JP2001312482A - Computer system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and a method which can change the contents of banner advertisements at a time, change their link destinations at a time, alter the contents of advertisements by servers, and alter the contents of advertisement according to the actions of clients when advertisement contents and link destinations of a homepage of the Internet are changed. SOLUTION: This computer system is equipped with a managing server equipped with message generation parts which generate messages respectively, a setting information generation part for a Web server which sets which of the messages generated by the message generation parts is received, and a transmission part which sends the generated messages and the Web server equipped with a reception part which receives a corresponding message among the messages from the managing server according to the settings of the setting information generation part for the Web server, an extraction part which extracts the message, and a message generation part which generates a message to be displayed in a homepage according to the extracted message.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a computer system for transmitting messages, and more particularly, to a computer system for transmitting individual messages to a plurality of Web servers each providing a home page.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As computer networks, the Internet and intranets are widely known. There are many Web servers on the Internet, each providing its own homepage. These homepages not only have value in the information themselves,
It is also in the spotlight as a place for advertising products and services. Homepages visited by many clients are often provided with banner advertisements. Banner advertisements are advertisements that are displayed in a small horizontal area on the homepage. This area is linked to the homepage of an advertiser such as a manufacturer, and by clicking on this area, the client is sent to the advertiser. You can browse the homepage. That is, the banner advertisement is for guiding the client to a predetermined homepage.

[0003]

As a conventional banner advertisement expression method, a GIF animation method is known. However, the content of the conventional banner advertisement is fixed, and when it is changed, the content must be rewritten manually or automatically. However, when there is a change in the advertisement content or the link destination, it is desirable that the content of the banner advertisement can be changed all at once or the link destination can be changed collectively. Further, it is desirable to change the content of the advertisement for each server or to change the content of the advertisement according to the action of the client. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an advertisement that enables such processing, enables various expressions than before, and is effective.

[0004]

A computer system according to the present invention has a plurality of message generators for respectively generating messages, and sets in advance which of a plurality of messages generated by the plurality of message generators to receive. A management server including a web server setting information generating unit, and a transmitting unit that transmits the generated message; and a correspondence among a plurality of messages from the management server based on the setting by the web server setting information generating unit. And a Web server that includes a receiving unit that receives the message, an extracting unit that extracts the message, and a message generating unit that generates a message to be displayed on a homepage based on the extracted message.

[0005] Preferably, the Web server transmits a request to the management server based on the information of the client, a client information acquisition unit that acquires information of a client who browses a home page, and transmits the request. A transmission unit, wherein the management server is
A receiving unit that receives the request from a web server, and a request analyzing unit that analyzes the received request, the message generating unit that generates a message that the web server receives is generated based on an analysis result of the request. Change the message to be sent.

Preferably, the Web server transmits a request to the management server based on client information, a client information acquisition unit that acquires information of a client who browses a home page, and transmits the request. A transmission unit, wherein the management server is
A receiving unit that receives the request from the Web server, and a request analyzing unit that analyzes the received request, wherein the Web server setting information generating unit should receive the Web server based on the analysis result of the request Change the message.

[0007] Preferably, a first colony including at least one Web server, a second colony including at least one Web server, and a message provided between the first colony and the second colony are transmitted. And a path for transmitting a message provided between the first colony and / or the second colony and the management server, wherein the message includes information that defines a reach, and the management server When the distance from the first colony and / or the second colony is within the reach, the message is transmitted from the management server to the first colony and / or the second colony, and the When one colony and / or the second colony has a plurality of Web servers, the message received by any one of the Web servers By being transmitted to all other Web servers, it transmits the message to the Web server in a predetermined range without specifying the destination in advance.

[0008] The computer system according to the present invention comprises:
A plurality of message generators for respectively generating messages, a Web server setting information generator for setting in advance which of the plurality of messages generated by the plurality of message generators to receive, and transmitting the generated message A transmitting unit, a receiving unit that receives the request from a Web server, a management server including a request analyzing unit that analyzes the received request, and a management server based on the setting by the Web server setting information generating unit. A receiving unit that receives a corresponding one of the plurality of messages, an extracting unit that extracts the message, a message generating unit that generates a message to be displayed on a homepage based on the extracted message, and a client that browses the homepage A client information acquisition unit for acquiring information of the client, A request creation unit that creates a request for a server, and a plurality of web servers including a transmission unit that sends the request, wherein the management server manages the plurality of web servers, and a client manages the plurality of web servers. When any one of them is accessed for the first time, the receiving unit of the web server receives a common message so that a message common to the plurality of web servers is displayed on the accessed home page, and the client receives another message. When accessing the web server, the request creating unit of the web server creates a request so that a message unique to the web server is displayed on the accessed home page, and generates a message to be received by the web server. The message generator changes a message to be generated based on the analysis result of the request.

