FR3030820A1 - METHOD FOR ACCESSING DIGITAL CONTENT IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK USING TERMINAL EQUIPMENT CONNECTED WITH THE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for accessing a digital content (C) in a communication network (1) comprising a plurality of computer servers (3, 4), by means of a terminal equipment (2) connected to said network of communication (1). The digital content (C) is associated, within a computer server (3, 4) of said communication network (1), with a unique public identifier (P) comprising at least two distinct visual elements: a graphic element ( G), and - an alphanumeric element (A). The access method comprises the following successive steps: - a reception by a computer server (3) of said communication network (1) of a request (5) for access to said digital content (C), said request for access (5) being transmitted from said terminal equipment (2) and indicating said unique public identifier (P), - an identification, by a computer server of said communication network, of the digital content (C) associated with said unique public identifier (P) , and - a transmission of said digital content (C) to said terminal equipment (2).

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD TO WHICH THE INVENTION RELATES The present invention relates to information and communication technologies (ICT). It relates in particular to access to digital content present within a communication network, in particular the Internet, by means of terminal equipment connected to said communication network. BACKGROUND A communication network, and in the foreground the Internet, allows a user to access digital content. With the exponential increase of the digital contents accessible on the communication networks, a user can experience the greatest difficulties in finding digital content relating to objects, physical and / or moral persons, etc., which are viewed / crossed at the same time. daily without knowing their origin. There is also a need to facilitate contact, the continuation of exchanges and links with a person (physical or moral), for example crossed in the street, or encountered during a trip, at a professional event, in a mall, etc.

It may therefore be very interesting to facilitate access to digital content on communication networks, in particular digital content on digital social networks relating to an object or a person who has been met briefly / stealthily and who was not known beforehand.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION The present invention proposes a new technology to facilitate access to digital content present in a communication network, by means of a terminal equipment connected to said communication network. For this purpose, the digital content is associated, within a computer server of said communication network, with a unique public identifier comprising at least two distinct visual elements: a graphic element and an alphanumeric element.

And this access method comprises the following successive steps: a reception, by a computer server of said communication network, of an access request to said digital content, said access request being transmitted from said terminal equipment and indicating said unique identifier, - identification, by a computer server of said communication network, of the digital content associated with said unique identifier, and - a transmission of said digital content to said terminal equipment.

Generally speaking, digital content present in a communication network must fulfill two functions, on the one hand, to control and reduce the broadcasting of this digital content and, on the other hand, to have information at a given time. solicitation. The present invention thus proposes a unique public identifier which is intended to be communicated to third parties and which is associated with digital content of interest within a computer server of said communication network. The unique public identifier according to the invention significantly facilitates the search for relevant information on communication networks, in particular on the Internet. According to other advantageous features of realization: the graphic element of said unique public identifier consists of a pictogram and / or the alphanumeric element consists of a numerical element, advantageously a number composed of three digits; the two visual elements constituting the unique identifier are successively juxtaposed; said digital content is addressed by a uniform resource identifier (URI), and said digital content is associated with said unique identifier and said uniform resource identifier; the method comprises a prior configuration step of obtaining said unique public identifier from the available unique public identifiers and associating it with said digital content; preferably, said preliminary configuration step comprises, by means of a dedicated interface, a selection phase of said graphic element among the graphic elements contained in a library, and / or a phase of obtaining the alphanumeric element by an entry at an entry area; - the communication network is the Internet network, preferably the web; - digital content is a web page on a website; - the digital content advantageously consists of a personal page in a digital social network; preferably, the digital content consists of a personal page in a digital social network, said personal page being associated with a user account comprising at least two identifiers: an authentication identifier, for an authentication during a connection to said account a user identifier, and a pseudonym identifier, constituting the unique public identifier for said user account; the step of receiving the access request is preceded by a step of transmitting said access request by means of a search interface of said terminal equipment, which transmission step comprises a selection phase of said element graphic among the graphic elements contained in a library and a phase of input of the alphanumeric element.

