JP2002198997A - Ip address acquirement classification system, information transmission system using the ip address acquirement classification system and access statistics counting system by individual areas using the ip address acquirement classification system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for a construction of classified data base by individual areas of IP address, for access statistics, information transmission, and data relocation using the data base construction. SOLUTION: The IP address acquired by IP address acquirement means which acquires the IP address and the host address of the access point for the internet service provider, is stored in the IP address data base. Then, a domain name corresponding to the stored IP address is acquired. The network name is extracted from a string which constitutes domain name to determine the name of the provider. The host name is extracted from the string which constitutes the domain name. Then, by referring to the host name classification table by individual areas, which previously classifies the host name from the string by individual areas, the classification of the areas is judged from the acquired host name, and the area is associated with the IP address and stored.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention
In a system that is connected to the Internet via a service provider or the like, a system that collects information on IP addresses to be used, discriminates and categorizes them according to regions, performs storage / update processing, and uses the Internet using the above-described system. The present invention relates to a system that collects and analyzes access statistics for each user who performs an operation, and a system that enables content to be transmitted efficiently based on the access statistics for each region.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an information transmission system such as a conventional advertisement distribution realized on a network, data for displaying a specific advertisement or information is stored in a server arranged on the network, and the user is provided with the information. When a user accesses a web page on the Internet, a file, which is data, is transmitted to a user's computer and displayed.

[0003] In these methods, usually, an image typified by a banner advertisement is displayed on a part of a Web page displayed on a user's computer via browser software, or a text advertisement is displayed. For example, a method is often used in which the user can click on them to view information on the linked Web page.

Recently, in an information transmission system such as a mail magazine or a mailing list for transmitting information by e-mail to a plurality of users, information such as an advertisement is automatically included in the e-mail transmitted to the users. Is becoming more common. Furthermore, utilizing the characteristics of the computer network, a communication and marketing method according to the characteristics of each user is being sought.

[0005] However, only by using these methods, data files of individual advertisements and information placed on a network and advertisement / information data automatically inserted into an e-mail are stored in a file containing the data. The same advertisement or information will be transmitted to all users who access e-mail or receive an e-mail including the data.

Therefore, advertisements and information having the same contents are transmitted regardless of regional information such as a user's residence and work location, attributes such as age and gender, and objects of interest. For users who do not want advertisements or information, the information becomes useless, or some users feel annoyed. Even if an advertisement such as a banner ad is displayed, the rate at which users click on it to obtain more detailed information or apply for a product or service (click rate)
The problem is that they do not grow as intended. Carrying useless data leads to an increase in communication volume.
In addition, users who take measures such as hiding the image information by using the browser function will not only impose unnecessary burdens, but also use unnecessary data other than image data such as banner advertisements.
There is a disadvantage that effective and useful image data is not uniformly displayed.

On the other hand, an advertisement / information sender who wants to transmit an advertisement or information has the following problems. In other words, if the product to be advertised targets a specific audience, the advertiser / information originator will have access to regional information such as the user's residence and work location, attributes such as age and gender, You want to send advertisements and information tailored to your interests. Also, if you want to provide advertisements and information only to specific areas, or if you want to send valid information only to users in specific target areas, etc., send the same advertisements and information to users who are not eligible To do is useless,
At times, it is conceivable that the advertising effect cannot be exhibited, such as giving the user discomfort. In addition, in calculating the advertisement fee and the like, useless expenses are forced, and only the effects of advertisement, advertisement, and information provision, which are not cost-effective, can be obtained.

As a method of solving these problems, various methods have been devised for analyzing or classifying a target to which an advertisement or information is to be transmitted and trying to transmit an effective advertisement or information on a network.

For example, the following technology has been devised as a method of transmitting, to a user, regional information such as the place of residence and work location, and advertisements and information according to attributes such as age and gender. I have. In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-282393, "Individual Internet Advertising Method According to Purchasing History", a purchasing history for each user is stored in a database, and an ID and a password are issued for each customer. However, according to this method, since the ID and the password are input, the advertisement is not displayed in a state where the ID and the password are not input. Since it is necessary to reach the stage of inputting an ID or the like near the point of deciding the purchase, the user is also expected to hesitate to input, so that an effective advertising effect cannot be expected. Similarly, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-95694, “Advertising Apparatus, Advertising Method, and Recording Medium that Stores an Information Processing Program,” a questionnaire, quiz, entry into a guest book, and other methods are used to prompt the user for input. In order to display detailed advertisement information while grasping the degree of interest in the advertisement, a process of user input must be performed.

[0010] Further, as disclosed in JP-A-11-96164 and JP-A-11-134353, the access history of a user is stored as a database using a log file or the like stored in a server, and a cookie (Cookie) is used.
A method of examining the interest of each user in the access history through the information described in e) and creating a database using other attributes of each user has been devised and realized. However, such a method has not solved the following problems.

That is, according to these methods, it is indispensable to collect data of all users who have accessed a file such as a specific advertisement or the like and to make a database. However, in such a huge database, in order to keep the data up-to-date and accurate, enormous labor and equipment are required for management and maintenance, and the cost increases. Moreover,
Even if we could manage and maintain a database for tens of millions of people, as described above, the number of people would be in the data if we assumed the world of the Internet connecting the world and considered the global population of billions. The parts that do not appear are still huge. Also, using a huge amount of data from millions to tens of millions, for example, when classifying that number of users into regional targets, classify individual data into Even if you try to send certain information to a certain layer and send another specific information to another certain layer, it is difficult to manage the data and send advertisements, and there are issues such as cost, etc. Becomes rough. In addition, according to this method of creating a database of individual users, it is essential to collect data of users of all users who accessed a specific server and make it a database, For a user who accesses the server for the first time, the effect of making the advertisement correspond to the attribute of the user cannot be exhibited.

[0012] Further, it is conceivable to specify a user by a domain name or an IP address of a user who has accessed the server through a log file or the like stored in the server. ,
Since Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are used and these ISPs have a large number of IP addresses for each access point, the IP address of each user who makes a dial-up IP connection is assigned every time access is made. It will be different each time. Even the same IP address happens to be a different user. Even users of companies and organizations that have their own domain names cannot identify who is using the company or organization even if the IP address remains unchanged, so eventually the data becomes huge, You can't get the advertising effect you want, even if it takes time and effort to manage.

[0013]

Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the applicant first transmits an advertisement or other information to a user when transmitting the advertisement or other information using a computer network. We have found a system that solves the above-mentioned problem by classifying each region through the address and transmitting it effectively based on the classification. According to this method, when there are a plurality of senders who want to send advertisements and information, the classification of the area can be adjusted according to the intention of each sender, and a higher advertising effect can be achieved by taking into account costs and labor for maintenance and management. Alternatively, it is possible to provide a system and a method for obtaining the effect of providing information.

However, in the current situation where the Internet has exploded, the number of users has increased in each region, and a number of Internet service providers (hereinafter, referred to as ISPs or providers as necessary) have appeared. It is difficult to collect an enormous amount of data of IP addresses used at access points in various parts of the country for each provider and to classify them by region. In addition, providers are newly established,
Organizational changes such as integration with other providers, change / addition of domain names corresponding to IP addresses, and even the number of IP addresses assigned to one access point increases as the Internet population increases. For example, an efficient method is required for constructing, maintaining, and updating a database that classifies IP addresses for each region.

