JPH09265475A - Screen transition system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [PROBLEMS] To provide a technique capable of performing screen transition for displaying information related to an arbitrary keyword that does not have information indicating a storage location of related information. SOLUTION: A related information requesting means for requesting related information by designating an arbitrary keyword, a correspondence table storing information indicating a storage location of the related information corresponding to the arbitrary keyword, and obtained from the correspondence table. Related information responding means for reading out related information using the information of the storage location, requesting related information by designating any keyword in the display content displayed on the screen by the related information requesting means, Information on the storage location of the related information corresponding to an arbitrary keyword specified by the information requesting means is searched from the correspondence table by the related information responding means, and the related information at the searched storage location is read and displayed on the screen. By doing so, the display contents of the screen are transited.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a screen transition system for transitioning display contents of a screen by displaying information related to an arbitrary keyword in information displayed on the screen, and more particularly to a screen of a WWW client. W for information related to any keyword in the displayed homepage
The present invention relates to a technique effective when applied to a screen transition system in which the display content of a screen of a WWW client is transited by reading out and displaying it from a WW server.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a certain information is displayed on a screen of a conventional computer and is referred to, it is necessary to further refer to the information related to a specific keyword displayed on the screen. The information displayed and referred to is described in a markup language, and the information indicating the storage location of the related information described in the information is used to display the information related to the specific keyword. ing.

The markup language includes attribute information including typesetting information indicating the type of characters forming the information and information indicating the storage location of other information related to the information.
It is a language used when embedded in the information, and a typical one is HTML (Hyper Text M).
arkup Language).

The above-mentioned HTML is WWW (World
Wide Web) is used when describing the information that makes up the home page, and it is possible to describe the storage location of the information related to a specific keyword called an anchor in the home page. The described HTML source is displayed on the screen after being interpreted by a program called a browser.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a transition screen using an anchor of a conventional screen transition system. FIG.
, 210 is a company X home page screen, 211 is a product introduction anchor, 212 is a topic anchor, 220 is a product introduction screen, and 230 is a topic screen.

As shown in FIG. 11, the transition screen using the anchor of the conventional screen transition system is the X company home page screen 210, the product introduction anchor 211, the topic anchor 212, the product introduction screen 220, and the topic screen. 230 and.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the transition screen using the anchor of the conventional screen transition system shows a transition from the X company homepage screen 210 to the product introduction screen 220 or the topic screen 230. The company homepage screen 210, the product introduction screen 220, the topic screen 230, and the like are displayed by the browser program interpreting each HTML source.

FIG. 12 shows an HT of a conventional screen transition system.
It is a figure which shows an example of ML source. In FIG. 12, 3
Reference numeral 10 is a company X homepage HTML source, 320 is a product introduction HTML source, and 330 is a topic HTML source.

As shown in FIG. 12, the HTML source of the conventional screen transition system has a company X homepage HTML source 310, a product introduction HTML source 320, and a topic HTML source 330.

Further, as shown in FIG. 12, in the conventional HTML source of the screen transition system, the X company homepage HTML source 31 corresponding to the X company homepage screen 210.
0 is shown.

The HTML source used in WWW includes:
URL (Uniform Resource) indicating the storage location of header message, icon image file name, message display format and information related to anchor
Information such as Locator) is stored, and in the company X website HTML source 310, “product introduction” and “topic” are described as anchors.

In the HTML source 310 of company X homepage, information related to the anchor "product introduction" is UR.
L storage location indicated by "/products/index.html", that is, "/ product of host A"
cts / index. It is stored in a file called "html".

Also, company X home page HTML source 3
10, the information related to the anchor “topic” is URL “http: // hostB / topics”.
/ Index. The storage location indicated by "html", that is, "/topics/index.html of the host B.
It is stored in a file "l", and http indicates a communication protocol.

In the conventional screen transition system, the user who wants to refer to the related information, the product introduction anchor 211 displayed on the X company homepage screen 210.
Alternatively, the topic anchor 212 is designated using an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse.

When the anchor is designated, the browser program of the WWW client will display the product introduction anchor 211.
Alternatively, the URL corresponding to the topic anchor 212 is read, the HTML source indicated by the URL is requested to the WWW server, and the X company homepage screen 210 and the product introduction screen 22 are displayed according to the HTML source indicated by the URL.
0 or transition to the topic screen 230.

In addition, in the conventional screen transition system, when associating a plurality of related information with a specific anchor, an HTML source for URL selection for selecting a specific URL from the URLs of the plurality of related information is separately prepared. If the specific anchor is specified, the UR
A screen for selecting a specific URL from a plurality of URLs is displayed by the HTML source for L selection, and after the specific URL on the displayed screen is selected, the selected U
The screen has changed to a screen displaying related information indicated by RL.

[0017]

By the way, in the conventional screen transition system, when referring to the related information of the specific information, the information indicating the storage location of the related information is created when the specific information is created. Although it is necessary to embed it in the specific information, since the related information is distributed and stored in a huge number of storage locations existing in a plurality of directories on a plurality of servers, the storage location of the related information The problem was that it was difficult to find out.

In the conventional screen transition system,
Since the screen transition is performed using the information indicating the storage location of the related information held by the anchor in the specific information, the transition of the screen displaying the related information is performed for any keyword that does not have the information indicating the storage location. There was a problem that I could not do it.

Further, in the conventional screen transition system,
When associating a plurality of related information with a specific anchor, there is a problem that a screen for selecting the storage location of the specific related information from the storage locations of the plurality of related information must be created separately.

An object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of performing screen transition for displaying information related to an arbitrary keyword that does not have information indicating a storage location of related information.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of performing a screen transition using information indicating a storage location or a screen transition using an arbitrary keyword as needed.

Another object of the present invention is to specify specific related information from a plurality of related information associated with a specific anchor or an arbitrary keyword without separately defining a screen for selecting information of a plurality of storage locations. It is to provide a technology capable of performing screen transitions by selecting and displaying.

The above and other objects and novel features of the present invention will become apparent from the description of the present specification and the accompanying drawings.

[0024]

Of the inventions disclosed by the present application, a representative one will be briefly described below.
It is as follows.

(1) In a screen transition system in which other information related to the information is displayed on the screen displaying specific information and the display content of the screen is transited, an arbitrary keyword is designated to request the related information. Related information requesting means, a correspondence table storing information indicating a storage location of the related information corresponding to an arbitrary keyword, and a related information response for reading the related information using the information of the storage location obtained from the correspondence table Means for requesting related information by designating any keyword in the display contents displayed on the screen by the relevant information requesting means, and relating information corresponding to the arbitrary keyword designated by the relevant information requesting means. Of the storage location is searched from the correspondence table by the related information response means, and the related information in the searched storage location is read out and displayed. It is intended to shift the display contents of the screen by displaying.

