JP4519309B2 - Address translation system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention also relates to the configuration of the system to support web access using the identification number.
[0002]
[Technical background]
By using a web browser provided in a personal computer, a mobile terminal, a mobile phone, etc., it is possible to browse various information published on the Internet.
[0003]
In order to specify a website on the Internet and access a target page, the user designates a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) in the browser. The browser acquires web content corresponding to the input URL and displays the acquired information.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the content held by the website has a hierarchical structure and cannot list all information. For this reason, even when the URL is specified and the target website is accessed, it is necessary to move between pages according to this hierarchical structure until the necessary information is finally obtained. If the target information exists in the last page of the hierarchical structure, it is necessary to move the page many times before reaching the page.
[0005]
In addition, there is a method of directly specifying a page where finally necessary information exists, but in order to directly specify a target page, a URL corresponding to the page is specified. However, the URL is a character string in which a directory name according to a hierarchical structure is added to the domain name of the website, and is a very long character string. In particular, designating the end page of the hierarchical structure requires a very troublesome key input operation.
[0006]
Furthermore, when web access is performed using a mobile terminal or a mobile phone, inputting a long character string is a very complicated operation.
[0007]
In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a system that facilitates browsing of final information while reducing troublesome input operations of a user who performs web access.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention of claim 1 is a system for receiving an access request for desired web content held in a website from a browser, wherein a parent number part allocated for each management unit of web content and the above-mentioned A conversion table that associates an identification number including a child number part assigned to web content in a management unit with a page address of the web content, and upon receiving an access request specifying the identification number from a browser, the conversion table A means for performing a response specifying the page address corresponding to the identification number by searching; a means for searching for the child number part using a keyword; and an access request specifying the parent number part and the keyword. A means for making a response specifying the corresponding page address , Characterized in that it comprises a.
[0009]
The invention according to claim 2 is the address conversion system according to claim 1, wherein the parent number part includes a number assigned to each website.
[0010]
The invention of claim 3 is the address conversion system according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the child number part includes a number that can be freely assigned for each web content included in the management unit. It is characterized by.
[0011]
The invention according to claim 4 is the address conversion system according to claim 3, wherein the parent number part includes a number assigned to each EC site, and the child number part is a product provided on the EC site and And / or a number assigned to each service.
[0015]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0016]
<1. Overall configuration>
The overall configuration of the address translation system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The address translation system includes a user terminal 10 that uses this system, an identification number search site 30 that provides an address translation service in response to a request from the user terminal 10, a general website 50, and the like. Yes.
[0017]
The user terminal 10 is a terminal provided with a web-accessible browser 11, and is not particularly limited to a home personal computer, an office personal computer, a portable information terminal, a mobile phone, or the like.
[0018]
The website 50 includes a WWW server application 51 (hereinafter referred to as WWW 51), and publishes web content 53 stored in the storage device 52 to the Internet 20. As described above, websites around the world that publish web contents are connected to the Internet 20. In the figure, a website 50 is shown as an example.
[0019]
The web content is generally content described in HTML (Hypertext markup language). In addition, in websites that provide web content corresponding to portable information terminals and mobile phones, content created in a page description language corresponding to a browser provided in the portable terminal or the like is provided.
[0020]
The identification number search site 30 converts the identification number into a page address (URL) when receiving an access request designating an identification number, which will be described later, from the browser 11 of the user terminal 10, and then sends it to the browser 11. It provides a service that responds by specifying the corresponding page address.
[0021]
<2. Configuration of ID number search site>
Next, the configuration of the identification number search site 30 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the identification number search site 30 includes a WWW server application 31 (hereinafter referred to as WWW 31), and publishes web content 36 stored in a storage device 35 to the Internet 20. That is, the identification number search site 30 has a function as a normal website.
[0022]
The web content 36 includes a search page 361 that provides a search service for identification numbers to users. FIG. 3A shows an example of the search page 361. The search page 361 is content including an identification number input form, a search execution object, and the like. The user accesses the search page 361 and performs a search operation using the identification number.
