JPH1115620A - Display style change system and display style change method - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Modifications required) [Problem] Reduced storage capacity for storing multiple web page display screens with uniformity that can be used by experts and those unfamiliar with operation, and are simple Can be generated. SOLUTION: A terminal device 10 is provided in a web server 200.
0, a format data 220 storing various page formats, a format generating unit 230 for generating a predetermined web screen 500 from the individual data 210 and the format data 220, a server control device 150
And the format data 220 is stored in the page format 620.
And format data 221 storing element data 222 storing operation keys or guidances having different lengths in at least one of the height direction and the horizontal direction. A predetermined web screen is generated by the web server 200 based on
The web screen is displayed in the web area 112 of the display unit 110 of the terminal device 100.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for obtaining a web page from a web server connected to a plurality of terminal devices via a communication device and displaying the web page on a display unit of the terminal device. The present invention relates to a display style change system and a display style change method for changing the style of a web page.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the Internet and intranet have been in the spotlight. In these systems, a plurality of terminal devices are controlled by a server, and connected to another server or a web server via the server via the communication device. In particular, the web server stores mail and various application data corresponding to the terminal device, generates the data on various web page screens based on a request from the terminal device, and displays the data on a display screen of the terminal device. It is displayed.

[0003] For example, Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi integrated groupware Grou released in 1996
It is disclosed in pmax Verson2 (Group Max V2).

[0004]

On the above-mentioned web page, a software maker, a system maker, or an administrator on the user side for some functions can arbitrarily change the screen layout. However, since a predetermined operation area is provided above the display area, and the display unit itself is a horizontally long display screen, when a message such as a mail is long, the screen must be scrolled for reading. In order to solve these problems, it is conceivable to reduce the operation area and widen the display area of the message, but it lacks consideration for a person unfamiliar with the operation. In addition, it is conceivable to prepare a plurality of screens depending on the skill level of the operation. However, there is a problem that screens of different styles need to be provided with mutual compatibility and a storage area for storing a lot of style data. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to reduce the storage capacity of a plurality of Web page display screens which can be used by a skilled person and a person unfamiliar with the operation, store the screens, and easily generate them. It is to provide a display format change system and a display format change method that can be performed.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a plurality of operation buttons and guidances having different lengths in at least one of a height direction and a lateral direction are prepared to display a web page screen. By generating, the operation buttons and guidance can be compressed or expanded vertically, horizontally or diagonally without changing the basic layout in the page, so that it can be handled by experienced users and those who are unfamiliar with operation To provide a web screen with unified uniformity.

Specifically, in the display style changing system according to the first invention, a terminal device including a display unit, an input device, a storage device, and a terminal control device is provided via a plurality of the terminal devices and a communication device. A web server connected to the web server, individual data corresponding to the terminal device, style data storing various page styles displayed in a web page area of the display unit, and the web server. A format generation unit that generates a predetermined web screen from the data and the format data, and a server control device that controls a web server; and further, the format data includes format data storing various formats of a page format. , A plurality of operation keys having different lengths in at least one of the height direction and the horizontal direction or element data storing guidance,
The server control unit generates a predetermined web screen from the individual data and the format data based on a request from the terminal device, and the terminal control unit generates the web server based on a request from the input unit. And a predetermined web screen generated by the web server is displayed in a web page area of the display unit.

Further, in the display style changing method according to the second invention, (1) a step of displaying a web page area on a display unit, and (2) a web displayed on the web page area via an input unit. Receiving a change in the page format of the screen; and (3) requesting the changed page format from a web server via a communication device;
(4) Based on the change request, various formats stored in the format data, a plurality of operation keys or guidances stored in the element data and having different lengths in at least one of the height direction and the horizontal direction, and Selecting predetermined data from various data stored in the data and generating a predetermined web screen, and (5) receiving the predetermined web screen from the web server and storing the predetermined web screen in a web page area of the display unit. And displaying.

Another invention according to the present invention will be clarified in the following embodiments of the invention.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to FIGS.
An embodiment according to the present invention will be described.