In the screen transition system, a correspondence table storing information indicating the storage location of the related information corresponding to an arbitrary keyword is created, and the related information of the arbitrary keyword is displayed from the display content displayed on the screen. In the case of transitioning to the display content to be displayed, first, an arbitrary keyword in the display content displayed on the screen is designated by using an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse, and the designated information is designated by the related information requesting means. Use the keywords in to request related information.

Next, the related information response means searches the information of the storage location of the related information corresponding to the arbitrary keyword designated by the related information request means, using the correspondence table created in advance. , The relevant information in the searched storage location is read and displayed on the screen, and the display content of the screen is changed.

In the conventional screen transition system, every time an HTML source for associating specific information with other information is created, it is necessary to check the URL which is the information of the storage location of the related information. In the provided screen transition system, since the URLs of the related information corresponding to a plurality of keywords are stored in the correspondence table in advance,
URL of related information when creating a WWW home page
It is possible to create an HTML source without describing, and it is possible to create a home page from text data that does not include anchor information.

Further, in the screen transition system, since the information of the storage location of the related information related to the keyword is searched from the correspondence table, the relation of the arbitrary keyword in which the information indicating the storage location of the related information is not embedded in advance is retrieved. It is possible to transition the screen to information.

As described above, according to the screen transition system, the information indicating the storage location of the related information of the arbitrary keyword in the display content displayed on the screen is searched for and the related information related to the arbitrary keyword is searched. Is read and displayed on the screen, it is possible to perform screen transition to display information related to an arbitrary keyword that does not have information indicating the storage location of related information.

(2) In a screen transition system in which other information related to the information is displayed on the screen displaying the specific information and the display content of the screen is transited, the specification having the information indicating the storage location of the related information A related information requesting means for requesting related information by designating an arbitrary keyword that does not have an anchor or information indicating a storage location of related information, and a storage location of related information corresponding to an arbitrary keyword It is provided with a correspondence table storing information and a related information response means for reading out the related information using the information on the storage location designated by the anchor or the information on the storage location obtained from the correspondence table, which is displayed on the screen. An anchor or an arbitrary keyword in the display content is designated by the related information requesting means to request related information, and the related information requesting means is requested. When an arbitrary keyword is specified, the information on the storage location of the related information corresponding to the specified arbitrary keyword is searched from the correspondence table by the related information response means, and the storage location specified by the anchor. Or the information of the retrieved storage location is used to read the related information and display it on the screen, thereby changing the display content of the screen.

In the screen transition system, a correspondence table storing information indicating the storage location of the related information corresponding to an arbitrary keyword is created, and the display contents displayed on the screen are changed to the display contents for displaying the related information. When making a transition, first, an anchor or an arbitrary keyword in the display content displayed on the screen is designated using an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse, and the anchor held by the designated information is held by the related information requesting means. Request the related information using the information of the storage location of the related information or any keyword.

The related information response means, when an arbitrary keyword is designated by the related information request means,
Information on the storage location of the related information corresponding to the specified arbitrary keyword is searched from the correspondence table.

Next, the information of the storage location designated by the relevant information requesting means or the information of the storage location retrieved from the correspondence table is used to read the relevant information and display it on the screen. Transition the displayed contents.

As described above, in the screen transition system,
The information indicating the storage location of the related information embedded in the anchor in the display content displayed on the screen or the related information is read using any keyword in the display content and displayed on the screen. It is possible to perform screen transition by using information indicating a storage location held by or an arbitrary keyword.

As described above, according to the screen transition system, the information indicating the storage location of the related information corresponding to the display content displayed on the screen or any keyword in the display content is designated to request the related information. However, since the related information is read out and displayed on the screen using the information indicating the designated storage location or the information indicating the storage location searched by the arbitrary keyword, the information indicating the storage location is displayed as necessary. It is possible to perform the screen transition used or the screen transition using any keyword.

(3) In the screen transition system described in (2) above, when there are a plurality of pieces of information on the storage location designated by the anchor or information on the storage location retrieved by the arbitrary keyword, A response program for creating a screen for selecting information of the plurality of storage locations is provided.

In the screen transition system, when the related information is read by the related information response means,
When there is a plurality of storage location information designated by the anchor or storage location information retrieved by the arbitrary keyword, the response program creates a screen for selecting the plurality of storage location information. .

Next, when a specific one of the information of the plurality of storage locations displayed on the screen is selected by using an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse, the related information requesting means selects the selected information. Request relevant information using the stored location information.

The related information responding means uses the information of the storage location designated by the related information requesting means to read the related information and display it on the screen to change the display contents of the screen.

As described above, in the screen transition system,
When there is a plurality of storage location information designated by the anchor or storage location information retrieved by the arbitrary keyword, the response program creates a screen for selecting the plurality of storage location information. Therefore, it is possible to associate a plurality of related information with a specific anchor or an arbitrary keyword without separately defining a screen for selecting information of a plurality of storage locations.

For example, in the screen transition system,
When there is a plurality of URLs corresponding to the keyword when a screen transition is performed using an arbitrary keyword, an HTML source for URL selection having a plurality of anchors in which the plurality of URLs are embedded is selected. It may be created by the response program and once transited to a screen for selecting a specific URL from a plurality of URLs, and after the specific URL was selected, transited to a screen for related information indicated by the selected URL. It is possible.

As described above, according to the screen transition system, when there is a plurality of storage location information designated by the anchor or storage location information retrieved by the arbitrary keyword, the response program is used. Since a screen for selecting the information of the plurality of storage locations is created, a plurality of associations associated with a specific anchor or an arbitrary keyword can be obtained without separately defining a screen for selecting the information of the plurality of storage locations. It is possible to perform screen transition in which specific related information is selected from information and displayed.

[0044]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

(Embodiment 1) Hereinafter, in the screen transition system of the present invention, by designating an arbitrary keyword displayed on the screen, information relating to the designated keyword is displayed to perform the screen transition. The screen transition system of will be described.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the screen transition system of this embodiment. In FIG. 1, 100 is WW
W client, 101 is a keyboard, 102 is a display, 103 is a CPU, 104 is a communication unit, 10
5 is a memory, 105a is an operating system, 1
Reference numeral 05b is a communication program, 105c is a browser program, 105d is a related information request unit, 110 is a WWW server, 111 is an HTML source, 112 is a response program, 113 is a CPU, 114 is a communication unit, 115 is memory, 115a is an operating system, 115
b is a communication program, 115c is a server program, 1
Reference numeral 15d is a related information response unit, 120 is a database server, and 121 is a keyword / URL correspondence table.

