JPH11242600A - Software cooperation system for information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To extend the function of object software that has no or deficient extending function. SOLUTION: An information processor having an operating system where plural types of software are operable is provided with an information acquiring device 1 which acquires the internal information on the information processor, an anchor identifying device 2 which decides the presence or absence of the anchor information that specifies the cooperating condition with which the cooperating software recognizes the cooperated software based on the information acquired by the device 1, and a cooperation executing device 3 which executes the cooperated software which performs a cooperating operation in response to the anchor information that is identified by the device 2. Thus, it's possible to obtain a software cooperation system of the information processor where both cooperating and cooperated software are operable by performing anchor processing outside the cooperation software without changing this software nor its file of forms.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus having an operating system in which a plurality of software can operate simultaneously, and in particular, acquires information on operating software and operates in cooperation with other software. The present invention relates to a software cooperation system of an information processing device capable of causing the information processing device to perform the operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 56 is a view showing an example of a screen of a hypermedia type software cooperation system using 0bject Linking and Embedding (hereinafter referred to as OLE) which is a software cooperation technology of Microsoft Corporation. Here, the hypermedia is to realize cooperation by incorporating information for recognizing software of a cooperation destination that performs a cooperation operation for cooperation as anchor information in a cooperation source. That is, as in the example of the screen shown in FIG. 56, the software A112 as the cooperation source pastes and displays a part of the file BB115 in the software B114 format on the window in which the file AA113 in its own format is opened. File BB11
If there is an event by the mouse 111 in the part of 5,
The software B114, which is the original software of the file BB115, is started as the cooperation destination and the file BB11 is started.
5 is opened and a window is displayed.

[0003] As described above, the conventional software cooperation system using OLE is based on the cooperation source software A11.
An operation of pasting a file BB115 of the cooperation destination software B114 format to the file AA113 of the two formats is required in advance, and software cooperation is performed using the pasted content as anchor information. Information such as the information of the pasting contents and the cooperation destination software is held in the file AA113 in the cooperation source software A112 format.

[0004]

However, the function of processing the anchors required for linking the software is provided only inside the software, and the anchor processing has been incorporated and executed separately for each software. Therefore, software that does not have the OLE function cannot hold the anchor information, and thus cannot become the cooperation source software.

[0005] In addition, it is possible to extend the functions of applications that can describe additional functions, such as the Microsoft Word macro language, and applications that can use open functions from the outside by supporting the OLE. However, it has not been possible to add a function to an application that does not have such an interface or has an interface that is insufficient to realize a function to be extended.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an information processing apparatus capable of extending functions to target software having no extended functions or insufficient extended functions. The purpose is to obtain a software cooperation system. Specifically, the software of an information processing device that can be both a link source and a link destination by performing anchor processing outside of the link software without changing the link software or its format file The purpose is to obtain a cooperative system. Also, by monitoring the target software and displaying the display information on the target software when the operation of the target software performs the display processing, the function is extended to the software without the extended function or the insufficient extended function It is an object of the present invention to obtain a software cooperation system of an information processing apparatus capable of performing the above.

[0007]

A software cooperation system for an information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus having an operating system capable of operating a plurality of software, and information for acquiring information in the information processing apparatus. An acquisition unit, and a function addition unit that monitors an operation of the target software or an input to the target software based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit and adds a function to the target software.

Further, the function adding means determines whether or not there is anchor information for specifying cooperation conditions for the cooperation source software as the target software to recognize the cooperation destination software based on the information acquired by the information acquisition means. An anchor identifying means, and a cooperation executing means for executing cooperation destination software for performing a cooperation operation in accordance with the anchor information identified by the anchor identifying means.

[0009] The information acquisition means includes an information acquisition registration unit for performing information acquisition registration with the operation system so as to receive information output by the operating system of the information processing apparatus in place of cooperation source software; And an information receiving unit for receiving the information.

[0010] The information acquisition means may include a transparent window portion for covering a window displayed on the screen by the cooperation source software, and a window information acquisition portion for acquiring information input to the transparent window portion. Is what you do.

[0011] Further, the information acquisition means includes an acquisition information table storage unit that registers and accumulates information to be acquired, and an information acquisition unit that acquires information registered in the acquisition information table storage unit. It is a feature.

Further, the anchor identification means includes an anchor information table storage unit in which anchor information is registered and stored, and an anchor collation for collating information acquired by the information acquisition means with information in the anchor information table storage unit. And a unit.

[0013] Further, the anchor identifying means further comprises an information sending section for sending the information to a program of the cooperation source software when there is no anchor information satisfying the condition obtained by the information obtaining means. Is what you do.

Further, the anchor identification means further comprises an anchor registration unit for registering anchor information in the anchor information table storage unit.

[0015] Further, the anchor identification means further includes acquisition information storage means for accumulating the information acquired by the information acquisition means, and the anchor collation section comprises a combination of a plurality of information accumulated in the acquisition information accumulation means. , Which enables anchor collation.

Further, the anchor identifying means further comprises a link anchor storing section for storing all anchor information judged to satisfy the condition by the anchor collating section and outputting the anchor information to the link executing section. Is what you do.

The cooperation execution means includes a cooperation information table storage unit for registering and accumulating software cooperation information, and a software cooperation information corresponding to the anchor information obtained from the anchor identification means. And a cooperation information execution unit that issues an execution instruction to the cooperation destination software from the software cooperation information obtained by the cooperation information acquisition unit.

Further, the apparatus further comprises an anchor display means for displaying, on a screen, the anchor information identified or registered by the anchor identification means.

The function adding means includes a display information processing means for outputting display information when an operation of the target software is a trigger for performing a display process based on the information obtained by the information obtaining means; Display means for displaying display information from the means on the target software.

An operation unit for inputting operation information, an operation instruction information storage unit storing operation instruction information, and instruction information to be executed corresponding to the operation information input from the operation unit. Operating instruction processing means for executing the searched instruction by retrieving from the operation instruction information storage means, wherein the operation instruction processing means displays the instruction information on the target software when displaying the instruction information on the target software. It is characterized by requesting a display process from an information processing means.

When the instruction information retrieved by the operation instruction processing means is an instruction for the target software, the instruction to the target software is transmitted based on the input of the instruction information output from the operation instruction processing means. It is characterized by further comprising target software instruction means.

Further, a processing procedure information storage means for accumulating procedure information of processing frequently performed when the target software is used, and a processing procedure search means for searching a specified processing procedure from the processing procedure information storage means. In addition, the operation instruction processing means searches for instruction information corresponding to the operation information input from the operation unit, and the operation instruction information is an instruction for performing a process stored in the processing procedure information storage means. In addition, a search is performed by designating a processing procedure to the processing procedure search means.

[0023] The present invention is further characterized by further comprising an operation instruction adding means for adding an operation instruction stored in the operation instruction information storage means.

Further, a software cooperation system of an information processing apparatus according to another invention is an information processing apparatus having an operating system capable of operating a plurality of software, and stores contents displayed by a file or a window of software of a cooperation source. It is provided with a file conversion means for converting into a software format capable of anchor identification, and a coordination execution means for executing cooperative destination software in accordance with the anchor information identified by the software capable of anchor identification.

