JP2002196970A - Web page display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display simply a series of Web pages, and to reduce a time zone wherein the Web pages can not be browsed because of down load. SOLUTION: A down load module 1333 down-loads the Web pages of each URL registered in a schedule program read from a schedule program memory 136 successively from a Web server 4 following the registered order without waiting finish of display by a display control module 1332 of a preceding page, and houses the Web pages in a Web page buffer 137. The display control module 1332 displays the Web pages housed in the Web page buffer 137 of each URL registered in a list 401 of the read schedule program on a display device 15 of a browser part 131 successively following the registered order during each period registered in the schedule program.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The present invention relates to a technique for automatically and sequentially displaying various Web pages published on the Internet according to a predetermined schedule in a user system.

[0003]

[Prior art]

[0004] Various Web published on the Internet
The display of the page on the user system is performed by a Web browser running on the user system.

[0005] According to the conventional web page display technology using a web browser, when browsing of the web page being displayed is completed, the user inputs a URL directly to the web browser or bookmarks the web page. URL registered as etc.
By selecting or selecting a hyperlink on the currently displayed Web page, the Web page that the user wants to browse next is specified in the Web browser. And the designated W
The eb browser downloads a web page from the specified URL and displays it on the user system.

[0006]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

[0007] Now, depending on the user, the same series of We
You may want to view page b. For example, you may want to check multiple Web pages about stock prices in order every day.

[0008] On the other hand, according to the above-described conventional technique of displaying a Web page using a Web browser, the user is prompted to switch to the Web browser each time the user wants to switch the Web page to be browsed. You need to specify the URL of the web page.

[0009] For this reason, every day, the user receives the same series of URs every day.
It is necessary to perform an intermittent designation operation sequence of L on the user system. Executing such a sequence of the designated operation is troublesome for the user, and therefore, even when browsing the same series of Web pages every day, the user can calm down and have a meal or coffee break. Can not do.

[0010] Also, the W using the conventional Web browser described above is used.
According to the technology of eb page display, the web being displayed by the user
To finish the browsing of the page, specify the URL of the web page to be browsed next, download the web page with the specified URL, display the downloaded web page, and browse the user, Browsing,
Between browsing the next Web page, only time is required for downloading the next Web page. And this download time is meaningless time for the user not to be able to browse the web page, frustrating the user, prolonging the work time required to complete browsing of multiple web pages, increasing communication time / fee And so on.

[0011] In general, according to a conventional web page display technique using a web browser, a user interface is not sufficiently simple and information is to be provided through a web page on the Internet. In addition, there is a problem that a user who is not used to operating a computer or a Web browser cannot receive the service. That is, there is a problem that the range of persons who can provide information is limited. On the other hand, there is also a problem that it is difficult for a user to find a series of Web pages that are truly useful from the vast amount of information on the Internet.

[0012] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to easily display a series of Web pages without requiring a complicated operation of a user. In addition, it is another object of the present invention to eliminate as much as possible a time period during which the Web page cannot be browsed for downloading the Web page. It is another object of the present invention to provide a system that allows a user to easily access a series of Web pages that the user may be interested in.

[0013]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

[0014] To achieve the above object, the present invention provides, for example,
A schedule program memory for storing a schedule program in which addresses of a plurality of Internet resources are registered in order,

[0015] Data of the Internet resources whose addresses are registered in the schedule program are downloaded from the Internet, and the respective Internet resources whose addresses are registered in the schedule program are arranged in the order in which the addresses of the respective Internet resources are ordered in the schedule program. And a display means for displaying, based on downloaded data of each Internet resource, sequentially for a predetermined period of time, respectively.

According to such a Web page display device, by registering a series of Internet resources to be browsed in the schedule program in advance, for example, the address of a Web page, the user can browse these series of Internet resources. Can be repeated without designating the address of each. Therefore, a series of Internet resources can be displayed easily without requiring a complicated operation by the user.

[0017] The present invention also provides a schedule program memory for storing a schedule program in which URLs of a plurality of web pages are registered in order, for example,

A web page buffer for storing web page data;

The data of each Web page whose URL is registered in the schedule program is transmitted from the Web server on the Internet to the U of the Web page in the schedule program.
Download means for sequentially downloading and storing in a web page buffer in the order in which the RLs are ordered;

[0020] Each W whose URL is registered in the schedule program
eb page in the schedule program
In the order in which the URLs of the pages are ordered, the Web pages stored in the Web page buffer
Display means for displaying based on page data,

[0021] The download means is provided by the display means.
Prior to the end of display of a Web page, a Web page display device is provided in which downloading of data of the next Web page in the order set in the schedule program of the Web page is permitted.

According to such a Web display device, the download of the Web page registered in the schedule program is performed prior to the display of each Web page registered in the schedule program, if possible. In other words, because the Web page is prefetched, the time between the user's browsing of one Web page and the next Web page is kept as short as possible to make the user wait for the download of the next Web page. can do.

[0023] To achieve the above object, the present invention includes, for example, a Web page display device connected to the Internet, and a schedule program server arranged to be connected to the Internet.