[0009] The computer system according to the present invention comprises:
A plurality of message generators for respectively generating messages, a Web server setting information generator for setting in advance which of the plurality of messages generated by the plurality of message generators to receive, and transmitting the generated message A transmitting unit, a receiving unit that receives the request from a Web server, a management server including a request analyzing unit that analyzes the received request, and a management server based on the setting by the Web server setting information generating unit. A receiving unit that receives a corresponding one of the plurality of messages, an extracting unit that extracts the message, a message generating unit that generates a message to be displayed on a homepage based on the extracted message, and a client that browses the homepage A client information acquisition unit for acquiring information of the client, A request creation unit that creates a request for a server, and a plurality of web servers including a transmission unit that sends the request, wherein the management server manages the plurality of web servers, and a client manages the plurality of web servers. When any one of them is accessed for the first time, the receiving unit of the web server receives a common message so that a message common to the plurality of web servers is displayed on the accessed home page, and the client receives another message. When accessing the web server, the request creation unit of the web server creates a request so that a message unique to the web server is displayed on the accessed home page, and generates the web server setting information of the management server. The unit changes a message to be received by the Web server based on a result of the analysis of the request.

[0010] The computer system according to the present invention comprises:
A management server including a message generation unit that generates a message, and a transmission unit that transmits the generated message;
A receiving unit that receives a message from the management server;
We comprising an extracting unit for extracting the message, and a moving unit for moving the extracted message on a homepage.
b server.

[0011]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a computer network. The management server 1, Web server 2, and client computer 3 are connected via the Internet 4 (or intranet). The client 3 can access the Web server 2 to download a previously stored HTML text and browse the homepage. The management server 1 performs predetermined settings on the Web server 2 or generates and sends predetermined images and / or messages.

Normally, the HTML text of the homepage stored in the Web server 2 is created and managed by the owner. On the other hand, the management server 1 displays or changes a predetermined image and / or message for a part of the content of the homepage. That is, a part of a certain homepage is not managed by the owner, but is managed by the management server 1. An example of such a part of the homepage is a banner advertisement area. A banner advertisement is an advertisement displayed in a small horizontal area on a homepage. This area is linked to a homepage of an advertiser such as a maker, and by clicking this area, the client 3 displays the advertisement. You can browse the homepage of the person. That is, the banner advertisement is for guiding the client to a predetermined homepage.

As a conventional banner advertisement expression method, GI
F animations are known. However, the content of the conventional banner advertisement is fixed, and when it is changed, the content must be rewritten manually or automatically. However, according to the embodiment of the present invention, by managing a part of the Web server 2 by the management server 1, the contents of the banner advertisement can be changed all at once,
You can change the link. Also, the management server 1 can transmit a plurality of types of images and / or messages for banner advertisements, and can specify images and / or messages to be received by the Web server 2, so that the contents of the advertisement are changed for each server. Or change the content of the advertisement depending on the client's actions. Therefore, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide various advertisements and to provide an effective advertisement more than before.

Hereinafter, the contents of the present invention will be described more specifically. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the internal configuration of the management server 1. The management server 1 is realized by a normal computer (workstation, personal computer).
Although not shown, the management server 1 includes an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, a display device,
A central processing unit (CPU), a memory, an external storage device such as a hard disk, a floppy (registered trademark) disk drive, a CD-ROM drive, and the like are provided. The Web server setting information generating unit 11 generates setting information for each Web server, and transmits the setting information using the transmitting unit 12. The setting information includes a type of an image and / or a message to be displayed on the homepage and a condition for changing the type. By including the latter information, the content of the advertisement can be changed as needed. For example, an advertisement for a cake is displayed during Christmas, and an advertisement for chocolate is displayed during Valentine's Day. At other times, regular ads are displayed. Specifically, CH1 plays a normal advertisement, and CH2 plays a seasonal product advertisement and appropriately changes the content. Since the management server 1 can specify which channel the Web server 2 receives, the change of the advertisement as described above can be easily realized.

There are a plurality of types of images and messages sent to the Web server 2. The image generation unit 10-1a shown in FIG.
..., 10-na and message generator 10-1b,
.., 10-nb generates n types of images and messages. These images and messages are transmitted to the transmitting unit 12.
Is sent to the Web server 2 via The channel is shown in FIG.
It is composed of a combination of an image and a message as in (a), or is composed only of a message as in (b) of FIG. In addition, you may comprise only an image.