[0025]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 Hereinafter, Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of the software cooperation system according to the first embodiment. The software cooperation system shown in FIG. 1 is an information processing apparatus having an operation system in which the cooperation source software 7 as the target software and the cooperation destination software 9 can operate simultaneously.
And the information acquisition device 1 for acquiring the information in the information processing device, that is, the information originally sent to the cooperation source software 7, An anchor identification device 2 that determines the presence or absence of anchor information that specifies a cooperation condition for the cooperation source software 7 to recognize the cooperation destination software 9 based on the information acquired by the information acquisition device 1 and the anchor identification device 2 A cooperation execution device 3 that outputs an execution command to a program execution unit 8 that executes cooperation destination software 9 that performs a cooperation operation in accordance with the identified anchor information; and the anchor identification device 2 and the cooperation execution device Reference numeral 3 denotes a function adding unit that adds a function to the cooperation source software 7. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 6 denotes a program execution unit that executes the cooperation source software 7.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a screen for operating the software in cooperation with the user by inputting information using the input means. When the user makes an input to the software A 102 with the mouse 101, This is an example of a screen displaying a file 104 of software B103 in a window. At this time, the software cooperation system
The operation flow is as shown in FIG. As input means, besides the mouse 101, for example, a keyboard, a pen,
There are trackballs and the like.

Next, the operation of the software cooperation system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When there is an input from the user, first, in step S1, the information acquisition device 1 acquires the input information. Although this input information is information originally input to the cooperation source software 7 by the user, this software cooperation system enables the information acquisition device 1 to obtain the information instead of the cooperation source software 7. The input information is information input from the input device of the information processing device 1, and is not particularly limited. For example, there are a mouse event type, a mouse input coordinate, a target software name of the event, and the like.

Next, in step S2, the anchor identifying device 2 identifies the presence or absence of anchor information including input information as a condition. The anchor information is information for the cooperation source software 7 to recognize the cooperation destination software 9. The types of information serving as anchor information include software-specific information, such as the name of an open file and a page number, in addition to the input information. If there is anchor information, in step S3, the cooperation execution device 3 instructs processing of the cooperation information corresponding to the anchor information. The type of information serving as the link information includes, for example, a link destination software name, a file name to be opened, and the like.

In the screen example of FIG. 2 described above, first, a mouse event by the mouse 101 with respect to the software A102 is performed by the information acquisition device 1 instead of the software A102.
Is acquired, and then the anchor identification device 2 checks whether or not there is anchor information for the mouse event. Lastly, the cooperation execution device 3 acquires the cooperation information corresponding to the anchor information, "Start software B103 and open file 104", and instructs the processing of the cooperation information.

Here, the internal configuration and operation flow of the information acquisition device 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 4, the internal configuration of the information acquisition device 1 is an information acquisition device that performs information acquisition registration with the operation system 23 so as to receive information output by the operating system 23 of the information processing device instead of the cooperation source software 7. A registration unit 21 and an information receiving unit 22 that receives information from the operating system 23 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the software cooperation system is started, the information acquiring apparatus 1
In step S5, the information acquisition / registration unit 21 registers with the operating system the destination of the information possessed by the operating system 23 as the software cooperation system. The operating system 23 is not particularly limited, but is, for example, UNIX or Windows. The registration method includes, for example, an MS-Windows hook function. Next, when there is input information from the user of the information, the information receiving unit 22 receives the information from the operating system 23 in step S6, and sends the obtained information to the anchor identifying device 2 in step S7.

The internal configuration and operation flow of the anchor identification device 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG.
As shown in the figure, the internal configuration of the anchor identification device 2 includes an anchor information table storage unit 32 in which anchor information is registered and stored, information acquired by the information acquisition device 1, and information stored in the anchor information table storage unit 32. And an anchor collating unit 31 for collating the data.

As shown in FIG. 7, in the anchor identifying device 2, first, in step S10, the anchor collating unit 31 extracts information that can be anchor information from the information acquired by the information acquiring device 1. Next, in step S11, the anchor information registered in the anchor information table storage unit 32 is extracted, and in step S12, it is confirmed whether the acquired information satisfies the condition of the anchor information. If the acquired information satisfies the condition of the anchor information, an anchor ID corresponding to the anchor information is acquired in step S13, and step S1 is executed.
In step 4, the anchor ID is sent to the cooperation execution device 3.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 8, a software name is written in the anchor information table stored in the anchor information table storage unit 32 when the type of the anchor information is a software name, as shown in FIG. Have been. Note that this anchor information table is registered as an external file, for example, so that the user can freely change the definition.
It is also possible to store.

The internal configuration and operation flow of the cooperative execution device 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. As shown in FIG. 9, the internal configuration of the cooperation execution device 3 corresponds to a cooperation information table storage unit 43 that registers and accumulates software cooperation information, and anchor information (anchor ID) obtained from the anchor identification device 2. Link information acquisition unit 4 for acquiring the software link information to be linked from the link information table storage unit 43
1 and a cooperation information execution unit 42 that issues an execution command to cooperation destination software from the software cooperation information acquired by the cooperation information acquisition unit 41.

As shown in FIG. 10, first, in step S16, the cooperation information acquiring unit 41 stores the cooperation information corresponding to the anchor ID sent from the anchor information identification device 2 in the cooperation information table. Obtained from the unit 43.
Next, in step S17, the cooperation information execution unit 42 issues a command for causing the program execution unit 8 of the cooperation destination software 9 to execute the processing of the cooperation information.

At this time, the type of information serving as the cooperation information stored in the cooperation information table storage unit 43 is, for example, as shown in FIG. 11, a cooperation destination software name corresponding to the anchor ID, a file name to be opened, a cooperation destination There is a software window state. Among them, information for specifying the link destination software such as the link destination software name is essential information, and the other information is processed only when set. The association information notation unit 43 can be registered and stored, for example, as an external file so that the user can freely change the definition.

Therefore, according to the first embodiment, the information acquisition device 1 acquires information from the operating system 23 to the cooperation source software 7 instead, and the anchor identification device 2 performs anchoring outside the cooperation source software 7. By identifying the information, software cooperation can be realized without changing the cooperation source software 7 itself. In addition, by using the software name as the type of the anchor information in the anchor identification device 2, software cooperation in which the cooperation source software 7 is specified can be realized. As a result, all software operating in the information processing apparatus can be individually executed from outside without changing the software itself.

Embodiment 2 In the first embodiment described above, the case where the information acquisition device 1 receives information from the operating system 23 has been described. However, a transparent window that covers the window displayed by the cooperation source software 7 is displayed, and The window event can be obtained from the transparent window instead of the cooperation source software 7. The manner in which the transparent window covers the display screen of the cooperation source software 7 is not particularly limited.

The internal configuration and operation flow of the information acquisition device 1 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 12, the internal configuration diagram of the information acquisition device 1 includes a transparent window unit 26 that covers a window displayed on the screen by the cooperation source software, a transparent window unit 2
And a window information acquisition unit 27 that acquires information input to the device 6.

As shown in FIG. 13, in this information acquiring apparatus 1, first, in step S20, the transparent window unit 26 displays a transparent window on the window of the cooperation source software 7. In step S21, the window information acquisition unit 27 acquires a window event input by the user for the transparent window unit 26, and sends out the information acquired in step S22 to the anchor identification device 2.

Therefore, according to the second embodiment, the information acquisition device 1 uses the transparent window 26 to acquire information to the cooperation source software 7, thereby enabling the information from the operating system 23 to the cooperation source software 7. Even if it is not possible to acquire the software instead, software cooperation can be realized.

