JP2011022724A - Website information provision device and website information provision program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a website information provision device and a website information provision program, facilitating acquisition of wide information according to the preference or taste. <P>SOLUTION: An information provision server 4 is connected to terminal devices 2 and WWW (World Wide Web) servers 3 via the Internet W. The information provision server 4 outputs a user page wherein a shortcut icon is arranged in the terminal device 2 to be linked to an address of a website that matches a keyword of another user as related Web page information, based on access history information wherein an address of a website accessed by a user and a keyword in a Web page are associated with each other. Thereby, the Web page corresponding to the preference/taste is extracted by browsing through net surfing. The Web page is automatically bookmarked without user operation, while the terminal device 2 is not operated by the user, and introduced to the user, so that the information provision server 4 is very convenient and user-friendly. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a website information providing apparatus and a website information providing program that can provide a user with information related to a website that matches the user's hobbies and preferences.

The user can obtain desired information from the web page by operating the terminal device and accessing various websites via the Internet. There are a wide variety of web pages all over the world, such as corporate sites, personal sites, business sites, hobby sites, celebrities and personal blogs. It has become increasingly difficult to obtain a wide range of desired information.
For example, even if searching on a search site based on a keyword to obtain information, a website that does not need to be browsed is searched in addition to the required information. You also have to browse unnecessary web pages. With respect to such a problem, in Patent Document 1, a web server that presents information to a client is installed, and a session manager for identifying the client and a different information service for each identified user are provided on the web server. An information service providing system provided with an MVCC service to be selected with reference to history information of services used in the past is described.
In the information service providing system described in Patent Document 1, the MVCC service records history information about a service used in the past by a client in a user database, and refers to this history information when selecting a service. Since information related to services that are frequently accessed is preferentially provided, it is possible to present information such as advertisements and promotions that match the client's hobbies and preferences, and more appropriate services can be provided. It is possible to select and provide necessary information according to different needs for each user.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-175569

  However, in the information service providing system described in Patent Document 1, information is provided based on historical information about services used by the user in the past, so the range of information provided is limited. Therefore, a wide range of information that suits each user's hobbies and preferences cannot be obtained.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a website information providing apparatus and a website information providing program that can be easily obtained with a wide range of information suitable for hobbies and preferences.

  The website information providing apparatus according to the present invention is a website information providing apparatus connected to each terminal device via a network, and stores storage information related to a user who operates each terminal device; Based on the website access request from each of the terminal devices, the site access means for reading the web page of the website and transmitting it to the requesting terminal device, and the user operating the requesting terminal device Based on the access history information of the terminal device, the history registration means for associating the address of the accessed website and the keyword in the web page with the identification information and storing it in the storage means as access history information. The website address that matches the keyword of the other user stored is stored in the terminal device. Characterized in that an information providing means for outputting the relevant web page information to.

  Further, the website information providing program of the present invention reads a web page of the website based on a website access request from each terminal device connected via a network, and sends a request source terminal. Site access means for transmitting to the device, the identification information of the user operating the requesting terminal device, the address of the accessed website and the keyword in the web page are associated with each other as the access history information A history registration means for storing information relating to a user operating the user, an address of a website that matches a keyword of another user stored in the storage means based on the access history information of the terminal device Providing information to the terminal device as related web page information Characterized in that to function as a.

  In the website information providing apparatus of the present invention, when a website is accessed from each terminal device connected via a network, the site access means reads the web page of the website and transmits it to the requesting terminal apparatus. At the same time, the history registration means stores, as access history information, the identification information of the user who operates the requesting terminal device in association with the accessed website address and the keyword in the web page in the storage means. Then, the information providing means outputs, as related web page information to the terminal device, the address of the website that matches the keyword of the other user stored in the storage means based on the access history information for each terminal device. Since not only access to the user's own website but also related web pages are searched from access history information accessed by other users, a wide range of information suitable for hobbies and preferences can be obtained.

  Preferably, the history registration unit extracts a web page title as a keyword to be registered in the storage unit. Since the title of the web page indicates the content of the web page, it is appropriate as a keyword. Also, the title of the web page can be easily extracted. Therefore, it is easy to adapt the user's hobbies and preferences by extracting keywords from the title of the web page.

