KR20080110533A - Character input assist method, character input assist system, recording medium having character input assist program, user terminal, character conversion method and recording medium having character conversion program - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and system for supporting character input and a recording medium in which a character input supporting program is recorded are provided to reduce the cost which a contents provider has to pay and offer very convenient character conversion to a user. A character input supporting method by the character input support system comprises a storage means(40) in which classification information and information showing the relation of dictionary information(D30). The classification information expresses a classification supported when a character inputted in a text input space of a document data is converted, and the dictionary information specifies a dictionary used for the conversion of the inputted character. The character input supporting method comprises the following steps of: obtaining the classification information from the document data; obtaining dictionary information corresponding to the classification information by referring to the information stored in the storage means; and outputting the obtained dictionary information.

Description

Character input support method, character input support system, recording medium recording character input support program, user terminal, character conversion method and recording medium recording character conversion program {Character input assist method, character input assist system, recording medium having character input assist program, user terminal, character conversion method and recording medium having character conversion program}

According to the present invention, a character input support method for converting a character input into a text input field of document data, a recording medium recording a character input support system and a character input support program, and a text input field of document data And a recording medium on which a user terminal for performing conversion using a dictionary, a character conversion method, and a character conversion program are recorded.

In recent years, services (network services) through a network, which are equivalent to services that can be received from a desktop personal computer such as a shopping service or shopping using a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, have been increasing. However, since portable terminals are generally small, input interfaces such as input keys and screens are limited, so that the limitation of character input is greater than that of general desktop personal computers. For this reason, in order to facilitate the input of characters, in particular, to provide a character input support method that facilitates the conversion from hiragana to Chinese characters, etc., the contents provider of the service also facilitates the use of the service by the mobile terminal user. It is important to.

As the character input support method, a character input prediction conversion method is well known. In addition, an input supporting method for presenting candidate candidates in correspondence with a predetermined input item is also considered. For example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2002-244793 (Patent Document 1) proposes a method of changing the candidate candidate (dictionary) to be presented for each item of mail (send destination, title, text).

The character input support method as disclosed in Patent Literature 1 can be said to be an important technique in a portable terminal in order to easily select conversion candidates. However, when this method is applied to the network service, the burden on the content provider for providing the document data related to the network service as the content is small. For example, in a network service, when a character is input into a text input field of document data, in order to access the dictionary corresponding to the text input field, a program that accesses a dedicated dictionary corresponding to the text input field and a corresponding dictionary according to the user's input It is necessary to provide. Content providers who provide document data must bear the cost of designing, implementing, or managing their programs. In addition, the network service using the mobile terminal is not limited to mail, so that the content provider cannot bear the above costs. In particular, writing a dedicated dictionary for each text field is not easy. In addition, since access to the dedicated dictionary occurs for each user input, the load of the dictionary server is not small, and these administrative costs cannot be ignored. Although Patent Document 1 also discloses a method of directly specifying a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) of a corresponding dictionary storage location, the corresponding dictionary may not be available, and it is not a full character input support method.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and records a character input support method, a character input support system, and a character input support program that enable a character conversion that is low in cost to a content provider and has high convenience for a user. An object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium and a recording medium on which a user terminal, a character conversion method, and a character conversion program for using the character input support method of the present invention are recorded.

In order to achieve the above object, the character input support method according to the present invention includes the type information indicating the type of the text input field supporting the conversion using a dictionary of the characters input in the text input field of the document data and the text input field. A type acquisition step of acquiring type information from document data in a character input support method by a character input support system having a storing means storing information indicating a relationship between dictionary information for specifying a dictionary used for conversion of input characters. And a reference step for acquiring dictionary information corresponding to the category information with reference to the information stored in the storing means, based on the category information acquired in the category obtaining step, and an output for outputting the dictionary information obtained in the reference step. It characterized by including a step.

In the character input support method according to the present invention, a storing means for storing document information indicating the relationship between the type information indicating the type of the text input field and the dictionary information specifying the dictionary used in the text input field is provided in advance. The dictionary used for the conversion of the characters entered in the text input box can be specified based on the information stored in this storage means. For this reason, the document data does not need to correspond exclusively to a text input field beforehand. Therefore, when a content provider providing document data creates document data which is the content of a network service, conversion of characters using a dictionary according to the text field is performed without preparing a dedicated dictionary for converting characters in the text field. . That is, according to the character input support method according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a character conversion which is less incurred by the content provider and has high convenience for the user.

In the type acquisition step, it is preferable to acquire, as the type information, an identifier corresponding to the text input field and embedded in the document data. By obtaining the identifier embedded in correspondence with the text input field as the type information, the character input support method according to the present invention can be assured.

In the type acquisition step, information indicating the storage location of the document data may be acquired as the type information. According to this, since the information itself indicating the storage place of the document data is treated as type information, the character input support method according to the present invention is realized without embedding the identifier corresponding to the text input field in the document data in advance. The cost reduction can be further realized for the content provider.

In the output step, it is preferable that the dictionary information is embedded in the document data in correspondence with the text input field and output together with the document data. By embedding the dictionary information directly in the document data, the dictionary information can be appropriately selected when the dictionary information is used in connection with the characters entered in the text input field, so that the character input support method according to the present invention can be reliably implemented. .

Further, in the output step, a program for retrieving the candidate for conversion of the characters inputted into the text input field of the document data from the dictionary specified by the dictionary information may be embedded in the document data. In this case, the document data is provided in advance with a retrieval program from a dictionary specified by dictionary information, so that it is easy to search for a candidate for conversion of characters inputted into the text input field.

It is also preferable to output dictionary information as data different from document data in an output step. In this case, the dictionary information can be treated as data independent of the document data, so that extensive handling such as editing only the dictionary information is possible.

In the type acquisition step, it is preferable to acquire the type information of the text input field from the document data described by HTML (HyperText Markup Language). Since HTML is a general language used in network services, if document data is described by this HTML, more users can use the character input support method according to the present invention. Therefore, it becomes a character input support method which is more convenient for a user.

The character input support method according to the present invention preferably further includes a dictionary search step of searching for and outputting a candidate for conversion of characters entered into a text input field of document data from a dictionary specified by dictionary information output in an output step. Do. By providing the above dictionary search step, it is possible to search for and output the candidate for conversion of the characters inputted into the text input field in the document data using an appropriate dictionary, thereby providing a character input support method having high convenience for the user. .

The apparatus further includes an output request reception step for receiving an output request of document data transmitted from the user terminal, and in the type acquisition step, type information is acquired from the document data related to the output request received in the output request reception step. In the output step, the dictionary information obtained in the reference step can be output to the user terminal that has sent the output request. In this case, dictionary information corresponding to the text input field is output based on a request for outputting document data from the user terminal. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a character input support method with high convenience according to the user's request.

Here, in the output request reception step, together with the document data output request, information indicating the user's attributes of the user terminal is received, and in the reference step, based on the information indicating the attributes of the user received in the output request reception step, With reference to the information stored in the storing means, it is possible to obtain the prior information corresponding to the type information. In this case, it is output as dictionary information based on the information which shows the attribute of the user handling the user terminal transmitted with the output request from the user terminal. Therefore, when converting characters using the dictionary specified by this dictionary information, conversion candidates based on the user's attributes are further displayed, so that a user's convenience character input support method is provided.

The history of the output request of the document data received from the user terminal received in the output request receiving step may be characterized by information indicating the attribute of the user. In this case, dictionary information is output based on the history of the user making a request for outputting document data in the past. Thus, for example, information specifying a dictionary rich in a vocabulary of a field of document data frequently used by a user is output as dictionary information, and a large number of conversion candidates for the field are displayed when converting characters entered in a text input field. Therefore, an input support method having higher convenience for the user is provided.

In addition, at the output request receiving step, the positional information of the user terminal is received together with the document data output request, and at the reference step, the information stored in the storing means is referred to based on the positional information received at the output request receiving step. It is good also as a form which acquires the dictionary information corresponding to the said category information. Since the dictionary information based on the position information of the user terminal transmitted together with the output request from the user terminal is output in correspondence with the text input field, the dictionary information according to the location of the user terminal is output. Therefore, when a character is converted, a dictionary having a conversion candidate having a higher usage rate is used. Therefore, a character input support method with high user convenience is provided.

