JP2002007252A - Homepage display method using telephone number - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To readily distribute advertisement, notice items, etc., during transfer to a registered URL in a method which easily performs the transfer to the registered URL by using a telephone number. SOLUTION: A homepage, which has a telephone number as its file name, is prepared on a WWW server which provides guidance service of URLs, and when the HTML describing of this homepage is executed, the transfer to a URL homepage is instructed. The description for distributing advertisement, etc., is added into instruction statements to readily actualize various information distribution.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for easily displaying a homepage on the Internet by inputting a telephone number, a method for distributing an advertisement before the Web page is displayed, and a method for registering the advertisement.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, usually, a home page of the Internet has individual URLs (Uniform Resource).
Locator) was displayed. In recent years, since the URL to be input is long, there have been proposed some methods for inputting the character string in association with a preliminarily registered character string as a means for inputting the short URL.

For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-124422 discloses a method in which desired information is obtained by inputting a symbol string using a database in which individual URLs correspond to numeric symbol strings of up to 10 digits.

In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-328076, an arbitrary character string corresponding to a URL is assigned in advance, and the assigned character string is converted into a URL by a character conversion program on the client or server side. A system for searching the Internet with a given URL is disclosed.

In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-134252,
A method for rewriting data in an address translation table,
It discloses a method for preventing unauthorized rewriting by a malicious third party by using an identification number assigned in advance and alternative identification information uniquely derived from the identification number.

[0006]

However, these methods are realized by means such as a data table means, a character conversion program for converting a character string, an address conversion table and an address conversion program, so that large-scale data management is possible. Is suitable, but not a simple and convenient method.

An object of the present invention is to provide a simple and convenient URL transfer method using a telephone number and a method for easily distributing advertisements and notices during the transfer.

[0008]

As a means for achieving the above object, a method of accessing a URL which a user of the present invention intends to view is a WW which provides a URL guidance service.
Prepare a home page with a telephone number as a file name on the W server, and use HTML (H
hyper Text Markup Languag
This can be achieved by writing a statement to be transferred to the URL homepage after connection to e).

[0009] As a method of displaying an advertisement or the like during the transfer, it is possible to easily distribute an advertisement to be distributed in a flexible manner simply by describing a statement for displaying the advertisement or the like in the HTML. Become.

The registration method of the telephone number corresponding to the URL is as follows.
The registrant accesses the URL information service homepage, after a temporary registration, a phone call for confirming the registered contents is made to the registered phone, and after authentication of an arbitrary password set in advance,
It becomes a real registration. After the main registration is completed, a bill for this registration is issued and sent to the registered e-mail address.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings and examples. FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a flow for carrying out the transfer according to the present invention. First, the user is looking at the homepage of Company A. However, if the user knows the telephone number of Company A but does not know the URL address of the home page, or the address is too long to input, it is easily achieved by the following flow of the present invention. First, connect to the URL guide page, and immediately enter the company A's phone number on the phone number input screen of the displayed page, immediately enter the company A's phone number page of the URL guide page, and transfer it with the transfer statement when executing HTML. Then, the company A accesses the URL registration homepage. If the telephone number has not been registered, a message to that effect is displayed.

It is easy to insert a command such as displaying an advertisement or a notice for several seconds as well as the transfer destination into the HTML of the URL guide page. Then, it is possible to easily implement various mechanisms such as distribution of advertisements, notices, music, and the like before connecting to the transfer destination to the user.

Next, a URL registration method will be described with reference to a flowchart. As shown in FIG. 2, it is assumed that the company to be registered is a company A. The person in charge of Company A accesses the URL guide service homepage and inputs all the registration information. As the registration information, items such as a telephone number, an arbitrary password, a registration URL, and a registration fee billing e-mail address are input on the screen as shown in FIG. If these are properly entered, the temporary registration is completed, and the access is cut off.

The authentication will be described with reference to FIG. After the access is cut off, a call for confirmation is automatically sent to the registered phone number immediately. For example, an announcement such as "This is a URL transfer service center. This phone number will be transferred. Please enter the password entered at the time of temporary registration with four digits." Only when the registrant correctly enters the password set at the time of provisional registration and the numbers match, "Thank you. Registration has been successfully completed." Is completed. The registrant may make a telephone call for the main registration using a caller ID notification via a registered telephone line.

Then, a bill is issued and sent to the registered e-mail address by e-mail. If the set password is incorrectly entered, the temporary registration data is automatically deleted.

Next, a flow for correcting data once registered will be described with reference to FIG. First U
Connect to the RL guidance service page. Select "Modify" and enter your phone number and password on the screen for accessing the correction input screen displayed on the screen. Only when it matches the one used at the time of registration, the connection to the correction input screen is permitted and displayed. The correction can be made by inputting the item to be corrected on this correction input screen, and the connection is automatically cut off after the input is completed.

Then, in the flow shown in FIG. 5, the call-back telephone automatically enters the registered telephone number immediately, and for example, is announced that "correction has been accepted. Please enter your password." Correction is completed only when the entered password matches the password used at the time of registration. If not, the data is automatically deleted. Of course, as in the case of registration, the call for this correction may be made by the corrector using caller ID notification via a registered telephone line.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention,
If you know the telephone number, you can easily and easily connect to the other party's homepage without knowing the long URL, and distribute advertisements, announcements, music, etc. until the connection is completed. It can be easily realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a flow for carrying out a transfer according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a URL registration method according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a flow of registration authentication of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a flow for correcting registered data according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a flow of authenticating registered data according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Registration data input screen

Claims (6)

[Claims] When displaying a homepage on the Internet, a URL (Uniform Resource L) is displayed.
ocator), a homepage site is provided as a backbone, a file or database with a telephone number is placed in the site, and the homepage is displayed by transferring the URL to the corresponding URL by entering the telephone number when connecting. Homepage display method characterized by doing 2. After connecting to the Internet, enter the telephone number from the main website page and request the desired URL.
HTML (Hyper)
The homepage display method according to claim 1, wherein the display is enabled by describing a command sentence for distributing an advertisement or the like in a protocol such as Text Markup Language. 3. Accessing a server connected to the Internet, storing data including a telephone number entered for registration and a password set by the user as temporary registration data in the server, and disconnecting the telephone number after the access is cut off. 2. The homepage display method according to claim 1, wherein the registration is completed after a registrant is authenticated by connecting a telephone line and entering a password. 4. In a data registration method in which data input to a server connected to the Internet includes an e-mail address, saves the data as temporary registration data, and completes registration after authentication is established, data input after completion of registration is performed. 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein an invoice is automatically issued and transmitted to an e-mail address. 5. When data registered in a server connected to the Internet is accessed and modified from the Internet, correction data can be input by accessing the server and entering the telephone number and password used at the time of registration. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the input data is stored in the server as temporary correction data. 6. In the case where data registered in a server connected to the Internet is accessed and modified from the Internet, the telephone number used at the time of inputting after accessing the server, completing the input of the modified data, disconnecting the access, and accessing the server. 6. The method of displaying a home page according to claim 5, wherein the authentication is performed by connecting a telephone line using a password and entering a password set at the time of registration.