JPH11338886A - Information processor, reception data processing method, storage medium and information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve convenience by quickly acquiring desired data. SOLUTION: When animal data provided with a branched and tree-shaped list structure is transmitted from a server machine to a client terminal, the client terminal automatically displays Mammalia, Reptilia and fowls being animal titles on a display screen with the analysis of a browser(G) and automatically displays dog and cat being the sub-titles of Mammalia(H). Then a user clicks the titles or the sub-titles and displays 'Pochi', 'Koro', 'Kuro' or 'Usshie-kun' being respective related data of the dog and the cat, 'alligator' or 'snake' being related data of Reptilia and 'hawk' or 'eagle' being related data of the fowls on the display screen as necessary.

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, a method of processing received data, a storage medium, and an information processing system, and more particularly, to data transmitted from a server machine connected to a network such as the Internet. An information processing device such as a client terminal that displays
A method for processing received data to be displayed on the information processing device by interpreting data sent from the server machine, a storage medium storing a display procedure for received data, and information processing for a client / server system or the like About the system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, as an information processing system operating on a network such as the Internet, a client /
Server systems are being actively developed. In the client / server system, data obtained from a server machine is sequentially translated by a client terminal, and data is displayed. For example, when a server machine and a client terminal are connected on the Internet and access information through a WWW (World Wide Web) as a wide area information system, the client terminal is described in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) as hypertext. HTTP command data on the server machine side
(Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). Transmission / reception is performed using a communication protocol, command data (HTML data) from the server machine is translated, and text data or image data based on the translation result is displayed on the display unit of the client terminal. Is displayed.

In the conventional client / server system, when the received data sent from the server machine has a list structure including a title and subtitles associated with the title, As shown in FIG. 8, the title, the subtitle, and the association data are sequentially displayed on the display screen of the client terminal through the interpretation of the browser built in the client terminal. That is, for example, when "dog" and "cat" are listed as subtitles associated with mammals, "mammal" as a title, "dog" as a subtitle, and " Pochi ",
“Koro” is sequentially displayed on the display screen, and then “cat” as a subtitle of the mammal, and, for example, “black” and “Ussie” as the cat association data are sequentially displayed on the display screen. Also, when reptiles and reptiles are associated as titles, crocodile and snakes are associated with each other, and birds are associated with birds and hawks and eagle are associated with each other as birds. They are sequentially displayed on the display screen as a set.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned client / server system, when the number of listed data is small and the resolution of the display section of the client terminal is large, the whole of the received data can be easily grasped. In the case where the resolution of the display unit of the client terminal is small or the number of received data is large, the data sent from the server machine must be displayed while scrolling the display screen using a scroll bar or the like. Therefore, there is a problem that it takes time to understand the entire configuration of data sent from the server machine, and it takes time to obtain a desired data portion.

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an information processing apparatus and an information processing method capable of obtaining desired data quickly and easily to improve usability, and It is an object to provide a storage medium and an information processing system.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 1 is an information processing apparatus connected to another information processing apparatus that centrally manages data through a predetermined network. In the processing device, having a determination means to determine whether the received data from the other information processing device includes a plurality of title parts and associated data associated with each of the plurality of title parts, When the judgment result of the judgment means is affirmative, a title display means for automatically displaying only the plurality of title parts on a display screen is provided.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for processing received data.
In a method for processing received data in which the received data from another information processing apparatus that centrally manages data is interpreted and the transmission data is displayed on a display screen of the information processing apparatus itself, It is determined whether the received data includes a plurality of title portions and associated data associated with each of the plurality of title portions, and if the determination result is positive, only the plurality of title portions Is displayed on the display screen.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium, comprising: a title display procedure for displaying only a plurality of titles on a display screen; and a subtitle for displaying at least one or more subtitles on the display screen in addition to the title. A display procedure, a display command procedure for controlling a display command of the association data associated with the title section and the sub-title section on a display screen, and an association display of the association data for which the display command has been issued by the display command section on the display screen. A program for executing a data display procedure and a control procedure for controlling each of the procedures is stored.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, a first information processing apparatus for centrally managing data and a second information processing apparatus for requesting a predetermined service to the first information processing apparatus. Are connected via a predetermined network, the second information processing device is configured to transmit received data from the first information processing device to a plurality of title portions and each of the plurality of title portions. Title determination means for determining whether or not the data includes association data associated with the title information, and when the determination result is positive, automatically displays only the plurality of title parts on a display screen. It is characterized by having means.

[0010] Other features of the present invention will be apparent from the following description of embodiments of the invention.

