JP2008046879A - Page display device, page display method, and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily collect information selected from a plurality of Web pages by a user into one page. <P>SOLUTION: The device comprises a Web data selection part 102 making the user select an object to be collectively arranged in one user page and arrangement position thereof; a layout information storage part 121 storing place information showing places on a network and on a Web page where the object selected by the user is present and arrangement position information showing the position of the object concerned in association with a user page on which the object is to be arranged; a selected Web data acquisition part 104 acquiring content information of the object to be arranged on a user page designated by the user based on place information corresponding to the user page; a page reproduction display processing part 103 displaying the user page designated by the user based on the content information of the object to be arranged on the user page and the arrangement position information of the object. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for collecting information from a web page.

  Currently, there are many websites on the Internet, and various kinds of information are disclosed by these websites.

  Internet users can browse these information using a Web browser. In addition, the user may refer to and analyze a plurality of pieces of information in order to investigate a specific matter. In order to refer to a plurality of information, it is necessary to display a plurality of Web pages on a display and select necessary information from the Web pages. Furthermore, the selected information may be arranged in order to make it easier to compare the selected information.

  There is a search engine as means for finding a Web page including information required by a user. The search engine is operated by a so-called search site or ISP (Internet Service Provider).

  In order to enhance the function of the search engine, devices as described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 have been proposed.

  An apparatus described in Patent Document 1 includes a document location search unit that obtains the location of a semi-structured document based on an input query, and a query conversion that converts the query into an expression format of an item corresponding to a search item in the semi-structured document. A document search unit that obtains a semi-structured document by a converted query, item data is extracted from the semi-structured document based on document structure information for separating each item to be extracted, A document processing unit that selects the extracted item data based on attribute information for condition search and sets it as a search result, and a search result conversion unit that converts the search result into an item expression format defined for each user And having.

  The apparatus described in Patent Literature 2 includes a user request receiving unit that receives information related to a user's interest, an HTML acquiring unit that acquires HTML documents from a plurality of sites based on the received information, and an acquired HTML document. A cut-out rule processing mechanism that provides a cut-out rule for performing cut-out processing, a vocabulary information processing mechanism that reads ontologies based on received information and obtains lexical information, and an inference that performs inference operations based on axiom rules Extraction of extracted data object based on HTML document tag based on processing mechanism and extraction rule of extraction rule processing mechanism, lexical information from vocabulary information processing mechanism, inference operation of inference processing mechanism, for acquired HTML document A position information specifying unit.

  In addition, a method of displaying a plurality of Web pages at once has been proposed. The most known method is the frame function of the Web browser. According to such a function, a plurality of Web pages can be arranged in one window of the Web browser. According to a Web browser of a personal computer that supports multi-windows, a plurality of windows can be displayed on the desktop at a time, and a different Web page can be accessed for each window.

Furthermore, Patent Document 3 describes the following method. The posting information collecting unit of the posting information collecting server collects the contents posted on the plurality of electronic bulletin boards existing on the communication network. Next, the information conversion unit converts the collected bulletin board display format into normalized information. Next, the number of posts within the predetermined period is counted for each title from the normalized information by the number-of-posts calculation unit. Finally, the posted information is displayed as a list of the counted contents by field.
JP 2000-348061 A JP 2004-62446 A JP 2002-56013 A

  By the way, when analyzing information using a conventional Web browser, a user has to display a plurality of Web pages and extract only information necessary for analysis from them. In order to collect and browse only the necessary information, it is necessary to manually transfer the information according to the target format. If it does so, a user will be forced very much burden in the operation | work which collects information, and the operation | work which checks whether there is a transcription mistake.

  Analyzing information using a mobile phone terminal is more difficult than using a personal computer because the amount of information on the website for the mobile phone terminal is small. According to some mobile phone terminals, it is possible to refer to a Web site that matches the screen size of the personal computer, but the screen of the mobile phone terminal is small, so it is not suitable for complicated analysis work. In addition, since the mobile phone terminal has poor operability compared to a personal computer, the analysis work time becomes long, and there is a possibility that a large communication fee is generated.

  Whether a personal computer or a mobile phone terminal, the user can prevent the loss of information when he / she wants to continuously track changes over time in various information distributed over a plurality of Web pages. In order to access all these web pages on a regular basis. Therefore, the user is forced to make a huge effort.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily combine information selected by a user from a plurality of Web pages or information that changes over time into one page. .

  The page display device according to the present invention includes an object selection unit that allows a user to select an arrangement object, which is an object to be arranged on one user page, from an existing Web page, and the user for arranging the arrangement object. Arrangement position selection means for allowing the user to select a position on the page, object location information indicating the location on the network and the Web page where the arrangement object selected by the user exists, and arrangement position information indicating the position of the arrangement object Is stored in association with the user page on which the placement object is placed, and content information indicating the content of the placement object placed on the user page designated by the user is stored for the user. The object associated with the page Content information acquisition means acquired based on the object location information stored in the information storage means and the user page specified by the user are arranged on the user page acquired by the content information acquisition means. User page display means for displaying based on the content information of the placement object and the placement position information of the placement object stored in the object information storage means.

  Preferably, the object selection unit causes the user to select, as a keyword, an object whose content does not change even when the Web page is updated, together with the placement object, from the existing Web page, and the object information storage unit includes: As the object location information of the placement object, information indicating the positional relationship between the keyword and the placement object selected by the user together with the placement object from the existing web page and the URL of the web page is stored.

  Alternatively, the object selection unit causes the user to select the placement object and the keyword from existing Web pages described in a markup language, and the object information storage unit includes the keyword and the placement object. The object location information indicating the positional relationship represented by a predetermined code in between is stored.

  Alternatively, an object selection unit that allows the user to select a survey object that is a target of a content transition survey from existing Web pages, and a location on the network and the Web page where the survey object selected by the user exists are shown. Object information storage means for storing object location information, and content information indicating the contents of the placement object placed on the user page specified by the user, the object of the placement object stored in the object information storage means Based on the content information of the survey object acquired by the content information acquisition unit, the content information acquisition unit, which is acquired every predetermined date and time based on the location information, Place and display in one page It characterized by having a a transfer page display means.

  The “object” in the present invention refers to a part, that is, a piece of information such as a character, a character string, an image, or a sound constituting a Web page.

  According to the first, second, fourth, and fifth aspects of the present invention, information selected by the user from a plurality of Web pages can be easily combined into one page. According to invention of Claim 3, the information which changes with progress of time can be put together on one page, and the state of the change can be checked.

  1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the entire network system including the terminal device 1 according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the terminal device 1, and FIG. 3 is a functional configuration of the terminal device 1. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the arrangement of objects in the user page 3PU.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal device 1 according to the present invention can be connected to various Web servers 2 on the Internet via a communication line NW.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal device 1 includes a CPU 10a, a RAM 10b, a ROM 10c, a mass storage device 10d, a display 10e, a keyboard 10f, a pointing device 10g, a LAN card 10h, and the like. As the terminal device 1, a personal computer, a workstation, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile phone terminal, or the like is used.

  The ROM 10c or the large-capacity storage device 10d is installed with a multi-window operating system and a program such as a web browser for receiving web page data from the web server 2 and displaying the web page. Further, a display layout editing unit 101, a Web data selection unit 102, a page reproduction display processing unit 103, a selected Web data acquisition unit 104, an HTML conversion unit 105, a selected Web data automatic collection unit 106, a layout information storage as shown in FIG. A program and data for implementing functions such as the unit 121, the URL index storage unit 122, and the Web data storage unit 123 are installed. These programs and data are loaded into the RAM 10b as necessary, and the programs are executed by the CPU 10a.

  According to each part of the terminal device 1 shown in FIG. 3, the user of the terminal device 1 selects his / her desired objects from a plurality of Web pages, collects these objects on one page as shown in FIG. can do. Hereinafter, the page is referred to as “user page 3PU”. Moreover, the contents of the user page 3PU can be updated as the selection source Web page is updated.

  The user page 3PU has identification information (hereinafter referred to as “page”) for distinguishing it from the other existing user page 3PU when the display layout editing unit 101 described later performs processing for determining the display layout. ID ”)). Furthermore, a name designated by the user (hereinafter referred to as “page name”) is associated.

  Next, with regard to the functions of the respective units of the terminal device 1 shown in FIG. 3, the functions for determining the display layout of the user page 3PU, the functions for reproducing (rendering) the user page 3PU, and the user page 3PU in general A function for displaying with a Web browser and a function for recording update of a Web object will be broadly described.

