JPH1196014A - Apparatus and method for delivering program parts - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently retrieve a usable program component by displaying a program component list menu on the client side and enabling a user to select any program component. SOLUTION: At a client part, an anchor display means 4 displays an anchor included in program components on a screen and dispatches the anchor selected by the user to a program component information acquiring means 5. The program component information acquiring means 5 dispatches the data type of that anchor to a program component name retrieving means 2 at a server part and acquires a program component name executable to that data type. A program component information display means 6 displays the list of program component names provided by the program component information acquiring means 5 on a screen and waits the selection of the user. A program component acquiring means 7 dispatches the program component name selected out of the program component name list by the user to a program component retrieving means 3 and acquires the relevant program component.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for distributing program parts, and more particularly to a program part for fetching constituent parts of a program from a server and combining the program parts on a client side to construct an entire program. The present invention relates to a distribution device and method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of program distribution system is designed to centrally manage a program to be distributed by a server and transfer the program to a distribution destination machine via a network, thereby reducing the trouble of program distribution. Used. An example of a conventional program distribution system is disclosed in
No. 00509.

The automatic program distribution system described in this publication comprises a server and a client, selects a program to be distributed from a menu, and transfers the selected program to the client. The menu selection is made on the server side, and the same program is distributed to each client machine.

[0004] Thus, when distributing the same program to a plurality of clients, the trouble of distributing can be reduced.

[0005]

The first problem is that the program to be distributed cannot be selected from the client side in the automatic program distribution method described in the prior art. The reason is that a program to be distributed is menu-selected on the server side.

However, for example, when developing a program,
When a program is constructed by obtaining program components from a server and combining them, since the program components to be used differ for each user, it is necessary that the client can select the program components to be distributed.

A second problem is that it is not possible to efficiently search for available program components. Program parts work together to form the entire program by working together, so some of the delivered program parts may not be available due to mismatched data types,
This may hinder the user's work.

For example, when a program part B is distributed from a server in order to cooperate with a program part A already existing on the client side, the program B is executed if the type of data passed from the program part A to the program part B does not match. Can not. However, in the automatic program distribution method described in the related art, it is not possible to cope with this problem because coordination as components is not considered.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-337778 discloses that programs are classified according to their fields and the order of items in a program selection menu is changed in accordance with the frequency of use, thereby improving program selection efficiency. Even in this method, the above problem cannot be addressed.

A third problem is that the program components that can be distributed cannot be changed for each user. For example,
There are cases where it is desired to limit the program components that can be acquired according to the authority of the user. Also, different versions of the same program component may be used by different users. However, such a mechanism that can acquire a different program component for each user has not been conventionally provided.

An object of the present invention is to provide a program component distribution apparatus that allows a user to easily specify a program component to be downloaded. Another object of the present invention is to
An object of the present invention is to provide a program component distribution device capable of efficiently searching for usable program components. Another object of the present invention is to provide a program component distribution device that can change the program components that can be distributed for each user.

[0012]

According to the present invention, a program component distributing apparatus displays a program component list menu on a client side to which a program component is distributed.
Allows the user to select program parts.

The program component targeted by the present invention is a component of a certain program, and can be executed in cooperation with other program components in an appropriate execution environment. That is, another program component can be activated from a certain program component. The program components are centrally managed by a server that manages the program components, and transfers a program component list to the client in response to a request from the client. At this time, the user notifies the server of the data type currently being processed, and the server returns a list of program components executable for the data type. The concept of anchor is introduced as a trigger for the user to obtain a list of program parts. An anchor is a visualization of data to be processed by the program component. When the program component is executed, the anchor is displayed on the screen. The user can select an anchor using an input device such as a mouse or a keyboard. An anchor is accompanied by a data type represented by the anchor, and when the anchor is selected by the user, the data type is sent to the server to obtain a list of executable program parts for the data type. . When the user selects a desired program component from the program list, the program component is distributed from the server to the client. The delivered program components also include anchors, and the above operations can be performed in a chain, such as displaying a program component list again from there.

FIG. 17 shows a specific example. First, it is assumed that a program component for displaying a store list has been activated. The sales data is set as an anchor in this program part. When this anchor is selected with the mouse, the sales data type is sent to the server, a list of program parts executable for this sales data type is generated, returned to the client, and displayed on the client screen. In the example of FIG. 17, the program components of the table display for sales display, the bar graph display, and the pie chart display are listed. When, for example, a table display is selected from the program parts list, the server distributes the program parts to the client and starts the client. Sales data represented by the selected anchor is passed to the activated table display program component, and a sales list at the store is displayed. Furthermore, in this table display, the data in the report field is the anchor, and when you select that anchor,
A list of program components that can be started for the data type (here, text) is displayed.

In this example, the anchor is displayed by actually executing the program part, but this is not essential. Instead of executing the program parts, only the anchor may be listed in the form of an icon, a character string, or the like, and may be selected by the user.

In order to realize the above-described mechanism, the program component distribution device of the present invention comprises: a program component name storage unit for storing a correspondence between a program component name and a data type to be processed; A set of program part names corresponding to the data type is obtained from the program part name storage means, and a program part name search means for outputting the set, and a correspondence between the program part names and the program parts are stored in advance. A program part search means for outputting a corresponding program part when a program part name is input, and an anchor display for displaying data handled by the program part as an anchor which can be selected by an input device such as a mouse on a screen and prompting a user to select an anchor. Means and a data type of an anchor selected by the user in the anchor display means A program component information obtaining unit that obtains, as program component information, a program component name that can be started from the data type by passing to the program component name searching unit, and a list of the program component information obtained by the program component information obtaining unit is displayed. Program part information display means for prompting the user to select a program part, and program part acquisition for passing the program part information selected by the user on the program part information display means to the program part search means to obtain a corresponding program part Means.

[0017]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Referring to FIG.
The first embodiment of the present invention includes a server unit and a client unit. The server unit and the client unit are connected by a predetermined communication mechanism. A plurality of client units may correspond to one server unit.

