JP2002032294A - Device and method for processing homepage information - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enjoy homepage information fitting the purpose including the area information, etc., in a short time and under the same retrieval operation condition on a terminal device that is operated with a comparatively large screen of a personal computer, etc., connected to the Internet and also on a terminal device that is operated with a comparatively small screen of a portable phone, etc. SOLUTION: An information retrieval server 101 inputs the characteristic information on an information receiver in response to the screen characteristics of a connected terminal, displays a screen where the selection menus of different elements are arrayed and prompts the information receiver to perform a retrieval operation. Meanwhile, the information on every terminal registered by an information registering person is stored and managed in connection with each other. Then a screen having a message display part, etc., of a registering person that is operated via an icon is supplied to the information registering person, and screen using frequency is detected and reflected on sequencing of the retrieval results. Furthermore, a means is used on a retrieval result display screen to display images on other screens sequentially and a user is prompted to perform the comparison and study of images.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information retrieval apparatus for supplying homepage information on a computer network desired by an information recipient in a short time, and more particularly to a general terminal device such as a personal computer and a small terminal such as a mobile phone. The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus for homepage information capable of performing cooperative information processing operations by a mobile terminal device characterized by an operation on a screen, and a processing method thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, as means for enjoying information of a desired homepage (identified by an address called a URL) published on a computer network such as the Internet, a portable telephone equipped with a WWW browser or the like has been proposed. And general terminal devices such as personal computers have become widespread.

As a means for an information recipient to search for information on a homepage from the Internet using the above two terminal devices, a search system called a so-called search engine such as infoseek (trademark) or LYCOS (trademark) is widely used. . The search system is used to register and search homepages created for general terminal devices,
It is provided with information processing means for individually registering and retrieving homepages created for mobile terminal devices and for individually controlling them.

FIG. 21 is a sample screen showing a typical configuration of a conventional search engine displayed first on a terminal device display unit when an information recipient accesses the search system using a WWW browser. Yes, it is composed of a keyword input form 2101 and a category link 2102.

On this screen, by operating a pointing device such as a mouse, for example, and clicking (selecting) “music 2103” displayed on the screen, a screen of a lower sub-category shown in FIG. 22 is displayed.

[0008] FIG. 23 shows that the information recipient changes the music (the younger brother 2 shown in FIG. 22) from the top page (the younger brother shown in FIG. 21).
Layer), "genre (three layers of younger brothers)", "classic (four brothers)
Layer) "and sub-category menu items displayed by selecting a category one after another. As shown in the figure, there is also a case where a related upper-level category menu item is called again from a lower-level category area. is there.

Further, depending on the type of the search system,
In order to provide more useful information to information recipients, when providing search results to the information recipients, investigate the frequency of use of the information, and give priority to those with high frequency of use, that is, those with a high number of accesses Are also known.

[0008] Further, there is also known a system having means for pasting a link to the search system from a registration destination home page, counting the number of accesses from the registration system, and providing the access system with a higher access number with priority.

[0009] Further, in order to make the contents of the homepage visually easy to understand, there is also known an apparatus provided with means for displaying the homepage information and displaying an image relating to the homepage on the same screen at the same time.

[0010]

In the retrieval apparatus described in the prior art, when retrieving home page information relating to a certain category, one category may overlap and belong to a plurality of other categories. There is a problem that a very large number of screens have to be repeatedly displayed and many information search operations are required.

In recent years, the number of users who operate a homepage for general terminal devices and a homepage for mobile terminal devices simultaneously has been increasing. However, in the search device described in the related art, it is difficult to set a category common to both terminals and perform basic operations due to a difference in screen size between the general terminal device and the mobile terminal device. , And homepages for mobile terminal devices are managed using respective search systems. Therefore, when registering homepage information, the user needs to individually register in each search system, which has a problem that many registration operations are required.

[0012] In addition, as for the information mainly required by the portable terminal device, information on the area where the user lives is strongly required due to its nature. However, in order to search for information specified in an area by the search operation described in the related art,
It is necessary to select the “regional information 2104” category as shown in FIG. 21, proceed from a wide range to a narrow range, and then input a keyword from there. ing.

Further, as described in the related art, when an image related to the home page is displayed at the same time as providing the home page information as a search result, if the content of the image is to be completely understood, the image is not completely displayed. There is a problem that it is difficult to proceed to the next page until the display is completed, that a plurality of pages are displayed, that a plurality of unspecified images are displayed at the same time, and that the images cannot be compared and examined.

Further, as described in the prior art, a link to the search device is attached from the homepage of the registration destination, the number of accesses from the homepage is totaled, and the one with the highest number of accesses is provided preferentially. In the method, the visitor of the homepage may be boring, and may perform the link operation to visit another homepage.
Regardless of the popularity of the homepage and the degree of content, there is a possibility that the access count may simply increase, so that there is a problem that useful information for the user is not necessarily provided.

[0015] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and can provide homepage information on a computer network desired by an information recipient in a short time. It is possible to perform cooperative information processing operations of both with a mobile terminal device characterized by operation on a small screen such as a mobile phone,
An information processing apparatus for homepage information and a processing method thereof are provided.

[0016]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the first aspect of the present invention, information registrants are prompted to input registration information, and are grouped according to predetermined attributes. A selection menu having different elements storing a group of keywords is displayed in an array, and the keyword has an information registration screen for prompting the user to select a keyword in the selection menu in cooperation with the information. Information registering means for storing, for the information recipient, input of the keyword of the search information and array display of the selection menu,
An information search screen for prompting selection of a keyword of search information in the selection menu, an information search means for searching and extracting search information based on information obtained from the information search screen, and a search result for displaying search results Has an information display screen,
Information supply means for supplying the extracted information to the information recipient.

That is, by arranging a plurality of selection menus storing preset grouped keywords in the information search screen, the information recipient is prompted to select the keywords for each selection menu, and This makes it possible to minimize the input operation by the user and reduce the space of the search information input unit, and it is possible to cope with a mobile terminal device characterized by operation on a small screen such as a mobile phone.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a characteristic information input screen for prompting the information recipient to input and select his / her own characteristic information such as regional information. Means for supplying a connection means to an information retrieval apparatus capable of extracting the characteristic information based on the obtained information; and an information retrieval screen corresponding to the information recipient for the information recipient connected by the connection means. And means for supplying

That is, in the information retrieval apparatus, at the initial stage when the information receiver connects to the information retrieval apparatus and performs a search operation, the information receiver can receive a frequently used search keyword such as the area of the information receiver in advance. The user can omit the work of inputting frequently used search keywords. In addition, since the information registrant can pre-determine the information recipients (search users) to some extent in the region at the time of information registration, the search results are limited to information more accurate for the information recipients. And confusion of information can be reduced.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a characteristic information change menu is displayed to the information recipient on the search result information display screen according to the second aspect, and the menu is obtained from the characteristic information input screen. A feature is provided in which means for prompting a change of the characteristic information, changing only the characteristic information, and re-searching is provided.