[Function for determining display layout of user page 3PU]
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the layout editing window WN1 in the middle of editing the display layout of the user page 3PU.

  The display layout editing unit 101 performs processing for editing the display layout of the user page 3PU. That is, processing for determining which object is to be placed at which position is performed.

  The Web data selection unit 102 performs processing for assisting the user in selecting an object to be arranged on the user page 3PU from Web pages published on the Web server 2.

  The layout information storage unit 121 stores and manages information related to the display layout of the user page 3PU.

  Specifically, the display layout editing unit 101 and the Web data selection unit 102 perform object information 7J and selection Web data search related to the display layout of the user page 3PU by performing processing according to the user's operation in the following procedure. The information 7K is registered in the layout information storage unit 121.

  When the user operates the keyboard 10f or the pointing device 10g to input a predetermined command, the display layout editing unit 101 displays a layout editing window WN1 as shown in FIG. 5 on the desktop. The example of FIG. 5 shows a state in the middle of the display layout work. The initial state of the layout editing window WN1 is blank.

  Here, the user can determine the display layout of the user page 3PU by arranging objects in the layout editing window WN1. The user can place various types of objects. Further, the user can select and arrange all or a part of objects in an existing Web page published by the Web server 2, or select and arrange objects stored in the terminal device 1. You can also create and place your own objects. Hereinafter, an object in a Web page and other objects may be described separately from “Web object” and “non-Web object”, respectively.

  User operations and processing contents of the display layout editing unit 101 and the Web data selection unit 102 differ depending on the type of object. This will be described below.

(1) Arrangement of Non-Web Object in Character String FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of object information 7J.

  When arranging a non-Web object of a character string, the user selects a character string button BN11 above the layout editing window WN1 of FIG. 5 with the pointing device 10g, and then designates a position where the object is to be arranged. Then, the display layout editing unit 101 displays a character cursor at that position.

  The user operates the keyboard 10f and directly places a character string therein, thereby arranging a non-Web object of the character string.

  The display layout editing unit 101 generates object information 7J of a non-Web object of a character string arranged by the user in the layout editing window WN1, as shown in FIG. 6A, based on the contents of the above-described operation of the user. This is registered in the layout information storage unit 121.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the object information 7J includes information on three items of “data type”, “data”, and “display position”. “Data type” is information indicating the type of data of the non-Web object, and here indicates the type “character string”. “Data” is data of the non-Web object itself, and indicates character string data (character data, text data) input by the user. For example, when the user inputs a character string “favorite information”, character data “favorite information” is indicated. “Display position” indicates the coordinates of the position in the layout editing window WN1 where the non-Web object is placed by the user. This position also corresponds to the position in the user page 3PU.

  The information items included in the object information 7J vary depending on the type of object and the acquisition source. This will be sequentially described later.

  The object information 7J registered in the layout information storage unit 121 is associated with the page ID of the user page 3PU. Furthermore, an object information ID, which is identification information for identifying the object information 7J from other object information 7J, is associated. The same applies to other object information 7J, which will be described later.

(2) Arrangement of Web Object of Character String FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the web data selection window WN2 when accessing a web page, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the URL input dialog box DL1, and FIG. FIGS. 10A and 10B are diagrams showing examples of dialog boxes DL2, DL5 and DL6, FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of an HTML file of the Web page of FIG. 7, and FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of selected Web data search information 7K.

  Alternatively, the user can select a character string object (Web object) from Web pages published on the Web server 2. In this case, the user clicks the character string button BN11 above the layout editing window WN1 in FIG. 5, displays the character cursor by designating the position where the Web object is arranged in the layout editing window WN1, and then the browser. Click the button BN14.

  Then, the Web data selection unit 102 displays the Web data selection window WN2 as shown in FIG. 7 while leaving the layout editing window WN1 on the desktop. In this Web data selection window WN2, the content of the Web page corresponding to the URL specified by the user is displayed. Further, the user can select a Web object to be arranged on the user page 3PU using the Web data selection window WN2. That is, it can be said that the Web data selection window WN2 is a Web browser dedicated to the work of the display layout of the user page 3PU.

  Note that the example of FIG. 7 shows a state in which any of the Web pages has already been accessed. The initial state of the Web data selection window WN2 is a blank state in which no Web page is accessed. Alternatively, when a home web page (generally called “home page” in many cases) is set in advance, the web page is accessed. Alternatively, the layout editing window WN1 may be displayed after the Web data selection window WN2 is displayed first. In this case, for example, it is desirable to provide a button for calling the layout editing window WN1 in the Web data selection window WN2.

  When the user performs a predetermined operation, the Web data selection unit 102 further displays a URL input dialog box DL1 as shown in FIG. 8 and a keyword designation dialog box DL2 as shown in FIG. 9A on the desktop. The user inputs the URL of the Web page including the Web object to be arranged on the user page 3PU in the text box TX11 provided in the URL input dialog box DL1, and clicks the OK button BN16.

  Then, the Web data selection unit 102 connects to the Web server 2 based on the input URL, downloads an HTML file and an image file of the Web page related to the URL, configures the Web page, and selects Web data. It is displayed on window WN2.

  The user searches the Web object for the character string to be arranged on the user page 3PU from the Web page. Further, a character string (that is, a static character string) that does not change even when the Web page is updated is searched for from the Web page. Such a character string is used as a keyword for searching for a Web object when updating the user page 3PU, as will be described later. Therefore, such a character string is hereinafter referred to as “search keyword”.

  The user specifies the found Web object and search keyword by the following method. For example, it is assumed that “sunny” and “weather forecast” are found as Web objects and search keywords from the Web page of FIG.

  When the user performs a predetermined operation, the Web data selection unit 102 switches the input mode of the terminal device 1 to the keyword input mode. Here, the user designates the character string as the search keyword, that is, “weather forecast” by dragging. Then, the Web data selection unit 102 automatically inputs the character string in the text box TX21 of the keyword specification dialog box DL2 in FIG. 9A.

  When the user clicks the OK button BN21, the Web data selection unit 102 switches the input mode of the terminal device 1 to the object input mode. Here, the user designates the character string as a Web object, that is, “sunny” by dragging.

  Then, the web data selection unit 102 accepts the character string as a web object and accepts the character string already input in the text box TX21 as a search keyword. The user preferably selects a character string related to the Web object, near the Web object, and unique within the Web page as a search keyword.

  Further, the Web data selection unit 102 analyzes the position of the received Web object in the HTML description based on the received search keyword. That is, the relative relationship in the HTML description between the search keyword and the Web object is analyzed. More specifically, when viewed from the search keyword, the Web object is located either in the upward direction (starting direction of the page) or the downward direction (ending direction of the page), and a predetermined interval between the Web object. Analyze the relative relationship by investigating the number of tags.

  For example, if the Web page is described in HTML as shown in FIG. 10, the Web object “sunny” is located downward when viewed from the search keyword “weather forecast”, and the search keyword and Web Information on the relative relationship that two “<BR>” tags exist with the object is obtained by the analysis processing of the Web data selection unit 102.

  Then, the display layout editing unit 101 generates selected Web data search information 7K and object information 7J for the Web object based on the information specified by the user and the information obtained by the Web data selection unit 102, and generates a layout information storage unit. 121 is registered.

  Web object selection Web data search information 7K is information for searching the Web object data selected by the user (hereinafter referred to as “selected Web data”) from the Internet when the user page 3PU is constructed. As shown in FIG. 11A, information on four items “URL”, “data type”, “search keyword”, and “search information” is included.

  “URL” indicates the URL of the Web page including the Web object, that is, the URL input by the user in the text box TX16 of the URL input dialog box DL1. “Data type” is information indicating the type of data of the Web object, and here indicates the type of “character string”. “Search keyword” indicates a search keyword specified together with the Web object, that is, a search keyword input in the text box TX21 of the keyword specification dialog box DL2. “Search information” indicates position information of the Web object obtained by the analysis processing of the Web data selection unit 102 based on the search keyword.

  The selected Web data search information 7K is associated with identification information (hereinafter referred to as “search information ID”) for identification with other selected Web data search information 7K. The same applies to other selected Web data search information 7K described later.

  As described above, the selected Web data search information 7K is information for searching selected Web data of a Web object, and therefore there is no selected Web data search information 7K related to a non-Web object.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6B, the object information 7J of the Web object includes information on three items of “data type”, “data”, and “display position”. “Data type” is information indicating the type of data of the Web object, and here indicates the type “selected Web data”. “Data” indicates the search information ID of the selected Web data search information 7K of the Web object. That is, a link to the selected Web data search information 7K is shown. “Display position” indicates the coordinates of the position in the layout editing window WN1 where the user placed the Web object.

