JP2013089012A - Information processing system, control method therefor, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To particularly perform menu display corresponding to a menu launch history in menu display of a backbone system or the like.SOLUTION: There is provided a mechanism in which a launch history of menus launched by a user is stored in advance in a server 102, and when an instruction is made so that a daily or monthly history menu is displayed in an information processing device 101, a daily history menu as a menu used daily or a monthly history menu as a menu used periodically every month is extracted on the basis of the launch history stored in the server 102, and is displayed by the information processing device 101.

Description

  The present invention relates to a menu display of a backbone system or the like, and more particularly to an information processing system that performs menu display according to a menu activation history, a control method thereof, and a program.

  Conventionally, there are core systems for performing sales, inventory management, and the like. Since the tasks handled by the core system are diverse, there are many menus to be displayed. Therefore, in the backbone system, a hierarchical structure is constructed by grouping menus by genre to facilitate selection from the user.

  However, frequently used functions and order differ for each user in actual work. In the basic system, only menus that can be used for each user are displayed, but the hierarchical structure of menus is common to all users. For this reason, it is necessary to search for menus that are frequently used by following the same hierarchical structure. Also, depending on the business, the order of processing may be important, and it is inefficient for business if all the menus are displayed in the same arrangement.

  Therefore, Patent Document 1 discloses a mechanism in which the display priority of menus that are frequently accessed during a certain period is increased, and the menus are displayed in the order of higher display priority when the menus are displayed on the display screen.

JP 05-113863 A

  In the backbone system, there are routine tasks such as daily tasks and tasks performed once a month. In such a case, if a menu that is frequently used is preferentially displayed, a menu that is activated only once a day even in daily work has a low priority and is not displayed. The same applies to a menu that is activated only once a month.

  In mission-critical systems that support day-to-day operations, the frequency at which operations are performed is determined in this way, so it is not possible to support efficient menu selection simply by preferentially displaying frequently used menus. .

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism for performing menu display based on the activation history of a menu activated within a certain period.

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing system according to the present invention associates an information processing device that displays a menu usable by a user, the menu usable by the user, and the activation history of the menu. An information processing system communicably connected to a server having a storage means for storing, wherein the information processing apparatus is a menu that is regularly used within a certain period by an operation from the user When receiving the display instruction, a periodic menu acquisition request transmitting means for transmitting the periodic menu acquisition request to the server;
Display means for displaying a periodic menu obtained from the server by transmitting a periodic menu acquisition request by the periodic menu acquisition request transmitting means, and the server is transmitted by the periodic menu acquisition request transmitting means. Upon receiving the acquisition request, the user's activation history is acquired from the storage unit, and a periodic menu acquisition unit that extracts a menu to be used regularly within a predetermined period based on the activation history, and the periodic menu acquisition unit And a periodic menu transmitting means for transmitting the acquired periodic menu to the information processing apparatus.

  According to the present invention, the menu used every day or the menu used every month can be extracted based on the number of times the menu is activated in units such as daily or monthly. The effect which can be displayed on is produced.

It is a lineblock diagram showing an example of basic system 100 in an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a configuration diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of an information processing apparatus 101 and a server 102. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram illustrating an example of a module configuration of an information processing apparatus 101 and a server 102. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a series of processes in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a series of processes in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the menu selection process in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the menu redisplay process in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the daily log | history analysis process in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the monthly log | history analysis process in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the starting log | history management process in embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the table structure of the user management table in embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a table structure of the user authority table in embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the table structure of the starting log | history table in embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the table structure of the daily history table and the monthly history table in embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the normal menu screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the daily history menu screen and the monthly history menu screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the starting log | history management screen in embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration of a basic system 100 (information processing system) according to the present invention. An information processing apparatus 101 and a server 102 are installed in a backbone system 100 of the present invention, and these apparatuses are connected to each other via a network 103 such as a LAN (Local Area Network) so that data communication can be performed. The configuration of various terminals or servers connected on the network 103 in FIG. 1 is an example, and it goes without saying that there are various configuration examples depending on the application and purpose.