[0011]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a client terminal as an information processing apparatus according to the present invention. The client terminal includes a tablet 1 on which coordinate input and the like are performed by a pen, A display unit 2 such as an LCD on which input information is displayed; a controller 3 for controlling the display unit 2; an audio codec 4 for compressing / expanding an audio digital signal; Or an analog I / F to be described later.
(Pulse Code Modulation) processing unit 5 for converting an analog signal from a digital signal into a digital signal and storing the digital signal, and a speaker / microphone 6 for inputting / outputting an audio signal (analog signal)
And an analog interface (I / I) for performing an interface operation between the speaker / microphone 6 and converting a digital signal from the PCM processing unit 5 into an analog signal.
F) 7, a modem 8 that is connected to the Internet as a network and performs modulation processing on transmission data to the Internet or demodulation processing on reception data from the Internet, and stores a predetermined control program described later. ROM 9 for temporarily storing calculation results or a RAM 10 used as a work area, and a CPU connected to each of the above-described components for controlling the entire apparatus.
11 is provided.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the contents of a program stored in the ROM 9 and executed by the CPU 11.

That is, a communication control program 12 for controlling the modem 8 and the communication protocol is stored in the ROM 9.
And a display control program 13 for controlling the display unit 2 and a tablet control program 14 for controlling the tablet 1
And a voice control program 1 for controlling input and output of voice signals
5 and a browser 16 for interpreting and displaying communication protocol control at the application level between the WWW as the wide area information system and commands from the WWW, and activating these control programs and controlling these control programs. The main control program 17 is stored in advance.

FIG. 3 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an information processing system according to the present invention. The information processing system comprises two client terminals (first and second client terminals).
Client terminals 18 and 19) are connected to the Internet 20
The first and second client terminals 18 and 19 access information to the server machine 21 via WWW.

That is, in the information processing system, for example, the URL which is the address of the server machine 21 via the tablet 1 of the first client terminal 18
When (Uniform Resource Locator) is input, a command is transmitted to the server machine 21 specified by the URL by HTTP. Then, the server machine 21 transmits the data described in HTML to the first client terminal 18 based on the request from the first client terminal 18,
The first client terminal 18 translates the data described in HTML from the server machine 21 sequentially by the browser 16 to create conversion data, and based on the conversion data,
Is displayed on the display unit 2 of the client terminal 18.

Next, a specific description will be given of a case where animal data having a branched tree-like list structure is converted and displayed on the display unit 2.

The URL of the server machine 21 is input from the tablet 1 of the first client terminal 18, and the HTTP
When the command is transmitted to the server machine 21 by the HTM, for example, as shown in FIG.
Create the animal data described in L. In this example, the categories of animals (titles) are "mammals", "reptiles"
"Birds" are listed, and "dogs" and "cats" are listed as sub-categories (sub-titles) of mammals. In addition, "Pochi"
"Koro" is listed, "Kuro" and "Ussi-kun" are listed as association data for cats, and "Crocodile" and "Snake" are listed as association data for reptiles, and as association data for birds "Hawk" and "Eagle" are listed. In the figure,
<UL> and <L1> are commands indicating an unnumbered list format defined by HTML.

When such data described in HTML is transmitted from the server machine 21 to the first client terminal 18 by HTTP, the first client terminal 18 receives the data via the browser 16 interpretation. The conversion data shown in FIG. 5 is created. That is, first, as shown by A in the figure, mammals, reptiles, and birds, which are the classification items (titles) of animals, are first displayed on the browser 16,
Next, as shown by B, dogs and cats, which are sub-categories (sub-titles) of mammals, are displayed on the browser 16. Then, as shown in C and D, "Pochi", "Koro", "Kuro", and "Ussi-kun", which are the association data of dogs and cats, are displayed on the browser 16, and then the association data of reptiles is displayed. "Crocodile", "snake", and "hawk" and "eagle", which are bird association data, are sequentially displayed on the browser 16.

Then, the first client terminal 18
Based on the data thus converted, the display control program 13 operating via the main control program 17 first displays the classification items (titles) of mammals, reptiles, and birds as display units as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in H, dogs and cats, which are sub-categories (sub-titles) of mammals, are displayed. Then, when the user operates the tablet 1 to select (click) a dog, the tablet control program 14 displays “Pochi” and “Black” as the dog association data as shown in I, and the user displays the cat. When selected, as shown in J, “Kuro” and “Ussi-kun” are displayed as cat association data. When the user selects a reptile, as shown in K, “crocodile” as reptile association data,
When "Snake" is displayed and a bird is selected, "Hawk" and "Eagle" are displayed as association data as shown in L.

