JP2001052003A - Internet information reading system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the information of an entire site easily to comprehend for a user by downloading a stored program to a client and accessing data on the Internet when secondary information exists. SOLUTION: Site information (secondary information) stored in a site information storage part 102 on a server 100 is information on an HP site on the Internet described on the basis of a definition in a site information template storage part 103. When the user of a client 110 is to refer to information defined in the site information storage part 102 through a site information display control part 101, the site information display control part 101 downloads the program stored in a site display information program storage part 104 from the server 100 to a site information display program operating environment part 111 on the client 110 and displays the site information. When the secondary information exists, the program is downloaded to the client and data on the Internet are accessed through the secondary information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an Internet information browsing apparatus for providing information on an entire site to a user in an easy-to-understand manner when displaying information on the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, as a means for searching for information on the Internet, a WW automatically called a search engine is used.
There is a service that accumulates information on W and makes it a database. In Japan, goo (http://www.goo.ne.jp/) and info
Services such as seek (http://www.infoseek.co.jp/) are well known. In general, search engines enable search robots to collect Web pages by following links, extract keywords by morphological analysis or the like for each collected page, and create a database in which keywords are associated with URLs, thereby enabling search. . The page extracted by the search engine displays a score at the time of the search, which is calculated mainly from the frequency of appearance of the keyword in the title or the content of the page, and is based on the search word.

[0003] In contrast, Yahoo! (http: //www.yahoo.c
Services that organize and provide information on the Internet, such as o.jp/), are also active. They rely on human resources, such as registering the creator's HP, recommending other people's HP, or checking and classifying sites by an administrator.

[0004] In the above, only a specific page is requested or an introduction such as an outline of a site can be obtained, but information such as a configuration in the site cannot be obtained. Therefore, as a method of obtaining the structure between pages, for example, a method of displaying a list of anchors as in the technical idea disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-171703, or a method of classifying Web pages using a self-organizing map , Map Display Method (Reference: Nagino, Yamada, "Creation of Internet Information Map Using Multi-Web Robot" Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, pp.675
-676, 1998).

As a method of automatically evaluating a general site, there is a method of calculating from a user's access situation. As a typical method of analyzing access to the homepage on the Internet, cgi (Common Gateway Inter
face) or SSI (Saver Side Include) to obtain the value of the client environment variable and send it to the server side. On the other hand, there is an audience method (http://www.istinc.co.jp/jar/) that resides together with Web browser software, monitors a URL input field, and checks access.

[0006]

However, the above-mentioned prior art has the following problems.

First, in browsing information using a search engine, an extremely large number of Web pages are recorded, which is effective when performing an exhaustive search. ). In addition, since the pages extracted by the search engine are analyzed only for each page, the association with other pages is not known, and it is difficult to organize information. For example, a site that hits with a high score is likely to hit multiple pages, but hits a lot of pages on a particular site and doesn't know their relationship or happens to be a particular word that doesn't happen to be related to the theme , And the page used for the title gets a high score.

[0008] In addition, while information on the Internet is ever-increasing, it takes time and effort to update site information organized by hand, and novelty is easily lost. In addition, these information generally provide a general description to some extent, and it is difficult to understand the structure and detailed contents of the site unless each user actually confirms it.

On the other hand, in the method of displaying the list of anchors and the method of displaying a map as described above, since information of all pages is displayed, the problem of complexity remains, and only such a mechanical method is used. If there is, there is a problem that there is much noise.

[0010] Further, in access analysis using cgi, SSI or audience method, dynamic information such as user operation cannot be obtained because it is based on the values of environment variables and URL information. No detailed information up to the point of reference is obtained.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and to provide information on an entire site to a user in an easy-to-understand manner when displaying information on the Internet.

[0012]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention firstly manages secondary (site) information, which is an outline of a distributed network, collectively on a server and displays it. By managing the programs to be managed together on the server, the user can obtain secondary information in an easy-to-understand format in an easy-to-understand format, and since it is displayed using a program, each secondary information has a complicated description Without the need for
Creation and updating of secondary information can be processed at high speed, and the data amount is small.

Second, by using knowledge information on the Web instead of information analyzed for each page, information of the entire site can be extracted, a complicated configuration can be simply expressed, information can be easily organized, and It is possible to remove simple noises that are difficult to process.

Third, by preparing a plurality of templates and describing the site information using a template closer to the contents of the site, the secondary information can be described more simply and accurately, and the display is easy for the user to understand. You can define patterns.

Fourth, a function that can partially omit the contents of the secondary information instead of displaying the entire contents can be dynamically changed according to a keyword given by the user or a designation from the user being displayed. By having, the page that the user needs,
Displaying only the pages of interest can simplify the structure of the site and make it easier to understand.