  The information processing apparatus 101 is an apparatus that receives various data stored in the server 102 and executes a core business application. The basic business application is stored in the ROM 202 or the external memory 211 of FIG. 2 to be described later, and the CPU 201 reads out to the RAM 203 and performs various operations in response to instructions from the user.

  The server 102 is a device that stores and manages various data created by the basic business application of the information processing apparatus 101.

  The information processing apparatus 101 may include the configuration of the server 102, or the server 102 may include the configuration of the information processing apparatus 101.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of various terminals according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The CPU 201 comprehensively controls each device and controller connected to the system bus 204.

  Further, the ROM 202 or the external memory 211 is necessary to realize a BIOS (Basic Input / Output System), an operating system program (hereinafter referred to as OS), which is a control program of the CPU 201, and a function executed by each server or each PC. Various programs to be described later are stored. The RAM 203 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 201.

  The CPU 201 implements various operations by loading a program necessary for execution of processing into the RAM 203 and executing the program.

  An input controller (input C) 205 controls input from a pointing device such as a keyboard 209 or a mouse (not shown).

  A video controller (VC) 206 controls display on a display device such as a CRT display (CRT) 210. The display device may be a liquid crystal display as well as a CRT. These are used by the administrator as needed.

  A memory controller (MC) 207 is a hard disk (HD), floppy disk (registered trademark FD) or PCMCIA card slot for storing boot programs, browser software, various applications, font data, user files, editing files, various data, and the like. Controls access to an external memory 211 such as a compact flash memory connected via an adapter.

  A communication I / F controller (communication I / FC) 208 is connected to and communicates with an external device via a network, and executes communication control processing in the network. For example, Internet communication using TCP / IP is possible.

  For example, the CPU 201 can perform display on the CRT 210 by executing outline font rasterization processing on a display information area in the RAM 203. In addition, the CPU 201 enables a user instruction with a mouse cursor (not shown) on the CRT 210.

  Various programs used by the information processing apparatus 101 of the present invention to execute various processes described later are recorded in the external memory 211 and are executed by the CPU 201 by being loaded into the RAM 203 as necessary. is there. Furthermore, definition files and various information tables used by the program according to the present invention are stored in the external memory 211.

  Next, a functional configuration diagram showing module configurations of the information processing apparatus 101 and the server 102 will be described with reference to FIG. Note that the module configurations of the various terminals or servers in FIG. 3 are merely examples, and it goes without saying that there are various configuration examples depending on applications and purposes.

  The information processing apparatus 101 includes a table management module 301, a screen display module 302, and a transmission / reception management module 303.

  The table management module 301 is a module for storing various tables transmitted from the server 102 and exchanging with the screen display module 302 as necessary. The screen display module 302 is a module that displays various information on the CRT 210 and receives input from the user. The transmission / reception management module 303 is a module for communicating with the server 102 and transmitting / receiving various types of information.

  The server 102 includes a table management module 304, a history analysis module 305, a transmission / reception management module 306, and a user authentication management module 307.

  The table management module 304 is a module for storing and managing a user management table 1100, a user authority table 1200, a startup history table 1300, a daily history table 1400, and a monthly history table 1410, which will be described later (storage means). The history analysis module is a module for analyzing a menu activation history stored in the activation history table 1300 and extracting a menu to be used periodically. The transmission / reception management module 306 is a module for communicating with the information processing apparatus 101 and transmitting / receiving various types of information. The user authentication management module 307 is a module for performing user authentication based on information stored in the user management table 1100 and information transmitted from the information processing apparatus 101.

  Next, a series of processing in the embodiment of the present invention will be described using the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Note that steps S101 to S103, S106 to S108, and S112 to S123 are performed under the control of the CPU 201 in the information processing apparatus 101. In addition, each of the steps S104 to S105 and S109 to S111 is performed under the control of the CPU 201 in the server 102.

