JP2001043169A - Device and method for registering network file information, and database system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To store a database of only homepage information which is useful to a user, selected out of pieces of homepage information requested to be registered without forcing an operation staff to make a substantial check. SOLUTION: A temporary registration means 15 stores temporarily registered information in a temporary registration file 19. An evaluation request means 16 obtains the temporarily registered information from the temporary registration file 19 and user information from a user information file 20 and urges the user by e-mailing to evaluate the temporarily registered information. An evaluation accepting means 17 accepts its evaluation and rewrites the score of the temporarily registered information stored in the temporary registration file 19 according to the evaluation. A registration propriety decision means 18 decides whether or not the temporarily registered information is regularly registered in the database 23 according to the score of the temporarily registered information stored in the temporary registration file 19.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for registering network file information in a database storing information about network files.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to utilize a network, it is indispensable to know where and what files exist in the network. Conventionally, information on network files is made into a database and the database is used by a network user. Searching is being done. If the size of the network is large, such as the Internet, such a database becomes more important. Conventional forms of the database can be roughly classified into the following three types. (1) Robot type A form in which a robot device searches the network and automatically stores network file information in a database. (2) Format check registration type A network file information registration request from a user is accepted, and the information is
A form in which a format check is performed to determine whether a file actually exists at the network address, and then the file is stored in a database. (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 10-340253 belongs to this type.) (3) Substantial Check Registration Type A network file information registration request from a user is accepted, and the information is
A mode in which the operating staff actually accesses the file based on the network address, checks whether the network file information is worth storing in the database, and then stores the information in the database.

[0003]

However, the above (1)
According to the form of (2), in order not to actually check,
In some cases, network file information that is not stored in a database is stored, and users who search the database may be provided with unnecessary information as a search result. JP-A-10-340253
In the invention described in (1), only a method of confirming with the registration requester is devised, and it is not checked whether the information is worth registering in the database. The above (3)
According to the embodiment, a large number of operation staffs are required to perform the actual check, and a long time is required from the registration request to the registration.

An object of the present invention is to perform a substantial check for selecting only network file information considered to be useful for a network user, but does not require a large number of operating staff and requires a long time from a registration request to a registration. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for registering network file information in order to construct a database that does not need to be used.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a network file information registration apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention includes: means for receiving network file information to be registered as temporary registration information; Means for prompting another user to evaluate the provisional registration information, means for receiving the evaluation, and means for registering the provisional registration information in a database when the total result of the received evaluation satisfies a predetermined criterion. It is characterized by.

It is desirable to adjust the degree of influence on the judgment for each user to be evaluated in order to increase the accuracy of the judgment as to whether or not to make a registration. Means for retrieving a user information file and obtaining a user confidence index of a user to be evaluated.

[0007] The "user reliability index" is a numerical value indicating how reliable the evaluation of the user's temporary registration information is, which is determined for each user in consideration of the past evaluation of the temporary registration information. Say.

It is preferable that the user confidence index is automatically rewritten to the latest one as necessary. The registration device according to the third aspect of the present invention provides a user confidence index based on a relationship between an evaluation made by a user and the totaling result. It is characterized by further comprising means for rewriting the user confidence index.

By the way, the scale of the network is large,
As the number of files on the network grows, this type of database becomes more important. Therefore, in the registration device according to the fourth aspect of the invention, the network file is a home page of the Internet.
The “home page” here is not limited to a so-called “top page”.

[0010] The operation performed by the user at the time of evaluation is as follows.
It needs to be simple. Therefore, in the registration device according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the means for prompting another user to evaluate the temporary registration information transmits an e-mail in which a URL having a role of transferring data to the CGI program is described. It is characterized in that it is a means for performing.

Claims 1 and 6, 2 and 7, 3 and 8, 4 and 9,
5 and 10 each form a registration device and method pair.

[0012] The invention described in claim 11 is based on "claims 1 to
5. A database system including a “server computer including the registration device according to any one of 5) and a“ terminal ”. According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the database system, the server computer and the terminal are connected via the Internet.

