JP4538173B2 - Access destination input program and access destination input device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a technique for instructing a connection destination from an information processing apparatus connected to a communication network, and more particularly to a system for managing access of an information processing apparatus to desired information.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As a means for designating a connection destination in a communication network such as the Internet using an information processing apparatus such as a computer, there is a technique related to two-dimensional code input.
[0003]
For example, the technology described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-267966 has a configuration in which a two-dimensional code includes a character string of a communication address such as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and a terminal symbol thereof. The two-dimensional code is read by a two-dimensional code reader device, re-converted into a character string obtained by adding a terminal symbol to a character string of a communication address, and further transmitted as communication data to a communication terminal such as an information processing apparatus.
Further, the communication terminal extracts the communication address from the communication data transmitted from the two-dimensional code reader device, starts the browser prepared in advance, and hands over the character string of the extracted communication address to the started browser. Thus, the communication address included in the two-dimensional code is automatically accessed.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the above-described prior art has a problem that it is not possible to determine the communication address input method. In other words, when a corresponding communication address is accessed by reading a two-dimensional code using a two-dimensional code reader device, and by operating an input device of a personal computer such as direct input with a keyboard or clicking with a mouse, It was impossible to distinguish when accessing the communication address.
[0005]
In addition, there is a problem that access to a corresponding communication address cannot be prohibited for a two-dimensional code other than a specific two-dimensional code. That is, since the two-dimensional code reader device in the above-described prior art only needs to be a specification that can read a two-dimensional code, the content of the two-dimensional code is the communication address and the terminal symbol, and the two-dimensional code reader device to be used is If it is possible to read the two-dimensional code, the connection is unconditionally connected to the corresponding communication address. Therefore, there is no means for restricting access by a two-dimensional code other than these configurations.
[0006]
Furthermore, in the prior art, since a communication address such as a URL and a terminal symbol are included in the two-dimensional code, when information including the communication address is encoded, the amount of information increases and the area of the two-dimensional code also increases. There was a problem that it would end up. For example, in a housing information magazine, a used car information magazine, a travel information magazine, etc., when a detailed information communication address of each house is two-dimensionally coded and described in the information magazine, the communication address including the URL is directly specified. It was difficult to code. When the area of the two-dimensional code is large, the area ratio of the two-dimensional code to the paper surface on which the two-dimensional code is printed increases, and the amount of information on the paper surface decreases. Therefore, when the information amount of the two-dimensional code is made equal and only the size is reduced and printed, the cell pitch of the two-dimensional code is reduced and the reading rate of the two-dimensional code is reduced.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In view of the above problems, in the present invention, the two-dimensional code indicating the connection destination connected via the communication network has a configuration in which an identification code is added to information related to the connection destination. When there is an identification code, the program of the present invention outputs a decryption of the two-dimensional code and accesses an information processing apparatus that manages the provision of content.
[0008]
In addition, as information regarding the connection destination, information that is separately assigned with a code for identifying the connection destination is used instead of the permanent address where the content actually exists. The correspondence between the code for identifying the connection destination and the address where the content actually exists is managed by the information processing device that manages the provision of the content, and the information processing device connects to the actual address.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0010]
FIG. 1 schematically illustrates access to a terminal device via a communication network using a two-dimensional code. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an access method using a two-dimensional code. FIG. 3 illustrates the data contents of the two-dimensional code and the communication address in each part.
[0011]
First, referring to FIG. 1, an outline of a communication system in the present embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, the communication network is the Internet, and the communication terminal 1 such as a personal computer connected to the Internet is connected to the Internet 8 via an access service provider (not shown) via a public network such as a telephone network or ISDN. The user can access the homepage of the communication address specified by the user. The Internet 8 is connected to an access management server 9 that manages the access destination of the communication terminal 1 and content servers A, B12, and 13 that store various contents to be provided.
[0012]
Here, the access management server 9 is provided by a management company that provides content, for example, an affiliate with an advertising company and manages access to the content using the two-dimensional code in the present embodiment. The management company cooperates with a magazine company, a newspaper company, and the like, and provides publications and printed materials on which the two-dimensional code in this embodiment is posted.
[0013]
An outline of the communication terminal 1 is shown in FIG. Hereinafter, components having the same functions as those in FIG.
[0014]
The communication terminal device 1 includes an interface 5 for connecting a storage device 2 for storing various information and a two-dimensional code reader. The storage device 2 stores browser software 4 for connecting to the Internet 8 via the modem 42 and browsing content using the display device 44. In normal processing, after being connected to the provider, an access destination is input using an input device 43 such as a keyboard and a mouse, and the browser software 4 connects to the access destination and browses information on the access destination.
[0015]
In the present embodiment, since the system is connected to the Internet via a public line network, the modem 42 is used as a communication unit for connecting to the Internet. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the case of connection via a LAN (local area network), a LAN card or the like is used.
