JPH11184871A - Issued data browsing system - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to automatically search for a desired specific data from a storage medium in which specific data such as a gazette is recorded, and to browse the data online, thereby enabling circulation of the specific data. Speed up the browsing work and reduce the work load. SOLUTION: A bulletin server 10 is connected to a WAN in which an individual publication browsing system 100 for storing and publishing the publication so as to be searchable and browseable and a personal computer 201m are connected, and the bulletin server 10 searches in a search DB 10b. A search for a publication corresponding to the formula is periodically requested to the browsing server 103, and the search result returned from the browsing server 103 is registered as a PVfile in the preliminary report DB 10d, and a preliminary report publication of the search result is created in a mail document format. 201c, while personal PC 201
Reference numerals a to 201c request the PV 103b of the browsing server 103 to request a transfer of the publication checked in the preliminary bulletin to be displayed and output, and attach the progress of the browsing work to the PV file in the preliminary bulletin DB 10d in a callable manner.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an issued data browsing system, and more particularly to a system capable of easily browsing specific data such as a patent publication.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, specific data such as published patent publications have been issued regularly and irregularly. For example, published patent publications have published new technologies, In order to investigate and evaluate trends, related technicians often browse as business, and circulate among related technicians.

[0003] As for browsing this kind of issued specific data, for example, in the case of a patent publication, a collection of publications (combined book) is purchased and circulated among related engineers. Further, in recent years, specific data such as patent publications are also issued on CD-ROMs. Therefore, the purchaser of a newly issued CD-ROM (storage medium) is notified to a person who requests browsing in advance, and that An individual browses desired specific data by searching and extracting relevant data as needed, or the individual browses the information within a group.

Here, the specific data to be issued includes:
In addition to published patent publications for a certain period of time, for example, specific data on specific hobbies and the like, papers in specific technical fields, and the like can be cited, but are not limited thereto. The case of the gazette will be described as an example.

[0005]

However, in such conventional browsing of specific data, when circulating a copy such as a bulletin book among related engineers, a huge number of articles are listed. Among them, the user must search for and browse the relevant publications and the like, and the browsing operation is complicated and tends to be delayed. The delay in browsing has a problem that the entire circulation is delayed, and a plurality of circulations accumulate and may be circulated to other persons at once, which further increases the burden of the browsing work. This problem is the same even when searching and extracting relevant specific data from the CD-ROM.

Further, even when searching and extracting relevant specific data from a CD-ROM, a search / extraction operation must be performed every time a new CD-ROM is purchased, and the work load is large. . Also, newly purchased CD
-There is a problem that the specific data to be browsed (for example, a publication of the technical content desired to be browsed) may not be present in the ROM, and that the work may be wasted.

[0007] Accordingly, the present invention relates to an issued CD-RO.
By automatically searching for and extracting desired specific data from storage media such as M and enabling online browsing, efficient browsing by multiple people without having to circulate along with individual browsing is possible. It is another object of the present invention to speed up the work of browsing the issued specific data and reduce the work load.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 comprises a large-capacity data storage means for storing specific data stored in a storage medium issued regularly or irregularly. A condition registering unit for registering a search formula including one or more search conditions for searching the data storage unit and a viewer information requesting browsing of specific data corresponding to the search formula; Data retrieval means for retrieving the specified data from the data storage means based on a retrieval formula registered in advance in the condition registration means, and document creation means for producing simple document data relating to the retrieved and read specific data A simple document transmitting means for transmitting the created simple document data to a viewer corresponding to the search expression in the condition registering means; Browsing operation means for designating and inputting specific data requested to be browsed by providing output means capable of outputting data, and data transmitting means for reading and transmitting specific data designated by the viewer from within the data storage means. An issuance data browsing system, comprising document storage means for storing the simple document data transmitted by the simple document transmission means so as to be retrievable by a browsing operation means, wherein the document storage means is capable of browsing the progress of the browsing work. The simple document data is stored with a result attached.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a storage medium such as a CD-ROM to be issued (hereinafter referred to as a CD-ROM)
Specific data such as published patent gazettes recorded in
When the existence of specific data corresponding to a pre-registered search formula is searched and confirmed while being stored in the data storage means, simple document data (for example, the title of the specific data, etc. A table-of-contents document to be displayed in a list is created and transmitted to browsing operation means (hereinafter, PC) such as a PC of the browsing user according to pre-registered browsing user information (address, etc.), and is output (recorded and output). You. For this reason, the viewer specifies the specific data by viewing the display output of the simplified document data, and requests the transmission of the text, and transmits the returned specific data to the PC.
It can be viewed by displaying it on a display of a computer. Then, the progress (browsing result) of the browsing work for the browsed specific data automatically or manually input from the PC is attached to the simple document data and stored so as to be retrievable from the PC. Therefore, the viewer can use a new CD-R
It is possible to easily browse desired specific data online without having to perform a search formula input operation each time an OM or the like is purchased, and to perform a search formula input operation even though there is no corresponding specific data. The browsing work such as is not wasted. When the simple document data is displayed and output again and the browsing operation is resumed, the specific data can be designated and viewed together with the simple document data while observing the progress of the browsing by the user or others.