As shown in FIG. 1, the screen transition system according to the present embodiment has a WWW client 100 and a keyboard 1.
01, display 102, CPU 103, communication unit 104, memory 105, operating system 105a, communication program 105b, browser program 105c, and related information requesting unit 105d.
, WWW server 110, HTML source 111,
Response program 112, CPU 113, communication unit 114, memory 115, operating system 115a, communication program 115b, server program 115c, related information response unit 115d, database server 120, keyword / URL correspondence table 121. And have.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, in the screen transition system of this embodiment, the WWW client 100 and the WWW
The WWW client 100 is connected to the server 110 via a communication line, and the contents of the screen displayed on the display 102 of the WWW client 100 are transited based on the information sent from the WWW server 110.

The WWW client 100 of the screen transition system according to the present embodiment has a keyboard 101 for inputting a screen transition instruction, a display 102 for displaying a screen on which a transition is made, and a communication unit 104 for communicating with a WWW server 110. And a memory 105 storing a program for performing screen transition are connected to the CPU 103.

Memory 105 of WWW client 100
Includes an operating system 105a for controlling the operation of the WWW client 100 as a whole and TCP / IP.
(Transmission Control Pro
communication program 10 for performing communication according to a communication protocol such as protocol / Internet Protocol)
5b and a browser program 105 for displaying the information sent from the WWW server 110 on the display 102.
c and are stored, the browser program 105c
Includes a related information requesting unit 105d that requests the WWW server 110 for related information corresponding to a specific URL or an arbitrary keyword.

The WWW server 110 of the screen transition system according to the present embodiment stores the information for performing the screen transition with the communication unit 114 that communicates with the WWW client 100.
A memory 115 storing a program provided to the client 100 is connected to the CPU 113.

In the memory 115 of the WWW server 110,
An operating system 115a that controls the overall operation of the WWW server 110, a communication program 115b that performs communication according to a communication protocol such as TCP / IP, and W
A server program 115c that provides information to the WW client 100, an HTML source 111 that provides the WWW client 100, and a response program 112 that creates the HTML source 111 as necessary are stored. Related information corresponding to the URL or arbitrary keyword of WWW server 11
A related information response unit 115d that responds to 0 is provided.

In addition, W of the screen transition system of the present embodiment
A database server 120 is connected to the WW server 110, and the database server 120 includes a keyword / URL correspondence table 121 that stores URLs corresponding to arbitrary keywords sent from the WWW client 100.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a transition screen using an arbitrary keyword of the screen transition system of this embodiment. In FIG. 2, 210 is the X company homepage screen,
Reference numeral 240 is a personal computer related information screen, and 260 is a peripheral device related information screen.

As shown in FIG. 2, the transition screens using arbitrary keywords of the screen transition system of this embodiment are X company homepage screen 210 and personal computer related information screen 24.
0 and a peripheral device related information screen 260.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, in the transition screen using arbitrary keywords of the screen transition system of this embodiment, the screen transition from the X company home page screen 210 to the personal computer related information screen 240 and the X company home page. Screen 21
The screen transition from 0 to the peripheral device related information screen 260 is shown.

In the screen transition system of the present embodiment, by designating an arbitrary keyword displayed on the screen using the input device such as the keyboard 101 like the X company home page screen 210, the designated keyword is specified. The screen is changed to a screen such as the personal computer related information screen 240 related to.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of screen transition processing using an arbitrary keyword of the screen transition system of this embodiment. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 310 denotes the homepage H of company X.
TML source, 340 is personal computer related information HTML source, and 360 is peripheral device related information HTML source.

As shown in FIG. 3, the screen transition process using an arbitrary keyword of the screen transition system of this embodiment is as follows.
X company home page HTML source 310, personal computer related information HTML source 340, peripheral device related information HT
ML source 360.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, in the screen transition process using an arbitrary keyword of the screen transition system of this embodiment, the X company which displays the X company home page screen 210 is used as the HTML source 111 of the WWW server 110. Homepage HTML source 310 and personal computer related information HTML source 3 for displaying personal computer related information screen 240
40 and peripheral device related information HTML source 360 displaying the peripheral device related information screen 260.

Further, the keyword / URL correspondence table 121 of the database server 120 of the screen transition system of the present embodiment stores URLs corresponding to the keywords "peripheral device", "large computer", "calculator" and "personal computer". Has been done.

When an arbitrary keyword is designated by the input device such as the keyboard 101 on the X company homepage screen 210 of the WWW client 100 of the screen transition system of the present embodiment, the designated keyword is the related information request in the browser program 105c. Part 105d to W
It is sent to the WW server 110.

The response program 112 of the WWW server 110 of the screen transition system of the present embodiment uses the keyword sent from the related information requesting unit 105d of the WWW client 100 by the related information response unit 115d, and the database server 120. Keyword / URL
The correspondence table 121 is searched to read the URL corresponding to the keyword.

Next, the HTML source 111 stored in the read URL is WWW-processed from the WWW server 110.
Send to client 100, WWW client 10
The browser program 105c of 0 sends the H
Screen transition is performed using the TML source 111.

In the screen transition system of this embodiment, an arbitrary keyword displayed on the screen will be designated below.
A processing procedure on the WWW client 100 side when displaying the related information of the specified keyword and performing the screen transition will be described.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the processing procedure of the screen transition processing of the related information requesting unit 105d using an arbitrary keyword of the screen transition system of this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 4, the related information request unit 1 using an arbitrary keyword of the screen transition system of this embodiment.
The screen transition processing of 05d shows a processing procedure on the WWW client 100 side when performing a screen transition using an arbitrary keyword.

In the WWW client 100 of the screen transition system of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, first, in the processing of step 401, it is displayed on the display 102 by using the input device such as the keyboard 101. Specify any keyword in the displayed contents.

Next, in the processing of step 405, the related information requesting unit 105d in the browser program 105c of the WWW client 100 uses the communication program 105b and sends the designated arbitrary keyword via the communication unit 104. It transmits and requests the WWW server 110 for information related to the specified arbitrary keyword.

When the WWW client 100 receives the response from the WWW server 110 in the process of step 406, the related information requesting unit 105d in the browser program 105c examines the content of the received response in the process of step 407.

As a result of checking the received response in the processing of step 407, HT indicating that there is no relevant information.
If the ML source 111 is stored in the received response, the HTML source 11 in the received response
1 is used to display a message on the display 102 indicating that there is no relevant information.

As a result of checking the received response in the process of step 407, if the HTML source 111 of the requested related information is stored in the received response, the process proceeds to step 413.