The server unit includes a program part name storage means 1, a program part name search means 2, and a program part search means 3.

The program part name storage means 1 stores in advance the names of the program parts executable for the data type. When a data type is input to the program part name storage means 1, a program part name executable for the data type is output. FIG. 10 shows an example of information stored in the program component name storage means 1. In this example, a set of executable program component names for each data type is stored. FIG. 10 shows the simplest implementation example, and any format may be used as long as a program part name executable for a data type can be searched.

The program part name retrieving means 2 communicates with the client part, inputs the data type passed from the client part into the program part name storage means 1, and executes the program part name executable for the data type. And get
Return to client.

The program component search means 3 communicates with the client unit and distributes the program component corresponding to the program component name passed from the client unit to the client unit. The program parts are stored in the server unit in the form of an executable file, and the program parts search means 3
Has a correspondence relationship between the program component name and the program component file name. FIG. 11 shows an example of the information. In this example, the program component file name is a full path name in the file system of the computer, with respect to the program component name named for easy understanding by the user. The distribution of the program components may be performed by file transfer or program code transfer realized in the Java language, and is not specified in the present invention.

The client unit includes an anchor display unit 4, a program component information acquisition unit 5, a program component information display unit 6, and a program component acquisition unit 7.

The anchor display means 4 displays the anchors included in the program parts on the screen and prompts the user to make a selection. When the user selects an anchor, the selected anchor is passed to the program information acquisition means 5. FIG. 9 shows an example of the structure of the anchor. The display format is not limited to icons and character strings, and may be any format that can be selected with an input device such as a mouse or a keyboard. The display position indicates a coordinate value displayed by the program component. This value is not always predetermined and may be determined at the time of anchor display. The display size indicates the size of the display area of the anchor.
In this example, the vertical and horizontal lengths are shown, but any format according to the shape may be used. The display position and the display size are compared with the pointing position of the input device to detect that the anchor has been selected. The target data is an identifier or a pointer of the data represented by the anchor. The target data type is the type of data represented by this anchor.

As a method of displaying anchors, the program parts may be actually executed and the anchors may be displayed therein, or only the list of anchors may be displayed without executing the program parts.

When executing a program part, the anchor display means has an environment in which the program part is loaded into the main memory and executed. At this time, data represented by the anchor selected by the start-source program component that triggered the start of the program component is stored, and the data is passed to the start-target program component. As a result, as shown in FIG. 17, the data of the selected anchor can be input to the start-up program component and processed.

When the program component is not executed, the anchor information is attached in advance when the program component is created, and the anchor display means 4 interprets the anchor information and displays a list. In this case, there is no need to store the data of the anchor at the activation source and pass it to the program component at the activation destination.

The program part information acquisition means 5 receives the anchor selected by the anchor display means 4, passes the data type of the anchor to the program part name search means 2 of the server unit, and executes the data type. Get the possible program part names. Here, there may be a plurality of program component names.

The program component information display means 6 displays a list of program component names obtained by the program component information acquisition means 5 on a screen and waits for a user selection.

The program component acquisition means 7 passes the program component name selected by the user from the list of program component names to the program component search means 3, and acquires the corresponding program component.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. First, step S
In 1, the anchor display means 4 displays the anchor included in the program component on the screen. As described above, the anchors may be displayed by actually executing the program parts, or the anchor list may be displayed without executing the program parts.
After displaying the anchor, the anchor display means 4 waits until the user selects an anchor (step S2).

When the user selects an anchor, the anchor display means 4 passes the selected anchor to the program component information acquiring means 5, and the program component information acquiring means 5
The data type of the anchor is passed to the program component name search means 2 of the server unit (step S3).

The program part name retrieving means 2 retrieves the program part name from the program part name storing means 1 based on the received data type.
An executable program component name for the data type is obtained and returned to the program component information acquisition means 5 (step S
4).

The program component information display means 6 displays a list of program component names obtained by the program component information acquisition means 5 (step S5).

The program part information display means 6 waits until the user selects a program part name (step S6).

When the user selects a program part name,
The program component information display unit 6 passes the selected program component name to the program component acquisition unit 7, and the program component acquisition unit 7 passes the program component name to the program component search unit 3 of the server unit (step S).
7).

The program component search means 3 obtains a program component file corresponding to the received program component name, and distributes the contents to the program component acquisition means 7 (step S8).

It is also possible to return from step S8 to step S1 to continue the operation such as displaying the delivered program component anchor and acquiring the next program component.

Next, the effect of the present embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, a list of program component names is displayed on the client unit, and the user can select a program component, so that only necessary program components can be delivered to the client unit.

Also, program parts are stored based on the data type, and a list of program part names is displayed based on the type of data represented by the selected anchor. Only parts can be searched efficiently.

Next, a second embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Referring to FIG. 3, the second embodiment differs from the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in the following point. First, the client unit is different in that it has a user name storage unit 8 and that the program component information acquisition unit 5 passes not only a data type but also a user name to the program component name search unit 2.

Further, the server unit has a user access right storage unit 9 and a program component access right storage unit 10, and the program component name search unit 2 considers the program component name while considering the access right to the program component. The difference is that the search is performed.

The user name storage means 8 displays a user name input screen at the start of the operation of the system, allows the user to input a user name, and stores the user name. The storage format of the user name does not matter.

When an anchor is selected in the anchor display means 4, the program component information obtaining means 5 obtains a user name from the user name storage means 8, extracts a data type from the selected anchor, and executes a program together with the user name. The program name is passed to the component name search means 2 and the corresponding program component name is received.

The user access right storage means 9 stores the access right to the user in advance. FIG. 12 shows an example of information stored in the user access right storage means 9. In this example, the access right is R1, R2 for each user.
It is memorized in the form. Here, R1 and R2 are symbols indicating the strength of the access right, for example, have an order relationship of R1 <R2, and R2 has a stronger access right than R1. Specifically, if you have the authority of R2, R
All program components that can be accessed with one authority can be accessed. The converse does not hold.

