JP2002163177A - Url retrieving system, url retrieving device and url retrieving program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a URL retrieving system capable of ensuring to retrieve a URL of a desired homepage by only inputting into a Web browser a character string easy to understand, remember and input for a user, such as a company name, its abbreviated name, a character name or the like. SOLUTION: This retrieving system comprises a URL retrieving data base 7 in which a retrieving name of the URL desired by an organizer of the homepage is registered correspondingly to the URL of the homepage; a URL retrieving server 6 for receiving the URL retrieving name transmitted from a user information sending/receiving machine 2, accessing to the URL retrieving data base 7, obtaining the URL corresponding to its URL retrieving name, and transmitting it to the user information sending/receiving machine 2; and the information sending/receiving machine 2 for promoting input of the URL retrieving name, transmitting an inputted URL retrieving name to the URL retrieving server 6, receiving a retrieved URL by the URL retrieving server 6, and outputting it.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a URL search system, a URL search device, and a URL search program, and more particularly, to an accurate URL of a desired homepage when accessing the homepage via a communication network.
U suitable for URL search when L is not remembered
RL search system, URL search device, and URL
Regarding search programs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of the Internet, it has become common for each company to create its own homepage and sell its own products, and to carry out advertisements and recruitment of human resources. Various information on hobbies and occupations is also provided on personal homepages.

In order to access such various homepages, an IP address, which is an identification number on a network using TCP / IP, is transmitted to a web server via a web browser and connected to a desired homepage. Was supposed to. However, the IP address is a list of 32-bit numerical values or one such as IPv6.
Because it is represented by a series of 28-bit numbers,
Because it is difficult to understand and remember, an IP address is rarely entered directly into a web browser. Usually, a URL (Uniform Resource) consisting of a protocol, a domain name and a path is used instead of the IP address.
Locator).

[0004] When connecting by inputting a URL in this way, in order to connect to a desired homepage, an IP address and a DNS server which manages the URL are once accessed to obtain an official IP address from the URL. Must. That is, the user inputs the URL of the desired homepage in the address input field on the web browser, transmits the URL to the DNS server, obtains the IP address corresponding to the URL from the DNS server, and connects to the desired homepage via the web server. Was supposed to.

[0005]

However, when connecting to a homepage by inputting a URL as in the prior art, the URL itself is not always easy to understand and remember. For example, the domain name which is a component of the URL includes a subdomain name, a third domain name including an organization name / organization name, and a second domain name indicating the attribute of the organization.
It is complicated because it is composed of a domain name, a first domain name indicating a country, and a plurality of elements each having a meaning. Further, since the domain name was generally composed of lowercase letters, it was not easy to understand, and was hardly remembered by URL. Recently, it has become possible to assign Japanese as the second domain name, but Japanese and alphabets are mixed, and key input conversion has to be performed in order to input.

[0006] Further, since the domain names are assigned so as not to be duplicated in the order of application, it is not always possible to obtain a desired company name, product name, etc., and there is room for selection as the number of registrations increases. Has become narrower, and it has been necessary to select a domain name that is more difficult to remember.

[0007] Therefore, usually, instead of storing the URL, an appropriate keyword must be input using a search site or the like, and a desired homepage must be found from a search list in which homepages that are completely unrelated are mixed. did not become. In some cases, the user had to find it in a huge list, which was a cumbersome and inefficient operation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve at least one problem in view of such various problems, and is easy to understand for a user, such as a company name, an abbreviation thereof, and a character name. A UR that can easily search for a URL of a desired homepage simply by inputting a character string that is easy and easy to input into a web browser.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an L search system, a URL search device, and a URL search program.

[0009]

A feature of the URL search system according to the first aspect of the present invention is that a URL search name desired by a company or an individual who is a sponsor of a homepage is registered in association with the URL of the homepage. URL search database and URL transmitted from user's information transmitting / receiving device
A URL search server that receives the search name, accesses the URL search database, obtains a URL corresponding to the URL search name, and transmits the URL to the user information transmitting / receiving device, and prompts for and inputs the URL search name. An information transmission / reception device that transmits the URL search name to the URL search server and receives and outputs the URL searched by the URL search server.

