JP4944060B2 - Groupware server device, groupware server program, and groupware server device operating method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a groupware server device used for information communication, reporting, sharing and the like in an organization such as a company.

  With the development of computer systems, computer systems have come to be used for communication. For example, functions of electronic mail and electronic bulletin boards are provided by computer systems. In recent years, groupware systems having electronic mail, electronic bulletin boards, and other functions have been introduced into companies and the like, and are being used to improve business operations. By using such a groupware system, it is possible to easily carry out the transfer of the company's management policy to all members, the management of the content and progress of each member's work, and the paperless workflow processing. It is coming.

  In addition, with the development of web systems, groupware systems composed of web servers using World Wide Web technology have been developed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). As a result, it becomes possible to access the groupware system using an Internet browser installed on a terminal such as a personal computer from the beginning, and it is not necessary to install special software on the terminal. For this reason, the introduction example of the groupware system has further increased.

JP 2004-62304 A

  By the way, when a large amount of information is accumulated and shared in the groupware system, it may be necessary to refer to information that has already been accumulated when new information is accumulated. For example, consider a case in which workflow processing is used to register approval information in a groupware system and obtain approval from a supervisor or the like. In this case, for the boss who makes the decision, the time required for the decision can be shortened if the related approval document and the related information that have been approved in the past can be easily referred to, and the decision can be made based on an accurate judgment. . Therefore, a subordinate or the like who registers information on the approval document pastes a link to the related approval document or the like.

  However, in the conventional groupware system, a complicated operation is required to paste a link to other information when inputting information. In particular, if there is a limit to the number of browser screens and tabs that can be opened simultaneously, the operation of pasting a link becomes complicated. In addition, since the operation is complicated, an incorrect link may be pasted. For this reason, a link is pasted on information viewed by a person who does not have the authority to access, and the work efficiency is lowered.

  The present invention includes a data management unit that manages input / output of a storage device that stores data identified by identification information, a terminal device capable of transmitting / receiving information via a network, and a data transmitting / receiving unit that transmits / receives the data An access authority management unit that determines whether a user of the terminal device has access authority to the data, an identification information acquisition unit that acquires identification information for identifying the data from the terminal device, and the terminal An identification information holding unit that holds the acquired identification information when it is determined by the access right management unit that a user of the apparatus has an access right to data identified by the acquired identification information; An identification information transmission unit that transmits the held identification information to the terminal device in response to the first request information transmitted from the terminal device. To provide over Puwea server device. Further, in the groupware server device according to one aspect of the present invention, the storage device stores screen display description data for creating data in the terminal, and the identification information transmission unit stores the description data in the terminal The held identification information is transmitted to the terminal device after being transmitted to the device and before receiving the data created using the screen display displayed by the description data. Such a groupware server device stores the identification information of the data displayed on the terminal device, and the identification information can be pasted as a link, thereby solving the problem. In addition, it is possible to prevent a link to data that the user of the terminal device does not have access authority from being pasted, and to prevent a wrong link from being pasted.

  In the groupware server device according to one aspect of the present invention, the access right management unit includes data that identifies a user who is a disclosure destination of data created by the terminal device using identification information included in the data It is characterized by determining whether or not the user has access authority. This prevents a link that cannot be followed by a user to whom data is disclosed from being pasted on the data.

  Moreover, in the groupware server device according to another aspect of the present invention, the access authority management unit includes, among the identification information held by the identification information holding unit, data created by the terminal device. The identification information transmitting unit transmits identification information for identifying data to which a user as a disclosure destination has access authority. This prevents a link that cannot be followed by a user to whom data is disclosed from being pasted on the data.

  In the groupware server device according to another aspect of the present invention, the data transmitted to the terminal device by the data transmitting / receiving unit includes identification information for identifying the data by being executed by the terminal device. It includes a description of a script that performs a process of transmitting. Thus, by clicking a button or the like on the terminal device, the groupware server device can acquire identification information for identifying the displayed data. Therefore, the groupware server device according to the present invention can be used without installing special software in the terminal device.

  Further, in the groupware server device according to another aspect of the present invention, the identification information transmitting unit transmits the identification information transmitted to the description data of the selection dialog displayed on the terminal device by operating the terminal device. The identification information that is transmitted in a selectable manner and is selected by the selection dialog displayed on the terminal device by the description data is inserted into data created by the terminal device. Item 6. The groupware server device according to any one of items 2 to 5. As a result, even when there are a plurality of pieces of identification information to be pasted as links, it is possible to select and paste one piece of identification information.

  Further, in the groupware server device according to another aspect of the present invention, the access right management unit refers to personnel information related to the user to determine whether the user of the terminal device has an access right to the data. It is characterized by judging. The personnel information has a hierarchical structure, and by using the hierarchical structure, it is possible to omit the trouble of describing the access authority for each individual member.

In the groupware server device according to another aspect of the present invention, the access right management unit can refer to past personnel information. This makes it possible to manage access authority corresponding to personnel changes such as movement of members.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent a link from being pasted on information viewed by a person who does not have access authority. Further, when pasting a link to information registered in the groupware system, the link can be pasted with a smaller number of operations than before. Thereby, business efficiency can be improved.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited to the following description, In the range which does not deviate from the summary, it can implement in a various aspect.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram for explaining a groupware system according to an embodiment of the present invention from the aspect of hardware. In FIG. 1, the groupware system 100 is configured using a server computer 101, a network 102, and a terminal computer 103. In FIG. 1, one server computer and one terminal computer are shown, but actually, a plurality of each may exist and be connected to the network 102. There may also be a plurality of types of networks. The network may be realized by combining, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), the Internet, and the like.

