KR101300474B1 - Method of managing browser history using web-page tags and location of mobile terminals, and computer-readable recording medium with browser management program for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A browser history management method using webpage tag information and position information of a mobile terminal and a computer-readable recording medium recording a history management program therefor are provided to efficiently search and access a visited webpage by variously using a browser history of the mobile terminal. CONSTITUTION: A browser of a mobile terminal accesses a webpage and a history collecting unit obtains a URL of the webpage (S220). A tag information extracting unit parses a source code of the webpage and extracts tag information set for the webpage (S230). The history collecting unit combines the URL with the tag information to generate a history item about the webpage. A user provides a history inquiry command to the browser and a history inquiry unit arranges and displays the history item based on a keyword included in the tag information. [Reference numerals] (AA) Start; (BB) End; (S210) Visit a website through a browser of a mobile terminal; (S220) Obtain URL of the webpage and title; (S230) Extract the tag information set in the webpage by making a tag information extracting unit to parse the webpage; (S240) Obtain location information of a mobile terminal from a GPS module when a location obtaining unit accesses the webpage; (S250) Manage history by integrating URL, title , webpage tag information, and location information of the mobile terminal

Description

METHOD OF MANAGING BROWSER HISTORY USING WEB-PAGE TAGS AND LOCATION OF MOBILE TERMINALS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH BROWSER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a technology for managing a browser history using location information and web page tag information of a mobile terminal. More specifically, the present invention, when generating the history data when accessing the web page with the browser of the mobile terminal, the location information of the mobile terminal at the time of accessing the web page and the tag information included in the accessing web page and By generating and storing the combined history data, when users want to utilize the browser's history data, they can sort and search based on the location information or web page tag information of the mobile device to improve the convenience of using the browser of the mobile device and effectively This is about a technology that allows you to access the webpage you are looking for.

Mobile terminals such as iPhones, iPods, and iPads are portable and can perform voice and video calls using wireless network functions, input and output various data, and specify data. It is equipped with a portable device. Such a mobile terminal has various functions such as photographing and photographing of a moving picture, playback of a music file or a video file, game play, reception of a broadcast, etc. Especially, since a browser is built in, the mobile terminal can access the Internet through a wireless LAN, And is utilized as a terminal.

Recently, web browsing using these mobile terminals has become a common culture. People can take a mobile device such as a smart phone and easily browse the Internet through a browser if there is time to spare even for a while while on the move. The mobile terminal has a small screen size and a slow data communication speed compared to a personal computer (PC) environment, so it is inconvenient to use a browser. Therefore, it is very important to support the use of a browser in a mobile terminal in a more convenient and effective manner. So far, various ideas have been proposed.

Representative technologies to improve the usability of the browser is the bookmark function and the history function. The bookmark feature saves the URL of a website you visit often in your browser as a bookmark or bookmark. Users can easily visit the sites that they frequently visit according to their preferences as favorites and click the corresponding items as needed. However, the bookmark function is inconvenient to be registered by the user one by one.

The history feature is that whenever a user visits a web page with a browser, the browser saves the record and displays it when the user views it. The history function has the advantage that the user's management burden is small because the browser manages automatically, but the disadvantage is that the process of finding a specific item desired by the user is very cumbersome among hundreds of history items.

Accordingly, there is an urgent need in the related art for a technology for improving the convenience of operation in the user's use of the Internet browser, especially in a mobile terminal environment subject to various restrictions.

An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for managing the browser history by using the location information and web page tag information of the mobile terminal. More specifically, an object of the present invention is to generate the history data when accessing a web page with a browser of the mobile terminal, the location information of the mobile terminal at the time of accessing the web page and the tag included in the accessing web page By generating and storing history data combined with information, when users want to utilize the browser's history data, they can sort and search based on the location information or web page tag information of the mobile device to improve the usability of the browser of the mobile device. It is about providing technology that allows you to effectively access the web pages you are looking for.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of managing a history of a browser installed in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: accessing a web page by a browser of the mobile terminal; Obtaining a URL of the web page by the history collector; Parsing source code of the web page to extract tag information set for the web page; Generating a history item for the web page by combining the URL and tag information by the history collector; Receiving a history inquiry command from a user for a browser; And a history inquiry unit sorting and displaying the history items based on the keywords included in the tag information with respect to the plurality of history items generated by the browser collecting unit.