The management server 1 includes a receiving unit 13, a request analyzing unit 14 for analyzing the contents of a request from the Web server 2, and an image / message changing unit 15 for changing an image and / or a message according to the contents of the request. These are for changing the display contents according to the action of the client. For example, when CH3 is playing an advertisement for a certain homepage, when a client visits the homepage, and when an advertisement for the general public is displayed through CH3, the client visits the homepage after registering as a member. , CH3 can be changed to display a member-only advertisement. Instead of changing the contents of CH3, we
b The server 2 may receive another CH.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing the internal configuration of the Web server 2. The Web server 2 is realized by a normal computer (workstation, personal computer).
Although not shown, the Web server 2 includes an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, a display device,
Central processing unit (CPU), external storage device such as memory, hard disk, floppy disk drive, CD-R
An OM drive and the like are provided. Also, the Web server 2
Although not shown, H to function as a normal Web server
A device for transmitting and receiving TML text is provided. The receiving unit 20 receives an image and / or a message of a channel specified in advance. The image / message extractor 22 separates an image and a message from the received data and sends them to the image generator 21 and the message generator 23, respectively. The image generator 21 generates an image, and the message generator 23 generates a message. The generated message is further configured to move on the screen by the message moving unit 24. This message is combined on the image by the combining unit 25. As a result, on the homepage, the message is displayed so as to flow on the image. Specifically, the following program is used.

APPLET CODE = "JP.CO.gram.openg.OpenGTicker.class" CODEBASE = "http://plato.gram.co.jp/openg/" WIDTH = "153" HEIGHT = "200" ALIGN = " middle "NAME =" OpenG "HSPACE = 0 VSPACE = 0 param name =" channel "value =" 100091 "/ APPLET

The basic format is keyword = "...." /
It is in the form of APPLET. What is specified by CODE =
The name of the software used to display the message in the browser. Which web is specified by CODEBASE =
Specifies whether to receive a message from the server. That is, the address of the Web server 2 is specified here.

WIDTH, HEIGHT, ALIGN, NAME, HSPACE, VS
Each PACE tells the browser where and how large to display the message.

The line param name = "channel" value = "100091" specifies which channel the user is subscribed to. In this example, the designation is to display channel 100091 on the browser.

Therefore, the program above specifies: 1. Receive 100091 channels from the Web server http://plato.gram.co.jp/ 3. Display it on the homepage at the size of 153 * 200 Will be. By simply adding this description to any home page, anyone can receive messages from the server.

With the above processing, a display such as a so-called electronic bulletin board or news telop can be displayed on a homepage. This display method is a new one which has not existed before.

On the other hand, the Web server 2 in FIG. 3 generates a request to the management server 1 based on the obtained client information, and a client information obtaining unit 26 for obtaining information on the behavior of a client (a person accessing the home page). A request creating unit 27 and a transmitting unit 28 are provided. The request creating unit 27 requests a change in information to be sent to a channel or a request to change a channel to be received according to an action of a client. For example, when a client browses a catalog on the homepage and does shopping (for example, ingredients), when the client selects Japanese-style ingredients, it plays an advertisement for sake that matches the channel, and when the client selects Western-style ingredients, Request creator 27 so that an advertisement for wine that matches the channel is played
Requests the management server 1. In order to grasp the behavior of the client, it is necessary to analyze an access log recorded on the Web server 2, analyze a cookie sent from the Web server 2, and analyze a questionnaire. In particular, by analyzing cookies, it is possible to grasp the access tendency of each individual.

The overall operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The Web server is set (S1). The information for setting is sent from the management server 1 to the Web server, and which of the channels from the management server 1 is received is set. Images of CH1 to CHn and / or
Alternatively, a message is generated (S2). An image and a message to be transmitted from the management server 1 are generated. The generated information is transmitted to the Web server (S3). The web server 2 receives a corresponding one of the plurality of channels (S
4). Which channel the Web server 2 receives is
The management server 1 determines in principle. This allows
The contents of the advertisement displayed on each homepage are managed by the management server 1.
Can be managed collectively. The Web server 2 reflects the received content on the homepage (S5). When the client accesses the home page, the contents of the home page (HTML) are transmitted to the client (S6).

With the above processing, different contents can be displayed for each Web server. For example, as shown in FIG.
(HP1) On the image G1, "Today is fine weather"
(MSG1) is displayed while flowing from right to left. On HP2, a message (MSG2) "Now testing" is displayed on the image G2 while flowing from right to left. On HP3, "No Message" is displayed on the image G3.
(MSG3) is displayed while flowing from right to left. There is no such dynamic expression that is different for each homepage. Since each message is updated sequentially, the content of the flowing message changes every moment. This is a point that appeals to the user.

The client information is obtained (S7).
For example, by analyzing access logs and cookies, the profile and behavior of the client can be grasped. Create a request based on the acquired client information (S
8). For example, when a client browses a catalog on the homepage and does shopping (for example, ingredients), when the client selects Japanese-style ingredients, it plays an advertisement for sake that matches the channel, and when the client selects Western-style ingredients, A request is generated so that an advertisement for wine that matches the channel is played, and the generated request is transmitted to the management server 1 (S9). The management server 1 analyzes the transmitted request (S10), and changes the image and / or message of the corresponding channel based on the analysis result (S10).
11). For example, when an advertisement for sake is requested, the content of the corresponding channel is changed to the content of the advertisement for sake. Alternatively, an instruction to change the channel to be received may be transmitted to the Web server 2.