In the character input support method according to the present invention, the storing means stores information for specifying the output order of the words contained in the dictionary, and in the reference step, the dictionary is specified by the dictionary information to be stored stored in the storing means. The information specifying the output order of the words to be included may be acquired, and the information specifying the output order of the words included in the dictionary specified by the dictionary information at the output step may be output. In this case, the output order of words is specified together with dictionary information, and when the characters are converted, for example, they are displayed in order from the frequently converted candidates used by the user. Is provided.

Further, the apparatus further includes an output request receiving step for receiving an output request of the document data transmitted from the user terminal, and in the type obtaining step, obtains the type information from the document data related to the output request received in the output request receiving step. The information specifying the output order of the words contained in the dictionary specified by the dictionary information at the output step can be output to the user terminal that has sent the output request. In this case, in accordance with a request for outputting document data from the user terminal, dictionary information corresponding to the text input field is output, and the output order of words contained in the dictionary specified by the dictionary information is also output, which is more convenient for the user. High character input environment is provided.

Here, in the output request reception step, information indicating the attribute of the user of the user terminal is acquired, and in the reference step, the information is specified by the dictionary information based on the information indicating the attribute of the user acquired in the output request reception step. It can be made into the form which produces the information which specifies the output order of the words contained in a dictionary. In this case, the dictionary information is output based on the information indicating the attribute of the user handling the user terminal transmitted from the user terminal, and the information specifying the output order of the words contained in the dictionary specified by the dictionary information is also output. . Therefore, when converting characters using a dictionary specified by this dictionary information, the conversion candidates are displayed in order of high frequency of use, for example, in accordance with the user's attributes, so that the user can input characters with high convenience. Support methods are provided.

Further, the history of the output request of the document data received from the user terminal received in the output request reception step may be set to form information representing the user's attributes. In this case, the information specifying the output order of the dictionary information and the conversion candidate is output based on the history of the user requesting the output of the document data in the past. For this reason, when converting the characters inputted into the text input field, for example, the conversion candidates based on the user's execution motion are outputted first, thereby providing an input support method that is more convenient for the user.

In addition, in the output request reception step, the position information of the user terminal of the user terminal is received together with the document data output request, and in the reference step, the position information is specified by the prior information based on the position information received in the output request reception step. It may also be in the form of creating information specifying the output order of words contained in the dictionary. In this case, the dictionary information created based on the positional information of the user terminal is acquired, and the information specifying the output order of the conversion candidates is also generated and output. Therefore, according to the current position of the user terminal, for example, a conversion candidate that is considered to be more frequently used is output, so that the user's convenience can be further improved.

In the dictionary search step, it is preferable that the candidate for conversion of the characters inputted into the text input field is searched from the dictionary and output based on information specifying the output order. In this case, it is convenient for the user because the candidates for conversion of the characters inputted into the text input fields in the document data can be searched using an appropriate dictionary and outputted in an appropriate output order based on information specifying the output order. A high character input support method is provided.

The character input support method according to the present invention can also be described as the invention of the character input support method system and the invention of the character input support program, as shown below.

That is, the character input support system according to the present invention includes storage means for storing information indicating a relationship between type information indicating the type of a text input field and dictionary information specifying a dictionary used for conversion of characters inputted to the text input field; A reference acquiring means for acquiring the type information from the document data, reference means for acquiring dictionary information corresponding to the type information with reference to the information stored in the storing means, based on the type information acquired by the type acquiring means; And output means for outputting dictionary information acquired by the reference means.

In addition, the character input support program according to the present invention includes a storage means for storing information indicating a relationship between type information indicating a type of a text input field and dictionary information specifying a dictionary used for conversion of characters entered in the text input field; A reference acquiring means for acquiring the type information from the document data, reference means for acquiring dictionary information corresponding to the type information with reference to the information stored in the storing means, based on the type information acquired by the type acquiring means; And a computer that outputs means for outputting dictionary information acquired by the reference means.

Further, the user terminal according to the present invention further includes document acquiring means for acquiring document data having a text input field and dictionary information for specifying a dictionary used for conversion of characters entered in the text input field, and acquired by the document acquiring means. And a dictionary retrieving means for retrieving and outputting a candidate for conversion of characters input into the text input field of the document data from a dictionary specified by the dictionary information acquired by the document acquiring means. By acquiring document data and dictionary information from the user terminal and searching for and outputting a candidate for conversion of characters entered in the text input field from the dictionary specified by the dictionary information, appropriate conversion by the dictionary according to the text input field can be performed. have. Therefore, according to the user terminal which concerns on this invention, a conversion function with high convenience can be provided to a user.

Further, it is preferable that the dictionary retrieving means retrieves the specified external dictionary based on the dictionary information. By retrieving an external dictionary, the number of selection branches of the dictionary used for converting the characters inputted into the text input field of the document data increases, thereby providing a character input support method that is more convenient for the user.

Moreover, the user terminal which concerns on this invention can also be described as invention of the character conversion method and invention of a character conversion program in a user terminal as shown below.

That is, a character conversion method for converting a character input into a text input field of document data in a user terminal according to the present invention using a dictionary is used to convert a document data having a text input field and a character input into the text input field. The document acquisition step for acquiring dictionary information for specifying the dictionary used in the document and the conversion candidate for the characters entered in the text input box of the document data acquired by the document acquisition step are identified by the dictionary information acquired in the document acquisition step. And a dictionary searching step of searching for and outputting from the dictionary to be output.

In addition, a character conversion program for converting a character input into a text input field of document data in a user terminal according to the present invention is used for conversion of document data having a text input field and characters input into the text input field. The document acquisition means for acquiring dictionary information for specifying the dictionary to be used and the candidate for conversion of the characters inputted into the text input box of the document data acquired by the document acquisition means are specified by the dictionary information acquired by the document acquisition step. And a computer for making a dictionary search means for searching and outputting from a dictionary.

According to the present invention, it is possible to convert characters that have a low cost for content providers and are convenient for the user.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, preferred embodiment of this invention is described in detail with drawing. In addition, in description of drawing, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same element, and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the character input support system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention and their connection relationships. The character input support system 1 processes the Web server 10 which provides the document data which becomes the content of a network service, and the document data received from the Web server 10, and transmits the information to the user terminal 300. FIG. The character input support device 200 to be referred to, the storage unit 40 to be referred to when the document data is processed in the character input support device 200, the user terminal 300 to handle the document data after processing, and the user terminal. It is configured to include a dictionary 50 to which 300 refers. Between the web server 10 and the character input support apparatus 200, between the character input support apparatus 200 and the storage unit 40, between the character input support apparatus 200 and the user terminal 300, and the user terminal. The 300 and the dictionary 50 are each connected via a local area network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or a wide area network such as a mobile communication network or the Internet, and information is transmitted and received between the devices.

The web server 10 in FIG. 1 is a device that provides document data for displaying a web page that is a content of a network service. The web server 10 accumulates the document data prepared by the content provider in advance, and transmits the corresponding document data to the user terminal 300 in response to a request from the user terminal 300 through the character input support apparatus 200. Send.

The document data according to the present embodiment has a text input field into which characters are input in the user terminal 300. This text input field is used when a user sends information to a Web server, for example, and inputs a character in a text input box, and can transmit an input content to a Web server. When the identifier is used as the category information, the identifier is previously omitted from the document data by the content provider or the like providing the Web server 10. Document data is described in HTML, for example.

As shown in Fig. 2, the Web server 10 includes a CPU 101 (Central Processing Unit), a main memory device (RAM 102; Random Access Memory) and a ROM 103 (Read Only Memory), and a communication module for communicating. And a computer provided as a computer having hardware such as an auxiliary storage device 105 such as a hard disk. By operating these components, a function as a content providing device of a network service is exhibited.