That is, the information receiver can arbitrarily change the characteristic information data during the search operation without returning to the characteristic information data input screen, thereby eliminating the re-input operation of the search information.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the selection menu according to the first aspect, the predetermined attribute is a keyword that divides a field of the registration target information, that is, a keyword indicating a category, and a keyword indicating an entity. And a keyword belonging to the category.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when a category is selected in the keyword selection menu indicating the category on the information search screen according to the first aspect, the information recipient is notified of the selection. Instead, a selection menu that stores a category located in a lower layer belonging to the category, that is, a subcategory, and further displays a positional relationship between the subcategory and a parent category,
A sub-category display means for displaying a selection menu storing keywords belonging to only the category in addition to each of the selection menus; and a selection menu indicating a positional relationship between the categories. And category moving means for performing the same operation as described above.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in the one selection menu according to the first aspect, the keyword is divided by keywords having a low possibility of being cooperatively selected, and each is displayed as a plurality of selection menus. It is characterized by the following.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus having a homepage information registration and search means connected to a predetermined computer network, the information and image related to the registration information are stored in the former information registration means. Or, when the extracted registration information includes information such as the image or the sound in the means for inputting information such as voice and the latter search means, one registration is added to the registration information displayed when the search result is displayed. A link button to the registration information host on a separate screen for information, and means for displaying a button icon or the like for displaying information such as the image or sound are provided.

According to the invention described in claim 8, in a terminal device and an information information processing device connected to a predetermined computer network, a homepage managed by the terminal device is provided to a viewer of the homepage. Means for displaying a separate screen having a message display unit for transmitting the message of the administrator of the homepage to the viewer, and a button icon or the like on the homepage for displaying the separate screen to the viewer. Means for displaying and prompting a click operation; and, in the latter information processing apparatus, a message registration screen for displaying a message registration screen to the manager and prompting registration of a message. Storage means for storing information.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, on a separate screen having the comment display section according to the eighth aspect, a home page viewer can input a message input section for sending an electronic mail to a home page administrator; Means for transmitting the message content, the manager's identification information, and the sender's identification information to the information processing apparatus by a click operation of the transmission button. Means for receiving the e-mail, identifying the received contents, extracting the e-mail address of the homepage administrator stored in advance, and attaching the e-mail having the message contents attached with the identification information of the message sender, etc. Means for transmitting to the homepage manager by proxy.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the eighth or ninth aspect, a home page for displaying a message or transmitting an e-mail on a separate screen having a message display portion. It is characterized by comprising means for counting the operation of the viewer, and means for reflecting the counted number in the display ranking of the registered information on the search result display screen.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, the predetermined computer network according to the first, seventh, or eighth aspect is the Internet, and is provided with communication means according to an Internet protocol. I do.

In the twelfth aspect of the present invention, the information processing apparatus is used for a general terminal device such as a personal computer and a mobile terminal device such as a mobile phone characterized by operation on a small screen. Means for supplying each processing screen suitable for the user according to the terminal device to which the user is connected, and registration and search information in the two terminals,
Means for sharing and mutually cooperating processing.

[0031]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In this information processing system, an information search server (hereinafter abbreviated as an information search server) 101 having various information processing functions including an information search function, and a user terminal device (hereinafter, generally referred to as a general computer) equipped with a WWW browser such as a personal computer. 102 to 103, a user portable terminal device (hereinafter abbreviated as a portable terminal device) 104 equipped with a WWW browser such as a mobile phone, and the two terminal devices connected to the Internet 107 via a telephone line or radio waves. Providers 105 to 106 that are connected via a relay are connected to the Internet 107.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information search server 101. In this figure, reference numeral 201 denotes a control unit, which is composed of an arithmetic information processing device or the like, and controls each unit and transfers information. An input control unit 202 controls information input from a terminal connected via the Internet. Reference numeral 203 denotes output control means for controlling information output to the terminal. Symbol 204
209 are storage means.

The storage means 209 stores programs mainly used by the general terminal processing means 210 and the portable terminal processing means 211, and various processing programs to be described later. Various information processing is performed by a program stored in the storage unit 209.

Each data file in the storage means 204 to 208 is managed using a relational database.

The storage means 204 stores category and keyword data files. The file is composed of “category name”, “keyword name”, and the like. By referring to this file, the sub-category to be displayed and the keyword belonging to each category can be specified. FIG. 3 illustrates the attribute relationship between the category and the keyword. In the present embodiment, the information of the homepage is divided into “category (field)”, “genre (substance)”, “keyword”, and 3 Data is processed by dividing it into two elements.

The storage means 205 stores an area code data file, which includes "area name",
A region name is specified from a region code number by referring to this file. The region name can be specified by referring to this file, and vice versa.

[0038] The storage means 206 stores a homepage data file including homepage information registered by the information registrant. Further, a file created by data obtained by the search robot extracting contents equivalent to the contents to be registered by the information registrant from the homepage may be stored.

The storage means 207 stores a message data file for a message display service, which will be described later, registered by the information registrant.

The storage unit 208 stores an advertisement distribution data file created by the same processing as the homepage registration data file.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
An overall flow at the time of information search and information registration in the present embodiment will be described.

First, on the assumption that some homepage information is registered in the information search server in advance, the search operation of the user will be described. When the user of the general terminal device 102 (in this case, the information recipient) tries to search for information, the WW
In the W browser, a predetermined URL (UniversalResource) of the information search server 101 is used.
e Locator).

Thus, the WWW browser makes a connection request to the information retrieval server 101. The control means 201 detects this connection request via the input control means 202, and
Is performed, and if it is determined that the user information is not included in the connected URL, the procedure proceeds to step S402 and the WW of the general terminal apparatus 102
By controlling the W browser to display a screen as shown in FIG. 5, the information receiver is prompted to input user characteristic data. The user characteristic data input screen includes text input fields 501 and 502, selection menus 503 to 505, and a send button 506. The selection menus 503 to 505 are selection menus in a pull-down format in which menu items 601 to 603 as shown in FIG. 6 are displayed by clicking an inverted triangle mark. On the other hand, if the control unit 201 determines that the URL includes the user information, the control unit 201 advances the procedure to step S404, and instructs the general terminal device 102 based on the user characteristic data as shown in FIG. Control to display the information search screen.

In the user characteristic data input screen shown in FIG. 5 in step S402, when the information receiver inputs each item and then presses the send button 506, the input user characteristic data is displayed on the information search server 101. Sent to By detecting the user characteristic data, the control means 201 advances the procedure to step S403, and based on the user characteristic data, a UR capable of identifying the information receiver.
Create L. For example, the URL is “http: // w
ww. SEARCHSYSTEM. com / cgi-b
in / search? name = name & area = address ". At this time, the area text data is converted into a code number using the area code data file 205. Next, the control unit 201 controls the general terminal device 102 to display a notification screen describing the URL, and instructs the information recipient to access the information search server 101 again using the URL. Prompt.