Embodiment 3 In the first embodiment described above, the case where the information acquisition device 1 receives information from the operating system 23 has been described. However, it is also possible to acquire information registered in advance from the cooperation source software 7.

The internal configuration and operation flow of the information acquiring apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. As illustrated in FIG. 14, the internal configuration of the information acquisition device 1 includes an acquisition information table storage unit 20 that registers and acquires information to be acquired, and an information acquisition unit that acquires information registered in the acquisition information table storage unit 20. And a unit 19.

In the information acquiring apparatus 1, as shown in FIG. 15, first, in step S26, the information acquiring unit 19 confirms whether or not the software registered in the acquired information table storage unit 20 is being executed. If it is being executed, the information is registered as acquisition information in the acquisition information table storage unit 20 from the cooperation source software 7 in step S27, and the information is sent to the anchor identification device 2 in step S28.

At this time, the contents of the obtained information table in the obtained information table storage unit 20 when information is obtained from the object of the window displayed by the cooperation source software 7 are as shown in FIG. Among them, information for specifying the link destination software such as the link source software name is essential information, and the other information is processed only when it is set. The acquisition information table storage unit 20 can be registered and stored, for example, as an external file so that the user can freely define and change it.

Therefore, according to the third embodiment, the information acquisition device 1 sets the acquisition information in advance,
Software cooperation is realized based on information that cannot be obtained from the operating system, for example, information disclosed to the outside by the cooperation source software 7 from the cooperation source software 7 or information obtained by acquiring the display contents of the cooperation source software 7. it can.

Embodiment 4 In the third embodiment described above, information is acquired from the object of the window displayed by the cooperation source software. However, it is also possible for the cooperation source software to receive information that can be referred to from outside. In this case, in the configuration of the information acquiring apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 14, the acquired information storage unit 20 according to the fourth embodiment registers and accumulates the variable names and acquired contents corresponding to the cooperation source software names as shown in FIG. .

Embodiment 5 Further, in the above-described third embodiment, the case where information is obtained from the object of the window displayed by the cooperation source software has been described. However, it is also possible to obtain information from a specific address in the information processing apparatus. In this case, in the configuration of the information acquiring apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 14, the acquired information storage unit 20 according to the fourth embodiment registers and accumulates the acquired contents corresponding to the acquired addresses as shown in FIG.

Embodiment 6 FIG. In the above-described third embodiment, a case has been described in which information is acquired from the object of the window displayed by the cooperation source software. However, if there is information to be output during execution by the cooperation source software, anchor information is acquired from the information. It is also possible. In this case, in the configuration of the information acquiring apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 14, the acquired information storage unit 20 according to the fourth embodiment registers and accumulates the acquired contents corresponding to the file names as shown in FIG.

Embodiment 7 FIG. Next, in the first embodiment described above, the case where the software name is used as the type of the anchor information in the anchor identification device 2 has been described, but the event may be the type of the anchor information. The event includes, for example, mouse button down, mouse movement, key input, window activation, and the like. Also, the source of the event is, for example, user input,
There are software processing, via a network from a remote machine, and the like. In this case, as an anchor information table registered and stored in the anchor information table storage unit 32 in the anchor identification device 2 shown in FIG. 6, an event corresponding to the anchor ID is registered and stored as shown in FIG.

Embodiment 8 FIG. In the first embodiment described above, the case where a software name is used as the type of anchor information in the anchor identification device 2 has been described. However, coordinates input by input means such as a mouse and a trackball are used as the type of anchor information. It is also possible. In this case, as an anchor information table registered and stored in the anchor information table storage unit 32 in the anchor identification device 2 shown in FIG. 6, coordinates corresponding to the anchor ID are registered and stored as shown in FIG.

Embodiment 9 FIG. Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the case where a software name is used as the type of anchor information in the anchor identification device 2 has been described. However, key information input by input means such as a keyboard, a mouse, a pen, and the like, Button information, information such as double-click and single-click can be used as the type of anchor information. In this case, as the anchor information table registered and stored in the anchor information table storage unit 32 in the anchor identification device 2 shown in FIG. 6, key information corresponding to the anchor ID is registered and stored as shown in FIG.

Therefore, according to the seventh to ninth embodiments,
By using information other than software, such as events, coordinates, and key information, as the type of anchor information in the anchor identification device 2, software cooperation independent of software and by unified operations in the information processing device can be realized.

Embodiment 10 FIG. Next, in the first embodiment described above, the case where the software name is used as the type of the anchor information in the anchor identification device 2 has been described. However, the state information of the window may be the type of the anchor information. Window status information, for example,
Iconify, maximize, activate, page move,
Cursor movement, etc. In this case, as shown in FIG. 23, the window state corresponding to the anchor ID is registered and stored as the anchor information table registered and stored in the anchor information table storage unit 32 in the anchor identification device 2 shown in FIG.

Therefore, according to the tenth embodiment, by using the window state information as the type of the anchor information in the anchor identification device 2, even if there is no user input, the window state transition is based on the window state transition. Automatic software linkage can be realized.

Embodiment 11 FIG. Next, in the first embodiment described above, the case where the software name is used as the type of the anchor information in the anchor identification device 2 has been described. However, the object name of the window receiving the user input may be used as the type of the anchor information. is there. The object name is all information that can be recognized in the window,
For example, there are buttons, labels, and the like. In this case, as an anchor information table registered and stored in the anchor information table storage unit 32 in the anchor identification device 2 shown in FIG. 6, an object name corresponding to the anchor ID is registered and stored as shown in FIG.

Embodiment 12 FIG. Further, in the first embodiment described above, the case where the software name is used as the type of the anchor information in the anchor identification device 2 has been described. However, the open file name displayed by the window may be used as the type of the anchor information. is there. in this case,
The anchor information table stored and registered in the anchor information table storage unit 32 in the anchor identification device 2 shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), the open file name corresponding to the anchor ID is registered and stored.

Embodiment 13 FIG. Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the case where a software name is used as the type of anchor information in the anchor identification device 2 has been described, but information possessed for each software may be used as the type of anchor information. Information possessed by each software includes, for example, a page number and a frame number displayed by the window. In this case, the anchor information table stored and stored in the anchor information table storage unit 32 in the anchor identification device 2 shown in FIG.
Is registered and stored.

Therefore, according to the eleventh to thirteenth embodiments, the anchor identification device 2 uses information such as an object name, a file name, and a page number for each software as the type of anchor information, thereby further improving the operation of the software. Software coordination can be realized.

Embodiment 14 FIG. Furthermore, it is also possible to register and store in the anchor information notation unit 32 a part or all of the types of the anchor information described above. In this case, as an anchor information table registered and stored in the anchor information table storage unit 32 in the anchor identification device 2 shown in FIG. 6, as shown in FIG. 27, a software name corresponding to an anchor ID, an event, coordinates, key information, Window status, object name, open file name and page number are registered and stored.

Therefore, according to the fourteenth embodiment, the anchor identification device 2 sets anchor information in which some or all of the types of anchor information are combined, so that more patterns of anchor registration can be performed. Fine software cooperation can be realized.