The character input support apparatus 200 is a device which processes the document data received from the Web server, and supports the conversion of the character input into the text input box of the document data using a dictionary. Specifically, the character input support apparatus 200 can be realized as a proxy for accessing the Web server 10 from the user terminal 300. As shown in FIG. 2, the character input support apparatus 200 is a computer including hardware such as a CPU 101, a RAM 102, a ROM 103, a communication module 104, and an auxiliary storage device 105. It is configured as. When these components operate, the character input support function which concerns on this embodiment mentioned later is exhibited.

As shown in FIG. 1, the character input support apparatus 200 includes a type acquisition unit 21, a reference unit 22, and an output unit 23.

The category acquiring unit 21 functions as category acquiring means for receiving document data transmitted from the Web server 10 and acquiring the category information indicating the type of the text input field. The document data is received by receiving the request for transmitting the document data from the user terminal 300 and transmitting the request to the Web server 10. The type of the text input field is information indicating the type of information to be input in the text input field. As a type of a text input field, a place name, an industry type, etc. are mentioned, for example. The type acquiring unit 21 acquires, as the type information indicating the type of the text field, the identifier embedded in the document data corresponding to the text field and information indicating the storage place of the document data such as, for example, URI, It sends to the reference part 22.

The reference unit 22 is a reference means for acquiring dictionary information corresponding to the type information by referring to the information stored in the storing unit 40 based on the type information of the text input field acquired by the type obtaining unit 21. Function. The dictionary information is information for specifying a dictionary used for converting characters entered in a text input field. As dictionary information, the information (URI etc.) which shows a preservation place of a dictionary is mentioned, for example. The dictionary information may be not only information indicating a place on the network such as a URI but also information indicating a storage place of the dictionary 50 in the user terminal 300. The reference unit 22 sends the obtained dictionary information to the output unit 23.

The output unit 23 functions as output means for outputting dictionary information acquired by the reference unit 22. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the output of the dictionary information is embedded by embedding the dictionary information acquired by the reference unit 22 in correspondence with the text input field in the document data, and transmitting the document data to the user terminal 300 together with the dictionary information. Is done.

The user terminal 300 is used by a user and is actually a device for receiving a network service. The user terminal 300 may handle document data and dictionary data transmitted from the character input support apparatus 200. Specifically, the user terminal 300 is realized as a device having a communication function such as a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a notebook personal computer, or the like. In addition, the user terminal 300 has a function of inputting a character by an operation from a user. In addition, the user terminal 300 has a function of converting input characters. The conversion of characters is, for example, conversion from hiragana to kanji.

3 illustrates a hardware configuration of the user terminal 300. The user terminal 300 is composed of a CPU 301, a RAM 302, a ROM 303, an operation unit 304, a wireless communication unit 305, a display 306, an antenna 307, and the like. By operating these components, the function of the user terminal 300 shown below is exhibited.

As shown in FIG. 1, the user terminal 300 includes a browser 31, a dictionary search unit 32, and a display unit 33.

The browser 31 transmits a request for transmitting document data to the Web server 10 via the character input support apparatus 200 according to a user's operation or the like, and is transmitted from the Web server 10 in accordance with the request. Means for receiving document data. That is, the browser 31 is document acquisition means for acquiring dictionary data specifying document data having a text input field and a dictionary used for conversion of characters entered in the text input field, sent from the character input support apparatus 200. Function. The browser 31 transmits dictionary information to the dictionary search unit 32 when dictionary information is included in the information transmitted from the character input support apparatus 200. The browser 31 also has a function of application software for reading Web pages that are document data, and may display information displayed by the display unit 33 as a Web page. The browser 31 may also have a function of reading, executing, and displaying program attached document data such as a Java Script attached HTML document.

The dictionary retrieving unit 32 retrieves the candidate for conversion of the characters inputted into the text input box of the document data acquired by the browser 31 from a dictionary specified by the dictionary information acquired by the browser 31 and outputs the dictionary retrieval unit. Function as.

The display unit 33 is a means for displaying a candidate for conversion of characters inputted into the text input field output by the dictionary search unit 32.

The storage part 40 shown in FIG. 1 is a storage means which stored the information which shows the relationship between the type information which shows the type of a text input box, and the dictionary information which specifies the dictionary used for conversion of the character input to the said text input box. Function. The storage part 40 is implemented as a text file or a database system, for example, and can be mounted in the server etc. which were installed on the network.

In addition, the dictionary 50 shown in FIG. 1 is data used when converting the character input into the text input box. For example, the dictionary 50 stores information indicating a correspondence relationship between a character (for example, a hiragana character) and a candidate for conversion of the character. The character input support system 1 in this embodiment includes a plurality of dictionaries 50 depending on the type of the text input field.

The dictionary 50 is realized as a text file or a database, for example, and can be mounted on a server or the like installed on a network. In this way, when the dictionary 50 external to the user terminal 300 is searched for at the time of character conversion, the number of selection branches of the dictionary used for the conversion of the characters inputted into the text input field of the document data increases, so that the user More convenient text input support method is provided. In addition, the dictionary 50 may be a built-in dictionary previously provided in the user terminal 300, or may be a download dictionary downloaded and maintained from the outside.

Here, the character input support process (character input support method) of the document data including the text input box by the character input support system 1 which concerns on 1st Embodiment is shown using the sequence diagram of FIG. . The character input support process also includes a character conversion method by the user terminal 300.

First, the web server 10 transmits document data to the character input support apparatus 200 in response to a request from the user terminal 300 (S01). The document data transmitted here is the identifier document data D10 shown in FIG. 5 is a display example of a text input field D10a included in the identifier document data D10. The document data D10 relates to a service in which the business name in the category of the business category is displayed in the display field 10b as a result of entering the business category in the text input field D10a. FIG. 6 is an example of description in HTML in the identifier-attached document data D10 of the text input field in FIG. 5. In the description example of FIG. 6, the content provider describes the identifier "id =" business_type "" as the category information in the portion surrounded by the <form> tag indicating the text input field. It is possible to determine that the input item of the text input field is an industry by the identifier.

The character input support apparatus 200 processes the document data transmitted from the Web server as follows. First, the category acquisition unit 21 receives document data transmitted from the Web server 10, and acquires category information indicating the type of the text input field (S02, category acquisition step). When the identifier document data D10 shown in the technical example of FIG. 6 is received, the identifier "id =" business_type "" is acquired as type information. The type information obtained in this step is sent to the reference unit 22.

Subsequently, the reference unit 22 refers to the storage unit 40 based on the category information acquired by the category acquisition unit 21, and prior information corresponding to the category information (for example, a preservation place in advance). A URI indicating a symbol, etc.) (S03, reference step). The dictionary information obtained in this step is sent to the output unit 23.

The output unit 23 transmits the document data and the dictionary information acquired by the reference unit 22 toward the user terminal 300 (S04, output step). Specifically, the output unit 23 of FIG. 1 embeds the dictionary information acquired by the reference unit 22 in correspondence with the text input field in the document data, and transmits the dictionary information embedding document data D20 to the user terminal 300. do. 7 is an example of embedding thereof. In the technical example shown in FIG. 6, "id =" business_type "" is rewritten in the URI of dictionary information.

The user terminal 300 processes document data and dictionary information transmitted from the character input support apparatus 200 as follows.

The browser 31 of the user terminal 300 receives document data and dictionary information output from the output unit 23 and presents them to the user (S05, document acquisition step). In the first embodiment of FIG. 1, the browser 31 receives and displays the dictionary information embedding document data D20. The display example of the text input box among the dictionary information embedding document data D20 is as shown in FIG. 5. The browser 31 extracts dictionary information D50 (which is disclosed as URI in FIG. 7) from the dictionary information embedding document data D20 and sends it to the dictionary retrieving unit 32.