  The server computer 101 includes, for example, a network communication I / F (Interface) 104, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 105, a memory 106, a hard disk 107, and the like connected to each other via a bus. When the server computer 101 is turned on, a program stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) (not shown) or the like is executed by the CPU 105, and an operating system read from the hard disk 107 is expanded in the memory 106 and executed. Is started. Thereafter, a program for operating as a server device of the groupware system is executed, and communication is performed with the terminal computer 103 via the network communication I / F 104.

  The terminal computer 103 has the same or similar configuration as the server computer 101. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the network communication I / F 108, the CPU 109, the memory 110, and the input / output I / F 111 are configured. When the terminal computer 103 is turned on, a program stored in a ROM (not shown) or the like is executed by the CPU 109, and is required from a secondary storage device such as a hard disk (not shown), the server computer 101, or another server computer. A simple program is read out and loaded into the memory 110 for execution. For example, by executing the operating system, it is possible to display a screen on a display connected to the input / output I / F 111 of the terminal computer 103, and a user (user) can operate with a keyboard, a mouse, and the like. Thereafter, a program for communicating with the server computer 101 is activated.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram for explaining the groupware system according to the embodiment of the present invention from the software side. In FIG. 2, the server apparatus 101 uses server computer 101 hardware, and includes a server data transmission / reception unit 201, a page data storage unit 202, a page data management unit 203, an access right management unit 204, and a page ID acquisition unit. This is realized by operating a program that realizes 205, the page ID holding unit 206, and the link addition unit 207.

  The server data transmission / reception unit 201 is a unit for each unit of the server device 101 to communicate with the terminal device via the network 102. For example, a device driver included in the operating system is configured as a software module such as a device driver for controlling the network communication I / F 104 and an input / output library for using the device driver. In one embodiment of the present invention, the server data transmission / reception unit 201 receives a page request, a page ID holding request, a link addition request, and the like transmitted from the terminal device, and distributes these requests to other units. Also, information corresponding to these requests is transmitted to the terminal device. For example, information such as whether the request has been processed is transmitted.

  Further, the server data transmission / reception unit 201 may process an authentication request. The authentication request determines whether the user ID input by the user of the terminal device matches the password, and determines the user ID of the user. By determining the user ID of the user, it is possible to determine whether or not there is an access authority described below.

  Further, the server data transmission / reception unit 201 may manage the state of processing performed in the terminal device from information transmitted to the terminal device and information received from the terminal device. For example, if screen display description data including an inputable area such as a text area where text can be input is transmitted to the terminal device, the terminal device is determined to be in an input operation state. . Then, when data transmitted from the terminal device is received by pressing a Submit button or the like displayed on the screen of the terminal device, it can be determined that the input operation has been completed.

  The page data storage unit 202 stores information. This information is registered in the groupware system 100 and is reported, communicated, and shared among members of the organization. Information storage by the page data storage unit 202 is configured as a software module that accesses the hard disk 107. In this specification, information reported, communicated, and shared by the groupware system 100 is referred to as “page” or “data”. The page is data having a structure described using, for example, HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up Language). Further, the data may not be a specific structure such as text data. Generally, a page is stored as a file in a secondary storage device such as the hard disk 107 that implements the page data storage unit 202. Then, a page is specified by identification information such as a file name and a path. The path may include a parameter to be passed to a CGI (Common Gateway Interface) program. In the following, identification information that is information for specifying a file storing a page is referred to as a page ID. The page ID can also be expressed as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) composed of a communication protocol name, a host name that identifies the server computer 101, and a file path. Further, if the communication protocol and the server computer 101 are fixed, only the path portion of the URL may be included, or if the CGI program is fixed, only the parameters to be passed to the CGI program may be included.

  The page data management unit 203 stores the page describing information received from the terminal device via the server data transmission / reception unit 201 in the page data storage unit 202 as a file for storing a page, or transmits the server data transmission / reception unit 201 from the terminal device. In response to a request for reading information received via the management server, management including input / output processing for reading a corresponding file from the page data storage unit 202 is performed. For example, when information to be newly registered is transmitted from a terminal device and received, a file name is generated, information is stored in the file, and the file is stored in a directory specified by an appropriate path. In addition, the management file for making it possible to browse the list of registered information for each electronic bulletin board is updated. Thereby, the association between the name of the electronic bulletin board and the file storing the information of the articles posted on the electronic bulletin board is managed. When a mail is created and sent, the mail address of the destination user is specified and the mail is added to the mail box. When a page is requested using a URL or the like, the presence or absence of a file specified by the URL or the like is confirmed, read from the page data storage unit 202, and transmitted to the requesting terminal device.

  The access right management unit 204 checks whether or not there is an access right to the page stored in the page data storage unit 202 for each user of the terminal device, and prevents the user from accessing a page that does not have the access right. . For example, when a page read request is received from the terminal device, it is checked whether or not the user of the terminal device has access authority to read the page. If there is no access authority, page data is checked. The page data management unit 203 is controlled so that reading from the storage unit 202 and transmission after the reading are not performed. Also, if information to be newly registered is transmitted and received from a terminal device, it is checked whether the user of the terminal device has the authority to register, and if there is no authority, registration is not performed. . Further, the change or deletion of information stored in the page data storage unit 202 may be confirmed. The read, register, change, and delete operations are hereinafter referred to as “access”.

  The groupware system according to an embodiment of the present invention is assumed to be used in a corporate organization such as a company composed of people. The personnel information of such an organization often has a pyramid type hierarchical structure. FIG. 3 shows an example of such a hierarchical structure. In this example, the board of directors exists as the highest-level department, and the departments directly below (subordinate) include the general affairs department and the sales department. In addition, the first section, the second section, and the third section have been established as departments directly under the sales department.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of expressing the organizational structure of FIG. 3 using the table structure of the relational database. FIG. 4A shows an example of a table in which a department identification number is associated with a department name. For example, 1 is associated with the board of directors as a department identification number, 2 is associated with the general affairs department, 3 is associated with the sales department, and 4 is associated with the first section of the sales department. FIG. 4B shows an example of a table expressing the vertical relationship of departments. In FIG. 3, since the general affairs department and the sales department are established as the departments directly under the board of directors, the general affairs department 2 and the sales department 3 are associated with the department identification number 1 of the board of directors as subordinate identification numbers. Further, since the sales department first section is established as a department directly under the sales department, 4 is associated with the department identification number 3 as a lower department identification number.

