JP2005222094A - Portal site providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portal site providing system capable of reducing a man-hour for retrieval and for opening many pages on a user side, in a WWW site providing information through the Internet, and dispensing with the construction of an application on a site provider side. <P>SOLUTION: This portal site providing system comprises a plurality of WWW sites and user terminals connected to the Internet through a communication line; an HTTP processor accepting a request of HTTP from a user terminal and responding thereto; a user information management device performing the authentication of a user based on user information; a site information management device acquiring information for acquiring a page from the information of WWW sites; a page generation device accessing a WWW site through the HTTP processor and the Internet to acquire a specified page and reconfiguring a new page based on the information of the acquired page; and a data storage part storing the user information, the site information, and page layout information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a novel portal site providing system that serves as an entrance for browsing the WWW site.

  The WWW (World Wide Web) site provided on the Internet is a computer that is connected to the Internet, and is a system that makes information available to everyone. Number information is publicly available. It is extremely difficult to get the information you want. In order to solve this problem, a technique for performing a search using a search engine or the like is conventionally known.

  In addition, each site sells sites and products that allow users to customize pages by registering users, and allows users to select and configure pages from multiple functions. In a site or the like, there is known a method of constructing a portal site that recommends content that prompts the user to purchase the next product according to the purchase status and usage status of the user. These portal sites are composed of an application server and a database, perform user authentication, construct each function as an application, and provide a dynamic WWW site in response to a user request.

  Normally, a user registers a site that he / she wants to browse many times, such as a site found by a search engine or a site registered as a user, in a bookmark, and browses by clicking the bookmark as necessary.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a collection condition memory that stores content collection conditions in advance, and collects contents by accessing a server based on the collection conditions, distributes the collected contents to a mobile terminal, and stores content between the mobile terminals. It has an information collection unit including a synchronization unit for synchronization, and a conversion unit that converts the collected content into a format for a portable terminal. Accessing arbitrary Internet content with the portable terminal, necessary information An information collection server for a portable terminal that can be obtained easily and reliably in a timely manner is shown.

JP 2002-202936 JP

  In a site that uses a search engine, the user must repeat the search each time, and it takes time and effort to narrow down the search results, and there are some tips for selecting the search term, so that some people find the target site. Takes considerable effort. For sites that use application servers, etc., only the information in the site can be obtained, or in order to communicate data between servers in order to use applications on other servers, the interface between servers is determined. However, it is essential to build an application that collects data. Furthermore, for sites that can only provide static pages using resources provided by network providers such as providers or hosting services that cannot use applications such as CGI (Common Gateway Interface), application portals Site construction is impossible. Therefore, it is not possible to link to external information and construct a portal site because it is difficult to manage the site by the conventional method.

  Also, in Patent Document 1, the number of pages that meet the collection conditions is indefinite as in the case of a normal search engine, etc. In order to check the contents, the entire pages must be displayed. Don't be. If there are a plurality of different collection conditions, the effort is increased accordingly.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a portal site providing system that reduces the trouble of searching for a user and opening a number of pages in a WWW site that provides information through the Internet, and does not require application construction on the site provider side. Is to provide.

  The present invention relates to a plurality of WWW (Wor1d Wide Web) sites and user terminals connected to the Internet via a communication line, and an HTTP processing apparatus that receives and responds to HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) requests from the user terminals. A user information management device that authenticates the user based on user information, a site information management device that acquires information for acquiring a page from the information on the WWW site, and the WWW site A page generation apparatus that accesses an HTTP processing apparatus via the Internet, acquires a specific page, and reconfigures a new page based on the acquired page information, and the user information and site And a data storage unit for storing page layout information.

  That is, the site provider inserts a specialized tag in the page in advance and registers it as an information providing site. On the user side, an ID (Identity) for authentication is given by registering user information, and at the same time, a site desired by the user is selected and registered.