When the user inputs and converts characters in the user terminal 300, the dictionary search unit 32 searches for the dictionary 50 specified by the dictionary information D50 sent from the browser 31, and inputs the character. A conversion candidate of one character is obtained (S06, dictionary search step). Specifically, from the dictionary 50, the conversion candidate corresponding to the character input into the text field D10a is acquired. In addition, the dictionary search part 32 may perform the predictive conversion which predicts and converts the character input finally, instead of converting the input character as it is. The conversion candidate obtained by the prior search unit 32 is sent to the display unit 33.

The display unit 33 displays the conversion candidate acquired by the dictionary search unit 32 (S07). 8 is a display example of a conversion candidate. The conversion candidate displayed by the display unit 33 in the lower half of the screen of FIG. 8 is disclosed. In this example, five conversion candidates of "machine", "machine transportation", "machine processing", "machine mechanism" and "machine industry" are displayed for a user input of "Kika". Subsequently, any one of the displayed conversion candidates is selected by the user, and character conversion is performed.

From the above, the character input support processing in the character input support system 1 is completed.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the document data (Web page) provided from the Web server contains text without embedding the specific dictionary information used in the conversion of the characters inputted into the text input field of the document data into the document data. It is possible to present a conversion candidate using specific dictionary information according to the input field. For this reason, the content provider providing the document data can easily adopt the character input support method as a workload, without any cost. In addition, for the user, a content provider introduces a low-cost text character input support method, thereby increasing convenience in inputting text into a text input field.

That is, according to this embodiment, the subject (content provider) which forms the category information in the text input box, the subject which provides the dictionary 50, and the subject which manages the correspondence of identification information and the dictionary 50 (character input support apparatus) (Administrator of 200) can be divided. This makes it possible to distribute the cost of providing a mechanism for using the dictionary according to the text input field, and also change the correspondence between the identification information and the dictionary 50 even when some dictionaries become unavailable. The dictionary 50 used for conversion can be changed without changing the document data or the like. Thereby, the system related to the conversion using the dictionary based on a text input box can be made into a robust system, and the cost of introduction of the conversion function using the dictionary based on a text input box can be reduced.

Next, a second embodiment according to the present invention will be described. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the second embodiment. In FIG. 9, the description about the apparatus and element which have a function similar to FIG. 1 is abbreviate | omitted.

In the character input support system 2 according to the second embodiment, the output processing (S04 in FIG. 4, output step) in the output unit 23 of the character input support apparatus 200 is based on the dictionary information. The difference from the first embodiment is that the program for searching for the specified dictionary is embedded in the document data. In addition to this, the browser 35 in the user terminal 300 has a function of executing the above program. Hereinafter, the detail of the process performed by the character input support system 2 shown in FIG. 9 is shown using the sequence diagram of FIG.

As in the first embodiment, the document data D10 including the text input field shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is transmitted from the Web server 10 (S01). In the character input support apparatus 200, the type acquisition part 21 acquires "id =" business_type "shown in FIG. 6 as type information from the identifier document data D10, and makes it into the reference part 22. (S02, classification acquisition step). The reference unit 22 refers to the storage unit 40 to obtain dictionary information such as, for example, a URI, which is used for the conversion of the characters inputted into the text input field, and sends it to the output unit 23 (S03, reference step). ).

In the second embodiment, the output unit 23 embeds a program that accesses a dictionary indicated by dictionary information such as a URI acquired by the reference unit 22 and searches for a conversion candidate, for example, in document data as Java Script, It outputs as program embedding document data D40 (S04, an output step).

10 is a description example of the program embedding document data D40. The program shown in the technical example of FIG. 10 refers to the dictionary 50 located at the place indicated by the URI asynchronously based on the input character when a character is input in the text input field, and is generally referred to as Ajax. It is called Java Script. The program embedding document data D40 is added with a technique for reading a library in which the operation of the function used in this function is defined (in FIG. 10, the line D40a of the program embedding document data D40 is described above). Corresponds to). The program embedding document data D40 is " onkeyup = "search Suggest ($ key," http://dic.ne.jp/business_type.dic ");" as shown in the line D40b of FIG. When the input key is dropped (onkeyup), the dictionary of the URI is searched by the input word ($ key) of the text field, and the partially matched word is obtained from the dictionary 50, and converted. Instruction is indicated as a candidate. In this way, a function (defined in the library) to be called in response to a user's operation can be embedded in correspondence with a text input field (text form description).

The browser 35 of the user terminal 300 receives the program embedding document data D40 (S05, document acquisition step). In the browser 35, when a character is input in the text input box, the program embedded in the program embedding document data D40 is read and executed, and the dictionary 50 is searched to obtain a conversion candidate (S06, dictionary search step). In operation S07, the candidate for conversion of the character entered in the text input box is displayed. FIG. 11 illustrates an example in which the program embedding document data D40 illustrated in FIG. 10 is displayed by the browser 35. When the program shown in FIG. 10 is executed, the screen does not change when a character is input, and the conversion candidate is displayed in accordance with the user's character input as shown in FIG. Any one of the displayed conversion candidates is selected by the user, and character conversion is performed.

By the above, the character input support process in the character input support system 2 is completed.

In the second embodiment, since the browser 35 executes the program embedded in the program embedding document data D40, the specific dictionary search in the dictionary search unit 32 in the first embodiment (S06). , Advance search step) and display S07 of the conversion candidate in the display unit 33 are also performed by the browser 35.

According to the second embodiment described above, since the dictionary is accessed in the program embedded in the document data, it is not necessary to have a function of accessing the dictionary in the user terminal 300. Therefore, conversion of characters using the dictionary according to the text input field can be easily realized. As shown in FIG. 11, a character input support method with high convenience can be provided by the user, such that the screen does not change at the time of character input and the conversion candidate is displayed in accordance with the user's input.

Incidentally, in the second embodiment, the program for accessing a specific dictionary and searching for a conversion candidate embedded in the document data corresponding to the text input field is not limited to that shown in Fig. 11, and can be modified into various contents.

Next, a third embodiment according to the present invention will be described. It is a figure which shows 3rd Embodiment which concerns on this invention. In FIG. 12, descriptions of devices and elements having functions equivalent to those of FIG. 1 are omitted.

In the character input support system 3 of the third embodiment shown in FIG. 12, the document data D11 provided from the Web server 10 does not have an identifier indicating the type of the text input field in advance, and character input. The document data and dictionary information output from the output unit 23 of the support apparatus 200 are different from other embodiments in that the document data D11 and the attached dictionary information D50 including the dictionary information are included. Hereinafter, using the sequence diagram of FIG. 4, the details of the process performed by the character input support system 3 shown in FIG. 12 are shown.

The document data D11 including the text input field is transmitted from the web server 10 to the character input support apparatus 200 (S01). The type acquisition unit 21 of the character input support apparatus 200 receives the document data D11, and stores information (for example, URI) indicating the storage location of the document data D11 in the text of the document data D11. It acquires as type information which shows the type of an input box, and sends it to the reference part 22 (S02, type acquisition step). The reference unit 22 refers to the storage unit 40 based on the category information, acquires the dictionary information corresponding to the category information of the text input field, and sends it to the output unit 23 (S03, reference step). In the output unit 23, together with the document data D11, the attached dictionary information D50 including the dictionary information acquired by the reference unit 22, and the file (document data D11) different from the document data D11 are separately included. And the data is transmitted to the user terminal 300 (S04, output step).

In this embodiment, the storing part 40 has information (URI etc.) which shows the storage place of the document data 20 as type information, and information (URI etc.) which specifies the dictionary used by the text input box in document data as dictionary information. Each is stored. As dictionary information of the storage part 40, the data file which described the information which specifies the dictionary used by the text input box in each document data may be stored. In this case, with respect to the type information transmitted from the reference section 22, the storage section 40 selects a corresponding data file and transmits it to the reference section 22. The reference unit 22 sends the data file transmitted from the storing unit 40 to the output unit 23, and the output unit 23 outputs the data file as the attached dictionary information D50.

FIG. 13 shows attached dictionary information D50 simultaneously transmitted when the document data D11 including the text input field shown in FIG. 5 is transmitted from the output unit 32 to the user terminal 300. This is an example of data (file name: hsd.xml) described in Markup Language).