  Selection of Web Object Before or after or in parallel with the process of registering the Web data search information 7K and the object information 7J, the display layout editing unit 101 positions the Web object in the layout editing window WN1 by the user. To show to the user.

(3) Arrangement of Non-Web Object in Image FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the image file selection dialog box DL3.

  When arranging the non-Web object of the image, the user selects the image button BN12 above the layout editing window WN1 in FIG. 5, and then designates the position in the layout editing window WN1 where it is to be placed. Then, the display layout editing unit 101 displays an image file selection dialog box DL3 as shown in FIG. 12 on the desktop.

  The user inputs a storage location and a file name (that is, a path) of a non-Web object file (image file) of an image to be arranged in the text box TX31, and clicks an OK button BN31.

  Then, the display layout editing unit 101 calls the file, arranges the non-Web object of the image at the position specified by the user in the layout editing window WN1, and makes the user see it.

  Further, the display layout editing unit 101 generates object information 7J of the non-Web object as shown in FIG. 6C and registers it in the layout information storage unit 121. This object information 7J includes information on the following three items.

  The “data type” is information indicating the type of data of the non-Web object, and here indicates the type “image”. “Data” indicates the path of the non-Web object. The image file itself of the non-Web object may be used instead of the path. “Display position” indicates the coordinates of the position in the layout editing window WN1 where the non-Web object is placed by the user.

(4) Table Object FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the table information input dialog box DL4, FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the layout editing window WN1 when an empty table is arranged, and FIG. 15 is a diagram of the cell list information 7C. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Web data selection window WN2 when accessing a Web page, and FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of the contents of an HTML file of the Web page in FIG.

  When arranging the table object, the user selects the table button BN13 above the layout editing window WN1 in FIG. 5, and then designates the position in the layout editing window WN1 where the object is to be arranged. Then, the display layout editing unit 101 displays a table information input dialog box DL4 as shown in FIG. 13 on the desktop.

  The user inputs the number of rows and columns of the table in the text boxes TX41 and TX42, and clicks an OK button BN41. Then, as shown in FIG. 14, the display layout editing unit 101 generates a table of the number of rows and the number of columns specified by the user, and arranges it at the position specified by the user in the layout editing window WN1.

  The user can directly input a character string into a cell constituting the table, or can quote a character string in a Web page. That is, both non-Web objects and Web objects can be placed in a cell. Thus, it can be said that the objects in the table are a combination of a plurality of Web objects or non-Web objects.

  Further, the display layout editing unit 101 generates cell list information 7C and object information 7J for the objects in the table and registers them in the layout information storage unit 121.

  In the cell list information 7C, as shown in FIG. 15, items of “data type” and “content” are provided for each cell of the table, and data relating to objects arranged in each cell is stored. These fields are initially empty. The cell list information 7C is associated with identification information (hereinafter referred to as “cell list information ID”) for identifying the other cell list information 7C.

  The table object information 7J includes information as shown in FIG. The “data type” is information indicating the type of data of the object, and here indicates the type “table”. “Display position” indicates the coordinates of the position in the layout editing window WN1 where the user placed the object of the table. “Number of rows, number of columns” indicates the number of rows and columns of the table specified by the user in the table information input dialog box DL4. “Cell list information ID” indicates the cell list information ID of the cell list information 7C of the object of the table.

  When the user arranges a non-Web object in a cell, the user may click on the cell to select it and directly enter a character string with the keyboard 10f. Then, the display layout editing unit 101 stores the character string in the “content” item corresponding to the cell in the cell list information 7C, and the information indicating the type in the “data type” item (that is, “character”). Information).

  On the other hand, when placing a Web object in a cell, the user clicks the cell to select it, and then clicks the browser button BN14. Then, the Web data selection unit 102 displays a Web data selection window WN2, a URL input dialog box DL1 as shown in FIG. 8, and a keyword designation dialog box DL5 as shown in FIG. 9B on the desktop. Here, for example, it is assumed that the user specifies the URL of the Web page including the Web object, and the Web data selection unit 102 accesses the Web page as shown in FIG.

  The user searches the table included in the Web page for the Web object of the character string to be placed in the table cell of the layout editing window WN1. Then, a character string (for example, a table title positioned before and after the table; hereinafter referred to as “table keyword”) as a search keyword of the table, an item name of the row to which the Web object belongs (hereinafter referred to as “row keyword”). ”, The column number to which the row keyword belongs (hereinafter referred to as“ row keyword column number ”), and the item name of the column to which the Web object belongs (hereinafter referred to as“ column keyword ”). ) And the number of the row to which the column keyword belongs (hereinafter referred to as “column keyword row number”) are respectively designated in the text boxes TX51 to TX55. Then, an OK button BN51 is clicked.

  For example, when a Web object having a character string “198,000” in the third row and third column in the table of FIG. 16 is arranged, a table keyword “PC popularity ranking”, a row keyword “PC B”, “ A row keyword column number “2”, a column keyword “price”, and a column keyword row number “1” are input and specified.

  In the same way as the search keyword input method in FIG. 9A described above, the user inputs the character strings “PC popularity ranking”, “PC B”, and “Price” in the Web data selection window WN2. By sequentially dragging, input to the text boxes TX51, TX52, and TX54 can be performed. Further, the Web data selection unit 102 obtains the row keyword column number and the column keyword row number based on the position dragged by the user, and automatically inputs the respective numbers in the text boxes TX53 and TX54. Note that the dialog boxes for inputting (specifying) these five items may be prepared separately instead of being combined into one as in the keyword specifying dialog box DL5.

  When the OK button BN51 is clicked, the Web data selection unit 102 analyzes the position of the table to which the Web object belongs in the HTML description based on the table keyword. Specifically, the table is positioned either upward or downward when viewed from the table keyword, and the “<TABLE>” tag of the table counting from the table keyword is the number “<TABLE>”. The relative relationship is analyzed by investigating whether it is a tag or not.

  For example, when the Web page is described in HTML as shown in FIG. 17, the table is positioned upward when viewed from the table keyword “PC popularity ranking”, and “<TABLE>” in the table is located. Information on the relative relationship that the tag is the first one is obtained by the analysis processing of the Web data selection unit 102.

  Based on the information specified by the user and the information obtained by the Web data selection unit 102, the display layout editing unit 101 generates object information 7J and selected Web data search information 7K of the cell in which the Web object is placed, They are registered in the layout information storage unit 121.

  For example, the user places the Web object of the character string “198,000” in the third row and third column in the table in FIG. 16 in the second row and second column in the table in which the layout is arranged in the layout editing window WN1 in FIG. When the operation of arranging in the cell is performed, the display layout editing unit 101 generates the selected Web data search information 7K as shown in FIG. 11B and the object information 7J as shown in FIG. .

  The “URL” of the selected Web data search information 7K indicates the URL of the Web page including the Web object, that is, the URL input by the user in the text box TX16 of the URL input dialog box DL1. “Data type” is information indicating the type of data of the Web object, and here indicates the type “table” in view of the meaning of a part of the table. “Table keyword”, “Row keyword column number”, “Row keyword”, “Column keyword row number”, and “Column keyword” are respectively the table keyword and row keyword column number specified by the user in the keyword specification dialog box DL2. , Row keyword, column keyword row number, and column keyword. “Search information” indicates position information of a table including the Web object based on the table keyword obtained by the analysis processing of the Web data selection unit 102.

  On the other hand, the “data type” of the object information 7J of this cell indicates the data type of the Web object arranged in the cell. Here, the type “selected Web data” is shown. “Data” indicates the search information ID of the selected Web data search information 7K of the Web object. That is, a link to the selected Web data search information 7K is shown.

  Further, the display layout editing unit 101 stores the object information ID of the object information 7J in the “content” item column corresponding to the cell in the cell list information 7C (see FIG. 15), and the “data type”. The type of “link” is stored in the item column.

  The object information 7J, the selected Web data search information 7K, and the cell list information 7C related to the user page 3PU are registered in the layout information storage unit 121 by the user operation and the processing of each unit of the terminal device 1 described above. Thereby, the display layout of the user page 3PU is determined.

  18 and 19 are flowcharts for explaining an example of a user operation for the display layout of the user page 3PU of FIG. 4 and a processing flow of the terminal device 1. FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of the user page table TLU. It is.

  Next, referring to the flowcharts of FIGS. 18 and 19, the flow of user operations and processing of the terminal device 1 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. explain.

  The user performs the following work in order to determine his / her user page 3PU to the display layout as shown in FIG. First, the layout editing window WN1 and the Web data selection window WN2 are displayed on the desktop (# 301, # 302 in FIG. 18).

