JP2002063170A - Method for regulating web retrieval - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for regulating Web retrieval with which contents browsing by the user of Web retrieval can be regulated and allowing the user desiring contents browsing, to selectively browse the contents. SOLUTION: The users of a search engine are classified, and the information of retrieval and browsing authorities is imparted to Web contents to be retrieved, and the priority order of the classes of the users and the users and the authorities of the contents are compared for the retrieved results obtained by the retrieval of the contents, and the retrieved results are changed and outputted depending on the users. Thus, the user who is originally the target of the contents to accurately select the retrieval result.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to the distribution of contents using a computer network, and more particularly, to the distribution of contents.
The present invention relates to a method for restricting an eb search.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method of effectively distributing contents on a network, there is a use of a WWW and a search engine for the WWW. In the WWW, there is a method that enables a user to browse other contents by performing a click operation with a mouse or the like from a word or a text in the contents of a content called a hyperlink.

[0003] Here, the word to be clicked and the content to be viewed by the click operation are described in advance in the content. In a registration type search engine, an address (URL) of a web page to be posted and a keyword, a category and an introductory sentence that accurately express the address are added and registered in an information search server from a web browser.

[0004] The information retrieval server that receives the registration of these information classifies and accumulates the addresses of the Web pages according to the keywords and the categories. In a search for a Web page from a user computer, a corresponding Web page is searched by a keyword or a category classification, and the Web page is searched.
Output page address as search result. A hyperlink to the Web page is set in the search result, and the content can be viewed vertically by selecting the search result list by clicking.

FIG. 7 shows the configuration of an information retrieval server 102 according to a conventional technique. In FIG. 7, the information registration unit 201 in the information search server 102 receives registration of information indicating characteristics of contents in the content server. The information storage unit 202 is a unit that stores information registered by the information registration unit 201 as metadata of contents.

[0006] The information search section 203 is a section for searching for metadata of contents in the information storage section 202. We
b server 204 includes information registration unit 201 and information search unit 20
3 is a part for making it usable by using a Web browser. The operating system unit 205 is an operating system unit for operating the computer.

FIG. 8 shows the flow of processing according to the prior art. FIG. 9 shows an example of a signal sequence diagram for FIG. 8 and 9
Is referred to, information such as the location (URL) of the content in the content server 101 is provided with a keyword for search, and the Web server 204 and the information registration unit 2
01, and is stored in the information storage unit 202.

The search keyword 302 input on the Web browser 301 of the user computer 103 is
The information is transferred to the information retrieval unit 203 via the server b. The information search unit 203 searches the information storage unit 202,
A process of embedding a hyperlink to the location information (URL) of the content is performed on the information of the content that matches the keyword 302, and is output as a search result list 303 on the Web browser screen 301 via the Web server 204.

[0009] By clicking and selecting a hyperlink to the content displayed on the search result list 303, the content 304 in the content server 101 is displayed on the Web browser screen 301.

[0010]

However, the prior art as described above has the following problems to be solved.

[0011] In the use of a search engine for the WWW, since the search engine makes it possible to search various kinds of information for an unspecified majority, users who do not have a proper view of the contents published on the Web site are considered. Even so, the contents can be searched, and the contents can be viewed freely. For this reason, even if the content is offensive to public order and morals, or of undesired content that affects minors, or if it is desired to use a search engine that can be used for a specific purpose, such undesired Web search is performed. It was difficult to regulate

[0012] The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and it is possible to restrict the content inspection to the Web search user, and to selectively allow the users targeted for the content inspection to inspect the content. It is an object of the present invention to provide a Web search control method that is possible.

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information retrieval system using an information retrieval server connected to a computer network.
Web for restricting the search of e-content
b) In the method for restricting a search, the information search server classifies the user according to each attribute of the user performing the search, and grants the search and inspection authority of Web content according to each of the classes, Web content that does not have search and inspection authority is the search result and Web content
b, the contents are hidden, and the Web contents for which the class has search authority but does not have inspection authority display only search results, and the class has search and inspection authority.
The solution means is a Web search restriction method characterized in that the search result and the Web content content can be displayed for the b content.

