JP2000020434A - Page managing method for network system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently perform access from an NC terminal through an NC server to the target page. SOLUTION: Each NC terminal connected to the NC server is operated by a program and various data downloaded from the NC server at the time of start, reads out the target page of the WWW server by accessing the relevant WWW server through the NC server and displays it out on its own screen. Concerning such a network system, each NC terminal sets the relation between an address 8 and a page title 9 of a page 7 designated from the outside as a bookmark 10. Concerning each bookmark 10 set at each NC terminal, the NC server manages the bookmark shared among plural NC terminals composing of each group as a shared bookmark for each group and when activating each NC terminal, the shared bookmark of the group, to which the relevant NC terminal belongs, is downloaded to the relevant NC terminal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a page management method for a network system in which each user terminal manages, as a bookmark, a page frequently accessed by each user terminal in a network system such as the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In various network systems, each user terminal directly operated by a user does not have a large-capacity auxiliary storage device such as a disk, has only a minimum boot program, and has an OS (operating system).・
Some systems receive various types of application programs and various data from a server to which the user terminal is connected when the user terminal is activated.

When each user terminal (hereinafter referred to as an NC (network computer) terminal) of such a network system is incorporated in the Internet, each NC terminal transmits an OS from an NC server to which the NC terminal is connected when the power is turned on.
Upon receiving a download of a program or a Web browser that is circulation software of a homepage, the main memory stores the downloaded program. Then, each NC terminal uses the Web browser to manage a home page via an NC server.
(World Wide Web) Access the target page to the server. The NC terminal displays and outputs the obtained target page on its own display screen.

[0004]

However, as described above, when starting up the NC terminal, the NC server sends the OS.
In a network system that downloads various application programs including a Web browser and a Web browser, there are still the following problems to be improved.

[0005] Among the functions of the Web browser downloaded to each NC terminal, there is a bookmark function. That is, the user of this NC terminal obtains the address of the corresponding page and the page title assigned to the corresponding page for frequently used pages and pages to be used again later among the pages obtained from the WWW server. Is stored as a bookmark.

If you want to revisit the same page,
By reading out the bookmarks stored and retained earlier,
Since the address of the page can be immediately grasped and the page can be directly accessed using this address, the operability can be greatly improved.

However, since the NC terminal does not have an auxiliary storage device such as an HDD, a bookmark created by a user at each NC terminal is stored and held in the main memory of the NC terminal. Therefore, when the user ends the work on the NC terminal and shuts off the power of the NC terminal,
The bookmarks stored and deleted also disappear together with other OSs and application programs. When the power is turned on again, the OS and the application programs are downloaded from the NC server, but cannot be rescued because the bookmarks are stored only in the main memory.

If each NC terminal incorporated in the network system is located at the same workplace,
In many cases, users who handle terminals perform almost similar tasks. Each user frequently searches for the same page.

In such a case, managing individual bookmarks for each NC terminal is very inefficient because each user sets the same bookmark.
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances,
By managing the bookmarks set in each NC terminal on the NC server, the bookmarks created in each NC terminal can be used continuously next time, and the bookmarks can be used in common by a plurality of users. An object of the present invention is to provide a network system page management method that can significantly reduce access time and greatly improve operability.

[0010]

According to the present invention, a plurality of NC terminals are connected to an NC server.
A page management method for a network system that operates on a program and various data downloaded from a server, and each NC terminal accesses a WWW server via the NC server, reads a target page of the corresponding WWW server, and displays and outputs the page on its own screen. Applied to

In order to solve the above problem, in claim 1, each NC terminal sets a relationship between an externally designated page address and a page title as a bookmark, and the NC server uses In each set bookmark, a bookmark shared by a plurality of NC terminals configuring each group is managed as a shared bookmark for each group, and when each NC terminal is started, the shared bookmark of the group to which the corresponding NC terminal belongs is transmitted to the corresponding NC terminal. I try to download it.

[0012] In the page management method of the network system configured as described above, each user can use his / her own NC.
Among the bookmarks set on the terminal, the bookmarks common to each user of the group to which the terminal belongs are stored and held in the NC server as shared bookmarks for each group.

[0013] The shared bookmark stored and held in the NC server is, when each NC terminal is activated, the shared bookmark of the groove to which the corresponding NC terminal belongs to the corresponding NC terminal, like programs and various data. Downloaded.