Browser history management method according to the invention, the location information acquisition unit further comprises the step of receiving the geographic location information of the mobile terminal from the GPS module at the time of the web page access, wherein the history collector is located in the URL and tag information The information is further combined to generate a history item for the web page, and the history inquiry unit preferably displays the plurality of history items by sorting the history items based on location information.

In the browser history management method according to the present invention, the history inquiry command is configured to include a search keyword, and the history inquiry unit searches for a history item having tag information including a search keyword for a plurality of history items, and then sorts and displays them. It is preferable. In this case, the history inquiry unit may search for history items including location information including a search keyword for a plurality of history items, and then sort and display the history items.

In addition, in the browser history management method according to the present invention, it is preferable that the tag information extracting unit extracts the tag information set for the web page by searching for a preset ID included in the source code of the web page.

On the other hand, the computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention records a program for executing the browser history management method using the location information and web page tag information of the mobile terminal as described above.

According to the present invention, the user can sort and view the browser history based on the location information of the user or the content of the web page, so that the user can use the browser history of the mobile terminal in various ways. The advantage is that you can search and access effectively.

In addition, according to the present invention, as the user can effectively search and access the webpage visited by the user once using the location information or the tag information in the webpage at that time, the user's convenience for the browser of the mobile terminal can be improved. There are advantages to it.

1 is a flow chart showing a browser history management technology of a mobile terminal according to the prior art.
2 is a block diagram conceptually showing an internal configuration of a mobile terminal to which the present invention is applied.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of collecting a browser history of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a first embodiment of a process of using a browser history of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a second embodiment of a process of using a browser history of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a browser history management technology of a mobile terminal according to the prior art. Mobile terminals, such as the iPhone and iPad, typically have embedded browsers that manage the history of user access. Users can easily access it later by viewing the history and selecting specific items as needed.

First, a user visits a plurality of web pages through various operations after starting a browser of a mobile terminal (S110).

Whenever a user visits a webpage through the browser, the browser's history management unit will display the URL information and title information of the webpage (e.g. for Google News pages, the URL information is "http://news.google.com/ nwshp? hl = en & tab = wn " and the title information is " Google News " (S120), and then the date to time information of accessing the web page is obtained from the system time management module of the mobile terminal (S130). . In general, date (time) information is managed based on the time when the web page is completely loaded by the browser.

Then, the history management unit of the browser manages these history (visit history) on the basis of the access date (time) obtained in the above step (S130). That is, history is managed by date, and history is managed in the same date, for example, in the order of later access.

Afterwards, the user may look up the history of the browser in order to review the contents of the previously visited webpage after starting the browser of the mobile terminal. In this case, the history management unit records the visit history of the browser in the date (time). Provided by sorting (S150). In other words, a number of history items are grouped by date and listed as folders. When entering each date folder, the history items corresponding to the date are provided in the order of access later.

The user roughly remembers the date of the history item he wants to find (e.g. news about a BMW new car that he saw a few days ago) and then enters the date folder to look up the history item. Since the history manager displays title information of each item, the user determines whether or not the title is viewed by looking at the title. Since there are at least tens or hundreds of history items for each date, the user scrolls through these history items and searches for the history items he or she is looking for. However, you usually don't remember the date exactly, so you'll find history items over and over again.

If the user finds and selects a history item desired by the user, the history management unit of the browser extracts URL information from the selected history item and accesses the web page according to the URL (S160).

2 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an internal configuration of a mobile terminal 100 to which the present invention is applied. Referring to the drawings, the mobile terminal 100 to which the technical spirit of the present invention is applied includes a browsing unit 110, a user UI unit 120, a GPS module 130, a history management unit 140, and a storage unit 150. It is configured by. In addition, the history manager 140 may include a tag information extractor 141, a location information acquirer 142, a history collector 143, and a history searcher 144.

First, the browsing unit 110 is a module that provides an Internet browsing service by using a network capability such as a wireless LAN of the mobile terminal 100. In general, when installing various embedded browser software, the browsing unit 110 is implemented in the mobile terminal 100.

The user UI unit 120 is a component in charge of a user interface (User Interface) for the user of the mobile terminal 100, and generally consists of a keypad or a touch screen.

