the data transmitted from the device 4 and processed by the device program 106, the information is communicated with the collection destination to transfer the information. collect. Steps 1201 to 1208 are for collecting information on the device 4, and steps 1209 and 1210 are for collecting information in the information server 2. The information collection destination is not limited to one. There may be a plurality of information servers 2.

Next, the report creation (step 910 in FIG. 9) by the report creation means 107 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. The data processed by the device program 106 and the information added by the related information collecting means 108 are processed by a report creating means 107 into a preset unified format,
Create the data to be displayed in. The display size on the LCD 110 is set in advance, and the layout of characters and charts is determined so as to match the size (step 1301). If the data amount is large, a report that spans a plurality of pages is created using the determined display size as a unit of one page. The number of pages is calculated (step 1302), and the page is converted into image data in units of pages. (Step 1303). Information on the page is stored in the report storage unit 109 together with the report.

The outline of the report creation processing shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 has been described above. In the case where the created report is for requesting an instruction (steps 915 and 1010), the processing of “instruction to report and return of data” (steps 916 and 1011) is described below for each device described below. This will be specifically described in the data receiving process.

FIG. 14 shows a process when data is received from hot water supply apparatus 4a. When the data is received via device communication means 5a and information terminal communication means 104, hot water supply program 106a is started. First, when the content of the data is an abnormality in the operating state (step 140)
1) The data relating to the operation state is sent to the report creation means 107 (step 1402), and a flag for collecting information from the gas meter 4c is set (step 1403) for the purpose of acquiring relevant information. This is the information collection step (step 909 in FIG. 9).
used. Then, a flag for transmitting the content to the information server 2 is set (step 1404), and the process ends. After that, the process of FIG. 9 is started, the gas meter program 106c is started, data is acquired from the gas meter 4c, the data is sent to the report creation means 107, and the operation data of the water heater 4a and the meter reading data of the gas meter 4c are collected. One report is created (step 910). Since this report is flagged for transmission to the information server 2, transmission processing is performed in step 912. FIG. 15 shows the report 15 at this time.
01. The first half of the report 1501 describes the contents of the data from the hot water supply device 4a and the judgment based thereon, and the second half shows the data of the gas meter 4c when the hot water supply device 4a is used as the related information, and finally ends with the comprehensive information. It shows the details of the judgment. By detecting the related information, it is possible to make a precise judgment and respond to a prompt service.

Next, when the data from the hot water supply device 4a indicates a failure (step 1405), a code provided in advance for the failure is sent to the report creating means 107 (step 1406). In order to obtain the information, a flag for collecting information from the information server 2 is set (step 140).
7). Thereafter, in order to notify the information server 2 of the failure, a flag is set to transmit the information to the information server 2 as in the case of an abnormal operation (step 1404). Thereafter, information on the failure is collected from the information server 2 (FIG. 9).
(Step 909), the report creating means 107 creates a report together with the data sent from the hot water supply apparatus 4a (Step 910), and the report is sent to the information server 2 (Step 912). FIG. 16 is a report 1601 showing the details of the failure, in which a failure code is displayed in the first half and information obtained from the information server 2 based on the code is displayed in the second half. This report 1601 is also displayed together with the report 1602 sent to the information server 2 and informing of the correspondence.

If the data from the hot water supply device 4a is a request for input from the user (step 1408), the items to be input are sent to the report creation means 107 (step 1409). Thereafter, in the process of FIG. 9, based on this item, the report creation unit 107 creates a report requesting input (step 910), and the LCD 11
Although the item is displayed on the line 0 (step 914), the user sees it and inputs necessary items using the pen input device 102. The screen at this time is shown in FIG. Reference numeral 1701 denotes a report for accepting an input. The button 205 is used to determine the boiling time and temperature of the bath by clicking a button with the pen 205, and the data is returned to the hot water supply apparatus 4a by pressing a “SET” button (FIG. 9 snap 916). Hot water supply device 4a is operated based on this data.

Next, an operation of creating a report from the air conditioner 4b based on room temperature data by a built-in temperature sensor will be described. The information terminal 1 receives room temperature data from the air conditioner 4b through the device communication means 5b and the information terminal communication means 104 at regular intervals. FIG.
The program for air-conditioning equipment 106a is programmed to accumulate the data and sends the history data to the report creation means 107 when a report is created periodically (step 18).
01). A flag is set on this data so as to collect information from the information server 2 (step 180).
2) Later, information is acquired by the related information collecting means 108. After that, the operation of FIG.
As the related information acquired from, for example, the air conditioner 4
There are advices such as ideas for using b efficiently. The history of the room temperature data and the information obtained from the information server 2 are sent to the report creation means 107, where they are processed into an appropriate format and displayed on the LCD 110. FIG. 19 shows an example of the display screen. The report 1901 displays the history of the change in the room temperature at the top and the simple advice content as information acquired from the information server 2 at the bottom.

