JP5888045B2 - Server, information generation method, and display control method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a server, an information generation method, and a display control method.

  In recent years, mobile terminals have spread rapidly, and the number of scenes in which mobile terminals are used on the go has increased. Examples of mobile terminals that have become widespread in recent years include notebook PCs (personal computers), PDAs (personal digital assistance), tablet terminals, smartphones, and mobile phones. In particular, the number of smartphones shipped has been increasing year by year, and not only for personal use but also for corporate use.

  For business use, for example, a mobile terminal such as a smartphone may be used for confirming proposals on the way to or from the destination, creating business reports, managing schedules, managing business data, etc. is assumed.

  Here, regarding the retrieval of the desired data, in Patent Document 1 below, the data of the image where the point in the corresponding area is the shooting location is retrieved in each square of the search screen in the map format having a matrix structure, and the retrieval is performed. A technique for displaying a number on each cell is disclosed.

JP 2009-104657 A

  However, when considering the introduction of mobile terminals such as smartphones for corporate business use, the security and cost of system restructuring, as well as security by permitting access from outside (mobile terminals) to the company network, etc. The problem is concerned.

  In addition, when a user browses business data on the go, a troublesome operation is required to search a directory in which necessary data is stored, and there is a concern that it takes time. In Patent Document 1 described above, no consideration is given to business data search.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the object of the present invention is new and improved, which can more efficiently search for business data according to dates. A server, an information generation method, and a display control method are provided.

In order to solve the above-described problem, according to an aspect of the present invention, a management unit that associates date information and keywords with user business data and stores them in a database and manages the data is associated with the business data. A search screen in which time information including dates is continuously arranged in one direction based on date information and keywords, and keywords corresponding to the time information are continuously arranged in a matrix in a direction perpendicular to the time information. A generation unit that generates information for display, a transmission unit that transmits information for screen display generated by the generation unit to a user terminal, and a position selected on the search screen displayed on the user terminal. A server is provided that includes a search unit that searches for business data based on time information corresponding to a keyword .

  The search screen may be a tabular date keyword list screen.

  The tabular date portions may be arranged in time series.

  The date portion of the tabular format may be arranged in units such as day, week, and month.

  The search screen may be a calendar format, and when a date is specified by a user, a keyword list associated with business data searched on the specified date may be superimposed and displayed. .

  The date information and keywords associated with the business data may be date information and keywords extracted from the business data, or date information and keywords input by a user.

In order to solve the above problem, according to another aspect of the present invention, a processor stores and manages date information and a keyword in association with user business data in a database, and the business data Based on the date information and keywords associated with each other, the time information including the date is continuously arranged in one direction, and the keywords corresponding to the time information are continuously arranged in a matrix in a direction perpendicular to the time information. A step of generating information for displaying the arranged search screen, a step of transmitting information for screen display generated by the generating step to a user terminal, and a selection in the search screen displayed on the user terminal information generating method comprising the steps of retrieving business data by time information corresponding to the keyword position, the is to provide .

In order to solve the above-described problem, according to another aspect of the present invention, a processor stores business data corresponding to a search request using a database in which date information and keywords are stored in association with user business data. look including the step of displaying the search screen for the search to the server performs a search request, the search screen, the time information including a date in one direction are continuously disposed, the keyword corresponding to the time information Provided is a display control method in which business data is searched by time information corresponding to a keyword at a position selected on the search screen, which is arranged in a matrix continuously in a direction perpendicular to the time information. The

  The search screen may be a tabular date keyword list screen.

  The tabular date portions may be arranged in time series.

  The date portion of the table format may be arranged in units such as day, week, and month.

  Further, the displaying step displays the search screen in a calendar format, and when a date is specified by a user, a keyword list associated with business data searched on the specified date may be superimposed and displayed. Good.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to search business data according to the date more efficiently.

It is a figure showing the whole business data browsing system composition by one embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the management server by this embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating extraction of the tag by the management part by this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the business data by this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the client terminal by this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation processing by this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation screen by this embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the search screen displayed on a client terminal. It is a figure which shows the some example of a display of the search screen by this embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the search using the search screen by this embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in this specification and drawing, about the component which has the substantially same function structure, duplication description is abbreviate | omitted by attaching | subjecting the same code | symbol.