[0010] According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, a message notifying the creation of the simplified document data is read by the viewer registered in the condition registration means. Means for displaying and outputting the mail, the browsing operation means requests return of the simple document data in response to selection of a link button on the display screen of the output means, and the simple document transmitting means sets the viewer In this case, the simple document data of which creation has been notified is transmitted in response to a return request from.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when new simple document data is created, data for displaying and outputting a message notifying the creation is transmitted to the PC of the viewer and output. When a viewer who sees the message selects the link button on the display screen by clicking or the like, the return of the simple document data is requested, and the created simple document data is transmitted. Therefore, in order to receive the simple document data relating to the newly created specific data, the viewer does not check for the presence of the simple document data to be appropriately received at the time of starting up the PC or the like. The user is notified that there is a simple document data that has been
By simply selecting the link button when the hand is available, the simplified document data can be displayed and output, and the browsing operation can be continued.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first or second aspect of the present invention, the condition registration means registers a viewer as a group and registers a search formula for each group. The simple document transmitting means transmits the simple document data to each viewer in the group. According to the third aspect of the present invention, the browsers who use the same search formula are registered as a group, and the simple document data is transmitted to each browsing person. Therefore, the common specific data is viewed by a plurality of viewers in the group.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the third aspect of the present invention, the document creating means stores the specific data retrieved by the data retrieving means in a group registered in the condition registering means. Alternatively, the document is divided into specific data units in accordance with the division condition for dividing the data into two or more viewers, and divided simple document data for each of the divided specific data is created. It is transmitted to a viewer who performs the operation.

According to the present invention, for each of one or two or more viewers divided in a group using the same search formula, the specific data divided into specific data units in accordance with the division condition. The divided simple document data relating to the data is separately created, and the simplified document data is transmitted. Therefore, the specific data to be browsed in the group is browsed separately by a plurality of viewers in the group.

[0015] The invention according to claim 5 provides the invention according to claims 1 to 4.
In addition to the configuration of the invention described in any one of the above, the document storage means may store, as a browsing result, simple document data to which browsing completion information or unfinished browsing information of the specific data is attached so as to be called by the browsing operation means. It is a feature. According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the browsing completion information or the unfinished browsing information as a browsing result by the browsing user can be attached so as to be able to be called together with the simple document data when the browsing operation of the specific data is resumed. Therefore, the viewer can easily specify and view the specific data whose browsing has not been completed, and do not perform unnecessary processing by specifying the specific data whose browsing has been completed.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 to FIG. 10 are diagrams showing a first embodiment of an issued data browsing system according to the present invention. In the present embodiment, a case will be described as an example where a public patent publication recorded on a CD-ROM and periodically issued is searched and browsed as specific data.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 10 denotes a bulletin browsing system server, 100 denotes an individual bulletin browsing system, 201 to n denote client PCs (a set of PCs for each office),
The bulletin browsing system server 10, the individual publication browsing system 100, and the client PCs 201 to n are connected to a WAN (Wide Area Network) so that data communication via an external public line is also possible. Browsing system). In addition,
In the following description, the personal P
C201m will be described as an example.

First, a bulletin browsing system server (hereinafter referred to as a bulletin server) 10 includes a PC 11 as operation control means, and a WAN between client PCs 201 to n.
And a mail system server that centrally manages mail documents transmitted and received via the Internet. This bulletin server 10
Prepares various databases (DB) as a mail system server, and stores ordinary mail documents without genres in the mail DB, and mail documents related to meetings (hereinafter referred to as meeting documents) in the meeting DB, for example. In addition to registering and managing the mail document by genre, a signal (data) for displaying and outputting a message shown in FIG. 3 notifying the presence of a new mail document is sent to the personal PC 201m in the client PC 201 of the destination of the mail document. The personal computer is designed to be displayed on a display (the message data itself may be transmitted and displayed).
The 201m stops the display output when the user clicks the acknowledge button in the message and can continue the operation in progress, while returning the new mail document reception permission command when the user clicks the reception button (link button). By doing so, a new mail document can be received from the bulletin server 10 and displayed on a display to check the contents of the mail document. In addition, the personal PC 201m displays an icon (link button) for displaying a list in the mail DB after continuing the operation during the work by clicking the acknowledge button.
Click to display a list of the types and titles of mail documents so that you can scroll around the unreferenced mail, and click on any of the mail documents from the list, as if you clicked the Receive button. A desired mail document can be displayed and output, and its contents can be checked in the same manner. If the user wants to check the contents of the meeting document again even after referring to it, the meeting D
By clicking an icon for displaying a list in B and performing the same operation, a desired conference document can be displayed and output, and its contents can be confirmed. The mail document categorization is performed by reading and obtaining a format of a format prepared in advance in the categorized DB.
Alternatively, by adding an ID corresponding to a genre to a predetermined location (for example, head data), the mail document can be determined as a meeting document or the like, and can be registered and managed in the meeting DB.