The present invention also relates to a program system comprising at least one computer program capable of being implemented on a computer, said at least one computer program comprising code means which, when said at least one program is executed by said computer, implements the steps of the access method according to the invention. The present invention also relates to a computer server, comprising memory means on which is recorded a computer program according to the invention. The present invention also relates to a computer system comprising: (i) a communication network comprising at least one computer server containing a digital content and means for the association between said digital content and a unique public identifier comprising at least two distinct visual elements , namely a graphic element and an alphanumeric element, (ii) a terminal equipment connected to said communication network, provided with a screen, and (iii) a program system according to the invention. The present invention also relates to a computer system comprising a digital social network comprising a plurality of user accounts which are each associated, at the level of at least one computer server accessible from a communication network, with at least two unique identifiers: an authentication identifier, for an authentication during a connection to said user account, and - a pseudonym identifier, constituting the unique public identifier. This system comprises means for the creation of each of said user accounts, which comprise: means for obtaining said authentication identifier and said pseudonym identifier, and association means, at said at least one server computer, between said user account and said identifiers obtained. And the means for obtaining said pseudonym identifier include means for obtaining at least two distinct visual elements intended to constitute together said pseudonym identifier, namely: a graphic element, and an alphanumeric element. The present invention also relates to a unique public identifier associated, within a computer server of a communication network, with a digital content, which unique public identifier comprises at least two distinct visual elements: a graphic element, and a alphanumeric element. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF AN EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENT The present invention will be further illustrated, without being limited in any way, by the following description of a particular embodiment in relation to the appended figures in which: FIG. 1 represents a communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 illustrates the method according to the invention for accessing digital content; FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate a possible interface for searching for a unique public identifier in the communication network according to the invention. In general, the present invention relates to access to a digital content C in a communication network comprising a plurality of computer servers, by means of a terminal equipment connected to this communication network. By "digital content" is advantageously meant information for an end user searching within the communication network. This digital content C advantageously consists of a Web page of a website, advantageously a digital social network, which is accessible on a computer server (advantageously a content computer server) of the communication network. Such digital content C may, more generally, consist of any type of digital resource or assembly of digital resources, that is to say textual, visual, audio or software. In the case of a digital social network, the digital content C may still consist of a personal page of a user account. Still for example, the digital content C consists of personal data of a user, so as to come into contact with the latter, in particular: - a telephone number, to ensure a telephone call and / or to ensure the transmission of data; a text message (e.g., SMS), and / or an e-mail address, for the e-mail exchange. By "communication network" (or "telecommunications network") is meant a computer system comprising a network of arcs (telecommunication links) and nodes (switch, router, etc.), set up so as to that messages can be transmitted from one end of the network to the other across multiple links. This communication network comprises in particular a plurality of computer servers each consisting of a hardware, software or computer system intended to provide a determined service to other computer systems or to users connected to the network.

By "server" or "computer server", we still mean a component of a client / server model consisting of software for managing the use of a resource, and which can be used remotely, network users , from their own computer (called the client). Such a communication network advantageously corresponds to the Internet network, namely the global network associating telecommunication resources and server computers and clients, intended for the exchange of electronic messages, multimedia information and files.

This Internet network works by using a common protocol (Internet Protocol) which allows the routing of messages cut into independent packets step by step. The term "Internet" encompasses in particular the Web (or World Wide Web), namely the hypertext-based system, which allows the search for information on the Internet, access to this information and its viewing. The Web makes it possible to consult, with a web browser, Web pages accessible on websites. A web browser (also called "web browser") is a software program that is responsible for managing the display of web pages on computers. The digital content C of interest thus consists for example of a web page. Technically, a Web page often consists of a document in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and images. However, any type of resource or resource assembly (textual, visual, audio, software) can constitute such a web page. A website or website is a set of hyperlinked web pages that are accessible to a web address. Furthermore, "terminal equipment" means any type of electronic communication terminal which is provided with a screen and which makes it possible to establish data communications in the communication network to which it belongs. This terminal equipment may for example be a computer, a mobile phone, a tablet, etc.