  The user selects a position in the layout editing window WN1 where a non-Web object having a character string “favorite information” is to be placed, and inputs the character string at that position (# 303). Then, the display layout editing unit 101 of the terminal device 1 generates object information 7J (see FIG. 6A) related to the non-Web object and registers it in the layout information storage unit 121 (# 304).

  Similarly, the user places a non-Web object having a character string “favorite information” and a non-Web object having a character string “Today's Fukuoka weather” at positions determined by the user (# 305, # 307). ). Then, the display layout editing unit 101 similarly generates object information 7J for each of these two non-Web objects and registers them in the layout information storage unit 121 (# 306, # 308).

  The user selects a position where a non-Web object of an image composed of a circle, a rectangle, and a triangle is to be arranged, and displays an image file selection dialog box DL3 (see FIG. 12) to display data of the non-Web object, that is, an image file. Is specified (# 309, # 310). Then, the display layout editing unit 101 generates object information 7J (see FIG. 6C) related to the non-Web object and registers it in the layout information storage unit 121 (# 311).

  The user selects the position where the table object is to be placed and displays the table information input dialog box DL4 (see FIG. 13) to specify the number of rows and columns of the table (# 312 and # 313). Then, the display layout editing unit 101 generates cell list information 7C (see FIG. 15) and object information 7J (FIG. 6D) of the objects in the table, and registers them in the layout information storage unit 121 (# 314, # 315). At this point, the “data type” and “content” items of the cell list information 7C are all blank.

  A Web object or a non-Web object can be placed in each cell of the table.

  Here, the Web data selection unit 102 of the terminal device 1 is activated in order to assist the user in arranging the Web objects (# 316).

  The user displays the URL input dialog box DL1 (see FIG. 8) (# 317), and designates a predetermined URL thereto, thereby causing the terminal device 1 to access the Web page as shown in FIG. 7 (# 318). At this time, the terminal apparatus 1 receives an HTML file or the like as shown in FIG.

  Here, the user displays the keyword specifying dialog box DL2 (see FIG. 9A) (# 319), and specifies the Web object that currently indicates the character string “sunny” and the search keyword for searching for it. (# 320). At this time, the position where the Web object is arranged is also designated.

  Then, the Web data selection unit 102 analyzes the positional relationship between the Web object and the search keyword (# 322), and the display layout editing unit 101 selects the Web object selection Web data search information 7K (FIG. 11A). And the object information 7J (see FIG. 6B) are generated and registered in the layout information storage unit 121 (# 323 and # 324 in FIG. 19).

  The user arranges a Web object or a non-Web object in each cell of the table arranged in Step # 313 as follows.

  By specifying a predetermined URL in the URL input dialog box DL1, the terminal apparatus 1 is made to access a Web page as shown in FIG. 16 (# 325). At this time, the terminal device 1 receives an HTML file or the like as shown in FIG. Then, the user displays the keyword designation dialog box DL5 (see FIG. 9B) (# 326).

  Here, the non-Web objects of the character strings “product name”, “price”, “CPU”, and “HDD” are input to the cells in the first to fourth columns of the table arranged in the layout editing window WN1. The non-Web objects of the character strings “PC B”, “2.0 GHz”, and “100 GB” are input and arranged in the cells in the first, third, and fourth columns of the second row. Non-Web objects of character strings “PC C”, “1.2 GHz”, and “60 GB” are input and arranged in the cells in the first, third, and fourth columns of the row (# 327). The specifications of the CPU and HDD (hard disk) are checked in advance.

  Then, the display layout editing unit 101 sets the characters arranged (input) to the “content” item corresponding to each of these 10 cells in the cell list information 7C (see FIG. 15) of the table. The data of the column itself is stored, and the type of “character string” is stored in the item of “data type” corresponding to each (# 328).

  Further, the user places a Web object indicating the price of the personal computer B and a Web object indicating the price of the personal computer C in the cell in the second row and the second column and the cell in the third row and the second column, respectively (# 329). .

  Specifically, when placing a Web object indicating the price of the personal computer B, after selecting the cell in the second row and the second column, the “PC popularity ranking” in the text boxes TX51 to TX55 of the keyword designation dialog box DL5. Table keyword, “PC B” row keyword, “2” row keyword column number, “price” column keyword, and “1” column keyword row number. Similarly, when a Web object indicating the price of the personal computer C is arranged, a table keyword “PC popularity ranking”, a line keyword “PC C”, “2” are displayed in the text boxes TX51 to TX55 of the keyword specification dialog box DL5. The row keyword column number “,” the column keyword “price”, and the column keyword row number “1” are input.

  The Web data selection unit 102 analyzes the positional relationship between the table and the table keyword in the Web page to which the Web object arranged in the table of the layout editing window WN1 belongs (# 330). The display layout editing unit 101 generates selected Web data search information 7K (see FIG. 11B) and object information 7J (see FIG. 6E) for each Web object, and registers them in the layout information storage unit 121. (# 331, # 332). Furthermore, the object information ID of the object information 7J of each cell registered in the layout information storage unit 121 is stored in the “content” item corresponding to each of these two cells in the cell list information 7C (see FIG. 15). (# 333).

  With the above processing, the operation and processing of the display layout of the user page 3PU shown in FIG. 4 are completed. Information about the page ID and page name of the user page 3PU is stored in the user page table TLU as shown in FIG. The user page table TLU is managed by the layout information storage unit 121. The display layout editing unit 101 issues the page ID of the user page 3PU by the time the processing of step # 304 in FIG. 18 is started at the latest. The user designates a page name for the terminal device 1 before, during or after the processing described with reference to FIGS. 18 and 19.

  Alternatively, the object information 7J, the selected Web data search information 7K, and the cell list information 7C related to one user page 3PU obtained by the processing of FIGS. 18 and 19 are collected in one file and stored in the layout information storage unit 121. You may register (save).

  Further, the user can register various types of user pages 3PU in the terminal device 1 in advance.

  The user page table TLU also stores page ID and page name information of the transition page 3PS described later.

[Functions for reproducing user page 3PU]
The page reproduction display processing unit 103 and the selected Web data acquisition unit 104 in FIG. 3 perform processing for reproducing and displaying the user page 3PU based on the information stored in the layout information storage unit 121.

  The page reproduction display processing unit 103 displays a list of user pages 3PU in which information related to the display layout is stored in the layout information storage unit 121 based on the user page table TLU of FIG. Then, the user page 3PU selected by the user from the list is reproduced by arranging the objects constituting the user page 3PU at a predetermined position, and displayed on the desktop.

  As a result of the processing of the display layout editing unit 101 and the Web data selection unit 102 described above, the layout information storage unit 121 has one or more pieces of object information associated with the page ID related to the user page 3PU selected by the user. 7J is stored. The page reproduction display processing unit 103 uses the object information 7J, the selected Web data search information 7K and the cell list information 7C associated with the object information 7J, and the Web page data published on the Web server 2 for the user. Page 3PU is reproduced as follows.

  The page reproduction display processing unit 103 first virtualizes a blank page. Then, in cooperation with the selected Web data acquisition unit 104 as necessary, the objects constituting the user page 3PU are reproduced by the following methods (A) to (D) and arranged on the page.

(A) Reproduction and Arrangement of Non-Web Object of Character String The page reproduction display processing unit 103 uses the object information 7J of the non-Web object of the character string of the user page 3PU to be reproduced (see FIG. 6A). Called from the layout information storage unit 121. That is, the object information 7J whose “data type” is “character string” is called. Then, the character string indicated by the “data” of the object information 7J is arranged at the position indicated by the “display position” of the object information 7J in the page.

  When a plurality of such object information 7J is stored, the above processing is performed for each.

(B) Reproduction and Arrangement of Non-Web Object of Image The page reproduction display processing unit 103 receives the object information 7J (see FIG. 6C) of the non-Web object of the image of the user page 3PU from the layout information storage unit 121. call. That is, the object information 7J whose “data type” is “image” is called. Further, the image file is called based on the path indicated by “data” of the object information 7J. Then, the image related to the called image file is reproduced and arranged at the position indicated by the “display position” of the object information 7J.

  When a plurality of such object information 7J is stored, the above processing is performed for each.

(C) Reproduction and arrangement of Web object of character string not arranged in the table The page reproduction display processing unit 103 is a Web object of the character string of the user page 3PU but is not arranged in the cell of the table. The object information 7J (see FIG. 6B) is called from the layout information storage unit 121. That is, the object information 7J in which the “data type” is “selected Web data” and the item “display position” is provided is called. The selected Web data search information 7K (see FIG. 11A) corresponding to the search information ID indicated by “data” is called.

