APPLICATION EXECUTING METHOD, APPLICATION CHANGING APPARATUS, AND APPLICATION CHANGING PROGRAM

• US 20100223324A1
• Filed: 08/13/2009
• Published: 09/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: KAWAI, Ryo
• Granted Patent: US 8,239,450 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

In order to provide a user with an application customized according to a situation of a task, there is provided a computer system including: an application server for processing the task requested from a client; and a customization executing server for changing an application provided by the application server. The customization executing server is configured to: manage user status information including operation information of the application; record the operation information of the application in the user status information based on a request message transmitted from the client; change a response message transmitted by the application server based on the user status information to newly generate a response message; and transmit the newly-generated response message to the client.

Claims

1. An application executing method used for a computer system having:

an application server for receiving a request from a client and providing an application for processing a task; and

a customization executing server for changing a particular application included in the application and providing the changed particular application to the client,

the customization executing server having;

an interface coupled to the client and the application server;

a processor coupled to the interface; and

a memory accessible from the processor,

the memory storing;

user status information including operation information of the application for processing the task and the particular application;

user status defining information for applying customization in which the operation information of the application executed before the particular application is requested to perform processing is defined as a condition for changing the particular application; and

customization defining information in which a customization content for the particular application is defined,

the application executing method including the steps of;

receiving, by the customization executing server, a request message including a request for executing the application and the particular application from the client in a case where the client makes a request for the processing to the application and the particular application in order to process the task;

analyzing, by the customization executing server, the received request message to identify the operation information of the application and the particular application;

recording, by the customization executing server, based on the user status defining information for applying customization, the identified operation information in the user status information;

transmitting, by the customization executing server, the request message to the application server;

executing, by the application server, based on the request message, the processing for which the request is made;

transmitting, by the application server, a response message corresponding to the request message;

receiving, by the customization executing server, the response message transmitted by the application server;

judging, by the customization executing server, based on the user status defining information for applying customization and the user status information, which step of a process of processing the task is to be customized, and determining whether or not to change the particular application;

changing, by the customization executing server, in a case where the particular application is changed, the response message based on the customization defining information to newly generate a response message; and

transmitting, by the customization executing server, the newly-generated response message to the client.

2. The application executing method according to claim 1, wherein:

the user status defining information for applying customization includes, as the condition for changing the particular application, an execution order of the application; and

the application executing method further includes the step of recording, by the customization executing server, as the operation information of the application, an execution history of the application in the user status information.

3. The application executing method according to claim 2, wherein:

the user status defining information for applying customization further includes, as the condition for changing the particular application, information indicating a status of a transmission source of the request message; and

the application executing method further includes the step of recording, by the customization executing server, as the operation information of the application, the information indicating the status of the transmission source in the user status information.

4. The application executing method according to claim 2, wherein:

the request message includes a parameter for enabling the application for which the request for the executing is made to retrieve information;

the user status defining information for applying customization further includes the parameter as the condition for changing the particular application; and

the application executing method further includes the step of recording, by the customization executing server, as the operation information of the application, the parameter in the user status information.

5. The application executing method according to claim 1, further including the steps of:

recording, by the customization executing server, in a case where the request message is received, a history of operations requested by the client in the memory;

presenting, by the customization executing server, in a case where a request for changing the application is received from the client, the history of the operations, which is recorded in the memory, to the client; and

receiving, by the customization executing server, a setting of the user status defining information for applying customization.

