TW539943B - Computer-readable recorded medium on which image file is recorded, device for producing the recorded medium, medium on which image file creating program is recorded, device for transmitting image file, device for processing image file - Google Patents

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to make the supplier of an image file surely provide information, which is desired to supply by the supplier of an image file, to a user of the image file. Another purpose of the invention is to make the supplier of an image file capable of providing a plurality of information, which is desired to supply, to a user based on one image file by the supplier of an image file. Furthermore, the purpose of the present invention is to allow relatively easier investigation of user access conditions, for example. In order to achieve those objects, the invented recording medium for recording computer readable image file is featured with the followings: in a data stream of the image file, identification information inherent to the image file, the pointer of one or a plurality of information, index of selection menu items corresponding to the image file, or/and an entity of a specified program are recorded.

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539943 V. Description of the invention (1) TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to the provision of information via a network such as the Internet. It is also about the use of image files to control program operation. It is also related to the use of the identification information attached to the image data, etc., which makes the investigation of the user ’s access status easy. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Via numerous TTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) connected to the Internet ^ [司 服 b 所 & provided by WWW (全

World Wide Web; Wo r 1 d W i d e W e b) services, as long as you operate web browsers such as ^! ^ Browsing software for implementation on user terminals connected to the Internet, you can easily use them. The operation of the web browser has become easier to implement with the introduction of g υ I (Graphical User Interface). On the other hand, HTTP servers for connecting to the Internet are also increasing rapidly. Therefore, users can easily obtain more information, which makes the WWW service quickly popularize. With the improvement of the operation of the GUI, there is a so-called button that uses an arbitrary image file and connects the image corresponding to the pattern of the image file with a specific operation, link, etc. know. An example of such a button is a so-called relationship between an image showing a specific product, information, and the like, and a location (URL) (Uniform Resource Locator) of a providing device that provides a specific advertisement. Header (ba η ner) advertisements have been known to the curtain. The title advertisement is used as a link to a specific URL in an HTML (Hyper Text Mark up Language) file. 539943 V. The button defined under 5. Description of the Invention (2) and serves as the button corresponding to the button Can be implemented by using the image file for reference. Therefore, as long as the user operates the eb browser and instructs (so-called clicks) as a button used for "question advertisements", he can easily refer to the information of the link destination. In recent years, it has also evolved to use such www services to do Transaction, and it is easy to carry out surveys of user access conditions, etc., in contrast to ordinary transactions, and is therefore gradually being applied to marketing activities. Methods for conducting such surveys are known as follows. 1) Each user ’s unique identification information such as c00kie etc. using HTTP browser software such as web browsing is stored in advance on the user terminal. When the user accesses the HTTP server, The Ηττρ feeder obtains the identification information 'and records and analyzes the access of the user provided by the Η TTP server. (2) It will come from an Internet connection provider (hereinafter referred to as [sp (Internet Service Provider; Internet Service Provider) user terminal to send packets (packets) to parse, and will provide for the HTTP server (3) By an application program independent from the HTTP server such as the access analysis software, the information provided by the HTTP server, and the access record of the HTTP server (day) Various; 10 g) etc. are separately recorded and analyzed separately. Specific examples include, for example, the use of Java (trademark) used in h 11 p: // ww w. Snippe t. C 〇m / home.htm and so on. Programming language software (appiet), which records the information according to the access from the user V. Invention description (3) The method but the table file is included in the image file and is used in C 0 〇k In addition, etc., the user's status is so high that the status of the Internet is so high that the operation of the server is based on the (: check, because of C, there is still a point of certainty There is room for improvement / 〇kie is that each HTTP server cannot cooperate with other HTTP servers, so if you want to investigate, you need to adjust it for multiple HTTPs. For each HTTP server, etc., according to the method of the above-mentioned banner advertisement, the HTML file of the destination information shown in Figure f is: 'Therefore, as long as it is used to refer to the image file = set it' Link destinations other than link destinations 1 ° are relatively easy. Because of this, image files are hijacked. In the case of access investigation, the method of (1), HTTP browser software settings implemented If the number of devices is large, the investigation is difficult. = ^ (2) method, if you want to investigate the external η τ τ P that is used outside the ISP used by the month, the HTTP server connected to the Internet will not increase, and the investigation will become extremely Management) No method 'needs to be dealt with by HTTP server 1 and needs to perform the above-mentioned investigation ~ = analysis, and also needs to do investigations and special complicated operations, so it is impossible to compare image files with The HTML file of the individual file case would have been with the figure 'and the image possible. , It will not be able to exist because of suffering. Issue and manage the access status of the server that implements the access status server. It is very difficult for the number of access servers to connect to the server. The application provided by Rong requires the HTTP implementation of the application object to be adjusted 539943 V. Description of the invention (4) | The present invention has been completed in view of the above problems, and its purpose is to enable | The information provided is surely provided to the user of the image file i I! Another purpose is to enable the provider of the image file to provide the desired information to the user based on an image file. I In addition, the purpose of the present invention is to make it easier for users to check the access status.

I. Summary of the Invention (1) In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is a recording medium for recording a computer-readable image file, which adopts: in a data stream (da tastream) of the image file, recording the image file It is inherent identification information, one or more information indicators (P ointer), the index corresponding to the menu item of the image file, or the entity of a specific program . (2) For example, it is a computer-readable recording medium that records an image file containing a recording area that will affect the image display, and an image file of a recording area that will not affect the image display, among which: In the recording area of the data that does not affect the display of the image, record the identification information that is inherent to the image file, the composition of one or more indicators of information or / and the program.

(3) In addition, it is a recording medium that records computer-readable image files. It can also take: in the data stream of image files, the areas that will be ignored when displaying the image, record the image An image file is inherently identifying information, an index of one or more pieces of information, corresponding to an index of a menu item! Of the image file, or / and an entity of a program.