[0015] Even if a database in which IP addresses are classified by region is created, a simple access number is required to obtain statistics such as the number of accesses of a user visiting a specific WEB site by region. Besides, pageview statistics on how many pages were viewed,
It would be desirable to obtain a comparison with the Internet penetration rate of each region that fluctuates (increases), as well as statistics from various other angles. Further, when access statistics for a certain WEB site or a specific file in the WEB site for each region are found, it is desirable to be able to utilize the statistical results. For example, it is possible to efficiently browse pages (files) frequently viewed in a specific area. Then, in order to solve these problems, in the present invention, the above-mentioned problems were solved by adopting a configuration described in detail below.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an IP address is provided by using a computer system including an input unit, a storage unit, a control unit, a display unit, and an output unit. For storing the IP address of an access point of an Internet service provider, wherein the IP address is obtained by
A process of storing the obtained IP address and host address in an IP address database, a process of obtaining a domain name corresponding to the stored IP address, and a process of extracting a network name from a character string constituting the domain name and providing a provider name Determining, extracting the host name from the character string constituting the domain name, and, for each provider, the host name for each region in which the host name is classified by region from the character string of the host name constituting the domain name in advance for each provider An IP address acquisition / classification system, characterized by processing of referring to a classification table to determine a classification by region from an acquired host name, and storing the determined region in association with the IP address. It is characterized by:

According to the second aspect of the present invention,
In the invention according to claim 1, the acquisition processing by the IP address acquisition means includes a processing of connecting to an access point of a provider and an IP of the access point.
The IP address acquisition and classification system according to claim 1, characterized in that the system is performed by a process of acquiring an address and a host address.

Further, in the invention according to claim 3,
In the invention according to claim 1 or 2, the processing for acquiring the domain name corresponding to the stored IP address includes processing for connecting to an access point of a provider or processing for connecting to the Internet via a dedicated line or the like. And obtaining a domain name corresponding to the given IP address.
An IP address acquisition and classification system according to claim 1 or 2.

In the invention according to claim 4,
In the IP address acquisition and classification system according to claim 1, for each provider, refer to a regional host name classification table in which host names are classified by region from a character string of a host name constituting a domain name in advance, In the process of determining the regional classification from the acquired host name, the regional key for each provider included in the host name is referred to a regional key classification table in which the regional keys are classified by region, and the regional classification is obtained from the acquired domain name. Claim 1 characterized by including a judgment process
3. The IP address acquisition and classification system according to any one of (3) to (3).

Further, in the invention according to claim 5,
In the invention as set forth in claims 1 to 4, the regional key classification table in which the regional keys for each provider included in the host name are classified by region, the area code of the access point when connected to the access point of the provider,
The IP address acquisition and classification system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a host name that has undergone a process of collating with a host name that constitutes the acquired domain name is stored as an area key. It is characterized by being.

In the invention according to claim 6,
In the invention according to claims 2 to 5, the Internet
IP to get the IP address of the service provider
The process of storing the IP address and the host address obtained by the address obtaining means in the IP address database includes dial-up connection to the access point of the provider and obtaining the IP address allocated by the host of the access point. IP
A trace process is performed by repeatedly adding or subtracting an arbitrary number in the fourth digit of the address without changing the network address of the class C of the address, and a process of confirming whether or not there is a response of the same host address is performed. By
The IP address acquisition and classification system according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein a process of determining an IP address of the access point and storing the IP address in the IP address database is performed. .

Further, in the invention according to claim 7,
The invention according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the region classified into the IP address is a region having a plurality of layers such as a large classification, a middle classification, and a small classification.
6. The IP address acquisition and classification system according to any one of the above items

Further, in the invention according to claim 8,
In the invention according to claims 1 to 7, the process of storing the determined area in association with the IP address includes:
8. The IP address acquisition and classification system according to claim 1, further comprising a process for determining when a region is determined.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention,
The invention according to any one of claims 2 to 8, further comprising a process of determining whether or not the obtained IP address is a provider access point.
The IP address acquisition and classification system according to any one of the above.

[0025] According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, in the computer network, the user IP
A process of collecting an access log of a user who has accessed a specific server by a user address obtaining means for obtaining an address, and referring to the IP address database from the IP address or domain name of the collected access information, Alternatively, referring to the IP address database and the region-specific host name classification table in which the host names constituting the domain names are classified by region, determining the region classification from the acquired IP address or domain name And processing for totalizing access statistics for each of the determined regions.
It is characterized by being a regional access statistics totaling system using an IP address acquisition and classification system.

[0026] According to the invention of claim 11, in the invention of claim 10, a process of totalizing a list of undetermined IP addresses for which the area could not be determined is performed. It is characterized by a regional access statistics aggregation system using an address acquisition and classification system.

[0027] According to the invention of claim 12, in the invention of claim 10 or 11, the statistics of the number of accesses per region determined and totalized and the number of page views per number of unique users are determined by: The I according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the statistics are calculated for each region, and it is determined whether the number of page views per user in each region is larger or smaller than a standard, and the statistics are output.
It is characterized by a regional access statistics totaling system using a P address acquisition and classification system.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the tenth to twelfth aspects of the present invention, the statistics of the number of accesses per area determined and totalized and the Internet penetration number for each area are calculated for each area. 13. The method according to claim 10, further comprising: determining whether the number of unique user accesses for each region is larger or smaller than a standard by comparing with the Internet penetration number in the region and outputting statistics. The system is characterized in that it is a regional access statistics totaling system using an IP address acquisition / classification system described in Crab.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the tenth to thirteenth aspects, a file classification database for designating a file to be transmitted in accordance with an area-specific address classification from a plurality of files; The user IP obtained by the user address obtaining means.
A file transmission program for judging the area classification from the address by referring to the area address classification database, designating a file corresponding to the classification by the file classification database, and transmitting the file to the user's computer. Wherein when a user accesses a specific server, means for analyzing the access status by region from the user's IP address and storing the analyzed information is provided. 13. A regional access statistics totaling system using the IP address acquisition / classification system described in any one of 13.

Further, in the invention according to claim 15, the IP address is classified by region using a computer system having an input means, a storage means, a control means, a display means, and an output means. A system for storing in a storage means, comprising: an Internet service;
The IP address obtained by the IP address obtaining means for obtaining the IP address of the access point of the provider.
A process of storing the P address and the host address in the IP address database, a process of obtaining a domain name corresponding to the stored IP address, and a determination of a provider name by extracting a network name from a character string constituting the domain name Processing, processing to extract the host name from the character string that constitutes the domain name, and, for each provider, a regional host name classification table that classifies the host name by region from the character string of the host name that constitutes the domain name in advance for each provider The process according to claim 1, wherein a process of determining a classification by region from the obtained host name is referred to, and the determined region is stored in association with the IP address. To a computer network using the IP address acquisition and classification system Te, when the user has access to a particular server, and the user address acquiring means for acquiring the IP address of the user automatically and in real time,
Storage means for storing a plurality of files to be transmitted to the user's computer in advance;
A region-based address classification database in which P addresses are classified by region, a file classification database that specifies a file to be transmitted according to the region-specific address classification from among a plurality of files, and a use obtained by the user address acquisition unit. A file transmission program for determining, from the user's IP address, the area classification by referring to the area address classification database, and specifying a file corresponding to the classification by the file classification database and transmitting the file to the user's computer And an information transmission system characterized by comprising:

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in the fifteenth aspect, the file to be transmitted is audio data, moving image data, image data, or other data, and is transmitted through a computer network. It is characterized in that it is an information transmission system using an IP address acquisition and classification system, which is displayed on a user terminal when reproducing moving image or audio data or other data.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the fifteenth or sixteenth aspect, the user's computer is a device incorporated in an electric or electronic device such as an information home appliance. An information transmission system using the IP address acquisition / classification system according to claim 15 or 16.