[0024] The Web page display device includes:

[0025] URLs (Uniform resource loc) of a plurality of web pages
ator), a schedule program memory for storing schedule programs registered in order,

[0026] Web page data whose URL is registered in the schedule program stored in the schedule program memory is downloaded from a Web server on the Internet, and each Web page whose address is registered in the schedule program is stored in the schedule program. In the order in which the URLs of each web page are ordered,
Display means for displaying based on the data of each downloaded web page for each predetermined period,

Download editing means for downloading the schedule program via the Internet and storing the schedule program in the schedule program memory;

[0028] The schedule program server,

A schedule program storage means for storing a schedule program,

Providing means for providing the schedule program stored in the schedule program storage means to the Web page display device via the Internet,

[0031] The download editing means of the Web display device includes:
A web page display system is provided, wherein a schedule program provided by the providing means is downloaded.

[0032] According to such a Web display system, a simple access means for a series of Web pages presumed to be of interest to the user is provided to the user via the schedule program server in the form of a schedule program. be able to.

[0033]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.

First, FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a Web system according to the present embodiment.

In the figure, 1 is a user system, 2 is a PPP server,
Reference numeral 3 denotes the Internet, 4 denotes a Web server, and 5 denotes a schedule program server.

[0037] The user system 1 connects to the Internet 3 directly or by a PPP connection via the PPP server 2. The Web server 4 accesses the specific URL from the user system 1 via the Internet 3,
The web page to which the URL is assigned (Web
This is a general Web server that transmits a document or Web content (hereinafter the same) to the user system 1.
The schedule program server 5 is connected to the Internet 3
, A schedule program described later is provided to the user system 1.

Next, FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the user system 1.

In the figure, 11 is an IP / PPP processing unit for performing PPP connection and IP processing, 12 is a TCP processing unit for performing TCP processing, 13 is a Web page browsing control unit, 14 is a display control device, 15 is a display device,
16 is an input interface, and 17 is an input device. In the Web page browsing control unit 13, 131 is a browser unit, 132 is a main control unit, 133 is a schedule execution unit, 134 is a schedule program editing unit, and 135 is a schedule program editing unit.
GUI processing unit, 136 is a schedule program memory,
137 is a Web page buffer. In the schedule execution unit 133, 1331 is a schedule control module, 1332 is a display control module, and 1333 is a download module. In the schedule program editing unit 134, reference numeral 1341 denotes a recording editing module, 1342 denotes a user editing module, and 1343 denotes a download editing module. Here, the IP / PPP processing unit 11 and the TCP processing unit 12 provide the user system 1 with a function of communicating with other devices via the Internet 3.

Next, FIG. 3 shows the schedule program server 5
Is shown.

In the figure, 51 is an IP processing unit, and 52 is a T for performing TCP processing.
CP processing unit, 53 is a Web server, 54 is a Web application server, 55 is a download server, 56 is a schedule program editing system, 57 is a user management database, and 58 is a schedule program database. Here, the IP / PPP processing unit 51 and the TCP processing unit 52
The schedule program server 5 is provided with a communication function with other devices via the Internet 3.

By the way, the user system 1 and the schedule program server 5 are, for example, hardware such as a CPU, an external storage device using a fixed storage medium such as a main memory and a hard disk, and an external storage device using a portable storage medium. A storage device, a modem for controlling communication, a communication control device such as a TA, an input device such as a pointing device such as a keyboard and a mouse, an output device such as a display device, and a computer having a general configuration can be used.
Then, the CPU executes the program loaded in the main memory, thereby executing each processing described below.
Each program is stored in a fixed storage medium of an external storage device in advance, loaded into main storage as needed, and executed by the CPU.

Here, the schedule program used in the present embodiment will be described.

[0044] As shown in FIG.
It includes a list 401 in which pairs of a URL of a Web page on the Web server 4, a title of the Web page, and a display period during which the Web page is displayed are registered in order. Each schedule program has attributes 40 such as a title, a total viewing time, which is a total of display periods, a valid time zone, and a priority.
You can have two.

Hereinafter, the operation of such a Web system will be described.

First, an operation of displaying a web page in the user system 1 will be described.

Here, one or a plurality of schedule programs as shown in FIG. 4 are registered in the schedule program memory 136 of the user system 1 in advance.

[0048] When the Web page browsing control unit 13 is activated in the user system 1, the main control unit 132 first determines whether a connection with the Internet 3 is currently established, as shown in FIG. Check (Step 50
1) If not established, request the IP / PPP processing unit 11 to connect to the Internet 3 and establish it (step 502).

Then, the browser unit 131 is set to the normal mode, and a browser window 601 for displaying a web page and a control panel window 602 are displayed via the display control device 14 as shown in FIG. It is displayed on the device 15 (step 503). Then, it waits for the user to operate the command button on the control panel 602 (step 504).

Here, the control panel window 602
Are the record button 6021, stop button 6022, pause button 6023, play button 6024, forward skip button 6025, backward skip button 6026, switch button 6027, edit button 6028, download button 6029, scroll speed increase button 6030, scroll speed decrease A command button 6031 is provided. Further, a scroll speed meter 6032 for displaying the scroll speed is provided.

