JP2002007447A - Connection intermediation system to homepage and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connection intermediation system of a homepage and a recording medium capable of accessing the homepage and displaying it by a slight input work when the homepage on the Internet is accessed. SOLUTION: This system is provided with a data base having correspondence between specification information to specify the homepage 2 on the Internet and a telephone number having prescribed relation with the homepage and a connection intermediation server 4 to prompt a client to input the telephone number and to simultaneously retrieve the specified information corresponding to the inputted telephone number, retrieves the specified information corresponding to the telephone number inputted from the client 3 and displays the homepage 2 on the client 3 based on the specified information. Otherwise, the correspondence is recorded in the recording medium and used.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a homepage connection mediation system and a recording medium for facilitating access by reducing the trouble of inputting an address such as a URL of an Internet homepage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various homepages provided on the Internet are specified by URLs assigned to these homepages, and by inputting the URL from a predetermined client, the homepages can be accessed and viewed. . But in most cases,
A link to another on one homepage is prepared to be called "Put a link" in button display, tag display, etc. By clicking this button display, etc.,
Other applicable homepages are displayed.

[0003] Still, not all existing homepages can be accessed by linking from other pages.

[0004] Therefore, in such a case, URLs described in magazine advertisements, business cards, and the like become frustrated, and there are many cases where a user accesses a desired homepage by looking at the URL. In fact, the tendency to write URLs in magazine advertisements and business cards is becoming common.

[0005]

However, since the URL has a long character string in many cases, and special characters which are not used frequently are frequently used, it is quite troublesome to input the URL from a keyboard. In particular, many people who perform input operations due to the spread of the Internet are general users who are unfamiliar with key input operations, so that there are many input mistakes, and the trouble of re-entering them is a considerable burden. In addition, if you are a middle-aged or weak-sighted person who has poor eyesight, it is difficult to see the key, and "i, j, l, 1", "0 (zero), o (oh)" Entering a URL in which confusing characters such as characters are mixed is more troublesome work.

[0006] In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a connection mediation of a homepage that can access and display a desired homepage with a small input operation when accessing the desired homepage. To provide a system and a recording medium.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention] In the homepage connection mediation system of the present invention, a database having correspondence between specific information of a homepage and a telephone number having a predetermined association with the homepage is provided to a client. A connection mediation server for prompting input of a telephone number and searching for the specific information corresponding to the input telephone number. Then, specific information corresponding to the telephone number input from the client is searched, and the homepage is displayed on the client based on the specific information and stored. For example, a number of correspondences between a homepage of a certain company and a telephone number of the company are prepared. When a client inputs a telephone number of a company, a home page of the company is displayed on the client based on the specific information corresponding to the telephone number (claim 1).

As a result, Internet users can
The user is freed from the trouble of entering the RL, and can access a desired homepage with a telephone number that is easy to remember and easy to enter.

At this time, instead of displaying the home page of the specific information corresponding to the input telephone number, the provision of the specific information may be stopped and the use of the specific information may be left to each user. 2). As a result, the user can perform processing according to the purpose such as editing a URL.

[0010] Further, the correspondence between specific information for specifying a home page of the Internet and a telephone number having a predetermined relation to the home page is recorded on a predetermined recording medium. For example, such correspondence is recorded on a large number of CD-ROMs, and this CD-ROM is stored in a CD-ROM of a client terminal.
If it is set in the ROM driver, the specific information of the homepage corresponding to the input telephone number can be stored on the CD-ROM.
And can be used to access the homepage.

[0011]

Next, a specific embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing one embodiment of a system for mediating connection to a homepage according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a large number of servers 2, 2,...
Server 2, 2,...), Client 3 trying to access these homepages, and connection mediation server 4
Is connected.

The connection mediation server 4 is provided with a database, a URL as specific information for specifying a desired homepage from homepages provided by the HP servers 2, 2,..., And some information on this homepage. A correspondence table 5 in which the relevant telephone numbers are associated with each other is constructed as shown in FIG. The connection mediation server 4 has a homepage 6 for prompting the input of a telephone number (hereinafter referred to as a connection homepage 6). A typical search server homepage and other well-known homepages include the connection homepage in advance. There are many links to.

[0013] Correspondence table 5 of the database shows that telephone number 7 and U
RL8 is associated therewith. This correspondence is generally a combination of one telephone number and one URL (a) 1: 1 combination. For example, a correspondence between a telephone number 7 of a certain company and a URL 8 of a homepage provided by the company can be exemplified. URL8 and the name of the website provider 9
May be associated with each other. This is due to the fact that there is a correspondence between the telephone number and the URL related to the owner of the business card, as can be seen from the fact that URLs are listed with telephone numbers on many business cards recently. It depends. Conventionally, the person who got the business card hit the client while looking at the URL of the business card, and looked at the home page provided by the company. In this embodiment, instead of typing the URL of a long character string, the user enters the telephone number. You can access the homepage by substituting with.