As a mail system server constructed by the bulletin server 10, the contents of a mail document are added to the personal computer 201m for sending and receiving a mail document by appending (approving) / rejecting (rejecting) the contents of the document. The bulletin server 10 is, for example, a person in charge of hosting a conference,
Access to the bulletin server 10 from 201m, obtain a meeting notification document (mail document format) in a format prepared in advance in the meeting DB, set (create) necessary items, and respond to whether or not to attend the meeting. Is stored in the conference DB when the button for requesting the conference is clicked, and the mail system server described above is transmitted to the personal PC 201m of the attending candidate set as the transmission destination of the conference notification document. Is transmitted in the same manner as the mail document in the above, the meeting notification document to which the attendance / absence information is added is returned from the personal PC 201m of the candidate by clicking the attendance button or absence button to be displayed. The person in charge of distributing the meeting notification document by managing the attendance of the meeting by writing back the meeting notification document in the meeting DB. It has become possible way.

On the other hand, the individual publication browsing system 100 is conventionally used for browsing published patent publications and the like, and stores a plurality of CD-ROMs 101 on which purchased published publications and the like are recorded. It is set (registered) in a changer (data storage means) 102, and corresponds to a search formula created by an individual bulletin browsing server (hereinafter referred to as a browsing server) 103 from a search condition such as an application period or an IPC according to an input instruction from a PC 104. Search for the publication (data) to be created (search function), and create table of contents data that lists the bibliographical items (application number, publication number, application date, applicant, title of invention, etc.) of the publication in a table of contents format View and output by displaying and outputting on the display of the PC 104, and displaying and outputting detailed data such as the abstract, specification, and drawings of the specified publication on the display of the PC 104 Be (browsing function, so-called, Patent Viewer) so that the can. Also, the individual publication browsing system 100 can browse the table of contents data and detailed data of the publication by operating in the same manner as the PC 104 by directly accessing from a personal PC 201m or the like of a remote office via a WAN via a WAN. Has been built. That is, the browsing server 103 constitutes a data search unit. In this embodiment, the CD changer 102 is used as the data storage means, but the publication data (specific data) in the newly purchased CD-ROM 101 is used.
May be used as a large-capacity storage device for storing a fixed amount of
Bibliographic items of a gazette recorded in the D-ROM 101 may be extracted, registered, and constructed to be usable as a database.

Then, the bulletin server 10 in the present embodiment
Means that client PCs 201 to n function as browsing operation means including a display of output means, and function as condition registration means, document creation means, simple document transmission means, data transmission means, mail notification means, and document storage means. Thus, the publication corresponding to the search formula registered in advance in the CD-ROM 101 newly set in the CD changer 102 of the individual publication browsing system 100 can be browsed without delay from the personal PC 201m in the client PCs 201 to n. The PCs 11, 104, 201-n, and the servers 10, 103 each include a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and a network I / F.
(Interface) etc. and the CPU is RO
By transmitting and receiving data via the I / F while using the RAM as a work area in accordance with the control program stored in the M, the basic processing as a publication browsing system is executed, and various processes in the present embodiment are performed. Execute the process.

Here, in order to realize smooth operation, the publication publication browsing system according to the present embodiment uses, for example, the latest technology (open patent publication) in which members of each development group shown in FIG. In order to be able to perform the browsing work automatically, easily, easily and quickly without any omission when browsing with the personal PC 201m, it is possible to use it after processing is performed in this publication publication browsing system. Are divided into application registration processing, publication search notification processing, publication browsing processing, and browsing result management processing, as shown in FIG.