[0051] The browser unit 131 is configured to operate in one of two modes, a normal mode and a slave mode.
As in the case of the conventional web browser described above, the user specifies on the browser window 601 the URL of the web page desired to be browsed by the user via the input device 17, and
An operation of downloading the Web page of the received URL from the Web server 4 and displaying the Web page on the browser window 601 is performed.

When any one of the command buttons on the control panel window 602 is operated via the input device 17, the main control unit 132 performs a process according to the operated command button.

However, at this time, the main control unit 132 determines that the command button for accepting the user's operation is a record button 6021, a play button 6024, a switch button 60
27, edit button 6028, download button 602
9, only the scroll speed increase button 6030 and the scroll speed decrease button 6031 are limited.

When the play button 6024 is operated, the main control unit 132 activates the schedule control module 1331 (step 05), waits for an end report from the schedule control module 1331 (step 506), If there is, the operation of the next command button on the control panel 602 is waited (step 504).

On the other hand, the activated schedule control module 1331 first selects one of the schedule programs stored in the schedule program memory 136 as shown in FIG. 7 (step 701).
This selection selects this schedule program if any schedule program is set as a user-selected schedule program described later, and if there is no schedule program set as a user-selected schedule program,
This is performed by selecting a schedule program with the highest priority set as the attribute from among the schedule programs whose valid time zone set as the attribute includes the current time. If there is no schedule program in which an effective time zone including the current time is set, a schedule program with the highest priority is selected from schedule programs in which an effective time zone is not set. . In addition, there are schedule programs in which valid time zones including the current time are set, but if no priority is set as an attribute for these programs, an appropriate standard, for example, a registration order, etc., is used to set the priority programs. One schedule program is selected from the list.There are no schedule programs with an effective time zone including the current time, and there are multiple schedule programs without an effective time zone. If the order is not set, the schedule program registered first is selected from these based on an appropriate standard, for example, the order of registration. That is, the valid time zone and priority of the attribute are optional, and the user may not use it. Further, the priority may indicate a schedule program used as a default in the effective time zone.

Next, the schedule control module 1331
Reads the selected schedule program from the schedule program memory 136 (step 70).
2). Then, the download module 1333 and the display control module 1332 are activated (step 70).
3) Wait for the end report from these (step 70)
4) If the end report is received, the end report is made to the main control unit 132 (step 705), and the process is ended.

Next, the activated download module 13
As shown in FIG. 8, the Web server 33 downloads the Web pages of the respective URLs registered in the list 401 of the schedule programs read by the schedule control module 1331 from the Web server 4 in the registered order (step 801). , 802, 805) and store them in the Web page buffer 137. Then, when the Web page of the last URL has been downloaded (step 804), an end report is sent to the schedule control module 1331 (step 806), and the process ends. If a termination instruction is received from the display control module 1332 during the processing (step 803), a termination report is immediately sent to the schedule control module 1331 and the processing is terminated.

On the other hand, the activated display control module 1332
First, as shown in FIG. 9, the browser unit 131 is set to the slave mode (step 901).

[0059] The browser unit 131 set in the slave mode operates during the period set in the slave mode.
The Web page in the Web page buffer 137 specified by the display control module 1332 is displayed and scrolled, and the Web page is not downloaded and displayed according to the user's instruction.

Next, the display control module 1332 stores the Web address of each URL registered in the schedule program list 401 read by the schedule control module 1331.
The web pages stored in the page buffer 137 are sequentially displayed on the display device 15 by the browser unit 131 in the order registered in the list 401 (step 90).
2,904,913). In this case, first, the Web page to be displayed already has the Web page buffer 137.
Is checked (step 90).
3). Each Web page is displayed in combination with the URL of the Web page during the time indicated by the display period registered in the list 401 (step 909). If the time indicated by the display period has elapsed, the display is changed to the next Web page. Each W to switch to page
The timing at which the eb page is displayed on the browser unit 131 is controlled. Also, the We displayed on the browser unit 131
If the b-page is larger than the browser window size, the display of the Web page is scrolled in the browser unit 131 at a set scroll speed (for example, 10 lines / 15 seconds) described later.

Then, the web page of the last URL in the list 401 is displayed on the browser unit 131, and if the display period registered in the list 401 in combination with the URL has passed (steps 909 and 910), the browser The section 131 is set to the normal mode (step 911), and an end report is sent to the schedule control module 1331 (step 912).
The process ends.

If the stop button 6022 of the control panel 602 is operated during the above processing (step 907), an end instruction is immediately issued to the download module 1333 (step 917), and the browser unit is operated. 131 is set to the normal mode (step 91).
1), an end report is sent to the schedule control module 1331 (step 912), and the process ends.

[0063] If the forward skip button 6025 is operated during the above processing (step 905), the process immediately jumps to step 910, and the Web page of the next URL in the list 401 exists. If so, the next Web page is displayed on the browser 131. On the other hand, if the backward skip button 6026 is operated (step 905), the previous skip in the list 401 is immediately performed.
If the web page of the URL exists (step 91
5) Return to the operation of displaying the previous Web page (step 916) on the browser 131 by the processing from step 903.