First, a system configuration of a display style changing system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 showing a system configuration diagram. In FIG. 1, a terminal device is generally indicated by reference numeral 100, and a web server is indicated by reference numeral 200. In FIG. 1, a plurality of terminal devices 100 are connected to the web server 200, but here, one terminal device 100 is shown for convenience. Terminal device 1
00 denotes the display unit 110, the input device 120, and the storage device 13
0, the communication device 140, and the terminal device 100, C
And a PU (terminal control unit) 150. In the present embodiment, the input unit 120 is configured by the mouse 121 and the keyboard 122, but may be a remote controller, a pen input device, a touch screen, or the like. The storage unit 140 includes a hard disk,
External storage device such as FDD, CD, MO, etc. and terminal device 100
, Which stores various application software such as mail software and document creation software. The CPU 150 calls up the various types of application software from the storage unit 130 and has a function as a personal computer, and requests a predetermined web screen 500 from the web server 200 via the communication device 140, and makes the request. The web screen 500 can be displayed in a web page area 112 displayed on the display screen 111 of the display unit 110.

The web server 200 stores the individual data 21
0, a format data 220 composed of format data 221 and element data 222, a format generation unit 230, a communication device 240, and a CP for controlling the web server 200.
U (Web server control unit) 250.
The individual data 210 stores data 610 of various applications such as mail data 610a, document data 610b, and schedule data 610c, and stores the ID number of the user who uses the terminal device 100. , Or as a common directory (file). The format data 221 is stored in the terminal 1
00, various page formats 620 (620a, 62) set for each operation display screen of various application software displayed in the web page area 112 of the display unit 110.
0b, 630b). According to the page format 620, operation keys and guidance, a layout of a predetermined web screen 500, and the like are set. The element data 222 is data 6 of elements constituting the specific web screen 500, such as the size of the operation key 630c, the size of the area of the guidance 630b, and the shape of the icon 630a.
30 are stored. In this embodiment, for one page format stored in the format data 221, operation keys 630c and icons 630a having different sizes in the height direction are used.
Alternatively, a plurality of guidances 630b are stored. Therefore, by combining the page format 620 and the data 630 such as the operation keys, the length (height) of the operation key 630c and the data 630 of the element such as the guidance 63b in one page format 620 in the height direction. Can be generated in plurality.

The format generation unit 230 stores, in the page format 620 stored in the format data 221, element data 630 such as operation keys 630 c of a predetermined size of the element data 630 and the individual data 221. The web screen 500 is generated by combining the stored predetermined data corresponding to the requested terminal device 100.

[0014] The CPU 250 is a terminal device.
Web screen 500 requested based on the request from
Is selected from the individual data 210 and the format data 220, generated by the format generation unit 230, and transmitted to the terminal device 100 via the communication device 230.

As described above, according to the display style changing system according to the present embodiment, the web screen 500 in which the length (height) of the element data 630 such as operation keys in the height direction differs in one page format 620. Can be generated, so that the operation key 630c and the guidance 630b are enlarged to make it easy to understand the web screen 500a or the operation key 6
Many screen formats such as a web screen 500b in which the size of the guidance 30b and the size of the guidance 63b are reduced to improve the visibility of the target individual data 210 can be provided. Therefore, the user of the terminal device 100 can select a suitable web screen 500 according to the skill level. In addition, in the present invention, since the length in the height direction is selected while keeping the width of the operation keys 630c or the guidance 60b constant, the layout of the operation keys 630c and the guidance 630b in the left-right direction does not change. Screen 500
Is changed, the embarrassment due to the misalignment of the operation keys 630c and the like is reduced. Further, in this embodiment, since the plurality of web screens 500 are generated in one page format, the data amount can be reduced.