<1. Overview of business data browsing system>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a business data browsing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the business data browsing system according to the present embodiment includes client terminals (user terminals) 1A, 1B, 1C, and a management server 2. The management server 2 is connected to an internal network via a firewall 3, and the internal network includes, for example, a plurality of internal PCs (personal computers) 4 </ b> A and 4 </ b> B and an internal server 5.

  Hereinafter, when it is not necessary to individually distinguish the plurality of client terminals 1A, 1B, and 1C, they are referred to as client terminals 1. In addition, hereinafter, the in-house PCs 4A and 4B and the in-house PC display units 40A and 40B are also referred to as the in-house PC 4 and the display unit 40 when they do not need to be individually distinguished.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the firewall (FW) 3 controls communication with the outside and maintains the safety of the internal computer network (in-house network). In the internal network, business data is processed by the internal PC 4 and stored in the internal PC 4 or the internal server 5. The user can upload arbitrary business data to the management server 2 by operating the in-house PC 4.

  On the other hand, the client terminals 1A (smart phone) and 1B (tablet terminal) may be connected to the management server 2 via, for example, a 3G public network and a VPN server, or may be connected to the management server 2 by wireless LAN communication. . The client 1C (notebook PC) may be connected to the management server 2 via the Internet or may be connected to the management server 2 by wireless LAN communication.

  In this way, each client terminal 1 can connect to the management server 2 and acquire business data stored in the management server 2. Thereby, the user can browse desired business data on the go using the client terminal.

  Note that the client terminal 1 may delete the business data after the display ends from the terminal at the display end timing. Thereby, the business system according to the present embodiment can prevent the outflow of information.

  Here, as described above, when business data is used on a mobile terminal outside the office, it is necessary to permit access from the outside (mobile terminal) to the in-house network, resulting in a security problem. In addition, when an in-house network has to be rebuilt with the introduction of a mobile terminal, there is a problem that costs and labor are required. Further, when the user browses the business data on the go, there is a problem that it takes time to search for a directory in which necessary data is stored, which takes time.

  On the other hand, in the business data browsing system according to the present embodiment, as described above, business data is uploaded to the management server 2 from the in-house network, so that the client terminal 1 connects the business data by connecting to the management server 2. Can be acquired.

  In addition, a search screen for performing more efficient search based on date information and keywords associated with business data can be displayed on the client terminal 1 side.

  Hereinafter, basic configurations of the management server 2 and the client terminal 1 included in the business data browsing system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be sequentially described.

<2. Basic configuration>
[2-1. Management server]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the management server 2 according to this embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the management server 2 includes a control unit 20, a communication unit 25, a dictionary data DB 26, and a business data DB 27.

  The communication unit 25 has a function of transmitting or receiving data by connecting to an external device. The communication unit 25 according to the present embodiment receives business data from the internal PC 4 included in the internal network, for example, via the FW 3. In response to a request from the client terminal 1, the communication unit 25 transmits information for displaying a search screen, a list of business data as a search result, business data, and the like to the client terminal 1.

  The control unit 20 controls each configuration of the management server 2. More specifically, the control unit 20 according to the present embodiment associates date information with business data and stores it in the business data DB 27, and responds to a request from the management unit 21 that manages business data and the client terminal 1. It has the search part 22 which searches business data DB27, and the production | generation part 23 which produces | generates the information for displaying a search screen.

  The management unit 21 extracts tags such as date information and keywords from the business data uploaded from the internal network via the communication unit 25 based on the dictionary data DB 26. A plurality of date information may be registered as tags using the date and time when business data is uploaded or the date and time when business data is created. Here, tag extraction by the management unit 21 will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, since the dictionary data DB 26 stores pattern information for extracting date information, the management unit 21 refers to the pattern information and adds additional information (file name, etc.) of the business data 100. ) And date information can be extracted from the contents. As the date pattern, a plurality of patterns such as November 14, 2011 and 2011/11/14 can be registered and can be treated as the same day. Since the dictionary data DB 26 also stores keywords such as company names and product names, the management unit 21 refers to the keywords and selects keywords from the additional information (file names, etc.) and contents of the business data 100. Can be extracted. A different notation can be registered as a keyword that can be registered in the dictionary data DB 26. For example, “ABC Trading” and “ABC Trading” can be treated as the same keyword.

