JPS60134371A - Information storage, utilization method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To judge the event background, etc., of the generated office work and to executed the suitable processing automatically based on the judgement by executing the procedure of the event initially and automatically according to the procedure information. CONSTITUTION:A processor (procedure monitor) 6 retrieves the rule table of the office work wich is stored in an outer storage device 1 by setting discrimination codes e1, e2,... of an event Ei which is held in a uffer 12 as the key. Based on the rule which is obtained as a result of retrieving, whether or not there is the processing object with the condition which receives the application of the rule concerned is investigated by the condition table stored in an outer storage device 4. If there is the processing object, the rule concerned from the rule table is inputted to a buffer 13. A processor (dispatcher) 8 obtains processing discrimination codes a1, a2,... inside the buffer 13, retrieves the processing content table stored in an outer storage device 3 by setting the codes as the key, and executes the processing contents concerned by obtaining the processing contents and the execution sequence.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a method and a device for storing and utilizing information in office work, and particularly to a method for determining the background of a busy event, and executing appropriate processing based on the determination. Information storage/utilization methods and devices suitable for

[Background of the invention]

Despite advances in computers and their peripheral technologies, most office work today is still in the early stages of computerization, and the productivity of office work has improved significantly compared to that of manufacturing departments. It is said that in 2011, the amount was insignificant. 5 This means that these 2-3
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4i1: can be inferred from the fact that the word ``Lion'' has a large impact on 111.

As a first step toward OA, OA tools such as a word processor that supports proofreading and editing of bunsetsu, a table processor that has a recalculation function that exposes spreadsheets, and words that search for database management systems (DBMS) were introduced. It was developed to improve office productivity.

But these tools are rather.

It merely mechanizes a part of office work, and it is hard to say that it was truly intended to automate office work. In other words, in many office operations, even if the same event occurs,
The processing contents differ depending on the state of the operation target at that time. For example, in the procedure of sending e-mail X on a certain date, there are cases where once the e-mail is sent, there is no need to send it the next day, and cases where it is necessary to continue sending it every day.

As described above, there is a problem in that the event-driven processing that occurs in office work, such as "if..., then...", requires a human to initiate all of the processing.

[Purpose of the invention]

The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the problems of the prior art as described above, to determine the fit, etc. of office work events that have occurred, and to automatically execute appropriate processing based on the determination. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for storing and using information υ1, and a device.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention stores procedure information related to event-driven processing procedures that occur in office work, and when an event occurs, searches the procedure information to find the corresponding procedure information. It is characterized by automatically proceeding to the next procedure in an event-triggered manner according to the procedure information.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

This system includes four external storage devices 1 to 4, six processing units 5 to IO, four buffers ]] to 14, and CR
It is composed of a T display device 16, a keyboard 15, etc. Niyoshira's storage devices 1-4. or processing device 5~
Each IO may be physically identical. In addition, the information on the external storage device is stored on the main storage device (see Figure 1).
11FX) and then used.

Next, each of the external storage devices I to 4 shown in FIG. The information structure will be explained using FIGS. 2 to 5. Each of these information structures has a table structure.

FIG. 2 shows information in the external storage device 1. As shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, Ohlman's concept is used to express that even if a system receives the same input, the processing content changes depending on the state of the system at that time.

If E, Where S, Then A, Go
Shio S.

It is expressed by the rule. The meaning of this expression is "If event E occurs in state S7, perform process Δ1o and transition the state to So." Therefore, in the external storage device 1, there are four columns of identification information E, S5, H□,
S, (hereinafter referred to as the rule table) is stored.

FIG. 3 shows the information structure within the external storage device 2. As shown in FIG.

This is also a four-column "table," where the first column is the identification code of the event E, the second column is the code representing the type of the elephant [ζ, and the third column is the identification code of the event E. 1 Logical operator for nothing,
The fourth column stores the realized value of the "l elephant E".The first row of the diagram shows that if the date is February 211], then the event el has occurred, and the second The line is m a i
Receipt of e-mail 1 indicates that an event e2 has occurred.