The control means 201 skips the procedure for transmitting the URL to the general terminal device 102, and
The process may proceed to 404.

In step S404, the control means 20
1 controls the general terminal device 102 to display an information search screen based on the user characteristic data included in the connection URL shown in FIG. 7, and instructs the information recipient to search for desired homepage information. Prompt for data entry. The information search screen includes a user characteristic data change selection menu 701, a search keyword input field 702, a search and execute button 703, a category selection menu 70
4, a homepage genre selection menu 705, a first keyword selection menu 706, a younger brother two keyword selection menu 707, a category hierarchy move button 708, information registration, and a change link 709.

The younger brother 1 and younger brother 2 keyword selection menus are selection menus storing keywords likely to belong to all categories in the uppermost layer. In this embodiment, the information recipients can easily select at the same time. In addition, the selection menu is divided into two.

The selection items 902 to 90 shown in FIG.
5 is a triangle mark of the selection menus 704 to 707,
And selection items displayed by scrolling up and down by clicking the inverted triangle mark.
07 respectively. The categories and keywords displayed here are based on the category / keyword data file stored in the storage unit 204.

In the information search screen shown in FIG. 7, when changing the user characteristic data set in advance, the information receiver clicks on the selection menu 701 and selects “from the displayed selection items 901”. "Change the following contents" is selected, and the execute button 703 is pressed. With this operation, the control unit 201 performs control to return the procedure to step S402. At this time, the control means 201 causes the currently set user characteristic data to be displayed in each input field in advance. Note that the address, gender, and the like displayed after “change the following contents” in the selection item 901 are the contents of the currently set user characteristic data. That is, the information receiver can check the current setting status of the user characteristic information on the selection menu.

Hereinafter, in the information search screen shown in FIG.
An operation procedure when an information recipient specifies information search data will be described. First, a range of a search area is designated by a click operation of the selection menu 701. In other words, this is a selection menu used when the information recipient wants to extract homepage information specified and registered in advance in a limited area based on the area. The areas that can be selected here are shown in FIG.
In the user characteristic information input screen shown in FIG. 5, the area is gradually divided from the area input from the address input field 502 to a wide area. Next, if necessary, a keyword relating to the search information is input to the keyword input field 702 using a text input device such as a keyboard. Next, by clicking the selection menu 704,
Select categorical elements for search information. Next, by clicking the selection menu 705, a genre element related to the search information, that is, an entity of the homepage is selected. Next, if necessary, selection menus 706 and 707
By clicking on, a keyword related to the search information is selected.

In the category selection menu 704 in the search operation, the selection item “music” is further added.
To display a sub-category element as shown in a selection item 906 below the
Following the click operation of the selection item "Music" of No. 4, the category move button 708 is pressed. By this operation, the control means 201 causes the general terminal device 102 to display an information search screen as shown in FIG. 7 and urges the information recipient to select a subcategory, a keyword, and the like. On this screen, a selection menu 801 showing a category route and a first additional keyword 802 are displayed on the search screen.
And a second brother additional keyword 803 are additionally displayed. Note that the additional keyword is a keyword belonging to only one category selected by the category selection menu 704 on the information search screen shown in FIG. 7, and is based on the data file stored in the storage unit 204. In addition, in this embodiment, information recipients can easily select at the same time, and the display space of each menu is considered,
The additional keyword selection menu is divided into two.

The category path indicates the path from the search top page to the category of the currently displayed information search screen, with the information search screen displayed first being the search top page. Further, when the information recipient selects one category, which is a selection item, in the category route selection menu 801 and presses a category move button 708, the control means 201 causes the general terminal device 102
Is controlled to display an information search screen based on the selected category, and prompts the information recipient to input and select search information. When the information recipient selects, for example, a selection item “hit chart” in the sub-category selection menu 804 and subsequently presses a category move button, the control unit 201 sets the category in the search screen to be displayed subsequently. In the route selection menu, control is performed to display the selection item “hit chart” selected on the previous screen below the selection item “music”.

The search operation procedure described above is an example for explaining the function, and the order of input of search information and selection of each item is not limited to this, and may be used alone or in any combination.

The items selected from the respective selection menus and the input keywords are all in an AND relationship in order to extract information satisfying all the selected conditions, but the relationships such as AND and OR are as follows. Arbitrary settings may be made.

As described above, when the designation of the search data and the like is completed, the information recipient presses the search button 703 to notify the information search server 101 of the completion. By this operation,
The control unit 201 performs control to advance the procedure to step S405.

In step S405, the control means 20
1 detects information input and selected by an information recipient on an information search screen, user characteristic data incorporated in a page, and the like. At that time, the control means 201
In the selection menu 701 on the information search screen,
If it is determined that "change the following contents" has been specified, control is performed to return the procedure to step S402, and the information recipient is prompted to input user characteristic data. On the other hand, if it is determined that “HP new registration / change” has been selected in the selection menu 701, the control unit 201 performs control to advance the procedure to step S409, and displays the information on the display unit of the general terminal device 102 in FIG. A homepage registration / change screen as shown is displayed. On the other hand, the selection menu 70
In step 1, if it is determined that any one of “search from all data”, “search from data in Chiyoda-ku”, and “search from data in Tokyo” other than the above two items has been selected, 201 determines that the information recipient is performing an information search operation, and performs control to advance the procedure to step S406.

In step S406, the control means 20
Reference numeral 1 denotes a keyword entered from the homepage data file stored in the storage unit 206, the selected data, and a user incorporated in the information search screen as needed. In the characteristic data,
Search and extract matching homepage information,
The extracted home page information is rearranged according to a predetermined rule to be described later, the process proceeds to step S407, and an information search result screen displaying a list of the extracted home page information as shown in FIG. It is displayed on the display unit 102. The selection menu 1001 displayed at the top of the screen has the same function as the selection menu 701 in FIG. 7, and by using the selection menu, the user can directly return to the search top page without returning to the search top page. The search can be performed again with the area range changed, and if the control unit 201 determines that the area recipient is selected in the selection menu by the information recipient, the procedure returns to step S406 to change the area range. Control to search again based on data. The selection menu also includes an item for resetting the user characteristic data, and the control unit 201 determines that “change the following contents” is selected by the information receiver in the selection menu. If it is determined that it has been performed, control is performed to return the procedure to step S402.