Next, an embodiment of a network system employing the display style changing system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 1000 shown by a bold frame denotes an intranet of Company A in which the display style changing system according to the present embodiment is adopted. The intranet 1000 includes a company A main office network 1100 constructed in a company A building, and a company A branch network 1200 connected to the company A main office network 1100 via a public line. Company A head office network 1100 has server 1110 and web server 112
0 and a plurality of terminal devices 1131 and 1132. In addition, the A-company branch network includes a web server 1210 and a plurality of terminal devices 1221 and 1222. Company A head office network 1100 and A
The company branch network 1200 has routers 1140 and 123
The connection is made like a dedicated line by using a public line via the Internet. In addition, the company A head office network 1100 connects to the PC network via the server 1110,
Terminal devices 1131 and 1132 can be connected.
Further, the terminal device 14 is connected to the server 1110 via a modem.
00 can also be connected. Further, the fax is performed via the web server 1210 of the company A branch network 1200.
1241 and telephone 1242 can also be connected. Company A's intranet 1000 is Firewall115
0 and a WWW client 152 connected to the Internet 1510
0, 1530. As described above, the network system shown in FIG. 2 is one embodiment, and the display style changing system according to the present invention is not limited to this.

In the display style changing system according to the present invention, the web server 200 shown in FIG. 1 corresponds to the web server 1120 or 1210 shown in FIG. The terminal device 100 shown in FIG. 1 is the same as the terminal devices 1131, 1132, 1221, 1222, and 13 shown in FIG.
10, 1400. As described above, according to the intranet 1000 of the company A according to the present embodiment, by providing the web servers 1120 and 1210 in the company A main office network 1100 and the company A branch network 1200, respectively, the terminal device connected to each network can Web screen 500 from familiar web servers 1120 and 1210
Can be obtained. Moreover, the intranet 10
In 00, a plurality of web servers 1120 and 1210 are provided and form a network. Therefore, a predetermined web server can be called from any terminal device to obtain a predetermined web screen 500. Further, the user's ID NO. Is registered, the WWW clients 1520 and 1530 can connect to the web server 1120 or 1210 via the firewall 1150 and acquire a predetermined web screen 500.

Next, a method of generating the web screen 500 of the display style changing system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the operation keys 630c stored in the element data 222. FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view in which the operation keys 630c are combined with a predetermined page format 620 stored in the format data 221. FIG. 5 shows a predetermined page format 6 stored in the format data 221.
20 shows one embodiment of the web screen 500 in which the operation keys 630c and the predetermined data 610 stored in the individual data 210 are combined.

In FIG. 3, in this embodiment, a plurality of operation keys 510a and 510b having the same operation function of different sizes are stored in the operation key 630c of the element data 222. The operation key 510 can be switched between a plurality of sizes at any stage.
In this embodiment, the operation key has a common width W and a height H.
Are set differently. For example, the operation key 510
a and the operation key 510b have the same width W, and the height H1 of the operation key 510a is changed to the height H2 of the operation key 510b.
It is set larger. That is, since the operation key 510a has a large shape, the title 511a of the operation key 510a can be displayed in an easy-to-read notation having a plane around the key 510a, and the function can be understood at a glance.
Can be written. On the other hand, since the operation key 510b has a small shape, the function display is
Is very compact with only the title 511b.

Next, referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, the operation keys 510a and 510b having different sizes and the page format 620 will be described.
And generation of individual data will be described.

In FIG. 4, in the page format 620, the layout of the operation keys 510, 520, 530, and 540 in the horizontal direction is specified. Therefore, large operation keys 510a, 520a, 530a, 540a
Screen 500a on which is arranged and small operation keys 510
b, 520b, 530b, and 540b are arranged on the web screen 500b, the overall width W0 is common to both screens, and the height direction is compressed or expanded like H1 and H2.

FIG. 5 shows a comparison between a web screen 500a on which large operation keys 510a and the like are arranged and a web screen 500b on which small operation keys 510b and the like are arranged. Page format 6 for both web screens 500a and 500b
20. A first format including a plurality of operation keys arranged in a horizontal line at the top of the web screen 500 according to a predetermined format
Operation key group 550 (550a, 550b), first column data 611 and second column data 6 of predetermined data stored in individual data 210 arranged next to the left and right.
12, further below the third column data 613, further below the second operation key group 560 (560a, 560b) composed of a plurality of operation keys arranged in a horizontal line, and further below the fourth column The data 614 is set to be arranged.

