KR100347704B1 - Method of Automatic Setting for Keyboard HotKey by Internet Web Sites - Google Patents

Abstract

When accessing an Internet service site, the user can automatically set a command (shortcut function) for each function key or other specific key on the computer keyboard for each site according to the characteristics of the site. This is a method for automatically changing the keyboard hotkey function for each Internet site that allows you to easily and comfortably perform a desired task with the key operation of the key.

The function or function selection list set on the keyboard is provided to the user system in the form of structured data or program or HTML own TAG form dynamically in the site operated on the Internet, and changed or updated. It automatically detects and configures information from the site or key operation, so the same keyboard automatically changes its function according to each Internet site. In addition, the user can use the function without having to configure it to use the function. Therefore, users can directly perform shortcut functions that are automatically changed for each site without physically restricting the keyboard, thereby increasing convenience and providing fast service.

Description

Method of Automatic Setting for Keyboard HotKey by Internet Web Sites}

The present invention relates to a method for automatically changing a keyboard hotkey (HotKey) to facilitate the use of an Internet service, using a function key or a hotkey installed on the keyboard to perform various functions and services in a specific site. It is a method for automatically setting keyboard hotkeys for each Internet web site.

In recent years, the service industry using a computer, along with the rapid spread of computer communication and the Internet, exchanges various information such as e-mails among remote users using the Internet, and finance, shopping, education and entertainment business using the web. The back is soaring. As such, as the use of the Internet of computer users is expanded, user demand for using the Internet more easily and quickly is increasing.

However, when a user accesses the Internet to a specific site, the user can directly go to the specific site through a bookmark after installing and executing various software such as a software for communication connection and a web browser. However, in order to set such a bookmark, it is necessary to access a specific site once through several connection steps by using a corresponding software or a mouse, and the user can conveniently access it later when accessing the bookmark again. Recently, computer keyboards with hotkeys and software that provide various shortcut functions have emerged to simplify and simplify these complex procedures. Among them, Internet keyboards with hotkeys, which can shorten the Internet connection with a single keystroke, have emerged. As a result, compared to the previous case, the Internet access to a site where a user provides a specific service has been simplified.

However, the Internet site address (URL) or program execution function set in these hotkeys is fixed, or the user has to change the configuration manually, and the physical limit limits the number of hotkeys. There is a limitation that the hotkey cannot accommodate the service and various functions within a specific site. In addition, when the setting value needs to be changed, there is a problem that the user needs to set it directly, and the number of sets that can be set is very limited.

The present invention has been invented to solve the above problems of the prior art, the purpose of which is to set the function value or hot key provided on the keyboard to the site to set the various menus corresponding to the service provided by a specific site in one-to-one The user can access the site by selecting the setting value automatically from the site in the user's system (local system) or on the Internet. Direct access to the menu corresponding to the key operated through the operation, or the function set in the menu can be performed immediately, thereby increasing the user's convenience and providing a service that makes it easy to use a service having characteristics for each site. To provide.

Therefore, in order to implement the system of the present invention, a technology for detecting which Internet site a user is connected to, and a technology for setting a key value obtained from a local system and an Internet site suitable for each site, and using a different system of the user The technical problem related to the software that performs the corresponding function when the set key is operated without affecting should be solved.

1 is a conceptual diagram of the present invention.

2 is a flow chart illustrating a method of setting and using a computer keyboard hotkey in accordance with the present invention.

3 illustrates a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4-1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for setting and using a computer keyboard hotkey when a Java applet is performed to perform an operation according to the present invention.

4-2 is an example of creating HTML displayed to include JAVA Applet on the web for performing an operation according to the present invention.

5 is a schematic diagram of a Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) Tag extension for data transmission according to the present invention.

6 is an embodiment of a web browser operating in the method of FIGS. 4 and 5 according to the present invention.

According to a first aspect of the method for setting an internet keyboard hotkey according to the present invention for solving the above problems, when the user accesses a specific site for providing a service to a user connected to the Internet through a web browser, Identifying the appropriate hotkey settings and menus, and downloading the values from a server running on the Internet or reading them from the local system.

Hotkey setting step of designating a setting value or menu for each shortcut key according to the setting value read in the above step and displaying a table regarding the designation as a button arrangement on the screen so as to recognize a user currently connected to the Internet.