Fifth, when accessing a page on the Internet via a program executed on the client side, a GUI event relating to an operation such as a page scroll operation or a window display / non-display is monitored, and the collected event is monitored. By sending information to the server and tallying,
The status of access to a specific site or page is known, and can be used as an evaluation value for that site.
By displaying the evaluation result, the user can quickly obtain a page highly objectively evaluated.

Sixthly, when accessing a page on the Internet via a program executed on the client side, a window for prompting the user to input is displayed, the input result is sent to the server, and the result is counted, so that a specific site is obtained. Alternatively, you can see the status of access to the page and use that as the rating value for that site. By displaying the evaluation result, the user can quickly obtain a page subjectively highly evaluated by a plurality of users.

Seventh, the client has personal secondary information in place of the secondary information stored in the server or in addition to the secondary information stored in the server, which is suitable for each individual. Site information can be provided.

Eighth, since the personal secondary information can be edited, the user can arbitrarily set additional information regarding the site.

[0020]

FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of an Internet information browsing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, site information (secondary information) stored in a site information storage unit 102 on a server 100 is information on an HP site on the Internet described based on a definition in a site information template storage unit 103. is there. When the user of the client 110 refers to the information defined in the site information storage unit 102 through the site information display control unit 101, the site information display control unit 101
Transmits the program stored in the site display information program storage unit 104 from the server 100 to the client 110
It is downloaded to the above-mentioned site information display program operating environment section 111, and site information is displayed using this.

FIG. 2 shows an example in which site information is described in the site information storage unit 102 using XML. Each site has such site information. Here, information such as the top page of the site, the hierarchical structure of the page, the keyword of the site and each page, and the last update date and time are described.

FIG. 3 shows an example in which the site information shown in FIG. 2 is displayed by the site display information display program 104 downloaded to the site information display program operating environment section 111. The user can directly access each page from this screen. As described above, a system for visually displaying the hierarchical structure of a logically defined site and accessing the actual Internet includes, for example, Ja.
The program created using vaApplet is downloaded to the client side, and the JavaApplet is downloaded.
For example, a means for displaying the information using a WWW browser that can operate the Web browser can be considered.

In the example of FIG. 3, a character string representing each page has a title attribute (201 in FIG. 2) or a keyword.
Although a character string defined by an attribute (such as 202 in FIG. 2) is included, another value such as a url attribute may be used. Various values may be displayed depending on the mode.

Also, the lastupdate attribute in FIG. 2 (203 etc.)
Is not reflected in the display of FIG. 3, but it is compared with the update date of the reference data on the Internet at the timing of display or at a periodic timing. If the reference data is newer, the site of FIG. It is used to correct information. Further, the next update date may be assumed based on the value of the lastupdate attribute of the site information and the update date interval of the reference data on the Internet, and the update may be automatically checked.

FIG. 4 shows an example of data defined in the Web knowledge information storage unit 106. It defines your knowledge of the Internet. Site information collection unit 10 in FIG.
In step 5, the site is analyzed using this knowledge information, site information is generated, and stored in the site information storage unit 102.

FIG. 5 shows a site information template storage unit 10.
3 is an example of the document definition defined in FIG. Here, an example of the DTD for the HP site as shown in FIG. 2 is shown. On the other hand, FIG. 6 is an example of the DTD in the case of another HP site. The site information collection unit 105 selects a suitable template from the result determined using the knowledge information in the Web knowledge information storage unit 106, and creates site information using the template as a DTD. FIG. 5 shows an example of a DTD of a personal HP site. 501 defines that the personal HP site is composed of a link collection, a bulletin board, and other pages. On the other hand, FIG.
Is an example of a DTD of a corporate HP site, and 601 defines that the corporate HP site is composed of the latest information, product information, recruitment information, affiliated company information, and other pages.
Even if the actual configuration of the HP is various, by patterning the appearance of the site in this way, the user can easily understand the configuration of the site. That is, by preparing several DTDs as site information templates and using an appropriate DTD, it is possible to accurately represent the structure of each site and present site information that is easy for the user to understand.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a server when the Internet information browsing apparatus of FIG. 1 is applied to a search system. FIG. 8 is a processing flow when creating a keyword index. In the index creation unit 707, first,
The site information storage unit 702 is checked to see if there is any site information for the collected Web data. If there is no site information, the obtained Web information is analyzed, keyword information is obtained, and registered in the keyword index 708.
When the site information for the collected Web data is stored in the site information storage unit 702, the site information is analyzed to obtain keyword information, and registered in the keyword index 708.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the relationship between the keyword index 708, the site information storage unit 702, and data on the Internet in FIG. Site information storage unit 8
02 has site information as the position information of the keyword index, the site information is shown. If there is no site information in the site information storage unit 802, the URL of data directly on the Internet is shown. In the actual search processing, the search processing unit 709 only needs to perform a search for the keyword index. When the user actually displays the data, if the position information 901 belongs to the site information storage unit 902, the site information display control is performed. The display may be instructed to the unit 701. By doing so, even if there is no site information for all data on the Internet, it is possible to use the data in the search system.