Profile registration means for registering in the storage means as a keyword profile information relating to hobbies / preferences of the user operating the terminal device transmitted from the terminal device,
Preferably, the information providing means searches and outputs related web page information based on the profile information together with the access history information. The user's access history information may include web pages that are not of interest. However, since the user's intention is surely reflected in the profile information related to hobbies and preferences registered by the user himself / herself, it is possible to obtain related web page information with high accuracy.

  A terminal that generates a site access page for accessing a website assigned for each identification information based on the identification information transmitted together with the login request in response to the login request from the terminal device, and transmits the login request Based on the related web page information output from the user page generating means to be transmitted to the device and the information providing means, a shortcut icon with the address indicated by the related web page information as a link destination is generated, and the site access page is displayed. It is desirable to provide icon generating means to be arranged. When the user operates the terminal device and performs a login operation, a login request is transmitted from the terminal device. In the website information providing apparatus of the present invention, the user page generating means generates a site access page assigned for each identification information based on the identification information transmitted at the time of the login request and transmits it to the terminal device. In the site access page, the icon generation means generates a shortcut icon for browsing a web page linked to the address indicated by the related web page information, and arranges the shortcut icon on the site access page. Therefore, the user can easily obtain a wide range of information by executing the shortcut icon because the shortcut icon of the website that matches his / her hobbies / preferences is arranged like a bookmark on the desktop screen when logging in. Can do.

  A folder icon for creating a hierarchy of shortcut icons arranged on the site access page is generated, and the shortcut icon in the same hierarchy as the folder icon is virtually grabbed and moved to the position of the folder icon, and the operation is performed. It is desirable to provide icon editing means for setting the shortcut icon below the folder icon and deleting the shortcut icon in the same hierarchy as the folder icon. The icon editing means generates the folder icons for hierarchizing the shortcut icons, so that the shortcut icons can be organized. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the site access page from becoming complicated and difficult to view by making the folder icon under the hierarchy of the folder icon by virtually grasping and moving the shortcut icon.

  In the present invention, not only access to the user's own website, but also related web pages are output based on access history information that other users have accessed the website. Can be obtained widely and easily.

It is a figure which shows the whole website information provision system using the website information provision apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the website information provision apparatus shown in FIG. (A)-(D) are figures which show an example of the display screen displayed on the terminal device of the website information provision system shown in FIG. (A)-(C) are figures which show an example of the display screen displayed on the terminal device of the website information provision system shown in FIG. (A), (B) is a figure which shows an example of the display screen displayed on the terminal device of the website information provision system shown in FIG.

A website information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
An information providing system 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a terminal device 2 (2a to 2c) operated by a user, a WWW (World Wide Web) server 3 (3a to 3d) for providing a web page, and a website information providing program Are provided with an information providing server 4 that functions as a website information providing apparatus, and each is connected to the Internet W, which is an example of a network.

The terminal device 2 functions as a user terminal of the information providing server 4 that is a cloud computing server by installing a web access support program provided by a management company that manages the information providing server 4. The terminal device 2 can be a desktop type or notebook type personal computer, but can also be a mobile phone having a function of communicating with the Internet W. In this embodiment, Apple (trademark) manufactured by Apple Inc. can be used.
This web access support program accesses the WWW server 3 through the information providing server 4 or accesses a web page provided by the information providing server 4.

  The WWW servers 3 (3 a to 3 d) are web (Web) servers that transmit web pages in response to website access requests from the information providing server 4.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the information providing server 4 includes a communication unit 41, a display unit 42, an input unit 43, an authentication unit 44, a menu page generation unit 45, a profile registration unit 46, and a user page generation unit 47. A site access unit 48, a history registration unit 49, an information providing unit 50, an icon generation unit 51, an icon editing unit 52, and a storage unit 53.

  The communication means 41 has a function of exchanging data with the terminal devices 2a to 2c and the WWW servers 3a to 3d via the Internet W. The communication means 41 can be a LAN (Local Area Network). The display means 42 and the input means 43 are used during maintenance. The display means 42 can be a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) or an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). The input means 43 can be a keyboard or a mouse.

The authentication means 44 performs identity verification by comparing the ID information and password registered by the user with the ID information and password input from the login page.
The menu page generation unit 45 generates a menu page that displays selection buttons for shifting to various pages.
The profile registration unit 46 generates a profile registration page, and registers the user's profile information input by the profile registration page in association with ID information which is identification information of each user in the storage unit 53. .