In the comparison diagram of FIG. 5, two web screens 50 are displayed.
First column data 611 displayed on 0a and 500b
It is assumed that the fourth to fourth column data 614 are displayed in the same amount. As is apparent from the figure, the web screen 500b on which the small operation keys 510b and the like are arranged is different from the web screen 500a on which the large operation keys 510a and the like are arranged.
It can be smaller by the height H3. That is, since the size of the web screen 500b with respect to the display screen 111 can be reduced, a space for displaying another window in the display screen 111 can be secured.
Conversely, if the size of the web screen 500b is set to the same size as the web screen 55a, a large amount of predetermined data stored in the individual data 210 can be displayed by the area of the compressed height H3. Therefore, the frequency of scrolling the display screen can be reduced. On the other hand, in terms of operation guidance, the web screen 500
In a, since the operation guidance area can be made wider than the web screen 500b, even the first person can be provided with fine-grained operability. Besides, web screen 5
Since the horizontal layout does not change between 00a and the web screen 500b, the arrangement of the operation keys and the like is not changed even if the person using the web screen 55a switches to the web screen 500b. We can use without being confused.

Next, based on FIG. 6 showing the operation flow, FIG.
A display format change method of a data management system employing a display format change system will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, FIG. 7 shows an initial screen of a data management system employing the display style changing system according to the present embodiment. Reference numeral 113 denotes a window for displaying the web screen 500. At the top of the window 113, an operation guidance area 114 in which a program title of the web page, operation keys for instructing basic operations, addresses, and the like are displayed is set. The web page area 112 is set below the web page area 112. The operation guidance area 114 is not shown in detail.

The data management system according to the present embodiment requests the web server 200 from the initial screen 1500 which is the web screen 500 displayed in the web page area 112 shown in FIG. It can be displayed in the page area 112. In the figure, 1501 is a title display of the data management system, 1510 is an operation key group in which a plurality of operation keys for calling the web screen 500 of various applications are arranged in a horizontal line, and 1520 is individual data 210 corresponding to the user. 1530 is a display area for displaying schedule management software data extracted from the individual data 210 of the user.

The initial screen 1500 displays the operation key group 1
Operation keys 1511 provided in a group of 510
By clicking at 21, the size of each operation key of the operation key group 1510 can be set.

FIG. 8 shows a state in which one of the operation keys of the operation key group 1510 on the initial screen 1500 is clicked with the mouse 121 to call the mail screen 1600a as the web screen 500. This mail screen 1600a
The operation flow of the display style changing system will be described based on FIG.
Here, the web screen 1600a shown in FIG. 8 is generated with large operation keys. In the figure, 1610 is the mail screen 1
A first operation key group arranged in a horizontal line at the top of 600, a second operation key group 1620 arranged in a vertical direction, and 1630 a third operation key group arranged in an upper and lower two rows in a horizontal row An operation key group 1640 is a reception data display area extracted from the reception data of the individual data 210, 1650.
Denotes a fourth operation key group arranged in a horizontal line, 1160 denotes a reception title display area extracted from the reception data of the individual data 210, and 1670 denotes a text display area of the reception title display area 1660.

According to the mail screen 1600a, the second
Click on the operation key group 1620 with the mouse 121 to display another web screen 500 for creating a received mail and listing transmitted / received mail, and further, a third and a fourth operation key group 1630 , 1650 with mouse 12
1 to perform operations such as transmission, search, and transfer. Also, various operations such as extracting predetermined reception data from the reception data display area 1640 from the individual data 210 and displaying the contents in the reception title display area 1660 and the text display area 1670 can be executed. Further, the second operation key group 1620 has a horizontal scroll bar 1621, and the reception data display area 1640 has horizontal and vertical scroll bars 1641 and 1642.
The text display area 1670 is provided with a vertical scroll bar 1671. By operating these scroll bars, the area can be scrolled vertically or horizontally.