Steps S3 to S11 are repeated as necessary. Note that among the above steps, S7 to S1
Reference numeral 1 denotes an additional function, and the embodiment of the present invention functions satisfactorily only with the processing of S1 to S6. The transmission schedule of the channel is controlled by the management server 1 on the transmission side, and the transmission side also controls which channel the Web server 2 on the reception side receives. When this function is used, the management server 1 can change the display contents of the banner advertisement and the link destination at the same time.

It is also considered that the management server 1 and the Web server 2 are related to each other and form one group. By utilizing this, the display of the group and the individual display can be appropriately switched and displayed. For example, when there is a group centered on a railway company, each company in this group has a home page. For example, assume that there are a railway homepage, a real estate homepage, a department store homepage, and a travel agency homepage. When a client visits one of the homepages, first, the new information of the entire group flows in the banner advertisement. For example, CH1 in FIG. 5 is used as a channel for transmitting common new arrival information, and each home page displays the content of CH1 at the top. Next, when the client moves to the homepage of the real estate, the contents related to the real estate are flown in the banner advertisement. For example, CH2 in FIG.
Is used as a channel for transmitting real estate information, and the home page of the real estate receives CH2. CH1 when the client first accesses the homepage of the real estate
Is received, but when moving from another homepage in the group and accessing the homepage of the real estate, CH2
To receive. This is possible because the client information acquisition unit 26 determines whether the client first accesses the group or moves within the group, and the request creation unit 27 creates a request according to the determination result. Because.

The client information acquisition section 26 can also acquire the profile information of the client and the information of the banner advertisement clicked by the client.

As described above, the management server 1 and the Web server 2 are related to each other and form one group. Next, a method of forming this group will be described.

The first possible method of forming a group
The method of the above is a method in which the Web
This is a method in which the server 2 is registered. This method is applied, for example, when the entire homepage of a certain corporate group is managed collectively. Information on all Web servers of the corporate group is obtained in advance, and this information is registered in the management server 1. This method is simple and reliable. However, on the other hand, the first method is difficult to adopt in a group in which the members of the group must be determined in advance and the members frequently join or leave.

A second possible method of forming a group
According to the method described above, such a problem can be solved. The second method will be described in detail. In conventional computer networks, messages have been transmitted from a sender to a predetermined recipient. Therefore, the recipient must be identified before sending the message. However, in some cases, it is desired to transmit a message to an unspecified number of members. Conventional computer networks have not been able to meet such demands.

Further, those who intend to participate in a conventional computer network have to be registered according to a predetermined procedure. This process usually has to be done with the network administrator,
A department or person specializing in computer network management was required. It is convenient if members can easily carry out procedures without requiring such a management department.

The widely used Internet Protocol (IP) is a "destination-oriented""messagingsystem" for transmitting data called IP datagrams to a desired destination, as opposed to the messaging system according to the present invention. Is a two-way communication tool that does not have a concept of a destination, the point of which is that users can be grouped into groups called "colony" and messages can be transmitted (broadcasted) within the group. In other words, it is a broadcast-based network that forms a "colony" and connects the colony questions one after another with "paths" to form the whole.

Data of an arbitrary size called "message" flows on this network. As shown in FIG. 7, this message has no destination information, but instead has two basic parameters of “channel” and “output strength”, and is characterized in that it is propagated in real time. "Output strength" is used to express "propagation by radio waves" on the Internet. For example, by increasing the transmission output of a message, a message that has jumped out of a colony to which the user belongs can reach a colony around a farther position. The present invention is characterized in that it simulates the propagation by radio waves to provide a sense of distance in an Internet environment for reducing distance and time. Further, the messaging system of the present invention can trace the colony of the message transmission source by tuning to a message sent from another colony.

A “colony” is an aggregate of a plurality of members 1 in which a message is transmitted by broadcasting. Typically, the member 1 is realized by one computer on which the software of the messaging system of the present invention is installed, and the colony is realized by a computer network including a plurality of such computers. No member 1 can talk only with another member in colony 2. As shown in FIG. 8, a message addressed to someone is always automatically transmitted to everyone else.

The "pass" is a means (connection) for connecting the colonies 2 on a one-to-one basis (FIG. 9). Pass 3 is
Anyone in Colony 2 can open with another Colony 2 at any time. The role of path 3 is to connect colonies 2 and create a path for message transmission. When the path 3 is established, the broadcast in the colony 2 is transmitted to the connected colony 2 through the path 3. The message arriving at the other colony 2 is broadcast on the spot to the whole colony 2 (Fig. 1
0 (a) to FIG. 10 (c)). For example, path 3 between colonies A and B would be colony A member 1 and colony B member
Provided between 1 Note that a plurality of paths between colonies may be provided to improve reliability.