  The selected Web data acquisition unit 104 accesses the Web page related to the URL indicated by “URL” of the selected Web data search information 7K. A Web object to be arranged is searched from the Web page based on “search keyword” and “search information”. That is, first, the character string of the search keyword indicated by “search keyword” is searched from the HTML file (see FIG. 10) of the Web page. The Web object to be arranged is searched by following the HTML file from the position of the searched search keyword according to the information indicated by “search information”.

  Then, the page reproduction display processing unit 103 arranges the Web object of the searched character string at the position indicated by “display position” of the object information 7J. Note that the Web object data obtained by the search processing by the selected Web data acquisition unit 104 is stored in the Web data storage unit 123. When the page reproduction display processing unit 103 reproduces the same user page 3PU again, the page reproduction display processing unit 103 stores the Web data instead of performing the process of receiving the HTML file from the Web server 2 and the process of searching for the Web object therefrom. Data stored in the unit 123 may be used.

  When a plurality of such object information 7J is stored, the above processing is performed for each.

(D) Reproduction and Arrangement of Table Object The page reproduction display processing unit 103 calls the object information 7J of the table object of the user page 3PU (see FIG. 6D) from the layout information storage unit 121. That is, the object information 7J whose “data type” is “table” is called. A table of the number of rows and the number of columns shown in the “number of rows, the number of columns” of the object information 7J is generated and arranged at the position shown in the “display position”. At this point, all the cells in the arranged table are blank.

  The cell list information 7C (see FIG. 15) corresponding to the cell list information ID indicated in the “cell list information ID” is called from the layout information storage unit 121.

  Among the cells of the arranged table, the character string indicated by “content” in the same row is arranged in the cell whose information indicated by “data type” of the cell list information 7C is “character string”. When there are a plurality of such cells, the process is performed for each.

  On the other hand, among the cells in the arranged table, the Web object is arranged in the following procedure in the cell whose information shown in the “data type” of the cell list information 7C is “link”.

  The object information 7J (see FIG. 6E) corresponding to the object information ID indicated in “content” is called from the layout information storage unit 121. The selected Web data search information 7K (see FIG. 11B) corresponding to the search information ID indicated in the “data” of the object information 7J is called from the layout information storage unit 121.

  The selected Web data acquisition unit 104 accesses the Web page related to the URL indicated by “URL” of the selected Web data search information 7K. Based on the “table keyword” and “search information”, the table to which the arrangement-target Web object belongs is searched from the Web page. The table retrieval method is the same as in the case of (C) above.

  When the table is found, the selected Web data acquisition unit 104 uses the information shown in the “row keyword column number”, “row keyword”, “column keyword row number”, and “column keyword”. The Web object to be arranged is searched from. That is, the keyword (character string) indicated by the “row keyword” is found from the column number indicated by the “row keyword column number”, and the “column keyword” is selected from the row number indicated by the “column keyword row number”. The keyword (character string) indicated by "is found. The object of the character string stored in the cell where the row to which the keyword indicated by “row keyword” belongs and the keyword indicated by “column keyword” intersect is selected as the Web object to be arranged.

  Then, the page reproduction display processing unit 103 arranges the selected Web object in the arrangement destination cell.

  When there are a plurality of cells whose information shown in the “data type” of the cell list information 7C is “link”, the above processing is performed for each of the cells. Note that the Web object data obtained by the selected Web data acquisition unit 104 is stored in the Web data storage unit 123 as in the case of (C) described above. The page reproduction display processing unit 103 can use the data again when reproducing the same user page 3PU.

  Further, when a plurality of object information 7J of the objects in the table are stored, the above processing is performed for each.

  FIG. 21 and FIG. 22 are flowcharts for explaining an example of the user operation for reproducing the user page 3PU of FIG. 4 and the processing flow of the terminal device 1, and FIG. 23 is the contents of the HTML file of the updated Web page. FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an example of the display of the updated Web page, FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating an example of the content of the HTML file of the updated Web page, and FIG. 26 is a display of the updated Web page. FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an example of a user page 3PU reproduced based on the latest Web page.

  Next, taking the case of reproducing the user page 3PU shown in FIG. 4 as an example, the user operation and the flow of processing of the terminal device 1 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIG. 21 and FIG.

  When the user performs a predetermined operation, the page reproduction display processing unit 103 displays a dialog box for selecting the user page 3PU in which the user page table TLU (see FIG. 20) is arranged (# 341). Here, the user selects a user page 3PU to be browsed. When receiving the selection by the user (# 342), the page reproduction display processing unit 103 performs a process for reproducing the user page 3PU in cooperation with the selected Web data acquisition unit 104.

  The page reproduction display processing unit 103 first virtualizes a blank page (# 343). The object information 7J (see FIG. 6A) associated with the page ID of the user page 3PU and related to the non-Web object of the character string is called from the layout information storage unit 121 (# 344). In the virtual page, the character string indicated by the “data” of the object information 7J is arranged at the position indicated by the “display position” of the object information 7J (# 345). Thereby, non-Web objects of character strings of “favorite information”, “PC price trend”, and “today's Fukuoka weather” are arranged.

  The object information 7J (see FIG. 6C) associated with the page ID of the user page 3PU and related to the non-Web object of the image is called from the layout information storage unit 121 (# 346). The image file is called based on the path indicated by the “data” of the object information 7J, and the image related to the called image file is reproduced and arranged at the position indicated by the “display position” of the object information 7J (# 347). ). Thereby, the non-Web object of the image comprised by a circle, a rectangle, and a triangle is arrange | positioned.

  The layout information storage unit 121 stores the object information 7J (see FIG. 6B) of the Web object that is associated with the page ID of the user page 3PU and that is related to the Web object of the character string but is not arranged in the table cell. And the selected Web data search information 7K (see FIG. 11A) corresponding to the search information ID indicated in the “data” of the object information 7J is called (# 348).

  The selected Web data acquisition unit 104 accesses the Web page related to the URL indicated by “URL” of the selected Web data search information 7K. That is, the HTML file of the Web page is downloaded from the Web server 2 (# 349). In general, the contents of Web pages are often updated. Here, it is assumed that the HTML file of FIG. 23 has been acquired. According to this HTML file, a Web page as shown in FIG. 24 can be reproduced. Comparing FIG. 24 and FIG. 7, it can be seen that the Web page accessed this time has been updated.

  The page reproduction display processing unit 103 searches for Web objects to be arranged on the page prepared in step # 343 as follows. From the downloaded HTML file of FIG. 23, the character string of the search keyword indicated by the “search keyword” of the selected Web data search information 7K is searched (# 350).

  Further, the Web object to be arranged is searched by following the HTML file as indicated by the “search information” from the position of the searched search keyword (# 351). For example, according to the selected Web data search information 7K in FIG. 11A, the second “<BR>” tag is searched downward from the character string “weather forecast”. Then, a character string from immediately after that to a predetermined tag (for example, the next “<BR>” tag) is extracted as a Web object to be arranged. Thereby, a Web object having a character string “rain” is searched.

  Then, the page reproduction display processing unit 103 arranges the searched Web object of the character string “rain” at the position indicated by “display position” of the object information 7J (# 352).

  The page reproduction display processing unit 103 calls the object information 7J (see FIG. 6D) of the table object associated with the page ID of the user page 3PU from the layout information storage unit 121 (# 353). . A table of the number of rows and the number of columns shown in the “number of rows and columns” of the object information 7J is generated and arranged at the position shown in the “display position” (# 354).

  The cell list information 7C (see FIG. 15) corresponding to the cell list information ID indicated in the “cell list information ID” of the object information 7J is called from the layout information storage unit 121 (# 355). A character string indicated by “content” in the same row is arranged in a cell whose information indicated by “data type” is “character string” (# 356). Accordingly, “product name”, “price”, “CPU”, “HDD”, “PC B”, “2.0 GHz”, “100 GB”, “PC C”, “1.2 GHz”, and “60 GB” The non-Web object of each character string is arranged in a predetermined cell.

  Web objects are arranged in the following procedure in the cell whose information shown in the “data type” of the cell list information 7C is “link”.

  The object information 7J corresponding to the object information ID indicated in “content” (see FIG. 6E) is called, and the selected Web data search information corresponding to the search information ID indicated in “data” of the object information 7J. 7K (see FIG. 11B) is called (# 357).