FIG. 10 shows an example of how the Internet information browsing apparatus is actually viewed by a user when the apparatus is applied to a search system. In the example of FIG. 10, for example, it is assumed that “I want to eat lunch in Yokohama” and the keywords “Yokohama” and “Lunch” are given. Then, a page relating to “Children” and a page relating to “Chinatown, map” that are not of interest to the user are not displayed. <linkpage> (Figure 2
204) and <bbspage> (205 in FIG. 2) generally relate to the entire site and are therefore always displayed regardless of the keyword specified by the user.

FIG. 11 shows a screen when "Chinese cuisine" is clicked on the screen of FIG. The hierarchy after “Chinese food” which is not displayed in FIG. 10 is displayed by the user's instruction. This is, for example, an example in which the user wants to have lunch in Yokohama, but looks at the screen in FIG. 10 and prefers Chinese cuisine over French cuisine, and thus accesses Chinese cuisine information.

The above is based on the keyword given at the time of the search.
This is an example in which only information requested by the user is extracted from the site information and displayed. On the other hand, it is also possible to set a category or a keyword of interest to the user in the personal environment, and determine display of the site information based on the category and the keyword. For example, the keyword used for the search and the value directly set by the user are registered in the personal information storage unit 113 in FIG. 1, and the site display program 104 checks this value and displays the site information.

FIG. 12 shows a process of extracting user access information from a GUI event when accessing an Internet page through site information in the site information display program 104 executed in the site information display program operating environment section 111 of FIG. It is an example of a flow. Here, for example, two types of access information are extracted, and it is checked which range of the page has been browsed from the scroll information of the window. In the window control event, the total time during which the window was active before the window was destroyed is checked, and the total page reference time is checked. When the window is discarded, the access information is stored in the site information storage unit 102 of the server 100, and a value obtained by summing the access information can be used as an evaluation value for the site or each page when the site information is displayed.

FIG. 13 shows an example in which when the site information of the site information storage unit 102 is displayed, the evaluation of the site is prompted on the screen. Here, 1301 is information indicating the structure of the site, 1302 is an example in which an actual page is displayed via 1301, and 1303 is a five-level evaluation from “good” to “bad” for this site. This is an example of prompting the user. The user can easily evaluate the site by clicking the mouse in the window 1302 or the like. This screen is displayed on the screen while accessing the site via the secondary information of the site information storage unit 102. As described above, the evaluation of the site is promoted together with the site information, the evaluation result of the user is stored in the site information storage unit 102 of the server 100, and the total value is used as the evaluation value of the site or each page when the site information is displayed. Can be used.

The evaluation values obtained as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 are stored in the site evaluation data storage unit 107 shown in FIG. 1, and are totalized to obtain values as shown in the examples of FIGS. 3, 10, and 11. Reflected in site information. For example, a method of displaying only a page having a long page display rate and a long display time and a high evaluation value of the user, or changing a color or a mark according to the value can be considered.

FIG. 14 shows the personal site information storage unit 1 shown in FIG.
13 is an example of secondary information stored in a storage device 13; The site display information display program 104 downloaded to the site information display program operating environment 111 displays the site information with reference to the values on both the server 100 side and the client 110 side.

FIG. 15 shows an example in which the personal information of the personal site information storage unit 112 (see FIG. 1) is displayed in addition to the site information of the site information storage unit 102. 1501 is 140
The comment set in 1 is displayed, and the mark set in 1402 is displayed in 1502. These values can be arbitrarily set by the user. For example, a new window may appear by double-clicking the object with the mouse, and the user may arbitrarily change the window. Also, 1503 and 1504 are 14
2 and the last update date and time set in the site information on the server side (203 in FIG. 2).
, Etc.), the display is such that the user can identify that the latest update date is newer.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention, the user manages the secondary information, which is the outline of the distributed network, collectively in the server, and also manages the program for displaying the secondary information in the server, so that the user Obtain site information in an easy-to-understand format and display it in an easy-to-understand manner.Since it is displayed using a program, complicated descriptions are not required for individual secondary information, and secondary information can be created and updated quickly. This has the effect that the data can be processed and the amount of data becomes small.

Next, instead of the information analyzed for each page,
By using the knowledge information for the Web, it is possible to extract the information of the entire site and simply express the configuration of a complicated configuration,
Information can be easily organized, and simple noise that is difficult to process mechanically can be removed.

