TWI539301B - The method of electronic document producing and device thereof - Google Patents

Description

Electronic file generation method and device thereof

The present invention relates to an electronic document generating method and apparatus thereof, and more particularly to an electronic document generating method and apparatus capable of generating an electronic file in a unified file format through object analysis.

With the advancement of information technology, the way in which the literature has been recorded has gradually changed from a paper-based record to an electronic media store. This change also means that the era of electronic paper-based documents has quietly arrived. Among them, any electronic media content that is recorded in the form of words, sounds, pictures, images, symbols or other materials that cannot be directly recognized by human perception and can be processed or exported through electronic means may be called electronic documents. .

The file format of electronic documents is dazzling, such as file files (.doc files), briefing files (.ppt files), image files (.jpg files) or web files (.htm files), etc., in order to make electronic files available in the same file. The format is transmitted over the Internet, and the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) proposes an electronic publication (EPUB) standard as a standard for electronic books, enabling electronic files to be unified into electronic publishing files (.epub) files. The format is stored in a cloud server, so that when the user reads the electronic file of the cloud server by using a user device, the electronic file in the unified file format can be opened only by a single reader, so that the user can smoothly Obtain the message described in the electronic file.

Although the promotion of electronic publishing standards can bring convenience in reading electronic documents, however, the establishment of electronic documents for electronic publishing documents still faces many problems. For example, when using When the original electronic file is created, the file format of the original electronic file may not be the electronic publishing file, such as a file file or a brief file, etc., if the original electronic file of different file formats is to be converted into one of the unified file formats. In the conversion of electronic files, the original electronic files of different file formats must be converted through different conversion software, so that the file transfer process of the conventional electronic files has a problem of poor conversion convenience. In addition, when the cloud server converts a plurality of original electronic files to generate a plurality of converted electronic files, since the content of the converted electronic file is identical to the corresponding original electronic file, if the user desires to obtain the content When the files are located in different converted electronic files, and only a part of the electronic files are converted, the user still has to read the entire number of converted electronic files, so that the user receives many unnecessary The content highlights the problem of how well-known electronic documents are produced with poor flexibility in content selection.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide an electronic file generating method and apparatus thereof to solve the problems of poor conversion convenience and poor selection flexibility in the process of generating a conventional electronic file.

The object of the present invention is to provide an electronic file generating method and an apparatus thereof, which can improve the conversion convenience of an electronic file file format.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic document generating method and apparatus thereof, which can improve the flexibility of selection of objects of an electronic document.

In order to achieve the foregoing object, the technical means for the present invention includes: an electronic file generating method, comprising: an analyzing step of analyzing and disassembling an original electronic file into a plurality of objects through an analyzing module, and The plurality of objects are different types or different contents; the object storage step is to store the plurality of objects in a database module, wherein the database module stores the different types of the objects in a plurality of storage areas. An object selection step of selecting a plurality of objects from the database module through an object management module; a packaging step of packaging the plurality of objects selected by the object management module through a package module to generate an encapsulated electronic file conforming to an electronic publishing standard; wherein the object refers to an electronic media object. The different types of objects refer to electronic media objects presented in different forms, and the content of the objects refers to electronic media objects presented in different contents, and the electronic publishing standard is in an extendable markup language or an extendable super file. The markup language is a standard specification.

Wherein, in the analyzing step, the parsing module analyzes and disassembles the original electronic file into a plurality of objects according to the standard specification.

Before performing the parsing step, performing a data judging step, wherein the data judging step is determined by a server whether the original electronic file conforms to the standard specification, and only the original electronic file conforming to the standard specification is transmitted to The parsing module.