In the processing of step 413, screen transition is performed using the HTML source 111 of the related information sent from the WWW server 110 and corresponding to the arbitrary keyword specified in the processing of step 401.

In the screen transition system of this embodiment, an arbitrary keyword displayed on the screen is designated below,
A processing procedure on the WWW server 110 side when displaying the related information of the specified arbitrary keyword and performing the screen transition will be described.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure of screen transition processing of the related information response unit 115d using an arbitrary keyword of the screen transition system of this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 5, the related information response unit 1 using an arbitrary keyword of the screen transition system of this embodiment.
The screen transition process of 15d shows a processing procedure on the WWW server 110 side when performing a screen transition using an arbitrary keyword.

As shown in FIG. 5, the server program 115c of the WWW server 110 of the screen transition system of the present embodiment first communicates the request for the related information sent from the WWW client 100 in the process of step 501. It is received via the program 115b and the communication unit 114.

Next, in the processing of step 503, the related information response part 115d in the response program 112 of the WWW server 110 uses the keyword sent from the WWW client 100 to search the keyword / URL in the database server 120. The correspondence table 121 is searched.

In the processing of step 504, step 50
Keyword in the database server 120
As a result of searching the URL correspondence table 121, it is checked whether or not the URL corresponding to the keyword sent from the WWW client 100 is found, and the URL corresponding to the keyword sent from the WWW client 100.
If no is found, the process proceeds to step 505, and in the process of step 505, the response program 112 of the WWW server 110 creates the HTML source 111 indicating that there is no relevant information.

URL corresponding to the keyword sent from the WWW client 100 in the processing of step 504
If is found, the process proceeds to step 507,
Using the URL retrieved in the process of step 503,
The HTML source 111 of the related information is read.

In the processing of step 509, the HTML source 111 created in the processing of step 505 or the HTML source 111 read in the processing of step 507 is transmitted to the WWW client 100.

Hereinafter, in the screen transition system of the present embodiment, WWW is used when "PC" is specified as an arbitrary keyword displayed on the screen and the related information of the specified keyword is displayed to perform screen transition. Client 1
00 and WWW server 110 will be described.

In the WWW client 100 of the screen transition system of this embodiment, first, in the processing of step 401, the input device such as the keyboard 101 is used to display the X company home page screen 210 displayed on the display 102. Specify "PC" as an arbitrary keyword.

Next, in the processing of step 405, the related information requesting unit 105d in the browser program 105c of the WWW client 100 uses the communication program 105b to send an arbitrary keyword "personal computer" via the communication unit 104. And send information related to the personal computer to the WW
Request to the W server 110.

The server program 115c of the WWW server 110 of the screen transition system of this embodiment executes the step 5
In the processing of 01, the request for the related information sent from the WWW client 100 is received via the communication program 115b and the communication unit 114.

Next, in the processing of step 503, the related information response section 115d in the response program 112 of the WWW server 110 uses the keyword "personal computer" sent from the WWW client 100 to store in the database server 120. Keyword / URL correspondence table 121
Search for.

In the processing of step 504, step 50
Keyword in the database server 120
As a result of searching the URL correspondence table 121, it is checked whether the URL corresponding to the keyword sent from the WWW client 100 is found.

The arbitrary keyword “personal computer” sent from the WWW client 100 is as shown in FIG.
URL "// hostA / products / pers"
com. Since it corresponds to "html", step 50
From step 4 to step 507, step 5
The personal computer related information HTML source 340 of the related information is read using the URL searched in the process of 03.

In the process of step 509, the personal computer related information HTML read in the process of step 507 is read.
Send the source 340 to the WWW client 100.

In the WWW client 100 of the screen transition system of this embodiment, the W
Upon receiving the response from the WW server 110, the related information requesting unit 105d in the browser program 105c checks in step 407 whether or not the received related information includes the requested related information.

Since the personal computer related information HTML source 340 which is the requested related information is included in the response received from the WWW server 110, the processing proceeds from step 407 to step 413, and the WWW server 110.
Personal computer related information sent from HTML source 34
Screen transition is performed using 0.

As described above, according to the screen transition system of the present embodiment, the information indicating the storage location of the related information of the arbitrary keyword in the display contents displayed on the screen is searched and the information is stored in the arbitrary keyword. Since the related information is read and displayed on the screen, it is possible to perform a screen transition that displays information related to an arbitrary keyword that does not have information indicating the storage location of the related information.

(Embodiment 2) In the screen transition system of the present invention, by designating an anchor or arbitrary keyword displayed on the screen, information relating to the designated anchor or arbitrary keyword will be displayed. A screen transition system according to the second embodiment that performs screen transition will be described.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a transition screen using an anchor or an arbitrary keyword of the screen transition system of this embodiment. In FIG. 6, 210 is a company X home page screen, 211 is a product introduction anchor, 212 is a topic anchor, 220 is a product introduction screen, 230 is a topic screen, 240 is a personal computer related information screen, 250 is a peripheral device selection screen, and 260 is peripheral. It is a device related information screen.

As shown in FIG. 6, the transition screen using the anchor or any keyword of the screen transition system of this embodiment is the X company homepage screen 210, the product introduction anchor 211, the topic anchor 212, and the product introduction. It has a screen 220, a topic screen 230, a personal computer related information screen 240, a peripheral device selection screen 250, and a peripheral device related information screen 260.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, in the transition screen using the anchor or any keyword of the screen transition system of this embodiment, the screen transition from the X company home page screen 210 to the product introduction screen 220, and the X company Screen transition from the homepage screen 210 to the topic screen 230, and the personal computer related information screen 24 from the X company homepage screen 210
Peripheral device related information screen 2 through screen transition to screen 0 and X company home page screen 210 through peripheral device selection screen 250
The screen transition to 60 is shown.

In the screen transition system of the present embodiment, the anchor or any keyword displayed on the screen, such as the X company homepage screen 210, is specified by using the input device such as the keyboard 101. Make a transition to the screen that displays information related to anchors or arbitrary keywords.

Further, in the screen transition system of the present embodiment, when there are a plurality of pieces of information related to the specified keyword, a screen for prompting the selection of related information as shown in the peripheral device selection screen 250 is created. When the specific related information on the peripheral device selection screen 250 is displayed, the screen changes to the selected screen such as the peripheral device related information screen 260.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an outline of screen transition processing using an anchor or an arbitrary keyword of the screen transition system of this embodiment. In FIG. 7, 320 is a product introduction HTML source, and 330 is a topic HTML source.