The GPS module 130 may be implemented in hardware or software as a configuration for determining the geographical location of the mobile terminal 100. Meanwhile, the GPS module 130 is not limited to a method using a satellite signal, and uses a terminal positioning technology using a location of a mobile communication base station, that is, a virtual GPS technology, which is widely implemented in a smartphone. Can be implemented.

The storage unit 150 is configured to provide a storage space for various operations of the mobile terminal 100, and preferably consists of a flash memory. In particular, in the present specification, the history manager 140 is used as a data storage space for managing the visit history of the browser.

The history manager 140 is a configuration that automatically manages the visit history when a user surfs the Internet by using the browsing unit 110 of the mobile terminal 100. In order to achieve the technical idea of the present invention, the history manager 140 includes a tag information extractor 141, a location information acquirer 142, a history collector 143, and a history searcher 144. These elements constituting the history management unit 140 may be included in the browser software and installed, or may be provided as a separate software module separate from the browser software.

The tag information extracting unit 141 is configured to extract tag information set for the web page from the source code of the web page. Various tag information is included in the source code of a web page so that it can be well reflected in keyword search results in portal sites such as Google and Naver. For example, the text entered with the ID TAGLIST_XXX in relation to Naver, the portal site of Korea, corresponds to the tag information for the web page. The tag information extraction unit 141 parses the source code of the web page and searches for a preset ID included in the source code to extract tag information set for the web page.

The location information acquisition unit 142 is configured to obtain geographical location information from the GPS module 130 where the mobile terminal 100 is located at the time when the browsing unit 110 accesses a web page. The mobile terminal 100 moves to various places while the user is carrying the GPS module 130 so that the user can store the location information associated with the webpage access event when the user accesses a specific webpage. Geographic location information is provided.

The history collector 143 is a component that collects information about a webpage visit history made as a user performs web surfing through the Internet using the browsing unit 110. In the present invention, the history collecting unit 143 manages the tag information extracted by the tag information extracting unit 141 and the geographical location information obtained by the location information obtaining unit 142 in combination with a webpage access event.

The history inquiry unit 144 is a configuration that allows a user to inquire a web page access history generated by the history collector 143. In particular, the present invention is characterized in that the user can look up the history by using the tag information and geographic location information. In the present specification, the first method of sorting and presenting history items based on tag information and location information using a history search method and a search keyword input by a user is used to search for specific terms included in tag information and location information. The second method to present is mentioned.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of collecting a browser history of the mobile terminal 100 according to the present invention.

First, as a result of a user surfing the Internet using the browsing unit 110 of the mobile terminal 100, the user visits various web pages (S210).

Each time a user visits a web page, the history collector 143 obtains URL information and title information of the web page (S220), as described above with reference to FIG.

In order to display the web page on the screen, the browsing unit 110 receives and parses the source code for the web page from a remote web server. The tag information extracting unit 141 extracts tag information set for the web page from the parsing result of the source code (S230). In other words, various tag information is included in the source code of web page so that it can be reflected in keyword search results in portal sites such as Google and Naver. This is what you typed.

Such tag information is indicated with a preset ID in the source code of the web page. For example, the text written with the ID TAGLIST_XXX in relation to Naver, the portal site of Korea, corresponds to the tag information for the web page. . The ID for identifying the tag information may be set differently for each portal site, but such ID is predetermined for each site. In the present invention, the tag information extracting unit 141 may extract the tag information set for the web page by parsing the source code of the web page and searching for a preset ID included in the source code.

After step S230, the location information acquisition unit 142 receives the geographic location information of the mobile terminal 100 from the GPS module 130 at the time of accessing the webpage of the browsing unit 110 (S240). The mobile terminal 100 may move to various places while the user is carrying it. When the user accesses a specific web page, there may be a close relationship with the place at that time. For example, a user is more likely to access a Bulguksa website when in a race. In addition, even if the web page and the geographical position are not directly related, the user may remember the web page contents because the geographical position is related. For example, you may be curious about the contents of a web page that you read at an Insadong cafe in Seoul. In view of such a situation, in the present invention, the location information acquisition unit 142 obtains the geographical location information of the mobile terminal 100 at the time of accessing the web page of the browsing unit 110.