An electronic file generating device includes: an analyzing module, configured to analyze and disassemble an original electronic file into a plurality of objects, and the plurality of objects are different types or different contents; a database module, the database The module is coupled to the parsing module for storing the plurality of objects disassembled by the parsing module, wherein the database module has a plurality of storage areas, and the plurality of storage areas are respectively configured to store different types The object management module, the object management module is coupled to the database module for selecting the plurality of objects stored in the database module; and a package module, the package module The group is coupled to the database module and the object management module for packaging the plurality of objects selected by the object management module to generate an encapsulated electronic file conforming to an electronic publishing standard; wherein the object Means an electronic media object, the type of the object being an electronic media object presented in different forms, the content of the object being different from the electronic media object presented in different content, the electronic publishing standard system An Extensible Markup language or may extend over a tag language file as a standard specification.

The parsing module analyzes and disassembles the original electronic file into a plurality of objects according to the standard specification.

The server is coupled to the parsing module, the object management module, and the encapsulating module, and the server is configured to determine whether the original electronic file meets the standard specification, and only The original electronic file of the standard specification is transmitted to the parsing module.

According to the present invention, the electronic document generating method and apparatus thereof can disassemble a plurality of objects of different types or different contents from the original electronic file by the analyzing step and the analyzing module, and the analyzing step and the analyzing The module is suitable for the original electronic data in any file format conforming to the standard specification, thereby improving the conversion convenience of the file format of the electronic file.

Moreover, the electronic document generating method and device thereof of the present invention can select the object content of the packaged electronic file to be generated by the object selecting step and the object management module, thereby improving the selection flexibility of the electronic document object. .

〔this invention〕

1‧‧‧Server

2‧‧‧analysis module

3‧‧‧Database module

4‧‧‧Object Management Module

5‧‧‧Package Module

U‧‧‧User device

S1‧‧‧ data uploading steps

S2‧‧‧ data judgment steps

S3‧‧‧ Analytical steps

S4‧‧‧ Object storage steps

S5‧‧‧Object selection steps

S6‧‧‧Packaging step

Figure 1 is a block diagram of an electronic document producing apparatus of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow chart showing the steps of the electronic document generating method of the present invention.

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more <RTIgt; "connected" means a connection between two devices by means of a wired entity, a wireless medium or a combination thereof (for example, a heterogeneous network), such that the data of the two devices can be transmitted to each other.

The term "different types of objects" as used throughout the present invention refers to electronic media objects presented in different forms, such as objects rendered through text and objects rendered through pictures, that is, different types of objects.

The term "different object content" as used throughout the present invention refers to an electronic media object presented in different contents, for example, two different texts, that is, the contents of the object are different.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the electronic document generating apparatus of the present invention comprises a server 1 , an analysis module 2 , a database module 3 , an object management module 4 , and a package module 5 . The analysis module 2 is coupled to the server 1 , and the database module 3 is coupled to the analysis module 2 . The object management module 4 is coupled to the server 1 and the database module 3 . 5 is coupled to the server 1, the database module 3, and the object management module 4.

The server 1 can be any cloud computer or processor with command transceiving, software execution and data transmission functions. In this embodiment, the server 1 can be coupled to a user device U, which can be a portable electronic product such as a mobile phone or a tablet computer having functions of data transmission and reception, storage of data, and execution of software. In order to enable the user device U to exchange data with the server 1 through the Internet access function. For example, the server 1 can be used to receive an original electronic file transmitted by the user device U for the server 1 to transmit the original electronic file to the analysis module 2.

Moreover, the server 1 is configured to determine whether the original electronic file conforms to a standard specification, and only transmits the original electronic file conforming to the standard specification to the analysis module 2. The standard specification is an Extensible Markup Language (XML) or an Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML).

More specifically, since the electronic document producing method of the present invention conforms to an electronic publication (EPUB) standard, the electronic publishing standard uses the extensible markup language or the extensible hypertext markup language as the a standard specification. Therefore, when the server 1 receives the original electronic file transmitted by the user device U, it can determine whether the original electronic file conforms to the standard specification by a software or device having a determining function, and only conforms The original electronic file of the standard specification is transmitted to the parsing module 2, so that the original electronic file can be smoothly processed by subsequent parsing and encapsulation to surely generate an electronic file conforming to the electronic publishing standard.