The "path setting" will be described in more detail. In order to open a pass, a "pass opening sequence" must be performed between the two endpoints to be opened. This sequence is started by the subject who establishes the path, and follows the following flow. In addition, "HELLO"
---------- ＞ ”, etc., the characters enclosed in""
It means that it is sent to the communication partner with ACSII code.
Processing always proceeds in the order of the numbers.

Pass establishment entity Pass establishment partner “HELLO” ----------> 1 2 <-------- "HELLO, TOO" "SEND DATA" ------- ---> 3 "JOIN_ALONE_MODE" ---> 4 Transmission of path weight ---------> 5 6 <-------- "OK" 7 <------ --Receiver address transmission "DATA RECEIVED" ------> 8 Subject address transmission ------> 9 10 <-------- "OK" "BYE" ---- ------> 11 12 <-------- "BYE"

By performing this sequence, the path establishment entity and the other party can exchange addresses with each other. As a result, the parties to whom the message should be transmitted are recognized. At the same time, weight information is shared by negotiating path weights. Such a sequence is necessary because the weight information of the path must match at both end points.

It should be noted that the arrow of the path 3 in the figure means the entity that opened the path first. The starting point of the arrow is the originator and the ending point is the recipient of the pass. Only the opening side can close the pass. The pass holder is responsible for ensuring pass interactivity when opening the pass. 1. Message Reach As described above, a message that propagates within and between colonies has two parameters: “channel” and “output intensity”.

A "channel" is represented by a 32-bit integer. In fact, without distinguishing channel numbers,
All messages are transmitted to other colonies / members. Note that a message may not be transmitted to a predetermined channel. For example, the negative channel is for software control signals, and the channels 0 to 999 are used for applications local to the colony. Other channels are freely used by the application.

The "output strength" is a parameter indicating how far the message can reach.
The number of passages of the colony from the source to the destination of the message corresponds to the “distance”.

This will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 11, the distance between colonies A and C is 2. Colonies A and B
Assume that the distance of is 1. The distance between members in colony A is 0. If the output is set to "1", messages will arrive from colonies A to B but not to C.
Specifically, each time one path passes, the output of the message is reduced by the weight of the path, and the propagation is stopped when the output becomes zero.

This will be described in more detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The structure of the message including the header part is as follows (see FIG. 13). 1． Message origin colony information 2. 2. The penultimate colony in the message transmission process 3. In the message transmission process, the colony immediately before the current one. Channel (frequency) 5. 5. Text messages to be transmitted 6. Any data other than text messages Number via colony 8. 8. Current output power Password when encrypting and transmitting content Among these, "8. Current output strength" is a key point regarding how far the message reaches.

First, when establishing a path, weight information of the path is exchanged between the two members (S1). As a result, both the start point and the end point of the path have the same weight information. The weight of the path is "weight of the path"
And

Next, when transmitting a message, power> weight of the path is compared for each message (S2). That is, it is determined whether power-weight> 0. If it is larger than 0, it is considered that transmission is possible, and the power of the message is updated to a new value (a value after the weight is reduced) (S3), and transmitted to the destination (S4). The transmitting entity always considers only the local information of itself and the other party.

The control of the propagation distance by the power and the weight of the path is new and unprecedented. A parameter called packet time to live (TTL) may be used in a network. This is to prevent an infinite loop of packets, and the above power and weight of the p
ath is completely different, for example, in terms of its physical meaning and its meaning on a network. power and weight of the path are
An unprecedented new parameter that controls the reach of the message. This is because the Internet expects that packets will always reach their destination, but this system is just the opposite: it considers a range with a sufficient weight to be rather a destination, and out of that range Does not deliver the message.

Also, in terms of functionality, the establishment side can dynamically determine the weight of a path, which is significantly different from the Internet. In the Internet, the person who passes the packet (relay) does not increase or decrease the TTL decrement. However, by freely controlling the values of the members, it is possible to dynamically express “costly paths” and “cheap paths” and “high and low threshold paths”. This allows you to control the flow of the message in the same way that water flows naturally through tubes of various thicknesses. In addition, it is possible to provide a filtering effect such that a message below a specific output is cut.

2. Network fusion and splitting The composition of colonies is not fixed and can vary. This means that the network can be freely deformed and expanded. This network is not managed by a host computer, but extends freely like the Internet.

For example, colonies can grow. Colony formation processes are broadly divided into two types: participatory and integrated.