For this reason, the bulletin browsing system server 10, the individual bulletin browsing system 100, and the client PCs 201 to n will be described below corresponding to each processing shown in FIG. A case where members of the development group (viewing group) 1 in the client PC 201 perform browsing work on the personal PCs 201a to 201c will be described as an example. <Application registration process> The bulletin server 10 is a CD changer 10
Using the function 103a of the browsing server 103 for searching and extracting a publication corresponding to the retrieval formula from the CD-ROM 101 set in 2 in the request, the browsing server 103 is requested to return the bibliographic items of the retrieved and extracted publication. A search formula 10a for performing this search process and a search request timing are registered in advance in a search DB (condition registration means) 10b secured in a built-in memory. Search conditions such as search formulas and search timings to be registered in the search DB 10b may be directly registered from the PCs 11, 201, etc. In the present embodiment, for example, in order to perform permission registration in advance as described above, for example, A diagram in which the representative of the browsing group 1 (one of the browsing members described later in the present embodiment) accesses the bulletin server 10 from the personal PC 201a and prepares it in the application DB 10c in advance, similarly to the above-described conference notification document. After obtaining the preliminary browsing application document (mail document format) in the format shown in Fig. 6 and setting (creating) the necessary items, the system administrator or supervisor obtains approval to obtain permission registration. By pre-registering the contents of the approved application document as search conditions in the search DB 10b, the browsing group 1 uses the issued publication browsing system on the WAN. Can be Note that the application document can be stored in the application DB1 during or after creation on the personal PC 201a.
It can be stored and held in 0c so that it can be read and referenced. Even after approval, the search condition can be changed by reading from the application DB 10c, changing the settings, and receiving approval again.

This application document is prepared so as to set and display the following various information shown in FIG. Document status: When the application document is read from the application DB 10c by the personal PC 201m, the status information such as the application document is being created, the approval request is being made, the approval is rejected, the approval is completed, or the processing period is completed. Will be displayed.

Application document creator or member: The address number of personal PC 201m on the WAN registered for each employee registered in advance can be selected from an address book displaying a list, and a kanji name conversion button is clicked with a mouse. By doing so, kanji can be displayed. Search condition: You can enter a search expression that combines applicant and IPC in parentheses and combines them with AND or
By clicking the search condition attaching button, the user can also open and select a file of the search formula temporarily registered in advance using the browsing server 103 on a trial basis.

Preliminary report ID: A serial number that can identify this application document is automatically added and displayed when the application document is created. Technical content and theme ID: Displayed by setting and inputting the name of the viewing group and the development theme ID. Distribution period: By inputting the search period of the publication to be browsed according to the development theme, etc., it is possible to set the period for distributing the below-mentioned bulletin publication (mail document) relating to the publication searched and extracted during this period. . This distribution period can be shortened or extended, and can also be canceled by shortening the distribution date to a date earlier than the current date.

Distribution interval: By inputting the search interval of the publication to be viewed in accordance with the number of publications in the technical field of the development theme, the distribution interval of the flash document can be set. Distribution method: Distribute the same bulletin to all three members (normally, without allocation) as shown in FIG. 7, for example, as shown in FIG. However, as shown in FIG. 8, the number of publications retrieved may be divided by the number of members to evenly allocate the browsing quota. Instead of allocating separate publications to each person, two or more persons may browse the same publication so that there is no difference in the quality of browsing.

Remarks: This is displayed by inputting a memo when creating this application document. Approver destination: The administrator of this system is set in advance as the approver of this application document. For example, when the boss or the like is the approver, it can be selected by the address number on the network. Then, the bulletin server 10 accumulates in the application DB 10c an application document sent by clicking an approval request button (not shown) from the personal PC 201a,
The e-mail is sent to the approver's personal PC 201m in the same manner as the mail document in the mail system server described above. Since the application document with the rejection information is returned, the application document is written back in the application DB 10c with status information such as approved or rejected, stored and stored, and the approval information is added. If there is, the search processing function 10a can be used with the address of the member of the application document, search formula, distribution condition, etc. as a search condition.
Register in B10b. That is, search D of the bulletin server 10
B10b constitutes a condition registering means. The application document registered in the search DB 10b is used for each personal P by using the address of the member registered as the distribution destination of the bulletin.
By sending an e-mail to C201a to 201c, each member can be informed of the contents of the browsing operation. Further, since the search interval of the search condition registered in the search DB 10b is set in a unit of a week, the day of the week to execute the search is set in a distributed manner so that the day of the search is not overlapped. The load is made uniform, and the time for executing this search is set to be executed in the middle of the night after 12:00 pm.