In the invention according to claim 18, there is provided a system using the regional access statistics totalizing system according to any one of claims 10 to 14, wherein the determined access number statistics for each region are stored. The process of totaling includes a process of determining whether access to a file existing on a specific server is large from a specific region, and performing a process of relocating a file determined to be large to another server. It is a data relocation processing system using a regional access statistics aggregation system.

According to a nineteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system using the regional access statistics totalizing system according to any one of the tenth to fourteenth aspects, wherein the determined access number statistics for each area are stored. The process of counting includes a process of determining whether the number of downloads of the content existing on a specific server is large from a specific region, and performing a process of relocating a file determined to be large to another server. It is a data relocation processing system using a regional access statistics aggregation system.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system using the regional access statistics totalizing system according to any one of the tenth to fourteenth aspects, wherein the determined access number statistics for each area are stored. The aggregation process includes a process of determining whether the number of uses of the e-commerce system using a file existing on a specific server is large from a specific region, and the file determined to be large is re-read to another server. The present invention is characterized in that it is a data rearrangement processing system using a regional access statistics aggregation system, which performs arrangement processing.

[0036]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the system of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a basic configuration of the present invention. An IP address acquisition and classification system according to the present invention classifies IP addresses by region using a computer system including an input unit, a storage unit, a control unit, a display unit, and an output unit, and stores the IP addresses in a storage unit. It is a system for.

The computer system is a personal computer.
Broadly includes computers, workstations and other computer terminals. The computer terminal main body and the storage means are connected to an input / output interface or a cable, or may be connected to a storage means located at a remote place via a communication line. Further, storage means such as an external storage device such as a database server may be a distributed database. This is because, as long as the functions and processes of the present invention can be realized, the system configuration can be realized in various forms.

The input means includes various devices such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a tablet.
The administrator can enter information, modify information,
Used for updating / deleting, etc. The control means controls the computer system by an application program such as database software for storing IP addresses classified by region, a program including an OS, a central processing unit, a memory, and the like. The display means is, for example, a display of a computer terminal which is connected to the computer system and required when performing an operation. The output means is a means for outputting to a monitor for outputting on a screen, a means for outputting data to a printer or the like for printing and outputting, and transmitting and storing information to a storage means at a remote place via a network. It includes data output means such as an input / output interface used in such cases.

Further, the computer system has a device for network connection for connecting to the Internet. Here, the connection method is assumed to be a method using a dial-up connection or the like. A connection method using an analog telephone line via a modem or a connection method via an ISDN line via a terminal adapter (TA) or a dial-up router may be used.

The basic processing flow of the present invention will be described. First, an IP address acquisition process will be described. In the system of the present invention, a process of storing the obtained IP address in the IP address database is performed by the IP address obtaining means for obtaining the IP address of the access point of the Internet service provider. If there is data such as a list of IP addresses in advance, the IP address acquisition means can also use the data. It is also possible to obtain the above data or take in the data from an external storage medium or the like into a computer system via an input / output interface or the like. For example, from a database of the Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC), an organization that manages IP addresses in Japan, a list of IP addresses generated every month is imported, and the range of IP addresses assigned to each provider is determined. Obtainable.

In the case where the above IP address acquisition processing is not sufficient, the following processing can be performed as in the second aspect of the present invention. That is, the acquisition process by the IP address acquisition unit is performed by a process of connecting to an access point of a provider and a process of acquiring the IP address and host address of the access point. Here, the host address is
The host's own IP that assigns an IP address to the connected terminal when a dial-up connection is made to the access point
Address (remote IP address).

In this case, first, processing for connecting to the access point of the Internet service provider is performed. In order to make an Internet connection through a communication line and connect to an arbitrary access point of an arbitrary provider, sign a subscription contract with the relevant provider and use the user name (also called a login name or ID) required for authentication at the time of connection. It is usually necessary to be issued a login password. In addition, the telephone number of the access point for connection is set for each region for each provider, and an ordinary user uses an access point in the nearest region. In order to collect and store information on the IP address of each provider, it is necessary to connect to various access points.

Next, when the connection with the access point is completed, the IP address obtained by the IP address obtaining means for automatically obtaining the IP address of the access point is obtained.
A process for storing the P address and the host address in the IP address database is performed. The IP address and the host address can be obtained by PPP negotiation. Further, the IP address database may be one using database software, or may be simple spreadsheet software, or may be a form in which text data and CSV data are collected and stored in the database later. Good. FIGS. 2 and 3 show an example of a data configuration diagram defining a data format for storing data acquired in spreadsheet software. FIG. 2 shows an example of a data format for storing data for each provider. In order to extract a host name from a provider code, a provider name, a domain name, and a domain name, and to use the extracted host name for regional classification determination. It is supposed to store the network domain and so on. FIG. 3 shows an example of a data format for storing the IP address held by each access point of each provider acquired by the IP address acquisition means, and includes a provider ID and an area code I.
D, prefecture ID, minimum value (MIN IP) and maximum value (MA) indicating the range of IP addresses held by the access point
X IP), and so on.

The IP address is 32-bit numerical data at present, and is composed of a network address portion indicating which network and a host address portion indicating which computer. IPv4 (Internet Protocol), a version of the IP address currently widely used
Version 4) is represented by 32 bits, and for convenience is represented by four decimal numbers separated by 8 bits. For example, in the form of "192.168.0.2", an address on a network of servers existing all over the world is shown. 32-bit IP addresses are classified into five classes, Class A to Class E, according to the size of the network to which the host belongs. Class A for a large-scale network, Class B for a medium-scale network, and Class C for a small-scale network. Each of these classes is identified by the most significant bit pattern of the 32-bit address, and these IP addresses are composed of the network unit and the host unit as described above.

For example, in class A, the first bit is 0,
The next 7 bits indicate the network unit, and the remaining 24 bits indicate the host unit. The range of the IP address is “0.0.
0 "to" 127.255.255.355 ".
In class B, the first bit is 10, the next 14 bits are the network part, and the remaining 16 bits are the host part. The range of the IP address is "128.0.0.0" to "191.255.255.255". In class C, the first bit is 110, the next 21 bits are the network part, and the remaining eight bits are the host part. IP
The address range is from "192.0.0.0" to "22.
3.255.255.255 ".

In addition to the currently used IP version 4 (IPv4), the IP address referred to in the present invention includes version 6 (IPv4) which is used in preparation for a shortage of IP addresses due to the rapid spread of the Internet.
Revised version such as 6) shall be included. Further, the IP address in the present invention includes a private address when using TCP / IP in a closed network such as an intranet not connected to the Internet, such as a company network.

