JP2002182812A - Site map display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a Web site manager to easily perform maintenance and further to enable a user to display a position that is currently being referred to by the user in a site map in a site map display system. SOLUTION: A Web site and a site map representing the hierarchical structure of the Web site are stored in advance in a recording part 13 in a server 10. When the address of a Web page in the server 10 is designated from a user terminal 30, Web page information is transmitted, and when a button indicating the display of the site map is clicked, a processing part 12 generates a site map with the current reference position information displaying the page name of the Web page whose button has been clicked as the current reference position in the site map and displays the site map on the user terminal 30.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a site map display system for displaying a site map representing a hierarchical structure of a website being browsed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Many websites published on the Internet have a hierarchical structure hierarchized by category. Such websites tend to have a more complicated hierarchical structure as more information is disclosed. When a user browses a website having such a complicated hierarchical structure, it becomes difficult to grasp the hierarchy of the page currently being browsed as the user browses deeper in the hierarchy. In many cases, it is necessary to return to the hierarchy and follow a large number of links.

[0003] Further, there is a web page in which a list of items in a website is displayed on a part of the web page, and the user can move to each item by clicking an item in the list. If you navigate to different items in, you must go to the first webpage for each item, and the list of items shown is not a complete list of your website hierarchy, It is not easy to grasp the composition of the entire website.

[0004] Therefore, as a method of making a viewer easily understand the hierarchical structure of a website and easily moving between web pages in the website, a site map showing the configuration of the website in the website is provided. A method of adding the information has been proposed, and various methods have been proposed for a method of referring to a site map and display contents.

A first method is to show, in each web page in the website, the hierarchical structure of the entire website and the web page currently being referred to, and further go directly to each web page in the website. This is a way to add a sitemap that can be used. The second method shows a hierarchical structure of the entire website, further prepares a site map separately from the web pages and can directly go to each web page in the website, and arbitrarily calls the site map from each page. It is a method of making a site map usable.

[0006]

However, in the first method, since the site map is added to each web page in the website, each time the configuration of the website is changed, each web page in the website is added to the web page. The added sitemap had to be changed, which was very time-consuming to maintain for large website administrators.

Next, in the second method, only one page of the site map needs to be created in the website, and even if the composition of the website is changed, only one site map needs to be corrected. Since only one site map prepared in advance is displayed, the web page that the user is currently browsing cannot be displayed in the site map.

[0008] As described above, a conventional site map display system for assisting browsing of a web site requires maintenance work or cannot express a position currently referred to by a user. there were.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and has as its object to provide a site map display system which can display a current reference position and which can be easily maintained by an administrator. Is what you do.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A site map display system according to the present invention transmits a web page address information via an Internet line and receives a web page information, a web site including the web page, and a web site. A server for storing a site map representing a hierarchical structure of each web page in the site, receiving address information of the web page via an Internet line, and transmitting the web page information and the site map, wherein the server is a user terminal Based on the received web page address information, the web page information corresponding to the web page address information is transmitted, and the current reference position information indicating the position corresponding to the web page address in the site map is added. Generate and send a site map with reference location information And it is characterized in and.

[0011] The server used in the site map display system according to the present invention includes a storage means for storing a website and a site map representing a hierarchical structure of the website, and a receiving means for receiving address information of the web page from the user terminal. A web page transmitting means for transmitting a web page indicated by the address information of the web page to the user terminal; and a site map with current reference position information displaying the page indicated by the address information of the web page as a current reference position on the site map. It is characterized by comprising: a site map with current reference position information generating means capable of generating; and a site map with current reference position information transmitting means capable of transmitting a site map with current reference position information.

Here, the current reference position information-added site map generating means may generate the current reference position information-added site map in response to a request from the user terminal, or may generate the current reference position information-added site map in the same display area as the display area of the web page. A site map with current reference position information may be generated.

Each of the web pages in the web site has a button for prompting the display of a site map with the current reference position information. As a result, the current reference position information-added site map may be transmitted.

[0014] The program used for the server includes: a process of receiving address information of a web page from a user terminal; a process of transmitting a web page indicated by the address information of the web page to the user terminal; To cause a computer to execute a process of generating a site map with current reference position information displaying a web page indicated by the address information of the web page as a current reference position, and a process of transmitting the site map with current reference position information. The computer-readable recording medium storing the program used for the server stores the program in a computer-readable recording medium.