Now, referring to FIG.
PU 150 displays the mail screen (web screen) 1600a of FIG.
11 is displayed. Then, CPU 150 determines whether or not there is a change in the page format by clicking operation key 1611 of first operation key group 1610 with mouse 121 (step 720). The style change processing is executed (step 730), and if not clicked (NO), the page style change waiting state, that is, the current web screen 1600a is continuously displayed.
In step 720, the CPU 150
When 11 is clicked, an operation window 1680 for changing the page style is displayed as shown in FIG. The operation window 1680 is provided with a plurality of selection keys 1681 for selecting the size of the operation keys, and an OK key 1682 for determining the style set by the selection keys 1681.

The operation window 1680 shown in FIG. 8 is a large selection key 1 constituting the web screen 1600a of FIG.
681a is selected. In this state, select key 16
81b with the mouse 121 and click the OK key 1682
By clicking, the CPU 150 records the setting contents of the selected selection key 1681b as a requested page format, and stores the web screen 1600 on the web server 200.
b (step 740). In this embodiment, operation keys having different sizes by the number of selection keys 1681 are provided.

On the other hand, the CPU 25 of the web server 200
0 accepts the change in the requested page format via the communication devices 140 and 230 (step 810), and the requested page format is changed from the page format of the web screen 1600a already supplied to the terminal device 100. It is determined whether or not this is the case (step 820). If there is no change in the page format (NO), it is returned to the terminal device 100 so that the current web screen 1600a is continuously displayed.
The contents of the change are recorded in the internal storage of the PU 250 (step 8).
30), a page format is created (step 840).
In step 840, the CPU 250
1, the predetermined mail reception data 620b is extracted from the format generation unit 230. The page format data 620b includes the small operation key 630c extracted from the element data 222 and the mail data 610a extracted from the individual data 210 in the page format data 620b. A web screen 1600b is generated in combination, and a creation format is transmitted to the terminal device 100 via the communication devices 230 and 140 (step 850). Terminal device 10
0 receives the page format from the web server 200 (step 750), and displays a web screen 1600b having small operation keys as shown in FIG. 10 on the display 110 (710).

In addition, after that, in response to the request for the web screen 500 from the terminal device 100 that has made the request, the CPU 250 displays the various web screens 500 in the predetermined page format stored in the storage device if there is no change request. Generate.

As described above, according to this embodiment, on the web screen 1600a shown in FIG. 8, various operation keys have a large shape that can be easily recognized by the user, and various design processes and guidance that are easy to understand are added. Therefore, it is possible to provide an optimal operation environment for a user who is unfamiliar with the operation. On the other hand, on the web screen 1600b in FIG. 10, the first operation key group 1610, the third operation key group 1630, and the fourth
The operation key group 1650 is vertically compressed, and the received data display area 1640 and the text display area 1670 are vertically enlarged. Therefore, the reception data display area 1
Since a large amount of data can be displayed in the 640 and the text display area 1670, the scroll bars 1642 and 1642 can be displayed.
71 can be used less frequently. Therefore, a lot of desired individual data 210 can be displayed to a user who is accustomed to an operation who is familiar with the functions and arrangements of various operation keys.

In this embodiment, the data display area 1
At 640, the table of contents items of the received data stored in the individual data 210 is displayed in two lines. In view of the user's viewability, the web screen 1600a of FIG. 8 displays ruled lines between the received data to create a familiar table format and clearly separate the received data. Like that. On the other hand, the web screen 1600b of FIG.
Thus, the background color of each received data is changed every other data. This makes it possible to clearly identify each piece of received data based on a difference in background color even with one piece of data extending over a plurality of rows, and to eliminate a space for providing a ruled line, so that more data can be displayed.

Next, FIGS. 11 and 12 show a change direction of another embodiment according to the present invention.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 10, the web screen 500 is composed of a plurality of operation keys having different widths (heights) in the height direction while the width of the operation keys is common. The embodiment is not limited to this.
Various web screens 500 may be generated by combining a plurality of operation buttons or guidances having different lengths in at least one of the height direction and the horizontal direction.