  Members such as employees belong to the department. Then, next, the expression of the affiliation to the employee's department in the personnel information will be explained. FIG. 5A shows an example of a table in which a member such as an employee is specified by an employee number, and a department to which the member specified by the employee number belongs is represented by the department identification number. For example, it is indicated that the member specified by the employee number 123 belongs to the board of directors (department identification number 1). In addition, “long” is stored in the column “position etc.” to indicate that the member identified by the employee number 123 is the department head of the board of directors. Similarly, the member identified by employee number 156 belongs to the general affairs department (department identification number 2), the member is shown to be a temporary employee, and the member identified by employee number 135 is the general affairs department. It is shown that the member is a full-time employee.

  FIG. 5B is an example of a table that associates employee numbers with attributes of members having the employees. For example, it is shown that the name of the member having the employee number 123 is Koro Otoro. Attributes other than names may be included as members' attributes. For example, a region to which a business office that works may be included.

  Next, a data structure for the access right management unit 204 to check whether the user of the terminal device has access authority to the page stored in the page data storage unit 202 will be described. FIG. 6 shows an example of a table for managing access rights for each information registration destination. Here, the “information registration destination” corresponds to an area of the page data storage unit 202 that classifies and stores information. Such a region can be recognized as the name of the electronic bulletin board by the user of the terminal device. FIG. 6 shows a table for storing a department identification number of a department to which a user who can be accessed for each name of the electronic bulletin board belongs, and a table for storing employee numbers of members whose access is prohibited for each name of the electronic bulletin board. An example is shown.

  In FIG. 6A, for example, an electronic bulletin board named “Sales Board Common Bulletin Board” can be accessed by employees belonging to a department (sales department) having a department identification number of 3; The electronic bulletin board named “common to departments” is exemplified such that employees belonging to a department (sales department 1st section) having a department identification number of 4 can access. Further, FIG. 6B illustrates that “common employee” is prohibited from accessing members having an employee number of 156. This corresponds to the fact that referring to FIG. 5A, since the member having the employee number of 156 is a temporary employee, access to the electronic bulletin board provided for regular employees is prohibited.

  Therefore, when a page stored in the page data storage unit 202 is accessed from the terminal device via the network 102, the access right management unit 204 obtains the employee number of the user of the terminal device and accesses the page. The name of the electronic bulletin board of information to be deleted is acquired from the page data management unit 203 from the URL or the like. Then, a department identification number belonging to the acquired employee number is obtained by referring to the table of FIG. 5A, and a first determination as to whether or not access to the electronic bulletin board is permitted from the department is shown in FIG. This is done with reference to the table of A). If it is determined that the access is permitted by the first determination, the second determination is made as to whether or not the access by the employee number is prohibited with reference to the table of FIG. 6B. . If access is permitted in the first determination and access is determined not to be prohibited in the second determination, access to the file is permitted. If access is not permitted in the first determination or access is prohibited in the second determination, access to the page is not permitted.

  FIG. 6 shows a data structure for checking whether or not there is an access authority for each name of the electronic bulletin board. However, the department that allows access to the identification information of the page storing the information stored in the page data storage unit 202, the access A data structure that associates prohibited employees can also be used.

  In addition, access authority is not expressed only by the table structure. For example, the head of a department and employees in a department higher than the department can access the bulletin board accessible by the employees of the department unconditionally. Can also be expressed. For example, such a rule may be applied by a software module that implements the access right management unit 204.

  In addition, for each identification information of a file storing information stored in the page data storage unit 202, all employee numbers of accessible employees are calculated and stored in a structure such as a table. The presence or absence of may be confirmed.

  In the above description, the access authority to the electronic bulletin board has been described as an example. In addition to determining access authority to the electronic bulletin board, access authority for documents managed as electronic conference rooms and files can be similarly performed. Furthermore, instead of the department to which you belong, whether it is a department, upper department, lower department, position, whether it is a higher rank than a specific position, group, location, employee classification such as full-time / part-time / temporary dispatch, specific employee Access authority can also be determined depending on whether or not.

  In addition, in a company etc., organizational changes and personnel changes occur regularly or irregularly. Therefore, the expression of the organizational structure and the affiliation of the employee to the department may include a validity period. FIG. 7A shows an example of a table that expresses the hierarchical relationship of departments including the validity period. For example, it is expressed that the department having the department identification number 2 is installed as a subordinate department of the department identification number 1 from April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2009. Thereby, the organizational structure in a plurality of different periods can be expressed by one table. FIG. 7B shows an example of a table that represents a period in which a member belongs to a department in response to personnel changes. For example, it is expressed that the member with the employee number 123 belongs to the department with the department identification number 1 from April 1, 2007 to June 1, 2008. In this way, the table including the effective period column is not limited to the current organizational structure and affiliation of the members, but can represent the past and future organizational structures. The access authority can be managed based on the hierarchical structure at any point in the past, present, and future.

  In addition, a column of valid periods is also added to the tables shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, and departments that permit access and employee numbers that prohibit access are stored in the valid period. As a result, it is possible to express access rights in the past and the future as well as the present.

  When a table including an expiration date column is used as described above, the first determination and the second determination described above are performed by limiting the table to a row of the effective period including the current date and time.