The operation of the air conditioner 4b in the event of an operating condition or failure, and the operation of instructing the operation by a report requesting an input are not described here. According to the operation.

Next, the reception process from the gas meter 4c will be described. The gas meter 4c and the information terminal 1 exchange data at regular time intervals, and the gas meter program 106c constantly analyzes the presence or absence of an abnormality based on the meter reading data of the gas meter 4c. Here, in FIG. 20, when it is detected that the gas use pattern is abnormal (step 2001), the data is sent to the report creation means 107 (step 2002), and the usage of the hot water heater 4a and the like is started. A flag is set so that the related information collecting means 108 acquires the data of the gas appliance being operated (step 2003). Further, a flag is set to send the completed report to the information server 2 (step 2004). Thereafter, as processing shown in FIG. 9, the relevant information is acquired from the gas appliance being used (step 909), and the gas meter 4c is acquired.
Create a report with data from
0), and transmits a report to the information server 2 (step 9)
12).

If the shutoff valve (gas breaker) is closed by the function of the gas meter 4c due to an extreme abnormality of gas use state due to a gas leak or an earthquake, and the gas supply is stopped (step 2005), a report is prepared. The operation cause data is sent to the means 107 (step 200).
Along with 6), a flag is set to collect data on gas breaker shutoff from the information server 2 (step 2007). At this time, in some cases, data of gas appliances may be collected as related information. In addition, similar to the above-described usage pattern abnormality, the report is transmitted to the information server 2.
(Step 200)
4). Thereafter, according to the operation in FIG. 9, related information collection, report creation, and report transmission to the information server 2 are performed.

Further, in the case of regular meter reading for billing the usage fee (step 2008), the report creation means 107
Next, the meter reading value is sent (step 2009). In order to collect the usage fee and other information from this data, an information collection flag is set to the information server 2 (step 200).
7) Further, a flag for transmitting the completed report to the information server 2 is set (step 2004). Or later,
Similarly, the operation shown in FIG. 9 is performed. The display screen at this time is shown in FIG. 21 and FIG. In this case, a report is created over two pages, and the first page 2101
Is the meter reading value, and the second page 2201 is the information acquired from the information server 2. Note that a button 2202 for returning to the first page is provided on the second page, and the displayed page can be arbitrarily switched.

Next, a process for receiving data from the microwave oven 4d will be described. In the case of the microwave oven 4d, each time the microwave oven 4d is used, it communicates with the information terminal 1, and what menu is used is recorded as a history (step 2301).
For example, if it is predetermined to create a report once a week and the time has come (step 23)
02), and sends the usage history data after the previous report creation to the report creation means 107 (step 23).
03), a flag is set so as to acquire related information from the information server 2 according to the data (step 230).
4). The following is the operation of FIG. Here, the information collected by the related information collecting means 108 is selected from cooking recipes stored in the information server 2 in accordance with the tendency of the menu used and the season. Also,
Regarding the new control program of the microwave oven 4d required to make the dishes described in the provided recipe,
Collected as related information, microwave program 106
Through d, it is also possible to incorporate it into the microwave oven 4d.

[0053]

As described above, according to the information processing apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention, communication means for communicating with an external information server through a communication line, and information acquired by the communication means are temporarily stored. Information temporary storage means for storing in the
Information display means for displaying the contents of the information temporary storage means, and display on the information display means in response to a user's operation using an input device such as a keyboard or a pointing device in accordance with the contents displayed on the information display means A display image storage unit for converting the displayed display image into image data and storing the converted image data, and an attribute data storage unit for storing attribute data unique to the information, and all or one of the contents stored in the information temporary storage means. Optional information storage means for processing and storing a part;
An optional information classifying means for classifying the contents of the optional information storage means by a user's operation using an input device, and an external information by an operation using a user's input device to the information classified by the arbitrary information classifying means Since it is composed of an arbitrary information re-display means for displaying the information on the information server again,
Has an advantageous effect.

Further, according to the information processing apparatus of the second aspect, the display image storage section is a portion which is displayed and visible on the information display means when the storage of the information displayed by the user is selected. Since only the image data is stored as image data, an advantageous effect is obtained.

According to the information processing apparatus of the third aspect, the display image storage unit cannot display the information displayed on the information display means when the user selects storage of the information being displayed. Since the image including the part is stored as the image data, it has an advantageous effect.

According to the information processing apparatus of the fourth aspect, the optional information classifying means is configured to store all of the image stored in the display image storage section of the optional information storage means and the attribute data stored in the attribute data storage section. Or an information classification image display means for combining and displaying a part of the information on the screen, and classification for performing information classification by moving the information classification image displayed by the information classification image display means using an input device. Since it is constituted by the image sorting means, it has an advantageous effect.