Also, the Internet provider used by the majority of individual users has a large number of IP addresses for each access point provided in each of a large number of regions because many users use the Internet from all over the country. ing. Therefore, the majority of users who use the Internet service provider (ISP) by dial-up IP connection are often assigned different IP addresses each time they access. Even if the same one access point is used by many users, the host of the access point must have many IPs.
This is because addresses are allocated.

Therefore, as described above, when connecting to a certain access point and storing the obtained IP address in the IP address database by the IP address obtaining means of the above-mentioned access point, it is necessary to perform each connection. If the acquisition of one IP address is repeated enormously, the efficiency of database creation is low. Therefore, the invention described in claim 6 employs the following method. That is, first, a dial-up connection is made to the access point of the provider, and the allocated IP address (local IP) is obtained. Next, since the network address portion and the host address portion of the IP address can be identified from the configuration of the IP address, the host (communication server) of the access point of the connection destination responds and the host (communication server)
One IP address is allocated within the range held by. By tracing the allocated IP address, the host (communication server) obtains its own IP address and host name. By this processing, it is possible to determine the host address (remote IP address), which is the IP address of the host (communication server) itself, and to which access point the acquired IP address belongs. Next, the network address of the allocated local IP (for example, 210.166.224.26) (usually class C, here for example 210.1.66)
66.224), the trace is repeated by repeatedly adding an arbitrary number to the fourth digit (end and number) of the address, for example, adding or subtracting a value every 16 or 32 Then, a process for confirming whether or not there is a response with the same host address is performed. The host address of the same host (communication server) itself (here, for example, 210.166.224.24)
If 3) responds, the continuous range of the IP address divided by 16, 32 is regarded as that of the same access point, so that the IP address of the access point is determined and stored in the IP address database. Perform processing. For example, “210.166.224.
If there is a response at "26", the addresses from the end to 0 to 31 are determined to be the same access point. Next, the process is executed by adding "210.166.224.58" to 32, and if there is a response, it is determined that the last 32 to 61 addresses are the same access point. The same processing is repeated, and the range where there is a response is determined to be the same access point, and the I
A process for storing in the P address database is performed.

I stored in the IP address database
The P address is stored so that it can be determined for each access point of each provider. When the IP addresses are classified by region, if the telephone numbers are classified by the area code of the area code, the IP address database and the area code of the telephone line of the access point from which the IP address was obtained are used. , Classify and store data. However, when the IP address is acquired from the existing list and the corresponding access point is not known, or when there are a plurality of access points even if the same area code (for example, 03, Tokyo) is used (for example, Tokyo 1, Tokyo 2) , Tokyo 3...), Etc., it is preferable to perform regional classification based on the following domain names and host names included therein.

Next, a process for obtaining a domain name corresponding to the stored IP address will be described. Here, when acquiring the domain name corresponding to the stored IP address as in the invention according to claim 3, processing for connecting to an access point of a provider or processing for connecting to the Internet via a dedicated line or the like. And a process of obtaining a domain name corresponding to the stored IP address.

Next, a process of extracting a network name from a character string forming a domain name to determine a provider name and a process of extracting a host name from a character string forming a domain name are executed by a computer used in the present invention.・ Perform in the system. The IP address acquired by the computer system cannot be distinguished at first glance by a series of numbers as it is, but the domain name, for example, "~ .provider name.ne.j"
A character string having a certain meaning, such as "p" or "~. company name.co.jp", can be mutually converted in a one-to-one correspondence. As is evident from the fact that the domain name can be mutually converted with a one-to-one correspondence, a specific server having the original domain can always correspond and can correspond to a specific computer connected to the network. In each provider's DNS server, the domain name and I
Since the management for conversion to the P address is performed, the Internet connection of the provider is connected, and the DNS server is inquired to obtain the domain name corresponding to the IP address.

The domain name has a hierarchical structure of a host name, an organization or company name, an organization attribute, and a country name. For example, if “www.xxx.co.jp”, www is the host name, xxx is the company name, co is the organization attribute, jp
Is a country name. Similarly, in the case of the domain name of the access point of the provider, for example, if “tko1.aaa.ne.jp”, tko1
Is a host name, aaa is a provider name, ne is an organization attribute, and jp is a country name. Therefore, from the domain name converted from the acquired IP address, the provider name determining unit in FIG. 1 determines the provider name of “aaa” in the above example, and the host name extracting unit determines the provider name of “tko1”. Is extracted.

Through the above processing, it is possible to store the obtained IP address database as a database in which the corresponding provider name and host name are associated with each other. Further, when the IP address data is acquired by connecting to the access point, the data can be stored by classifying the area of the area number of the telephone number. When the IP address is acquired from the existing list and the corresponding access point is not known, or when there are a plurality of access points even if the area code is the same (for example, 03, Tokyo) (for example, Tokyo 1, Tokyo 2, Tokyo In 3...) And the like, classification by region is performed from the host name obtained in the above-described processing.

In this processing, for each provider, the host name is classified by region from the character string of the host name constituting the domain name, and the region-specific host name classification table is referenced in advance. Determine another classification. As the host name, a character string host name is set for each access point for each provider. For example, "tokyo"
The area is obvious like "okasa", "yokohama" or "tokyo1""t
okyo2 "and" kanagawa1 ". Furthermore, "tko", "ngw", "os"
Some host names, such as "k", are difficult to determine the area, and some host names cannot be assumed from the character string at all.
For example, a provider who has given a host name such as "ichikawa" or "funabashi" can make some assumptions. The provider's access point table and, if known, the area code of the telephone line of the access point For example, in "kwg", Kawaguchi and Kawagoe are assumed, and it is possible to distinguish only Saitama Prefecture, or "tag"
In some cases, such as "k", Takasaki, Takatsuki, Takamatsu, Takigawa, etc. are assumed and cannot be determined.

The classification data of the host name and the region, which have been discriminated in this manner, are stored in advance in the region-specific host name classification table for each provider from the discriminated data. Refer to the classified host name classification table by region,
The regional classification is determined from the acquired host name.

Further, as in the invention described in claim 4, the region-specific host name classification table can be a region key classification table in which region keys for each provider included in the host name are classified by region. For example, the host name does not always consist of only a local key such as "tokyo" or "tko", but "tokyo01".
This is because there may be a case such as “tkoap”.

When data is stored in the region key classification table, the region name is omitted as described above.
Since it is difficult to determine when the character string is a character string as short as a character or when the character string is combined with another character string, the access point when connecting to the provider access point as described in claim 5 is used. A host name that has undergone a process of comparing an area code with a host name that constitutes an acquired domain name can be stored as a regional key, which is desirable. Further, as in the invention described in claim 8, the process of storing the determined area in association with the IP address may include a process of determining when the area is determined. For geographical classifications that cannot be determined,
It is desirable to reduce the undetermined portion by adding data when updating the database. In addition, since the database can include major, middle, and minor classifications by region such as prefecture, city, and area code of telephone numbers, it is desirable to store data only for those parts that can be determined. . With the above system, in the present invention, the determined area can be stored in association with the IP address. FIG. 4 is a data structure showing an example of a regional address classification database in which data is stored in such a manner that the region thus determined is associated with an IP address, a country code, a regional host name, a regional key, and the like. FIG.