The user page generation means 47 generates a user page (site access page) assigned for each user ID information displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2 based on the user ID information and generates the terminal device 2. Send to.
The site access means 48 reads the web page of the website from the WWW server 3 based on the website access request from each terminal device 2 and transmits it to the requesting terminal device 2.

  The history registration means 49 associates URL (Uniform Resource Locator), which is the address of the accessed website, with the keyword in the web page and stores it as access history information in the identification information of the user who operates the requesting terminal device. Store in means 53. In the present embodiment, the title in the web page is registered in the storage means 53 as a keyword.

  Based on the access history information of each terminal device 2, the information providing unit 50 determines the URL of the website in which the user's own keyword stored in the storage unit 53 matches the keyword of the other user. Output to the device 2 as related web page information.

Based on the URL of the website output by the information providing means 50 as the related web page information, the icon generating means 51 generates a shortcut icon for browsing a web page linked to this URL, and displays it on the user page. Deploy.
The icon editing unit 52 generates a folder icon for hierarchizing the shortcut icons arranged on the user page of the terminal device 2, and performs an operation of virtually grasping and moving the shortcut icon of the same hierarchy to the folder icon. Thus, the shortcut icon is provided below the folder icon hierarchy.

  The storage means 53 can be a disk device that has a large capacity and can read and write information at high speed. The storage means 53 stores information related to the user who operates each terminal device 2 and various page information. Specifically, authentication information, page information, profile information, and access history information are stored for each user. The authentication information is ID information and password information. The page information is information such as a setting page and a user page displayed on the terminal device 2 side. The user page information is information for forming a user page assigned for each user ID information. The user page information includes shortcut icon information and folder icon information arranged on the screen. The profile information is personal information about the user such as the user's address, telephone number, gender, and hobbies. The access history information is information in which the URL of the accessed website and the keyword extracted from the web page are associated with the user ID information. The access history information includes the number of accesses to the accessed web page. The storage means 53 stores a keyword database for the history registration means 49 to extract keywords in the web page.

The operation and use state of the website information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to the drawings.
First, the terminal device 2 is operated to download and install a web access support program from the information providing server 4 operated by the management company or an application distribution server (not shown) registered so as to be downloadable by the management company. Then, by starting the web access support program on the terminal device 2, an access request is transmitted from the terminal device 2 to the information providing server 4.

  In the information providing server 4, a login page (not shown) of a website operated by the management company is transmitted to the terminal device 2 and displayed on the terminal device 2. The user who wishes to log in inputs the registered ID information and password if registration of the ID information and password is completed.

If it is the first login after the registration of ID information and password information is completed, when logging in from the login page, the menu page P11 shown in FIG. Sent to.
The user clicks the “member” button B11 of the selection button displayed on the menu page P11 in order to set personal information. When it is transmitted to the information providing server 4 that the “member” button B11 has been clicked, the information providing server 4 generates a profile registration page P12 shown in FIG. Send.

The user inputs a name, an address, a telephone number, a hobby, etc. while looking at the profile registration page P12. Also, an image such as a photograph or a picture is designated as an icon indicating the user.
When the personal information is input and the personal information is transmitted to the information providing server 4, the profile registration means 46 associates the input personal information with the user's ID information as the user's profile information to the storage means 53. sign up.

  When the registration of the personal information is completed, a user page P13 shown in FIG. This user page is obtained by the user page generating unit 47 reading the user page information stored in the storage unit 53 according to the ID information to the user and transmitting it to the terminal device 2 for display. Immediately after the registration of personal information is completed, a user page P13 prepared in advance is transmitted.

  In the user page P13 prepared in advance, a shortcut icon S1 of a website having a large number of accesses by users extracted from the access history information by the user page generation unit 47 is arranged. Since the shortcut icons of websites that are frequently accessed are arranged in advance on the user page P13, the user can know at the stage of newly registering a website that is highly interested in other users.

The user clicks the shortcut icon S1 of the website to be browsed while viewing the image or title of the arranged shortcut icon S1, and a website access request is transmitted from the terminal device 2 to the information providing server 4. The
In the information providing server 4, the site access means 48 reads the web page of the website based on the website access request from the terminal device 2 and transmits it to the requesting terminal device 2. By doing so, the web page P14 is displayed on the terminal device 2 as shown in FIG.