If the scroll speed increase button 6030 or the scroll speed decrease button 6031 on the control panel 602 is operated in the middle of the above processing (step 908), the above-mentioned set scroll speed operated button is operated. The display value of the scroll speed meter 6032 is updated to the set scroll speed after the change (step 91).
4).

If the pause (pause) button 6023 is operated during the above processing (step 906), the browser unit 131 is set to the normal mode (step 918), and the pause is performed again. Button 602
3 is operated (pause release) (step 92).
0) If the pause button 6023 is operated again, the browser unit 131 is set to the slave mode again (step 921), and the process jumps to step 910, where the web page of the next URL in the list 401 exists. If so, the next Web page is displayed on the browser 131. If the stop button 6022 is operated after the pause button 6023 is operated and before the pause button 6023 is operated again (step 919), the download module 1333 is immediately executed.
Issue an end instruction to the browser unit (step 917),
31 is set to the normal mode (step 911), an end report is sent to the schedule control module 1331 (step 912), and the process ends.

[0066] During the above processing period, the display control module 1332 changes the command buttons for receiving the user's operation to the scroll speed increase button 6030, the scroll speed decrease button 6031, the stop button 6022, the pause button 6023, the forward skip button. 6025, limited to the backward skip button 6026.

Returning to FIG. 5, if the scroll speed increase button 6030 and the scroll speed decrease button 6031 have been operated (step 50).
4) The scroll speed meter 6032 is changed by increasing or decreasing the previously set scroll speed according to the operated button (steps 513 and 514).
Is updated to the set scroll speed after the change, and the next command button operation of the control panel 602 is waited for.

Next, in FIG. 5, the main control unit 132
If the switch button 6027 is operated (step 50
4) A schedule program selection window shown in FIG. 10 is displayed (step 507). As shown
In the schedule program selection window, a list 1001 of a set of a title, a total viewing time, and a valid time zone of the schedule program stored in the schedule program memory 136, a selection button 1002, and a cancel button 1003 are displayed. Here, list 10
During 01, the titles of the schedule programs and the like for each valid time zone are preferably displayed in the order of priority.

[0069] After the user selects one of the schedule programs in the list 1001 (step 508) and then operates the selection button 1002 (step 510), the main control unit 132 stores the selected schedule program in the list. The schedule program selection window is set (step 511), the schedule program selection window is closed (step 512), and the next command button operation of the control panel 602 is waited for (step 504). Cancel button 1003
Is pressed (step 509), the schedule program selection window is closed as it is (step 5).
12) Wait for the operation of the next command button on the control panel 602 (step 504).

[0070] The operation of displaying a Web page in the user system 1 has been described above.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, a series of Web pages are automatically downloaded according to the schedule program and sequentially displayed, so that the user can easily perform a series of Web pages without complicated operations. You will be able to browse web pages. In addition, the download of the web pages registered in the schedule program is sequentially performed independently of the progress of each displayed web page. In general, the time for a user to browse one web page is longer than the time for downloading one web page, so that users can register in the schedule program except for the first web page registered in the schedule program. Downloading of the Web page prior to displaying each of the performed Web pages, that is, prefetching of the Web page is performed. Therefore, when trying to display each web page registered in the schedule program according to the schedule program, except for the first web page registered in the schedule program,
Since the page has already been downloaded,
Web pages can be displayed. Accordingly, there is no time between the user's browsing of a certain web page and the browsing of the next web page, which causes the user to wait for downloading the next web page. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, a time period during which the Web page cannot be browsed for downloading the Web page can be eliminated as much as possible.

Next, the operation of editing the schedule program in the schedule program memory 136 in the user system 1 will be described. In the present embodiment, the schedule program can be edited by three methods: record editing, user editing, and download editing.

First, user editing will be described.

In FIG. 5, when the edit button 6028 is pressed (step 504), the main control unit 132 activates the user edit module 1342 (step 51).
5) If there is an end report from the user editing module 1342 (step 516), the process waits for the next operation of the command button on the control panel 602 (step 5).
04).

On the other hand, the activated user editing module 134
2 first displays a schedule program list window shown in FIG. 11A. The schedule program list window displays the schedule program memory 1
List 1 of a set of the title, the effective time zone, the priority, and the total viewing time of the schedule program stored in 36
101, a new button 1102, and a delete button 1103
, An edit button 1104, a register button 1105, a cancel button 1106, and an import button 1107.
Then, an export button 1108 is displayed. Here, it is preferable that the list 1101 display the titles and the like of the schedule programs for each valid time zone in the order of priority.

[0076] The user editing module 1342
When the export button 1108 is operated after the user selects one of the schedule programs in the schedule program 01, the selected schedule program is read from the schedule program memory 136, and the file is read from the user on the user system 1 as an appropriate file. Using the window for accepting file storage, the location where the designation has been accepted is given the file name accepted in the window for accepting file save and saved.