[0013] The "other user" means "a user other than the user who is the registration requester", but it may happen that the user who is the registration requester is included.

[0014]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a database system according to an embodiment of the present invention. A plurality of client computers 101, 102, 103, 10
4. . . Are connected to the server computer 10 via the Internet. The server computer 10
It has a registration device 11, a user registration device 12, a search device 13, and an external storage device 14. The registration device 11 includes a temporary registration unit 15, an evaluation request unit 16, an evaluation reception unit 17, and a registration availability determination unit 18. The external storage device 14 includes a temporary registration file 19, a user information file 20, an evaluation information file 21, It has a registration impossible information file 22 and a database 23.

The temporary registration file 19 contains the temporary registration means 15
Is stored. FIG. 2 shows the data structure. The user information file 20 includes
User information registered by the user registration device 12 is stored. FIG. 3 shows the data structure. The user
A name, a mail address, and the like are registered in advance by the user registration device 12. In the evaluation information file 21, the evaluation performed on the temporary registration information by the user is stored in the evaluation receiving unit 17.
Is stored. FIG. 4 shows the data structure.
The registration permission / non-registration determination unit 18
The information determined to be unregisterable by is stored. FIG. 5 shows the data structure. The database 23 stores information that is determined to be registerable by the registration permission / non-permission determining unit 18. FIG. 6 shows the data structure. This database 23 is a target to be searched by the search device 13.

The procedure for registering information in the database will be described. In this description, it is assumed that the user who is the registration requester operates the client computer 101. The temporary registration unit 15 outputs the registration form screen of FIG. 7 to the client computer 101. The user who is the registration requester inputs the contents in the registration form, clicks the send button, and outputs the home page information to the temporary registration means 15. Temporary registration means 15 receiving the registration request
Searches for whether or not the received URL is in the temporary registration file 19, the non-registration information file 22, and the database 23, and if so, notifies the client computer 101 that the registration request is rejected; The contents are stored in the temporary registration file 19, and the fact that the temporary registration information has been added is notified to the evaluation requesting means 16.

In response, the evaluation requesting means 16 obtains the temporary registration information from the temporary registration file 19, obtains the user's e-mail address from the user information file, and sends the user the temporary registration information to the database 23. Sends an e-mail prompting evaluation of whether to register. The format of the e-mail is shown in FIG. This e-mail includes a URL portion that is clicked when the user evaluates that the registration is acceptable, and a URL portion that is clicked when the user evaluates that the registration is not possible. This URL portion plays a role of transmitting information on a temporary registration number, a user number, and evaluation contents to be evaluated to the CGI program. The user can use the client computers 102, 103, 104. . . In your email program,
The evaluation request electronic mail is received, and the homepage is accessed by the URL written therein. Then, it is evaluated whether or not the homepage information should be registered in the database, and the corresponding URL portion is clicked.

As a result, the evaluation receiving means 17 receives the temporary registration number, the user number, and the contents of the evaluation. Then, the evaluation information file 21 is searched to confirm that the same user has not already evaluated the same temporary registration information. The user information file 20 is searched from the user number to obtain the user confidence index of the user to be evaluated, and the temporary registration file 19 is searched from the temporary registration number to obtain the score. If “OK”, the user confidence index is added to the score and recorded. If “NO”, the user confidence index is subtracted from the score and recorded. Further, the user is notified that the evaluation has been accepted.

The registration permission / inhibition judging means 18 appropriately obtains the score of each temporary registration information from the temporary registration file 19. (A) If the score meets the criteria for registration,
The user who has evaluated the temporary registration information as “OK” is searched from the evaluation information file 21, the user confidence index of the user is obtained from the user information file 20, and 1 is added and recorded. Further, a user who evaluates the temporary registration information as “No” is searched, a user reliability index of the user is obtained from the user information file 20, and 1 is subtracted and recorded. And the temporary registration file 1
9, the temporary registration information is deleted and registered in the database 23. Further, the evaluation information related to the temporary registration information is deleted from the evaluation information file 21. In addition, as an example of the registration possible criterion, the score is “50 or more”.