  First, in step S101, the information processing apparatus 101 reads the core business application from the external memory 211 and activates it, and displays a login screen (not shown) for login in step S102. In step S 103, the user ID and password input by the user on the displayed login screen are acquired and transmitted to the server 102.

  In step S104, the server 102 receives the user ID and password transmitted from the information processing apparatus 101, determines whether the user ID and password exist in the user management table 1100 (see FIG. 11), and Perform user authentication. In step S <b> 105, the server 102 transmits the result of user authentication to the information processing apparatus 101.

  A user management table 1100 (see FIG. 11) is a table for user authentication, and includes a user ID 1101, a user name 1102, and a password 1103. The user ID 1101 is an identification number uniquely assigned to each user. The user name 1102 is the name of the user. The password 1103 is a user password required for logging in the basic business application.

  In step S106, the information processing apparatus 101 receives the result of user authentication transmitted from the server 102. In step S107, the information processing apparatus 101 determines the received authentication result. If the authentication indicates success, the process proceeds to step S108. If the authentication fails, the process returns to step S102.

  In step S <b> 108, the information processing apparatus 101 transmits an acquisition request for a normal menu, which is a menu usable by the logged-in user, to the server 102. The normal menu acquisition request includes the user ID 1101 of the logged-in user. In step S109, the server 102 receives the normal menu acquisition request transmitted from the information processing apparatus 101, and acquires the normal menu of the user who logged in in step S110 from the user authority table 1200 (see FIG. 12). Specifically, a record that matches the user ID of the logged-in user is extracted from the user ID 1201 and the startable menu 1202 corresponding to the user ID 1201 is acquired.

  The user authority table 1200 (FIG. 12) is a table that stores a menu that can be activated for each user, and includes a user ID 1201 and a menu that can be activated 1202. The user ID 1201 corresponds to the user ID 1101 of the user management table 1100. The startable menu 1202 stores a menu that can be started by the user.

  In step S <b> 111, the server 102 transmits the acquired normal menu to the information processing apparatus 101. In step S112, the information processing apparatus 101 receives the normal menu transmitted from the server 102, generates a normal menu screen 1500 (see FIG. 15), and displays it on the CRT 210.

  In step S113, the information processing apparatus 101 displays the normal menu screen 1500, the daily history menu screen 1600 (see FIG. 16, regular menu) displayed by menu switching, and the monthly history menu screen 1610 (see FIG. 16, regular). It is determined whether or not a menu arranged in (Menu) is selected. If the menu is selected, the process proceeds to step S114, and if not, the process proceeds to step S115.

  In step S114, the information processing apparatus 101 executes menu selection processing for storing a menu selection history. Details of the menu selection processing are shown in FIG.

  In step S115, the information processing apparatus 101 determines whether one of the normal menu button 1501, the time zone selection pull-down 1505, and the other user history selection pull-down 1506 is selected by an operation from the user. If either is selected, the process proceeds to step S116, and if not, the process proceeds to step S117 in FIG.

  In step S116, the information processing apparatus 101 executes a menu redisplay process to redisplay the menu. Details of the menu redisplay process are shown in FIG.

  Next, in step S117 of FIG. 5, the information processing apparatus 101 determines whether the daily history menu button 1502 has been selected by an operation from the user. If the daily history menu button 1502 is selected, the process proceeds to step S118. If not, the process proceeds to step S119.

  In step S118, the information processing apparatus 101 executes menu redisplay processing to display the daily history menu screen 1600. Details of the menu redisplay process are shown in FIG.

  In step S119, the information processing apparatus 101 determines whether the monthly history menu button 1503 is selected by an operation from the user. If the monthly history menu button 1503 is selected, the process proceeds to step S120, and if not, the process proceeds to step S121.

  In step S120, the information processing apparatus 101 performs a menu redisplay process to display the monthly history menu screen 1610. Details of the menu redisplay process are shown in FIG.

  In step S121, the information processing apparatus 101 determines whether the activation history button 1504 has been selected by an operation from the user. If the activation history button 1504 is selected, the process proceeds to step S122. If not, the process proceeds to step S123.