Page 8 539943 i V. Description of the invention (5) (4) In addition, it is a kind of recording medium that records computer-readable image files: It can also take: In the data stream of image files, at least The information index and the information operation indexed by the index are made into a group and a group or a complex array is recorded. : Among them, "information operation" includes, for example, reproduction of the sound information for sound information, reproduction of the image information for image information, and reproduction of the text information for text information. Subtitle (te 1 ο p) display and other operations. In addition, "indicators" include such things as: file names, path names indicating the location of resources on regional computers, UNC (Universal Naming Convention) indicating the location of resources in a network environment, the Internet, or an enterprise URL (Uniform Resource Locator) or URIs (Uniform Resource Identifiers) of the resource location (the same below). (5) In addition, other inventions include: a memory means, which is used to record an image file; an input means, which is used to input an index of a menu item corresponding to the image file !, or / And identification information of a specific program entity; and information processing means, which are indicators of information input from the input means, an index of a menu item corresponding to the image file, or i / and corresponding identification information The entity of the program is recorded in the data stream of the image file. i (6) These can also be performed by the computer by recording: receiving from the input means! one or more indicators of information, an index of menu items corresponding to the image file !, and / or entities of a specific program Steps for inputting identification information; 539943 I. V. Invention Description (6): and an index of one or more information input from the input means, an index corresponding to a menu item of the image file, and / or a corresponding In the entity of the program of the identification information 1, the data i | recorded in the image file stored in the memory means is used to create the program image medium to realize the program. i (7) In addition, other inventions include: recording media described in (1) to (4) above, and reading image files from recording media and responding to the terminal in accordance with the requirements from the terminal device Composition of device information processing means. (8) In addition, the other invention is a medium, which records the steps for the computer to monitor and access the information image files managed in the first management area; When the information image file has an access operation, displaying the image according to the image-related information contained in the information image file in the second management area and managing the information image file in the second management area; The steps of the access operation of the information image file managed by the first management area; when there is an access operation for the information image file managed by the second management area, according to the image related information corresponding to the image file, An image file processing program is required for the steps existing in the file of a specific index or stored in a local memory means in advance to perform the access operation. Here, the identification information or index information attached to the image data is referred to as "image-related information". In addition, an image-related information image file attached with image data is referred to as an "information image file". i (9) In this case, the access operation of the information image file managed in the first management area can also be the drag and drop operation of the image. I (10) or access to information image files managed in the first management area

Page 10 539943 丨 V. Description of the Invention (7) j. It can also be used to select the menu displayed on the image. i (11) or the operation of accessing the information image file managed in the first management area. It can also be used to drag and drop the menu displayed on the information image file.丨 I (12) or the operation of accessing the information image file managed in the first management area, or click operation on the image.丨 (13) Or the operation of accessing the information image file managed in the first management area, or the operation of dragging and dropping the information image file. (1 4) Alternatively, it can also be performed by a computer by recording: when the recording medium in the first management area becomes available for accessing operations, the steps of retrieving the information map from the recording medium and the image file; and When the information image file is read, the information image file is read for the media of the image file processing program required for the step of management in the second management area to make it. (15) Among them, the first management area may also be a window for browsing the Web page of the WWW browser, a window for browsing the text of the e-mail software, a window for confirming the attachment file of the e-mail software, and a reference stored in the recording medium. A folder window of a file, or a menu window displayed by inputting an image or an image file.

(16) Another invention is an image file processing device, which has a memory means for storing menu items corresponding to the image. When a specific image is selected by the input means, the above memory is used. Means read the menu item corresponding to the selected P 丨 image and display it on the display means. When the factory is selected by the input means! When the menu item in the display is executed, the menu item corresponding to the selected menu item is executed. Information processing methods for specific processing. Information processing methods

Page 11 539943 V. Description of the invention (8) It is used to access the external servo device to obtain the menu item corresponding to the image and store it in the memory means. For example, when you place the mouse pointer on the image and click the right mouse button, the menu items are usually displayed, but the items of the menu are downloaded through the server and are based on their image. Information determines. (1 7) However, in the above item (8), the first management area and the second management area may be separately formed and managed. (18) In this case, it is also possible to make it display a display selection tab (tab) for selecting the display of the first management area and the display of the second management area in either way, so that the selection is made by input means. The management area of one of the marked parties is selectively displayed. (19) Alternatively, the display of the first management area and the display of the second management area may be displayed simultaneously in a frame. (20) In addition, in the above item (8), when the information image file managed by the first labeled descriptive language file in the first management area is accessed, it can be downloaded from The memory means reads the second labeled descriptive language file of the second management area, and updates the second labeled descriptive language file to the second labeled descriptive language file. After the above information image file is managed, the second labeled descriptive language file is executed. Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of an information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a servo device and a terminal constituting the above information providing system.

Page 12 539943 V. Description of the invention (9) Operation concept diagram of i-end device. Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a table (generation date) recorded by the database of the above-mentioned servo device. I FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an image for display on the display device of the terminal device. I FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a table (update log) for recording in the database of the above-mentioned servo device. Fig. 6 is a composition diagram of an information image file showing a storage structure of image-related information. FIG. 7 is an example of image related information.彳 Fig. 8 is an explanatory diagram of selecting an index to perform an access operation according to a menu. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of subtitle display processing. Fig. 10 is an additional explanatory diagram of the information image according to the drag and drop operation of the menu. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of switching the display of the first management area and the display of the second management area according to mark selection. Fig. 12 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment in which the display of the first management area and the display of the second management area are distinguished by frames and displayed simultaneously. Figure 13 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of management of a new information image file when the second management area (Η TML) is updated after the information image file is accessed in the first management area (HTML). . f is the best form for implementing the invention! Figure 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of an information providing system to which the present invention is applied. The information providing system has a servo connected via a network 10 such as the Internet!-

Page 13 539943 V. Description of the invention (10)! Device 20 'and terminal device 30. In addition, for convenience, only one servo device 20 and one terminal device 3 connected to the network are shown in FIG. 1, but the number of the servo device 20 and the terminal device 30 is not particularly limited.丨 The servo device 20 includes: a microprocessor (MPU) 21, a memory 22, and a hard disk drive (HDD) 2 that stores software such as operating system (OS), HTTP server, text data, and image data, etc. 2 3, and network interface (NIC) 2 4 etc. In addition, the terminal device 30 includes a microprocessor (MPU) 31, a memory 32I, an HDD 33 storing an operating system (OS), an HTTP browser software (Web browser), and the like, a display interface 34, and an input interface 35. , And network interface (NIC) 36. Among them, a display device 37 is connected to the display interface 34 for displaying the operation screen of 0s, and the daytime display of the Veb browser. In addition, the input interface 35 is connected to a pointing device 39 such as a keyboard 38, a mouse, etc., so that users of such peripheral devices can input instructions and the like. Figure 2 shows the function blocks of the servo device 20 and the terminal device 30 in the servo device 20, which are executed simultaneously in accordance with the management of 0s 2101: control of the entire device, according to the port (port) information The communication control processing 2 is assigned to specific services such as Telnet (Remote Service), FTp (File Transfer Protocol), Ηττρ, and Ηττρ server 203. In addition, in the end device 30, also in Yizhao