By "access" is meant any operation relating to information in a memory or on a storage medium, in particular the fact of engaging the consultation of digital content on a computer server.

The concept of "access" includes in particular a connection with the terminal equipment that is registered by a computer server of the communication network, and which causes the sending of digital content to the terminal equipment of the user. Internet access with the terminal equipment can be obtained through a provider of Internet access via various electronic communication means: wired (switched telephone network (low speed), ADSL, fiber optic), or wireless (WiMAX , by satellite, 4G). According to the present invention, FIG. 1 represents the communication network 1 to which a plurality of terminal equipments 2 (each equipped with a screen 21) is intended to be connected for access to digital contents C. These elements form together, in the context of the present invention, a so-called "computer system" system. The communication network 1, for example the Internet, comprises a plurality of computer servers that are connected through this network 1. In particular, this communication network 1 advantageously comprises: a so-called "association" computer server 3 , and - a so-called "content" computer server 4. The association computer server 3 contains a database 31 in which each said digital content C is associated with two identifiers: an Internet address or a uniform resource identifier ( URI), for addressing the digital content C within the communication network 1, and - a unique public identifier P, useful for a user to search for this digital content C on the communication network 1. The terms "Internet address Or "uniform identifier resource (U RI)" advantageously include: - an IF (IPv4 or IPv6) (Internet Protocol Address); - a host name or FQDN ("Fully Qualified Domain Name"); - a uniform resource locator (Uniform Resource Locator - URL), commonly referred to as a web address; - an email address or email address. The unique public identifier P comprises at least two distinct visual elements: a graphic element G, and an alphanumeric element A.

The two visual elements constituting the unique public identifier P are advantageously juxtaposed successively. Preferably, within the unique public identifier E: the graphic element G consists of a pictogram and / or the alphanumeric element A consists of a digital element, advantageously a number composed of three digits. "Pictogram" means a figurative or symbolic design used as a graphic sign. Such pictograms are for example represented, by way of example only, in FIG. 4. By "alphanumeric element" is meant an element consisting of a succession of alphanumeric characters that comprise: the alphabetic characters representing the letters of an alphabet (from A to Z in Latin alphabet) and - the numerical characters comprising the digits from 0 to 9. The number composed of three digits can thus be between 001 and 999. In practice, such a unique public identifier P can be affixed / marked on any support, able to be visualized by an individual. For example, this unique public identifier P can be affixed: within a web page, within a multiplayer network video game (or even online), as a unique public identifier of a player, on a paper medium (book, magazine, etc.), - on a building, - on an object, for example a vehicle, a garment, etc.

Such a unique public identifier P is particularly simple to view and memorize by an individual. It also has the advantage of facilitating search operations on a communication network, by entering a limited number of signs while retaining a significant number of combinations. It also has the advantage of constituting an original and interesting identification, especially for a natural / legal person or an object, using signs other than simple alphanumeric signs that are usually used on communication networks.

The association computer server 3 also contains a database management system, namely a set of software that manipulates the contents of the database 31. It is used to perform ordinary operations such as searching, adding or deleting data. records ("Create", "Read", "Update", "Delete", CRUD abstract), manipulate indexes, create or copy databases. This information can be previously informed by any mechanism that allows to build this association. For example, a user can select a unique public identifier P available (unallocated / unreserved), from the possible combination of available unique public identifiers, to assign it to digital content C. This preliminary configuration step thus advantageously comprises , by means of an appropriate acquisition interface: a selection phase of a graphic element G among the graphic elements contained in a library, and a phase of obtaining the alphanumeric element A by input at the level of an input zone, then - a phase of association of the unique public identifier P obtained with the digital content C in the database 31 of the association computer server 3. This configuration step is advantageously carried out through a terminal equipment 2, connected to the communication network 1, via an acquisition interface (of the type shown in FIG. 3) comprising two zones: zone for selecting the graphic element G among the graphic elements contained in a library, and - a second zone for entering the alphanumeric element. Such an acquisition interface can be for example accessible: - within a window of a mobile application installed on the terminal equipment, or - within a Web page accessible online, or - within an add-on installed in a web browser.