Therefore, even if each user belonging to the same groove finishes the work without any effort and turns off the power of the NC terminal, the bookmark is reproduced by downloading at the next start-up. You can use bookmarks.

[0015] In the NC server, the bookmarks created by the respective users at the individual NC terminals are stored and held as shared bookmarks.
Since downloaded, each user can use bookmarks created by other users belonging to the same group in addition to the bookmarks created by himself / herself, making the page management method of the network system very convenient for users. Can be.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the above-described page management method for a network system, the NC server further comprises:
In addition to the shared bookmark, a bookmark used by the corresponding NC terminal is managed as a dedicated bookmark for each NC terminal, and the dedicated bookmark of the corresponding NC terminal is downloaded to the corresponding NC terminal when each NC terminal is started.

In the page management method of the network system configured as described above, the NC server stores and holds a dedicated bookmark for each user in addition to the shared bookmark shared by a plurality of users. This dedicated bookmark is also downloaded to the corresponding NC terminal when each NC terminal is activated.

Therefore, each user can distinguish and use the shared bookmark and the personal dedicated bookmark. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above-described page management method for a network system, each NC terminal sets an externally designated position in a page being displayed and output on a screen as a bookmark, and the NC server further comprises: Manages each bookmark set for each NC terminal, and sets the corresponding N
The bookmark of the C terminal is downloaded to the corresponding NC terminal.

Therefore, the user sets an arbitrary position (line / column) in the page being displayed and output on his / her NC terminal as a bookmark, and immediately finds the previous point of interest when accessing the same page next time. I can understand.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of NC terminals are connected to the NC server, each NC terminal operates with a program and various data downloaded from the NC server at the time of startup, and each NC terminal operates via a WWW server via the NC server. To read the target page of the corresponding WWW server and display and output it on its own screen.

Each NC terminal sets the relationship between the address of the externally designated page and the page title as a bookmark, and sends an access request for the page set as a bookmark at a predetermined access time to the NC.
Send to server.

Also, the NC server manages a bookmark used by the corresponding NC terminal as a dedicated bookmark for each NC terminal, and stores the bookmark of the corresponding NC terminal managed immediately before the access time for each NC terminal. The designated page is read from the corresponding WWW server and stored and held, and the corresponding stored and held page is stored in response to the access request from the NC terminal.
It transmits to the C terminal, and downloads the dedicated bookmark of the corresponding NC terminal to the corresponding NC terminal when each NC terminal is activated.

In the page management method of the network system configured as described above, for example, the user may access the WWW server from the NC terminal via the NC server at a predetermined time every day using the bookmark. is there. In such a case, the NC server:
Immediately before the user accesses via each NC terminal, the page designated by the dedicated bookmark of the user is accessed in advance by the corresponding WWW server, and the page is changed to the NC.
Get it to the server. Then, when an access request is generated from each NC terminal, the target page of the stored pages is immediately transmitted to the requesting NC terminal. Therefore, as a user, the access processing time for the target page is greatly reduced, and the operability is greatly improved.

[0024]

FIG. 3 is an overall configuration diagram of a network system employing the page management method of the present invention.
In this network system, a plurality of NC servers 1 connected to each other via a communication line are incorporated.
A plurality of NC terminals 2 and WWW servers 3 are connected to the C server 1. Further, the WWW server 3 may be incorporated in the NC server 1 in some cases.

FIG. 1 shows each NC terminal 2, NC server 1 and WW
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a relationship with a W server 3. Each NC terminal 2 operated by each user does not have a large-capacity auxiliary storage device such as an HDD, but has only a main memory such as a RAM. And
This NC terminal 2 has only a boot program, and when the power is turned on, the power-on information is transmitted to the NC server 1.
It has the function of sending to Then, it operates with the OS and each application program downloaded from the NC server 1.

A dedicated bookmark table 4, a shared bookmark table 5, and a bookmark table 6 are formed in the main memory. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a target page 7 obtained by the NC terminal 2 accessing the WWW server 3 via the NC server 1. A plurality of pages 7 including a homepage are prepared for provision to the user in the WWW server 3, and the first page is set as the homepage,
One or more pages following this home page
Called a page.