[0016]
The storage device 2 is preinstalled with decryption software 3 for decrypting (decoding) the two-dimensional code. The decoding software 3 is executed by the CPU 41 (central processing unit), and decodes the two-dimensional code 7 read by the two-dimensional code reader 6. Further, when the predetermined condition described later is satisfied, the decryption software 3 sends an advertisement a53 to the provider via the access management server 9 in a desired connection destination, for example, the content server A12 managed by a certain company A. The communication terminal 1 is accessed, and an instruction to display the content on a display device (not shown) of the communication terminal 1 is issued.
[0017]
The two-dimensional code reader device 6 reads the information of the two-dimensional code with a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) area sensor or a CCD line sensor and the like, and reads the read code information through the interface 5 of the communication terminal 1. It is what you pass to. In the present embodiment, the two-dimensional code reader device used may be a CCD area sensor system for reading a matrix type code or a CCD line sensor system for reading a stack type code. The interface standard of the interface 5 of the communication terminal 1 uses any one of USB, SCSI, RS-232C, IEEE 1394, Bluetooth, and the like.
[0018]
The data structure of the two-dimensional code 7 in this embodiment will be described. As shown by 20 in FIG. 3, the two-dimensional code 7 is obtained by coding a character string consisting of several characters and numbers. The character string includes an identification code 21 and a local address 24. Further, the local address 24 includes an advertiser code 22 portion and an advertisement page code 23 portion.
[0019]
The identification code 21 is used so that the communication terminal 1 does not process anything other than the two-dimensional code created for the purpose of accessing the Internet using the two-dimensional code. This function is provided by the decryption software 3. Further, the identification code 21 is used to effectively count the access to the corresponding access management server 9 and the access log to the access management server 9, for example, a magazine in which a two-dimensional code is published, Assigned to each newspaper. The identification code 21 may be alphanumeric or Japanese. The number of digits of the identification code is not limited, but about 4 to 6 digits are desirable in order to reduce the amount of information. As long as the order of the identification code 21, the advertiser code 22, and the advertisement page code 23 is defined by the decryption software 3, the order may be coded in any order.
[0020]
In the local address 24, the advertiser code 22 is a code for identifying an advertiser, that is, a content information provider. The advertisement page code 23 expresses the detailed address of the advertiser's corresponding home page or the address of the content to be accessed with alphanumeric characters or the like instead of a communication address such as a URL having a large number of characters. The example of the local address 23 is a format example in which detailed information 001 described in page 123 of the magazine type 001 published by the magazine company X is assigned to the local address. With such a configuration, it is not necessary to directly code the communication address (permanent address 28) of the advertiser page in the two-dimensional code 7, and the information amount of the two-dimensional code 7 can be reduced.
[0021]
Next, the contents of the access management server 9 will be described with reference to FIG. The access management server 9 manages access on the Internet using the two-dimensional code according to the present embodiment. For example, the access management server 9 distributes the two-dimensional code reader device 6 and the decoding software 3 according to the present embodiment. Has. When each communication terminal connected to the Internet accesses the Internet using the two-dimensional code and the decryption software 3 of the present embodiment, the access management server 9 is connected from the provider contracted by the user of each communication terminal. By being connected, it becomes possible to manage access.
[0022]
The access management server 9 is connected to the Internet 8 by the communication unit 51. The CPU 52 controls the access destination of the communication terminal 1 according to the information received from the communication terminal 1. The storage device 53 also has a current address conversion table 10 that is an area for storing information used for control of the CPU 52, and an access log counter 11 for storing information related to the number of accesses by a two-dimensional code according to the present embodiment. FIGS. 6 and 7 show examples of configurations of the current address conversion table 10 and the access log counter 11, respectively.
[0023]
According to the above-described example, the CPU 52 receives the information specifying the advertisement a54 of the content server A12 in the two-dimensional code read by the communication terminal 1, and then stores the current address conversion table 10 and the access log counter 11 Used to perform control for connecting the communication terminal 1 to the address of the advertisement a.
[0024]
Next, a method for accessing the Internet using a two-dimensional code realized by the above-described configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIG. First, the processing (step 100 to step 107) of the decryption software 3 installed in the storage device 2 of the communication terminal 1 and the processing of the browser (step 108) will be described.
[0025]
When reading the two-dimensional code, first, the two-dimensional code reader device 6 is connected to the interface 5 of the communication terminal 1, and the decoding software 3 is activated (step 100). The two-dimensional code 7 is read by the two-dimensional code reader device 6 (101). Next, the decoding software 3 of the communication terminal 1 decodes the two-dimensional code 7 read by the two-dimensional code reader device 6 (102). As a decoding algorithm, a decoding algorithm corresponding to a code to be used, such as a matrix type code or a stack type code, is used.