Embodiment 15 FIG. Next, the anchor information table 3 is added to the anchor identification device 2 according to the embodiment i shown in FIG.
Acquisition information that is not included in condition 2 is linked source software 7
It is also possible to provide an information sending unit so that the information can be sent to the server. That is, Embodiment 15
As an internal configuration of the anchor identification device 2 according to the above, as shown in FIG. 28, in addition to the anchor collation unit 31 and the anchor information notation unit 32, there is no anchor information whose information acquired by the information acquisition device 1 satisfies the condition. And an information sending unit 33 for sending information to a program of the cooperation source software 7.

Therefore, according to the fifteenth embodiment, the anchor identification device 2 can transmit the acquired information that is not included in the conditions of the anchor information to the cooperation source software 7, thereby enabling the processing of the cooperation source software. Become. Therefore, an improvement in operation can be expected.

Embodiment 16 FIG. In addition, the anchor identification device 2 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 6 may be provided with an anchor registration unit so that anchor information can be registered in the anchor information table storage unit 32 even from outside. . That is, as shown in FIG. 29, as an internal configuration of the anchor identification device 2 according to Embodiment 16, in addition to the anchor collation unit 31 and the anchor information notation unit 32, the anchor information is registered in the anchor information table storage unit 32. An anchor registration unit 34 is further provided.

Therefore, according to the sixteenth embodiment, since the anchor identification device 2 can register an anchor from outside at any time, it becomes possible to realize software cooperation according to the use situation. Therefore, an improvement in operation can be expected.

Embodiment 17 FIG. In addition, the anchor identification device 2 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 6 can include an acquisition information storage unit that accumulates acquisition information in order to use a combination of a plurality of pieces of input information as anchor information. . That is, as shown in FIG. 30, as an internal configuration of the anchor identification device 2 according to the seventeenth embodiment, information acquired by the information acquisition device 1 is stored in addition to the anchor collation unit 31 and the anchor information notation unit 32. Acquisition information storage unit 35
Is further provided, and the anchor collation unit 31 enables anchor collation based on a combination of a plurality of pieces of information accumulated in the acquired information accumulation unit 35.

Therefore, according to the seventeenth embodiment, the anchor identification device 2 uses the combination of a plurality of pieces of information as the anchor information, thereby enabling software cooperation with an operation set independently. For this reason, it is possible to register a linkage to an operation that is not normally performed, and due to an operation error,
We can expect that malfunction of software cooperation can be reduced.

Embodiment 18 FIG. In addition, in order for the anchor identification device 2 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 6 to execute a plurality of linkages simultaneously or sequentially, a linkage anchor that accumulates a plurality of pieces of anchor information whose acquisition information is included in the condition. It is also possible to provide a storage unit. That is, as shown in FIG. 31, as the internal configuration of the anchor identification device 2 according to Embodiment 18, in addition to the anchor collation unit 31 and the anchor information notation unit 32, it is determined that the anchor collation unit 31 satisfies the conditions. Further, there is further provided a cooperation anchor storage unit 36 which stores all the anchor information (anchor IDs of anchor information including acquisition information as conditions) and outputs the information to the cooperation execution device 3.

Therefore, according to the eighteenth embodiment, a plurality of cooperation processes can be executed by accumulating a plurality of pieces of anchor information in the anchor identification device 2.

Embodiment 19 FIG. Further, in the above-described first embodiment, it is also possible to include an anchor display device that displays the anchor information identified or registered and stored by the anchor identification device 2 on a screen and transmits the anchor information to the user. That is, as shown in FIG. 32, the software cooperation system according to the nineteenth embodiment further includes an anchor display device 4 for displaying anchor information as shown in FIG. Anchor display device 4
Can display all anchor information and can display some anchor information. Further, it is possible to display only the anchor information identified by the anchor identification device 2.

Therefore, according to the nineteenth embodiment, by displaying the anchor information on the screen, it is possible to visually inform the user of the place where the software cooperation is to be performed, so that an improvement in the operation can be expected.

Embodiment 20 FIG. Next, a configuration and an operation flow of a software cooperation system of an information processing apparatus according to another embodiment of the twentieth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. A software cooperation system for an information processing apparatus according to another invention is an information processing apparatus having an operation system capable of simultaneously operating a plurality of software, and as shown in FIG. 33, a file or window of the cooperation source software is displayed. File conversion device 10 as information acquisition means for converting the content to be converted into a software format capable of anchor identification, and coordination execution device 3 as function addition means for executing cooperation destination software corresponding to the anchor information identified by the software capable of anchor identification.
And

The above-mentioned file conversion device 10 is used to display the window display contents 11 of the software whose anchor cannot be identified or the file 1 of the software format whose anchor cannot be identified.
Software format file 1 that can identify anchor 2
3, the cooperation execution device 3 outputs an execution instruction to the program execution unit 8 of the cooperation destination software 9 corresponding to the anchor information identified by the program execution unit 14 of the software 15 capable of identifying the anchor.

That is, in the software cooperation system of the information processing apparatus according to the other invention, as shown in FIG. 34, first, in step S30, the file conversion apparatus 10 cannot identify the file 12 or the anchor of the software that cannot be identified by the anchor. The software-format window display content 11 is converted into a software-format file 13 that can be identified with an anchor. Examples of the software format that can identify the anchor include a bitmap format and an AVI format. Next, in step S31, the software 15 capable of identifying the anchor is activated to open the file 13 in the software format capable of identifying the anchor. If the anchor information is transmitted from the software 15 capable of identifying the anchor, the cooperation execution apparatus 3 sets the anchor information to Is obtained, and processing of the cooperation information is instructed.

Therefore, according to the twentieth embodiment, by converting the software format file 12 and the window display content 11 that cannot be anchored into the software format file 13 that can be anchored, the coordination source software 7 itself can be changed. Software cooperation can be realized without adding.

Embodiment 21 FIG. Next, FIG. 35 is a configuration diagram of a software cooperation system according to the twenty-first embodiment. The software cooperation system shown in FIG. 35 is software to be monitored (monitored software)
The information acquisition unit 200 monitors the operation of the software to be monitored and notifies the display information processing unit 201 of the operation of the monitored software, and the display transmits the display information to the display unit 202 when the notified operation is a trigger for performing a display process. Information processing means 20
1 and a function adding means consisting of a display means 202 for displaying the display information received from the display information processing means 201 on the monitoring target software, so that the display information can be displayed without changing the monitoring target software. It is possible to add functions.

As described above, for example, Microsoft Windo
In the case of the ws95 operating system, it is possible to acquire information on monitored software by a hook function or the like. In addition, by covering the display unit of the monitored software with a transparent window or the like, it is possible to display on the monitored software. Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described using these two methods as examples.

First, the internal configuration and operation flow of the information acquisition means 200 will be described with reference to FIGS. 36 and 37. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, the internal configuration of the information acquisition unit 200 includes an information acquisition registration unit 210 that registers information acquisition with the operating system and an information reception unit that receives message information transmitted to target software. And a target software starting unit 223 that starts the target software.

As shown in FIG. 37, when the present system is activated, the information acquisition means 200 activates the software to be monitored by the software activation unit 223 (step S50). When the software to be monitored is started, the information acquisition registration unit 210 registers information acquisition with the operating system in which the system is operating (Step S).
51), the information receiver 211 receives message information transmitted to the target software (step S52). The received message is for generating an event of the monitored software, and by obtaining the message, it becomes possible to monitor event information generated in the monitored software. Information receiving unit 21
1 is transmitted to the display information processing means 201 (step S53).