On the screen shown in FIG. 10, buttons 1002 to 1003 for displaying images related to homepage information are displayed together with the extracted homepage information. The button is displayed when image data is included in the extracted homepage information. In the control unit of the general terminal device 102 of the information recipient, JavaScript (trademark) incorporated in the screen is used. ) Is controlled by executing a program. For example,
If the information recipient clicks the button 1002,
Upon detecting this, the control unit of the general terminal device 102 operates as shown in FIG.
Window screen 1101 as shown in FIG.
Is opened, and an image related to the homepage data and a link button 1104 to the target homepage are displayed on the separate window screen.

Further, when the information receiver clicks buttons 1003 and 1004 of different homepage information respectively, the general terminal device 102 which has detected this is clicked.
Controls the opening of separate window screens 1102 and 1103 one after another as shown in the screen in FIG. Further, in addition to the image data, audio reproduction data or text data may be displayed on the separate window screen.

Next, in step S 406, the predetermined rule for rearranging the homepage information is such that the control unit 201 sets a point for each homepage information registered in the information search server 101, and Determines the display order according to the number of points.

Hereinafter, the point management and the point earning method in the control means 201 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the information recipient
The terminal device 102 is used to connect to the information search server 101 in this embodiment and perform an information search operation. Next, the information receiver is interested in the home page displayed on the information search result screen as shown in FIG. 10 displayed by this operation, and pointer 1 is displayed in the title portion of the home page.
Assume that a click operation is performed by matching 005. Then, since the link to the target homepage is pasted in the title portion of the homepage information on the information search result screen, the control unit of the general terminal device 102 of the information recipient detects this link operation, and It accesses the stored server and controls the display unit of the general terminal device 102 to display the screen of the linked home page as shown in FIG.

On the home page screen shown in FIG. 12, a message icon 1201 having a message display function is displayed. The icon indicates that the administrator of the homepage, that is, the information registrant,
01, by performing a predetermined registration operation described later, the information search server 101 sends an icon display H
TML (Hyper Text Markup Lan)
g.) source is received and incorporated in an HTML source for displaying a homepage, and is displayed in the source part for icon display. An ID for identifying an information registrant (hereinafter referred to as an icon display) is displayed. ID).

When the information recipient is interested in the message and clicks on the message icon 1201, the icon display ID of the information registrant, ie, the homepage administrator, is transmitted to the information search server 101, and the control that detects this is performed. The unit 201 performs the procedure in step S1401.
Proceed to. In step S1401, the control unit 201 searches and extracts point data corresponding to the ID for displaying the information registrant from the homepage data file stored in the storage unit 206, and extracts the point data from the homepage data file. Points are added. next,
The control unit 201 advances the procedure to step S1402, and controls the information receiver terminal device 102 to display the screen shown in FIG. The message "Please let us know your opinions and impressions on this homepage" displayed on the message display unit 1301 on the screen is stored by the information registrant performing a predetermined registration operation described later. The control means 201 reads out the message data file from the storage means 207, searches for, extracts, and displays the message data corresponding to the ID for displaying the icon of the information registrant. I do.

Further, the screen having the message display section as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed as a part of the homepage of the information registrant by preliminarily incorporating it into the homepage of the information registrant by omitting the click operation of the icon. Is also good.

On the message display screen shown in FIG. 13, in addition to the message display section, each operation section used by the information recipient to send an e-mail to the information registrant is continuous.

The transmission restriction message 1302 indicates the number of e-mails that the information receiver (e-mail sender) can transmit from this screen to the information registrant (homepage administrator), and is displayed here. The number of e-mails to be sent can be arbitrarily set by the information registrant from the prescribed registration screen,
The information is stored in the storage unit 207 in a form corresponding to the information registrant ID. That is, when displaying the transmission restriction message 1302 on the message display screen to the information recipient, the control means 201 reads the current number of e-mails from the storage means 207 and displays the transmission restriction message 1302 on the screen. The display prompts an e-mail transmission operation.

Next, on the message display screen shown in FIG. 13, the operation of the information recipient to send an e-mail to the information registrant (homepage administrator) and the information retrieval server 10
The first processing procedure will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. In this embodiment, the information receiver (e-mail sender) also registers the homepage information in the information search server 101 in advance, and further performs a predetermined registration operation for receiving the message icon, thereby displaying the icon. It is assumed that the user ID is earned.

First, an information receiver (e-mail sender)
Confirms the transmission restriction message 1302. Therefore,
The information recipient (e-mail sender) checks whether or not there is an e-mail transmission restriction. If it is determined that the e-mail transmission restriction is not imposed, the information recipient (e-mail sender) displays the icon display ID of the information recipient (e-mail sender). The ID is entered in the ID input field 1303. Next, the information recipient (e-mail sender) inputs the same password as the password set at the time of registering the homepage information in the password input field 1304. Next, a free password is input to a free password input field 1305 as necessary. A free password is what the information registrant (homepage administrator) tells in advance to those who do not want to limit the number of e-mails received, and the information recipient (e-mail sender) Any number of e-mails can be sent to the information registrant without being limited by the number of e-mails sent in the transmission restriction message 1302. Next, the content of the e-mail is input to the content input field 1306, and the information recipient (e-mail sender) presses the send button 1307 to notify the information search server 101 of the fact. Submit button 130
7 is pressed, the control unit of the terminal device 102 of the information receiver (e-mail sender) detects this, and the information input to the information search server 101 and the data incorporated in the screen are displayed. Information registrant (homepage administrator)
Is transmitted (ID for icon display).

Upon detecting this, the control means 201 advances the procedure to step S1403, retrieves the entered ID and password from the message data file, and extracts and confirms the ID and password in order to confirm the sender of the e-mail. . If the control unit 201 determines that the input ID and the password do not match, the procedure proceeds to step S1407, and displays a message “The ID or password is invalid.” To the e-mail sender. Perform control.
On the other hand, if the control means 201 determines that the input ID and password are correct, it advances the procedure to step S1404, and displays the icon for displaying the homepage administrator's icon from the message data file stored in the storage means 207. Data describing the number of receivable e-mails corresponding to the ID is searched for and extracted, and it is confirmed whether the number of receivable e-mails at this time is 1 or more. Here, the control means 201
If it is determined that the number of receivable e-mails is 1 or more, the process proceeds to step S1408, subtracts 1 from the current number of receivable e-mails of the homepage administrator, and proceeds to step S1409. On the other hand, the control means 201
If it is determined that the number of e-mails that can be received is 0, the procedure advances to step S1405 to check whether a free password has been input. Here, the control means 201
If it is determined that the free password has not been input, the procedure proceeds to step S1407, and control is performed to display a message “e-mail cannot be sent at this time” to the e-mail sender. On the other hand, if the control unit 201 determines that the free password has been input, the control unit 201 advances the procedure to step S1406, and stores the free password set in advance by the homepage administrator in the storage unit 207.
Extract from the message data file in and confirm. Here, if the control unit 201 determines that the input free password does not match the free password set by the homepage administrator, the procedure proceeds to step S1407, and the e-mail sender receives a message “ Free password is invalid. " On the other hand, if the control unit 201 determines that the password matches the free password set by the homepage administrator, it performs control to advance the procedure to step S1409.