The analysis module 2 is coupled to the server 1 for analyzing and disassembling the original electronic file into a plurality of objects, and the plurality of objects are different types or different contents from each other. The parsing module 2 analyzes and disassembles the original electronic file into a plurality of objects according to the standard specification, and the standard specification is the extensible markup language or the extensible hypertext markup language. In this embodiment, the parsing module 2 can be any cloud computer or processor with software execution, logic operations, and data transmission functions.

For example, taking the original electronic file of the briefing file (ppt) as an example, if the original electronic file contains different kinds of objects such as text, pictures, and multimedia, because the different kinds of objects are in the extendable markup language or The architecture of the extensible hypertext markup language has different tags. Therefore, the parsing module 2 can analyze which kinds of objects the original electronic file contains according to different tags (for example, determining that the brief file includes a type of text, a type of picture) And a multimedia type and the like, and the original electronic file is disassembled into a plurality of objects having different kinds; or the parsing module 2 can analyze that the original electronic file has different contents according to the different tags (for example, the briefing) The file contains two different texts, and the original electronic file is disassembled into several objects with different contents.

More specifically, since the electronic publishing standard uses the extensible markup language or the extensible hypertext markup language as the standard specification, the parsing module 2 may extend according to the extensible markup language. After the super-document markup language disassembles the original electronic file into a plurality of objects, the plurality of objects can be surely conformed to the electronic publishing standard when the package is to be packaged in a subsequent step, and the parsing module 2 can be applied to any The original electronic data (such as the file or briefing file of the Microsoft word processing software) established by the standard specification enables the original electronic file having different file formats to be transposed through different transposers. The simplification of the conversion process of the original electronic file further has the effect of improving the conversion convenience of the file format.

The database module 3 is coupled to the analysis module 2 for storing the analysis module 2 The pieces of the object are disassembled. In this embodiment, the database module 3 can be a database with a data storage function.

In more detail, the database module 3 preferably has a plurality of storage areas for storing different kinds of the objects. For example, the database module 3 can include a text storage area, a picture storage area, and a multimedia storage area for storing a plurality of objects of a text type, the image storage area for storing a picture. The plurality of objects of the category, the multimedia storage area is configured to store the plurality of objects of a multimedia category. In this way, the database module 3 can store the different types of objects through a plurality of storage areas for subsequent selection and reading of the objects, and can be directly read by the corresponding storage area. The object (for example, selecting and reading the plurality of objects of the multimedia category directly in the multimedia storage area), thereby reducing the complexity of the object search, has the effect of improving the overall access efficiency.

The object management module 4 is coupled to the server 1 and the database module 3 for selecting the plurality of objects stored in the database module 3. In this embodiment, the object management module 4 can be any cloud computer or processor with command transceiving, logic operations, and data transmission functions.

In more detail, the object management module 4 can record the type and content of the plurality of objects in the database module 3, and generate a record according to the record, so that the user device U The record data of the object management module 4 can be read by the server 1 , and the user device U can select the plurality of objects of interest from the record data to generate a selection instruction, and select the selection instruction. The object management module 4 is transmitted to the object management module 4, and after receiving the selection command, the object management module 4 can select the corresponding plurality of objects from the database module 3 according to the selection instruction. So that the several objects can be subjected to subsequent encapsulation processing. The object management module 4 can simultaneously select and read the plurality of objects in the database module 3, and transmit the plurality of objects to the package module 5; or the object management module 4 Selecting only the plurality of objects in the database module 3 and issuing a selection list to the package The module 5 is configured for the package module 5 to directly read the plurality of objects from the database module 3.

The package module 5 is coupled to the server 1, the database module 3, and the object management module 4 for packaging the plurality of objects selected by the object management module 4 to generate an electronic device. One of the publishing standards encapsulates electronic documents. In this embodiment, the package module 5 can be any cloud computer or processor with command transmission, software execution and data transmission functions.

