JP2002024129A - Method and device for executing wap selection picture and medium with recorded selection execution program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten a response and a call time and to improve the stability of communication by improving efficiency in a processing process related to item selection and executing most of processing processes, which are conventionally executed on the side of a provider, on the side of a WAP terminal although long communication time is required since a large quantity of processing is conventionally executed through a gateway server when providing a function for selecting a desired item out of plural items on a picture prepared by a WAP binary while operating a WAP terminal. SOLUTION: Concretely, an item identification variable for identifying an item and an item state value showing a state thereof are set for each of items on the picture and this method is provided with an item selection deciding step for deciding a selection/non-selection state by checking the item identification variable, an item state changing step for changing the item state value as needed and further the permutation or the like of item state values showing the selected result of a radio button.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a method, an apparatus, and a recording medium of a selection execution program for efficiently processing a selection screen displayed when a terminal using a WAP binary connects to the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, portable terminals (including portable telephones and PHS) have been remarkably popularized, and their uses have been widely extended from mere communication means to information communication means via the Internet. With the rapid increase in the number of users, it is a great responsibility for service providers to continuously respond to the demands of users who desire high-quality and stable services.

[0003] It is well known that the number of accesses by Internet users in the i-mode (trade name) service of NTT DoCoMo, etc. greatly exceeded the initial expectation, making it difficult to connect and temporarily making service provision difficult. It is. In particular, when performing information communication using a portable terminal, unlike the case of using a personal computer, the processing capability and memory of the CPU are limited. Therefore, the processing steps of the mobile terminal are made more efficient to save memory, and when possible, a part of the processing steps executed on the provider side is executed on the mobile terminal side, thereby reducing the information transmission time. Greatly contributes to the improvement of communication stability.

At present, the Internet connection using a portable terminal is WAP (Wireless) because it is compatible with an industry-standard Web server, requires less memory in the terminal, and can efficiently perform wireless network transfer. A
HDL or W conforming to pplication protocol)
A programming language called ML is often used. HD
The information described in the ML language or the WML language is converted to a WAP binary by a gateway server described later, and then sent to the terminal.

In a terminal using the WAP binary (hereinafter referred to as a "WAP terminal"), a unit of information stored in an internal memory during Internet communication is called a "deck".
The information called from this deck and displayed on the terminal screen is called a “card”. When the information provider causes the Internet user to select a desired item from a plurality of options, the information provider describes the selected item in a card.

A process for selecting a desired item from a selection screen in which selection items are described in an HDML language card will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 15, it is assumed that there are two items to be selected, items 1 and 2. First, the WAP terminal receives information from the gateway server, and receives information from the deck (WA).
The information is stored in the memory as a unit of information stored in the P terminal (S1001). Next, a selection screen and selection items are displayed according to the stored deck information (S1002). Check whether item 1 is selected, and if it is selected, R100
1 and if not selected, go to the next (S100
3). It is checked whether item 2 has been selected. If it has been selected, the process proceeds to R1002, and if it has not been selected, the process returns to step 1002 (S1004). In R1001, a process corresponding to the content of item 1 is executed. In R1002, a process corresponding to the content of item 2 is executed. Item is item 3,
If the number increases to item 4, etc., each item (ie, item 3, item 4,...) Is checked for selection and non-selection, and if selected, the process is skipped to jump to the process corresponding to that item. Add more.

As described above, in the prior art, only one item can be selected from the selection screen, and when a desired item is selected, a process corresponding to the item is immediately executed. For each item, it is possible to add a process of displaying the selected content and confirming it after selection, but in such a case, the memory of the WAP terminal is consumed, and the communication time of the user becomes longer.

Next, a description will be given of a conventional technique in which complicated processing is processed on a Web server and only the result is displayed on a WAP terminal.

Referring to FIG. 14, an outline of a process executed between a WAP terminal, a gateway server, and a Web server when a desired item is designated from a WAP terminal selection screen in the related art will be described. The WAP terminal (1001) displays the selection screen received via the gateway server. The user selects one desired item from the selection screen displayed on the WAP terminal (1001) and
01) to input the item. WAP terminal (1
001) converts this input into a signal and sends it to the gateway server (1002). Gateway server (10
02) receives the signal and transmits the input signal from the user to the Web server (1003) as the information provider. W
In response, the web server (1003) operates the corresponding application via a CGI, that is, an interface called a common gateway interface, and executes the requested processing, and as a result, creates new screen information. . The Web server (1003) returns this screen information to the gateway server (1002).
The gateway server (1002) is a web server (10
03) converts the screen information received from the WAP terminal into a WAP binary that can be used by the WAP terminal, and transmits the WAP binary to the WAP terminal (1001). The WAP terminal (1001) receives this and displays it to the user.

In the Internet connection service using a personal computer, a desired item can be selected from a plurality of options displayed on the selection screen as a selection screen method, and the selection is incorrect. Is a method that makes it easy to redo the selection (hereinafter referred to as “radio button”), and allows you to select multiple desired items from multiple options on the selection screen, and if the selection is incorrect, Uses a method (hereinafter referred to as a “check box”) that can be easily re-selected. However, when the radio buttons and the check boxes are realized by the WAP terminal according to the related art, the processing is performed on the provider side. Next, an outline of processing when the functions of the radio buttons and the check boxes are executed in the WAP terminal by a method according to the related art will be described.