  The selected Web data acquisition unit 104 accesses the Web page related to the URL indicated by “URL” of the selected Web data search information 7K. That is, the HTML file of the Web page is downloaded from the Web server 2 (# 358). Here, it is assumed that the HTML file of FIG. 25 is acquired. According to this HTML file, a Web page as shown in FIG. 26 can be reproduced. Comparing FIG. 26 and FIG. 16, it can be seen that the Web page accessed this time has been updated.

  The page reproduction display processing unit 103 searches the Web page for a Web object to be arranged in the cell generated in Step # 354.

  That is, first, the character string of the table keyword indicated by the “table keyword” in the object information 7J is searched from the downloaded HTML file (# 359).

  Further, the table to which the Web object to be arranged belongs is searched by following the HTML file as indicated by the “search information” from the position of the searched table keyword (# 360). For example, according to the selected Web data search information 7K in FIG. 11B, the first “<TABLE>” tag is searched upward from the character string “PC popularity ranking”. Then, the table immediately after that is extracted as a table to which the Web object to be arranged belongs.

  Based on the information shown in the “row keyword column number”, “row keyword”, “column keyword row number”, and “column keyword” of the selected Web data search information 7K from the extracted table, the Web to be arranged Search for an object.

  In other words, the keyword (character string) indicated by the “row keyword” is found from the column number indicated by the “row keyword column number” (# 361), and the column of the row number indicated by the “column keyword line number” is found. The keyword (character string) indicated by the “column keyword” is found from (# 362). In the example of FIG. 11B, “PC B” is found from the second column and “price” is found from the first row.

  The character string object stored in the cell where the row to which the keyword indicated by “row keyword” belongs and the keyword indicated by “column keyword” intersect is selected as the Web object to be arranged (# 363). As a result, the Web object having the character string “158,000” is selected (searched).

  The entire position of this table can be known by the “<TABLE>” tag and the corresponding “</ TABLE>” tag. The row number can be found by counting the “</ TR>” tag or the “</ TR>” tag, and the column number can be found by counting the “<TD>” tag or the “</ TD>” tag.

  Then, the page reproduction display processing unit 103 arranges the Web object in a cell corresponding to each of the tables generated in Step # 354 (# 364).

  According to the example of the cell list information 7C in FIG. 15, the table generated in step # 354 has another cell in which the Web object is to be arranged. Therefore, in order to place a Web object in the cell, the same processing as steps # 358 to # 364 is performed (# 365 to # 371).

  However, if the Web page including the table to which the Web object belongs is the same as the Web page accessed in Step # 358, the processing in Step # 365 is omitted, and the Web page data obtained in Step # 358 is used. Can be used. Furthermore, when the table to which the Web object belongs is the same as the table searched in step # 359, the process in step # 366 can be omitted and the search result in step # 359 can be used.

  The user page 3PU is reproduced by the above processing. However, this user page 3PU may be updated from the state of FIG. 4 as shown in FIG. The page reproduction display processing unit 103 displays the reproduced user page 3PU on the desktop. Thus, according to the terminal device 1, the user page 3PU reflecting the dynamic object (Web object) in the Web page published on the Web server 2 can be reproduced and displayed.

[Function for displaying the user page 3PU with a general Web browser]
FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an example of the URL index table TLI, and FIG. 29 is a diagram showing an example of an HTML file of the user page 3PU in FIG.

  The HTML conversion unit 105 in FIG. 3 generates an HTML file of the user page 3PU so that the user page 3PU for which the display layout is set by the display layout editing unit 101 can be displayed by a general Web browser. Process to do. Such processing is performed, for example, by the following method.

  The object information 7J, the selected Web data search information 7K, and the cell list information 7C related to the user page 3PU for which the display layout is set by the display layout editing unit 101 are collected in one file. Hereinafter, this file is referred to as a “layout information file”. A URL is given to the user page 3PU. Then, the file name of the layout information file and information indicating the URL are stored in the URL index table TLI of FIG. The layout information file and the URL index table TLI are stored in the URL index storage unit 122.

  When a user specifies any URL stored in the URL index table TLI to a general Web browser, the Web browser sends an HTML file acquisition request corresponding to the URL to the HTML conversion unit 105. Send.

  Then, the HTML conversion unit 105 refers to the URL index table TLI and calls the layout information file corresponding to the URL related to the acquisition request from the URL index storage unit 122. The display layout editing unit 101 reproduces the user page 3PU based on the layout information file. Then, the user page 3PU is converted into an HTML file as shown in FIG. 29, which is given to the requesting Web browser. The Web browser displays the user page 3PU with a display layout substantially the same as the user page 3PU displayed by the page reproduction display processing unit 103.

  The page reproduction display processing unit 103 described above displayed the display image of the user page 3PU as it is based on the object information 7J, the selected Web data search information 7K, the cell list information 7C, and the like. On the other hand, the HTML conversion unit 105 converts the display image into an HTML file and outputs it.

  In the present embodiment, the terminal device 1 served as a server that delivers a Web page having the same content as the user page 3PU. However, a Web server is installed in the Internet or LAN, and selected Web data is acquired on the Web server. The processing of the unit 104, the display layout editing unit 101, and the URL index storage unit 122 may be executed.

  Alternatively, it may be designed so that a Web page having the same content as the user page 3PU can be reproduced by a client application such as a JAVA (registered trademark) applet.

  An HTML file of the user page 3PU suitable for the screen size of the mobile phone terminal may be generated by the terminal device 1 which is a personal computer and used in the mobile phone terminal.

[Web object update recording function]
FIG. 30 is a diagram showing an example of the transition page 3PS, FIG. 31 is a diagram showing an example of the layout editing window WN1 in the middle of editing the display layout of the transition page 3PS, and FIG. 32 is a list of table cells arranged on the transition page 3PS. FIG. 33 is a diagram showing an example of the information 7C and the object information 7J, and FIG. 33 is a diagram showing an example of the selection Web data search information 7K and the object information 7J constituting the table arranged on the transition page 3PS.

  The selected Web data automatic collection unit 106 in FIG. 3 periodically collects Web object data. By using such a function, it is possible to generate a page in which the transition (change) of a specific Web object published on the Web page is recorded as shown in FIG. Hereinafter, this page is referred to as “transition page 3PS”.

  Next, a user operation for display layout setting and reproduction of the transition page 3PS and processing of each unit of the terminal device 1 will be described.

  The user activates a dedicated Web browser, that is, a layout editing window WN1. Then, for the layout editing window WN1, the items to be checked for transition and the display layout are set. Specifically, for example, in order to obtain the transition page 3PS as shown in FIG. 30C for the price of the personal computer B described in the Web page of FIG. 16, the user performs the following operation to perform the terminal device: Each unit 1 performs the following processing.

  As shown in FIG. 31, the user arranges a table of 8 rows and 2 columns at a desired position in the layout editing window WN1. The method of specifying the table position and the number of matrices is as described above with reference to FIG.

  Then, the display layout editing unit 101 generates cell list information 7C as shown in FIG. 32A and object information 7J as shown in FIG. 32B, and registers these in the layout information storage unit 121. At this time, “data type” and “content” for each cell in the cell list information 7C are blank.

  The user inputs and arranges a non-Web object having a character string “date” in the cell of the first row and the first column. That is, a fixed character string object is arranged. Then, the display layout editing unit 101 stores information “character string” and “date” input by the user in the “data type” and “content” fields corresponding to the cell in the cell list information 7C, respectively. Is stored. Leave the “Acquired date and time” field blank.

  Further, the user sequentially inputs and arranges a non-Web object of a character string “price” in the cell in the first row and the second column, and “6/11” in each cell in the first column in the second to eighth rows. A non-Web object having a character string of “6/17” is input and arranged. Then, the display layout editing unit 101 stores the information in the column corresponding to these non-Web objects in the cell list information 7C, as in the case of the “date” non-Web objects.

  The user inputs and arranges a non-Web object having a character string “Price transition of personal computer B” above the table. Then, the display layout editing unit 101 generates object information 7J related to the non-Web object and registers it in the layout information storage unit 121.

  The user places a Web object related to the price of the personal computer B described in the Web page in FIG. 16 on June 11 to 17 in each cell in the second column of the second to eighth rows. Here, the user arranges these Web objects using the URL input dialog box DL1 in FIG. 8 and the keyword designation dialog box DL6 in FIG. 9C.

  That is, the user first displays a URL input dialog box DL1 and a keyword specification dialog box DL6 on the desktop by performing a predetermined operation. The URL of the Web page shown in FIG. 16 is input to the URL input dialog box DL1, and the Web page is accessed.