The content computer server 4 is itself a computer server (advantageously a web computer server) for accessing content that it structures. Such a content computer server 4 contains in particular a set of digital content C which is stored in a memory and which is likely to interest the users of the communication network 1. This digital content C is advantageously addressed, in the computer network 1, through an Internet address or URI. Alternatively, the association computer server 3 and the content computer server 4 could be grouped together in a single computer server. FIG. 2 illustrates the method implemented for the access by a user to a digital content C located in the communication network 1, by means of a terminal equipment 2 connected to said communication network 1. In practice, in his life common, a user may be interested in digital content C which he has just noted or receive a unique public identifier P according to the invention in the real world or on the Internet.

For access to this digital content C searched by the user, the terminal equipment 2 first transmits an access request 5 to the association computer server 3. By "access request", one in particular means a set of lines sent to the association computer server 3 by the terminal equipment 2, for example an HTTP request in the context of a Web browser.

In particular, an HTTP request is a set of lines sent to the association computer server 3 by the browser of the terminal equipment 2. It comprises: a request line (it is a line specifying the type of digital content requested , the method to be applied, and the version of the protocol used), - the header fields of the request (this is a set of optional lines to give additional information about the request and / or the client (browser, operating system, etc.)), and - the body of the request. The access request 5 notably contains information relating to the unique public identifier P, which is generated by the user via an acquisition interface 51 displayed on the terminal equipment 2, as illustrated in FIGS. 4.

This acquisition interface 51 comprises for this purpose two zones 52, 53 (or fields): a first zone 52 for the selection of the graphic element G among the graphic elements contained in a library 54 as illustrated in FIG. 4 and a second zone 53 for entering the alphanumeric element A (FIG. 3). The first zone 52 advantageously consists of a drop-down list window, which is a graphical interface element allowing the user to select a graphic element G from among the graphic elements at its disposal. . Alternatively, this first zone 52 may consist of a selectable button to access one or more dedicated web pages (or dedicated window (s)). The second zone 53 advantageously consists of a text box or an input field (in English "text box"), that is to say a basic element of the graphical interfaces which makes it possible to propose to the user to enter text, for example to send it to a website. Such an acquisition interface 51 can be for example accessible: - within a window of a mobile application installed on the terminal equipment 2, or - within a Web page accessible online, or - within an add-on installed in an Internet browser. On receipt of the access request 5, the association computer server 3 performs an identification step 6 which makes it possible to determine the digital content C (and in particular its Internet address) associated with the unique public identifier P contained in the access request 5. The association computer server 3 then sends a transmission request 7 to the content computer server 4, so as to instruct the latter to transmit the digital content C of interest to the destination. This content server 4 then executes a step of transmitting a response 8 (if necessary an HTTP response) so as to transmit, to the terminal equipment 2, the data comprising the digital content C searched. In particular, an HTTP response is a set of lines sent to the browser by the computer server. It includes: - a status line (it is a line specifying the version of the protocol used and the state of the processing of the request using a code and an explanatory text), - the fields of header of the response (this is a set of optional lines to give additional information about the response and / or the computer server), and - the body of the response (it contains the requested digital content C ).

The digital content C received by the terminal equipment 2 is then displayed on its screen 21. The method according to the invention thus has the advantage of simplifying and making reliable, significantly, the access to digital contents of interest in relation to to the usual unique public identifiers.

The present invention further provides a program system comprising at least one computer program adapted to be implemented on a computer, said at least one computer program comprising code means which, when said at least one program is executed by said computer, implements the steps of the method according to the invention.