  In this way, by determining whether or not there is access authority by referring to the personnel information at the time including the past, for example, the person in charge A who approves certain document data (for example, data expressing the approval document) from the department B Even if the job is transferred to the department C, it can be determined that the new responsible person D in the department B has the access authority to refer to the document data approved by the former responsible person A.

  The page ID acquisition unit 205 acquires a page ID from the terminal device. The page ID is acquired by expanding the page ID holding request received by the server data transmitting / receiving unit 201 from the terminal device in the memory 106. Alternatively, it can be obtained by referring to the history of page IDs of files transmitted to the terminal device and displayed on the terminal device. The page ID acquired in this way is identification information that is likely to be included as a link in a page that is subsequently displayed on the terminal device. However, it is not always included as a link, and it may be acquired to take a memorandum of the page ID of the page to be viewed after that. The page ID acquisition unit 205 may also acquire a character string such as a comment when acquiring the page ID.

  This comment is, for example, a character string displayed as a title when displaying information of a file specified by the page ID, or when the user of the terminal device transmits the page ID to the server device 101 according to the intention. Or a character string assigned to For example, it is a character string assigned for easy display for reference when browsing over time.

  In addition, the page ID acquisition unit 205 has access authority when the acquired page ID inquires of the access right management unit whether the user of the terminal device identifies a page for which the user has access authority. Only when the result is, the acquired page ID may be held in the page ID holding unit 206. The access right management unit may actually be inquired, or the server data transmission / reception unit 201 holds a history of transmission / reception with the terminal device, a page request is received from the terminal device, and the requested page is transmitted. The page ID acquisition unit 205 may determine whether or not a history is held. If a page request for a page that cannot be accessed by a user of the terminal device is received, if the access right management unit 204 does not transmit such a page, the history held by the server data transmission / reception unit 201 By checking this, it is possible to detect the presence or absence of the access right.

  The page ID holding unit 206 holds the page ID acquired by the page ID acquisition unit 205. For example, it is temporarily stored in the memory 106. Further, when there is a possibility that a plurality of terminal devices used by a plurality of users are connected to the server device 101 at the same time, it is determined which user is using the page ID displayed on the terminal device used. It may be related to the page ID.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of a table used by the page ID holding unit 206 to hold the page ID in association with identification information (for example, employee number) of the user who uses the terminal device. In this example, from a terminal device used by a user having an employee number of 185, / proj / servlet / PE? id = 12345 is acquired by the page ID acquisition unit 205 and held by the page ID holding unit 206. When the page ID acquisition unit 205 also acquires a character string such as a comment, a column for storing a character string may be further added to the table of FIG. Further, instead of associating the page ID or the like with the identification information of the user, it may be associated with information specifying a communication session with the terminal device.

  Further, a module that realizes the access right management unit 204 by the page ID acquisition unit 205 and the page ID holding unit 206 is used to determine whether or not the user who uses the terminal device has an access right to the page with the page ID. The page ID may be held in the page ID holding unit 206 only when there is access authority.

  The link addition unit 207 performs processing for including the page ID held by the page ID holding unit 206 as a link in the page displayed on the terminal device. This process is also referred to as a “process pasted as a link to information stored in the page ID file”. This process is performed every time the server data transmitting / receiving unit 201 receives a link addition request from the terminal device. There are various methods for realizing “a process of pasting a page ID as a link to a page displayed on a terminal device”. For example, the page information displayed on the terminal device may be received from the terminal device, the link information may be added to the received page information, and the information may be returned to the terminal device. Alternatively, when information on a plurality of pages is held in the page ID holding unit 206, a screen (also referred to as a selection dialog) for selecting one of the page IDs may be displayed. Further, a script for executing a process for adding the selected page ID as link information in the terminal device may be generated and transmitted.

  For example, see http: // www. example. com / servlet / PE? If a page ID of id = 12345 is selected, document. linkArea1. script ('<A HREF="http://www.example.com/servlet/PE?id=134545"> link </A>') is generated and executed on the terminal, and document. <A HREF=“http://www.example.com/servlet/PE?id=12345”> link </A> is added to the area called linkArea1 and added as a link. May be.

  In FIG. 2, the terminal apparatus 103 uses hardware such as a terminal data transmission / reception unit 208 and a terminal computer 103 to operate a program that realizes the terminal data transmission / reception unit 208, the display processing unit 209, and the operation unit 210. Is realized.

  The terminal data transmission / reception unit 208 is a unit for communicating with the server apparatus 101 via the network 102. The terminal data transmission / reception unit 208 is a device driver included in an operating system that runs on the terminal computer 103, as with the server data transmission / reception unit 201 of the server apparatus 101, and controls the network communication I / F 108108, and further It may be configured as a software module such as an input / output library for using the driver.

  The display processing unit 209 performs processing for displaying page information received from the server apparatus 101. For example, it is a module of a browser program that operates on the terminal computer 103, and performs a rendering process by analyzing the structure of the received page.

  The operation unit 210 detects an operation of a keyboard or a mouse connected to the input / output I / F 111 and performs processing according to the operation. For example, by detecting the pressing of a key on the keyboard or detecting a click by a mouse key, the text is displayed in the text area displayed by the display processing unit 209 or the link displayed in the clicked area. The server apparatus 101 is requested for information on the specified page.

(Operation example on terminal device)
With reference to FIGS. 9 to 15, processing in the terminal device 103 and processing in the server device 101 will be described while explaining an operation example in the terminal device 103 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  FIG. 9 illustrates an example of a state in which the terminal device 103 starts a communication session with the server device 101 and a page for information transmitted from the server device 101 for performing login processing is displayed. Enter your employee number in the text area on the right side of the “User ID” display, enter your password in the text area on the right side of the “Password” display, and press the button labeled “Login” using the mouse. As a result, the employee number and the password are transmitted to the server apparatus 101. In the server apparatus 101, the server data transmission / reception unit 201 receives an employee number and a password and performs authentication. If the authentication is successful, the server apparatus 101 associates the employee number with the communication session with the terminal apparatus 103. This association is managed by the server data transmission / reception unit 201, for example. As a result, the employee number of the user of the terminal device can be obtained from the identification information of the communication session with the terminal device, and the presence or absence of access authority can be determined.