In more detail, the package module 5 can be packaged into a single electronic package by a software package, and the integrated software system performs the plurality of objects in a manner consistent with the electronic publishing standard. Encapsulating, so that the packaged electronic file can meet the standard of the electronic book, and after the package module 5 generates the packaged electronic file, the packaged electronic file can also be transmitted to the user device U through the server 1 The user can view the packaged electronic file through the user device U. By the arrangement of the object management module 4 and the package module 5, the user can select different types of the objects, and only package the selected ones to generate the package electronic file; or The user can select the plurality of objects of different content, and only the selected one of the objects is packaged to generate the package electronic file; or the user can select the plurality of objects of different types and different contents. And the packaged electronic file is only generated by encapsulating the selected objects, thereby preventing the user from receiving too much unnecessary data, and has the effect of improving object selection flexibility.

Referring to FIG. 2, the electronic document generating method of the present invention comprises a data uploading step S1, a data determining step S2, an analyzing step S3, an object storing step S4, an object selecting step S5, and a packaging step S6.

The data uploading step S1 receives the original electronic file transmitted by the user device U through the server 1.

The data judging step S2 is to determine whether the original electronic file conforms to the standard specification by the server 1, and only transmit the original electronic file conforming to the standard specification to the parsing module 2. Wherein the standard specification is the extensible markup language or the extensible super file Marked language. By judging the execution of the step S2, it can be determined whether the original electronic file conforms to the standard specification, and only the original electronic file conforming to the standard specification is transmitted to the parsing module 2, so that the original electronic file can be smoothly performed. Subsequent processing such as parsing and encapsulation is performed to produce an electronic document that conforms to the electronic publishing standard. In addition, if the original electronic file conforming to the standard specification is already located in the analysis module 2, the data uploading step S1 and the data determining step S2 may not be performed, and the analyzing step S3 is directly performed.

The analyzing step S3 analyzes and disassembles the original electronic file into a plurality of objects through the analysis module 2, and the plurality of objects are different types or different contents from each other. The parsing module 2 analyzes and disassembles the original electronic file into a plurality of objects according to the standard specification, and the standard specification is the extensible markup language or the extensible hypertext markup language. By performing the parsing step S3, the original electronic file may be disassembled into a plurality of objects according to the extensible markup language or the extensible hypertext markup language, so that the plurality of objects are to be performed in a subsequent step. When encapsulating, the electronic publishing standard can be surely met, and the parsing step S3 can be applied to any of the original electronic materials (such as the file or brief file of the Microsoft document processing software) established by the standard specification, so as to have different file formats. The original electronic file does not need to be transposed separately through different shifters, thereby simplifying the conversion process of the original electronic file, and has the effect of improving the conversion convenience of the file format.

The object storage step S4 stores the plurality of objects disassembled by the analysis module 2 in the database module 3. In the object storage step S4, the database module 3 stores a plurality of different types of objects in a plurality of storage areas. For example, the database module 3 can include the text storage area and the image storage area. And the multimedia storage area, the text storage area is configured to store the plurality of objects of the text type, the image storage area is configured to store the plurality of objects of the image type, and the multimedia storage area is configured to store the multimedia category Several objects. In this way, the database module 3 can store the different types of objects through a plurality of storage areas for subsequent selection and reading of the objects, and can be directly read by the corresponding storage area. object (For example, selecting and reading the plurality of objects of the multimedia category directly in the multimedia storage area), thereby reducing the complexity of the object search, and improving the overall access efficiency.

The object selection step S5 selects a plurality of objects from the database module 3 through the object management module 4. The object management module 4 is configured to record the type and content of the plurality of objects in the database module 3, and generate the record data according to the record, so that the user device U can transmit the The server 1 reads the record data of the object management module 4, and the user device U can select the plurality of objects of interest from the record data to generate the selection instruction, and transmit the selection instruction through the servo The device 1 is transferred to the object management module 4, and after receiving the selection instruction, the object management module 4 can select the corresponding plurality of objects from the database module 3 according to the selection instruction, so that The plurality of objects can be subjected to subsequent encapsulation processing. The object management module 4 can simultaneously select and read the plurality of objects in the database module 3, and transmit the plurality of objects to the package module 5; or the object management module 4 The plurality of objects in the database module 3 can be selected, and a selection list is sent to the package module 5, so that the package module 5 directly reads the plurality of objects from the database module 3. .