As shown in FIG. 7, the screen transition process using the anchor or any keyword of the screen transition system of this embodiment has a product introduction HTML source 320 and a topic HTML source 330.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, in the screen transition processing using the anchor or any keyword of the screen transition system of this embodiment, the HTML of the WWW server 110 is HTML.
As the source 111, the X company home page HTML source 310 displaying the X company home page screen 210 and the product introduction HTML source 32 displaying the product introduction screen 220.
0 and the topic HTML that displays the topic screen 230
Source 330, personal computer related information HTML that displays personal computer related information screen 240, and peripheral device related information HTM that displays peripheral device related information screen 260
L source 360 is shown.

Further, the keyword / URL correspondence table 121 of the database server 120 of the screen transition system of the present embodiment stores URLs corresponding to the keywords “peripheral device”, “large computer”, “calculator” and “personal computer”. There are two URs in the keyword "peripheral device"
It turns out that L corresponds.

When an arbitrary keyword is designated by the input device such as the keyboard 101 on the X company homepage screen 210 of the WWW client 100 of the screen transition system of the present embodiment, the designated keyword is the related information request in the browser program 105c. Part 105d to W
It is sent to the WW server 110.

The response program 112 of the WWW server 110 of the screen transition system of the present embodiment uses the keyword sent from the related information requesting unit 105d of the WWW client 100 by the related information response unit 115d, and the database server 120. Keyword / URL
The correspondence table 121 is searched, and the URL corresponding to the keyword is read.

Next, the HTML source 111 stored in the read URL is read from the WWW server 110 by WWW.
Send to client 100, WWW client 10
The browser program 105c of 0 sends the H
Screen transition is performed using the TML source 111.

In the screen transition system of this embodiment,
The response program 112 of the WWW server 110 uses the keyword sent from the related information requesting unit 105d of the WWW client 100 by the related information response unit 115d to search for the keyword in the database server 120.
When a plurality of URLs corresponding to the keyword are found when searching the URL correspondence table 121, the response program 112 creates the HTML source 111 that selects one URL from the plurality of URLs and sends it to the WWW client 100. To do.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of an HTML source for selecting a plurality of URLs in the screen transition system of this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 8, in the HTML source for selecting a plurality of URLs of the screen transition system of this embodiment,
Multiple URLs, "// hostA / misc / in
dex. html "and" // hostB / acces "
sory / outline. URL with "html"
It indicates that the message "The following pages are applicable. Please select one." Is displayed as a message prompting you to select.

In the screen transition system of the present embodiment, when an anchor or an arbitrary keyword displayed on the screen is designated and the related information of the designated anchor or the arbitrary keyword is displayed to perform the screen transition. WW
The processing procedure on the W client 100 side will be described.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing the procedure of the screen transition processing of the related information requesting unit 105d using the anchor or any keyword of the screen transition system of this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 9, in the screen transition processing of the related information requesting unit 105d using the anchor or any keyword of the screen transition system of this embodiment, the URL which is the information indicating the storage location of the related information is embedded. 7 shows a processing procedure on the WWW client 100 side when a screen transition is performed using an anchor or an arbitrary keyword.

In the WWW client 100 of the screen transition system of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, first, in the processing of step 901, it is displayed on the display 102 by using the input device such as the keyboard 101. Specify the anchor or any keyword in the displayed contents.

In the processing of step 902, the HTML source 111 of the currently displayed screen is referred to, and the one specified in the processing of step 901 is an anchor having a URL or an arbitrary URL having no URL. Find out if it is a keyword.

As a result of checking the specified contents in the processing of step 902, the one specified in the processing of step 901 is U.
If the anchor has an RL, the process proceeds to step 903 to create a request for related information in which the URL of the anchor is set.

As a result of checking the specified contents in the processing of step 902, the one specified in the processing of step 901 is U.
If the keyword is an arbitrary keyword having no RL, the process proceeds to step 904 to create a request for related information in which the keyword is set.

Next, in the processing of step 905, the related information requesting section 105d in the browser program 105c of the WWW client 100 uses the communication program 105b and, via the communication unit 104, the URL of the specified anchor or Send any keyword to request the WWW server 110 for information related to the designated anchor or any keyword.

When the WWW client 100 receives the response from the WWW server 110 in the process of step 906, the related information requesting unit 105d in the browser program 105c checks the content of the received response in the process of step 907.

As a result of checking the received response in the processing of step 907, HT indicating that there is no relevant information.
If the ML source 111 is stored in the received response, the HTML source 11 in the received response
1 is used to display a message on the display 102 indicating that there is no relevant information.

As a result of checking the received response in the process of step 907, if the received response is not the HTML source 111 indicating that there is no relevant information, the process proceeds to step 908. , Examine the contents of the received response.

As a result of checking the received response in the processing of step 908, the HTML source 11 of the requested related information is obtained.
If 1 is stored in the received response, the process proceeds to step 913.

As a result of checking the received response in the process of step 908, the HTML source for URL selection for selecting a specific URL from a plurality of URLs corresponding to the relevant information as shown in FIG. If 111 is stored in the received response, the process proceeds to step 909.

In step 909, the HTML source 111 indicating that there are a plurality of URLs corresponding to the relevant information sent from the WWW server 110.
Is used to display a message on the display 102 prompting the user to select the URL of the specific related information from the plurality of URLs of the related information.

When the URL of the specific related information is selected from the plurality of URLs of the related information in the processing of step 910, the related information requesting section 10 of the browser program 105c is selected.
5d proceeds to the processing of step 911 and selects the selected U
It requests the WWW server 110 for related information corresponding to the RL.

In the processing of step 912, the related information requesting section 105d in the browser program 105c of the WWW client 100 uses the communication program 105b,
Relevant information corresponding to the selected URL is received from the WWW server 110 via the communication unit 104.

In the processing of step 912, the WWW server 11
When the response from 0 is received, the browser program 105
The related information requesting unit 105d in c proceeds to the process of step 913.

In the processing of step 913, screen transition is performed using the HTML source 111 of the related information transmitted from the WWW server 110 and corresponding to the anchor specified in the processing of step 901 or any keyword.

In the screen transition system of the present embodiment, when an anchor or an arbitrary keyword displayed on the screen is designated and the related information of the designated anchor or the arbitrary keyword is displayed to perform the screen transition. WW
The processing procedure on the W server 110 side will be described.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the procedure of screen transition processing of the related information response unit 115d using the anchor or any keyword of the screen transition system of this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 10, in the screen transition processing of the related information response unit 115d using the anchor or any keyword of the screen transition system of this embodiment, the URL which is the information indicating the storage location of the related information is embedded. The processing procedure on the WWW server 110 side when the screen transition is performed using the anchor or any keyword is shown.