  If the authentication is successful, top page configuration information for displaying on the terminal device 103 a top page corresponding to the user identified by the employee number is generated and transmitted to the terminal device 103. This configuration information can be expressed in, for example, HTML.

  FIG. 10 shows an example in which the configuration information of the top page is received by the terminal data transmission / reception unit 208 of the terminal device 103 and displayed by the display processing unit 209. The name of an organization such as a company is displayed at the top of the display, a list of names of electronic bulletin boards that can be accessed by the user of the terminal device 103, and the number of unread mails are displayed in order. In addition, if there is an undecided workflow document, the number of the document may be displayed.

  For the list of names of electronic bulletin boards that can be accessed, the access right management unit 204 of the server apparatus 101 retrieves the department identification number of the department to which the member belongs from the authenticated employee number and the like, and can access from the department Get the type of bulletin board. Then, it is generated by excluding those for which access by members of the authenticated employee number is prohibited. In addition, the number of unread mail addressed to the user is obtained from the authenticated employee number. A screen that displays the name of the electronic bulletin board (for example, “common to all members”), the number of unread mails, and the final approval process based on the type of electronic bulletin board thus obtained, the number of unread mails and the number of undecided documents. A link is made to the description of the description, and the link is clicked with the mouse via the operation unit 210, so that the screen transitions to a screen for browsing an electronic bulletin board article or reading an email. The server device 101 is requested for the configuration information of the page that has been generated, and the generated configuration information of the page is transmitted from the server device 101 to the terminal device 103.

  FIG. 11 shows an example of selecting and displaying information posted on an electronic bulletin board named “sales department common bulletin board” by clicking “common to sales departments” in the display of FIG. The subject, the name of the publisher, and the content are displayed in order, and the page information is displayed below the subject. In FIG. 11, as the page information, the page ID of the page storing the displayed information is / proj / servlet / PE? id = 12345 is displayed, and a button 1101 “Copy this page information” and a button 1102 “Confirm the publication destination of this page” are displayed.

  A button 1101 is a button for causing the page ID holding unit 206 to hold the page ID of a page storing information displayed on the screen. That is, when the operation unit 210 of the terminal device 103 detects that the button 1101 is pressed, a page ID holding request is transmitted via the terminal data transmission / reception unit 208. The transmitted page ID holding request is received by the server data transmission / reception unit 201, and the page ID acquisition unit 205 receives / proj / servlet / PE? Get id = 1345. For example, / proj / servlet / PE included in the page ID holding request? Get id = 1345. And / proj / servlet / PE? id = 12345 is held in the page ID holding unit 206. Note that when the button 1101 is pressed, the operation unit 210 displays a window for inputting the subject “about the next period” or inputting a character string such as a comment, and acquires the input character string. Alternatively, it may be transmitted via the terminal data transmission / reception unit 208 together with the page ID holding request. This character string is stored in the page ID holding unit 206 as / proj / servlet / PE? It is held in association with id = 1345. As a result, for example, the table is held as shown in FIG.

  As a description of the button 1101, for example, <A HREF=“http://www.example.com/proj/servlet/store.cgi?CGInname=/proj/servlet/PE&storeID=1345”> <IMG SRC = “http” //Www.example.com/images/button1101.jpeg "> </A>. As a result, http: // www. example. com / images / button1101. An image in which a character string “copy this page information” is displayed by jpeg is displayed. Then, by clicking on the image, www. example. com with a host name of / proj / servlet / store. cgi? CGIname = / proj / servlet / PE & storeID = 1345 is transmitted. / Proj / servlet / store. If cgi is a CGI program that calls a module of the page ID acquisition unit 205, CGIName = / proj / servlet / PE and storeID = 1345 are passed to the CGI program, so that / proj / servlet / PE? Substantially the same information as id = 1345 can be passed.

  By displaying a button for holding the page ID of the page in the page ID holding unit 206 in the description of the page displayed in this way, only the page ID of the page that the user of the terminal device has the authority to access is displayed. Can be guaranteed to be held in the page ID holding unit 206. Therefore, as described above, the page ID holding unit 206 does not need to further inquire the access right management unit 204 about the presence or absence of the access right. Thereby, the processing of the server device can be reduced.

  The button 1102 is / proj / servlet / PE? This is a button for displaying a department or an employee who can view information stored in the file specified by id = 1345. That is, when the operation unit 210 of the terminal device 103 detects that the button 1102 is pressed, a request for a disclosure destination request is transmitted via the terminal data transmission / reception unit 208. The transmitted disclosure destination request is received by the server data transmission / reception unit 201, and the access right management unit 204 / proj / servlet / PE? id = 1345 is obtained. And / proj / servlet / PE? id = 12345 is transmitted to the page data management unit 203 and / proj / servlet / PE? After the name of the electronic bulletin board to which id = 12345 is posted is acquired, the name of the electronic bulletin board is transmitted to the access right management unit 204. Then, referring to the table illustrated in FIG. 6 and the like, the department identification number that can be accessed and the employee number for which access is prohibited are acquired. The acquired department identification number or employee number is converted into a department name or employee name with reference to the tables of FIGS. 4A and 5B, and the terminal device 103 is transmitted via the server data transmission / reception unit 201. Reply to As a result, the display processing unit 209 displays the department name, employee name, and the like.

  Thereby, it is possible to know the range in which the displayed page can be browsed, and to prevent the page ID from being erroneously transmitted to those who cannot browse.