Hot key utilization step in which the user is connected to the corresponding menu by a single operation of a specific key and provided with the service through the above steps;

Apart from the order of execution of the above steps, the user inputs the URL address directly or records using the web browser bookmarking function, or the hotkey setting values required by the site administrator are stored in the local and the corresponding site through manual setting, and saved to the user system. It consists of a hotkey setpoint management step that allows automatic transmission.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the user selects and executes a specific menu in the step of identifying the Internet site, the designated value of the same key can be changed or updated again to suit the submenu. In other words, even within the same site, hotkey assignments may differ by site service providers.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the hotkey setting step, a site administrator outputs the table to a screen of a web browser to a user who is connected to the Internet, and inputs a value of a specific key of a keyboard possessed by the user and each menu on the table. When the specific key is entered, each menu on the table is executed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the method for providing a unique hotkey setting values to a user system by an Internet site administrator in the Internet site identification step may be a simple array of data, such as a Java Applet or an ActiveX. It may be in the form of a program, or may be in the form of a tag of Hyper Text MarkUp Language (HTML) or XML (eXtensible MarkUp Language), which has extended the convention in advance. In this case, the user can save the hotkey settings in the local system and perform the hotkey function in parallel with the settings received from the Internet site.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the hot key utilization step, when a button corresponding to a specific key in the table on the screen is clicked through a mouse or a joystick, which is not only a keyboard, but also an input device, a hypertext function is applied to the key. This includes access to the corresponding menu.

Hereinafter, specific operations of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram of the present invention, a computer keyboard of a user system receives different hotkey settings for each Internet site from a push server (PUSH SERVER) or an access site that is operated separately, and illustrates a concept used by a user by changing hotkey settings. Drawing.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an Internet service according to the present invention. Referring to this, in the first step, the user connects the user system to the Internet (S1), and in the second step, the user directly connects to the web browser. If you enter a URL or press a hot key to access a specific Internet site (S2), the third step is automatically detected by the device driver of the keyboard or by a download program (JAVA Applet, Active X type) provided by the Internet site. The hot key setting values corresponding to the site are read from a storage device in a local system or a value provided from an internet site (S3).

In the fourth step, the device driver (keyboard operation control software) stores the setting values read in the above step and displays the setting contents as a button array on the computer monitor so that the user can execute the function key or hot key function. In step 5, the user presses a hotkey assigned or set to a desired function in step 5, and in step 6, the device driver (keyboard operation control software) operates a function corresponding to a key pressed by the user. And run it. That is, if a specific URL is specified in the hotkey pressed by the user, the URL is transmitted to the web browser to be connected to the URL. If the hotkey is designated to perform a program function, the function is executed (S6).

The automatic hot key setting and execution function is terminated at the same time when the web browser is terminated (S8). Even when the web browser is running, the hotkey array Button Windows on the screen is terminated to stop the operation.

Hereinafter, the steps 4, 5 and 6 of the above step will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the fourth step S4, menu designations corresponding to the respective function keys or hot keys are arranged at the bottom of the screen in a button shape. Hotkey assignments can also be set for keys that have already been added for hotkey functions, general keys, and combinations of keys (for example, SHIFT + F2).

The button may be a button linked to a banner advertisement (Fig. 3 P3, Fig. 6 P3). In addition, the site administrator may use a device driver or a device driver of the keyboard so that each key of the keyboard possessed by the user who is currently connected is correctly connected to each menu on the table, and the service provided by the site can be performed properly. It will provide a downloader (JAVA Applet, Active X) to the user's system.

In the sixth step, the user sees the table displayed on the screen and presses a specific key of the keyboard owned by the user once to directly access the corresponding menu or perform a function corresponding to the menu (Fig. 2 S5). 2, the same function as described above may be performed even if the user clicks a button shown in a table on the screen using a mouse in addition to pressing a key.

In this way, the user who satisfies the service provided by the site through the first to sixth steps (S2 to S6) completes the Internet connection of the site (Fig. 2 S8). Thus, in the eighth step, the user terminates the web browser, the keyboard DEVICE DRIVER terminates the on-screen HOTKEY TABLE and stops its hotkey function.

In particular, in the first step (Fig. 3 P3, P4), each menu is connected one-to-one with the keys on the keyboard, such as function keys, in some cases, the menu may be connected to a keypad provided separately in addition to the hot key or keyboard installed on the keyboard. It may be.

The operation of the present invention as described above will be described with reference to a securities site that provides a securities related service among the various service providing sites as an example.

First, the securities site manager assigns a menu one-to-one to a function key or a hot key. For example, a function key can be used to display a quote on the F1 key, an order on the F2 key, and so on. On the F12 key, the user can send the settings such as logout to the user through a separate PUSH server operated on the Internet or as a separate DATA or program type (JAVA Applet or ActiveX). Will be sent (see Figure 4).

Next, when the web browser of the user system is connected to the securities site, the unique functions of the site are sensed, and a URL or a software function command corresponding to the detected characteristic is assigned to each function key of the keyboard (S3). Then, a table about the designated items of the function key menu preset by the site administrator is displayed on the screen of the user system (Figs. 2S4 and 3P3), and the user presses the F1 key or outputs it on the screen. When the button corresponding to the F1 key is clicked, the system managing the site accordingly jumps to the corresponding URL or performs a designated function (FIG. 2 S5 and S6).