Program component access right storage means 10
Stores the access right to the program component in advance. FIG. 13 shows an example of information stored in the program component access right storage unit 10. In this example, access rights are stored in the form of R1 and R2 for each program component. These R1 and R2 correspond to the access right of the user, and the user having the access right of R1 can acquire only the program component having the access right of R1. R
The user having the access right of No. 2 can acquire both the program component having the access right of R1 and the program component having the access right of R2. The access right is R
3, R4,. . . You can add as many as you like.

The access right scheme described above is an example, and R1 and R2 do not have an order relationship and may directly correspond to the access right of the program component. For example, a user having R2 can only acquire a program component having R2. In this case, the user can have a plurality of access rights, and if the user has both access rights R1 and R2, both the program component having R1 and the program component having R2 can be acquired.

The above access right scheme is merely an example, and any method may be used as long as the acquisition of the program components can be restricted according to the user's access right.

The program part name retrieving means 2 inputs the data type passed from the program part information acquiring means 5 to the program part name storage means 1 and obtains a program part name executable for the data type. Next, the user name passed from the program component information acquisition unit 5 is input to the user name access right storage unit 9 to determine the access right of the user. Next, the obtained program component names are input to the program component access right storage means 10 to determine the access rights of the program components. Then, the access rights of the user and the program component are compared by the method shown in the above example of the access right method, and only the program component names that match the user's access right are extracted and passed to the program component information acquisition means 5. .

FIGS. 3 and 4 show the operation of the second embodiment.
This will be described in detail with reference to FIG. First, in step S11, the user name is input and stored by the user name storage means 8.

Next, in step S12, the anchor display means 4 displays the anchor included in the program component on the screen. As described above, the anchors may be displayed by actually executing the program parts, or the anchor list may be displayed without executing the program parts.

After displaying the anchor, the anchor display means 4 waits until the user selects an anchor (step S13).

When the user selects an anchor, the anchor display means 4 passes the selected anchor to the program component information obtaining means 5, and the program component information obtaining means 5 further
The data type of the anchor and the user name stored in the user name storage means 8 are passed to the program part name search means 2 of the server unit (step S14).

The program part name search means 2 extracts a program part name matching the user's access right based on the received data type and user name, and returns it to the program part information acquisition means 5 (step S15). . The details of the method are as described in the description of the program component name search means 2 in FIG.

Steps S16 to S19 are the same as steps S5 to S8 in FIG. 2, and a description thereof will be omitted.

Note that steps S19 to S12
Alternatively, the operation may be continued by returning to step S11, displaying the delivered anchor of the program component, and acquiring the next program component.

The second embodiment has the following effect in addition to the effects of the first embodiment. In the second embodiment, the programs that can be distributed can be restricted in accordance with the access rights of the user. As a result, it is possible to prevent a beginner user from acquiring program parts that are difficult to operate or dangerous program parts.

Next, a third embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Referring to FIG. 5, the third embodiment differs from the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in the following point. First, the client unit is different in that the program component information acquiring unit 5 acquires not only the program component name but also the version information of the program component from the program component name search unit 2. The difference is that information is also displayed, and that the program part acquisition means passes not only the program part name but also version information to the program part search means 3.

Further, the server has a program part version information storage means 11 and a program part name search means 2.
Is that program information is added to the program component name, and that the program component search means 3 searches for the program component from the program component name and the version information.

When an anchor is selected in the anchor display means 4, the program part information acquiring means 5 extracts a data type from the selected anchor, passes it to the program part name retrieving means 2, and outputs the corresponding program part name and Receive the version information of the program part.

The program component information display means 6 displays the program component information list on the screen as a pair of the program component name and the version information obtained by the program component information acquisition means 5. For example, in the program component list of FIG. 17, the version information is added beside the program component name "table display" and displayed. Generally, a plurality of the same program component names are displayed with different version information added. The user selects a program component name corresponding to a desired version from the list.

The program component acquisition means 7 passes the program component name and the version information selected by the user to the program component search means 3 to obtain the corresponding program component.

The program component version information storage means 11 stores version information of program components in advance. FIG.
FIG. 4 shows an example of information stored in the program component version information storage unit 11. In this example, all version information provided for the program component is stored for the program component name. Version information generally includes:
The larger the number, such as 0 or 1.1, the newer the version.

When the program component name is input, the program component name storage means 11 returns all corresponding version information.

The program part name retrieving means 2 inputs the data type passed from the program part information obtaining means 5 to the program part name storage means 1 and obtains a program part name executable for the data type. Next, the obtained program part names are stored in the program part version information storage means 1.
Enter 1 to get all corresponding version information. Then, a pair of the program component name and the version information is created and passed to the program component information acquisition means 5.

The program part search means 3 inputs a program part name and version information and distributes the corresponding program part to the program part acquisition means 7. FIG. 15 shows an example of information held by the program component search means 3. In this example, a different program part file name is assigned to each version, and for a pair of program part name and version information,
The program part file name is stored. As a result, it becomes possible to search for the program component in consideration of the version information.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show the operation of the third embodiment.
This will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Steps S21 to S23
Are the same as steps S1 to S3 in FIG.

In step S 24, the program part name search means 2 finds an executable program part name for the received data type, adds version information to it, and returns it to the program part information acquisition means 5. The details of the method are shown in FIG.
This is as described in the description of the program component name search means 2.

The program component information display means 6 displays a list of program component names and version information obtained by the program component information acquisition means 5 (step S25).

The program component information display means 6 waits until the user selects a program component name (step S26).

When the user selects a program part name,
The program component information display means 6 passes the selected program component name and version information to the program component acquisition means 7,
Further, the program component acquisition unit 7 passes the program component name and the version information to the program component search unit 3 of the server unit (Step S27).