  Furthermore, the user identifies the user by performing login authentication, acquires the HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) of the registered site, acquires the part surrounded by the specific tag, and within the layout page By embedding and displaying in the portal, the user can obtain a WWW page that collects target information with few steps, and the content provider can create a portal site content without building an application using CGI or an application server. A site provision system is established.

  Specifically, the present invention relates to an HTTP processing apparatus in which a plurality of WWW (World Wide Web) sites and user terminals are mutually connected to the Internet via a communication line, and accept an HTTP request from the user terminal and return a response. And a data storage unit for storing user information, site information, and page layout information, a function for registering user information for browsing the site, and a user having a function for authenticating and identifying a user authenticated by the registered user information An information management device; a function for registering information on the WWW site; a site information management device for acquiring information for page acquisition from WWW site information included in the specified user information; and the HTTP processing device on the WWW site. The in-site page acquisition unit that acquires specific pages by accessing through the Internet using It has a page generation device that has the function of extracting a part of the acquired page information and generating a page, and performing authentication processing with the user ID (Identity) and password via the Internet from the user terminal and specified at that time The information of the desired WWW site registered by the user based on the user information is acquired through the Internet, the part specified by the specific tag in the HTML of the acquired page is extracted, and the contents of the extracted plurality of WWW pages Is reconstructed based on the page layout information and displayed on the user terminal.

  The user information management device includes: a user authentication unit that performs user authentication using a login name or password of a user who uses a user terminal and identifies the user; and user information registration that stores the user information in user information in a data storage unit It is preferable to have a part.

  The page generation device includes an in-site page acquisition unit that accesses a WWW site through an HTTP processing device and acquires a page, and a page generation unit that reconstructs the acquired page information according to page layout information and displays the page information on a user terminal through the HTTP processing device. It is preferable to have.

  The site information management device preferably includes a site information acquisition unit that acquires information necessary for page acquisition from site information and a site information registration unit that registers information on the WWW site in the site information.

  It is preferable that the data storage unit stores site information that is WWW site information, user information that is a user, and a plurality of page layout information.

  According to the present invention, in a WWW site that provides information through the Internet, a portal site providing system that reduces the labor of searching for a user and opening a number of pages, and does not require the construction of an application on the site provider side. Can be provided.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a portal site providing system of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the portal site providing system server 1 of the present invention is connected to the WWW sites 19 to 21 that provide pages and user terminals 17 and 18 that are users of the WWW site via the Internet 16. Yes.

  The portal site providing system server 1 has an HTTP processing device 11 that processes the HTTP protocol through the Internet 16, and a user who manages user information using the WWW page provided by the portal site providing system server 1 through the HTTP processing device 11. The information management device 12 and the site information management device 14 that manages the information of the WWW sites 19 to 21 to be page-acquired and the HTTP processing device 11 acquire the information of the WWW sites 19 to 21 and generate pages from the contents to create the user. The page generation device 13 displayed on the terminals 17 and 18, the user information 15b of the user of this embodiment, the site information 15a which is information 19 to 21 of the WWW site, and the page layout information 15c which is a template of the provided page Data storage to store The unit 15 is configured.

  The user information management device 12 stores a user authentication unit 12 a that performs user authentication by using a login name or a password of a user who uses the user terminal 17 and identifies the user, and the user information in the user information 15 b in the data storage unit 15. A user information registration unit.

  The page generation device 13 accesses the WWW sites 19 to 21 through the HTTP processing device 11 to acquire the page, and reconfigures the acquired page information according to the page layout information 15c, and reconfigures the user through the HTTP processing device 11. A page generation unit 13b to be displayed on the terminals 17 and 18 is included.

  The site information management device 14 includes a site information acquisition unit 14a that acquires information necessary for page acquisition from the site information 15a and a site information registration unit 14b that registers information on the WWW sites 19 to 21 in the site information 15a.

  The data storage unit 15 stores site information 15a that is information on the WWW sites 19 to 21, user information 15b that is a user, and page layout information 15c.