In the example of FIG. 13, it describes as "<count> 1 </ count>" and shows that it is information regarding the first text input box of document data. Regarding dictionary information, &quot; <dic_uri > ", The URI of the preservation place of a dictionary is specified, and a specific dictionary can be searched based on this information. In document data described in HTML, the name (form name) of the text input field is &quot; <name =... > "May be specified. In this case, the <name> tag can also be used to indicate which text input field in the document data. In the description example of FIG. 13, since there is no name of the text input field, information is not described in the <name> tag.

The document data D11 and the attached dictionary information D50 can be associated, for example, by specifying the attached dictionary information D50 in the header portion of the document data D11. As a designation method in the header part, for example, a file name of the attached dictionary information (D50) may be directly specified, such as "<meta html_structure_data =" hsd.xml ">", or a CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) file or the like. It is also possible to embed in the style sheet.

The browser 31 of the user terminal 300 receives the document data D11 and the attached dictionary information D50, and displays the content described in the document data D11 (S05, document acquisition step). The browser 31 also sends the attached dictionary information D50 to the dictionary retrieving unit 32. When the user converts by inputting a character into a text input field included in the document data, the dictionary search unit 32 refers to the attached dictionary information D50 and searches the dictionary 50 specified by the attached dictionary information D50. The conversion candidate is obtained and sent to the display unit 33 (S06, pre-search step). The display unit 33 displays the conversion candidate acquired by the dictionary search unit 32 (S07). Subsequently, any one of the displayed conversion candidates is selected by the user, and character conversion is performed.

By the above, the character input support process in the character input support system 3 is completed.

According to the third embodiment described above, even if an identifier indicating the type of the text input field is embedded in the document data D11 (Web page) provided from the Web server 10 in advance, the dictionary specified in the user terminal 300 is specified. The conversion candidate using the information of can be presented. For this reason, the character input support method which is convenient for a user can be provided easily.

As in the third embodiment, when outputting dictionary information as data (attached dictionary information D50) different from the document data D11, the attached dictionary information D50 is independent from the document data D11. Because it is easy to edit. In addition, a wider processing can be performed, for example, by encrypting the attached dictionary information D50 so that it cannot be made publicly available.

Moreover, in 3rd Embodiment, when the storage part 40 is previously provided with the data file which describes the information which specifies a dictionary, and provides the data as attached dictionary information D50, it concerns with this invention. Character input method can be operated more flexibly. For example, a data file containing information specifying a dictionary may be created by a third party other than a content provider that creates document data, such as an administrator of the storage unit 40 or an administrator of the character input support apparatus 200. Since it is possible to relate to the existing document data, the content provider who has created the existing document data can create a character input environment with high convenience for the user without any new work.

In addition, in the browser 31 of the user terminal 300, the user selects input contents, transmits the selection contents to the character input support apparatus 200, and the character input support apparatus 200 which has received the selection contents receives the appropriate data. As if the file is selected and transmitted to the user terminal 300, only the communication between the user terminal 300 and the character input support apparatus 200 may provide the character input support method according to the present invention.

Next, a fourth embodiment according to the present invention will be described. It is a figure which shows 4th embodiment which concerns on this invention. In Fig. 14, descriptions of devices and elements having functions equivalent to those of Fig. 1 are omitted.

In the character input support system 4 of 4th Embodiment shown in FIG. 14, the following two points are the same as that of 3rd Embodiment. That is, the first is that the document data D11 provided from the web server 10 does not have an identifier indicating the type of the text input field in advance. The second point is that document data and dictionary information output from the output unit 23 of the character input support apparatus 200 are output as data different from the document data D11. On the other hand, the character input support system 4 of 4th Embodiment differs from the character input support system which concerns on other embodiment is two points shown next. That is, first, when the user terminal 300 transmits a request for outputting document data, the user information D60 indicating the attribute of the user handling the user terminal 300 and the position information D65 of the user terminal 300. Is transmitted from the user terminal 300 to the character input support apparatus 200. In addition, the second personal attachment dictionary information (D70) output together with the document data (D11) output from the output unit of the character input support device 200 is separately created (personalized) for each user of the user terminal 300 It's information.

In the character input support system 4 having the above difference point, a user who handles document data using the user terminal 300 is selected based on the user information D60 and the location information D65 of the user terminal 300. The information, which is classified into a plurality of categories and specifies a dictionary different for each category of the user, is provided as personal attachment dictionary information D70 for the text input field of the document data. Moreover, the phrase contained in the dictionary 50 is previously distinguished by several genres. The personal attachment dictionary information D70 described above includes information that specifies the output order, and information specified by designating the genre of the order (priority) to output as a conversion candidate for each category of the user. Therefore, when converting the characters inputted into the text input box using the dictionary specified by the personal attachment dictionary information D70, based on the information specifying the above output order, the user's category is converted into different order. The candidate is outputted.

Hereinafter, the part which has a structure different from the character input support apparatus which concerns on other embodiment in the character input support system 4 is demonstrated concretely.

In the character input support system 4 according to the present embodiment, the user information D60 transmitted from the user terminal 300 to the character input support apparatus 200 indicates the attribute of the user of the user terminal 300. Information. As user information D60, the gender, age, etc. of a user are mentioned, for example. These pieces of information can be obtained from information held in the user terminal by the user himself writing to a storage unit such as a phone book of the user terminal. In addition, contract information with the Internet provider of the user can also be used as the user information D60. For example, the character input support apparatus 200 is a proxy provided by an Internet provider, and may hold contract information of a user. When using the contract information of the user held by the character input support apparatus 200 as information representing the user's attributes, the telephone number or the user ID of the user terminal 300 is used as information for specifying the user. It is transmitted from the user terminal 300 as the user information D60 together with the output request of the document data. The text input support apparatus 200 may obtain information indicating the user's attributes by extracting the contract information of the user corresponding to the user ID transmitted from the user terminal 300.

As the location information D65 of the user terminal 300 transmitted from the user terminal 300 to the character input support apparatus 200, for example, when the user terminal 300 is equipped with a GPS function, the GPS function is used. The current position information of the user terminal 300 obtained by using can be used. For example, access point information, such as base station information in a mobile telephone and access point in a wireless LAN, may be transmitted as the positional information D65 of the user terminal 300.

In the character input support system 4 which concerns on this embodiment, the storage part 40 has information (URI etc.) which show the storage place of document data as type information, and the text input box in each document data as dictionary information. A data file corresponding to information for specifying a dictionary to be used is stored. This data file is stored in the storage 40 by the content provider in advance corresponding to the document data D10. However, the creator of the data file may be a third party different from the content provider.

Since the dictionary 50 of the character input support system 4 may use another dictionary 50 according to the category of a user as mentioned above, it is prepared according to a category. In addition, each genre corresponds to the phrase contained in the dictionary 50 previously. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the dictionary 50 (saving place: "http://dic.ne.jp/chaku_melo.dic") of the character input support system 4. As shown in FIG. 15, in the dictionary 50, reading, a word, and the genre of the word are corresponded beforehand. For example, the word "YY1" whose ID is "1" and the reading is "あ い" has genre "J-POP". In this way, the genres correspond to each phrase. In addition, what genre is used in the dictionary 50 is disclosed to the content provider or a third party in advance, and the content provider or the third party considers the genre used in the dictionary 50 as dictionary information and conversion candidates. The order of output (priority) can be determined, and these pieces of information can be stored in the storage unit 40.

16 is an example of the data file D71 stored in the storage unit 40 and transmitted to the reference unit 22 in correspondence with the type information transmitted from the reference unit 22. This data file D71 (file name: hsd.xml) is described in XML. As shown in FIG. 16, information (URL: Uniform Resource Locator) indicating the storage location of the document data D10 is disclosed in the <site_url> tag, and this data file D71 corresponds to the document data D10. It shows what is created.