The program component search means 3 obtains a program component file corresponding to the received program component name and version information, and distributes the contents to the program component acquisition means 7 (step S28).

Note that steps S28 to S21
The operation may be continued, such as displaying the anchor of the distributed program component and acquiring the next program component.

The third embodiment has the following effect in addition to the effects of the first embodiment. In the third embodiment, the version information of the program components is displayed in a list, and the user can select a version. For this reason, even when there are various versions of the program component, each version can be efficiently provided to the user.

Next, a fourth embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Referring to FIG. 7, the fourth embodiment differs from the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in the following point. First, the client unit has a user storage unit 8, and the program part information obtaining unit 5 passes not only the data type but also the user name to the program part name search unit 2, and the program part version not only the program part name but also the version of the program part. The difference is that the information is also acquired from the program component name search means 2 and that the program component acquisition means 7 passes not only the program component name but also the version information to the program component search means 3.

The server has a program part version information storage means 11 and a program part name search means 2.
Is that program information is added to the program component name, and that the program component search means 3 searches for the program component from the program component name and the version information.

The user name storage means 8 is the same as that described in the second embodiment.

When an anchor is selected in the anchor display means 4, the program component information obtaining means 5 extracts a data type from the selected anchor, obtains a user name from the user name storage means 8, and And the user name to the program part name search means 2, and receives the corresponding program part name and the version information of the program part.

The program component obtaining means 7 adds the version information to the program component name selected by the user and transfers it to the program component search means 3 to obtain the corresponding program component.

The program part information display means 6
Displays only program part names.

The program part version information storage means 11 stores version information of program parts in advance. FIG.
6 shows an example of information stored in the program component version information storage means 11. In this example, the version information of the program component used by the user is stored for the user and the program component name. Program part name storage means 11
When a user name and a program component name are input, the corresponding version information is returned.

The program part name retrieving means 2 inputs the data type passed from the program part information obtaining means 5 to the program part name storage means 1 and obtains a program part name executable for the data type. Next, the user name and the obtained program component names are input to the program component version information storage unit 11 to acquire corresponding version information.
Then, a pair of the program component name and the version information is created and passed to the program component information acquisition means 5.

The program part search means 3 is the same as that described in the third embodiment.

The operation of the fourth embodiment is shown in FIGS.
This will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Steps S31 to S34
Are the same as steps S11 to S14 in FIG.

In step S35, the program part name search means 2 obtains an executable program part name for the received data type and user name, adds version information thereto, and returns it to the program part information acquisition means 5. The details of the method are as described in the description of the program component name search means 2 in FIG.

The program part information display means 6 displays a list of program part names obtained by the program part information acquisition means 5 (step S36).

The program component information display means 6 waits until the user selects a program component name (step S37).

When the user selects a program part name,
The program component information display means 6 adds version information corresponding to the selected program component name. This version information,
The data obtained from the program component information obtaining means 5 is stored.

Then, the program part name and the version information are passed to the program part search means 3 of the server unit (step S38).

The program component search means 3 obtains a program component file corresponding to the received program component name and version information, and distributes the contents to the program component acquisition means 7 (step S39).

Note that steps S39 to S32
Alternatively, the process may return to S31, and the operation may be continued, such as displaying the delivered program component anchor and acquiring the next program component.

The fourth embodiment has the following effects in addition to the effects of the first embodiment. In the fourth embodiment, even when there are various versions of the program component, if the user is conscious of only the program component name, the user can acquire the version of the program component that has been registered in advance. For this reason, the user does not need to be aware of the version of the program part when selecting the program part, so that an appropriate program part can be efficiently selected.

Next, a fifth embodiment will be described. The fifth embodiment includes a recording medium on which a program component distribution program is recorded. This recording medium is a CD-
The storage medium may be a ROM, a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory, or another recording medium, and includes a case where the medium is distributed via a network.

The program component distribution program is read from the recording medium into the data processing device and controls the operation of the data processing device. As a first example of the present embodiment,
The data processing apparatus controls the program part distribution program to control the program part name storage means 1, program part name search means 2, program part search means 3 in FIG.
Or the processing by the anchor display unit 4, the program component information acquisition unit 5, the program component information display unit 6, and the program component acquisition unit 7 in FIG.
Alternatively, the program component name storage means 1 in FIG.
The same processing as the processing by the program component name search means 2, the program component search means 3, the anchor display means 4, the program component information acquisition means 5, the program component information display means 6, and the program component acquisition means 7 is executed.

Further, as a second embodiment, the data processing apparatus controls the program component name storage means 1, the program component name search means 2, the program component search means 3, the user Processing by the right storage means 9, the program part access right storage means 10, or the anchor display means 4, the program part information acquisition means 5, the program part information display means 6, the program part acquisition means 7, the user name storage means 8 in FIG. Or program part name storage means 1, program part name search means 2, program part search means 3, anchor display means 4, program part information acquisition means 5, program part information display means 6, program part acquisition in FIG. Means 7, user name storage means 8, user access Storage means 9, and the processing by the program component access storage unit 10, the same processing run.

Further, as a third embodiment, the data processing apparatus controls the program component distribution program to control the program component name storage means 1, program component name search means 2, program component search means 3, program component search means 3, Processing by the version information storage means 11 or FIG.
Processing by the anchor display means 4, the program part information acquisition means 5, the program part information display means 6, and the program part acquisition means 7, or the program part name storage means 1, the program part name search means 2,
The same processing as the processing by the program component search unit 3, the anchor display unit 4, the program component information acquisition unit 5, the program component information display unit 6, the program component acquisition unit 7, and the program component version information storage unit 11 is executed.