  The management unit 21 stores the extracted tag in association with the business data in the business data DB 27. Note that tagging according to the present embodiment is not limited to automatic tagging by the management unit 21, and the management unit 21 may associate a tag arbitrarily input by a user with business data (manual tagging). .

  Further, the management unit 21 may embed a hyperlink (link attachment) in the extracted tag portion (date information, keyword, etc.) in the business data. These link destinations may be a list screen of business data searched by the search unit 22 using the extracted tag as a search condition.

  Further, the management unit 21 may embed hyperlinks for URLs extracted based on pattern information, e-mail addresses, location expressions such as addresses and spot names, telephone numbers, and the like. The link destination in this case may be a screen displayed by each dedicated application. For example, when a URL in which a hyperlink is embedded is clicked, the browser is launched and a Web page specified by the URL is displayed. When a mail address embedded with a hyperlink is clicked, a mail application is launched and a mail creation screen for the mail address is displayed.

  As described above, the search unit 22 searches the business data DB 27 in response to a request from the client terminal 1. More specifically, the search unit 22 according to the present embodiment searches for business data associated with date information and keywords each including date information and keywords requested from the client terminal 1.

  The generation unit 23 generates information for displaying a search screen based on date information and keywords associated with business data. The information generated by the generation unit 23 is transmitted to the client terminal 1 by the communication unit 25, and the client terminal 1 performs control to generate and display a search screen based on the information. A specific example of the search screen according to this embodiment will be described later.

  The dictionary data DB 26 stores information related to tags to be extracted from business data. For example, the dictionary data DB 26 stores pattern information for discriminating keywords (proprietary nouns) such as company names and product names, position expressions such as dates, URLs, addresses and spot names, mail addresses, and the like.

  The business data DB 27 stores business data uploaded from each user for each user. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the business data DB 27 stores a plurality of business data 28A for user A and a plurality of business data 28B for user B, respectively.

  Here, an example of a plurality of business data 28A of the user A is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, for example, in the business data DB 27, each business data is stored in association with a file name, date information / keywords extracted by the management unit 21 described above, and access authority.

  As the access authority, first, the user A who is the person who uploaded the business data is set. Furthermore, the access authority may be set for other users (individuals or groups) permitted by the user A. In the example illustrated in FIG. 4, access from the “BB project group” is permitted for “XX press release” and “XX explanatory material”. In this way, information access can be prevented by setting the access authority by the uploader.

[2-2. Client terminal]
Next, the basic configuration of the client terminal 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. The client terminal 1 is a mobile information processing apparatus, and is used by a user on the go. As shown in FIG. 1, the client terminal 1 is assumed to have various forms such as a smartphone, a notebook PC, and a tablet terminal. Here, the main configuration common to a plurality of forms of the client terminal 1 will be described. To do.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the client terminal according to the present embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the client terminal 1 includes a control unit 10, a display control unit 11, a display unit 12, an operation input unit 13, a communication unit 14, and a storage unit 15.

  The control unit 10 controls each configuration of the client terminal 1. Further, the control unit 10 according to the present embodiment requests the management server 2 to browse business data based on a user operation on the search screen displayed on the display unit 12. More specifically, the control unit 10 requests the management server 2 for a search result of business data using the date information and keywords selected by the user as search conditions.

  The display control unit 11 controls the display unit 12 to display various screens. More specifically, the display control unit 11 according to the present embodiment controls to generate a search screen based on information received from the management server 2 and display the search screen on the display unit 12.

  Further, the display control unit 11 causes the display unit 12 to display the business data list received from the management server 2. Further, the display control unit 11 controls the display screen in accordance with the user operation detected by the operation input unit 13.

  The display unit 12 is realized by an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), an OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode), a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), or the like.

  The operation input unit 13 is a device for detecting an operation by a user, and is realized by, for example, a touch panel, a button, a switch, a keyboard, a mouse, and the like. Further, when the display control unit 11 displays the search screen as described above, a user operation on the search screen is detected and output to the control unit 10.

  The storage unit 15 stores various programs for each component to execute processing. The storage unit 15 is realized by a ROM, a RAM, an HDD, and the like.

  The configuration of the management server 2 and the client terminal 1 according to this embodiment has been described in detail above. Next, the operation process according to the present embodiment will be specifically described.