(A) When the score satisfies the registration-impossible criterion, the evaluation information file 21 is searched for a user who has evaluated the temporary registration information as “no”, and the user information file 20 is used to search for the user. Obtain the user confidence index, add 1 and record. In addition, a search is made for a user who has evaluated the temporary registration information as “OK”, a user confidence index of the user is obtained from the user information file 20, and 1 is subtracted and recorded. Then, the temporary registration information is deleted from the temporary registration file 19 and registered in the registration impossible information file 22. Further, the evaluation information related to the temporary registration information is deleted from the evaluation information file 21. In addition,
An example of the registration failure criterion is “score is -20 or less”.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, some application embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

In the first embodiment, the "network file" is a home page of the Internet. However, the "network" is not limited to the Internet, but may be an intranet, an extranet, or the like. "File" can be any file on the network,
Examples include a file described in a markup language such as HTML or XML, a text file, an image file, a moving image file, a program file, a data file applicable only to a specific program, and the like. For example, a database may include only information on moving image files on a network.

In the above embodiment, the information transmitted from the user as the registration requester is referred to as “network file information to be registered”, but the information obtained by the robot apparatus searching the network is “registered”. Candidate network file information ".

In the above-described embodiment, the evaluation request mail is transmitted every time the temporary registration information is added. However, some temporary registration information may be collectively described and used as one evaluation request mail. In this case, the evaluation request mail can also serve as an electronic mail magazine of homepage information.

In the above embodiment, the evaluation is urged by sending an e-mail, but the evaluation may be urged on a browser. In this case, when the user searches the database 23 using the search device 13, the user may be prompted to evaluate the temporary registration information while outputting the result.

In the above-described embodiment, the user's evaluation is either a choice or not, but may be a numerical value such as a five-level evaluation of 1 to 5. In this case, it is necessary to take measures such as multiplying the user confidence index by the evaluation value and adding or subtracting the value to the score.

In the above embodiment, if the evaluation of the user and the judgment of the registration permission / non-permission judging means 18 match, the user confidence index is added by one, and if they differ, the user confidence index is made one by one.
Although the value is reduced, the value to be added or subtracted may be variable. Further, the user confidence index may be added according to the registration period of the user. For a user who has not been evaluated despite being prompted for evaluation, the user confidence index may be reduced.

In the above embodiment, the external storage device 14
The temporary registration file 19, the user information file 20, the evaluation information file 21, the non-registration information file 22, and the database 23 are provided, and some of them may be integrated. For example, if the evaluation information is recorded in the user information file 20, the user information file 20 and the evaluation information file 2
One can be integrated into one.

In the above embodiment, the time is not taken into account. However, a registration criterion such as “Score 20 or more within 8 hours from temporary registration, or score 50 or more within 24 hours”, or “Score 10 A non-registration criterion may be set, such as "The state in which the registration is not reached has continued for three hours since the temporary registration."

In the above embodiment, the genre classification of the database is not taken into consideration, but designation of the genre may be prompted at the stage of temporary registration. In this case, the user's evaluation extends not only to the value of the network file but also to whether the selection of the genre is appropriate.

In the above embodiment, the registration permission / non-permission judgment means 18
Is set to “appropriately”, but the “evaluation receiving means 17
Every time the score of the temporary registration file 19 is rewritten. In this case, the determination as to whether the registration criterion or registration criterion is satisfied may be made only for the temporary registration information whose score has been rewritten.

In the above embodiment, the user information file 2
Although there is no particular limitation on the users who are encouraged to evaluate among the users registered in “0”, it is detected whether the user is connected to the network, and the user who is connected to the network is preferentially prompted to evaluate. Is also good. Alternatively, a user with a high user confidence index may be urged to give priority to the evaluation.

In the above embodiment, the user operates the client computer as a terminal, but any device capable of transmitting and receiving data may be used, such as a mobile phone or a PHS.

[0034]

According to the database system of the present invention, a network file information registration request is not immediately and unconditionally stored in a database upon receiving a network file information registration request.
It is possible to prevent information unnecessary for the user from being stored in the database. Furthermore, since the operating staff does not judge whether to register the temporary registration information, it is possible to reduce the manpower required for operating the system.