As a fourth embodiment, the data processing device controls the program component name storage means 1, program component name search means 2, program component search means 3, program component search means 3, Processing by the version information storage means 11 or FIG.
Processing by the anchor display means 4, the program part information acquisition means 5, the program part information display means 6, the program part acquisition means 7, and the user name storage means 8 or the program part name storage means 1 and the program part name search in FIG. Means 2, program component search means 3, anchor display means 4, program component information acquisition means 5, program component information display means 6, program component acquisition means 7, user name storage means 8, program component version information storage means 11 Perform the same processing.

[0097]

The first effect is that the user can select and distribute only necessary program parts. The reason is that a list of program component information is displayed on the client side, and the user can select a program component from the list of program component information.

The second effect is that it is possible to efficiently search for available program parts. The reason is that the program parts are stored based on the data type that can be processed by the program parts, and a list of the program part information is generated based on the data type represented by the selected anchor. This is because program components that cannot be executed are not mixed.

A third effect is that the program components that can be distributed can be changed for each user.
The reason is that access rights or version information for the program components is managed for each user, and the program components can be filtered by the access rights or the version information based on the user name.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a third exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of the third exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a fourth exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the fourth exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of the structure of an anchor.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of information held by a program component name storage unit 1;

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of information held by a program component search unit 3;

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of information held by a user access right storage unit 9;

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of information held by a program component access right storage unit 10;

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of information held by a program component version information storage unit 11 according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of information held by a program component search unit 3 according to the third and fourth embodiments.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of information held by a program component version information storage unit 11 according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of the operation of the present invention.

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 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 program component name storage means 2 program component name search means 3 program component search means 4 anchor display means 5 program component information acquisition means 6 program component information display means 7 program component acquisition means 8 user name storage means 9 user access right storage means 10 Program part access right storage means 11 Program part version information storage means 101 Anchor 102 Data type 103 Set of program part names 104 Set of program part names 105 Set of program part names 106 Program part names 107 Program part names 108 Program parts 109 Program parts 110 Coordinate value indicated by input device 111 Coordinate value indicated by input device 112 User name 113 User name 114 Data type and user name 115 User name 116 User access right 17 Program Component Name 118 Program Component Access Right 119 Program Component Name 120 Version Information 121 Collection of Program Component Name and Version Information 122 Collection of Program Component Name and Version Information 123 Program Component Name and Version Information 124 Program Component Name and Version Information 125 Program Part name and user name 126 Edition information