  Here, the following operation is performed for the price of the personal computer B on June 11th. After clicking the cell in the second row and the second column to make it active, as in the case of the keyword specifying dialog box DL5 described above with reference to FIG. 9B, the text boxes TX61 to TX65 in the keyword specifying dialog box DL6 are displayed. The table keyword, the row keyword, the row keyword column number, the column keyword, and the column keyword row number relating to the cell of the price “198,000” of the personal computer B in the table of the Web page are respectively input and designated.

  Further, in the text box TX66, the date and time (hereinafter referred to as “acquired acquisition date and time”) for acquiring the Web object, that is, the price information of the personal computer B on June 11, is input and designated.

  Then, the display layout editing unit 101 generates Web object selection Web data search information 7K and object information 7J to be arranged in the cell in the second row and second column as shown in FIGS. 33 (a) and 33 (b). These are registered in the layout information storage unit 121. Information of each item included in the selected Web data search information 7K and the object information 7J is as described above with reference to FIGS. 11B and 6E.

  For the price of PC B on each day from June 12th to 17th, the same operation is performed on each cell in the second column of the second to eighth rows, so that the table keyword, the row keyword, the row keyword column Enter and specify the number, column keyword, column keyword row number, and scheduled acquisition date and time. Then, the display layout editing unit 101 generates selection Web data search information 7K and object information 7J for Web objects to be arranged in each cell, and registers them in the layout information storage unit 121. It should be noted that the selection Web data search information 7K and the object information 7J of the Web object to be arranged in the cell in the second row and the second column may be used in common.

  The layout information storage unit 121 stores the display layout information of the transition page 3PS by the user operation and the processing of the terminal device 1 described above.

  FIG. 34 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the flow of processing for acquiring the data of the latest Web object content.

  The selected Web data automatic collection unit 106 performs processing for periodically collecting Web objects arranged on the transition page 3PS. Such processing is performed in the procedure as shown in FIG.

  The selected Web data automatic collection unit 106 calls the cell list information 7C (see FIG. 32A) of the transition page 3PS from the layout information storage unit 121 (# 501 in FIG. 34). A cell list information 7C that satisfies the condition that the current date / time matches or passes the date / time indicated in the “scheduled acquisition date / time” and has not yet been stored in the “acquired data”. Is checked (# 502, # 503).

  If there is a cell that satisfies both conditions (Yes in # 502, Yes in # 503), a process for acquiring a Web object to be arranged in the cell from the Web page is performed (# 504 to # 510). . The content of the process is the same as the content of the process of collecting the Web objects of the table cells included in the user page 3PU. That is, it is the same as the contents of the processing described previously in steps # 359 to # 363 in FIGS.

  The selected Web data automatic collection unit 106 stores the acquired Web object in the “acquired data” field corresponding to the cell in the cell list information 7C (# 511). For example, when a Web object having a character string “197,800” is acquired as a Web object to be placed in a cell having a price of June 12, that is, a cell in the third row and second column, the “cell ( 3, “197,800” is stored in the “acquired data” field corresponding to “3, 2)”.

  FIG. 35 is a flowchart for explaining an example of a user operation for reproducing the transition page 3PS and a processing flow of the terminal device 1.

  The page reproduction display processing unit 103 performs processing for reproducing the transition page 3PS and displaying it on the desktop based on the cell list information 7C, the object information 7J, and the selected Web data search information 7K. The process of reproducing the transition page 3PS has many points in common with the process of reproducing the user page 3PU. Hereinafter, the process of reproducing the transition page 3PS will be described with reference to FIG. 35, focusing on the difference from the process of reproducing the user page 3PU, with an example of reproducing the transition page 3PS in FIG. To do.

  In FIG. 35, the content of the processing of steps # 521 to # 523 for allowing the user to select the transition page 3PS to be reproduced is the same as the content of the processing of steps # 341 to # 343 of FIG. . The contents of the process of arranging the non-Web object of the character string “PC B Price Transition” in steps # 524 and # 525 and the process of generating and arranging the 8-row 2-column table of steps # 526 and # 527 are also As described in steps # 344, # 345, # 353, # 354 of FIG.

  After generating and arranging the table, the page reproduction display processing unit 103 calls the cell list information 7C (see FIG. 32A) related to the transition page 3PS selected by the user from the layout information storage unit 121 (# 528).

  A non-Web object of a character string is arranged in each cell of the table (# 529). That is, data (character string) indicated by “content” is arranged in a cell whose “data type” is “character string”. As a result, non-Web objects having character strings “date” and “price” are arranged in the first and second columns of the first row, respectively, and “6/11” to “ A non-Web object having a character string “6/17” is arranged.

  Web objects already acquired by the selected Web data automatic collection unit 106 are arranged in each cell (# 530). That is, the data (character string) stored in the “acquired data” of the cell list information 7C is arranged in the corresponding cell in the table generated and arranged in step # 527.

  Leave the other cells blank. Alternatively, a predetermined character string (for example, a character string “unacquired”) may be arranged.

  The transition page 3PS is reproduced by the above processing. Then, the page reproduction display processing unit 103 displays this on the desktop. The transition page 3PS transitions with time as shown in FIGS. 30 (a), 30 (b), and 30 (c).

  In the transition page 3PS in FIG. 30, the Web object related to the weather forecast illustrated in FIG. 4 and the non-Web object of the image are not arranged, but these can also be arranged. The display layout of such transition page 3PS, the user's operation for reproduction, and the contents of the processing of the terminal device 1 are the same as in the case of the user page 3PU.

  According to the present embodiment, information selected by a user from various Web pages existing on the Internet, that is, Web objects can be collectively displayed on one user page 3PU. In addition, Web objects that change over time can be displayed side by side on one transition page 3PS. In addition, the user can set the display layout of the user page 3PU and the transition page 3PS in a form that matches his or her purpose.

  In addition, once the display layout of the user page 3PU or the transition page 3PS is determined, the terminal device 1 automatically generates and displays the user page 3PU or the transition page 3PS reflecting the latest contents. Communication time can be shortened and communication costs can be reduced. In particular, it is useful in a mobile phone terminal.

  In the present embodiment, the case where a character string object is arranged as a Web object on the user page 3PU or the transition page 3PS has been described as an example. However, an image object can also be arranged as a Web object. In this case, as in the case of the character string, the position of the object of the image to be arranged may be grasped as a relative position from the search keyword. Then, the object of the latest image is acquired based on this, and the user page 3PU or the transition page 3PS may be reproduced. Objects such as moving images or sounds can be arranged as Web objects.

  You may enable it to adjust the height of the row | line | column of the table | surface arrange | positioned on the page 3PU for users, or the transition page 3PS, or the width | variety of a column according to a user preference. In that case, the object information 7J according to the table may include information on the height of each row and the width of each column.

  In addition, the configuration of the entire terminal device 1 or each unit, processing contents, processing order, object information 7J, cell list information 7C, configuration of selected Web data search information 7K, table configuration, and the like are appropriately set in accordance with the spirit of the present invention. Can be changed.