In the present embodiment, a plurality of categories (for example, "young", "senior", etc.) corresponding to the age of the user, which is information indicating the attribute of the user, are defined in advance, and the age of the user transmitted from the user terminal 300 is defined. In response to this, it is determined which category the user belongs to. And in the data file D71 shown in FIG. 16, information which shows the type of the text column corresponding to the information (dictionary information) which specifies the dictionary used for conversion of the character input to the text input box for every category of user. (Type information) and information for changing the priority of the output of the conversion candidate in the dictionary (information specifying the output order) are described. Specifically, the text input field specified by "txt_chaku_melo" described in the <id> tag is the initial setting (<default>) as described in line D71a, and the type information (<dic_id>) of the text field is specified. Denotes "chaku_melo", and specifies that a dictionary specified by dictionary information corresponding to this type of information is used (that is, the <id> tag described above corresponds to, for example, the <name> tag in FIG. , <dic_id> tags correspond to <id> tags in FIG. 13). In line D71b, for the user whose category (<category>) is "young", in the above-mentioned dictionary, the genre (<genre>) is "J-POP". priority>), and the genre is &quot; TV / CM &quot; as the second priority (<priority> 2 </ priority>). In line D71c, the category information corresponding to the text input field is described as "chaku_melo2" for a user whose category is "senior", and the genre is "Enka" when a dictionary specified by the category information is used. Is indicated as a priority first.

The data file D71 of FIG. 17 is a view for explaining an example in which the instruction to change the priority according to the age of the user is different. In the data file D71 of FIG. 17, in the D71d and D71e lines, as in the D71b and D71c lines in FIG. Is disclosed. However, in D71b and D71c of FIG. 16, the user's age, which is information representing the user's attributes, is displayed as a "category". In D71d and D71e of FIG. have. As described above, in the case where the storage unit 40 maintains the data file in which the age is directly specified, the user's age is included in the user information D60 transmitted from the user terminal 300, and the dictionary according to the age of the user is used. The process of embedding the information can be performed.

18 is an example (file name: hsd.xml) of personal attachment dictionary information D70 transmitted from the character input support apparatus 200 to the user terminal 300. Personal attachment dictionary information D70 in FIG. 18 is created for the user whose category is "young". According to the personal attachment dictionary information D70 of FIG. 18, since the URL (<dic_url>) of the storage place of the dictionary 50 which is dictionary information corresponding to the category information <dic_id> of the text field is specified, Based on the information, a specific dictionary 50 can be searched. In addition, in the D70a line, as in the D71a line of the data file D71, information (output order information) specifying the output order indicating the priority of the genre when displaying the candidate for conversion of characters input in the text field is described. . This is the same content as described in line D71b, in which the genre is &quot; J-POP &quot; as priority 1 and the genre is &quot; TV / CN &quot; .

The detail of the process performed by the character input support system 4 which has the above structure is shown using the sequence diagram of FIG. In the following description, among the user information D60 and the location information D65 of the user terminal 300, the age of the user who handles the user terminal 300 is used as an attribute of the user included in the user information D60. The case where the display order of the conversion candidates of the characters input in the text field is changed according to the age of the user will be described.

First, a request for outputting document data from the user terminal 300 is transmitted to the character input support apparatus 200 (S21). The output request of the document data transmitted here is specifically an HTTP request or the like. At this time, as the information about the user terminal 300 together with the request for outputting the document data, as described above, the user information D60 indicating the user's attributes and the position information D65 of the user terminal 300 are the terminals. The information is transmitted to the character input support apparatus 200 as information. In this embodiment, the document data output request and the terminal information are transmitted at the same time, but may be transmitted at separate timings.

The output request and the terminal information of the document data transmitted from the user terminal 300 are received by the character input support apparatus 200 (S22, output request reception step). The character input support apparatus 200 acquires and maintains terminal information among the output request and the terminal information (user information D60 and position information D65) of the document data transmitted from the user terminal 300. The document data output request is sent to the Web server 10 (S23).

In the Web server 10, document data D11 including a text input field is created in response to a document data output request sent from the character input support apparatus 200, and is transmitted to the character input support apparatus 200 (S24). The type acquisition unit 21 of the character input support apparatus 200 receives the document data D11, and stores information (for example, URI) indicating the storage location of the document data D11 in the text of the document data D11. It acquires as type information which shows the type of an input box, and sends it to the reference part 22 (S25, type acquisition step). The reference unit 22 refers to the storage unit 40 based on the category information, and indicates dictionary information corresponding to the category information of the text input field and information indicating a preservation place of the dictionary specified by the dictionary information as necessary. Is obtained and sent to the output unit 23 (S26, reference step).

Here, in the reference section 22, the dictionary information corresponding to the category information and the output order (priority) when the dictionary search is performed using the dictionary are shown in FIG. 16, which are grouped into a plurality of categories of the user. The data file D71 as described above is obtained from the storage unit 40. And based on the user information D60 and the positional information D65 transmitted from the user terminal 300, it processes into the dictionary information suitable for the user who handles the user terminal 300. FIG.

FIG. 20 is a table showing the correspondence between the user's age and the category. For example, when the user's age is 19 to 35 years, it is disclosed that it belongs to the category of "young". In the reference unit 22, the character input support apparatus 200 holds a table as shown in FIG. 20 in advance, and when the user's age is acquired as information representing the user's attributes, the user enters into a certain category. Determine if it is included. In addition, as shown in FIG. 17, when the data file D71 for which the age is directly specified is held in the storage unit 40, when the reference file 22 is sent from the storage unit 40 to the reference unit 22, the reference unit 22 Without prior reference to the correspondence table as shown in Fig. 20, the user can obtain the dictionary information and the output order information that are optimal for the user. Based on the category information, the dictionary information transmitted from the storage unit 40 and the data (data file D71) in which the output order information is indicated are referred to, and the dictionary information according to the age of the user is based on this dictionary information. And personal attachment dictionary information D70 shown in FIG. 18 in which only output order information is embedded, and sent to the output unit 23. Moreover, when the age of the user of the user terminal 300 is not acquired in advance in the character input support apparatus 200, the preset information of the initial setting previously described in the data file D71 (data file D71 of FIG. 17). ), The personal attached dictionary information D70 is created based on the dictionary whose <dic_id> is "chaku_melo".

The output unit 23 outputs the document data D11 and the personal attachment dictionary information D70 processed according to the user in the reference unit 22 as described above, and transmits it to the user terminal 300 (S27). , Output step).

The browser 31 of the user terminal 300 receives the document data D11 and the personal attachment dictionary information D70, and displays the content described in the document data D11 (S28, document acquisition step). In addition, the browser 31 sends the personal attachment dictionary information D70 to the dictionary retrieving unit 32. When the user converts by inputting a character into a text input field included in the document data, the dictionary search unit 32 refers to the personal attachment dictionary information D70, and the dictionary 50 specified by the personal attachment dictionary information D70 is used. And the conversion candidate is output to the display unit 33 (S29, pre-search step). The display unit 33 displays the conversion candidate obtained by the dictionary search unit 32 (S30).

Here, the case where the dictionary 50 is searched based on the personal attached dictionary information D70 shown in FIG. 18 and a conversion candidate is displayed is demonstrated. For example, if the user inputs "あ" in the text input field, the four words shown in FIG. 15 are displayed as conversion candidates as a word whose reading starts with "あ". However, in line D70a of the personal attached dictionary information (D70), the priority first is set to "J-P0P" and the priority second is set to "TV / CM". In (33), a conversion candidate is indicated. That is, the display order of the conversion candidates in the display unit 33 is in the order of YY1 (genre: J-POP), YY4 (genre: TV / CM), YY2 (genre: Classic), and YY3 (genre: Enka).

Then, by the user, any one of the conversion candidates displayed on the display unit 33 is selected, and the character is converted. From the above, the character input support process in the character input support system 4 is completed.

As described above, according to the fourth embodiment described above, the user information D60 and the position information D65 of the terminal are transmitted from the user terminal 300 to the character input support apparatus 200 in advance, and the character input support apparatus 200 is provided. Are maintained. For this reason, in the reference section 22, when the dictionary information is associated with the text input field of the document data D11, the user terminal 300 or the user's information D60 or the terminal's positional information D65 is referred to. It is possible to select more appropriate dictionary information according to the situation of the user handling the user terminal 300. Thus, a character input environment with higher convenience for the user is provided.