At the upper position of the page 7, the address 8 of the corresponding page is displayed. The bookmark 10 is defined as a combination of the address 8 of the target page 7 and the page title 9 assigned by the user (operator) in the Web browser.

Therefore, the user designates the address 8 on the display screen, key-inputs the page title 9 or the like, and further specifies the attribute of whether the corresponding bookmark 10 is used exclusively by the corresponding user or shared by other users. specify. Specifically, only in the case of sharing, a message (attribute) of [/ group mark] is added to the last position of address 8.
Further, if the group spans a plurality of groups, a plurality of names are added as group names.

The dedicated bookmark 10 and the shared bookmark 10 designated by the user are written into the dedicated bookmark table 4 and the shared bookmark table 5, respectively. At the same time, each bookmark 10 is transmitted to the NC server 1 with its own user name.

In addition, when the user views the target page 7 on the display screen of the user and views the description position of the information of particular interest in the relevant page 7 or the same position again in the next time, the user may use the relevant page 7. A combination of the address 8 of the page 7 and the row 12 specifying the corresponding position in the corresponding page can be designated as the bookmark 11. The bookmark 11 specified by the user is written into the bookmark table 6. At the same time, each bookmark 11 is transmitted to the NC server 1 with its own user name.

Furthermore, each user can delete each bookmark 10 once registered in the dedicated bookmark table 4 and the shared bookmark table 5 and the bookmark 11 registered in the bookmark table 6. In response to the command to delete the bookmark 10 and the bookmark 11, the deletion information with the user name is transmitted to the NC server 1.

As shown in FIG. 1, a dedicated bookmark storage unit 13, a shared bookmark storage unit 14, a bookmark storage unit 15, a time table 16, a pre-access file are stored in an auxiliary storage device such as an HDD in the NC server 1. 17 and the like are formed.

In the dedicated bookmark storage unit 13, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of dedicated bookmark tables 13a storing a plurality of bookmarks 10 each including a user name, a page title 9 and an address 8 are formed for each user.

In the shared bookmark storage unit 14, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of shared bookmark tables 14a storing a plurality of bookmarks 10 each including a user name belonging to the group and a page title 9 and an address 8 are formed for each group.

As shown in FIG. 6, the bookmark storage unit 15 stores, for each user, a corresponding user name, an address 8 and a row 1
2, a plurality of bookmark tables 15a for storing one or a plurality of bookmarks 11 composed of two.

In the time table 16, as shown in FIG. 7, for each user, the user starts accessing the target page 7 from the NC terminal 2 to the WWW server 3 via the NC server 1. Time is set. That is, depending on the user, the WW
Access to the target page 7 to the W server 3 may be started.

Actually, the time is set, for example, 2 to 5 minutes before the actual scheduled access time. This is a time considering the time required for the NC server 1 to access the WWW server 3 and collect each page 7.

In the pre-access file 17, this N
At the time set in the time table 16, the C server 1
Information of the page 7 collected from each WWW server 3 is stored. Therefore, in the pre-access file 17, the WWW is stored for each user immediately before the user accesses.
Information of the page 7 specified by the bookmark 10 accessed from the server 3 is stored and held.

Then, in the NC server 1, the network daemon executes the process shown in FIG. 8 as a part of the background process. That is, in S1, after a lapse of a minute time ΔT such as 1 second, the current time is read from a clock circuit (not shown) (S1).
2) The time table 16 is searched with the read current time (S3). Then, the corresponding current time is stored in the time table 1
6 (S4), the dedicated bookmark table 13a of the user corresponding to the time and the shared bookmark table 14 of the group to which the user belongs
a to read out each bookmark 10 stored in "a" (S
5).

Then, each of the read bookmarks 10
The corresponding WWW server 3 is accessed with the address 8 of the above, and the corresponding page 7 is read (S6). Then, each read page 7 is written into the area of the corresponding user in the pre-access file 17 (S7). Then, the process returns to S1, and waits for the elapse of the next minute time ΔT.

As described above, each time the time set for each user set in the time table 16 arrives in the background process processing of the network daemon, each page 7 designated by the bookmark 10 of the corresponding user is reached. Is collected from each WWW server 3 and stored in the pre-access file 17.

9 and FIG.
0, information processing is performed with each NC terminal 2. When power-on information is input from one NC terminal 2 in Q1, the OS is downloaded to the corresponding NC terminal 2 (Q2). Then, the NC terminal 2 transmits the user name to the NC server 1 using this OS function. NC server 1
Receives this user name (Q3), downloads the Web browser to the corresponding NC terminal 2 (Q4).