Page 14 539943 I V. Description of the invention (11) The processing of the user input control, Web browser 303, etc. The general operation summary of the Web browser 303 and the HTTP server 203 is described below. When the terminal device 30 is operated by the user via the input interface 35, the address of the destination I (with a host name specifying the URL (Uniform Resource Locator), URL server, and HTTP server server) Part, and part specifying the file name), the Web server 303 j is about to send a connection request containing the file name to the server device 20 corresponding to the host name. This connection request is supplied to the server device 20 of the destination via the communication control process 3, 2. The network 1 is supplied to the HTTP server 203 via the communication control process 2 02. When receiving a connection request, the HTTP server 230 reads the data corresponding to the file name in the connection request from the HDD 23 and sends it to the terminal device 30. The URL originally instructed by the user can be specified only by the host name or only the host name and a specific directory. In this case, the host (r 〇〇t ) The standard name broadcast case (index.html) in the directory or in the indicated directory is transmitted to the terminal device 30. Such a standard name file or a file instructed by a user describes text display, image display, and links to other files in accordance with HTML (Hyper Document Markup Language). The files from the Η T T P server 203 are supplied to the Web browser 303 via the communication control processing 302 of the network 10 and the terminal device 30. The web browser i 303 generates display image data according to the description of the file and supplies it to the OS 301. 〇8 301 uses the display image data from the Web browser 303 as 539943. V. Description of the invention (12) The image assigned to the Web browser is displayed on the display device 37, and via the display interface 34 Therefore, for example, in the case where there is a server 2 0 3 supplied with the file name of p > ^ image data, if the AND device 303 sends an image to the HTTP server 20 ^ 3, it is not necessary to display the image. , Web browsing information. Request to send an image corresponding to the file name When receiving such a transmission request, the HTTP server 203 reads the requested file name from HDD 23 3Q3. The image data is sent to the web browser, and when the image material is received, the web browser 3 003 supplies the image data as the image data of the predetermined position in the displayed image data. At ⑽ 3 01 ° Because of this, an image based on the received image data can be displayed at a predetermined position in the window of the Web browser 303. The above is a general operation description of a Web browser and an HTTP server, but the following describes the characteristic operations of the information providing system of this embodiment. [Identification information and additional information], as shown in FIG. 2 above, when the HTTP server 203 sends a specific image, it will perform additional operations on the image data according to ^ 5. Additional processing of identification information that is inherent to the fetch operation. ’, The database 2 0 6 where the identification information is recorded, etc. The additional processing of the identification information 2 0 5 is, for example, an extension of Η T T P server 2 0 3

Page 16 539943 丨 V. Description of the invention (13)! Program (so-called plug-in software) installation. The additional processing of identification information 2 0 5 is when the file sending processing 2 0 4 in the HTTP server 2 0 4 reads the file of specific image data from HDD: 2 3 and sends it. Unique identification information from user access operations.

The identification information attached to the image data is only required as long as it is inherent to each access system I. Therefore, it can be based on, for example, the end of the user operation; the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the end device 30 , Access to the server; date and time. Or you can also use the image data processing 304 for the image data that uses additional identification information as described later. The inherent identification information attached to each user or the terminal device 30 is generated for additional use. | Identification information for image data. ! In contrast, the identification information can also directly use the access date and time. Generally, I will not have two or more access operations for one servo device 20 at the same time, so only the access date and time can be used to hold the access information. Therefore, even if the access date and time are added to the image data as identification information, each image data can be identified.

In addition, the function of the HTTP server is also installed to record the access log (access 10g) from the user. The access log can be used directly in the user terminal device 30 using the HTTP server. IP address, access date; period and time are recorded. Therefore, if the access date and time are used as imitation identification information, referring to the access log, an IP address corresponding to the access date and time attached to the image data can be obtained. Therefore, it is easy to specify the IP address of a user who has accessed the image data. [Additional structure of identification information]

Page 17 539943 V. Description of the invention (14) In addition, the identification information can be added as long as it can be made into image data for identification, so it can also be added to, for example, the image format (f0r in at). The defined space area (unused memory area), or the gastric watermark technology, which is diffused in the image data and added, is embedded in the image data. The image format can be attached to the header or trailer of the image data body. In addition, it is also possible to directly attach the information 7 to suppress the processing burden, or to add the information after proper processing such as encoding and encryption to improve confidentiality.

The image data added with the identification information as described above can be transmitted to the web browser 3 of the terminal device 30 in the file sending process 2 0 4 and the communication control process 2 0 2 in the same manner as the normal image data. [Access log and management of image data] In addition, the database 206 will fetch information indicating the user's access status via OS 201, HTTP server 203, etc., and create identification information to add additional management 2 0 5 attached identification information, and a table showing the corresponding relationship with the information indicating the user's access status (generating Japanese), and then, ## it was recorded in · 0 23. The log generated, as shown in Figure 3, includes: the accessor's ^ address, ^ # ^ HTTP ^ ^ ^ 2 0 3 ^ ^ mf time, the name of the image data file, and the identification attached by the identification 05 Information (ID), etc. ， / 舌 志), can be obtained. So, just refer to the generation date (or post-T p address, and access f identification information added to the image data, accessor ^. Therefore, it can be compared with the 3rd period and Time and other indications indicate that the user's access status can be easily investigated.

P.18 539943 I V. Description of the invention (15) 丨 [Addition of index information on the servo device and access to the index information on the terminal device] However, the additional processing of the identification information 2 0 5 is not limited to the identification information. Figure 丨 additional information such as URL. When a URL is attached to the image data, if the URL is extracted at the terminal device 30, and the URL is supplied to the Web browser 303 to instruct the access operation, the predetermined URL can be referenced only by referring to the image data. Perform an access operation. I In the past, those who implemented such a function with an HTTP server had so-called I-title ads. However, the title advertisement needs to define and specify a specific image data file name as the button's image processing according to the HTML language to define the button required to link to the predetermined URL. In this case, because the file used to define the U RL and the file of the image data need to be separated, a third party can easily use it as an image of a button with a different link from the original URL and only refer to the image data. file. In other words, the image data can be easily stolen for unexpected uses by the image data producer. On the other hand, if according to this information providing system, the image data is added with inherent identification information according to the user's access status in advance, even if the image data is stolen, it is relatively easy to refer to the above-mentioned log generation and the image data The acquisition path is specified. Therefore, it is effective to stop the misappropriation of image data. Moreover, because identification information is added to the image data, compared with survey methods such as the use of traditional cookies, the identification information can be reliably saved and the reliability of the investigation results can be improved.