Further, according to the present invention described in claim 2,
The class is classified into a hierarchical structure, Web content is classified into classes in the same manner as in the hierarchical structure of this class, and search and inspection authority is given. Web content without search and inspection authority in the same class as the user is Search results and W
Web content is hidden, Web content that has search authority in the same class as the user but does not have inspection authority displays only search results, and search and inspection authority in the same class as the user have A web search control method according to claim 1, wherein a certain web content is capable of displaying a search result and the content of the web content.

According to the third aspect of the present invention,
The search result and the contents of the web contents which do not have the search and inspection authority in the class higher than the user are not displayed. The Web contents which have the search authority in the class higher than the user but do not have the inspection authority are not displayed. 3. The Web search according to claim 2, wherein only the search results are displayed, and the Web contents having the right of search and inspection in a class higher than the user can display the search results and the contents of the Web contents. The regulatory method is the solution.

According to the present invention described in claim 4,
The search result and Web content contents which are not searched and inspected in the class lower than the user are hidden from the search result, and the Web contents which have the search authority in the class lower than the user but are not inspected are displayed. 3. The Web search according to claim 2, wherein only the search results are displayed, and the Web contents having a right of search and inspection in a class lower than the user can display the search results and the contents of the Web contents. The regulatory method is the solution.

Further, according to the present invention described in claim 5,
The information search server classifies according to each attribute of the user who performs the search, assigns each of the search authority and the inspection authority to each of the classes as a score, and performs the search authority and the inspection authority of the Web content. Is given as a predetermined score to each of the search results, and if the total score of both the search authority and the inspection authority of the class and the points of the search authority and the inspection authority of the Web content is less than the predetermined score, the search result and the Web Both the content contents are hidden, and only the total score of the search authority exceeds the predetermined score out of the total score of both the search authority and the inspection authority of the class and the score of both the search authority and the inspection authority of the Web content. And only the search results are displayed, and the points of both the search authority and the inspection authority of the class and both the search authority and the inspection authority of the Web content are displayed. Web according to claim 1, total score of the points both characterized by a displayable together with the search results and Web content content exceeds a predetermined number
The search regulation method is the solution.

According to the present invention described in claim 6,
The information search server performs a classification according to each attribute of the user who performs the search, assigns each of the search authority and the inspection authority to each of the classes as a score, and classifies the Web content to each of them. A predetermined score is given to each of the search authority and the inspection authority of the class, and the total score of the points of both the search authority and the inspection authority of the class and both the search authority and the inspection authority of the Web content is the predetermined score. If not, the search result and the contents of the Web content are both hidden, and the search authority of the points of both the search authority and the inspection authority of the class and the total number of the points of the search authority and the inspection authority of the Web content are excluded. When only the total score exceeds a predetermined score, only the search result is displayed, and the score of both the search authority and the inspection authority of the class and the Web content are displayed. 2. The Web search restricting method according to claim 1, wherein when the total score of both the search authority of the content and the inspection authority of the content exceeds a predetermined score, both the search result and the contents of the Web content can be displayed. The solution.

[0019]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a computer network to which the present invention is applied.
In FIG. 1, a content server 101 is a computer that stores contents and allows the stored contents to be viewed on the Web. The information retrieval server 10
No. 2 uses a computer for collecting and accumulating only metadata indicating the characteristics of contents, and searching for these by keywords. Also, the user computer 1
Reference numeral 03 denotes a computer of a user for searching for contents and viewing the contents by a Web browser. The computer network 104 is connected to the content server 10.
1. Information retrieval server 102, user computer 103
Internet environment for providing communication services between

FIG. 2 shows a configuration of the information search server 102 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the information search server 102 shown in FIG. 2, the user information storage unit 501, the class hierarchy recording unit 5
02, user information authentication unit 503, user authority authentication unit 50
4 has been added.