Referring to FIG. 14, a description will be given of processing steps executed when a desired item is selected from a radio button selection screen in the prior art. When the user enters the WAP terminal (100
When a desired item is selected using 1), this input signal is transmitted to the gateway server (1002), and the gateway server (1002) and the Web server (100)
The process is executed during 3). Web server (100
3) creates screen information indicating that the item is marked and returns it to the gateway server (1002), and the gateway server (1002) transmits this screen information to the WAP terminal (1010).
01) and convert it to a WAP terminal (1001). The WAP terminal (1001) displays this screen information to the user.

Referring to FIG. 17, the steps executed when a desired item is selected from a check box selection screen in the prior art will be briefly described. There are two items, and variables indicating the items (hereinafter, referred to as “item identification variables”) are A and B, and values indicating the states of the items, ie, selected and non-selected states (hereinafter, referred to as “item state values”). Are represented by ○ and ×, respectively. First, initial values (here, こ こ,）) are defined as item state values corresponding to the item identification variables A, B (S
101). Then, the current item state values (○,）) corresponding to the item identification variables A, B are displayed (S102). It is checked whether there is an input for instructing a change to the item identification variable A, and if there is a change instruction, the process branches to process 2; otherwise, the process proceeds to the next (S103). It is checked whether there is an input for instructing a change to the item identification variable B, and if there is a change instruction, the process branches to process 3; otherwise, the process returns to step 102 (S104). The steps of the processing 2 are as follows. The current item state values of the item identification variables A and B are displayed (S105). It is checked whether there is an input for instructing a change to the item identification variable A. If there is a change instruction, the process branches to step 102, and if not, the process proceeds to the next (S106). It is checked whether there is an input for instructing a change to the item identification variable B, and if there is a change instruction, the process branches to processing 111;
Return to (S107). Hereinafter, the processes 3 and 4 are omitted.

As described above, in the case of executing a process of selecting a plurality of desired items from a check box selection screen by the conventional technique, a process of selecting one desired item from the above radio button selection screen is performed. This is repeated as many times as desired. Therefore, 2 × 2 when there are two items A and B, and 2 × 2 when there are three items A, B and C
The display and input processes need to be described in the program for 2 × 2 and the number of times 2 raised to the power of the number of items.

Referring to FIG. 18, steps for executing the function of a radio button in the prior art will be briefly described. There are three item identification variables, A, B, and C, and the item status values, that is, the values indicating the selected and non-selected statuses, are represented by ○ and ×, respectively. First, initial values (here, ○, ×, ×) corresponding to the item identification variables A, B, C are defined (S201). Then, the current item state values corresponding to the item identification variables A, B, and C are displayed (S202). It is checked whether or not the item identification variable A has been selected. If the item identification variable A has been selected, the process branches to step 206; otherwise, the process proceeds to the next step (S203). It is checked whether or not the item identification variable B has been selected. If the item identification variable B has been selected, the process branches to step 207, and if not, the process proceeds to the next step (S204). It is checked whether or not the item identification variable C has been selected. If the item identification variable C has been selected, the process branches to step 208; otherwise, the process returns to step 202 (S205). In step 206, the permutation of item status values, 、, ×, × are returned as a selection result list, and the flow advances to step 209. In step 207, the permutations x, o, and x of the item status values are returned as the selection result list, and the flow advances to step 209. Step 2
08, a permutation of item status values x as a selection result list,
Return "x" or "o" and proceed to step 209. Step 209
Then, the item identification variables A, B, and C are sequentially assigned to the permutations of the item state variables in the selection result list and redefined.
Return to 02.

As described above, in the prior art, when executing a process of selecting a desired item from a radio button selection screen, a list for displaying the result of the selection and a list unique to all of the possibilities that can be selected are prepared. There is a need. For this reason, when there are three item identification variables A, B, and C, the permutation of the item state values is created and selected by the number of items when the number of items increases, such as ○ ××, ×××, ×× ○. It is necessary to prepare a result list, and the processing becomes longer.

As described above, it is complicated in the related art to implement check boxes and radio buttons in a WAP terminal. Therefore, processing to implement check boxes and radio buttons and functions similar thereto is performed by a C server via a Web server.
GI processing is being performed. FIG. 16 (a) and FIG.
FIG. 6B shows a selection screen using a check box of a WAP terminal using CGI, which is a conventional method. FIG. 16 (a)
FIG. 16B shows a display before an item is selected, and FIG. 16B shows a display when an item is selected. FIG. 16A to FIG. 16 in the case of via CGI
(B) from the WAP terminal to modify the display contents
Communication via the Internet line between the servers b is required.

This step will be described with reference to FIG. Gateway server (1002) and Web server (100
The process during 3) is a process outside the WAP terminal. Gateway server (1002) and Web server (1003)
Information is sent and received over normal Internet lines,
The WAP terminal (1001) and the gateway server (100
The information during 2) is transmitted and received by wireless communication. The period during which data is transmitted / received between the WAP terminal (1001), the gateway server (1002) and the Web server (1003), and the gateway server (1002) or W
While the process is being executed in the web server (1003), W
A screen indicating “communicating” (see FIG. 13) is displayed on the AP terminal. Gateway server (1002) and Web
If processing with the server (1003) takes time, W
The communication time between the AP terminal (1001) and the provider becomes longer. During this time, the screen indicating "communicating" is continuously displayed on the WAP terminal.