Page 19,539,943 ---------------------------------------------- ---------------- _ V. Description of the invention (16) ~~ For example, by using the different information in the advertisement image materials such as the headline advertisement, the user can For those who are interested in oral surveys, they can use the results of surveys that are highly reliable, and can use the survey results ^ J = one-to-one (〇ne t〇〇ne) t service that can respond to the individual needs of each user In Figure 2, it is an example of the method of installing additional processing of identification information 2: HTTP server, the extension program of the device 203, but because the first step is to add the image data according to the special access from the user access Operation / work / solid rm $, ΐ 即 can be, ® for example can also be treated as the following, etc .: Two H 疋 said that the image file is stored in the file server Is independent of the HTTP feeder, and monitoring for the The slot case is for access to specific image files. Tian Youbaiyu # 用去 左 俶 4. The access request of "打" sends image data with identification information according to the access from the messenger. A: ί Ϊ ί: I 'HiTP server and file server, etc. may not be installed with t 2 $, two, and can also be implemented on a single 0S with multiple alphas. Wait. Or, using an emulator, you can implement plural "" on a single device, that is, on 0f, it performs the processing of the Ηττρ server, and on the other 0s, it implements the slot. File server processing. In this way, although it is physically a single device, but it can perform processing equivalent to multiple devices. As mentioned above, the HTTP server can be separated from the file server. A separate setting of access rights, such as a file server, can improve the flexibility of security settings (nexib 丨 丨 ity). Therefore, it helps to improve security. [Image data operations on terminal devices]

Page 20 539943 I V. Description of the invention (17) 丨 On the other hand, in the terminal device 30, as shown in FIG. 2 above, for example, by executing application software that cooperates with the Web browser 3 0 3, it is being implemented as 丨Processing required to operate image data with inherent identification information (image 丨 data processing) 3 0 4. The image data processing 304, when the image data provided with the identification information is provided from the Web browser 303, the image data is processed according to the identification information. This processing includes, for example, management of image data storage, deletion, and update based on the identification information. In addition, if information such as U R L is added to the image data as described above, it includes processing performed in accordance with the information. In addition, if there is a program embedded in the image data, the execution of the program is included. Details of each process are described below. As shown in the example of the display surface of the display device 37 in FIG. 4, in this image data processing 304, the window is allocated via the above 0 S 3 0 1 in the same manner as the window 401 (first management area) of the Web browser 303 4 0 2 (second management area). The supply of image data for image data processing 3 04 from Web browser 3 0 3 can be achieved by dragging and dropping operations under the management of 0 3 0 1.

That is, the user operates the positioning device 39 to move the indicator 4 0 3 to the display position of the image 4 0 4 displayed in the window 40 1 of the web browser 3 0 3 and hold down the pointing device In the state of 3 9 buttons, etc., operate the positioning device 3 9 again to move the indicator 4 3 to the image data processing window 3 4 4 2 and then release the button of the positioning device 39, etc. The image data is supplied to the image data processing 3 0 4 from the web browser 3 0 3 through the OS 30 1.

Page 21 539943 I V. Description of the invention (18) Once the image data is supplied, the image data processing 3 0 4 displays the image 4 0 5 according to the supplied image data at the position indicated by the index 4 0 3. I Image data is saved through the above-mentioned drag-and-drop operation. When I data is supplied, image data processing 304 can be saved in a predetermined area of HDD 33 through OS 301. In addition, the deletion of the image data can be achieved by deleting the image data from the predetermined area of the HDD 33 I by selecting the image data from the user's instruction. [Update processing of image data with additional information] In addition, the image data is updated to replace the saved image data with the latest one. This update process can be implemented, for example, according to instructions from the user, or it can be implemented based on information such as the production date recorded in the image data file. It can also be implemented automatically at regular intervals. At the beginning of the update process, the image data processing 3 0 is first for the HTTP server 2 3, the database 2 0 6, extracts the identification information attached to the image data to be updated, and sends the identification information and files Name and asked to update the image data. Update requests like this are provided through the communication control process 3 0 2, the network 1 0, and the communication control process 2 02, and are supplied to the HTTP server 2 0 3 and the database in a specific packet. 2 0 6. In addition, when updating, it is also possible to send the entire image data by the image data processing 304, and extract the identification information from the obtained image data by the HTTP server 203 or the database 206. In addition, in the image data processing 304, each user or each terminal 539943 V. Description of the invention (19) The device 30 gives inherent identification information (user ID). This user ID is supplied to the HTTP server 2 0 3 through a communication control process 3 0 2, a network 1 0, and a communication control process 2 2 when the image data is updated, for example. , Database 2 0 6. The file sending process 204 of the HTTP server 203 instructs the HDD 23 to read the image data corresponding to the file name in the update request. At this time, the identification information addition processing 2 0 5 is about to generate newly edited identification information according to the user's access status and attach it to the image data. Because of this, the image data to which the new identification information is added is supplied to the terminal device 30's image data processing 300 through a specific port to update the image data. On the other hand, the database 206 obtains information indicating the user's access status via the OS 201 and HTTP server 203, and generates an identification information that is newly added by the identification information processing process 2 0 5 and indicates that the user A correspondence table (update log) of access status information is recorded in the HDD 23 separately from the above-mentioned generated log. The update log, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, includes the IP address of the accessing party, the host name of the server device 20 newly added with identification information, the access date and time (update log), and the image, as in the case of generating the log. In addition to the file name of the data and the identification information added by the identification information addition processing 20.5, it also includes the information (generation server ID) required to specifically identify the server device 2 that generates the original identification information, and to The user ID and the like required by the specific user or the terminal device 30 used by the user.

Page 23, 539943 I. Description of the invention (20) Because of this, as long as the update log is referenced, in addition to the user access status obtained from the above-mentioned log generation, image data updates can also be obtained for specific users or terminal devices. 3 0 required information. That is to say, it is relatively easy to investigate user preferences and the like by updating the image data. In addition, by referring to the update log, the information required to specify the user or terminal device 30 corresponding to the identification information attached to the image data can be obtained, so that the acquisition path of the image data can be specified more accurately Wait. [Access to indicators] As described above, if U R L and other information are attached to the image data, the image data processing 3 0 4 extracts the additional information and implements the processing according to the extracted information. Specifically, if the attached information is a URL, the image data processing 3 0 4 will record the URL, and when the user instructs to access the ϋ RL, the Web browser 3 0 3 Indicates an access operation to the URL. Therefore, the user will be able to easily access the URL by supplying the desired U R L image data from the Web browser 3 0 3 to the image data processing 3 0 4. In other words, the image data has a function of linking (1 i n k) to a specific U R L. Those with this function have a book mark (book m a r k) that is generally known by people, but usually book marks are saved in the form of text information, so it may not be easy to distinguish the actual link destination. On the other hand, using the link of the image data, the destination of the link can be identified at a glance of the image, so it is easier to understand than using the text link.