  FIG. 12 shows an example of a screen for creating and registering new document information on the electronic bulletin board. A posting destination electronic bulletin board can be selected by a pull-down menu 1201. By this selection, the disclosure destination of the created document information is determined. In addition, when creating an email, the destination of the email is the publication destination of the document information to be created. When creating an approval document, the supervisor who performs the examination is the disclosure destination of the document information.

  Note that the description information of the screen for creating and registering new document information as shown in FIG. 12 is stored in the page data storage unit of the server device and transmitted as necessary. May be.

  It is possible to input information such as characters in the subject text area 1202 and the content text area 1203. Further, a button 1204 "Paste", a button 1205 "Post", a button 1206 "Temporary storage", and a button 1207 "Cancel" can be pressed.

  A button 1204 is a button for pasting page identification information held in the page ID holding unit 206 as a link by the link adding unit 207. That is, when the operation unit 210 of the terminal device 103 detects that the button 1204 has been pressed, a link addition request is transmitted via the terminal data transmission / reception unit 208. The transmitted link addition request is received by the server data transmission / reception unit 201 and transmitted to the link addition unit 207. The link addition unit 207 reads the page identification information held in the page ID holding unit 206 and sends it back to the terminal device 103 via the server data transmission / reception unit 201. For example, / proj / servlet / PE? When id = 12345 is read and a reply is made, the terminal data transmission / reception unit 208 sends / proj / servlet / PE? id = 12345 is received, and the display processing unit 209 receives / proj / servlet / PE? Transmit id = 1345. Then, the display processing unit 209 displays / proj / servlet / PE? In the area displayed to the left of the button 1204. Enter id = 12345.

  Also, the page ID holding unit 206 has / proj / servlet / PE? If a character string or the like is associated with id = 12345, the link adding unit reads such a character string, and / proj / servlet / PE? Reply with id = 1345. The terminal data transmission / reception unit 208 is / proj / servlet / PE? When the character string is received together with id = 12345 and transmitted to the display processing unit 209, the display processing unit 209 displays / proj / servlet / PE? The character string is input in the area below the area where id = 1345 is input. The input character string may be appropriately modified by the user.

  Further, when the identification information of a plurality of pages is held in the page ID holding unit 206, the link adding unit 207 reads the identification information of the plurality of pages, and the user of the terminal device 103 determines one page. You may perform the process which enables display of a selection dialog etc. so that identification information can be selected. For example, the description data of the selection dialog screen is generated and transmitted to the terminal device 103 via the server data transmission / reception unit 201. When the terminal data transmission / reception unit 208 receives the description data, it is transmitted to the display processing unit 209 and selected. A dialog is displayed. Further, even if there is only one page identification information held in the page ID holding unit 206, a confirmation dialog may be displayed.

  FIG. 13 shows an example of a selection dialog displayed. The name of the electronic bulletin board and a character string such as a comment are displayed on the line where each of the radio buttons 1301 and 1302 is displayed. In the row of the radio button 1301, the name of the electronic bulletin board “Bulletin Board Common to Sales Departments” and “About Next Period Initiatives” are displayed as comments. In the row of the radio button 1302, the name “mail” and “about visit to Company K” as a comment are displayed. Each radio button is associated with page identification information. For example, the radio button 1301 is associated with the URL of the file that stores the information of the article shown in FIG. 11, and the radio button 1301 is a file that stores an email such as a subject “Visit Company K”. Are associated with each other.

  In addition, a link may be provided in the display of “about next period initiatives” and “about visit to Company K”. For example, <A HREF=“/proj/servlet/PE?id=12345” TARGET=_blank> is described as “</A>” for the next term effort, and by clicking “about next term effort” displayed thereby, The display in FIG. 11 may be performed in another window or the like.

  When the user who has displayed the selection dialog selects a radio button and presses the “Paste” button 1303, the identification information of the page associated with the row of the selected radio button is input. Note that the description data of the selection dialog may include a description of a program such as a script executed when the “Paste” button 1303 is pressed. The program such as the script may input the identification information of the page associated with the line selected by the radio button in the left area of the button 1204.

  When the button 1204 is pressed, the name of the electronic bulletin board selected by the pull-down menu 1201 may be transmitted from the terminal device 103 to the server device 101. Thereby, the link addition unit 207 makes an inquiry to the access right management unit 204 and the page data management unit 203, and the person who can view the electronic bulletin board is specified by the page ID held in the page ID holding unit 206. It may be determined whether or not the user has the access authority to the file storing the page. If there is a person who can view the electronic bulletin board who does not have access rights to the file of the page specified by the page ID held in the page ID holding unit 206, a warning message is sent to the terminal device. It may be displayed.

  A button 1205 is a button for registering information input on the screen, a button 1206 is a button for temporarily storing information input on the screen, and a button 1207 is input on the screen. It is a button for discarding the recorded information. That is, when the operation unit 210 detects that the button 1205 has been pressed, the input information is transmitted to the server device by the terminal data transmission / reception unit 208. Then, the information received by the server transmission / reception unit 201 is transmitted to the page data management unit 203, and after the access right management unit 204 confirms the access right, the information is stored in the page data storage unit 202.

  When the operation unit 210 detects that the button 1206 has been pressed, the input information is stored in the storage unit of the terminal device 103 or transmitted to the server device 101 via the terminal data transmission / reception unit 208. Or stored in a storage unit of the server device. As a result, the input information can be read later and edited again.

  If the operation unit 210 detects that the button 1207 has been pressed, the information input on the screen is discarded without being stored, and the screen is closed.