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[Claims] An anchor display means for displaying data handled by a program component as an anchor which can be selected by an input device such as a mouse, and prompting a user to select an anchor; and inputting an anchor selected by the user on the anchor display means. And a program component information acquisition means for acquiring information on a program component that can be started for the anchor,
Displaying a list of program component information obtained by the program component information acquisition unit, and prompting a user to select a program component; a program component information display unit; and inputting the program component information selected by the user in the program component information display unit And a program component acquiring means for acquiring a corresponding program component. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a user name storage unit for inputting and storing a user name, wherein said program component information obtaining unit includes an anchor selected by said anchor display unit and a user stored in said user name storage unit. 2. The program component distribution device according to claim 1, wherein a name is input, and information on the program component that can be started for the anchor and the user is acquired. 3. A program part name storage means for storing in advance a correspondence between a name of a program part and a type of data to be processed by the program part, and a program part name storage means for inputting a data type. The program part name corresponding to the data type is obtained from the program part name, and a program part name search means for outputting the program part name, and the correspondence between the program part name and the program part are stored in advance. A program component distribution device, comprising: a program component search means for outputting. 4. A user access right storing means for storing in advance a correspondence between a user name and access right information of the user, and a correspondence between a name of the program component and access right information for the program component in advance. Program part access right storage means for storing, and the program part name search means, when a data type and a user name are input, obtains a program part name corresponding to the data type from the program part name storage means, Requesting access right information for the user from the user access right storage means, and determining a program component name that matches the access right information for the user based on the information stored in the program component access right storage means; The program component distribution device according to claim 3, wherein: 5. A program part version information storage means for preliminarily storing a correspondence relationship between a name of a program part and version information of the program part, wherein the program part name search means, when a data type is inputted, the program part name Obtaining a program part name corresponding to the data type from the part name storage means; obtaining version information of the program part name from the program part version information storage means; outputting the program part name and version information; The means stores in advance a correspondence relationship between the program component, the name of the program component, and the version information of the program component, and outputs the corresponding program component when the program component name and the version information are input. The program component distribution device according to claim 3. 6. The program part name information storage means stores in advance the correspondence between the name of the program part and the version information of the program part for each user who uses the program part. Is
When a data type and a user name are input, a program part name corresponding to the data type is obtained from the program part name storage means, and version information of the program part corresponding to the user is obtained from the program part version information storage means, 6. The program component distribution device according to claim 5, wherein version information corresponding to the program component name and the user name is output. 7. A program part name storage means for storing in advance a correspondence between a name of a program part and a type of data to be processed by the program part, and a program part name storage means for inputting a data type. The program part name corresponding to the data type is obtained from the program part name, and a program part name search means for outputting the program part name, and the correspondence between the program part name and the program part are stored in advance. A program part search means to be output, an anchor display means for displaying data handled by the program part as an anchor which can be selected by an input device such as a mouse on the screen, and prompting the user to select an anchor; An anchor is input and the data type of the anchor is described in the program A program part information acquiring unit that acquires a program part name that can be started from the data type as program part information, and displays a list of the program part information obtained by the program part information acquiring unit; Program part information display means for prompting the user to select a part, program part acquisition means for acquiring the corresponding program part by passing the program part information selected by the user in the program part information display means to the program part search means, A program component distribution device comprising: 8. A user access right storage means for storing in advance a correspondence between a user name and access right information of the user, and a correspondence between a name of a program component and access right information for the program component. Program component access right storing means for storing the operation user name at the time of starting the system, and user name storing means for storing the operating user name. When the program component name searching means inputs a data type and a user name, The program part name corresponding to the data type is obtained from the part name storage means, and the access right information for the user is obtained from the user access right storage means, and the program part name matching the access right information for the user is obtained. Based on the information stored in the program component access right storage means. The program part information obtaining means passes the data type of the anchor selected by the anchor display means and the user name stored in the user name storage means to the program part name search means, and 8. The program component distribution device according to claim 7, wherein a program component name that can be started from the program component is acquired as program component information. 9. A program part version information storage means for preliminarily storing a correspondence between a name of a program part and version information of the program part, wherein the program part name search means, when a data type is input, the program part name Obtaining a program part name corresponding to the data type from the part name storage means; obtaining version information of the program part name from the program part version information storage means; outputting the program part name and version information; The means stores in advance the correspondence between the program part, the name of the program part, and the version information of the program part, and outputs the corresponding program part when the program part name and the version information are input, and outputs the program part information. Acquiring means for acquiring the data type of the anchor selected by the anchor display means; Pass the arm part name search unit, program parts delivery system according to claim 7, wherein obtaining a pair of program parts name and the version information that can be started from the data type as the program component information. 10. A program part version information storage means for preliminarily storing a correspondence between a name of a program part and version information of the program part for each user who uses the program part, and acquiring an operation user name at system startup. User name storage means for storing, the program component name search means, when the data type and the user name are input,
A program part name corresponding to the data type is obtained from the program part name storage means, version information of the program part name corresponding to the user is obtained from the program part version information storage means, and the program part name and the user name are obtained. And outputs the version information corresponding to
The correspondence relationship between the program component, the name of the program component, and the version information of the program component is stored in advance, and when the program component name and the version information are input, the corresponding program component is output. Passing the data type of the anchor selected by the anchor display means and the user name stored in the user name storage means to the program part name search means,
8. The program component distribution device according to claim 7, wherein a pair of a program component name and version information that can be started from the data type is acquired as program component information. 11. The data handled by a program component is displayed on a screen as an anchor that can be selected by an input device such as a mouse to prompt a user to select an anchor, and information on the program component that can be activated for the anchor selected by the user is displayed. A program for displaying a list of acquired program parts information, prompting a user to select a program part, and acquiring the corresponding program part based on the information about the program part selected by the user. Component delivery method. 12. A user name is input and stored in advance, and data handled by the program component is displayed on a screen as an anchor that can be selected by an input device such as a mouse, so that the user is prompted to select an anchor and stored. Obtains information on the program part that can be started for the user name and the anchor selected by the user, displays a list of information on the obtained program part, prompts the user to select the program part, and selects the program selected by the user. A program component distribution method, wherein a corresponding program component is acquired based on information on the component. 13. A correspondence relationship between a name of a program part and a type of data to be processed by the program part is defined as a first one.
Is stored in advance, and by referring to the first correspondence, the program part name corresponding to the input data type is acquired, and the correspondence between the program part name and the program part is stored in the second correspondence. A program component corresponding to an input program component name is obtained by referring to the second correspondence relationship in advance. 14. A correspondence relationship between a name of a program part and a type of data to be processed by the program part is defined as a first one.
The correspondence between the user name and the access right information of the user is stored in advance as a second correspondence, and the correspondence between the name of the program component and the access right information for the program component is stored. The relationship is stored in advance as a third correspondence, and a program part name corresponding to the data type is acquired by referring to the first correspondence with respect to an input data type and a user name; Acquiring access right information corresponding to the user by referring to the second correspondence,