As described above, when the information acquisition unit 200 receives the information transmitted to the software to be monitored, it transmits it to the display information processing unit 201. Display information processing means 201
Analyzes the message transmitted from the information acquisition unit 200, and if the message is a trigger for displaying, transmits the display information to the display unit 202.

Next, the internal configuration and operation flow of the display information processing means 201 will be described with reference to FIGS. 38 and 39.
As shown in FIG. 38, the internal configuration of the display information processing unit 201 includes an information analysis unit 212 that analyzes information about the monitored software received from the information acquisition unit 200.
A display information creation unit 213 that creates display information when the information transmitted from the information acquisition unit 200 is information that triggers display on the target software;
Display means 202 based on the input from information analysis unit 212
And a display means control unit 214 for controlling the

As shown in FIG. 39, the display information processing means 201 inputs the information on the software to be monitored received from the information acquisition means 200 through the information analysis section 212 (step S60).
Analyze details about the information received. This information includes the same information as the information about the message of the event that occurs in the monitored software. By analyzing the information, the processing is performed to create display information.
02 is controlled when control is performed.

If the information transmitted from the information acquisition means 200 is information that triggers display on the target software (step S60), the display information is created, and the display information creation unit 213 displays the information. Create information. The display information creation unit 213 creates display information for the transmitted information, and issues a display instruction to the display unit 202 (step S62).

If the information transmitted from the information acquisition means 200 is a message corresponding to the movement or resizing of the display unit of the software to be monitored (step S63), the display unit 202 is controlled. 21
4 is requested to control the display means (step S64). It does not matter how the display window of the monitored software is covered by the transparent window used as the display unit 202. For example, if the display window of the monitored software is covered with the same size as the display window, the display unit control The unit 214 changes the position information of the transparent window covering the display unit 202 on the display unit of the monitored software when the display unit of the monitored software moves, and causes the display unit of the monitored software to follow the display unit of the monitored software. .

For example, when the display unit of the monitored software is resized, the display unit control unit 214
The size of the transparent window covered as the display unit 202 is changed to the same size as the display unit of the monitoring target software. Since the user's operation message transmitted directly on the transparent window is originally an operation on the software to be monitored, it is retransmitted to the covering window.

The display means 202 is a display information processing means 201
The display information received from is displayed on the transparent window. Since the display information other than the display information displayed by the display means 202 is information displayed on the display unit of the target software, the display means 2
The display information displayed by 02 is apparent from the user,
It feels as though the display of the target software is displaying.

As described above, the status of the monitoring target is monitored based on the information obtained by the information obtaining unit, and the display is performed on the monitoring target software by the display unit, thereby extending the function to the software having no extended function. be able to.

Embodiment 22 FIG. Next, FIG. 40 shows a configuration diagram of a software cooperation system according to the twenty-second embodiment. In the configuration of the twenty-first embodiment shown in FIG. 35, an operation unit 203 for inputting operation information and an operation unit 203 Operation instruction information storage means 205 for retrieving instruction information to be executed corresponding to the operation information input from the operation instruction processing means 204 for executing the retrieved instruction, and an operation instruction for storing the operation instruction information The display information processing unit 201 is provided with an information storage unit 205, and the operation information processing unit 20 is operated by a user operation input from the operation unit 203.
The information display is performed according to the operation command information retrieved by step 4.

Here, the operation unit 203 is a display unit 202
And the object to be operated is displayed by the display means 202. Since the operation unit 203 is implemented on a transparent window, the user feels that the operation unit 203 is on the display window of the monitored software that is covered by the transparent window, and when operating the operation unit 203, In addition, the user feels as if he / she is operating the display window of the monitored software.

The operation unit 203 operates according to the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, when the user performs an operation using the operation unit 203 (step S70), the operation unit 203 searches the built-in operation / operation ID conversion table 224 for the operation ID corresponding to the operation as shown in FIG. Obtain (step S71). Operation unit 20
The information operated in step 3 is notified to the operation command processing means 204 (step S72). Thus, upon receiving the operation ID operated from the operation unit 203, the operation instruction processing unit 204 searches the operation instruction information storage unit 205 for information to be executed corresponding to the operation ID.

The operation command processing means 204 is provided in FIG.
It operates according to the flowchart shown in FIG. For example, it is assumed that “button 1” as an operation object created in the operation unit 203 is pressed as shown in FIG.
The operation command processing unit 204 receives “ID1” as the operation ID of “button 1” depression from the operation unit 203 (step S80), and registers the operation command corresponding to the operation ID with the operation command corresponding to the operation ID. A search is made from the operation command information storage means 205, which is the database being stored (step S81). The operation command information storage means 205
Has a command table for each operation ID as shown in FIG. 44, and retrieves instruction information from the operation ID. The operation command processing means 204 executes the command in the searched command table (step S82). When the display is performed on the monitoring target software in the instruction information (step S83), the display information processing unit 201 is requested to perform a display process (step S84). This is continued until the operation command ends (step S85).

Therefore, the instruction information to be executed corresponding to the operation information input from the operation section 203 is retrieved from the operation instruction information storage means 205, and the information display is performed by the display information processing means 201 according to the retrieved operation instruction information. It can be carried out.

Embodiment 23 FIG. Next, FIG. 45 shows a configuration diagram of a software cooperation system according to the twenty-third embodiment. In the configuration of the twenty-second embodiment shown in FIG. In the case of a command to the target software, a target software command unit 206 for transmitting a command to the target software based on the input of the command information output from the operation command processing unit 204 is added.

As described above, using the operation information input from the operation unit 203, the operation instruction processing unit 204 searches the operation instruction information storage unit 205 for instruction information for the operation. If the searched command information is a command for the current software to be monitored, the command is transmitted to the monitored software by the target software command unit 206.

For example, in the case of the Windows 95 OS, the position, size, and the like of the window of the display unit of the software to be monitored can be changed from outside. If the operation instruction can be realized by a standard method in this way, there is no restriction on the monitored software. In particular, if the monitored software has a communication function and has a script function that can receive an external command and execute the command, the command is sent to the monitored software and more detailed functions are sent. Can be added to the monitoring target software.

The operation command processing means 204 operates according to the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, the operation command processing unit 204 searches the operation command information storage unit 205 by a user operation (step S90),
The searched instruction information is executed (step S91). If the content of the retrieved instruction information is the instruction information for the monitoring target software (step S92), the instruction information is transmitted to the target software instruction means 206 (step S93). This process is repeated until all of the command information is processed (step S94).

The target software instruction means 20
6 will be described with reference to FIGS. 47 and 48. As shown in FIG. 47, the internal configuration of the target software command unit 206 is such that when the received command information is a command common to all software, And a separate command transmission unit 219 that transmits a command by a different method for each target software when the received command information is a command specific to the target software.

This target software instruction means 206
As shown in FIG. 48, the command information is received (step S1).
00), if the command is a command common to all software (step S101), the command is passed to the common command transmitting unit 218 (step S10).
2) In the case of an instruction specific to the target software, the instruction is transferred to the individual instruction transmission unit 219 (step S10).
3). The common command transmission unit 218 transmits a command to the target software by a method common to all software. The individual command transmission unit 219 is different for each software to be monitored.
Performs instruction processing.

