JPH05250132A - Program processor - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] To provide a program processing device capable of reducing the movement distance of a cursor pointer when a program is selected. An external storage device storing a plurality of programs, a display device, and display means for displaying a list of the programs on the display device are provided, and a cursor is displayed on the displayed program list. A program processing device for selecting and executing a desired program by locating a pointer, comprising boot information storage means for respectively storing boot information including past boot times of each program, and booting an initial position of a cursor pointer. And a cursor pointer position setting means for setting according to the start information from the information storage means.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a program processing apparatus for selecting and processing a desired program from a plurality of programs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a processor for selecting and executing a desired program from a plurality of programs stored in an external storage device, a program list displayed on a screen for selecting an execution program is selected. Visual selection is often done using the cursor pointer.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a program list in the prior art. As shown in the figure, in the conventional system, the initial position of the cursor pointer immediately after the list is displayed is the position of the program 1, which is the first program, or the position of the program executed immediately before,
For example, if the program (n + 1) was executed immediately before, it was the position of the program (n + 1).

[0004]

When the same processing system is shared by a plurality of users, the frequency of use of each program is different depending on the time of day and each user (for example, user A during lunchtime). Is game 1 and user B is game 2
Is frequently used, etc.). In this way, when a certain user frequently uses a specific program (for example, word processor) at a certain time zone, assuming that the program name is displayed at the end of the list, the cursor pointer will move to the beginning program position. The method of displaying is complicated because the operation of moving the cursor pointer from the head position to the position of the program must be performed every time the program is called.

In the method of displaying the cursor pointer at the position of the program executed immediately before, if another program is executed after using that program, the cursor pointer is moved to the previous position when the previous program is executed again. It has to be returned to the program position, which is also very complicated.

Therefore, the present invention provides a program processing device capable of reducing the movement distance of the cursor pointer when selecting a program.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided an external storage device in which a plurality of programs are stored, a display device, and a display device for displaying a list of the programs on the display device. A program processing device that selects and executes a desired program by positioning a cursor pointer on the displayed program list, and stores startup information including the past startup times of each program. There is provided a program processing device including information storage means and cursor pointer position setting means for setting an initial position of a cursor pointer according to activation information from the activation information storage means.

The start information storage means is a setting means for setting an initial position of the cursor pointer according to a user registered in advance, a use time zone, and the number of times of execution start of each program in the use time zone. Is preferred.

[0009]

The starting information including the number of times the program is started in the external storage device is stored, and the initial position of the cursor pointer is set to the optimum position according to the starting information. As a result, the moving distance of the cursor pointer when selecting a program is shortened, and a desired program can be started quickly.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a program selection type processing system as an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 10 is a processing device for performing control processing such as registration, reading, reference, update of each information, selection and activation of a program, and display on a display device. The processing device 10 includes an input device 1 such as a keyboard and a mouse.
1, a display device 12 using a CRT (cathode ray tube), an LCD (liquid crystal display), etc., a main storage device 13 for loading the contents of an external storage device for processing by the processing device 10, and a user ID table. , Time zone pattern table, program activation information table (Program L
oading Information Table,
It is connected to an external storage device 14 that stores each table information (hereinafter abbreviated as PLIT) and various programs to be selectively executed.

Before starting this system, the user must obtain a "user ID" from the administrator of this sharing system in advance. The system administrator issues a "user ID" for the user to use this system when the user requests the acquisition of the "user ID".

FIG. 2 is a basic flowchart of the "user ID" issuing process.
The issuing processing operation of "D" will be described.

First, the processing device 10 reads a user ID table storing information for identifying a user of this system from the external storage device 14 to the main storage device 13 (step S1).

In the next step S2, it is determined whether or not the signal input to the processing device 10 is the end function. If the signal is the end function, the process proceeds to step S3 and the user I on the main memory 13 is detected.
The D table is written to the external storage device 14 and "User I
The process of issuing "D" is completed.

If the signal input to the processing device 10 is not the end function, the system administrator inputs the user name, the directory name available to the user, and the user ID from the input device 11 in steps S4 and S5. Wait to do. At this time, if the input user ID is already registered in the user ID table (step S6), the process returns to step S5 and waits for the system administrator to input the user ID again.

If the user ID is not already registered, the process proceeds to step S7 and the user ID table is updated. The updated user ID table is written in the external storage device 14 in step S3.

The user ID table thus stored in the external storage device 14 is as shown in FIG.
This is a list in which user ID numbers, user names, and user directories of programs that can be used by user IDs are registered in association with each other.

4 to 6 show the PLI by the processing device 10.
9 is a flowchart showing a process of updating T and setting an initial position of a cursor pointer, etc. The operation of this system will be described below with reference to these figures.

In step S10 of FIG. 4, the processing device 10 reads the user ID table from the external storage device 14 into the main storage device 13. In the next step S11, the process waits for the user to input the "user ID" for identifying the user from the input device 10. When the "user ID" is input, the processing device 10 is processed in step S12.
Checks whether the entered "user ID" exists in the user ID table on the main storage device 13. If it does not exist, the user is prompted again to input the "user ID". At this time, if the number of times the "user ID" is input becomes 5, the processing device 10 terminates the system as unidentifiable processing. (Step S13).

If the "user ID" exists in the user ID table, the process proceeds to step S14, and the external storage device 1
4, the PLIT and the time zone pattern table of the corresponding user are read into the main storage device 13.