In step S1409, control unit 2
01 is a search and extraction of the icon display ID of the homepage administrator and the point data corresponding to the icon display ID of the e-mail sender from the homepage data file stored in the storage unit 206. Then, a predetermined point is added to the respective point data, and the procedure proceeds to step S1410.

In step S1410, control unit 2
01 is added to the content input on the message display screen, which is obtained by searching and extracting the homepage title, URL, name, etc. of the e-mail sender stored in the storage means 206 based on the message display ID. Control is performed to transmit the edited version to a preset mail address of the homepage administrator. Next, the control means 201
Advances the procedure to step S1411, and displays an e-mail transmission completion message screen on the display unit of the terminal device 102 of the e-mail sender to notify that the e-mail transmission has been completed. The screen shown in FIG. 15 is a sample of the mail content received by the homepage administrator.

In step S1402,
In the screen shown in FIG. 13 displayed on the terminal device 102 of the information recipient by the control means 201, an electronic bulletin board function may be provided like a sample screen shown in FIG. On this screen, a selection check button 1601 is provided to urge the information recipient to select either an electronic mail or an electronic bulletin board.
Determines that the information recipient has selected "bulletin board"
In the same way as the above-mentioned e-mail operation, the contents inputted are controlled so as to be displayed on the electronic bulletin board display section 1602, and the points of the information recipient and the information registrant are added. on the other hand,
The control means 201 selects the check button 1
If it is determined in 601 that “mail” has been selected,
The control after step S1401 is performed.

As described above, in step S406, the control means 201 is a point management and income means used for a predetermined rule for rearranging homepage data. The control means 201 counts the points over a predetermined period and compares and calculates the size of the points, thereby preferentially supplying the homepage registration data having a large number of points to the information recipient. The display order is determined by searching and extracting as necessary, and further, control is performed to repeat the operation of resetting the points and newly starting to collect points. In this embodiment, such a service is referred to as a message display service.

Now, in the control means 201 described above,
All the screens supplied to the user and the respective data to be handled are selected by the control means 201 according to the type of the terminal device connected to the information retrieval server 101 of the user.
That is, in the information search server 101, the control unit 2
01, when there is a connection request from the user, the type of terminal is checked by an environment variable included in the connection request data, and if it is determined that the terminal is a general terminal device such as a personal computer, the subsequent processing is performed. It is controlled by the terminal processing means 210. On the other hand, if the control unit 201 determines that the mobile terminal device is a mobile terminal device such as a mobile phone, the subsequent processing is controlled by the mobile terminal processing unit 211. In the information retrieval server 101, an address for a general terminal device and an address for a portable terminal device, and a dedicated connection address are provided for each, and the control unit 201 controls the terminal device connected with the general terminal device address. Is a general terminal device processing means 2
The subsequent processing may be performed by using the mobile terminal 10, while the subsequent processing may be controlled by using the mobile terminal processing unit 211 for the terminal device connected with the address for the mobile terminal device.

Next, each processing screen for the portable terminal device will be described. Each screen shown in FIG. 17 is a screen obtained by converting the above-described processing screens for the general terminal device to the mobile terminal device. It should be noted that scroll-type selection menus such as reference numeral 704 that are found on the screen for general terminal devices are all replaced with pull-down selection menus on the screen for mobile terminal devices.

In FIG. 17, a user characteristic information input screen 1701 is a screen shown in FIG. 7, and an information search screen 1702 is a screen shown in FIG.
FIG. 7 shows an information search screen 1 that has been moved to a subcategory by selecting a category item on the information search screen.
Reference numeral 703 denotes a search result display screen 1704 on the screen of FIG.
Is displayed on the screen of FIG. 10, and the message icon display screen 1705 on the registration homepage is displayed on the screen of FIG.
Message display screen 1506 having e-mail transmission unit
Respectively correspond to the screen of FIG. The message display service setting screen 1709 corresponds to a message display service registration screen as shown in FIG. 20 described later. In addition, the information search screen 1703 moved to the sub-category takes into account the maximum reception data capacity of the mobile terminal device, and as shown in the information search screen 1707, in the selection menu of the keyword 1 and the keyword 2 in the previous information search screen, The selected item may be displayed as a check box format selection item 1708 in a pre-checked state. If the check of the check box format selection item 1708 and the like is removed, the data is removed from the search condition.

In a portable terminal device such as a cellular phone, a screen once received is stored in a storage device in the terminal device, and the screen is read out again from the storage device in order to save communication costs. Some screens have a function of using screen data without receiving it via a network. Therefore, when the information search screen is changed, the control unit 201 may identify the user who is using the old screen. If it is determined that the received search data is old in step S405 before the information search means is executed in step S406 by incorporating the reception date or the identification number, "Download new search screen" is performed before performing the information search process. Please send a message such as "Please."

Next, the information search server 1 in the present embodiment
01, a procedure for registering information such as a homepage URL of a user, a procedure for receiving a message display service, and an operation of the control unit 201 will be described.

First, the user of the general terminal device 102 registers homepage information in the information search server 101, and then uses a WWW browser to input a predetermined URL of the information search server 101 in order to receive a message display service. specify.

Thus, the WWW browser requests the information retrieval server 101 to connect. The control means 201 detects this connection request via the input control means 202, and
Is performed, and if it is determined that the user information is not included in the connected URL, the procedure proceeds to step S402 and the WW of the general terminal apparatus 102
A screen as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the W browser. On the other hand, if the control means 201 determines that the URL contains the user information, the procedure proceeds to step S404, and the general terminal device 102 searches the general terminal device 102 for information based on the user characteristic data shown in FIG. Control to display the screen.

Hereinafter, a registration operation relating to homepage information will be described.

A homepage registration / change link 507 is provided at the bottom of the screen shown in FIG. 5, and the information registrant is prompted to register the homepage. Here, the information registrant clicks the registration / change link 407 of the homepage to register the information of the homepage,
Upon detecting this, the control unit 201 proceeds to step S4.
In step 09, control is performed so as to display the homepage information registration initial screen as shown in FIG. 18 on the display unit of the general terminal device 102 of the information registrant.