In addition, in the said embodiment, the information (in the said embodiment, contained in personal attachment dictionary information D70) which specifies the output order at the time of a conversion using a dictionary is transmitted from the character input support apparatus 200, and a user When the terminal 300 converts the characters entered in the text input field, the conversion candidates are output in the output order based on the information. Thus, for example, a phrase with a higher frequency of use can be displayed as a higher rank of the conversion candidate, thereby providing a character input environment with higher convenience for the user.

In the above embodiment, a plurality of categories corresponding to the age of the user, which is information indicating the user's attributes, are defined in advance, and which category the user belongs to in response to the age of the user transmitted from the user terminal 300. Although the process of determining and creating the personal attached dictionary information D70 according to the result was described, it is not necessary to predefine the category in the character input support apparatus 200, and it transmits from the user terminal 300. FIG. You may perform the process which produces | generates the personal attachment dictionary information D70 directly based on the user information D60 or the positional information D65 of the terminal. Moreover, information which specifies the output order at the time of converting a character using the said dictionary together with dictionary information, without acquiring user information D60 or the terminal position information D65 from the user terminal 300 (priority) Even in the case of a process of outputting the rank), for example, since a conversion candidate having a high frequency of use can be preferentially outputted, a character input environment with high convenience for the user is provided.

In FIG. 14, the user information D60 and the location information D65 of the terminal are transmitted from the user terminal 300 to the character input support apparatus 200, but only one of them may be transmitted.

In the description of the character input support processing using FIG. 19, only the case where the user's age is used as the user information D60 has been described. However, the same applies to the case where the priority is specified based on the terminal's position information D65. A convenient character input support method is provided. Specifically, for example, in the case of a web page (document data) for providing a service of a train route and visual guidance, a reference field 22 is provided as the user's positional information D65 in a text input field. It describes in personal attachment dictionary information D70 so that the station name of a neighborhood may be displayed preferentially based on GPS information of the user terminal 300. FIG. On the other hand, in the dictionary 50, the GPS information of the station is described as the genre, and in the display step, the display section 33 of the user terminal 300 is displayed in order from the station name of the neighborhood where the user's frequency of use is high. A convenient character input environment is provided.

In addition, the category of the user used when determining the dictionary information is created based on the history of access to the Web, the behavior of the user, the operation history of the user terminal 300, and the like, in addition to information indicating the user's attributes such as gender. Also good. In the case of using the history of the user terminal such as an access history, an action history, an operation history, etc. for the category determination of the user, the user terminal 300 collects a predetermined time history beforehand, and then is easy to use for category determination. In addition to converting the format into a format, the history is transmitted from the user terminal 300 to the character input support apparatus 200 from time to time, and the information is accumulated on the character input support apparatus 200 side. However, there is a method of processing and using the accumulated information as needed. In addition, the user input 300 accumulates the history of document data (Web page) acquired by accessing the Web server 10 through the character input support apparatus 200 in the character input support apparatus 200, and the user The history of access to the Web by the terminal 300 can be used.

Here, as a modification of the fourth embodiment, the processing method in the case of creating personal attachment information D70 for the user using the history of access to the Web as the user information D60 indicating the user's attributes. Explain.

The character input support apparatus 200 refers to a history (access history) of document data (web page) acquired by the user terminal 300 accessing the web server 10 through the character input support apparatus 200, and thus the user may access the character input support apparatus 200. The genre to which the user belongs is determined by examining whether or not a large amount of document data of a certain genre (eg J-P0P, Classic, etc.) has been acquired. Specifically, the user terminal 300 may be used by storing a table corresponding to the storage place of the document data and the genre of the document data in advance, or specifying the genre from the types of words included in the document data. The genre is specified and classified for each document data acquired by &quot;). Next, one or more genres that the user of the user terminal 300 acquires frequently (the number of accesses) is used as a genre to which the user belongs, or a feature vector generated from the genre of document data obtained by the user is used. By clustering genres using the K-means method or the like, one or a plurality of genres with a high frequency of acquisition of users (high number of accesses) are regarded as cluster genres, and the genre of clusters to which the user belongs is described above. The genre to which the user belongs is determined by a method such as a genre to which the user belongs.

Next, the genre to which this user belongs is described in the personal dictionary information D70 as a genre which should be displayed first in the dictionary search step and output. As a result, in the personal dictionary information D70, the purpose of preferentially displaying the conversion candidates corresponding to the genre to which the user is determined based on the past Web access history is described, and the characters are written using this personal dictionary information D70. In the case of conversion, the words separated in the genre are displayed first.

In the case where the personal dictionary information D70 is generated by the above-described processing by the character input support apparatus 200, priority can be provided according to individual users, so that the character input environment is more convenient for the user. This is provided.

In this modified example, the genre (genre used for classification) used in determining the genre to which the user belongs is disclosed to the content provider in advance, so that the content provider assumes the genre used for classification and document data D10. You can write In addition, the content provider can create a data file D71 and store the data file D71 in the storage unit 40 by assuming a genre used for classification, and can provide dictionary information according to the genre to which the user belongs.

In the above modification, the user terminal 300 refers to the history (access history) of the document data (web page) acquired by accessing the web server 10 through the character input support apparatus 200, thereby belonging to the user. Although the genre is determined, and the output sequence of the conversion candidate at the time of character conversion is described in the personal dictionary information D70 according to the genre, the output mode has been described. However, based on the access history described above, You can also specify a dictionary. Also in this case, since the character conversion using the dictionary according to the user's preference based on the access history of the user terminal 300 is performed, a more convenient character input environment is provided.

As mentioned above, although preferred embodiment of this invention was described, the character input support method, character input support system, user terminal, and character conversion method which concern on this invention are not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, It takes various forms It is possible.

For example, in the first to fourth embodiments, the character input support system includes a web server, a character input support device, a storage unit, a user terminal, and a dictionary. However, among these, the character input support apparatus, the storage unit, the user terminal and the dictionary may be arranged in the same apparatus and connected via an internal bus.

In addition, the form of said 1st-4th embodiment can be suitably selected from a plurality of embodiment, and can be used.

For example, as shown in the third embodiment, for document data that does not have an identifier in advance, a dictionary information or a program for searching the dictionary is generated and embedded in the document data as in the first or second embodiment. It is also possible. In addition, as in the first or second embodiment, a document can be transmitted to the user terminal by attaching a data file containing information for specifying a dictionary in the same way as in the third embodiment. In addition, as in the first or second embodiment, the information (priority) specifying the output order when the characters are converted as in the fourth embodiment can also be set to be embedded by embedding in the document data. .

As another development example, the following are mentioned. In the document data provided from the Web server in the first or second embodiment, an identifier indicating the type of the text input field is embedded in advance corresponding to the text input field. However, in the third embodiment, information indicating the type of the text input field is transmitted from the Web server as data different from the document data, such as document data and attached dictionary information transmitted from the character input support apparatus to the user terminal. It may be. In this case, associating the document data with data including information indicating the type of the text input field can also be realized in the same manner as in the third embodiment, for example, by specifying a file name in the header portion of the document data in advance. In this way, by dividing the data including the document data and the information indicating the type of the text input field, it is possible to freely edit or handle the data, such that only information indicating the type of the text input field can be encrypted and transmitted.

Next, a character input support program for causing the computer configured as the character input support apparatus 200 such as the proxy apparatus to execute the series of character input support processes described above will be described. As shown in FIG. 21, the character input support program 61 is stored in the program storage area 60a formed in the recording medium 60 included in the computer.

The character input support program 61 is comprised with the main module 61a and the storage module 61b which handle processing, the type acquisition module 61c, the reference module 61d, and the output module 61e. . The functions realized by executing the storing module 61b, the type obtaining module 61c, the reference module 61d, and the output module 61e include the above-mentioned storing section 40, type obtaining section 21, and reference section 22. ) And the output unit 23 are the same.