As shown in FIG. 10, the server program 115c of the WWW server 110 of the screen transition system of the present embodiment first communicates the request for the related information sent from the WWW client 100 in the processing of step 1001. It is received via the program 115b and the communication unit 114.

In the processing of step 1002, the related information response section 11 in the response program 112 of the WWW server 110.
5d checks whether the one set in the request for related information sent from the WWW client 100 is a URL indicating the storage location of the related information or an arbitrary keyword.

As a result of checking the contents of the received request in the process of step 1002, if an arbitrary keyword is set in the request for the related information sent from the WWW client 100, the process of step 1003 is executed. If the URL indicating the storage location of the related information is set in the request for the related information, the process proceeds to step 1006.

In the processing of step 1003, the related information response section 11 in the response program 112 of the WWW server 110.
5d searches the keyword / URL correspondence table 121 in the database server 120 using the keyword sent from the WWW client 100.

In the processing of step 1004, step 1
As a result of searching the keyword / URL correspondence table 121 in the database server 120 in the processing of 003, WWW
It is checked whether the URL corresponding to the keyword sent from the client 100 is found, and the U corresponding to the keyword sent from the WWW client 100 is searched.
If the RL is not found, the process proceeds to step 1005, and in the process of step 1005, the WWW server 1
The response program 112 of 10 creates the HTML source 111 indicating that there is no relevant information.

UR corresponding to the keyword sent from the WWW client 100 in the processing of step 1004
If L is found, the process proceeds to step 1006 to check the number of found URLs corresponding to the keyword.

As a result of checking the number of URLs in the process of step 1006, if the number of URLs corresponding to the keyword is one, the process proceeds to step 1007.

In step 1007, the HTML source 111 of the related information is read using the URL sent from the WWW client 100 or the URL searched in step 1003.

As a result of checking the number of URLs corresponding to the keyword sent from the WWW client 100 in the processing of step 1004, if there are a plurality of URLs corresponding to the keyword, step 1008
Then, the HTML source 111 indicating that there are a plurality of relevant information items as shown in FIG. 8 is created.

In the processing of step 1009, the HTML source 111 created in the processing of step 1005 or the processing of step 1008, or step 100
The HTML source 111 read in the processing of 7 is transmitted to the WWW client 100.

In the screen transition system of this embodiment, the product introduction anchor 211 displayed on the X company homepage screen 210 is designated, and the related information of the designated product introduction anchor 211 is displayed to shift the screen. The processing procedure of the WWW client 100 and the WWW server 110 when performing will be described.

In the WWW client 100 of the screen transition system of the present embodiment, first, in the processing of step 901, the input device such as the keyboard 101 is used to display the X company home page screen 210 displayed on the display 102. The product introduction anchor 211 is specified.

In step 902, the X company home page HTML sent from the WWW server 110 is sent.
By referring to the source 310, it is checked whether the one designated in the processing of step 901 is an anchor having a URL or an arbitrary keyword having no URL.

Here, when an anchor or an arbitrary keyword is specified in the processing of step 901, for example, a mouse click is used to specify the anchor and the starting point of the keyword to be specified is specified to specify the arbitrary keyword. Like using the cursor drag from to
The anchor and the arbitrary keyword may be specified by different operations, and in the processing of step 902, it may be identified whether the content specified by the operation content is the anchor or the arbitrary keyword.

Since the product introduction anchor 211 is designated in the process of step 901, the process proceeds from the process of step 902 to the process of step 903 to create a request for related information in which the URL of the product introduction anchor 211 is set. .

Next, in step 905, the related information requesting unit 105d in the browser program 105c of the WWW client 100 uses the communication program 105b to send the URL of the product introduction anchor 211 via the communication unit 104. And provide information related to product introduction
Request to the WW server 110.

The server program 115c of the WWW server 110 of the screen transition system of this embodiment executes the step 1
In the processing of 001, the request for the related information sent from the WWW client 100 is received via the communication program 115b and the communication unit 114.

In the processing of step 1002, the related information response section 11 in the response program 112 of the WWW server 110.
5d checks whether the one set in the request for related information sent from the WWW client 100 is a URL indicating the storage location of the related information or an arbitrary keyword.

The URL of the product introduction anchor 211 is used to request the related information sent from the WWW client 100.
Is set, the response program 112 of the WWW server 110 advances from the process of step 1002 to the process of step 1006.

In the processing of step 1006, the number of URLs of the product introduction anchor 211 is checked to find out whether the product introduction anchor 2
If the number of URLs of 11 is one, step 10
Proceed to 07.

In step 1007, the product introduction anchor 21 sent from the WWW client 100.
Product introduction HTML source 320 using URL 1
Is read.

Next, in the process of step 1009, the product introduction HTML read in the process of step 1007 described above.
Send the source 320 to the WWW client 100.

In the WWW client 100 of the screen transition system of this embodiment, the W
Upon receiving the response from the WW server 110, the related information requesting unit 105d in the browser program 105c checks the content of the received response in the process of step 907.

The product introduction HTML source 32 which is the requested related information in the response received from the WWW server 110.
Since 0 is included, the process proceeds from step 907 to step 908 and then to step 913.

In the processing of step 913, the product introduction HTML source 320 sent from the WWW server 110.
Perform screen transition using.

Hereinafter, in the screen transition system of this embodiment, when "peripheral device" is designated as an arbitrary keyword displayed on the screen and the related information of the designated keyword is displayed, the screen transition is performed. WWW client 1
00 and WWW server 110 will be described.

In the WWW client 100 of the screen transition system of the present embodiment, first, in the processing of step 901, the input device such as the keyboard 101 is used to display the X company home page screen 210 displayed on the display 102. Specify "peripheral device" as an arbitrary keyword.

In step 902, the X company home page HTML sent from the WWW server 110 is sent.
By referring to the source 310, it is checked whether the one designated in the processing of step 901 is an anchor having a URL or an arbitrary keyword having no URL.

Since the arbitrary keyword "peripheral device" is designated in the processing of step 901, step 90
The process proceeds from step 2 to step 904 to create a request for related information in which an arbitrary keyword "peripheral device" is set.

Next, in the processing of step 905, the related information requesting unit 105d in the browser program 105c of the WWW client 100 uses the communication program 105b and sends an arbitrary keyword "peripheral device" via the communication unit 104. WW to send information related to peripherals
Request to the W server 110.

The server program 115c of the WWW server 110 of the screen transition system of this embodiment executes the step 1
In the processing of 001, the request for the related information sent from the WWW client 100 is received via the communication program 115b and the communication unit 114.