<3. Operation processing>
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation process according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6, first, in step S103, the in-house PC 4 accepts an operation for uploading business data by a user. Here, an example of the upload operation according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 7, but the upload operation according to the present embodiment is not limited to this.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation screen displayed on the display unit 40 of the in-house PC 4. A window 410 shown in FIG. 7 is a folder of business data stored in the in-house network. A window 420 shown in FIG. 7 is a user folder in the management server 2.

  The user can intuitively perform an upload operation by selecting arbitrary business data from the window 410 and copying it to the window 420 by drag and drop.

  Next, in step S106, the in-house PC 4 transmits the business data to the management server 2 (upload of business data).

  Next, in step S109, the management unit 21 of the management server 2 refers to the dictionary data DB 26, extracts a tag from the business data transmitted from the in-house PC 4, and associates the tag with the business data (see FIG. 3). As described above, the tag associated with the business data is used when searching by the search unit 22.

  Next, in step S112, the management unit 21 of the management server 2 links to predetermined text (keyword, date, URL, location expression, mail address, etc.) in the business data.

  In step S115, the management unit 21 of the management server 2 stores the linked business data in the business data DB 27 in association with the extracted tag.

  Next, in step S <b> 118, the client terminal 1 starts an application for using the business data browsing system according to the present embodiment, connects to the management server 2, and requests the management server 2 to browse business data.

  Next, in step S120, the generation unit 23 of the management server 2 generates information for displaying the search screen. Specifically, the generation unit 23 displays a predetermined search screen for efficiently searching based on date information and keywords associated with the user's business data stored in the business data DB 27. Information (screen generation information) is generated.

  Next, in step S123, the management server 2 transmits the information generated by the generation unit 23 to the client terminal 1.

  Next, in step S <b> 126, the client terminal 1 generates a search screen based on the information received from the management server 2 and controls to display the search screen on the display unit 12. Here, the display of the search screen in the client terminal 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a search screen displayed on the client terminal 1. As illustrated in FIG. 8, the client terminal 1 controls the display unit 12 to display the generated search screen 200. As described above, the search screen 200 is a predetermined search screen for efficiently searching based on date information and keywords associated with business data. Such a search screen will be specifically described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a plurality of display examples of the search screen 200 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 9, the search screen 200 according to the present embodiment is, for example, a search screen 200-1, 200-2 based on a keyword list by date in a table format in a matrix, or a search screen 200-3 in a calendar format. May be.

  The search screen 200-1 is a matrix table in which date parts are arranged in time series as shown in FIG. 9, and keywords of each business data associated with the same date information are displayed in the cell of each date. is there. As a result, the user selects, for example, the “YY company” box in the row “11/14”, so that the business data associated with the business on November 14 is associated with the keyword “YY company”. Can be searched.

  In the search screen 200-2, as shown in FIG. 9, the date parts are arranged in the order of time units such as “day, week, month”, and the date information included in the time unit is associated with the square of each time unit row. It is a matrix table in which keywords for each business data are displayed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the display control unit 11 may perform display control so as to decrease the keyword cell as the time unit increases. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the duplicate “11/14” (today) keyword is removed from the “this week” and “this month” rows.

  The search screen 200-3 has a calendar format as shown in FIG. 9, and when a date is specified by the user, a keyword list display 30 of the specified date is displayed in a superimposed manner. Thereby, the user specifies “14 days” from the calendar of November, for example, and selects “YY company” in the keyword list display 30 displayed in a superimposed manner. The business data associated with the keyword “YY company” can be searched.

  In the example shown in FIG. 9, a monthly calendar is displayed. However, the calendar format according to the present embodiment is not limited to a month, and may be a week or year.

  Next, in step S129, the client terminal 1 requests the management server 2 to perform a search specifying date information and keywords as search conditions.

  Next, in step S132, the search unit 22 of the management server 2 searches the business data DB 27 based on the date information and keywords specified from the client terminal 1. More specifically, the search unit 22 searches for business data associated with specified date information and keywords.

  Subsequently, in step S135, the management server 2 transmits a list of retrieved business data to the requesting client terminal 1.