Next, by using the basic system of the present invention described so far, a system for collecting and analyzing access statistics for each user of the Internet, and an efficiency based on the access statistics for each region. A system for enabling content transmission will be described.

[0060]

(Embodiment 1) In the invention according to claim 10, in a computer network, a user's I
By the user address obtaining means for obtaining the P address,
A process of collecting access information of a user who has accessed a specific server, and referring to the IP address database from an IP address or a domain name of the collected access log, or referring to the IP address database and a domain name Referring to the above-mentioned region-specific host name classification table in which the host names constituting the region are classified by region, a process of determining a region classification from the acquired IP address or domain name, and an access statistic for each determined region And a process of totaling.

Here, the specific server accessed by the user is, for example, a WEB site provided by an organization such as a company or an organization or another person. It does not matter whether the server is owned by an organization or the like and is a rental server or the like. When a user accesses via a provider, the user usually connects to the nearest access point, and when a connection is established, an IP address is allocated. The area accessed by the user can be determined. That is, when the IP address and the area are stored in association with each other in the IP address database, the area can be determined by referring to the IP address database.
Alternatively, referring to the IP address database and the region-specific host name classification table in which the host names constituting the domain names are classified by region, the region classification is determined from the acquired IP address or domain name.

Next, the determined regional classification is, for example,
For Tokyo, add 1 to Tokyo and count, and for Kanagawa, add 1 to Kanagawa and count. If this is the first regional classification, the region is added to the count item to be counted and 1 is counted. Analyze access,
As a method of storing the data, a method based on a CGI program or the like is generally used. In addition, counting can be performed for each page view, counting can be performed for each page, or 1 can be counted for one access to the server regardless of the number of viewed pages.

In the present invention, a new configuration is provided in which the classification by area is determined by referring to the database from the IP address of the user obtained by the user address obtaining means, and thus cannot be obtained conventionally. Access analysis results and their utilization. In addition,
The number of accesses for each category, such as the type of file accessed, the date and time of access, the access residence time, the access route before and after the user accesses the information source, the Internet provider used by the user, the domain of the user, Information such as name, domain type of user, distinction of wireless communication or wired communication, relay station of wireless communication, ID input by user, browser software used, O
By acquiring and recording S, electronic authentication, and other information, more detailed data can be used. FIG. 5, FIG. 6, and FIG. 7 are diagrams showing output examples of access statistics obtained in this manner. FIG. 5 shows the number of page views for each prefecture. FIG. 6 shows the number of unique users by prefecture. FIG. 7 shows the number of page views per person.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the tenth aspect of the present invention, a process of totalizing a list of undetermined IP addresses from which an area could not be determined is performed. Not all IP addresses and their corresponding host name regions are determined and stored in the database. Therefore, by adding up the undetermined list, data is updated when the database is updated or added. Can be used to enhance

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the tenth or eleventh aspect of the present invention, the statistics of the number of accesses per area determined and totalized and the number of page views per the number of unique users are calculated for each area. To determine whether the number of page views per user per region is larger or smaller than the standard, and output statistics. FIG. 8 shows the nationwide I obtained by the IP address acquisition and classification system.
It is a figure showing an example of output of statistics showing distribution of the number of P addresses. In the present embodiment, the page view index per user is calculated as (number of page views by each prefecture / number of IP addresses by each prefecture) / (number of page views nationwide / national I
(Number of P addresses) × 100. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an output example in which it is determined whether the number of page views per user in each region is larger or smaller than a standard and the statistics are output, for example, with the national average as 100.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the tenth to twelfth aspects, the access number statistics for each area determined and totaled and the Internet penetration number for each area are calculated for each area. Then, it is determined whether the number of unique users in each region is larger or smaller than the standard by comparing the number of unique users in the region with the number of Internet penetrations in that region, and statistics are output. In the present embodiment, the number of unique users nationwide is calculated by calculating the Internet penetration index, and the Internet penetration index is calculated as (the number of IP addresses by prefecture / household by prefecture) as shown in the statistical output result of FIG. Number) / (Total IP address / Total households)
X100 is calculated, thereby calculating an approximate value of the number of unique users nationwide. Next, in the present embodiment, the number of unique user accesses for each region is calculated as (the number of unique user accesses for each prefecture / the number of I for each prefecture.
Number of P addresses / Number of unique users nationwide / IP nationwide
(Number of addresses) × 100. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an output example in which it is determined whether the number of unique users in each region is larger or smaller than the standard and the statistics are output, for example, with the national average as 100.

(Embodiment 2) In the invention according to claim 14, in the invention according to claims 10 to 13, a file classification for designating a file to be transmitted according to a region-specific address classification from among a plurality of files. Based on the database and the user's IP address obtained by the user address obtaining means, the area classification is determined by referring to the area address classification database, and a file corresponding to the classification is determined from the file classification database. , And a file transmission program to be transmitted to the user's computer. When the user accesses a specific server, a means is provided for analyzing the access status of each region from the user's IP address and storing the analyzed information.

Further, in the invention according to claim 15, the IP addresses are classified by region using a computer system having input means, storage means, control means, display means, and output means. Using a system for storing in a storage means, when a user accesses a specific server in a computer network using the IP address acquisition and classification system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, Address acquisition means for automatically and in real time acquiring the user's IP address, storage means for storing a plurality of files to be transmitted to the user's computer in advance, and a plurality of IP addresses classified in advance by region The regional address classification database and files to be transmitted according to the regional address From the file classification database designated from among the files and the user's IP address obtained by the user address obtaining means, the classification by region is determined by referring to the region-specific address classification database, and A file transmission program for designating a corresponding file by a file classification database and transmitting the file to a user's computer.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in the fifteenth aspect, the file to be transmitted is audio data, moving image data, image data, or other data, and is transmitted through a computer network. An information transmission system using an IP address acquisition / classification system, which is displayed on a user terminal when reproducing moving image or audio data or other data.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the fifteenth or sixteenth aspect, the user's computer is a device incorporated in an electric or electronic device such as an information home appliance. An information transmission system using the IP address acquisition / classification system according to any one of claims 15 and 16.

FIG. 12 shows a basic system configuration of the embodiment of the present invention in these cases. FIG. 4 shows an example of the data structure of the regional address classification database.
FIG. 13 shows an example of the data structure of the file classification database. As shown in FIG. 13, the server of the information transmission system having the basic configuration according to the embodiment of the present invention stores, as shown in FIG. It has a file classification database to specify from among a plurality of files. The regional address classification database including the IP address database and the regional host name classification table and the file classification database may be separate databases or may be one integrated database. . As long as these functions are provided, for example, a single relational database having a regional IP address classification table, a regional host name classification table, and a file classification table may be used.

More specifically, an information sender A who provides information using a specific server such as a WEB site (WEB server) has an image a in the 23 wards of Tokyo.
(A.gif), image b (b.gif) in Musashino City and Mitaka City, Tokyo, and image c in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
(C.gif), and no information is sent in other regions. On the other hand, the information sender B sends the file a (a.html) in Tokyo, the file b (b.html) in other Kanto regions, and the file c (c.html) in other Japan. You want to. The data that sets the requests of these information senders and advertisement senders such as banner advertisements are stored in the file classification database. In addition, it can be set so that the information transmitter can transmit a file including general-purpose data that is valid in any region other than a specific region.

