JP2002351764A - Internet url easy connection system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to easily and speedily access a target homepage and browse it by using a sales-promotion medium. SOLUTION: For a homepage administrator who desires to issue a simple URL, a server administrator terminal 30 generates and issues the simple URL composed of numbers linked with the actual URL and the homepage administrator distributes the sales-promotion medium with the published easy URL; when a user who views the sales-promotion medium inputs the easy URL, the server administrator terminal 30 converts the easy URL into the actual URL to enable access the homepage.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to the Internet U.
The present invention relates to an RL simple connection system, and in particular, to a U.S.A. system for uniformly accessing information resources placed on a network.
Internet URL simple connection system, Internet connection simple URL issuing method, Internet URL simple connection method, sales promotion medium, display method, computer program, and computer-readable recording medium suitable for access technology using RL (Uniform Resource Locator) About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When accessing a target homepage on the Internet, it is conceivable to use a search engine, or use a URL obtained in a file or the like. Also, HTML (Hyper Text Mar
In many cases, it is not necessary to be aware of the URL in such a case.

[0003]

However, when a URL is printed on a paper sales promotion medium (referred to as a sales promotion medium) such as a mail order catalog or a flyer, the URL is printed on a user terminal on which a Web browser is installed. It was necessary to manually input a URL composed of a large amount of alphanumeric characters. As a connection system for assisting these inputs, a system using a bookmark function or a barcode has been proposed.
These require the user to perform extra operations without fail or require the user to obtain a connected device such as a barcode reader, which is still troublesome for the user, and is still difficult for the company that provides the connected device. Had the problem that it was costly.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 10-78928 discloses that a URL previously represented by a character string is assigned to a relatively short 10-digit number, and the upper one digit and the upper 2-5 digits are the same as a previously created alphabet. Arbitrary numbers are assigned based on the correspondence table of numbers corresponding to the reference values and the correspondence table of the number of digits of the alphabet.
It is described that arbitrary numbers are assigned and numbered in the same manner in the tenth to tenth digits.

[0005] However, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
No. 8 describes only a method of assigning a relatively short number to a URL, and does not specifically describe an overall system linked to a promotion medium.

[0006] The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has an object to enable easy connection of the Internet URL by linking to a sales promotion medium.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a server administrator terminal issues a simple URL consisting of a number linked to an actual URL to a homepage administrator who wishes to issue a simple URL. The homepage administrator distributes the promotion medium on which the simple URL is posted, and when the user who views the promotion medium inputs the simple URL, the server administrator terminal converts the simple URL into an actual URL and accesses the homepage. The above-mentioned problem has been solved by making it possible.

[0008] Also, for a homepage administrator who wants to issue a simple URL to be posted on a sales promotion medium, a server administrator terminal creates and issues a simple URL composed of a number linked to an actual URL. It is like that.

Further, the simple URL can be easily issued using a catalog database of goods or services.

[0010] Further, the server administrator terminal converts a simple URL, which is entered by a user who has viewed the sales promotion medium and is composed of a number linked to the actual URL, into an actual URL, and accesses the homepage. It was made possible.

[0011] Another object of the present invention is to provide a sales promotion medium in which a simple URL composed of a number linked to an actual URL and a product or service are both listed.

[0012] In addition, a simple URL composed of numbers linked to an actual URL and goods or services are both displayed to the user, so that the user can easily display the simple URL.
And a product or service.

The present invention also provides a computer program for realizing the Internet URL simple connection system, Internet connection simple URL issuing method, Internet URL simple connection method, and display method.

[0014] The present invention also provides a computer-readable recording medium on which the computer program is recorded.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a user terminal 20 interconnected via the Internet 10
, The server administrator terminal 30 and the homepage administrator terminal 50.

The user terminal 20 has an arbitrary Web browser 22 such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, and a Web server connection for connecting to a Web server 32 of a server administrator terminal 30 for realizing the present invention. Function 24 and simple URL
An application including a request function 26 (URL connection file of Web browser, plug-in, etc.) is installed. This application can be downloaded by accessing the server administrator terminal 30 or the homepage administrator terminal 50 using a search system or a separately obtained URL connection file, for example, or can be obtained separately from a recording medium such as a CD-ROM. When installing this application, the Web browser 22 performs automatic setting to connect to the Internet 10 via this application.

The server administrator terminal 30 includes a Web server 32 for transmitting / receiving data to / from the user terminal 20 or the homepage administrator terminal 50 for realizing the present invention;
Web data sent from the user terminal 20 (simple U
(URL, product number, page, etc.) and a URL conversion function 34 for automatically converting to an actual URL, a homepage connection information, a simple URL creation function 36 for automatically creating a simple URL, and a homepage connection information And a catalog DB 40 for registering, for example, catalog information requested to be created in advance by a homepage administrator.

The homepage manager terminal 50 is a Web site manager.
b browser 52, a web server 54 for providing a home page that can be browsed by the user, and a web site administrator for realizing the present invention.
It includes a Web server connection function 56 for connecting to the b server 32 and transmitting homepage connection information, and a simple URL confirmation function 58 for confirming the created simple URL.

In this embodiment, a homepage administrator uses the present application to register a URL online. For example, the homepage administrator requests registration of homepage information using an e-mail, and the catalog DB 40 goes offline.
For example, a method of automatically creating homepage connection information by using a web browser may be considered.

Hereinafter, a specific processing procedure will be described.

FIG. 2 shows a procedure by which the homepage administrator obtains a simple URL from the server administrator.