[0023]
The identification number search site 30 includes a conversion unit 32 and an address conversion table 34 stored in the storage device 33 as the main configuration of the address conversion system according to the present embodiment.
[0024]
An example of the address conversion table 34 is shown in FIG. The address conversion table 34 is a database in which identification numbers (codes) 341 and page addresses (URLs) 342 are associated with each other.
[0025]
The identification number 341 is a code consisting of 8 digits as shown in the figure. In the present embodiment, the number of characters is eight digits, but a character may be included. Also, the number of digits is not particularly limited, but it is preferable not to increase the number of digits so as to eliminate the complexity of input. As will be described later, the identification number 341 for the top page is composed of four digits.
[0026]
The conversion unit 32 is a unit that is called from the search page 361 described above and executes a search process in the WWW 31 backyard. The conversion unit 32 has a function of cooperating with a database, and by acquiring the identification number 341 specified by the search page 361, the conversion table 34 is searched and the corresponding page address 342 is acquired.
[0027]
Thus, when the conversion means 32 acquires the page address 342, the conversion means 32 sets the link destination of the browser 11 of the user terminal 10 to the acquired page address 342. As a result, the content corresponding to the page address 342 is displayed on the browser 11. For example, when the link destination is the website 50 shown in FIG. 1, the web content 53 is displayed on the browser 11.
[0028]
The identification number search site 30 provides a search service for the identification number 341 to the user by executing the above processing. Next, the relationship between the structure of the web content 53 of the website 50 and the identification number 341 will be described.
[0029]
<3. Relationship with Web Content Structure and Identification Number>
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the structure of the web content 53 provided in the website 50. The figure shows the logical structure of the web content 53 in a virtual tree structure.
[0030]
The web content 53 includes web content 70 representing the website 50. The web content 70 is generally called a top page, and indicates a page that is displayed first when the URL of the website 50 is accessed. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the website 50 is an EC (Electric Commerce) site, and the content 70 is a top page of the EC site. Hereinafter, the website 50 will be described as an EC site 50 as appropriate.
[0031]
In general, a menu is displayed on the top page. The user selects an item in the menu while using a mouse or the like, thereby causing the browser 11 to display a page linked (associated) with the item.
[0032]
In the figure, contents 71 and 72 are pages linked to the contents 70 which is the top page. That is, the content is located in the hierarchy one level lower than the top page. Under the content 70 which is the top page of the EC site 50, a content 71 which is a category page of office furniture and a content 72 which is a category page of electrical products are linked.
[0033]
In the figure, contents 73 and 74 are pages linked to the contents 71. That is, the content is located in the hierarchy two levels below the top page. For example, a list of a plurality of products is displayed on the category page of office furniture, and when the user selects a specific product from the list and clicks the mouse, the browser 11 displays the product. The information is displayed. For example, the content 73 that is the product introduction page of the office desk of the α company and the content 74 that is the product introduction page of the office chair of the α company are displayed.
[0034]
Thus, the web content 53 of the website 50 has a logical hierarchical structure, and a page address is assigned to each web content in each layer. For example, as shown in the figure, the top page of the EC site 50 is given a page address of “www. %%%. Co.jp”, and the category page of office furniture linked to the top page is “www. Page address "%%%. co.jp/office" is given, and the page address "www. %%%. co.jp/office/desk" is given to the product introduction page of α company's office desk ing.
[0035]
2, the conversion table 34 is a database in which the page addresses 342 and the identification numbers 341 of these contents 70, 71,.
[0036]
The top page “www. %%%. Co.jp” of the EC site 50 corresponds to “2535” as an identification number. Also, the office furniture category page `` www. %%%. Co.jp/office '' corresponds to the identification number `` 2535-1000 '' and the product introduction page `` www. %%%. '' “co.jp/office/desk” corresponds to the identification number “2535-1001”.
[0037]
In this way, by associating the identification numbers 341 with the contents 71, 73, etc. of each layer, the user can directly reach the target page by designating the corresponding identification number.
[0038]
<4. Example of using address translation system>
In FIG. 3, a search page 361 is displayed in the window of the browser 11. Users are interested in this product in magazines, newspapers, Internet advertisements, street advertisements, etc. and the office desk identification number of company α is “2535-1001”. It shall be.
[0039]
The user inputs the identification number “2535-1001” of the product introduction page of the α company office desk in the search number input form of the search page 361 and clicks the search button to execute the search.
[0040]
When the access request specifying the identification number “2535-1001” is received from the user terminal 10 (browser 11), the identification number search site 30 executes the conversion means 32 as described above and searches the conversion table 34. When the page address “www. %%%. Co.jp/office/desk” corresponding to the identification number “2535-1001” is acquired, the link destination of the browser 11 is changed to “www. %%%. Co.jp/ Set to "office / desk".
[0041]
As a result, as shown in FIG. 3B, the web content 73 that is the product introduction page of the office desk of company α is displayed in the window of the browser 11.
[0042]
As described above, when the user wants to obtain information about the office desk of company α, the user only has to input the identification number “2535-1001” on the search page 361. There is no need to follow the pages from the top page of the EC site according to the menu.
[0043]
In addition, troublesome key input operations are unnecessary. For example, in the above example, it is necessary to input the page address “www. %%%. Co.jp/office/desk” in the browser 10 in order to directly refer to the introduction page of the office desk of company α. However, according to the present embodiment, it is only necessary to input an 8-digit number, and the operation burden on the user can be greatly reduced.
[0044]
In particular, when a portable information terminal or a mobile phone is used, the key operation is complicated, so that there is a great merit that target information can be obtained by an input operation of only numbers as in this embodiment. .
[0045]
<5. Criteria for assigning identification numbers>
The identification number 341 described above needs to be a code unique to each web content at least in the conversion table 34. That is, one page address 342 needs to be determined by specifying the identification number 341.
[0046]
However, a plurality of identification numbers 341 can be assigned to the same page address 342.
[0047]
In the present embodiment, an identification number management center (for example, an operating entity of the identification number search site 30) assigns a unique identification number 341 corresponding to the top page to each website. For example, in the above-described example, the identification number “2535” is assigned to the EC site 50 from the management center. The identification number given from this management center is called a parent number.
[0048]
And the website given the parent number of the top page can freely give the number that follows the parent number. In the above example, the subsequent four-digit number after the parent number “2535”, that is, the four-digit number after the hyphen can be freely assigned. This freely assignable number is called a child number.
[0049]
Taking the web contents 53 shown in FIG. 4 as an example, the EC site 50 given the parent number “2535” gives the child number “1001” to the product introduction page of the α company office desk, and The child number “1002” is assigned to the product introduction page of the office chair.
[0050]
In addition, by assigning a child number “1000” to the office furniture category page, the child number of each product page under the office furniture category is grouped as “1” in the first digit. Yes.
[0051]
In FIG. 2, the parent number and the child number are connected with a hyphen so that the numbering system can be easily understood. However, since the hyphen is provided for display convenience, the actual data stored in the conversion table 34 may not include the hyphen.
[0052]
In this way, only the parent number is assigned to each website, and the child number following the parent number is freely assigned by each website. Therefore, the user recognizes the website from the parent number, and the identification number. It becomes easy to grasp sensuously.
[0053]
In the example described above, the user can easily access the site of α company by storing the identification number “2535” of α company. Further, by looking at the identification number, it is possible to determine the provider of the product or the like.
[0054]
On the other hand, company α can increase the number of users by establishing the identification number “2535” as its product brand, and can freely assign child numbers to its products. Therefore, it is possible to perform flexible number management with a high degree of freedom. In the present embodiment, the child numbers are unified with four-digit numbers. However, the company α can allocate child numbers with any number of digits without being restricted by the number of digits.
[0055]
Further, since the α company assigns and manages the child number, the management center can reduce the management burden of the identification number.
[0056]
Although the target to which the management center assigns the parent number has been described as a website, the target need not be in units of sites. If there are a plurality of EC markets in the website, a parent number may be assigned to each. Thereby, it becomes possible to improve a user's convenience. Conversely, the same parent number may be assigned to a plurality of websites. This may be the case when multiple related sites operate a joint EC market.
[0057]
<6. Modification>
It has been explained that the identification number is composed of a parent number and a child number. Since the parent number characterizes the website, the user may store only the parent number. A modification of the present invention that enables direct access to target information even when the parent number of the EC site is remembered but the code (child number) for each product is not known will be described.
[0058]
In FIG. 5A, a search page 362 is displayed in the browser 11 window. The search page 362 is included in the web content 36 stored on the disk 35 of the identification number search site 30.
[0059]
The user remembers that he / she previously made a purchase at the EC site 50 with the identification number (parent number) “2535” and wants to make a purchase again at this EC site. The product I am interested in is the office chair, but I do not know its identification number (child number).
[0060]
The user inputs the identification number “2535” of the EC site 50 in the search number input form of the search page 362, and further inputs “desk” as a keyword in the item input form, and executes the search by clicking the search button. To do.
[0061]
The identification number search site 30 acquires the page address “www. %%%. Co.jp” of the EC site 50 from the identification number “2535”, and links the browser 11 to the page address “www. %%%. Co.jp”. “jp” and the keyword “office chair” is transmitted to the EC site 50.
[0062]
The EC site 50 has a function of searching for the corresponding product page from the received keyword, and performs a search process based on the keyword “desk” and the corresponding page address “www. %%%. Co.jp/office/ "chair". As a result, as shown in FIG. 5B, the product introduction page (contents 74) of the office chair of company α is displayed in the window of the browser 11.
[0063]
In this way, even if the user does not know the identification number of the final target page, if the user knows the identification number (parent number) of the website, You can reach the target page directly.
[0064]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the invention described in claim 1 is a system that performs a response specifying a page address in response to an access request from a browser that specifies an identification number. Since the parent number part to be assigned and the child number part assigned to the web content in the management unit are included, it is possible to directly access the web content including the information to be acquired. Also, since the response specifying the page address is made for the access specifying the parent number part and the keyword, the user can obtain the target information even when the user does not know the child number. Become.
[0065]
In the invention described in claim 2, since the parent number part is assigned to each website, it is easy to grasp the identification number.
[0066]
In the invention described in claim 3, since the child number part is freely allocated for each management unit, the identification number can be used effectively.
[0067]
In the invention according to claim 4, the parent number part is a number assigned to the EC site, and the child number part is a number assigned to the product or service at the EC site. In addition to grasping the site, product information can be obtained directly by specifying the child number part.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an address translation system according to an embodiment including a user terminal and a WEB site.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a conversion table that is a correspondence between an identification number and a page address (URL).
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing screen transition on a user terminal when the address translation system according to the present embodiment is used.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a relationship between a web content having a hierarchical structure and a number system of identification numbers.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing screen transition on the user terminal when the address translation system according to the present embodiment is used.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 User terminal 30 Identification number search site 31 WWW server application 32 Conversion means 34 Conversion table 36 Contents

Claims (4)

A system for receiving an access request for desired web content held on a website from a browser,
A conversion table for associating an identification number including a parent number part assigned to each management unit of web content and a child number part assigned to the web content in the management unit, and a page address of the web content;
Means for performing a response specifying the page address corresponding to the identification number by searching the conversion table when receiving an access request specifying the identification number from a browser;
Means for searching for the child number part using a keyword;
Means for responding to the access request designating the parent number part and the keyword by designating the corresponding page address;
Address translation system characterized in that it comprises a. The address translation system according to claim 1,
The parent number part is
A number assigned to each website,
An address translation system comprising: The address translation system according to claim 1 or 2,
The child number part is
A number that can be freely assigned to each web content included in the management unit;
An address translation system comprising: The address conversion system according to claim 3,
The parent number part is
A number assigned to each EC site,
Including
The child number part is
A number assigned to each product and / or service provided on the EC site;
An address translation system comprising:

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