First, the participatory formation process of colonies will be described. A colony is one that can be freely created and destroyed at any time. Being able to generate it freely means that it must go from nothing to a network through some process. For example, if there are members using infrared communication, a colony is formed when three personal computers are approached at the same time. In a communication environment such as infrared communication (IrDA), a computer located within an irradiation angle of infrared light is automatically detected without using an address, and thus automatic colony formation is possible. Member specifications are purely logical, and it is necessary to define how the network is formed to cover any environment. So, for the members, the colony starts
A model like amoeba that swallows and expands one by one is desirable.

On the other hand, the Internet expresses an IP address having a common network address portion by manually or automatically allocating it to all personal computers. In other words, by examining the "network part" of the IP address, it is possible to know which network the user belongs to.

The procedure for participatory formation of colonies will be described with reference to FIG. Participant is one of the members in the colony
A person is selected (S10), and a participation sequence is started for the member (S11). The member then broadcasts the information of the new participant to the remaining members in the colony (S12). Next, the information of all the members in the colony is transferred to the participants (S13). This allows everyone including the participants to share the same member information. For members, exchanging member information corresponds to forming a network.

For example, in FIG. 15, when member 1a attempts to form a colony with member 1b,
By performing the participation sequence from 1a to member 1b, both can form colony 2. In the participation sequence, both parties exchange information with each other, and finally, information on the entire colony is notified to the newcomer, and the process ends. As shown in FIG. 16, when another applicant appears in the colony 2 in FIG. 15, the applicant 1c
Perform the participation sequence for any one of the members 2 and join this colony 2. At this time, applicant 1
c may act on either member 1a or 1b.

The details of the "participation sequence" are as follows. ------------------ Member 1a (newcomer) Member 1b (member of existing colony) "HELLO"----------> 1 2 <- ------- "HELLO, TOO""SENDDATA"------> 3 "JOIN_NORMAL_MODE"------> 4 5 <-------- "OK" 6 < -------- Colony member transmission "DATA RECEIVED"-----> 7 Profile transmission ------> 8 9 <-------- "OK" 10 (Profile of colony (Broadcast in) "BYE"--------> 11 12 <-------- "BYE"

In this flow, 1a is a person who is newly joining a colony, and 1b is a member who is already a member of the colony. By sending a list of colony members in the "Send Colony Member" section, newcomers can know who is already in the colony. (Ie, you can broadcast to members in the colony)
To communicate your information to the entire colony.
This allowed all members of 1a, 1b and the colony to share everyone's information.

Next, the process of forming an integrated colony will be described. For example, an Ir that is effective within a radius of about 5m
Suppose that a colony is realized using DA. Assuming that there is a similar colony in the immediate vicinity, if these two are brought close together, the separate colonies will mix and become one. This is colony integration.

It is to be noted that, contrary to the above case, there may be a case where ten members move to separate rooms, five by five. This is division. From a colony perspective, both consolidation and splitting are one of the processes of increasing or decreasing members. The above "participation" actually means that members
It means that one person has increased. So from a colony perspective, all three can be viewed as a process of their own size.

The details of the "split" sequence are as follows. ------------------ Representative of the colony to be split A Representative of the remaining colony B "HELLO"----------> 1 2 < -------- "HELLO, TOO""SENDDATA"------> 3 "DEVIDE_MODE"------> 4 5 <-------- "OK"" DATA RECEIVED "-----> 6 Transmission of Colony Members of Remaining Group ------> 7 8 <--------" OK "9 Broadcasting of Remaining Group Members into a Colony Broadcast Split Member Broadcast 10 "BYE"----------> 11 12 <-------- "BYE"

In the division sequence, a representative of a group that divides a colony and leaves the same always guides the sequence.
First, determine the members who should stay in the colony,
To B. B must be a member of the surviving members. B is notified of the leftover, and transmits the member information to the other leftover members. Finally A
Transmits new member information to the members of the divided group, and ends.

Next, the steps in which the members are integrated are described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 17 and FIG.

In the integration process, representatives are put out one by one from each other's colonies to be integrated (S20), and an “integration sequence” is started. Either sends information on all members in the colony (S21). The representative broadcasts the other party member information received in each colony (S2
2). When the other party accepts it, the information of all members in the other party colony is received from the other party (S23), and the information is broadcast in the colony (S24). At this moment, the same member information is shared by both colonies, and the integration ends.

The details of the “integration sequence” are as follows. ------------------ Representative in colony A Representative in colony B "HELLO"----------> 1 2 <--- ----- "HELLO, TOO""SENDDATA"------> 3 "MERGE_MODE"------> 4 5 <-------- "OK" 6 <- ------ Send a colony member "DATA RECEIVED"-----> 7 Send a colony member ------> 8 (broadcast a partner member to colony A) 9 10 <------ -"OK" 11 (broadcast the other member in colony B) "BYE"----------> 12 13 <-------- "BYE"

The integration sequence must be a sequence that allows the exchange of all member lists of each other's colonies.