<Publication search notification processing>
10, when the date and time measured by the built-in timer function has elapsed from the start date of the distribution period or the previous search date by the number of days of the distribution interval registered in the search DB 10b, the search processing function 10a performs After the date, etc., a request is made to request a search / extraction of a publication corresponding to the retrieval formula in the retrieval DB 10b from the CD-ROM 101 newly set in the CD changer 102, and the bibliographic items of the corresponding publication are returned. If the search results have been searched, the search results
iew) As a file, it is stored in a bulletin DB (document storage means) 10d in a memory for a predetermined period, such as six months, and the bulletin gazette (simple document data) shown in FIG. Search DB10 created in
Each personal computer 201a-201 of the reading member registered in b
c to the same as the mail document in the mail system server described above. In this bulletin publication, bibliographic items (search results) of the publication, such as the publication number of the publication, the title of the invention, the applicant, and the like, which are set in advance, are listed together with the search contents. Required check box (in the figure,
Bookmark column (indicated by □ in the figure) indicating the progress of browsing work such as unread (before browsing) / read (read) and browsing results such as multiple levels of importance for each publication (marked with □ in the figure). A comment column (indicated by a triangle in the figure) indicating the presence or absence of a comment is added. Therefore, the CD-RO set in the CD changer 102 periodically from the personal computers 201a to 201c.
Publications in M101 are automatically searched / extracted (without performing the operation of requesting each person to search / extract the publications corresponding to the search formula), and whether or not there is a publication to be viewed is determined by the personal P
The publications that can be known at C201a to 201c and are listed at the timing when the browsing operation can be performed can be easily browsed sequentially as described below.

At this time, if it is specified at the time of the application that the browsing of the retrieved publication is to be allocated to the members, the preliminary report server 10 creates a different preliminary publication for each member that lists the publications equally divided. And personal PC 201a-2
For transmission to 01c, the bulletin DB 10d stores and holds the PV file for the group and the PVfile for the individual in association with the bulletin ID, and when the allocation is not instructed at the time of application, P for group
The Vfile and the personal PVfile are operated so as to have the same contents. However, when the allocation is instructed, the personal computer 201a to 201c is sent by e-mail a bulletin created from the personal PVfile, and thereafter, An operation on the personal computers 201a to 201c to be explained will cause a P
This is reflected in Vfile.

<Publication browsing process> On the other hand, personal computer 201a
To 201c output the message shown in FIG. 3 on the display as in the case of a new mail document, indicating the existence of the bulletin gazette from the bulletin server 10, so that when the receiving button is clicked, the bulletin sent The gazette can be displayed and checked to check the gazette to be viewed. By clicking one or more check boxes in the list and clicking a PV activation button,
Using the PV (Patent Viewer) 103b, which is a browsing function of the browsing server 103 in the individual publication browsing system 100, a request is made to browse the publication specified by the check box, and the P
The publication data (specific data) such as abstracts, specifications, drawings, etc., read out from the CD-ROM 101 of the CD changer 102 and transferred by the V103b can be displayed on a display in a scrollable manner for browsing. In addition,
When an icon for displaying a list in the mail DB or an icon for displaying a list in the bulletin DB 10d is clicked after the selection (click) of the acknowledgment button, the latest list is displayed in the same manner as a normal mail document. By clicking on the bulletin bulletin of the above, a browsing operation (business) can be performed in the same manner as when the receiving button is clicked. Therefore, it is notified by a commonly used e-mail document that it is necessary to perform browsing work with reference to a new bulletin bulletin, and browsing members can quickly browse by clicking the receive button when they are not available Work can be started, and when other work is being performed, browsing work can be started by simply clicking an icon for displaying a list in the DB later.

After the end button is clicked and the display output of the bulletin data is terminated, the personal PCs 201a to 201c display and output the bulletin again, and input the importance in the bookmark column and comment in the comment column. When the bulletin column corresponding to the gazette is clicked at the time of display output of the bulletin, the input column for displaying the input example of the importance is opened and the input browsing is performed. The importance of a gazette can be associated with the gazette along with read (reading end) information and attached to the bulletin gazette,
When the comment column is clicked, an input column in which a comment can be input in a free format is opened, and a comment on the viewed publication can be attached to the bulletin publication.