By referring to the third correspondence relationship, from among the acquired program component names, a component that matches the access right information corresponding to the acquired user name is selected, and the correspondence between the program component name and the program component is selected. A program component distribution method, wherein a relationship is stored in advance as a fourth correspondence relationship, and a program component corresponding to an inputted program component name is acquired by referring to the fourth correspondence relationship. 15. A correspondence between a name of a program part and a type of data to be processed by the program part is defined as a first one.
By storing in advance a correspondence between the name of the program part and the version information of the program part as a second correspondence, and referring to the first correspondence, The program part name corresponding to the input data type is acquired, and the version information corresponding to the acquired program part name is acquired by referring to the second correspondence, and the acquired program part name and the acquired The acquired pair of version information is stored, and the correspondence between the program component, the name of the program component, and the version information of the program component is stored in advance as a third correspondence, and the third correspondence is referred to. A program part corresponding to a pair of the inputted program part name and the version information. 16. A correspondence between a name of a program part and a type of data to be processed by the program part is defined as a first relation.
The correspondence between the name of the program part and the version information of the program part is stored in advance as a second correspondence for each user who uses the program part, and the first correspondence is stored. To obtain the program part name corresponding to the input data type, and refer to the second correspondence relation to obtain the version information corresponding to the user name for the obtained program part name. And stores a pair of the acquired program component name and the version information corresponding to the acquired user name, and stores a correspondence between the program component, the name of the program component, and the version information of the program component in a third. By storing the correspondence in advance and referring to the third correspondence, the pair of the input program part name and the version information is referred to. Program parts delivery method and obtaining the corresponding program component. 17. A server, wherein a correspondence between a name of a program part and a type of data to be processed by the program part is defined as a first correspondence, and a correspondence between a program part name and the program part is defined as a second correspondence. The correspondence is stored in advance, and in the client unit, data handled by the program component is displayed on the screen as an anchor that can be selected by an input device such as a mouse, and the user is prompted to select an anchor, and the anchor is selected by the user. And outputs the data type of the selected anchor to the server unit. The server unit obtains a program component name that can be started from the data type by referring to the first correspondence, and outputs the acquired program component name to the client unit. In the client section, a list of the obtained program part names is displayed to select the program parts. A prompt to the user,
A program for outputting a program part name selected by a user to a server unit, and distributing a program part corresponding to the program part name to the client unit by referring to the second correspondence in the server unit. Component delivery method. 18. A server, wherein a correspondence between a name of a program part and a type of data to be processed by the program part is defined as a first correspondence, and a correspondence between a program part name and the program part is defined as a second correspondence. The correspondence between the user name and the access right information of the user is defined as a third correspondence, and the correspondence between the program component name and the access right information for the program component is defined as a fourth correspondence. In the client unit, the user name is input and stored in advance in the client unit, and data handled by the program component is displayed on a screen as an anchor that can be selected by an input device such as a mouse, and the user is prompted to select an anchor. When the anchor is selected by the user, the stored user name and the data of the anchor selected by the user are stored. The data type is output to the server unit, and in the server unit, the name of the program component that can be started from the data type is acquired by referring to the first correspondence, and the reference is made to the third correspondence by referring to the third correspondence. The client obtains access right information of the user name from the user name, and refers to the fourth correspondence to obtain a name of the obtained program component that matches the obtained access right information of the user. Output to the client unit, and in the client unit, a list of the obtained program component names is displayed to prompt the user to select the program component
A program for outputting a program part name selected by a user to a server unit, and distributing a program part corresponding to the program part name to the client unit by referring to the second correspondence in the server unit. Component delivery method. 19. A server unit, wherein a correspondence between a name of a program component and a type of data to be processed by the program component is set as a first correspondence, and a correspondence between the program component name and version information of the program component is set. The relationship is stored in advance as a second correspondence, and the correspondence between the program component, the name of the program component, and the version information of the program component is stored in advance as a third correspondence, and the client handles the program component. The data is displayed on the screen as an anchor that can be selected with an input device such as a mouse, and the user is prompted to select an anchor. When the anchor is selected by the user, the data type of the selected anchor is output to the server unit. A program part name that can be started from the data type by referring to the first correspondence. Then, by referring to the second correspondence relationship, version information corresponding to the obtained program component name is obtained, and version information corresponding to the obtained program component name is output to the client unit. A list of the obtained program part names and version information is displayed to prompt the user to select a program part, and the program part name and the version information selected by the user are output to the server unit. A program component distribution method comprising: distributing a program component corresponding to the program component name and the version information to a client unit by referring to a correspondence relationship. 20. The server unit, wherein the correspondence between the name of the program part and the type of data to be processed by the program part is defined as a first correspondence, and the name of the program part, the name of the user using the program part, and the The correspondence between the program part and the version information of the program part is stored as a second correspondence, and the correspondence between the program part, the name of the program part, and the version information of the program part is stored as a third correspondence in advance, In the client unit, the user name is input and stored in advance, and the data handled by the program part is displayed on the screen as an anchor that can be selected by an input device such as a mouse, and the user is prompted to select an anchor, and the anchor is selected by the user. Then, the stored user name and the data type of the selected anchor are output to the server unit, and the server A program part name that can be started from the data type by referring to the first correspondence, and a user name for the acquired program part name by referring to the second correspondence. Acquiring the corresponding version information, outputting a pair of the acquired program component name and the version information corresponding to the acquired user name to the client unit, and displaying a list of the obtained program component names in the client unit. Prompt the user to select program parts,
The program part name selected by the user and the version information corresponding to the program part name are output to the server unit, and the server unit refers to the third correspondence relationship, thereby obtaining the program part name and the version information, A method for distributing program parts, comprising distributing corresponding program parts to a client unit. 21. On a recording medium storing a program component distribution program operating on a computer, displaying data handled by the program component on a screen as an anchor that can be selected by an input device such as a mouse, and accepting a user's selection. Acquiring information on a program component that can be started with respect to the anchor selected by the user, displaying a list of information on the acquired program component and accepting the user's selection, and adding information on the program component selected by the user. Obtaining a corresponding program component based on the program component distribution program that operates on a computer. 22. A recording medium on which a program component distribution program operating on a computer is recorded, wherein a step of accepting and storing an input of a user name is performed, and the data handled by the program component is selected as an anchor which can be selected by an input device such as a mouse. Displaying the screen and accepting the user's selection; acquiring the stored user name and information on the program component that can be started for the anchor selected by the user; and listing the acquired information on the program component. Recording a program part distribution program operating on a computer, comprising: displaying and accepting a user's selection; and acquiring a corresponding program part based on information on the program part selected by the user. Recording medium. 23. A recording medium storing a program part distribution program operating on a computer, wherein a correspondence between a name of the program part and a type of data to be processed by the program part is stored as a first correspondence. Obtaining a program part name corresponding to the input data type by referring to the first correspondence relation, and storing the correspondence relation between the program part name and the program part as a second correspondence relation. A program component distribution program operating on a computer, comprising the steps of: obtaining a program component corresponding to an input program component name by referring to the second correspondence relationship. The recording medium on which it was recorded. 24. A recording medium storing a program part distribution program operating on a computer, wherein a correspondence between a name of the program part and a type of data to be processed by the program part is stored as a first correspondence. Storing the correspondence between the step, the user name and the access right information of the user as a second correspondence, and the correspondence between the name of the program component and the access right information for the program component as a third correspondence. Storing; inputting a data type and a user name; obtaining a program component name corresponding to the data type by referring to the first correspondence; Obtaining access right information corresponding to the user by referring to the third correspondence; A step of selecting, from the acquired program component names, ones that match the access right information corresponding to the acquired user name, and referring to the relationship between the program component names and the program components. Storing as a fourth correspondence;