[0015]

The site map display apparatus according to the present invention configured as described above emphasizes the page name corresponding to the address of the currently referred web page specified by the user on the site map prepared in advance. By displaying, the user can easily understand where the web page currently being referred to is located on the website, and the server administrator can prepare a single site map in advance. Because of its good quality, maintenance can be facilitated.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the image processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a site map display system according to the present embodiment.

The site map display system according to the present embodiment includes the Internet 20, a server 10 connected to the Internet 20, and a user terminal 30.
Of course, the site map according to the present invention can be used in any environment other than the Internet, such as a LAN (Local Area Network) if the server and the user terminal are connected via a network.
It can be used in the environment of k).

The server 10 includes a transmitting / receiving unit 11 for transmitting / receiving data to / from the Internet 20, a storage unit 13 for storing a website and a site map representing a hierarchical structure of the website, and a site stored in the storage unit 13. An operation unit 12 that adds, as current reference position information indicating a position corresponding to an address designated by the user terminal 30 in the map,
Consists of

Each web page of the website recorded in the recording unit 13 has a site map recorded in the recording unit 13 when selected by a pointing device such as a mouse on the user terminal 30. There is a button to call out. This button links to the site map address in the recording unit 13,
When the button is clicked, a site map is requested to the server 10.

In each web page information, there is provided a program for transmitting the address of the web page selected by the user to the server 10 together with the request for the site map when the above button is clicked. This program operates on a browser application of the user terminal 30, and functions to acquire address information of a web page on which a user clicks a button, and transmit the acquired information to the server 10.

Here, even if a frame display capable of displaying a plurality of web pages in one window is performed on the user terminal 30, the user can click a button in the web page being referred to. In order to transmit the address information of the web page to the server 10,
Even in such a case, the page referenced by the user can be reflected on the site map as the current reference position.

The site map recorded in the recording unit 13 includes at least a web page and a window 42 shown in FIG. 3, which shows a display example of the web site on a browser application. It shows the hierarchical structure of the middle web page and the title of each web page.

Here, the title of each web page is linked to the address of each web page, and when selected by the pointing device on the user terminal 30, the selected web page can be called up. It has become.

Of course, a link relationship with another website other than the website recorded in the recording unit 13 may be displayed so that the user can move directly to another website from the site map.

The computing unit 12 is currently referring to the title of the web page corresponding to the address information received from the program running on the browser application of the user terminal 30 in the site map recorded in the recording unit 13. Is highlighted.

The transmission / reception unit 11 receives a request for requesting a web page and a site map from the user terminal 30 and address information of the web page currently being referred to by the user. And the site map information to which the current reference position information is added by the arithmetic unit 12.

If the user terminal 30 has a function of connecting to the Internet and is provided with a browser application capable of browsing a web page,
For example, any device such as a personal computer and a television with an Internet connection function may be used.

Next, the operation of the site map display system according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the site map display system according to the present embodiment, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are diagrams showing examples of display of a web page and a website on a browser application.

First, in the user terminal 30, a browser application for browsing a web site is started (2-1). On the browser application, an address of a web page that the user wants to browse is input, and via the Internet. Address information is transmitted to the server (2-2).

The server 10 transmits a web page recorded in the recording unit 13 corresponding to the address information received from the user terminal 30 to the user terminal 30 (2-
3). The user terminal 30 is connected to the server 10 as shown in FIG.
Is displayed on the display window 40 of the browser application (2-4).

Here, when the button 41 on the web page displayed in the window 40 is clicked by the user (2-5), that is, when the button icon is clicked with the mouse, the web page information is included. With the program executed, the address of the current reference position is acquired (2-6), the acquired address is transmitted to the server 10, and a request for the site map with the current reference position information is made (2).
-7).

At this time, if the window 40 displays a plurality of web pages by frame display, the address of the web page displayed by the main frame in the window 40 is obtained.

In response to the request from the user terminal 30, the server 10 displays the page indicated by the address received from the user terminal 10 on the site map recorded in the recording unit 13 as the current reference position. A site map with current reference position information is generated and transmitted to the user terminal 30 (2-8). If the page name indicated by the address does not exist in the site map, such as when displaying a frame, the title information acquired from the designated address information is converted into a page name and inserted into the site map.