The embodiment shown in FIG.
The width of the operation keys is set so that the width W changes with the layout in the height direction H of X common. In the figure, a web screen 500X is arranged at the top and has a first operation key group 1 in which a plurality of operation keys are arranged in a horizontal line.
910 and a first display area 19 for displaying individual data
20, a second operation key group 1930 in which a plurality of operation keys are arranged in a horizontal line, and a second display area 1940 for displaying second individual data arranged at the bottom. Each operation key of this embodiment is set to have a constant height and a plurality of widths.

Therefore, the width W1 of the web screen 500X composed of operation keys having a long width is set to be larger than the width W2 of the web screen 500Y composed of operation keys having a small width. That is, in this embodiment, since the web screen compressed or expanded in the left-right direction is provided, for example, the web screen 500Y having a narrow width can be displayed on the horizontally long display screen 111 to perform two operations on the left and right sides. Further, this embodiment is effective for displaying a vertically written sentence. In this case, it is more effective to arrange, for example, vertically arranged operation keys and vertically long individual data display areas in the left-right direction.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 12, a web screen is generated by combining a plurality of operation keys in which the width and height of operation keys are reduced and enlarged at the same ratio. According to this embodiment, the web screen 550Q composed of small operation keys can be made smaller in both width and height than the web screen 500P composed of large operation keys. Can work. In this case, it is more effective to reduce or expand the size of the characters in the individual data display areas 1920 and 1940 in accordance with the change in the size.

In the above embodiment, the web screen is constructed by reducing or expanding the size of each operation key or guidance in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction or both.
For example, the same applies to the case where a web screen is generated by combining a plurality of operation key groups arranged in a horizontal row as a single operation key to reduce and expand the operation key groups and combining them with predetermined format data. The effect can be obtained.

It should be noted that the terminal device 100 described in the above embodiment has been described.
In the above, various types of application software are called to provide a function as a personal computer, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a portable terminal device called an NC that does not have a storage device other than a memory may be used. In this portable terminal device, only the minimum software for connecting to the server side is incorporated, and at the time of use, various types of application software are downloaded from the server and the terminal device 10 according to the present embodiment is used.
It is possible to obtain the same operation and effect as the case of 0.

Also, in the above-described embodiment described with reference to FIG. 1, the web server 200 is provided with the format generation unit 230, but the terminal device 100 is provided with the format generation unit 230, and the web server 200 transmits the format data 220 and the individual data. The same effect can be obtained by obtaining various data from 210 via the communication device 230 and generating and displaying a web screen on the terminal device 100 side. Further, the format data 220, the individual data 210, and the format generation unit 230 are transmitted to the terminal device 100.
The system configuration may be stored in the storage device 130 on the side of the terminal device 100 and closed in the terminal device 100.

[0044]

According to the present invention, various web screens can be easily generated by combining a plurality of operation buttons and guidances having different lengths in at least one of the height direction and the horizontal direction for one page style. Can be displayed on the display unit, reducing the storage capacity of the page format, without changing the basic layout in the page, and uniformity that can be used by experts and those unfamiliar with operation A well-defined web screen can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a display style changing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a network configuration diagram of a display style changing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a screen view showing an embodiment of operation keys stored in the element data of the display style changing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view in which operation keys of the display style changing system according to the present invention are combined with a predetermined page format stored in format data.

FIG. 5 is a web screen diagram in which a predetermined page format stored in format data of the display format changing system according to the present invention is combined with predetermined data stored in the operation keys and individual data.

FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart of the display style changing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a web screen diagram of the display style changing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a web screen diagram of the display style changing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a web screen diagram of the display style changing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a web screen diagram of the display style changing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a web screen change in another embodiment of the display style change system according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a view for explaining a web screen change in another embodiment of the display style change system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

100: terminal device, 110: display unit, 112: web page area, 120: input device, 130: storage device, 1
40 communication device, 150 CPU (terminal control unit), 20
0: Web server, 500: Web screen, 210: Individual data 210, 220: Style data, 221: Format data, 222: Element data, 230: Style generator, 24
0: Communication device, 250: CPU (Web server control unit).