  In step S122, the information processing apparatus 101 shows details of the activation history management process for executing the activation history management process to manage the activation history of the login user's menu, which will be described later with reference to FIG.

  In step S123, the information processing apparatus 101 determines whether or not an instruction to end the core business application has been given by an input from the user. If it is determined that an end instruction has been issued, the series of processes is terminated. If not, the process returns to step S113 in FIG.

  Next, menu selection processing will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In addition, each step of S201 thru | or S203 is processed under control of CPU201 in the information processing apparatus 101. FIG. Each step of S204 and S205 is processed under the control of the CPU 201 in the server 102.

  In step S201, the information processing apparatus 101 activates the menu selected by the user. In step S202, it is determined whether or not the menu is switched to a user menu different from the logged-in user by using a menu redisplay process described later. For example, when an arbitrary user is selected from the other user history selection pull-down 1506, the normal menu and activation history of the selected user can be acquired and displayed. Thereby, work can be performed on behalf of another user. If the selection history of the menu selected by the logged-in user is stored in the activation history of another user being displayed when the user is switched, the activation history for each user will not be stored properly. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the user is being switched in step S202, and if the switching is being performed, the activation history is not stored. If it is determined that the user is being switched, the menu selection process is terminated. If it is determined that the logged-in user's own menu is being used instead of the user being switched, the process proceeds to step S203. .

  In step S203, the information processing apparatus 101 transmits an activation history including the menu activated in step S201, the activation date and time, and the user ID of the login user to the server 102 (activation history transmitting unit). In step S204, the server 102 receives the activation history transmitted from the information processing apparatus 101, and stores the activation history of the login user in the activation history table 1300 (see FIG. 13) in step S205. Specifically, the user ID of the login user is stored in the user ID 1301 of the activation history table 1300. Then, the name of the activated menu, the activated date on the activated date 1303, and the activated time are stored in the activated time 1304, respectively. The time division 1305 stores a division based on the time stored in the activation time 1304. For example, “09: 0 to 11:00” is “morning”, “11: 0 to 15:00” is “daytime”, “15: 0 to 18:00” is “evening”, and “18:00 to 22”. 0:00 ”may be set in advance as“ night ”, the time segment 1305 may be determined by specifying which segment the time stored in the activation time 1304 falls into. When the storage of the activation history is completed, the menu selection process is terminated.

  Next, the menu redisplay process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Note that each of steps S301, S302, and S313 to S315 is performed under the control of the CPU 201 in the information processing apparatus 101. In addition, each step of S303 to S312 is performed under the control of the CPU 201 in the server 102.

  In step S <b> 301, the information processing apparatus 101 specifies a menu screen to be displayed selected by a user operation on various screens, a time zone, a login user, or a user of another user history. In step S302, a menu acquisition request including the specified various types of information is transmitted to the server 102 (periodic menu acquisition request transmission means).

  In step S <b> 303, the server 102 receives the menu acquisition request transmitted from the information processing apparatus 101. In step S <b> 304, the server 102 determines whether the screen selected by the user is the normal menu screen 1500 based on the received menu acquisition request. If it is determined that the normal menu screen 1500 is displayed, the process proceeds to step S305. If not, the process proceeds to step S306.

  In step S <b> 305, the server 102 specifies a user based on the menu acquisition request, and acquires the user's menu from the user authority table 1200. Specifically, the user ID of the login user or the user selected by the other user history selection pull-down 1506 is specified. The user ID 1201 that matches the identified user ID is extracted, and the startable menu 1202 corresponding to the extracted user ID 1201 is acquired.

  In step S306, the server 102 determines whether the screen selected by the user is the daily history menu screen 1600 based on the received menu acquisition request. If it is determined that the daily history menu screen 1600 is displayed, the process proceeds to step S307. If not, the process proceeds to step S309.