Further, a plurality of IPs
When a first IP address that is not registered in a database in which addresses are classified by region or the like appears, a setting can be made so that a file containing valid general-purpose data can be transmitted in any region.

The above-mentioned regional classification database,
And the Internet provider used by the user, the user's domain,
Also refer to the user information database that stores information such as name, domain type of the user, ID entered by the user, used browser software, used OS, electronic authentication, and other information, and send the transmitted file. Can also be specified. When classifying users, in addition to classification information such as the area selected from the IP address and host name assigned to the user, various information such as the user's environment and attributes are used to send the file It is useful for narrowing down.

The storage location of the file to be transmitted to the user may be located on a server such as an individual company or organization that transmits advertisements and information regardless of the location on the network. Alternatively, these files are stored and stored in the same place or the same administrator's server as the IP address acquisition means, the IP address classification database, the file classification database, and a file transmission program described later. Therefore, it is convenient for a server administrator to manage files collectively.

Further, the server of the information transmission system according to the present embodiment judges by referring to the regional address classification database as shown in FIG. 12 and designates a file corresponding to the classification by the file classification database. It has a file sending program to send to the user's computer. This program is a program realized by a language such as CGI or SSI that can handle file operations, and is programmed to have the following functions. When a user accesses a certain file, the file transmission program functions. Is set to FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a basic processing flow according to the present embodiment.

That is, when the user accesses a specific Web page, the data requesting the transmission of the page (file) from the user is transmitted to the HTTP request message to which the IP address allocated to the user is added. Is transmitted to the server of the present invention.

The file is transmitted in response to the transmission request of the user, the Web page is displayed on the screen of the computer terminal of the user, and the file transmission program by CGI or the like is set to start. The file transmission program receives the current IP address used by the user for connection, and refers to whether or not the current IP address is in the regional address classification database. If there is, the area classification where the current IP address is located is found.

Next, the file transmission program refers to a file classification database in which an advertisement or other information transmitter defines which file is to be transmitted in which area classification and where it is to be displayed for each sender and for each area classification. I do. If there is an area classification where the current IP address is located in a certain sender's database, the sender of the advertisement or information transmits a certain file and displays it on the user's computer screen. It is determined by the setting information of the file classification database. Therefore, the file transmission program transmits the designated file to the user's computer so that the designated file is displayed at the designated location.

The displayed form may be such that when the WWW page is displayed on the user's computer, it is displayed on the entire browser screen, or a window different from the currently opened browser is opened. May be displayed. Further, the information may be displayed on a part of the browser screen. For example, a form in which an advertisement or information such as a banner advertisement or an image is displayed on a part of the page. Furthermore, the displayed information is not necessarily limited to images.For example, data such as text with a link attached to another page, or a frame that displays a plurality of pages by dividing one screen. As described above, the transmitted file may be displayed in a part of the divided frames. Furthermore, the displayed file may be a moving image or the like, or may be audio data that is not visually recognized. Speaking of advertisements, moving images such as commercial films and animations flow, and audio commercials, music, and jingles flow.

More specifically, the information sender A
Is the image a (a.gif) in the 23 wards of Tokyo,
Image b (b.gif) in Musashino City and Mitaka City in Tokyo
When transmitting image c (c.gif) in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and any information in other areas, these images should be displayed on a part of a specific WEB page. Can be. On the other hand, the information sender B sends the file a (a.html) in Tokyo, the file b (b.html) in other Kanto regions, and the file c (c.html) in other Japan. In this case, it may be set so that a user accessing a specific WEB page moves to another page, that is, files a, b, c,.

Alternatively, the file to be transmitted may be set to be displayed in a part of the divided frames, such as a frame that divides one screen and displays a plurality of pages.

FIG. 15 shows a more specific example of these.
It is. Take, for example, recruitment and job search sites hosted by private and public institutions. The computer terminal screen of the user who accessed in the 23 wards of Tokyo shows the company A who recruits jobs nationwide, the company B who recruits jobs in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka,
Company C recruiting in Kanagawa, D recruiting in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Company recruitment information is displayed. The screen of the computer terminal of the user who accessed in Kanagawa shows the company C who is recruiting in Kanagawa, Tokyo, and E who is recruiting in Kanagawa, Chiba and Gunma.
Job posting information of company F, which is recruiting in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture and Kawasaki City, is posted.

[0086] Alternatively, this is useful when it is desired to transmit advertisements and information for each region in a company or the like that conducts sales and marketing closely in each region. For example,
It is effective for transmitting information about car dealerships that set up stores in various places for business, transmitting information about insurance agents who set up distributors in various places and conducting business activities, and transmitting real estate information for each region. Alternatively, it is effective in disseminating information on companies that do not need nationwide advertising and promotions, operating only in one region. In addition, it is possible to set different information and advertisements for each user's region on the portal site where most users access first, such as a web page search site and a provider's site. It is. Further, the present invention is also effective for transmitting information that is needed in a certain area, such as concerts and events held in a certain area, festivals and holidays, information on restaurants, and information on the nearest public institution.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the fifteenth or sixteenth aspect, the user's computer is a device incorporated in an electric or electronic device such as an information home appliance. And Conventional electricity
It is a device called electronic home appliance, which is a fusion of electronic devices and computers, and connected by a network.
The apparatus is not necessarily limited to home use, and may be a device provided in an office, factory, public institution, or the like. For example, television connected to the network, transmitting and receiving devices such as karaoke and music, game equipment, refrigerators, cookers,
Security systems, home telephones with built-in computers, FAX or composite devices with copiers and printers, simple information terminals, heating devices, bath heaters, washing machines, etc. Alternatively, for example, a system for purchasing and ordering at a business establishment, a system for transportation and delivery, a system for managing and operating product inventory and warehouses, and the like. With the progress of computerization, it is considered that all devices will be included in devices in this field.

The computer network connected to each home and the like is connected not only to the personal computer up to now, but also to all information home appliances, house facilities and the like. In some cases, these devices are connected to a personal computer or the like, and in other cases, they are connected independently and to an external network through various wired and wireless lines. The present invention is also effective in these information home appliances, and specific examples in which the present invention is implemented include, for example, the following. These specific examples are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited to these examples. Furthermore, these information home appliances include various consumer devices, and are not necessarily limited to household devices.
It may be used in business establishments, factories, public institutions, and the like.

For example, in an Internet TV having a function of connecting to a computer network in which the Internet and a television are integrated, when a connection button or the like for a network is operated, a region is determined from a user's address and a weather forecast in the region is determined. And news, information on local governments, information on local shops and communities, and the like. Alternatively, the area is determined from the user's address, the program guide of the broadcasting station in that area is displayed, and the user can select and display the channel or access the data of the program that has expired after a while. It is a device that can do, download, and make reservations for recording.

When a connection button or the like for accessing a computer network is operated in addition to functions such as management of stock items, a region is determined from a user's address, and information on the sale of food in that region is displayed. Refrigerators, cooking devices, system kitchens, etc. that can receive food and recipe suggestions.

When a connection button or the like for accessing the computer network is operated, the area is determined from the address of the user, and information from a pharmacy, a hospital, a nursing home, a security system company, etc. in the area is determined. And a device capable of reporting.

When a connection button or the like for accessing the computer network is operated, the area is determined from the user's address, and a taxi company,
A device that can obtain information from a shipping company and can make arrangements.