As a result, a function of changing the state of the monitored software itself can be added as if operating the monitored software without changing the monitored software itself.

Embodiment 24 FIG. Next, FIG. 49 shows a configuration diagram of a software cooperation system according to the twenty-fourth embodiment. In the configuration of the twenty-third embodiment shown in FIG. Processing procedure searching means 20 for searching from storage means 208
7 and a processing procedure information storage unit 208 that stores procedure information of processing that is frequently performed when the target software is used. The operation command processing unit 204 stores the operation information input from the operation unit 203 in the operation information processing unit 204. The corresponding command information is searched, and when the operation command information is a command for performing the processing stored in the processing procedure information storage means 208, the processing procedure search means 207 is caused to specify the processing procedure and to search.

The software cooperation system according to the twenty-third embodiment shown in FIG. 49 further performs a procedure for the operation / operation ID conversion table shown in FIG. The operation / operation ID conversion table shown in FIG. 50 incorporated in the operation unit 203 to which the information is added is searched, and execution of the operation based on the operation ID and the procedure information is executed by the processing procedure information storage unit 208. Or search. If the operation instruction information is an instruction for executing the processing stored in the processing procedure information storage means 208, the processing procedure specified by the processing procedure search means 207 is searched from the processing procedure information storage means 208, and Is transmitted from the operation command processing means 204 to the monitored software via the target software command means 206. Operation unit 2
When the operation information for proceeding to the next process comes from 03, the operation command processing unit 204 further transmits the next operation command.

The operation of the software cooperation system according to the twenty-fourth embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. For an instruction operated by the procedure operation object of the operation unit 203, the operation instruction processing unit 204 searches the corresponding processing procedure by the processing procedure search unit 20.
7 is requested (step S110). In the processing procedure information storage unit 208, a series of procedure items that the user performs mainly on the software to be monitored is registered. One piece of information in the processing procedure information storage unit 208 is composed of a plurality of pieces of operation command information, and each piece of the operation command information corresponds to one phase of the procedure. The processing procedure search unit 207 checks whether the procedure information to be searched is already being executed (step S111). If it is not being executed, the procedure information is retrieved from the processing procedure information storage means 208, and after the retrieval, the pointer is advanced to the next phase after the phase in which the processing was performed, and pointer management is performed (step S113). When a search request has been received for the processing procedure information that is already being executed, information on the phase indicated by the pointer is returned, and the pointer is advanced by one phase (step S112). Processing procedure search means 20
7 releases the processing procedure information processed up to the final phase (step S116). Since the retrieved procedure information for each phase is the same as the operation command information, it can be executed in the same manner as the method for processing the operation command information (step S115).

As a result, it is possible to store the procedure information that is usually frequently executed, and to execute the procedure information even for software having no extended function, as if operating the software itself.

Embodiment 25 FIG. Next, FIG. 52 shows a configuration diagram of a software cooperation system according to the twenty-fifth embodiment. Operation commands to be stored in the operation command information storage unit 205 are newly added to the configuration of the twenty-second embodiment shown in FIG. The operation command adding means 209 for performing the operation is added.

The internal structure and operation flow of the operation command adding means 209 will be described with reference to FIGS. 53 and 54. FIG.
As shown in (2), the internal configuration of the operation command adding unit 209 includes an additional command input unit 220 for inputting the operation command information added from the operation unit 203, and the added operation command information stored in the operation command information storage unit 205. An additional command registration unit 221 for registration and an operation unit addition unit 222 for adding a new operation ID to the operation unit 203 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 54, the operation command adding means 209 receives the command information to be added using the additional command input section 220 by the user (step S12).
0), a new operation ID is added to the operation unit 203 using the operation unit addition unit 222 (step S121). These operation IDs are associated with additional commands (step S12).
2) The registration is performed in the operation command information storage unit 205 by the additional command registration unit 221 (step S123).

Here, the operation command information storage means 205
As shown in FIG. 55, it is divided into a reference table 215, an external command table 216, and an internal command table 217. The reference table 215 indicates the operation I
Whether the instruction of D exists in the internal command table 217,
The external command table 216 is a table indicating whether the operation command is present. The external command table 216 is a table existing outside a program in which an operation command is registered. The internal command table 217 is
This is an operation command registered in the program.

For functions originally provided by the system, "Internal" is registered in the reference table 215, and the contents are stored in the internal command table 217. For the function newly added by the user, External is registered in the reference table 215, and the content is registered in the external command table 216. The ID registered in the reference table 215 of the operation instruction information storage unit 205 added by the operation instruction addition unit 209 has a reference destination of External, and the instruction information is added to the external command table shown in FIG. Here, the form of the additional command registered by the user is not particularly limited. For example, it can take the form of a general macro.

As described above, the user can add new operation instruction information and add an object of the operation unit 203 that generates a trigger of the operation instruction information by the operation instruction adding unit 209.

[0111]

As described above, according to the software cooperation system for an information processing apparatus according to the present invention, an information processing apparatus having an operating system capable of operating a plurality of software is provided. The information acquisition means for acquiring, and the function addition means for adding the function to the target software by monitoring the operation of the target software or the input to the target software based on the information obtained by the information obtaining means, so Function expansion can be performed for target software without functions.

Further, the function adding means determines, based on the information acquired by the information acquiring means, whether or not there is anchor information for specifying cooperation conditions for the cooperation source software as the target software to recognize the cooperation destination software. An anchor identification unit and a cooperation execution unit that executes cooperation destination software that performs a cooperation operation in accordance with the anchor information identified by the anchor identification unit,
Based on the information acquired by the information acquiring means, the anchor identifying means determines whether or not there is anchor information that specifies the cooperation condition for the cooperation source software to recognize the cooperation destination software, and the cooperation execution means responds to the anchor information. By executing the cooperation destination software that performs the cooperative operation, even if the software does not have the function to process the anchor,
It becomes possible to become the cooperation source in software cooperation, and the software becomes both the cooperation source and the cooperation destination by performing the anchor processing outside the cooperation software without changing the cooperation software and the file of the format Becomes possible.

The information acquisition means includes: an information acquisition / registration unit for performing information acquisition / registration with the operation system so as to receive information output by the operating system of the information processing apparatus in place of the cooperation source software; Information receiving unit that receives the information of the cooperation source software from the operating system instead, and the anchor identification device identifies the anchor information outside the cooperation source software, so that the cooperation source software itself Software linkage can be realized without making any changes to the software.

The information acquisition means includes a transparent window section for covering a window displayed on the screen by the cooperation source software, and a window information acquisition section for acquiring information input to the transparent window section. Even when information from the system to the cooperation source software cannot be obtained instead, software cooperation can be realized.

Further, the information acquisition means includes an acquisition information table storage unit that registers and accumulates information to be acquired, and an information acquisition unit that acquires information registered in the acquisition information table storage unit. Information registered in advance can be acquired from the cooperation source software, and by setting the acquired information in advance, software cooperation can be realized based on information that cannot be acquired from the operating system.

Further, the anchor identifying means includes an anchor information table storage section in which anchor information is registered and stored, and an anchor collation for collating information acquired by the information acquisition means with information in the anchor information table storage section. And an anchor collation based on a combination of a plurality of pieces of accumulated information.