After that, when the save reflection button is clicked, the personal PCs 201a to 201c transmit the bulletin gazette with the bookmark or the comment attached to the bulletin server 10 and write it back to the PV file in the bulletin DB 10d for storage management. When the bulletin is read again from the bulletin DB 10d, a color indicating read or importance is displayed in the bookmark column, and when a comment is attached, the comment column indicates that there is a comment. By displaying the color and clicking this comment field, the attached comment is displayed and output. Therefore, the members of the browsing group 1 can grasp the read / unread gazettes from the bulletin gazette, and display the important gazettes in a superimposed manner so that each member can browse the gazettes that are important at a certain level or more. You can also give instructions,
The browsing operation can be performed by referring to the attached comments as appropriate. The color indicating read or importance displayed in the bookmark column may be set arbitrarily, for example,
There is no color display when unread, green when read but there is no input of importance, blue, light blue, yellow, light blue, red as the importance becomes higher as a result of read, all members need to read In some cases, the value may be pink, etc., and when the browsing results of the other browsing members have different degrees of importance, a value with a higher degree of priority may be prioritized, and comments may be accumulated.

Here, when it is specified that the browsing of the publication searched at the time of application is assigned to the members, the bulletin server 10 provides a different bulletin publication for each member that lists the equally divided publications. Since the browsing result is attached to the PVfile, when the save reflection button is clicked on the personal computers 201a to 201c, the transmitted PVf
The ile writes back to the personal PV file in the bulletin DB 10d so as to be readable again, and adds and rewrites (reflects) the browsing result attached to the PV file to the group PV file in the bulletin DB 10d and stores and manages the result. I do.

<Browsing result management processing> In addition, the bulletin server 10
When the group information button is clicked when the bulletin bulletin is displayed again on the personal computers 201a to 201c, as shown in FIG. 10, the group bulletin and the individual bulletin corresponded to the same bulletin ID from the bulletin DB 10d. An edited document (simple document data) that displays bookmark information attached to each publication in a corresponding position in a matrix in which the patent publication number of the publication retrieved by reading the PV file and the browsing members are represented on the horizontal axis is displayed on the vertical axis. The personal computer 201a of the representative of the browsing group 1 is created and sent back in a mail document format.
When the attention patent button is clicked, the bulletin DB10
(d) deletes the publications from the group and personal PVfiles in (d) to which only the read information is attached but does not have the importance value attached (or is low), and only the remarkable patents are released.
B10d can be stored and held, and only the search results necessary before the storage period in the preliminary announcement DB 10d elapses can be easily stored in a hard disk of the personal PC 201m with a small capacity by each viewing group independently. It has become.

The personal PCs 201a to 201c can execute the same processing as clicking the check box in the bulletin when the PV start button is clicked together with one column in the edited document. For example, a browsing member who has finished browsing the allocated publication may browse the unread publication on behalf of the unread publication by referring to the browsing result (evaluation) of each member together with the unread publication in a blank space in the edited document. It is also possible to perform a browsing operation such as browsing through various publications.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the bulletin server 10 retrieves a gazette corresponding to a search formula registered in advance by a browsing group or the like from the CD-ROM 101 sequentially set in the CD changer 102 of the individual publication browsing system 100. The browsing member creates a bulletin gazette consisting of a list of the bibliographic items periodically and transmits the bulletin gazette to each of the browsing members' personal PCs 201a to 201c, so that the browsing member can display and output the bulletin gazette on the personal PCs 201a to 201c. By selecting a gazette to be viewed and sending the gazette data to the individual gazette viewing system 100, the gazette to be viewed in the browsing group previously circulated can be viewed online, The retrieved publications can be browsed separately or simultaneously at the same time. This bulletin gazette stores and manages (rewrites) the read gazette by adding read information as a browsing result, so when recalling the gazette and resuming the browsing work, not only the bulletin that has been browsed by itself but also It is also possible to confirm that the browsing has been completed by other members and easily designate an unread gazette to perform the browsing operation. Therefore, it is possible to automatically search and extract the gazettes that need to be browsed in business, etc. and browse them online without any burden and quickly. A simple publication can be easily and efficiently browsed.

At this time, the newly created bulletin bulletin is simply notified that it exists as a mail document, and the personal PCs 201a to 201c are used when the reading member becomes available.
Can be displayed and output without having to check the presence or absence of a mail document when starting up the PC (without worrying about the necessity of browsing work), and freeing up hands without disturbing other work. In such a case, the browsing operation can be continued and performed appropriately.

Further, a bulletin is prepared by dividing the publication to be browsed for each browsing member, and the personal PCs 201a to 2a are prepared.
01c can also be sent to each of them, so you can set the browsing group to browse the bulletins to be browsed separately and set them to be viewed at the same time, imposing a quota on each browsing member to ensure promptness and reduced burden You can also perform browsing work while doing.

The bulletin server 10 and the personal computer 201
m merely requests search and browsing of gazettes that can be performed by the browsing server 103 of the existing individual gazette browsing system 100. The prepared bulletin gazette is also used as a mail document that has been exchanged on WANs. 10 and the personal computer 201m, the publication publication browsing system of the present embodiment can be constructed at a low cost, and the browsing member can easily perform the browsing work by the bulletin gazette with the same handling as a normal mail document. Can do it.