  In step S <b> 307, the server 102 executes a daily history analysis process that specifies a menu to be used on a daily basis from the startup history of the menu of the logged-in user or the user selected by the other user history selection pull-down 1506. Detailed description of the daily history analysis processing will be described later with reference to FIG. In step S308, the server 102 acquires a daily history table 1400 (see FIG. 14) in which the menu specified in the daily history analysis processing in step S307 is stored (periodic menu acquisition unit).

  In step S309, the server 102 determines whether the screen selected by the user is the monthly history menu screen 1610 based on the received menu acquisition request. If it is determined that the menu is the monthly history menu screen 1610, the process proceeds to step S310. If not, the process proceeds to step S312.

  In step S <b> 310, the server 102 executes a monthly history analysis process for specifying a menu to be used every month from the activation history of the menu of the login user or the user selected by the other user history selection pull-down 1506. A detailed description of the monthly history analysis process will be described later with reference to FIG. In step S311, the server 102 acquires a monthly history table 1410 (see FIG. 14) in which the menu specified in the monthly history analysis process in step S310 is stored (periodic menu acquisition unit).

  In step S312, the server 102 transmits the menu acquired in step S305, step S308, or step S311 to the information processing apparatus 101 (periodic menu transmission unit).

  In step S313, the information processing apparatus 101 receives the menu transmitted from the server 102. In step S314, the information processing apparatus 101 compares the received menu with the menu of the login user, and specifies only the available menu. Specifically, the menu of the login user acquired in step S112 in FIG. 4 is compared with the menu acquired in step S313. As a result of the comparison, only the menu that is common to the login user's menu is specified from the menus acquired in step S313.

  When the menu of the user selected by the other user history selection pull-down 1506 is received from the server 102, a menu other than the menu available to the login user may be included. That is, it includes menus that are not normally available to the logged-in user. In the core business, since the business content is different for each user, the available menus are also different. Therefore, the use of a menu that exceeds the usage authority may result in unauthorized manipulation of data. To solve this, only the menus available to the logged-in user are extracted. Thus, when the user “BBBBB” is selected in the other user history selection pull-down 1506 on the normal menu screen 1500, the menu configuration is as shown in FIG. That is, “arrival schedule registration” that cannot be used by the login user “AAAAA” is not displayed. If the login user menu is acquired in step S313 instead of the user menu selected by the other user history selection pull-down 1506, the process in step S314 may not be performed.

  In step S315, the information processing apparatus 101 displays the menu specified in step S314 on the screen selected by the user, and ends the menu redisplay process. Since the display order is set in the daily history table 1400 and the monthly history table 1410, menus are arranged according to this display order.

  Next, the daily history analysis process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Note that steps S401 to S408 are performed under the control of the CPU 201 in the server 102.

  In step S401, the server 102 acquires the time zone selected by the user and the user ID of the user selected by the login user or other user history selection pull-down 1506 from the menu acquisition request received in step S303. All the belt activation histories are acquired from the activation history table 1300.

  In step S402, the server 102 acquires one of the menus acquired in step S401. In step S403, the server 102 determines whether or not the acquired menu has been activated for a predetermined number of days or more per month based on the activation history table 1300. Specifically, the determination is made based on whether or not the combination of the user ID and menu acquired in step S401 exists in the activation history table 1300 for a predetermined number of days or more every month. The number of days may be set by an administrator who manages the basic system, or a specific number of days may be set as the basic system. Note that the determination in step S403 is a step for determining whether or not the menu is used every day, so that it is not limited to this as long as it can be determined that the menu is used every day. For example, a condition such that “the number of startup days in each month within half a year is half a month (15 times or more)” may be used. If it is determined that the acquired menu has been activated for a predetermined number of days or more every month, the process proceeds to step S404. If not, the process proceeds to step S405.

  In step S404, as a result of step S403, the server 102 determines that it has been activated for a predetermined number of days or more every month, and stores it in the daily history table 1400. In the daily history table, the user ID acquired in step S401 is stored in the user ID 1401, the time period acquired in step S401 is stored in the time section 1402, and the menu acquired in step S402 is stored in the activation menu 1403. The display order 1404 stores nothing at this time.