[0077] The user edit module 1342 opens the import button 1107 after one of the schedule programs in the list 1101 is selected by the user.
Is operated, the user accepts the designation of the file of the schedule program stored on the user system 1 by using an appropriate file access window, reads the schedule program of the designated file, and reads the schedule to be registered. Add to program list. Further, a display of a set of the title, the valid time zone, the priority, and the total viewing time of the read schedule program is added to the list 1101.

The user editing module 1342 thereafter sets the registration button 1 in the schedule program list window.
At the time point when 105 is operated, the schedule program in the registration target schedule program list is registered in the schedule program memory 136, the schedule program list window is closed, and the main control unit 132
And a process is terminated.

[0079] The user editing module 1342
When the delete button 1103 is operated after the user selects one of the schedule programs in 01, the display of the schedule program selected from the list 1101 disappears, and this schedule program is added to the deletion target list.

Then, thereafter, the user editing module 134
2, when the registration button 1105 is operated, the program is deleted from the schedule program memory 136 in the deletion target list, the schedule program list window is closed, an end report is sent to the main control unit 132, and the process is ended.

On the other hand, the user editing module 1342 has a list 1101 in the schedule program list window.
When the edit button 1104 is operated after any one of the schedule programs is selected by the user,
The editing window shown in FIG. 11B is displayed. The content of the selected schedule program is displayed in the edit window,
An insert button 1111, a delete button 1112, a register button 1113, and a cancel button 1114 are displayed. The user editing module 1342 accepts rewriting of the contents of the schedule program such as the user's URL, title, display period, and various attributes on the display of the contents of the schedule program. When the insert button 1111 is pressed, a new set of a URL, a title, and a display period is inserted into the schedule program list 401 at a position next to the set selected by the user, and the set is inserted into this set. UR
Accept input of L, title and display period. When the delete button 1112 is operated, the list 401
Delete the tuple selected by the current user. In addition, the order of the sets is changed according to the drag and drop operation of the sets in the list 401 of the schedule program. The order of the positions in the list 401 is the order of download by the download module 1333 and display by the display control module 1332. Also, the total browsing time, which changes with such rewriting, deletion, or insertion, is automatically updated.

Then, when the registration button 1113 of the editing window is operated, the user editing module 1342 adds a schedule program reflecting the editing contents up to that time to the update target schedule program list, and closes the editing window. When the cancel button 1114 is operated, the editing contents up to that point are discarded, and the editing window is closed as it is.

[0083] Thereafter, the user editing module 1342 sets the registration button 1 in the schedule program list window.
At the time point when 105 is operated, the corresponding schedule program in the schedule program memory 136 is updated with the schedule program in the update target schedule program list, the schedule program list window is closed, and an end report is sent to the main control unit 132. The process ends.

Next, the user editing module 1342 checks the list 1101 of the schedule program list window.
After the user selects one of the schedule programs in the above, when the new button 1102 is operated,
The editing window shown in FIG. 11B is displayed, and the editing of the new schedule program is accepted in the same manner as above. Then, when the registration button 1113 of the editing window is operated, a schedule program reflecting the contents of the editing up to that time is added to the registration target schedule program list, and the editing window is closed. Cancel button 1
When the user operates the button 114, the editing contents up to that point are discarded, and the editing window is closed as it is.

[0085] Then, the user editing module 1342 adds, to the list 1101, a display of a set of the title, the effective time zone, the priority, and the total viewing time of the schedule program added to the registration target schedule program list. Then, when the registration button 1105 of the schedule program list window is operated thereafter, the user editing module 1342 registers the schedule program in the registration target schedule program list in the schedule program memory 136, and opens the schedule program list window. Closed, an end report is sent to the main control unit 132, and the process ends.

[0086] On the other hand, when the cancel button 1106 of the schedule program list window is operated, the user edit module 1342 closes the schedule program list window as it is, reports an end to the main control unit 132, and ends the processing.

Next, recording and editing will be described.

In FIG. 5, when the recording button 6021 is pressed (step 504), the main control unit 132 activates the recording / editing module 1341 (step 51).
7) If there is an end report from the recording / editing module 1341 (step 518), the process waits for the next operation of the command button on the control panel 602 (step 50).
4).

[0089] As shown in FIG. 12, the started recording and editing module 1341 determines the URL and title of the Web page displayed by the browser unit 131 and the display period until the stop button 6022 of the control panel 602 is operated. The history is collected (step 1201). At this time,
The browser unit 131 is set to the normal mode, and downloads and displays a Web page in accordance with the specification and operation from the user.

When the stop button 6022 of the control panel 602 is operated (step 1202), the recording / editing module 1341 displays an attribute setting window shown in FIG. 13 (step 1203), and the schedule program from the user is displayed. When the input of the title, the valid time period, and the priority is received (step 1204), and the registration button 1201 of the attribute setting window is operated (step 1206), the input, the title, the valid time period, the priority, and the collection are performed. The total viewing time, which is the sum of the display periods in the collected history, is set as the attribute 402, and the We
A schedule program is generated in which the set of the URL, title, and display period of page b is included in the list 401 according to the order in the history (step 1207), and this is registered in the schedule program memory 136 (step 120).
8) Close the attribute setting window (step 120)
9), an end report is sent to the main control unit 132 (step 1210), and the process ends. On the other hand, if the cancel button 1202 of the attribute setting window is operated (step 1205), the attribute setting window is closed as it is (step 1209), an end report is sent to the main control unit 132, and the process ends (step 1210).