Next, by preparing a plurality of templates and describing the site information using a template closer to the contents of the site, the secondary information can be described more simply and accurately, and a display pattern that is easy for the user to understand. Can be defined.

Next, it is possible to omit a part of the contents of the secondary information, instead of displaying the whole contents, and to have a function that can be dynamically changed according to a keyword given by the user or a designation from the user being displayed. This makes it possible to simplify the structure of the site by displaying only the pages required by the user and the pages of interest, thereby making it easier to understand.

Next, when accessing a page on the Internet via a program executed on the client side, GUI events relating to operations such as scrolling the page and displaying / hiding a window are monitored, and the collected event information is monitored. Is sent to the server and aggregated,
The status of access to a specific site or page is known, and can be used as an evaluation value for that site.
By displaying the evaluation result, the user can quickly obtain a page highly objectively evaluated.

Next, when accessing a page on the Internet through a program executed on the client side, a window for prompting the user to input is displayed, the input results are sent to the server, and the results are counted, thereby obtaining a specific site or You can see how well the page has been accessed and use that as a rating value for that site. By displaying the evaluation result, the user can quickly obtain a page subjectively highly evaluated by a plurality of users.

Next, instead of the secondary information stored in the server or in addition to the secondary information stored in the server,
By providing the client with the personal secondary information, site information suitable for each individual can be provided.

Next, by making the secondary information for personal use editable, the user can arbitrarily set additional information regarding the site.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an Internet information browsing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram in which site information is described using XML in a site information storage unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram in which the site information shown in FIG. 2 is displayed by a site display information display program.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of data defined in a Web knowledge information storage unit.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a document definition defined in a site information template storage unit.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a document definition defined in a site information template storage unit.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a server when the Internet information browsing device of FIG. 1 is applied to a search system.

FIG. 8 is a processing flow chart when creating a keyword index.

9 is a diagram showing a relationship between a keyword index, a site information storage unit, and data on the Internet in FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing how the Internet information browsing apparatus of the present invention is viewed by a user when applied to a search system.

11 is a diagram showing a screen when “Chinese food” is clicked on the screen of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a processing flowchart for extracting user access information from a GUI event in the site information display program operating environment section of FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram prompting the evaluation of the site on the same screen when displaying the site information of the site information storage unit.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of secondary information stored in the personal site information storage unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing personal information of a personal site information storage unit in addition to site information of a site information storage unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 server 101 site information display control unit 102 site information storage unit 103 site information template storage unit 104 site display information program storage unit 105 site information collection unit 106 web knowledge information storage unit 107 site evaluation data storage unit 110 client 111 site information display program Operating environment section 112 Personal site information storage section

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. Secondary information storage means for storing secondary information relating to a specific site on the Internet; secondary information display control means for displaying secondary information stored in the secondary information storage means; A secondary information display program storing means for storing a program for displaying the secondary information, and a secondary information display program operating environment means for operating the program provided on a client, through the server. When accessing the Internet, the secondary information display control means checks the presence or absence of secondary information related to the site to be sought, and if secondary information exists, sends the program stored in the secondary information storage means to the client. Download and access data on the Internet through secondary information displayed to clients Internet information browsing device that. 2. A server further comprising: knowledge information storage means for storing knowledge information on Internet sites; and secondary information collection means for analyzing an arbitrary site using the knowledge information and generating secondary information. 2. The Internet information browsing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The secondary information storage unit according to claim 1, wherein the secondary information storage unit stores secondary information including a plurality of templates and information on a site described based on one of the templates. Internet information browsing device. 4. The secondary information display control means, when displaying secondary information by a program for displaying secondary information, does not display all information described in the secondary information, but displays the secondary information. 2. The Internet information browsing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein only a part of the information is displayed, or the display range of the information can be increased or decreased during the display. 5. The secondary information display program operating environment means having downloaded a program stored in the secondary information display program storage means, wherein a user GUI relating to data displayed by the program for displaying the secondary information is provided. 2. The Internet information browsing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the event information is monitored, and a totaled result is sent to a server. 6. A secondary information display program operating environment means, which downloads a program stored in the secondary information display program storage means, relates to data displayed by the program for displaying the secondary information and inputs the data to a user. 2. The Internet information browsing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a window for prompting the user is displayed, and the input result is sent to the server. 7. The client further includes a personal secondary information storage unit in place of or in addition to the secondary information stored in the secondary information storage unit, and displays the secondary information. 2. The Internet information browsing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the Internet information browsing apparatus can be referred to from a program for the purpose. 8. The secondary information display control means changes the contents of the secondary information with respect to the secondary information stored in the personal secondary information storage means by using a program for displaying the secondary information. The Internet information browsing apparatus according to claim 1 or 7, wherein the Internet information browsing apparatus is capable of performing the following.