  In step S405, the server 102 determines whether the menu acquired in step S401 has completed all the processes in steps S402 to S404. If it is determined that the process has been completed, the process proceeds to step S406. If not, the process returns to step S402.

  In step S406, the server 102 calculates an average activation date and time for each menu stored in the daily history table 1400. Specifically, the start date / time of the menu stored in the daily history table 1400 is stored in the start history table 1300. All the start dates and times of the date / time history menu stored in the start history table 1300 are extracted, and it is specified when the menu is started on average.

  In step S407, the server 102 determines the menu display order based on the average activation date and time calculated in step S406. In other words, by arranging the menus in the order of the date and time when the menus are used, the menus are arranged in the order of the user's work. The determined display order is used in step S315 described above. In step S408, the server 102 stores the determined display order in the display order 1404 of the daily history table 1400, and ends the daily history analysis process.

  Next, the monthly history analysis process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Note that steps S501 to S508 are performed under the control of the CPU 201 in the server 102.

  In step S501, the server 102 acquires the user ID of the login user or the user selected by the other user history selection pull-down 1506 from the menu acquisition request received in step S303, and acquires the startup history of the user from the startup history table 1300. Get all.

  In step S502, the server 102 acquires one of the menus acquired in step S501. In step S503, the server 102 determines based on the activation history table 1300 whether the number of activation days of the acquired menu every month is 5 days or less. Specifically, the determination is made based on whether or not the combination of the user ID and the menu acquired in step S501 exists in the activation history table 1300 on the 5th of every month. The number of days may be set by an administrator who manages the basic system, or a specific number of days may be set as the basic system. Note that the determination in step S503 is a step for determining whether or not the menu is used regularly every month, so that the condition is not limited as long as it can be determined that the menu is used regularly every month. Absent. For example, a condition such as “activate every month and the number of activation days per month within half a year is 5 days or less” may be used. If it is determined that the number of startup days of the acquired menu every month is 5 days or less, the process proceeds to step S504, and if not, the process proceeds to step S505.

  In step S504, as a result of step S503, the server 102 determines that the number of startup days of the acquired menu every month is 5 days or less, and stores it in the monthly history table 1410. In the monthly history table, the user ID acquired in step S501 is stored in the user ID 1411, and the menu acquired in step S502 is stored in the activation menu 1412. The display order 1413 stores nothing at this time.

  In step S505, the server 102 determines whether or not the menu acquired in step S501 has completed all the processes in steps S502 to S504. If it is determined that the process has been completed, the process proceeds to step S506. If not, the process returns to step S502.

  In step S506, the server 102 calculates an average activation date for each menu stored in the monthly history table 1410. Specifically, the start date / time of the menu stored in the monthly history table 1410 is stored in the start history table 1300. All the activation dates and times of the monthly history menu stored in the activation history table 1300 are extracted, and it is specified when the menu is activated on average.

  In step S507, the server 102 determines the menu display order based on the average activation date and time calculated in step S506. In other words, by arranging the menus in the order of the date and time when the menus are used, the menus are arranged in the order of the user's work. The determined display order is used in step S315 described above. In step S508, the server 102 stores the determined display order in the display order 1413 of the monthly history table 1410, and ends the monthly history analysis process.

  Next, the activation history management process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Note that steps S601 and S605 to S608 are performed under the control of the CPU 201 in the information processing apparatus 101. In addition, steps S602 to S604, S609, and S610 are performed under the control of the CPU 201 in the server 102.

  In step S <b> 601, the information processing apparatus 101 transmits an activation history acquisition request to the server 102 in order to acquire the activation history of the login user's menu. It transmits including the user ID of the login user. In step S602, the server 102 receives the login user activation history acquisition request transmitted from the information processing apparatus 101. In step S603, the server 102 logs in from the activation history table 1300 based on the received activation history acquisition request. Get user activation history. Specifically, the user ID 1301 that matches the user ID included in the activation history acquisition request is specified, and the specified record is acquired. In step S <b> 604, the server 102 transmits the acquired activation history to the information processing apparatus 101.