In the prior art, the display format of the selection screen is different from the case where the provider sets on the Web server and the case where the WAP is set.
There are two ways to set on the terminal side. However, the display format is generally simple because the communication time is long or the memory of the WAP terminal is small, and its type is also limited. In addition, when the desired item is selected from the selection screen as a specification of the HDML language, it is immediately regarded as finalized and executed as a specification of the HDML language for reasons such as a reduction in communication time. Therefore, it is difficult to redo the selection.

For this reason, H
Many users are using terminals using the TML language (hereinafter referred to as “HTML terminals”). Each time a user selects an item, the selection is confirmed and immediately executed if it is determined that the item is correct. If the selection is wrong, the selection can be easily redone, and it is hoped that the WAP terminal implements the radio button and check box functions for both the provider and the user of the information for the WAP terminal. ing. In the prior art, realizing such radio buttons and check boxes is a task on the provider side, and is hardly used because of inefficient and increased communication time.

[0020]

In the case where a WAP terminal is used to connect to a provider and use an Internet connection service, the communication time becomes longer because the number of processes on the provider side increases depending on the number of users and services used. If the load on the provider side becomes too large, the stability of communication may be impaired.

For this reason, the process of processing the selection screen using the conventional card can be further shortened, and the wasted memory can be saved.
Reducing the communication time by executing a part of the processing steps executed on the provider side on the WAP terminal side contributes to communication stability.

When an Internet connection service is used using an HTML terminal, a display function (check box) for selecting an arbitrary plurality of items from a plurality of items when selecting a desired item from a plurality of options. And a display function (radio button) for selecting only one arbitrary item from a plurality of items is generally used. Implementing these display functions on a WAP terminal also improves user convenience.

In setting a selection item, an erroneous input can always occur. If the basic HDML language specification is used, the setting is immediately determined to be finalized and the processing is executed. However, if it is necessary to confirm the selection immediately after the selection and add a step that can be re-selected as necessary, an error may occur. The input is reduced, leading to a significant reduction in communication time.

Further, when a desired item is selected from options, a check box or a radio button in the same format is not always displayed, but a display reminiscent of the desired item or an imagination that softens the mind. The convenience of the user is further improved when a rich display appears.

In the present invention, when using the Internet connection service using a WAP terminal, a selection screen displayed for selecting a desired item from a plurality of options is provided.
By realizing convenient and efficient check boxes or radio buttons, the process of the selection process is made more efficient, the memory and processing time involved in the process are shortened, the response is made faster, and the communication stability is improved. The purpose is to:

It is another object of the present invention to add a confirming operation for checking whether or not the selected item is correct after selecting the item with the check box and the radio button, so that the selection can be performed again if necessary. I do.

It is another object of the present invention to increase the efficiency of the process related to item selection by the check box or the radio button and to save memory, thereby enriching the display format setting on the selection screen.

Further, the check boxes or radio buttons are used to streamline the process of processing inside the WAP terminal to save memory and to execute a part of the processing conventionally performed on the provider side on the WAP terminal side. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method, an apparatus, and a recording medium for an option processing program for reducing information transmission time, increasing response speed, improving communication stability, and reducing call charges.

In the check boxes, those which can express only two states such as “select” and “not select” for each item in the conventional technology are changed to “○”, “×”, “△”.
The purpose of the present invention is to make it possible to express three or more states, thereby increasing the possibility of selection.

[0030]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In a method according to the present invention, W
A method of realizing the function of a check box or a radio button on the AP terminal to shorten the processing steps of the selection screen and executing all the steps of the selection processing conventionally performed on the provider side on the WAP terminal side will be described below. .

When a check box is implemented in a WAP terminal according to a conventional method, for each item of an option, two possibilities are checked to determine whether the item is selected or not. A, B
2 × 2 for 2 and 2 × 2 × 2 for 3 items, A, B, C. When the number of items increases, the number of times 2 raised to the power of the items is displayed and input to the program. I needed to describe the process. Therefore, the processing process becomes longer,
The processing of the selected item has to be executed between the gateway server on the provider side and the Web server. This is not a small percentage of the communication time. In the method according to the present invention, by using the variable value itself indicating each state for the designation of the branch destination, the processing steps have been made much more efficient and the consumption of the memory has been successfully reduced. As a result, the display function and input function of all states are downloaded and executed between the information processing unit on the WAP terminal side and the memory using the information stored in the memory (this unit is called a “deck”). Made it possible. As described above, in the method according to the present invention, in order to execute the selection processing from the deck previously stored in the memory of the WAP terminal, the processing steps are executed without communication. Therefore, the response of the WAP terminal operation is significantly faster.

When realizing radio buttons according to the prior art, it is necessary to prepare a list for displaying the result of the selection and a list specific to all the possibilities that can be selected. Therefore, if there are three items A, B and C, A ○
It was necessary to prepare a list of B × C ×, A × B × C ×, and A × B × C ×, as many as the number of items. Therefore, the processing steps become longer. In the prior art, the number of items to be selected at one time has to be limited, or the selection process has to be divided into a plurality of times as necessary and executed through communication between the gateway server on the provider side and the Web server. This is not a small percentage of the communication time. In the method according to the present invention, the selection result list is fixed in advance, and when a specific item is selected, the order of each item is changed according to the selection,
By allocating each item to a fixed selection result, the processing process was made much more efficient and memory consumption was reduced. As a result, it is possible to execute the display function and the input function of all the states between the information processing unit on the WAP terminal side and the memory using the deck stored in the downloaded memory. In the method according to the present invention, the processing is executed from the deck previously stored in the memory of the WAP terminal. Therefore, since the processing steps do not involve communication, the response in the terminal operation is quick.