Further, the anchor identifying means further includes an information sending section for sending the information to the program of the cooperation source software when there is no anchor information satisfying the condition obtained by the information obtaining means. By sending the acquired information not included in the condition (1) to the cooperation source software, processing of the cooperation source software becomes possible, and improvement in operation can be expected.

Further, the anchor identification means further includes an anchor registration unit for registering the anchor information in the anchor information table storage unit, so that the anchor information can be registered from outside at any time, and It is possible to realize software coordination and improve operation.

Further, the anchor identification means further includes an acquisition information storage means for storing the information acquired by the information acquisition means, and the anchor collating section comprises a combination of a plurality of information accumulated in the acquisition information storage means. Anchor collation is made possible by using a combination of multiple pieces of information as anchor information, enabling software linkage to operations that have been set independently, and registering linkage to operations that are not normally performed And the malfunction of software cooperation due to an operation error is reduced.

Further, the anchor identifying means further includes a link anchor storing section for storing all anchor information determined to satisfy the condition by the anchor collating section and outputting the information to the link executing section. By accumulating the anchor information, a plurality of cooperation processes can be realized.

The cooperation execution means stores the cooperation information table storage unit for registering and storing the software cooperation information, and stores the software cooperation information corresponding to the anchor information obtained from the anchor identification means in the cooperation information table storage unit. From the software cooperation information acquired by the above-mentioned cooperation information acquisition unit, and a cooperation information execution unit that issues an execution instruction to the cooperation destination software. Cooperation can be realized, and cooperative processing can be realized for all software from outside without individually changing the software itself.

Further, the apparatus further comprises an anchor display means for displaying the anchor information identified or registered by the anchor identification means on the screen, so that the user can visually recognize the place where the software cooperation is to be performed by displaying the anchor information on the screen. To improve the operation.

The function adding means includes a display information processing means for outputting display information when the operation of the target software is a trigger for performing a display process based on the information obtained by the information obtaining means; Display means for displaying the display information from the means on the target software, so that the target software can be expanded by displaying the display information on the target software when the operation of the target software performs display processing. Function expansion can be performed for software without functions.

An operation unit for inputting operation information, operation instruction information storage means storing operation instruction information, and instruction information to be executed corresponding to the operation information input from the operation unit are stored. Operating instruction processing means for executing the searched instruction by retrieving from the operation instruction information storage means, wherein the operation instruction processing means displays the instruction information on the target software when displaying the instruction information on the target software. Since the display processing is requested from the information processing means, the user operates the operation unit displayed on the display window of the target software, searches for instruction information corresponding to the operation information, and executes the searched instruction. Can be.

When the command information retrieved by the operation command processing means is a command for the target software, the command to the target software is transmitted based on the input of the command information output from the operation command processing means. Since the target software instruction unit is further provided, a function of changing the state of the target software itself as if operating the target software can be added without changing the target software itself.

Further, a processing procedure information storage means for accumulating procedure information of processing frequently performed when the target software is used, and a processing procedure search means for searching a designated processing procedure from the processing procedure information storage means. In addition, the operation instruction processing means searches for instruction information corresponding to the operation information input from the operation unit, and the operation instruction information is an instruction for performing a process stored in the processing procedure information storage means. In addition, since the above-mentioned processing procedure search means is made to specify a processing procedure to be searched, the procedure information that is usually frequently executed is stored, and even software without an extended function is operated as if operating the software itself. The procedure information can be executed.

[0127] Further, since the apparatus further comprises an operation instruction adding means for adding an operation instruction to be stored in the operation instruction information storage means, new operation instruction information by a user can be added.
An object of the operation unit that generates a trigger of the operation instruction information can be added.

Further, a software cooperation system of an information processing apparatus according to another invention is an information processing apparatus having an operating system capable of operating a plurality of software, and stores contents displayed by a file or a window of the cooperation source software. Since there is provided a file conversion unit for converting into a software format capable of identifying the anchor, and a cooperation execution unit for executing the cooperation destination software in accordance with the anchor information identified by the software capable of identifying the anchor,
By converting a file in a software format that cannot be anchor-identified or a window display content to a file in a software format that can be anchor-identified, software cooperation can be performed without changing the cooperation source software itself.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a software cooperation system of an information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a screen example of software cooperation by mouse operation.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of the software cooperation system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an internal configuration diagram of an information acquisition device that acquires information from an operating system.

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of an information acquisition device that acquires information from an operating system.

FIG. 6 is an internal configuration diagram of the anchor identification device.

FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart of the anchor identification device.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of an anchor information table in which a software name is a type of anchor information.

FIG. 9 is an internal configuration diagram of the cooperative execution device.

FIG. 10 is an operation flowchart of the cooperation execution apparatus.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a cooperation information table.

FIG. 12 is an internal configuration diagram of an information acquisition device in which a transparent window acquires an information rate.

FIG. 13 is an operation flowchart of an information acquisition apparatus in which a transparent window acquires information.

FIG. 14 is an internal configuration diagram of an information acquisition device that acquires information set in advance.

FIG. 15 is an operation flowchart of an information acquisition device that acquires information set in advance.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of an acquisition information table for acquiring information on software objects.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of an acquisition information table for receiving information from variables that are publicly disclosed by software.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of an acquisition information table for acquiring information of a specific address of a memory in the information processing device.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram of an acquisition information table for acquiring information from a file created by software.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram of an anchor information table in which an event is a type of anchor information.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram of an anchor information table in which coordinates are types of anchor information.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram of an anchor information table in which key information is a type of anchor information.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram of an anchor information table in which a window state is a type of anchor information.

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram of an anchor information table in which an object name is a type of anchor information.

FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram of an anchor information table in which an open file name is used as a type of anchor information.

FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram of an anchor information table in which page numbers are used as types of anchor information.

FIG. 27 is an explanatory diagram of an anchor information table in which all pieces of information shown in FIGS. 8 and 20 to 26 are used as types of anchor information.

FIG. 28 is an internal configuration diagram of an anchor identification device including an information transmission unit.

FIG. 29 is an internal configuration diagram of an anchor identification device including an anchor registration unit.

FIG. 30 is an internal configuration diagram of an anchor identification device including an acquisition information storage unit.

FIG. 31 is an internal configuration diagram of an anchor identification device including a cooperation anchor storage unit.

FIG. 32 is a configuration diagram of a software cooperation system including an anchor display device.

FIG. 33 is a configuration diagram showing a software cooperation system of an information processing apparatus according to another invention.

FIG. 34 is an operation flowchart of the software cooperation system shown in FIG. 33;

FIG. 35 is a configuration diagram showing a software cooperation system of an information processing apparatus according to Embodiment 21 of the present invention.

36 is an internal configuration diagram of the information acquisition unit 200 shown in FIG.

FIG. 37 is an operation flowchart of the information acquisition unit 200 shown in FIG. 35.

38 is an internal configuration diagram of the display information processing means 201 shown in FIG.

39 is an operation flowchart of the display information processing means 201 shown in FIG. 35.

FIG. 40 is a configuration diagram showing a software cooperation system of an information processing apparatus according to Embodiment 22 of the present invention.

41 is an operation flowchart of the operation unit 203 shown in FIG. 40.

42 is an explanatory diagram of an operation / operation ID conversion table in the operation unit 203 shown in FIG. 40. FIG.

FIG. 43 is an operation flowchart of the operation command processing means 204 shown in FIG. 40.