At this time, the user's keyboard driver detects the F1 key currently pressed by the user and reads the URL set stored in its own local system or pushes it from a site operated on the Internet separately. Alternatively, by automatically downloading, a menu corresponding to the F1 key jumps to a URL or a designated function is performed in the site.

On the other hand, other keyboard drivers or separate programs running in the background interpret cookies sent from a particular site or other data that indicates that the user is connecting to that site, or a plug-in running on a web browser. The menu corresponding to the F1 key jumps to a URL even if a plug-in type program or a JAVA or ActiveX type program on a home site is automatically executed on a system by a user who accesses the site. Function or a designated function may be performed. Here, the remaining F2 to F12 keys are operated in the same manner as above for each menu according to the user's operation. In this way, after the user satisfies all the services provided by the system for managing the site, the Internet connection is completed (Figs. 2 S7 and S8).

In addition, using the above-described JAVA Applet or Active X type of Internet-based programs, the Internet site service manager is more dynamic and user-friendly, and each site can provide its own HotKey operation button interface and operation mechanism to each user. In such a case, since JAVA Applet or ActiveX operates in the Web Browser, it has a slightly different operation mechanism from the method of simply receiving HotKey setting data, and the most different part is the shape of Button Table that displays the setting values assigned to the HotKey. The site administrator can arbitrarily display the display in the Web Browser (see Fig. 6).

In addition, when transmitting the setting value according to the present invention can extend the TAG function of HTML or its extension XML and transmit the setting values (see Fig. 5). In other words, by designing TAG, which is a component of HTML language, to set HotKey, when connecting to HomePage using the TAG, the Web Browser interprets the HOTKEY setting tag in the HOME constituent HTML and displays it on the screen according to the specified value. It is also possible to take charge of its operation.

In addition, the present invention can be expanded to perform a function such as scrolling a web screen by detecting a joystick installed in a user system by a keyboard driver or another type of program.

The present invention configured as described above is assigned to a function key or a hot key provided on the keyboard in advance one-to-one various menus corresponding to a service provided by a specific site to a key operated through one-time operation of a user connected to the site. Direct access to the corresponding menu, or a function set in the menu can be performed immediately, thereby increasing the convenience of the user and at the same time providing a quick service.

Claims (4)

In a method of using the Internet where a user connects to the Internet (Fig. 2 S1), accesses a specific site through a web browser (Fig. 2 S2), and finds desired information. A setting value transmission step of obtaining a specific shortcut key setting value provided for each connected specific site (FIG. 2 S3); A setting value display step of storing the setting values obtained in the setting value transmitting step in a user computer system and displaying the functions and shortcut keys set in the web browser in a button array (FIG. 2 S4); An investigation step of checking whether the computer user uses a specific shortcut key after performing the setting value display step (Fig. 2 S5); If the user used a specific shortcut key in the irradiation step (Fig. 2 S5), performing a function set to a specific shortcut key (Fig. 2 S6); A site moving step (FIG. 2 S7) for initializing the setting values stored in the user computer system and returning to the setting value transmission step after checking whether the other site has been accessed after the performing step; If it is not connected to another site in the step of moving the site, it is checked whether the use of the web browser is terminated. If not, the user returns to the setting value display step. Sensing step (Fig. 2 S8); Keyboard hotkey automatic setting method for each Internet site, characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 1, wherein the shortcut setting values for each access site are values obtained by a user importing bookmark data of an existing web browser or by pressing a specific key after logging in to a specific web site or stored in a local system. A method for automatically setting a keyboard hotkey for each Internet web site, which is composed of data in an array form in which unique values for each site are directly input. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the setting value (Fig. 2 S3) assigns a function menu or URL unique to each site on the Internet to a hotkey on a computer keyboard and assigns the hotkey setting values to a Java applet form or an Internet such as ActiveX. A method for automatically setting a keyboard hotkey for each Internet web site, which transmits a hotkey function to a keyboard differently for each Internet site by transmitting it to the user's system through the HTTP protocol or other protocol from the Internet site itself as a dynamic program executed directly on the Internet. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting value transmitted in the setting value transmitting step (S2 of FIG. 2) is a keyboard in the form of HTML (Hyper TextMarkup Language) or XML (eXtensible Markup Language), which is a design language of an Internet homepage provided by an Internet site. Automatic Hot Key Setting Method for Keyboards by Internet Web Sites by Adding a TAG Protocol for Displaying Hotkey Settings to Create a Homepage by Displaying Hotkey Setting Values for Each Site .