In the information providing server 4, the site access means 48 accesses the website, and the history registration means 49 associates the URL of the accessed website and the keyword of the web page with the user ID information as access history information. Store in the storage means 53. In the present embodiment, the keyword is the title of the web page. For example, if the title of the web page is “full of sweets information!”, The word “sweets” is stored as access history information in association with ID information together with the URL as a keyword.
In this keyword extraction, the history registration unit 49 searches the word string registered in the keyword database stored in the storage unit 52 in advance, and selects a word that matches the word in the title.

  When the user finishes browsing the web page, the user operates the terminal device 2 by logging out, ending the web access support program operating on the terminal device 2, or turning off the power of the terminal device 2. Finish.

  The information providing unit 50 searches the access history information of other users stored in the storage unit 52 based on the keyword of the access history information. Then, the URL of the website accessed by another user who matches the keyword is output as related web page information. And the icon production | generation means 51 arrange | positions the shortcut icon of this related web page information on a user's user page.

  When the user operates the terminal device 2 again to activate the web access support program and performs login, the terminal device 2 transmits ID information and password information to the information providing server 4 together with a login request. When the authentication process is completed by the authentication means 44, the user's profile registration is completed, and therefore the user page P21 is displayed from the beginning on the terminal device 2 as shown in FIG.

In this user page P21, a web page that is accessed by another user while not using the terminal device 2 and that is searched by the keyword “sweets” becomes a shortcut icon S2, and is newly added. Is arranged.
A user who is interested in sweets can browse a web page related to sweets by clicking the shortcut icon S2 related to sweets newly displayed on the user page P21.

  Thus, since the related page can be obtained from the access history information of other users based on the user's own access history information, a wide range of information suitable for hobbies and preferences can be obtained.

The information providing unit 50 searches related web page information based on profile information as well as the keyword of the access history information. Then, the information providing means 50 outputs a web page accessed by another user whose keyword matches, and the icon creating means 51 places the web page as a shortcut icon on the user page.
This is because only the access history information of the user registers a web page that happens to be browsed as a keyword, and thus may include an uninteresting web page. However, since the user's intention is surely reflected in the profile information related to hobbies and preferences registered by the user himself / herself, it is possible to obtain related web page information with high accuracy.

  In this embodiment, a series of operations such as extracting web pages that match hobbies and preferences by browsing through the web surfing and saving them as bookmarks are performed while the user is not operating the terminal device 2. Since the information providing server 4 automatically processes and introduces it to the user instead of the user himself, it is highly convenient and easy to use.

  In the user page P21, in addition to the shortcut icon of the web page related to the sweets, for example, in the profile registration page P12 shown in FIG. Shortcut icons S3 and S4 are arranged. However, since all the shortcut icons S1 to S3 are arranged, it is difficult to see and it is difficult to distinguish the respective shortcut icons S1 to S3. In that case, the shortcut icons are organized.

  Here, the arrangement of shortcut icons will be described in detail. First, when the user clicks the “my” button B21 on the user page P21, the icon editing means 52 of the information providing server 4 responds to the editing request transmitted from the terminal device 2 as shown in FIG. My page P22 which is the folder icon creation page shown is transmitted to the terminal device 2.

Since a folder icon has not yet been created in the user page P21 shown in FIG. 4A, a check for designating a new creation of the folder icon F1 prepared in advance in the my page P22 shown in FIG. 4B. A box C1 and a “create new” button B22 instructing new creation are displayed.
The user checks a check box of a folder icon to be newly created from the prepared folder icons, and clicks a “create new” button B22. By doing so, the user editing page 52 becomes a user page P23 as shown in FIG. 4C in which the folder icon F1 is arranged.

  The user virtually grasps and moves the shortcut icons S1 to S3 to be moved to the folder icon F1, so that the shortcut icons S1 to S3 in the same hierarchy as the folder icon F1 are displayed in the folder icon F1. It can be hidden from the screen. In the case of a personal computer operated using a mouse, it is possible to move down the hierarchy of shortcut icons S1 to S3 by performing a drag and drop operation. In a touch panel type mobile phone, long press on the shortcut icons S1 to S3, and when it is virtually grasped, move to the folder icon F1, move the finger away from the display screen and place the shortcut icons S1 to S3 on the folder icon F1. By dropping, the same operation as the drag and drop operation can be performed. In this way, the shortcut icons S1 to S3 can be arranged, so that the user page P23 can be prevented from being complicated and difficult to see.