  FIG. 14 shows an example of the screen shown in FIG. 12, an electronic bulletin board named “common to sales department 3rd section” is selected from the pull-down menu 1201. 1203 shows a state in which a sentence “According to Mr. Ogawa ◇, the sales department is going to be profitable” has been entered. In addition, when the button 1204 is pressed, / proj / servlet / PE? id = 12345 is input, added and pasted as a link, and indicates a state in which a character string “about next period approach” is input. In this state, when the button 1205 is pressed, the input information is transmitted to the server apparatus 101, and registration processing is performed.

  FIG. 15 shows a state in which the input information as shown in FIG. 14 is registered and displayed as an article on the electronic bulletin board named “common to sales department 3rd section”. In FIG. 15, there is a column “related page”, and the name “promoting next term” is / proj / servlet / PE? It is displayed with a link to id = 1345. If the link is attached to the article shown in FIG. 11, the article shown in FIG. 11 is displayed by clicking the link with the mouse.

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FIG. 16 shows a sequence diagram of processing from the display of the authentication screen of FIG. 9 until the page identification information is input to the related page column as shown in FIG. In step S1601, a request for a top page is transmitted from the terminal device to the server device. In response to this request, a description of the top page is returned from the server device to the terminal device in step S1602. The screen illustrated in FIG. 9 is displayed on the screen.

  In step S1603, when a user ID and password are input and the “login” button is pressed, an authentication request is transmitted from the terminal device to the server device. When authentication is performed by the server device, processing in step S1604 is performed. As described above, the description of the screen after authentication is returned from the server device to the terminal device, and the display illustrated in FIG. 10 is displayed on the screen of the terminal device.

  In step S1605, when an operation for tracing a link or the like is performed on the terminal device, a page request is transmitted from the terminal device to the server device. In the server device, the access right is confirmed, and in step S1606, the requested page information is returned from the server device to the terminal device, and the display illustrated in FIG. 11 is performed on the screen of the terminal device.

  When the button 1101 is pressed on the terminal device, a page ID holding request is transmitted from the terminal device to the server device as processing in step S1607. Thereby, in the server device, the page ID displayed on the terminal device is acquired and held in the page ID holding unit 206.

  Thereafter, when a page request for obtaining the display of FIG. 12 on the screen of the terminal device is transmitted to the server device as the process of step S1608, the description of the page is returned as the process of step S1609, and the display of FIG. It is made on the screen of the terminal device.

  When button 1204 is pressed, a link addition request is transmitted from the terminal device to the server device as processing in step S1610. Then, in the server device, the page ID held by the page ID holding unit 206 is read by the link adding unit 207. When the description of the selection dialog is generated by the link adding unit 207, the description of the selection dialog is returned to the terminal device as the processing of step S1611, and the display of FIG. 13 is displayed.

  When selection using a radio button or the like is performed and the button 1303 is pressed, the result of selection is transmitted from the terminal device to the server device as processing in step S1612, and a paste processing command is returned as processing in step S1613. The As a result, the process of pasting the link is performed by the display processing unit 209, and the display of FIG. 14 is displayed.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of processing in the server apparatus in step S1606 and the like. In step S1701, the server data transmission / reception unit 201 waits until a page request is received. When the page request is received, the process proceeds to step S1702, and the user ID of the user who made the page request is acquired. In step S1703, the access right management unit 204 determines whether the user has the right to access the requested page. If there is an access right, the process proceeds to step S1704, and the requested page is transmitted. If there is no access authority, the process proceeds to step S1705, and an error message indicating that there is no access authority is transmitted.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of processing in the server apparatus in step S1607. In step S1801, the process waits until a page ID holding request is received. When the page ID holding request is received, the process proceeds to step S1802, and the server data transmitting / receiving unit 201 or the like acquires the user ID of the user who has made the page ID holding request. In step S1803, the page ID holding unit 206 holds the user ID and the page ID in association with each other.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of processing in the server apparatus from step S1610 to step S1611. In step S1901, the process waits until a link addition request is received. When the link addition request is received, the process proceeds to step S1902, and the user ID of the user is acquired by the session management unit or the like. In step S <b> 1903, the link addition unit 207 acquires the page ID held in association with the user ID by the page ID holding unit 206. In step S1904, the acquired page ID is input on the screen, and a link pasting process is performed.

  FIG. 20 shows a flowchart of processing in the server apparatus when the information to be registered is input as shown in FIG. 14 and the “post” button is pressed. In step S2001, the process waits until information on the posting page is received. When received, the process proceeds to step S2002, and the user ID of the user who made the posting is acquired. In step S2003, the name of the posting destination bulletin board is acquired. In step S2004, it is determined whether the user has access authority to post. If there is an access right for posting, the posted page is stored in the page data storage unit 202 in step S2005. If there is no access right, an error message indicating that there is no access right is transmitted in step S2006.

  As described above, in one embodiment of the present invention, when a page is displayed, a button for storing the page ID of the page is displayed, so that the page ID can be held with one click. In addition, since a button for pasting and adding a page ID as a link is also displayed on a screen for posting information and registering it, a link can be easily added with one click. Further, when a plurality of page IDs are held, a selection dialog is displayed so that selection can be performed. In addition, the access right can be confirmed at the time of addition, and it is possible to prevent a link from being pasted on information viewed by a person who does not have the right to access.

  In the above description, the file ID of the article posted on the electronic bulletin board is stored in the page ID holding unit and is pasted as a link to an article to be posted later on another electronic bulletin board. However, the present invention is only applied to the electronic bulletin board. It is not limited. For example, the approval document for which approval has been requested from the supervisor by the workflow function in the past is displayed on the screen of the terminal device, and the page ID of the approval document is held in the page ID holding unit 206. Then, a screen for newly creating a request for approval can be displayed, and the page ID of the previous request for approval held in the page ID holding unit 206 can be added as a link by the link adding unit 207. Also, the file ID of the article on the electronic bulletin board can be held in the page ID holding unit 206 and added as a link to an e-mail or the like.