  Information of the WWW sites 19 to 21 that provide information by the portal site providing system server 1 of this embodiment is stored in the site information 15 a in the data storage unit 15 by the site information registration unit 14 b in the site information management device 14.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the data storage unit. As shown in FIG. 2A, the user information includes a user ID for uniquely identifying the user, personal information such as a password and name used at the time of authentication, gender, postal code, and address, and a page layout unique to the user. Information is stored. or. As shown in FIG. 2B, the site information includes a site ID for uniquely identifying the site information in the system, a site name for the user to identify and know, and a URL (Uniform for accessing and acquiring page information). Resource Locator) and other information are stored. Further, in the portal site providing system server 1 of this embodiment, user information for browsing pages using the user terminals 17 and 18 is stored in the user information registration unit 12b in the user information management device 12 as user information in the data storage unit 15. 15b.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of page layout information in the data storage unit. Stores the page layout information selected by the user from the plurality of page layout information 15c, which is a template at the time of page display as shown in FIG. 3, and the site ID of the site selected by the user from the site information 15a. . Multiple sites can be registered. In FIG. 3, three examples of patterns A to C are shown in the page layout information 15 c of the data storage unit 15.

  At the time of registration, the user selects and registers a page layout and a site to be browsed together with his / her personal information.

  FIG. 4 is a page display flowchart showing the flow up to page display in the portal site providing system of the present embodiment. The user transmits a page display request from the user terminals 17 and 18 to the HTTP processing apparatus through the Internet 16. In the HTTP processing device, if the user is not authenticated, an authentication processing request is transmitted to the user authentication unit 12a in the user information management device 12. The user authentication unit 12a displays a screen that prompts the user terminals 17 and 18 to input a login ID and a password (authentication process S1). The user inputs his / her user ID password on the displayed screen and transmits again. The user information management device 12 refers to the user information stored in the user information 15b by the user authentication unit 12a and tries to identify the user (authentication process S2). If the user cannot be specified by the combination of the user ID and password, an error screen is displayed (error screen display S9). If the user can be identified, user information is acquired from the user information 15b (user information acquisition S3).

  The site ID registered by the user from the acquired user information is passed to the page generation device 13, and the page generation device 13 is necessary for acquiring a page from the site information 15a through the site information acquisition unit 14a in the site information management device 14. Information is acquired (site information acquisition S4). The acquired page information is transmitted to the page acquisition unit 13a in the site in the page generation device 13, and the page acquisition unit 13a in the site accesses the WWW sites 19 to 21 through the Internet 16 and acquires a page (HTML). (Page acquisition S5). The page acquisition unit 13a in the site extracts one part of the specified page by surrounding it with a specific tag from the HTML of the acquired page (specified part extraction S6). From this site information acquisition S4, the designated portion extraction S6 is repeated for the sites registered by the user. One part of the acquired page of each WWW site is reconstructed by the page generation unit 13b based on the page layout information registered by the user (page generation S7). The generated page is transmitted to the HTTP processing device 11 and displayed on the user terminal 17 (or 18) through the Internet 16 (page display S8).

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a page display example of a page generated by the page generation apparatus of the present embodiment. Display examples of pages provided on the WWW sites 19, 20, and 21 connected by the Internet 16 are 19 a, 20 a, and 21 a, respectively, and the designated portions of the pages of the WWW sites 19, 20, and 21 are extracted from the page 19b, 20b, and 21b, respectively, and the display example 22 of the reconfigured page displayed in the present embodiment is the WWW site to the display part 22a of the reconfigured page of the designated part 19a of the WWW site 19 The display portion 22b on the page after reconfiguration of 20a which is the designated portion of 20 is reconfigured to the display portion 22c on the page after reconfiguration of the designated portion 21a of the WWW site 21, and is transmitted to the HTTP processing apparatus 11 and sent to the Internet 16 Through the user terminal 17 (or 18).