In particular, a computer program can be downloaded to the terminal equipment 2, from the Internet for example, for access to the aforementioned servers 3 and 4 of the network system according to the invention. This computer program can for example consist of a mobile application or an add-on for a web browser. By "mobile application" is meant a computer application designed to be downloaded, and to operate, on a mobile device. Such a mobile application then advantageously comprises several modules for its operation, in particular: - a configuration module of a unique public identifier P, - a search module of a digital content C via its unique public identifier P. By "complementary module for a web browser "means a computer application designed to be downloaded, and to function, within a web browser. Mobile devices include smartphones and digital tablets. In general, a mobile application can be pre-installed on a mobile device, downloaded from an online store (native application) or accessed from a web-based computer server (mobile website). The present invention also relates to a terminal equipment 2 connected to an Internet-type network, said terminal having a screen 21 able to display the aforementioned mobile application. According to a particular embodiment, the digital content C advantageously consists of a personal page of a user within a digital social network. "Digital social network" means an online platform (advantageously within the Internet) allowing natural and / or legal persons to be connected and interact with each other. Some of the most popular social networks include Facebook (Registered trademark), Twitter (Registered trademark), Google+ (Registered trademark), MySpace (Registered trademark), Linkedln (Trademark) and Viadeo (Trademark).

By "personal page" is meant a document that is part of the digital social network and has been made to disseminate information about a natural or legal person. By "information" is meant at least one of the following data: - a name, - a telephone number, - a geographical address, for example to facilitate a geolocation, - an email address. Such a personal page is associated with a user account comprising at least two identifiers: - an authentication identifier, for authentication of a user when connecting to his personal page, and - a pseudonym identifier, constituting the unique public identifier P according to the invention for said user account. A user account is a set of information indicating, to the digital social network, the data that the user can access, the modifications that the user can make as well as personal preferences (including public / private profile as developed herein). -after). Each user accesses his user account through a login to his personal page. The authentication identifier (also called "login name") advantageously consists of an electronic address associated with a password.

In this context, it may be provided a preliminary phase of configuration or creation of a user account in which: the user selects a unique public identifier P according to the invention then the user associates this unique public identifier P with his personal page and his user account. The means for the creation of each of said user accounts thus advantageously comprise: means for obtaining said authentication identifier and said pseudonym identifier, and association means, at said at least one computer server, between said user account and said identifiers obtained. As developed above in relation to FIGS. 3 and 4, the means for obtaining said pseudonym identifier advantageously comprise an acquisition interface 51 provided with means for obtaining at least two distinct visual elements intended to constitute together said pseudonym identifier, namely the graphic element G and the alphanumeric element A above. The digital social network (and in particular the web pages of said network) is advantageously accessible via a website and / or a mobile application. When creating a user account, or after this creation, it is possible to select a public profile or a private profile for said user account in the preferences, in which: the public profile is accessible via a step among the user accounts in public profile, and - the private profile is not accessible via such a search procedure. Following this search, a first user (called "requestor") may invite a second user ("receiver") to connect their respective user accounts. The method for connecting a requesting user account with a receiving user account includes: - a step of searching the receiving user account by its pseudonym identifier, if any among the user accounts in public profile, by means of a search interface comprising at least two fields 52, 53 intended to respectively contain the visual elements constituting the pseudonym identifier of interest, - in the case of an identification of the user account sought receiver, a step of issuing a communication request by the requesting user account to the receiving user account, - and in the case of an acceptance of the communication request by the receiving user account, an actual connection step between said sending user account and said receiving user account. In general, thanks to the present invention, there is no need to know a conventional identifier associated with a digital content C searched. Only the unique public identifier P according to the invention must be known; a computer server makes it possible to retrieve the digital content C from this unique public identifier P. Indeed, the association is known by a computer server of the communication network, for example stored in a database. Still generally, the unique public identifier P of a user can be associated with a generic personal page which is itself associated with the personal pages belonging to one or more social networks, in particular the social networks chosen from Facebook (registered trademark ), Twitter (Registered trademark), Google+ (Registered trademark), MySpace (Registered trademark), Linkedln (Registered trademark) and Viadeo (Trademark). This generic personal page can then for example: - contain some public personal data, or - provide more simple access to these different associated personal pages, in particular for a centralized administration of said personal pages associated by the user (for example for the simultaneous transmission of a message on said associated personal pages).