First, the homepage administrator performs step 1
00, the system (Web server 3 of the server administrator terminal)
2) is accessed, and in step 102, a URL is registered. Specifically, the homepage administrator sets the Web server 3
2 and Web page of the homepage administrator terminal 50
URL displayed on the browser 52 as shown in FIG.
Using the registration screen, for example, the homepage connection information previously input to the attached file as shown in FIG. 4 is transmitted, or the homepage connection information is input by the homepage connection information input screen as shown in FIG. Type by hand,
At step 104, the data is transmitted to the Web server 32.

The server administrator analyzes the data in step 200 and creates a simple URL in step 202.
Next, in step 204, the created simple URL is transmitted to the web browser 52 of the homepage administrator terminal 50.

The homepage administrator sets a step 110
Then, as shown in FIG. 6, a confirmation file of the homepage connection information in which the simple URL is input, or as shown in FIG.
The simple URL is confirmed on the homepage connection information confirmation screen displayed on the Web browser 52.

As shown in FIG. 8, the homepage administrator posts the simple URL confirmed on a sales promotion medium such as a mail-order catalog together with product information including a product number, and distributes the URL to the user.

A user who sees such print medium information,
In step 300 of FIG. 9, the system is accessed using the application. And step 30
In FIG. 10, as shown in FIG. 10, the simple URL and the additional information (product number and publication page) described in the sales promotion medium are simultaneously transmitted to the Web.
b. Input the URL on the simple URL input screen of the browser 22. At this time, since the simple URL, the product number, and the page are displayed on the same screen, input data can be easily confirmed.

Next, in step 304, the data is transmitted to the Web server 32 of the server administrator.

The server administrator analyzes the data in step 210 and uses the URL conversion function 34 in step 212
Is converted to an actual URL, and in step 214, the actual U
The RL is transmitted to the Web browser 22 of the user terminal 20, and is automatically entered in the address bar.

The user uses the actual URL automatically entered in the address bar at step 310, and at step 312, as shown in FIG. 11, a target home page is placed on a Web browser, for example, in a window. indicate.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the input simple URL, product number, publication page and the target homepage are displayed simultaneously on the same screen, so that it is easy to confirm input mistakes and the like. is there.

Further, when searching for a product continuously, the target home page can be easily and quickly displayed only by inputting the product number again. The home page can be displayed on another screen in a large size.

In this embodiment, the server administrator
Since a simple URL is issued using the catalog DB 40 held when a catalog requested to be created in advance by the homepage administrator is created, the configuration is simple. The position of the catalog DB is not limited to this, and may be, for example, on the homepage administrator side. or,
A simple URL may be issued without using the catalog DB.

In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to the sale of goods, but it is apparent that the present invention can be similarly applied to the provision of services as well as the sale of goods. The type of the sales promotion medium is not limited to paper.

[0035]

As described above, the user only needs to input a simple URL composed of only the numbers described in the sales promotion medium such as a pass-through catalog and specific numbers such as a product number and a service number. It is possible to easily and quickly access and browse a target homepage (product screen, order screen) and the like.

Further, it is possible to easily and quickly access and browse a plurality of homepages with one input interface.

Further, it is possible to reduce troubles such as a failure to access a target homepage due to an input error due to the URL being composed of a large number of characters.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall view showing a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure of an exchange between a homepage administrator and a server administrator in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is also a diagram showing an example of a URL registration screen displayed on a Web browser of a homepage administrator terminal.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of homepage connection information similarly sent in an attached file.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a homepage connection information input screen displayed on a Web browser of a homepage administrator terminal.

FIG. 6 is also a diagram showing an example of a confirmation file of homepage connection information.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a homepage connection information confirmation screen displayed on a Web browser of a homepage administrator terminal.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a sales promotion medium similarly distributed by a homepage administrator.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an exchange procedure between a user and a server administrator.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a simple URL input screen displayed on a Web browser of a user terminal before a homepage is connected.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a simple URL input screen after connection to a homepage.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Internet 20 ... User terminal 22, 52 ... Web browser 24, 56 ... Web server connection function 26 ... Simple URL request function 30 ... Server administrator terminal 32, 54 ... Web server 34 ... URL conversion function 36 ... Simple URL creation function 38 simple URLDB 40 catalog DB 50 homepage administrator terminal 58 simple URL confirmation function

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A server administrator terminal issues a simple URL composed of a number linked to an actual URL to a homepage administrator who wishes to issue a simple URL. Distributing a promotion medium on which a URL is posted, and when a user who views the promotion medium inputs a simple URL, the server administrator terminal converts the URL into an actual URL to enable access to the homepage. Internet URL simple connection system. 2. A server administrator terminal creates and issues a simple URL composed of a number linked to an actual URL to a homepage administrator who wants to issue a simple URL to be posted on a sales promotion medium. A simple URL issuing method for an Internet connection. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the simple URL is issued using a catalog database of goods or services. 4. A system which is input by a user who has viewed a sales promotion medium,
A simple UR consisting of a number linked to the actual URL
A simple method of connecting to an Internet URL, wherein L is converted into an actual URL by a server administrator terminal to enable access to a homepage. 5. A promotion medium in which a simple URL composed of a number linked to an actual URL and a product or service are both posted. 6. A display method for displaying to a user both a simple URL composed of a number linked to an actual URL and a product or service. 7. A computer program for realizing the Internet URL simple connection system according to claim 1. 8. A computer program for realizing the simple URL issuing method for an Internet connection according to claim 2 or 3. 9. A computer program for realizing the Internet URL simple connection method according to claim 4. 10. A computer program for realizing the display method according to claim 6. 11. A computer-readable recording medium on which the computer program according to claim 7 is recorded.