Here, the display method of the current reference position may be any method as long as the Web page currently referred to in the site map can be determined. For example, the title of the currently referred Web page may be used. May be added before or after the title, the title of the currently referred web page may be drawn in a color different from the drawing color of the title of another web page, or may be blinked. Then, the title of the currently referred web page may be displayed in Gothic or enlarged.

The user terminal 30 displays the site map received from the server 10 on a window 42 different from the window 40 displaying the web page (2-
9).

Here, the title of each web page in the site map displayed on the window 42 is linked to each web page, and the title of each web page is directly clicked by a pointing device. You can go to each web page. By clicking the title of this web page, the user can freely move to other linked websites in the website and in the site map.

When the configuration of the website recorded in the recording unit 13 in the server 10 is changed, the website administrator corrects one recorded site map.

According to the site map display system of the present invention configured as described above, the page name corresponding to the address of the web page specified by the user is highlighted on the site map prepared in advance. , The user can easily know where the currently referenced web page is located on the web site, and the server administrator can prepare a single site map in advance, Can be made easier.

In the present embodiment, the web page and the site map are displayed in separate windows. However, as shown in FIG. 4, a web page display area and a site map display area are provided in the same window, and the web page and the site map are respectively provided. Then, a site map indicating the position information currently being referred to can be displayed corresponding to the web page displayed in the web page display area.

Here, the site map display area may be any one of an upper end, a lower end, a left end, a right end or a part of the window in the window, and the site map display area can be displayed or not displayed. Alternatively, the user may arbitrarily set.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a site map display system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the site map display system according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of displaying a web page and a website in separate windows.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of displaying a web page and a web site in the same window.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Server 11 Transmission / reception part 12 Operation part 13 Storage part 20 Internet 30 User terminal 40 Web page display window 41 Button 42 Site map display window 43 Web page / site map display window 44 Site map display area 45 Web page display area

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A user terminal that transmits address information of a web page via an Internet line and receives the web page information, a web site including the web page, and a hierarchical structure of each web page in the web site. A server that stores a site map to be displayed, receives address information of a web page via an Internet line, and transmits the web page information and the site map, wherein the server has an address of a web page received from the user terminal. Based on the information, transmitting the web page information corresponding to the address information of the web page, and further adding the current reference position information indicating the position corresponding to the address of the web page in the site map. Sitemaps characterized by generating and sending sitemaps Up display system. 2. A storage unit for storing a website and a site map representing a hierarchical structure of the website, a receiving unit for receiving address information of the web page from a user terminal, and a web page indicated by the address information of the web page Web page transmitting means for transmitting to the user terminal, and current reference position information capable of generating a site map with current reference position information displaying the page indicated by the address information of the web page as the current reference position on the site map 2. A site map display system according to claim 1, further comprising: an attached site map generating unit; and a site map with current reference position information transmitting unit capable of transmitting the site map with current reference position information. server. 3. A process of receiving address information of a web page from a user terminal, a process of transmitting a web page indicated by the address information of the web page to the user terminal, and a process of transmitting the web page indicated by the address information of the web page on the site map. 3. A computer-readable storage medium for causing a computer to execute a process of generating a site map with current reference position information in which a web page indicated by the address information is displayed as a current reference position, and a process of transmitting the site map with current reference position information. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program used for the server described in the above. 4. A process of receiving address information of a web page from a user terminal, a process of transmitting a web page indicated by the address information of the web page to the user terminal, and an address information of the web page on the site map. Generating a site map with current reference position information that displays the web page indicated by the current reference position,
3. A program used by the server according to claim 2, wherein the program causes the computer to execute the process of transmitting the site map with the current reference position information. 5. The server according to claim 2, wherein said current reference position information-added site map generating means generates said current reference position information-added site map in response to a request from said user terminal. 6. The site map with current reference position information generating means, wherein the site map with current reference position information generating means generates the site map with current reference position information in the same display area as the display area of the web page. server. 7. Each of the web pages in the website has a button for prompting the display of the site map with the current reference position information, and the means for transmitting the site map with the current reference position information includes: 3. The server according to claim 2, wherein the server transmits the site map with the current reference position information by clicking the button.