  In step S138, the display control unit 11 of the client terminal 1 controls to display a list of business data received from the management server 2. Here, a list of business data searched in response to a user operation will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a search using the search screen according to the present embodiment. A screen 120 shown in FIG. 10 is a screen displayed on the display unit 12 of the client terminal 1, and includes a search screen 200-1 based on a tabular date keyword list as an example. For example, the user taps a square in the search screen 200-1 on which the keyword “XX system” in the row “11/14” is displayed.

  Here, a touch panel type operation input unit 13 is stacked on the display unit 12 according to the present embodiment, and the client terminal 1 detects an operation of the user by the operation input unit 13, and the search condition “11/14” ( The management server 2 is requested to search based on (date information) and “XX system” (keyword) (see step S129).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 10, the display control unit 11 of the client terminal 1 displays a screen 122 including a list of business data 38 based on the search result transmitted from the management server 2 on the display unit 12. As shown in FIG. 10, the screen 122 includes a search condition input field 34. The search condition input field 34 is a search condition selected by the user and a search condition for a search performed by the management server 2. Date information and keywords are displayed.

  When each of the business data lists 38 included in the screen 122 is selected, each business data is expanded and the data contents are displayed.

<5. Summary>
As described above, according to the business data browsing system according to the present embodiment, it is possible to more efficiently search for business data according to the date. Specifically, the management server 2 can provide data desired by the user more efficiently by performing a search using date information and keywords specified by the user as search conditions.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the user can check the list of business data searched based on the date and the keyword only by selecting the keyword of the date desired to be browsed on the search screen.

  Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is obvious that a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains can come up with various changes or modifications within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. Of course, it is understood that these also belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 1A, 1B, 1C Client terminal 10 Control part 11 Display control part 12 Display part 13 Operation input part 14 Communication part 15 Storage part 2 Management server 20 Control part 21 Management part 22 Search part 23 Generation part 25 Communication part 26 Dictionary data DB (database)
27 Business data DB (database)
28A Business data 28B Business data 3 Firewall (FW)
4 In-house PC (personal computer)
40 display unit 5 in-house server 200, 200-1, 200-2, 200-3 search screen

Claims (12)

A management unit that stores and manages date information and keywords in a database in association with user business data;
Based on date information and keywords associated with the business data, time information including a date is continuously arranged in one direction, and a keyword corresponding to the time information is continuously arranged in a direction perpendicular to the time information. Generating unit for generating information for displaying the search screen arranged in a matrix ,
A transmission unit that transmits information for screen display generated by the generation unit to a user terminal;
A search unit for searching for business data based on time information corresponding to a keyword at a position selected on the search screen displayed on the user terminal;
Comprising a server.   The server according to claim 1, wherein the search screen is a tabular date keyword list screen.   The server according to claim 2, wherein the tabular date portions are arranged in time series.   The server according to claim 2, wherein the date parts in the tabular format are arranged in units such as day, week, and month.   2. The search screen according to claim 1, wherein the search screen is a calendar format, and when a date is specified by a user, a keyword list associated with business data searched on the specified date is superimposed and displayed. The listed server.   6. The date information and keywords associated with the business data are date information and keywords extracted from the business data, or date information and keywords input by a user. Server described in. Processor
Associating date information and keywords with user business data and storing and managing them in a database;
Based on date information and keywords associated with the business data, time information including a date is continuously arranged in one direction, and a keyword corresponding to the time information is continuously arranged in a direction perpendicular to the time information. Generating information for displaying search screens arranged in a matrix ,
Transmitting information for screen display generated by the generating step to a user terminal;
Searching for business data by time information corresponding to a keyword at a position selected on the search screen displayed on the user terminal;
An information generation method including: The processor includes a step of displaying a search screen for making a search request to a server that searches for business data in response to a search request using a database that stores date information and keywords in association with user business data. See
The search screen continuously arranges time information including dates in one direction, and keywords corresponding to the time information are arranged in a matrix continuously in a direction perpendicular to the time information, A display control method in which business data is searched by time information corresponding to a keyword at a position selected on a search screen . The display control method according to claim 8 , wherein the search screen is a tabular date keyword list screen. The display control method according to claim 9 , wherein the tabular date portions are arranged in time series. The display control method according to claim 9 , wherein the date parts in the tabular format are arranged in units such as day, week, and month. The step of displaying displays the search screen calendar format, when a date is specified by the user, to superimpose keywords tied with the business data to be searched by the specified date, claim 8 The display control method described in 1.

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