In the present embodiment, a browsing request for a gazette from the list displayed in the bulletin is issued to the personal PC 201.
m, the publication data is returned from the PV 103b to the individual publication browsing system 100. However, it goes without saying that the bulletin server 10 may relay the browsing request and the transmission of the publication data. Next, FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of the publication publication browsing system according to the present invention. Since this embodiment is configured substantially in the same manner as the above-described embodiment, FIG. 1 to FIG. The same components will be described using the same reference numerals.

In FIG. 1 and FIG.
Is a groupware with a rich user interface function as a mail system server, for example, LotusN
In order to operate on Otes, it has a function that can effectively send and receive documents created independently or ordinary mail documents in which numerical values and addresses are written in existing formats. The system does not have a function of converting bibliographic items (data) of a gazette sent from the system 100 into a mail document format. For this reason, the bulletin server 10 determines the bibliographic items of the bulletin sent from the individual bulletin browsing system 100 in the bulletin search notification processing in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment.
le is stored in the preliminary report DB 10d, but is stored in the search DB 10b.
PCs 201a-201c for each member of the browsing member to register
Receiving the search content, a comment on the publication input by a browsing member who can be documented in a mail other than the bibliographic matter of the publication, and the search result, which can be similarly transmitted by the mail document in the mail system server described above. A preliminary browsing document shown in FIG. 10 including a bookmark column indicating that the document is being peer-reviewed (beginning of browsing) or has been peer-reviewed (completion of browsing of all publications) is created and transmitted in place of the preliminary bulletin shown in FIG. The bulletin browsing document is created so that a sheet mark icon is displayed in the column of the search content and a bulletin browsing process described below using the PV file in the bulletin DB 10d can be performed.

In the bulletin browsing process, the bulletin browsing document is displayed and output on the personal PC 201m in the same manner as a normal mail document, and the PV start button is clicked after clicking the sheet mark icon. As a result, the PV file in the bulletin DB 10d corresponding to the bulletin browsing document is sent to the launched PV 103b, and the title of the bulletin bulletin shown in FIG. 9 in the above embodiment is replaced with a search result list (direct publication). Is created in the PV 103b and returned to the personal PC 201a.
Thereafter, similarly to the above-described embodiment, the personal PC 201m for displaying and outputting the search result list is provided by the individual publication browsing system 100.
In addition to the publication browsing process with the PV 103b of the browsing server 103, the browsing result management process with the bulletin server 10 can be performed. In the present embodiment,
Since the bulletin server 10 cannot process bibliographic items, it is not possible to create the edited document shown in FIG. 10 from the PV file during the publication browsing process.

That is, the PV 103b is requested to directly search and browse the official gazette, and receives from the outside data attached to the PV file used to create the search result list with bookmarks and comments, as shown in FIG. Create a search result list with the same contents as the bulletin
The function of returning to C201m has been added. As described above, in the present embodiment, even if the bulletin server 10 is not the mail system server having the function of creating the bulletin of the mail document shown in FIG. 9 described in the above embodiment, the bulletin browsing document shown in FIG. Create a personal computer for browsing members
Since the same search result list as the bulletin bulletin is transmitted to 201m so that it can be displayed and output, the publication search notification processing, the publication browsing processing, and the browsing result management processing in the above embodiment can be performed in the same manner, and the same operation and effect can be obtained. be able to.

In the above-described embodiment, the case of using a group has been described. However, it is needless to say that an individual can be used without inputting a member.