FIG. 3 shows the overall configuration of the Web search restricting method according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a signal sequence diagram for the Web search restricting method according to the embodiment of the present invention referred to in FIG.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, the location (UR) of the content in content server 101
L) and the like, the Web server 204, the information registration unit 2
After the use authority of search and inspection is set via the “01”, the information is stored in the information storage unit 202.

The user information is stored in the user computer 10
In the pre-registration screen 601 of the Web browser 301, user information such as a login name, a password, and a user attribute is input, transferred to the user information authentication unit 503 via the Web server 204, and stored in the user information storage unit 501. Stored.

In the content search, a user who has completed user registration inputs login name and password user information on a login screen 602 on the Web browser 301, and the user information authentication unit 503 via the Web server 204. When the user information transferred to the user information and the user information stored in the user information storage unit 501 are inspected and matched, the user is authenticated as a user.

A user who has completed user authentication inputs a search keyword 302 on a Web browser 301. The search keyword 302 is attached with user information.
The information is transferred to the information search unit 203 via the Web server 204. The information search unit 203 searches the information storage unit 202 and transfers the information of the content that matches the keyword 302 to the use authority authentication unit 504 together with the user information as a search result list.

The use authority authentication unit 504 checks the user information via the user information authentication unit 503, checks the class hierarchy to which the user belongs in the class hierarchy recording unit 502, and checks the information of the searched contents. If the user does not have the authority to inspect and search, remove the user from the list of search results.If the user has only the authority to search the information of the searched content, add the user to the list without performing any special processing on the search results. If the user has authority to inspect and search for the information of the searched content, a process of embedding the information of the location (URL) of the content as a hyperlink in the search result is performed and left in the list. Web server 2
The search result list 303 is output as a search result list 303 on the Web browser 301 via the Web browser 04. By clicking a hyperlink to the content displayed on the search result list 303, the content 304 in the content server 101 is displayed on the Web browser screen 301.

The classification of the contents 304 based on the class hierarchy is performed, for example, by manually classifying the information search server 102 or by classifying the post or the assigned work such as the company organization to which the user belongs. Accordingly, this can be realized by previously providing classification conditions for class hierarchy as data.

The search authority is the information search server 102
Refers to restricting content information from being searched, and the inspection (referencing) authority refers to the ability to search and display search results, but not to be able to see the content content from the search results. .

FIG. 5 shows an example of a screen transition of the Web browser in the embodiment described with reference to FIGS. When the Web browser screen 301 starts up, a pre-registration screen 801 is displayed. Next, a login screen 802 is displayed. When the login is completed, a search keyword input screen 803 is displayed. Here, a keyword for search is input. When the input of the keyword is completed, a search is performed, and a search result list screen 804 is displayed. Here, for example, when the display of “apple” is selected by a click operation from among the results displayed on the screen, a content display screen 805 is displayed. Thus, the content search and the inspection are completed.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the content registration / user registration / search processing in FIG.
6, contents 901 to 905 are stored in the content server 101, and are recorded as a content table 906 in the information storage unit 202 by registering the contents.

User F907 and user G908
Is a person who performs a search, and is recorded as a user table 909 in the user information storage unit 503 by prior registration. The class hierarchy of the user is recorded in advance in the class hierarchy recording unit 502 as a class hierarchy table 910. When the user 907 performs a search in this state, the use authority authentication unit 504 performs a process of converting the search result 911 based on the keyword into a search result 912 that has been subjected to the process of authenticating the public inspection and the search authority.
In this way, the authority of the content search is regulated and inspected according to the user.

According to the embodiment of the present invention described above, the users of the search engine are divided into classes, and the information on the authority of the search and general inspection according to the classification of the users is added to the Web contents to be searched. In the search result of the search, the contents having the inspection and the search authority output the contents and the location information (URL) of the content as the search result, and the user does not have the inspection authority. Only the search authority content can output only the existence of the content as a search result, and the content without the inspection authority and the search authority can not be output in the search result, so that the user originally intended for the content can accurately select the content. It becomes possible.

The embodiments described above are described for facilitating the understanding of the present invention, and are not described for limiting the present invention. Therefore, the Web search restricting method disclosed in the above embodiment is intended to include all design changes and equivalents belonging to the technical scope of the present invention.

