JP2002197360A - Dynamic web service system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dynamic Web service system capable of automatically making a Web page in response to a change in various states. SOLUTION: A Web page making means 4 retrieves a database 5 with a detected present state as a retrieving condition on which kind exists as the service contents (the contents) corresponding to the present state when inputting the present state detected by a state detecting means 6. When finding out content information suited to the retrieving condition, the Web page is made by combining this content information, and the made Web page is arranged in a Web server 3. Afterwards, the Web server 3 outputs information on the Web page automatically made by this Web page making means 4 to the client terminal 2 side when there is access of one's own Web page from a client terminal 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a dynamic web service system for providing useful information to a client.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the rapid spread of the Internet in recent years, many people can easily obtain individual and specific information necessary for themselves based on their own will. Trading is brisk. For this reason, many companies are installing web servers on the Internet and using web service systems for providing information to clients.

[0003] In such a web service system,
The client terminal and the web server are connected via the Internet, the client terminal accesses a web page opened on the web server, and the web server provides information to the client terminal via the web page according to the request. Is supposed to do it.

[0004]

In the above web service system, the content of information provided to the client, that is, the content of the article on the web page is rewritten at any time. He was a commissioned web service system administrator, and the time for rewriting was also left to the discretion of the company.

[0005] Regarding the timing at which it is preferable to rewrite the contents of an article on a web page,
The company decides after judging various situations, and rewrites the article contents of the web page at the decided timing. However, on the company side, it is necessary to secure human resources for judging various situations each time, and rewriting contents and rewriting timing are often erroneous because of human judgment.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a dynamic web service system capable of automatically creating a web page in response to changes in various situations. .

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems As means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that a client terminal and a web server are connected via a network, and the web server opened on the web server. In a web service system in which a client terminal accesses a page and a web server provides information to the client terminal according to the request via the web page, a change in a situation related to information provided to the client terminal is detected. Situation detection means, a database in which the contents of the information corresponding to the change in the situation are stored, and a change in the situation detected by the situation detection means are input, and the content of the information corresponding to the change in the situation is input. Web page created from the database and created using the content of the extracted information And web page creation means to be output to the serial web server, characterized in that it is provided with a.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the situation detecting means detects a change in the situation at a preset time.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the situation detecting means detects a change in a current time as the situation change, and the web page creating means performs the detection. Web page relating to product information or service information corresponding to the current time.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the situation detecting means detects a change in calendar information as the change in the situation, and the web page creating means executes the detected calendar information. A web page related to the product information or the service information corresponding to.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the situation detecting means detects a change in weather information as the change in the situation, and the web page creation means performs the detected weather information change. A web page for product information or service information corresponding to
It is characterized by the following.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the status detecting means is connected to the network, and detects a change in the status via the network. Is characterized by the following.

[0013]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a dynamic web service system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, a client terminal 2 and a web server 3 are connected via the Internet 1.
The web page creation means 4 receives the detection content from the situation detection means 6, creates a web page using information extracted from the database 5 according to the detection content, and outputs the created web page to the web server 3. It is supposed to.

The database 5 stores information on service contents, that is, contents corresponding to the situation detected by the situation detecting means 6.
Can search for information on the content based on the input of the detection content from the status detection means 6.

The status detecting means 6 detects a change in the status based on each server connected to the Internet 1 or its own function, and notifies the web page creating means 4 of the detection result. And the situation detection means 6
URL list 7 describing the address of each server connected to the Internet 1, clock information 8 on the current time that can be obtained based on the own clock function, and date or day of the week that can be obtained based on the own calendar function And calendar information 9.

A weather information providing server 10 is connected to the Internet 1, and the address of the weather information providing server 10 is described in a URL list 7. The URL list 7 describes addresses of various servers connected to the Internet 1 in addition to the weather information providing server 10.

According to the above-described configuration, the web page creating means 4 inputs the detection contents of the situation detecting means 6, extracts necessary information from the database 5 based on the input, and automatically creates a web page. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to manually create a web page as in the past.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a general procedure for creating a web page by the web page creating means 4. That is, the web page creation means 4 inputs the current situation detected by the situation detection means 6 (step 2).
1) The database 5 is searched using the detected current situation as a search condition for the service contents (contents) corresponding to the current situation (step 22). When it finds information on the content that matches the search condition (hereinafter, referred to as “content information”), a web page is created by combining the content information (step 23), and the created web page is sent to the web server 3. It is arranged (step 24). After this,
When the client terminal 2 accesses its own web page, the web server 3 outputs the information of the web page automatically created by the web page creating means 4 to the client terminal 2 side.

By the way, various kinds of contents of the "situation" detected by the situation detecting means 6 can be considered. FIGS. 3 to 6 are flowcharts showing a procedure in which the web page creation means 4 creates a web page in response to changes in different “situations”.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure in which the web page creating means 4 creates a web page based on the weather forecast at each set time. When the clock information 8 indicates a preset time, the status detecting means 6
And accesses the weather information providing server 10 to obtain the current weather information. Then, the web page creation means 4 inputs the weather information from the situation detection means 6 (step 31), and searches the database 5 as to what kind of service content (content) corresponding to the current weather information exists. (Step 32). When further finding content information that meets the search conditions, the web page creation means 4 creates a web page by combining the content information (step 33), and places the created web page on the web server 3 (step 34). ).
Thereafter, the web page creation means 4 determines whether or not the next time set in advance has been reached (step 35), and at that time returns to step 31 and repeats the same operation.