[0091] Next, download editing will be described.

In FIG. 5, when the download button 6029 is pressed (step 50).
4), start the download editing module 1343 (step 519), and
43 (step 52).
0), and waits for the operation of the next command button on the control panel 602 (step 504)).

[0093] The started download editing module 134
3 first displays the download window shown in FIG. 15 as shown in FIG. 14 (step 1401). In the download window, an input area 1501 for account information such as a user name and a password, an input area 1502 for a schedule program title, a category,
An input area 1503 such as a detailed category and a region is provided. An execute button 1504 and a cancel button 1505 are provided.

[0094] The download editing module 1343 receives an input of a user name and a password in the input area 1501 from the user (step 1402). In addition, input of a schedule program title in input area 1502 and any one of category, detailed category, and region input in input area 1503 are received (step 1402). Here, in the input area 1502, in addition to directly inputting the title of the user's schedule program,
The title of the schedule program registered in the schedule program memory 136 is displayed in the form of a pop-up list, and the selection input of the title of the schedule program from the list is also accepted. Also,
Similarly, in the input area 1503, in addition to directly inputting the user's category, detailed category, region, and the like, input candidates for a prepared category, detailed category, region, and the like are displayed in a pop-up list format. Category, detailed category, and region selection input.

Next, the download editing module 1343
When the execute button 1504 of the download window is operated (Step 1403), the schedule program server 5 is accessed and issues an authentication request using the accepted user name and password (Step 1).
405). Then, if the authentication is successful (step 1406), the schedule program server 5 sends a schedule program download request accompanied by the schedule program title or the information of the received one of the category, the detailed category, and the region. (Step 1407), and receives the schedule program sent from the schedule program server 5 as a response thereto (step 1408) and registers it in the schedule program memory 136 (step 140).
9) Close the download window (step 141)
0), an end report is sent to the main control unit 132 (step 1411), and the process ends. Here, when a plurality of schedule programs are sent from the schedule program server 5 as a response to the issuance of the schedule program download request accompanied by the category, the detailed category, and the region information, all of them are registered in the schedule program memory 136. .

[0096] On the other hand, the execution button 1
If a cancel button 1505 is operated instead of 504 (step 1404), the download window is closed (step 1410) and the main control unit 1
Then, an end report is made to the user 32 (step 1411), and the process ends.

On the other hand, in response to such an operation of the download editing module 1343, the schedule program server 5 operates as follows.

[0098] Here, the user name and password of a user who is permitted to use the schedule program server 5 are registered in the user management database 57 of the schedule program server 5 in advance. The schedule program database 58 of the schedule program server 5 stores a plurality of schedule programs.
Categories such as "health", "entertainment", "business", "disease-hepatitis", "movie", "stock quote"
And detailed key categories such as "Kanagawa" and "nationwide". The creation of the schedule program stored in the schedule program database 58 and the assignment of the search key attribute are performed by the schedule program editing system 56.
This is performed using

[0099] Now, as shown in FIG. 16, the download server 55
Upon receiving the authentication request, the user management database 57
Next, authentication is performed by checking whether the user name and password received from the download editing module 1343 are registered (step 1601). If registered, the authentication is successful (step 160).
2) The download editing module 1343 is notified of authentication success (step 1603). If it is not registered, it is determined that authentication has failed (step 1602) and the authentication failure is notified (step 1610).

[0100] Then, when the schedule program download request is received after notifying the authentication success (step 1604), the following processing is performed. That is, when the schedule program title is received in response to the schedule program download request (step 1605), the same schedule program title as the schedule program having the title as an attribute is searched from the schedule program database 58 (step 1609). Is transmitted to the download editing module 1343 (step 1607). On the other hand, when a category, a detailed category, and a region are received in response to the schedule program download request (step 1606), one or a predetermined schedule program having a search key attribute that best matches the category, detailed category, or region is determined. The program is retrieved from the several schedule program database 58 (step 1608) and transmitted to the download editing module 1343 (step 1607).

[0101] By the way, the schedule program server 5
Provides a schedule program according to the access from the download editing module 1343, and also provides a schedule program via a Web page. That is, the Web server 53 stores a Web address of a predetermined URL.
In response to the access to the page, a web page as shown in FIG. 15 is transmitted, and any web browser that has accessed the web page (the browser unit 131 in the normal mode)
) Receives the user name and password, the schedule program title, the category, the detailed category, and the region on the display of the Web page according to the description of the Web page, and transmits the received contents to the Web server 53. The Web server 53 passes this to the Web application server 54, and the Web application server 54 checks whether the received user name and password are registered in the user management database 57. Web showing access denied to 53
Send the page to the web browser and, if registered, receive the schedule program title,
A schedule program having a title as an attribute is searched from the schedule program database 58,
If you send it to a web browser as a file and receive the category, detailed category, region,
Send a schedule program with a search key attribute that best matches the detailed category and region to the Web browser. The Web browser saves the received schedule program according to the operation of the user. Then, the user registers and uses the saved schedule program in the schedule program memory 136 by operating the above-mentioned import button.