  In step S605, the information processing apparatus 101 receives the login user activation history transmitted from the server 102, and displays it on the activation history management screen 1700 (see FIG. 17) in step S606. The activation history management screen 1700 is a screen that can delete the activation history of the logged-in user.

  In step S607, the information processing apparatus 101 determines whether or not the deletion column 1701 is checked by the user and the deletion execution button 1702 is pressed. If it is determined that the delete execution button 1702 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S608. If not, the user checks the delete column 1701 and waits until the delete execution button 1702 is pressed. To do.

  In step S608, the information processing apparatus 101 sends a deletion request to the server 102 including the login user ID and the checked menu in order to delete the activation history of the menu checked in the deletion column 1701 in step S607. Send.

  In step S609, the server 102 receives the deletion request transmitted from the information processing apparatus 101, and in step S610, deletes the corresponding activation history from the activation history table 1300 based on the received deletion request. Specifically, the combination of the user ID and menu included in the deletion request is searched from the activation history table 1300 and deleted. When the deletion is completed, the startup history management process is terminated.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the menu used every day or the menu used every month can be extracted based on the number of start times of the menu such as daily or monthly, so the frequency of use is low. Even if it is a menu, there exists an effect which can be displayed preferentially.

  The present invention can be implemented as a system, apparatus, method, program, storage medium, or the like, and can be applied to a system including a plurality of devices. You may apply to the apparatus which consists of one apparatus.

  Note that the present invention includes a software program that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments directly or remotely from a system or apparatus. The present invention also includes a case where the system or the computer of the apparatus is achieved by reading and executing the supplied program code.

  Accordingly, since the functions of the present invention are implemented by computer, the program code installed in the computer also implements the present invention. In other words, the present invention includes a computer program itself for realizing the functional processing of the present invention.

  In that case, as long as it has the function of a program, it may be in the form of object code, a program executed by an interpreter, script data supplied to the OS, and the like.

  Examples of the recording medium for supplying the program include a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, MO, CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW. In addition, there are magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, DVD (DVD-ROM, DVD-R), and the like.

  As another program supply method, a browser on a client computer is used to connect to an Internet home page. The computer program itself of the present invention or a compressed file including an automatic installation function can be downloaded from the homepage by downloading it to a recording medium such as a hard disk.

  It can also be realized by dividing the program code constituting the program of the present invention into a plurality of files and downloading each file from a different homepage. That is, a WWW server that allows a plurality of users to download a program file for realizing the functional processing of the present invention on a computer is also included in the present invention.

  In addition, the program of the present invention is encrypted, stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM, distributed to users, and key information for decryption is downloaded from a homepage via the Internet to users who have cleared predetermined conditions. Let It is also possible to execute the encrypted program by using the downloaded key information and install the program on a computer.

  Further, the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the computer executing the read program. In addition, based on the instructions of the program, an OS or the like running on the computer performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments can also be realized by the processing.

  Further, the program read from the recording medium is written in a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer. Thereafter, the CPU of the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing based on the instructions of the program, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  The above-described embodiments are merely examples of implementation in carrying out the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited thereto. That is, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the technical idea or the main features thereof.

100 Core System 101 Information Processing Device 102 Server 103 Network 201 CPU
202 RAM
203 ROM
204 System Bus 205 Input Controller 206 Video Controller 207 Memory Controller 208 Communication I / F (Interface) Controller 209 Input Device 210 Display Device 211 External Memory

Claims (10)