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In the first embodiment, the description has been given assuming that the page ID is held in the server device. In the present invention, the page ID is not limited to being held in the server device, and may be held in the terminal device as another embodiment.

  FIG. 21 is a functional block diagram for explaining the groupware system according to the second embodiment of the present invention from the aspect of software. The server apparatus 101 includes a server data transmission / reception unit 201, a page data storage unit 202, a page data management unit 203, and an access right management unit 204. On the other hand, the terminal device 103 includes a terminal data transmission / reception unit 208, a display processing unit 209, and an operation unit 210, and further includes a page ID acquisition unit 1601, a page ID holding unit 1602, and a link addition unit 1603. That is, in the first embodiment, the page ID acquisition unit, the page ID holding unit, and the link addition unit are provided in the server device 101, but in the present embodiment, they are provided in the terminal device 103.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, when the operation unit 210 detects that the button 1101 in FIG. 11 is pressed, the page ID acquisition unit 1601 acquires the URL of the displayed page and stores it in the page ID storage unit 1602. Let In this process, for example, when the button 1101 is pressed in the description of the page displayed in FIG. 11, the URL of the displayed page is acquired, and the URL is stored in the memory of the terminal device 103 or the like. It may be executed by including a description of a script for processing.

  When the operation unit 210 detects that the button 1204 in FIG. 12 has been pressed, the link addition unit 1603 displays the URL stored in the memory of the terminal device 103 on the right of the display “page ID”. In the field. In this process, for example, when the button 1204 is pressed in the description of the page displayed in FIG. 12, a URL stored in a memory or the like is acquired, and the URL is input to a predetermined field. It may be executed by including a description of a script for performing.

It is a functional block diagram of the groupware system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the groupware system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example figure of an organization structure. It is an example figure of the table structure expressing an organization structure. It is an example figure of the table structure expressing the member which belongs to an organization. It is an example of the table structure expressing the access right to an electronic bulletin board. It is an example figure of the table structure expressing an organization structure. It is an example figure of the table holding page ID. It is an example figure of an authentication screen. It is an example figure of the screen after authentication. It is an example figure of the screen on which the article contributed to the electronic bulletin board was displayed. It is an example of a screen for posting an article to an electronic bulletin board. It is an example of a selection dialog for selecting a held page ID. It is an example of a screen for posting an article to an electronic bulletin board. It is an example figure of the screen on which the article contributed to the electronic bulletin board was displayed. It is a sequence diagram explaining an example of the communication process in the groupware system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the process in the groupware system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the process in the groupware system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the process in the groupware system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the process in the groupware system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the groupware system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Groupware system 101 Server apparatus 102 Network 103 Terminal apparatus 201 Server data transmission / reception part 202 Page data storage part 203 Page data management part 204 Access right management part 205 Page ID acquisition part 206 Page ID holding part 207 Link addition part 208 Terminal data transmission / reception Section 209 Display processing section 210 Operation section

Claims (10)

A data management unit that manages input / output of a storage device that stores data identified by the identification information;
A terminal device capable of transmitting and receiving information via a network and a data transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting and receiving the data;
An access authority management unit that determines whether a user of the terminal device has an authority to access the data;
An identification information acquisition unit for acquiring identification information for identifying the data from the terminal device;
An identification information holding unit for holding the acquired identification information when it is determined by the access right management unit that a user of the terminal device has an access right to data identified by the acquired identification information; ,
A groupware server device comprising: an identification information transmission unit that transmits the held identification information to the terminal device in response to first request information transmitted from the terminal device. The storage device stores descriptive data for screen display for creating data at the terminal;
The identification information transmission unit transmits the description information held after the description data is transmitted to the terminal device and before receiving the data created using the screen display displayed by the description data. The groupware server apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the groupware server apparatus transmits to the terminal apparatus.   The access right management unit determines whether a user who is a disclosure destination of data created by the terminal device has access authority to data identified by identification information included in the data. The groupware server device according to claim 2.   The access authority management unit identifies identification data for identifying data to which a user who is a disclosure destination of data created by the terminal device has access authority among the identification information held by the identification information holding unit The groupware server apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the identification information transmission unit transmits the identification information.   The data transmitted to the terminal device by the data transmitting / receiving unit includes a description of a script for performing processing for transmitting identification information for identifying the data by being executed by the terminal device. Item 5. The groupware server device according to any one of items 1 to 4.   The identification information transmitting unit transmits the identification information to be transmitted to the description data of the selection dialog displayed on the terminal device so as to be selectable by operation of the terminal device, and transmits the identification information to the terminal device by the description data. 6. The groupware server device according to claim 2, wherein the identification information selected by the displayed selection dialog is inserted into data created by the terminal device.   7. The access right management unit according to claim 1, wherein the user of the terminal device determines whether or not the user has an access right to the data with reference to personnel information related to the user. The groupware server device described in 1.   The groupware server apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the access right management unit can refer to past personnel information. Data identification information that can be received by a terminal device capable of transmitting and receiving information via a network is received by operating a network communication interface,
When the access authority management unit determines that the user of the terminal device has access authority to data identified by the acquired identification information, the acquired identification information is held in a memory,
The request information transmitted from the terminal device is received by operating the network communication interface,
A groupware server program characterized by transmitting the identification information stored in the memory to the terminal device by operating the network communication interface in accordance with the received request information. Data identification information that can be received by a terminal device capable of transmitting and receiving information via a network is received by operating a network communication interface,
When the access authority management unit determines that the user of the terminal device has access authority to data identified by the acquired identification information, the acquired identification information is held in a memory,
The request information transmitted from the terminal device is received by operating the network communication interface,
A method for operating a groupware server apparatus, comprising: transmitting identification information stored in the memory to the terminal apparatus by operating the network communication interface according to the received request information.

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