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a specification example of an in-page content extraction method (tag) for specifying a portion to be extracted in the page by the portal site providing system of the present embodiment. Assuming that the HTML of the page display example 19a provided on the WWW site 19 is 19c, in 19c, the designated start portion is indicated by a tag indicated by “<! Portal Site System Begin ID = AA5011 →”, and the designated end portion is indicated by “< ! Portal Site System End ID = AA5011 → ”is inserted to specify 19b which is a part of the page. Similarly, if the HTML of the page display example 20a provided on the WWW site 20 is 20c, 20b, which is a part of the page, is specified by inserting a tag at the specified start portion and the specified end portion at 20c. . Further, similarly, 21b which is a part of the page is designated also in the WWW site 21. In this system, the part surrounded by the above-mentioned tag is extracted and inserted into the part specified by the page layout information. As a result, a page source (HTML) 22d of the reconfigured page 22 is created and arranged as 22a, 22b, 22c in the page 22 and displayed as a grouped page on the user terminal 17 or 18. it can.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user registered in the user information 15b accesses the portal site providing system server 1 through the Internet 16 through the user terminals 17 to 18 and is connected to the Internet 16 so that the site information 15a. A part surrounded by specific tags included in pages in the WWW sites 19 to 21 where information is stored is accessed and acquired through the Internet 16 by the page generation device 13 and is reconstructed according to the page layout information 15c. Can be displayed on the user terminal.

  According to the present embodiment, in a WWW site that provides information through the Internet, the user is provided with a WWW page that collects target information with less steps by reducing the time and effort of searching and opening a number of pages. It is possible to provide a portal site providing system that can create a portlet, which is the content of a portal site, without building an application using a CGI or an application server.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide a page for simultaneously displaying an external WWW site desired by the user, thereby enabling efficient browsing of WWW information and providing the site provider with HTML. By embedding the tag in the portal site, it is possible to provide portal site content, which eliminates the need for building an application, thereby reducing costs. By providing attractive content to the portal site, the possibility of the user browsing the site is increased, leading to an increase in the number of accesses, and activating the site on the Internet.

  Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide content that rapidly increases for a WWW site of a company that transmits information via the Internet, and can be provided at a reduced cost.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the portal site provision system of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the data structure in the portal site provision system of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the page layout in the portal site provision system of this invention. It is a flowchart until the page display in the portal site provision system of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the page in the portal site provision system of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the tag for taking out the page in the portal site provision system of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Portal site provision system server, 11 ... HTTP processing apparatus, 12 ... User information management apparatus, 12a ... User authentication part, 12b ... User information registration part, 13 ... Page generation apparatus, 13a ... In-site page acquisition part, 13b ... Page generation unit, 14 ... site information management device, 14a ... site information acquisition unit, 14b ... site information registration unit, 15 ... data storage unit, 15a ... site information, 15b ... user information, 15c ... page layout information, 16 ... internet , 17 to 18: User terminal, 19 to 21: WWW site, 19a: Page display example of WWW site 19, 19b: Designated portion of page of WWW site 19, 19c: Page source (HTML) of WWW site 19, 20a ... Page display example of the WWW site 20, 20b ... Page designation part of the WWW site 20, 21a ... Page display example of the WWW site 21, 21a ... Page designation part of the WWW site 21, 22 ... Page display example after reconfiguration, 22a: Display portion on the reconfigured page of the designated portion 19a of the WWW site 19, 22b: Display portion of the designated portion 20a of the WWW site 20 on the reconstructed page, 22c: Reconfiguration of the designated portion 21a of the WWW site 21 Display portion in later page, 22d. Page source (HTML) of page 22 after reconfiguration.

Claims (1)

  A plurality of WWW (Wor1d Wide Web) sites and user terminals connected to the Internet via a communication line, an HTTP processing apparatus responding to an HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) request from the user terminal; A user information management apparatus for authenticating the user based on information; a site information management apparatus for acquiring information for acquiring a page from information on the WWW site; and the HTTP processing apparatus and the Internet on the WWW site. A page generation apparatus for accessing a user through a page to acquire a specific page and reconstructing the page based on the acquired page information; and the user information, site information, and page A portal site providing system comprising: a data storage unit for storing jilayout information.

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