In the processing of step 1002, the related information response section 11 in the response program 112 of the WWW server 110.
5d checks whether the one set in the request for related information sent from the WWW client 100 is a URL indicating the storage location of the related information or an arbitrary keyword.

Since the optional keyword "peripheral device" is set in the request for the related information sent from the WWW client 100, the response program 112 of the WWW server 110 causes the process from step 1002 to step 1003. Go to processing.

In the processing of step 1003, the related information response section 11 in the response program 112 of the WWW server 110.
5d searches the keyword / URL correspondence table 121 in the database server 120 using the keyword "peripheral device" sent from the WWW client 100.

In the processing of step 1004, step 1
As a result of searching the keyword / URL correspondence table 121 in the database server 120 in the processing of 003, WWW
It is checked whether the URL corresponding to the keyword sent from the client 100 is found.

The optional keyword "peripheral device" sent from the WWW client 100 is as shown in FIG.
Since it corresponds to two URLs, the processing of step 1004 through the processing of step 1006 is followed by step 10
The process proceeds to 08.

In the processing of step 1008, a UR indicating that there are a plurality of relevant related information as shown in FIG.
An HTML source 111 for L selection is created.

In step 1009, the URL selection HTML created in step 1008 is selected.
The source 111 is transmitted to the WWW client 100.

In the WWW client 100 of the screen transition system of this embodiment, the W
Upon receiving the response from the WW server 110, the related information requesting unit 105d in the browser program 105c checks in step 907 whether the requested related information is included in the received response.

URL for selecting the URL corresponding to the requested related information in the response received from the WWW server 110.
Since the HTML source 111 for selection is included, through the processing of step 907 to the processing of step 908,
The process proceeds to step 909.

In the process of step 909, the HTML source 111 indicating that there are a plurality of relevant related information as shown in FIG. 8 sent from the WWW server 110.
Is used to display a peripheral device selection screen 250 on the display 102, which prompts the user to select a specific URL from a plurality of URLs corresponding to an arbitrary keyword “peripheral device”.

In the processing of step 910, a specific URL among the plurality of URLs, for example, U of the peripheral device related information HTML source 360 stored in the WWW server 110.
When RL is selected, the related information requesting unit 105d of the browser program 105c advances the processing of step 911,
It requests the WWW server 110 for the related information corresponding to the selected URL.

In the processing of step 912, the related information requesting unit 105d in the browser program 105c of the WWW client 100 uses the communication program 105b,
Relevant information corresponding to the selected URL is received from the WWW server 110 via the communication unit 104.

In the processing of step 912, the WWW server 11
When the response from 0 is received, the browser program 105
The related information requesting unit 105d in c proceeds to the processing of step 913, and performs screen transition using the peripheral device related information HTML source 360 sent from the WWW server 110.

[0173] In the screen transition system of this embodiment, the WWW client 100 and the WWW server 110 when the anchor having a plurality of URLs is designated and the relevant information of the designated anchor is displayed to perform the screen transition.
Will be described.

In the WWW client 100 of the screen transition system of the present embodiment, first, in the processing of step 901, the anchor having a plurality of URLs displayed on the display 102 by using the input device such as the keyboard 101. Is specified.

In the processing of step 902, the HTML source 111 sent from the WWW server 110 is referenced, and the one specified in the processing of step 901 is the UR.
Check whether it is an anchor having L or an arbitrary keyword having no URL.

In the process of step 901, the designation is
Since it is an anchor with multiple URLs, step 90
The process proceeds from step 2 to step 903 to create a request for related information in which a plurality of URLs held by the anchor are set.

Next, in step 905, the related information requesting unit 105d in the browser program 105c of the WWW client 100 uses the communication program 105b to send a plurality of URLs of the anchor via the communication unit 104. And related information to the WWW server 11
Request 0.

[0178] The server program 115c of the WWW server 110 of the screen transition system of this embodiment executes step 1
In the processing of 001, the request for the related information sent from the WWW client 100 is received via the communication program 115b and the communication unit 114.

In the processing of step 1002, the related information response section 11 in the response program 112 of the WWW server 110.
5d checks whether the one set in the request for related information sent from the WWW client 100 is a URL indicating the storage location of the related information or an arbitrary keyword.

Since a plurality of URLs of the designated anchor are set in the request for the related information sent from the WWW client 100, the response program 112 of the WWW server 110 causes the response program 112 of the step 1002 to step 1006. Go to processing.

In the processing of step 1006, the number of URLs of the specified anchor is checked. If the number of URLs of the specified anchor is plural, step 10
The process proceeds to 08.

In the processing of step 1008, a UR indicating that there are a plurality of relevant related information as shown in FIG.
An HTML source 111 for L selection is created.

In step 1009, the URL selection HTML created in step 1008 is selected.
The source 111 is transmitted to the WWW client 100.

In the WWW client 100 of the screen transition system of this embodiment, the W
Upon receiving the response from the WW server 110, the related information requesting unit 105d in the browser program 105c checks in step 907 whether the requested related information is included in the received response.

URL for selecting the URL corresponding to the requested related information in the response received from the WWW server 110.
Since the HTML source 111 for selection is included, through the processing of step 907 to the processing of step 908,
The process proceeds to step 909.

In the processing of step 909, the HTML source 111 indicating that there is a plurality of relevant related information as shown in FIG. 8 sent from the WWW server 110.
Is used to display on the display 102 a selection screen prompting the user to select a specific URL from the plurality of URLs corresponding to the specified anchor.

When a specific URL is selected from a plurality of URLs in the processing of step 910, the browser program 1
The related information requesting unit 105d of 05c requests the WWW server 110 for the related information corresponding to the selected URL in the process of step 911.

In step 912, the related information requesting section 105d in the browser program 105c of the WWW client 100 uses the communication program 105b,
Relevant information corresponding to the selected URL is received from the WWW server 110 via the communication unit 104.

In the processing of step 912, the WWW server 11
When the response from 0 is received, the browser program 105
The related information requesting unit 105d in c advances to the processing of step 913, and the HTM sent from the WWW server 110.
Screen transition is performed using the L source 111.

As described above, in the screen transition system of this embodiment, when it is desired to designate a plurality of transition destinations for one anchor, the HTML source 111 for URL selection that selects a plurality of URLs is created in advance. It is possible to select a specific transition destination of a plurality of transition destinations without any need.

For example, when associating the relevant information regarding the use of nuclear power with the relevant information regarding the property of nuclear power to the anchor corresponding to the keyword “nuclear power”, when the user selects and specifies the anchor. , A screen for displaying the URL of the related information on the use of nuclear power and the URL of the related information on the property of nuclear power is required.