[0010] By adopting such a configuration, a character string that is easy for the user to understand and remember, such as a company name, an abbreviation thereof, a character name, etc., is set in advance in the UR.
Registered in the L search database, and when the URL search name is transmitted from the user's information transmitting / receiving device,
Since the RL search server receives the URL corresponding to the URL search name from the URL search database and provides it, the user can easily remember the URL.
Just by remembering the search name, it is possible to reliably obtain the URL of the desired homepage and connect to the homepage.

[0011] A URL search apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention has a URL search database that stores a URL search name desired by a company or an individual who is the organizer of a homepage in association with the URL of the homepage. An information receiving unit that receives a URL search name via a communication network; a search execution unit that searches and obtains a URL corresponding to the URL search name received by the information reception unit from the URL search database; It has a URL search server that includes at least an information transmitting unit that transmits the acquired URL.

[0012] By adopting such a configuration, the URL search database registers the URL search name in association with the URL of the home page, and the search execution unit of the URL search server receives the URL by the information receiving unit. U
The RL search name is accessed by referring to the URL search database, and the corresponding URL is acquired and transmitted from the information transmitting unit.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the URL search apparatus according to the second aspect, the URL search server indexes the newly registered URL search name in association with a predetermined identification number. It has a point.

[0014] By adopting such a configuration, the index processing unit of the URL search server indexes a newly registered URL search name in advance by associating it with a predetermined identification number. In addition, it is possible to quickly and accurately obtain a URL of a desired homepage without having to search for a record in the URL search database from the beginning when searching by the search execution unit.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a URL search apparatus according to the second or third aspect, further comprising a half-width / full-width unified conversion table storing half-width and full-width characters in association with each other. A half-width / full-width unified conversion unit is provided which inquires of the received URL search name into the half-width / full-width unified conversion table and performs a unified conversion process to one of searchable half-width / full-width characters.

By adopting such a configuration, when the URL search name includes an unretrievable half-width character or full-width character, the half-width / full-width unified conversion processing unit queries the unified conversion table to check the URL. The characters in the search name are unifiedly converted to half-width or full-width characters that can be searched.

Further, the feature of the URL search device according to claim 5 is that in any one of claims 2 to 4,
A log data recording unit that has a log database that records the date and time when the URL was searched and the identification number of the record in which the URL is stored, and that records the search date and time and the identification number in the log database; A log server having a log data processing unit for analyzing a search situation for each identification number is provided.

By adopting such a configuration, when the URL search server connects to each record of the URL search database and searches the URL, the log data recording unit of the log server stores the URL search date and time and the URL. The log data processing unit analyzes the search status for each of the searched identification numbers with the identification number corresponding to the search result in the log database, and based on the analysis result, the popularity ranking and time of the homepage It is possible to grasp the usage status of each band or each company, and it is also possible to provide the information for the user.

Further, the feature of the URL search device according to claim 6 is that in any one of claims 2 to 5,
It has a serial number database that stores serial numbers uniquely assigned to user information transmitting / receiving devices that have used a URL search device,
The present invention has a serial number management server that receives a serial number unregistered information from a user information transmitting / receiving device, acquires a predetermined serial number from a serial number database, and transmits the serial number to the user information transmitting / receiving device.

By adopting such a configuration, the serial number database stores the serial number previously assigned to the user information transmitting / receiving device, and when the serial number management server receives the serial number unregistered information, Since it is configured to acquire a vacant serial number from the serial number database and transmit it to the user information transmitting / receiving device,
It is possible to grasp the individual and specific frequency of use of the user using the URL search server, and to acquire information for management and technical improvement.

Further, the URL search program according to the present invention is characterized in that a URL search name input prompting section for prompting the user to input a URL search name, and a URL search name and a homepage URL when receiving information of the URL search name. The function is to function as a search execution unit that accesses a URL search database registered in association with the URL to obtain a URL corresponding to the URL search name, and a URL output unit that outputs the obtained URL.