In the method of the prior art, when a desired item is selected from the selection screen, the selection processing is executed through communication between the gateway server and the Web server. "Communicating" was displayed (see FIG. 13). In the check box or the radio button according to the present invention, the selection process is WAP.
Since it is executed in the terminal, select the desired item,
The selection result is promptly displayed on the terminal screen without displaying "communicating" on the screen.

Further, by making the processing steps more efficient, it is possible to express the screen displayed on the WAP terminal abundantly with check boxes or radio buttons.

In the prior art, the state of each item of the check box can be expressed as only "selected" and "non-selected" due to the more efficient processing steps.
It is possible to represent three or more status displays in the P terminal.

Further, by making the processing steps more efficient, a check box and a radio button according to the present invention add a decision operation after selecting an item which is not common due to the time required for communication with a conventional HDML portable terminal. And make it possible to redo the selection as needed.

[0037]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An example of an embodiment of a check box according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Here, there are two items, and variables representing them (hereinafter referred to as “item identification variables”) are A and B. Values indicating the state of an item (hereinafter referred to as “item state values”) are denoted by ○ and ×, where ○ indicates that the item has been selected, and × indicates that the item has not been selected. Each item identification variable has only one item state value. First, the initial values as the item status values defined in the item identification variables A and B (in this case, ・ ×)
(Item state value definition step, S301). Then, the current item state values corresponding to the item identification variables A and B are displayed (S302). It is checked whether there is an input for instructing a change to the item identification variable A. If there is a change instruction, the process branches to step 305. If not, the process proceeds to the next (selection item determination step, S303). Check if there is an input for instructing change to item identification variable B,
If there is a change instruction, the flow branches to step 308; otherwise, the flow returns to step 302 (selection item determination step, S304). In step 305, the item identification variable A
Has been instructed to change, step 30 is a step of defining a new redefined value of the item state in the item variable A.
7 is defined as a branch destination variable J, and the process proceeds to the next step (S305). In step 306, since the item identification variable A has been instructed to be changed, the process branches to step ○ if the item status value of the item identification variable A is ○, and if the item status value of the item identification variable A is ×, the process is terminated. The process proceeds to the step も し く は or the process X with the item state value of the item identification variable A as the branch destination designation, such as branching to × (item state branching step, S306). In the process X, in the step 311 ○ is defined as a new item state value in the state value transfer variable K (item state value redefinition step, S31
1) In step 312, the process branches to the branch destination designated by the branch destination variable J in step 305 or step 308 (S312). Similarly, the process １３ defines x as a new item state value in the state value transfer variable K in step 313 (item state value redefinition step, S313), and step 314.
Then, the process branches to the branch destination designated as the branch destination variable J in step 305 or step 308 (S314). In step 307, the definition value of the state value transfer variable K defined in the process あ る い は or the process x is redefined as the selection identification variable A. In step 308, the same processing as in step 305 is performed on the item identification variable B (S308). Step 30
No. 9 performs the same processing as in step 306 for the item identification variable B (item state branching step, S309). In step 310, the same processing as in step 307 is performed on the item identification variable B (S310).

Item state branch step 306 and step 3
In 09, a method of designating the item state value itself indicating each state as a branch destination is used.

When item A is selected, the change is that the item status value defined in item identification variable A is redefined. When item B is selected, the change is defined in item identification variable B. Item status values are redefined. When it is determined that a specific item identification variable is selected as described above, next, only the item state value defined for the item identification variable is checked, and the change due to the selection instruction is defined for the item identification variable. Only changes in item status values.
On the other hand, in the conventional method shown in FIG. 17, when a certain item is selected, the change by the selection instruction changes the entire display. For this reason, it is necessary to individually generate a display form for every state that can be caused by selection.

Since a subroutine can be used in the HDML language, the number of steps can be further reduced by making the steps と and × in FIG. 1 subroutines. In this case, steps 306 and 309 in FIG. 1 are called subroutines of the process ○ or the process x, the steps 312 and 314 are simply returned to the main routine, the steps 305 and 308 are omitted, and the branch destination designation variable J is also omitted. I do. In addition, the state value passing variable K defined in steps 311 and 313 is not required, and the new item state value defined in the state passing variable K is a return value of the subroutine process と and process ス テ ッ プ. At 310, the specified item identification variable is redefined. FIG. 2 shows an embodiment in which this subroutine is performed.

FIGS. 11A and 11B show display examples of check boxes according to the present invention. The selected item is “on”, and the unselected item is “off”.

The above example is just one embodiment of a check box according to the present invention. Item identification variables are A, B,
If the number has increased to C, D .., after step 4, it is checked whether or not there is a change instruction for each item identification variable C, D,... Can be implemented in any way.