Now, this home page information registration initial screen includes “new registration” and “new registration” in the item “processing to be executed”.
Check buttons corresponding to each of "change" and "delete" processes are displayed, and the information registrant is prompted to select one of the processes. Here, the information registrant selects "new registration" by clicking a check button in order to select "new registration" processing. Next, after clicking on the input field in the item "Homepage URL" for inputting the URL of the homepage, the URL is input. Note that the terms "for personal computers" and "for mobile phones" displayed here mean that if the homepage where the information registrant registers is made for personal computers, that is, for general personal computers, If you enter a URL in the input field on the “for PC” side and also operate a website with the same content for mobile terminals such as mobile phones, you can also use the mobile phone in the input field on the “for mobile phone” side if desired. URL for terminal
And either one of them may be input.
Next, when the information registrant changes or deletes the registered homepage, the management password used to identify the manager is input to the input field in the item “password”. Then, when these operations are completed, the information registrant presses the send button to notify the information search server 101 of the fact. The control unit 201 that detects this operation controls the display unit of the general terminal device 102 of the information registrant to display a homepage information registration screen as shown in FIG.

Now, on the homepage information registration screen,
Items required for registering the homepage information are displayed, and the information registrant is prompted to input each item. Here, the information registrant enters the item "Homepage title"
Enter the title of the homepage you are trying to register.
Next, the items "URL for PC" and "UR for mobile phone"
L ”, but here, the control means 201
The data input by the information registrant is displayed in advance on the previous screen (homepage information registration initial screen). Next, the e-mail address of the information registrant is input in the item "e-mail address". In the next item “password”, the control means 20
1 displays data input by the information registrant on the previous screen (homepage information registration initial screen) in advance. If necessary (when a change is desired), the information registrant inputs a password again in the item "password". Next, the name of the information registrant is input in the item “administrator name”.

Next, in each of the selection menus in the item “Conditions of Viewing Person”, a desired condition of the browsing person is selected and designated by a click operation. Here, “sex,” “age,” and “occupation” are information viewers desired by the information registrant, that is, the information search server 10.
In FIG. 1, the characteristics of the information recipient who performs the search operation are designated.
The same items as the menus 601 to 603 shown in FIG. In addition, since the information recipient can search the homepage information without specifying the characteristic data, the information recipient is not completely restricted.

Next, in the item "Enter the address where the registered content is transmitted. (Up to municipalities)", enter the address where the content of the homepage is transmitted, and further enter the item "Registered content." If there is an address other than the above, enter the address of the homepage to be registered in (other than the above), and specify the information recipient to be searched. I do.

Next, in the item “comment for personal computer”, enter a description of the homepage to be registered. In the next item “comment for mobile phone”, when registering the homepage for mobile phone, the screen display area of the mobile terminal Based on
Enter a brief description of the homepage to be registered.

Next, if necessary, in the item “address for image”, the UR of the image related to the homepage to be registered
Enter L. The image is, for example, an image displayed on another screen 1101 to 1106 in the search result display screen shown in FIG.

Next, in the item “genre / keyword”, the genre of the homepage to be registered and the keyword are selected and designated from each selection menu. The genre indicates the substance of the homepage. The genre selection menu disables multiple selections.

Next, the item “category / additional keyword”
Here, subcategories belonging to the category of the homepage to be registered and keywords belonging to the category are selected and designated from each selection menu. When displaying this item, the control unit 201 reads the category / keyword data file from the storage unit 204, extracts all categories, and corresponding subcategories and keywords, and displays them.

Next, in the item "free keyword", a supplementary keyword relating to the registered homepage is input as necessary.

By the registration operation, input of registration data,
When the selection is completed, the information registrant presses the decision / confirmation button in order to inform the information search server 101 of the selection. With this operation, the control unit 201 advances the procedure to step S410, displays the input data on the display unit of the general terminal device 102, and prompts the information registrant to confirm the content. Here, if the information registrant re-enters the homepage data, perform a predetermined operation,
By this operation, the control means 201 changes the procedure to step S4.
Control to return to 09 is performed. On the other hand, if the information registrant confirms that there is no error in the input homepage data, the control unit 201 advances the procedure to step S411 by a predetermined operation of the information registrant, and displays it on the display unit of the general terminal device 102. On the other hand, a message "Registered." Is displayed, and the information input on the homepage data registration screen is stored as homepage information data in the storage unit 206.
To be stored.

When the information registrant wants to change the above-mentioned homepage registration data, the user clicks a check button for the “change” process in the item “executing process” on the homepage information registration initial screen shown in FIG. A selection is made by a click operation, and the URL of the registered homepage is entered in one of the input fields of the item “for personal computer” or “for mobile phone”. Next, the management password is input to the item “password” input field. Then, when these operations are completed, the information registrant presses the send button to notify the information search server 101 of the fact. By this operation, the control means 201 confirms whether the information registrant URL and password of the homepage data file match the inputted information registrant URL and password, respectively. If the control unit 201 determines that the URLs do not match, the control unit 201 controls the display unit of the general terminal device 102 to display "URL or password is different." And display the homepage information registration initial screen again. On the other hand, if the control means 201 determines that they match, it advances the procedure to step S411, and displays a homepage registration screen in which homepage information data registered by the information registrant is input in each item in advance. The information registrant is urged to change the registered information of the homepage. At this time, as in the case of new registration, if the information registrant re-enters the homepage information data, a predetermined operation is performed.
As a result, if there is no error in the input data, the control means 201 displays "Changed" on the display unit of the general terminal device 102 of the information registrant, and
Control is performed to rewrite the registered homepage information data in the changed storage unit 206.

When the information registrant wants to delete the above-mentioned homepage information data, similarly to the operation at the time of the change, in the item “executing process” in the homepage information registration initial screen shown in FIG. The user clicks the check button for the "delete" process to select the process, and then inputs the target URL and password. Then, when these operations are completed, the information registrant presses the send button to notify the information search server 101 of the fact. By this operation, the control means 201
Reads out the password corresponding to the information registrant URL of the homepage data file in the storage means 206, and if there is no error in the entered password, the control means 201 displays "Do you really want to delete?" Is displayed and the deletion of the homepage information data is reconfirmed. If the homepage information data is to be deleted at this stage, the homepage information data is deleted from the homepage data file and the general terminal device 102 is deleted.
Is controlled to display the message "Deleted."

The operation procedure relating to the homepage information has been described above. The information registrant whose homepage information has been registered in the information search server 101 registers the message display service by the following operation. Note that the message display service is a service that is received by a homepage registrant at the request, and is not mandatory.

First, a message display service link 508 is provided at the bottom of the screen shown in FIG. 5, and the information registrant is prompted to register for the message display service. Here, when the information registrant clicks on the message display service link 508 in order to register for the message display service, the control means 201 which detects this clicks on the display unit of the general terminal device 102 of the information registrant. Control is performed to display a message display service registration screen as shown in FIG.

The message display service registration screen displays items required for registration of the message display service, and prompts the information registrant to input each item. Here, the information registrant inputs the URL of the registered homepage in one of the items “URL for personal computer” and “URL for mobile phone”. Next, in the item “Password”, a password for registering homepage information is input. Next, in the item "message display ID", the control means 201 inputs an ID for identifying the information registrant. Next, the name of the information registrant is entered in the item "name (nickname is possible)". The name here is processed as a sender name when an electronic mail is sent from the information search server on behalf of the user.