By setting a user confidence index for each user and making use of the index in determining whether registration is possible, emphasis can be placed on reliable user evaluation, and the accuracy of the determination can be increased. In a network with many users, such as the Internet, evaluations from users can be collected quickly and the time required for determination can be shortened. Therefore, the data can be stored in the database earlier than in the conventional operation staff. Therefore, when the user searches the database, new information and some selected information can be obtained as a search result.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a database system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a data structure diagram of a temporary registration file according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a data structure diagram of a user information file according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a data structure diagram of an evaluation information file according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a data structure diagram of an unregisterable information file according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a data structure diagram of a database according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a registration form screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 shows a format of an evaluation request e-mail according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Server computer 11 Registration device 12 User registration device 13 Retrieval device 14 External storage device 15 Temporary registration means 16 Evaluation request means 17 Evaluation reception means 18 Registration possibility determination means 19 Temporary registration file 20 User information file 21 Evaluation information file 22 Unregistration information File 23 Database 101, 102, 103, 104. . . Client computer

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[Submission date] July 3, 2000 (2007.3)

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In order to achieve the above object, a network file information registration apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention includes: means for receiving network file information to be registered as temporary registration information; A means for prompting the user to evaluate the temporary registration information; a means for receiving the evaluation; and a means for registering the temporary registration information in a database when a total result of the received evaluation satisfies a predetermined criterion. And

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[0010] The operation performed by the user at the time of evaluation is as follows.
It needs to be simple. Therefore, in the registration device according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the means for prompting the user to evaluate the temporary registration information is a means for transmitting an e-mail in which a URL having a role of transferring data to the CGI program is described. It is characterized by being.

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According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in a database system including a server computer and a terminal, the server computer includes the registration device according to any one of the first to fifth aspects. According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the database system, the server computer and the terminal are connected via the Internet.

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In the above embodiment, the "network file" is a home page of the Internet, but the "network" is not limited to the Internet, but may be an intranet, an extranet, or the like. "File" can be any file on the network,
Examples include a file described in a markup language such as HTML or XML, a text file, an image file, a moving image file, a program file, a data file applicable only to a specific program, and the like. For example, a database may include only information on moving image files on a network.

Claims (12)

[Claims] An apparatus for registering network file information in a database storing information about network files, means for accepting network file information to be registered as temporary registration information, and evaluating the temporary registration information by another user. Registration means for receiving the evaluation, and means for registering the temporary registration information in a database when the total result of the received evaluation satisfies a predetermined criterion. apparatus. 2. The network file information registration apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for retrieving a user information file and obtaining a user confidence index of a user to be evaluated. 3. The network file information registration apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: means for rewriting a user confidence index based on a relationship between an evaluation made by a user and the aggregation result. 4. The apparatus for registering network file information according to claim 1, wherein the network file is a home page of the Internet. 5. The means for prompting another user to evaluate temporary registration information is a means for transmitting an e-mail containing a URL having a role of transferring data to a CGI program. A registration device for network file information according to any one of claims 1 to 4. 6. A method for registering network file information in a database storing information about network files, the step of receiving network file information to be registered as temporary registration information, and the step of evaluating the temporary registration information by another user. Registering the network file information, comprising: a step of prompting the user to receive the evaluation; and a step of registering the temporary registration information in a database when a total result of the received evaluation satisfies a predetermined criterion. Method. 7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of searching a user information file to obtain a user confidence index of a user to be evaluated. 8. The method for registering network file information according to claim 7, further comprising the step of rewriting a user confidence index based on a relationship between the evaluation made by the user and the aggregation result. 9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the network file is a homepage on the Internet. 10. The step of prompting another user to evaluate the temporary registration information is a step of transmitting an e-mail containing a URL having a role of transferring data to the CGI program. 10. The method for registering network file information according to any one of 6 to 9. 11. A database system comprising a “server computer comprising the registration device according to claim 1” and a “terminal”. 12. The server computer and the terminal are connected via the Internet.
The database system described in 1.