Information in which an information processing apparatus that displays a menu that can be used by a user, and a server that includes a storage unit that stores the menu that can be used by the user in association with the activation history of the menu are communicably connected. A processing system,
The information processing apparatus includes:
When receiving an instruction to display a periodic menu, which is a menu used regularly within a certain period of time by an operation from the user, a periodic menu acquisition request transmitting unit that transmits an acquisition request for the periodic menu to the server;
Display means for displaying the periodic menu obtained from the server by transmitting a periodic menu acquisition request by the periodic menu acquisition request transmitting means;
The server
When receiving the acquisition request transmitted by the periodic menu acquisition request transmission unit, the user's activation history is acquired from the storage unit, and a menu that is regularly used within a certain period is extracted based on the activation history. Menu acquisition means;
An information processing system comprising: a periodic menu transmission unit that transmits the periodic menu acquired by the periodic menu acquisition unit to the information processing apparatus.   The said regular menu acquisition means acquires the said user's starting log | history from the said memory | storage means, Based on the said starting log | history, it extracts the menu started more than predetermined days within a fixed period, The Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. The information processing system described.   The said regular menu acquisition means acquires the said user's starting log | history from the said memory | storage means, Based on the said starting log | history, the menu started every month within a fixed period is extracted. Information processing system.   The said regular menu acquisition means acquires the starting log | history of the user different from the said user from the said memory | storage means, and extracts the menu used regularly within a fixed period based on the said starting log | history. The information processing system according to any one of 1 to 3.   The periodic menu acquisition unit acquires an activation history in a predetermined time period from the activation history of the user from the storage unit, and extracts a menu used regularly within a predetermined period based on the activation history. The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 4.   The display means displays only the periodic menu available to the user among the periodic menus obtained from the server by transmitting a periodic menu acquisition request by the periodic menu acquisition request transmitting means. The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The information processing apparatus includes:
When the menu displayed by the display means is selected, the apparatus further comprises an activation history transmitting means for transmitting an activation history including the menu and a date and time when the menu is selected to the server,
The server
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an activation history registration unit that receives the menu transmitted by the activation history transmission unit and stores the menu in the storage unit.   The information processing system according to claim 7, wherein the activation history transmitting unit does not transmit the activation history when a menu of a user different from the user is displayed. Information in which an information processing apparatus that displays a menu that can be used by a user, and a server that includes a storage unit that stores the menu that can be used by the user in association with the activation history of the menu are communicably connected. A processing system control method comprising:
When the periodic menu acquisition request transmission unit of the information processing apparatus receives an instruction to display a periodic menu, which is a menu used regularly within a predetermined period, by an operation from the user, the acquisition request for the periodic menu is sent to the server. A periodic menu acquisition request transmission step to be transmitted to
A display step of displaying the periodic menu obtained from the server by transmitting the periodic menu acquisition request by the periodic menu acquisition request transmitting step;
When the periodic menu acquisition means of the server receives the acquisition request transmitted by the periodic menu acquisition request transmission step, the activation history of the user is acquired from the storage means, and is periodically updated within a certain period based on the activation history. A periodic menu acquisition step for extracting a menu to be used automatically,
A method for controlling an information processing system, comprising: a periodic menu transmission unit for transmitting a periodic menu acquired by the periodic menu acquisition step to the information processing apparatus. Information in which an information processing apparatus that displays a menu that can be used by a user, and a server that includes a storage unit that stores the menu that can be used by the user in association with the activation history of the menu are communicably connected. A computer readable and executable program for causing a computer to execute a processing system control method,
The information processing apparatus;
When receiving an instruction to display a periodic menu, which is a menu used regularly within a certain period of time by an operation from the user, a periodic menu acquisition request transmitting unit that transmits an acquisition request for the periodic menu to the server;
By functioning as a display means for displaying the periodic menu obtained from the server by transmitting a periodic menu acquisition request by the periodic menu acquisition request transmitting means,
The server,
When receiving the acquisition request transmitted by the periodic menu acquisition request transmission unit, the user's activation history is acquired from the storage unit, and a menu that is regularly used within a certain period is extracted based on the activation history. Menu acquisition means;
A computer-readable and executable program that causes a periodic menu acquired by the periodic menu acquiring unit to function as a periodic menu transmitting unit that transmits to the information processing apparatus.

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