Next, the item "contents for personal computer messages"
At the time of access by a general terminal device such as a personal computer, a message displayed on a message display section of a message display screen is input. Note that the message display unit may correspond to an HTML source, and may be provided with a unit for displaying an image or the like.

Next, the item "message content for mobile phone"
, When accessing with a mobile phone (mobile terminal device),
A message displayed on the message display section of the message display screen is input.

Next, in the items "mail address 1" and "mail address 2", the address of the e-mail for receiving the e-mail transmitted from the message display screen is input. If the control unit 201 determines that there is no input, it automatically sets the e-mail address registered at the time of registering the homepage information.

Next, in the item “Maximum number of received e-mails”, the information registrant inputs the number of received e-mails from the message display screen.

Next, in the item "free password", a password is input to inform a person who can transmit an e-mail irrespective of the above-mentioned reception restriction in advance.

When the input of the registration data relating to the message display service is completed by this operation, the information registrant presses the transmission button to notify the information retrieval server 101 of the completion. By this operation, the control means 201
Stores the input URL and password in the storage unit 206
Read the homepage data file stored in, search, extract and confirm. Here, the control means 201
If it is determined that the input URL and the password do not match, control is performed to display to the information registrant that "URL or password is invalid." On the other hand, the control means 201 inputs the URL and the password, and
If it is determined that there is no defect in the other input data, a message “Registered” is displayed on the display unit of the terminal device 102, and the data input on the message display service registration screen is displayed as a message. The data is stored in the storage unit 207 as data. At the same time, a registration content confirmation e-mail including the HTML source used for displaying the message display icon is transmitted to the information registrant.

When the information registrant wants to change the above-mentioned message registration data, he / she manages the message registration data, that is, the message registrant displaying the message icon is displayed on the homepage screen as shown in FIG. An icon 1201 is clicked. Thereby, the control means 201 responds to the display on the terminal device of the information registrant,
A message display screen as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed.
Next, the management password is input in the item “password”. Next, the owner-specific message change button 1308 is pressed to notify the information search server 101 of the fact. With this operation, the control unit 201 checks whether the information registrant ID and the password of the message data file match the input information registrant ID and the password, respectively. Here, the control means 11
If it is determined that they do not match, the message "Password is incorrect." Is displayed on the display unit of the information registrant's terminal device. On the other hand, if the control unit 201 determines that they match, the control unit 201 displays a message display service registration screen in which data set by the information registrant has been input in each item in advance, and notifies the information registrant of the registered information. Encourage work to change information.
If the control unit 201 determines that the data detected by pressing the owner-only message change button indicates connection with the portable terminal, the control unit 201 replaces the message registration screen for the general terminal device shown in FIG. A message change screen 1709 is displayed on the display unit of the information registrant's terminal device to prompt the user to change the registered information. At this time, as in the case of new registration, if the information registrant re-enters a message or the like, a predetermined operation is performed. As a result, if there is no error in the input data, the control unit 201 displays a message on the display unit of the information registrant's terminal device.
In addition to displaying the message "Changed.", Control is performed to rewrite the message display data in the changed storage means 207.

The above is the operation procedure for the message display service.

In the above embodiment, the information retrieval server 101 and the terminal devices 102, 103, 104
And were connected via the Internet,
In the present application, there is no limitation on the form of connection between the two.

[0106]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Text input work for search keywords is reduced, and in order to handle preset grouped keywords, oversight by similar keywords is reduced, and by reducing the display screen space, terminal devices such as personal computers, Both the mobile terminal device and the mobile terminal device characterized by operation on a small screen such as a mobile phone can be handled under the same search operation condition.

At the initial stage when the information receiver connects to the information search device and performs a search operation, the information search device can receive in advance the frequently used keywords such as the area of the information receiver and frequently use the information receiver. The search data input work can be omitted, and the information registration side can specify the search users by region, etc., so that the search results are limited to information more appropriate for the users and the confusion of information is reduced. (Claim 2).

At the stage of registering homepage information, an element indicating the substance of the homepage is set from a preset keyword, so that a homepage adapted to the purpose of the user can be supplied at the time of search (claim Item 4).

Further, since the information receiver can display images related to the homepage in another window, the information receiver displays images of interest one after another, closes the window on which the search screen is displayed, and opens each window in a separate window. The displayed images are compared and examined, and a link to the target homepage can be made from a window in which the images and the like are displayed (claim 7).

Further, the homepage manager can transmit a message to the homepage viewer via the homepage without performing the usual file transfer operation (claim 8).

Also, the homepage administrator can receive an electronic mail from the homepage viewer without disclosing the mail address (claim 9).

Also, by counting the number of received e-mails and the number of displayed messages, the information of the popular, ie, noticed, homepage is reflected in the display order of the search results, so that the information receiver can be provided to the information recipient. On the other hand, active homepage information can be supplied. (Claim 10).

Further, it is possible for an information recipient to search data handled by a terminal device such as a personal computer and a portable terminal device having a small screen such as a mobile phone in a similar search operation, and to simultaneously access homepages for both terminals. Since the information registrants who are operating share the registration data, the number of registration operations is reduced (claim 12).

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information search server in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a category in an information search screen and attributes of a keyword selection menu in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a main operation of a main program in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a user characteristic data input screen according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a view for explaining a selection menu in a user characteristic data input screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an information search screen (main category) according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an information search screen (sub-category) in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a selection menu in the information search screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a configuration of an information search result display screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the operation of an image display button on the information search result display screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining a use display example of a message icon in the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining an operation of a message icon and a configuration of a message display screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an operation of a message icon in the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining an example of the content of an e-mail sent to the homepage administrator using the message display screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a view for explaining an example in which an electronic bulletin board function is provided on the message display screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining a configuration of each processing screen corresponding to a mobile terminal device such as a mobile phone in the embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a homepage information registration initial screen according to the embodiment.

FIG. 19 shows homepage information registration in the embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of a change screen.

FIG. 20 shows homepage information registration in the embodiment,
FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of a change screen.

FIG. 21 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of a message display service registration and change screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an information search screen when a category is moved in a conventional information search device.