  By using the folder icon F1, hobbies and preferences can be categorized, but in the present embodiment, it can be further subdivided. For example, when the “my” button B21 displayed on the user page P23 shown in FIG. 4C is clicked, a folder icon has already been generated on the user page P23. The subfolder creation page P31 shown in FIG.

  On the subfolder selection page P31, a check box C2 for designating which folder icon to create a subfolder icon under, and a “create subfold” button B31 for instructing the creation of the subfolder are displayed.

  Then, by selecting with the check box C2 and clicking the “create sub” button B31, a subfolder creation page P32 as shown in FIG. 5B is displayed. For example, in the case of the “book” folder F1, a “novel” folder F21, a “magazine” folder F22, a “fortune” folder F23, and a “cooking” folder F24 prepared in advance are prepared. By designating any or all of the folder icons using the check box C3, the folder icons can be created under the folder icon hierarchy. Then, the shortcut icons can be subdivided by classifying the shortcut icons into the lowest layers.

  The present invention can provide a user with information about a website that matches the user's hobbies and preferences, and is therefore suitable for a server accessed from a mobile phone having an Internet access function, a digital TV, a personal computer, or the like. It is.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information provision system 2, 2a-2c Terminal device 3, 3a-3d WWW server 4 Information provision server 41 Communication means 42 Display means 43 Input means 44 Authentication means 45 Menu page generation means 46 Profile registration means 47 User page generation means 48 Site access Means 49 History registration means 50 Information provision means 51 Icon generation means 52 Icon editing means 53 Storage means P11 Menu page P12 Profile registration page P13 User page P14 Web page P21 User page P22 My page P23 User page P31 Subfolder selection page P32 Subfolder creation page B11 "Member" button B21 "my" button B22 "Create new" button B31 "Create sub" button C1-C3 Check box

Claims (6)

A website information providing device connected to each terminal device via a network,
Storage means for storing information about a user who operates each of the terminal devices;
Site access means for reading the web page of the website based on the website access request from each terminal device and transmitting it to the requesting terminal device;
History registration means for associating the address of the accessed website and the keyword in the web page with the identification information of the user who operates the requesting terminal device, and storing it in the storage means as access history information;
Information providing means for outputting, as related web page information to the terminal device, an address of a website matching the keyword of another user stored in the storage means based on the access history information of the terminal device. A website information providing apparatus characterized by that.   The website information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the history registration unit extracts a title of a web page as a keyword to be registered in the storage unit. Profile registration means for registering in the storage means as a keyword profile information relating to hobbies / preferences of the user operating the terminal device transmitted from the terminal device,
The website information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information providing unit searches and outputs related web page information based on the profile information together with the access history information. A terminal that generates a site access page for accessing a website assigned for each identification information based on the identification information transmitted together with the login request in response to the login request from the terminal device, and transmits the login request User page generation means for transmitting to the device;
An icon for generating a shortcut icon for browsing a web page linked to the address indicated by the related web page information based on the related web page information output by the information providing unit, and arranging the shortcut icon on the site access page The website information providing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a generation unit.   A folder icon for creating a hierarchy of shortcut icons arranged on the site access page is generated, and the shortcut icon in the same hierarchy as the folder icon is virtually grabbed and moved to the position of the folder icon, and the operation is performed. 5. The website information providing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising icon editing means for setting the shortcut icon below the folder icon and deleting the shortcut icon at the same level as the folder icon. Computer
Site access means for reading a web page of the website based on a website access request from each terminal device connected via a network and transmitting the web page to the requesting terminal device;
Information relating to the user who operates each terminal device is obtained as access history information by associating the address of the accessed website and the keyword in the web page with the identification information of the user who operates the requesting terminal device. History registration means for storing in the storage means for storing;
Based on the access history information of the terminal device, function as information providing means for outputting the address of the website matching the keyword of another user stored in the storage means to the terminal device as related web page information A website information providing program characterized by that.

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