With such a configuration, when the computer is started, the URL search name input prompting unit prompts the user to input a URL search name via a display screen or the like, and the search execution unit transmits the URL search name. U received URL search name
An RL search database is accessed to obtain a URL corresponding to the URL search name, and a URL output unit provides the URL to a user via a display screen or the like.

Further, the feature of the recording medium according to claim 8 is that
The present invention is characterized in that the URL search program according to claim 7 is recorded.

By adopting such a configuration, the URL search program according to claim 7, which is recorded on a recording medium by a computer, is activated, and the URL search name input prompting section, the search execution section, The function as a URL output unit can be exhibited, and a user can input a URL search name and acquire a URL of a desired homepage.

[0025]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a URL search system, a URL search device and a URL search program according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

URL search system 1 in the present embodiment
Provides URLs and other information from personal computers and mobile terminals via various communication networks such as the Internet and computer networks.

As shown in FIG. 1, a URL search system 1 according to the present embodiment is configured such that an information transmitting / receiving device 2 owned by a user such as a personal computer or a portable terminal and a URL search device 3 are controlled by a communication control such as a router (not shown). It is connected to the Internet 5 via the device 4. The URL search device 3 mainly includes a URL search server 6, which is a web server, a URL search database 7, and an index data memory 8. Further, the URL search device 3 is provided with a log server 9 and a log database 10 for recording user search data.

The URL search database 7 is provided with a URL search name-URL table 12 in which a URL search name desired by a company or an individual who is the organizer of the homepage is registered in association with the URL of the homepage. I have. The URL search name can be easily understood and memorized by the user of the homepage, such as an official company name, an abbreviation, a product name, a character name, or a personal name, regardless of Japanese or a foreign language. A search name consisting of a character string can be arbitrarily selected and registered.

Also, as shown in FIG.
An identification number is given in addition to the RL search name, so that the search by the URL search server 6 can proceed efficiently. Further, the address and telephone number of the homepage organizer can be registered. This is the same URL
Even if a search name is registered, it is possible to identify whether or not the URL of the homepage organizer desired by the user is registered by registering the unique matter of the organizer.

On the other hand, the URL search server 6 includes an information receiving unit 13 for receiving a URL search name transmitted from the user's information transmitting / receiving device 2 via the Internet 5, and a URL search name received by the information receiving unit 13. UR corresponding to
At least a search execution unit 14 for searching for and obtaining L from the URL search database 7 and an information transmission unit 15 for transmitting the obtained URL to the information transmission / reception device 2 are provided.

The URL search server 6 has an index processing unit 16 for indexing a URL search name newly registered by a user in association with a predetermined identification number. This indexed data is
As shown in FIG. 3, for example, the URL search server 6 is stored in the cache memory as the index data memory 8, and the URL search server 6 acquires the identification number of the URL search name that matches the URL search name received instantaneously. Thus, a desired record in the URL search database 7 can be quickly accessed.

Further, the URL search server 6 is connected to a half-width / full-width unified conversion table 18 which stores half-width and full-width characters in association with each other, and
A half-width / full-width unified conversion processing unit 19 for inquiring the RL search name into the half-width / full-width unified conversion table 18 and performing a uniform conversion process to one of searchable half-width / full-width characters
have.

This is because, for example, when the URL search name registered in the URL search database 7 is unified so as to use full-width characters, when the URL search name entered by the user includes half-width characters, Unified conversion processing unit 19
Accesses the half-width / full-width unified conversion table 18 to acquire and convert full-width characters corresponding to the half-width characters.

The half-width / full-width unified conversion table 18 is, for example, a case in which a half-width character “゛” or a full-width character “」 ”is combined with a half-width character or a full-width character“ ゛ ”and input. One-to-one double-byte characters "G" are registered in association with each other so that they can be searched as they are.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the log database 10 stores at least the URL corresponding to the URL search name.
Is recorded in association with the date and time when the URL is searched and the identification number of the record in which the URL is stored. The log server 9 includes a log data recording unit 21 that records a search date and an identification number in the log database 10 and a log data processing unit 22 that analyzes a search status for each searched identification number.