The PLIT, as shown in an example in FIG. 7, contains information for the user to create a program list (see FIG. 9) and information for starting the target program from the program list. It is stored. That is, as a title name, a specific selected program name such as word processor, spreadsheet, game 1 and the like, each start directory, and the number of executions per unit time indicated by time from 7:00 to 22:00 on the horizontal axis of the program. (This execution count is updated each time it is executed) and a reference flag (a flag that can be referenced at present is a flag "1", and a program that cannot be referred to is a flag "0").
And a page which is a position for registering a program and a display position indicated by a number are stored.

In step S15, the read time zone pattern is displayed on the display device 12. In the next step S16, the user is prompted to input the time zone pattern. This time zone pattern table stores time zone patterns for managing the program start start time, as shown in FIG. The horizontal axis represents time (7:00 to 22:00), and the vertical axis represents each program.

Next, in step S17, the processing device 1
0 reads the current time, and PLIT in step S18.
Refer to. In step S19 next to FIG.
Within the time zone corresponding to the present time read in step S17, the first cursor pointer is brought to the most frequently used program in the program whose reference flag is "1" that can be referred to.

In step S20, the processing device 10 displays the program list shown in FIG. 9 (the first cursor pointer is the game 1 in the figure) on the display device 12, and in the next step S21, the use function input is performed. Wait for It should be noted that FIG. 9 shows program names of various programs stored in the external storage device 4.

In the next step S22, it is determined whether or not the signal input to the processing device 10 is the end function. When the end function is selected, the process proceeds to step S23, the PLIT in the main storage device 13 is written in the external storage device 14, and the present system is ended.

If it is not the end function, the process proceeds to step S24, and it is determined whether or not the registration function is selected. If the input signal to the processing device 10 is the registration function, step S25.
Then, the position to register the desired program on the program list (see FIG. 9) is determined. This is done by the user via the input device 11. Then, in step S26,
The user is prompted to enter the program title to be displayed in the program list, the directory in which the target program is stored, and the command group required to start the target program. In this case, a display such as that shown in FIG. 10 is displayed on the display device 12, and the user inputs the respective items from the input device 11. When the input process of each registration item is completed, the PL
After updating IT, it returns to step S17.

If the signal input to the processing device 10 is neither the end function nor the registration function, the process proceeds to step S28.
It is determined whether or not the program on the cursor list in the program list (game 1 is shown in FIG. 9) is a desired program for the user. This is done by the user making an input via the input device 11.

If the program on the cursor pointer is not the desired program, steps S29 and S3.
The process proceeds to 0, the PLIT in the main memory 13 is referred to, the reference flag, which is one of the program activation information on the cursor pointer in the PLIT, is set to “0” which cannot be referred, and the process returns to step S19.

If the program on the cursor pointer (assumed to be game 1) is the desired program, the process proceeds to step S31 in FIG. 6 to read the boot information corresponding to the program for game 1 from the PLIT on the main memory 13, The program of the game 1 is activated (step S32).

Waiting for the end of the program, the processing unit 10
Refers to the PLIT on the main storage device 13 (step S3
3) In the next step S34, the number of executions at the unit activation time, which is one of the activation information of the activated program in the PLIT, is incremented (+1) and updated. Further, in step S35, the reference flags of all programs in the PLIT are set to “1” which can be referred to,
Return to step S17.

FIG. 11 shows a virtual screen image when this system is shared by n users.
As is apparent from the figure, in this embodiment, the positions of the cursor pointers of the n users at a certain time are different from each other, and, for example, the user 2 can share the program n, the user 1 can share the program n + 1, etc. efficiently. The system can be operated.

[0034]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, an external storage device storing a plurality of programs, a display device, and a display means for displaying a list of the programs on the display device. And a program processing device that selects and executes a desired program by positioning a cursor pointer on the displayed program list, and provides start information including the number of times the program has been started in the past. Since the boot information storing means for storing and the cursor pointer position setting means for setting the initial position of the cursor pointer according to the boot information from the boot information storing means are provided, the moving distance of the cursor pointer at the time of program selection is reduced. The program can be started quickly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a program selection processing system as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a user ID issuing process in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a user ID table in an external storage device in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a processing operation in the embodiment of FIG.

5 is a flowchart of a processing operation in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a processing operation in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a PLI in the external storage device in the embodiment of FIG.
It is a figure which shows an example of T.

8 is a diagram showing an example of a time zone pattern table in the external storage device in the embodiment of FIG.

9 is a diagram showing an example of a program list display in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of display of program registration items in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a virtual screen image during shared use of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a program list in a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Processing Device 11 Input Device 12 Display Device 13 Main Storage Device 14 External Storage Device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An external storage device in which a plurality of programs are stored, a display device, and display means for displaying a list of the programs on the display device are provided on the displayed program list. A program processing device for selecting and executing a desired program by positioning a cursor pointer, comprising startup information storage means for respectively storing startup information including the number of past startups of each program, and initializing the cursor pointer. A program processing device, comprising: cursor pointer position setting means for setting a position according to the start information from the start information storage means. 2. The setting for setting the initial position of the cursor pointer according to a user registered in advance, a use time zone, and the number of times of execution start of each program in the use time zone by the start information storage means. Claim 1 which is a means
The program processing device according to 1.