In the embodiment described above, the following notes are also disclosed.
(Appendix 1)
Object selection means for allowing a user to select a placement object, which is an object to be placed on a single user page, from existing web pages;
Arrangement position selection means for allowing a user to select a position on the user page where the arrangement object is arranged;
Corresponding object location information indicating the location on the network and web page where the placement object selected by the user exists and placement location information indicating the location of the placement object to the user page on which the placement object is placed Object information storage means for storing information;
Content information indicating the content of the placement object to be placed on the user page designated by the user is acquired based on the object location information stored in the object information storage unit in association with the user page. Content information acquisition means;
The content information of the placement object that places the user page specified by the user on the user page acquired by the content information acquisition means and the placement of the placement object stored in the object information storage means User page display means for displaying based on position information;
A page display device characterized by comprising:
(Appendix 2)
The object selecting means allows the user to select an object whose content does not change even when the Web page is updated from the existing Web page as a keyword together with the placement object,
The object information storage means indicates, as the object location information of the arrangement object, a positional relationship between the keyword selected by the user together with the arrangement object from the existing Web page and the arrangement object, and a URL of the Web page. Remember information,
The page display device according to appendix 1.
(Appendix 3)
The object selection means allows the user to select the placement object and the keyword from existing Web pages described in a markup language.
The object information storage means stores the object location information indicating the positional relationship represented by a predetermined code between the keyword and the placement object.
The page display device according to appendix 2.
(Appendix 4)
File generating means for generating a file describing the user page in a markup language;
The display device according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 3.
(Appendix 5)
An object selection means for allowing a user to select a survey object to be investigated for content transition from an existing web page;
Object information storage means for storing object location information indicating locations on the network and on the web page where the survey object selected by the user exists;
Content information indicating the content of the placement object to be placed on the user page designated by the user is acquired at a predetermined date and time based on the object location information of the placement object stored in the object information storage means. Content information acquisition means;
Transition page display means for arranging and displaying the contents for each date and time of the survey object in one page based on the content information of the survey object acquired by the content information acquisition means;
A page display device characterized by comprising:
(Appendix 6)
Let the user select a placement object, which is an object to be placed on a single user page, from existing web pages,
Causing the user to select a position on the user page where the placement object is placed;
Corresponding object location information indicating the location on the network and web page where the placement object selected by the user exists and placement location information indicating the location of the placement object to the user page on which the placement object is placed And store it in the object information storage means,
Content information indicating the content of the placement object to be placed on the user page specified by the user is acquired based on the object location information stored in the object information storage unit in association with the user page. ,
The user page designated by the user is displayed based on the content information of the arrangement object arranged on the acquired user page and the arrangement position information of the arrangement object stored in the object information storage means. ,
A page display method characterized by that.
(Appendix 7)
Let the user select the survey object that is the target of the content transition survey from the existing web pages,
Object location information indicating the location on the network and on the web page where the survey object selected by the user exists is stored in the object information storage means;
Content information indicating the content of the placement object to be placed on the user page designated by the user is acquired at predetermined times based on the object location information of the placement object stored in the object information storage means. ,
The contents for each date and time of the survey object are arranged and displayed on one page based on the content information of the survey object acquired by the content information acquisition means.
A page display method characterized by that.
(Appendix 8)
To a computer that can access the web page,
A process for allowing a user to select a placement object, which is an object to be placed on a single user page, from existing web pages;
A process for causing the user to select a position on the user page where the placement object is placed;
Corresponding object location information indicating the location on the network and Web page where the placement object selected by the user exists and placement location information indicating the location of the placement object to the user page on which the placement object is placed Processing to be added and stored in the object information storage means;
Content information indicating the content of the placement object to be placed on the user page specified by the user is acquired based on the object location information stored in the object information storage unit in association with the user page. Processing,
The user page designated by the user is displayed based on the content information of the arrangement object arranged on the acquired user page and the arrangement position information of the arrangement object stored in the object information storage means. Processing,
A computer program for executing
(Appendix 9)
To a computer that can access the web page,
A process for allowing a user to select a survey object that is a target of a content transition survey from existing Web pages;
A process of storing object location information indicating the location on the network and on the Web page where the survey object selected by the user exists in the object information storage means;
Content information indicating the content of the placement object to be placed on the user page designated by the user is acquired at a predetermined date and time based on the object location information of the placement object stored in the object information storage means. Processing,
Processing for arranging and displaying the contents of the survey object for each date and time on one page based on the content information of the survey object acquired by the content information acquisition means;
A computer program for executing

It is a figure which shows the example of a structure of the whole network system containing the terminal device which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the hardware constitutions of a terminal device. It is a figure which shows the example of a functional structure of a terminal device. It is a figure which shows the example of arrangement | positioning of the object in a page for users. It is a figure which shows the example of the layout edit window in the middle of edit of the display layout of a user page. It is a figure which shows the example of object information. It is a figure which shows the example of the web data selection window at the time of accessing a web page. It is a figure which shows the example of a URL input dialog box. It is a figure which shows the example of a keyword specification dialog box. It is a figure which shows the example of the content of the HTML file of the web page of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of selection Web data search information. It is a figure which shows the example of an image file selection dialog box. It is a figure which shows the example of a table information input dialog box. It is a figure which shows the example of the layout edit window at the time of arrange | positioning an empty table | surface. It is a figure which shows the example of cell list information. It is a figure which shows the example of the web data selection window at the time of accessing a web page. It is a figure which shows the example of the content of the HTML file of the Web page of FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an example of a user operation and a terminal device processing flow for the display layout of the user page of FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an example of a user operation and a terminal device processing flow for the display layout of the user page of FIG. 4. It is a figure which shows the example of the page table for users. It is a flowchart explaining the example of the user's operation for reproducing the page for users of FIG. 4, and the flow of a process of a terminal device. It is a flowchart explaining the example of the user's operation for reproducing the page for users of FIG. 4, and the flow of a process of a terminal device. It is a figure which shows the example of the content of the HTML file of the web page after an update. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the web page after an update. It is a figure which shows the example of the content of the HTML file of the web page after an update. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the web page after an update. It is a figure which shows the example of the page for users reproduced based on the newest web page. It is a figure which shows the example of a URL index table. It is a figure which shows the example of the HTML file of the page for users of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a transition page. It is a figure which shows the example of the layout edit window in the middle of edit of the display layout of a transition page. It is a figure which shows the example of the cell list information and object information of the table | surface arrange | positioned at a transition page. It is a figure which shows the example of selection Web data search information and object information of the cell which comprises the table arrange | positioned on a transition page. It is a flowchart explaining the example of the flow of a process which acquires the data of the content of the newest web object. It is a flowchart explaining the example of the user's operation for reproducing a transition page, and the flow of a process of a terminal device.

Explanation of symbols

1 Terminal device (page display device)
101 Display layout editing section (arrangement position selection means)
102 Web data selection unit (object selection means)
103 page reproduction display processing unit (user page display means, transition page display means)
104 Selected Web data acquisition unit (content information acquisition means)
106 Automatic Web Data Collection Unit (Content Information Acquisition Unit)
121 Layout information storage unit (object information storage means)
3PS transition page 3PU user page 7J Object information (location information)
7K selection Web data search information (object location information)
WN1 layout editing window (placement position selection means)
WN2 Web data selection window (object selection means)

Claims (5)

Object selection means for allowing a user to select a placement object, which is an object to be placed on a single user page, from existing web pages;
Arrangement position selection means for allowing a user to select a position on the user page where the arrangement object is arranged;
Corresponding object location information indicating the location on the network and web page where the placement object selected by the user exists and placement location information indicating the location of the placement object to the user page on which the placement object is placed Object information storage means for storing information;
Content information indicating the content of the placement object to be placed on the user page designated by the user is acquired based on the object location information stored in the object information storage unit in association with the user page. Content information acquisition means;
The content information of the placement object that places the user page specified by the user on the user page acquired by the content information acquisition means and the placement of the placement object stored in the object information storage means User page display means for displaying based on position information;
A page display device characterized by comprising: The object selecting means allows the user to select an object whose content does not change even when the Web page is updated from the existing Web page as a keyword together with the placement object,
The object information storage means indicates, as the object location information of the arrangement object, a positional relationship between the keyword selected by the user together with the arrangement object from the existing Web page and the arrangement object, and a URL of the Web page. Remember information,
The page display device according to claim 1. An object selection means for allowing a user to select a survey object to be investigated for content transition from an existing web page;
Object information storage means for storing object location information indicating locations on the network and on the web page where the survey object selected by the user exists;
Content information indicating the content of the placement object to be placed on the user page designated by the user is acquired at a predetermined date and time based on the object location information of the placement object stored in the object information storage means. Content information acquisition means;
Transition page display means for arranging and displaying the contents for each date and time of the survey object in one page based on the content information of the survey object acquired by the content information acquisition means;
A page display device characterized by comprising: Let the user select a placement object, which is an object to be placed on a single user page, from existing web pages,
Causing the user to select a position on the user page where the placement object is placed;
Corresponding object location information indicating the location on the network and web page where the placement object selected by the user exists and placement location information indicating the location of the placement object to the user page on which the placement object is placed And store it in the object information storage means,
Content information indicating the content of the placement object to be placed on the user page specified by the user is acquired based on the object location information stored in the object information storage unit in association with the user page. ,
The user page designated by the user is displayed based on the content information of the arrangement object arranged on the acquired user page and the arrangement position information of the arrangement object stored in the object information storage means. ,
A page display method characterized by that. To a computer that can access the web page,
A process for allowing a user to select a placement object, which is an object to be placed on a single user page, from existing web pages;
A process for causing the user to select a position on the user page where the placement object is placed;
Corresponding object location information indicating the location on the network and web page where the placement object selected by the user exists and placement location information indicating the location of the placement object to the user page on which the placement object is placed Processing to be added and stored in the object information storage means;
Content information indicating the content of the placement object to be placed on the user page designated by the user is acquired based on the object location information stored in the object information storage unit in association with the user page. Processing,
The user page designated by the user is displayed based on the content information of the arrangement object arranged on the acquired user page and the arrangement position information of the arrangement object stored in the object information storage means. Processing,
A computer program for executing