Page 24, 539943 丨 V. Description of the invention (21) | In addition, the use of images to indicate the link to a specific URL is known to the above-mentioned headline advertisements. However, in this case, due to image data and丨 The URL of the link destination exists separately, so by simply saving the image data, the URL of the link destination cannot be saved. In addition, the title advertisement may be updated in a short time: so that the same image data, that is, the URL of the same link destination, may not be obtained when the access operation is performed next time. Therefore, if you want to confirm To save the URL of the link destination, you need to save the URL of the link destination in advance by making a book mark and so on. On the other hand, if it is image data to which information such as a URL is added, as long as it is saved, the URL can be extracted by image data processing 304 to implement the access operation to the URL. Easy to implement. In addition, FIG. 2 shows an example in which the image data processing 304 is installed as another processing separate from the Web browser 303. However, as long as there is a process for processing information attached to the image data, The function is sufficient, so it can also be installed as an extension of Web Browser 3.0 (so-called plug-in software). In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and the configuration and mounting method can be appropriately changed within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. For example, in the above-mentioned FIG. 1, the servo device 20 and the terminal device 30 are each displayed as a separate device, but if they execute a program that can perform both processing, it can serve as both a servo device and a terminal device. The following is a more detailed explanation of the above embodiment. | [Structure of Image File]

Page 25 539943 V. Description of the invention (22) Figure 6 is an example of the data structure of the image data used in the above embodiment. The image file shown in FIG. 6 includes a start portion 5 1 indicating the start of a data stream (da tastream), and an image data portion 52 for describing image display data, for describing information that does not affect the image display. The comment section 5 3, and the end section 54 indicating the end of the data stream. For example, J PEG (Joint Photographic Expert, Group Specification; Joint Photographic Expert Group) slot project or GIF (Picture Interchange Format; Graphic Interchange Format) file is constructed using this kind of data. The identification information added to the above image data or index information such as URL can be described in the comment section 53 as information that will not affect the image. In addition, even if it is another image format, as long as it is a format having an information area that does not affect the image display, it can be described in that area. In addition, in the image file data stream, the areas that will be ignored when displaying the image can be recorded with the identification information inherent to the image data, one or more indicators of information, and a menu corresponding to the image file. The index of the item, or / and the entity of the program. In addition, it is also possible to add image data by the digital electronic watermarking technique as described above. In the following description, identification information or index information attached to image data is referred to as "image-related information". An image file to which image-related information is added in the image data is called an "information image file". [Structure of Image-Related Information] FIG. 7 is a structure diagram of image-related information. The image related information shown in FIG. 7 (a) includes the image name, password (Pssw 〇rd), expiration date, thumb-nai 1 image, category (category), and keywords (key word).

539943 丨 V. Description of Invention (23)

I "Image name" is the name of the image displayed on the window I of the data processing 304 of the image I in a thumb paw display (preview). The "password" is a password that requires the user to input! When the i-info image file is supplied to the image data processing system. That is to say, users who only know the password can register information image files in image data processing. The "validity period" is the validity period of the information image file supplied to the image data processing 304. If this validity period is exceeded, the information image file is automatically deleted from the recording area of the HDD 33. The "thumbnail image" is when the information displayed on the browser | image file is supplied to the window of image data processing 304, and the image displayed on the 'liu | browser is replaced with the image data processing The window of 304 is used for the data of the image file displayed by the thumb. "Category" refers to the data of the holder designated for storing the information image file when the information image file is supplied. Image data processing 3 0 4 If the specified folder does not exist, a new folder with the specified name is created again. The "keyword" is the word that can be used as a retrieval key when the image data processing 304 retrieves the information image building case that has been supplied. As for the image correlation information shown in Figure 7 (b), it is assigned according to each index information # command name, action table, mouse (pointing device) operation, and the platform (p 1 atf 〇rm ) To form a group and connect them together. ! "Indicator information" is used to specify the location of files on a local computer or on the Internet. Such as: file name, general name indicating the location of the resource on the local computer, UNC (Universal Naming Convention) indicating the location of the resource in the network environment, indicating the Internet 539943 V. Description of the invention (24)

URLs (Common Resource Indicators; Uniform Resource Locators) or URIs (Common Resource Identifiers) of resource locations on the Internet or intranet. The "command name" is when you want to display the indicator content in the menu. The display name used. For example, "access to home page". The "menu" refers to, for example, a menu that is displayed on the display means 37 and can be selected when the right button of the mouse 39 is clicked. The "measure sheet" is used to specify the operation of image data processing 304. The operation contents that can be specified are such as: When the information image file is supplied to the image data processing 3 0 4 whether to save the file indicated by the index information of the information image file in the HDD of the terminal device 30 (Memory means) 33, and whether to automatically execute the file, and how to implement the file (subtitle (te 1 ο p) display, image reproduction, sound reproduction, etc.), etc. "Mouse operation assignment" is used to set the mouse operation when accessing the pointer information. The setting types are double-click, Shift + double-click, Ctrl + double-click, Alt + double-click, etc. "Platform" is used to specify the environment (platform 0S) suitable for the file indicated by the index information. For example, when 0S 301 is windows (trademark), the image data processing 3 0 4 will be selected to correspond to wind. ws information indicators are displayed in the above menu. [Access to indicator information]

The method of accessing the index recorded in the information image file in the terminal device 30 will be described below. (1) Method of selecting by using a menu FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a method of selecting access to an index by using a menu. The user operates the mouse 3 9 (pointing device) so that the indicator 403 is stacked on the supply

539943 I V. Description of the invention (25) I the image 405 in the image data processing window 402. Then, the user clicks the right button of the mouse 39. When the MPU 31 (information processing means) detects the click I, it reads the image-related information contained in the information image i file corresponding to the image 405 from the memory means 33 (FIG. 7 (b)) and generates The menu shows information. : That is, the "command name" is extracted as a menu item, and the menu 55 is displayed on the display means 37. Next, the user operates the mouse 39 to move the pointer 403 and overlay it on the menu item to be selected. Then click the left button of mouse 3 9 to select a menu item. When MP U 3 1 detects the click I, it refers to the image association information (Fig. 7 (b)) and corresponds to the selected command.

The index information of the I name is input in the browser 303 to access the index. When the MPU 31 receives the file returned by the server according to the access destination, it will execute the receiving file according to the measure table corresponding to the command name selected this time. For example, image playback based on REALPLAYER (trademark) is performed. Among them, when the image displayed in the image data processing window 402 is clicked, the menu item displayed depends on the content of the image-related information embedded in the information image file. In addition, the information image file containing the image related information is sent by the servo device 20. That is to say, the menu item displayed by clicking with the mouse depends on the information downloaded via the servo device 20, which is the feature. (2) Method using mouse operation

When the image data processing window 4 2 is selected, when the button operation of the mouse i 39 and the key operation of the keyboard 38 are performed, the corresponding operation can be performed according to the operation! I . When the operation of mouse 39 is implemented

I 丨 When typing on keyboard 38, MPU 31 will refer to the

Page 29 539943 V. Description of the invention (26) "Mouse operation assignment" (Fig. 7 (b)), to determine whether there is a corresponding operation defined in it. If a corresponding operation has been defined therein, then the indicator information corresponding to the operation is read, and the indicator is input into the browser 3 0 3 to perform an access operation on the indicator. When MP U 31 receives the file returned by the server according to the access destination, it executes the received file according to the measure table corresponding to the command name selected this time. However, multiple measures can also be assigned to the same mouse operation. [Specific example of access to information indicators]