Acquiring a program component corresponding to the input program component name by referring to the fourth correspondence relationship, wherein the program component distribution program which operates on a computer is recorded. . 25. A recording medium storing a program part distribution program operating on a computer, wherein a correspondence between a name of the program part and a type of data to be processed by the program part is stored as a first correspondence. Storing the correspondence between the name of the program part and the version information of the program part as a second correspondence; accepting an input of a data type;
Acquiring a program component name corresponding to the data type by referring to the correspondence relationship of the above, and acquiring version information corresponding to the acquired program component name by referring to the second correspondence relationship Storing a pair of the acquired program component name and the acquired version information; storing a correspondence between the program component, the name of the program component, and the version information of the program component as a third correspondence relationship And receiving the input of the pair of the program component name and the version information, and acquiring the program component corresponding to the pair of the program component name and the version information by referring to the third correspondence. A recording medium having recorded thereon a program component distribution program that operates on a computer. 26. A recording medium storing a program part distribution program operating on a computer, wherein a correspondence between a name of the program part and a type of data to be processed by the program part is stored as a first correspondence. Storing the correspondence between the name of the program component and the version information of the program component as a second correspondence for each user who uses the program component; and accepting an input of a data type, Acquiring a program part name corresponding to the data type by referring to the correspondence relationship; and referring to the second correspondence relationship to obtain version information corresponding to a user name for the acquired program part name. Obtaining,
Storing a pair of the acquired program part name and the version information corresponding to the acquired user name; and a third correspondence relation between the program part, the name of the program part, and the version information of the program part. And receiving the input of the pair of the program part name and the version information and obtaining the program part corresponding to the pair of the program part name and the version information by referring to the third correspondence. A recording medium having recorded thereon a program component distribution program that operates on a computer. 27. A recording medium storing a program part distribution program operating on a computer system having a client part and a server part, wherein in the server part, the name of the program part and the type of data to be processed by the program part are provided. Storing the correspondence between the program part name and the program part as the second correspondence as a first correspondence, and selecting data handled by the program part by an input device such as a mouse in the client unit. Displaying the screen as a possible anchor and accepting the user's selection; and, when the anchor is selected by the user, outputting the data type of the selected anchor to the server unit. Of the first correspondence A step of obtaining a program part name that can be started from the data type and outputting the program part name to the client unit by referring to the data type; a step of receiving an input of the program part name from the server unit in the client unit; Displaying and accepting the user's selection;
Outputting the program component name selected by the user to the server unit; receiving the program component name from the client unit in the server unit; and referring to the second correspondence, the program corresponding to the program component name. And delivering a component to a client unit. A recording medium storing a program component distribution program operating on a computer system having a client unit and a server unit. 28. A recording medium storing a program component distribution program operating on a computer system having a client unit and a server unit, wherein in the server unit, the name of the program component and the type of data to be processed by the program component As a first correspondence, a correspondence between a program component name and a program component as a second correspondence, a correspondence between a user name and access right information of the user as a third correspondence, Storing the correspondence between the program component name and the access right information for the program component as a fourth correspondence relationship; accepting and storing the input of the user name in the client unit; Displayed on the screen as an anchor that can be selected by the input device Receiving an input of the user, and when the anchor is selected by the user, outputting the stored user name and the data type of the anchor selected by the user to the server unit. Receiving an input of a name and a data type; obtaining a program component name that can be started from the data type by referring to the first correspondence; and accessing the user by referring to the third correspondence. Acquiring the access right information of the user name from the name, and searching for the acquired program component name that matches the acquired access right information of the user by referring to the fourth correspondence relationship. And outputting to the client unit, and in the client unit, the program part name from the server unit Receiving an input, displaying a list of program component names and receiving a user's selection, outputting the program component name selected by the user to the server unit, and inputting the program component name from the client unit in the server unit Computer system having a client unit and a server unit, comprising the steps of: receiving a program component, and distributing a program component corresponding to the program component name to the client unit by referring to the second correspondence relationship. A recording medium that stores a program component distribution program that operates on the above. 29. A recording medium on which a program component distribution program operating on a computer system having a client unit and a server unit is recorded. In the server unit, the name of the program component and the type of data to be processed by the program component As a first correspondence, a correspondence between a program part name and version information of the program part as a second correspondence,
Storing the correspondence between the program component, the name of the program component, and the version information of the program component as a third correspondence; and, in the client unit, an anchor capable of selecting data handled by the program component using an input device such as a mouse. Accepting the user's selection by displaying it on the screen, outputting the data type of the selected anchor to the server when the user selects an anchor, and inputting the data type from the client in the server. Receiving a program component name that can be started from the data type by referring to the first correspondence, and corresponding to the acquired program component name by referring to the second correspondence. Step of acquiring version information and corresponding to the acquired program part name Outputting a pair of version information to the client unit; receiving an input of a pair of program component name and version information from the server unit in the client unit; displaying a list of the program component name and version information to the user; Receiving a selection of a program part name and version information selected by the user and outputting the pair to the server unit; and accepting an input of the program component name and version information pair from the client unit in the server unit. Distributing a program part corresponding to the pair of the program part name and the version information to a client unit by referring to the third correspondence relationship.
A recording medium recording a program component distribution program that operates on a computer system having a client unit and a server unit. 30. A recording medium on which a program component distribution program that operates on a computer system having a client unit and a server unit is recorded. In the server unit, the name of the program component and the type of data to be processed by the program component As the first correspondence, the correspondence between the program part name, the name of the user using the program part, and the version information of the program part as the second correspondence, the program part and the name of the program part Storing a correspondence between the program part and the version information of the program part as a third correspondence; receiving and storing a user name in the client unit; and storing data handled by the program part by an input device such as a mouse. Displays on the screen as a selectable anchor and accepts user input Outputting the stored user name and the data type of the selected anchor to the server unit when the anchor is selected by the user. Accepting an input, acquiring a program component name that can be started from the data type by referring to the first correspondence, and acquiring the acquired program component by referring to the second correspondence. Obtaining version information corresponding to the user name for the name; outputting a pair of the obtained program component name and the version information corresponding to the obtained user name to the client unit; Accepting input of a pair of version information corresponding to the program part name and the user name; Displaying a list of program part names and accepting a user's selection; and outputting a pair of a program part name selected by the user and version information corresponding to the user name corresponding to the program part name to the server unit. Receiving a pair of version information corresponding to the program part name and the user name from the client unit in the server unit; and by referring to the third correspondence, the program unit name and the version information are referred to. And a step of distributing the corresponding program parts to the client unit. A recording medium storing a program parts distribution program operating on a computer system having a client unit and a server unit.