According to the information processing apparatus of the present invention, the information classification image display means stores the unique address of the information stored in the attribute data storage section in the display image storage section of the arbitrary information storage means. Since the display is synthesized with the stored image, it has an advantageous effect.

According to the information processing apparatus of the sixth aspect, the information classification image display means stores the title given to the information stored in the attribute data storage section in the display image storage section of the arbitrary information storage means. Since the display is synthesized with the stored image, it has an advantageous effect.

According to the information processing apparatus of the present invention, the information classification image display means displays both the unique address and the title of the information stored in the attribute data storage section in the arbitrary information storage means. Since the configuration is such that the image is combined with the image stored in the image storage unit and displayed, an advantageous effect is obtained.

According to the information processing apparatus of the present invention, the arbitrary information re-display means allows the user to display the address on the information classification image displayed by the information classification image display means at the position where the address is displayed. Since the information is reconnected to the information on the information server and displayed on the information display means by performing an operation using the pointing device, there is an advantageous effect.

[0061] According to the information processing apparatus of the ninth aspect, the arbitrary information re-displaying means allows the user to display the title on the information classified image displayed by the information classified image displaying means. Since the information is reconnected to the information on the information server and displayed on the information display means by performing an operation using the pointing device, there is an advantageous effect.

According to the information processing apparatus of the tenth aspect, the arbitrary information storage means updates the information displayed on the information display means by the arbitrary information redisplay means by replacing the information before the display with the information. Therefore, it has an advantageous effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of hardware of the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a data configuration diagram of an arbitrary information storage unit of the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display screen of a report of the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a date moving operation of data of the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of a report display process of the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a report display screen of the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation of a report creation process of the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of a report creation process of the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an input operation to a report of the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram of a conventional information processing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 information terminal 2 information server 3 communication line 4a hot water supply device 4b air conditioner 4c gas meter 4d microwave oven 5 device communication means 101 as first communication means 101 data input means 104 information terminal communication means 105 as second communication means Communication means for information server as third communication means 106 Device program 107 Report creation means 108 Related information collection means 109 Report storage means 110 LCD (liquid crystal display device) as display means 111 Report display control means 112 Clock means Clock 113 Calendar generation means 114 Calendar display control means

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Takako Shiraishi 1006 Kadoma Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. Communication means for communicating with an external information server via a communication line, information temporary storage means for temporarily storing information obtained by the communication means, and information for displaying the contents of the information temporary storage means A display unit that converts a display image displayed on the information display unit into image data in response to an operation performed by a user using an input device such as a keyboard or a pointing device according to the content displayed on the information display unit. Arbitrary information storage means having a display image storage section for storing information and attribute data storage section for storing attribute data unique to the information, and processing all or part of the contents stored in the information temporary storage means and storing the processed information An arbitrary information classifying means for classifying the contents of the arbitrary information storage means by an operation of a user using an input device; and information classified by the arbitrary information classifying means. The information processing apparatus which is constructed from any information redisplay means for displaying the information on the external information server again by the operation using the input device of the user. 2. The display image storage unit according to claim 1, wherein when the user selects storage of the information being displayed, only the visible portion displayed on the information display means is stored as image data. 2. The information processing device according to 1. 3. A display image storage unit for storing, as image data, an image including a part which cannot be completely displayed on an information display means and is not visible when a user selects storage of information displayed. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein 4. An arbitrary information classifying means for combining and displaying, on a screen, an image stored in a display image storage part of the arbitrary information storage means and all or a part of attribute data stored in an attribute data storage part. And an information classification image display means for performing information classification by moving the information classification image displayed by the information classification image display means using an input device. 4. The information processing apparatus according to any one of 3. 5. An information classification image display means for combining and displaying a unique address of the information stored in the attribute data storage part with an image stored in the display image storage part of the arbitrary information storage means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein: 6. An information classification image display means for combining a title given to the information stored in an attribute data storage part with an image stored in a display image storage part of an arbitrary information storage means and displaying the combined title. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein: 7. The information classified image display means combines both the unique address and the title of the information stored in the attribute data storage with the image stored in the display image storage of the arbitrary information storage. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the information is displayed. 8. The information server according to claim 1, wherein the arbitrary information re-displaying means operates the information server by using a pointing device at a position where the address on the information classified image displayed by the information classified image displaying means is displayed. 8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the information is reconnected to the information and displayed on the information display means. 9. The information server according to claim 1, wherein the arbitrary information re-displaying means operates the user using a pointing device at a position where the title on the information classified image displayed by the information classified image displaying means is displayed. 7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the information is reconnected to the information and displayed on the information display means. 10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the arbitrary information storage means updates the information displayed on the information display means by the arbitrary information redisplay means by replacing the information before the display with the information. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1.