Next, a character input support program for causing a computer configured as the user terminal 300 as described above to execute the above-described series of character conversion processes will be described. As shown in Fig. 22, the character conversion program 71 is stored in the program storage area 70a formed on the recording medium 70 included in the computer.

The character conversion program 71 is comprised with the main module 71a which handles a process, the document acquisition module 71b, and the dictionary search module 71c. The functions realized by executing the document acquisition module 71b and the dictionary retrieval module 71c are the same as the functions of the browser 31 and the dictionary retrieving unit 32 described above, respectively.

In addition, the character input support program 61 and the character conversion program 71 have a structure in which part or all of them are transmitted through a transmission medium such as a communication line, received by another device, and recorded (including installation). You may also do it.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The figure which shows the structure of the character input support system in 1st Embodiment of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the hardware configuration of a web server and a character input support apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a user terminal in the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a sequence diagram showing a process (character input support method) executed by the character input support system in the first to third embodiments of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a display example of a text input field of document data transmitted from a Web server according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a description example of a text input field of document data transmitted from a Web server according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is an example of embedding prior information into document data in the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is an example of character conversion from a user terminal using dictionary information embedding document data in the first embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a character input support system in a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is an example of embedding a program into document data in the second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 11 is an example of character conversion from a user terminal using program embedded document data in the second embodiment of the present invention.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the character input support system in 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

It is a description example of attached dictionary information in 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

Fig. 14 is a diagram showing the configuration of a character input support system in a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a dictionary used when converting a character input in a text input field in a user terminal according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a data file stored in the storage unit and transmitted to the reference unit in accordance with the category information transmitted from the reference unit in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing another example of a data file stored in the storage unit and transmitted to the reference unit in accordance with the category information transmitted from the reference unit in the fourth embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of personal attachment dictionary information created for a user whose category is "young" in the fourth embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

19 is a sequence diagram showing a process (character input support method) to be executed in a character input support system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

20 is a table showing a correspondence between a user's age and a corresponding category in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

21 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a character input support program according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 22 is a diagram showing the structure of a character conversion program according to the embodiment of the present invention.

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The relationship between the type information indicating the type of the text field supporting the conversion in which the dictionary is used and the dictionary information specifying the dictionary used in the conversion of the character entered in the text field is used. In a character input support method by a character input support system having a storage means for storing information indicating, A classification acquisition step of acquiring the classification information from the document data; A reference step of acquiring advance information corresponding to the category information by referring to the information stored in the storage means based on the category information acquired in the category acquisition step; And an output step of outputting the dictionary information obtained in the reference step. The method of claim 1, And in the type acquisition step, an identifier embedded in the document data corresponding to the text input field is acquired as the type information. The method of claim 1, And in the type acquisition step, information indicating a storage location of the document data is acquired as the type information. The method of claim 1, And in the outputting step, the dictionary information is embedded in the document data in correspondence with the text input field and output together with the document data. The method of claim 1, And in said output step, embedding in said document data a program for searching for a candidate for conversion of characters input in said text input field of said document data from a dictionary specified by said dictionary information. The method of claim 1, And outputting the dictionary information as data different from the document data in the output step. The method of claim 1, And in the type acquiring step, acquiring the type information from document data in HTML. The method of claim 1, And a dictionary retrieving step of retrieving and converting a candidate for conversion of characters input into said text input field of said document data from a dictionary specified by said dictionary information output in said output step. The method of claim 1, Further comprising an output request receiving step for receiving an output request for document data transmitted from the user terminal, In the type obtaining step, the type information is obtained from document data related to the output request received in the output request receiving step, And in said output step, output said dictionary information obtained in said reference step to said user terminal that has sent said output request. The method of claim 9, In the output request receiving step, together with the document data output request, information indicating an attribute of a user of the user terminal is received, In the reference step, based on the information indicating the attribute of the user, received in the output request reception step, the dictionary information corresponding to the type information is obtained by referring to the information stored in the storing means. Character input support method. The method of claim 10, And a history of the output request of the document data received from the user terminal received in the output request receiving step as information representing the attribute of the user. The method of claim 9, In the output request receiving step, together with the document data output request, location information of the user terminal is received, In the reference step, based on the positional information received in the output request receiving step, referring to the information stored in the storing means, dictionary information corresponding to the category information is obtained. Way. The method of claim 1, The storing means stores information for specifying an output order of words contained in the dictionary; In the reference step, information specifying the output order of words contained in the dictionary specified by the dictionary information to be stored stored in the storing means is obtained; And outputting information for specifying an output order of words included in the dictionary specified by the dictionary information in the output step. The method of claim 13, Further comprising an output request receiving step for receiving an output request for document data transmitted from the user terminal, In the type obtaining step, the type information is obtained from document data related to the output request received in the output request receiving step, And outputting, to the user terminal that has sent the output request, information specifying the output order of the words contained in the dictionary specified by the dictionary information in the output step. The method of claim 14, In the output request reception step, information indicating an attribute of a user of the user terminal is obtained; In the reference step, based on the information indicating the attribute of the user acquired in the output request receiving step, information for specifying the output order of words included in the dictionary specified by the dictionary information is created. , Character input support method. The method of claim 15, And a history of the output request of the document data received from the user terminal received in the output request receiving step as information representing the attribute of the user. The method of claim 14, In the output request receiving step, together with the document data output request, location information of the user terminal is received, In the reference step, based on the positional information received in the output request receiving step, information specifying the output order of words included in the dictionary specified by the dictionary information is created. Way. The method of claim 12, And in the dictionary search step, a candidate for conversion of a character input in the text input field is output from the dictionary based on information specifying the output order. A character input support system that supports dictionary-converted characters entered into text fields of document data. Storage means for storing information indicating a relationship between type information indicating a type of a text input field and dictionary information specifying a dictionary used for conversion of characters entered in the text input field; Type acquiring means for acquiring the type information from the document data; Reference means for acquiring advance information corresponding to the category information by referring to the information stored in the storage means based on the type information acquired by the type obtaining means; And an output means for outputting the dictionary information acquired by the reference means. A recording medium that records a character input support program that supports conversion using a dictionary of characters entered in a text field of document data. Storage means for storing information indicating a relationship between type information indicating a type of a text input field and dictionary information specifying a dictionary used for conversion of characters entered in the text input field; Type acquiring means for acquiring the type information from the document data; Reference means for acquiring advance information corresponding to the category information by referring to the information stored in the storage means based on the type information acquired by the type obtaining means; A recording medium having recorded thereon a character input support program for causing a computer to function as output means for outputting the dictionary information obtained by the reference means. Document acquiring means for acquiring dictionary data specifying document data having a text input field and a dictionary used for conversion of characters inputted in the text input field; And a dictionary retrieving means for retrieving and outputting a conversion candidate of characters input into the text input field of the document data acquired by the document acquiring means from a dictionary specified by the dictionary information acquired by the document acquiring means. , User terminal. The method of claim 21, And the dictionary retrieving means retrieves a specified external dictionary based on the dictionary information. In the character conversion method of performing the conversion using the dictionary of the characters entered in the text input field of the document data in the user terminal, A document acquiring step of acquiring dictionary information specifying document data having a text input field and a dictionary used for conversion of characters entered in the text input field; And a dictionary retrieving step of retrieving and outputting a candidate for conversion of characters input into the text input field of the document data acquired by the document acquisition step from a dictionary specified by the dictionary information acquired by the document acquisition step. , Character conversion method. A recording medium which records a character conversion program for converting a character used in a text input field of document data in a user terminal into which a dictionary is used, Document acquiring means for acquiring dictionary data specifying document data having a text input field and a dictionary used for conversion of characters inputted in the text input field; To a computer, a dictionary retrieving means for retrieving and outputting a candidate for conversion of characters input into the text input field of the document data acquired by the document acquiring means from a dictionary specified by the dictionary information acquired by the document acquiring means. A recording medium on which a character conversion program is recorded.

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