Further, in the present embodiment, the voice input can be set by the user. When the voice input is set, the text voice synthesis is performed via the voice control program 15. For example, when “dog” or “cat” on the display screen is selected, onomatopoeic sounds of “dog” or “cat” are output as voice.

FIG. 8 shows a syntax interpretation tree created based on the display example of FIG.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when data having a list structure is transmitted from the server machine 21, first, only the title or only the title and the subtitle are automatically displayed on the display screen. Since the association data is displayed on the display unit 2 by the user's selection, even when the data amount is large or the resolution of the display unit 2 is small, the entire data can be easily grasped. Since only the information can be displayed, the usability of the user is improved.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. In the above embodiment, the unnumbered list command <UL><L1> is used, but the itemized list command <0L><L1>, the menu list command <MENU><L1>, and the directory list command <DIR><L1> may be used.

[0025]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, only the title, or only the title and subtitle, are automatically displayed, and the association data relating to the title and subtitle are displayed by the user's selection. Therefore, even when the data amount is large or the resolution of the display unit is small, the entire list structure can be easily grasped, and only the data required by the user can be displayed. Usability is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a client terminal as an information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the contents of a control program stored in a ROM of a client terminal.

FIG. 3 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an information processing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of data described in HTML on a server side.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of converted data obtained by converting the data example of FIG. 4 by a browser of a client.

6 is a diagram illustrating a display example in which the conversion data example of FIG. 5 is displayed on a display screen of a client.

FIG. 7 is a diagram when a syntax interpretation tree is created based on the interpretation of a browser.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of data interpreted and displayed by a conventional browser.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tablet (display instruction | indication means) 2 Display part (association information display means) 6 Speaker / microphone (sound output means) 11 CPU (judgment means) 16 Browser (title display means) 18 1st client terminal (2nd information processing) Device) 19 second client terminal (second information processing device) 20 Internet (network) 21 server (first information processing device)

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Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus connected to another information processing apparatus for centrally managing data via a predetermined network, wherein data received from the other information processing apparatus includes a plurality of title parts and A determining means for determining whether or not the data includes association data associated with each of the plurality of title parts; if the determination result of the determining means is positive, only the plurality of title parts are displayed; An information processing apparatus comprising title display means for automatically displaying a title on a screen. 2. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: display instruction means for manually instructing the display of the association data, and association data display means for displaying the association data on a display screen based on the instruction of the display instruction means. Claim 1 characterized by the following:
An information processing apparatus according to claim 1. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising audio output means for outputting the association data as audio. 4. When the association data includes at least one subtitle part, the title display means automatically displays the subtitle part on a display screen in addition to the plurality of title parts. Claims 1 to 3 characterized in that:
An information processing device according to any one of the above. 5. A reception data processing method for interpreting reception data from another information processing apparatus that centrally manages data and displaying the transmission data on a display screen of its own information processing apparatus. It is determined whether or not the data received from the information processing device includes a plurality of title portions and associated data associated with each of the plurality of title portions, and if such a determination result is positive, A method of processing received data, wherein only a plurality of title parts are displayed on a display screen. 6. The received data processing method according to claim 5, wherein the display of the association data is manually instructed, and the association data is displayed on a display screen based on the instruction. 7. The received data processing method according to claim 5, wherein the association data is output as voice. 8. When the association data includes at least one or more subtitles, the subtitles are displayed on a display screen in addition to the plurality of titles. A method for processing received data according to claim 7. 9. A title display procedure for displaying only a plurality of title sections on a display screen, a subtitle display procedure for displaying at least one or more subtitle sections on a display screen in addition to the title section, A display command procedure for controlling a display command on the display screen of the association data associated with the sub-title section, an association data display procedure for displaying the association data for which the display command has been issued by the display command means on the display screen, A storage medium storing a program for executing a control procedure for controlling the procedure. 10. A first information processing apparatus for centrally managing data and a second information processing apparatus for requesting a predetermined service to the first information processing apparatus via a predetermined network. In the connected information processing system, the second information processing apparatus may include a plurality of title parts and data associated with each of the plurality of title parts, the data received from the first information processing apparatus. And a title display means for automatically displaying only the plurality of title parts on the display screen when the determination result is affirmative. Characteristic information processing system. 11. A display instruction means for manually instructing the display of the association data by the second information processing device, and an association data display for displaying the association data on a display screen based on an instruction of the display instruction means. The information processing system according to claim 10, further comprising means. 12. The information processing system according to claim 10, wherein the second information processing apparatus has a voice output unit that outputs the association data by voice. . 13. When the association data includes at least one or more subtitles, the title display means automatically displays the subtitles on a display screen in addition to the plurality of titles. The information processing system according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein