JPH11306139A - Method and device for browsing home page in internet terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a browsing device for home pages which can facilitate operation when a URL with security is accessed. SOLUTION: When an accessed server 7 makes a request to input an ID and/or a password before a home page on the server is browsed, a retrieval and transmission process part 12 retrieves a bookmark and a communication management part 17 sends the ID and/or password retrieved with the bookmark to the server 7. Therefore, even when a URL with security is accessed, for example, by making a jump from a link of a home page, the user can browse the page without following any procedure for inputting the ID and/or password again.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for browsing a homepage of an accessed server from a server side.
D and / or when a request for a password is received, the U of the bookmark registered in the terminal is automatically
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for browsing a home page in an Internet terminal, which can transmit an ID and / or a password corresponding to an RL to a server to simplify the operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A WEB browser in an Internet terminal has a function of managing data transfer such as browsing with a homepage of each Internet server. The browser has a "bookmark function" called a bookmark. It is installed.

Therefore, by registering a homepage frequently accessed by the user in the bookmark, it is possible to automate the operation of accessing the homepage of each Internet server at the user terminal.

In order to respond to a request for an ID / password when accessing a URL with security, the bookmark includes a URL related to a page used once.
In addition, there is provided an apparatus capable of storing an ID / password in the bookmark described above.

When this is used, the ID / password together with the URL can be stored in the bookmark. Therefore, when the URL is directly accessed from the bookmark by specifying the URL from the next time onward, the ID / password stored in the bookmark is used.
By automatically transmitting the password, the operation can be simplified.

[0006]

When a user jumps from a link on the page and accesses a URL with security while browsing the home page, a request for an ID / password is received again.

[0007] When such a request is made, the user inputs an ID / password in a dialog formed on the screen, and when this is confirmed on the server side, the transmission data of the page is received. It is done as follows.

If the user accesses the page without using the bookmark, the user is requested to provide an ID / password in the same manner, and the user must follow the procedure for inputting the ID / password in the dialogue in the same manner as described above. No.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned operational inconvenience, and once an ID / password is registered in a bookmark, once the ID / password is registered, the next access will be performed.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus for browsing a homepage in an Internet terminal capable of simplifying an operation by automatically transmitting a registered ID / password regardless of whether a bookmark is used or not. Is what you do.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided a method of browsing a home page in an Internet terminal according to the present invention, the method comprising: an Internet terminal equipped with an Internet browser, for exchanging data with an Internet server; A request determining step of determining whether or not a request for an ID and / or a password has been received from a server when browsing a home page of an accessed server; and in the request determining step, And / or when it is determined that a request for a password has been received, a search step of searching for an ID and / or password corresponding to the URL stored in the bookmark constructed in the Internet browser; Characterized in that a communication processing step of transmitting the retrieved ID and or password from the click on the server side so as to perform in the internet terminal.

In this case, it is characterized in that a series of steps including the request determination step, the search step, and the communication processing step are executed by background processing.

Further, the apparatus for browsing a homepage in an Internet terminal according to the present invention is a browsing apparatus for a homepage in an Internet terminal which is equipped with an Internet browser and exchanges data with an Internet server. Requesting means for determining whether a request for an ID and / or a password has been received from the server side, and when the request determining means determines that a request for an ID and / or a password has been received from the server side,
Search means for searching for an ID and / or password corresponding to a URL stored in a bookmark constructed in the Internet browser, and communication processing means for transmitting the ID and / or password searched from the bookmark by the search means to a server side; Is provided in the Internet terminal.

According to the method and the apparatus for browsing the homepage as described above, when the user jumps from the link on the page and accesses the URL with security,
When the URL is accessed without using the bookmark, the search of the bookmark built in the browser is executed by background processing in response to a request for an ID and / or a password from the server side.

Then, a communication process of searching for an ID and / or password from the server name and the area name described on the bookmark and automatically transmitting the searched ID and / or password to the server is executed.

Therefore, the user can browse the page on the tire log without performing an input operation of the ID and / or the password again.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a homepage browsing apparatus according to the present invention will be described based on an embodiment shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a network connection status between an Internet terminal and a WEB server. The Internet terminal 1 is equipped with a CPU 2 storing a program as a homepage browsing device according to the present invention, and is hereinafter also referred to as a browser 2. And this Internet terminal 1
Is configured to receive, for example, an input command from the remote control keyboard 3 which receives a user operation.

A well-known television receiver or display 4 is connected to the terminal 1 so that a command input state,
Alternatively, it is configured to display data of a homepage or the like.

The Internet terminal 1 uses a PPP (Point to Point Plot) via a telephone line 5 as a communication means.
col) connection, communication can be performed with each Internet server (Web server) 7 via the Internet provider 6.

FIG. 2 schematically shows mainly the functions of the browser 2 mounted on the terminal 1. Browser 2
Includes a user process executed as a foreground process and a search transmission process executed as a background process.

In FIG. 2, portions corresponding to the blocks described in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals.
In FIG. 2, for convenience of explanation, a block indicating the foreground processing is referred to as foreground processing means 11,
The block indicating the background processing is referred to as background processing means 12.

The foreground processing means 11 can be divided into a homepage browsing process 11a operated by the user on the homepage screen and a bookmark list displaying process 11b operated by the user on the bookmark list screen.

In the former homepage browsing processing 11a, the processing performed by the user on the screen is to operate the up / down / left / right keys to scroll the homepage, and to access the WEB server by selecting an item with a specified link. And inputting characters into an input box of a form or selecting a file.

The latter bookmark list display processing 11b
The process performed by the user on the screen in is to select a bookmark to access the web server,
This includes inputting and accessing the WEB server, editing the bookmark, performing movement, deletion, change, etc., and registering the accessed homepage in the bookmark and registering the ID / password.

The background processing means 12
In the access processing for accessing the corresponding homepage from the bookmark, when the server requests the ID / password, the U registered in the bookmark is displayed.
It includes a bookmark search process 12a for searching for an ID / password corresponding to the RL, and also includes a communication process 12b that operates upon activation of the bookmark search process 12a.

The management part of the web browser software is roughly divided into a homepage management unit 14, a bookmark management unit 15, a display management unit 16, and a communication management unit 1.
7 can be divided.

The homepage management unit 14 manages data of the homepage currently being browsed.
The data is stored in the memory or the drive 18. The bookmark management unit 15 manages the currently registered bookmark data, and the data is stored in the memory or the drive 18 similarly.

The display management section 16 can be divided into a homepage display and a bookmark list display. The former homepage display is homepage management department 1
The data managed by the bookmark management unit 15 is displayed as a list, and the data managed by the bookmark management unit 15 is displayed as a list.

The list display in this case is performed on the television receiver or the display 4. Furthermore, when accessing the WEB server, the communication management unit 17 manages a part that accesses the WEB server 7 using a specific protocol.

In FIG. 2, a solid line indicates a communication mode performed in the background processing, and a broken line indicates a communication mode performed in the foreground processing.

Next, FIG. 3 shows search / transmission processing means executed in background processing in the browser 2 shown in FIG. 2, that is, when there is a request for an ID / password from the server side, it is registered in a bookmark. 9 is a flowchart illustrating processing operations of a bookmark search process 12a for searching for an ID / password corresponding to an existing URL, and a communication process 12b that operates according to activation of the bookmark search process 12a.

The flow chart can be divided into a start 1 when a jump is made from a link on a certain page and a start 2 when a URL is manually input without using a bookmark.

First, in a routine entered from the start 1 when jumping from a link on a certain page, HTML is received in step S1. Based on this, the HTML is displayed on the screen 4 in step S2. Subsequently, in step S3, it is determined whether the user has instructed to move to the link destination. That is, it is determined whether or not the user operates the keyboard 3 to view the linked area.

Here, when there is no user's instruction (in the case of No), the process returns to step S2, and is circulated (standby) in the HTML display state.

If it is determined in step S3 that the user has instructed to move to the link destination (in the case of Yes), in step S4, the communication management unit 17 is activated to access the server. And step S5
In, it is determined whether an ID and a password associated with accessing the server 7 have been requested.

If there is no request for an ID and a password from the server 7 (No), the process returns to step S1 and repeats the above routine. If it is determined in step S5 that the server 7 has requested the ID and password (Yes), the process proceeds to step S6.
Then, the area name of the URL to be accessed, that is, the name of the area with security is acquired.

In step S7, a server name (URL character string) and an area name are searched from the bookmark.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the data structure of one bookmark. In step S7, each bookmark having the data structure shown in FIG. 4 is accessed, and the logical product condition of the two items is accessed. Will be searched.

Then, in step S8, it is determined whether or not a bookmark that matches the search condition has been searched. If the bookmark does not have the above condition (No), the process proceeds to step S9.
The user is prompted to enter an ID and a password. Therefore, in step S9, the user inputs the ID and the password on the dialog, and thereby the step S1 is executed.
Move to 0.

If it is determined in step S8 that a bookmark that matches the search condition has been searched (Yes), the process also proceeds to step S10. In step S10, the communication management unit 17 stores the ID and the password corresponding to the searched bookmark.
Executes a process of transmitting to the server 7.

According to this series of routines, the server 7
D and the password are acquired, and the data in the specific area with the URL security is transmitted to the terminal.

The above description is an operation in the case of browsing from a link on a certain page and browsing an area with security, and manually operating the UR without using a bookmark.
When L is input, from the start 2 in FIG.
The routine entered in step 1 is adopted. That is, step S
In step 11, the user inputs a URL manually (using the keyboard 3).
4 and follows the same routine as described above.

The method and apparatus for browsing home pages according to the present invention can of course be used even when the browser is installed on an Internet-only terminal or a personal computer and used as an Internet terminal.

[0044]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the method and the apparatus for browsing a home page according to the present invention, when a request for an ID and / or a password is received from a server, it is stored in a bookmark constructed in an Internet browser. An ID and / or password corresponding to the searched URL is retrieved, and the retrieved ID and / or password is transmitted to the server.

Therefore, for example, even when a user jumps from a link on a page to access a URL with security, the user can browse the page without taking a procedure of inputting an ID and / or password again. Can be performed, and the operation can be simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a connection status between an Internet terminal and a server that can use the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram mainly showing functions of a browser according to the present invention mounted on an Internet terminal.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the browser shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a data structure of one bookmark.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Internet terminal 2 Browser 3 Keyboard 4 Display 5 Communication means (telephone line) 6 Internet provider 7 Server 11 Foreground processing 12 Background processing 13 Switching function 14 Homepage management section 15 Bookmark management section 16 Display management section 17 Communication management section 18 Memory (drive)

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification code FI H04M 11/08 H04L 11/20 101B H04N 7/173 101A

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A method of browsing a homepage in an Internet terminal equipped with an Internet browser and transmitting / receiving data to / from an Internet server.
A request determination step of determining whether a request for an ID and / or a password has been received from the server side; and in the request determination step, when determining that a request for an ID and / or a password has been received from the server side,
A search step for searching for an ID and / or password corresponding to a URL stored in a bookmark constructed in the Internet browser; and a communication processing step for transmitting the ID and / or password searched from the bookmark area in the search step to a server side Are executed on the Internet terminal. 2. The request determination step, the search step,
The method for browsing a homepage on an Internet terminal according to claim 1, wherein the communication processing step and the communication processing step are performed by background processing. 3. An apparatus for browsing a homepage in an Internet terminal, which is equipped with an Internet browser and exchanges data with an Internet server.
Request determining means for determining whether a request for an ID and / or a password has been received from the server; and constructing the Internet browser when the request determining means has determined that a request for an ID and / or a password has been received from the server. Search means for searching for an ID and / or password corresponding to the URL stored in the bookmark set, and an ID searched from the bookmark by the search means
And a communication processing means for transmitting a password to a server.