Thus, it is possible to provide the user with a monthly popular homepage ranking based on the search date and time and the identification number, and to accurately grasp the number of uses of the URL search system 1 in each time zone.

As shown in FIG. 1, the URL search device 3 has a serial number database 23 and a serial number database 23 for assigning and managing a serial number to the information transmitting / receiving device 2 of the user who uses the URL search system 1. A number management server 24 is provided.

The serial number database 23 stores unique serial numbers assigned to the information transmitting / receiving devices 2 of each user.

The serial number management server 24
Receives serial number unregistered information from the user's information transmitting / receiving device 2, accesses the serial number database 23, acquires a vacant serial number, and assigns it to the information transmitting / receiving device 2. The determination as to whether the serial number has not been registered is made when a program for prompting the user to input a URL search name installed in the information transmitting / receiving device 2 and transmitting the input URL search name to the URL search server 6 is started. To be executed.

By managing the serial number of the user using the URL search system 1 in this manner,
It is possible to accurately grasp not only the number of accesses but also the actual number of users and the number of uses of the same user.

On the other hand, when the user enters the URL search system 1
It is desirable that a predetermined program be installed in the information transmitting / receiving device 2 before using this. For example, when the information transmitting / receiving device 2 is
RL search name input prompting section and input URL search name
A URL search name transmitting unit for transmitting to the RL search server 6;
It is a user-side URL search program that functions as a URL receiving unit that receives a URL from the RL search server 6. This user-side URL search program may be provided as a plug-in of a web browser.

Next, the operation of the URL search system 1 and the URL search device 3 of the present embodiment and the operation of the URL search program will be described with reference to FIG.

First, in step 1, when the user activates a user-side URL search program mounted on the information transmitting / receiving device 2, the process proceeds to step 2, where the user-side URL is searched.
The L search software sends a URL to the information transmitting / receiving device 2.
It is determined whether or not the search user's unique serial number is registered. If NO, that is, if it is determined that the unique serial number has not been registered,
Proceeding to step 3, the user-side URL search program accesses the serial number management server 24 of the URL search device 3.

In step 4, the serial number management server 24 accesses the serial number database 23 and acquires a vacant serial number. Then, proceeding to step 5, the serial number management server 24 assigns the serial number to the information transmitting / receiving device 2 of the user and registers and manages the serial number in the serial number database 23. When the serial number is assigned in this way, the user-side URL search program proceeds to step 6.

On the other hand, if YES in step 2, that is, if it is determined that the serial number has already been registered, the process proceeds to step 6. Step 6
Then, the user inputs predetermined search characters in accordance with the URL search name input promotion unit of the information transmitting / receiving device 2, and is transmitted from the URL search name transmission unit via the Internet 5.

Then, the process proceeds to step 7, and in the URL search server 6, when the information receiving unit 13 receives the search character via the communication control device 4, the process proceeds to step 8.

In step 8, the half-width / full-width unified conversion processing unit 19 of the URL search server 6 determines whether or not the search characters include half-width characters.

If YES is determined in step 8, that is, if the search character includes a half-width character, the process proceeds to step 9 and the half-width / full-width unified conversion processing unit 1
9 accesses the half-width / full-width unified conversion table 18,
The half-width character is converted to the corresponding full-width character. In this case, for example, if the half-width character "ku" is used, the full-width character "ku"
If the half-width character "ku" is combined with the full-width character "ku", then the full-width character "g"
Is to be converted to This corresponds to the fact that a mobile phone or the like may be connected to the Internet 5 in recent years, but a katakana character and a cloud point may be separately input for the input. After the half-width / full-width unified conversion process, the process returns to step 8 to determine whether or not other half-width characters are included.