The user can transition to the target screen by selecting a specific URL from the displayed URL list. However, in the conventional screen transition system, a URL for selecting a specific URL is selected. HTML source 111
Had to be created in advance.

However, as described above, in the screen transition system of this embodiment, since the response program 112 creates the HTML source 111 for URL selection that selects a specific URL from a plurality of URLs, the HTML for URL selection is selected. It is not necessary to create the source 111 in advance.

As described above, according to the screen transition system of this embodiment, the information indicating the storage location of the related information corresponding to the display content displayed on the screen or any keyword in the display content is designated. Since the related information is read and displayed on the screen by requesting the related information and using the information indicating the designated storage location or the information indicating the storage location searched by the arbitrary keyword, the storage location is displayed as necessary. It is possible to perform a screen transition using the information that indicates or a screen transition using an arbitrary keyword.

Further, according to the screen transition system of the present embodiment, when there is a plurality of storage location information designated by the anchor or storage location information retrieved by the arbitrary keyword, the response program is used. ,
Since a screen for selecting the information of the plurality of storage locations is created, a plurality of related information associated with a specific anchor or an arbitrary keyword can be provided without separately defining a screen for selecting the information of the plurality of storage locations. It is possible to perform a screen transition in which specific related information is selected from and displayed.

Although the present invention has been specifically described based on the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment and can be variously modified without departing from the scope of the invention. Is.

[0197]

The effects obtained by the representative ones of the inventions disclosed in the present application will be briefly described as follows.

(1) Since the information indicating the storage location of the related information of an arbitrary keyword in the display contents displayed on the screen is searched and the related information related to the arbitrary keyword is read and displayed on the screen, It is possible to perform a screen transition that displays information related to an arbitrary keyword that does not have information indicating the storage location of information.

(2) Information indicating the storage location of the related information corresponding to the display content displayed on the screen or any keyword in the display content is designated to request the related information, and the designated storage location is indicated. Since the related information is read and displayed on the screen by using the information or the information indicating the storage location retrieved by the arbitrary keyword, the screen transition or the arbitrary keyword using the information indicating the storage location is used as necessary. It is possible to make a screen transition.

(3) When there are a plurality of storage location information designated by the anchor or storage location information retrieved by the arbitrary keyword, the response program selects the plurality of storage location information. Screen is created, you can select specific related information from multiple related information related to a specific anchor or arbitrary keyword without separately defining a screen to select information of multiple storage locations. It is possible to perform screen transitions to be displayed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a screen transition system according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a transition screen using an arbitrary keyword of the screen transition system of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of screen transition processing using an arbitrary keyword of the screen transition system of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of screen transition processing of a related information requesting unit 105d using an arbitrary keyword of the screen transition system of the first exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of screen transition processing of a related information response unit 115d using an arbitrary keyword of the screen transition system of the first exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a transition screen using an anchor or an arbitrary keyword of the screen transition system of the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an outline of screen transition processing using an anchor or an arbitrary keyword of the screen transition system of the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a plurality of URLs of the screen transition system of the second embodiment
It is a figure which shows an example of the HTML source which selects.

FIG. 9 is a related information requesting unit 105d using an anchor or an arbitrary keyword of the screen transition system of the second embodiment.
5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of screen transition processing of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a related information response unit 115 using an anchor or an arbitrary keyword of the screen transition system of the second embodiment.
It is a flow chart which shows a processing procedure of screen transition processing of d.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a transition screen using an anchor of a conventional screen transition system.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of an HTML source of a conventional screen transition system.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 ... WWW client, 101 ... Keyboard, 1
02 ... Display, 103 ... CPU, 104 ... Communication unit, 105 ... Memory, 105a ... Operating system, 105b ... Communication program, 105c ... Browser program, 105d ... Related information request part, 110 ...
WWW server, 111 ... HTML source, 112 ... Response program, 113 ... CPU, 114 ... Communication unit,
115 ... Memory, 115a ... Operating system, 115b ... Communication program, 115c ... Server program, 115d ... Related information response part, 120 ... Database server, 121 ... Keyword / URL correspondence table, 240 ... Personal computer related information screen, 260 ... Peripheral device Related information screen, 340 ... Personal computer related information HTML source, 360 ... Peripheral device related information HTML source, 250
… Peripheral device selection screen, 210… Company X home page screen,
211 ... Product introduction anchor, 212 ... Topic anchor, 220 ... Product introduction screen, 230 ... Topic screen, 3
10 ... X company home page HTML source, 320 ... Product introduction HTML source, 330 ... Topic HTML source.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued Front Page (72) Inventor Keizo Uchiyama 4-1 Egasaki-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture System Research Laboratory, Tokyo Electric Power Company (72) Inventor Koichi Sakamoto Onoue-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 6-81 Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. In-house (72) Inventor Akihiko Yoshida 6-81 Onoue-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi Kanagawa Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. In-house

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A screen transition system in which other information related to the information is displayed on a screen displaying specific information and the display content of the screen is transitioned, and the related information is requested by designating an arbitrary keyword. Related information requesting means, correspondence table storing information indicating storage location of related information corresponding to arbitrary keyword, and related information response means for reading out related information using information of storage location obtained from the correspondence table And requesting related information by designating any keyword in the display contents displayed on the screen by the relevant information requesting means, and displaying the relevant information corresponding to the arbitrary keyword designated by the relevant information requesting means. Information about the storage location is searched from the correspondence table by the related information response means, and the related information at the searched storage location is read out and displayed on the screen. Screen transition system characterized by shifting the display contents of the screen by. 2. A screen transition system in which other information related to the information is displayed on the screen displaying the specific information to change the display content of the screen, and a specific information having a storage location of the related information is provided. Related information requesting means for requesting related information by designating any keyword that does not have a keyword anchor or information indicating the storage location of related information, and information indicating the storage location of related information corresponding to any keyword And a related information response means for reading out the related information using the information on the storage location designated by the anchor or the information on the storage location obtained from the corresponding table. An anchor or an arbitrary keyword in the content is designated by the related information requesting means to request related information, and the related information requesting means is used. When a desired keyword is designated, the information of the storage location of the related information corresponding to the designated arbitrary keyword is searched from the correspondence table by the relevant information response means, and the storage location of the storage location designated by the anchor is searched. A screen transition system, characterized in that information displayed on the screen is transited by reading out related information using the information or the information on the searched storage location and displaying it on the screen. 3. When a plurality of storage location information designated by the anchor or a plurality of storage location information retrieved by the arbitrary keyword exist, a screen for selecting the plurality of storage location information is created. The screen transition system according to claim 2, further comprising a response program.