Next, a specific operation example when the information index is accessed is described below. Here, the "subtitle display" shown in the measure table of Fig. 7 (b) is taken as an example for explanation. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a subtitle display operation. When the definition of "subtitle display" under the measure table, the corresponding index information specifies the index of the text file in which the subtitle is stored, and the measure table specifies the download of the information image file. The text file is also implemented Archive operation on local disk, and specify the action (control code) for subtitle display. In addition, for the assignment of the mouse operation, for example, the click operation of the left button is designated (the above designation is usually performed by the information image provider on the server side). When the terminal device 30 supplies the information image file with the image-related information from the browser 3 03 to the image data processing 3 04, the MP 31 refers to the image-related information and starts "Save" to do the access operation. Then, download the subtitle text file from the server that meets the index, and save it in the local HDD 33. Afterwards, when the user operates the mouse 39 to click on the sister to select and display it in the picture

Page 30 539943 丨 V. Description of the invention (27) When the image of the image processing window 402 is used, the MPU 31 refers to the image related information corresponding to the selected image and confirms the control code defined in the measure table. When it is "Subtitle Display", as shown in Figure 9, the long and narrow window for subtitle display is displayed in the view window area of the image data processing (or outside the area)! The mode displays the text I of the subtitles read from the HDD 33. As shown in FIG. 9, if a plurality of images 405 and 405 are provided, different images can be displayed according to the images selected by the operation of the mouse 39 according to I. [Information and image file supply for image data processing] In the above embodiment, the information and image file supply for image data processing can be processed from the browser window 401 to the image data. The situation that can be achieved by dragging and dropping the window 4 0 2 will be explained. However, other methods of supply will be explained below. (1) Drag and drop from the menu Figure 10 is an illustration of dragging and dropping from the menu. As mentioned earlier, click the right button of the mouse 39 to display the menu 55 (first management area), and then use the mouse 3 9 to select the menu item for information image addition. The menu for information image addition, such as the definition in the bottom row of Figure 7 (b), sets the control code of the measure table in advance to the control code dedicated to image addition. When the user operates the mouse 3 9 to drag and drop the menu items for information image addition to the image data processing window 4 0 2 (second management area), the MPU 31 will soon detect This operation refers to | image related information (Fig. 7 (b)). Then, check the control code corresponding to the action table of the option to be operated! If it is confirmed that it is "image addition", 539943 V. Description of the invention (28), the access operation of the corresponding index is started. When a newly edited information image file is downloaded from a predetermined server in response to the access, the MPU 31 is processed in the same way as the information image file is supplied from the browser 3 03 to the image data processing 3 0 4 To supply the newly downloaded information image file to the image data processing 304. According to the above method, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to open a browser for supplying a newly edited information image file. Of course, you can also use the mouse 39 to click the information image addition menu to download the newly edited information image file and supply the image data processing 304.

In addition, the newly edited information image file can also be archived inside other information image files that have been supplied. At this time, when the menu item (the first management area) for information image addition is dragged, MPU 31 does not access the server on the network, but refers to the current information image as the target. The image-related information of the file is read from other information image files registered in advance and supplied to the image data processing 304 (second management area). In this case, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to individually connect to a server on the network for supplying newly edited information image files. (2) You can also drag and drop the information image file attached to the mail software to the image data processing window 4 0 2 from the dragging and dropping of the mail software, thereby processing the image data 3 0 4 The way to supply information image files. Confirmation of browse window or attachment file of mail body | · The window will act as the first management area. At this time, the information image file can be distributed on the e-mail for circulation by the recipient, so that effective information dissemination can be realized.

Page 32 539943 丨 V. Description of the invention (29) i (3) You can also use the information image file temporarily copied from the browser or mail software to the predetermined folder I to send and drop from any folder. Folder (first management area) to the image data processing window 402 (second management area) and the supply method σΜρυ 31 is about to detect the dragging and dropping operation from any folder to the image data processing window 4 〇2 In the same manner as in the case of dragging and dropping from the browser as described above, information image files are supplied to the image data processing 304.乂 7 (4) Supply methods other than drag and drop operations For the supply of information image files for image data processing 304, other operations can be achieved instead of the above drag and drop operations. For example, it can also be taken by the MP PU 3 1 to detect that the information image file managed outside the image data processing 3 0 4 has been clicked and selected, so that the information image file is supplied to the image data processing 3 0 4 the way. In addition, you can also take the information that is managed outside the image data processing 3 04. The image file is copied on the clip board (〇1 丨 0-b 〇ard), and then pasted from the clip board to the image > material processing. When the window is 4.02, the MPU 3 1 detects the operation and the information image file is supplied to the image data processing method 304. (5) Application from recording media such as CDROM

In addition, information image files can also be supplied by computer-readable recording media such as * CDR0M. At this time, the data displayed on the CD (from the first management area) is also used to supply the image data processing by dragging and dropping operations, clicking operations, and copying and pasting operations. 304 (second management area), you can also use the installation software (mstaller) to automatically start when CDR0M is turned on, and the installation software will be recorded in the CDROM, etc.

539943 5. The information image file of the invention description (30) is supplied to the image data processing method 304. In addition, when the information image files are supplied by the installation software, the installation software can also be used to check the information image files that have been supplied in the image data processing 300, and only select the information image files that have not been supplied. And supplied to this image data processing 304 way. According to the above method, information image files can be distributed as an appendix to a magazine, etc., and distributed to unspecified users for their use. [Composition of the first management area and the second management area] As shown in FIG. 4, the first management area and the second management area can be provided in the form of independent windows (processes, programs), but can also be provided in other forms. Implementation. Several embodiments are disclosed below. Fig. 11 is a window 40 providing a web browser in a single program, and a window 4 2 for processing image data. With the operation of the input means 35, the display selection mark (t ab) above the window is selected. An embodiment in which the selected one of the windows is displayed in either of two ways. It first performs an access operation on the information image file 4 04 displayed in the window 401 of the Web browser to register the image data processing window 4 2 located in the background. For the access method of the information image file 404, the above-mentioned various methods can be adopted. Next, the display selection mark is operated by the input means 35 to display the image data processing window 402. In this way, you can access the information image files that have been registered in image data processing. In addition, FIG. 12 shows a display window with a frame structure, and one frame serves as the window 4 0 of the Web browser, and the other frame serves as the window 4 2 for image data processing. Way of providing. In this case,

P.34 539943 V. Description of the invention (31) When it can be easily implemented from the web browser window 4 0 1 to the information image file 4 0 4 Drag and drop operation to save the image data processing frame Fetch operation, but according to the other access methods described above, the information image file can also be supplied for image data processing.