FIG. 23 is a diagram for explaining an example of moving a category hierarchy on an information search screen in a conventional information search device.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 101 Information retrieval server 102, 103 General terminal device equipped with WWW 104 Portable terminal device equipped with WWW 105, 106 Provider 107 Internet 201 Control means 202 Input control means 203 Output control means 204-209 Storage means 209 Main program 210 Main program Internal general terminal processing unit 211 Main terminal mobile terminal processing unit 501, 502 Text input fields (name, address) 503-505 Pull down format selection menu (gender,
Age, occupation) 506 Send button (user characteristic data) 507 Text link (registration / change of homepage) 508 Text link (message display service registration) 601 Pull-down format selection menu item contents (gender) 602 Pull-down format selection menu item content ( Age) 603 Pull-down format selection menu item contents (occupation, etc.) 701 Pull-down format selection menu (change user characteristic information) 702 Text input field (keyword) 703 Send button (search / execute) 704 Scroll format selection menu (category) 705 Scroll Format selection menu (genre of homepage) 706, 707 Scroll format selection menu (keywords 1, 2) 708 Send button (change category) 709 Text link (information registration and 801 Scroll format selection menu (Category route) 802, 803 Scroll format selection menu (Additional keyword) 804 Scroll format selection menu (Subcategory) 901 Scroll format selection menu item contents (Change user characteristic information) 902 Scroll format selection Menu item contents (category) 903 Scroll type selection menu item contents (genre of homepage) 904 Scroll type selection menu item contents (Keyword 1) 905 Scroll type selection menu item contents (Keyword 2) 906 Scroll type selection menu item contents (Subcategory) 907 Scroll format selection menu item content (additional keyword 1) 908 Scroll format selection menu item content (additional keyword 2) 1001 pull-down Expression selection menu (change of user characteristic information) 1002 to 1004 Send button (display of another window image) 1101 to 1103 Another window (display of image) 1104 to 1106 Link button 1201 Message icon 1301 Message display section 1302 Transmission restriction message 1303 to 1306 Text Input fields (ID,
Password, contents) 1307 Send button (e-mail) 1308 Send button (change of message dedicated to homepage administrator) 1601 Select check button 1602 Electronic bulletin board display section 1701 Screen for mobile terminal (input screen for user characteristic information) 1702 For mobile terminal Screen (main category information search screen) 1703 Mobile terminal screen (subcategory information search screen) 1704 Mobile terminal screen (search result display screen) 1705 Mobile terminal screen (use example of message icon) 1706 Mobile terminal screen (message display Screen) 1709 Screen for mobile terminal (Message change screen)

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus having a means for registering and retrieving homepage information connected to a predetermined computer network and for prompting an information registrant to input registration information while grouping the information by a predetermined attribute. A selection menu having different elements storing a group of keywords is displayed in an array, and the keyword has an information registration screen for prompting the user to select a keyword in the selection menu in cooperation with the information. An information search means for storing information to be stored and an information search screen for prompting an information recipient to input a keyword of search information and to select the selection menu in the selection menu and to select a keyword of search information in the selection menu; Based on the information obtained from the screen,
An information search unit for searching and extracting search information; and an information supply unit having a search result information display screen for displaying a search result and supplying the extracted information to an information recipient. , Information processing apparatus for homepage information and processing method thereof. 2. A characteristic information input screen for prompting an information receiver to input his / her own characteristic information such as regional information and the like and select the characteristic information based on the information obtained from the characteristic information input screen. Means for supplying a connection means to the information retrieval device which enables extraction of the information, and an information receiver connected by the connection means,
Means for providing an information search screen according to the information recipient;
2. The information processing apparatus for homepage information according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. On the search result information display screen, a characteristic information change menu is displayed for the information recipient to urge change of the characteristic information obtained from the characteristic information input screen, and only the characteristic information is changed and re-edited. 3. The information processing apparatus for homepage information according to claim 2, further comprising means for searching. 4. The predetermined attribute in the selection menu is a keyword that divides a field of registration target information, that is, a keyword indicating a category, a keyword indicating an entity, and a keyword belonging to the category. Item 3. An information processing apparatus for homepage information according to item 1, 2 or 3, and a processing method thereof. 5. When a category is selected in a keyword selection menu indicating a category on the information search screen, a selection menu storing a lower category belonging to the category, that is, a subcategory, is stored in place of the selection menu. Sub-category display means for displaying, in addition to the selection menus, a selection menu indicating the positional relationship between the sub-category and the parent category, and a selection menu storing keywords belonging to only the category. In the selection menu showing the positional relationship of, when a category is selected, a category moving means that performs the same operation as described above for the selected category,
5. The information processing apparatus for homepage information according to claim 4, further comprising: 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one selection menu is divided by keywords having a low possibility of being selected in a cooperative manner, and each is displayed as a plurality of selection menus. Or an information processing apparatus for homepage information described in 5 and a processing method thereof. 7. An information processing apparatus having a homepage information registration and search means connected to a predetermined computer network, wherein said former information registration means inputs information relating to registration information and information such as images or sounds. In the latter search means, when the extracted registration information includes the information such as the image or the sound, the registration information displayed on the search result display and the registration information hosted on another screen are displayed on another screen. An information processing apparatus for homepage information, comprising: a link button to a destination; a means for displaying a button icon or the like for displaying information such as the image or sound; and a processing method thereof. 8. A homepage managed by a former terminal device in a terminal device and an information processing device connected to a predetermined computer network, wherein a message of an administrator of the homepage is sent to a viewer of the homepage. Means for displaying a separate screen having a message display section to inform the user, means for displaying a button icon or the like on the homepage for displaying the separate screen to the viewer, and prompting a click operation; The information processing apparatus includes: a message registration unit that displays a message registration screen for the administrator to prompt message registration; and a storage unit that stores information such as a message obtained from the message registration screen. An information processing apparatus for homepage information and a processing method thereof. 9. On a separate screen having the message display section, a home page viewer has a message input section for transmitting an e-mail to a home page manager, and a transmission button, and the transmission button is clicked. ,
A means for temporarily transmitting the message content, the manager's identification information, and the sender's identification information to the information processing apparatus; an information processing apparatus for receiving the transmission content; identifying the received content; Means for extracting an e-mail address of the homepage administrator, and sending an e-mail having the message content attached with identification information of the message sender to the homepage administrator;
9. The information processing apparatus for homepage information according to claim 8, wherein the information processing apparatus comprises: 10. In the information processing apparatus, means for counting the operation of a homepage viewer, such as displaying a message or transmitting an e-mail, on a separate screen having the message display unit, and Means for reflecting the display order of the registered information on the search result display screen.
An information processing apparatus for homepage information according to any one of the above, and a processing method thereof. 11. The information processing of homepage information according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined computer network is the Internet, and includes a communication unit according to an Internet protocol. Apparatus and processing method thereof. 12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of said processing screens is used for a general terminal device such as a personal computer and a mobile terminal device such as a mobile phone characterized by operation on a small screen. A means for supplying each processing screen suitable for the terminal device connected to the user, and a means for sharing registration and search information and the like in the two terminals and cooperating with each other. The information processing apparatus for homepage information according to any one of claims 1 to 11, and a processing method thereof.