[0026]
The decoding software 3 searches the code information after decoding the two-dimensional code and determines whether or not there is an identification code 21 (103). If there is no identification code 21, a message is displayed on the display device 44 of the communication terminal 1 that it is not a two-dimensional code for Internet access, and the process is terminated (104). In addition to displaying a message on the display device 44, the means for notifying the user that it is not a two-dimensional code for Internet access may be sounded.
[0027]
If it is determined by the decryption software 3 that the identification code 21 exists, the access management server address 26 based on the identification code 21 is added (105). A correspondence table between the identification code 21 and the access management server address 26 is created in advance in the decryption software 3. When there are a plurality of access management servers, a plurality of identification codes 21 exist for each server, and the access management server address 26 corresponding to the read identification code 21 of the two-dimensional code is extracted from the information table. To the local address 24.
[0028]
If it is determined that the identification code 21 exists, the decryption software 3 activates the browser software 4 installed in the storage device 2 of the communication terminal 1 (106). Further, the communication address 25 to which the access management server address 26 is added is passed to the browser software 4 (107). Here, the order of step (105) and step (106) may be reversed.
[0029]
The browser software 4 that has received the communication address 25 is connected to the Internet 8 via an access service provider via a telephone network connected to the communication terminal 1 or a public network such as ISDN, and accesses the access management server 9. (108).
[0030]
In this way, the identification code is included in the two-dimensional code, and access to the access management server and access to the Internet are allowed only when the identification code is present. On the contrary, when there is no identification code, the decryption process is completed, so the two-dimensional code decryption software of this embodiment can limit the two-dimensional code to be decrypted, and the decryption process can be specified. It can be used only for the purpose. Accordingly, when the decryption software and the two-dimensional code reader device are provided in order to facilitate access to the content provided by a specific advertiser, it can be prevented from being used for other purposes. Can be used effectively.
[0031]
In addition, since the local address 24 uses a code for identifying the content, not a communication address of the specific content, the amount of information to be decoded can be reduced to a small amount, and a space for posting a two-dimensional code Can be saved. In other words, because the two-dimensional code format uses an identification code and a local address and does not include a communication address such as a URL in the two-dimensional code, the information amount of the two-dimensional code is small and the two-dimensional code can be made small. It becomes possible to save space for printing 2D codes.
[0032]
Next, processing in the access management server 9 will be described.
[0033]
The storage device 53 of the access management server 9 stores the current address conversion table 10 shown in FIG. In the current address conversion table 10, the current address 27 of the code information name of the identification code 21 and the local address 24 is registered in the html format. Further, the content of each html file at the current address 27 is the permanent address 28 of the advertisement page corresponding to the local address 24.
[0034]
An access log counter 11 is prepared in the storage device 53 of the access management server 9 and has a function of managing the number of accesses by a two-dimensional code in the present embodiment. When access is received from the communication terminal 1, the identification code 21 is extracted from the received communication address 25, and the access count is incremented with the identification code. Further, when the access is the identification code 21, the local address 24 is used to perform an access count for each content (step 109).
[0035]
Next, the access management server 9 extracts the current address 27 from the received communication address 25, and refers to the corresponding current address 27 in the current address conversion table 10 (step 110). Further, using the permanent address 28 registered in the html file of the current address 27, the communication terminal 1 is connected to the permanent address 28 of the corresponding content server 12 via the Internet 8 (step 111).
[0036]
When connected to the permanent address of the corresponding content, the communication terminal 1 causes the browser software 4 to display the corresponding home page on the display device 44 by the browser software 4 (step 112).
[0037]
In summary, the code information of the decoded two-dimensional code is converted as shown in FIG. 3 at each step.
[0038]
First, in step 102, the decoding software 3 decodes the two-dimensional code into code information. Thereafter, in step 105, the access management server address 26 corresponding to the identification code is added to become the communication address 25. Next, on the access management server side, a current address 27 consisting of an identification code and a local address is extracted at step 109 and finally converted into a permanent address 28 of the content to be accessed.
[0039]
In this way, the communication terminal 1 transmits a communication address including an identification code, a code indicating an advertiser and an advertisement page, and the specific content permanent address 28 is registered in the access management server 9. Even when the permanent address 28 is changed, maintenance management by the access management server 9 is facilitated, and the success rate of access from the communication terminal 1 can be increased.
[0040]
Further, since the identification code is transmitted to the access management server 9 as a communication address, the access management server 9 counts the number of accesses by the identification code and the number of connections for each content using the identification code. It is possible to grasp the access using the two-dimensional code by and to recognize the number of connections. Therefore, the access management server can perform access counting using the identification code and local address. For example, it can be used effectively for billing systems for magazines with two-dimensional codes, advertiser billing systems, and access from this system. It can also be used to add services to other users. For example, a magazine company and an advertising company can provide the latest information to users and readers, and can be differentiated from other magazines, and can effectively appeal to users and readers.