Next, a description will be given of what steps are performed by the members according to the flowchart of FIG. 19 and FIG.

In the dividing process, first, a member who is separated and leaves is identified (S31). Next, one of the members and one of the remaining members become the representative, and start the division sequence (S32). The information of all the leaving members is broadcast to the remaining members, and the registration as a member is canceled (S33). Finally, the two representatives disconnect from each other and the division ends (S3
Four). 3. Message Propagation Procedure According to the system according to the embodiment of the present invention, no routing is performed based on destination information, so that a message propagation algorithm can be defined very simply.

For example, transmission is defined as follows. 1． Generate a message and set the distance to 0. Set channel and sender (self) information. You do not need to specify a destination. 2． Transmit in broadcast mode to the colony to which you belong. You can also send (loop back) a message to yourself. At this time, the distance is not added, and the output does not decrease. 3． The output is reduced by the corresponding weight to the path held by itself, and the message is transmitted in the forward mode. If the reduced output is 0, do not send.

For example, reception is defined as follows. 1． If the received message is in the broadcast mode, the message is transmitted to all the paths held by itself. 2． When the received message is in the forward mode, the received message is broadcast toward the inside of the colony, and the output is reduced by the weight of each path to all the paths except the path to which the message was transmitted, and the message is transmitted. If the reduced output is 0, do not send.

In the conventional Internet Protocol, in order to deliver a packet to a destination via an optimal route, routing by an address is essential. Routing is the process of deciding which network to pass a received packet to next. The characteristics of the Internet Protocol can be said to be the sophistication of this routing. However, on the other hand, there is a problem that when the number of addresses managed by the connected terminal increases, the amount of routing work increases significantly. There are a variety of proposed routing algorithms, from complex to simple, but in general, routing requires the use of a dedicated computer called rook. Luke is relatively expensive, and building a network requires expensive hardware and complicated algorithms in addition to a personal computer.

On the other hand, routing is unnecessary in the above-mentioned messaging system called Boogie.
It requires only simple messaging, called "propagation". The algorithm itself is very simple and easy to implement. This word "propagation" corresponds to a system that does not route using the same word "propagation" as when a brain neuron transmits a pulse. Therefore, all network terminals can be equipped with this transfer algorithm because no hardware or software other than Boogie is required to form the network, and the logic is simple. In other words, the Boogie of the embodiment of the present invention
In, all terminals can perform a router or similar function. This is where Boogie is working on all other messaging systems, especially the Internet Protocol.
This is a different point.

4. Network Topology Another example of the network topology according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. "Pseudo-colony" is the form that is most likely to occur given current Internet usage (Figure 21). Except for the special node 1c, which is the central member, they all form a colony and thus have substantially the same effect. This pseudo colony is the most economical when you want to temporarily become part of a network of members. However, if the central member goes down, the rest of the members will fall apart.

The “binary star” is an evolved form of the pseudo colony. In FIG. 22, the central colony consisting of the three central members is called a binary star. The remaining members can achieve the same result by opening a pass to anyone in the central colony. The point of this form is that the members of the binary colony share the reception of the pass. When the pseudo-colonies are loaded so high that a single member can no longer handle them, the center is binarized to disperse the processing.

The above members or colonies can be applied to the Internet (see FIGS. 23 and 2).
4). The “backbone” is three members and two paths connecting them (FIG. 23). The role of spreading the message to another colony and the role of accepting the establishment of a pass from an unspecified number are divided. The backbone can be multiplexed to make it more secure, similar to a binary for a pseudo colony. It is used when it is necessary to interconnect groups that have grown to a certain size.

In FIG. 24, a rectangular area 4 indicates a LAN based on TCP / IP. Real LANs have a clear boundary between the inside and outside because of security or the number of available IP addresses. Members 1p and 1q are LA
It specializes in the window that goes from N to the Internet, and the central member is a relay point for routing messages from each LAN to other LANs.

According to the second method of forming a group according to the embodiment of the present invention, a message can be transmitted to a Web server within a desired range without registering the Web server in advance on a computer network. In addition, by the processing of the Web server itself, the group can be expanded, changed, and reduced without bothering the management server. Then, the management server can individually manage the Web servers in the group. Therefore, the computer network can be independently separated and integrated, and a more flexible network can be realized.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention described in the claims, and these are also included in the scope of the present invention. Needless to say, this is done.

Further, in the present specification, the means does not necessarily mean physical means, but also includes the case where the function of each means is realized by software.
Further, the function of one unit may be realized by two or more physical units, or the function of two or more units may be realized by one physical unit.