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Shingo Utsugi 1-280 Higashi Koigakubo, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo Inside the Design Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Mitsuhiro Hanazuka 5030 Totsukacho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Hitachi Software Engineering Division (72) Inventor Osamu Iwamura 6-81 Onoecho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A terminal device comprising a display unit, an input device, a storage device, and a terminal control device, and a web server connected to a plurality of the terminal devices via a communication device, wherein the web server comprises: Style generation for generating a predetermined web screen from individual data corresponding to the terminal device, style data storing various page styles displayed in a web page area of the display unit, and the individual data and the style data And a server control device that controls the web server, and the format data is different from format data storing various formats of page format in at least one of the height direction and the horizontal direction. The server control unit comprises a plurality of operation keys or element data storing guidance. And a predetermined web screen generated from the style data, the terminal control unit requests a predetermined web screen from the web server based on a request from the input unit, and generates the web screen generated by the web server. A display style changing system, wherein a screen is displayed in the web page area of the display unit. 2. A display according to claim 1, wherein said element data stores a plurality of operation keys or guidances set so that the height direction is different while the horizontal layout is constant. Style change system. 3. A display format changing method comprising the following steps: (1) displaying a web page area on a display unit; and (2) a page format of a web screen displayed in the web page area via an input unit. (3) requesting the changed page format to a web server via a communication device (4) receiving various formats stored in format data and element data based on the change request Predetermined data is selected from a plurality of stored operation keys or guidances having different lengths in at least one of the height direction and the lateral direction, and various data stored in the individual data, and is generated on a predetermined web screen. Step (5) receiving the predetermined web screen from the web server and displaying the web screen in a web page area of the display unit. 4. A display format changing method comprising the following steps: (1) displaying a web page area on a display unit of a terminal device; and (2) a web screen displayed on the web page area via an input unit. (3) requesting the changed page format from a web server via a communication device; and (4) receiving a change request of the terminal device. If there is a change request, the change request is stored in a recording device. Updating the changed page format to the requested page format, and if there is no change, setting the page format stored in the storage device to the requested page format. (5) Stored in the format data based on the requested page format of the terminal device And various operation keys or guidance stored in the element data and having different lengths in at least one of the height direction and the horizontal direction. A step of selecting predetermined data from various data stored in the individual data and generating a predetermined web screen (6) receiving the predetermined web screen from the web server and displaying it in a web page area of the display unit Step to do. 5. A display format changing method comprising the following steps: (1) displaying a web area on a display unit of a terminal device, and displaying an operation area for changing a page format of a web screen on the web area (2) A) receiving a change in the page format of the web screen displayed in the web page area via the input unit; (3) requesting the web server via the communication device for the changed page format; Accepting a change request from the terminal device, updating the page format stored in the recording device to the requested page format if there is a change, and setting the page format stored in the storage device to the requested page format if there is no change ( 5) Various formats stored in the format data and the height direction and the horizontal direction stored in the element data based on the requested page format of the terminal device. A step of selecting predetermined data from at least one of a plurality of operation keys or guidances having different lengths and various data stored in the individual data, and generating the predetermined data on a predetermined web screen; Receiving from the web server and displaying in a web page area of the display unit. 6. A display format change method comprising the following steps: (1) displaying a web area on a display unit of a terminal device, and displaying a format change request key for changing a page format of a web screen in the web area; (2) receiving the press of the style change request key via the input unit and displaying an operation area for changing the page style of the web screen on the display unit; and (3) displaying the operation area for changing the page style of the web screen on the display unit. Step of receiving a change in the page format of the displayed web screen (4) Requesting the changed page format to a web server via a communication device (5) Receiving a request to change the terminal device and, if there is a change, The page format stored in the storage device is updated to the requested page format, and if there is no change, the page format stored in the storage device is changed to the requested page format. (6) Various operations stored in the format data and a plurality of operations having different lengths in at least one of the height direction and the horizontal direction stored in the element data based on the requested page format of the terminal device. A step of selecting predetermined data from a key or guidance and various data stored in individual data and generating a predetermined web screen (7) receiving the predetermined web screen from the web server, Displaying in the web page area. 7. The data stored in the element data is a plurality of operation keys or guidances set so that a horizontal layout is constant and height directions are different. 7. A display style changing method according to claim 6.