[0034]

According to the present invention, a content search restriction can be imposed on a Web search user, and a Web search restriction method capable of selectively allowing a user who is a target of the content search to selectively inspect the content. Can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram illustrating an information search server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram for explaining a Web search restricting method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram for explaining a sequence of a Web search restricting method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a Web browser screen displayed by the Web search restricting method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram for explaining a Web search restriction method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a configuration of an information search server according to a conventional technique.

FIG. 8 shows a configuration of a Web search system according to a conventional technique.

FIG. 9 shows a sequence of a Web search system according to a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

101: content server, 102: information search server,
103: User computer, 104: Computer network, 201: Information registration unit, 202: Information storage unit, 203: Information search unit, 204: Web server, 20
5 Operating system unit, 501 User information storage unit, 502 Class hierarchy recording unit, 503 User information authentication unit, 504 Usage authority authentication unit

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A web search restricting method for restricting a search of a web content using an information search server connected to a computer network, wherein the information search server includes a user who performs the search. Classification is performed according to the attribute of the class, and the search and inspection authority of the Web content is given according to each of the classes. For the Web contents for which the search and inspection authority is not included in the class, the search result and the contents of the Web content are hidden. The Web contents having the search authority in the class but not the inspection authority display only the search result, and the Web contents having the search and inspection authority in the class can display the search result and the Web contents contents. Web search regulation method. 2. Classifying the class into a hierarchical structure, classifying Web contents into classes in the same manner as the hierarchical structure of the class, and granting search and inspection authority, and search and inspection authority in the same class as the user. Web content that does not have the search result and Web content content hidden, Web content that has the search authority in the same class as the user but does not have the authority to browse, displays only the search result, and the same as the user 2. The Web search restricting method according to claim 1, wherein the search result and the contents of the Web contents having the authority to search and inspect the class can be displayed. 3. Web contents that do not have search and inspection authority in a class higher than the user are searched results and W
Web content contents are hidden, Web content that has search authority in the class higher than the user but does not have the inspection authority displays only the search result, and the search and inspection authority in the class higher than the user is not displayed. 3. The Web search restricting method according to claim 2, wherein a certain Web content can display a search result and Web content. 4. Web contents which do not have a search and inspection authority in a class lower than the user are searched results and W
Web content contents are hidden, Web content that has search authority in the class lower than the user but does not have the inspection authority displays only the search result, and the search and inspection authority in the class lower than the user is not displayed. 3. The Web search restricting method according to claim 2, wherein a certain Web content can display a search result and Web content. 5. The information search server performs a classification according to each attribute of the user who performs the search, assigns a search authority and a browse authority to each of the classes as a score, and assigns a Web content. A predetermined point is assigned to each of the search authority and the inspection authority, and the score of both the search authority and the inspection authority of the class and the W
If the total score of both the search authority and the inspection authority of the web content is less than a predetermined score, the search result and the content of the web content are both hidden, and the score of both the search authority and the inspection authority of the class and the W
If only the total points of the search authority out of the total points of the search authority and the inspection authority of the eb content exceed a predetermined score, only the search result is displayed. W
2. The web search restricting method according to claim 1, wherein the search result and the web content are both displayed when the total score of both the web content search authority and the browse authority exceeds a predetermined score. . 6. The information search server performs a classification according to each attribute of a user who performs the search, assigns a search authority and a browse authority to each of the classes as a score, and assigns Web content. The class is divided and given a predetermined score to each of the search authority and the inspection authority of each class, and the score of both the search authority and the inspection authority of the class and the W
If the total score of both the search authority and the inspection authority of the web content is less than a predetermined score, the search result and the content of the web content are both hidden, and the score of both the search authority and the inspection authority of the class and the W
If only the total points of the search authority out of the total points of the search authority and the inspection authority of the eb content exceed a predetermined score, only the search result is displayed. W
2. The web search restricting method according to claim 1, wherein the search result and the web content are both displayed when the total score of both the web content search authority and the browse authority exceeds a predetermined score. .