As described above, as the information related to the web page access is acquired, the history collecting unit 143 generates a history item for the web page by combining URL, tag information, and location information with respect to a specific web page access event. Accordingly, history is managed (S250).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a first embodiment of a process of using a browser history of the mobile terminal 100 according to the present invention. The first embodiment of FIG. 4 arranges and presents a plurality of history items based on the tag information of the web page and the geographic location information of the mobile terminal 100.

First, a user starts a browser of the mobile terminal 100 (S310), and requests an inquiry about a history managed by the browser (S320).

Next, the sorting condition requested by the user is determined (S330).

If the alignment condition is geographic location information, the history items are classified and sorted based on the geographic location information included in each history item (S340). That is, each history item includes geographic information where the mobile terminal 100 is located when the user accesses the web page. The history items are classified and arranged in units of administrative districts. The administrative area may be preferably in the same unit, but the historic site or the tourist spot may be separately managed.

If the sort condition is tag information, the history items are classified and sorted on a keyword basis based on the tag information included in each history item (S350). Since the number of tags assigned to a web page can be as high as dozens, using all of these tags can sometimes have side effects, so use these keywords as a keyword that appears repeatedly or in a preset range. Sort and sort history items around them. One web page may correspond to a plurality of keywords. In this case, the web page may be displayed in duplicate.

The user selects a specific history item with respect to the history presented by sorting (S360), and the browsing unit 110 accesses a web page based on URL information included in the selected history item (S370).

5 is a flowchart illustrating a second embodiment of a process of using a browser history of the mobile terminal 100 according to the present invention. The second embodiment of FIG. 5 searches for a specific term included in tag information and geographic information using a search keyword input by a user and presents a result.

First, a user starts a browser of the mobile terminal 100 (S410), and requests a keyword search for a history managed by the browser (S420).

Next, the search condition requested by the user is determined (S430).

When the search condition is geographic location information, the history search result is presented based on the geographic location information included in each history item (S440). Each history item contains geographic information (eg, administrative area, tourist destination, historic site, restaurant name, building name, company name, etc.) where the mobile terminal 100 was located when the user accessed the web page. For this, history items matching the search keywords are extracted and presented.

When the search condition is tag information, the history search result is presented based on the tag information included in each history item (S450). Since each history item includes tag information extracted from the web page, a history item having tag information matching the search keyword is extracted and presented.

The user selects a specific history item with respect to the history presented by sorting (S460), and the browsing unit 110 accesses a web page based on URL information included in the selected history item (S470).

The present invention can also be embodied in the form of computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. At this time, the computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored.

Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage, and the like, and may be implemented in the form of a carrier wave . The computer-readable recording medium can also be stored and executed by a computer-readable code in a distributed manner on a networked computer system. And functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily deduced by programmers skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs.

As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed in the present specification and drawings, and although specific terms have been used, they have been used only in a general sense to easily describe the technical contents of the present invention and to facilitate understanding of the invention. And is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention are possible in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

100: mobile terminal
110: browsing
120: user UI unit
130: GPS module
140: history management unit
141: tag information extraction unit
142: location information acquisition unit
143: history collector
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Claims (6)

As a method of managing the history of the browser installed on the mobile terminal,
Accessing a web page by a browser of the mobile terminal;
Obtaining a URL of the web page by a history collector;
Parsing source code of the web page to extract tag information set for the web page;
Generating a history item for the web page by combining the URL and the tag information by the history collector;
Receiving a history inquiry command from the user for the browser;
A history inquiry unit sorting and displaying the history items based on keywords included in the tag information for a plurality of history items generated by the browser collector;
Browser history management method that is configured to include.
The method according to claim 1,
Receiving, by a location information acquisition unit, geographical location information of the mobile terminal from a GPS module when the webpage is accessed;
It is configured to include more
The history collector further combines the location information to generate a history item for the web page.
And the history inquiry unit sorts and displays the history items based on the location information with respect to the plurality of history items.
The method according to claim 2,
The history inquiry command is configured to include a search keyword,
And the history inquiry unit searches for history items including tag information including the search keyword and sorts the plurality of history items and displays the sorted items.
The method according to claim 3,
And the history inquiry unit searches for history items including location information including the search keyword for the plurality of history items, and displays the sorted items.
The method of claim 4,
And the tag information extracting unit extracts tag information set for the web page by searching for a preset ID included in the source code of the web page.
A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a browser history management program for executing the browser history management method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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