[0102] In the user system 1, when a schedule program is registered in the schedule program memory 136, if a schedule program having the same title as the one to be registered is already registered in the schedule program memory 136, the registration is performed. The schedule program of the same title registered in the schedule program memory 136 is updated with the schedule program to be attempted. Alternatively, version information is added to the attribute of each schedule program, and the version information of the schedule program to be registered is a newer version than that indicated by the version information of the schedule program of the same title registered in the schedule program memory 136. The update may be performed only in the case shown. Alternatively, when a schedule program download request is issued using the title of the schedule program already registered in the schedule program memory 136 as the schedule program title, the version information of the already registered schedule program is also sent to the schedule program server 5. When the schedule program server 5 has a version program indicating a newer version than that indicated by the received version information, and the schedule program with the same title as the received schedule program title exists in the schedule program database 58, the schedule program The program may be transmitted to the user system 1.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user can arbitrarily edit the schedule program used by the user. Further, the user can also search and use a schedule program stored in the schedule program server 5 with a keyword such as a category as a schedule program used by the user. Therefore, means for accessing a series of Web pages presumed to be of interest to the user can be provided to the user via the schedule program server in the form of a schedule program.

[0104] The embodiments of the present invention have been described above.

In the above description, the schedule program is downloaded from the schedule program server 5 to the schedule program memory 136 of the user system 1 in response to the access from the user system 1.
Conversely, the user system 1 may download the schedule program sent from the schedule program server 5 to the schedule program memory 136 in response to a request from the schedule program server 5. That is, for example, when the content of a certain schedule program on the schedule program database 58 is updated, the schedule program server 5 uses the user system 1 that uses the pre-update schedule program indicated by the download history up to that time. Alternatively, the updated schedule program is transmitted to the user system 1 registered separately, and the schedule program memory 136 of the user system 1 is transmitted.
May be updated to the latest one. Further, for example, the schedule program server 5 stores the schedule program database 5
8, a newly designated user system 1 that is separately designated, for example, a newly registered user system 1
And the schedule program in the schedule program memory 136 of the specified user system 1 may be updated to the latest one.

In the above embodiment, the operation may be further simplified by allowing the user system 1 to use only a single schedule program.

[0107] Further, when the user system 1 establishes a PPP connection with the Internet 3, the download module 1333 performs the processing shown in FIG.
If you downloaded the eb page (Step 80
4), it may be configured to disconnect the PPP connection with the Internet 3. ,

[0108] By the way, in the above embodiment, the case where the hardware of the electronic computer is used as the user system 1 has been described as an example, but as the user system 1, an apparatus using the following setup box is used. You may.

[0109] FIG. 17 shows a configuration of the user system 1 when the setup box is used.

[0110] The configuration of the user system 1 in this case is such that a setup box main body 1702 is connected to a home TV device 1701, as shown in Fig. A. The setup box main body 1702 is, for example, a TV device 170
It is installed on the top plate of No. 1. In addition, a remote control device 1703 using, for example, infrared rays is attached to the setup box main body 1702 as an input device.

The configuration of the setup box body 1702 in this case is different from the configuration of the user system shown in FIG. 2 in that the display device 15 and the input device 17 are not provided as shown in FIG. It has a communication interface 1711 for communication with the control device 1703, such as infrared rays, and a TV device interface 1712 for displaying images on the TV device 1701.

[0112] In this case, the configuration of the remote control device 1703 may be arbitrary as long as the user can perform each of the operations described above. For example, the remote control device 1703 does not display the control panel window 602, but is shown in FIG. Keys corresponding to each command button provided in the control panel window 602 of the remote control device 1703, and a key group 17 used for character input and the like.
21 may be provided so that the operation accepted by each command button above may be accepted from the user.

[0113] The above embodiment can be similarly applied not only to the display of a Web page but also to the display of any Internet resource that is meaningful to display.

[0114]

【The invention's effect】

[0115] As described above, according to the present invention, a series of Web pages can be easily displayed without requiring complicated operations by the user. In addition, it is possible to eliminate as much as possible a time period during which the Web page cannot be browsed for downloading the Web page. Further, it is possible to provide a system that allows the user to easily access a series of Web pages that the user may be interested in.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a Web system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a user system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a schedule program server according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing contents of a schedule program according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a web page browsing control unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a browser window and a control panel window according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the schedule control module according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation of the download module according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the display control module according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a view showing a schedule program selection window according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a schedule program list window and an edit window according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the user editing module according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an attribute setting window and an editing window according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an operation of the download editing module according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a download window according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an operation of the download server according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing another configuration example of the user system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: User system, 2: PPP server, 3: Internet, 4: Web server, 5: Schedule program server, 11: IP / PPP processing unit, 12: TCP processing unit, 13: W
eb page browsing control unit, 14: display control device, 15: display device, 16: input interface, 17: input device, 5
1: IP processing unit, 52: TCP processing unit, 53: Web server, 5
4: Web application server, 55: download server, 56: schedule program editing system,
57: user management database, 58: schedule program database, 131: browser unit, 132:
Main control unit, 133: schedule execution unit, 134:
Schedule program editing unit, 135: GUI processing unit,
136: Schedule program memory, 137: Web
Page buffer, 1331: schedule control module, 1332: display control module, 1333: download module, 1341: recording / editing module, 1
342: User edit module, 1343: Download edit module