The packaging step S6 encapsulates the plurality of objects selected by the object management module 4 through the package module 5 to generate the packaged electronic file in accordance with the electronic publishing standard. By performing the object selection step S5 and the encapsulating step S6, the user can select the different kinds of the objects, and only package the selected ones to generate the package electronic file; or The user selects the plurality of objects of different content, and only encapsulates the selected ones to generate the package electronic file; or, the user can select the plurality of objects of different types and different contents, and The encapsulated electronic file is only produced by encapsulating the selected plurality of objects, thereby preventing the user from receiving too much unnecessary data, and has the effect of improving object selection flexibility.

In summary, the electronic document generating method and apparatus of the present invention can be The parsing step and the parsing module disassemble the original electronic file into objects of different kinds or different contents, and the parsing step and the parsing module are applicable to the original electronic material in any file format conforming to the standard specification. It has the effect of improving the convenience of conversion of the file format of electronic files.

In addition, the electronic document generating method and device thereof of the present invention can select the object content of the packaged electronic file to be generated by the object selecting step and the object management module, thereby improving the selection flexibility of the electronic document object. .

While the invention has been described in connection with the preferred embodiments described above, it is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The technical scope of the invention is protected, and therefore the scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

1‧‧‧Server

2‧‧‧analysis module

3‧‧‧Database module

4‧‧‧Object Management Module

5‧‧‧Package Module

U‧‧‧User device

Claims (6)

An electronic file generating method includes: an analyzing step of analyzing and disassembling an original electronic file into a plurality of objects through an analyzing module, wherein the plurality of objects are different types or different contents; and an object storing step, The plurality of objects are stored in a database module, wherein the plurality of storage areas respectively store different types of the plurality of objects; and an object selection step is performed by an object management module. Selecting a plurality of objects in the library module; and a packaging step of packaging the plurality of objects selected by the object management module through a package module to generate an encapsulated electronic file conforming to an electronic publishing standard; The object refers to an electronic media object, and the type of the object refers to an electronic media object presented in different forms, and the content of the object is different from the electronic media object presented by different content, and the electronic publishing standard is An extended markup language or an extensible hypertext markup language is used as a standard specification. The electronic document generating method according to claim 1, wherein in the analyzing step, the parsing module analyzes and disassembles the original electronic file into a plurality of objects according to the standard specification. The electronic document generating method of claim 2, wherein before performing the analyzing step, performing a data determining step, wherein the data determining step determines, by a server, whether the original electronic file conforms to the standard specification. Only the original electronic file conforming to the standard specification is transmitted to the parsing module. An electronic file generating device includes: an analyzing module, configured to analyze and disassemble an original electronic file into a plurality of objects, and the plurality of objects are different types or different contents from each other; a database module coupled to the parsing module for storing the plurality of objects disassembled by the parsing module, wherein the database module has a plurality of storage areas, and the plurality of storage units The storage area is configured to store the plurality of objects of different types; the object management module is coupled to the database module for selecting the plurality of objects stored in the database module; And a package module coupled to the database module and the object management module for packaging the plurality of objects selected by the object management module to generate an electronic publishing standard A packaged electronic file; wherein the object refers to an electronic media object, the type of the object being an electronic media object presented in a different form, the content of the object being different refers to an electronic media object presented in different content, the electronic The publishing standard is an extensible markup language or an extensible hypertext markup language as a standard specification. The electronic document generating device of claim 4, wherein the parsing module analyzes and disassembles the original electronic file into a plurality of objects according to the standard specification. The electronic document generating device of claim 5, further comprising a server coupled to the analyzing module, the object management module and the packaging module, wherein the server is configured to determine the Whether the original electronic file conforms to the standard specification, and only transmits the original electronic file conforming to the standard specification to the parsing module.