6. An application changing apparatus that is coupled to an application server for receiving a request from a client and providing an application for processing a task, and changes a particular application included in the application and provides the changed particular application to the client,

the application changing apparatus comprising:

an interface coupled to the client and the application server;

a processor coupled to the interface; and

a memory accessible from the processor, wherein;

the memory stores;

user status information containing operation information of the application for processing the task and the particular application;

user status defining information for applying customization in which the operation information of the application executed before the particular application is requested to perform processing is defined as a condition for changing the particular application; and

customization defining information in which a customization content for the particular application is defined; and

the processor is configured to;

receive a request message including a request for executing the application and the particular application from the client in a case where the client makes a request for the processing to the application and the particular application in order to process the task;

analyze the received request message to identify the operation information of the application and the particular application;

record, based on the user status defining information for applying customization, the identified operation information in the user status information;

transmit the request message to the application server;

receive a response message transmitted by the application server;

judge, based on the user status defining information for applying customization and the user status information, which step of a process of processing the task is to be customized, and determine whether or not to change the particular application;

change, in a case where the particular application is changed, the response message based on the customization defining information to newly generate a response message; and

transmit the newly-generated response message to the client.

7. The application changing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein:

the user status defining information for applying customization includes, as the condition for changing the particular application, an execution order of the application; and

the processor is configured to record, as the operation information of the application, an execution history of the application in the user status information.

8. The application changing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein:

the user status defining information for applying customization further includes, as the condition for changing the particular application, information indicating a status of a transmission source of the request message; and

the processor is configured to record, as the operation information of the application, the information indicating the status of the transmission source in the user status information.

9. The application changing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein:

the request message includes a parameter for enabling the application for which the request for execution is made to retrieve information;

the user status defining information for applying customization further includes the parameter as the condition for changing the particular application; and

the processor is configured to record, as the operation information of the application, the parameter in the user status information.

10. The application changing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to:

record, in a case where the request message is received, a history of operations requested by the client in the memory;

present, in a case where a request for changing the application is received from the client, the history of the operations, which is recorded in the memory, to the client; and

receive a setting of the user status defining information for applying customization.

11. A storage medium recorded with an application changing program executed by a customization executing server for changing a particular application included in an application provided by an application server for processing a task and providing the changed particular application to a client,

the customization executing server managing:

user status information including operation information of the application for processing the task and the particular application, and information indicating a flow of operation;

user status defining information for applying customization in which the operation information of the application executed before the particular application is executed is defined as a condition for changing the particular application; and

customization defining information in which a customization content for the particular application is defined,

the application changing program controlling the customization executing server to execute the steps of;

receiving a request message including a request for executing the application and the particular application from the client in a case where the client makes a request for processing to the application and the particular application in order to process the task;

analyzing the received request message to identify the operation information of the application and the particular application;

recording, based on the user status defining information for applying customization, the identified operation information in the user status information;

transmitting the request message to the application server;

receiving a response message transmitted by the application server;

judging, based on the user status defining information for applying customization and the user status information, which step of a process of processing the task is to be customized, and determining whether or not to change the particular application;

changing, in a case where the particular application is changed, the response message based on the customization defining information to newly generate a response message; and

transmitting the newly-generated response message to the client.

12. The storage medium recorded with the application changing program according to claim 11, wherein:

the user status defining information for applying customization includes, as the condition for changing the particular application, an execution order of the application; and

the application changing program further controls the customization executing server to execute the step of identifying the operation information of the application, an execution history of the application is recorded in the user status information.

13. The storage medium recorded with the application changing program according to claim 12, wherein:

the user status defining information for applying customization further includes, as the condition for changing the particular application, information indicating a status of a transmission source of the request message; and

the application changing program further controls the customization executing server to execute the step of identifying the operation information of the application, the information indicating the status of the transmission source is recorded in the user status information.

14. The storage medium recorded with the application changing program according to claim 12, wherein:

the request message includes a parameter for enabling the application for which the request for execution is made to retrieve information;

the user status defining information for applying customization further includes the parameter as the condition for changing the particular application; and

the application changing program further controls the customization executing server to execute the step of identifying the operation information of the application, the parameter is recorded in the user status information.

15. The storage medium recorded with the application changing program according to claim 11, which further controls the customization executing server to execute the steps of:

recording, in a case where the request message is received, a history of the operations requested by the client;

outputting, in a case where a request for changing the application is received from the client, the recorded history of the operations; and

receiving a setting of the user status defining information for applying customization.