Hereinafter, this table will be referred to as the Ihen I-table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the information structure within the external storage device 3. This table is provided to store the specific contents of the process identification Am2.The first column shows the process identification code, and the second column shows the execution order within the same process identification2. show. The third column shows the actual processing contents. For example 1.111
The four steps that perform this process are: First, r Cr@aje
memoJ Toshi\Udokoro 1! l(, i1ν1, then r
S end memo' to all dCpl;
This indicates that processing J is to be performed. Hereinafter, this table will be referred to as a processing content table.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the information structure within the external storage device 4. As shown in FIG. The first column stores the objects 1 to 1 to be processed, and the second column stores the status of the object 1. below,
This table is called a state table.

Next, the operation of the system will be explained using FIGS. 1 and 6.

The user issues instructions to the system from the keyboard 15.

The instructed command is analyzed by a processing device (command analyzer) 9, and processing according to the analyzed content is executed by a processing device (dispatcher) 8. The result is processing device 1':r, (arameter 1-puts 1-monitor)
7 and displayed on a CRT display device 16 by a processing device (output displayer) 10. At the same time, the processing result is stored in the buffer 14 as event E.

On the other hand, external interrupt information such as reception of e-mail and arrival of time is held in the buffer 11 (601).

Note that if there is a termination interrupt, automatic execution of event-driven processing described below is stopped (613).

The processing bag [(To Ihen 1/Monitor) 5 is the buffer 11,
I4 is monitored, and the event table stored in the external storage device [2 is searched to determine whether event E has occurred (602). As a result, if event E has occurred, event 1 - identification code e1 of the event in the table. Input e'z,・ into the buffer 12 (6
03.604).

The processing device (procedure monitor) 6 receives the identification codes e, . Using . as a key, the office business rule table (see FIG. 2) stored in the external storage device π1 is searched (605). Based on the rule obtained as a result of the search, from the state table stored in the external storage device 4, the object to be processed (object 1-name mem in FIG.
o, file, etc.) (606.6
07.608). If there is a rule, input the corresponding rule into the buffer 13 from the rule table shown in Figure 2 (6
09).

The processing device (dispatcher) 8 uses the processing identification calls lea, , a2 . ..., searches the process content table stored in the external storage device 3 using it as a key, obtains the process content and execution order, and executes the process content (
61O5611). This processing result is monitored by a processing device (output monitor) 7 and displayed on a CRT display device 16 by a processing bag @ (output displayer) 10.

Also, at this time, the processing device (output monitor) 7 retrieves the object h (
Obtain the transition destination Sn of the state of (memo, file, etc.),
Update the status table stored in the external storage device 4 (6
12).

In this way, by storing office work procedure information in an external storage device in tabular form separately from the central processing unit, the information can be easily edited, added to, and deleted. In office work, which can be used to create rules in advance, it is possible to automatically execute processes appropriate to the situation without requiring a human to give instructions from an input device.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to judge the background etc. of an office work event that has occurred1, and automatically execute appropriate processing based on the judgment, so that humans can There is no need to start it up.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the system configuration showing one embodiment of the present invention, and Figs.
External storage devices 1.2, 3. shown in the figure. Figure 61A is a structural diagram showing the information stored in '1' and flowcharts 1 to 61A showing the operation of the system shown in Figure 1. 1: External storage device that stores the rule table, 2: External storage device “t” that stores the event table, 3: External storage device that stores the processing content table, 4: External storage device that stores the status table, 5
~10: Processing device, 11-14: Buffer. Patent applicant: Hitachi, Ltd. Patent attorney Masatoshi Isomura Figure 4 Figure 5

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Store procedure information related to event-driven processing procedures that occur in office work, and when an event occurs, search the procedure information and check if the corresponding procedure information exists. An information storage/utilization method characterized by automatically executing a procedure in an event-driven manner according to procedure information. (2) Based on event information related to office work, information indicating the state of the operation object, information on the processing content to be applied to the operation object, and which processing should be performed depending on the event that occurred and the state of the operation object. Based on the memory bag that stores garbage continuation information regarding to which state the object to be operated is to be transitioned, and the event information, it is determined whether or not Event 1~, which activates the target office operation, has occurred. A processing device to monitor, and a processing device to check whether there is an operation target that is in a state to be processed when an event occurs, and if it is, obtain the corresponding processing content and execute the processing program. and a processing device that obtains the corresponding processing content and updates the state of the operation target object.
Use membrane.