In this embodiment, since it is assumed that the URL search name is registered using double-byte characters,
Half-width characters are converted to full-width characters.
When the RL search name is registered using single-byte characters, double-byte characters are converted to single-byte characters.

On the other hand, if NO is determined in step 8, that is, if it is determined that the search character does not include half-width characters, the process proceeds to step 10. Step 10
In, the index processing unit 16 accesses the index data memory 8 and determines whether or not the search character matches the registered URL search name.

In step 10, the index processing unit 1
If NO is determined in step 6, that is, if it is determined that there is no matching URL search name, the process proceeds to step 11, and a message not applicable is transmitted to the information transmitting / receiving device 2 of the user. The user-side URL search program outputs a message indicating that the URL does not correspond to the user on a display screen or the like.

On the other hand, if the index processing unit 16 determines YES in step 10, that is, if a URL search name that matches the search character exists in the index data memory 8, the process proceeds to step 12, and the URL search name is Fetch the record where exists.

Then, the process proceeds to a step 13, wherein the search execution unit 1
4 accesses the URL search database 7, reads the acquired record, acquires the URL, and proceeds to step 14.

In step 14, the URL transmitted by the information transmitting section 15 is transmitted to the information transmitting / receiving device 2 of the user.
Then, the user-side URL search program receives the URL and outputs the URL to a URL input unit or the like of the web browser.

Here, for example, in step 12, exactly the same URL search name is stored in the index data memory 8.
If the record exists, all the records are acquired, and when the process proceeds to step 13, the judgment information such as the address information of the URL search database 7 is transmitted to the user together with the user. What is necessary is just to make it judge whether it is a person.

Subsequently, when the URL is retrieved from the URL retrieval name and transmitted to the user as described above, the process proceeds to step 15, where the log data recording unit 21 of the log server 9 identifies the retrieved URL. The number and search date and time, or the serial number of the information transmitting / receiving device 2 of the user are recorded in the log database 10. This serial number is
Even if the desired URL cannot be searched, the access to the URL search system 1 may be recorded in the log database 10.

The log data is stored by the log data processing unit 22 after being accumulated for a certain period of time, and is provided to the user as, for example, a monthly access ranking, or the URL search system 1 is more easily used. It is used as information and the like.

As described above, according to the URL search system 1, the URL search device 3, and the URL search program of the present embodiment, the user can easily understand and remember the company name, its abbreviation, the character name, etc.
In addition, a character string that can be easily input can be registered, and a URL of a desired homepage can be reliably searched only by inputting the character string into a web browser.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be changed as appropriate. For example, although the URL search program is provided in each server of the URL search device 3, the URL search program may be recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM and provided to the user's information transmitting / receiving device 2, Alternatively, it may be installed in the information transmitting / receiving device 2 of the user via the Internet 5.

In this embodiment, the URL search device 3
Each server is described as an independent server, but may be appropriately operated by one server, or conversely, may be operated by a plurality of servers.

Further, the URL search server 6 and the like are described separately for each component according to the function. For example, the information receiving unit 13 and the information transmitting unit 15 function as one component like an information transmitting and receiving unit. You may make it do.

[0062]

As described above, according to the first and second aspects of the present invention, a URL such as a company name or an abbreviation consisting of only Japanese that is easy to understand and remember and easy to input for a user. Just by remembering the search name, it is possible to reliably obtain the URL of the desired homepage and connect to the homepage.

According to the invention of claim 3, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 2, the index processing unit of the URL search server sets the newly registered URL search name to a predetermined identification number in advance. Because it is indexed by associating, the URL is used when searching by the search execution unit.
It is possible to quickly and accurately obtain a URL of a desired homepage without having to search for records in the search database from scratch.

According to the invention of claim 4, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 2 or 3, the URL search name input by the user is either full-width character or half-width character. Are automatically converted into searchable characters, which is convenient for search and can improve search accuracy.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the second aspect of the present invention, the URL search server is connected to each record of the URL search database. When a URL is searched, the log data recording unit of the log server records the search date and the identification number corresponding to the URL in the log database, and the log data processing unit analyzes the search status for each of the searched identification numbers. Therefore, based on the analysis result, it is possible to grasp the popularity ranking of the homepage, the usage status by time zone or by company, and to provide the information to the user.