FIGS. 11F and 11G show display examples of a check box according to the present invention when the number of items is three. "■" for selected items and "□" for unselected items
And

One example of an embodiment of a radio button according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the item identification variables are A, B, and C, and the corresponding item state values are 、 and ×.
, And each item identification variable has only one item state value. First, an initial value (here, ○, ×, ×) is defined as an item status value corresponding to the item identification variables A, B, and C (item status value definition step, S501). In step 502, one specific permutation consisting of the number of items with one being the item status value when one is selected and the other being the unselected item status value when the item is not selected is set as a variable K1, K2,
The selection result list is defined as K3 and represents the selection result (selection result creation step, S502). The current item state values of the item identification variables A, B, and C are displayed (S50).
3). It is checked whether the item identification variable A has been selected. If the item identification variable A has been selected, the flow branches to step 507; otherwise, the process proceeds to the next step (selection item determination step, S504). It is checked whether or not the item identification variable B has been selected, and if it has been selected, the process branches to step 508; otherwise, the process proceeds to the next step (selection item determination step, S505). It is checked whether or not the item identification variable C is selected, and if it is selected, the process branches to step 509;
Return to 3 (selection item determination step, S506). In step 507, the item identification variable A is selected, and here, the item identification variable A, B, C (or A, C
The selection result list defined in step 502 by assigning to the permutation of (B is also acceptable) is redefined to each item identification variable (item identification variable assignment step, S507). In step 508, the order in which the item identification variable B is selected, here, the item identification variable BCA (or BA
(C is acceptable), and the selection result list defined in step 2 is redefined to each item identification variable (item identification variable allocation step, S508). In step 509, the order in which the item identification variable C is selected,
Here, the item identification variables C, A, B (or C, B, A)
), And the selection result list defined in step 502 is redefined to each item identification variable (item identification variable allocation step, S509). As described above, the item identification variable assignment step 507, step 5
In step 08 and step 509, a task of changing the permutation of the item identification variables to be assigned to the permutation of the item status values of the fixed selection result list is performed.

Since a subroutine can be used in the HDML language, if step 502 in FIG. 3 is a subroutine, a variable K consisting of the number of items defining the selection result list is set.
1, K2 and K3 become unnecessary, and the memory specification efficiency is further improved.

An example of a radio button embodiment in which step 502 of FIG. 3 is a subroutine will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the item identification variables are A, B, and C, and the corresponding item status values are represented by 、 and ×, and each item identification variable has only one item status value. First, initial values (here, ○, ×, ×) as item state values corresponding to the item identification variables A, B, C are defined (S601). Then, the current item state values of the item identification variables A, B, and C are displayed (S602). It is checked whether or not the item identification variable A has been selected. If the item identification variable A has been selected, the process branches to step 606; otherwise, the process proceeds to the next step (S603). It is checked whether or not the item identification variable B has been selected. If it has been selected, the process branches to step 608; otherwise, the process proceeds to the next step (S60).
4). It is checked whether the item identification variable C has been selected. If it has been selected, the process branches to step 610; otherwise, the process returns to step 602 (S605). Step 60
6, step 608, and step 610 all call the same subroutine R. Subroutine step R601
Is the item status value when one is selected as the selection result ○
Then, a specific permutation (○, ×, ×) consisting of the number of items, where the others are ×, which is the item status value at the time of non-selection, is returned to the main routine as a selection result list (R601). In step 606, a subroutine step R601 is called to proceed to the next step (S606). The selection result list obtained in the subroutine R is sorted in the order in which the item identification variable A is selected, and here, the item identification variables A, B, C (or A
(C / B is also acceptable) and a selection result list is received (S607). In step 609, step 6
07, the selection result list is displayed in the order in which the item identification variables B are selected, in this case, the item identification variables B, C, and A.
(Alternatively, B, A, and C are permissible) and a selection result list is received (S609). In step 611, the selection result list is displayed in the order in which the item identification variables C are selected, in this case, the item identification variables C, A, B (or C
(B / A is also acceptable), and a selection result list is received (S611). As described above, in steps 607, 609, and 611, the permutation of the item identification variables to be assigned for each selection is changed.

FIGS. 12A to 12C show display examples of radio buttons according to the present invention. Here, the item status value at the time of selection is expressed as O, and the item status value at the time of non-selection is expressed as X.

The above example is just one embodiment of a radio button according to the present invention. Item identification variables are A, B, C,
If it increases, the number of item status values in the selection result list assigned to each item identification variable is increased by the number of item identification variables, and the permutation of the item identification variables is changed for each selection, and the item status is fixed. What is necessary is just to assign to a permutation of values and to receive a selection result list.

FIG. 12D shows a display example of radio buttons according to the present invention when the number of items is four. The selected item is represented by “◎”, and the unselected item is represented by “○”.

Further, by freely setting expressions corresponding to the item state values ○ and × using character strings and the like, the display format can be enriched. In the prior art, when an attempt is made to increase the expression and the amount of information of the state of an item to be displayed using a character string or the like, even if the expression and the amount of information to be displayed for one item are increased, it is given to the processing step The impact is great. As described in the description of the related art, not only one item is changed, but also the expression and the amount of information to be displayed must be increased by the number of all items. However, a radio button according to the present invention only needs to increase the amount of information of one selection result list.

FIGS. 12 (e) to 12 (h) show display examples of radio buttons according to the present invention. It can be seen that various expressions are possible.

The conventional check box expresses two states of selection and non-selection. In addition to "selection" and "non-selection", a user who expresses a state such as "ignore" more frequently indicates the user. Can be clearly displayed and the convenience is high.

FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of a check box according to the present invention when there are three item states. A subroutine を including step 715 is added to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, and the states of the items are increased in step 706, step 709, and step 711 in accordance with the new selection state value △ (here, a new △ indicates the value of the item status value added to). In steps 706 and 709, the method of specifying the item state value itself indicating each state as a branch destination (item state branching step) is used, so that the number of steps does not increase even if a new item state value is added.
Step 711 merely changes the return value and does not increase the number of steps. Here, only the steps in subroutine I increase. In this method, when the same item identification variable is repeatedly selected, the item state value defined for the item identification variable can be changed in order from ○ to ×, from × to △, and from △ to ○. Even when the state is further increased, only the part corresponding to the subroutine △ is added.