Next, the dedicated bookmark table 13a corresponding to the user and the shared bookmark table 14a of the groove to which the user belongs are stored in the corresponding NC terminal 2.
The file is transferred (downloaded) to (Q5).

Further, if the bookmark table 15a of the corresponding user exists in the bookmark storage unit 15 (Q6), the corresponding bookmark table 15a is file-transferred (downloaded) to the corresponding NC terminal 2 (Q7).

When a request to add or delete a bookmark 10 is input from each NC terminal 2, it is determined whether the request is for a dedicated file or a shared file (Q9), and the request is for a dedicated file. Then, the new bookmark 10 is registered or deleted from the dedicated bookmark table 13a corresponding to the user (Q10). On the other hand, if it is for a shared file, a new registration or deletion process of the corresponding bookmark 10 in the shared bookmark table 14a corresponding to the user is performed (Q11).

When a request to add or delete a bookmark 11 is input from each NC terminal 2 in Q12 in FIG. 10, a process of newly registering or deleting the corresponding bookmark 11 in the corresponding user's bookmark table 15a is performed (Q1).
3).

Further, in Q14, an access request (ht) specifying the address 8 of the target page 7 from the NC terminal 2 is received.
When the corresponding address 8 is included in the bookmark 10 of the corresponding user, the corresponding page 7 is accessed from the WWW server 3 in advance and is stored and held in the prior access file 17. Judge that
The target page 7 is read from the corresponding user area of the pre-access file 17 and the NC terminal 2 of the access request source is read.
(Q16).

When the address 8 is not included in the bookmark 10 of the user, it is determined that the request is a normal access request, and the connection process between the NC terminal 2 and the WWW server 3 is performed. Specifically, the input access request (http: // www ....) is relayed to the WWW server 3 (Q17).

In the page management method of the network system configured as described above, each user can use his / her own NC.
The bookmark 10 set as a group by the terminal 2 is set in its own shared bookmark table 5, and
The server 1 stores the information in the shared bookmark table 14a of the group to which the server 1 belongs.

The bookmark 10 set by each user on his / her own NC terminal 2 is set in his / her own dedicated bookmark table 4 and stored and held in his / her own dedicated bookmark memory 13a in the NC server 1.

The bookmark 11 designated by each user at his / her NC terminal 2 is also set in his / her own bookmark table 6 and his / her own bookmark table 1 in the NC server 1.
5a.

The shared bookmark 10, the dedicated bookmark 10 and the bookmark 11 for each user stored and held in the NC server 1 indicate the N
When the C terminal 2 is activated, it is automatically downloaded from the NC server 1 and written into the shared bookmark table 5, the dedicated bookmark table 4, and the bookmark table 6, like programs and various data.

Therefore, even if each user finishes the work without any effort and turns off the power of the NC terminal 2, the bookmarks 10 and the bookmarks 11 are reproduced in their own files 4, 5, and 6 at the next startup. Therefore, the common bookmark 10, the dedicated bookmark 10, and the bookmark 1
1 can be used.

The bookmark 10 created by each user at the NC server 1 at the individual NC terminal 2 is shown in FIG. It is stored and held as a shared bookmark, and is downloaded to the corresponding NC terminal 2 each time the NC terminal 2 is started, so that each user can create other users belonging to the same group in addition to the bookmark 10 created by the user. The bookmark 10 can also be used, and can be used as a page management method for a network system that is very convenient for the user.

Each user can set a bookmark 11 as an externally designated position in the page 7 being displayed and output on the screen of each NC terminal 2. And this bookmark 1
Like the respective bookmarks 10, the bookmarks 1 can be continuously used even if the power is cut off, so that the operability of the entire system can be further improved.

Further, some users may access the WWW server 3 from the NC terminal 2 via the NC server 1 using the bookmark 10 every day at a fixed time.

In the method of this embodiment, the NC server 1 stores the information in the bookmark tables 13a and 14a corresponding to the user immediately before the user accesses the target page 7 via the NC terminals 2. The page 7 designated by each bookmark 10 is accessed in advance to the corresponding WWW server 3, the page 7 is retrieved, and stored in the pre-access file 17.

