Data input form generation system, data input form generation method, and computer-readable recording medium

• US 20010034744A1
• Filed: 04/18/2001
• Published: 10/25/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Honma, Susumu, Osafune, Hidetoshi
• Application Number:
  US09/836,271
• Publication Number:
  US 20010034744A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/509
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2428 Query predicate definition using graphical user interfaces, including menus and forms G06F16/2423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/284 Relational databases

Abstract

The present invention provides a data input form generation system capable of generating a data input form which can easily used to construct a database. A data input form generation system has a data input form acceptance unit for accepting input of a data input form including a table, a table extraction unit for extracting the table from the data input form accepted by the data input form acceptance unit, a database defining unit for defining a database based on the table extracted by the table extraction unit, and a data input form generation unit for generating a database-related data input form related with the database by relating the table included in the data input form accepted by the data input form acceptance unit with the database defined by the database defining unit.

Claims

1. A data input form generation system comprising:

data input form acceptance means for accepting input of a data input form including a table;

table extraction means for extracting the table from the data input form accepted by the data input form acceptance means;

database defining means for defining a database based on the table extracted by the table extraction means; and

data input form generation means for generating a database-related data input form related with the database by relating the table included in the data input form accepted by the data input form acceptance means with the database defined by the database defining means.

2. The data input form generation system according to

claim 1

, wherein the database defining means has, as a field name of the database, data included in a first-row cell of the table extracted by the table extraction means.

3. The data input form generation system according to

claim 1

, wherein the database defining moans has, as a field name of the database, data included in a first-column cell of the table extracted by the table extraction means.

4. The data input form generation system according to

claim 1

, wherein the data input form acceptance means accepts input of the data input form configured as electronic document data.

5. The data input form generation system according to

claim 1

, wherein the data input form acceptance means accepts input of the data input form recorded onto a recording sheet.

6. A data input form generation method comprising:

accepting input of a data input form including a table;

extracting the table from the accepted data input form,

defining a database based on the extracted table; and

generating a database-related data input form related with the database by relating the table included in the accepted data input form with the defined database.

7. The data input form generation method according to

claim 6

, wherein data included in a first-row cell of the extracted table is held as a field name of the database.

8. The data input form generation method according to

claim 6

, wherein data included in a first-column cell of the extracted table is held as a field name of the database.

9. The data input form generation method according to

claim 6

, wherein input of the data input form configured as electronic document data is accepted.

10. The data input form generation method according to

claim 6

, wherein input of the data input form recorded onto a recording sheet is accepted.

11. A computer-readable recording medium recording thereon a program that makes a computer execute the steps of:

accepting input of a data input form including a table;

extracting the table from the accepted data input form;

defining a database based on the extracted table; and

generating a database-related data input form related with the database by relating the table included in the accepted data input form with the defined database.

12. The computer-readable recording medium according to

claim 11

, wherein data included in a first-row cell of the extracted table is held as a field name of the database.

13. The computer-readable recording medium according to

claim 11

, wherein data included in a first-column cell of the extracted table as a field name of the database.

14. The computer-readable recording medium according to

claim 11

, wherein input of the data input form configured as electronic document data is accepted.

15. The computer-readable recording medium according to

claim 11

, wherein input of the data input form recorded onto a recording sheet is accepted.