As described above, by using the weather forecast at predetermined time intervals, an advertiser or the like in online shopping can automatically create a web page on the client terminal 2 on which useful and directly related to product sales are placed. Can be created. For example, if the current weather information has a content of a 90% rainfall probability after several hours, product information about rain gear such as an umbrella is automatically posted on a web page. Can be obtained easily and quickly, and the advertiser has been able to provide the client who is the consumer with the product information that best matches the situation. Furthermore, if the weather information after a certain period of time indicates a high probability of snowfall, product information such as tire chains is automatically posted for the driver, and automatically responds to situations that change every moment. The most useful product information will be provided to the client.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure in which the web page creating means 4 creates a web page by changing the content for each time. The situation detecting means 6 constantly detects the current time based on the clock information 8, and the web page creating means 4 inputs the current time from the situation detecting means 6 (step 41). Then, the database 5 is searched for the service contents (contents) corresponding to the current time (step 42). When further finding content information that meets the search conditions, the web page creation means 4 creates a web page by combining the content information (step 43), and places the created web page on the web server 3 (step 43). 44).

As described above, by combining predetermined content information for each time, as in the case of FIG. 3, advertisers or the like in online shopping can obtain product information that is useful to the client terminal 2 and directly leads to an increase in sales. It is possible to automatically create a web page on which is placed. For example, if the current time is slightly before 12:00, an article with a lunch menu is automatically created as lunch information, and articles such as dinner information are automatically created after 5:00 in the evening. Can be done.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure in which the web page creation means 4 creates a web page by changing the contents according to the date or day of the week of the calendar. The situation detecting means 6 constantly detects the current date or day of the week based on the calendar information 9, and the web page creating means 4 inputs the current date or day of the week from the situation detecting means 6 (step 51). Then, the database 5 is searched for the service contents (contents) corresponding to the current date or day of the week (step 52). When further finding content information that meets the search condition, the web page creating means 4 creates a web page by combining the content information (step 53), and places the created web page on the web server 3 (step 53). 54).

As described above, by combining predetermined content information according to the calendar date or day of the week,
As in the case of FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the advertiser or the like in online shopping can automatically create a web page on the client terminal 2 that contains useful product information that directly leads to an increase in sales. . For example, during the hay fever season, product information on hay fever goods, during rainy season, product information such as raincoats and umbrellas, in summer, service information such as beach guidance, and on Valentine's Day, product information such as chocolate, etc. The published articles can be created automatically.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure in which the web page creation means 4 creates a web page by changing the content according to the weather information. The situation detecting means 6 accesses the weather information providing server 10 with reference to the URL list 7 and acquires current or future weather information at regular intervals.
Then, the web page creating means 4 inputs the present or future weather information from the situation detecting means 6 (step 6).
1) A database 5 for information on service contents (contents) corresponding to the current weather information.
(Step 62). Web page creation means 4
When further finding content information that satisfies the search condition, creates a web page by combining the content information (step 63), and places the created web page on the web server 3 (step 64).

As described above, by combining predetermined content information according to current or future weather information,
As in the case of FIGS. 3 to 5, an advertiser or the like in online shopping can automatically create a web page on which merchandise information useful for the client terminal 2 and directly linked to an increase in sales is placed. . For example, if the weather information indicates that a typhoon is about to land, products for the typhoon will be posted, if the weather information indicates that snow will fall, products for snow measures will be posted, and if the weather information indicates that it will be extremely hot, products for heat measures will be posted. Articles can be created automatically.

In the above embodiment, the case where the network connecting the client terminal 2 and the web server 3 is the Internet 1 has been described. However, a configuration in which the network is connected via an intranet instead of the Internet may be used.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a dynamic web service system capable of automatically creating a web page in response to changes in various situations.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a general procedure for creating a web page by a web page creating unit 4 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of creating a web page by the web page creation means 4 of FIG. 1 based on a weather forecast at each set time.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure in which the web page creation means 4 of FIG. 1 creates a web page by changing the content for each time.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure in which the web page creation means 4 of FIG. 1 creates a web page by changing the content according to the date or day of the week of the calendar.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure in which the web page creation means 4 of FIG. 1 creates a web page by changing the content according to weather information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Internet 2 Client terminal 3 Web server 4 Web page creation means 5 Database 6 Situation detection means 7 URL list 8 Clock information 9 Calendar information 10 Weather information providing server

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Nobuyuki Takahashi 1 Toshiba-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo Inside the Toshiba Fuchu Works Co., Ltd. (72) Koichi Nomura 1 Toshiba-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo Toshiba Corporation Fuchu Office

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A client terminal and a web server are connected via a network. The client terminal accesses a web page opened on the web server, and the web server requests the client terminal via the web page. In a web service system that provides information according to: a situation detection unit that detects a change in a situation related to the information provided to the client terminal; and a database in which the content of the information corresponding to the change in the situation is stored A state change detected by the state detection unit is input, and the content of the information corresponding to the change in the status is extracted from the database, and a web page created using the content of the extracted information is stored in the web server. Web page creation means for outputting to Dynamic web service system that. 2. The dynamic web service system according to claim 1, wherein said status detecting means detects a change in the status at a preset time. 3. The situation detecting means detects a change in the current time as the change in the situation, and the web page creating means performs a web page on product information or service information corresponding to the detected current time. The dynamic web service system according to claim 1, wherein: 4. The situation detecting means detects a change in calendar information as a change in the situation, and the web page creating means creates a web page relating to product information or service information corresponding to the detected calendar information. The dynamic web service system according to claim 1, wherein: 5. The situation detecting means detects a change in weather information as a change in the situation, and the web page creating means creates a web page relating to product information or service information corresponding to the detected weather information. The dynamic web service system according to claim 1, wherein: 6. The operation according to claim 1, wherein the status detecting means is connected to the network and detects a change in status via the network. Web service system.