When an access request is issued from each of the NC terminals 2, the NC server 1 immediately transmits the target page 7 among the plurality of pages 7 stored and held to the requesting NC terminal 2. Therefore, as a user, the access processing time for the target page 7 is greatly reduced, and the operability is greatly improved.

[0059]

As described above, in the page management method of the network system according to the present invention, the bookmark dedicated to the user set at each NC terminal and the bookmark shared with other users are managed by the NC server, and each NC terminal is managed. Is started and downloaded to each NC terminal in the same manner as other programs.

Therefore, the bookmark created by each NC terminal can be used continuously next time, and the bookmark can be used in common by a plurality of users. In the NC server, a page designated by each user's bookmark is accessed and stored in advance before an access request from each NC terminal.

Therefore, when an access request for the relevant page is generated from each NC terminal, the relevant page can be immediately transmitted to the relevant NC terminal. Therefore, as a user, the access processing time for the target page is greatly reduced, and the operability is greatly improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a relationship among an NC terminal, an NC server, and a WWW server in a network system to which a page management method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied;

FIG. 2 is an exemplary view showing a page displayed on an NC terminal of the system according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is an overall view of the system according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an exemplary view showing storage contents of a shared bookmark storage unit formed in an NC server of the system of the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is an exemplary view showing storage contents of a dedicated bookmark storage unit formed in the NC server of the system of the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is an exemplary view showing storage contents of a bookmark storage unit formed in the NC server of the system of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an exemplary view showing storage contents of a time table formed in the NC server of the system of the embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of a network daemon in the NC server of the system of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the NC server of the system of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a processing operation of the NC server of the system of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... NC server 2 ... NC terminal 3 ... WWW server 4,13a ... Dedicated bookmark table 5,14a ... Shared bookmark table 6,15a ... Bookmark table 7 ... Page 8 ... Address 9 ... Page title 10 ... Bookmark 11 ... Bookmark 12 ... Line 16: Time table 17: Prior access file

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Claims (4)

[Claims] A plurality of NC terminals are connected to an NC server, and each NC terminal operates with a program and various data downloaded from the NC server at the time of startup.
In a page management method for a network system, wherein a terminal accesses a WWW server via an NC server, reads a target page of the corresponding WWW server, and outputs and displays the target page on its own screen, each of the NC terminals includes The relationship with the page title is set as a bookmark, and the NC server manages a bookmark shared by a plurality of NC terminals configuring each group as a shared bookmark for each group in each bookmark set in each NC terminal, A page management method for a network system, comprising: downloading a shared bookmark of a group to which an NC terminal belongs to the NC terminal when the NC terminal is activated. 2. The NC server manages a bookmark used by a corresponding NC terminal as a dedicated bookmark for each NC terminal, in addition to the shared bookmark, and stores the dedicated bookmark of the corresponding NC terminal when each NC terminal is activated. NC
2. The page management method for a network system according to claim 1, wherein the page is downloaded to a terminal. 3. Each of the NC terminals sets an externally designated position in a page being displayed and output on a screen as a bookmark, and the NC server assigns each of the bookmarks set by each of the NC terminals to each of the NC terminals. Manages the corresponding NC when starting each NC terminal.
3. The page management method for a network system according to claim 1, wherein the bookmark of the terminal is downloaded to the corresponding NC terminal. 4. A plurality of NC terminals are connected to an NC server, and each NC terminal operates with a program and various data downloaded from the NC server at the time of startup.
In a page management method for a network system in which a terminal accesses a WWW server via an NC server, reads a target page of the WWW server, and displays and outputs the target page on its own screen, the NC terminals each have an address of an externally designated page And setting a relationship between the bookmark and a page title as a bookmark, transmitting an access request for a page set as a bookmark to the NC server at a predetermined access time, wherein the NC server includes a corresponding NC terminal for each NC terminal. Is used as a dedicated bookmark, and for each NC terminal, a page specified by the bookmark of the NC terminal managed by itself is read from the corresponding WWW server and stored and stored immediately before the access time. , In response to an access request for the corresponding page from the NC terminal, The corresponding page held and stored is transmitted to the corresponding NC terminal, and the dedicated bookmark of the corresponding NC terminal is stored in the corresponding N
A page management method for a network system, which is downloaded to a C terminal.