According to the invention of claim 16, when a file is transmitted to a user by the information transmission system of the present invention, the file to be transmitted is audio data, moving image data, image data, and other data. Are displayed on the user's terminal when moving image or audio data or other data is reproduced through a computer network. In recent years, terrestrial broadcasters and others broadcast video and audio programs on their WEB pages (Internet TV,
(Internet radio), live broadcasting of music and events, and streaming distribution of audio and video over networks are becoming more and more popular. According to the present invention, even when the content of a broadcast program can be accessed nationwide or globally when broadcasting over a computer network such as the Internet is performed by such a technique, according to the present invention, distribution of CM for each region can be performed. Or an advertisement or the like can be displayed by sponsoring a program for each region. In addition, the fee structure can be established in a clear manner.

(Embodiment 3) The invention described in claim 18 is
A system using the regional access statistics aggregation system according to any one of claims 10 to 14. The process of counting the determined access count statistics for each region includes a process of determining whether access to a file existing on a specific server is large from a specific region. A data rearrangement processing system using a regional access statistics aggregation system, characterized by performing a process of rearranging data in an area.

As a technique for performing data rearrangement processing, a content delivery technique has been developed.
Content delivery technologies include text information, image information,
Web content including video information, audio information, etc.
This is realized in a system in which a plurality of servers for storing content files are provided in a distributed manner so as to be provided for browsing and use by users. In particular, in a web site for providing such contents, high response such as speeding up to a user is required. In particular, when the distance between the server and the access point accessed by the user is large, the number of routers through which the data passes increases due to an increase in the number of providers and the like, and the delay increases. This is especially true if traffic is concentrated on specific routers. These issues are largely related to the fact that the WEB server exists in one place.

Therefore, the content stored in the WEB server or the like is copied and stored in servers distributed in various places, so that the content existing in the server nearest to the user can be accessed. A technique for replicating and distributing the data to another server is required. Copying and allocating to servers in all regions poses additional traffic and efficiency issues in terms of storage capacity and other aspects.

Therefore, in the embodiments according to claims 18 to 20 of the present invention, the above problem is solved by using the regional access statistics totaling system according to any one of claims 10 to 14. . The process of totalizing the determined access count statistics for each region includes a process of determining whether or not access to a file existing in a specific server is large from a specific region. That is, access statistics for each specific file existing in a specific server are totaled. A judgment criterion such as a predetermined number of accesses and the number of downloads is provided in advance, and the access statistics to be counted are collated with the judgment criterion, and a file determined to be large is relocated to another server. In the process of rearranging, when a predetermined judgment criterion is reached, the corresponding content is copied and transmitted to a server in the corresponding region, and stored. They may be arranged, and may be automatically transmitted and stored when a predetermined criterion is reached.

When the user browses / uses the contents distributed and arranged on the servers in a plurality of different regions in this manner, the region-specific IP address classification database and the region-specific host name classification table of the present invention are used. To determine the user's access area. When referring to the determined access area and a plurality of server areas where the content exists and different server areas, when the accessing user specifies the URL of the content to be browsed / used by the browser, the U
The IP address at the location of the content specified by the RL is rewritten to the IP address of the server closest to the region using a DNS server.

In the current content delivery technology, one provider installs a copy server in each region in order to copy the contents of the WEB site of the contractor of each provider to servers distributed and arranged by the provider itself. There are limits to doing so. This means that only a limited number of users can access only limited contents at high speed. However, in the present invention, these problems have been solved because the IP address of each of a plurality of providers and the host name corresponding to the IP address are used in a database classified by region. The distributed servers for storing the contents may be installed on the system administrator side of the present invention, or may be servers installed by others who cooperate with the system administrator side.

The invention according to claim 19 is the invention according to claims 10 to
14 is a system using the regional access statistics aggregation system according to any one of 14. The process of totalizing the determined access count statistics for each region includes a process of determining whether the number of downloads of the content existing on a specific server is larger than a specific region, and the file determined to be larger is stored on another server. A data rearrangement processing system using a regional access statistics aggregation system, characterized by performing a process of rearranging data in an area.

The invention described in claim 20 is the invention according to claim 10
14 is a system using the regional access statistics aggregation system according to any one of 14. The process of summing up the determined access count statistics for each region includes a process of determining whether the number of uses of the e-commerce system using a file existing in a specific server is large from a specific region. A data relocation processing system using a regional access statistics aggregation system, characterized by performing a process of relocating a determined file to another server.

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As described above, according to the present invention,
In a system in which an Internet connection is made via an Internet service provider, etc., a huge amount of IP address data used at access points around the country for each provider is collected,
It is possible to provide a system that performs accumulation / update processing by discriminating and classifying by region. In addition, due to organizational changes such as newly established providers and integration with other providers, changes and additions of domain names corresponding to IP addresses, and the increase in the Internet population even at one access point When the number of assigned IP addresses increases, the construction, maintenance, and updating of a database that classifies IP addresses for each region can be performed efficiently. Further, it is possible to provide a system for collecting and analyzing regional access statistics of users who use the Internet using the above system. For example, when trying to obtain statistics such as the number of visits of a user who visits a specific WEB site per region, in addition to the number of simple accesses, page view statistics such as how many pages have been viewed, It is possible to obtain statistics from various perspectives by comparing with the Internet penetration rate in each region that fluctuates (increases). Further, when the advertisement and other information are transmitted using the computer network by using the above-described IP address acquisition / classification system, it can be effectively transmitted based on the classification for each region. Furthermore, by using the above-mentioned IP address acquisition and classification system, data relocation can be managed based on access statistics for each region, and content can be transmitted efficiently. For example, when access statistics for a certain WEB site or a specific file therein are found for each region, the statistical result is used, for example, a page (file) frequently viewed in a specific region can be browsed efficiently. And so on.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a basic configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a data configuration diagram that defines a data format for storing acquired data.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a data configuration diagram defining a data format for storing acquired data.

FIG. 4 is a data configuration diagram showing an example of a regional address classification database.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an output example of access statistics.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an output example of access statistics.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an output example of access statistics.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an output example of statistics indicating the distribution of the number of nationwide IP addresses obtained by the IP address acquisition and classification system.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an output example in which it is determined whether the number of page views per user in each region is larger or smaller than a standard and statistics are output.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a statistical output in which an Internet penetration index is calculated.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an output example in which it is determined whether the number of unique users in each region is larger or smaller than a standard and statistics are output.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a basic system configuration of an embodiment of an information transmission system according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a file classification database.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a basic processing flow of a file transmission program.

FIG. 15 is a system conceptual diagram in a case where a different file is displayed for each region on a frame screen for displaying a plurality of pages by dividing one screen.