Claims (13)

CLAIMS 1.- A method for accessing digital content (C) in a communication network (1) comprising a plurality of computer servers (3, 4), by means of a terminal equipment (2) connected to said network communication device (1), characterized in that said digital content (C) is associated, within a computer server (3, 4) of said communication network (1), with a unique public identifier (P) comprising at least two distinct visual elements: - a graphic element (G), and - an alphanumeric element (A), which access method comprises the following successive steps: - a reception, by a computer server (3) of said communication network (1 ) a request (5) for access to said digital content (C), said access request (5) being sent from said terminal equipment (2) and indicating said unique public identifier (P), - an identification, by a computer server (3) of said communication network (1), the numeric ntenu (C) associated with said unique public identifier (P), and - a transmission, by a computer server (4) of said communication network (1), of said digital content (C) to said terminal equipment (2). 2. A method for accessing digital content in a communication network, according to claim 1, characterized in that: the graphic element (G) of said unique public identifier (P) consists of a pictogram and / or the alphanumeric element (A) consists of a digital element, advantageously a number composed of three digits. 3. A method for accessing a digital content in a communication network, according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that said digital content (C) is addressed within the communication network (1). by a uniform resource identifier (URI), and in that said digital content (C) is associated with said unique public identifier (P) and with said uniform resource identifier. 4. A method for accessing a digital content in a communication network, according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it comprises a prior configuration step of - obtaining said unique public identifier ( P) among the available unique public identifiers (P) and - associating said unique public identifier (P) with said digital content (C) in a computer server (3) of said communication network (1). 5. A method for accessing digital content in a communication network, according to claim 4, characterized in that said preliminary configuration step comprises, by means of a dedicated acquisition interface (51): phase of selecting said graphic element (G) from the graphic elements (G) contained in a library (54), and / or - a phase of obtaining the alphanumerical element (A) by an entry at a zone level input (53). 6. A method for accessing digital content in a communication network, according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the communication network (1) is the Internet, preferably the Web. 7. A method for accessing digital content in a communication network, according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the digital content (C) consists of a web page on a website. 8. A method for accessing digital content in a communication network, according to claims 6 or 7, characterized in that the digital content (C) consists of a personal page in a digital social network, said personal page being associated with a user account comprising at least two identifiers: - an authentication identifier, for an authentication during a connection to said user account, and - a pseudonym identifier, constituting the unique public identifier (P) for said user account. 9. A method for accessing a digital content in a communication network, according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the access request (5) is issued by means of an interfaced ' acquisition (51) of said terminal equipment (2), which transmission step comprises: - a selection phase of said graphic element (G) among the graphic elements contained in a library (54) and - an input phase of the element alphanumeric (A). 10. A program system comprising at least one computer program capable of being implemented on a computer, said at least one computer program comprising code means which, when said at least one program is executed by said computer , performs the steps of the access method according to any one of claims 1 to 9. 11. Computer server, comprising memory means on which is recorded a computer program according to claim 10. 12. A computer system comprising: (i) a communication network (1) comprising at least one computer server (3, 4) containing a digital content (C) and means for the association between said digital content (C) and a unique public identifier (P) comprising at least two distinct visual elements, namely a graphic element (G) and an alphanumeric element (A), (ii) a terminal equipment (2) connected to said communication network (1), provided with a screen (21), and (iii) a program system according to claim 10. 13. Computer system according to claim 12, characterized in that it comprises a digital social network comprising a plurality of user accounts which are each associated, at least one computer server (3, 4) accessible from a communication network (1), with at least two unique identifiers: - an authentication identifier, for an authentication during a connection to said user account, and - a pseudonym identifier, constituting the unique public identifier (P ), which system comprises means for the creation of each of said user accounts, which comprise: means for obtaining said authentication identifier and said pseudonym identifier, and association means, at the level of said at least one user identifier; a computer server, between said user account and said identifiers obtained, which means for obtaining said pseudonym identifier include means for obtaining at least two elements s visual distinct, intended to constitute together said pseudonym identifier, namely: - a graphic element (G), and - an alphanumeric element (A).