FIGS. 11 (c) to 11 (e) show this display example, in which the item status value corresponding to the selected item identification variable is “0, on”, and the item corresponding to the unselected item identification variable. The state value is expressed as “X, off”, and the item state values corresponding to the other item identification variables are expressed as “−, non”, and the item state values are changed from “0” to “−” and “X”. Is changing.

FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of the check box according to the present invention for executing the confirmation processing. Step 816 (determination step) and step 817 are added to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 to execute the determination processing. If there is no selection instruction for the item identification variable B in step 804, the process proceeds to a confirmation step 816, where it is checked whether a confirmation instruction has been input. If there is a confirmation instruction input, the process proceeds to step 817; Return to step 802 (S81
6). If there is a confirmation instruction input, the selection result up to this point is confirmed, the item status value defined for the already set item identification variable is not changed, and any processing corresponding to the item status value of the item identification variable is performed Is executed (S817).

FIGS. 9A to 9G show examples of this display.
The confirmation process is assigned to the option written as "Program".

FIG. 7 shows an embodiment of a radio button according to the present invention for executing the determination processing. Step 910 (determination step) and step 911 are added to the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 to execute the determination processing. If there is no input for instructing selection for the item identification variable C in step 906, the process proceeds to a determination step 910, where it is checked whether an input for instructing determination has been made. Continue to step 9 if not
The process returns to 03 (S910). If there is an input that instructs confirmation, the selection result up to this point is confirmed, the item status value defined for the already set item identification variable is not changed, and any item status corresponding to the item status value of the item identification variable is (S911).

FIGS. 10 (a) to 10 (h) show examples of this display, and in FIGS. 10 (a) to 10 (d),
ram ”is assigned to the option written in FIG.
In (e) to FIG. 10 (h), the determination processing is assigned to the option written as “return”.

One embodiment of the selection processing according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 8 using functional blocks. Display (20
01), an input unit (2002), an information processing unit (200)
3) The transmission unit (2004), the reception unit (2006), and the memory (2007) are functional blocks inside the WAP terminal, and the input unit (2002) converts the input from the user into a signal and transmits the signal, and processes the information. The unit (2003) controls each unit of the terminal, the transmitting unit (2004) transmits a signal from the WAP terminal to the server (2005) on the provider side, and the receiving unit (200).
6) receives the information sent from the server on the provider side, the memory (2007) stores the information received by the receiving unit, and the display unit (2001) displays the information from among the information stored in the memory (2007). It has a function of displaying information controlled by the information processing unit (2003).

Here, the WAP terminal has already connected to the provider side server (2005), and the provider side server (20)
05) has already been stored in the memory (20).
07) and the display unit (2001)
, A screen displaying a plurality of options such as a check box or a radio button is displayed.

When the user uses the input unit (2002) to input a request for selecting a desired item from a screen displaying a plurality of options, the request is converted into an input signal by the input unit (2002) and the information is input. The data is transmitted to the processing unit (2003). The information processing unit (2003) receives the input signal, selects the corresponding information from the decks already downloaded from the provider side server and stored in the memory (2007), and controls the display unit (2001). To display the corresponding information.

In the prior art, most of the steps of the selection process are W
Since it is executed outside the AP terminal, the information processing unit (200
3) The transmitting unit (2004) transmits the display information request from the user.
Has been transmitted to the provider-side server (2005), and upon receiving the request, the provider-side server (2005) has transmitted the corresponding display information to the receiver (2006).
In the present invention, the processing steps via this communication become unnecessary.

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FIG. 14 shows an outline of communication when browsing contents by connecting to the Internet with a terminal using a WAP binary. The user has a WAP terminal (10
01), the gateway server (1002) receives the request and transmits it to the Web server (1003). The Web server (1003) receives this, and provides the requested information to the WAP terminal (1001) via the gateway server (1002).

As described above, according to the conventional WAP terminal selection method, functions as check boxes and radio buttons cannot be completed in a WAP terminal program downloaded at one time. For this reason, it is necessary to download the display information and the like by performing communication several times in cooperation with other applications using an interface called CGI (Common Gateway Interface) and the like. A communication method adopted by the Internet is a method called TCP / IP, in which a fixed amount of signal blocks (packets) divided and transmitted are transmitted and received. On the information provider side, it is more convenient to use CGI to create a program because it can use the memory and processing capacity of the server, but the number of packets exchanged for the above-mentioned reasons increases the number of packets exchanged on the Internet. Traffic (congestion rate) may increase and interfere with other important communications. This is a serious problem especially when the communication terminal is a mobile phone. This is because the Internet communication from the mobile phone is also performed by the mobile phone carrier company.
In some cases, tens of thousands of users may concentrate on one server.

In the method according to the present invention, the amount of data transmitted and received in the entire communication is reduced, and as a result, the communication charge is reduced. The number of WAP terminals exceeds 2 million, and the effect of reducing the traffic volume of all users is great.

In addition, the operation of the WAP terminal is made comfortable by enriching the display format of the screen for displaying a plurality of options. Furthermore, it is difficult for the WAP terminal to re-select a desired item because it is regarded as finalized after the desired item is selected, and it is difficult to re-select the item. It is possible to redo. As a result, erroneous input by the user can be significantly reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart for executing a check box according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for executing a check box according to the present invention (using a subroutine).