Continued on the front page (54) [Title of the Invention] IP address acquisition and classification system, information transmission system using IP address acquisition and classification system, regional access statistics aggregation system using IP address acquisition and classification system, and region-specific Data relocation processing system using an access statistics aggregation system

Claims (20)

[Claims] An input unit, a storage unit, a control unit,
A system for classifying IP addresses into regions and storing the same in a storage unit by using a computer system having a display unit and an output unit, wherein the IP address and the host address of an access point of an Internet service provider are stored. A process of storing the obtained IP address in an IP address database by an IP address obtaining means for obtaining, a process of obtaining a domain name corresponding to the stored IP address, and a process of obtaining a network from a character string constituting the domain name. The process of extracting the name to determine the provider name, the process of extracting the host name from the character string that constitutes the domain name, and the process of extracting the host name from the character string of the host name that constitutes the domain name for each provider in advance Regionally classified e With reference to the Tonemu classification table,
An IP address acquisition / classification system, characterized by processing for judging an area classification from an acquired host name, and storing the determined area in association with the IP address. 2. The invention according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition processing by the IP address acquisition means includes a processing of connecting to an access point of a provider and a processing of acquiring an IP address and a host address of the access point. 2. The IP address acquisition and classification system according to claim 1, wherein the system is performed by: 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein
The process of obtaining the domain name corresponding to the stored IP address includes the process of connecting to the provider's access point or the process of connecting to the Internet via a dedicated line, and the process of obtaining the domain name corresponding to the stored IP address. 3. The IP according to claim 1, wherein the IP is performed by a process including:
Address acquisition classification system. 4. The IP address acquisition and classification system according to claim 1, wherein the host name is classified by region from the character string of the host name constituting the domain name in advance for each provider. The process of determining the regional classification from the acquired host name by referring to the regional key classification table that classifies the regional key for each provider included in the host name by region, and obtains the acquired domain name The IP address acquisition and classification system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a process of determining a classification by region from (1). 5. The regional key classification table according to claim 1, wherein a regional key for each provider included in the host name is classified according to region. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein a host name that has undergone a process of comparing an area code and a host name constituting an obtained domain name is stored as a regional key. IP address acquisition and classification system. 6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the IP address obtained by the IP address obtaining means for obtaining the IP address of the Internet service provider is obtained.
The process of storing the P address and the host address in the IP address database includes a process of dial-up connecting to the access point of the provider and obtaining an IP address allocated by the host of the access point, and a process of class C of the allocated IP address. A process of tracing by repeatedly adding or subtracting an arbitrary number to the fourth digit of the address without changing the network address;
6. A process for determining whether or not there is a response with the same host address, thereby determining an IP address of the access point and storing the determined IP address in the IP address database. An IP address acquisition and classification system according to any of the above. 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein
The IP address acquisition and classification system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the region into which the P address is classified is a region having a plurality of layers such as a large classification, a medium classification, and a small classification. . 8. The invention according to claim 1, wherein the process of storing the determined area in association with the IP address includes a process of determining when the area is determined. The IP address acquisition and classification system according to claim 1. 9. The invention according to claim 2, further comprising a process of determining whether or not the acquired IP address is a provider access point. 2. An IP address acquisition and classification system according to item 1. 10. In a computer network,
A process of collecting an access log of a user who has accessed a specific server by a user address obtaining means for obtaining a user's IP address;
From the P address or the domain name, refer to the IP address database, or refer to the IP address database and the regional host name classification table in which the host names constituting the domain name are classified by region, A region-based access using an IP address acquisition / classification system, which performs a process of determining a region-based classification from the acquired IP address or domain name, and a process of totalizing access statistics for each region determined. Statistical aggregation system. 11. The regional access using an IP address acquisition / classification system according to claim 10, wherein a process of totalizing a list of undetermined IP addresses for which an area could not be determined is performed. Statistical aggregation system. 12. The invention according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the determined access number statistics for each area and the number of page views per unique user are:
The IP address according to claim 10, wherein the IP address is calculated for each region, determines whether the number of page views per user in each region is larger or smaller than a standard, and outputs statistics. Regional access statistics aggregation system using an acquisition classification system. 13. The invention according to claim 10, wherein the access number statistics for each area determined and aggregated,
Calculate the Internet penetration number for each region and calculate the unique user access number for each region by comparing with the Internet penetration number for that region to determine whether it is greater or less than the standard and output statistics. An area-based access statistics totaling system using the IP address acquisition / classification system according to any one of claims 10 to 12, characterized by the above-mentioned. 14. The invention according to claim 10, wherein a file classification database for designating a file to be transmitted according to an area-specific address classification from among a plurality of files, and the user address acquisition means are provided. From the user's IP address, determine the classification by region with reference to the regional address classification database,
A file transmission program for designating a file corresponding to the classification by the file classification database and transmitting the file to the user's computer, and when the user accesses a specific server, the area from the user's IP address to the 14. A system according to claim 10, further comprising means for analyzing another access situation and storing the analyzed information.
The regional access statistics totaling system using the IP address acquisition and classification system according to any one of the above. 15. A system for classifying IP addresses by region and storing the classified IP addresses in a storage unit using a computer system having an input unit, a storage unit, a control unit, a display unit, and an output unit. The IP address obtaining means for obtaining the IP address of the access point of the Internet service provider,
A process of storing the obtained IP address and host address in an IP address database, a process of obtaining a domain name corresponding to the stored IP address, and a process of extracting a network name from a character string constituting the domain name and providing a provider name Determining, extracting the host name from the character string that constitutes the domain name, and, for each provider, regional host name that classifies the host name by region from the character string of the host name that constitutes the domain name in advance for each provider 10. The processing according to claim 1, further comprising the step of referring to a classification table to determine a regional classification from the acquired host name, and storing the determined region in association with the IP address. Using the IP address acquisition and classification system described in In a work, when a user accesses a specific server, a user address acquisition means for automatically and in real time acquiring the user's IP address, and a plurality of user addresses which are transmitted in advance to the user's computer. Storage means for storing files, a regional address classification database in which a plurality of IP addresses are classified in advance by region, and a file classification database for designating a file to be transmitted according to the regional address classification from among the plurality of files; From the user's IP address obtained by the user address obtaining means,
A file transmission program for determining the classification by region with reference to the region-specific address classification database, specifying a file corresponding to the classification by the file classification database, and transmitting the file to the user's computer. An information transmission system using an IP address acquisition / classification system. 16. The invention according to claim 15, wherein the file to be transmitted is audio data, moving image data, image data, and other data, and reproduces moving image or audio data and other data through a computer network. Is sometimes displayed on the user's terminal,
An information transmission system using an IP address acquisition and classification system. 17. The computer according to claim 15, wherein the computer on the side of the user is an electric / electronic device such as an information home appliance.
Characterized in that it is a device incorporated in electronic equipment,
An information transmission system using the IP address acquisition / classification system according to claim 15. 18. A system using the regional access statistics totaling system according to any one of claims 10 to 14, wherein the processing of totalizing the determined access count statistics for each region is performed by a specific server. Including a process of determining whether access to a file to be performed is large from a specific area, and performing a process of relocating the file determined to be large to another server. Data relocation processing system used. 19. A system using the regional access statistics totaling system according to any one of claims 10 to 14, wherein the processing of totalizing the determined access number statistics for each region is performed by a specific server. Including a process of determining whether the number of downloads of content to be downloaded from a specific region is large, and performing a process of relocating a file determined to be large to another server. Data relocation processing system used. 20. A system using the regional access statistics totaling system according to claim 10, wherein the processing of totalizing the determined access count statistics for each region exists in a specific server. The method includes a process of determining whether the number of uses of the e-commerce system using the file to be used is large from a specific area, and performing a process of relocating the file determined to be large to another server. , A data relocation processing system using a regional access statistics aggregation system.