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A schedule program memory for storing a schedule program in which addresses of a plurality of Internet resources are registered in order, and data of Internet resources whose addresses are registered in the schedule program are downloaded from the Internet, and an address is stored in the schedule program. Are registered in the order in which the addresses of the respective Internet resources are ordered in the schedule program, one by one for each predetermined period,
Display means for displaying based on downloaded data of each Internet resource. 2. The URL (Uniform resource) of a plurality of Web pages
locator), a schedule program memory that stores schedule programs registered in order, a web page buffer that stores web page data, and data of each web page whose URL is registered in the schedule program from a web server on the Internet Download means for sequentially downloading and storing in a web page buffer in the order in which the URLs of the web pages are ordered in the schedule program; and U of the web page
Display means for displaying, based on the data of the web page stored in the web page buffer, sequentially in predetermined order for each of the RLs, and the download means is provided by the display means Prior to the end of the display of the Web page, the next Web in the order ordered in the schedule program of the Web page
A web page display device wherein downloading of page data is permitted. 3. The Web page display device according to claim 2, wherein the schedule program registers a display period in which each Web page whose URL is registered in the schedule program is to be displayed. The display means displays each web page whose URL is registered in the schedule program based on the data of the web page stored in the web page buffer during the display period registered in the schedule program for the web page. Web page display device characterized by the following. 4. The web page display device according to claim 2, further comprising an editing unit that stores the schedule program in the schedule program memory or edits the stored schedule program in response to a user operation. Characteristic Web page display device. 5. The Web page display device according to claim 2, wherein: a browsing means for downloading and displaying the data of the Web page of the URL designated by the user; and displaying the Web page of the user by the browsing means. Browsing history is collected, and multiple users viewed by the collected history
A web page display device, comprising: a recording and editing unit that creates a registered schedule program in which URLs of web pages are ordered in accordance with the browsing order of users represented by collected histories and stores the schedule program in the schedule program memory. 6. The web page display device according to claim 2, further comprising download editing means for downloading the schedule program via the Internet and storing the schedule program in the schedule program memory. Display device. 7. A web page display device connected to the Internet, and a schedule program server arranged to be connected to the Internet, wherein the Web page display device sequentially displays URLs (Uniform resource locators) of a plurality of web pages. A schedule program memory for storing the registered schedule program, and data of a web page having a URL registered in the schedule program stored in the schedule program memory downloaded from a web server on the Internet. Each registered
Display means for displaying web pages, in the order in which the URLs of the web pages are ordered in the schedule program, in sequence, for a predetermined period of time, based on the data of each downloaded web page, and the schedule program, Download scheduler for downloading via the Internet and storing the schedule program in the schedule program memory, wherein the schedule program server stores the schedule program in which the schedule program is stored; Providing means for providing to the web page display device via the Internet, wherein the download editing means of the web display device includes a schedule provided by the providing means of the schedule program server. Web page display system, characterized in that the program is downloaded. 8. A program read and executed by a computer, wherein the program stores a schedule program in which URLs (Uniform resource locators) of a plurality of Web pages are registered in order on the computer. Schedule program memory, Web page buffer for storing Web page data, and Web server on the Internet order the data of each Web page whose URL is registered in the schedule program from the Web server on the Internet. Download means for sequentially downloading and storing in a web page buffer in the order specified, and each web page for which a URL has been registered in the schedule program.
Display means for displaying, based on the data of the web page stored in the web page buffer, sequentially for each predetermined period in the order in which the RLs are ordered, and wherein the download means is provided by the display means Prior to the end of the display of the Web page, the next Web in the order ordered in the schedule program of the Web page
A program characterized in that downloading of page data is permitted. 9. A web page display method for displaying a series of web pages selected from one or more web pages provided by one or more web servers on the Internet, wherein a plurality of web page URLs (Uniform resource locat
or) creating and storing a schedule program in which the schedule programs are registered in order, and from a web server on the Internet, the data of each web page in which the URL is registered in the stored schedule program is stored in the schedule program. Steps of downloading sequentially in the order in which the URLs of the pages are ordered. Each Web page whose URL has been registered in the stored schedule program is stored in the schedule program. In the order in which they were downloaded for a predetermined period of time.
b) displaying based on the data of the page.
A web page display method, which is performed prior to the end of the display of a web page in the order in which the web page is scheduled in the web page schedule program.