[0041]
In this embodiment, since it is assumed that the access management server 9 also performs access management by a conventional method, the identification code is transmitted. However, the access management server 9 is configured to access only the access according to this embodiment. , The number of accesses by the two-dimensional code of this embodiment can be counted by counting up each time it is accessed without receiving an identification code.
[0042]
Further, in the present embodiment, since it is assumed that the management company having the access management server 9 and the content providing company are different companies, the local code has an advertiser code for identifying the content provider. Therefore, if the management company and the content providing company are the same company, the advertiser code 22 can be omitted. Furthermore, when the content server is different for each advertiser, the advertiser code 22 can be omitted.
[0043]
As described above, in the present embodiment, since the identification code and the local address are used and the decryption software determines whether the code is a two-dimensional code for Internet access, it can be distinguished from a general two-dimensional code. Occurrence can be suppressed. Further, there is an added value that it is possible to perform access management in which processing of the decoded two-dimensional code other than the specific decoding software and the two-dimensional code and internet access using the same are not performed. For this reason, the management company that manages the access can propose an added value not found in other companies to a magazine company that issues a magazine that publishes a two-dimensional code or an advertising company that provides content. In addition, users and readers can easily access the Internet and get the latest detailed information.
[0044]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, when a connection destination is input with a predetermined two-dimensional code, it is possible to determine whether or not to perform processing after decoding by recognizing the identification code, It is possible to determine that the connection is based on a predetermined two-dimensional code.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of access to the Internet using a two-dimensional code.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for accessing the Internet using a two-dimensional code.
FIG. 3 is an example of data contents of a two-dimensional code and a communication address in each part.
FIG. 4 is an example of a block diagram of a communication terminal in the present embodiment.
FIG. 5 is an example of a block diagram of an access management server in the present embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a configuration example of a current address conversion table in the present embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a configuration example of an access log counter in the present embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Communication terminal 2, 53 ... Storage device, 3 ... Decoding software, 4 ... Browser software, 5 ... Interface, 6 ... Two-dimensional code reader device, 7 ... Two-dimensional code, 8 ... Internet, 9 ... Access management server DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Current address conversion table, 11 ... Access log counter, 20 ... Two-dimensional code data structure, 21 ... Identification code, 22 ... Advertiser code, 23 ... Advertisement page code, 24 ... Local address, 25 ... Communication address, 26 ... Access management server address, 27 ... Current address, 28 ... Permanent address, 41, 52 ... Central processing unit, 43 ... Modem, 43 ... Input device, 44 ... Display device, 51 ... Communication unit, 54 ... Various contents

Claims (7)

Using an information processing apparatus having a communication unit connected to a communication network,
Obtaining a code including a plurality of pieces of identification information indicating content ;
Decoding a first identification code indicating whether the code is connected to a communication network and a second identification code indicating content ;
Determining whether the code is a code connected to a communication network according to the presence or absence of the first identification code;
When the first identification code has a predetermined content, the connection to the first connection destination corresponding to the content according to the content of the first identification code, the first identification code and the Instructing the communication device to transmit a second identification code to the first destination ;
A program for realizing a step of connecting to a communication address of a second connection destination that stores content corresponding to the second identification code specified by the first connection destination . A program according to claim 1 , wherein
The first identification code and the second identification code are acquired as one two-dimensional code. A program according to claim 1, wherein
The instructing step further includes a step of starting a communication program in the communication device. A program according to claim 1, wherein
The program further comprises a step of outputting that the communication through the communication device is not performed when the first identification code does not correspond to a predetermined content. Using an information processing apparatus having browsing software for browsing content via a communication network, analyzing information that includes a plurality of identification codes and that specifies input content to be browsed;
Determining whether the information specifying the content has a predetermined identification code;
When there is the predetermined identification code , starting the browsing software, instructing the browsing software to connect to a first access destination corresponding to the predetermined identification code;
Corresponding to an identification code different from the predetermined identification code, connecting to the content communication address of the second access destination specified by the first access destination;
A program for realizing the step of displaying the content of the communication address by the browsing software . An information processing apparatus connected to a communication network,
An input device for inputting connection information for designating a first access destination and content ;
A processing device for decoding the input connection information;
When the information decoded by the processing device has a predetermined identification code for specifying the connection information, after connecting to the first access destination, a predetermined second access corresponding to the connection information designating the content An information processing apparatus having a communication unit connected to a previous content address . The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 ,
The information processing apparatus, wherein the input device is a scanner that reads the connection information with a two-dimensional code, and the processing device decodes the two-dimensional code.

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