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According to the first aspect of the present invention, for example, when browsing related specific data from a CD-ROM in which specific data is recorded, a newly purchased CD is stored. -Automatic search for specific data corresponding to the search formula registered in advance from the ROM, and transmission of simplified document data created as a table of contents related to the specific data to the PC of the viewer registered in advance for display and output. When the viewer requests return of desired specific data from the simplified document data, the specific data can be viewed on the display of the PC used. And
Since the progress of the browsing work for the browsed specific data can be attached to the simple document data so that it can be called again as a browsing result, when browsing is resumed, the necessary browsing is performed based on the progress of the browsing work by itself or another person. Data can be easily specified. Therefore, the viewer can automatically search and extract the specific data corresponding to the search formula, and can easily browse the data online without any burden, and the browsing operation can be performed efficiently and quickly.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a message notifying the creation of the simple document data is displayed on the PC of the viewer instead of having the viewer directly receive the newly created simple document data. After the output, the simple document data is transmitted in accordance with the selection of the link button by the viewer, for example, so that the viewer can continue the work in the middle and browse the simple document data. Can also be performed. Therefore, the viewer does not needlessly check the presence or absence of the simple document data at the time of starting up or working on the PC. The browsing operation can be performed only by selecting the link button of. Therefore, it is possible to easily perform the browsing operation when the need arises, without having to worry about the necessity of the browsing operation of the specific data.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, for example,
By registering multiple viewers as a group, simple document data related to specific data common to the group corresponding to the search formula is transmitted to each viewer, so the common specific data is It can be viewed simultaneously without being circulated by the viewer. Therefore, the issued specific data can be quickly browsed.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the searched specific data is divided into specific data units for each viewer in the group, and the simplified document data relating to the specific data different for each division is provided for each viewer. Is transmitted separately, so that a plurality of specific data can be browsed separately in the group. Therefore, the burden of the browsing work can be reduced, and the browsing work of all the searched specific data can be completed quickly.

According to the invention described in claim 5, the browsing result of the browsing completion information and the browsing unfinished information by the browsing user can be attached to the simple document data. Can retrieve the browsing result together with the simple document data, and easily and efficiently restart the browsing work by specifying the unfinished specific data easily without unnecessary reading of the browsing specific data. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of an issued data browsing system according to the present invention, and is a conceptual connection diagram of the entire system.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual connection diagram showing the system in a format different from that of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a display example for explaining a mail notification in the system.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a person who uses the system.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing data transmission and reception and various functions in the system.

FIG. 6 is a display example of a document transmitted and received in the system.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram illustrating document distribution in the system.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram illustrating distribution of a document different from that in FIG. 7 in the system.

FIG. 9 is a display example of a document different from FIG. 6 transmitted and received in the system.

FIG. 10 is a display example of a document different from FIGS. 6 and 9 transmitted and received in the system.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of the issued data browsing system according to the present invention, and is a display example of a document transmitted and received in the system.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Flash report browsing system server (condition registration means, document creation means, simple document transmission means, data transmission means, mail notification means) 10a Search processing function 10b Search DB (condition registration means) 10c Application DB 10d Flash report DB (document storage means) 11 PC 100 Individual publication browsing system 201-n Client PC 201m, 202m Personal PC (Browsing operation means) 101 CD-ROM 102 CD changer (Data storage means) 103 Individual publication browsing server (Data retrieval means) 103a Search / extraction function 103b PV (Patent Viewer) 104 PC

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A large-capacity data storage means for storing specific data stored in a storage medium issued periodically or irregularly, and one or more search conditions for searching the data storage means. A condition registering means for registering a search formula and viewer information for requesting browsing of specific data corresponding to the search formula, and a search in the data storage means based on a search formula registered in advance in the condition registering means. Data retrieval means for reading specific data from the data storage means, document creation means for creating simple document data relating to the searched and read specific data, and correspondence between the created simple document data and the search formula in the condition registration means A simple document transmitting means for transmitting the data to a viewer who performs the reading operation, and an output means capable of outputting at least the simple document data and the specific data. An issuance data browsing system comprising: a browsing operation unit for inputting; and a data transmission unit for reading and transmitting specific data designated by a viewer from within the data storage unit, wherein the data is transmitted by the simple document transmission unit. A document storage unit for storing the simple document data so as to be retrievable by the browsing operation unit, wherein the document storage unit stores the simple document data with a result of browsing work attached thereto. Data browsing system. 2. A mail notifying means for displaying and outputting a message notifying the creation of the simple document data to the browsing operation means of a viewer registered in the condition registration means, wherein the browsing operation means is While requesting the return of the simple document data in response to the selection of the link button on the display screen, the simple document transmitting means transmits the simple document data of which creation has been notified in response to the return request from the viewer. The issued data browsing system according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the condition registering means registers the browsers as a group and registers a retrieval formula for each group, while the simple document transmitting means transmits the simple document data to each browsing person in the group. Claim 1 or 2
Published data browsing system described in. 4. The document creating means divides the specific data retrieved by the data retrieval means into specific data units according to a division condition for dividing one or more viewers registered in the condition registration means into groups. 4. The issuance data according to claim 3, wherein the divided simple document data is created for each of the divided specific data, and the simplified document transmitting unit transmits the divided simplified document data to a corresponding viewer. Browsing system. 5. The document storage means according to claim 1, wherein the browsing operation means stores, as a browsing result, simple document data to which browsing completion information or unfinished browsing information of specific data is attached. 4. The issued data browsing system according to any one of 4.