44 is an operation instruction information storage unit 205 shown in FIG.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an operation command information table for each operation ID included in.

FIG. 45 is a configuration diagram showing a software cooperation system of an information processing apparatus according to Embodiment 23 of the present invention.

46 is an operation flowchart of the operation command processing means 204 shown in FIG. 45.

47 is a target software instruction unit 2 shown in FIG.
06 is an internal configuration diagram.

48. Target software instruction means 2 shown in FIG.
It is an operation flowchart of 06.

FIG. 49 is a configuration diagram showing a software cooperation system of an information processing apparatus according to Embodiment 24 of the present invention.

50 is an explanatory diagram of an operation / operation ID conversion table in the operation unit 203 shown in FIG. 49.

FIG. 51 is an operation flowchart according to Embodiment 24 of the present invention.

FIG. 52 is a configuration diagram showing a software cooperation system of an information processing apparatus according to Embodiment 25 of the present invention.

FIG. 53 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of the operation command adding means 209 shown in FIG. 52.

FIG. 54 is an operation flowchart of the operation command adding unit 209 shown in FIG. 52.

FIG. 55 shows an operation command information storage unit 205 shown in FIG.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of various tables provided in the system.

FIG. 56 is an explanatory diagram of a screen example of software cooperation by OLE according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information acquisition means, 2 anchor identification device, 3 cooperation execution device, 4 anchor display device, 6,8 program execution unit, 7 cooperation source software, 9 cooperation destination software, 10 file conversion device, 19 information acquisition unit, 20
Acquisition information table storage unit, 21 information acquisition registration unit, 22 information reception unit, 26 transparent window unit, 27 window information acquisition unit, 31 anchor collation unit, 32 anchor information table storage unit, 33 information transmission unit, 34 anchor registration unit, 35 Acquisition information storage unit, 36 Cooperation anchor storage unit, 41 Cooperation information acquisition unit, 42 Cooperation information execution unit, 4
3 cooperation information table storage unit, 200 information acquisition unit, 201
Display information processing means, 202 display means, 204 operation instruction processing means, 205 operation instruction information storage means, 206
Target software instruction means, 207 processing procedure search means, 208 processing procedure information storage means, 209 operation instruction addition means, 210 information acquisition and registration section, 211 information reception section, 212 information analysis section, 213 display information creation section, 2
14 display means control unit, 215 reference table, 216
External command table, 217 Internal command table, 218 Common command transmission unit, 219 Individual command transmission unit, 220 Additional command input unit, 221 Additional command registration unit, 222 Operation unit addition unit, 223 Target software activation unit, 224, 225 Operation / Operation ID conversion table.

Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Junichi Yokosato 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Within Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (72) Inventor Yasuhiro Suzuki 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Mitsubishi Electric Inside the corporation

Claims (18)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus having an operating system capable of operating a plurality of software, comprising: an information acquisition unit for acquiring information in the information processing apparatus; and a target software based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit. A software addition system for an information processing apparatus, comprising: a function adding unit that monitors an operation of the target software or an input to the target software and adds a function to the target software. 2. The function adding unit determines whether or not there is anchor information for specifying cooperation conditions for the cooperation source software as target software to recognize the cooperation destination software based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an anchor identification unit; and a cooperation execution unit that executes cooperation destination software that performs a cooperation operation in accordance with the anchor information identified by the anchor identification unit. Software linkage system. 3. An information acquisition and registration unit for performing information acquisition and registration with the operation system so as to receive information output by the operating system of the information processing apparatus in place of cooperation source software, and 3. The software cooperation system for an information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising an information receiving unit that receives the information of the information processing apparatus. 4. The information acquisition means includes: a transparent window unit that covers a window displayed on the screen by the cooperation source software; and a window information acquisition unit that acquires information input to the transparent window unit. The software cooperation system for an information processing apparatus according to claim 2. 5. The information acquisition means according to claim 1, further comprising: an acquisition information table storage unit that registers and accumulates information to be acquired; and an information acquisition unit that acquires information registered in the acquisition information table storage unit. 3. A software cooperation system for an information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein: 6. The anchor identification means includes: an anchor information table storage unit storing and storing anchor information; and an anchor collation unit for collating information acquired by the information acquisition unit with information stored in the anchor information table storage unit. The software cooperation system for an information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a unit. 7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said anchor identifying means further comprises an information sending section for sending the information to a program of the cooperation source software when there is no anchor information satisfying the condition obtained by said information obtaining means. The software cooperation system for an information processing device according to claim 6. 8. The software cooperation system for an information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said anchor identification means further comprises an anchor registration unit for registering anchor information in said anchor information table storage unit. 9. The anchor identification unit further includes an acquisition information storage unit that stores information acquired by the information acquisition unit, and the anchor collation unit combines a plurality of pieces of information stored in the acquisition information storage unit. 7. The software cooperation system for an information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the anchor collation by the software is enabled. 10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said anchor identifying means further comprises a link anchor storing section for storing all anchor information determined to satisfy the condition by said anchor matching section and outputting said anchor information to said link executing section. The software cooperation system for an information processing device according to claim 6. 11. The cooperation execution means includes a cooperation information table storage unit that registers and stores software cooperation information, and stores the software cooperation information corresponding to the anchor information obtained from the anchor identification unit in the cooperation information table storage unit. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: a cooperation information acquisition unit that acquires the cooperation information, and a cooperation information execution unit that issues an execution command to the cooperation destination software from the software cooperation information acquired by the cooperation information acquisition unit. Software cooperation system. 12. The software cooperation system for an information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising anchor display means for displaying, on a screen, anchor information identified or registered by said anchor identification means. 13. The display information processing means for outputting display information when the operation of the target software is a trigger for performing display processing based on the information acquired by the information acquisition means, and the display information processing means. 2. A software cooperation system for an information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: display means for displaying display information from the means on the target software. 14. An operation unit for inputting operation information,
Operation command information storage means for storing operation command information;
Operating instruction processing means for retrieving instruction information to be executed in response to the operation information input from the operation unit from the operation instruction information storage means, and executing the retrieved instruction; 14. The software cooperation system for an information processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein when displaying on the target software in the instruction information, the display information processing unit is requested to perform a display process. 15. When the instruction information retrieved by the operation instruction processing means is an instruction for the target software, the instruction to the target software is transmitted based on the input of the instruction information output from the operation instruction processing means. 15. The software cooperation system for an information processing apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising target software instruction means. 16. A processing procedure information storage means for accumulating procedure information of a processing to be performed at a high frequency when using the target software, and a processing procedure search means for searching a specified processing procedure from the processing procedure information storage means. In addition, the operation instruction processing means searches for instruction information corresponding to the operation information input from the operation unit, and the operation instruction information is an instruction for performing a process stored in the processing procedure information storage means. 16. The software cooperation system for an information processing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said processing procedure searching means specifies a processing procedure to perform a search. 17. The software cooperation system for an information processing apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising an operation command adding unit that adds an operation command stored in the operation command information storage unit. 18. An information processing apparatus having an operating system capable of operating a plurality of software, a file converting means for converting a file of a cooperation source software or a content displayed by a window into a software format capable of anchor identification, and an anchor. A software cooperation system for an information processing apparatus, comprising: cooperation execution means for executing cooperation destination software in accordance with anchor information identified by identifiable software.