According to the invention of claim 6, in addition to the effect of the invention of any one of claims 2 to 5, the serial number previously assigned to the user information transmitting / receiving device is managed. Since the user information transmission / reception device for which the serial number has not been registered is assigned, it is possible to grasp the individual specific use frequency of the user who uses the URL search server, and to improve the management and technical improvement. You can get information for.

According to the seventh and eighth aspects of the present invention, the computer is provided with a URL search name input prompting unit,
The functions as a search execution unit and a URL output unit can be exhibited, and the user can obtain a URL of a desired homepage by inputting a URL search name.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of an embodiment of a URL search system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a table constituting a URL search database according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a table showing an example of items stored in an index data memory according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of a URL search program according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 URL search system 2 Information transmission / reception apparatus 3 URL search device 4 Communication control device 5 Internet 6 URL search server 7 URL search database 8 Index data memory 9 Log server 10 Log database 12 URL search name-URL table 13 Information receiving unit 14 Search execution Unit 15 information transmitting unit 16 index processing unit 18 half-width / full-width unified conversion table 19 half-width / full-width unified conversion processing unit 21 log data recording unit 22 log data processing unit 23 serial number database 24 serial number management server

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A search in which a search server receives a search condition transmitted from an information transmitting / receiving device of a user via a communication network, obtains a search result matching the search condition from a database, and transmits the result to the information transmitting / receiving device. In the system, the UR desired by the company or individual,
A URL search database in which the L search name is registered in association with the URL of the homepage, and a URL search name transmitted from the information transmitting / receiving device of the user is received and the URL search database is accessed to correspond to the URL search name. A URL search server that obtains a URL to be transmitted and transmits the URL to the user information transmitting / receiving device;
A URL search system, comprising: an information transmission / reception device that transmits an L search name to a URL search server, and receives and outputs a URL searched by the URL search server. 2. It has a URL search database in which a URL search name desired by a company or an individual who is the organizer of a homepage is registered in association with the URL of the homepage, and the URL search name is registered via a communication network. An information receiving unit to receive, and a UR received by the information receiving unit
A search execution unit for searching and obtaining a URL corresponding to the L search name from the URL search database;
A URL search server having at least an information transmission unit for transmitting a URL. 3. The URL according to claim 2, wherein the URL search server includes an index processing unit for indexing the newly registered URL search name in association with a predetermined identification number. Search device. 4. A one-byte / two-byte unified conversion table in which a one-byte character and a two-byte character are stored in association with each other, and a received URL search name is referred to the one-byte / two-byte unified conversion table to search for a one-byte or two-byte character. 4. The URL search device according to claim 2, further comprising a half-width / full-width unified conversion processing unit that performs unified conversion processing on one of the searchable ones. 5. A log data recording unit that has a log database that records a date and time when a URL is searched and an identification number of a record in which the URL is stored, and records the search date and time and the identification number in the log database. The log server according to any one of claims 2 to 4, further comprising a log server comprising: a log data processing unit that analyzes a search situation for each of the searched identification numbers. URL search device. 6. A serial number database storing a serial number uniquely assigned to a user information transmitting / receiving device that has used a URL search device, and receiving serial number unregistered information from the user information transmitting / receiving device. 6. The URL search device according to claim 2, further comprising a serial number management server that acquires a predetermined serial number from a serial number database and transmits the serial number to the user information transmitting / receiving device. . 7. A URL search database in which a URL search name input prompting unit for prompting a user to input a URL search name, and a URL search database in which the URL search name and a homepage URL are registered in correspondence with each other when the information of the URL search name is received. And a URL search program for functioning as a search execution unit for accessing the URL and obtaining a URL corresponding to the URL search name, and a URL output unit for outputting the obtained URL. 8. A computer-readable recording medium on which the URL search program according to claim 7 is recorded.