Data managing method and data managing device using the same for manipulating data independently from networks
First Claim
1. A data managing method, comprising the steps of:
- (a) obtaining a piece of specific data specified by first reference information inputted by a user from a network;
(b) extracting second reference information different from the first reference information for specifying a piece of constituent data composing the piece of specific data from the piece of specific data;
(c) obtaining the piece of constituent data from the network according to the second reference information extracted;
(d) making and storing a data file containing the obtained piece of specific data and the obtained piece of constituent data;
(e) producing and storing index information in which the first and second reference information for the piece of specific data and for the piece of constituent data are paired with position information of the piece of specific data and of the piece of constituent data in the data file;
(f) determining whether or not the obtained piece of specific data is of the same format as that for the data file;
(g) extracting the second reference information from the piece of specific data if the piece of specific data is not of the same format as that for the data file; and
(h) making and storing another data file including the obtained piece of specific data if the piece of specific data is of the same format as that for the data file.
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Abstract
As the user inputs a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) specifying specific data, the data managing method in accordance with the present invention obtains the specific data and all the constituent data composing the specific data from the network according to the reference information. Thereafter, the obtained data is reconstructed into a data file and recorded as page data, and index information in which the URL is paired with a position of each piece of data on the page data is added to the page data. Since the obtained data is saved as a single data file, the user can process the obtained data easily. Besides, since the URL used on the network is used as the index information with no modification at all, the obtained data does not lose the relevance to the original data thereof.
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17 Claims
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1. A data managing method, comprising the steps of:
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(a) obtaining a piece of specific data specified by first reference information inputted by a user from a network; (b) extracting second reference information different from the first reference information for specifying a piece of constituent data composing the piece of specific data from the piece of specific data; (c) obtaining the piece of constituent data from the network according to the second reference information extracted; (d) making and storing a data file containing the obtained piece of specific data and the obtained piece of constituent data; (e) producing and storing index information in which the first and second reference information for the piece of specific data and for the piece of constituent data are paired with position information of the piece of specific data and of the piece of constituent data in the data file; (f) determining whether or not the obtained piece of specific data is of the same format as that for the data file; (g) extracting the second reference information from the piece of specific data if the piece of specific data is not of the same format as that for the data file; and (h) making and storing another data file including the obtained piece of specific data if the piece of specific data is of the same format as that for the data file. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A data managing device, comprising:
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recording means; input means for letting a user input first reference information specifying a piece of specific data; obtaining means for obtaining a piece of data from a network; extracting means for extracting second reference information from the piece of specific data; and data producing means for receiving the first reference information inputted by the user through the input means, controlling the obtaining means to obtain the piece of specific data specified by the first reference information, controlling the extracting means to extract the second reference information different from the first reference information of a piece of constituent data composing the piece of specific data, controlling the obtaining means to obtain the piece of constituent data according to the second reference information extracted by the extracting means, making a data file containing the obtained piece of specific data and the obtained piece of constituent data, producing index information in which the first and second reference information for the piece of specific data and for the piece of constituent data are paired with position information of the piece of specific data and of the piece of constituent data in the data file, and controlling the recording means to record the data file and the index information, further comprising first data distinguishing means for determining whether or not the piece of specific data obtained by the obtaining means is of the same format as that for the data file, wherein the data producing means controls the obtaining means to transmit the obtained piece of specific data to the first data distinguishing means, and controls the first data distinguishing means to transmit the piece of specific data to the extracting means if the piece of specific data is not of the same format as that for the data file, and to transmit the piece of specific data to the recording means as a data file if the piece of specific data is of the same format as that for the data file. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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