FIG. 3 is an execution flowchart of a radio button according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an execution flowchart (using a subroutine) of a radio button according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an execution flowchart of an extended check box to show three states according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an execution flowchart of a check box to which a confirmation process according to the present invention is added.

FIG. 7 is an execution flowchart of a radio button to which a confirmation process according to the present invention is added.

FIG. 8 is a schematic explanatory diagram when an item is designated from a WAP terminal selection screen according to the present invention.

9 (a) is a selection screen of usage example 1 using the method described in FIGS. 2 and 6, and FIG. 9 (b) is a selection screen of usage example 2 using the method described in FIG. 2 and FIG. 6; ) Is a selection screen of usage example 1 using the methods described in FIGS. 2, 5 and 6 together, and (d) is a selection screen of usage example 2 using the methods described in FIGS. 2, 5 and 6; ) Is a selection screen of use example 3 using the methods described in FIGS. 2, 5 and 6 together, and (f) is a display screen of use example 1 using the methods described in FIGS. Selection screen,
(G) is a selection screen of usage example 2 in which the methods described in FIGS.

10A is a selection screen of usage example 1 using both FIGS. 4 and 7, FIG. 10B is a selection screen of usage example 2 using both FIGS. 4 and 7, and FIG. 7 is also used, (d) is a selection screen of a usage example in which FIG. 4 and FIG. 7 are used together and the number of items is further increased to facilitate visual discrimination, and (e) is a selection screen of FIGS. , A selection screen of usage example 1 showing that the display format is abundant, and FIG. 4F is a selection screen of a usage example 2 showing that the display format is abundant using FIG. 4 and FIG. g) is a selection screen of the usage example 3 which uses FIGS. 4 and 7 in combination to show that the display format is rich. (h) shows that the display format is rich in use of FIGS. 4 and 7 together. Selection screen of usage example.

FIG. 11 is a selection screen of the case where the confirmation processing of FIGS. 9A to 9H is not added.

FIG. 12 is a selection screen for the case where the confirmation processing of FIGS. 10 (a) to 10 (h) is not added.

FIG. 13 is a screen displayed during “communicating” on an actual HDML terminal.

FIG. 14 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a conventional process when specifying an item from a selection screen of a WAP terminal.

FIG. 15 is an execution flowchart of a conventional WAP terminal item selection process.

16A is a selection screen using the CGI at the WAP terminal (no selection), and FIG. 16B is a selection screen using the CGI at the WAP terminal (at the time of selection).

FIG. 17 is an execution flowchart of a check box according to the related art.

FIG. 18 is an execution flowchart of a radio button according to the related art.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1001 WAP mobile terminal 1002 Gateway server 1003 Web server 2001 Display unit 2002 Input unit 2003 Information processing unit 2004 Transmission unit 2005 Provider server 2006 Receiver

Claims (21)