On the other hand, in FIG. 13, when the information image file 4 0 4 displayed in the window 4 0 1 of the Web browser is accessed, the processing means 3 1 is about to insert the pre-installed in the Web browser. Software startup. For the information image file access method, the above-mentioned various methods can be adopted. The activated plug-in software adds management of a newly edited information image file to a partial HTML file that is previously stored in the storage means 33 as a second management area. Then, the local HTML file after the newly edited information image file is added as the second management area 402 is unwinded to the Web browser. When the partial HTML file is unpacked in the Web browser, it can also be unpacked in an existing Web browser, or a new Web browser can be launched and unpacked separately. [Encryption of image-related information] The following describes encryption of image-related information attached to image data. [Historization of Servo Device. Device]

The identification information addition processing 2 0 5 of the servo device 20 has a function of adding the image-related information attached to the image data to a cryptographic process. The cryptographic algorithm can be updated at regular intervals. Encrypting the image-related information can prevent a third party from using the image file by adding, deleting, or modifying the image-related information without authorization. [Decryption processing of terminal device]

Page 35 539943 V. Description of the invention (32) In the terminal device 30, MPU 31, if it wants to refer to the image-related information attached to the image data, it needs to decrypt (de e c d i n g) the image-related information. The decryption algorithm is stored in the HDD 33 in advance corresponding to the cryptographic algorithm of the servo device 20. However, since the cryptographic algorithm of the servo device 20 is updated after a certain period of time, when the cryptographic algorithm of the servo device 20 is updated, the decryption algorithm of the terminal device 30 also needs to be updated to be suitable. The updated cryptographic algorithm. [Update of decryption algorithm] According to the servo device 20, the version of the decryption algorithm stored in the terminal device 30 is in the manner of each ID (IP address) of the terminal device. Management database. If the cryptographic algorithm of the image-related information is updated in the servo device 20, the flag (f 1 ag) is raised in the IDs of all the terminal devices, and the terminal device that accesses the servo device 20 afterwards, and The person who has raised the flag corresponding to the ID of the terminal device sends a decryption algorithm corresponding to the new cryptographic algorithm to update it. Then, the flag corresponding to the updated terminal device ID is released. The decryption algorithm is stored in the HDD 23 of the servo device. Image data processing 3 0 4 When the information image file is supplied, try the decryption of the image related information contained in the information image file, and check whether the data structure of the decrypted image related information has normal functions . And if the decrypted data structure is abnormal, the supply of the information image file is prohibited. In this way, the supply of illegally modified information image files can be prevented. In addition, the identification of improper information image files can also be implemented based on the identification information attached to the image data.

Page 36 539943 V. Explanation of the invention (33) [Deduction processing] Next, the method of deduction when the browser supplies information image files to the image data processing 3 04 is explained below. The deduction is performed when the browser supplies the information image file to the image data processing device 300, and the image data processing device 300 performs an access operation to the server device 20, and the deduction processing is required.

The access log (generation log) described in the section of the embodiment of the invention is generated on the condition that the terminal device 30 has supplied the information image file to the image data processing 3 0 by the browser. That is, when an information image file is supplied to the image data processing 3 04, MP P 31 is extracted from the supplied information image file with the identification information embedded in the information image file, and the identification The file name of the information and information image file is sent to the servo device 2 0. The server device 20 generates the previously-mentioned generation log by linking the received identification information and file name, the IP address and host name of the terminal that issued the access, and the access date and time (Figure 3). ). Therefore, the fact that the terminal device 30 has supplied the information image file to its image data processing should be recorded in the access log of the servo device 20. [Deduction Processing (1)]

The first deduction method is for the supply of the same information image file that is processed by the same terminal (or the same user or the same ID or image data processing 304), then only the initial supply is deducted. The supply after the second time will not be deducted. When an MPU 3 1 of a terminal device supplies an information image file for image data processing 3 0 4, it sends the inherent identification information attached to the information image file and the file name of the information image file to the servo device. 20, and at the same time, a charge request is made to the servo device 20. Servo subject to chargeback request

Page 37 539943 V. Description of the invention (34) The MU PU 2 1 of the device will perform the IP address and host name of the terminal that issued the access this time, as well as the received identification information and image file name and the generated log. Contrast and judge whether the same information image file was supplied to the image data processing 304 in the same terminal in the past. As a result, if the same image file has been supplied, no charge will be made for this supply. Conversely, if the same information image file has not been supplied to the image data processing device 304 at the same terminal, it will be regarded as a new supply and listed as the deduction object. [Deduction processing (2)] The second deduction method is the first deduction method, even if it is the supply of the same information image file at the same terminal, if it is a supply on a different date, the deduction will be renewed. method. According to the use of information image files, there is a preferential method that provides free content services (c ο n t e n t s e r ν i c e) only within the validity period. In this case, if the same information image file can be repeatedly supplied at the same terminal without charge, the validity period of the free content service will become meaningless. Therefore, even when the same terminal and the same information image file are supplied, the charge is deducted when the date is different. The MPU 3 1 of the terminal device sends the inherent identification information attached to the information image file and the file name of the information image file to the servo when an information image file is supplied to the image data processing 3 0 4. Device 20, and at the same time, a charge request is made to servo device 20. The MPU 21 of the servo device that received the charge request will compare the IP address and host name of the terminal that issued the access this time, the received identification information and image file name with the generated log, and make a judgment. Have you ever registered the same information on the same day?

Page 38 539943 V. Description of the invention (35) As a result, if there was a registration on the same day ', no deduction will be made for this supply. Conversely, if the same information has not been registered on the same day, the information image file supply of | will be deducted. i 丨 [Deduction method (3)]

In the first and second debit methods, the same user can be judged instead of the same terminal. In this case, 'the user authentication authority (function) is set inside or outside the servo device 20, and if the terminal device 30 requests access to the servo device 20, the user authentication authority requests authentication of the user, When the user authentication is done correctly, access to the servo device 20 is permitted. According to this method, the user can be held, so it can be judged according to the user unit whether the same information image file has been supplied to the image data processing 3 0 4 in the past.