The combination pattern of the telephone number 7 and the URL 8 is (a) 1: 1 and (b) as shown in FIG.
N: 1, (c) 1: N, and (d) N: M may be associated as a combination. (a) 1: 1 and (b) N: 1
In this case, one corresponding URL 8 can be immediately specified. (b) As an example corresponding to the combination of N: 1, when one company has many telephone numbers such as a head office, a branch, and a sales office, there is a case where the home page of the company is characterized from any of the telephone numbers. Conceivable. (c) In the case of 1: N, the N items may be displayed in a menu so that the user can select which one to access. For example, there may be a case where there are many (N) homepages provided by the company. (d) An example of the combination of N: M may be a combination of (b) and (c), that is, a large number of companies (N
Case), and many homepages (M cases) are provided.

The specific information for specifying the home page is U
It is not limited to RL. The entered URL is used after being converted into a numerical string IP address in the computer. Therefore, the IP address may be used as specific information for association with a telephone number.
Any type can be used as long as the home page can be specified.

On the connection home page 6, an input field 61 for a telephone number from an area code as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. Some of the homepages to be viewed are provided from the HP server 2 located in a foreign country, and an entry field 62 for a country code is also provided in consideration of accessing such a homepage. However, since a homepage provided in Japan is usually accessed, the country code (081 in Japan) of the home country is displayed by default in the country code input box 62.

In such a situation, the operation of the connection mediation system of the present embodiment will be described, and will also serve as a supplementary description of the above-described configuration.

First, when a user connects the client 3 (terminal) to the Internet, a typical homepage such as a search engine is initially displayed (not shown).
A link to the connection homepage 6 is pasted on such a homepage in advance, and clicked to display a number input screen 6 'of the connection homepage 6 as shown in FIG. On this number input screen 6 ', the country code of the home country is displayed in the country code input field 62 by default, and the cursor sets the area code input field 61 as the home position. The user inputs the telephone number written on the business card from the area code, and clicks the connection button 63 when the input is completed. In addition, although telephone numbers and URLs are listed in most corporate advertisements for magazines and newspapers, the telephone numbers of these advertisements can be used instead of URLs.

When the connection button 63 is clicked, the telephone number input from the client 3 is transmitted to the connection mediation server 4 as shown in FIG. 4, and upon receiving this, the connection mediation server 4 changes the URL 8 corresponding to the telephone number 7 to the URL. It is detected from the correspondence table 5. URL8 corresponding to telephone number 7 is 1
URL (in the case of (a) and (b) of FIG. 2)
8 can be specified. The specified URL 8 is returned to the client (FIG. 4), and the client 3
8 to access the target HP server 2 (FIG. 4)
), Whereby the home page is displayed on the client 3 (FIG. 4). The connection mediation server 4 receives the telephone number (FIG. 4 or FIG. 5).
), The address of the client 3 is also received. Therefore, instead of returning the retrieved URL 8 to the client, the target mediation server 4 directly sends the target HP
The server 2 is accessed (FIG. 5). At this time, the destination of the return to the client 3 is also indicated to the connection mediation server 4 so that the target home page is displayed on the client 3 (FIG. 5). Will be faster.

If a plurality of URLs 8, 8,... Correspond to the telephone number 7 entered from the client 3, the following processing is performed. In the connection mediation server 4 receiving the telephone number 7, the corresponding plurality of URLs 8, 8,.
Is displayed in a menu, and a menu 64 is displayed in the number input screen 6 'shown in FIG. 3 as shown in FIG. The menu 64 has a name column 65 such as a company name and a homepage name, and a UR for confirmation.
A URL field 66 for directly displaying L is provided. The user can select a desired homepage from among them, and by selecting, a homepage corresponding to the URL is displayed from the HP server 2.

When the URL 8 is specified by the telephone number 7, the URL 8 may be returned to the client 3, and thereafter, the processing of the provided URL 8 may be left to the client. Invention.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the correspondence between specific information for specifying an Internet homepage and a telephone number having a predetermined association with the homepage is recorded on a CD-ROM. Can be prepared. The user may set this CD-ROM in the driver of the client personal computer and access it by offline processing. For example, the same number input screen as that shown in FIGS. 3 and 6 and the application software that provides the operability are installed on the client, and the application software can be easily started with an icon or the like. is there. This allows easy access to various homepages when needed. Alternatively, such a CD-ROM may be prepared and distributed for a service.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, but may be implemented in any manner within the scope of the present invention.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a relationship among a client, a connection mediation server, and an HP server described in an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of a correspondence table included in a database of a connection mediation server, and also includes a telephone number and a UR.
The L combination pattern is shown.

FIG. 3 is a diagram of a number input screen of a connection mediation homepage.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a sequence from when a telephone number is input to a client until a home page is displayed.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of another sequence.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state where a URL selection menu is displayed on a number input screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Internet 2 HP server 3 Client 4 Connection mediation server 5 Correspondence table 6 Connection home page 6 'Number input screen 61 Domestic telephone number input field 64 Menu 7 URL 8 URL related name 9 Telephone number

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A database in which specific information for specifying a homepage of the Internet and a telephone number having a predetermined association with the homepage are provided. A client is prompted to input a telephone number. A connection mediation server that retrieves the corresponding specific information, retrieves the specific information corresponding to the telephone number input from the client, and displays the home page on the client based on the specific information. Homepage connection mediation system. 2. The connection mediation system according to claim 1, wherein the specific information is provided to the client instead of displaying the home page of the specific information corresponding to the input telephone number. Mediation system. 3. A recording medium on which a correspondence between specific information for specifying a home page of the Internet and a telephone number having a predetermined association with the home page is recorded.