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FIG. 1 is an overall view of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a management server according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a Web server according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the entire system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a channel according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an example of a screen provided by the Web server according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic configuration diagram of a message.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of broadcasting in a colony.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a path.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing how a message is transmitted.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing how a message is transmitted.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a message transmission process.

FIG. 13 is a detailed configuration diagram of a message.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a participation process.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of participation.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of participation.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of an integration process.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of integration.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of a division process.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram of division.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram of a pseudo colony.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a pseudo colony (binary star).

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram of an application example (backbone) of the present invention to the Internet.

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram of an application example of the present invention to the Internet.

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 1 Management server 2 Web server 3 Client 4 Internet

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of message generators for respectively generating messages, a Web server setting information generator for setting in advance which of a plurality of messages generated by the plurality of message generators to receive, A management server comprising: a transmission unit that transmits a received message; a reception unit that receives a corresponding one of a plurality of messages from the management server based on the setting by the Web server setting information generation unit; and A computer system comprising: an extraction unit for extracting; and a web server including a message generation unit for generating a message to be displayed on a homepage based on the extracted message. 2. The Web server, comprising: a client information acquisition unit that acquires information of a client who browses a home page; a request creation unit that creates a request to the management server based on the information of the client; and a transmission that sends the request. A message receiving unit that receives the request from the web server, and a request analyzing unit that analyzes the received request, wherein the message generating unit generates a message received by the web server. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the unit changes a message generated based on an analysis result of the request. 3. The Web server, a client information acquisition unit that acquires information of a client who browses a home page, a request creation unit that creates a request for the management server based on the client information, and a transmission that sends the request. The management server comprises: a receiving unit that receives the request from the Web server; and a request analyzing unit that analyzes the received request.The Web server setting information generating unit includes: 2. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein a message to be received by the Web server is changed based on a result of the analysis. 4. A first colony including at least one Web server, a second colony including at least one Web server, and a message for transmitting a message provided between the first colony and the second colony. A path for transmitting a message provided between the first colony and / or the second colony and the management server, wherein the message includes information that defines a range of arrival; When the distance to the first colony and / or the second colony is within the reach, the message is transmitted from the management server to the first colony and / or the second colony, and the first If the colony and / or the second colony has more than one web server, the message received by any one of the web servers is all other By being transmitted to the Web server, a computer system according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting the message to the Web server in a predetermined range without specifying the destination in advance. 5. A plurality of message generators for respectively generating messages, a Web server setting information generator for setting in advance which of a plurality of messages generated by the plurality of message generators to receive, A management unit including a transmission unit that transmits the received message, a reception unit that receives the request from the Web server, and a request analysis unit that analyzes the received request, based on the setting by the Web server setting information generation unit. A receiving unit that receives a corresponding one of the plurality of messages from the management server, an extracting unit that extracts the message, a message generating unit that generates a message to be displayed on a homepage based on the extracted message,
A plurality of Web servers including a client information acquisition unit that acquires information of a client that browses a homepage, a request creation unit that creates a request for the management server based on the information of the client, and a transmission unit that sends the request. The management server manages the plurality of web servers, and when a client first accesses any of the plurality of web servers, a message common to the plurality of web servers is displayed on the accessed homepage. As described above, the receiving unit of the Web server receives a common message, and when a client accesses another Web server, a message unique to the Web server is displayed on the accessed homepage. Web
A computer system, wherein a request creation unit of a server creates a request, and the message creation unit that creates a message received by the Web server changes a message created based on an analysis result of the request. 6. A plurality of message generators for respectively generating a message, a Web server setting information generator for setting in advance which of the plurality of messages generated by the plurality of message generators to receive. A management unit including a transmission unit that transmits the received message, a reception unit that receives the request from the Web server, and a request analysis unit that analyzes the received request, based on the setting by the Web server setting information generation unit. A receiving unit that receives a corresponding one of the plurality of messages from the management server, an extracting unit that extracts the message, a message generating unit that generates a message to be displayed on a homepage based on the extracted message,
A plurality of Web servers including a client information acquisition unit that acquires information of a client that browses a homepage, a request creation unit that creates a request for the management server based on the information of the client, and a transmission unit that sends the request. The management server manages the plurality of web servers, and when a client first accesses any of the plurality of web servers, a message common to the plurality of web servers is displayed on the accessed homepage. As described above, the receiving unit of the Web server receives a common message, and when a client accesses another Web server, a message unique to the Web server is displayed on the accessed homepage. Web
A computer system, wherein the request creating unit of the server creates a request, and wherein the Web server setting information generating unit of the management server changes a message to be received by the Web server based on an analysis result of the request. . 7. A management server including a message generation unit that generates a message, a transmission unit that transmits the generated message, a reception unit that receives a message from the management server,
We comprising an extracting unit for extracting the message, and a moving unit for moving the extracted message on a homepage.
a computer system comprising: a server;