[Claims] 1. An item selection method for selecting an unspecified number of items from a plurality of items on a screen created by a WAP binary, wherein: an item identification variable for specifying each item; An item state value defining step of defining an item state value indicating a state; an item state value redefining step of defining the item state value after the state of each item is changed; and an item individually referring to the item identification variable A selection item determining step of determining whether or not an item has been selected; and when it is determined in the selection item determining step that an item has been selected, the item state value assigned to the item identification variable is reset to a predetermined item state value. An item state branching step for branching to the item state value redefining step to be defined. 2. An item selection method for selecting one item from a plurality of items on a screen created by a WAP binary, wherein an item identification variable for specifying each item and the item identification variable indicate a status of the item. An item status value definition step for defining an item status value, and a selection result list composed of one item status value indicating selection and another item status value indicating non-selection in a permutation of item status values of the number of items And a selection item determining step of determining whether an item has been individually selected by referring to the item identification variable, and determining that an item has been selected in the selection item determining step. In this case, the item identification variable of the item is assigned to an item status value indicating the selection of the selection result list, and the item identification variables of the remaining items are assigned to other item status values. And assigning a permutation of each item identification variable of the item to the selection result list. 3. An apparatus for communicating with a server and executing an item selection process for selecting an unspecified number of items from a plurality of items on a screen created by WAP binary, wherein the apparatus receives information from the server. A receiving unit for receiving, a memory unit for storing information to be received, a display unit for displaying the received information, an input unit for converting a user's input into a signal, the receiving unit, the memory unit, and the display unit An information processing unit that controls the input unit, wherein the device defines an item identification variable for specifying the item for each item and an item status value indicating the state of the item in the item identification variable. Status value definition means, item status value redefinition means for defining the item status value after the status of each item has been changed, selection item determination means for determining whether an item has been individually selected, and the selection item Size Means for branching to the item state value redefining means for redefining an item state value assigned to the item identification variable to a predetermined item state value when it is determined that the item is selected by the means. When the receiving unit receives the information transmitted from the server,
The information processing unit controls the memory unit to store the information in the memory unit, the information processing unit controls the display unit to display a corresponding selection screen, By operating the input unit with reference to input an instruction to the device, according to a user instruction sent as a signal from the input unit, the information processing unit uses information stored in the memory unit, The item state value defining unit, the item state value redefining unit, the selection item determining unit, and the item state branching unit are controlled to execute an item selection process of selecting an unspecified number of items from a plurality of items. apparatus. 4. An apparatus for communicating with a server and executing an item selection process for selecting one item from a plurality of items on a screen created by WAP binary, wherein the apparatus receives information from the server. Unit, a memory unit for storing information to be received, a display unit for displaying the received information, an input unit for converting a user's input into a signal, the receiving unit, the memory unit, the display unit, the input An information processing unit that controls a unit, wherein the apparatus includes: an item identification variable that specifies each of the items; and an item status value definition unit that defines an item status value indicating the status of the item in the item identification variable; A selection item determination unit that determines whether an item is individually selected with reference to the identification variable, wherein the memory unit is a permutation of item state values of the number of the items,
It has a selection result list composed of one item status value indicating selection and another item status value indicating non-selection, and the information processing unit determines that an item has been selected by the selection item determination unit. In this case, the item identification variable of the item is assigned to an item status value indicating the selection of the selection result list, and the item identification variables of the remaining items are assigned to other item status values. Item identification variable allocating means for allocating a permutation of variables to the selection result list, wherein the receiving unit receives information transmitted from the server,
The information processing unit controls the memory unit to store the information in the memory unit, and the information processing unit controls the display unit to display a corresponding selection screen, and a user operates the display unit. When an instruction is input to the device by operating the input unit with reference to the information processing unit, the information stored in the memory unit, and the item status according to a user instruction sent as a signal from the input unit An apparatus for executing an item selection process for controlling a value definition unit, the selection item determination unit, the selection result list, and the item identification variable assignment unit to select one item from a plurality of items. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein a variety of displays are enabled by designating a character string as the item state value. 6. A method according to claim 2, wherein a variety of displays are enabled by designating a character string as the item state value. 7. The item selecting method according to claim 1, wherein three or more item state variables exist. 8. The item selecting method according to claim 1, further comprising a determining step of determining whether or not an instruction for confirming has been input, and when it is determined in the confirming step that the input has not been confirmed, the item is determined. Returns to the selection item determination step. 9. The item selecting method according to claim 2, further comprising a determining step of determining whether or not an instruction for confirming has been input, and when it is determined in the confirming step that the input has not been confirmed, the item is determined. Returns to the selection item determination step. 10. The apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising means for designating a character string as the item state value, thereby enabling various displays. 11. An apparatus for executing an item selection process according to claim 4, further comprising means for designating a character string in said item state value to enable various displays. 12. An apparatus for executing an item selection process for selecting an unspecified number of items from a plurality of items according to claim 3, wherein the item status value is three or more, and the unspecified number is selected from a plurality of items. A device that executes an item selection process for selecting an item. 13. An apparatus for executing an item selection process for selecting an unspecified number of items from a plurality of items according to claim 3, further comprising a determination means for determining whether a determination instruction input has been made, An apparatus for executing an item selection process for selecting an unspecified number of items from a plurality of items, wherein the selection item determination unit performs the determination of the item again when the input is not determined by the determination unit. 14. An apparatus for executing an item selection process for selecting one item from a plurality of items according to claim 4, further comprising a determination means for determining whether or not a determination instruction input has been made, wherein said determination means An apparatus for executing an item selection process of selecting one item from a plurality of items, wherein the selection item determination means determines the item when it is determined that the input is not confirmed in step (1). 15. A medium in which an item selection program for selecting an unspecified number of items from a plurality of items on a screen created by WAP binary is recorded, wherein an item identification variable for specifying each of the items and the item identification variable An item state value defining step for defining an item state value indicating the state of the item, an item state value redefining step for defining the item state value after the state of each item is changed, and referring to the item identification variable. A selection item determining step of individually determining whether an item has been selected, and when it is determined in the selection item determining step that an item has been selected, the item state value assigned to the item identification variable is changed to a predetermined item. An item state branching step for branching to an item state value redefining step for redefining a state value. 16. A medium in which an item selection program for selecting one item from a plurality of items on a screen created by WAP binary is recorded, wherein an item identification variable for specifying each item and the item identification variable An item status value definition step that defines the item status value indicating the status of the item, and a permutation of the item status values of the number of items, consisting of one item status value indicating selection and another item status value indicating non-selection A selection result creating step of creating a selection result list to be executed, and a selection item determining step of determining whether an item is individually selected by referring to the item identification variable. If it is determined that the item is selected, the item identification variable of the item is assigned to the item status value indicating the selection of the selection result list, and the item identification variables of the remaining items are set to other items. Assigning a permutation of each item identification variable of the item to the selection result list so as to be assigned to a state value. The method of selecting one item from a plurality of items. Recording medium for the program used. 17. A medium in which the item selection program according to claim 15 is recorded, wherein the item selection program uses a method of enabling various displays by designating a character string as the item state value. 18. A medium in which the item selection program according to claim 16 is recorded, wherein the item selection program uses a method of enabling various displays by designating a character string as the item state value. 19. A medium in which the item selection program according to claim 15 is recorded, wherein the item selection program uses a method for selecting an unspecified number of items from a plurality of items, wherein the item state variable is three or more. The recorded media. 20. A medium on which the item selection program according to claim 15 is recorded, further comprising: a determination step of determining whether or not a determination instruction input has been performed, wherein it is determined that the input has not been determined in the determination step. In this case, the medium returns to the selection item determination step, in which the item selection program uses a method of selecting an unspecified number of items from a plurality of items. 21. A medium on which the item selection program according to claim 16 is recorded, further comprising: a determination step of determining whether or not a determination instruction input has been performed, and it has been determined in the determination step that the input has not been determined. In this case, the item returns to the selection item determination step, and the medium records an item selection program using a method of selecting one item from a plurality of items.