Finally, regarding the form of embedding the image-related information into the information image file (icon; i con), in addition to making a package in the form of an icon as described above, a program such as Java (trademark) can also be used Language applets or Active X (trademark) controls are implemented as program packages. J a v a programming language software and Act ive X control, which are program units that can be executed by NETSCAPE (trademark) or ITERNET EXPLORER (trademark). Moreover, the executable code is described in the Java programming language software system as intermediate code, and in the Active X control system as C native code (nativecode), each of which is available for the browser Get it started. In addition, the Jav a programming language software and A c t i v e X control can make its graphic display on the display surface of the browser. If you use these Java programming language software, Act ive X control, etc., you need to prepare enough

Page 39 539943 V. Description of the invention (36) A small software (a p p 1 e t) that displays an image to replace the icon embedded with related information. In addition, if the icon is displayed on the browser with the (IMG) tag (t ag), then use the (EMBED) tag or the (APPLET) tag to make the small software implement!. As for the embedding of related information | | Industrial Applicability According to the present invention, various terminal device controllers can perform various operations on the terminal device through the program of the index in the image file. In addition, such as the operation of the image file in advance Image, just refer to the content of the figure. In addition, information image files and pictures can not only be expected to be effective for image files, even if the map is the same as in the past (from the distribution partner to the image provider). Furthermore, in the present invention, if the inherent identification information of the fetch operation is obtained, and the correspondence between the image data provided by the servo device and the specific additional identification information is provided, information about the corresponding fetch status can be obtained, such as the user, then You can use image rights by making both program-like embedded information indicators and controlling operations in pairs. Because of this, it can be defined under the provision of image files. If the image image is set to show a program image, it can be easily understood that the operation of the image-related information is inseparable. When the case of stolen, stolen and used for unexpected purposes is spread, the high return can also be expected ( return) effect (pre-production of the image data that is generated by appending the generated identification information to the asset in accordance with the deposit from the terminal ^, so that the correspondence between the identification information and the information, just refer to the The location of the terminal used by the user, the time of access 539943 5. The description of the invention (37), etc. Therefore, it is easier to investigate the access status of the terminal, etc.

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539943 i 6. Scope of patent application | 1. A recording medium for recording computer-readable and fetchable image files, which is characterized by: In the data stream of image files, records are inherent to the image file: identification Information, an indicator of one or more information, corresponds to the index of the! Menu item of the image file, or / and the entity of a specific program. 2. —A recording medium for recording computer-readable image files, which is characterized by: · Recording image files containing a recording area that will affect the image display and a recording area that will not affect the image display; and In the recording area of the data that will not affect the display of the image, record the identification information that is inherent to the image file, one or more information indicators or / and program entities. 3. —A recording medium that records computer-readable image files, which is characterized in that ... In the data stream of the image file, the area that will be ignored when displaying the image, recording is inherent to the image file The identification information, the index of one or more information, corresponds to the index of the menu item of the image file, or the entity of the program. 4. A recording medium for recording computer-readable image files, which is characterized by: In the data stream of the image file, at least the information index and the information indexed by the index are operated as a group and a group or complex array is recorded. 5. A device for making a recording medium, which is the recording medium described in item 1, 2, 3, or 4 of the scope of patent application 1, and is characterized by: Page 43 539943 j ~ ..... * _ ..--- i. Scope of patent application! Memory means, which records image files; I input means, which is used to input one or more pieces of information Index, pair; index corresponding to the menu item of the image file; and information processing means, which is an index of information input from the input means, and an index corresponding to the menu item of the image file , Or / and the entity corresponding to the program identifying the information, is recorded in the data stream of the above image file. 6. A kind of media for recording image file creation programs, which is characterized by recording image creation programs for computer to perform the following steps: A step of receiving one or more indicators of information from an input means, an index of a menu item corresponding to the image file, and / or identification information of an entity of a specific program; and one or more inputs from the input means An index of information, an index of a menu item corresponding to the image file, or / and an entity of a program corresponding to the identification information, a step of recording in a data stream of an image file stored in a memory means. 7. An image file transmission device, comprising: a recording medium described in the scope of patent application 1, 2, 3, or 4; and reading the image file from the recording medium in accordance with the requirements from the terminal device and replying to the letter Information processing methods in terminal devices. 8. — A medium for recording image file processing programs, which is characterized by recording image file processing programs for the computer to perform the following steps: Steps of monitoring access operations for information image audits managed in the first management area ; Page 44 539943 VI. Scope of patent application When there is an access operation to the information image file managed in the first management area, an image based on the image-related information contained in the information image file is displayed in the second management area And a step of managing the information image file in the second management area; a step of monitoring an access operation to the information image file managed in the first management area; and when there is an information image file managed in the second management area During the access operation, according to the image-related information corresponding to the image file, the access operation is performed on a file existing in a specific index or stored in a local memory means in advance. 9. The medium for recording an image file processing program according to item 8 of the scope of patent application, wherein the access operation of the information image file managed in the first management area is a dragging and dropping operation of the image. 10. If the media for recording image file processing program in item 8 of the scope of patent application, the access operation of the information image file managed in the first management area is the selection of the menu displayed for the image operating. 1 1. The media for recording the image file processing program according to item 8 of the scope of patent application, wherein the access operation of the information image file managed in the first management area is a menu displayed for the information image file Drag and drop operations. 12. The medium for recording an image file processing program according to item 8 of the scope of patent application, wherein the access operation for the information image file managed in the first management area is a click operation for the image. 1 3. The media for recording image file processing programs as described in item 8 of the scope of patent application Page 45 539943 6. The scope of patent application, in which the access operation of the information image file managed in the first management area is the operation of dragging and dropping the image file. 1 4. A medium for recording an image file processing program, which is characterized by recording an image file processing program for a computer to perform the following steps: When the recording medium in the first management area becomes available for access operations, A step of retrieving the information image file by the media; and a step of reading the information image file for management in the second management area when the information image file is retrieved. 1 5. If the media recording the image slot processing program in item 8 of the scope of patent application, the first management area is the window for web page browsing of WWW browser, the window for text browsing of email software, and email software A window for confirming an attached file, a holder window for referring to a file stored in a recording medium, or a menu window displayed by inputting an image or an image file. 16. An image file processing device having, when a specific image is selected by an input means, a menu item corresponding to the selected image is read by the above-mentioned memory means and displayed on the display means. When a menu item in the display is selected by means, an information processing method corresponding to a specific process of the selected menu item is executed, which is characterized in that the above-mentioned information processing means is used to perform an access operation on an external servo device to The menu item corresponding to the image is acquired and stored in the memory means. 1 7. For example, the media for recording image file processing programs under the scope of patent application No. 8 is formed by a single program to manage the first management area and the second management area. II Page 46 539943 I VI. Patent application scope 1 8. If the media of the image file processing program recorded in item 17 of the patent application scope is displayed, it is displayed for selecting the display and The display selection mark of the second management area is displayed so that the management area of one of the marks selected by the input means is selectively displayed. 19. The media for recording image file processing programs such as item 17 of the scope of patent application, wherein the display of the first management area and the display of the second management area are simultaneously displayed in frames. 2. If the recording computer can read the image file processing program recording medium in item 8 of the scope of patent application, the information image file managed by the first management zone file with the markup description language file is stored. When fetching, read the second descriptive language file of the second management area from the memory means, and update the second descriptive language file with the second descriptive language by the second descriptive language file. The file can be managed after the above information image file, and then the second labeled descriptive language audit is performed. Page 47